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izzou:
[color=royalblue]Not the squad? I dont think so sha

Yes, i agree Klopp is the brain behind the team today, but those guys are exceptionally good. Look at their front three. No matter the condition they get the ball, they are not clueless. Klopp can only define a pattern for them to follow, but he will not be on the pitch to effect it. That's the sole duty of the players.

Take Mane, or Salah or TAA and put them in Bayern, Madrid or Chelsea, they will still play like that.

Klopp is key, but that squad too is Key. If it wasnt, he wouldn't have to replace almost all the players he met when he came in[/color]

Not every team will have firmino as their 9, for starters even tho he's one of the most intelligent players in the game. Mane, salah, Arnold and firmino are good, but wouldn't have reached this height they're if not for klopp. Check Dortmund squad that was back to back bundesliga champions then and check them now...most of them sold have flopped at their respective clubs, while the others aren't as influential as they once where.(aside lewy and auba a little) the rest of sahin, gotze, mkhi, Hummels etc, even gundogan wey be midfield king for Dortmund b4 na normal player now sef. I said again, Mane, salah Arnold, Robertson no go reach diz height everyone is hailing them if not for klopp.

That's why person wey I dey pity na coutinho, cos only God no d kind of hype him for dey now, cos b4 his exit, the kind of understanding he had with salah was really out of this world. I guess he'll always rue that decision of his that he made.

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Greatihex:
If compared player for player or on paper, this Liverpool side will be inferior to a lot of teams.

But, football can be very unpredictable and if there is to be a one off match between this Liverpool and any of the teams they are being compared to, [b][/b]I will put my money on Liverpool to win if the team will be coached by klopp[b]. Yes, he is that influencial to their success.



But, that doesn't mean that he can't still loose to them.

I think this is what people are missing when comparing this Liverpool team with Man u squad of 2007/2008 or Chelsea 2004/2005. Klopp is the key here not the squad, and if he's to coach this present squad, then I put my money on Liverpool to hypothetically win too( tho with a slim margin)

FergieRaww:
We are not looking to sign Auba or Lacazette, i’m trying to tell you that in any case any of your forward leaves then there’s [/b]Mariano[b] that’ll fit your system perfectly

What is a Mariano

kodded:
hmmmmm.... na gidigbo football you want turn arteta ball into

lol...
We need at least wan gidigbo winger.

ORIJIN201:
Traore should be able to play left winger.

Make sense. If only the board will sanction his deal. Na correct winger be that guy

ORIJIN201:
We should try getting this Traore guy. The guy use Robertson eye see shege yesterday night.

I swear. But if we get him, what will be of Pepe?

FergieRaww:
Isco ?!

Well you can let Lacazette or Aubameyang go and come collect Mariano .. ahswear the guy will fit you guys play style

I asked for a first team player in your team that will be willing to come to arsenal. For all I know, isco is not a first team player.

Aubameyang wey don dey beg una since wen him dey 25yrs and hot, una no gree look him side. Na now wey him don turn 30 you wan come buy am? Ah ah, aren't you asking for too less?

Spy360:
Since he can't score, let him be marking. That's why I have no problem with him in the first team. He leads the press and he does a pretty good job at it. Nevertheless my prayer for him is to combine that with goals.

lol... Abeg o. If na only pressing, mk we kukuma carry guen go 9. For all lacazette press, I hardly see him dispossess a player (only very very few times). Work of a false 9 is to link your two wingers(or attackers) with intricate passes and precision. Yet he fails in this regard too, and he's always failing to be a frequent goalscorer. All I hope is that he should up his game. I'm not talking about his goal drought here, I'm talking about his overall play. He's being poor

Spy360:
All these Lacazette talk is too much and insensitive. A player can be restricted by the coaches plan and tactics. I have observed that Arteta wants Lacazette to play the false 9 and lead the press together with Ozil.

Besides, there is a difference between 'cannot play' and 'out of form'. Everyone knows Lacazette was out of form before Arteta came in, things won't change over night. I strongly believe with time he will come through, so we can either sell him or use him as back up to Aubameyang.

