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Everyone looks like they've mixed confusion with the water they drank prior to this match. No cohesion or order. Just anyhowness


And if you're expecting me not to talk down on that guy that will end up being Arteta's undoing, OYO. He has nothing significant to be on the starting XI.

Las season, small team go score us fes and we go get equalizer before 30min. Now we can't even get a shot at goal to threaten a fowl. The assurance of getting equalizers have waned. Saka is looking distracted.


I maintain my stance on the young lad. I don't care if he's our best or whatever. There's been a more bigger chance of Nelli being a threat than him for some games since last season. Fact.

Let's hope the 2nd half is different. Fulham are compact too, thanks to Bassey.

sod09:
Balogun to follow
45m for an academy player not bad that's our record sales

We've barely had a record signing that sold for more in forever

Buy 50m sell for 35m

We need such.

So far, just academy boiz selling high and then getting even higher wherever they go.

That is changing anyway.

Deltamani:
Lol 😂
Anyway I would like someone like her in our Central Midfield role, someone who combines ball winning, passing and creativity all together… Again she’s pretty there with a lot of Physicality and good aerial presence.

Again let’s see more of what she would bring to the Midfield at Valencia first

That midfield will become the most contested in SF going forward. Talent too dey ground. Lol
I join you to wait.

Deltamani:
Hmm but Mercy IDOKO is an Attacker while Sulola is a Central Midfielder..

Good turns and great vision coupled with her passing games is what set her aside but again she likes to dribble and idolizes Kevin De Bruyne

Yeah, different positions. But those attacking runs is why. She may be converted one day sha. The young shall grow.

AkinDS:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSvFYq-yPNI&t=205s

Good turns and vision. Also plays like Mercy Idoko. A lil selfish in the box than outside.

Hope I'm not overreacting for thinking this sounds like some funny undertone?

Kieran Tierney departs. Sad but wishing him all the best. He was reliable!

Roland17:
Stan is a ruthless capitalist, you would almost think he is an Italian mafia. Yes, it took a while but Josh has eased things up. However, it also took pressure from the fans who were willing the keep the protests going.

Remember, at the peak of the riots and protests in 2021, Stan had to send Josh to make a public broadcast, where they assured fans that the club would not only back out of the super league but start investing in players so we can become competitive again.

Wenger was the easiest scape goat and he was too loyal he kept a lot in his chest. Even in his book, which I am happy to know you read, he remained complimentary to almost everyone, except for Mourinho.

Was Wenger frugal? Yes, when he needed to and based on the financial realities of the club at the time. He asked for Benzema, what did the board tell him? The narrative that Wenger had 100M, some said 200M to spend under board ownership and sat on it is one I will push back on because it is totally false!

Like i said, there are many false narratives about le prof that many Arsenal fans need to shake off if they did from two sources


His book
And the American tabloids as well


I saw the light. Thank God you dropped many links. Anyone that wants to keep that perception about Le prof like it was absolutely his fault, OYO.

mostob:
I go like read the book bro. mostob10@gmail.com

Sent

This better not be true.

He's the new Shaibu Amodu now abi? 😑😑😑😑😑😑😑

Roland17:
Thank you sir for not swallowing the convenient Kool Aid the board and media were parading. Anyone who does an intentional non-biased research into our finances, ownership will realize what happened during that time. This is why I asked oyinda, post Wenger and Ebening and the early years of Arteta, did we start splashing?

We got Peperempe, how did we pay? It took a massive riot by the fans against the Kroenkes, especially after they planned to join the superleague before they started spending. Infact, Ebening came out and said we can only afford to loan players because money no dey!

https://www.skysports.com/amp/football/news/11670/11603617/unai-emery-confirms-arsenal-will-only-sign-loan-players-in-january-transfer-window

https://amp.theguardian.com/football/2019/jan/18/arsenal-era-austerity-emery-finance-stan-kroenke-champions-league

Below is a link of Arteta begging the Korenke’s for funds early into his reign.

I choose to believe Wenger who has remained defiant about it.

https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/arsenal-transfer-news-mikel-arteta-liverpool-result-reaction-a9621651.html

This Kroenke sef, na Josh put extinguisher on the thing. Else, to understand how bad hin papa dey do to Arsenal, just go read American tabloids about him and the way he runs those clubs there.

Our board were terrible towards buying or should i say, spending. And that was the truth.


The money dey but it was unavailable, dey no dey see am. Lol.

I remember that Ebening loan talk.


Like i said, we have Arteta to thank for factory reset to the memory of those heart wrenching years. Infact if only is not careful, we'll almost forget Ozil was once a big deal yesteryears. Until you watch highlights.

