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BlueRayDick:
It's not hasty conclusion. Onana has always been suffering from not staying in his box, it will get worse now that he's playing in the premiership that is a very competitive league.

I'm not saying he's not going to excel in other goalkeeping duties like making crucial saves, keeping free kicks out, being a good ball distributor, etc.... But he will suffer if he continues to stay out of his line

Well, fair enough.
We'll wait and see though

eph12:
Onana to Mount transition plus work rate, I'll be there no matter what

BlueRayDick:
That Onana will cost Man utd points this season. Premiership is a wrong place for keepers who come out of their line too often.

If Neuer had also played in the EPL, he would've stuffered same fate. Premier league players are too fast when pressing u and they have players who would always shoot from half way line

I think we're too hasty in all these conclusions.

I always thought that "Guardiola can't make it in EPL" lesson would make most of us calm down on all these "EPL will expose you" talk

iamoyindamola:
Of course I hope there won't another shalaye

Hopefully

iamoyindamola:
So scammacca is not good for westham right?
We will be here when you turn amala again

He's not a good striker.

Leave innocent West Ham out of it

iamoyindamola:
Jod.era
Onana just got lobbed from centre circle
Explain too

It's preseason

Call me for this when season starts and such a thing happens

iamoyindamola:
Jod.era
Scammacca have gone back to Italy
I told you westham don't do well with 9 just the way Haller left but you thought otherwise
Explain this

This bolded is just superstition and I don't believe one bit. Just like how it's said that player wearing number 9 doesn't shine in arsenal or Chelsea

Moreover, What's the difference between Scammaca and Immobile? Immobile for example shone in Seria A, went to Dortmund (where even average Joes shine sef) and flopped, then went back to Seria A, his safe place, and still shine again winning European golden shoe. Worst part is that Scammaca wasn't even extraordinary in Seria A sef.

You would have had a valid point if he went to another league and not Seria A again

Myself2:
As lkng as he's African, FIFA will swing into action.
This is the same FIFA that allowed a man to play for the Canadian team ( Quinn, their number 5) he is a man that claims to gave transformed into a woman), they were not bothered about how his presence in the dressing room made the other normal girls feel

That said, I totally condemn any abuse of girls placed under the csre of their coach if it truly happened

Get your facts right bro, Quinn is not a guy. Quinn is born a female, she just only chose to identify herself as a non-binary or Queer (another aspect of LGBTQ).

You think if she's a guy that transformed to a girl, there wouldn't have been outrage from different media sites?

Roland17:
I think Arteta upped the physicality after the United game and I love that.

Yeah, he even said so after Man u post match conference and that he'll be ready for Barca in terms of intensity. And even though Man u were physical against us, he didn't even lament about it but said it was good for the boys to get upto speed.

It's surprising seeing Xavi saying such sha

Oldboss:
Xavi no be Guardiola disciple oo he was never a assistant to Guardiola he play like this cause that's how he knew football

Lol, I remember last season when all who were in one way or the other connected to Pep was doing well(and topping their respective leagues) and they also included Xavi and Kompany in the list.

Even though I was against it(cos they didn't work with Pep) but most barca fans were adamant he was. I'm just surprised to see one(you) saying he isn't.

That good

mostob:
The hype surrounding this Onana eh.. Dem dey even count forward passes. Like was he supposed to pass back before ni ?

Man u have gotten their own ball playing GK just like other top teams.

Like a child having new latest first toy after other children's toys are a year or two older, you expect them not to be happy ??

Let dem enjoy their moment joor!!

mostob:

Most of our fouls sef na 50:50 something but the ref no just Sabi. Only two or three tactical fouls and Xavi was wailing.

Tbh, e surprise me say Xavi dey lament, especially as he's a so called disciples of Guardiola.

Check it out, Most Guardiola students never ever take any game as "friendly".

And that's because, Pep never see it as one.

I'm surprised really!

mostob:
Especially Araujo. His tackles were heavy ehn and he did it twice to both Havertz and Jesus.
We were not even intense. It is just that na broiler football Dem dey play in la liga so Barca can't relate

Ahhh... See shots na

iamoyindamola:
That guy na over sabi go kill am, epl won't spare him
You will see long range shots against the scummies will increase this season

Lol, I still feel Onana will change the dynamics of their game. Moreover I don't think hes too erratic like that.

Once he gets that understanding with his defenders, then there's little that EPL will do to him.

My opinion tho

BlueRayDick:
Nobody is talking about this Viera’s goal…. Maybe cos the guy don too disappoint us sha .

But the goal was 🔥

Saw the goal... It was fire!!

But it was preseason. Hopefully, he scores more of those in actual official matches and I hope he'll be a very valuable good depth this season too

mostob:
Barca were even more intense. Tackles flying here and there.

Lol... Oh, really?

I no even watch the match sef(I no dey watch preseason games)

E be like say Man u and Barca wan use rough play finish our players

BlueRayDick:
I actually have the belief that if we find a way to break Barca’s counter attacks , we will beat them silly in any competitive match ( UCL inclusive ).

We have the players and the team spirit to get the job done . We just need everybody to be at their A-game and we will eat them out

I feel that the kind of good players we have and team spirit is what's really giving me hope. Plus the experience most of them have garnered all these years playing together Is really invaluable.

If they can all bring their A-game as they did most part of last season, then omorr we'll really really excel.

