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Honestly. Van Djik deserves a yellow.
But then again no be Arsenal commit foul.

mostob:
Not Xhaka.

Omo!!! Oya now.

By the way, what’s your prediction for todays match?

mostob:
Arsenal recently let go a first team player who had been struggling with alcoholism the last few years. A fresh start was decided for the player this past summer and the Arsenal backroom staff and players are all still in contact. The player is playing , happy ,clean and sober for over seven months. A success story from a career almost lost . #arsenalfanaticsnews

I took a guess several times and only one name kept popping up.

Funny, I don’t even know who that is.
Xhaka?

mostob:
By next Summer, we should send him back to Italy. Funnily, he is always fit whenever we have a full squad to choose from but not when we need him.

Zinchenko? I'll rather we play Myles. Could Myles be ahead of Zinchenko going by the substitution yesterday?

I like your confidence but not Myles Biko.

Zinchenko just resumed from injury hence why Myles was substituted instead.

Injury Dey get us sha.

This Liverpool match is a must win for us, we need to test Arne Slot, shake his confidence small.

mostob:
See, we need to realize these guys are not kids. We might continue to berate the coach for all we care but I want to believe the players are mentally matured to differentiate between what is right and what is wrong in different circumstances.

Yea... Calafiori is rash and always take risky decisions. That's how he usually plays. I doubt his substitution was precautionary. Arteta said it looked bad.

As for Rice, I think the instability around him might be affecting his performance. Moreso, that LW is not just his position.

True. It’s high time the players take the heat.

By the way, when are we selling Tomiyasu? Baba is never available. How many match him play last season? I guess we might be forced to use Zinchenko.

Sallah go roast us sha. except Timber miraculously return before then.

mostob:
BTW, Jack Wilshere will be joining Norwich this week. Not a good decision to be taken mid-season IMO. Not good at all.

I read somewhere that some of the teenagers were disappointed that Arsenal management weren’t doing enough to keep him.

mostob:
Arteta said he took him out to prevent another red card. That Calafiori's injury worries me. All he needed to do was to make a simple pass. The first time he injured same knee, he was doing knee sliding and kinda snap something.

Omo!!! I don’t think that’s the right thing to do. How about cautioning him to be more disciplined.

It’s like saying he doesn’t trust his players to be responsible. Damn! Those guys Don frustrate Arteta be that. 😂

As for Calafiori, I don’t know who is more rash between him and Timber. The ball he had, a simple pass could have saved us a lot of trouble. Thank God they did not score.

I hope he was subbed for precautionary reasons.

I will say it again, I miss Saka and Odegaard, let them do and come back jare.

Rice has also declined.

Partey is also coming back to form from what I noticed.

iamoyindamola:
Bro I didn't understand the team that played in red and white at all
It's too early in the season to start dropping this distasteful performance
We started brightly early on only to fade off completely
What's stopping these guys to start shooting from outside, same thing against Bournemouth

I agree with you.
My concerns are what happened to Ben White?

Partey was doing just fine in the midfield.

And Trosaard has switched off for the last 3 matches.

It could be fatigue. Anyway, I hope to see how Arteta turns this around with Liverpool.

iamoyindamola:
5-0 or we riot😡😡😡

Lmao!! 😂🤣

Match that was boring for me.

Omo!! At this point make we just begin riot because today we played rubbish IMO.

My people. I’m still hurt from last match.

Only winning will console me today.

What are your predictions?

Arsenal to win 2-0.

COYG!!!

I also blame Martinelli for the outcome of this game.

I’ve said it severally, all his constant missing of one on one chances will somehow come to bite us someday.

I mean if he had buried that chance, maybe the game would have taken another dimension. He is just so annoying with his decision making and it seems no one in the coaching team is calling him out for this.

Again, like I said before, Trosaards poor pass was what put Saliba in that position. Baba was reacting instinctively because he was caught unawares with the pass, but it still doesn’t excuse his rashness. You can’t keep talking about wanting to win trophies and you put the team in a position to lose a game while we are competing for such trophies. E no make sense.

