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Spy360:
Against who? Even then, we only have Martinez to thank for covering well for Leno.

Spy360:
My brother for me our attack is ready for next season. But with this kind of defense, even Messi leg go weak to score goal mere looking at the clownish displays the defense put up at the back. The psychological torture alone can make the best attack to just wind down.

Roland17:
Baba, I no agree with this one. So the other teams are supposed to just sit and watch you score abi, including the top teams? Your goals will not save you or guarantee you a W against top sides, i.e: Chelsea vs Sheffield. Our attack has to average 3 or more goals to get a W at this point, anything lower will end in tears (draw or loss).
A combination of the best attackers in the world can not even guarantee you an average of 3 goals per game worth more our own. We have gotten so used to mediocrity that it is now okay and normal to parade clowns as defenders in the EPL. No attacker will be motivated to stay aggressive when they constantly lose leads/ games because of clownish displays from our defenders.
Our defense is below average and that is a big difference when it comes to working with what you have.

Jodera:
Hmm...
In as much everyone is shouting cb cb. I still feel cb or our back line can be managed till we sort the pressing issues at hand. Which are good DM, Am and good attack (wingers) before any cb.

Come to think of it, our midfield was sliced open ystdy anytime spurs were attacking, only ceballos was making meaning tackles and interception(which is why we need good technical and robust dm). Our midfield lacked creativity except also for ceballos who tried to string things (tho xhaka gave an important key pass to bellerin which he flounder). Which is why we need good AM. As for attack, the less said about it the better. Pepe who supposed to be our goto guy for creativity in attack had a very sub par day ystdy and have been underwhelming this season. Auba isn't creative neither is laca. That leaves our creativity in attack blunt as hell.
Once midfield and attack are shorn of creativity what do you expect our Cbs to do? Not alienating our cb tho, but the best form of defence is attack, and until we sort that then we can think of solving the cb issues. Let's take a cue out of klopps team. He first sorted attack and midfield, which yielded them top 4. Then he completed it with the defence which now won the league. And I think that's the best way to go about it.

Order of priority(my opinion)

DM
Wingers
AM
Cbs

vicenzo:
Please no more Chelsea aged players.
We can't continue repeating mistakes of yesterdays and expect different outcome.

Chelsea aging players never did us any good. From Gallas to Cech, Luiz

We need better. No one should be mentioning Willian here. He is looking for retirement home. Emirates is not one. Three years contract for an aging midfielder. Totally not worth it. We should and can do better. Rather give the game time to our younger players to improve their craft than buy aging Willian looking for a place of comfort.

We should get Marlang to replace Kolasinac on the Left. Marlang is just 21yrs, can play left CB and LB. His strong point is passing ability and speed. Very ideal for a possession based team that would also play highline when passing up the pitch and hence needs a speedy CB that can rush back to stop counters from opponents when play breaks down.
He is free, if he flops, we can always cut our loses and resale.
If Arsenal were a serious club not run by morons, this is a transfer we would have since concluded.

Serious clubs like Chelsea, Bayern have almost concluded their transfers. Arsenal is waiting for people to finish buying the hot talents, then we go for left over cheap scraps.
This club is cursed,I swear. Damn you Kroenke!

iamoyindamola:
Yay UCL for city next season after successful appeal now let's get defence sorted out and retain our league.
Incase you don't know city will first asnal to win UCL

kokaneprodigy:
I was one of the optimists going into this game iamoyindamola is a witness to that. Saying I am happy with the result and content with mediocrity is a slander on my reputation on here. I am grossly disappointed with the result.

But If you read between the lines of my post you’ll find I’m looking at the team from the perspective of manager influence. If you ask me, Again I’ll say Arteta has improved the team considering what he inherited. Let him get a TW and Preseason cos there’s absolutely nothing much he can do about Kola, Mustafi and Luiz playing right now unless you want him to enter pitch.

Akinbahm:
A topic on who should we let go out of our current midfielders

Dani ceballos stay

Xhaka stay

Willock stay

Guendozi leave

Ozil leave

Torreira. leave

AMN. leave

A reply from a fan culled below...

I agree with all the above except Xhaka. To be effective in the modern game a good defensive midfielder MUST have the following skills –
ability to turn quickly with the ball on both sides
creativity, vision and leadership
good in the air
athletic ability and speed
ability to shield the back four and tackle
ability to dictate pace of play
Ever since the departure of Alex Song and Francis Coquelin this position has been vacant.

Spy360:
That's why I said thank God, because Luiz would score own goal, cause penalty and get red carded as Guen would not cover him.

iamoyindamola:
As In it's very sad
Just look at how they threw away a lead so very easy yesterday this is the same silly mistake that happen week in and out, even every season sane old mistake.
Xhaka wanted to pass to Tierney that was very close and he still missed it
Na here we they when ceballos will move to another club

Awon werey

afrodoc2:
It is too late to apologize............................................It's too late.
Wenger bred a whole generation of Assanal fans that were always happy with top 4 and nothing else. He and the owners used the new stadium to do boju boju for their policy of endorsement of mediocrity.

