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ChrisKels:
🇮🇹 The Italian National Team will not intensify further for Michael Kayode's integration into the NT.

🇳🇬 The Fiorentina Right-back has always admired the Nigeria Super Eagles.


My take: If this recent news is anything to go by, we need to consider him

Aina, Osayi, who else? Let's see how it goes

Indefinitely?

They mean till Sanwo tenure ends? Why i said that is because of the popular timeframe that word is use in Nigerian political circles. Indefinitely=2year at minimum.

BlueRayDick:
Anybody that reads the way u hype Xhaka will think he was a big game decider before Arteta came into the team .

If anything sef , it was Arteta being patient and giving Xhaka a second chance that made him to be considered as a player u can even mention as decent for us. I mean the same Xhaka that was always racking up red cards and getting beat by opposition players in the heart of midfield ?

Xhaka was an average player up until his last season with us. All these talks of not replacing him making us bad holds no water at all. We’ve even performed better than we used since Xhaka left .

One thing I’ve noticed about u is that when u love a player , u just can’t let the love for that player go. Even when the player leaves Arsenal , u will always find a way to bring the player into discussions centered around current situation of the team .

Very well then.

If that how you want to see it. No p.

Santi sef 😂😂😂

Shegzdave:
Exactly
Despite city worst form the point difference between us is not encouraging at all

That yesterday match was what made me miss Xhaka a lil cause man would’ve shot the ball from the middle or any open place around the field

Like blue ray said, Arteta tactics is what is limiting the players ability to shoot but sometimes the players should abandon some things and win anyhow

If those guys finish above us, by premium standards that's tilting to a bad season for the club.

I hope this January window makes the difference. I really pray it does. Im tired of going back and forth over guys that can't rake in goals or show up when it matters most.

Xhaka is 1/4 player i said Arteta is yet to directly replace. That guy knows the move to make to make a difference even if we seem to be flourishing in possession. Rather a game reader than a zombie.

germaphobe:
bro you should understand too that each time we loose it isn't obviously because of Kai, yes he has some ish... but those little hesitation from other players, missed chances, not executing well should also be thrown into the discussion, not just making it seem like we only have kai to save us cus in reality he barely does that, nor can he bear the burden of doing that. Martinelli vex me yesterday pass anybody, not just because of that offside but all round of his attacking moves.

I understand that. Martinelli and Trossard as well. And then based on stats from last season alone, many times, even Odegaard saw many shooting chances but preferred to pass. Without stats i can remember 17 instance well. If he shoot na goal. Some pundits opined he needs to shoot more. His goals rack should be fat by now. The system is still dependent on chances. So if chance dey centre and he rather look for Saka or GM, that's another ish to raise. I believe he'll work on that cos we really are scrappy without him.

As for me, we need someone that can outperform other goalscorers.

Shegzdave:
You’re right.

I’m not just happy with the result and felt we could’ve done more that’s all

We should be closing the point between us and looserpool

That more naim we dey demand but like i said, apples can't give oranges. That excuse of bad days is not mentality of champs. Abi na only us get bad days ni? We should but we have dead weight we need to throway to match the brilliance, or outwit them

An experienced side in Inter revealed a lot of things we need to adjust in our attack. What make those kind of game painful is that na just 1 goal decides the outcome. It was a reminder of that Bayern loss last season.


What are we doing to get moreeee? Our cylinders need to be hot all rounder. That's all i keep saying. Im tired of makeshift excuses for when things go sideways when we keep doing same crap and expecting different results. For now, let's enjoy this setpieces moment. It is masking a lot of things for the time being.

Up next, Monaco.

germaphobe:
Dave.p, i think i understand your main point and what led to the whole argument, but that mentioning of lacazette no just glue. Lacazette with all his shooting and all had 14 goals in 32 matches as his best season in Epl. And we don't need to compare him to kai, cus we all know Kai don't shoot.

That name is a metric to how terrible Kai is especially for such chances as seen vs Fulham. I could bring up other names that doesn't rile up many here and still drive home my point. I hope the reaction will be different.

Bin that "kai doesn't shoot"

It makes him look even more terrible than he already is. A CF that can't shoot?
Should i mention others that don't shoot often but if they see chances they'll bury it without a doubt of shooting abilities?

Well, better days ahead.


Na league we wan win and we'll rather continue to babysit Kai??