Let’s just put this game behind us and make Adjustments in our next game.

Truth be told, I’m not a Saka fanboy but I swear he is very important to this team. All that unnecessary criticism of him and comparing him with this one and that one is pure nonsense.

We really missed him today, no doubt.

Godd damn liar.

He will forget he said this, just like his master promised to fix the economic hardship by December.

He should Fvck off with his white elephant project propaganda.

Fkhalifa:
Coaching job no easy o

If he had drawn or stole a win....fans would applaud...
If he had risked not replacing the CB and ended up with a cricket score....fans would still drag him ....it's a risk that didn't pay up

True, but he was too cautious while he was supposed to be brave today and that cost him a lot. 😂

Nothing burst my brain today like Arteta Reaction.

Him remove Sterling put Kiwior, Kiwior cause goal he remove am put Jesus 😂🤣🤣🤣. Jesus of all people.😂
Like you were trying to defend a 0-0 game from the 30minute and want to draw a 2 goal lead at the 85th minute.

Make it make sense 😂😂🤣.

Roland17:
Our complacencies have finally caught up with us. I remember saying we were getting too comfortable coming from behind against these lower teams. This has been coming for a while, Well, here we are..

Well! Well! Well!

Here we are. No be everyday be Christmas.

Merino needs to go out for Jorginho.

We need that over head passes for Kai.

The decision was the right one.

It was Trosaards fault.

Omo!!!! I’m worried for our right hand side of play.

I hope we can still cook with them.

COYG!!!!

Arsenal to win 4-0

We go top of the league today 😌

This man is stupiiiid and reckless.

What rational justification does he have for this?

mostob:
He walked out of the stadium by himself so that should be a good sign.

This is where Arsenal recall him. He shouldn't play the second game.

My point exactly.

The way him play don do.

Let’s recall him ASAP.

Omo!!!! This Saka injury.

I hope it’s not severe sha.

mostob:
Just watch a short video of Odegaard running on treadmill. The way Arteta gave update then, we were expecting him to come back in November. Even Dave.P bin dey talk 4 months. Arteta no try at all... Playing with our emotion

Aghh it was the best thing I saw on the internet today.

I no blame Arteta with the mind games Abeg. No be here that werey Nowegian coach Dey discuss Odegaards selection availability.

Like imagine if the man heard he was healing already, he would have invited Odegaard.

It might even be that this video is like a week ago so that Norway no go put mind for Odegaard side.

I like it when we hoard our players. Everybody go Dey alright last last 😂

Stats can be funny sha.

That, Onana is also competing for Golden glove awards when if you look at it, Raya has been the best premier league keeper this season.

Not like am under rating him, but IMO, Raya has been exceptional throughout this season.

mostob:
See... Without being complacent, a team can still lose a two-goal lead. I don't think we were complacent yesterday though. And Leicester had their keeper to thank if not that match would have ended in a whitewash.

At the end of the day, how you respond to situation like that of yesterday is what matters. A good team must be prepared to combat uncertainties in the game.

I agree with everything you said except for where you said we were not complacent, which again I will let it be, because it’s your opinion and how you see it.

Now, my mind is on that PSG match.
I expect it to be a tough test for us, I just pray the boys show up for it. And where is Ben white? Hope he will be available for selection by then.

BlueRayDick:
Then u shouldn't have quoted me because whatever point u thought u were trying to make, I already addressed them in my previous posts.

If u would just calm down and read my posts without quoting me out of context to push Ur pre-conceived agenda, u would've seen where I mentioned nobody planned for what happened but our players responded in the right manner and we ended up with the maximum 3 points.

That's all that matters to me.

Firstly, no one is quoting you out of context, three people can’t disagree with you on the same thing.

