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This close marking dey work for them. We never settle.

This officiating is terrible. The first yellow card of the game is not for the roughness on Trossard, but for talking back at the ref??
Lile seriously??
11 fouls and no pep talk. Timber does what they've done 11 times and suddenly, pep talk. It is hard to ignore these things.



Observation
Scoring an equalizer for Arsenal this season has been quite underwhelming. In contrast, teams getting an equalizer against us in 1st half..... Oh my!!!

We need a one touch finisher. Im tired of all these useless touches in box that yield no shot on target. 25 to Newcastle's 7 and yet no shot
See Trossard we suppose fire ball he dey space am and dispossessed. GM and failing at duels. To guide ball na 0

mostob:
He was fit for that Carabao cup but Arteta decided to leave him at home.

Tomiyasu? Person wey don dey vex me. Those draws against City and Liverpool are on him.

Liverpool own na those two otondo$ wey no sabi set common offside trap like Gabby did vs Man u. Dem dey run with person wey fast pass both of them combined despite TAA hesitating twice😂😂😂😂

Yasu carry his own sha. If he were fit, neither of skelly or kiwi for play that game true true. Oya do Odegaard own join😆

Gabriel is fit sha. He starts.
I hope Tomiyasu is fullllyyy fit for the December haul. We still need him

Shegzdave:
Happy New Month broski

Thanks Chief

isan:
Nah okobi get this sub

Make all these little flames no turn big o abeg. Okobi no just get sense. Anyway, best of luck to all SF players and fans on this thread. Happy New Month.

Happy new month to all Gunners and faithfuls.

mine3112:
I'm beginning to hate this Arteta. He's very stubborn and will never learn from his mistake. Must he play the guy with 3 goals up.

Man is defiant and to an arrogant level. Dead rubber games and he wan kee starboy. If he so obsessed can't he just get a similar player in the market so we know we have original Saka and 0.7 Saka? It's making me begin to imagine what he will be without this young boy. For all his chasing out Auba and Laca and Ozil, you'll think he get sense when he ought to. But he is riling up someone with these sticky acts.

This current Edo Queens, do they have what it takes to go all the way in the caf wcl?

Deltamani:
Banyana Banyana coach Desiree Ellis was full of praise for her charges despite a 2-1 loss to England in an international friendly match played on Tuesday night at the Coventry Building Complex Arena in England.

✍️ SABC Sport's Matlhomola Morake

Denmark, now England?? What is going on? Where are our own Quality European friendlies? Whrn last did we even play a friendly with a top gun from Europe 🤦🏿‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️

maidaboi:
My top 3

Lookman
Ekong
Williams


Caf should make it that Afcon best player should always make top 3

True. They should stop making it exclusive.

Seeing Atalanta doing what Napoli refused to do to Osimhen is highly commendable. Lookman has enjoyed appreciation and hype from the media team of the club. The manager is also vocal about the kind of player he has. Impressive!

Make e do come Arsenal abeg🥱🥱

When anybody can go to disciples school and become a pastor, what do you expect?

They better restructure because wolves and beasts and in the entire system, waiting to be caught and be in the news.

Deltamani:
Omor is only Rash that I can point fingers at right now, PSG poor show in the Champions League won’t help Onyi Echegini either…


We need a new star to be born into the team like real quick.. ZEE is on her way out, she has done enough for herself and Africa as a whole..

Right now, only a move to a top 10 women's football club will help Rash. She'll be a monster in any of eich clubs and gain even louder recognition. We need moves for her and Chiamaka. Else...

Lack of ambition or what??

Roland17:
Dave, morale is low amongst the fan base. Also, reality may be setting in for a few.

Trophy mehn.

Last year 24th
This year 21st

Just 3 climbs. A trophy might have projected him closer to Foden(11th) and Odegaard might have been in top 10. Let's win a domestic one for now.
Morale go lowwww

Deltamani:
I don’t see any reason why Coach Madugu should play Chiamaka Nnadozie in today’s game against Algeria… They should try btw the biggies/shorties of Monle & Udoka let’s see.

How She's still looking way younger than the other two though......uhmmm!!

Now that no female rep from Falcons made it to Balon D'or top 20 this time, it is high time we set this house in order for wafcon and get at least 3 players for the next one. We should be striving for excellence at the top and not this homebased/foreign based divide that is gradually gaining noise since last month. I doubt Zee will enter the Balon D'or list again. So that leaves


Rasheedat
Chiamaka
Jennifer

To double up, especially for the upcoming AFCON. No excuses whatsoever for these three. I hope a smart coach takes the team there. We should not be resting on our oars. Resting on oars is for semifinal spot. We are gunning for the title and that's the least expectation. We need to work towards that. I hope Rinsola is invited after this homebased friendlies. I also hope the right mix of cadet players are selected.

