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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Arsenal Fans Thread: The Red & White Army: 2025/2026 EPL Champions! by germaphobe(m): 9:12am On Feb 23
In the post match interview of Arteta and Gyokeres, you would see exactly what the problem has been all along.
Eze once complained that the tactical aspect of the game is usually overwhelming and Arteta also said then that his lessons learnt was perhaps on the tactical part too.
Yesterday Gyokeres said he is finally understanding his team mates. Which is evident with the runs he made yesterday and the positions he got into yesterday. Arteta admitted to finally being able to figure out how to use Eze. I believe he should have also figured out how to use the others too.
Our wingers made more inward runs as opposed to always running on the wings. At some point Saka was in the middle while Trossard drifted to the right.
Hincapie gave Trossard the chance to play inwards and influence the game more by overlapping properly.
Mosquera, hmm. Solid performance. Very solid.
After that Rice mistake, he played so much like his life depended on avoiding any mistake. 💪
Raya proved to have forgotten and let behind him the mistake of last week.
That same commitment and energy towards the remaining 10 epl finals and we are sure of celebrating like the did at spursy, but this time with a real trophy.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Arsenal Fans Thread: The Red & White Army: 2025/2026 EPL Champions! by germaphobe(m): 8:51pm On Feb 22
daveP:
No mistake me for someone else o. Lol Me ke?

Iamoyindamola abeg e be like Germa dey mix me up with another person. Rescue me abeg😂
grin
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Arsenal Fans Thread: The Red & White Army: 2025/2026 EPL Champions! by germaphobe(m): 8:11pm On Feb 22
daveP:
Chill. It's not that hard a situation 😎

Why you wan para? Even if i answer then, same answer cos who be sesko near this guy fes? Like Sesko ke? Ahannnnn.
para??, paracetamol to?. Gyokeres na Arsenal player, and i no fit hate am. If i supported and still support Kai why do you think I would hate on Gyokeres. Na your own mind dey do you cus you know how you would react if it was the other way round. You dey criticise the ones you want but can't take criticism of your favourite. Wow!! cool ✌️
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Arsenal Fans Thread: The Red & White Army: 2025/2026 EPL Champions! by germaphobe(m): 7:57pm On Feb 22
daveP:
Shulai still do the rating

