₦airaland Forum

Earlier in the season my most impressive summer signing was Zubimendi, man gave his all and played so fuccking good I never missed Partey. Now, he looks average but still gets it done.
Hincapie always showed he's a raw diamond and now he's up and steady at the back.
Madueke,I believed it was a good deal for someone who's coming in as a back up, and even though he's been off and on, I still appreciate his game.
Mosquera is a beauty to watch and still has a lot to go from.
Norgaard has impressed me with the few minutes he's got, I wonder why he still doesn't get enough pkay time.
Eze is finally getting it together. Last two games has shown a great change in his game ,I wish to see more from him cus I know it's there.
Gyokeres to be honest, I didn't expect so much from him, but the hype around us needing a traditional 9 made the hopes so high. Now he ain't even scoring the type of goals everyone expected of him, nor turning up in games like the media and fans made it look like he would. I still wish he scores important goals for us. Aside from the two goals he have on Everton, he hasn't scored a winner or a game changing goal(i might be wrong tho). I feel like his first season is just mirror symmetry to kai's first season. But then kai scored more game changing goals.
Ps: Kai is still my favourite most not loved Arsenal player.

We've reached the maximum win rate under Arteta so far and still on every competition. That's a solid from the players and the coach.
One more carabao cup win to cancel our trophyless years, 5 more epl wins to cancel the bottling noise, 5 more wins to cancel the no ucl banter too.
I can't be more proud of this team. As a fan who has always believed in Arteta, I feel much joy and anticipating greater things to come.
S/o to Bertha for making this season a joy to watch, years of injuries affecting us badly are gone.
S/o to Arteta for finding a way to navigate through the injury gate, and to the players for standing out.
Let it all work out!!!.

daveP:
Esp this UCL. Omo!!

right from the beginning, I was so sure that it even bothers my friends and follow fans that we would win the league, like e just sure me die, especially when Liverpool fell off the race, I knew this present man city can't stop us. But na ucl, I no too sure on. If we can pull ucl and epl, omor!!!!. One is ok and good, but both, omor!!, best and great.

daveP:
No mind am. Pulling off some Adebayor crap that game. We messed up too anyway. But he dey support lately. Lol

support lately ke?. When the pressure was on around December with only 2 points difference, he was among those saying we would slip. Ehh even though it was a possibility must he say it out as an hardcore Arsenal boy he is supposed to be?. He no see better legends dem wey still back us then. Make he getout jaree.

daveP:
This Motm levels, na Arsenal fans dey push am gaan cos of the jinx attached. I hope it doesn't come back to haunt sha😂😂😂😂

Cos rivals fit say Arteta no win am blah blah, forgetting its rigged deliberately.

e no get talk wey dem go talk wey go reach any fan skin as long as we win this epl. Na if by any means or chance we lose this trophy, na then kasala go burst.

daveP:
Imagine we win all 4 titles. I wonder how Chelsea fans go act going forward. Heaviest thorns. 🥶🥶🥶🔥🔥

just epl and ucl will keep the whole world silent, they will lose your banter power.

daveP:
Lots of the Invincibles have been coming to home ground to watch since 1st game. Even Lacazette, Walcott too. The last game will be filled with even folks like Shearer, Adams, Owen.

once a gunner always a gunner. But Walcott no get levels for my eyes again. Yes, he was our own superstar at some point but scoring against us in a title race and celebrating it in front of our own fans, that's when I started seeing him less. So he didn't see how Welbeck played against us that season, even this season against too. Make he getout.

mostob:
They should invite Murillo and Dino too.

yeah, even Frank former spurs coach.

iamoyindamola:
City and Newcastle are inside the next 4 bros

tbh this city no dey fear me as before. We can play defensive and still win them. If we can win city and win Newcastle, I think the job will be done. Cus we will only need two wins out of the remaining four to be champions.

iamoyindamola:
We should use the efl cup hold body first

exactly

BlueRayDick:
Suddenly nobody is saying arsenal will bottle the league in April, Arsenal will bottle the league in May.... blah....blah.

manager of the month curse started early for pep, next stop is Chelsea and by then both would already be out of ucl and Chelsea fighting for top 4. Interesting times ahead. Pep said the sky would be blue by March, na match we dey and true true the sky is blue cus I just looked outside the window now

daveP:
Arteta should trust MLS and Dowman this remaining games to the end of the season. Risk it. Nothing to protect them for again abeg. Trash that excuse. They will add more and will come in to a bigger output in this depth contribution.

it was so brave of Arteta to remove a defensive midfielder and introduce Showman. But I don't think he would be automatically starting Showman in the remaining epl games. For skelly, na God hand he dey so, cus even when he's given a chance he doesn't make it worth it anymore as last season.

daveP:
We turning draw soup to green

9 draws square rooted. Wow

Lets see what Dowman will do vs Bournemouth and City

we just need to win our next 4 epl games and it's done. This threads tittle would change.

daveP:
Arsene Wenger has done it again

he's invited for our title parade.

ObaIgwe1:
"It is not only the goal that he scored, he changed the game. Every time he got the ball, he makes things happen and we are more of a threat. To do that at that age, in this context with the pressure, the expectations to win the game, it's just not normal.

