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Fkhalifa:
I think he meant Somebodyhino is more matured,stronger and ready .

iamoyindamola:
Wait sef
Where's Smith rowe

lol... He's been underwhelming the few games he's played this season unlike last season

Spy360:
In the first formation, Pepe as an inside right will not fit in to handle his defensive duties as he is left footed.

I will take him paired with Auba as a support striker since he has the pace and skill to split a defence. That's in your second formation. Your point about Auba and Laca as not complementary is absolutely spot on. Ceballos cannot play the winger role.

Where does Ozil fit in?

................. Auba ..... Ozil ................
Pepe . Ceballos/ . Torriera . Nelson
Guen
Tierney .... Luis .... Cham .. Bellerin
........................ Leno .......................

Mehn... I don't see Ozil where can fit in with 442 o, dats why I didn't think of including him anywhere. I feel it's a way of alienating him. Even in the forward role sef, I don't think he might blend.
Thank you for even remembering Nelson, I've totally forgotten him sef. It was because I forgot about Nelson, I drafted ceballos into the side midfield role. Also, I feel the 2nd formation will be better than the first cos of the skills of Pepe, in order to open space up for auba.
Also why I put Pepe in the right side was because he can easily cut in to his left and take a shot(seen it many times in his clip wen playing for Lille).

BlueRayDick:
Well if u had said this, I wouldn't argue with u. Not just the age factor. Cos I was going to start listing so many 18 year Olds that got their big break and never looked back.

Yeah... I guess it's the way I put d message across

BlueRayDick:
That's not the crux of the matter here. He stated it clearly he's taking saka out of that formation cos he's young and shouldn't be thinking first team football and that's why I needed him to explain why that same criteria does not apply to his age mate whom he deems fit to be in the team

Young and Raw bro...not just young. I'm not taking him out cos he's solely young. That's why I said martinelli is an upgrade on him, even tho both are age mates. In a proper setup sef, martinelli sef no suppose dey, but it's just with respect to the 442 formation, that's why I'm even thinking of those two

iamoyindamola:
martinelli has shown he's way ahead of our young players, he's fearless and very direct.
He doesn't think twice before making his decision

Correct...
Na my thought be dat also

BlueRayDick:
But Martineli and Saka are age mates na. So taking out saka cos he's young should apply to Martineli too na. Abi how u see am?

Yeah, both are mates, but I think martinelli is more influential than saka. He's more fearless, have more eye for goal, more work rate than saka. That's how I see martinelli sha o. Lol.
Also Mate pass mate

Spy360:
Please Freddie, let's get back to basics. Let's go back to 4-4-2. I believe you have gathered the tricks and experience required to play the formation.

............ Auba ....... Laca .............
Pepe ... Xhaka ... Guen ... Saka
Tierney . Luiz .... Cham . Bellerin
..................... Leno .....................

In as much as 4-4-2 is sweet on paper, in reality, it really demands all round hard workers across the pitch and transition from defence to attack suppose to be fast. From the squad above, most of them just didn't fit in the formation. Firstly, the 2 forwards ought to be different but complementary. While auba and laca are different, they're not in any way complementary to each other. No one can beat defence with dribbling or pace, nor good with ball at the feet. So it'll be difficult to implement.
Going to the midfield, like I opined, they need to be hard workers. Pepe hardly help in defence (tho he can be taught), and saka is just too young and raw to be thinking of first team. Also that midfield base is dead on arrival with Xhaka there. No destructive 4, which a 442 really needs. Guen also will need to be fast in his play, like I said, we need quick transition. Back 4 sorts itself out.
But if he wanna insist on using it(like you suggested), I'll go for
Leno
Bellerin Luiz holding Tierney

Pepe Toreira ceballos (guen) martinelli

Auba laca

I believe with proper discipline, Toreira and ceballos can hold their own and both have long and short pass accuracy to launch and attack. Pepe can be worked on and given instructions to help defence, and martinelli I feel is an upgrade to saka sha.
As for the front two, heaven help us. Lol.

In all honesty tho, I think we don't really have the personnel for such formation

Or we can use

Leno
Bellerin. Luiz holding Tierney

Ceballos. Toreira guen. Martinelli

Pepe Auba

pu7pl3:
Better numbers doesn't have multiple meanings now does it?

