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Spy360:
Loyalty here is showing total commitments despite leaving for any reason.

Wilshire was loyal but he couldn't stay on his feet. Bet me, any day he becomes fit and wants to return, fans will gladly have him.

Loyalty first but not only. He has to give us memories too. And that's exactly what Ramsey gave. His goal Vs Spurs still gives me goosebumps bumps.

Alright. I understand you now.
I guess the goal Ramsey scored so 'sweet' you that you've to type the bumps twice

EarlRagnar2:
David Luis transfer looks weird to me
I'm glad we're kicking that erratic mofo out
Buh arsenal scouts and emery no dey try sef dem no cee young and decent centre back for the whole of Europe
Luiz and Mustafi combo Na die

It'll be sokratis luiz till holding is back. Anybody not named mustafi is welcome in that cb position

ManBeast:
Luiz is valued at 20 something Millon pounds now, with his contract expiring in 2021. Tomorrow been transfer deadline day Arsenal might gladly pay up to 30millon for him, u know they need a replacement for koscieny.


Marina been marina herself might even rack up some more money from that deal, additional 5 to 8 million won't be bad u know.

Arsenal should cough out much cash for dis deal mehn, we are saling to them a Champions league winner, 2 time Europa league winner, Premier league champion, FA CUP champion too.

Well, I guess Marina forgot she was Marina, but Marine!
So you go wan milk us on top erratic 32 yr old player? Haba fear God na...

Actually, I feel we shouldn't sell iwobi. If only he can be played back in his no 10 role, it'll be nice.
40m is still small for arsenal to sell him off if they want to. But personality, I feel we shouldn't.

Spy360:
The first criteria for legendary status is loyalty, which is the most scarce commodity today. Ramsey's loyalty for the club was never in doubt. Despite years of fan abuse and beration, he preserved his love for the club till he left. Little wonder why he was celebrated. What determines legendary status is fan's appreciation. If a player leaves and doesn't get a memorial, he is no legend. But if a player gets a memorial, even if he is otu, he is a legend.

I don't believe loyalty is the first and foremost. Wonder why wilshere wasn't a legend but henry is? Henry practically asked for a way out from arsenal yet he's still revered and appreciated (plus statue sef) wilshere carry arsenal for mind , soul and body, but he fell short of most of those criteria I listed. Will you call wilshere a legend, was he celebrated when he left?

Fkhalifa:
Should we sell him?
I'm confused.

lol.
No, I wouldn't want us to sell him. But 30m for iwobi is even an insult on the player, in this present mkt. Not after they just bought Keane for 30m. That's what I'm basically trying to pass across. There's a way someone will price something, which you originally don't want to sell, but the kinda price the person will call will mk you be like "wtf", are you nuts?
Even if we no wan sell am, let them bring us bids that will mk us think twice. Not bids as if we're looking to offload iwobi

Dreamswayne:
He should play with U23s since him no wan go...

Dreamswayne:
Meanwhile...

for £30m...
When they bought Keane 30m too.
Everton no serious

Dreamswayne:
My post wasn't to defend Mustafi oo


Just wanted to point out that it's not from center backs all the problem is from...



Our defenders are usually under pressure in almost all games...



With that kind of pressure, even Upamecano and VVD will concede a lot...



The defensive tactics needs to reviewed... Simple

Lol...OK
Sha, I no see mustafi diz coming season as first eleven o.

Dreamswayne:
[b]Liverpool play their full backs at very high line...


It's not a bad tactics when you have guys like Wijnaldum, Fabinho and Milner all waiting in the middle to stop counters...


But when you have liabilities like Xhaka or a not too good DM like Torreira shielding the defense when the Full backs are overlapping...


You are asking for trouble...



I hope we do something about this by next year...



Our goals conceding is mainly because of the full backs and Midfield... Not the center backs...




If you bring out Mustafi's stats, you would see that he outshines VVD...


does that makes him better?? NO!!


VVD doesn't need to do much because his midfielders are all workaholics in shielding the defense...


While our defenders here have to always be involved in defensive duties due to insane pressure from opposition attackers...



You'll now see something like

Tackles:


Mustafi: 72


VVD: 43



The main problem is from the midfield and full backs...


And no Pacy wingers to counter in case the opposition starts dominating through the wings...[/b]




Your views?

