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Spy360:
Yes it's the system when playing counter attacking minded teams like Villa. And mehn, Grealish is so good at it with Watkins.

I thought after the Molde victory, Arteta will retain Willock. He was very good with those runs from deep, just as Ramsey and he combined well with Nketiah.

Arteta can adopt Willock as his missing AM, he will make other attackers more effective.

Mehn, that Watkins was really good. Good hold up play, ball retention, good movement and well taken goal.
I just dey look am com look auba then shake my head

Spy360:
Permit me to say this, our personel in attack is not the problem. The problem is the formation especially facing counter attacking teams.

I have said before that the 3 CB formation can only work against teams that come after us eg Man Utd but for teams that wait to counter, it will not work because we lack bodies in midfield.

The reason we came back to beat Molde in EL is because we had Willock running from the middle, with Nketiah dragging the defense wide. We lacked that runner against Villa which made our attack one sided and highly predictable. Sometimes I wonder what Arteta's plan is against smaller teams that want to defend.

We had a lot of ball possession but there was no body running into position from the middle, it was easy for AV to defend and counter.

OK, I'll be waiting for Arteta to tweak formation sha.
Like I recently said, maybe it's the system that contributes majorly of our dire chance creation

afrodoc2:
Your coach is too defensive. Brought up in La Masia, played under Wenger, coached under Pep but sets his team up like the love child of Mourinho and Simeone.

Even with no CAM your attack is better than its current output.

He needs to discard the 3 CBs and play 2CBs. With Angel Gabriel at CB and Partey/Elneny protecting you don't need 3 CBs.

Move Tierney to LB instead of LCB and move Saka to LW.

Move Auba from LW to CF and move Lacazette into a cage under the stadium.

CAM is not compulsory. Liverpool and City don't depend on a no 10. Play Partey at CDM and use 2 box to box midfielders beside him.

RW you can try different options (Pepe, Nelson) but accept that Willian is not the answer and you will know peace. 10 yrs of watching him tells us he is an activity former with little end product. Once Martinelli comes back to fitness he and Saka should flank Auba.

Yeah.. I concur with you.

I mean he's improved his defence and still have partey in the midfield, why still playing 3 at the back again?

He needs to change the system too... I believe aside the personnel, the system is limiting our plays and making us difficult to create chances

mostob:
Yea, i still have hope on Pepe though I know he can be frustrating but his finishing is his biggest strength but to get into goalscoring position is the problem because he always hug the wing. As for willian, i still dey look am.

I really need martinelli to come back asap, he is the closest player to Sanchez we currently have...the drive, the passion, the pressing and the finishing. Absolutely fantastic.

Ever wonder why most of Pepe's finishing is in Europa? I don't wanna sound pessimistic about him but it seems as if na there be him levels. Even the Europa matches sef that their willock and Nelson dey boss sometimes, he still find ways to be frustrating someone and you think I'll have hope he'll improve in EPL? My brother can't fit can oo.

Willian and laca should just look for seat belts abeg or should be demoted to Europa ASAP.

I just hope Arteta find something and tweak something. Something is just not right

Fkhalifa:
Europa you no go see with that boring attack..
Arsenal is cursed sef,
Sort Midfield, Attack go get problem
Sort Defense, keeper go get problem
Sort AM....Winger problem
Sort First11....Bench and squad go get problem.

Problems everywhere

afrodoc2:
60 league goals in about 14 yrs of senior football.....and it is not like he is an assist king or anything like that. He is a box to box winger.

Exactly, this was why I was skeptical about his signing from beginning. The guy no be am

Fkhalifa:
You've summarized the whole problem, Sadly, some fans used to believe Arsenal's attack is the most expensive and deadly on paper and should be destroying teams.

But its getting clearer by the day.

Lol .. I don't think most arsenal fans believe we've the most deadly attack on paper again. At least we don see dem finish

mostob:
Yea, return Auba to CF and play a fluid front three. That is why I want Martinelli back ASAP. A trio of Auba, Pepe and Martinelli will work as they can interchange at will.
As for Willian, i wouldn't conclude yet. If other players around you are not clicking, it will affect you also.
BTW, I'm fed up of these Ozil fans. (on facebook ) ... some were like, we wouldn't have lose yesterday had he played

Lol... If ozil play, we for still collect... Maybe we might score or not, but we losing was written all over ystdy game.


