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BlueRayDick:
U no see how he was advocating for the team.to scout players that will play to Xhaka rhythm ni.

Like say na Xhaka be Arsenal Legend wey win champions league for us when he was a youngster and now he's finding it hard we must support him

He get optimum optimism abeg!

Spy360:
You must understand that every game is unique and passion will vary. For example you cannot compare the passion against Spurs to when we play Burnley. In fact it will take a lot of inner strength to find passion against such teams. That's why it's said that some players are big game players it's because that's the kind of matches they easily express their passion.

Same reason why Man Utd can lose to small teams but beat City and Chelsea hone and away.

Don't worry our boys will find the passion needed to face City. It's an away game so there will be a lot of pressure from City. But with Arteta I believe we will find the grits to get something out of the game.

Jencejyde:
I watched the Manchester Derby and the only thing I saw in that game was passion and desire from manu Tactics counted for nothing but a will to do whatever it takes not to lose to city was all I saw. I really hope we can see such from our lads going into the game against city even though I doubt it. Sometimes tactics count for nothing if the desire to win at all cost matching the opponent stride for stride and winning all the 50/50 challenges and giving them little or no time on the ball is not done.

Unfortunately I really do not see those attributes often in our players and unless they put that into play coupled with the tactical understanding the manager is drilling into them, then we may win lower opposition but still lose woefully to the top guns.

I'm even skeptical of our chances against Sheffield in the fa cup because Sheffield are a well drilled team. And their players have passion in them to go out and do whatever it takes to win. We really need our team Phycologist to help this team understand that winning should be a habit and losing should not be an option against any opposition. The game against westham could have gone south if West Ham converted their chances and to think we were at home. I can't fault the manager here because its glaring what he his trying to instill but seems some of our personell are not good enough to execute. I really just hope we can make top four but more optimistic about the next season where arteta can get funds to bring in his own type of players and a full pre-season. All in all hoping we can do well on Wednesday and the rest of the season

Jodera:
Yeah...OK means, just good enough. Nothing exceptionally more.

Lol, wen discussing players, please, let's don't call Ronaldo or Messi biko. Those 2 aren't players but aliens.

The bolded is true, which means we're getting somewhere. While kdb wasn't given chance at Chelsea tho, same with salah, so we can't judge them then..I remember reading an article were kdb literally begged mou to be given chance, but my guy no gree.
Xhaka on the other hand, we've seen him play time and again... But we all know his limited in some basic critical qualities according to his position. Can't tackle, can't push ball forward, No speed and all. So he's just good enough. Even his outside 18 shot have stopped sef. What we need is that "sometimes extra" in his quality and maybe we'll be good. Look at wen we paired coquelin with cazorla(on his peak season). Even tho coq is not scoring, nor assisting, but then we're always confident that once opponents are venturing to our half, they won't find it easy cos he's good at tackles and interceptions. He doesn't over-do and releases the ball quickly. He wasn't world class but we cherished him then...imagine we had that kinda person now partnering ceballos... Mehn, midfield don dope na.
That's the kinda players we want....
Lacazette also na anoda OK player.

Spy360:
If he's been okay as you stated, that ends the discussion, because talking about upgrading, every player that is not named Messi or Ronaldo can be upgraded.

Spy360:
Bros your point is not valid. Midfielders covering FBs have been employed for long with many successful teams including current top4 in EPL.

You have not taken your time to watch, I know you are smart. Kindly refer to Football Made Simple on YouTube for tactical analysis.

Kante covers Alonso (remember Martinelli goal Vs Chelsea?)
Fenandihno drops into CB to a 3man defence as both FBs for City push up.
Henderson or Fabinho covers Trent Alexander Arnold or Robertson (as the case may be) for Liverpool as Saah and Mane tuck into forward position.

This tactic is widely used and known to be effective. It adds more bodies in attack when a team is with the ball.

So Arteta's use of Xhaka as an auxiliary LB is not out of place and only shows how tactically flexible the player is. Xhaka even drops to CB when we are defending and LB when we are attacking.

There is a reason why Xhaka has always been on the first team since his U17 days in Nigeria for Switzerland to his time at FC Basel, to Borrusia Mgb , and Arsenal all under Wenger, Emery and now Arteta.

He may not be the super star midfield maestro, but he does bring value to his team. You can wish for Partey but don't underestimate Xhaka.

Cc Fkhalifa

kokaneprodigy:
we can beat City with the right lineup

More over we are no longer in Europe we should go full throttle on the league no excuses.

kokanepyramid:
What fans including I said was that Emery made him worse than he actually is. Remember I always said Xhaka is not performing at the level he should.

How many solid DMs will want to leave their clubs in January while we look to sell Xhaka at the same time to manage wage bill. Remember the transfer window is short.

kodded:
Arteta only did that because he knew that it will be difficulty to find a better replacement during the January transfer window, besides xhaka has improved tremendously ever since arteta became the head coach...

...hopefully, his current form will boost his market value because I believe that Arteta might want to cash in on him.

....and also, there have been some report about arsenal triggering Thomas partey release clause during the summer transfer window..

...and if that report turns out to be true then it means that xhaka will leave because Thomas is a single pivot DM that can play in a 4-3-3 formation just like fernadinho, compared to xhaka and torriera double-pivot DM,

kodded:
Arteta only did that because he knew that it will be difficulty to find a better replacement during the January transfer window, besides xhaka has improved tremendously ever since arteta became the head coach...

...hopefully, his current form will boost his market value because I believe that Arteta might want to cash in on him.

....and also, there have been some report about arsenal triggering Thomas partey release clause during the summer transfer window..

