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izzou:
[color=royalblue]I suspect he is.

He kept on urging UDC to go against everything his Security detail suggested; Mostly staying indoors.

You say you want UDC alive, yet you dey urge am to break every security protocol.

Another mole I suspect is OSI; Bianca's dark boss.[/color]

That Osi seem to know more than everybody else. He seem to have knowledge of Jackal's identity long before Bianca requested for the file.

I have a feeling that he's aware of the Jackal and maybe whoever was giving the Jackal backup all these while. Probably he stayed close to Bianca just to ensure once Bianca intercepts Jackal they either neutralize him or make him disappear. There's a chance the people running the Jackal are within the British government too

Sportsweb:
I won't be surprised that his gaybriel partner is a mole

He most likely is. He just kept urging UDC to disregard every precaution the security guys gave him. He acts as if he was planted there to make sure UDC commits seppuku .

If u look at things critically well, u will see that if he didn't convince UDC to swim that day all Jackal's effort of positioning on the boat would've been wasted cos there's no way Jackal could've taken UDC out while he's indoors or moving with the security guys.

The partner definitely has a job of making sure UDC was exposed and isolated; a job which he obviously succeeded at executing.

Ibime:
Nah, I'm not fvcking with that Black Doves

If a Series can't impress me in the first 20 mins of Episode 1, it's going in the bin

Na the same issue I dey get with Mayor of Kingstown.

I also have the same issue with Mayor of Kingstown. All the episodes are lying fallow on my system.

I have watched like 5 episodes and just find it totally uninteresting. I have abandoned it severally to watch other shows like Penguin, Jackal, The agency, etc. The series is just so boring

Shegzdave:
We were actually discussing shooters needed in the team cause we needed one, and davep mentioned lacasera for the ‘shooting force’ and not the striking position but the ‘shooter’ in that context we were discussing

But even Me no really fancy him shooting that’s why I ask him why Lacazette, I need someone from the midfield position(Xhaka profile) that will shoot and almost blind the keeper or even throw him into the back of the net with the ball.

cc Blueraydick

Obviously Rice can shoot , Odegaard can shoot and Saka can equally shoot.

However, Arteta's game doesn't require players to be shooting too often. Look closely at when there's interplay between Saka, Odegaard, Timber and Partey in the final third. They play to get so close to the opponent's goal before shooting.

If u are looking for our players that will be firing long shots often, u won't find that person in this team.

I forgot to mention Rice can also shoot as well, but I think Arteta's tactics limits the number of times he can shoot like that. If he shoots aimlessly and overturns the ball to the opponent in the process, he will hear an earful from Arteta

daveP:
Lol. As long as you don't see why i brought up that guy, we will never see things same. You keep making up all these funny conclusions that doesn't even align with what i wrote. If i write A, can you just look at it as A and not Æ plsss.

Where did i now say we should get someone like Lacazette now?
Besides, are you indirectly hinting that the system is anti-9s with the bolded when i can mention almost 6 other teams across this globe that are using the MA system and are flourishing? You want to make that indirect conclusion as a reason to not expect much from Kai, but at the same time, talk down on Laca whose figures none has replicated till now since he left?

Lol. Don't sacrifice the whole system to absolve Kai and Nelli. Yes everyone can score. But who should be scoring more? If a FW can't score with how this system is, they should getat. That's why we all want the carpintaahs out too. That is also why we also didn't want Sterling but our coach got him. I was here when i saw many say they don't want 9s cos of the carpintaahs we had when the system began. When same system dey across Europe with 9s that are banging goals and still spreading goals. That's what we want.


I'll still stand put on my ground that a lethal 9 will flourish in this setup, today tomorrow and more and it won't even stop the goals spreading. It will just increase the goals and options to goalscoring.

I never said a lethal 9 should not be added to the team. I'm not even a fan of Havertz, I only applaud him when he performs well and don't go about criticizing him all year round.

