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Roland17:
You better do yourself and your well-being a favor by removing your mind from Europa League.. There are too many teams that are better than us in that competition. We are bang a average to be honest, maybe below average at this point.

True we are average, but it's a cup competition and anything can happen. I just want to be optimistic as I can be, till all hope is lost

kodded:
the same europa that we are one leg in and one leg ouut?




arteta really fall my hand yesterday, that second half in that man city game was screaming for the introduction of smith rowe and martinelli




in other notes, aubameyang, laca, bellerin, Pepe and eleny should not be in our starting 11 if we want to be a big team again.


finally arteta decision making is one of his greatest weakness. for the fact that week in week out, arteta keep selecting willain, willock and nkeitah over nelson, martinelli and balogun should be a major concern to the board that this man has poor tatse for players

This is true. His tactical approach seems good but his substitutions and personnel (choosing wrong players over better ones) is really his weakness. I don't even know how he can solve that sef


Also, I believe we'll qualify against benfica

KingAlabi:
You get mind for league before
Make una try collect 5th

If not no Europa oh

5th sef go hard

Na to win Europa sure pass

KingAlabi:

I want cry with you na

Forget my Winning, arsenal is just mehnnnnn

Mehn!!!.... My only hope now na Europa oo

I don cancel my mind for league

KingAlabi:
Jodera should I troll you or cry with you

Currently confused brah

chai.. I just dey see this now oo.
I believe say the win wey una win go don make you happy forget anything trolling .

It's been over 2wks ya know

iamoyindamola:
Bellerin and xhaka won't pass to odegaard even when he's free
Stupid players with fish brains

I don't even know if they're afraid of man city that they can't just pass forward

Almost all are guilty of it in ystdy's match including odegaard

Fkhalifa:
What have been saying for long.

Saka the only one creating anything

Auba scoring tap ins and going missing a lot

Xhaka the man who slows down everything around him.

Arsenal playing pass me I pass you, to the left, and in shaAllah in the box.

Quality Still far from UCL football

Omo, I tire ooo...
This match tire me no be small

SyIvalord:
C’mon bro. You can’t compare Grealish’s career trajectory to Rashford.

Yes, Grealish became known as a good talent at Villa when he was 19, but where was he before last season? What was he doing? Did you constantly hear of Grealish after his break out season up until last season?

I am not saying Grealish was bad, far from that. I am simply saying Grealish was growing. Now Grealish has matured and we can see what a fine player he has become. But there was that period where he faltered just like all youngsters not named Messi or Ronaldo falter.

nice points bro. Tho I wasn't comparing their trajectory but then I totally understand you.

Cheers

Mehn...

For we to move forward, we need to let go of auba and lacazette. Auba is damn average. If he's not scoring, he's not doing anything. Poor touch at any slight of pressure, can't interplay effectively.

It's really sad seeing that only Saka seeks to bd only one that can take on players. The rest seems to give this sideways and back pass. Even Pepe that normally beats his man is now damn afraid.
This is so so bad.

Odegaard disappointed me. Seems to give more back passes than forward or creative passes. And even wen he does the few forward passes on few occasions, he either underhit it or overhit it. Very average display from him.

Tierney didn't play well, but then, I believe that he's match rusty. Aside for his unusual disappointing crosses and display, I can see his effort he puts in. Tried to be attacking and also tries to beat his man.

Holding and Mari really really tried. Aside from the goal which holding switched off, they both put in commanding displays.

Why Arteta doesn't see it fit to be playing martinelli is what is mind-boggling. We needed his energy in this game as our forward of pepe and Auba was lacking that energy and urgency. He should be seeing more of first team than what he's presently seeing (that's if he's even seeing at all)

Xhaka and elneny... Average at forward play, creative passes and transitioning play quickly. For arsenal to move forward so many players need to be sub players or loaned/sold.

Barring the defence, only Saka deserves any mention in that midfield and attack for today's game

SyIvalord:
He is 23. At his age, the Jack Grealish everyone and their grandmas are creaming their pants over did not even know what he wanted to do with his footballing career. Ofcourse Rashy will make wrong decisions sometimes, he is still a kid. Even the best of the best make wrong decisions. Being human means he is liable to make mistakes or did you think Rashford is a robot?

Who doesn’t miss sitters? You want me to show you a compilation of Mbappe missing sitters?

So you mean a player that has scored 18 goals and counting this season(2nd highest number of goals in the team), has the second highest number of assists, second highest number of chances created in the team is useless?

