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mostob:
Walker na cool guy normally...the frustration just got to him. You see Grealish and Haaland, they're too irritating behavioural wise.

First time frustration and see how e dey pain dem.😂😂😂

Haaland esp. He's having less threat than Alvarez this season. Smh.

BlueRayDick:
Ur boy Saliba reduced him to paper tiger . It is becoming a pattern now

na why he wan beat steward. Walker to wan turn undertaker for steward.😂

mostob:
We all know some fans have refused to see past the media slandering of Kai. However, I disagree with the bolded. He received the ball with his back to goal and with several city defenders waiting behind him. How exactly do you want him to take that 'one reaction-shot'?



If he had shoot and messed up, you would still have blamed him for not passing to Martinelli instead.

He had space. I can drop 12 seconds clip link to prove my point. But his next reaction was good.

I'll still stand on my opinion that he should not be starting games. Best as a sub.

5games
11goals scored 3 conceded
Defeating Manchester clubs and scoring 4 and conceding 1 as a result.

Kai last 2 games
1goal, 1assist

Can ESR get more minutes pls?

enomakos:
For now let them go to France or spain

That's true sha.

Shegzdave:
Thank you boys for the win, clean sheet and beautiful footy you served us this weekend.

Raya, I just dey use one eye dey observe you.

Na him and Kai just get automatic shirt this season. Arteta sef ehn. The guy don dey misbehave 😂

All his 2nd half long balls were sweet sha. All those ones from 80th to last whistle. That's where i really love Jesus game. Guy sabi aerial wins than Saka.


Abeg who did the Viking want to beat at our tunnel entrance again?

Lush100:
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To me kai kai did exactly why bought him today. Join body while releasing the ball for the shot

Kai off the ball is the only thing he can offer this team of we want to be sincere. Just that Teta risking that to make teamplay minus one is the crux of most of us. Guy is a better player as a sub. He proved that tonight. He almost wasted that assist anyway. Na draw game for end. Yasu header needed just one reaction-shot.

The fact that teta started him from bench shows that this man realizes he can't do that rubbish against pep. As for me, let him be coming off the bench. He's not big enough and influential enough to be given a starting shirt consistently. Till then sha.

Miraculous win. We end the dirty dozen record with a W. I hope it continues. A friend said Arteta has finally done Freedom from Apari.😂😂😂😂😂😂😂


I think our 2nd half tactic worked. Esp with the trio of White-Odegaard and Jesus. Those 3 caused problems. It made Foden come back to defend fully too. Arteta should prioritize getting a very pacy midfielder. It's important. Was worried to see the recovering Nelli outrunning our midfielders to help stop a counter from city 3 times. He won all challenges.


Up Next-Chelsea!!

iamoyindamola:
Nketiah get speed oo

For those that watched him today, i think he's the one that executed Teta's instructions the most tonight. He just wasn't there for shots.

BlueRayDick:
Raya don do mistake pass Ramsdale in this match o

Na clean sheet be the difference. To me same same.

Better link abeg. This yeye one no dey work

TheSuperNerd:
Ndidi hasn't even been on the pitch for 3mins before he bagged that assist for Vardy. Leicester are just strolling past all in the Championship. No stress. 🤣

They obviously have way better freedom to me in Championship. Esp Ndidi. Making one wonder if this is the same Ndidi that was underwhelming months ago.

How do you see Onyeka performance so far?

This might be the kick-starting of events that will usher in that Biblical and Prophetical "Man of Peace" las las. And he will be celebrated globally for being Ombudsman of the Millennium.

NzogbuNzogbu:
Allies wont step in when its a retailation issue on an already signed cease fire

Iran would only support terrorist proxies with arms.

None can openly step in

The thing is you're right. But stepping in unofficially has always been the MO. For now, nobody should shout anything for Palestine rn. I heard mosques in Jerusalem were using their speakers to incite attacks while all these brouhaha was going on. Imagine

It's a dumb dress to meet with such folks. You act with sense and in appearance too. Common and basic sense!!

Israel has already promised their retaliation will be powerful and painful.