If u want Arsenal to sign a decent striker who can play with the team like Isak, that's good. But u will have to point to such players available in the market at a price within the club's budget. No be say u go dey wish Arsenal to sign Isak that is either too expensive or unwilling to change teams.

It's a thing for a striker to be lethal and it's another thing for him to fit into the current team's playing pattern. It's a totally different thing for that player to be available in the market and willing to join Arsenal.

It's just funny that Arsenal will win 5-0 today and u rejoice like the rest of the fan base, but next week they play 1-1 draw and u start ur lethal striker crusade all over again.

kodded:
Just like Eleney, rice is useless with the ball

This one na ur personal opinion that doesn't align with real life scenario o.

Attached is 2023/24 PFA team of the year and the same Rice was deservedly secured a spot in the heart of midfield.

Abi na this season Rice become useless with the ball?

kodded:
Arteta fooolish decision to replace xhaka with havertz
last season is the root cause of our LHS being useless since last season


By the way, what is the difference between Eleny and £132M Rice + Merino?

Na wa o.

So an Arsenal fan is seriously asking the difference between Rice and Elneny?

Maybe we should just go back to swapping Elneny for Rice, swap Mustafi for Saliba, swap Sokratis for Gabriel and Swap Kolasinac for Calafiori.

How can u watch Rice since he joined arsenal and be asking the difference between him and Elneny? 🤷‍♂️

iamoyindamola:
Yes he hasn't but capable
If you notice he fired a testing shot before UDC came in to the pool,I guess he was measuring the distance, wavelength and trajectory

The security have done everything within their power and within their knowledge as to how dangerous the Jackal is. He improvised and executed the mission which simply means the assassination was successful due to him being a genius and not because they were terrible at their jobs.

The guy looked more like an aquatic life cinematographer in the middle of the sea than an assassin. Even when the drone got too close for comfort, he jammed its signal.

Most people are seeing things from the position of trying to find plot hole in that scene than to acknowledge the Jack as a genius who had everything figured out.

iamoyindamola:
Wrong everyone in the series knows the jackal special ability except for his wife's stupid brother
I wish he snipe the fool out of this series already
The security people know what he's capable of, while I also blame UDC partner I wanted that UDC dead sef I don't like stupid people that is stubborn again
Everyone keep telling him it's not save but the werey will take his chances

He hasn't taken any shot like that before now. He hasn't taken any shot on water while the boat is imbalanced and the wind can take the bullet off target.

Everyone knows he's dangerous and that's why there was a perimeter set up by the security. They confirmed there was no threat within or close.to the perimeter before UDC entered the water.

Go and watch that part again. Start watching from the moment UDC woke from bed that morning, u will see for urself

daveP:
Of course, i have highlighted why i brought Lacazette into this. I complained about him too that year. I just didn't anticipate a less reliable replacement that we are all complaining about today. So yeah, i recall. Don't get me wrong. 😎
The focus is if shooting alone.... You know the rest. No need to repeat.


As for comparing GJ to Laca, or checking if Kai is/was better, the entire stats reveals a conclusion many of us will not like.


My observation is we may be unfair in assessment of Lacazette solely because of how we chose to remember him, when compared to the one currently in this team.

To me, the standards have dived.

Of course, they're all not similar, even the GJ isn't similar to Laca as well. Don't make this harder for me na.


Referencing Laca is because what we have is not it. It is not forbidden to reference a player that did double figures more than 3 times b2b for us. The ONLY player in current setup with such repeat is Saka.


As i said na you know why you think that's what i am doing. I dey Magodo, you don travel go Bombay. 😆
The reference is accurate and not an exaggeration. Thierry ke? Ehhhhhhhh. 🏃🏿‍♂️🏃🏿‍♂️🏃🏿‍♂️🏃🏿‍♂️🏃🏿‍♂️🏃🏿‍♂️🏃🏿‍♂️


Or will you be more comfy if i swap Laca for Auba or Ramsey on this SHOOTING metric? 😊🥲🙃😉😉😉

How can u sign a striker simply because of one quality? Are we retrogressing or progressing?

