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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by BlueRayDick: 9:53pm On Dec 05, 2024
engrelvis:
We v quality players bro. Amorim just need to instil in dem what he want. U saw how RVN liciester destroy West Ham yesterday. These r d same liciester shitty player dt v been fcking up. looserpool was wobbling when klop left but with same players they r currently toppin d league. What so special about saka or Nunes or even Gakpo?.
The people that know ball know what is special about Saka. It’s okay if u don’t see it.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by BlueRayDick: 9:49pm On Dec 05, 2024
maik99:
You could say everything but there’s no way you believe your Odegaard is better than Bruno Fernandes
I could litter here with a full page of posts from ur fellow utd fans on this very thread who had a whole lot to say about Bruno’s game play .

I mean i don’t even need to prove anything at all, the fact speaks for itself . Odegaard on the other hand gets the commendation of both fans and his fellow professional players .

For your information, Odegaard was made 2022/2023 and 2023/2024 PFA team of the year . If you still think Bruno is better than him as of today , I don’t know what else to tell u.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by BlueRayDick: 8:16pm On Dec 05, 2024
engrelvis:
lf Martines or Luke Shaw had played l dnt think this wud v happened. l DNT really v high regard for Arsenal even loserpool. A high pressing Newcastle nearly rattle dem yesterday. Even during Fergie time when Arsenal was Arsenal dey do beat us inspite of our quality as dt time. l v watched Amorim 4 matches n believe me we will be stronger when we meet again. So again l will remind u.D team to fear this season is Chelshit.
Sure , Amuru’s team will get better and he will sign more players to replace some of ur dead woods . But as of today , u can’t claim Arsenal players don’t have more quality than Man utd’s man to man.

I mean u guys don’t have CB’s as reliable as ours ,You don’t have any winger pulling the strings Saka does; You people even complain about the inadequacies of Bruno’s game while everyone knows the kind of quality Odegaard possesses .

When ur players are up to that level u are wishing they are , I will surely acknowledge when the time comes . For now, baba relax . 🧘
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Arsenal Fans Thread: The Red & White Army: 2025/2026 EPL Champions! by BlueRayDick: 7:59pm On Dec 05, 2024
iamoyindamola:
We listen we don't judge

Apparently we were on par with these people on set piece conversion until yesterday
Hypocrite set of people
Na that 2-0 Dey pain them .

Anybody seeing them crying about corner kick this season would think we didn’t score from the corner last year when we pipped them 3-1.

The thing is they wanted to be able to boast that they held us to a draw despite still in the rebuilding process , but Arteta and Jovas said NO! 😂
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by BlueRayDick: 7:53pm On Dec 05, 2024
engrelvis:
No wahala. l will remind u of dis when we meet aresenal again
It’s not about when we meet again bro.

If a Loserpool supporter says the quality of Arsenal players is not superior to Loserpool’s , I won’t argue because I can see quality players in all department for their team .

But man utd that u guys were still debating the best defensive lineup u can come up to stop Arsenal players …. Haba! Just yesterday there were permutations about Evans, Maguire, Mazzaroui, De Ligt, etc on this same thread .

Baba no Dey lie to urself . Man pass man.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Arsenal Fans Thread: The Red & White Army: 2025/2026 EPL Champions! by BlueRayDick: 7:37pm On Dec 05, 2024
iamoyindamola:
Omo pain wan injure these guys

grin grin
They will cry today , cry tomorrow and cry forever .

Their tears is very very delicious . If they had held us to 0-0 and later score 90 mins + goal like man city did, I’m sure they would’ve celebrated .

When u don’t let people trash u like they used to in the past , they will begin to complain about ur tactics like say dem prevent them from using same tactics .
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 4:43pm On Dec 05, 2024
https://www.nairaland.com/8285819/fg-fires-togo-benin-degree

FG sacks graduates of private universities from Togo and Benin republic.

But seriously I don't understand why anybody will leave Nigeria to study in mushroom universities in French speaking countries.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 3:51pm On Dec 05, 2024
popizaino:
I wanted to ask,should we still keep our foreign currency or go do some panic changing. I dey hot sit right now.
If u sell ur dollar what will u use the naira to do? Spend it ? Use it to buy an asset?


