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Spy360:
Apart from ginger, we have no striker in Lacazette. An out of form Aubameyang was better. Arteta should consider Pepe, Martinelli or Nketiah.

Nketiah pressed very well and made good fast runs. Good game for him.

At the end, it was the mentality that won us the match. This new found agbero mentality will take us far.

You don start again with the bolded.

Anyways, I'm glad Nketiah played a nice game. The trio of Pepe Martinelli and Saka doubtful yet. Maybe until I see it happen effectively else I don't trust such combination for now.

And yes, I'm happy for the fighting spirit. The guys never gave up

daveP:
Partly seeing himself in positions that Torreirra was under Emery and still buddy the ball to the stands while Torre at least stings the GK hands. Who will help him with shot accuracy abeg?

Na my question be this oo.

I wonder how partey will be in shooting positions while Xhaka(his closest partner) never finds one. I wish partey will just at least take his shots on target!! At least...

Omo, Partey na baller abeg! He's the engine room of that our midfield. Everything is perfect about partey except shot-taking.

Laca played abysmally today, he just crowned his "effort" with goal, which I would say was the most important tonight. But then, he just proves every match day that we're in dire need of a striker.

First time I'll compliment Nketiah, never sure I've done that before. Boy, what a game changer. The very thing which our attackers failed to do(which was to control an air through ball) and lay it down for your players to score was what he did effectively. That was martinelli, saka and lacazzette was miscuing all day. Thank goodness the one time he did it and laid it on for Pepe was what resulted in our equalizer.

Our attack was dead today. Seems Saka is really tired (critically exhausted) and martinelli was just not it today. Thank goodness for laca dying minute all important goal, but aside his ginger, he wasn't too effective goalwise and missed too many chances. I think we need a shuffle of attack just that we don't have that luxury.

I was impressed with Xhaka's game today. He helped us in dominating midfield as well as Odegaard. The attack would have been the one that would have really let us down if not for the subs.

I fault Gabriel and White for our goals conceded. Gabriel for not doing the needful earlier and when he finally did it, it was at the wrongest of time while I blame white for not been aware of his surrounding to prevent Hwang.

All in all, I'm proud of the result and I hope we keep up raking the 3pts. It's been long I've shouted like this in my life wen lacazzette scored

Coyg!!

Who dey breeeeeeet!!!!!!

Burnley keep doing favors to all top 4 hopefuls!!

Arsenal players, please let's make Yesterday's result count abeg!!! Biko ooo

Spy360:
With his skill set, trust me brother he will be better than all the strikers we have currently. He can play a cross the front 4, us he has the presence and trickery in the box and outside, then add his finishing. I give him six months to join Saka in our first team. Watch this space.


Notes: by now I believe you guys should start respecting my football age and sense. All my predictions come true.

Lol, boss calm down na, you no say no be all na

you should know me na, I always give credit whenever it's due. But this your credit never reach yet

You know what, I'll give him 9months sef, if he turns out good as you said, I'll give you all the credit you deserve and I won't counter your opinions for long on anything. Deal??

BlueRayDick:
I no even understand that Balogun pattern. He's needs some serious developing to do if he wants to play for arsenal and wants to be scoring against defenders like Mings, Van Djik, Ruben Dias etc....

I watched one Middlesborough match recently and wasn't really impressed with his input. Even Nketiah get Ginger pass am, at least that one can still hold ball and draw defenders out of position. I hope that Balogun does enough learning on loan o

I have come across any of his Middlesbrough's match but the few match of him I watched in arsenal didn't impress me much. It's even surprising considering the kind of hype he had coming in from the academy. Not that I was expecting some henry-wannabe but mehn his performances no just reach person wey fit ready in next 2 years. Seems he's someone who's too big for the youth team but still too small for the main team.

I just hope he improves DRASTICALLY during this his loan sha

Spy360:
I knew that Lacazette was not it in terms of goal scoring that was why I insisted that Aubameyang was out best chance for goals despite his lack of form.

I am happy though that ESR is taking up the challenge to always get on the score sheet.

I have also noticed that Saka tends to get motivated to score whenever ESR does.

The thing is that laca not been a top striker is better than Nketiah and balogun (for now). If Auba is out of form, Laca is an able deputy to step in. That he's an able deputy doesn't mean that we(or I) would want him as a first choice striker. Nketiah and balogun no reach

Spy360:


I said it that Vlahovic is as good Haaland but cheaper. I really wanted us to get him this January to have a real push for top 4.