That is why when Gallas came to the club he sat down crying in the middle of the pitch, tearing his jersey and "pint", pulling out the grass from the roots when he saw how soft and uncaring the players in the club were.
Guess what? The fans turned against him 100% instead of asking questions.

A whole generation of Assanal fans have been brought up celebrating mediocrity and finding silver linings in every defeat. Any Assanal fan who is less than 25 yrs now can't understand the spirit of people like Adams, Keown, Parlour, Vieira, Gilberto Silva.

kokaneprodigy:
Gbam!!!
Guys are over flogging the result Despite the anticlimax in result. Game play and stats shows we’ve significantly improved from Emery. Gone are the days we were consistently bombarded by shots and getting bossed in midfield. FFS despite MOU’s bus we still had 5 shots on target.
It’s Spurs away and guys making it seem we are expected to win every game is over optimism. Even City with all its form lost to Southampton, Chelsea got trashed by fxking Sheffield.

iamoyindamola:
I'm selling citizen form sha
That's the only club that can dry this miserable club fans hot premium tears

Spy360:
Thank God say Guendouzi nor play. Dem for blame am for our poor defence.

BlueRayDick:
That's his undoing. He doesn't know how to come receive ball like dem Zaha do

iamoyindamola:
Just look at the way they are criticising Jerry curls, this is something I have been doing since last season but was tagged ' hater'
As for xhaka, that one is anywhere belle face he cant move ball forward. If a player pass the ball to him he returns the pass at that same spot without moving forward

Gabzy1:
I agree with you on this point
Our midfield used to be our strongest point before, now it is our weakest point
Post invincible era we have been blessed with midfielders like fabregas, hleb, song, diaby, flamini and the likes
We were known as a possession based team then
Those guys could control the midfield effectively and create chances for our attackers
Right now we have midfielders who are not technical enough to control the midfield and create chances
This should be arteta's main priority

Jodera:
Na wen next season wan start we can see whether our board will buy sensibly or not. Now is not the time to talk all about transfer tho(my opinion). Man u are strong, Chelsea are strong, man city and Liverpool are strong. Good thing is Arteta is seeing all these things, so let's see what he has up his sleeves(in terms of transfers)

Spy360:
No. I am not comparing Auba and OG. Haba! Bros.

I am saying that quick players playing besides Giroud will score lots of goals because of his quality holdup play. He won't score but will create spaces for those besides him to. That's the job Lacazette has that he is not doing well enough. That's why Arteta has to hope on Nketiah.

Giroud was the reason Griezmann and Mbappe could score as much goals in the WC. And Deschamps acknowledged it by giving him playing time despite him not scoring himself.

Spy360:
So the coaches who see him real life gets deceived and we who can't tell the shape of his front teeth don't. Arsenal fans i hail una.

BlueRayDick:
We started well, but got undone with Nketiah's reckless challenge. I know the boy was just being passionate so he won't be getting knocks fron me for that.

1. I don't know if this is possible at age 31 for a professional footballer, but Auba needs to work on his ball control abilities. He has the speed, skill and drive to go toe-to-toe with most world class strikers, he just needs to work on that ball control. While we were under pressure and the ball was getting ballooned in the air, there were few instances Auba just needed to contest and win the ball in midfield and pass it on to oncoming players so we can either recycle possession or start an attack, but he just can't win any of those balls. I know he is heads and heels above Giroud when it comes to goal scoring ability, but Giroud would win those balls and have the game settled.

2. Arteta should learn to make the right substitutions. Willock was a wrong sub that shouldn't have happened. He posed little attacking threats and was practically a defensive liability towards the end of the match. Pepe coming in at that time would've been a better option because he will prevent the Leicester left back busy and prevent him from joining attack.

3. Nketiah needs to learn how to keep his head high. He shouldn't allow his spirit to dampen with the red card. Just keep.his head up when going into a challenge.

4. Martinez is really showing he can display Leno any day Leno decides to turn out woeful performance. I think this is good for the team.

5. No current Arsenal player brings what Saka brings to the team. The young talent is a gem that needs to be treasured and not over-used. I fear for Martinelli with the way Saka is owning both sides of the wings any day he's called upon. I hope the young Brazilian's development will not be restricted to cup games alone.

All in all, it was a nice game which we didn't win because we were unlucky. I hope Arteta can fully get it right next season having more quality additions to the team.

Spy360:
Kuku follow Fkhalifa join Liverpool, even your signature show say you don tire.

kokaneprodigy:
Emery effect can’t end like that, Emery effect was so bad it didn’t only affect players it transcends to fans as well.

We might have to consult those Chinese that cleansed Leicester City and their players. I almost slid into depression considering the shii happened at a time I lost some good money.

kokaneprodigy:
I quite agree with the other paragraphs, but do not agree with that first one. Mid table and bottom half clubs pull upsets from time to time, but that panic we now do going into matches with them was due to “Emery Effect”.

Top six clubs lose to these bottom sides from time to time, City lost to Southampton yesterday but I’m sure their fans wouldn’t have panicked going into the fixture.

Na everybody we dey fear now, guys weren’t even confident facing relegation Norwich. Na “Emery effect”.