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Kog45:
OK how do you see Sallah,is Sallah a scorer or dribbler?

Salah is dubbed "the Egyptian Messi". What is Messi's best attribute??

asha80:
this is like saying mikel never used to give defence splitting passes in u20 otherwise he would not have been converted into a defensive midfielder

Mikel's technical ability has never been in doubt to any Chelsea fan. The main criticism of him was his lack of mobility and safe passing. Mikel's first 2 seasons he was popping killer passes all over the place. There's no comparison or whatsoever.

safarigirl:
oga, it is very true

Kelechi racked up 6 goals and 7 assists at the U17 World Cup. That was how he won the Golden Ball...

He was converted because of his poaching skills

I am not denying his creativity. I'm denying his style of play was similar to Mahrez. Do you know what means?? Mahrez??

Kog45:
Sir i don't know why all this fuss about Iheanacho,sometimes some berate him unnecessarily and some praise him excessively and to get balance view on him is always difficult here.

One thing is certain he is a baller whether he can dribble or not,is Ronaldo a dribbler?but Messi he is and the two are the best with 5 ballon d'or for the past 10 years.

I think Nacho cannot dribble should not be an issue but if someone says he cannot score then we talk

Iheanacho is a scorer not a dribbler.

Simple.

Loogan:
Iheanacho in the last match was one liecester highest dribblers with three successful dribbles that's about the most recent. Nacho is not just a good dribbler he is a very good one as a matter of fact, he dosent play on the wings like the guys you mentioned above he plays centrally. Even world beaters like Suarez who is an excellent dribbler has to limit his dribbling because his job is to get goals, same with Nacho.
[/b]Nacho U-17 was Very skillful and his style was similar to how mahrez plays[b].

If this was true, then no way he'd have been converted into a 9. Didn't watch him at his U17, but I don't believe this.

goldfish80:
I have noticed a particular trend with managers over the year and to that extent I do understand why Viera is getting a look in.

Over the years, records have shown that visionaries often define an era when it comes to management. Starting with Wenger himself, when he was plucked from Japan, he arrived and shaked-up the English game with his fresh ideas on diets, attacking philosophy and modeling the Arsenal brand as a community club.
Those early days proved to be his most successful years as he got demystified and utterly left behind by younger visionaries whose management and ideas usurped his.

Jose Mourinho was at his best when he was fresh blood on the scene. Diego Simeone had a huge amount of success at the start of his tenure. Zinedine Zidane was a king when he started out. Even Luis Enrique when he took over the football at Barcelona. Same could be said about Conte (see how his fresh ideas on 3 man backline walked the Premiership) and of course Pep Guardiola.
Bayern Munich are unto something similar with the appointment of the Croat Niko Kovac (there goes my theory)

Spoting the next best thing (visionary as I call them) could be the way to go for a club like Arsenal. This could come in the shape of Viera who is a club legend, a winner and ultimately there's something about a guy who has developed and learnt his craft off the limelight. As risky as it seems, he could prove to be a master stroke, the next visionary. His friend at Madrid is ripping it up. Ultimately, his American story is not so different from Wenger's at Nagoya Grampus.

Someone like Arteta might be a smart move. He’s affable, speaks 5 languages, has played in 4 different leagues and he’s a thinker.A lot of top managers came out of La Masia, touching Cruyff and Bobby Robson along the way.If you want to take the game by storm, you have to bring something new to the table people haven’t seen before. Signing Arteta makes sense if he has something new to bring to the game.

Guys like Marcelino, the Valencia manager is a little bit special. Although he's off the main stream, but he is really good. A little bit too underrated for my liking. Hasselhutl at Rb Leipzig could be another next great thing in modern football.

Hopefully, the Arsenal suits hires the right man who can move the club forward. There fans have been great over the years. They deserve to be happy.

I agree but not Vieira. He really isn't anything special. Sure he could be a decent man manager, but nah not impressed. I personally wouldn't mind Arteta or even Xabi Alonso. Both with Jens Lehmann and maybe Martin Keown as part of the coaching staff would be cool.
We also have Wenger had won the league and gotten to the semi finals of the ucl with Monaco before he went to Japan. He probably would've won more league titles if not for Marseille cheating and doping.
Mou had already been assistant to both Van Gaal and Bobby Robinson before he started off at Uniao and did well for them before he got snapped up by Porto.
Same thing with Enrique who was successful with Barca B and did relatively well at Celta before he got the Barca gig.
Think they should be looking at Paulo Fonseca at Shaktar and Julian Nagelsmann at Hoffenheim. But you know Arsenal...instead they are looking at Ancelotti, Rodgers and Enrique. I don't trust any of them long term.

