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iamoyindamola:
Now that's the spirit
Do 2 bids and move along, I guess edu and the board realised their mistake with mudryk

I tell you.
I just hope our other club's target no just act on our desperation increase price exorbitantly sha

Roland17:
While Awilo had a bad game, I was very disappointed by Odegaard's shocking reaction on the pitch, especially when you consider he is the captain of this team. I am not holding forth for his performance but the pitch was not the right place to throw your team mate under the bus. He easily could have waited for a break to have a teaching moment with the kid, not the silly tantrum he was throwing on the pitch against Awilo.

Awilo is a young player who needs tutelage and support to help as he develops and what Odegaard displayed on the pitch was very irresponsible in my opinion. He has successfully pitched the young kid against Arsenal fans and this may totally mar any confidence he has left...many, never recover from that. We have seen several games where Odegaard was poor and looked different, even before he became captain and no one, including hot head Xhaka gave him an earful.

Odegaard had a unique opportunity to exhibit true leadership qualities and he failed woefully in my opinion. Young players need support as they try to work through their mistakes, not what Odegaard displayed on the pitch today. I hope Awilo can use this experience to motivate himself and work on his game.

We shouldn't have gotten him in the first place but eating him out like that in public was bad. He needs join a team on loan that can offer him competitive playing time so he can build his confidence and mentality.

I understand your point. I think it just summarises the fact that Lokonga doesn't have the trust of his teammates as others have. And one thing with football is that once there's no trust, then it means, there's no confidence which automatically brings about the reaction from Odegaard.

While I'm not happy about what Odegaard did (since Sambi isn't the first to make mistake this season) but it just involuntarily tells us the kind of confidence these guys have when playing with Lokonga — low confidence.
Though I still believe he shouldn't have done that openly

If Partey makes such mistake (which he rarely does), I doubt he'll get such an earful.

Maybe that's one of the main reasons Arteta is always going for a DM once Elneny goes on an injury

mostob:
Na Elneny caused everything. Getting useless injuries up and down.

BTW, Brighton never accept our bid, Caicedo don dey drp farewell speech o

Lol... The good thing about Elneny injury is that it always happens during TW. Imagine window is closed and he now get this his season-ending injury. Na so we go just dey stuck with Loko be that

I read we're bringing our final bid for Caicedo. If Brighton rejects it, then we'll move to other target. I just hope they act fast and it'll not be too late. Lokonga starting in this crucial stage of the season fit kill all hope and efforts this guys have put in so far

mostob:
Heard he felt something in his ribs so he had to be substituted as precaution. Inasmuch as it is his ribs, he fit wear bullet proof.

Well, I just hope it's precaution so that the injury or anything wouldn't be aggravated.

But one thing I was certain ystdy, I just knew it wasn't because of rest Partey was subbed. I just hope it isn't serious and I'm just happy that ystdy game wasn't an EPL match

iamoyindamola:
Then we are fvcked in the hole if this happens

Lol... We're truly in deep shit.
I just hope the injury isn't serious 😭😭😭

Spy360:
The bolded is the problem I have with you. Newcastle may not have spent much, but they have acquired players over the past two transfer windows who have helped the cause and most of them are on big wages.

Before you begin to turn amala, know that I have not ruled out the coach's effort which is highly commendable but saying it's solely based on that is cheap talk.

Dan Burn 13m
Matt Target 15m
Bruno Guimares 36m
Alex Isak 63m
Nick Pope 10m
Chris Wood 25m
Sven Botman 35m
Keiran Trippier Free

It is rare for a mid table club to invest such amount and also to attract such calibre of players without paying them high. These guys were direct upgrade of their first team in addition to the likes of Willock, Saint-Maxim, Callum Wilson, Almiron etc.

So while it is clear the work Eddie Howe has done on the team, it will be cheap to say that a good transfer business did not contribute, which is the effect of Arab investment.

This is the amala turning I certainly dey taya for your side. Just months ago, you said this which I and Oyindamola countered

Spy360:
They got a good coach and bought some quality players with heavy spending and salaries. However I don't believe that model will last beyond a couple of years.

Emphasis on the words "heavy spendings. Two months down, you've shifted "Newcastle not paying high and talking about quality players"

Note, we weren't debating about player's quality around November but Heavy spendings due to Arab money. As you've turned the Amala to quality and caliber players today, that's the template you'll now use In debating and attacking me months to come.

Exactly how you did with Nketiah and Jesus!!

I no wan go any further. I just wanted to show you how a great amala turner and debate shifting king you are.

