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Spy360:
😁

Lol... But na true na

Android17:
Stones was not offside.

The linesman had ruled him off first and City players moved on. They did not surround the ref to complain. It was the VAR team that reviewed it and drew lines for all to see.

What would the refs have gained by giving City the goal? If they were going to help us, Partey fouled KdB and should have received a yellow card + penalty.

I'm dead certain that wasn't an offside one bit as per the rules. But as for the bolded, I didn't remember this scenario at all sha

daveP:
True. I saw that too.

Woh, Arteta should look for pacy full back with some ruthlessness of Wan Bissaka as extra. My eyes dey pepper me every time they counter us and i see fullbacks strolling like they are forwards. It's an abomination to me, just like it is to Jose Mourinho. They are yet to realize that the pace of Saliba this season has saved us on a dozen occasions, especially where he outruns those running back. That thing dey muzz me gaan. Especially Partey. Guy runs back like he's a cartpusher in Tianjin in one Jet Li movie. Very annoying.


It is surprising that they used the left side to attack us for most of their goals. I think Pep has given Arteta a hint of where the weakness in his team is. Plus after their goal, he was berating Ederson and it was about not giving long balls directly. Stones did that and it led to their goals. =Another weakness Pep has shown.


We we totally outplayed but the mentality change with Trossard. How that guy sits on the bench sef dey make me vex with Arteta


A 3man defence with wingbacks system should be used to allow this Saliba absence reduced imo.

This bolded is what is really vexing me too. Trossard have shown time and time again that he never gives up even when all holes seems lost but he never starts him.

mostob:
You should know I'm not the type to be dwelling on controversial calls. I'd have uploaded a picture if I can. The first replay was the legit one and Stone was way offside.

Omorr, I wish you'd upload that picture lemme see oo.
Cos I don't see Stones as offside how much more wayy offside

mostob:
Dem go soon apologize say na graphic designer dey man the VAR.

Apologize for what is right?

That stones goal was pure onside. It shouldn't even be up for debate

afrodoc2:
Which season did this defence wins you titles arguments start?

Lol... E don teh sha

Spy360:
Defense wins you ...........

A. Argument
B. Elections
C. Battles
D. League

Make Saka and Odegaard go lengthy injury too, we go still talk the same thing.

Ballzproblem2:
shatap clown ,I don tell you win league of not this thread no go contain me and you.

this thread big to contain over 1000 people. If you feel say e no go contain you, na you sabi

Ballzproblem2:
shatap your mouth,I have told you change your name to joker ,when you winning you were mentioning up and down shouting jorginho this jorginho that

Jorginho this Jorginho that abi??

How many match you don win since Jorginho, the holder of Chelsea's progress leave Una?

Losing 5 straight games with your 200m Enzo Ferrari and Mudryka mudiaga.


Gerrarahia mehn!!

Ballzproblem2:
which mumu foundation lol ,your one shot of winning league for last time this century just flew out the window

And who said it's the last shot?

You??

Please don't make me laugh

kokaneprodigy:
This defense has conceded 14 goals in last 4 games. Even when we were winning we still struggled to keep a clean sheet.

But some want me to believe this defense would have done better than Luiz playing behind a drab midfield in Emery era.

Okay

When it comes to supporting the attack with build up I give it to this set of defenders. But you see for their primary responsibility which is to defend, it is not better than Mustaffi and Luiz. Stats don’t lie .

There's a reason almost all of us here misses Saliba.

We hardly concede an average of 3 goals per match with Saliba/Gabriel than without Saliba

purplekayc:
Why can't they just hold on?
Their mental capacity is always lacking

Holding on would start from the coach first. I knew starting with same formation would make holding on a very hard task even if our mentality is 1000%

The formation and same shape/rotations from Arteta killed anything from the players to even think to hold on.

There's even so far mentality can take you.

I predicted that if we play this 433 formation, Manchester city will decimate us with their 3241 and I was right. It was the exact score I was thinking (ie 4-1 or 5-1).