Remember he was our best player last season. I know some idiots will masturbate with this one.

hmmm....the better he comes back to form the better for us o. He can't afford to drop form now o. Just imagine, so if martinelli wasn't a revelation this season, na so we for just lose Chelsea and Sheffield games abi?

PapalsBull:
I feel same too. If contract is terminated and we can get Federico Valverde, that will be good. Do you see that happening?

lol..you're funny. You didn't give playing time to the one they gave you, you wan come collect another one. Moreover who's real Madrid first team player will leave Madrid for arsenal?
Like sod said, this wan na real asking too much.

FergieRaww:
Never seen a more useless club and fans that celebrates draw than Arsenal

lol. Coming from a Madrid fan who celebrated getting a goalless draw last month against barca( esp you, na you celebrate pass). Such hypocrisy. Tueh!!

Astark:
Auba will come to Barcelona this season on loan. We'll manage him and return him back after season ends

lol. In your dreams, PlayStation or football manager? Choose one

Fkforyou:
Spot on.
Thank you.

Lacazzete has been frustrating to watch offlate. He has been playing like an amateur striker/ make shift striker as if that's not his natural position.

The painful part is that Aubamablootclatyang had to sacrifice that position for him and he is still doing better than him.

If I were Arteta, I'll give him 2 to 3 games to come through or else I'll ship him to the bench .

As for Pepe, he needs to be more direct and ruthless, enough of the show boating.
We are at a critical stage of the season where every point dropped is disastrous.

[/b]That being said, I'll gladly take this draw to Chelsea than our draw against Sheffield[b]. I was absolutely disgusted.

Any day any time. That dropped point against Sheffield pain me well.
Also, for lacazette dropping to the bench, I feel that's why he didn't send nketiah on loan again. Maybe to give lacazette a run for his money.
It's so sad we're depending on only auba for goals. Thank Goodness martinelli is stepping up for us.
Lacazette needs to improve o...lol

PapalsBull:
Baba, I don taya for laca. Someone that will back post and be confusing his midfielders. Baba go dey fight with defenders, agidigba football like mayoo. Same thing Guen does. Waiting until someone touch him to fall to draw foul which sometimes are not given and he will shouting at the ref like say him na one better player, lol.

Pepe nko? Everybody know am. Baba go won dribble everybody. Sometimes dude delays our attack.
I hope he ups his game.

Shout out to Leno for those crucial saves.

me too, I don tire for lacazette too o. I think he wants to see himself as firmino or I don't understand his sudden trait of this false 9 he's displaying for us. I just hope Arteta changes his game for us(telling him to run through channels and not coming too deep). He's a 9 for crying out loud.

I don't wanna give up on Pepe sha, seeing wetin Fred dey do for man u now, compared to last season suggests I shouldn't write him off. He just need fine tuning in his game. Telling him to be charging at defence. Also, personally, he should learn how to score. He shot mostly seems weak.

ChristineC:
thank you sir/ma.
[/b]how do you know I'm a lady[b]? I choose to identify as an Aeroplane and I expect you to respect my wish

well my mother is (or was) a religious football fan, an FC Bayern München fan actually. sadly, she's less enthusiastic about the games these days, I guess age or something close. according to her, it was a trait carried over from her own grandma, whose family were 'generational' FC Bayern München fans.
she bundled me to my first football stadium, Allianz Arena, in 1997.

lol. From what I know, Christine is a lady's name, but if you wanna identify as an aeroplane, who am I to object? .

It's really good, your analysis of the game is really top notch. At least thank you for letting me know where you got it from (A family of football lovers).

Spy360:
Chai! I missed the game. Spent all night in the lab making m-toluene. Never realising we had a Chelsea. Guys how did we do?

