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Someone once said he happy the goals are spread


The spreading no dey spread sef. But many still want the one scoring to get out of the team for the one that can't even shoot without extra touches.


We dey defend-problem dey
We play out the back, one tactic exposed the lack of Plan B, C and D
Na attack no just dey.

To score early goal na wahala cos the aim lately is not early goals. Its just about survival or frustrating opponents. We need it to be about us once again.

I I I shaaaaa

Luciferan Pride

Nebuchadnezzar no do reach this one

Wetin baba see for Gordon though? Why baba dey avoid african wingers but Pep isn't?

9JAMac10:
Folks praising lookman aggravates my mood. Where was this Lookman form during the World Cup qualifiers. If it weren’t for Victor Osimhen Nigeria would never have made the playoffs let alone the World Cup . Anybody that watched him during the early qualifiers phase could see the lack of chemistry between lookman and Victor boniface. I could care less how a player performs in Europe. Mine is just do well for Nigeria whenever you are called up.

Until many of us in any footballing equation involving Nigeria, factor in mediocrity, ineptitude and excellence of incompetence of the NFF, an the Sports Ministry at large, as a mathematical constant in the equation, we will continue to look for blame elsewhere.


As for Looku, what happened at Atalanta played a major part on him. Didn't he still show up at the Afcon?


Secondly, even with Chelle at the helm, the wcq situation lies with nff playing ping pong with the manager position both by appointment and money issues. Salaries is why Jpes left. Salaries is also part of ehy Waldrum left.


Players have to do aluts just to get some funds?!!! Who sees that and gets motivated?

See how the Super Falcons is treated barely a year after being used for photo ops with Mr President, all the bogus promises of 100k/player, houses, etc. lol.

They rush to cook Togo then Cape Verde friendly asif na Nuga Girls XI be Falcons.


If Mbappe dey play for Nigeria, these situations are enough to discourage any star player. Forget say we dey street enough to dey swallow such PTSD.

If the whole is not okay, e go show. As Haram as Simeone is he still dey bring out better sides of Looku. Even made him mark Yamal in 1st leg.

We need to remember factors exist abeg. Looku is not top 15players to pine on for one or two mishap.

Anything goes mode

Schemerkhiz:
You all calm down, She isn’t even among the top3 superb goalkeepers in the league. she only get that media attention and thank goodness she took it and also working to be a better and good goalkeeper.

Im calm na. Lol

I just await her real chance between the sticks that will make even naysayers know she's one for the future. Until then na her social media vibes dey make us know her.

Do we have a chance?


We sure do. Among the final 4, we have the best defense. Sadly, our attack dey hibernation mode currently. The most dangerous attack right now is PSG's. Atletico are happy to soak pressure and punish on counter. Bayern have the weakest defense.

It will be deja vu if na Bayern we meet for final and now win. What a headliner that will be. They've been at the peak of les miserables era for Arsenal, the 10-2 aggregate.


Simeone know what we are capable of(haram or shockering domination) Lookman will be his Joker. I wished we got him instead but spanish football fits him well.


3more games to UCL
6more games to EPL


A Dozen Games to Glory!!


Pulllleeeeeaseeeee. Let North London hope and live this dream!!! 😩

iamoyindamola:
I missed the first half to our borefest match

I crossed over for 2nd half. Returned around 70th minutes around when Mosquera almost kobalize us and returned for Diaz curler. I love Musiala mehn.

iamoyindamola:
It's pathetic to say the least
No hope on Sunday, we are done for the season bro

Omo!! What just happened at that Beyen vs Madrid game abeg. 2 red cards and two silly displays by Lunin and Neuer. Liverpool players deciding the affair from Diaz to TAA(lazy defending) to Arbeloa. That game was opeeeen.


Arsenal see extra minutes after 90 and you 3xpect goal? 3 no dey happen?


This Bayern no fit stop PSG imo.

iamoyindamola:
This is not football we are playing sha

Na survival with shamelessness plus some ref calls are going our way.

BlueRayDick:
When we have the ball in front of their box we keep passing from left to right and then back to midfield. When they have the ball towards our own final third they look so dangerous ; like they will most likely get the first goal in this tie.

