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Roland17:
Did Neuer even make a save today?

Later we go say we no need better 9. All our threat was from the side. Kai drifts to the right. Saka passes, kai is expected to cross to no green shirt in the box. Almost 17times, nobody to even receive one cross.


Central attack was zero until Jesus came on. But not much still. These guys had it tooo easy.

Terrible performance from our frontline. Odegaard is on target yet none of 3 of them can bury their chances or shoot.

Arteta is really foolish. This man trusts Kai with too much compared to what he actually offers in big games of this calibre. You comot Jorginho and didn't bring in partey? You'll think Kai is Yaya toure. Smh

Shegzdave:
Arteta will bring in Jesus in the second half to trouble their defense but I’m afraid he dribbled unnecessarily

That guy better get sense and realize what's at stake. This one no be 3-0 lead for Arsenal wey he go kon dey showboat o. Same fear.

Shegzdave:
This first half good, we need to convert our chances in the second half

Seriously. Kai is not pressing well o. Kilode. Those CBs are too comfy. Pls Odegaard should stay safe abeg

Saliba sef ehn. Gabu the better defender this game. Nice support from Martinelli. But his wing needs unlock.


Now he's marked by two. He passes back to Yasu who is in a sweet position for a cross. However, no cross comes in cos na Saka and White dey inside box. Kai is late to position. 4times now Yasu no cross. Kon be like na Saka dey play RB. Any chance we see make the fire this shot. See the tap Nelli wan use for Neuer😑

Good 1st half, but those 1st 20mins and the dangerous chances they got though.

AkinDS:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxUzBRHFsHM

Ihezuo say Cancel am abeg😆😆😆

She predicted correctly. If she predict again and e happen, na to turn her to our octopus paul o 🤣

Glad they Shapali reacted to the bus mishap. Smh. See how Alozie begin dey active as they change bus 🤣 heat no good o.
All these kisses Uche dey give ehn. Lol.
Ajibade is too business-like. Ahan.
Ify and avoiding Cameras even as she tall reach.

mostob:
Odegaard
Saka
Trossard
Rice
Martinelli

Everyone sha have two common picks

Trossard and Odegaard. Awon -ard ard. Anybody else bearing -ard make we buy them this summer?

Make Dem Saliba and Gabriel sha dey careful tonight o. Make Araujo tinz no kon our game abeg. I wish the boys all the best of luck and chances.

I loved how PSG were eager to use Dembele angle more before the red card. Just showed that Enrique sabi the team setup well. Then after the red, Mbappe wey dey gather firewood kon use petrol start fire 🤣🤣

Like Cancelo like Zinchenko. O naim end dia name from same former team. Iffai hear say Arteta buy that cancelo i go vex.

Explain in Sons of Caliphate also Wrath and Revenge.

Kehinde Bankole in Sista and Adire
Sola Sobowale in KoB
Ayo Ayoola in TMC
Bukola Oladipupo in both TMC and Oloture
Genoveva Umeh in both Blood Sisters and Breath of Life
Bisola Aiyeola in This Lady called Life
Shaffy Bello, Bovi and Ini-dinma in Its Her Day
Bayo Akinfemi in Bob Hearts Abishola
Buchi Franklin in Rattlesnake
Mimi Onalaja in The Kujus trilogy
Stan Nze in Afamefuna
Bimbo Ademoye in Breaded Life
Wole Ojo in Breath of Life
Darasimi Nadi in obara'm
Chioma Akpotha in Gangs of Lagos
Tobi Bakre in Brotherhood

Enrique experience came in handy tonight. But Xavi sef... You remove your Joker in Lamine. Like seriously? Smh.


That cameraman must hate Barca. Guy kept showing Dembele's smile throughout this game 😆😆😆

This is how the night of champions feel like. Nobody will imagine Barca had 3 away goals in france(i know)

Shegzdave:
Ordegarrd (his shots are so accurate and well taken)
Trossard
Saka
Martinelli
Rice

Rice game is restricted compared to his Westham days. Dunno why. The guy get power for leg. They better allow him shoot abeg. I hate seeing 45mins and we go dey do like nobody wan shoot even when the opportunity presents itself

Roland17:
If na by the embolden then Abeg, I don't want another "Strike-back" or "defensive striker", if that is the route Arteta wants to go. If Arteta decides to pursue a striker in the summer, it should be out and out striker. I take God beg am, please go for a goal poacher. I am not interested in another striker that we will be shunting to the wings or going deep into the middle because he is a good helper! Anybody coming in as a striker should come in with the mentality of "I am here to score goals". Abeg we need something different sometimes.