BlueRayDick:
Baba U referenced Lacazette, didn't stop there and referred to him still being active in the farmers league in France. Anybody can farm in the French bro.

Let bygone be bygone.... Lacazette na our ex.

I welcome ur recommendation of Osimhen and Gyokeres tho

that reference was still to shooting. He still has that quality. Not the best but when compared to Kai, he's still better. Present continuous.
How that became a you said we need Lacazette baffles me.

mostob:
You sha like flawed arguments. Later, you will be the one at the forefront of the 'we lack mentality' crusade.

Who are these four players abeg?

Guy, there's nothing flawed about who is the better shooter. Because say we grumble for Laca that year doesn't mean some things about him are better than whoever is playing that role right now.

If you can't detect the 4 players, i got nothing to say abeg.

As for that crusade, i will continue to be at the forefront solely because it is hilarious how many gunner fans reason and think. You can't see the PTSD of the end of wenger years and still be accommodating of mediocrity at present. Many see calling out the wrongs of Arteta as a crime when the very Wenger that got us our last EPL title got a hurricane of insults, backlashes and etc. But that's just an instance


There's nothing I'm saying here to defend myself that I've not said before and I'll bolden this again


If we want to get titles, we need to equal efforts by the regulars or Outsmart them


We want to win league with forwards that can't even be doubles on Goals b2b2b? We say something over and over and it looks like overreacting.


When i started the clamor for a 9, i got laughed at here and many felt i was over projecting. Now more than half are finally arriving at this same conclusion after open play goals reduced. City in worst form and na 2points gap?

No worry. I'll keep shut for a while.

BlueRayDick:
I never said a lethal 9 should not be added to the team. I'm not even a fan of Havertz, I only applaud him when he performs well and don't go about criticizing him all year round.

If u want Arsenal to sign a decent striker who can play with the team like Isak, that's good. But u will have to point to such players available in the market at a price within the club's budget. No be say u go dey wish Arsenal to sign Isak that is either too expensive or unwilling to change teams.

It's a thing for a striker to be lethal and it's another thing for him to fit into the current team's playing pattern. It's a totally different thing for that player to be available in the market and willing to join Arsenal.

It's just funny that Arsenal will win 5-0 today and u rejoice like the rest of the fan base, but next week they play 1-1 draw and u start ur lethal striker crusade all over again.

If you're on these pages you say you are, then why did you extend that convo simply because i said Laca is a better shooter than Kai? Isn't that a fact? Guy is currently playing in Lyon. You can goan watch his old self still shooting better than Kai. Abi na just of how he ended at Arsenal?


Nowhere did i hint that i need a Laca kinda striker.


See names of 9s I've always wanted even if some don't agree with them


Victor Osimhen
Victor Gyokeres
Sesko
And now I'll face front and add Isak even if I didn't see why he was preferred to the 3 up there. I didn't want Vlahlovic and i stated why.


I'll desire these 9s and now suddenly pop up here after the Fulham game and want a Lacazette?? Habaaaa.

Use big knife and cut me some slack. All the better as Shegzdave don kukuma explain for you.


Notwithstanding, if that comparison day comes, some rude shocks exists even if many of us complained about him.

Shegzdave:
Every Arsenal fan knows this here except the coaching crew of Arteta on this board

In the last 40pages it doesn't look like every Arsenal fan here knows o.


Twitter is way different. I see many reputable and Gunners analyst of our squad that once defended Kai now doing one funny thing....

Guess? 😹😹😹😹😹

They are referencing his shooting and goal sense

4 of them have been "this you?"d already.

Aside the focus on Kai, shooting in our squad is another hot topic among the UK based fans as well. Some focused on open play goal issues.

One old man from Tony Adams days said we do nothing through the centre so why expect goals to come through there when we can't even shoot through there.


Is it until we return to 4th tinz before many wake up?

Abi we think na only us dey dis League? Even if Liverpool and Chelsea mess up and drop eventually, the fact that they had moment to take advantage of City slip up is a sign of what to expect from them consequently. We can't even take advantage till now. If anything at all, trying to widen the gap with City should have been motivation enough to win that game.


Nawa o.

kodded:
Arteta fooolish decision to replace xhaka with havertz
last season is the root cause of our LHS being useless since last season


By the way, what is the difference between Eleny and £132M Rice + Merino?

Arteta biggest mistake is not replacing 4 major players he inherited from Emery that he also used to win FA Cup. If you're letting them go, you're getting like for like or even better replacements. That how to flourish.


