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Akinbahm:
Everyone has lost the vibe for Arsenal. Jodera wey still dey hold Ministry firm slf don Japa...

Lol... Omo, my mind don comot for league for arsenal tey tey.

Na just Europa I dey look at now oo

BlueRayDick:
I was at a party when that match started on Saturday, I streamed the first part of the match on my phone on my way back but I wasn't impressed one bit. I knew the pressure pipe would burst sooner or later especially with way our play was set up.

Arteta messed up that game and the blame is solely on him. I think also there’s something missing in his match build up , maybe it’s uninspiring pep talk or something more psychological but certainly there’s something seriously affecting the psychic of those guys. I mean these guys overturned a 1-0 deficit against spurs few weeks ago and it’s kinda unbelievable they will slump to 3-0 loss to against a not-so-in-form Loserpool sitting back and making no serious move to score at least a goal.

Something/someone has to give way , I don’t know what or who , but something needs to be done. Auba cannot just go from the joint highest goalscorer in the league to perpetual missing of goals , Leno can’t just go from the baddest keeper we’ve grown to love to letting in cheap goals and even getting sent off for rash tackles , even Gabriel that has shown bright in the past is starting to lose it.

This to me is where the problem stem from. I've never seen arsenal played a game with so much fear like that. Immediately any of our defender holds the ball, the first instinct is to budeh the ball without even looking up. Our midfielders were so concerned in covering up space than actually making space for a pass, and even they still have this element of fear in them(I could notice from their passes and movements)
Attack was just disjointed. In fact, I don't know what Arteta told them, but one thing I know is that what Arteta told them certainly affected their confidence entering into that match


As for the players been off-form, I don't know to say about that, but for Auba I think he's been found out on the wings. Opposition managers and players knows he's just good at positioning and goal scoring, but aside that, he's very inferior in other skillset. If that's the case, why not push him towards the cf position where his weaknesses won't be too highlighted and where his strength will be maximized. To me, that's the best case scenario to help him.

Well, I have to rewatch our match again after missing the live match and here are my observations:

1. If this match is anything to go by, then I'm not sure we're ready for the top in few years to come stuck with Arteta. Now, I'm not an Arteta out o, but I always look at process first and foremost before result, cos consistent process will surely bring out the expected result in the long run.
Now, where am I driving at? The team being used on Saturday is a team that can go toe to toe with the Liverpool team being paraded on Sunday(whether we win, draw or lose will be another discussion entirely). How the hell did we start parking triple decker bus with such players of quality we had on the field? How can we so park the bus, invite pressure unnecessarily and still play as if we're a division two team with such an array of talent. We even have a no10 that Arteta was craving for, yet we played as if we are some kindergarten guys. Klopp in his first season (wen he finished 8th) didn't cower against top sides then even when he had vast inferior players compared to what we have presently. If we park the bus against the man city and Liverpool's of the world with this our present squad, even if they give us world class players, we'll still park the bus then.

2... The structure of the play is non existent and I don't know what Arteta told these guys before the game but it seems our players were totally afraid of Liverpool. They were so afraid that we hardly pass from the back and even wen clearing ball, we don't do it with sense. We clear the straight to their legs. Even wen we want to transition to attack, we transition with fear of not been counter attacked, rather than being confident that we'll score. No wonder Pepe is always losing the ball, cos nobody is even there to help him.

3... Ceballos seems to be losing it in that deep lying playmaker role. Most of passes are way ward and straight to opponents feet. Like nothing he does ever feels right.

4... Sometimes I don't know weda we fans see things more than managers, but clearly auba on the wings don't work esp if we need our wingers to be creative as well as hardworking. Obviously and unfortunately, auba offers nothing close to both attributes so I don't know why Arteta is still persisting with him at the detriment of the team. If Arteta can't look for a way to find how he can rotate him and lacazzete in that cf position, then he should get ready for more bad results.

5... This loss is solely on Arteta and nothing else. I can't blame the players when structure is wrong, I can't blame the players when they're been instructed to play like cowards. In fact, I can't blame the players for anything. The pressure was just damn too much on us and if we'd lost that match by 1 nil or 2 nil, it would have flatter us. 3-0 and above is what we deserve.

We move!!
Unto Slavia next

handelex:
How far come join me bro...

Good times just like you said

Lol... No problem boss.
Me I dey support you for league so(since e no concern me)
Where I go get beef with you na Europa

LostMyZeal:
My zeal dey intact boss

Hopefully dem no go open any book of Lamentation for this thread tonight

lol...
Las las man u no shame you na

KingAlabi:
Wow Woe
Nah
I am in portharcourt

You don submit question paper na... All these one you dey type na after effect

Hope the Easter was cool.
And man u made it cooler

SyIvalord:
Happy Easter bro.