In as much as what you say is true, but having mustafi at the back is a ticking time bomb. Bring the stats all you want but mustafi failing to track a runner behind leading to goal won't count as error leading to goal, a mustafi fouling a striker cos of unnecessary sliding won't count as error leading to goal. A mustafi that can get 42 clearances, and when to clear the 43rd one, he slips and fall...and we'll be on a back foot.
He switches off completely most times, that I feel our defenders we'll be wary cos of unnecessary mistake that might just happen. We lack defensive leaders at the back (aside papa and maybe Monreal), he's the next in line, and wen such as your leader, who'll be there to caution him wen things go wrong. Me I'm not saying he's that bad o... But I just feel he shouldn't be a starter, no matter the good fullbacks, wingers and good DM we parade, the switching off must still show up. Before the Liverpool final with Madrid, karius have been making that mistake, made in the final, but ofcourse, nobody took it serious (check Roma second leg or first leg. There's also a premier league match he did such also), till it hurts them so bad. That's what I'm afraid of. Squad player at least, but not a starter.

Spy360:
Auba, Pepe, Nelson, Martinelli, Iwobi and even Micky can man our wings this season. The last two should be drafted more to the middle to slug it out with Ozil and Ceballos for creativity.

I wish we got enough to land Everton Soares.

Selling clubs are hating on us. See Zaha to Everton for less than 60m, now RB Leipzig wants to sell and unknown quantity CB for over 70m just because Arsenal ask.

Well I feel as a top club in EPL, plus the cash EPL generate, other club must want to milk from us. If Everton is going for that same guy, I feel it won't be that amount they quoted. We put ourselves in such a situation by dragging it towards the deadline day. All selling clubs, knowing the situation at hand must quote unnecessary price...lol

kokaneprodigy:
loyal too

Yeah, must be loyal.

Spy360:
Wetin dey worry you

Ramsey scored two fa cup final goals, one against Chelsea and you say he is no legend? Biko park well, before LASMA catch you.

lolzz... It's an opinion sha. That's why I said I'm on the fence over him (primarily cos of his two fa cup winning goals). Take away those two goals and you'll have a largely inconsistent Ramsey. The only Ramsey we enjoyed was Ramsey of ozil debut season, and even that Ramsey have to go on an injury half-way through the season. To me, a legend is one who is consistent over the years, with being injury-free (most of his career in d club) and popping in one-_two important and crucial goals. He must also be a mainstay in the team, and must be a player whom other players can look up to( either defence, midfield or attack. Even goal keeping). Now sincerely tell me, did Ramsey fit almost all these criteria?
To be sincere, to be a legend no easy o. It isn't something you just give out like that, cos of one or Two performances. So I don't feel it's something one can just give out like that.
Tho like I said, it's my personal opinion sha

If we fail to get a cb this summer window. I feel we should have a cb pairing of sok-chambers till holding gets fit. I just hope I don't see mustafi dat place.
Also, I wish emery should draft iwobi back to midfield and also promote willock to senior team squad. So that pepe Nelson can alternate the wings.
What do you guys think of a 442 formation, according to our personnel on ground?

iamoyindamola:
quick question
I have been thinking about this for a long time, can you rate these modern players as club legends from CR7,neymar,hazard,Kos,Ramsey et Al
I think these modern guys are just mecenary that jump from one club to another, they don't want to suffer and enjoy with the club

Cr7....legend for both man u and Madrid. But more of Madrid legend
Neymar...no, he killed his would-be barca legendary status himself
Koscienly... With his acrimonious exit, I won't call him one
Ramsey...in the fence over him. His fa winning cup goals. But I might not call him one
Hazard... Definitely one if Chelsea fan would admit.

krattoss:
is Rosicky an arsenal legend?

Nope, to me, I won't call Rosicky an arsenal legend, no matter how much we or the fans love him.

Kimbeast:
Alonso is useless and we need an elite left back. Do you think Emerson is good enough to be our starting LB? We have the weakest fullbacks of all the top4 teams.

Please, is arsenal not a top4 contending team?