His choice of Juventus made them to quickly snatch the opportunity

Well, not saying whether he's good as haaland or not (time will tell), but one thing I'm certain of is that he would have improved us very well

BlueRayDick:
Wolves are not rough like that, their manager is more like a perfectionist like Wenger. If they were really aggressive like them Blackburn, Stoke etc. of yester years, they would've beaten that first leg as per our red card issue.

I doubt injury will be our undoing, na make we just calm down use sense follow them drag am.

The bolded is really necessary. I just wish we don't drop any unnecessary points now esp at this stage of the season. We really need to go all in for that top 4 oo

BlueRayDick:
If u never buy drink for fridge by now and do not intend watching the match in a cool spot till now, please do tomorrow.

Why? We 4cking play wolves on Thursday and na another of our nemesis be ref..... It's going to be long ride

Anyway sha, I just hope the guys get the much needed 3 points. I believe now they know they need to fight for themselves and get the points instead of relying on referees to be fair.

What I'm even afraid of is that we shouldn't suffer any injury(ies) to any of our key player(s)

Seeing how Vlahovic plays at Juve made me trust the reason why we were all in for him. The few matches I've watched from him juve shirt made me knew we really missed an upgrade on our Cf position (tho no fault of ours). It's unfortunate he doesn't fancy us

I just hope the club have someone in mind that fits our bill. As Someone said(I think germa.phobe), with their recent acquisition, I think they've earned the right for us to trust them at least for getting the team the right players. It's better to get one good player than get dross players that we'll all regret (spy, 2022 )

Ellexy:
Yes oo

I take it you don't visit r/gunners or r/soccer or else you for get the full picture.

Lol.. True. I don't frequent the site often esp the soccer section.

airmark:
This your moniker was registered on Feb 3rd, 2022. Which of your monikers did you use to condemn Lukaku, when we played Arsenal in August 2021?

Lol, that's iamoyindamola na

ChristineC:
that's because the fa knows Arsenal will just make up the numbers anyways.

Lol, why don't we get there first then we'll all see to that

Ellexy:
I'm talking about gunners unknown gunmen nau, McTominay seems to be living rent free in your heads and you lots believe in a referees conspiracy to favour United ahead of Arsenal in the top 4 race.

Lol...
McTominay living rent free in our heads? Maybe I haven't seen any poster always typing McTom here and there.

But as for the ref conspiracy, I believe in that one well. I can't say if it's to favor man u(or any other top 4 contenders) against arsenal but one thing is obvious; it seems the referees are just against arsenal. So many ridiculous decisions have been going against us

50d33q:
Ódegaard and lacazette were disappointing

I'll give Odegaard some slack for now but lacazette eh,..
He helps in midfield domination, but we also need a presence upfront. Smith Rowe/Martinelli and Saka no be mane and salah na

50d33q:
I think it is the defending style, stadium big for England too na.
He was allowed too much time

True, it was much!
I remember him scoring exact same goal against same opponent at their stadium in Europa league semi final match.
But at least, that one was even more harder than this gift

Ellexy:
Jodera una fans too dey obsessed with United, wetin dey sup nau?

Boss, I no be Chelsea fan oo

andrewbaba44:
That’s València for you ,you can’t get such luxury playing other teams

But auba was scoring for fun at the epl ,even his later poor form couldn’t stop that ratio ,drogba self no get auba goal ratio for epl

Well, except if it's Valencia, then I accept. I'll try and watch him against other teams wen he starts again

Auba has always been good for us(and he's a good striker normally), just that his poor form of last season and this season undid him. Else he was one of top EPL striker normally so it's expected!

Fkhalifa:
Everything is boring and stinking to me at Arsenal.
The January window is a huge testament Arsenal are the same yesterday today and tomorrow. I salute your courage with this FC.
Even Jodera has admitted

by Jodera: 8:25pm On Feb 02
Arsenal is a very very Foolish Club!!!

Lol... That was just me being emotional and angry that day na.

At least you admit you're more of Liverpool than arsenal, meaning you even have choices. We wey most of us no get choice you no expect us to find our club very very boring na

andrewbaba44:
Just like the way he scored load of goals at the epl averaging 1 goals in every 2 games ,even his poor form at arsenal couldn’t kill that ratio

Thank you for giving us auba for free and I hope you guys make top 4

Cheers

Lol, but almost all la liga field big and most of the teams dey keep high line. Kilode!!!

I was thinking that pitch was Barca's pitch sef till I had a re-look. If na so e dey, una lucky to get auba be that.