Jodera:
Same way we manage carry 65m go dash Chelsea for Havertz

But we really bought mamy carpenters o. Debuchy, Lichstein and... Howwwweeeeeeeeeee


My chest. How we take do am?? This club can survive Global recession o. Man u can't survive what we survived. Omo. We even sack Mascot at a point. Chai

BlueRayDick:
I didn't say the bold in my post neither did I imply it. All I said was Saka was Arsenal's best player and we've seen how we struggle in the front most times he's not playing. If there's a Saka replacement who can at least give us 60 to 70 per cent of what Saka is offering us, then why not? Such a player can even bench Saka in some not-so-high-profile games .

Until we get such player. I'm afraid u will get to see Saka start and play most minutes of most of the EPL and Champions league matches.

Na imply be that now. Else you won't have countered my initial post. Last season is majorly why i hold that view. I don't care if na him be best or not. No be robot him be. Lol

Jodera:
Money was not an Issue, Wenger ambition was.

He couldn't care less about spending high as long as he got that top 4.

Ask yourself this question, which season did Wenger break back to back arsenal spending record?

It's simple, it was the season where we finished outside his darling top 4 and it was difficult to claw back in.

Forget that lamba Wenger dey sell us... Arsenal really had money to spend then. Certainly not like Man city but it was enough to keep us competitive but Wenger refused until it was too late

Hmmm. Sha read his book anyway. We had money but owner no release.


Overall sha. Whether we choose to agree or not, those years has set up a very gigantic mentally towards our transfers



Once again, Mikel Arteta has done a huge spin around. Esp with mentality.


And oh, Josh Kroenke too. That guy no wan hear wetin hin papa dey reason. Remove him and Trust the process go hard gaan.

Jodera:
I believe say na Wenger deh cause all these things.

Like Klopp, he doesn't believe that any player should be overpriced. While Klopp was flexible with time, Wenger was very rigid and we as club paid dearly for it

Me sef dey blame Le Prof totally until i got to do some digging during Emery years and realized that we have something close to stingy owners. It made le prof to turn full fledge economist just to balance the books and the squad. But both are similar in valuation of players sha. But Klopp was supported. That's the big difference.

sod09:
Ngbo jodera them no give baba money😂
The 200m transfer nko

Read his book? He was never one of the top 7 coaches given a large, substantial money chest across all the transfer windows. Ever. Lol.

Spy360:
Since you mentioned metrics and two games, I hope you won't be annoyed to know that the bolded is not just where he excelled, he also won the most duels ( in both games, and also has covered most distance.

Still not impressed?

Can never be. All the while he was a Chelsea fan, oblivious that a day like this would come, i see and i saw and i felt it from afar. Now it's come home to roost, 2 games is not going to change that. Crossing to Red is not going to either. Lol.

They are super jubilant they got 65m.

sod09:
The unbeaten sef how old was i
Na why last season enter me too because I never experience correct trophy as an adult na soso fa cup and shield we pack

Very painful. I tell you. Imagine we were once using top 4 to brag. Omo this club don see shege years mehn. Whoever laff us supposed choke on laughter

sod09:
Blame wengay nobody else
The man was arrogant, hypocrite and power drunk
Even a blind man know if we invested we would be unstoppable, imagine ozil and Sanchez in their peak having auba kind of striker
Just forget the defence for now I am sure if our opponents score 5 we will return 10 that's how good those 2 were
The man just use our emotions play thru turn us upside down those that invested reap the reward na

Me i see everything as not giving him money to execute what he wanted. If he was getting 100m every window, it will be obvious. But we were getting some windows with only 20m spent overall. That was a money issue. Not wenger. But i agree that he was stubborn o. But it was majorly was was given to him.


Years that we go wait till last 2 weeks of transfer before we get linked to anybody?? Omo

BlueRayDick:
Saka is arsenal’s best player , He’s one of the highest paid players in the team( If not the highest paid sef) . There’s no way any coach in his right senses will be giving him less minutes in the EPL and UCL except he’s out of form ,there’s an injury scare or we are already leading by at least 2 goals margin before the last 20 minutes of the game.

You shouldn’t have issues with Saka playing as much as 75 minutes per game. It’s Saka featuring in carabao cup and FA cup that we should frown at; not him doing what he’s being paid to do in the EPL and UCL.

All you've said is fact. But Saka needs to be rested more often. He's young again. You want battery to enter red ni? Even Haaland and KDB get rest from time to time. Or are you advocating that if replacement come, cos he's best player, he should play all 38games like he did that year?

Jodera:
Na that Arsenal of Santi, Alexis and Ozil pain me pass.

What we needed was a very good striker and we'll be sure of winning league especially that 2015/16 season where Coquelin was beast in DM, Alexis was hot while Ozil played his arguably best season in arsenal shirt. We needed a good striker. Just a Van Persie Regen and Wenger just fvckup.