Secondly, no one is pushing any agenda here, at least not me. That line can’t work with me. You do know not everyone can agree with whatever you post abi? And your opinion isn’t fact, especially in a public forum like this where we are having an open debate and counter opinions.

Finally, You request for not being quoted wether in this case or any other case (I don’t know which one of it you meant) is duly noted.

mine3112:
I really don't understand why some set of fans will be happy with our performance against Leicester team with the aim of becoming a champion comes May. It is good they came back to reclaim the 3 points but we might not be this lucky against a well organised team. We should be blowing midtable teams apart and not give a glimpse of hope of coming back not even at the Emirates. It is the more reason why some pundits are still doubting our credentials even if we are 10 points ahead of Manchester City with 10 games to go. The boys and the coaching crews need to get serious and be determined to wrestle away the title from the champion. We can't avoid to fail this time after being the runner up on two consecutive occasions. It will be unacceptable for me as a fan if we didn't win the league.

Exactly.

Thank you.

BlueRayDick:
So did Leo or Arteta tell u they came into the game to lose focus and give the opponent th chance to draw level?

See, u are just grasping at straws. My point from the onset has always been that the game got out of hand and most of the plans pre-match flew out of the windows when we were complacent but what matters most was how we dealt with the situation.

Things will not always go as planned. That's why I referenced the city vs Newcastle match because city definitely were motivated to beat Newcastle to top the league but shiiit happens.

U can keep hoping arsenal will amass 114 points out of possible 114 points Sha. It's ur right as a fan

I don’t understand grasping at straws when you just summarized the point I’ve been trying to make since.

We were Complacent when we shouldn’t have.

That’s not what champions do.

One is Proactive and the other is Reactive.

Period!

BlueRayDick:
City too were supposed to crush Newcastle 10-0, but the match ended 1-1.

You people just talk as if the players left their homes with the mindset of coming to lead 2-0 and then conceding 2 goals to draw level and give everybody high blood pressure.

Arteta has admitted It was worrying we lost the two goals advantage but was impressed with how we responded and secured the win. Have I said anything different from that? 🤷‍♂️

I don’t understand. You want to compare Newcastle game with Leicester? Really? When has Leicester being competitive.

No one, no even Leicester will come to the match hoping that Arsenal don’t beat them. What’s your point?

Like I said, Leo already admitted their goof, Arteta just re emphasized what Leo said.

What we are saying is that Arsenal shouldn’t come into games and midway into the game lose focus on the objectives making opponents get back into the game because thats the most logical step they would want to take.

iamoyindamola:
We lost 2 goals lead
Na that one pain me pass
We should have been out of sight sef

Exactly. The game was supposed to end 4-0 and not 4-2.

BlueRayDick:
Let me just tell u: As a fan, if u have the mindset of "It's same ol' Arsenal" u will never enjoy matches. U will keep looking for negativity to analyze after each match.

The match was still ongoing, the players were still fighting to get something out of the game and u Don already switch writing them off. No be so.

If u were in the stadium watching live, would u have left at 2-2?

My bro! What we are saying is that, if you want to be the best in premier league, you should not give such kind of room for your opponents to get back into the game. You saying this, is as if we weren’t in control of the game, like their two goals just came from no where. If you watched Trosaard’s interview, he admitted to the goals being easy goals. And by easy goals, I mean giving them a breather to take their chances at us.

The mentality we are supposed to be having is crushing our opponents totally. I mean total domination, in both Halves, we can only stop after the final whistle.

That’s the mentality that teams like Bayern and Madrid have.

Glad we were able to get a win at last and that’s because of the maturity we showed by not panicking.
But it’s our lack of urgency that put us in that position in the first place.

We needed to be swift and ruthless which we were not.That’s the only way we can get ahead of our rivals.

Mind you, we have other teams apart from Man City to contend with, let’s not get carried away.

We really need to be far ahead of everyone if we want to be winners. No room for slacking at all at all.

Omo!!!!! My mind don come down 😂😂