Fkhalifa:
Pa Wenger would have brought in Khedira,Trossard and Martinelli and tell you Holding and Bellerin are like new signing, Do not forget Torreira and Guendozi are on their 2nd year and they are ready and matured to challenge for the title Also we have the best striking partner in the league, don't also forget Willock,Nelson and Niles looked sharp and are ready to fight for first team shirt
Khedira is an experienced world cup winner, he's bringing in some leadership qualities, Trosaard is the hidden gem from Belgium and Martinelli is the next big thing from Brazil..
Lastly, may I remind you we lost narrowly with 1 point to 4th and 2 point to 3rd, and we got to the Europa final defeating Napololi and Valencia This shows the amount of quality we've got in the squad, we need to keep them together for good cohesion.

Omo, bro. That's typical Wenger talk. No addition, No subtraction!
I'm really happy for wrapping up all these deals quickly!

Roland17:
Signing Pepe would be one hell of a coup by Raul Sanllehi and his team. Pepe led his Lille team to a 2nd position last season and even if guys don't follow other leagues here, have you guys forgotten how he "peppered" us when we faced Lille in France during the Europa?

In my opinion, Pepe is better than Zaha and Everton Soares and this is because he is, first of all, a team player with incredible humility. He is quite powerful, endowed with trickery and speed to beat any situation. He helps out his team on defense and is deadly on counter-attacks because of his on-ball speed, intelligence and ability to create for others.

While Zaha is proven in the EPL and no scrub, he has the propensity to pout and throw tantrums when things are not going his way and to me, this is not what we need in the locker room especially since we don't have a leader at this time. There is nothing Zaha can do that Pepe can not do even better in my opinion, irrespective of the fact that he is coming from the French Ligue. Many have forgotten that there was a time the core of our team was built with players from the French League. The French League is renowned for producing exciting young talents who transition into other leagues seamlessly.

thank you bro. I'll be so glad if we make this deal happen

bolyjay:
Am very sure Pepe will succeed in the premier league.........Remember Chelsea got Hazard from the same team in ligue 1

Exactly, hazard, mahrez are known wingers that came from that league and shone. So I won't be counting him out

Keky:
Pepe is quality and also better than Zaha.

yeah, I believe he's quality. And I believe he'll improve us, no doubt. Really happy if we pull it off

iamoyindamola:
I don't even know the fvck he's
80m for a nobody
I'm heading to YouTube

iamoyindamola:
you hardly get a chance in barca

True tho.
But I don't just like his playing style

iamoyindamola:
What is going on here, these people are bunch of jokers
Da fvck is Pepe for fvck sake

mehn, if this is true, then it's not so bad. We can't use ligue 1 to judge him, and he's still young. Who knows, he might turn out a hit. Since they want to spread the 80m over the years which is not bad. Palace don't want maybe part payment and I don't know about gremio. Maybe all these 3rd party deal is an issue that's obstructing the deal. Pepe might not be so bad tho, fingers crossed. But we need Tierney.

Fkhalifa:
Ability to beat your man with trickery, Pace and power is all we need, Fraser does much of running and crossing, Target man like Giroud would benefit from him not Auba and laca who like it on the ground.

I was talking about Soares not Frazer. I wouldn't want Frazer too, but I guess I'll prefer him to Malcolm.

iamoyindamola:
but instead of getting zaha for 80m
We can get Malcolm and Soares for a combine 80m

Maybe I agree on Soares, but I don't think we need Malcolm. He hardly beats his Man or stretch defences. There's a reason we're not in for him even as barca gave us a leeway and I understand with it. I don't see someone like Malcolm will improve our wing issues

Fkhalifa:
I like us to get Soares and anyone of them would be fine by me, I just don't like it when Zaha is being underated, he might not be £80m, but definitely around £60,

players like Rodri,Ndombele,Felix, do they have shiny stats to have worth such prices? Zaha is a winger, he will help us break teams packing bus,defenders bullying us,win fouls,( card) and penalties..

Sky sports are not stewpid to bring those stats,they showed some important parts of the game aside goals and assist

Moreover, he has Auba and laca,they will convert his chances better than benteke and Batshuayi, he's got Bellerin,Ozil,iwobi,Tierney, Ceballos to create for him...

He's hasn't played at high stage,he will be motivated,he will relish playing in Europa and UCL,he has everything to fight for, he's not coming an over achiever from Juve or Madrid.. He's gon fight and learn more..

He's 26, he can do it for 5 years, I'll rather enjoy that than relying on average players or kids or loanees who won't still cut it after many years..