Thanks bro. Just send your address make I waybill the cake and chicken.

Lol... Thanks bro.
Enjoy!!

KingAlabi:
Inspirational!

Wow unto those that look at Europa and say ours! ours!! ours!!! For ye are covetous

Yes boss, drop address make I come chop Easter rice.

Thanks, for being "wowed", it means we are on the right path. We're just possessing our possession. Nothing covetous there oo.


I'm at abj oo... You dey Abj

handelex:
Happy Easter bro.

How did yesterday go?

Omo, my yesterday was in preparation for today oo.
I bin just dey get things done to prepare for today, now I wan enjoy my today wey be Easter. Thanks for asking bro

Hope you go enjoy your today, especially after 7:30pm

KingAlabi:
"For surely 9th and 10th Shall not elude you, because this is your HERITAGE!"

Happy Easter boss

Verily verily, I say unto you, The heart of man is not in the vain things of life called EPL this season, nor the fight of the heathens called top 4. For It's written, "seek ye to win the Europa and all other things shall be added unto you"


Hope say you dey flex your Easter King!!

TrebleChamp:
Good morning sir

Morning boss and a happy Easter to you Sir

handelex:
Jodera my guy how far nau?

I just say mai greet you

Na me greet you pass ooo.

Happy Easter chief

iamoyindamola:
Jodera I talk am
Tierney is off

Lol... I bin dey busy sef, I no even send the match.

I'll rewatch the replay later

SyIvalord:
Enough chicken munching this month. My birthday is in a week. Pre Easter celebration

Nice one bro. And happy easter bro

Happy birthday in advance Chief. I just need to get my cake and chicken from you dazzol

LostMyZeal:


<sup>Thank you very much
Man had to find a way to squueze that clueless Ole in like say na him uncle


You can imagine typing such pile of crap

#WehaveOleWhereWeWantHim</sup>

LostMyZeal:



^{nawa ooh... you couldn't find a space to squeeze magnificent Leo in}

Up till now, you still never find your zeal?

Today na Easter oo, we dey sell zeal for discount

popizaino:
I think the quality of football and footballers started declining around 2007 or so with the major culprits being the English medias,mourinho and his fans. Imagine English media asking cronaldo if he gets a single goal for his sixteen step overs . why won't Ronaldo focus on stats instead of enjoying himself? I also could remember how the english media and fans taunted Barcelona and their players after man United famous win in the UCL semis,they made it seem as if ronaldo was far more of a better player than messi after ronaldo's 42 goals exploit in 2008. These subsequently made the two players try to outdo each other in goal scoring records cus the one with the superior goal stats gets to win the player of the year award,while forgetting to entertain us with others players equally following suits with the trend continued till date.This media gimmick really played well into the mind of epl fans and thats is why most would rate lampard above iniesta . Mourinho on the other hand,would rather boast of how he won community shield with his satanic football at the expense of other managers who played good football without trophies and his fans,together with the english media will gladly applaud him while putting pressure on managers and fans of others teams with nothing to show for their good football. I don't think there was this nonsense before mourinho gain prominence in the game.

100% spot on

Leyqute:
We still have a few artistic coaches but they’re becoming scientific. Marco Bielsa has tweaked tactics. Even Pep sef has changed his game plan. He doesn’t hug possession again as before.

True, some tweak their artistic tactics(like pep especially). Reason why I said we passed the phase of pure artistic football. The game now demands more mechanical football

Leyqute:
Football has become very robotic and matches aren’t as fun to watch as they used to be.

Creative players hardly get to express themselves.

Imagine being inside that stadium when AC Milan played Barcelona and Eyin performed his magic? His hatrick against Madrid nko? I know a Madrid fan who is still bitter about those goals. He came like a wrecking ball.

Can you imagine watching DeLima, bursting ahead with amazing speed and dribbling any obstacle on his way. Live. ?! Those things makes watching football exciting.

That atmosphere is gone. Being a fan nowadays is not as fulfilling. It’s all about data and whatnot. That’s why creative players are not appreciated as they used to.

All what you said up there make sense, but you see that bolded, you just conveyed my inner thoughts here

SyIvalord:
Happy new month bro

Same to you too Bro.

Hope say you don already buy chicken for Easter things

SyIvalord:
Fans and the media coming for a manager because of lack of trophies is the reason football has become so rigid. Managers are scared to lose. No more risk taking and it’s going to get worse.

Football has become a chore because of the fans and the media. The fans follow the media, most so-called fans don’t even watch the games, they just read nonsense online and start forming retarded opinions. Go to Instagram, Twitter, Reddit and even here in nairaland and you’ll see what I am sayingtyping

The fans echo whatever agenda the media is pushing. Haven’t you seen some people here castigating Greenwood? Rival fans troll him because he wasn’t scoring as regularly as he was towards the end of last season? Go to IG and twitter and you’ll see idiots claiming Greenwood is a fraud and Greenwood is finished. Imagine claiming that a lad that has not even started his career is finished. Is that the media too? Fans are part of the problem bro.