You can compare their stats for yourself both attacking and defending Ramos was miles ahead

I feel why he was hyped was because of the immediate impact he had on the Liverpool defence. Liverpool b4 VVD concedes goal left right and center, even tho Mane and salah was scoring. When vvd arrived, the amount of goals conceded per game reduced drastically. So if you're a Liverpool fan, you'll really feel the improvement. He carried the form over to last season too, and added the record of a defender not beaten/dribbled past for the highest minutes throughout a season, both domestically and in Europe. He improved others alongside him in defence(Gomez improved wen playing alongside him, and even matip whom most pool fans tag as flop improved significantly wen playing alongside him too). With all these stats and details, you could feel the hype. That's why he was in contention for the balon dor above mane...
Maybe from next season, wen d hype is down, mane will be duly recognized, but for now, as you said, na really VVD luck.

1Sharon:
I googled the man there isnt really a resemblance

check this out

mostob:
He has no choice. He can try it in training. As it is now , it is either we continue to leak goals or find temporary solution which is AMN.

I don't think amn is the soln. He loses concentration, and as the last man b4 defence, That's dangerous cos it'll straight to back 4. Also, he's not that press resistant neither is he good at reading games. I prefer luiz or torreira there. But if I'm the coach, I'll use luiz as my 4/destroyer. He's good there, can initiate long pass for counter, and his aerial presence can help us in will the 2nd ball. I feel only him and torreira presently are my preferred choice as a destroyer

iamoyindamola:
nketiah is improving, these 2 bromance is affecting the club they are not playing like they are competing and auba is not a winger
We also have Pepe 7

Exactly, presently, I prefer Auba to laca, so I would want laca to give way. Let martinelli and nketiah understudy Auba till dey are ready. It's surprising how we deploy wing play during matches but use personnel who can't play wing at all. It's really annoying

iamoyindamola:
let's face reality we are now a mid team club I pray [/b]laca and auba[b] don't renew, I want us to rebuild with these set of young hungry players. This is the first time we having lot of potential youngsters in the club

if at least one of those two don't renew, how we wan take get goal through the season na. At least let one of them go if we want to groom martinelli for the nearest future not just pursuing both.
Tho, I don't believe we're a mid table club yet sha. Teams around us are floundering except Leicester and Liverpool.
If we're consistent, top4 is still up for grabs

iamoyindamola:
Over try sef, we beat LFC,city and won the nld nah

Chai..
When arsenal male go hot like this

iamoyindamola:
yes that chick at the world cup, you see what she's capable of doing. I think the keeper is also a Dutch player

yea, I no even know say na arsenal player she be sef. She dey try well well well. I dey hear say arsenal female team dey try sef

iamoyindamola:
if only it's possible
Mediema will surely score hat trick I hope the team can keep her for long before psg,Lyon or Barcelona poach her

lol... E be like say na only her I know, and na for world cup sef.

iamoyindamola:
Those females are the real deal bros, if they catch our men.
I swear they will score 5 especially if they see Jerry curl for midfield then mustafi and luiz for defence

.

A whole worldcup winner (mustafi), champions league winner(David luiz) and arsenal golden boy(guen), na im chiks wan beat

iamoyindamola:
we did today against Bristol

Tahh!!
Na arsenal male senior team I dey talk of... Wetin concern me concern female team

Fkhalifa:
Bro no matter how many good books you write about Buhari, Someone like Atiku won't appreciate nor see anything not even half good in your efforts

Ehen na, even me sef no go see any good thing for buhari sef

iamoyindamola:
bros it's no coincidence since late last season this boy entered the midfield we struggled.
There's no harm in removing him for now


Good ebening

lol. True, bro. But at least, this is a different coach, maybe he'll be used differently and better. Willock no suppose see first team and xhaka suppose go back bundesliga.
Good ebening bro.
But wen arsenal sef go score person 11goals?

Fkhalifa:


Point 1,Now imagine Guendozi under a GradeA manager with sensible senior players mentoring youngsters performance. Kudos you could swallow pride and say it as it is. I hope you can see Mr cocaine puffer not knowing what to say since Emery's gone and Guen didn't give a Chambers,Mustafi,Kolasinac,lacazzete,Saka and Willock's kind of performance.