Even if he fails here, he's not the most expensive, pogba,lukaku and Fred's fee never win UCL or league so no biggy.

Exactly, me to, I would love Soares, that's why I said if we can get 2 wingers, I'll be glad. But it's like he's(zaha) underrated here which is surprising. Everton only came to limelight through the copa which is just 7 matches(highest) with a quality Brazil team, so I won't read much into it. I just hope that if we bid for Everton, I pray he become a hit if he comes here. And like you said he's zaha is worth £60-65 in this present market but not £80m or £35m. I just hope we get Tierney and zaha or Everton tho...

I feel I understand what fkhalifa is saying here. Having a winger like zaha won't make us only threatening but will improve our forwards chances drastically (I pray we've two like that on opposite wings). Zaha is fast, dribbles and score more than anyone in our team to play such a position. Also, saying Zaha is 27yrs old and still in palace is unfair (my opinion tho). Van dijk was 27yrs old even while at Southampton, yet Liverpool bought him for a record fee. Also saying he's worth £35m in this current market is a bit miserly if you ask me.
We should also remember salah was a flop at Chelsea, same as kdb, yet they're kings at their respective clubs. I feel if Emery wants zaha as his option, we should buy him, and not be thinking about resale value. Now we're thinking of how to get back to the top, and not how to sell someone in 2-3yrs time. We need to support emery to succeed and if it's zaha he wants, I feel we should go all out on him(who knows, he might pull off a salah for us). Also, afcon or copa is never a place to rate players.

iamoyindamola:
Madrid are not ready to let him go after his good performance at the u21 European tournament. It's a win for arsenal cos we don't know if he Will be another Dennis Suarez.
We have a bad record of collecting players on loan bastista,Kim Kardashian , benyaoun et al

Well, I guess that's mostly under Wenger's time.
And I won't tag benayoun as a flop here, cos I knew he tried. The rest sha where flop. Also, Denis Suarez was a rushed January deal, so I won't look deeply into that. Ceballos is starting the season with us, and God help us, if he's that instrumental for us or hold our midfield so much that perhaps we might be reliant on him, don't you think it'll backfire?

Hi guys? Do you think ceballos loan deal to arsenal with no option to buy is a good idea?
What if he turns to a midfield lynchpin, we'll be left scratching our head again

TayehJiboluwa:
There is someone that just want to waste your time and resources or con you in some way. It may be a friend or a lady. The earlier you identify and ditch this con man and time waster the better.

Thanks a lot for your response, I appreciate.

TayehJiboluwa:
Send me a mail sir

I had a dream 2days ago. I and a friend of mine went to an event(the building looks like a hotel). The place was a little crowded as people were almost everywhere, so I sat down on the floor of the house(it was covered with rug). Since I don't know what was happening nor why I was there, I quickly started using my phone and doing my business (I do an online business). Not so long using my phone, a lady tapped my on my back saying I should give her my phone, that she want to check something, I surprisingly agreed and gave her my phone (note; I've never met nor known this girl before), so she took my phone and started pressing it, while I turned and started chatting with my friend. Few minutes later, the girl came back and started saying something(the "something " sounds like a business term which I never knew nor heard before), while pointing to my business in my phone, I told her I've not heard of such a word and I asked her, whether she knew my business, she answered no. So she said, I should set up something in my phone for her, which I did( All this while, I didn't know her, nor get a clear picture of her face). After I've done it for her she went again, while I continued gisting with my friend. After a long period of time, my friend asked about my phone and the girl, then it dawned on me that I the girl is still with my phone. I was really worried cos all my business and business details are there, so we started looking for the girl to no avail. We called my number, it was switched off. I felt like crying, cos of course my business and everything about my business is in that phone. After like 30-40m of searching for her, and I almost gave up hope, I heard the ringtone of my phone,, I followed the sound, and there I saw my phone.
The lady now said she was looking for me but she didn't see me, but I was surprised cos my phone was switched off since and I was looking for her. But I was happy I finally saw my phone as I collected it from her. When I checked the number that called me, it was a my best female friend that I'm very very close with that called me. Immediately I received the phone and gladly to my friend I've seen my phone, I woke up.
Please, is there any meaning to it. And this is the first dream that is very very vivid and I was able to remember after I woke up. I normally forgets my dream.
Thanks for your anticipated reply.