As for Pepe, it seems you still have hope on him. You see me, I don troway hope tey tey, if he comes good and makes me eat my words, fine, but for now, he's looking like expensive flop.
Martinelli needs to come and justle that front attack with those guys. I hope he'll still be sharp as last season.

Willian had two good opportunities to score but he wasted the big chances, I don't think it's team mates that will make you miss big chances. Even the tracking back he's known for, I dey hardly see am.

Mehn... Can't believe a time will come at arsenal that to score one goal go dey hard us

Fkhalifa:
Well, I haven't seen any LW,AM and RW worthy of getting Arsenal to the top Since Sanchez and Ozil of 2017.

Lol... The exit of Sanchez and Walcott (tho he was regressing) was the end of our wing play. Cazorla exit for midfield and ozil just finished everything.

So to your question .. Like I said, our LW, RW and CF is dead. Even if Am comes, he might improve us a bit, but with these dead attack, it won't improve much. It's just worse we're lacking all 4. Little wonder we are one of the least in terms of creating chances and scoring goals

mostob:
Laca dey vex me. Dude was not like this in his first season. Then, once he got the ball on his feet either left or right, just know that a goal is coming. Arteta should integrate Balogun so we can see what he offers. Nketiah still dey play like overfed kid. And, i won't mind seeing willock, he is currently our only goal threat.

The way laca regressed eh! It's so so damn shocking. Can't hold up ball, can't pass, can't score, can't even run into space. Everything called a forward instincts for him, he lacks it.

They need to start integrating our youths for now and shift auba straight to cf. The auba wing stuff don exhaust, it's no longer profitable again.


As for Willian... Chelsea don dash us scrap finish las las. Tho I was against his signing, but I don't even know he'll be way worse than this sef. Kai.

mostob:
Arteta will just use his own hand to destroy what he has started already.
Willian and Laca are dropping disaster class every game yet you still persist with them.
make dem bring in Balogun, Azeez and Nelson. At least, we will know we are playing kids rather than these agbayas

truly, we need to start one of these youngsters in the wing.
After all, that's the one good thing Emery did, unearthing saka.

Let him be trying balogun in Europa for possible integration in the first team. Who knows? Laca ball deh vex me die

iamoyindamola:
I told these people if koulibally and VVD are in arsenal defence we go still chop am cos the midfield is nothing.
Thank God for partey and elneny, if na xhaka play yesterday game e go be horror film

this is just so bad my brother.
I swear, I can forgive midfield, but you see that attack, na dirty(in blueray voice).

That attack is dead, deader, deadest!!!.

No how will we go 4 games of not scoring open play goals if we have early 2010s Walcott and Chamberlain on both side of the wings even with this present midfield.

NO HOW!!!!!!

Fkhalifa:
Nah bro, I'm not asking to leave Arsenal, I mean just take a break from this Haram football..

BTW, how you see Arsenal's LW,AM and RW?

Lol... It's like you asking me to cheat on my wife cos she's misbehaving. Nah, I don't do that bro.


Before I answer your 2nd paragraph question, I want to clarify something.
Do arsenal have an AM I don't know of?

Fkhalifa:
Bro Take a break from Arterta's Haram football
How about seeing Diogo Jota this December!
I assure you, you'll be refreshed and energized.

Nah... I'm not going anywhere.
The only reason I'll stop supporting arsenal is if arsenal gets relegated, which I don't think will happen.

Kudos to your Jota and Liverpool bro

Eawwal:
We're yet to play Chelsea, Leeds, Spurs, Southampton, Everton.

How many matches do we wants to lose before January. smh

E tire me oo.

I just tire for here

Roland17:
Sorry if I construed your position.

No p bro. Arsenal don dey tire person.

So sad we've lost 4 games without the season even reaching halfway

Roland17:
We have not scored a single goal (outside of the penalty against United) in the premier league in 4 league games and you still think Ozil is not good enough to get an appearance on this team? Again, I am not advocating a start. We are talking about a player that started under a defensive mind like Mourinho is not good enough for a 10-15 minute appearance? We were down 3-0 by the 75th minute the game was lost, what is the worst that can happen if Ozil came in? I mean, this is for those who say he should not start!!

I mean where and who is the competition for Ozil on this team, I want to know! We look hapless with the ball and the fact that we are constantly shunting the ball to the wings is enough evidence to know that we bereft of creativity. If you don’t look to the wings where would this team be looking to then? The middle? Which player will exactly create anything from the middle?