TheSuperNerd:
You are right. We may never but not impossible.

Kanu 6th (FIFA World Player of the Year/Any prestigious individual global award).

Osimhen 8th (Ballon D'or).

Two records that would take insane individual performances and team achievements to crack for other Nigerian players present and future.

When you consider nobody outstanding from the male cadet teams, water go run away person eyes. It's just the female cadet teams that have talents that can outshine those in the current setup. We've used kwaruption to kill the vibes of spotting talents that will ride on longevity and consistent like Lookman's and Kanu's.

I hope we see our own Drogba. I love his showbiz persona. Mikel is on path but many Nigerians don't like him😹😹😹

Ekong and Ndidi supposed fit such in future. The hosting duty.

Let's see how this Madrid boycott plays out consequently. Lots of Barca domination on the stage this year.


The year City won UCL, they gave Messi
The year Madrid win UCL, they gave Rodri


Theme: the two are giving National team metrics used.

In this case, Vini is not it for Brazil.

Annoying thing is the others like Saka and Saliba that showed up for national team were still ranked lower than others that only had club as their weaponry. In this case, Lookman ought to be ranked higher. He deserves top 10 finish.

And finally,


Who were the Journalists that voted from Nigeria and who was their 1st pick for Balon D'or? The Oshoala debacle and the Osimhen own has made me super interested in this key detail since Osasu and that lady didn't use sense to vote then.

See as here quiet.


We need trophies mehn.
We need golden boot contenders too

TheSuperNerd:
I hope you know Nwankwo Kanu actually holds the highest placing for any Nigerian for football's highest individual award, the FIFA World Player of the year which was always bigger than the Ballon Dor.

Ballon Dor only gained more grounds after it joined hands with FIFA World Player of the year to become the FIFA Ballon Dor in 2010 before they split up again to have the Ballon Dor and FIFA The Best in 2016.

Kanu was 6th in 1996's FIFA World Player of the year.

That's why the list is about just Balon d'or. So Osimhen holds that one till another cracks it. But it's something we may never see again for that Kanu Record.

TheSuperNerd:
So now expanding the list....

Officially, Ademola Lookman will finish above the following lads in the Ballon Dor rankings 2024.

- Federico Valverde (17th)
- Martin Odegaard (19th)
- Bukayo Saka (21st)
- William Saliba (24th)
- Cole Palmer (25th)
- Declan Rice (26th)

Im so so happy for him. But i was expecting a top 10 finish. E choke but omo he supposed dey there.

That makes Osimhen as the highest ever from a Nigerian
Most ranked Nigerians under Ballon d'Or; 🇳🇬🇳🇬

Victor Osimhen (2023) - 8th
•Nwankwo Kanu (1996) - 11th
•Ademola Lookman (2024) - 14th
•Finidi George (1995) - 21st
•Nwankwo Kanu (1999) - 23rd
•Victor Ikpeba (1997) - 32nd


Ade is consistent so i feel he may inch closer tomorrow.

Our boys did well at the Balon d'or. The ranking just dey somehow. I understand a trophy was the reason why. If there was at least one major trophy, all will drift into the top 15 no doubt. Our highest ranked is Odegaard. Impressive.

Somehow that EPL POTS finished 11th while Rodri and Haaland is in top contention for the honor. This Vini talk though. Precedence is against him from 2018. Let's see anyway

Martinelli needs this harsh OT from the coaches that as his pace is his biggest impression, he needs to realize that barely no one will be right behind him whenever he loses the ball like he did yesternight. So he needs to be more careful and sensible.


As for our defenders for Salah goal

See Kiwior jogging like say he get Thanos legs. See White focusing on Nunez instead of the Salah that passed him in his very before.

All 3 focused on the wrong man, and White being the most experienced, that was super terrible. Even Skelly deu run like say he old pass partey. A little more acceleration from all 3 and that goal would never have happened.

Never ever underrate Salah's movement near the box. Zinny casted for that till date. 12Goals for the Egyptian in 14games vs Arsenal. Quiet for most part but still had the nail and the hammer.