Rashford is currently the 5th most productive player in Europe. So, if Rashford is useless, what would you say about the players below him in terms of productivity? (HEY EVERYONE, LEYQUTE JUST SAID BASICALLY ALL THE FORWARDS IN EUROPE ARE USELESS).

Bro, stop being ridiculous. Rashford has been one of our best players this season

Chill bro... You fit make your point without calling Jack grealish and e go still make over sense.
Moreover, grealish came into limelight as a 19yr old guy in Aston Villa during the 2014/2015 season. No be today people don dey know grealish oo

Early switch off caused us that goal.
And our final ball is lacking.
Good 1st half tho.

Expecting a better 2nd half

iamoyindamola:
Kdb and aguero are always fit for arsenal
We are having willian on bench

@the bolded. As in, I no just understand. First leg sef, aguero was injured for weeks, then immediately and miraculously recovered to play arsenal, then went to injury after that again.

Now kdb and gundogan... Na beef??


As for Willian, I'm suspecting he had a clause that if he doesn't reach so so minutes this season, either we pay him or Chelsea some compensation hence Arteta reason for always putting him in matches.
That's just the only reason I wanna believe for this his continuous appearance

iamoyindamola:
Mehn city squad is something else...see bench

That city squad ehn... Lol.

Wetin deh vex me na kdb and gundogan. Tot these guys were injured

Hmmmm...
Not too bad sha

iamoyindamola:

E go shock you

Today is against man city. Curious to know the line up he'll use.

Seems our key guys are jaded cos the display against benfica suggested so.
How I wished ESR, saka and auba were rested for that game and odegaard, martinelli and lacazette took their spot.

Hopefully, we get a massive result today

Ibeme:
Mourinho competed for title till the last two weeks. Pep was just trying to hang on to top4. Pep first season is no different to Sarri, and where is he now?

Did Chelsea really sack Sarri? This is the 2nd time I'm seeing this here.

Everyone knows Sarri wasn't sacked and Abrahamovic won't sack anyone for finishing top 3 in his first season weda he competed for EPL or not

Roland17:
I don’t know how to feel about that PK call against Liverpool. TAA was already on the floor.. what was TAA supposed to do there? He was already skidding away after the attempt to stop the first shot on goal..

it was definitely a penalty, tho harsh, but it is. Without clattering into Trent (which is no fault of trent), that would have been a good goal as he was already moving towards the ball to score the rebound. A yellow or red card will be harsh on Trent but it's a penalty all day

NextD18:
I didn't even say I won't like to have this Bruno in my team, just pointing out the fact that his hunger for goals has an effect on your strikers.

Bruno and Lampard are almost the same, you have to be a good hustler as a striker to do well in front of them.

Ok.... I get your point tho

NextD18:
Ozil has more goals than Inesta and Xavi with even lesser games of 200+. He's a good scorer and shooter, he knows when to shoot and when to assist. Same is applicable to Fabregas and KDB. They pass the ball to players in a better position to score. They are not selfish.

Same can't be said of Bruno. In my opinion, Benzema will impact and link players as an attacking midfielder than Bruno

it means you don't prefer lampard too in your team right?

Trevor012:
Ozil is the ultimate Attacking Midfielder. Every striker and attackers dream.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9fxEMwxfjY

True... He's every attackers dream.
But if in a tight game, I really needed my Am to score, Ozil is the last person.

I've watched arsenal's games much, and there are two people I don't even put hope for scoring during a cagey match... Ozil and iwobi.
Ozil is to unselfish to a fault

NextD18:
I understand your point, but the question should be. How many times have Martial, Rashford and Greenwood gotten assisted by Bruno this season?

Like, assist from open play, even last season the trio were banging goals, how many assists were Bruno able to deliver for them.

Selfish attacking midfielders dey affect strikers, that's the truth. But if na ball, Bruno sabi play ball.

I'll need to dig deeper to know how many chances he created for this guys... Cos I know most times martial and Rashford did fluff their lines this season very very well.

There's difference between an attacker having an eye for goal and been selfish. Even as an arsenal fan, sometimes I wished ozil can take that shot or score more instead of looking for "that assist".
There are some tight situations your striker might be locked and your Am needs to take that shot, but sometimes an Am like Ozil will still be looking for that pass. That's why I prefer my Am like debruyne and fabregas.

ChristineC:
nothing new. Chelsea fans think alike.

Lol...
Last I checked tre..vor is a konk man u fan

NextD18:
Success of the team should come first, and before this will be attained, players needs to help and link themselves well to enable them play well without depending on a particular player.

