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Kbs468:
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Well said and I hope we don't offer Willian more than £150,000 per week for the 3 years deal he so much desired which Arsenal is willing to offer him since he currently earn £120,000 per week at Chelsea

I think it'll be around £150-£170k cos he's free. Hope it doesn't exceed 150k tho.

But on a more brighter note, what do we need him for?

BlueRayDick:
ATTACK

AubaMeyang 9.5/10. I would've scored him 10/10 if he had scored another goal vs Watford to level with Vardy on the last day of EPL action. He has been consistent in his goal scoring form, he has justified why he was signed despite Arsenal buying Lacazette for good money. I will always rate him above Lacazette as far as goal scoring is concerned. I understand Arsenal not playing in the champions league may affect his decision to sign or not to sign a new contract, but one thing is sure we didn't waste money signing him. Seeing him score as much as 22 EPL goals playing on the left flank shows how good he is as a forward


Martinelli 6.5/10. I remember referring to him as Nobodyinho the Brazilian cos at a time we needed a well established winger whom we expected to push our attack the management decided to get us a fairly unknown Brazilian teenager whom most of us have never heard of before.... Well fast forward to last days of Mr Good Ebening have was like the only spark in the team at that time and did everything to give good account of himself. Prior to his injury under Arteta he still performed well, in fact his goal vs Chelsea is the goal I will award the best individual goal of the season. I hope he comes back better after the injury

Saka :8/10. Bukayo for me is the revelation of the season from playing LB, LWB, RW I must cinfrdd he has been quite impressive not just amongst his peers but also his seniors. His goals, crosses and even assists show the quality and potentials he has. I sincerely hope he doesn't get derailed by injuries or fatigue.

Nelson : 4.5/10. I'm not yet convinced about his quality. I want to see him bet his marker with ball at his feet, I want to see him do something other than sprinting past the corner line.....He needs to do more if he would be taken serious.

Pepe: 6.5/10. His start to life in the EPL was rough and his performance affected by the burden that comes with his price tag. Nonetheless he didn't give up on himself and seem to be adjusting towards the concluding part of the season. While I find fault in his kind of wing play which is not direct and swift as much as I would want, pepe seem to have improved greatly on his shooting ability as evidenced by his goal vs Brighton and the one disallowed vs Chelsea. I also think he should be allowed to play more free kicks as against Ceballos and Lacazette always wanting to do the honors.

Nketiah :4.5/10. The young lad still has a lot to learn particularly his first touch and finishing. Without this Martinelli will come back from injury and still find a way to push him to the bench. I know it may sound ridiculous but I don't mind having him go on a short term loan again

Lacazette : 6.5/10. I don't know why, I just feel this guy will play really well in a team set up like Athletico Madrid. He played well for us this season, but I don't see him leading Arsenal's frontline without any other person scoring as much as Auba is doing. If we make him top 9 I see us having goal drought once in a while

Nice one bro, but Pepe and lacazette (esp the latter),_6.5??
I think you're overly generous.
You go too good for teacher/lecturer cos you go dash mark well well.
Lol

odizeey:
This guy ball pass all our attackers. Mk we leave yarns.

The prayer na mk he no turn to Sanchez the piano Man.

one thing you guys don't know is that Sanchez massively flopped at arsenal the season we sold him to you guys. It might be hard to believe but any arsenal fan will tell you they weren't too surprised Sanchez flopped at man u

DeadPresidents:
Sancho is only a year older than Mason bro.

With more experience and exposure.
And in terms of that, Sancho is 2-3yrs ahead of Mason

ChristineC:
he can have any available number. I'm not saying this guy must get this number or that. what I'm saying is that the belief that a jersey number can turn a good player to shiit, is shiit.