This ur argument get as e be. U are being disengagious if u are comparing the figures of our current strikers to what we had back then simply because our playing style has changed. We now have team where defenders and midfielders score as freely as strikers do. We do not rely solely on our defenders for goals.

At the end of the day what matters is the ability of the players and I can tell u freely that Lacazette's ability is likable to that of Jesus , but see where that has landed Jesus; on the bench!

Only God knows where ur nostalgia for Lacazette is coming from sha.

Theflint1:
That scene no too gbaski... I mean UDCs head of security knew there was an unidentified boat on the horizon, and an assassin that shoots as far as 3400 miles... The least they could do was make sure it was an all-clear before allowing him go for a swim.

Go and watch it again.

That morning the stupiid GAYbriel that is UDC's partner encouraged him to swim. He said " You are not breaking ur routine on the biggest day of ur life....You said it urself that swimming helps u clear ur head. "

The thing is nothing wey the head of security go talk, UDC only listens to his partner. Na that UDC partner kill am jare.

The boat Jackal was on(Bodgan's boat) was outside the perimeter , so even if a regular sniper was on that boat he obviously can't shoot that far to kill UDC. But Jackal was no regular sniper and he has a sophisticated weapon that allowed him shoot that far distance on a boat that is floating and not balanced.

The head of security was also trying to explain security details to UDC before proceeding to swim, but his GAYbriel partner shut him up and said " Can we just go? .... He knows the drill" . They also confirmed the perimeter secured before he proceeded to enter the water.

Make una leave oga security alone and face UDC partner abeg. Na him be the Judas

daveP:
You are solely responsible for what you understood from that clear post i made. You started all this better striker talk. Go back and see the post. It is about shooting. If you continue this talk, I'll be forced to assume you disagree with that post and therefore believe Kai is the better shooter.

If Lacazette is a shutty striker, then what is Kai? There's nothing to whitewash his image with except that you look at the person playing that role and see how terrible he is.

In that Fulham game, Kai was in position to receive the ball 4 times. The one the highlights even put(to show you they saw that as a bigger chance to score) was the one he asked for the ball from Odegaard until Ode finally gave him ball but he didn't shoot. He paused enough to make a defender catch up with him and then he finally gave a wack pass to the back of the post.

Turn and shoot BECAME a turn+hesitate+hesitate more+touch ball extra 2 times+allow defender cover+ pass the ball to corner.

If the only quality needed to change the results of that game was JUST SHOOTING, Lacazette would score a brace!! Okpata ke? 😂😂😂😂😂 That okpata should be added to Kai abeg.

I know generally we need more shooters in this squad, but you can't be free 4 times and can't still make a keeper scared.



As for the bolded, i'll leave the Kai vs Lacazette debate for another day. 😎😂😂

Cc: Arizoner

There's no Havertz Vs Lacazette Debate happening because they are obviously not the same kind of player. I have already pointed it out to u that Gabriel Jesus who currently sits on our bench is a prototype of Lacazette.

If Lacazette was still at Arsenal, he will definitely be sitting on the bench just like Gabriel Jesus.

Those two are not the kind of players we need at Arsenal for now. You can't be seeing Jesus languishing on the bench and be yearning for a player like Lacazette.

I support Arsenal Signing a direct striker that will make us more effective in the final third, but u referencing Lacazette like he was some Thierry Henry while he was at Arsenal is laughable at best. Lacazette was the king of shaku shaku during his time at Arsenal, that he scored shots a few time does not make us lose focus of who he really was for the whole period he was with us.

If I am motivated enough, I can did through this thread and show u instances of where we lamented about how he was always doing shaku shaku, "drimbling" and not taking a shot until he's crowded by opposition defenders.