Before or After? 😎
why you dey quote me after 365 days?. Abi you think say i wan drag you, baba if na dragging you for don block me since cus I for no allow you breath. Chill bro, no dey do like this.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Arsenal Fans Thread: The Red & White Army: 2025/2026 EPL Champions! by germaphobe(m): 7:55pm On Feb 22
What a performance from Gyokeres!!!. He was in the game from the first minute.
Timber should be resting more and white play.
Tottenham made it hard for themselves and we exploited it.
Aside from Trossard and Timber and that error from Rice I think everyone knew 💯 what was required.
Upto the next
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Arsenal Fans Thread: The Red & White Army: 2025/2026 EPL Champions! by germaphobe(m): 4:18pm On Feb 22
Eze the creative spark in the middle of the pack
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Arsenal Fans Thread: The Red & White Army: 2025/2026 EPL Champions! by germaphobe(m): 3:56pm On Feb 22
mostob:
today's game is screaming DRAW. Hopefully, the guys prove me wrong.
they all know better not to lose points against spursy. That mentality mentality dem dey talk about, na today dem suppose show am 100%. Whether it is a well organised 1 nil or a ruthless run of goals.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Arsenal Fans Thread: The Red & White Army: 2025/2026 EPL Champions! by germaphobe(m): 1:18pm On Feb 22
mostob:
Remind me how many games we won consecutively when Merino was leading the line for us please. Immediately Brock Lesnar came back from injury, everything changed. I wouldn't fault a coach for trying to integrate his striker on time for his long term goal. I would blame him for not reverting back to the basic when it's clear the striker is more interested in boxing than actually playing football.
someone said we only concede when we sub Gyokeres, but I can also say anytime we sub Gyokeres just know that the opponent is beginning to gain control over us. Against Brentford and wolves i was so angry with Gyokeres cus wtf!!. I wasn't expecting him to score 30 goals a season but at least do the basics right and let it remain that you missed the chances you got. Havertz would do everything right, put his body and soul in the game and end up missing some chances, but their motm doesn't even do half of the work Havertz does up front not to talk of scoring or missing the chances cus his positioning most times is off. If we're to win this league, I think Kai has more to offer in the long run. Injuries to Jesus and Kai made it possible to be playing Gyokeres more than necessary which made most of his adaptation hard for everyone.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Arsenal Fans Thread: The Red & White Army: 2025/2026 EPL Champions! by germaphobe(m): 1:04pm On Feb 22
mostob:
They did more than this when Havertz newly came. Spy dey try sha. That guy stuck to his opinion.
Now, they're silently praying Havertz comes back on time despite the fact that their favourite is fit as fiddle. The trophyless years really did something terrible to the mind of some fans. Can the guys just win this one for their sake abeg
i for one, sometimes question if we can get this over the line too. That trauma is there even though we might try to downplay it. I don't have issue with anyone blaming Arteta, I really don't. But where the issue for me lies, is in saying the players are not part of the issue.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Arsenal Fans Thread: The Red & White Army: 2025/2026 EPL Champions! by germaphobe(m): 1:02pm On Feb 22
iamoyindamola:
No Eze isn't bad
Every player have strength and weakness
We have a coach that believe in defence first before attack, our attacking players leaves their primary duty and focus more on defence
That's why our goals have dried out because combining the 2 is task full for some players.
Eze excel in free spaces, one touch play and risk passes. Can Arteta give him that?No, same issues with Saka, Odegaard and maybe Martinelli these guys can score handful but their goals dried out since last season.
Will you say they are bad players? There are matches these guys score and still get criticised by Arteta coaching team because they left their defensive positions
I believe attack and defence should be balanced in a team not 75% defence and 25% attack
Arteta priorities defence over attack, yes. Has it been working out, yes. Even though we can question the goals scored but we haven't been so bad up front either. Against Liverpool, we were supposed to win that game in the first half with the amount of chances we generated but our forwards were no where to be found. Eze for one can never have that kind of space as when he was at palace, and his inability to track back is so clear even a team like wolves would feel it. He's not bad, but so far he is not doing the basics requires to play for Arsenal under Arteta.
Don't get me wrong, I know Arteta does fucck up, but if we can be honest with ourselves, they players are also part of the whole problem.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Arsenal Fans Thread: The Red & White Army: 2025/2026 EPL Champions! by germaphobe(m): 12:09pm On Feb 22
iamoyindamola:
I didn't say gyokeres did something special o but he's hasn't done bad either
But we all agreed before the season start that Arteta doesn't have excuse why are we now going after players instead of him.
I remember vividly before we got gyokeres and Eze we all said the squad is good enough
yes the squad is good on paper but both you and I have seen how it is on match days. Oya can you start Eze today if you're the coach. Many chances he has gotten in epl for so long now have been wasteful but same approach and system in cup games he will turn up, where do you think the problem is?. Because we said Arteta doesn't have an excuse because of the squad doesn't deny the fact that injuries have affected the system and the backup plus even the main players de fucvk up on a steady. Rice always complaining and shouting to his team mates is clear enough to tell us that the standards set by the coach and themselves is too high to be this mediocre. We can blame the coach yes, but we shouldn't turn a blind eye to what they players are doing.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Arsenal Fans Thread: The Red & White Army: 2025/2026 EPL Champions! by germaphobe(m): 11:34am On Feb 22
iamoyindamola:
7 years and we are still finding excuses for the serial failure, how does it sound to you guys sef
We had the chance to have gone 12 points and reduce the fear of comeback from any club but we are back again hoping and praying history don't repeat itself but we will rather find one or two players to scapegoat.
you want to blame the coach alone, i want to share the blame exactly how it is due, don't call that gas lighting bro. Against Nottingham forest, tell me how and where Arteta got wrong. Lets start with that one.
Yes, 6 year and going to 7 without a significant trophy, of course that is bad in itself, who says it isn't?. But you being blinded by his past failures and not to see how the fault isn't only his this season is a problem. Every single active coach that you have ever mentioned their name when talking about upgrading Arteta has surely underperformed than him recently, which means that if you have that power to make a change, personally you would have gotten it wrong a couple of times. Points dropped against Sunderland, wolves, Nottingham forest, Aston villa for me are basically on the players and their inability to.....
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Arsenal Fans Thread: The Red & White Army: 2025/2026 EPL Champions! by germaphobe(m): 11:23am On Feb 22
iamoyindamola:
What did gyokeres do, how many chances as he missed?
How many chances were created for him?
The stats are there and also compare him with sesko
Moreover sesko rejected Arteta because he's weak, he can only survive in scummies united
Gyokeres hasn't done anything special for me and nothing significant better than what we had. How many chances has he missed?, i should be asking you to provide the stats not the other way round. The fact is that Sesko in a much weaker team and with his weak mentality is doing more than Gyokeres with less game time. Period.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Arsenal Fans Thread: The Red & White Army: 2025/2026 EPL Champions! by germaphobe(m): 11:20am On Feb 22
iamoyindamola:
The gas lighting have start
We are know he will bottle the league again so the players are the scapegoat
A manager with no plan b or alternative
We will all be here
Gas lighting?. grin grin
It would please you to know that I have joined your band of Arteta out, but untill he leaves the club, I will call a spade a spade, put blame where it is deserved and not blindly criticise out of my dislike for him.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Arsenal Fans Thread: The Red & White Army: 2025/2026 EPL Champions! by germaphobe(m): 11:16am On Feb 22
iamoyindamola:
We are with Raya now and the problem persists right?
If ramsdale cost us the league what is Raya currently doing and I should blame Raya for what?
Did I put him in the team?
If the manager can't take responsibility for his tactics and players he should resign abeg
fif he plays Kepa ahead of Raya you lots will also complain how he is leaving the best legs on the bench, now the best legs go commit blunder and automatically the blame is on the coach. Nice one. Shebi na tactics makes Gyokeres not to man up when he gets the ball or always drag it out of position?, shebi na tactics makes Trossard not to release ball on time and always try to dribble, shebi na tactics makes our players to delay shooting when necessary, shebi na tactics caused Raya to make double blunders, shebi na tactics dey make Saliba dey gba sometimes. Well I guess it is actually tactics indeed
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Arsenal Fans Thread: The Red & White Army: 2025/2026 EPL Champions! by germaphobe(m): 11:10am On Feb 22
mostob:
I remember when some media ran the Arteta and Sesko vs Berta and Gyokeres propanganda, some fans were calling Arteta a dictator who wanted to force his favorite player on us.