Hian. I'm not against ozil coming into this team. In fact, I know I'm among those clamouring for ozil(Am)(along with kokane), but then even our wingers are not even trying at all sef.

Lacazette have regressed badly, willian/pepe and auba on both wings are not effective in my eyes. I dunno, but from what I'm seeing, ozil inclusion might just improve us a little. A team that can't score open play goals in 4 matches and creates 1 or 2 clean chances per game needs more than just an Am

iamoyindamola:
Yes na
Atleast we go create chances

Lol.
Before, I thought we're lacking only Am.
But I assure you, these team is lacking more than Am. This team is lacking attacking players(wingers specifically)

Roland17:
Like a winger but was the creator in chief right? Ozil used to be positioned on the wings depending on the formation but ended up being the most creative force on the field like Grealish.

Yeah. But Ozil is hardly effective wen shunted to the wing compared to the CAM role. The thing is arteta game is more of the wings and less of middle/midfield. Why we're mostly not creating chances is that we look towards the wings for chances, yet we've 2 poor wingers. The striker isn't even doing his work of having synergy with the wingers too. Wen we want to create chances, we cross and cross, yet we don't even have renowned good headers of the ball in attack.

Even ozil will find it hard with this set of players presently sef

iamoyindamola:
Jodera
Time will tell, do you remember
I said the season ended before it started for arsenal

Cos of no Am?

Roland17:
Abeg na which position this guy wen dey move, dribble and create chances?

grealish played like a winger na.
Our own wingers na to pass back at the sight of any shadow

kokaneprodigy:
The club needs an AM, it failed to sign one, but it’s best creator is left out of the team for obvious reasons while he takes his wage. Who is loses?.

This was the logic of my argument y’all tagged me an Ozil fan boy.

kokaneprodigy:
We don’t need an AM,

The point is success usually blinds some of you from seeing glaring deficiencies.

Because we got away with it last season means we would this season. No wahalla

Lack of creativity is just so glaring in this team look at how Aston Villa is tearing us apart. Our passes on the other hand are so obvious and predictable.

We need more than an Am bro.
I've been saying it, our front 3 is damn dead.
We need an AM plus two good wingers.

We're so playing wing balls yet lack the good wingers actually execute.

Arsenal play sef na "one thing one thing".
No improvisation.
We so damn poor and playing like robots


See how grealish is moving and driving with ball. See how Watkins is good at hold up play and movement. But our front 3, so so damn limited

We rely more on wing plays yet we don't have any good winger to take on defences and create space.
Arteta should just play auba in the middle, cos laca isn't playing anything in that front (and it's not just this game only). Willian just dey turn minus steady steady. The worst part is pepe seems worse, so we're even stuck with 2 mediocrities.

I hope Arteta have something up his sleeves this 2nd half sha

handelex:
Congrats to the boys for winning today, Bruno Bruno, Fred, Maguire solid game from them . Shaw tore his hamstring quick recovery from him. This is Ole's last season with us, he signed a two year deal and this is his second year, even if he is not sacked now, I'm sure United won't be extending his stay.

You still never learn? Why setting yourself up for possible heartbreak and disappointment again?

Melvyn11:
I will never understand how united fans think they are having a bad season and the coach should be sacked but yet they are only 2 points behind Chelsea and Arsenal who are having a great seasons according to their fans.

coupled with the fact that they have an outstanding match

iamoyindamola:
In one lunatic vóice
Let me say xhaka is a better midfielder than Kelvin de fvcking bruyne

. Make him first dey give 5 assist per season first.

Mehn, but our midfield subpar oo

odizeey:
enjoy the cold Thursday night.
We dey watch out UCL with chicken and tears.

. Ndo!!

odizeey:
Sure sure.

How Una game today na? Una don ready?

you see me..
I no dey put mind for Europa league till knockout stage.
My own be say, let dem qualify and top group, then I go join and meet them for k.o

Spy360:
You understand that myopic fans will always want to turn everything to how it currently suits their belly. Like they say 'anywhere belle face'...

iamoyindamola:
Then you didn't watch him from when he was bought
He was consistent in his early season and played well against Barcelona in the UCL
Make Una no they use elneny as yard stick hope say xhaka go improve
The difference is clear and xhaka is still useless

When he was bought? That season he was taking so many useless shots??
Abeg no allow that goal that he scored barca deceive you ooo