Happy weekend to you Sir!

iamoyindamola:
No na
Arteta may plan to remove him at half time doesn't mean he's injured unless we will offer more than for caicedo

Lol.... You've certainly not been understanding Arteta and his doings be that

Arteta plan to remove him at halftime against Man city? He rather wouldn't have started him at all than to give him only 45min


Just type "Partey injury" on Google. That's exactly what I typed this morning to allay my fears it wasn't injury. Alas, I was right

I just knew that Partey would have injury since it's unlike Arteta to sub him out at halftime when we were playing beautifully. Cos there's no logical reason why he would be subbed out just to put in Lokonga that he never rated this season

God abeg ooo, make last season no repeat itself 🙏🙏🙏

BlueRayDick:
Gabriel Jesus and him baby mama Don separate..... Shey wahala no come too much like this?

Na wa ooo

BlueRayDick:
The pix bow is our starting against Chelsea in the 2020 FA cup final we won. Notice how only Xhaka is the only player in the starting 11 that still commands a starting shirt under Arteta?

Who would have thought Xhaka of all people will still be an Arsenal player in 2023? An Arsenal team that is topping the league 😲🤯

Xhaka is evidence that juju is real o.

if we were to make a prediction then that who would be the first three people to be sold, I guess Xhaka name would have been present in all the lists

mostob:
TBH, not only him. A lot of fans outside here were not sold on him. Zinchenko dey cry mehn...
They even have him one ridiculous award then... crying d'or

Lol.. A lot of fans who weren't sold on him perhaps didn't watch him much.

And the reason for his crying was wholly justified. It's because he was the only Ukraine in EPL (before Mykolenko was even known ending of last season). If you check other leagues, most Ukrainian players even cried too

mostob:
The win against United may give Arteta the Manager of the month.
Rashford has been in terrific form lately so he is ahead of saka.
That Saka goal though...a good contender.

I think Cooper (, Nottingham forest coach) might win it. He was terrific this month

Rashford deservedly wins Player of the month. Anything less na ojoro

Saka might have a chance but welbeck goal mehn!!

mostob:
Kiwior’s agent Pawel Zimonczyk: “Zinchenko dragged Jakub into the changing room after the game against Manchester United. I think when he saw what kind of atmosphere there was, he already wanted to participate from the pitch.”

[Dominik Watorski]
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Who would ever think such a cry baby will turn to a passionate boss in his first season at a new club. Respect

Lol... Only Ianoyindam.ola thought he was a cry baby. Only him!!!!

PL nomination of the month (arsenal representative)

Goal of the Month — Saka
Manager of the Month — Arteta
Player of the Month — Saka
Save of the Month — Ramsdale


Arsenal representing on all quarters again 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Izurejoice:
Is Arsenal really going for Caicedo or they want to waste Time before coming away empty handed but i think we really need another defensive midfielder

Lol, if really we're going for any DM, I think Caicedo is just a smokescreen. He might just be a diversion for another DM (maybe on loan)

Spy360:
Which kind useless stats be this? First five matches kwa? Is that a sample?

Here's stats.

How many goals did Martinelli, Odegaard, Saka, and Xhaka score

A. With Gabriel Jesus
B. With Nketiah

Martinelli.
A....P14 G5 A0.36. B......P10 G2 A0.2

Saka
A.....P14 G5 A0.36. B......P8 G4 A0.5

Odegaard
A.....P13 G6 A0.5. B......P7 G2 A0.2

Xhaka
A.....P14 G3 A0.2. B......P9 G1 A0.1

It's only Saka who plays when with Nketiah and has a very high scoring rate compared to when he plays with Jesus.

Lol... So you're using stats B to prove our Midfield is not clinical when obviously most of Nketiah's game this season came from Europa teams and cups. Competitions where we fielded our B team shebi? No wonder you tagged it B

How 'wise' it is.!!

There's a big reason I used our first 5 league matches and that's because aside Nketiah for Jesus, all other players are constant(bar one or two changes)

Keep on bringing Europa League and carabao cup where we play with 2nd string teams to push your point.

Continuuu!!

airmark:
Fraudiola spent over 1.6bn on a UCL semifinalist and no Ucl yet. Let's see what Potter does.

Make we see wetin Chelsea and potter go do for UCL this season

iamoyindamola:
No mind am he wan pour oil for body they maneuver

I just hope say before this year runs out Spy no go say he never claimed Martinelli wasn't a winger.

You claimed that our other attackers are scoring more goals because of Jesus. Now our attackers are still scoring, you twisted it to Nketiah will score more goals than Jesus.

You claimed that Balogun will walk into this team by December last year. Now you twist it that he'll score more goals by December.


You were complaining about Jesus not scoring even when the team are playing and scoring well and when I told you that it's better for the goalscoring burden to be shared on all attackers than only one person which you vehemently opposed. Down the line, you now turn amala by saying you never complained about Jesus not scoring.