Not only are we low on confidence heading into the match(which was a high pressure match also) but Guardiola new formation is alien and we wouldn't get a grip on it and it surely happened. Plus Guardiola would have used all week to work on our shape and rotations which I believe he did cos we were very crowded in all areas.


I think Arteta should have respected Man city. He should have plucked a leaf out of last season when we played Chelsea at the back of 3 straight losses. The switch in formation gave us new verve which we used in winning all the difficult matches lined up for us before falling to Tottenham.

Anyways, we move!!

adebayo201:
cc Jode.ra

Weh done Sir!!

It was a good ride... Isn't it?

Hopefully, this season will serve as a foundation for other fruitful season to come.

odizeey:
He said they they've tried that their club is in same level with Westham. I see no lies though.

Lol... Like I said before, if that's what you understood from our discourse that last time, who am I to make you think otherwise?

iamoyindamola:
No be wetin we they tell you
The man is a chief bottler

Well, I said it ystdy sha that I expect him not to change formation nor personnel.

So I'm not really surprised sha

Same traditional lineup
Same personnels

Omorr, abeg ooo

raumdeuter:
This is the best lineup Lampard can put up against Brentford? Sterling as the only attacker

My man wants to copy Spain na

4-6-0 noni

Bjteensdes24:
Only miracle arbi luck honestly

Both join sef

I know we're mostly disappointed that we might not win the league... I am too but I still believe if we didn't win it, it's not because of lack of trying or effort. Anybody who watches our games closely and without emotions will attest to the fact!

With the way these players are playing and how we mostly dominate teams in such a way that can be very very sustainable in the long run (just the way dominant and successful teams do), I still believe this season isn't the last season we'll compete for the league especially if we keep all these crop of players together and add better players possibly (and depth).

Maybe this season came too soon for the players and they were overwhelmed by the pressure of Man city breathing down their neck deep into the season. While I'm not giving up hope yet till at least this season ends, I'm still believing this isn't the last of Arsenal and with more experience, they'll be able to prevail. This season might just be that foundation season

Other teams might improve next season but that doesn't mean we'll be stagnant obviously!

iamoyindamola:
Sorry bro na who carry first people know
We should be romancing 3 or 4 if we know na only UCL we are after

1st to 4th naim deh go UCL and that include 2nd too.

We tried romancing with 4th last season and we know how and where we ended. So this season, we decided to overdo so that any any how wey we land, we go still land for UCL.

You remember the saying "shoot for the stars so that if you don't get it, you'll land in the sky"?

iamoyindamola:
Una too like plenty shalaye for here sha, we bottled top4 last season only to console ourselves with europa
This season again we are about to bottle the league with another consolation, Nawa oo
Any way everyone with their own opinion
Using spuds of all clubs as yardstick for success speak alot

Na only arsenal stay at the top from MD3 only to bottle it at the dead then fans console themselves with UCL

Lol... You want make we cry?

I really enjoyed this season Tbh from the style of play to total domination of teams and I'll have few complains to muster.

I'm proud of this team this season and I won't berate them because of one poor month forgetting the months/games from Md1 that they made us really believe that we're title challengers. I mean, we hardly put a wrong foot pre-liverpool 2nd leg

While I'm still having a very little tiny hope of tonight's match, if we falter come end of season, I won't paint them victim of their own success.

Sorry for my plenty shalaye again

andrew444:
He wasn’t given a chance at arsenal

Was he given the chance like arteta ?

No ever put Emery with these useless managers for the same sentence

Currently in the epl only pep and klopp are better than Emery

I believe he was sha. He lost the dressing room plus our football play was so so bad that the only option was to sack him.

Not saying Arteta is better than him but I think he wasn't able to exert control at arsenal the way he would love and that contributed to his downfall.

Plus, his language communication wasn't effective. Most players complained they couldn't understand his English intonation thus couldn't translate his philosophy onto the pitch effectively.

I won't brand him a flop at arsenal tho and I really appreciate the work he did for us during his time here.