"It's so organic for him, he doesn't feel the pressure. He goes, gets the ball, stops on the ball. It's natural for him, that's the best thing, so just make sure he does what he feels.

"When you have such a talent then I'm sure good things are going to happen."

- Arteta on Dowman

Arteta is right, Dowman doesn't play with pressure, he will do things that will make you say "oh, well he's still a boy", and the next minute, he's doing something that will make you say "what a super star".

Who isn't happy
West ham did it for their brother and there money.

Madueke, Saka, Eze and Kai leading the attack. No rest for Zubi Na Rice, I hope they both gets subbed off later biko. Calafiori back in the xl

BlueRayDick:
I just watched 45 mins of Brighton vs Sunderland and it ended 0-0.

Anybody that heard that stewpid Brighton manager crashing out against Arsenal would think his team was Leicester of 2015/2016 season that was gunblazing.

Nonsense!

abeg forgive am, even Arteta don forgive am. he already apologised

iamoyindamola:
After JT came out yesterday, many pundits are now bashing him for going extreme.
I love how our team are not paying attention to what they are saying, their mind is solely on the job

make dem try win today first. West ham doesn't look like they will stop city, so lets just win even if na half a goal. That will show a lot of character and belief among them.

iamoyindamola:
This life no balance ever since Mikel made such useless attack on Arsenal
Everyone is now coming together thinking it's like we are going overboard with this anti-arsenal.

most of dem pundits and ex players are just taking this Arsenal talk as banter, but then Mikel's words is just pure hate and disrespect. I still dey wonder wetin give am such mind, a black player that was relatively below average calling out Arsenal.
Whom the gods wants to destroy, they first make him run mad.

iamoyindamola:
Are you sure
So that we can start celebrating ahead

100%

So Pep won the manager of the month
First time since 4 years, e be like say this man knew all along, but we don catch am this time.

iamoyindamola:
Timber, saka nko

Timber has been rested more than Zubi and Rice, and he can still be rested more often cus white is back, but Rice would hardly get that rest cus there's no player who can offer what he brings to the table. Managing his time on the pitch would be more effective.
Na Arteta know why he never too trust norgaard to replace Zubi

Fkforyou:
I think Saka deserves grace.

I remember how we complained about the number of games he was playing at that young age. He has over 300 at 24 caps now.

He is also, affected by that harmstring injury he had last year, I think he is trying to be cautious because of the upcoming WC.

He was awful in our last match, but he can be excused.

yeah, injury has a way of affecting players how they don't even expect. But I know he will come back strong.

randy01:
Not direct bench but player management.saka,zubimendi,timber e.t.c should be sub early like 60min.arteta have no trust in norgard to replace zubimendi and zubi is tired.

I just wish dowman can play left wing

i understand what you mean, no too explain. I know what i said and why I said it
Saka is not a case of resting, no i don't believe that, he has hardly played much minutes. Even after full match rest or playing few minutes, he still doesn't turn up next match. Zubimendi is obvious he needs a big rest.

iamoyindamola:
Sometimes when you guys talk ehn I just wonder
So why do we have the depth abi it's for decoration?
Why did he remove saka then since fans will complain, we have been managing this zubi since January up till now .
Na una sabi jare

In the whole squad, they ones I know and feel like really need resting are Zubi and Rice.

mostob:
Guess who they're calling Oyedepo

tbh, Timber affected our play on Wednesday.

randy01:
He needs to learn how to rotate before everyone get exhausted like saka,martineli

if he tries to rotate and we drop points, some fanbase calls him out for benching the best players, even though it is obvious we need to rotate regardless of the match.

BlueRayDick:
100% true!

If we start stalling in contract negotiations with a player of Saka's quality that is not yet 25 years old with all that talent he displays on the pitch and what he has done for this club; we will be sending a very bad signal to the player and his management.

Other top clubs will not hesitate to lure him away from the club with mouthwatering contract and bumper sign on bonus.

It will just wreck the arsenal project in an instant. A lot of quality players whom we either got cheap or brought in from academy will start getting tempted to run down their contract and move away to other top clubs either at zero sign on fee to arsenal or for a paltry sum. It won't be funny at all.


Saka's improved contract extension is well deserved and timing is not wrong at all. I believe Saka is only having a rough patch ; his quality is never in doubt and he will come back with a bang in a matter of weeks.

Just looking at the corner kicks Madueke swung in after Saka was subbed off yesterday, one still had a feeling that Saka taking those kicks could've produced a better outcome. But not to downplay Madueke's contribution Sha cos he won us that penalty.

Madueke had a better game than all our forwards combined. Martinelli was second to me, 2 or 3 times he tried to replicate that goal he scored against inter abi na kairat sef, but the chance wasn't clear. I don't even want to talk about Gyokeres, I don leave him matter for people wey get high expectations of him.
Eze, keeps playing like he is being forced to play, can't wait to have odegaard back, cus we really need his ball control and tempo change.
Saka have become so slow than usual, he seems not to know when to rush and when to slow down, and that's what Madueke understands better than him currently, just that Madueke's finishing move is always a problem.