Cc Roland17, kokaneprodigy, sod09, Fkhalifa, Jodera, Blueraydick, et al

Mehn bro. First of all I'll say you missed o. Lol.
It was a great game, our boys showed resilience in defence and midfield. Esp what Arteta spoke to those boys at half time did the trick.
Mustafi was really mustafi first half and his stupid under hit pass to Leno was picked up by Abraham, which resulted to luiz making a rash tackle on him and subsequently got a red.
Second half, we really tried o. Special shout out to martinelli who ran from our post to score a solo goal(you need to watch the goal).
All in all, everyone tried. Tho like I always say, Pepe and lacazette needs to improve our attacking play.
That's the few I fit talk o

sod09:
Saks and martinelli are very handy on the left they help each other and grow together.
As for those 2 agbayas, I tire for them jare

I swear, those two no dey try. Surprising how a striker will go 90min without a shot. Even giroud wey we dey mostly yab no dey do that one sef.
Laca mostly is just deficient. Not good in the air for us to go aerially, not good for ground ball for us to maintain possession. Not even fast enough or run through channels for us to even rely on counter sef. Neither is he a prolific goalscorer.
Na wa o

What we really needed to be grateful that it was martinelli in that position for the first goal instead of Pepe or lacazette.
Lacazette would have ran and ensured someone touch him for him to fall, while pepe might even wait for azpilicueta to come meet him so that he can dribble him. Lol.
Bellerin and martinelli appreciation post.

Also, I wish Pepe and lacazette should just up their game, especially offensively. They're mostly the ones that's making our attack look bleak.

Who noticed the understanding between martinelli and saka on that left wing?

kokanepyramid:
Is this not what I’ve been saying.

[/b]That we should add to the numbers first, then subsequent windows we sell and replace those not upto the task[b].

Key point is we can’t afford to sell, replace and add in a single window. That will cost close to 300M to achieve and our club won’t splash such.
Whether they have the money is argument for another day.

OK, at the bolded is where both of us agreed on. I'm just further digressing what we need to add(which is 2midfielders and one winger) as priority and not countering your point.
Also the example you gave about kolasinac and Tierney is really really spot on

obainojazz:
You never see something.. My female cousin will tell you the history of Chelsea... Die hard fan, won't forget the day I was in her house... Chelsea Vs Man utd.. They were leading 3-0 and she bantered me throughout... When we equalised ehn
Girls that love football sabi the sports well

Lol I never come across female wey dey analyze ball for my side o(I wish I did). Most na so so telemundo(not saying it's bad tho)

kokanepyramid:
I doubt if we can afford to sell, replace and add to the numbers in one TW

we can. If only our scout is good. Look at torreira, we bought him for cheap and he's a regular at both country and his former club and not a teenager. If we can get a player like that for an attacking midfielder, (they full everywhere), another one for central and/or a big signing for a winger. I guess we'll be good for next season. We just need 3 additions of MF and forward then by next two season, we can get another addition and ease away some of our present players.
That's what I feel.

ChristineC:
shortly before the game, for some reason my account was unable to make comments on only this thread.

I don't think they played that badly, a cumulation of simple moments ruined the game.
while I believed the 3-5-2 will be solid enough, I didn't envisage the player positioning. for example, why Luke Shaw was left in the back 3 instead of wan Bissaka. Shaw is better going forward and wan Bissaka is at home with defending, it was a farce.

Andreas should never have started in place of Mata. I thought Ole should have tried to get the first goal by playing his best creative midfield available and bring in Andreas for the run around when defending the lead later in the game.

the high press was barely coordinated. Dan James messed it up a couple of times, the other times the midfielders simply wasn't interested. the few times they managed to get in like a pack of wolves, Liverpool were discomfited.

the less said about the goals, the better.
Maguire and de Gea should really be stronger. for big lads like that it's making little sense. in fact when de Gea and van Dyke was about to clash, I thought it was the perfect opportunity to deliberately knock the winds out his sail only to see de Gea on the floor afterwards
for the second goal, Mata should be experienced enough to charge the GK down because he knows his teammates were all out for the corner kick. I also thought Dan James had the pace and space to take three of four more steps and get in front of Salah instead of beside him although he did well.

Finally, the board just doesn't want to support this team in any way.

it's really amazing seeing a lady analyzing football in such a way. It's rare. Nice one.

kokanepyramid:
you just have to be realistic. The best option is to buy at least 3 1st team quality midfielders to add to the numbers. You can then sell players not performing in the next TW and replace.

You can’t guarantee that the ones we’ll buy will perform reason we should solve the depth issue first.