BascoVanVeli:
He will have to earn his keep with any coach just like he earned his chance with Wenger

Arteta will likely be more patient with him than say Allegri.

TheSuperNerd:
Lemme summon the Arsenal lords on here... Sir Tbaba1234... Chief Icon4s... Sir Edi287... Pharmarsenal... Etc...


Like seriously... Who do you think will be best for Arsenal also as regards the Impact this would have on Iwobi's career growth at Arsenal?

(Or should I sepate the question into two... Like 1). Who dobyou think is best for Arsenal.. 2). Who will be best as regards Iwobi? )

Tuchel... Rogers... Vieira... And what about Joachim Low? (If he decides to leave the Germany job perhaps... Will that even happen? Lol )

Or will it be this man smiling below? Allegri?

Allegri is definitely what Arsenal needs at the moment. He's someone who plays to his players strengths and gets the best out of them. He's also very flexible tactically. Makes superb subs as well.
Best manager for Iwobi? Tuchel no doubt. Great with young players and is similar to Pep in regards to positional play, etc. He's going to PSG sha so it's out of consideration.
Arteta will be good as well for Iwobi as they'll be a bit of familiarity. He's also likely to be more patient with him(Tuchel too and maybe Rodgers)
Rodgers is good with young players but sometimes he over experiments. He'd probably try Iwobi as a wing back, CM, 10, etc. I don't want him even though I feel he's a bit underrated as a coach.
Vieira would be a terrible choice for Arsenal. I watch NYCFC and I honestly don't understand what he's done to be considered as a replacement for Wenger.
In summary - all the names you mentioned will be good for him but some will just not be as patient as the other or as good a man manager like Wenger. I don't how Iwobi will react to "tough love" so yeah.
He has the ability to play under any of these guys but he'll need to do much much better than he has this season.

BascoVanVeli:
Iwobi better not sign a new contract now that Wenger is gone.

He should be praying Arteta really does become the next arsenal coach. If it's Allegri, he'll have to shape up quick or get sent on loan.

Taliban:
Yes o, especially Thai food. For Yankee, Buffalo Wings dey now wey u fit add pepper as you like and if you like homemade food, what do they do with [b][/b]habanero (rodo) [b][/b]in Walmart, plenty and very cheap, so no excuse not to eat pepper o except if you no like am.

So that's what we call Habanero sauce in naija?? Been trying to explain it to a friend. One of my favorites after BBQ sauce

Simy Nwankwo scores for Crotone against Juve

Dumb headline. How did this get to make Frontpage sef?
Dumb bloggers at it again...

somehow:
A Naby and a Pauhinho if both were to be Brazilians, who would make the team to Russia?

Naby easily. He's twice the player Paulinho is

somehow:
Then they went for other players.. if Barca wanted him badly, they would have gotten him!

No by the time they went for him, Liverpool had already concluded negotiations. Besides it's not like Paulinho and Seri who they went after were any better.

Loogan:
What can iniesta do that naby cannot? rakitic atleast I would say can push attack very well and give a decent Defensive output, with iniesta I know I have a body short defensively in midfield. With naby I will get goals assist and top class defensive output.

Some of these guys haven't been watching Naby Keita. It's when he shines at epl they'll know he's good enough for barca

Oasis007:


Some Dudes are really funny on this Thread I swear. Naby over Iniesta as an AM, or Rakitic as a CM?! LMAO

Well...... you've given him the right Response.

This isn't 2009. This is 2018.

somehow:
Only on FIFA 17 played by you

I'm sure Barca staff were playing Fifa 17 when they wanted to sign him last season

mbjane:
Naby will not start at madrid barcelona bayern and even juventus and mancity

Would easily start at Juve. Infact he's exactly the sort of midfielder they've been crying for. City maybe in a seasons time. I think Silva is starting to fade.

somehow:
Iniesta is not a DM, the current Barcelona plays 4:4:2 most of the time and the 4 midfielders have always been Ini, rak, bus and cout, Paulinho only gets to start once a while and then UCL cos of the ineligibility of couth.

Naiby can't bench any of the current 4 except when they need to rest ini but a fit ini will continue starting age or no age. (Fact)

Naby would start over iniesta and Rakitic. He isn't a DM, he's a CM. He can even play outwide sef.

somehow:
Sorry sir but who will Keita bench in the current R.MAdrid and Barcelona squad, let's discuss reality sir. Thank you sir.