In my own humble opinion, I think it does, depending on the club.
If a club like man u who adores the no7 shirt position gives it to Greenwood. It means there's a sense of responsibility they're expecting from Greenwood. He won't be viewed as a teenager anymore but as the next big thing, every of his moves will be scrutinized and he'll be unfairly criticised. If he isn't strong mentally, then his form will obviously dip.
That's what a symbolic shirt number does to a player

iamoyindamola:
Lol
Kokaneprodigy 5/10 he will rather blame Jerry curl and Emery for Nigeria problems
Spy360 3/10 He never moved on after wengay left, confirm WAL(wengay ass licker)
Roland17 5.5/10 he is happy when arsenal is winning but will rather form not interested because next game might end in tears
Jodera 6/10 my PADI he's sincere with his critics
Fkhalifa 3.5/10 he wants arsenal to adopt another club blueprint of success, it's like using the engine of Toyota for Mercedes and he likes gidigbo football
Blueraydick 5.5/10 Another PADI to sure, he's also sincere with his critics
Sod09/iamoyindamola /10 left to me, these fvcking players won't be playing for arsenal. Useless lots
Solomon brown 4/10 he wanted to force us to like jerrycurl and Emery until it ended in tears he had to run away
Ipopalomo 3/10 he's not sure of the team and the manager

mostob 5/10 don't really know much about your review but I have a feeling you are nice
kbs468 5.5/10 I like the way you bring arsenal news and updates
Kodded 5/10 not much too
Abeg rate yourself if I no remember

Just for fun oo don't come for my head abeg

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mostob:
fair enough bro. You tried. But you suppose rate we the fans too

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I go do my own ratings of fans too, perhaps later in the afternoon. I don see sod09 own, lemme wait for Kokaneprodigy own

Roland17:
Firstly, thank you for taking the time to review our players, we need to do this more often after the season. You have set a precedence and a standard.

Goalkeeping-I agree with your assessment, I think this was our strongest department this season. Leno and Martinez kept us in many games and salvaged draws for us especially the former. I don't know if I would score them 7, maybe a 6 but I have no issues with your assessment.

Defense: What more is there to say? I would love to think you already know how I feel about those clowns. This department was the worst this season. A combination of individual errors, poor tactics and player selection by the coaches made this department the show of shame. Luiz finished the season better than he started but a 5 is too glowing and almost makes his performance average which in truth wasn't. He had spectacular games but he also had more games that cost us points. With Luiz, it is a world of 2 extremes, there is no middle ground. He is between a 3.5-4.5 if you ask me.
Mustafi! This one just needs to go! He had few, very few i must emphasize where he looked steady but the man has error buttons all over his jersey. A 4 is not bad but I will go for a 3 or 3.5 at most. You are spot on with the other, except Chambers because I thought before his injury Chambers was our best defender at one point during the season and that tells you all you need to know about that department. I thought he improved and was more intelleigent in reading the game.
Saka's rating is accurate. He dropped towards the final games of the season and I blame it on fatigue. He has made it clear he want to play as a forward player and I hope we do that.

Midfield: The proverb "Robbing Peter to pay Paul" is a perfect description of our midfield. They were poor but not as poor as our defense, however, they were shouldered with the burden of blame. Xhaka had a good comeback especially after the captain band was taken from him. A 5.5 is okay but quite generous. I would stay at a 5 or a 4.5. He did his best considering his skill level. A 3.5 is an embarrassment of riches for Willock and I say it with every seriousness. You no see 2 give am? i would have rated him a 2 with no questions asked because this is not a case of stagnation but solid decline. Arteta pumped this kid up so much with hopes he can be that temporal/ emergency replacement for Ozil but he failed and it was woeful. I agree with the others. Guendouzi should be 3 especially when you consider the ridiculous amount of playing time he enjoyed throughout the season.

Attack: A 4.5 seems too harsh for Lacazette but for some reason it feels right the more I look at it. He had a dry spell for too long, struggled to adapt with changes. Nelson should be a 3.5-4 if you ask me. He had chances with the 1st team to be more impactful. I think he is one that can be better next season. 6.5 is too high for Martinelli. He struggled when he played outside of the CF/RW position but was quite impactful when he was needed. He has a very bright future and I will like to see Arteta transition him into the CF position faster than Nketiah in my opinion because he offer more. I will do a 5.5-6 if you ask me.

A 7.7 for Arteta is too kind. I will do a 5.5-6 at most. He has shown he can do well but he still struggles with his player selection and he tries to be random sometimes with head scratching formations which make me question him sometimes. I hope to see him adapt faster to changes and learn from his mistakes faster than he did this season. He is definitely on the right path and as a young coach you are bound to make mistakes but you also don't have too much time to keep making the same mistakes. He does have a good knowledge of tactics, hopefully he can keep the discipline going and get financial support from the board.

