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Truidstarr:
Since Enyimba last won the CAF champions league in 2004 which Nigerian club side has even come close? Is it also Chelle's fault since 2004?

That's the point im making exactly. But i am not going to put full blame on the players, hence me putting small on Eric.


I hope those rabble-rousers and old twisting tigers in nff that ALWAYS feel the Super Eagles coach MUST coach the CHAN EAGLES, i hope their eyes don clear. Na the Late Keshi success make them start that nonsense. Mtchew.


Overall, i pray this is not a red flag towards wcq? Nff should be doing all to ensure SA point is deducted o. They never ever have a sense of good prep until kasala burst.

Overall, players both home and foreign messed up our football this season.

Odunayaw:
It's the Nigerian way of just beating chest kiri

At least the supporters and hypers of this league can now rest. If na oyinbo come coach this team, na similar outcome imo.

Im surprised many are still looking down on Sudan. Al Merrikh and Al Hilal player make up the core now. These two teams are on the dream list of many NPFL players and these two teams sabi ball in Caf Champions League while we only have 2 teams in top 50 caf club rankings.


If you're on 2.0 and everyone else is on 5.0, then you now upgrade to 4.5 and feel you've arrived, look well well, the 5.0s are now on 7.5 upwards. So the thing we call progress will now be as everyone else dey upgrade before.


For what it's worth, i hope this connect style dies soon. It is killing our football since days of Macauley and Fortune Chukwudi.


Remo won the league in style but they still need a lot to be done. If they mess up on the continent, we'll understand that we can fully blame the quality of players and little on chelle. Till then.

Me still stand on the Fact that they help am pick this team. Make we tok true. Selection of list for manager na Naija way. E dey. E loud or e no loud, e dey. We can smiff and feel and see it. No be today.


Terrible decision makers are in that NFF. I guess some lucky wins adds to their delulu hence they press on with more terrible decisions.

Nonsense and ingredients

Terrible mentality by these players. Can't even pass the ball or read the game. Meanwhile, Chelle looks like he still doesn't know the strengths and weaknesses of these guys. Why did they even hand over the duty to him? Na by force? His own approach sef get kleg. But what do you get when you have technically deficit players with you anyway. What a combo of disaster!!!

iamoyindamola:
If calafiori stay fit, martinelli will play ahead of Eze
The deal I don't understand is this madueke own when we could have gotten Eze since

Madu is a multiplayer. Not that i rate him actually but it is obvious he is here to play the Sterling game for either wing. Arteta just decided to prioritize his left foot for crosses at LW. Else na "backup" to Saka he be. 😂😂😂

Unofficial backup. So we have both Nelli and Noni that can switch to either wing.

Shegzdave:
E go touch everybody na just time

Especially that Neto. 😹

mine3112:
Abeg na juju dey follow Thomas Partey ni? You left Arsenal that offered you 250k per week and declined it and went to Villareal to get 60k. Please what do we call this one abeg?

Me i believe the ongoing case might be the factor. The club has really tried to make sure the case didn't start while he was still with us. But everything still seems sketchy. Bottom line was he needed to leave even if na 600k we offered.

iamoyindamola:
Yes we need him more than MLS
If he can stay fit

At least he should break Tomiyasu record. Lol. Cala to start and MLS to replace will be such a great sub level. And then they can rotate the order and cup games like that.

On the other side, Ben White and Timber.... Timber is the starter. But that chemistry between Saka and White, especially now that Gyokeres will drag away shirts from two of them..... 😎

Shegzdave:
No lies
Etikite-Ekitipikin
Wirtz-Wheat
Sesko-tekno
Gyokeres-see no trophy

Na Groceries dem call after that Villareal game. One Chelsea fan coin am. Make season start sha. Delap, Pedro and Neto go get their own coinage. For now, dem dey enjoy the banters. Lol

iamoyindamola:
But the flashes are there
Waiting for him

No let arteta fan boys see wetin you type, you are comparing almighty arteta with glasnas
Disrespect buruku

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
One joy for this season will be the fitness of Cala. Guy balls with Nelli.