All Arsenal league games in 2024/25:

Game 1 - Saka Assists Opener
Game 2 - Saka Assists Opener
Game 3 - Saka Assists Opener
Game 4- Saka Assists Winner
Game 5- Saka Assists Equalizer
Game 6 - Saka Assists Winner
Game 7 - Saka Assists Opener + Winner
Game 9 - Saka Scores Opener


We bidding time mehn.
Saka's on fire even when not fit.

Just check up our conversion rates stats compared to the chances we have. I don't like that many aren't see how detrimental this key factor is to overall ambition. Finishing is hurting us overall. I didn't say we aren't factoring the injuries. Short term, long term, across months, we need a finisher to deliver us our goals and reduce the way we play overall. Stubborn manager brought us to this junction. His decisions showed he didn't prioritize and analyze well.


Away form 7/12
Home form 11/15
10points dropped overall
Blame injuries if you want. But also blame on lack of finishing despite the low creativity.

Shegzdave:
You’re right bro
Moreover, I don’t understand why some part of our fanbase are satisfied with mediocrity, like we should be pushing the players beyond this output because they’re capable of producing better result, see someone like Martinelli, his conversion rate is poor, Saka is the only differnce maker upfront.

Let’s wait till December and we’ll see if they’ll continue towing that line of ‘it’s his style of play’ moreover, I don’t think the part of our fanbase that doesn’t see the need for a top 9 watch most of our game and check the conversion rate

They're probably carried away with our sleek play. Lol.
We would have like 50 transitions and create like 38 big chances and score a mere 9 from them. And many of them are easy to score, especially this GM waster. I watch someone like Ademola Lookman and wish he was in our team. But na Sterling they go trust and carry😭😭😭😭😭😭
Lookman that can singlehandedly change games all by himself. Those are the kinds of forwards i crave. Im tired of clutching onto the excuses. We go dey alright sha.


Saka has successfully cooked all Liverpool's LBs since he began playing against them. 😎😁

Lush100:
Omo is Partey on drugs?

Man played 90 mins.

Men our injury list is getting long and the subs are not fully at par.
Timber
Cala
Odegard
Gabu

4 first team players.
Gabriel J need to work on this overall play.
Harvetz is really trying.

Much Appreciation for Thomas Partey. He played like 4 positions tonight. Kept Diaz quiet until he was subbed off. We weren't all that in 2nd half but he played his part to dead that wing.

Shegzdave:
Like sooo bad
It’s very visible that We need a CF and some people will tell you it’s his style of play. King Kai isn’t giving that dominating figure upfront

We are literally that team that is playing in such a way that a 9 that is also a beast in the air will be made to feel like a golden boot contender. I keep saying we need one. I agree that goals are distributed. But why are same folks shouting that not also seeing 9 will double figures and goals distribution across the squad as well? Why? A 9 that will make all those crosses turn to assists.

We are hibernating not flourishing. Up front. The UCL is showing that by far. Very terrible conversions rate. No worry. I dey that junction. The bus bringing the fence sitters go soon arrive. Many think its about being comfortable with what we are playing. Lol.

germaphobe:
Just like you said, he is playing to his best and that is all that matters, we can't have everything we desire at the same time. A quick reminder that having a haaland doesn't mean he will score in every decisive and important matches, dude went 3 games against arsenal without scoring, and the match he scored, his goal meant little or nothing. And another reminder that he just scored his first goal in 4 matches yesterday. So if a haaland who's the idea striker can have goal drought and also miss sitters, wouldn't it seem too hard to .........

Sadly, that's not ALL that matters. It is not going to help our All OR NOTHING Dream. So since oranges cant be apples, then get apples. Get Anything it takes to best your opponents even on days that the odds are against us regardless of pattern or style. Simple!! Each day, no matter how we opine, we need finishing MORE THAN EVER.

iamoyindamola:
Exactly
Or they use apari as example
We can't finish off opponents because we don't have hitman
Couple with our playmaker
Even saka was rushed as he wasn't fit
I am seriously tired of this man and his excuses, not until they equalised
He knows martinelli was shit

Each game, it is getting obvious that the role we want Kai to play, he can't do that this season. It is not his strength. He is actually playing to his strength every game but not in the place we want him tobe. He can't do that.

Great debut goal for Merino anyways. But we should have killed this game because Liverpool were really disjointed and confused until Gabriel went off for Skelly. That last goal though, it is sketchy. I don't support that call.

I also wished we used better shot to kee that Keheller.
How many dropped points vs top 6 so far. 4?

purplekayc:
Another 2 points. Lost

and that's how the end haunts us. This ought to be a defeat for Slot. Well... Makeshift defense and injury.

Now, every time we lead 2-1, the scare of conceded instead of scoring another increases.