Guess what, we got Gyokeres and now it's hurting us in two ways. He is not delivering as expected and our wingers are dropping stinkers. Basically, the attack has crashed.
when they criticise Arteta and you try to point out that it isn't solely dependant on Arteta alone, they will call you Arteta fan and your lord and saviour. I guess Gyokeres is also lord to some too.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Arsenal Fans Thread: The Red & White Army: 2025/2026 EPL Champions! by germaphobe(m): 11:02am On Feb 22
iamoyindamola:
Someone would have thought seskô is the top scorer in epl or in Scummies United
bro between Gyokeres and Sesko who have been better this season. Aside from goals which Sesko is two below Gyokeres, he(Sesko) is better in every other department, with less minutes played. More shots on taken, more shots on target, more touches in games, more shooting accuracy more assist.
We're a much better team than utd and yet our striker who was signed "because we need someone to help us win the league and not someone to grow with us" isn't exactly far off better than the same person half the fan base criticised the coach for initially going for.
To be honest ehh, I always laugh and find it funny when I see you guys defending Gyokeres for the same thing you criticised Havertz for.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Arsenal Fans Thread: The Red & White Army: 2025/2026 EPL Champions! by germaphobe(m): 10:52am On Feb 22
iamoyindamola:
So continue blaming the players while the manager continue bottling trophies.
Kai is back, let him continue from where Merino stop
i blame the manager when I think it is his fault and blame the players when I think is it their fault you can choose the praise the players all you want and blame only the manager for bottling trophy as if it is the manager that tells the players not to give their all, or to loose duels, or not to be clinical, or not to block potential dangers before it becomes a danger. All of us knows what we are doing and no one can convince you to like the manager bro. The season Ramsdale cost us the league, it was the manager that was blamed, when he choose to get a new keeper, he was also blamed for sidelining the same person that made him lose the trophy. Raya acting like an amateur twice against wolves, Gyokeres miss placing all his balls and not winning duels, not positioning well, but na manager we go blame.
We know what we're doing.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Arsenal Fans Thread: The Red & White Army: 2025/2026 EPL Champions! by germaphobe(m):
iamoyindamola:
And now that he has it, is he utilising it or still playing to the wings strength
the same wing play and crosses that made people cry for a traditional striker is now being questioned. How many times have Gyokeres misplaced passes, not controll ball well, lose simple challenges. We can continue to blame arteta all we want but Gyokeres needs to up his game. There are more games where he had no single shot than games where he have scored. Ask yourself why even merino as a striker gets a lot of touches and shots in opposition box than Gyokeres.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Arsenal Fans Thread: The Red & White Army: 2025/2026 EPL Champions! by germaphobe(m): 10:04pm On Feb 21
undecided
mostob:
Maybe we bought the wrong one.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Arsenal Fans Thread: The Red & White Army: 2025/2026 EPL Champions! by germaphobe(m): 9:57pm On Feb 21
iamoyindamola:
Who said?
If it's who said Arteta should resign for the people then
well, he's the coach and knows what he should do to save his job, after all it is his job.
But again, why was the cry for a striker so loud if his system wasn't questioned for lack of it?
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Arsenal Fans Thread: The Red & White Army: 2025/2026 EPL Champions! by germaphobe(m): 8:30pm On Feb 21
daveP:
Check the games we dropped points and the next game of the opponent and see one pattern this season-They do us strong thing and go on to their next game and play rubbish and get D or L. This has happened 12 times this season already. Na we no wan learn ni. No be opponent. Unless we indirectly saying the opponent better pass all in all such instances.
Dave, I genuinely wanna ask you what you think of Gyokeres this season. Give me a real time rating of what you think of him out of 10
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Arsenal Fans Thread: The Red & White Army: 2025/2026 EPL Champions! by germaphobe(m): 8:27pm On Feb 21
iamoyindamola:
And whose fault will that be?
We didn't setup the team na
but it is the same setup that they said would be more effective with a natural striker.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Arsenal Fans Thread: The Red & White Army: 2025/2026 EPL Champions! by germaphobe(m): 7:59pm On Feb 21
iamoyindamola:
Arteta should find ways to beat low block teams
That's what they use against his team
i thought.. i thought they said the reason why we weren't beating low blocks previous seasons was cus of the lack of a traditional striker. 🤔
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Arsenal Fans Thread: The Red & White Army: 2025/2026 EPL Champions! by germaphobe(m): 7:39pm On Feb 21
Fkforyou:
See Brentford wey Dey play with us as if na fight don lose against Brighton.