Like itsrm suggested, if u didn't buy the dollars when it was above N1,500/1$ you shouldn't sell it. If you got the dollar when it was relatively lower, then keep ur dollar.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by BlueRayDick: 3:17pm On Dec 05, 2024
engrelvis:
l still stand by my words . ln terms of players dey r nt beta than us. Their strength is team work, beta understanding of themselves. Another monster dt is gradually developing is Chelsea.
Baba let this go.

None of ur CB's are as good as Saliba and Gabriel. In fact, if all our players are fit and united players are equally fit, our backline trumps united's hands down in terms of the player quality.

This is not about past glory or players beyond their prime. Saka is there in attack and Odegaard is there in midfield. It's not just about team work, we have players that have been playing consistently well and showing their quality in the past 2 to 3 seasons.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Arsenal Fans Thread: The Red & White Army: 2025/2026 EPL Champions! by BlueRayDick: 3:08pm On Dec 05, 2024
mostob:
We area different team when we have everybody available. The injury to Martin really affected us but the needless red cards affected us more. Also, it is high time we stop questioning some transfer decisions. Calafiori and Timber transfers were questioned then but now, we can see how much they have improved us.

I think Ben White is the only one out for now.
I don't really think anybody questioned Calafiori's transfer considering how good he was at the Euros, In fact most fans were happy we got him ahead of other suitors who saw how good he is.

As regards Timber, I'm also not really sure there was much concern about his transfer....If any, it will center around Arsenal signing a defender when most people we feel we are thing upfront.

Odegard is the fulcrum of our attack, I won't be surprised if Real Madrid come with big money to lure him back to the Bernabéu.

As usual Martinelli does really good in the defensive side of the game but continues to remain average attack wise. He had a chance yesterday which I believe Trossard in that same position would've made count like he did against Loserpool 2 seasons ago.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 11:47am On Dec 05, 2024
Theflint1:
Knowing the way things run with that crowd, most likely no be even Okhebolo send the guy the town crier job e dey do, but it's something he knows the man would appreciate and a path to warming his way into the man's circle...bad as e bad e go press 200K enter e hand.

All these inspection e dey do na IGG...his real legacy would be felt in the many pepper soup and Gulder joints in the city, that's the only thing he has to offer.
Una no get choice(at least for the next 4 years), the only thing u can do is to hope he works and does better than Obaseki infrastructure wise
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by BlueRayDick: 11:44am On Dec 05, 2024
odizeey:
Corners are not the only set pieces. Hehehe.
If you've been watching arsenal well enough, u would've seen Arsenal scoring corner kicks and free kicks . Against PSG Saka even scored a freekick that was supposed to be nodded-in but due to the positioning our players in the box, the keeper was fooled and ball landed at the back of the net.

The bottom line is we are getting value for the money spent on our set-piece coach. When u people get it right with ur own set piece coach, u will see how sweet it is grin
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by BlueRayDick: 10:51am On Dec 05, 2024
Leyqute:
We just signed a new coach. We still dey figure things out.

If we want to throw a spanner in your works, we’ll just bid for your corner kick coach. Title race over. grin
lol grin

If we don't give u, how will u take it?

Your current set piece coach na former Arteta Nwa Boy o. If Arteta allows Jovas to go then u should be scared cos he definitely has found someone better niyen o. wink
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 10:24am On Dec 05, 2024
izzou:
grin grin grin

[color=royalblue]But wetin be the problem with that clip?[/color]
The video is actually funny because that guy is just clowning about. When peerson no be Ooni of Ife wey dey carry announcer/town crier go every occasion to announce his arrival.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by BlueRayDick: 10:21am On Dec 05, 2024
Leyqute:
Yes, you were reduced to corners. Na lie? I still don’t understand why you’re posting epistles.

Everything you don type this morning go don enough for chapter 1 of MSc dissertation. On top say Arteta turn Tony Pulis. Na wah.
Una no dey pay una own set-piece coach salary ? grin
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by BlueRayDick: 10:20am On Dec 05, 2024
afrodoc2:
Bro that his statement did not need the epistle you dropped.

It wasn’t even an attack on Assanal but just drawing some positives for our team from the game.

If anything, it was showing respect to Assanal that we were able to somewhat limit the chances of a free scoring side like you guys.
That's a tongue in the cheek post he made; like some of our goals have not been coming from corner kicks. cheesy

Make he no dey disguise. Arsenal has a set piece coach and Man utd also has a set piece coach, there's no need to whine about Arsenal winning via set piece.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by BlueRayDick: 10:03am On Dec 05, 2024
Leyqute:
I posted one line saying you relied on corner kicks and you replied with an epistle.