One would've thought with Eze playing ahead of Havertz and Odegaard in the attacking midfield role we would be more dangerous than we've been in past couple of matches.

One would think the structure we have for this left to right will suffice when teams counter us but f you observe, the fullbacks have to rush back before structure recovery or ball recovery happens. Im tired. Make Raya dey careful o. E dey vex me. 🌚

Word and Opposite

Bayern vs Madrid AND Arsenal vs Sporting

Our game needs a touch of the bayern game😅

Harry Kane is whoever he thinks he is. He deserves balon d'OR. Only Mbappe can take it from him at this point. The remaining English footballers don fall off, all of them no reach 25yo and dem no dey perform like this 33yo man. Omo!!

Neuer is finished IMO. 2 goals caused by him. Both teams jut dey use attack wound each other. Nbody dey do cautious boring style. Arteta need to being that Flair back.

Fkforyou:
What do you mean by the bolded? Care to elaborate?

considering the trajectory with ucl since 2018, if they don't do the needful, they may never see a ucl final despite the talent on hand. Plus the leaky defense. Make Yamal no go discourage o.

Spy360:
I had to check again if Bournemouth was in the top 6

Alright.

mostob:
Oh no.. I'm not saying they're not good. Or let me rephrase. The only coach Arsenal should take out of the four is Enrique.

The expectations when you manage Bournemouth and Como is different from when you manage Arsenal. Porter was so good at Brighton. Chelsea hired him and we all know how it ends. Flick too maybe.

The issue with Arteta is that he is obsessed with structure and I think I know why.

Oh okay. I grab now.


Me feels sometimes the phase the team is met plays a part as well sha. Flick is enjoying part of Xavi legacy IMO. Slot benefitted 200% from Klopp xi. His 1st full season despite the title and he's fading out of top 6, with Brentford lurking too. Sometimes na just manager dey foolish. Hag and Amorim as examples.


Not just structure but e dey do like adding unpredictability to it na taboo. Whereas that's what makes a great general/tactician.

See barca still suffering for this highline year to year.

It's sad that a captain of one of epl's good teams has played just 56minutes all season. Norgaard. Kai went on injury and has now played 400mins. No be say Norgaard get injury o. Favouritism don make am redue who get armband qualities to a mere passers-by. Aside Zubi mistake, i totally blame Arteta for the Zubi situation

Fkforyou:
ATM vs Barca was an interesting game.

End to end stuff.

Now, let’s finish our own business tomorrow.

COYG!

Lookman na maestro. I knew defensive duties is why he was largely anonymous in the 1st leg. His defensive haram manager unleashed him this time and it was the final nail in everything.

Its good to have a player that can interpret what you love on the pitch. It's also good to know when to unleash the drogons and allow your head chop breeze fom overthinking.

Barca might just do Ansu Fati 2.0 with Yamal of they don't spend and build well

mostob:
You need to calm down while analysing. The only good manager there is Henrique. I'm sure you mentioned Andoni because his team beat us on Saturday. Same way Chelsea fans believed Potter was the next best thing after Alex Ferguson due to his performance at Brighton. There was a time De Zerbi's name was circulating here. Cesc and Enzo will likely go Arteta way. They're rookies. League is a marathon. Football dey sweet till second half of the season beckons.

Don't get me wrong sha

As for Andoni, yesterday wasn't my 1st time noticing his tactical acumen. I've watched the games he gave top 6 clubs problems, how he transformed his boys sotey they attract top buyers now from Huijsen, senesi, semenyo and all.


As for Cesc, he's doing it with freedom not seen with Arteta plus some basic approach to football from Barclays era, Cesc has brought that into his current team. I've watched some games to know he's great at this.

Na from early days person dey see who fit ho marathon and that's why Lampard too is about to return to top flight as well.

Las las, Coachie don start, i believe he can spin this around. Na him dey do 4-0, 5-1 without full xi. He should be able to enact such again for next dozen games.

semid4lyfe:
The babe fyne, and she plaster for SM dey post thirst traps.

Maybe na the hard work wey schemer dey refer to be that.

Torh. Cos me sef dey see all that SM hardwork. One of my guys that knows im into Falcons even had to reach out and ask if she's truly a footballer or model. He no wan believe she sabi keep or replace Nnadozie.