As for that your comparison, abeg e no gel o. If you hear what Elneny himself said about Rice, you no go tokam. Naaaahhhhh.

BlueRayDick:
How can u sign a striker simply because of one quality? Are we retrogressing or progressing?

This ur argument get as e be. U are being disengagious if u are comparing the figures of our current strikers to what we had back then simply because our playing style has changed. We now have team where defenders and midfielders score as freely as strikers do. We do not rely solely on our defenders for goals.

At the end of the day what matters is the ability of the players and I can tell u freely that Lacazette's ability is likable to that of Jesus , but see where that has landed Jesus; on the bench!

Only God knows where ur nostalgia for Lacazette is coming from sha.

Lol. As long as you don't see why i brought up that guy, we will never see things same. You keep making up all these funny conclusions that doesn't even align with what i wrote. If i write A, can you just look at it as A and not Æ plsss.

Where did i now say we should get someone like Lacazette now?
Besides, are you indirectly hinting that the system is anti-9s with the bolded when i can mention almost 6 other teams across this globe that are using the MA system and are flourishing? You want to make that indirect conclusion as a reason to not expect much from Kai, but at the same time, talk down on Laca whose figures none has replicated till now since he left?

Lol. Don't sacrifice the whole system to absolve Kai and Nelli. Yes everyone can score. But who should be scoring more? If a FW can't score with how this system is, they should getat. That's why we all want the carpintaahs out too. That is also why we also didn't want Sterling but our coach got him. I was here when i saw many say they don't want 9s cos of the carpintaahs we had when the system began. When same system dey across Europe with 9s that are banging goals and still spreading goals. That's what we want.


I'll still stand put on my ground that a lethal 9 will flourish in this setup, today tomorrow and more and it won't even stop the goals spreading. It will just increase the goals and options to goalscoring.

BlueRayDick:
There's no Havertz Vs Lacazette Debate happening because they are obviously not the same kind of player. I have already pointed it out to u that Gabriel Jesus who currently sits on our bench is a prototype of Lacazette.

If Lacazette was still at Arsenal, he will definitely be sitting on the bench just like Gabriel Jesus.

Those two are not the kind of players we need at Arsenal for now. You can't be seeing Jesus languishing on the bench and be yearning for a player like Lacazette.

I support Arsenal Signing a direct striker that will make us more effective in the final third, but u referencing Lacazette like he was some Thierry Henry while he was at Arsenal is laughable at best. Lacazette was the king of shaku shaku during his time at Arsenal, that he scored shots a few time does not make us lose focus of who he really was for the whole period he was with us.

If I am motivated enough, I can did through this thread and show u instances of where we lamented about how he was always doing shaku shaku, "drimbling" and not taking a shot until he's crowded by opposition defenders.

Of course, i have highlighted why i brought Lacazette into this. I complained about him too that year. I just didn't anticipate a less reliable replacement that we are all complaining about today. So yeah, i recall. Don't get me wrong. 😎
The focus is if shooting alone.... You know the rest. No need to repeat.


As for comparing GJ to Laca, or checking if Kai is/was better, the entire stats reveals a conclusion many of us will not like.


My observation is we may be unfair in assessment of Lacazette solely because of how we chose to remember him, when compared to the one currently in this team.

To me, the standards have dived.

Of course, they're all not similar, even the GJ isn't similar to Laca as well. Don't make this harder for me na.


Referencing Laca is because what we have is not it. It is not forbidden to reference a player that did double figures more than 3 times b2b for us. The ONLY player in current setup with such repeat is Saka.


As i said na you know why you think that's what i am doing. I dey Magodo, you don travel go Bombay. 😆
The reference is accurate and not an exaggeration. Thierry ke? Ehhhhhhhh. 🏃🏿‍♂️🏃🏿‍♂️🏃🏿‍♂️🏃🏿‍♂️🏃🏿‍♂️🏃🏿‍♂️🏃🏿‍♂️


Or will you be more comfy if i swap Laca for Auba or Ramsey on this SHOOTING metric? 😊🥲🙃😉😉😉

solonnachi:
Head Coach Bankole Olowookere has invited 25 players to camp as Nigeria’s U-17 women’s national team, the Flamingos, prepare for the WAFU B U-17 Girls’ Cup in Ghana, Soccernet.ng reports

The tournament is scheduled to run from December 12 to 26, 2024.