Are you ashamed of your Tony Pullis style or what? You’re a glorified Stoke City. Own it and move on.
No, u said u reduced us to corner kicks as if we didn't score corner kick against u last season in the same game Gabriel Jesus dribble Dalot soul commot him body. grin

We've been scoring corner kicks against teams and they didn't whine about it. If u are not good enough to stop arsenal corner kicks just accept it and move on.

We played 13 corners against Inter Milan(exact same number against Man utd) and we didn't score any .

Baba just chest the L and move on. Like iamoyindamola suggested, please take the positives from the game(whatever that is)

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 9:43am On Dec 05, 2024
Theflint1:
Lol, I don see am, the sort of fooling you get from a stark illiterate as governor.
grin grin grin

He should give the guy commisioner for special duties. Yorubas have saying " Okunrin to'n sun rara fun okunrin egbe e, ako ise lo'n se" ( Meaning A man who sings high praises of his fellow man, no be small work he dey do)
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by BlueRayDick: 9:39am On Dec 05, 2024
Leyqute:
Don’t be silly.

All your dangerous chances came from corner kicks. You guys crowded the box, jostling and shoving and hoping a deflection or something else gets the ball inside the net. Timber even had to push Hojlund to get the first goal and the second goal was a deflection.

You had just one shot on target from open play- Havertz effort that was saved by Onana, and that came after you guys were two goals ahead.

The game was very cagey and I’m not saying that relying on corner kicks like Stoke is a bad thing. But the least you could do is admit it. Monkey no fine but him mama still like am.
Shey una dey hear paw paw talk ? grin

At 0-0 Partey lobbed a pass to Timber who cut back to Odegaard inside ur box 18 before Rice rifled a shot that was deflected to corner. I believe that's not a dangerous chance abi?

You like talk well well, cos if not how will u be calling a team u shared ball possession with 50/50 Stoke city? I guess that makes ur team stoke city Taiwo and Arsenal Stoke City Kehinde grin grin grin

Anybody seeing u whinning about corner kick/set piece would think one of the 2 shots on target u managed to have didn't come from a set piece too.(De Ligt's nodding). I guess if u had scored that u would have no problem with Arsenal scoring corners ba?
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Arsenal Fans Thread: The Red & White Army: 2025/2026 EPL Champions! by BlueRayDick: 8:42am On Dec 05, 2024
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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 8:39am On Dec 05, 2024
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by BlueRayDick: 8:09am On Dec 05, 2024
Leyqute:
Not a bad game. Cagey. Reduced Arsenal to corners. But we didn’t create many chances, and only had a couple of shots on target.

Should get better with time. Onwards and upwards.
Reduced Arsenal to corner kwa? 😂. Even last season when Jesus dragged Dalot’s soul off the pitch , we still scored corner against united .

Yesternight the ball possession was 50/50

Arsenal had more shots on target 6 -2

Arsenal had 5 shots blocked and united had 0 blocked shots .

Arsenal and united had the same number of shots off target 3-3

Arsenal’s keeper was called upon to make just 2 saves while Onana had to bail United out 4 times .

I put it to you that you didn’t reduce Arsenal to anything you are imagining right now ; you only survived conceding just 2 goals with 3 CB’s . It could’ve been worse .

It’s an indictment on ur attackers that they couldn’t force one single corner out of Arsenal’s defense throughout the whole game .

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Arsenal Fans Thread: The Red & White Army: 2025/2026 EPL Champions! by BlueRayDick: 7:24am On Dec 05, 2024
mostob:
Oh..I thought as much. He might be relieved of that duty when White comes back.

Just that yesterday, I can count like two corner kicks that a taller player who have connected with but Timber couldn't because of his height.

It is all good sha.
I think the team is improvising really well.

When we have all/most players fully fit , things will definitely get better than we are seeing .

I hope everyone now sees that the dark patch we had earlier this season was due to injuries dealing us a big blow and not necessarily because Arteta is clueless .

One thing I’ve noticed is that this current Arsenal team has two major assets ;1. Fully fit first team players and 2. Arteta and the management team’s tactics . It appears as though the two assets are complementary .
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Arsenal Fans Thread: The Red & White Army: 2025/2026 EPL Champions! by BlueRayDick: 7:18am On Dec 05, 2024
For the first time ever, Arsenal have beaten Manchester United four times in a row.