The FA Cup is almost masking our disastrous season!

Thanks for the compliments bro, I really really do appreciate it.

As for willock as you said, thinking about it too, I think I was a bit generous too,(lol). For the assessment of others too, I also feel you were right and spot on(maybe I'll take an exception for martinelli.. Lol).

All in all, I wanna thank you for creating out time to review our players too.

Coyg!!

Spy360:
When you gave Martinez 7 despite his limited game time, I think the likes of Holding, Mari, Tierney Martinelli and Chambers deserve at least 6 as they did well when fit, if not Martinez shouldn't score up to 7.

Again Arteta for winning a trophy in his first 6months as a manager beating City and Chelsea through it with superior tactics deserve more than the score you awarded. He took a dying, disjointed, and largely undisciplined team and made winners of them. Changing the whole mentality of the club. He deserves 9.

Aside these your rating is very balanced.

while I gave Martinez the 7 rating over the others was that he was really really instrumental in the run ends of the season. Coupled with his fantastic showing in the semi final and final of fa cup. He really stood out right from beginning and it was evident. Aside martinelli (whom I gave 6.5) and Tierney, the rest didn't evidently stand out like that.

Also, I would have given Arteta a 9 if we're still in Europa but unfortunately we're not. I acknowledge the work he did on the team and also winning the fa cup.
Thanks for your honest opinion

iamoyindamola:
Lol
Make I drag you small
When he played in Emery's game was in Europe in group stages and he kept some cs if you can remember I mentioned it here that Martinez, [b]holding and mustafi are having more clean sheets than the regular starter in EP[/b]L

Lol.
I remember this vividly no doubt.
Sha like I said, I wasn't so impressed sha cos he was (to me) always a touch from mistake. He didn't really look solid.
But he looked solid wen Arteta took over and I remember hailing him then

kodded:
after selling all these players na 32 year old washed up Willian them wan bring on a free transfer




bloody cheap bastards

dem don confirm this one?

iamoyindamola:
Error that led to goal, he didn't track Abraham properly that wasn't an error it was lack of awareness or intelligence.
Btw mustafi hardly play in Emery's game only in Europe, it was papa and luiz that played

Lol... OK. The times I watched him this season, I wasn't always impressed with his play till Arteta took over

iamoyindamola:
Apart from Chelsea which other error led to goal from mustafi, you gave luiz that conceded 5 pk highest in the league 5/10 lol

Aside Chelsea first leg and 2nd leg ba? Not just 2nd leg

During Emery, I can remember vividly that mustafi was inconsistent. I will give it to Arteta for improving him cos he improved under Arteta.

kokaneprodigy:
I have obtained exclusive rights to rate Khalifa

Lol..
I don grant you dat wan tey tey even before you even obtain am sef

iamoyindamola:
Bros mustafi was arsenal best defender this season, if Tierney played full season he can be considered.
I will ask you again how did you come around the rating since it's your opinion

Lol.. Mustafi been our best defender is debatable tho.

How I came about my rating is just reviewing the consistencies of each player per match, their inclusion in line up, how they fared, least mistake or errors and their play influence (tho sentimental) in the team.
Tho it's just my opinion and it's not in anyway perfect in the assessment of the team.

Just wanna see how you guys rate them too

kokaneprodigy:
At what point do we rate our Nairaland fans

. After rating our players first

How will you guys rate our players this season?

Leno 7/10... Saved us a lot of times this season, one of the reason we didn't flirt with relegation. Incredible saves made per match basis. Made some errors in some matches tho and seems to me he wasn't a commanding keeper. Overall, one of our consistent performers.

Martinez 7/10... Cool calm and collected. Never really had us scratching our head that we missed Leno. Took the opportunity been presented and took it with aplomb while crowning it up with an Fa cup win. Serious headache for Arteta in the goalkeeping department come next season

DEFENCE

Luiz... 5/10. Mr inconsistent, shine a match and flop or do something disastrous the next. Why his rating increased was cos of his two outstanding display in the semi finals and final of fa cup.

Mustafi. 4/10. .... Not much error shown this season compared to other seasons and was really gaining some momentum before injury cut short his adventure

Tierney 5/10... Came in strong, tho it took a while to show his worth due to injury he had. Hopefully will be a class act next season

Holding. 5/10... Wasn't influential tho but hardly gave a wrong foot in matches he was been played in. Hoping to be a great defender as he matures.