The squad primarily features players who reached the quarter-finals of the recent FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in the Dominican Republic, where the Flamingos also clinched the FIFA Fair Play Trophy.

Despite a 2-0 defeat to eventual bronze medalists, the USA, in the quarter-finals, the team showed immense promise.

Topping the list is star midfielder Shakirat Moshood, who scored four goals in the World Cup.

Moshood is joined by first-choice goalkeeper Christiana Uzoma, defenders Taiwo Adegoke, Jumai Adebayo, and Prisca Nwachukwu, as well as midfielders Farida Abdulwahab and forwards Harmony Chidi, Peace Effiong, and Janet Akekoromowei.
Nigeria: Moshood, Chidi among 25 Flamingos stars invited for WAFU B U-17 Girls’ Cup in Ghana
Soccernet

The Flamingos are drawn into Group B of the six-team competition, alongside Niger Republic and Côte d’Ivoire. Host nation Ghana, Burkina Faso, and Benin Republic make up Group A.

Coach Olowookere expects all invited players to report to the Remo Stars Sports Institute in Ikenne-Remo, Ogun State, on December 3, 2024, for preparations

Full Squad List:

Goalkeepers: Christiana Uzoma (Edo Queens); Elizabeth Boniface (Sunshine Queens); Sylvia Echefu (Bayelsa Queens); Chiamaka Enebeli (RoyalTom FC)

Defenders: Rokibat Azeez (New Generation Academy); Taiwo Adegoke (Remo Stars Ladies); Jumai Adebayo Naija Ratels); Ayomide Ibrahim (Remo Stars Ladies); Prisca Nwachukwu (Heartland Queens); Ololade Isiaka (Abia Angels); Oluwatoyin Olowookere (Ekiti Queens); Oghenemairo Obruthe (Lagos City)

Midfielders: Saida Adebiyi (Confluence Queens); Shakirat Moshood (Bayelsa Queens); Waliat Rotimi (Nakamura Academy); Farida Abdulwahab (Nasarawa Amazons); Fatimoh Solaty (Dannaz Ladies)

Forwards: Harmony Chidi (Imo Strikers); Peace Effiong (Rivers Angels); Mary Nkpa (Abia Angels); Blessing Ifitezue (Rivers Angels); Aisha Animashaun (Naija Ratels); Mary Mamudu (Edo Queens); Precious Oscar (Bayelsa Queens); Janet Akekoromowei (Nasarawa Amazons)

Any foreign borns joining this squad? Or the door is shut?

I didn't want to go down this lane atalllllllllll but this Kai vs Lacazette vs Gabriel Jesus talk will be an interesting one. 😆😆😆😆😆😆

Maybe this week sha. Whitewashing ke? 😎😎😎😎

BlueRayDick:
Nobody is saying Havertz is the best thing after jollof rice, but u should also know that Lacazette was a shitty striker for us. Your post makes it seem like u are trying to whitewash Lacazette's image as far as goal scoring is concerned.

We can surely get better strikers than Havertz and I suggest we do, but saying a player like Lacazette would've helped us in that kind of match yesterday is okpata yarns. It's just like saying if Gabriel Jesus started the match , he would've scored too. Lacazette is similar to Jesus in lot of ways, one of which is not scoring often.

You are solely responsible for what you understood from that clear post i made. You started all this better striker talk. Go back and see the post. It is about shooting. If you continue this talk, I'll be forced to assume you disagree with that post and therefore believe Kai is the better shooter.

If Lacazette is a shutty striker, then what is Kai? There's nothing to whitewash his image with except that you look at the person playing that role and see how terrible he is.

In that Fulham game, Kai was in position to receive the ball 4 times. The one the highlights even put(to show you they saw that as a bigger chance to score) was the one he asked for the ball from Odegaard until Ode finally gave him ball but he didn't shoot. He paused enough to make a defender catch up with him and then he finally gave a wack pass to the back of the post.

Turn and shoot BECAME a turn+hesitate+hesitate more+touch ball extra 2 times+allow defender cover+ pass the ball to corner.

If the only quality needed to change the results of that game was JUST SHOOTING, Lacazette would score a brace!! Okpata ke? 😂😂😂😂😂 That okpata should be added to Kai abeg.

I know generally we need more shooters in this squad, but you can't be free 4 times and can't still make a keeper scared.