This is me looking forward to Man City and beyond

WhoDeyHause:
This was always inevitable once they saw how much Rice went for. J.odera help me tell Arteta thank you oo.

mostob:
Xavi: "I understand that everyone wants to win, but I told Arteta that it looked
like a Champions League match. The intensity that they put was too high."



When did Xavi turned to cry baby?
Barcelona is my second team but I don't even have an iota of confidence in his ability.

Araujo's rough challenges on both Havertz and Jesus


Roberto kicking Trossard deliberately in front of Xavi himself


Balde not kicking the ball out when Saka went down.


Who was more intense abeg?

Lol, Xavi never see chumchin

We have Man city to play in less than two weeks if I'm not mistaken and he's still thinking we'll take that game as a "friendly"?

Roland17:
None of them also speculated that he was training alone because of a foot injury. He was an unused sub against United and there was no report of an injury. We know there have been serious inquiries about him over the last week, so it makes sense to argue he is training away from the team because of his impending transfer, especially when you consider Arteta's history on how he handles transfers with our young players.

Also, remember, no player is 100% healthy so it is easy for coaches to use minor or small pain as a front to keep a player away from playing instead of an impending transfer in this case. In the NBA, coaches use small injuries as excuse to rest players.

Fair and Valid points you raised.

iamoyindamola:
But you want us to believe an injured player is training alone with injury 😂

He is not the only one training alone na.

You just dey forget Zinny

Roland17:
I don't know about what @Spy360 said but below are credible sources supporting the fact that Balogun is now training separately because he is about to be sold.

https://theathletic.com/4717350/2023/07/24/folarin-balogun-arsenal-training/

https://metro.co.uk/2023/07/25/folarin-balogun-training-alone-as-arsenal-seek-50m-for-inter-milan-target-19186428/

https://www.goal.com/en-us/news/transfer-incoming-usmnt-folarin-balogun-trains-separately-arsenal-squad-us-tour/blt693a3de2b204b049

I just read all 3 sites and while they all corroborated to the fact that he trained away from the first team (which we all know), none was really certain that the reason why he trained away was because he wanted to be sold.

All they were just doing is speculations. Same thing most of us did here.

iamoyindamola:
So a person with foot injury can train too

Yes na...
Do you know the extent of the foot injury?

Do you know whether it's light training he's undergoing?

iamoyindamola:
Can an injured person train
Yes or No

Yes na.
Is this the first time you'll be hearing about injured player training?

Abi no be same Zinny I tell you deh train away from the team too?

iamoyindamola:
You know i don't like plenty shalaye, my point is pretty straight forward
He should call a spade a spade not shovel period

I'm calling a spade a spade. I don't think you're.

I posted 2 confirmed quote from the direct source, but you chose to believe a source from "somewhere" just because the "somewhere" validated your opinion on what was going through your head without finding whether it's true or false.

iamoyindamola:
Yes because arteta ain't innocent either
He should grow balls and stop hide and seek method

So to your own eyes person way get foot injury they train na injury oo not recovering

How do you know he's not innocent?
And even if he is guilty of what you're accusing him of, does he owe the press anything? Same Press/media that can overblow anything and everything?
You think we're in an ideal world? C'mon!


As for Balogun, on Monday he was made to train separately with a one on one trainer. I don't think this is anything new or sinister cos most arsenal players went through this drill eg Martinelli to improve his game.

After the training, Balogun even posted a diamond emoji in an arsenal shirt.(This was someone who was KICKED OUT, according to the "somewhere" read by Spy)

Another thing I noticed is that Rice wasn't available and the excuse given by Arteta is even more ridiculous if you look at it through "the Balogun lens". But guess what, that didn't cause any doubt because obviously, to you, there's no issues between Rice and Arteta.

Using Rice excuse and relate it to Balogun own, don't you this is just your false assumption playing tricks on you?

iamoyindamola:
So he should say it the way it's which one is foot injury
Person way get injury they train, i love straight forward people not beating round the bush

Lol.... Na the matter wey you wan hear be this, so I'm not surprised you jumped into believing it. Afterall, you've been looking for anything, no matter how small, just so you would believe Arteta is lying in that quote

Spy read something "somewhere", no link, no reliable source, no nothing. Who knows, maybe it's one stupid blog that's just carrying postulations about things but somehow you just latched onto it and concluded that Arteta is lying.

Like the famous Madonna once said : "you only see what your eyes wants to see"

iamoyindamola:
And rice?

You didn't read the report Arteta said about Rice?

Scroll up, you'll see it well

iamoyindamola:
Person get foot injury but was training alone, why zinny no train alone too

Make una they play se

Both Zinny and Balogun were reported to train away from the first team bro

mostob:
Na wa o...it is good not to make an hasty conclusion sha. I even joined others to criticize Arteta yesterday on this Balogun's issue.

Lol....
You see this kind matter, until something is very very glaring, I no deh chuuk mouth again

Arteta on why Declan Rice and Zinny was unavailable against Barca:

Dec had quite a strong kick in training and didn’t want to take the risk, he wasn’t comfortable to train yesterday and today, and we decided not to play him. With Alex, he had a muscular injury again, unfortunately. He’s getting back - I think he’ll be back soon, but it’s a shame that he hasn’t been with us the whole tour

Arteta on Balogun not available against Barca:

“He wasn’t available – he had a little foot injury, and he hasn’t been training with us, and he wasn’t available to us, that was the reason.”

Pressed further on whether Balogun still has a role to play in his plans, the Gunners boss said: “Yes, we will have to see. First of all, he has to be fit and available to play minutes.”