50d33q:
Omo those defenders in la Liga can ball watch
That auba first goal is something else, he controlled the ball, picked his spot and rifle the ball.
This will take like 5 -10 seconds the only defender close to him didn't make any effort to stop him
He will score loads with this kind defending

Lol, I saw that goal oo.
With the way most la liga field are big and most of them always keeping high line, I expect auba to pump in goals there oo.

Can't believe after that race from midfield, trap and shot, only 1 defender was with him throughout

His second goal tho was vintage auba goal

I was impressed in our game against Brentford. So glad to see us winning and chasing the lot.

Smith Rowe had an exceptional game ystdy and capped it off with a beautiful individual goal. If he keeps up that form, it'll be amazing to see how he and martinelli jostle for that LW spot.

I feel Saka played well during the first half ystdy but quickly tire off in the 2nd half oddly. He seemed to tire out quickly these days and I'm concerned the toll of him carrying arsenal's attack is taking a toll on him. Happy about his goal, and in glad he took that shot beautifully. Never expected such power and placement. Long may his goal improvement continue

Odegaard was inconsistent to me. Does well in his linkup play, then surprisingly look lost in some patches. Too one-footed in this modern game and it's affecting our gameplay badly especially in transition. He should know when to pass and when to shoot cos he seems to only wants to pass pass and pass!. He should be lucky we won the game else I would have insulted him with all my being if we didn't cos I wonder how he missed that glorious chance he had.

Xhaka and Partey were imperious. But please Partey should improve on his shot accuracy. His shot is too poor like kilode!!

Defence(back5) did a wonderful job and aside the moment of rashness from Gabriel that earned him his yellow card, they all had a good game.

We need a striker. Laca for all his linkup and winning ball back is too "absent" in that front line. We need that presence in the front and I hope the club has someone in mind by summer. We need to get a very very good striker.

Lastly, Wetin we do ref and var for EPL?? It seems we'll be playing against 12 men(or 13 if you include var team) and we just have to win our games cleanly without expecting anything from them. How else can 2 obvious penalties be denied and the worst part is that var didn't even find it worth reviewing. It's happening more than once against us and it's really troubling


Up next Wolves again. Hope we secure all 3 points

BlueRayDick:
Exactly bro. We've seen other players get away with serious offences like that Hazard own you pointed out, yet no serious sanction.

Seeing them put up petition on change dot org and other nonsense campaign agsint Zouma is just nauseating. It reeks of hypocrisy.

it's pure hypocrisy my brother
I no know wetin I wan talk for the matter sef. The reaction is just so so bad

andrewbaba44:
Egypt and negative football Sha

You can easily say Mané was terrible if they didn’t win at the pk shoot out

Facts!!!

airmark:
You were the one dancing shakushaku and Mane cancelled out all your moves.

Abubakar was so useless in the Semis, that he was dispossessed 5 times with ease by the Egyptians. One can even blame him for their ouster in that match as he didn't register a shot on target

Mane edged it, so rest.

All these talk bolded talk na shaku shaku na

5 times dispossession for full 120min?
You hear yourself??

Anything just do bring a player down

Spy360:
Zouma fined 250k, Adidas ends his endorsement deal, people asking for West Ham to terminate his contract.... for kicking a cat,

Na wa oooo

50d33q:
That's why I am afraid of people like him
He have something to say but he didn't

In my opinion, I don't think it's necessary to say anything again. I mean Auba is no longer his player again, anything he(Arteta) wants to say will just be unnecessary noise which is not needed tbh

50d33q:
�️Arteta on Aubameyang saying he was the problem:

"That’s his opinion, that’s what he said and you have to respect that."

Omo I fear who no fear this snake

Lol...
Abeg, wetin you want make Arteta talk for here??

I think Arteta is damned if he talks and damned if he talks not...

popizaino:
Donstan.18 has no point.He should just come out plainly and say he hates salah and not hide behind those odd metrics for attacker to castigate salah.

I've said it here once or twice. Don.stan18 is a troll that just does all these things just to engage. He most times enjoy being the villain in arguments after bringing up ridiculous points. He knows internet is made up of diverse personalities, so one or two people probably might back his ridiculous points.

popizaino:
That was the reason why some stuck with willian back then and castigated brilliant salah.

Exactly.. Imagine preferring ginger and ginger over efficiency and productivity. How many EPL goals and assist William even had combined for Chelsea sef? I doubt it'll reach 90

This is someone who's a starter for a top club like Chelsea for up to 5yrs if I'm not mistaken