Would bench Paulinho and the present version of iniesta. Iniesta is washed. Can't play 2 games in a week anymore.

tbaba1234:
Yaya Toure had over 70 caps in 2 seasons until Pep arrived. He certainly picked a shirt on arrival from Monaco. Naby is good enough to pick a shirt anyway.

Pep did not fancy him and preferred busquets so he left in his third season.

Alex Song was not that good anyway. He had one good season.

Naby will definitely not start at Madrid. At least not now. You could also argue he wouldn't start at Bayern as well.

Icon79:
Well, they should start with Shkodran Mustafi who makes 10 errors per match. And this dude is supposed to a German international? Sometimes I wonder whether he's engaging in match-fixing or something. I have never seen a more error prone defender! In fact, the entire Arsenal defence line are useless and deserve criticism more than Iwobi.

Mesut Ozil is the highest paid player in the EPL. Can you tell me what he does to deserve that? This is the guy who usually have 2 average or below average performances to every good game he has. Henrikh Mkhitaryan has been piss poor. Xhaka has been useless. And don't even get me started with Jack Wilshere ... only God knows why Arsene keeps playing him ahead of Iwobi. And you can ask the same question about Calum Chambers as well ... how in the world does this guy always starts ahead of Maitland-Niles?

All in all, my biggest angst in Arsenal goes to Mesut Ozil. For the money he's making, he's supposed to give you a 110% each match, but he rarely ever gives more than 75%. That's why he decided to stay at Arsenal because he knows that he ain't gonna get away with that BS most other coaches.


O pari

Again how do you know Mustafi doesn't get criticized?? Everybody from fans to pundits have been criticizing Mustafi.
Say what you want about Ozil, he's been one of the best players in a very horrible season (after Ramsey). Mkhitaryan has been putting in decent numbers despite not impressing too much.
Iwobi is nowhere close to being the most criticized player in Arsenal. I don't know why you guys are trying to make it out to be so. I wonder what you guys would've said if Xhaka and Bellerin were nigerians

Farzat:
I watched fc Ufa vs CSKA and Sylvester Igboun was actually the player that caught my attention instead of Musa. Am surprised that nobody is talking about that guy here. This guy is very fast, strong, dribbles past defenders with ease, crosses ball well and can shoot with both legs. I think this guy can be another version of VM from the wing And it wont be bad if he's invited among 35 man list to fight for a shirt. he's definitely better than most wingers we parade now.

Oliseh was a fan of this guy.

daveP:
On their best day, Ramsey would see space BTW them still. but can They keep a lead if they got one @ATM?

The defence is beyond useless now. Mustafi is a nightmare

Iwobi has been looking bright. Nice touches here and there. Interesting midfield 3 Arsenal are playing.

daveP:
Who will boss the middle? cos I'm giving it to Arsenal, but that defence of both sides.... gunners defence are shaky, and ATM's own is so tight, but overreact. and pks may ruin things.... But I believe ATM may want to play for a draw at Emirates. If only Mkhi was fit. Iwobi needs to step up now man... arrghhhh.

Saul and Koke vs Ramsey and Wilshere. The game go dey too tight. Arsenal needs to score first so they can draw them out. A 2-0 win will be golden.

Martz101:
The guy dey form king Solomon

Ignore my posts from now on if I "dey form king solomon".

It's a weekend. If you want wahala, I have all the time in the world.

Martz101:
You are not the judge on what make sense or not

Well if you reply a thought I put across, I'm afraid I am. Or do you read minds?

Martz101:
anybody can be scouted by any club

Made no sense but ok...

Martz101:
Just like they scouted messi, ronaldo,ibrahimovic, yaya toure

Your point is?

Martz101:
Arsenal scouted every good player

They scouted Payet more than usual. Just like Lacazette was scouted since he was 16 till Wenger decided to take a risk on him

Icon79:
KPOM!

That's why I hate all them racists fans and pundits. They would allow the likes of Jack Wilshere and even Mesut Ozil to get away with murder, but you'd never stop hearing about it if the likes of Iwobi (or Kelechi) puts a foot wrong! And that's why these kids tend to play with fear whenever they line up for their football clubs. Compare the way Iwobi plays for Arsenal vis-à-vis the way he plays for the Super Eagles. He can't even hold onto the ball for one min when playing for Arsenal, because they wouldn't let him


O pari

Arsenal fans are harsh on players that isn't Jack Wilshere. Ozil only started getting a pass as Alexis Sanchez left.
Hector Bellerin and Xhaka have had it worse than Iwobi imo. Xhaka has also shut his comment section off a couple of times.