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Jodera:
Hmmm...
I read that he won't be available for selection for tomorrow's match again.
What's more? I read that he won't be training with the first team till the end of 2021 and thus he won't be available for selection throughout this 2021


Mehn, if this is true, then it's very Crazy from dem Arteta

Did u actually think he was still going to play this December ? Well I already knew by the timing he’s most definitely not going to play till he goes for AFCON and it is during that period that his future will be decided .

I know for the club to have issued a statement , strip him of the captaincy and all, it was never going to be resolved with a slap-in-the-wrist kinda punishment like missing one or two games.....

AirBay:
Do you know how much some Local Pharmacies in developed countries make everyday Via Tests. Laboratories, Pharmaceutical companies have raised their revenues/profits by 1000% Covid is not ending soon

This is exactly why I’m interested in the economics of this corona virus thingy ! .... Enough of the medical and science surrounding it , we should hear who is gaining what at the end of the day.

My colleague who is relocating to the UK in the next couple of days was lamenting as at last week that he would have to cough out over 2million naira for hotel accommodation where he will quarantine following the UK including Nigeria in the red list following the o ocean variant outbreak. Good for him the stuff has been relaxed now.

But to think the hospitality /hotel industry will be getting close to 2million naira per every person that comes into the country from the red zone is something .

Something’s economics dey direct science go anywhere e like o

Trevor012:
I have never seen anybody die from Malaria in Nigeria.

When I was doing my NYSC in the north , I read about one of my fellow corps member whom we graduated from the same institution died of malaria after few ways she was diagnosed . When the Nysc year book was published at our passing out I saw her face and details in the space for fallen heroes.

Funny enough I had malaria that same period I heard of her demise ; if u see how I took my medications seriously and ate enough vegetables and fruits during this period ehn...

Ibime:
He has. Vaccine wears off after few months, and Omicron no even send vaccine message

Na wa o. So as it stands there is no proven medical solution for this covid-19 wahala ? (By medical solution I mean other methods other than wearing face mask, maintaining social distance , etc )

Ibime:
3 of our players have tested positive. This Omicron is everywhere and spreads like wildfire. Even my brother and nephew have it. I don't think EPL will last another 2 weeks.

Has ur bro not been vaccinated ?

Nobody is even talking about Tomiyasu’s impact in that second Goal scored by Smith-Rowe ; Tomiyasu practically wrestled with the West Ham player till the ball was won before Saka made a run with the ball .

God bless whoever identified Tomiyasu as a good option for our RB position considering the rubbish Bellerin and Chambers served us in the past.

Hoping one can see exactly this Saka gear in Nigeria soon .

I don’t care how we play today , I just don’t want us to drop points

Lush100:
Sir, we are talking of management

Firstly, if Laca is the 2nd captain,
Why take it off him now.
How do we know what it would do to his performance.
He hasn't shown he does not value it,
Until he leaves treat the player like he is part of the team, doing otherwise can bring this season to disruption.
When he leaves, giving the armband to another person would be logical and would need no explanation.

2ndly,
If MA says to press conference, that Auba is not available,
You have protected the club and the player.
When the news comes, they would have known u tried to protect both.
MA can maintain that the player is still not available, even with rumors,
The club can put the matter on the website but the manager must not make any comment to that because arteta is not going to lace boot and kick the ball, the players will.

3rdly,
It would be easier to bring a player back from bench or substitute appearance if you did not "display " this thing publicly and he would be giving his best performance because he understands u tried to protect the matter.
Unless he just want to coach clubs for 2 or 3 seasons
.

It makes no sense to me for a club to be changing captains like underwear . If a player has done something that calls his captainship into question, let him face the music like Auba just did. Now that being said , whoever will be the new captain must be carried along with the club’s long term goal. Lacazette is not part of the club’s long term goals and it’s visible to the blind and audible to the deaf.

In fact , making Lacazette for 6 months only to choose another captain after his departure will even unsettle the team instead of calming things down. Lacazette being considered for captain is a no no for me .

As regards management of Auba’s issues , I believe the club handled it well. Like Spy360 pointed out , we are a football club not a a secret society whose details/ informationsare not available for members of the public. Your so called “baby management “ has no basis in this case at all.

Lush100:
Firstly,
This issue should have been done without the noise

I know the press will ask questions but there was no need to bring it to the press conference.
Me think there was personal insults into this matter else, i see no reason.