Point 2, Willock is not ready, this isn't carabao or pre season, maybe Freddie wants to prove his u23 project for us..

Point3.. Luiz and Mustafi are too similar in that they like to go high up, they are more of ball playing than defending, I don't rate Chambers as Arsenals standard, he is bench CB at best. We need to bring in Lewis Dunk from Brighton

Point4..I'm never a fan of Auba/laca, those 2 make our attack blunt and dull,they both aren't great with the ball, you need an Henri like player for 2 upfront, even Puki was aggressive and more purposeful with the ball, I'll go for Pepe,Martinelli or even Niles on the wings..

Point5..we'll continue to get over run in the midfield because we lack the personel to boss and hold it.
Xhaka..too 1footed, immobile,bad tackler and only spray long passes
Guendozi..Not big, strong and matured enough, gets tired and joggs a lot in the game, he runs and only tries his best
Torreira..good tackler and blocks well, but too small to dominate and gets muscled off a lot.
Norwich's Amadou was good.

Yeah, I'm now beginning to think emery limited him. He was really a changed player today. Xhaka just need to go our of the club sha. If guen continue like this, I'll prefer torreira and guen as our base players till I see ceballos back from injury. Also Amadou was good cos our midfield was scrap. Also,I didn't see any spectacular play from him today.
I really agree with your number 4. We need wingers, I just hope pepe is rejuvenated back cos those two together really dull our attack. Auba as our main striker, laca from bench biko.
With No5, I feel the personnel is OK if under the right tutelage.
We'll see how next game pans out sha. Ljumberg flop with the start up 11, I'll help for a better 11 next match

iamoyindamola:
You said today was one of guen best game and you also said we should sort out our midfield stay one place na bros cos guen was part of the midfield and they had a bad game in my opinion if not he won't be sub off.
Mustafi was shit but you can't put the goals conceded entirely on him, willock caused us twice and his partners couldn't help the defence we saw what torreira did twice when the midfield lost possession too
I don't understand why Freddie waited that long to bring in new players.
Overall I hope he know see these players strength and weakness for his next line up against hammers

Yes as a whole the midfield was crap, but in isolation, I feel guen was head and shoulder above all of them today. He was the only one running towards the opposition goal, giving forward passes, key passes and even some tackles and interception. The less said about his partners the better. Now I ask, if only one of the 4 players tried his best, how then do you expect the midfield as a whole to perform?. That's why I said the midfield was bad, doesn't mean guen in isolation was bad. I least expected Freddie to sub of guen.
Also, the first goal was really willock and mustafi fault. After willock lost the ball and refused to chase back, the through ball to pukki was suppose to be intercepted by mustafi or at least closed down, but no, mustafi gave him all the time and space in the world to set, adjust and his still have to deflect the shot sef to net. What even annoyed me sef was that he even left pukki to start guarding post, and pointing another person to mark him.
For the 2nd goal, same thing, he didn't close down the guy that assisted cantwell. He was just foolishly ducking backwards, while the guy have all the time and space to pass to cantwell who greatly scored the goal.

What I learned from the game

1.. Even tho I slated guendouzi for being a limited player, but today seems to be one of his best display as an arsenal player. He gives forward passes, key passes, made him self available (as usual sha), and he even drove forward with the ball unlike before and he didn't unnecessarily held onto the ball. Easily our best midfielder in the day. Shout out to him, and if he keeps up like this, I will be glad seeing him in our first eleven. Kudos also to torreira for the two goal bound blocks and interception.

2.. This ought to very last game of willock. Hardly tracks back, loses ball unnecessary, and wasn't even in the game sef. He is playing as if he's a superstar and the first goal was really his fault. I hope ljumberg doesn't start doing favoritism towards him.

3.. We all know the combination of luiz and mustafi is bad...but mehn, mustafi is worst. At fault for the two goals, easily beaten time and again,, slow to react to danger. Just reminded us of why we all disliked him.
Also 3/4 of that defence ought to be in the bench. Bellerin and Tierney with Luiz and holding(chambers) suppose to be our back 4. Chambers was awful as rb, and infact, that right wing as a whole was dead either defensively or attack-wise

4..we needed wingers since our play was through the wing, why he waited so long to bring in a tricky winger is what I don't understand. Our wing play was dead, even tho that's the area with the greatest heat map.