As for the bolded, i'll leave the Kai vs Lacazette debate for another day. 😎😂😂

Cc: Arizoner

If in Lagos, PH, or even Delta, it will bring in half that time frame. I dunno the current rent for Aba but i don't believe that 350k/annum figure for such a nice, fenced apartment. Even without fencing, 3bedroom apartment are currently dragging 1.1m in non-abuja cities. 2bedroom in Lag is 900k upwards in many areas. Selfcon that is half a million currently, and that's even one of the least figures?

As for investment, yeah. Spare money is quite the go-to. But if one can without blinking the eye, no p. As building materials are going up so is rent. A climax might reach soon because the earnings is inverse to it all.

Event centres used every week is the go-to. In 52 weeks, you'll get the money used to build back. If you add Catering and Cold drinks biz, you'll get a good amount to start another event centre in town or start the apartments for rent.

mine3112:
Thank you Dave. That was painful to be honest. It means it will be 9 points gap if Liverpool win their outstanding game.

I want GM to be benched abeg. A better wing will make him either sit up or get out. You can't rely on him for a consistent outcome. It's like he dey play chess with Gunners loyalty. Cos when fans complain and face front, he'll now score/assist. Those ones will now do fast U-turn and fight those tha want him off. They'll keep changing sides on his matter, while no improvement whatsoever.


"He defends well" excuse

Saka defends way better than him and still becomes out best attack threat.

He used to be great at 1v1 but he's had 7 1v1 and lost all in last 20 games he played.

That left wing needs January window solution. It needs to come alive when things on the right wing don't.

Another season

Our Top rival of last 3 season are in their worst form and we are barely 2 points ahead of them. I've always talked about the getting deputies for our most reliable attack threats but it looks like when they are not showing up, the entire team finds it hard to show up. Hence we need to treat that left wing as an emergency. 2 seasons and we still can't get a better replacement. Now, new rival is in town and they've given us 10points gap. Did City even give us such gap by GW15?
Measure up or Outsmart them in all departments that make them click.

mine3112:
I am shocked the goal was disallowed for an offside. Although, I didn't watch the match but from what I saw this morning it doesn't look like an offside goal.

His leg was behind the offside line while Tete and co, their legs were onside. Leg ruined that goal. Tete did a fast jump like Gabriel as the ball was about to be passed to Martinelli. GM should be smarter than that. But that jump made the difference. That was also a 1st headed goal by Saka in how many years. I wished it counted.

BlueRayDick:
Lacazette was never a good striker, he was just there. Remember we've had this discussion before now, Auba came long after he joined and scores more goals than he did.

Lacazette is more similar to Gabriel Jesus than he is to Havertz.

Despite writing the qualities he has over Kai, you keep jumping to a whole new discussion that i never started. Is that hard to see. I outlined it and you still write all these?


When it comes to shooting, there is NOTHING Kai has over Lacazette. Take it or leave. Do you think the goal he scored versus Liverpool without looking at the net, Kai can ever dream of that? As for Kai, until he does double figures like Laca b2b2b, he's can't be better than Lacazette in goalscoring. That's another take it or leave it. If you guys like, laugh off my desire for a striker as usual. Thank God I've outlined the profile of the kind of striker already. Till then

Roland17:
Which Lacazette? The one that morphed into a strike back abi which one?

Focus-better shot
Timeframe-pre-arteta and currently at Lyon

If that yeah. Gives an idea how terrible kai is at shots as well.

Wondering what happens to the exotic automobiles in his warehouse garage now. Will they be destroyed or sold or what? Cars that can feed a town for months in Syria. Just abandoned to rot?

oweniwe:
Can we have this thread pinned like the Super Eagles thread?

I'm tired of having to scroll down to find it every time

Just use the followed topics option. That way, every comment brings it up in the FT tab. No need to go to Sports section(unless you on that already)

If so, the SE thread is always active and will be at the top compared to this one

We badly need January signings

Shegzdave:
We just Dey pass, pass like we want to pass the ball into the net

laca shoot better than Kai all day.even till now

Shegzdave:
We need shooters in the squad

big time.

Lacazette for don shoot tey tey. Same for Auba. We just want enter box

Chai

iamoyindamola:
Is there any game kai exist
Na imaginary stat the guy they pack like he drag defenders to his side
Na that one we go chop

We doing well without his input towards attacking threat this season

This dissent nonsense we keep getting this season is worrisome