Nketia has not been playing
They should have just done the same for auba. They should av just benched him like Pepe and do the whole discipline internally
If auba now makes noise about the matter via SM, then the club can make a statement with facts (stating his poor performance too)
Wenger would not have allowed this.

This thing sends out negative vibes no matter how you picture it and i can bet even if we get top4, arteta would be replaced eventually.
Only a serial winning coach would be allowed this sort of thing,
Why not maintain Laca as captain and add odegard to the group.

This is baby management haba

1 Lacazette is in the last year of his contract and will most likely leave for free by the end of this season. Making him the captain knowing fully well he will leave makes less sense .

2. Benching Auba without giving any explanation for it will definitely raise eyebrows . At the beginning of the season when Auba and Lacazette missed about two games without any reasonable explanation, fans like me and u combed the streets of the internet trying to find out what exactly happened , some of us didn’t even believe the Covid-19 reason that was later given.

3. There is nothing wrong in the club stating it clearly the reason Auba is being axed instead of keeping everybody in the dark ...... I’ve not seen Auba complaining he was treated unfairly by the club in this saga , maybe cos he knows he’s in the wrong and should’ve been a better example than he is.

iamoyindamola:
The truth is there is more to this story than we are hearing or seeing
This guy went to pick his mother not just anyone, if something happen along the way i am sure they won't be expecting him soon, we are just judging him base on he's an habitual late comer or he have 2 offences before, no one knows if he have delay in flight due to weather or anything to make him come late.

Almost the same happened to saliba when he lost his mom, he went to france spent more than he was given, arteta put him up in a match and concluded he wasn't ready he doesn't even know if the boy have recovered losing his mother
I don't like auba especially now that he's useless to us but that arteta is not innocent kankan, no wonder he couldn't say the real reason for punishing auba

All u have stated here are speculations and assumptions. The club already put a statement up stating categorically that he was stripped of captaincy due to his "latest" disciplinary breach. They say they" expect our players particularly the captain to work to the rules and standards they have all set and agreed".

Whatever bias u have for Arteta doesn't matter in this case, what matters is Arteta and the club hierarchy took a bold step to set things straight and lay good disciplinary foundation.

iamoyindamola:
Exactly
Are we now judging aubameyang for taking permission to pick his sick mother and meeting training

Note: he and his mother did covid-19 test before entering uk

U are not getting the point . Aubameyang was made captain like 2 years ago or thereabouts. During these period he’s had 3 indiscipline issues that does not portray him to be a good example as a leader.

A football club is like a company where most of us work. There are rules , do’s and don’ts. In ur work place I’m sure u don’t miss work except u are on leave or sick that makes u unable to work at all. If u must miss work for reasons other than the aforementioned, then u must take a special permission which ur superiors might give on compassionate grounds but u must adhere strictly to whatever conditions is attached.

Auba was granted leave to go pick his mum , he was expected to be back by Wednesday but he didn’t return . That’s a breach which the club believes is typical of Auba who is known to have shown flagrant disregard for the club rules and protocols. Simply put , the club punished him for all the infractions at once being a 3rd time offender .

iamoyindamola:
Jodera
All credible sources (BBC,skysports) reported him going to France to pick his mother, where did you guys get the tattoo case from
The only thing he did was not returning at the agreed time

This Una tattoo case is false and you are all judging him with it

The tattoo case was in February ; that was his second infraction not this third one.

limcar:
i nominate thomas partey

Over!

Partey will spend more days being injured than being a captain.

ahnie:
I don't eat egusi soup,but I would eat this one.

Why don’t u eat Egusi ? I’m curious, I want to know .

When I was much younger I also don’t eat egusi , I don’t eat ewedu laced with egusi, neither do I eat egusi ijebu ( just plain watery egusi and pepper spiced with dried fish or any protein ).

When a paternal aunt came to stay with us for few months she accused my mum for spoiling me and allowing me to decide whatever soup/food I like or I don’t . She would carry stick, sit with me and try to force me eat any of the aforementioned soup/food. She usually gets frustrated Cos I end up not eating at all. Later she realized her folly that u can only force the horse to the stream but can’t force it to drink from it. She apologized to my mum and allowed me choose what I eat .


Funny enough , now that I’m all grown some of those meals/food/soup are my favorites now. Egusi with garri at a standard Igbo kitchen is what I don’t play with anytime I’m in an area that has such mouth watering delicacy . Even ewedu with egusi goes well in my mouth with Amala well well. Even carrot that I don’t eat back then, it’s a must for me in my stir fry spaghetti, fried rice or coconut rice .