Sokratis.. 3/10.... Epitomises how bad arsenal defence is this season. Churned more bad games than good ones and mostly jittery on the ball.

Mari... 4/10. Showing signs of good things to come before injury halted him. We might get to see more of good things from him next season. Low rating is due to his limited game time he had with us instead of actual performance.

Chambers. 4.5/10... Was good when he was fit. Nothing influential or exceptional.

Kolasinac 2/10... I will regard him as our worst defender this season. Can't mark, can attack, can't cross and easily bypassed aside been jittery on the ball sometimes. Hope for improvement next season.

Saka 8/10... (I'll put him as a defender here cos he played more defensively than attack for us.).
Our sole creator. Really made the lb his own creating chances after chances and putting in impressive display. Definitely a contender for arsenal player of the season.

Niles... 4/10. Didn't put much of a wrong foot but wasn't exceptional except against man city, liv and Chelsea. Was really inconsistent in the beginning but improved later on with Arteta in charge.

Bellerin... 4/10... Was inconsistent also. Sometimes outpaced and he's recovery rate is decline compared to before. Still haven't improved on his crossing abilities.

Soares... 3.5/10... Hardly played due to him coming injured but the few times he did he was inconsistent.

MIDFIELD

Xhaka .. 5.5/10... Was disastrous in the beginning during Emery's charge but turned the corner when Arteta came on board. One of the consistent performers with Arteta in charge.

Torreira.. 4/10.. Not commanding in arsenal midfield compared to last season and really looked like he lost some of his form. Maybe due to formation change or tactics (who knows).
Hoping to see more of good things from him next season.

Guendouzi...4/10... Was a regular in the first half of the season. Nothing spectacular in his play and nothing to really hold him against in his play due to his position, but there's a sense of feeling that he should have offered more. Really a shame that his attitude cost him his place in the squad.

Ceballos 5.5/10... Arsenal main man in midfield aside Xhaka. Really consistent in performance but there's a feeling he could do more in terms of goals and assists.

Willock...3.5/10... A player of immaturity in his play. I don't know what he really brings to the team to be honest. Nor strong enough. He's neither dictating play nor creating play in the middle neither is he also a runner. Don't really know his strength tho.

Ozil... 3.8/10... Didn't really exert influence on the team this season. In an out of the team across the 3 managers. Great performance are few and far in between.

ATTACK

Aubameyang... 9.5/10. Really influential both during the good and bad times.. Scored wen we needed him most and rescued points for us from losing positions. Easily player of the season.

Lacazette 4.5/10.. Couldnt replicate last season form. Was wholly inconsistent as goals also dried up. Hoping next season will be great for him.

Pepe... 5.5/10. Disappointing and annoying most times as he tends to over do with the ball. Average season for him at best but he still came out with some assists to his name as goals were hard to come by as we expected of him. We really need him to improve drastically next season. Hoping the fa cup final is a hint for that

Martinelli.. 6.5/10. Was really a shining light at the tunnel in the dark days of Emery. A hard worker and a good goal scorer. Sad that injury cut him short.
Hoping for more action next season

Nketiah.. 5/10... Really tried replacing laca wen laca was off form. Scored some goals as a striker should. Hoping for more maturity and improvement in his play next season

Nelson... 4.5/10... Nothing spectacular about his play this season. Hoping he improves next season esp in his end product and decision making.

Arteta 7.5/10.... Not easy changing the mentally of this guys, and improving the organization of our team play is no mean feat. Hoping to see more of that and improvement in our team play. Hopefully, he'll be backed in the market

Have I missed anyone..??.
Contribution, opinion and constructive criticism is welcomed


COYG

Roland17, iamoyindamola, kokaneprodigy, fkhalifa, spy, Blueraydick, mostob, kbs468, Kodded

ChristineC:
if Real Madrid is open to sell Ceballos permanently, I think United should be in there for him. he wouldn't be a bad option.

Hmm..
Na wa oo. You wan still carry our ceballos put am for bench? Fred and mctominay never do una

Spy360:
I have an understanding with you. It's for the doubters

OK bro.
One love.
Coyg

Spy360:
Just saying maka those who didn't accept then...