All with Mikel Arteta at the wheel.

Credit : BBC Sport

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Arsenal Fans Thread: The Red & White Army: 2025/2026 EPL Champions! by BlueRayDick: 7:07am On Dec 05, 2024
mostob:
Nice game yesterday...

However if Timber was a few inches taller, we would have scored more from corner yesterday. Made me wonder the usefulness of Kai during CKs (maybe he is a decoy). I really wish we get his brother (Quinten) for that LM this January.

We had a slow start but it is understandable because this United's team was a banana peel. One need to be cautious. However, the misplaced passes were worrisome coming from experienced heads like Saka, Party and Odegaard.

I really hope Gabi's injury is not serious and will be back for the weekend. Same as Calafiori.
Havertz job in corner kicks is to ruffle up defenders , create confusion amongst his markers with hos height and wait for any rebound .

If u notice well, he’s mostly not the target of any of our corner kicks . He does the Ben White dark arts ; albeit in a more refined way since they have criminalized the dark arts thingy this season in the EPL
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by BlueRayDick: 7:03am On Dec 05, 2024
iamoyindamola:
That zinchenko is getting useless by the day
We better sell him off before he turn scrap
Tomiyasu always getting injured is not helping matters too.

On paper it looks good keeping Calafiori as starting LB, Tomiyasu his deputy and Zinchencko a squad player . But when those two are out one starts seeing Zinchencko’s defensive frailties .
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Arsenal Fans Thread: The Red & White Army: 2025/2026 EPL Champions! by BlueRayDick:
iamoyindamola:
Even gabu shock
😂😂😂😂

Gabu be like : U sabi play like this before ? Na im u make Arteta Dey use me every match every minute ?
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by BlueRayDick: 6:41am On Dec 05, 2024
iamoyindamola:
Amoru really tried but the process will take time to stay
That first half was very good, if rashford or amad start the game
Arsenal fullbacks won't have freedom to invert like that
That is why a good/reasonable team should not allow its team list to get leaked before the official time.

Nobody ever thought Zinchencko would get the coach’s nod to such crucial match . I’m sure if Amuru had gotten an inkling of Zinchencko starting at LB he would’ve countered that with Amad and it will be serious trouble for us all night . The few minutes Amad played vs Zinchencko showed this .
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Arsenal Fans Thread: The Red & White Army: 2025/2026 EPL Champions! by BlueRayDick: 6:33am On Dec 05, 2024
johnjunior39:
This statement is what brought me here this morning hahahahaha.

You know when you pep yourself before a task to do your best and luck smiled on your hardworking? That was Kiwior last night , like aside scoring from Corner dude made us forget big Gabby for a night. How was he so perfect this night.

Unfortunately, Zinchenco even made me wish we had started Tierney ahead( I really feel he deserve a chance honestly )
Aswear ! Each time I watch Kiwior , he just gives me the vibe that he’s not enough ; that he’s not this current Arsenal team standard but yesterday was different . He just did almost everything right yesterday . Like u rightly said , he really made us forget about Gabriel for one night .

As for Zinchencko , I think Arteta deliberately used him for his attacking flair and not for his defensive abilities . I’m glad Arteta wasn’t unnecessarily stubborn and removed him immediately Amad came in cos he would’ve either copped a red card or allow Amad glide past him after that yellow card incident .

I think for Tear-knee to play , we would need to be seriously men-short o.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by BlueRayDick: 5:40am On Dec 05, 2024
Shegzdave:
Na WE be the Knackerdemus grin grin

Odo Omo, do iya grin
Aje!

We had the game under control from beginning to the end
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Arsenal Fans Thread: The Red & White Army: 2025/2026 EPL Champions! by BlueRayDick: 11:35pm On Dec 04, 2024
Timber is an upgrade to Ben White , he just has that natural ball playing ability . He’s he kind of signing that will make u forgive Arteta/Edu for signing Willian , Sterling and Lokonga
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by BlueRayDick: 11:30pm On Dec 04, 2024
iamoyindamola:
Amoru really tried but the process will take time to stay
That first half was very good, if rashford or amad start the game
Arsenal fullbacks won't have freedom to invert like that
We knack the team Amoru abandoned last week and this week we knack the new team he joined . grin

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