GloriousGbola:
my man blueray hate watching the show

I don't like what I hate

seankafor:
the security boats 🚢 Chasing jackal at the episode ending gave me some badass moves kinda goosebumps

I'll be jumping on next episode the minute it comes out

We might be in for a surprise on what the outcome of the pursuit will be. I have a feeling that those US guys that contracted him may need to intervene and help him cos once he's caught they are 4cked

seankafor:
but some dei women hid their heads

Woman shield no wan lose her head .

She no wan hear say she die.

daveP:
Despite writing the qualities he has over Kai, you keep jumping to a whole new discussion that i never started. Is that hard to see. I outlined it and you still write all these?


When it comes to shooting, there is NOTHING Kai has over Lacazette. Take it or leave. Do you think the goal he scored versus Liverpool without looking at the net, Kai can ever dream of that? As for Kai, until he does double figures like Laca b2b2b, he's can't be better than Lacazette in goalscoring. That's another take it or leave it. If you guys like, laugh off my desire for a striker as usual. Thank God I've outlined the profile of the kind of striker already. Till then

Nobody is saying Havertz is the best thing after jollof rice, but u should also know that Lacazette was a shitty striker for us. Your post makes it seem like u are trying to whitewash Lacazette's image as far as goal scoring is concerned.

We can surely get better strikers than Havertz and I suggest we do, but saying a player like Lacazette would've helped us in that kind of match yesterday is okpata yarns. It's just like saying if Gabriel Jesus started the match , he would've scored too. Lacazette is similar to Jesus in lot of ways, one of which is not scoring often.

Come to think of it sef, the head of security has always warned UDC but he doesn't listen to anyone. The fooolish man would rather listen to his GAYbriel partner than listen to his head of security.

Jackal is the best snipper/assassin that has killed countless of people in similar circumstance, it was more like UDC was begging to be killed and he got what he wished for.

iamoyindamola:
But that the duty of the job
Putting your life for your boss, if you rewatch trump incident
Immediately the slowpoke missed the security people shielded him
For udc case he was too exposed and the jackal will shoot them all to get him

U are making the same mistake Izzou made giving the example of Trump's attempted assassination.

Trump was on land, the security guys could pin point where the shooting was coming from and can get closer to Trump to shield him from further bullets flying around.

The Jackal was very far away on water and u can't see him at all. The security guys took a precaution of having a body shield swimming with him in the water and the body shield tried his best till Jackal wacked him.

If 10 people jumped into the water, Jackal will wack them all as well.

The koko is they can't see him. U ever wonder where boats/ships collide on water? Visibility is usually a big issue when u are in a large water body.

The Jackal choosing to wack him on water knew that was the best chance he could ever get close to unaliving UDC. If he had tried that on land , he would be smoked. It was genuis for the Jackal to have used the water as attack spot and not necessarily because the security guys were lax

izzou:
[color=royalblue]The job in itself is a suicide, and any trained security person who stands idly while his billionaire boss is attacked is either confused, or the script is poor.

When the German politician was killed in EP1, his security detail ran out to find out where the shot came from immediately, and he was able to guess the building correctly. That is how it is.

How can your boss be shot at, all of una dey for bay, dey tell am to stay in the water, and do nothing?

Omoh, dem just wan rush the series.

I am not saying Jackal shouldn't have killed him
I am not saying they should have stopped him

But to do nothing was a poor one. E no suppose happen to the calibre of person wey dem dey protect.[/color]

You just gave a poor example with the German guy's episode.

Something that happened on land is quite different from something that happened on water .

When u drive on third mainland bridge, how far do u even see objects on the water like boat/ship? Visibility on water is quite different from visibility on land na.

In the German guy's episode, u can look up far ahead of u and figure out buildings but on water u definitely can't do that. Anybody that jumps into the water or jumps on a boat will get toasted like the guy swimming with UDC and the one on the jet ski did.