...and if that report turns out to be true then it means that xhaka will leave because Thomas is a single pivot DM that can play in a 4-3-3 formation just like fernadinho, compared to xhaka and torriera double-pivot DM,

kokanepyramid:
yes! He has been better since Arteta took over and stopped partnering him with Guen. That said everyone agrees that he’s limited but selling him in January without a proper replacement would be recipe for disaster. Ceballos was injured at the time and you expect Arteta to sell Xhaka and be left with Guen and Torreira?

It’s not everyone that will be making rash and emotional decisions like Emery.

BlueRayDick:
You don't get it. Xhaka is only playing that makeshift Auxilliary LB role because that's like the only use he seem to have due to his weakness in core Midfield.

Just look at any of the top 5 to 6 teams in the league and point out any of them that adopts this pattern of play that involves the DM/CM shuttling between the middle and LB position. To me, this pattern that involves Xhaka deputizing for Saka each time the latter attacks is only adopted to manage the shortage of manpower in the two roles. I mean we have an inexperienced youngster playing out of position in LB, and a Physical DM that has not played the DM role as it is required.

Arteta is only doing what a football manager is expected to do; MANAGE!

Just like I pointed out, when we have Tiernney back and probably a backup LB to replaced Kolasinac, we should sell off Xhaka and buy a proper DM. Xhaka is far from being a proper DM and should not be used as an Auxilary LB if and when we have a LB that can be trusted to do his LB job.

You won't find Ndidi, Fabinho, Kante, Mctominay and even Eric Dier playing Auxiliary LB when there is enough battle to be won in the middle of the park.

iamoyindamola:
LFC couldn't do unbeaten and he's back

kodded:
relax arteta is using what he has, wait until next season starts before you conclude that arteta favours xhaka because they are report fly ing in already that arsenal are ready to pay the release clause of Thomas partey

BlueRayDick:
If we process ant to be taken serious as a team, we should dispose Xhaka to free space in the middle for a player who will actually perform as a proper DM or CM in that midfield. Having a physical player who rarely passes forward, frequently fouls without winning ball from opposing players and refuses to play to the strength of his player is not what is required of a team that wants to be considered as challenging for the title next year.

It's better arsenal tries to buy Ceballos, then sell off Xhaka to free space for a physical midfielder who will be willing to contribute more to attack. I'm tired of seeing Xhaka playing all because he's the only player that is assumed to have physical strength in the middle, but yet we keep praying and hoping he doesn't get booked for a rash challenge when he's not busy playing the ball back to the defence.

I think.Pablo Mari remains a ball playing defender like he's shown in glimpses this night, getting a strong midfielder to replace Xhaka who will provide cover for the CB won't be bad

kunletexs:
What is abk?

BISIXCLUSIVE:
They will spell the word OATH I swear to God, their son no give me problem at all, we are naturally in love, he doesn't even know about it until i told him, he was mad that day, though I told him never to confront then and he didn't, thank God they are still doing normal, any slightest mistake hmmm ok ooo.

BISIXCLUSIVE:
Those once that said I should swear and take oat if I won't betray their son all because I came from Abeokuta. Someone that already had a daughter in sec sch, I still over look that and show love, they never made mention of their son having child, they don't even know if he told me already, that means they are just been selfish and self-centered, only them but guess what? I have a plan for all of them, may their son no just do any mistake of marrying another person or impregnating someone out of wedlock, na that time they will see the reel Abk babe in me.

ImmaculateJOE:
Please someone should help me out. I Just registered for my final year study yesterday.

But my biggest nightmare since 2016 that I got admitted to the Varsity is PROJECT. I'm so awful when it concerns Researching.

Just last week I made up my mind that I'll just patronize the Project seller here in NL. But seeing this, fear don catch me as I don't want anything that will dent my image in the near future.

Biko, Dear Niaralanders, How do I go about this project stuffs? where do I start from? I'm so bad at it I need guidelines, starting from selecting the project topic. Please help out.

My colleagues here in the Varsity has cleaning up my mess.

Anytime group assignments is given. We do division of Labour. They'll source out information and compile it, then I will study it and present (I'm averagely good at this one)

Spy360:
Chai! I missed the game. Spent all night in the lab making m-toluene. Never realising we had a Chelsea. Guys how did we do?

Cc Roland17, kokaneprodigy, sod09, Fkhalifa, Jodera, Blueraydick, et al

sod09:
we know that's why it's called loyalty
Have you ever wondered why Watford, Dundee United etc have fans too

Wizzz1:
Go to YouTube, download YNWA, replay it for 1 week, learn the lyrics then download si Sinero replay it for 1 week, while singing along, then go watch our previous best moments on YouTube and brag about it to your friends, also ensure you watch ALL our matches. Don't hesitate to put Arsenal fans were they are soon you'll have no atom of affection for arsenal. Our minds are like computers, you can learn and unlearn even your passions.

sod09:
By the way I'm not married yet, hopefully this year

Wizzz1:
bro create a Liverpool thread, that was what I was looking for before I stumbled upon this thread.

Spy360:

sod09:
Sheri told you about me

sod09:
You and fkhalifa can open thread for ynwa.

Wizzz1:
I was an Arsenal fan until Bayern trashed them home and away. That event changed my paradigm, football is for fun, i was not catching fun, I don't even live in London. I broke from the mentality of one club till I die. Was club less for a year or two then joined Liverpool. Now all I feel for arsenal fans is compassion when I see them. I hope that one day the scales of your eyes fall off and you realize there is no hope too. Haha YNWA.