5.. We need to sort out our midfield and defence. How we're overrun in both midfield and defence is alarming. We won't go anywhere with 2/3 of our playing department being very very awful.

Fkhalifa:
EPL no easy o, When others are enjoying holiday in december, here you don resume training, na games upon games.
Na we dey play 4 competitions .

Klopp dey use scope, He plays only League and Ucl, he plays kids and doesn't care if he drops from those cup games..

Even at that, fatigue, injuries and suspensions must happen, Liverpool are feeling that..

Pep is benefiting from his big squad,
.
why do you think those youngsters who find it hard here are bossing it around in Europe? Na Only few dey make am big here.
You see Lukaku and Smalling, Emery sef was exposed, it was too fast and furious for him..
Na why I dey like Coach and players wey don understand the league..

See Pepe and Oshimen, Maybe Iwobi could have looked a gem with no pressure in French ligue, Even Carzola may not have got his form back with us, I trust them to send him back to the hospital

Don't mind Kilobytes, if it was easy, why didn't the treble winning utd side do it.

during DEC wen most players for other countries dey rest and recharge for January, that's wen England will be playing 4matches in one week. Most of these small clubs wey don comot for cup competition will use that opportunity to take points off top teams. And I'm certain, cazorla for no survive am if he stayed put at arsenal. Him and ceballos for don dey share hospital bed now dey sing despacito
Lolzz

ORIJIN201:
EPL is not easy again abeg. Even the Liverpool that we are looking at will soon lose with the way they are winning games like they are in northern African league with their regular 2-1 scores.
Terabyte Abi Na kilobyte dem dey call am yearning dust that going unbeaten was easy those days.

Obviously sounds like the early 2000 kids. If you had seen Vieira play in the middle of the park, the way he tackles, and how he quickly transitions defence to attack, then you'll know that team had beasts of its own. No player in that Liverpool midfield will get a chance in that team. They'll get to reserves at best.

I swear, I shock wen d guy dey undermine our unbeaten. We'll see how Liverpool will do it tho.
Even our goal keeper had to catch a dying min pk to preserve our unbeaten in last match against van nistelrooy. E no easy aswear

iPopAlomo:
See Mourinho doing wonders at Tottenham...


The board totally screwed us up... And I think... Mourinho had changed his approach to matches...

lol...
He started more than this in man u. Esp his second season

Spy360:
Waiting for his first line up.

Me too bro. Can't wait to see tomorrow's game

Spy360:
I sincerely hope he succeeds. I want a young manager with fresh ideas. A phenomenon.

Seriously, I hope he succeeds too. At least, Zidane and the almighty guardiola come to mind as managers who followed same path

Fkhalifa:
The spirited Newcastle side have once again stopped the mighty City, they did it in Jan last season and now again..
They already took 6 points from spurs and utd, Newcastle aren't spectacular, but the belief and rugged attitude from players did it..

This is a major issue at Arsenal I wish should first be addressed, because teams in England do not respect big names or anyone.

yeah, then imagine how our players will be with this kind of attitude. Tomorrow sha, we'll see a glimpse of what to expect from ljumberg.
Tho I hope he won't be given any permanent manager if the results come good, at least till the end of season. So that we won't fall into the "olé's trap"

kokaneprodigy:
they called something unbeaten they said we played draws.

[/b]Unbeaten and winning streak are they same[b]?

If u played draw were u beaten?

leave dem, dey wan define unbeaten for us again.
If we allow diz thing linger on, I'm won't be surprised if we'll see see something like
" Unbeaten suppose be 90% winning, 10% draws"

iamoyindamola:
we are the only team with golden trophy the fa know why they didn't give city 100points

help me ask dem o. Why didn't fa say unbeaten with 12draws. Lmao
Some people are just impossible walahi

kokaneprodigy:
All these okpata yarns the record is still being held Arsenal, almost doesn’t break records.

Case closed!!

boss thank you o. Na real opata yarns. Na only for nairaland you go see person dey trash arsenal's unbeaten. All thanks to Dayo. That guy na real influence