Till i see workings, i follow my guy for same school of thought. 😂😂😂😂😂

For this tactic stuff, i actually predicted such a day will come if we don't have plan A, B and C in the bag to confuse opponents. Just on game from Pep and suddenly there's mental flux.to make us know that coach carry a large % of this problem

Just swap out Arteta with 3-4 managers and tell me if they won't be fiery than we currently are



Luis Enrique
Andoni Iraola
Cesc Fabregas
Maresca


3/4 will offer some freedom currently not seen this season

2/4 will fill up the midfield creativity issues in 1st season, breaking the bank if they had to


2/4 will play to strength of the current squad

1/4 will find like for like replacement for Xhaka, Partey and Odegaard

2/4 will turn Saka and Nelli to double figures goals, without stripping them of their trademark strengths.

Backpasses will disappear with 3/4 of them.



We are in a mental fix right now.

Man City game will decide if we'll get that title.


Even if we end up clinching the EPL and/or UCL, a lot need to change with our managers tactical and squad management

Schemerkhiz:
This Fatima Uloko seem to be taking her chances as well both on field and media as well, she’s very popular now and i can also see the hardwork she’s putting into becoming a good goalkeeper..


She’s just 19yrs and i Hope she continues to rise .. One to keep a close eye on right now.

19yo? I thought....


She supposed dey u20 be dat na. She needs to step up and focus imo.

Fkforyou:
Some thing I have noticed is that Man City, I mean Guardiola and his players aren’t afraid to talk about Arsenal but us on the other hand, we hardly want to talk about man city or their players.

Anytime it comes up in interviews we always want to deflect by saying we want to focus on us, on what we can control.

All these are subtle form of mind games that indicate dominance and submission.

I need our players to talk boldly about them. Fvck them, Fvck their mentality. I want us to tell them to their face that we would come go Etihad and pick up points.

But then again, it’s all wishful thinking. At this point, Bernardo Silva and Rodri has more balls than all our players.

Let’s see how next week pans out.

I've always said Pep's team is the metric. If we want to outrank them then we need to do whatever they're doing better or just ensure we never drop points to teams they drop points to.

Preference go kee Arteta if e no fix up. I hate to say this but this man fit start Kai in 10 vs City. The way city went into the January window was crazy. If we got 2 buys, we won't be here right now.

But there's no guarantee too that if we got the buys, confusion no go catch dem too. That risky at the back and cautious upfront levels don mentally affect everybody as it stands. Question is


Can Arteta shift the risk taking further up the pitch and with personnel too?

If man knows e no dey again, let him just use Mourinho style till June abeg.


Score 1 and lock up. After all we sabi play boring footie already. Just ensure the goal comes early and lockup.


So comfortable with risks at the back but cold feet when it's Opponents box 18 despite the touches we take in it? It makes it sound like a useless stat.


See that Kai pass 😂 from middle. E pass rubbish kon dey point😹😹😹😹😹😭😭😭😭

Arteta better allow Zubi rest. Guy is mentally and physically gone. Norgaard it is. He can also try Martinelli as CF vs City. We also need MLS. 352 not bad for that game.

What a time
Part fans and rival fans see the obvious problem without making it a bantering subject. Another part of fans no wan gree😹😹

Will half of our problem disappear if we reduce building from the back by 50%?


Wetin Pep do us for that final don give some players PTSD.

https://x.com/i/status/2042961068243251699


You watched this guy are concluded Zubi is a better player IN HIS 1ST SEASON?


The inference of that means whetever he's coming from, he was a hotter cake and therefore he is delivering than partey.



See the confidence on the ball and with duels. See the flair. See the confidence of teammates in his abilities on and off the ball. And you'll come and conclude Zubi is better than partey? Tufiakwa!!


Chaiii.


Some arsenal fans ehn.


Rival fans even know the difference. Yet na within us we dey tok that kine tok?! 😭😭😭

As howwwwwwww


This very display is missing from our buildup. It is yet to be replaced. But he's not as good as Zubi? 😂😂😂😂😂

I dey fear many of you. You wan wait till the floppery is as big as Frimpong or Squillaci before you gree?