Meaning this will escalate to allies getting involved on both sides. What's going to happen in next few weeks like this?

Mujtahida:
The sons of great men rarely best their fathers - from music, to sports to politics.

True to an extent. Netherlands sef ehn. No media hype but always delivering.

Mujtahida:
This one is fairly recent na. Friendly match between naija and Netherlands as build up to France 98. Them thrash us. We also played friendly with Germany.

That Dutch team was brimming with talents all over. Bergkamp's goal against Argentina in the Q/final and Kluivert's header against Brazil in the semi final are some of the most delicious goals ever scored at a WC.

Asin. I hope Kluivert Jr plays better than his dad sha. He gats.


People are divided over okocha performance in this friendly. Dunno why. I'll rather say Da Bull and Tijani were wack that day. They didn't play as a team in 1st half too.

BankyGee:
Kelechi Iheanacho dey pass ball abeg. That pass that started the buildup to the third goal 🥅 against Preston is just 😤😤😤

He better be fit for Afcon. He's going to be pivotal to it to me like he was for u17 glory. Dunno why I've been thinking that lately. That game just brought back memories

https://youtu.be/58iv7_DCL2U?si=Xk3YRBd7YPI2goCu


Who remembers this game? Kog45 most likely. A lot to see from the game. Esp as symptoms still persist. Chai. Seedorf na baba.

Is anyone noticing it, but there's an increase in egocentric football managers lately. Too defiant and stubborn. They rather die than change an already detrimental situo esp if that change will help them in the long run.

OvertheTop:
imaging loading N200 Recharge card on an iPhone of N1M. or constantly begging for SUB from all over

😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣💯💯

Fkhalifa:
Oga Dave, the match pain you gan ni, I dey see as you dey shalaye upanda since yesterday

I know how it feels but Arsenal would get out of this group, though the Seville both games would determine if 1st or 2nd.

I must say you've raised valid points and I agree with them..my number1 issue with Arterta is he doesn't seem to have planB, he has a very brilliant planA, but poor at planB.

The Transfer window should have been used to source of Saka's deputy who can as well play AM. Every other positions are quited sorted except the RW deputy ...also he doesn't rate his bench players that much ...it is a matter of time the likes of ESR,Nelson, Ramsdele, Trossard would wants out.

Why it pains me is cos i just want him to prove my opinions/analysis wrong. Let him just prove me wrong. I wan to swallow my opinion. But, No!!! He hasn't.


Another painful angle is other players are watching. I don't pray for bad days, but if they come and these guys want out, people will use it to be the major part of his legacy. He better wake up.

He played Nelli when Trossard was fit. That's Deputy o. Less, Saka wey no get deputy, there's therefore no guarantee that if deputy dey, he go allow Saka rest.

I hate to tilt to mischievous thoughts, but I'm beginning to tilt to the section of the fanbase that wan Kai injure so this man can wake up and do the right thing and stop experimenting. Kai is not going to do anything exceptional singlehandedly. Xhaka did, despite playing much way back in the left zone. E pain me cause of the quality of the opponent sha.


Sevilla are going to be tough. Verryyy tough! If we don't solve our creativity issues, hmmmmmm.

Can we crack down a stubborn team that already knows our pattern of play? Abi we dey go up and down dey reason say dem no dey study us ni?


Welll..... we move. Now two wingers are absent vs City. He better wake up in January.



Personal opinion: We need a player like Eberechi Eze.

Nothing really special.

What makes it worse is that 9/10 of those having one, they don't even utilize 25% of what makes up the fone.

Even 10% sef.


It's more of a status item disguised behind Lovers Gifts nowadays.

Roland17:
That player will not smell the pitch then because Arteta likes his players playing to his instructions and that is why you see him on the touch line for 90 minutes dishing out instructions.

See, lets be realistic, Pep has 4 players like that in his team that know how to do what I'm suggesting. Arteta na Apprentice. When Oga's formula no dey work anything and time is running out and you're a vision and movement expert, nobody needs to tell you what else to do at such crucial game. Especially when you're a team that recovers possession so fast.


