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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.

Roland17:
We don’t look like a team that wants to win the EPL.

We are just crawling at this point.

11 shots
2 on target 😑😑😑

We doing like we gats enter this box before we shoot. Smh

Zubi fans are waiting for a terrible KO game before they accept the obvious. This is jot even a top 6 team but Rice, MLS and now Eze are falling to do his job. Smh


Gyokores na fuu for that yellow

They don score us😥

Nana wey Eze come he don intercept pass Zubi.

White
Kai
Jesus
Trossard


These 4 are finished abeg. Especially that Trossard.

solonnachi:
U17 Flamingos list

Harmony Chidi is back👍
Queen Joseph also good

Allow +4 +6 players in but make a babyface teen the face of the team-the usual format strikes again.


We can't even get a goalkeeping prospects that even naysayers will point to as Nnadozie heiress-apparent.

Even Ozioma sef, she is off radar to me. What happened?

Spurs in relegation zone nanana. Sunderland and Xhaka suppose waya dem wetin no good today

iamoyindamola:
What of kepa and raya then odegaard

Dem suppose dey too. I just listed the usual suspects😆

germaphobe:
the source i read from said it was to show and chant their names in order to raise their confidence. Arteta go just sey bring wierd options.

Haaa. Another one😆😆😆

The error showing one sounds more useful sha. But I won't push this one away too. Yeye things dey happen for that training 🤣🤣

Is it truth Arteta mounted a large screen in training to show players their terrible mistakes from start of season and what they need to improve on?


Zubimendi, white and Odegaard go hearam be dat😂😂😂😂

Schemerkhiz:
Since all this issues, Madugu have never come out to demand for better preparation for team or talk about the players pay or even his own Salary that haven’t been paid…

A Foreign Coach will demand for the whole team better Welfare as Randy did during his tenure..

Thomas Dennerby the same..

Only Rasheedat Ajibade & Chiamaka Nnadozie have came out to speak up, for this two players NFF will definitely be scared to drop any because the whole Nigeria will ask questions..

Maybe Esther Okoronkwo and Alozie can also speak up.

Madugu is making me extend this "handler" tag to all local coaches with national team jobs right now.


Nowhere has this man spoken up for terrible preparation towards Wafcon. He's there with Olowookere and the new coach of the u17. These are not coaches to me. They are there because they kowtow to bosses always and can't demand responsibility sotey captain and vice have to.


We need to do better. The fact that we've not played a top tier team since he took over proves that Randy Effects for friendlies was a thing.

iamoyindamola:
At this point I will prefer Barca than Atletico
We have played Atletico before and the way PSG reorganise to beat us in the knockout stage H/A I don't want to meet Atletico again

It will be some merry-go-round tale if we jam barca and triumph enroute to this final.


That means we've gone round the Laliga giants under 2 seasons in the KO stages.

Simeone gave Lookman defensive duty to double up on Yamal and that mad him unLookman but it paid off. I expect him to release him 2nd leg sha. Anyone that comes, we suppose ready.


Alvarez and Lookman will be jokers for any team. I don't want to imagine Lookman vs White. Or Cala vs Yamal. Noni and Martinelli will have to get some duties at the back to frustrate.

Lets finish the Lisbon tie sha.

This raises new concerns. For the past and the present so it doesn't repeat.

That club has a record of cheating and shortchanging vs London clubs.


Naah this is no coincidence. Shuuu


He saved EVERY SHOT prior to that final with Barca that didn't play anything till that red card??

No clean sheet for Barca in 14 consecutive UCL games.


Make e no kon reach our turn and we go pause that record o. Ehen. That's if Alvarez doesn't show in 2nd leg sef. It looks more like Atletico at this point.

MSGAMBLE9:
I laughed when I see people called out Zubi, I remember Rodri faced the same when he came in vis-a-vis Toure... Even with those 2 you mentioned Rice has never had the numbers he is having now with Zubi, 2nd only behind Bruno in chances created in EPL despite Zubi allegedly limiting him 🤣🤣🤣🤣, that he (Rice) is the odd favourite now for PFA Award and 4th in Balloon d'Or power ranking...

When it's comes to his (Zubi) job as a DM, he's leading the League in Interceptions and second ball, he even has more successful long passes than all our midfielders combined despite allegedly playing safe 🤣🤣🤣...

His tactical knowledge is acknowledged and captured better in this link...

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c2lr9rp9q12o

Lol. With Partey, Rice was doing great with Chances created and his Balon d'Or ranking proved that too. You can fly with any other levels but not this "Zubi made Rice a better player" one abeg. It's really Hilarious. We all can see how terrible Zubi is at his job versus big clubs and how it gives Rice EXTRA duties at the back.

Zubi gives the panic jibe when we play top 6.

His duty is he made Rice better but every time he's watched, he's caught ball watching for up to 10 goals from opponents, aside the erroneous passes?

Okay

Just watched one one anti-Gyokores guy talk about that offside goal. Guy vexed for his positioning but also admitted that we don't play such direct way so he wasn't necessarily expecting the ball. The least person i was expecting to cook excuses for him. This season, na only Eze and Trossard don give am such direct passes like Gabriel did all season down the middle.


Raya should be having PFA POTS shout out right now. He should also be in Balon d'Or ranking this season.



Im sure meeting Barca might be giving Arteta sleepless nights right now, but i won't be surprised if Atletico pull a shocker. Lookman might come crazy.

Fkforyou:
Because of him Rice is no longer doing the box crashing like he used to do before.

Rice is being over worked at this point.

I tell you. There's nobody that missed Jorg and Partey like Rice right now. Those two imo offered more to his overall fluid multitasking abilities than Zubi. He's now cautious cos e dey fear for zubi.

Fkforyou:
Omo! Zubimendi Dey play rubbish for Arsenal.

Ben White also needs to fvck off.

COYG!!

E get the kine way player go play vs EPL teams oerson go easily conclude if such player go ball vs UCL teams. Zubi no give such vibes one bit. Make Arteta just allow Norgaard get rhythm abeg.

At this point, let's just say the RHS of Arsenal's xI is now a liability. It used to be the LHS we used to complain about. But as White, Saka and Odegaard that used to ball then are now in shadow mode, we can't but conclude in like manner. If anything at all, a fit Timber alone will still b mid with Saka and Odegaard playing ahead of him. I'm glad Dowman is here to bring something different cos Noni ehn....

Roland17:
I don’t like it. It makes absolutely no sense for me. Calafiori inverting means Rice had to cover the left side while Zubi continues to push forward.

I don’t like how we have continued to sacrifice Rice’s attacking quality to accommodate Zubi’s defensive frailties. Zubi is the one that is supposed to provide that cover if Arteta is choosing to invert his LB, but we all know he is horrible under pressure.

Sounds familiar

Granit Xhaka role when Zinchenko dey. 😆

Same parents on Facebook: Thunder faya whoever wan steal my spotlight. Holy Ghost fire.


A day to highlight excellency of kids in extra curricular activities turn to a fest of shameless adults that are low on SI and EI.