If you know Osimhen well, you won't worry about this aspect. All Arteta needs to do if he bags Osimhen is to simply get a Santi-esque midfielder to complete the counter attacking flair of VO. He can do it alll all alone. Meaning we won't need to be doing te often boring passing of left to right, seeking a loophole or one distracted defender before we find the net.

Odegaard is our best presser right now. Add Osimhen to that without the need for Nelli or Saka to do any pressing but just wait for 2nd balls. Now shebi na aerial threat dey make Kai play to start with, goan check-Osimhen does it was way better plus he is a bully in the box compared to Kai that gets bullied in the box(though he score some good goals but can't be relied on to compete with europe's best.)

Shot
Cross and nod
Press power
Drags defenders away cos just his presence alone is a psychological disturbance if he's unattended to.


And more


Then the part where Arteta impacts his overall game and makes him even better

A win win for both club and manager.

But we hearing 130m is too much, plus those fans that feel he's injury prone(exaggerated imo)

My own is i will hate to be in a situation where these Januses will start blaming Arteta for not getting him when they're the same fans shouting they don't want either. Osimhen has done Siwes in a rough&tough league that are brutal on strikers.


Then there's Boniface. But Leverkusen no fit gree. 😂

Anything Vlahovic, na Mudryk vibes imo

Roland17:
Odegaard (his shots come with auto angle, excellent shooting technique)
Trosaard (Even though he missed a freebie on Sunday)
Rice (Needs to find his way into scoring situations more, he scored more goals for WH)
Saka
Partey (Long range efforts are great, probably the best in the team)
Nelson
Martinelli
ESR
Havertz
Jesus

Na he dribbling make you put Jesus last abi? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Dont do that now. Top 3👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

Spy360:
Arteta is silly to have kept Nelson, Nketiah, Vieira, and not gotten a proven deputy for Saka even if it's that Diaby of Aston Villa. Very silly. Saka could have revolutionised his game by playing other roles like striker or attacking midfield like Foden knowing fully well that we have a reliable backup. Arteta's decisions relies too much on loyalty which will not favour him in life. Man has got to be ruthless.

Going forward, one key learning curve for our Young manager in this career will be that having extra quality personnel with different approach to the overall game is most important. There are 3 managers that know his lack of plan B. One is Emery, the other is Klopp, add the Sporting Lisbon manager as 3rd. Anyways, lessons will come valuable in long run.

Jodera:
Guy really needs competition and breather. I will hate to see Saka go the way of owen and other stars who couldn't reach their ceilings.

Saka is too good to just not to be a world class. I just hope they help him find that spark again. If it's injury that he's managing, abeg they should allow him heal biko.

Can't believe my star boy cant easily take on one player back to back again

now our rivals dey callam Limpopo anytime he drops a stinker. 😆😆

Competition will bring perspective for him. Plus he'll be more decisive. Also, he still needs unlocking. I hope the player that does that arrives. Either a 9 or another 8. Let's see how he balls with Odegaard far from him too. Guy supposed dey 20goals by now.

Jodera:
dem fall hands no be small

Ian Wright has addressed that nonsense anyway. I hope the players don't pull the plug cos of that. It's disheartening.

mostob:
You made a nice point bro. But I think it is better this way. He may get overwhelmed if he is the one appointed to lead the team.

Any way sha. I really can't wait to see him flourish. He's caught my attention enough to lead.

TheSuperNerd:
Another angle and I agree with you. But then, let us work with the fact that Manu has already been appointed head coach. Having Olumide in that coaching crew is gonna be a big plus tactically. A sound mind of the game he is.

It's the "naija way" anyway. They don't seem comfy giving a "youngie" such "huge responsibility" even if he's proven beyond reasonable doubt.

As for me, with all the young managers littered across the footballosphere, no oldie, especially those 15 to 20yrs ones, should near cadet duties again. But, No!!
The guy is very sound. Imagine he succeeds and then churns out b2b talents and performance.