What we needed yesternight was that sorta player. Between 72 and 90min, we had over 31 useless Left to Right passes that wasn't doing nothing to break down or breakthrough. Very useless movements!!! And this is just Lens!!! Lens?!!!!

This is where Managers like Mou are appreciated. Players that can think by themselves and push thru.


Na UCL we dey o!! Lol. With all his instructions, 31 useless back and forth yielded nothing despite having 2 CFs on the pitch.

Thank God Laca and Auba were not the 2 CF. We for don dey hear thousands of insults from fans.

BlueRayDick:
I want to believe he is a 21st century manager who should've simulate situations like this (when Saka his best player is not available for selection) and come up with a plan.If he does not have a plan on how to win in times like this , then shame on him.

He's pissed me off. Acts like he doesn't care about his most important player. It's super annoying. This guy has played over 4000minutes. Haba!! Compared to Man City that still played less minutes despite having more games?? Naaahh.


I knew he was toying with Fire when he refused to get a Saka Backup. Maybe his major decision-maker is "do i like this player?"


Cos this Zaha no suppose dey Turkey to start with. I can mention half a dozen guys that will come in cheap and even make Saka sit out full 90minutes back to back so boy can catch a breather. But.....


Mtchew

Roland17:
For me, we desperately need an out and out efficient CF.

Naaah. We need super creativity. A player that knows how to dump Artetaball when it's not working and try something else entirely.

This is where Rodri becomes super key for Pep side cos while he is pivotal to pep ball, he knows when to do stuff outside the box. Simple!!

iamoyindamola:
Person they carry ball go throw in you say lens defense
In case you don't know he has most touches in our sub and ESR have most shots on target from our players

Guy you say the space given to him when he was free. That was a tight angle. He either tried to run or simple pass back to Tomiyasu. My crux was Yasu ran out of idea on how to free him up and his own error was refusing to run behind those two yellow shirts. This left to right pattern was what made me know that we are out of ideas and would not get shingbain from the game.


Once again, we are back to the Rubbish we realized in Europa. Arteta doesn't have sense for Uefa nights lately. Sorry to say. His decision making is the proof. Things fall apart and he suddenly starts to rely on players that he never give minutes or top chances on a normal day. He needs to stop it. ESR>>>> Harvest

ESR knows the pattern but is also one player that reads opponents movement and tries something new. That's why he and Saka gel so well when they play together. But Baba is too daft to realize that cos of 65m.

Who else remembers my complaints about our pattern of play when we eventually resume UCL football and why we should adjust many aspects to respect the kind of opponents we'll meet on this Grade Reunion Stage??


I complained about a lot of stuff last year and early this year too. I hate to be the i told you so guy, but 3/4 of what i complained about happened tonight.


Zinch weakness in defense. Lens exploted that that baba had to las las swap Yasu to cover that up. Smh

Absence of Partey(UCL experienced midfielder)


A diff pattern of player wrt to opponents and not after our usual usual. It is not every team in the world that we play that we have to play the arsenal style. That's wack. It showed tonight. So bad that there was nothing new or different immediately Saka left the pitch.


What's more painful is the actual quality of opponent that gave us this shocker. Naaaaahhh



Are we ready for the Sevilla double header?


Two games to show if Arteta is someone willing to learn and improve.


Note- our team is not perfect. It is the sole reason we should be trying to crack down opponents weakness instead of relying on just our style of play.


I can imagine what an Ozil, Auba, Ramsey, etc would do of they were in this lineup tonight.


Immediately i saw Odegaard switching to antics, i knew he was done for the night. Sad this is coming up against a team that we can't win against come weekend. Will this team ego be fluid?

mine3112:
Arteta is a very stubborn goat. I hope he will not be the architect of his own downfall.

My conclusion from tonight's loss- Arteta needs a January buy with proper UCL nights experience for that middle. I don't care whatever anybody says to counter this. What a gamble. The flight to france antics looked deliberate sha. But as for onfield approach, it is very obvious that Partey was needed.

Roland17:
You are right, no vex, my apologies.. na vex wen dey hold me..

No lele. I bin reason say na mistake ni 🤣🤣🤣