We lack depth no players to play around with that’s our major issue now.

Actually, we are saying same thing. I'm not against adding to the squad, I just want most of the first teamers to be bench materials and new good players become our first team. Especially midfield and wingers(at least to good midfielders and one winger), then we can build from there. I'm not against selling players now o.

kokanepyramid:
You can’t keep that energy game in game out. At some point even Torreira will lose form. We lack squad depth and it’s most evident in midfield how Emery let that happen is beyond me. Look at how Liverpool and City rotate their midfield.
If u look at their bench u see players that can change game and boost the team if plan A aint working. [/b]In Arsenal Ozil, Xhaka or Torreira out of form you’ll look at the bench to find Willock and Guen[b] and people are still talking about selling we have no business selling in this TW.

God punish Emery.

This is always what I'm saying, that we too overrate our squad. Sha, that is how klopp started with Liverpool when he finished 7th. If we're to be sincere with ourselves, most people in this present arsenal squad needs to be gone and new fresh faces added, just the way klopp did at Liverpool in the summer. We don't need total overhauling, but what we need is mostly first team players. Most of our first team players are mostly bench players. From midfield to attack to defence in that order. Ironically, defence is the least of our problem(my opinion), but for us to move further, good midfield and attack need to be added next summer.

27Pushing30:
1. Fabregas is a little like David Silva ... where he lacked speed he made up in his ability to find a killer pass AFTER TWO TOUCHES MAX .

2. Also fab had then tendency to move to the box and increase his killer ball pass range

3. Fab wasn’t injury prone and could DICTATE play

Be honest the 3 attributes above aren’t a feature of Ceballos game

I see ceballos as a cazorla type of player. Someone with the pass from deep(long diagonal pass), dribble his way out of tight spaces, can take outside the box shot too. With all these attributes, I don't see why he won't gel in EPL. And he's a high work rate too and he's not slow.
Why you're saying all these things against him is, maybe you don't know who ceballos is, or his style of play is...

27Pushing30:
Lmao how much dem buy am? Make dem keep an sell Lacazette be that

it's better they sell lacazette sef and groom martinelli and nketiah in that role. Auba also hardly goes to injury unlike lacazette

27Pushing30:
11 games 0 goals and just 2 assists is not a good record for a player to be considered top class.

[/b]Also injuries are part of what makes players considered flops as it robs them of the chance to feature in more games, forcing their employers to spend money on alternatives[b].

Lastly he lacks 3 basic attributes necessary to thrive in the EPL; PACE, STRENGTH and STAMINA.

Just my submission sha... he doesn’t cut it for me

the bolded tho is what I'll disagree on. It's not as if he's someone who's like an injury prone player. He was unfortunate with the injury. More so, the first few games he played for arsenal was good, only that Emery tinkering just spoiled everyone. Also, we don't have any top top player in arsenal now, perhaps only Auba and torreira. I'm sure you'd have been one of those who would have called torreira a flop too this season if he mistakenly got an injury too, cos prior Arteta, he was played outta position and was performing badly too.

Tell me any of the 3 attributes above you mentioned that fabregas had that made him thrive in EPL?

kodded:
in a bid to try to defend the referee evil decision, a commentator for NBC gold said that [/b]'Pepe ran into the leg'[b]






......I have given up on VAR.... it seems only clubs with a lot of English players like manyoo and spuds get favour from that piece of shīt

lol. Can you imagine? Anything to defend the ref. Now it's no more contact, but running onto an [/b]outstretched[b] leg.

Swissh:
This was given as PK.

This was last season right?

sod09:
The match against palace was ref's doing.
From the PK to cancelling Papa's goal

Hmmm.. Na wa o

sod09:
referee have the final decision

So all those ones that the board will show "var decision, penalty, or red card" , I've never seen ref go against it. Once any decision is shown on the board, I've never seen ref given a contrary decision

sod09:
Mike Dean is a fvcking mistake of a referee

I no even blame Dean sef. After all var is there for situations like diz, incase ref made a mistake. But var who after analyzing it even with all the slow motions and angles still say that's not a Pk. Seriously, var is killing football. It's not as flawless as goal line technology