I just dey envy your Amala turning

iamoyindamola:
Don't change narrative you claim he rejected their offer whereas the board are the one that snub him

Lol .. I just dey notice am with Spy. Him amala turning don dey legendary once you hol'am for neck.

iamoyindamola:
List them out hold them by their blockos
let them scream out na

I no intend to drag anybody instead na point I just wan make.

If I wan drag anybody, I go call him name shaperly

Spy360:
No.

How many goals have Martinelli, Xhaka, Saka scored after the WC compared to when Jesus was playing?

When Jesus was available, the goals were evenly spread (which includes Jesus offcourse). FFS even Xhaka was getting on the score sheets. I said the reason is because Jesus always drops deep to create overloads everywhere on the pitch, and always giving us a man advantage thereby freeing up others to make goal scoring runs. Everyone praised his energy.

I also said if another striker was involved who will not play/sacrifice himself but would focus more on scoring he would score more goals than Jesus.

To prove my analysis I predicted that Nketiah if given the chance would score more goals. It is happening now, I expect you to apologize and appreciate my tactical ingenuity.

First 5 matches with Jesus (so I won't include Jesus nor defenders goals):

Martinelli (crystal palace)
Xhaka and Martinelli(Leicester)
Odegaard (Bournemouth)
Odegaard (Fulham)
Martinelli ( Aston Villa)

First 5 matches with Nketiah

Saka and Martinelli (West Ham)
Saka, Martinelli and Odegaard (Brighton)
Nil (Newcastle)
Odegaard (Tottenham)
Saka (Man u)

So looking at these stats, you can conveniently say that our attack stopped scoring goals because of Nketiah's presence shebi?

Tuale for you sir!!

raumdeuter:
Has any team spent half a billion in one season ever?

.... On a UCL winning club for that matter??

raumdeuter:
Been a while I heard about gross and net spend on this thread

Half a billion spent by Chelsea in one season more than double the next club

Na so e deh be.

E dey like politics. Everybody go dey point hands for politicians say e wicked and him corrupt but once Uncle become politician dey see money, mouth go change!!

iamoyindamola:
Omo make xhaka go write down 2022 as him personal achievement
I have never seen such improvement before in my life

Him suppose write book about him time at Arsenal I swear.

E suppose be bestseller

iamoyindamola:
No they hide mouth they talk
Bluera.ydick warned you on this recently
Say it to the person face na spy.360 you they talk😡🤯

Shey na only spy talk about am?
If I remembered vividly, Spy only agreed with the notion that Newcastle spent heavily but he wasn't the one who initially said so.

How you want make I talk to one person when they were group of people who said so?

milann:
why does arsenal play differently away from home? When they play at the emirates, they play the best of football. But when they go away wearing black on black or white on black as the case may be, they play as if they are the underdogs to beat. Conceding goals aplenty. This is been happening since the wenger era

Lol... Have you been watching arsenal away games this season?

In fact, we've conceded less goals away than we've conceded at home

Granit Xhaka on going to Switzerland to receive the Player of the Year award for

“My coach Mikel Arteta sent me here. He told me that I absolutely had to pick up this prize in person. I really appreciate that I get such freedom from the coach.”


Congratulations to our boy for winning Switzerland's Player of the Year!!!

I remember when some guys here were saying Newcastle were doing well this season because of the investments they have through Arab money while some of us countered that it's just solely because of the coach's quality as most of their quality is on par with the other teams. Arab money never even start to show yet laidat sef.

I wonder why West Ham and Wolves aren't competing for top 4.

I remember even using Wolves example as a club who have been spending heavily for the past few years yet people didn't seem to notice

LostMyZeal:
The trivela sef wey the mumu throw na weak one🥴

Lol... It wasn't a weak one. Infact, it was good.
It's just that arsenal defence was already ready for Rashford since he was the only attacking threat (unlike first leg)

Didn't you see how the Trivela pass caused Chaos that almost caused penalty

Spy360:
My question is simple, how can you approach someone and ditch them at the same time?Makes no sense.

When they were inviting him for interview they didn't know he was a rookie? The truth is that we wanted someone fresh and felt he was ideal after recommendations. But he chose to take the assistant role in Man City.

Na wa o

Lol, but he was already an assistant even before the interview na

Like oyindamola says, not everyone called for an interview is being picked. That's why it's called an interview in the first place

Spy360:
He is under Pep Guardiola.

So you accept Pep developed the principle of ball playing goalkeepers?

Lol .. you just dey turn like barber's chair.
So you didn't even know Valdez was from Barca until I said so??

We're talking about Lvg passing from the back, you said Which keeper he bought and I said Valdez. Now you're still yarning kini kan kini kan again.

I guess Ederson that Pep bought from benfica was "under pep" too


Just accept that you goofed that it was pep who started the principle of passing from the back In England.

That's how someone once said it was Conte who first brought 3 at the back in England too