TemporaryHansel:
Joffrey Baratheon?

That's a character in GOT.

Palace pk winner boy resembles Joffrey

iamoyindamola:
Eze didn’t put body in this game
He no wan get injury

Kon miss pk like Madueke. Abeg make both of them sha avoid pk for us going forward 😂😂😂

At least i know now why he delayed.

But this their manager don equal Arteta for trophies won already o, thank to that young lad, Joffrey Baratheon, that took the last pk to give them the win.

germaphobe:
we now have a striker that runs behind and on the shoulders of defenders, so yeah, that sense of urgency in attack should be our new model not 90 passes and cross

Since control is in the DNA, this kind of switch up will make it even harder to pull comebacks vs us going forward.

Stinkier and healthier in same sentence ke. I go use Thanos hand punch OP o😹😹

germaphobe:
It's joyful having two different strikers that offers entirely different things to the team. That low header by Gyokeres is 🔥, baba dey put body.
See that goal by Kai, many would have argued that he can't score that kind of goal if it was another player.(one even said it's the first time of him scoring like that, but I remember watching him make a run and finish it). I just pray both of them be clinical in front of goal throughout the season.
Calafiori brings life to that left wing.

True. Not even argue. But it is a fact. I guess his bulking up helped cos if na before he for don fall teytey dey gesture to ref or to the stands. But how he calmly finished that is sweet.

I also noticed the speed at which Odegaard, Zubi and Saka released the ball for the goals. No delay no unnecessary back passes.

QueenJazz:
I swear.

This current set of Super Falcons are a golden generation to me. And I'm glad most of them are on the younger side.

The list of the u20 camp shocked me. What's going on with some omission?

Roland17:
Guess who has never made this list, longer tenured and earns more than all of them?

I just a tweet of a guy that said these are the different stages of hair loss. The balon dor person wey arrange am get badt mind.😹😹😹😹

These ladies gats win league next. E go too sweet mehnn. Proud of them all. Especially Michelle.

https://x.com/OlisaOsega/status/1953435567636586898?t=5qv2qgitnTL18iGo1hdtWg&s=19


That Gk list sweet but we already know who go win am.

chrisooblog:
Chiamaka Nnadozie nominated for the 2025 Women’s Yachine Trophy

https://x.com/ballondor/status/1953414333737640043

E go hard to see another Nnadozie. She's the female Enyeama. My my.

The younger ones on the trail behind her aren't as promising


Oyono
Omilana
Ozioma
Make nobody mention any Anderline abeg.

I hope the way she emerged repeat itself for the next GK. What a generational talent!! What a decade of football

Shegzdave:
Laslas, them go Dey alright

Arsenal First before any Player or Manager

Al Nassr bid 50m for Martinelli. Make they sell or loan abeg.

Shegzdave:
Even in the yesterday game, it’s on your wingers haven’t adapted to playing with a natural 9upfront with their cut in and shoot

Gykores even had to shift to the left wing to hustle the ball himself where he dribble one of villa defender to get a shot at goal

Na that kind player them wan crucify😂 jokes just Dey this thread

Harvertz will only be a makeshift and there’s nothing they can do about that

Bitter rivals watched the game and asides their banter, they complained of Arteta not doing what he needs to do to make the 9 click. They even noticed when he removed 9 when bringing on best midfielders too.

iamoyindamola:
You get time
They are already writing new script/excuse for the new season
Gyokeres is the reason

They jubilated when Auba was pivotal to our last trophy. Win. But suddenly Kai is more important to the team than a proven 9. Chai. I dey fear. Meaning e no matter the 9 wey come,co to him, that 9 no go important pass Kai. 😂

iamoyindamola:
They are already creating the agenda at the back of their head
Gyokeres v seskô 🤣🤣

Sesko is giving the same issues he gave us to Man U currently. Man u no wan pay 75m. Guy and his club is moving like as if he get better goals contribution than Super Eagles Lookman

Shegzdave:
Leave am, he thought we all have short memory and moreover, this is just a preseason

Harvertz wey Ordegarrd had to beg Saka to give penalty to boost his confidence

Baba wan create agenda wey don dead on arrival😂

I don't even understand again. He thinks me especially don forget all those annoying game moments, all the ucl runs and all the foolishness of our boss to be proactive. Playing halffit Kai when fitter boys were available and kai still injured before he played someone? He thinks i forgot? 😂
Na for preseason he wan write of natural striker o. Imagine. If i forget any of my previous complaints, I can't forget two


We need 9
Arteta predictability is high.