Oh!! We go meet for front

Roland17:
Na, for a while, he has been avoided making critical and strong statements like this because he doesn’t want to divide the locker room or distract the team. In the past he had been careful with his position even when we lose in the EPL.

Exactly. His studio reactions though. Not the verbal ones. This should be the first in a while while.

Roland17:
Henry had been disguising for a while now because he doesn’t want to distract the team.

Soro Soke!!!!

igwe jst want EPL. He doesn't care about the rest. Check his reactions to epl loses and the rest. Difference dey. He's happy if ucl go dey but he accepts better teams dey for that UCL

Fkforyou:
It seems Guardiola has given everyone else the hack to beat us.

First, them pin us at our own halves because our attack is useless by pressing us high.

They know our transition from midfield is non existent, so they try to dominate us.

Basically, they know we are too cautious and as such they just take a go at us without fear.

It is what it is.

There was one one-two Tavanier did with scott from. The back till the our box.

Kai, Zubi and White could not wrestle the ball away from these two. It took Saliba to recover the ball with White acting like no be him dey play RB😭😂😂

One sweet counter, Rice hesitated to give the ball to Trossard. Arteta shouted at him to pass it. He did and that one lose ball and was running like Tyrion Lannister and it led to cK las las after a scare at the back.

If Olise dey this team, Arteta go inhibit that guy. Fear and Caution is no winger's strength. Martinelli is the boldest winger at the club as it is right now, hilarious as it seems.

mine3112:
Assuming Arteta is relief of his duty today and replace with Wenger for the remainder of the season can we be sure of lifting the league? It will be so painful and sad if this league elude us.

It will shock you that wenger will suddenly walk to the academy boys and get 1 or 2, push more confidence in them and watch the wonders they'll perform. That is his style.

Fkforyou:
Again, his position has to be reviewed by season end.

How comes we no one want to accept that it’s a pattern.

We hardly step up when it matters the most because the manager is always out of his depth and don’t know how to win games.

Tell me why as a coach you’ll leave Zubimendi on for that long that even commentator was saying he had barely influenced the game?

What’s stopping him from playing rice as a lone 6 while Eze and Dowman plays through the middle?

Leave Madueke on since Saka/Odegaard can’t be fit to save their lives?

So many questions need to be answered.

We move. Unto the champions league now.

Truth is our approach to attack is annoying. We can't counter attack and get max threat from it no more. See the boldness with which Bou attacked us. They knew they'll lose the ball but risked it cos they trusted their backline to do the needful. On our side, our attack is too cautious and wasteful. See the way Noni and Trossard ended up dribbles eith the crosses after the corner line. 😭

Martinelli was a ghost today. Dunno why we didn't even utilize this guys pace mehn.



This is reminding me of 2 seasons ago when man still didn't rotate well and didn't trust the ones on the bench to rep.


I go fight anybody wey exonerate this man. 60% of the problem lies at his feet.

MSGAMBLE9:
Did you see how Rice messed up a simple 20 yards pass which would have been a promising attack to Downman? Oh he is not Zubi 🤣🤣🤣🤣....

Lol.

You want to pick on your most consistent player all season to make Zubi feel like his crime is not a big deal?? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂



Carry on.


Zubi fans ehn. I fear you guys.


For context, our erratic manager removed him las las.


As for Arteta, the fact that this nonsense occurs every April since he arrived this club means the entire blame lies with him. I know some nonsense dead weight exists but that should even make him demand more players. Especially the January window. Man is averse to this window. It makes no sense!! Plus sending Nwaneri out.

iamoyindamola:
We blame players from A to Z but nothing allocated to this man
He has everything but they still blame injuries what of his tactics we are so poor going forward teams with good defence can also match us.
How can a manager have no plan B if nothing is going tactically he will just throw in the kitchen sink and hope on Insha Allah
The only reason we are topping is because other teams were terrible not because we played outstanding football
They will come and gaslight us now how he picked us from dirt.

It means he's not assessing his monthly tracks and doing the needful to change that.


6 different April

6!!

2 games ahead and this is Pep's best month in epl ever, and worst for Arteta. Mtchew.

Dowman na shots and curler merchant. Guy has not seen such since he came on. We dey see space but opt for passing.