Na Ogun go kee all of them.

Na when them Jam Arsenal their pri***k Dey stand.
you get... i can blame Arteta for that Brentford game, but for wolves and Nottingham forest, I think it is on the players.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Arsenal Fans Thread: The Red & White Army: 2025/2026 EPL Champions! by germaphobe(m): 7:37pm On Feb 21
Shegzdave:
You're right, two point is enough to win the league but these boys keep everything to jeopardise it and these guys might not feel anything like assume

I know it's not over until it's over sha
i am still believing shaa.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Arsenal Fans Thread: The Red & White Army: 2025/2026 EPL Champions! by germaphobe(m): 7:36pm On Feb 21
mostob:
they don't feel anything bro. Assuming they truly feel what fans are passing through, dem supposed beat Forest and brentford like tiff instead they gumbled against Wolves. Make all of them getat
it's easy to ride on our emotions and say they don't feel it, it's easy. But the truth is that the pressure is much on them than us as fans.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Arsenal Fans Thread: The Red & White Army: 2025/2026 EPL Champions! by germaphobe(m): 7:35pm On Feb 21
dominique:
If your team is currently below Arsenal on the table, mechi onu gi make we hear word!

The way Aston Villa is stumbling and fumbling, it's not looking like they will qualify for Europe at this rate they're dropping points. This is the same good ebening that some people said would have won us the league if we had kept him as coach. We for don turn middle table club with lucky europa/conference qualification once a while by now.

As for me, it's not over till the final day
so far every epl coach that has been compared to Arteta haven't really turn up than him. I just pray he wins the league this year sha.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Arsenal Fans Thread: The Red & White Army: 2025/2026 EPL Champions! by germaphobe(m): 10:59am On Feb 21
Shegzdave:
You dey mind them
Talking tough but not acting and playing it

2goals up against the worst team in the league , that sh*t shock me but why should I be stressing over people who don't push themselves to succeed
i think they feel it as much as the fans do, but they're trying to sound mentally right. It is still in their hands for now. 2 points isn't much, but it is something to hold onto. Need that win against spursy and Chelshit.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Arsenal Fans Thread: The Red & White Army: 2025/2026 EPL Champions! by germaphobe(m): 9:58pm On Feb 20
iamoyindamola:
I feel we should have waited before offering saka a new deal, he's been performing below par since last season
Saka is the face of this club. Whether he is in form or not doesn't matter now, because class is permanent. Even though he is out of form, he's still our most dangerous attacker.

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