Yet baba dey come with "on Kai mandate i will stand"

😂

I go dey read hin reply dey laugh. Chai


"Simply squad depth" so we go continue the same predictable approach that offers us no versatility on the nights it matter most obviously 😂😂😂😂

Spy360:
Selective support

Why didn't you pray for Havertz? You stated condemning him even before he kicked a ball for us.

Havertz looks more effective in this team than Gyokeres even if Gyokeres will score more goals. Because with Havertz the team scores more.

Abeg just clear road😹😹😹😹😹

You go dey tok something person no suppose talk outside. Sometimes i wonder if you were present on this thread when all of these were being discussed again. Whether Kai clicked or not, he was a makeshift to a biting problem. I don't need to convince you all over again as you're evidently doing like you didn't read this thread from those times.


E say "even if Gyokeres score more goals"

😂😂😂😂😂
Chai. Na fan you be. If na Isak or Sesko, you'll say the same no doubt. More effective indeed. 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽

Spy360:
Blame the manager.

Just admit that your idea of a striker solves it all isn't a working. At the end what we needed was simply depth.

Admit cos of what?

You're saying i should blame the manager when most of us were doing that here all of last season? What did you think we were blaming him for? Selling akara instead of buns?


You that was very patient with Kai for 13games want me want me to admit. Simply squad depth? 🤦🏽‍♂️😹😹😹😹😹😹


We needed squad depth yeah. But that'll not simply what we needed. We need that squad depth to translate to approach change and reduce predictability cos every team now have video analyst, and more.

Arsenal’s main problem today? Let’s break it down — clinical and painful:

🔴 1. Lack of Width & Threat on the Left

Martinelli's side is becoming a dead zone. Defenders know he’ll cut in — there's no unpredictability. No overlapping support. No consistent threat. It made the attack lopsided and easy to shut down.

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🔴 2. Predictable Build-Up Play

Arteta’s build-up is too scripted. Once teams block Saka and Rice, Arsenal runs out of ideas. No quick switches, no one driving through the center, no chaos — just side-to-side football that doesn’t scare defenders.

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🔴 3. Lack of a Killer Instinct in the Final Third

Chances came. But no end product. That last pass, shot, or decision was always off. Whether it was poor finishing or overplaying — Arsenal played well until it mattered.

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🔴 4. Slow Reactions from Arteta

Too reactive. Not proactive.
The game was screaming for change by the 55th minute. Arteta waited too long. And when he made changes — they were like-for-like, not tactical shifts.

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🔴 5. Overreliance on Certain Players

When Saka is quiet or Rice is off his rhythm, the whole team looks lost. There’s no second spark. No game-changer off the bench. That’s dangerous for a team aiming to win titles.

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Bottom line:

> Arsenal isn’t playing badly. They’re playing predictably.
And in the Premier League — predictable is punishable.

Arteta needs to stop overthinking and fix the obvious.

MSGAMBLE9:
Seeing the match shows they are still fixated on corners as major weapons creating very little from open play against a team not sitting back / low block is sad

Open play goal vs Setpieces goal discussions go vex this thread.

iamoyindamola:
Gabu is back in training
He's managing him

Yeah. I saw the surgical prints on his leg. Omo. Dem dey try mehn

Man brought on his best midfielders and remove his 9😫🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢


He preferred merino in that position than his natural 9.

This was how he did when Nketiah was available for Kai.

This man wan use toxic habit to ruin what was built. We can't even play the sleek ball we saw in 22/23 again.