He should not be deputizing Garba. He should be the one leading that team. He's more in tune and an excellent coach with proof. Nff should trust these young, reliable managers with cadet jobs and stop all these recycling abeg.

https://twitter.com/nonewthing/status/1779785515715142111?t=Bi4rAB6SMl48LskXQJXnlg&s=19

See this POV. Do you agree?

Iamoyindamola abeg forget this City dropping points talk. Why have more faith in those excellent season finishers for where we still dey learn work? 😂

Even if they do, shey we go capitalize in an encouraging way ni?


Other news- I'm hearing Osimhen is being overlooked cos of the fee. Hmm. I hope we don't regret that atall. That guy works tirelessly for his teammates. That's already a superb Arsenal mentality to start with. Next our aerial threat will skyrocket. Anybody the club wants to go for better not be one jeunjeun doppelganger of GJ o. We need to compete on the grand stage and make the regulars respect and fear us even better.

When it comes to shooting, say chance for 10 shots that are on target, rank them on who will hit most on target

Jesus
Saka
Martinelli
Trossard
Odegaard
Havertz
Rice
Nelson
ESR
Partey


All take 10 shots. Choose your top best 5 to convincingly bury the chances.

Jodera:
I no come even know wetin dey do Saka this past weeks. Can't beat his man again.

Beating of Man wey be bread and butter for Saka don dey turn pounded yam.

Omorr, what's wrong? Is he carrying injury that's limiting him?

I've complained about it since January. I was explained away on here. The fatigue factor is making him go the Gavi/Pedri route if things are not managed well. For one, Arteta treats him like he's impermeable. Then this injury he seems to be managing. Guy might just be low on confidence too

Jodera:
So arsenal fans left the stadium before the game ended.

Pretty harsh and disappointing from them. Very very unclassy

whatever the weather this is our home in za mud. 🤣

Jodera:
Hope for Man city to draw

Ahead Impossible Kinda Tense.

This EBL don prove say hin be Arsenal fan....🤣🤣🤣🤣

What next?

iamoyindamola:
I only give one chance in my life if you fvck up the first time the second no go suprise me

If only haram football was the 2nd half approach. Man supposed know that emery know we get volatile when we keep doing all the work with no end product. So why not make him frustrated instead? Well...

Roland17:
Who e go pain? Same stage.. the annoying part for me is that this was totally preventable. The right substitutions may have salvaged the situation.

I mean how do you justify Odegaard’s removal if everything else can be explained? Odegaard is your single most creative player on the field and was better than most even in the 2nd.

The depth between the on and off sub is too wide. This man go kon dey bring in Nketiah 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣


Okay maybe he's respecting the Bayern game. Then why not change the approach to counter since they're so terrible on the back foot? They love to commit bodies for CKs and run back hard when we counter them(watch 1st leg at Villa Park)

Why didn't he then use that after taking off Ode?

iamoyindamola:
Na last season own pain me
This one na one mind I they use

Forget o. This season own go pain. Cos at least, experience should come valuable this time around.

See Touchline Cam




One person kept quiet after they scored. The other now started to shout


😂😂😂😂😂

If anything at all. 1st half touches in box was 32. By 70mins it was 4. Meaning something was up and should be dealt with. Out of those 4, Jesus and Saka had 3combined.


Let's even analyze this game from MA's game plan to hamper Emery sef. That's why this game dey pepper me. Cos from where i was watching, Emery's attacking plan was perfect and consistent. Woh. E don do sha. O face front. This guy is more an Achilles to Arteta than Pep. He took 6points off. I was afraid of that going into today's game. And it happened. Foolish subs plan. Smh

Jodera:
Nobody would have said the bolded. We're competing for two trophies not 1.

Immediately I saw the lineup, I was afraid and I suspected we might drop point but iamoyindam ola said they starters deserved to start. We don see am na

I was impressed with the City approach. I was expecting something different for Unai. I fear this guy cos he comes and drags us and heart go begin dey gbim cos we all know what he's capable of. He's like the Joker with a clean face. No paint or funny colors. That's why this game setup dey make me para.


See Raya sef. Back2back post hits and watch his positioning. This Bayern game dey fear me SIMPLY because of his wack positioning. Chai.

I hope this doesn't discourage the boys sha. It's really painful. It really is.