"I believe in a rule: the scorers win the matches, the defences win the titles", the former Bayern boss told L'Equipe. "I saw that Monaco conceded 44 goals last season, not in 38 matches but in 28 matches. Reims [who finished sixth] allowed only 21. This is a key point that depends on all the players.

https://www.goal.com/en/news/defences-win-titles-kovac-monaco/hqt4dp4x78291nxp3gbcblis8

New Monaco boss Niko Kovac

We/I no doubt that one since na.
What we're saying is that our priority now is midfield and attack for top 4. Once it's settled, we face the defence in order to carry league. I no no weda you dey misunderstand us since. We just say we need to win matches with good midfield and attack, yes we'll definitely lose some matches cos of our defence but it'll surely get us top 4(Chelsea a case in point). Once we've done that, we can now sort our defence and we know the system is complete to compete for league.

Kbs468:
No not closed. it's still on operation ooo

oh, except they've opened it. It was closed b4

Wait??
They don close Chelsea thread? Wetin happen?

Spy360:
Honestly.

Coming from a goal down to win, the mentality in the team is top notch. Arteta has shown that he can be trusted. I am happy we got him from City. It would have been a massive regret if we were invthe other side of his dug out.

100%. Nothing more I can say

Spy360:
Which fans? The team looks good because it's Arteta. Same way they looked good when Wenger was here. The mistake Wenger made was not to insist on signing quality players. That's the mistake I do not want Arteta to make. He must not pity the board. It's money or I walk. >:

And from the look of things, he's subtly saying it. This fa cup win will empower him the more.
COYG!!!

Mehn... Auba our lord and saviour this season.
Double against city and double against Chelsea. Both are pivotal. Mehn!!! I doff my hat for you

BlueAngel444:
i trust the lot of u already stock piling memes for when that happens

lol.. You know right??
I just hope no disappearance that day sha

The way wey Chelsea dey make mouth about beating man u in fa cup as the one and greatest, forgetting that not only man u beat them twice in league, but also dumped them out of carabao cup too(same domestic cup as fa). Hell will be let loose make arsenal win first

KingAlabi:
My not liking him is personal though

if im shine or man U surely I go buy im form

Na now you talk na. You com dey blame innocent Dortmund

BikeMan:
Tomorrow, we put you in your rightful place.

nice...
You wait till tomorrow, but we'll put you shekph in your rightful place TOMORROW

afrodoc:
My name is Afrodoc and i approve this message. Sancho came in as a younger player and gave Pulisic permanent seat on the bench. The difference was clear like 7-Up.

And in the England youth set up like you rightly said Sancho was the chairman of his set, with Foden next before Gomes, Hudson Ode and others.

if Sancho flops it won't be because he came from Dortmund but because of either injuries or attitude. The talent is there to high world class level but if he goes the way of certain English players he might not achieve his full potential.

The real L would be if somehow United don't get him and he instead goes to Liverpool or Chelshit.

Lol... Which wan be Hudson ode again.??

Aside from Sancho who won't have difficulty adapting to the league cos he's English, he won't have issues adapting to his teammates too cos most of them are friends with him. Talent is there like you said, so I dunno why someone will be afraid cos he rocks Dortmund jersey

KingAlabi:
I just wish Matic was a little bit younger, where will be find his kind of DM again.

I no like partey at all.
from the ATM matches I have watched, im dey take too much risk for that DM, like dribbling.

Ndidi, I never too follow am this season, but don't you think his a bit slow like Matic.

I wish we can get a DM with Matic like build and calmness on the ball, Fred's energy and stamina, Pogba passing range and van Dijk aggression.


is it too much to ask

for Jadon Sancho, I get double mind concerning that guy sha. he played for a Dortmund team where batshuayi was a super hero not taking anything away from him but see how Dembele sailed in barca, injury wise.


I expectations from transfer

get VDB( I like this guy sha)
get Sancho(nothing more that 65 mil straight up, add-on fit dey)


What about tominay can't he be trained to be our own next Matic sef. ?

. It's that same Dortmund Auba came from and he's shining. Heck, it's even same Sancho who gave pulisic seatbelt at Dortmund that's now called captain America at Chelsea. Just telling you that you shouldn't be pointing at negatives everywhere, esp when you consider Sancho was one of the best player in England academy before making the move.