Bjteensdes24:
Fact is that, you need a minimum of winning today and not even a draw with Man City having 2 games in hand

Make Spy deh play thinking a draw would favor us.

Anyways, like dem say "miracle no dey taya Jesus"

Spy360:
Man City doesn't just have to play but to win their outstanding matches. Secondly, the league is in our advantage because we are five points clear. Man City has to win to take over the advantage. I believe if given a choice they would prefer our position than theirs.

I am not going to put my neck on the line that Man City will lose any game. I am just stating what facts are currently on ground.

Lol... Alright boss

Jencejyde:
Some Fans really think football is just mathematics. SmH! One thing is certain that a game in hand is what it means. Its not a game won , drawn or lost . Until that game is played , the result is not determined. Thats why those who know better always talk about one game at a time, The next game is and should always be the focus and not the one that is happening 3 or 6 weeks from now.

I must admit that results have not gone our way in the past games which may be due to pressure and that is expected. There are no excuses for failure but like Jodera said. Whetever the outcome at the end of the season, I am mighty proud of this team. A young team that has brought back the feel good factor and got us eager to watch Arsenal play on matchdays again must be celebrated. Some people were moaning about the draw in Anfield forgetting our horrible record there and who thinks even if liverpool are not at their best that we can just stroll in there and get maximum points without working for it?

No one is even considering the injuries which we have had to battle and still battle to stay in this race given our personnel.

ManCity are masters and full of experience in this scenario and i expect them to put us under pressure till the very end but saying the league is lost just shows at times that we can never be satisfied and emotions just overun our judgement.

Man city is the next game and that's what it is. After Man city we have other games and they are equally important. What i want to see is confidence and consistency in the mentality that has brought us to where we are even when we had our top striker our for months.

I'll leave the coach to do his job and hope he gets it right and the players to stay focused and give a performance like they did when we played them and last time out .even going a man down but showing grit. Though we lost in the dying minutes of that game but that for me showed that if we stand tall against them we can get the result we desperately need.

COYG!

PS maybe we should try being a spuds fan right now....

I wish I can like this post more than once.

Well said

iamoyindamola:
One of their outstanding against Brighton is away

Oh.. okay.
Thanks for the correction

iamoyindamola:

Spy just deh believe in miracles ni...

Na only miracle fit make person talk say Man city fit lose their two outstanding games

Him too deh play

Spy360:
There must always be conditions attached to facts. If you look at the PL table right now, it states the facts. Any other possibility can take either way. We are five points ahead and will remain so if City does not win the games in hand.

You are wrong about City not having to win against us. If we beat them on today or draw, they will still have point gaps to cover against us.

The thing Is that even if today Is the final day and we draw, we won't still be crowned champions until Man city plays their two outstanding. So what does that suggests? It means that, it isn't a fact that we're champions (or 5pts ahead) until Man city plays their game. It also means the league isn't in our advantage but Man city's advantage.

As for your 2nd paragraph, we only need to win. If we draw/lose and and Man city just win one of their outstanding, then Goal difference will come into play and we know how vastly inferior we are to that.

Well, I don't want us to go round and round into this sha. If you think Man city will lose their two outstanding at Etihad and only needs a win against us, then good for you and I pray it happens.

At least, let it happen that way(even though I know the chance is of that happening 0.000001%)

Spy360:
It's a fact. It is no impossible for City to lose both outstanding games. So until they win them they are still behind.

You are bringing in conditions yet you're still claiming it's a fact?
Why not wait let Man city Lose their two Matches against Everton and Brighton (both at Etihad to be precise) before you label the 5 points as facts.

No wonder you still think they need to win us for them to have an advantage when in actual fact they don't need to lose.


Well, e be like say na season of play we dey so make everybody dey play

Spy360:
It's today.

What are the facts?
1. Arsenal is still top of the league
2. We have a 5 point cushion
3. [s]Man City has to beat us to win the league[/s]
4. It's not going to be easy for them too, they will have to fight really hard for it.

Exclude number 3 because they don't need to beat us.

Also, I see this pseudo-5 points is still deceiving you shey?

Dey play