Skimpledawg:
I talk am



Blueraydick

And so it starts . The two egbons are match made in heaven aswear

iamoyindamola:
I am concern about his salary who will agree to pay unless he is willing to take paycut

If he still wants to continue playing competitive football at least in Europe, he will have no choice but to take a paycut. Except he's lucky the former Barcelona president finds his way to another European club and adds him to a list of unnecessary signings he's made in his lifetime.

iamoyindamola:
Make we look for buyer asap before he pull ozil on us

We may likely sell him during AFCON.

I honestly don't want to see him pocket as much as quarter of a million pounds only to sit on the bench; neither do I want to see him relegated to the bench while we are losing money paid as his weekly wages.

Although getting a buyer who plays regularly in UCL( which I know will be his preference when choosing his next club) might be difficult, but make we do everything possible to sell him sha. Na wetin go make my mind cool be dat

Spy360:
Absolutely.

One edge Arteta has is that he is a disciplinarian. This he must be commended for rather than being attacked. He was captain of this club and is in a position to discipline whoever plays here.

We do not have the full details of what transpired (going to France to visit mum, or going to Barcelona to get a tattoo) but one thing is sure he missed training and violated COVID-19 rules. He is the captain and highest earner and should live by example. His current form should even worry him/us more than being axed.

Abi !

I just read this is his 3rd disciplinary breach . Imagine a captain in the space of less than 2 years being the captain has had as much as 3 disciplinary breaches recorded against him.

Which leader be that ? In February he breached the covid-19 rule just to get a tattoo. Which kind example is that from a leader ?

Let’s hope the club will select a more stable person with leadership qualities as our next skipper . Auba’s watch has ended !

It’s official! Auba has ceased to be Arsenal captain.

Skimpledawg:
Lols.

You ar back with wahala again egbon

I was going to type excatly this before I saw ur post . Airmark like quarrel pass fight aswear

Itsrm:
One time I agree with you a hundred percent.

Rules are there for a reason, you allow Auba get away with it, the next will be Xhaka and indiscipline sets in.

If the rules are too hard for you to obey, the honourable thing is to leave the club. I'm sure there are no dearth of good strikers who are looking for an opportunity to wear the Arsenal Jersey

Exactly my point. If u allow Auba to get away with it unpunished, u will be surprised that one day u will see small boys like Smith-Rowe, Saka showing signs of indiscipline and then we will be blaming the coach for not being able to handle star players.

iamoyindamola:
I don't like Arteta from here to there
If he can honourably resign he will be my best man for life

This is exactly my point . U don’t like Arteta as a coach , but it doesn’t necessarily mean he did wrong giving Auba the axe. Auba messed up and as such should face the music without anybody making a case for him or claiming because training didn’t happened on Wednesday as planned , then Auba should be left off the hook.

I am a firm believer in holding people accountable for their actions and inactions especially when u have a lot of people who want to borrow a leaf from whatever the outcome of the situation will be .

iamoyindamola:
Untold story
Aubameyang took permission to pick his mother from France and was expected to be in UK by Wednesday evening.
But he came back on Thursday morning and still meet up for training but on arriving at the training he was told to go back home.

On aubameyang's part
It's almost known to Africans not to keep to agreement, he could have called if plan change
He's the club captain and should lead by example


On club/arteta's part
This Arteta has always portray himself as a good fella to the media whereas he's an asshole and a hypocrite
If aubameyang was in form I can bet my life this idiot won't give him any punishment
If he was around on Wednesday evening still training doesn't hold that time, he came back on Thursday morning and still meet up to training time
Come on!!!
My hatred for this Arteta just keep on increasing I hate pretenders >:(

This to me sound more like a beer parlor gossip, but then if it's true I don't see what Arteta has done wrong in all of these. Like in all Organizations, there are rules which all employees who eke their living in such orgnaizations must strictly adhere irrespective of their hierarchy/ designation. Auba gets paid hundred of thousands in pounds every week which affords him the luxurious lifestyle he's living. Complying with the club's/Arteta's rules shouldn't be a difficult task for him.

Forget ur personal "hate"/bias for Arteta, mention one coach u know that will allow their player(most importantly the team captain) to openly show flagrant disregard for the club's rules/protocols. Even Xavi that was just appointed by Barca gave a whole lot of do's and don't's he expects all Barca players to follow, of which failure abide by them will spell doom for such player.