Na wetin scatter Juventus for the past 3 years be that.

If Bruno gets injured, ManU is finished. They are building the team around him. We all saw how Rashford, Martial and Greenwood performed last season. You won't even know who to mark, now Na just Bruno.

Fair point. But then I think you're harsh on bruno. He creates the most chances not just in the team but in the league. His assists are almost double figures aside goals. Scratch out the goals and he has 9 assists plus highest chances created. He also averages 2 key passes per game. This are the work of a good midfielder if you ask me(tho, I know he unnecessarily losses the ball sometimes, but who doesn't?)

One thing you can allude to Bruno is that he has the highest shot accuracy in that team, and if and only if the strikers will have such accuracy as he has, then man u will be very fearsome.
Check out last season after corona, Rashford, greenwood and martial were all in form and they scored goalssss.... The trio goals didn't stop Bruno from scoring his too (frequently). And if you notice, nobody(or very few people) attacked Bruno that he inhibits his striker(s) from scoring. Why is it that wen they now lose form, it's now Bruno's fault(for doing same thing he was doing last season ). This ought to point to the fact that it's the strikers that have to man up instead of telling Bruno to tone down.

Lest I forget, anybody with Bruno kind of number will have the team built around him weda na eyimba or barca. Meaning Bruno with his kind of numbers will be the keyman to any team not having messi and Ronaldo. And that's because those two are bosses when it comes to numbers

[quote author=KingAlabi post=99259121][/quote]No dey disguise abeg

Pull dat Jersey

NextD18:
Bruno is good as a player, but most strikers will prefer to play with KDB, Inesta, Fab, Ozil, David Silva and even Erisksen.

These players prioritize their strikers than personal accolades.

Lol....

Again... Trevor will definitely bless this post.


On a more serious note, Sometimes I wonder, is it the success of the team you guys crave for or success of the strikers?..

NextD18:
Rashford is by far better than Greenwood.

The only reason Rashford hasn't been scoring like Halland and Mbappe lately is because he's playing for a shitty team that demands a lot of defensive work from all players, plus the pressure and the fact that he plays with a selfish attacking midfielder who prefers to score than support his strikers.

Rashford is good. Very good.

Trevor will definitely bless this post

ddippset:
On the Ronaldo comment I was not referring to you.

I was making a general example because I know that some of them could even give up their lives to see Ronaldo won the world cup.

So it wasn't directed at you.

oh... You quoted me that's why

But anyways, no problem

ddippset:
Gibberish

Jump off the wagon of hypocrisy the very same way you jumped on it.


1. Let it be known, In a head to head football match involving the Super Eagles and any other Nation; it would be 1 million percent support for the Super Eagles.

2. In a competition involving the Super Eagles and 31 other Nations, there are opportunities to support 2, 3, or even 4 of your favourite footballing Nations.
(Your motherland might not necessarily be your favourite footballing nation).

One might support the Super Eagles and still support Argentina, Portugal, Brazil or any other side you wish.

They are not mutually exclusive events. Until they meet in the competition.


Thunder fire any lying Ronaldo stan boy who would coman and claim that they did not wish that Portugal and Ronaldo won the world cup in 2018, while still supporting their motherland.


Make una commot here with una busy body, over sabi jare'.

oga calm down. Your body too dey hot. Ahn ahn!

Anybody wey criticise your view on football, na automatically Ronaldo fan boy? Na wa oo.

By the way, my post wasn't even directed to you sef, since we've understood
and came to an agreement ystdy. Why you come attacking me again, just because you see messi on my post, na only you understand.
Like I said, I wasn't referring to you, so please just relax Sir

stevemims:
Lol! Baba, there is no point going back and forth on this issue. Thanks for pointing out the typo, it's been modified.

No problem bro...
Enjoy your day

stevemims:
Nigerians with weird mentality. Isn't it the same way you guys prefer to support Madrid over Enyimba? It's all about choice and preferences. If your country ain't playing good football, you can easily support any nation of your choice. Who patriotism help for sports? You see German citizens who are of Croat and Polish decent supporting where they're originally from over a country that gives them welfare. Different strokes for different folks. You guys should quit trying so hard to rubbish Messi's greatness.

How you miss the word "descent" in order to pass your point is what I don't understand.

A German citizen of Polish descent has the right to support which ever or both of the two countries cos he's affiliated to both.

How you support Argentina over Nigeria when you're not a descent or citizen of Argentina is ... Mehn!!!!

And how you even turn around saying those criticising your decision is just a way of "rubbishing messi greatness" is just so damn laughable