Jackal is the best snipper out there and will kill each and every one of them provided he has visibility advantage over them. They are trained security guys, and they know this. It's of no use getting urself killed knowing the jackal will still kill UDC

izzou:
[color=royalblue]No matter how far Jackal was, the fact that they all stayed still till he killed UDC was a big flaw.

A boat could have provided cover for UDC when his personal bodyguard in the water was shot.

Even if you cannot hit the Jackal, provide a distraction so UDC can buy some time.

This guy was literally in danger, and nobody did anything.

Omoh. That one no follow at all.[/color]

No be human being go man the boat? The Jet Ski that was sent, didn't u see how the person riding was taken out like a chicken?

Baba, any trained security person knows it's suicide when u put body on the line and u have a snipper shooting from a long distance. If they had tried to send 10 boats, Jackal would've neutralize all of them. He has the advantage of being out of sight.

izzou:
[color=royalblue]With the brilliance in the storyline of The Day of the Jackal, I never expected the plot of how UDC was killed to be so poor.

The man clearly in danger, and no one dived in to save him. Na after dem kill am, Head of security come dive....How naa?

Even after discovering the Jackal was trying to kill him, all the boats stayed still till he was killed, before they decided to chase him.

Ahn Ahn...They could do better na [/color]

Do u know how far the Jackal was from UDC? Anybody that enter the water would've caught a bullet to the skull, u can't out-maneuver a snipper u can't even see on sea

Even the Jet Ski that went to check out the Jackal's boat was killed thousands of meters away.

All those things u see happened within seconds, that's why the jackal was counting numbers while he was about to carry out the shooting.

The Jackal is the best British snipper of his time and he has three major assets: patience, precision and ability to remain calm under pressure.

daveP:
Focus-better shot
Timeframe-pre-arteta and currently at Lyon

If that yeah. Gives an idea how terrible kai is at shots as well.

Lacazette was never a good striker, he was just there. Remember we've had this discussion before now, Auba came long after he joined and scores more goals than he did.

Lacazette is more similar to Gabriel Jesus than he is to Havertz.

airmark:
He has changed his boot. Pardon am.

I have added your name to list of Cucurella haters.

There's nothing to hate about Cucurella ; he's a decent LB who has his good times and bad times.

If this Sanchez no kill Una, make I know wetin cause am

mostob:
At this rate, shey we no go give Sterling run of games and bench Martinelli?

We may be here shouting Kai up and down. That our left wing worse. It is limiting our flow.
Martinelli had no business being offside for that goal. Wetin even vex me pass na that rubbish yellow card.

Arteta fumbled signing Sterling instead of signing any decent LW/RW on the market.

Martinelli just dey play but he's guaranteed a place in the team whether as a starting player or as a sub. I'm sure Trossard will feel gutted today that he was subbed off less than 60 minutes even when he come off from bench for martinelli he always comes much later in the game.

Martinelli just dey chop awoof because of his defensive game play

Oya airmark delete that draft about Cucurella

Kuluvsekiiiiiiiii

mostob:
Na why I just scroll pass.

Lacazette was so poor we converted him to midfielder. E remain small make the guy do a 'Joelington'

I no just understand Dave and his obsession for a striker. Yes we know we need a striker but making Lacazette as an example of the striker that would've scored in this kinda match is just funny.

Lacazette that I named non-scoring striker because he actually doesn't as much as a striker is expected to, Dave carry am dey do example of striker wey fit score in this kind of game.


Lacazette is just a less skillful and more passionate version of Gabriel Jesus. Scoring goals is not his forte at all

daveP:
big time.

Lacazette for don shoot tey tey. Same for Auba. We just want enter box

Una don come again. How many goals did Lacazette with all those useless shooting he was doing?

Offside 😩

Sakadinho!

Theflint1:
Most of the people there can't afford plantain at the current prices but she's implying they'd be able to afford it when it gets to 10K

I no blame the woman sha, at least the one she's saying is still better than those "baba is working and making things better" lamba they spin at TVC

God help those still watching TVC to confirm their bias for them.