I don't see the need to call Arteta Hypocrite here considering he didn't give Auba any preferental treatment, rather he gave him the axe like he would do any other player in Auba's shoes. Whatever the story behind Auba's missing training was, one thing is clear; Auba surely has some disciplinary issues that needs addressing considering he gets paid so much compared to the rest of the team. To whom much is given, much is required.

I remain one of the Auba's biggest stan particularly for his goal scoring abilities, but I don't Stan nonsense behavior like this one from Auba.

mostob:

I read that Arteta has personally conducted more than 20 private training session with him concerning his decision making and his first touch but he didn't show any sign of improvement.
With that his coconut head.

Shey Na that person u come dey suggest make we try for makeshift CF .

Shebi una dey complain say Auba no dey get plenty touches upfront , Pepe own go worse he fit no get shot on target for the whole tournament like Giroud did at the last World Cup

popizaino:
Meanwhile, where is @blueraydick ?

I’ve been around , just that I’ve got a lot going on offline that’s making it difficult for me to catch up with the thread and nairaland in General.

I hate to jump into discussions in the middle , so the few times I’m able to come online I spend it reading past posts trying to catch up where I left.

I read somewhere online that Auba was axed cos he travelled to Barcelona to get a tattoo a day before a match and he had to miss training . If this is true , then I’m disappointed in Auba for acting like a typical African player that will see small money and start misbehaving .

Whatever the case may be , I sincerely hope the club is making serious plans to replace both Auba and Lacazette with two deadly strikers ...... As it stands I would want none of them at the Emirates next season

Beans

iamoyindamola:
Be calming dwn abeg
To start with ranieri didn't take watford to relegation and all davep said is we should have more bodies in the box which is true because we are currently struggling in front of goal.
Having more bodies will relieve useless for now auba his duties

Having more bodies in the box when a cross is to be played to be taken like he pointed with the case of Chelsea vs watford does not guarantee u will score more goals. It’s ur game plan and how well u execute it that guarantees u goals

If it’s because we are struggling in front of goal , then what he should be suggesting is the team being more attack minded going forward. It’s just emotions that will make a fan start suggesting our coach emulate a style of play that has not really yielded much result as in the case of Watford.

The simple question is what has this style of play done for Watford ? Even in the said referenced match who won ?

daveP:
Pls if you watch the match,study how many Arsenal Shirts are in opponents box 18 when a cross is about to be made.



That sums up the seasons poor goals returns.


Watford has 4 in Chelsea box every time there was to be a flank cross.

That produces 6 clear cut chances that made Tuchel scared. Watford lost but Arteta should be doing what Pa Claudio did to Tuchel, to other managers. That's what is called a fight. Not this sit back expecting to pounce thingy.

U fans are just insatiable

For all of Claudio’s tactics he’s just 3 points above the relegation zone. Yet u say Na him tactics make Arteta adopt . This so claudio’s tactics didn’t get him a win against Arteta, even the watford vs Chelsea match u are using as reference point sef , they lost.

What is there to emulate in such team ? Shey make we dey play beautiful football make we dey lose Na wetin una enjoy ?

Some of u think football is like playing PES/FIFA when u get to do whatever u wish to do with ur opponent without they having a response for it. As if the other coach u will be facing has no game plan at all and ur own game plan must always work.

Shey coach wey no dey go all out to pack 6 to 7 players inside opponent box no know wetin he dey do ? Chelsea that was busy playing 15 corners against man utd with their players camped inside man utd’s box, we saw how it ended when a counter-attack happened .

Abeg if Na 10-1 formation go make us continue to enjoy good run of games I’m all in for it. Nothing concern me with how bottom team like watford dey play

iamoyindamola:
You will be suprise plenty of us get sense pass those coaches na opportunity them get
ole and arteta have shown over the time they don't have business in coaching
While wengay last years showed he has lost it, i can confidently arrange a team and beat his team blue black that year
All i need to do is block his important players which are not up to 3 then free the useless ones to perambulate

The funny thing be say u no even sabi reach all those coaches wey wenger dey sama cricket score during preseason . U no sabi pass all those Eastern Europe clubs wey wenger dey sama cricket score for Champions league group stages sef.



The way any wenger team go take beat u go pass wetin inter Milan take hammer Enyimba in 2001

Kimbeast:
Since when did winning the Copa America has any significance? I remember Sanchez winning the Copa America with Chile and winning the FA cup same year but didn't even make top 8.

The answer u seek lies in the picture attached to this post.; particular the last six to seven lines .....

If u still don’t get it , please forget about it.