Haha, bro you and I know that if United plays scintillating football throughout the season but end up with zero trophies, people will call for Ole to be sacked. Many people don’t care about the style of play, just win trophies, that’s all they care about. You can see this in the way people only complain about bus parking when it doesn’t bring success. As long as you are successful, people don’t care about your style of play. Mourinho is a good case study.

True bro.
Your points are valid enough too

SyIvalord:
Its the fault of the fans. Many fans have an entitlement mentality and an insatiable appetite for trophies. They expect teams to win every game and once a team loses, the terms fraud, overhyped start being used to describe the team. If you like win 20 games, once you lose one, the guns come out blazing. So football has adjusted to allow less “playing” and more “working”. After all, football is nothing without the fans

For example, Ole wants his forward men to show flair and use their talent to create chances while keeping to a certain game plan and everyone calls him a tactical dunce for it. They prefer coaches like Pep who insist on their players following rigid attacking patterns. So why won’t football become boring when fans prefer the rigid attacking patterns just because it’s currently bringing more success?

But that hasn't stopped the entertainment factor of football before na. Also, I don't think arsenal fans would still be much if it's not because of the beautiful football displayed by early Wenger era. Even man u played good football under Sir Alex sef. I don't think it's the fans. I think it's money and media that caused everything.

Before someone like greenwood can be allowed to make mistakes and grow(check early c.Ronaldo years at man u), but now look at greenwood, reverse is the case. All because of what media will say.

And did you talk about Ole's Man u?
If present man u game is very beautiful, you think anybody will clamour for his sack?

iamoyindamola:
Very simple, Robertson will tell his team mates 'break that motherfvcker leg before he ruin us'

Chai!!

iamoyindamola:
KT hat trick of assists yesterday
This guy sha

Lol...
I wonder what him and Robertson discussion will be knowing fully well they're meeting themselves this weekend

chidexxy007:
Imagine Man Utd nd Liverpool players hugging before a game?

Lol...
Who does such before? The player(s) are mad

chidexxy007:
Yea, exactly what I meant. Maybe I didn't put it well. Those kind of players are not there anymore.

To me football is now robotic.

very very robotic.
So sad now.
All we live as for fans is just goalsss.
No more additional entertainment

Oasis007:
I enjoy your Submissions, you've said it all. Football was an Art in the olden Days, but it has become a Science now. You and I know everything about Science demands seriousness and Calculations, that's where Stats come in.

Unlike Art where your individual Talent is valued, Science is about Results,. Football shouldn't have transformed to Science, a typical Example is Ronaldo at Man United and Ronaldo at Real Madrid.

Ronaldo at Man United was a Fun to watch. His play gonna make you smiles as Babies gifted Goodies, however his plays at Madrid was about scoring and assists (Stats). He lost his Art of the Game for Science.

Spot on bro
You just broke down the analysis of the arts and sciences of football well.

I just wish football will go back to an art, but sadly we've already passed that phase

CSTRR:
Who do I support now between Sam Kerr and asisat oshoala?

Love for club or country?

Lol..
It's just like asking who will you support between Chelsea and Leicester cos Leicester has ndidi and iheanacho

You should know your answer bro

hensben:
The guy just like rushing even when he is not under pressure.

I don't know why he does such.

He needs to even learn how to be calm under pressure as a striker sef

rationalmind:
True. Even the era of long range shots is all gone. When you watch clips of old matches, you see how shots are being pelted at the goal keeper from left right and centre. These days, everybody wants to walk the ball into the net.

True bro. Now, if you take long range shot anyhow, the kind bad eye your coach go look you eh .

So many things are diminishing in the game.

1. Hardly you see flair players
2.. Hardly you see entertainment players (like c.Ronaldo of man u and dinho of barca)
3... Hardly you see renowned long range shot takers unlike before were it is rampant
Everything is just so structured. Coaches structure your runs, movement, shots(I remember the time of van gaal at man u were he tells his players they must trap the ball before taking a shot ), passes and so on.

No wonder big games aren't as intense as we have 10-15 years ago.
Now we'll see boring el clasico, boring man u vs Liverpool, boring arsenal vs Chelsea and so on.

andrewbaba44:
Make una Dey there Dey argue

Pedri and alba doing wonders for Spain

Pedri is the next big thing

At age 18 dude is already Starting important games for Spain and already got an assist

Some say koeman Dey FAVOUR am

Maybe Luis Enrique self Dey FAVOUR am

If you are good you are good

Pedri and Mount seems to have something in common.
Fans think they don't deserve to start
Coaches think otherwise