Omorr, we wasted that season make I no lie. Na one of the reasons why I'll always always love Sanchez no matter what

Sanchez was a beast. The PFA cheating vos of Hazard summed it all up. Guy made the hazard talk look ordinary and we fans didn't need to shout it cos the facts were there. I don't blame Le Prof. I recall days we'll id potential buy and use 80diff price before we shift focus.

7m rejected
7.5, 7.9, 8m, 8.2, 10m

Plus all those guys that were using us to do see finish. They'll know we are interested but snub us cos we are Arsenal. Omo!


Very embarrassing years. Na the owners cause that wahala majorly. If they were giving wenger huge funds, what Pep is currently doing would not be so super impressive and that's just facts. But they failed us all. Smh

Spy360:
Players like Martinelli and Saka don really spoil us so that when we see other players with different vibes we feel disappointed.

My take is, if Havertz's style is what Arteta wants to win games then no problems.

I remember watching strikers like Trezeguet, Crespo, Nzaghi, Jadel etc. They give no contributions to the overall play only to pop up from no where a score a tap in. Yet these strikers are their coach's favourites including in their NT. It was later I understood that what gave them value is their off the ball movements which meant a lot to the success of the teams.

The fact is that is absolutely not glaring after 2 games. Only metric he's excelled in under 2 games is most fouled player.

We should not also pretend that he's not upsetting the balance of last season. He has. I don't need Zinny to play before i admit that aspect.


As for this off the ball movement you keep hammering, I don't want to argue. But it is not true. Even Chelsea fans go laugh you if they hear it. But we meuve.

sod09:
I hope by that minute we are done with the match

We don't need to. Saka needs less minutes a lot.


The other side of it is that every opponent preparing to face us are rewarded fat with full 90mins play of all forms of Saka to analyze how to keep him quiet. Since MA realized Odegaard doesn't need to play full 90, that should be extended to Saka as well. We should not repeat last season mistake with such a key player.

Just watched a few clips of dem Nasri and Arshavin era
Vs Fulham(Nasri both goals), and Sanchez/Ozil Partnership vs Chelsea, 3-0


Thunder faya whoever was in charge. These guys just needed defenders and a great GK to rule the world and they couldn't give them that?


MA has really tried that it looks like the abysmal years are non-existent. Until you watch those clips and wonder why the owner never say diamonds and support them with all his heart. Mtchew.

charlesemeka85:
u still Dey answer person wey say dessers is better than Haaland 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

I don lose am. See towel for inside ring. I don meuve🤣🤣🤣

Meliforme:
Whenever sentiments reign supreme, lies are inevitable.

Referring to Nwakali, your lies:
Someone has not played for SE in even an afcon,

The truth was presented to you, but you lost it
You gave a good explanation for your lies when you said:
I have to lose it.

Funnier it was when you insistently declared and i quote:
I must lose it...

That part was an error on my part, Amedino don correct me. My point still remains the same regardless. And i maintain everything else i said that you're trying to analyze to no avail here.


Will SE die if he isn't called?
Is he indispensable?

I've never been against his call up


Infact if you go 100pages back, you'll see me sitting on the fence and trying to calm those vehemently against his call up. But between then and now, I've seen a lot and i still maintain my stance



In a bid to hype his importance, it is totally delusional to talk down on Sofyan. C'est fini!


Stating this is not hating. It is a fact!!! I don't care what anyone else has to say, esp if they maintain this hating stance.

He's not the first, neither will he be the last!!

Joebie:
Wait. Who never play for SE for AFCON?

amedino has brought it to my attention earlier. Make i go edit am. My point still stands without that part sha. 😎

sod09:
Lol you think it's about white
He actually sacrificed gabu for white to be playing and all these started with kaikai in the team

That's true sha. I dunno what he's experimemting. E taya me.

Commentators too are part of it


Yesternight they were justifying why gabu was bench, saying its loss of concentration 😂😂😂😂


They are perfectly describing Ben White in disguise but they praised him throughout yesternight asif he outperformed Partey🤣🤣🤣

Smh.

In summary, whoever gets this Eze will win things. I wish Arteta can get the guy. I wish. He's going to be a great and big steal. Will even make the job easier for them Saka and Nelli and whoever plays 9.

His ish is that lapse of concentration once once like White.

Omo! With this new Minister of Sports, I don't expect much from him o. Smh

charlesemeka85:
my brother any foreign fan that joins this group will think nwakali is the best ever midfielder a footballing nation like ours hv ever produced 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Mikel didn't even get this hype


Infact mikel is the most dragged sef despite all his exploit. Nobody said we hate mikel. Abi has anyone forgotten how safari used to defend mikel that year ni due to the dragging?

mostob:
You see that Havertz, make we dey look am. He is still enjoying his grace.

If Teta doesn't trust White again make he find another baller abeg to play RB. I don't want to believe that Partey will play there all thru. As for Harvest, lemme noh wish him bad. Teta has upset the style cos of him.

Amedino99:
he played afcon tho.

oh. My bad.