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kingBolton:
Mauricio Pochettino and his backroom staff believe Mykhailo Mudryk doesn’t have the football brain needed to thrive in his system, while there are also question marks over his end product and ability to combine the play.

(@footyinsider247)

Pochettino finally sees the obvious.

Boehly thank you for hijacking him and turning our attention to Trossard.

On behalf of Arsenal fans, we say thank you

kingBolton:
God bless you for this!

And you too bro

akwesenana:
😂😂😂

Lol... But Na true na

Akinbahm:
We need that major trophy this season to send signal to haters that we aren't joking and the drama that happened last year isn't pepe/dembele sorry I mean fluke.☹

At the bolded, small fans rants, financial restrain in first/second year, EPL brouhaha of not gree(ing) for any team and media propaganda🙌 Baba still made it out to this point let's give kudos to whom kudos deserves to abegi... Xavi wey win league last season don bow to pressure wan japa at the of season😆.

You Sabi..

If I deh remember how we were before and how we are now, I go just dey appreciate Arteta for what he's really done.

I just hope he just crown all these efforts with big success cos he deserves it.

timbros:
Fair enough.

But you know that when we talk of defenders, full backs are part of it. In today's setup, full backs play a major role in a team's attack, although they are defenders.

In a club like Chelsea where our first choice full backs are part time doctors, don't you think replacing/upgrading them should be a priority?

Okay, Yeah, real truth here especially for the Lb. I believe you guys needs a Lb more than a RB cos I don't know who's replacing Chilwell when he visits his clinic.

But a more serious note, you guys need a good experienced winger. Such a shame Sterling isn't working out cos he was expected to solve this issue.

MRTA7:
He can still go on to have a great career at Newcastle. He's a good player. That's not the point. The point is that it was completely missed. By the recruitment team he heads up. What if it was a player with something more severe?

Well, the thing is that only one mistake shouldn't define him. I went through his list of players at Brighton and Newcastle and omorr it was really impressive.

That's what I believe you should be looking at

adebayo201:
Newcastle should view the 10 months ban as 10 months kind of injury..

Exactly what I'm even thinking sef...

If it was a loan that's another story

toluxe0075:
The remaining fixtures for the top 3 title contender.
I feel it’s going to be very close till the end. The point difference between the 3 clubs may not be more than 3 points at the end of the season.

Arsenal’s major challenge now is Newcastle, Chelsea, Man city, Brighton, Aston Villa, and Man United. If our boys can turn up in those matches, we should be close to winning the title.

In fact, our next match against Newcastle is very crucial to the team to boost their morale. If we can see off Newcastle, then Chelsea and Man city in March, I believe we have all it takes to win the title from there.

Manchester City deadly month is match while our own is April. Liverpool have their fixtures spread Favourably. Since they're also ontop, Liverpool looks more likely, just unfortunate for them that injuries is hitting their camp

There's a reason why I dey hope for a fit and good squad depth towards This crucial season. Check our 2nd and 3rd to last match of the season, we have Tottenham and Man U back to back (both away games). They'll be probably hunting for top 4 too so they won't make it easy for us at all.

We need to be pitch perfect to win this thing and it seems amongst all three, ours seems to be the harshest

MRTA7:
By all accounts, Tonali's gambling issue was well known issue in Milan so a new £50m signing getting a 10 month ban with a gambling addiction would be a bit of a problem. I would have thought our top DoF would have done due diligence to find out about this.

What happens after the 10months?

Suarez was given 8 months ban yet Barca still signed him and we knew how he turned out.

If Tonali is quality and not injury prone and can easily slot into the team, that's what Newcastle should be looking at not whether he has 10 month ban possibly hanging on his head.

My thoughts tho

timbros:
The Huddlestone of Hull City wey I know?

Na him.
Huddleston of Tottenham and hull

mostob:
Exc: Tomiyasu, Zinchenko and Gabriel Jesus are not injured. They all returned from injury but on advice from the medical department they have been given a "rest " period to avoid a setback chance [ minimize the risk ]. The thinking behind this is to have a near full squad from March to May . #arsenalfanaticsnews

The club use sense for here.
This is the main reason why I didn't really want us to sell Partey this January. We need all of them fit for squad depth during this crucial part of the season (March to May) since we'll be thinking about marrying UCL and EPL commitments.

We wouldn't want a big drop in quality like last season which really finished both our EPL and UeCL commitments.

mostob:
Be like that Dubai camp na our cheat location. Anytime we visit the place, we dey usually come back as a different team. Na to visit the place in match and refill the batteries.

Na correct cheat code be that.

Dubai solar power energy

timbros:
No harm in dropping your view too.

I think 2 CF and one Lw or RW.

Jackson is never a CF and Nkunku isn't one.

As for CB, there's Badiashile, Colwill, Disasi, Chaloba. A coach with good system will get the best out of these four. Colwill and Badiashile mostly have shown good quality here while Disasi and Chaloba won't be bad as sub (this is me neglecting Dr Fofana)

Even though I know a good coach might get the best out of the attackers but what Chelsea needs now is a very good EXPERIENCED attacker and a very Good CF to lift this team up.
The likes of Mudryk, Madueke, Jackson and co po lack top flight experience and it's showing, if they don't sit up as possible wing deputy, then they need to be sold cos dem no deh show consistency

Midfield is already sorted so no need even talking about Midfield in terms of balance.

In summary, getting 2 quality CF (one Standard and one who can come from bench), and a quality LW/RW (a Neto kinda player without injury) will make this team balanced.

akwesenana:
https://www.nairaland.com/8006358/presidential-jet-gulps-billions-maintenance

We are emotional crybabies. Don't you know the country is broke

Person say calling APC wicked means we're the problem. We're reacting emotionally.


Walahi, people no get conscience for this country

timbros:


If I can get ONLY 3 players with 200m, I'll get a CB and CF. The last spot will be either of LW/RB/LB.

Fofana, Chilwell, James all have terrible injury records. Silva is already semi retired. These are defensive positions that needs reinforcement critically. I have not even mentioned the goalkeeper department.

Our left and central side of attack currently needs upgrade.

So you see that our problem is not just attack.

And apart from just signing players, we need a coach that can actually upgrade the players we currently have. A different coach can come in and change these crop of players to monsters and drop the jaw of football world. These are young players that can be moulded.

Mourinho came into Chelsea in 2004 and suddenly Geremi became solid. Terry became a rock. Lampard already have the talent but he became much much more better. Joe Cole became a terrorist. Even soft Glenn Johnson deliver wenever he was called upon..... All these are players Mourinho met in Chelsea. So apart from his signings, he still improved the players he met in the club.

Chelsea issue is not just attack.

Hmm..Very well and Valid enough.
I understand your point now even though I have a contrasting idea

CrystalTiger:
Out of sheer wickedness or whatever, people will ask what Nigerians expect from BAT after eight months in office with the "ROT" he met..

The same "strong spending cuts" that Peter Obi proposed oo, yet Batists for here said na traders idea be that. Dem say no be shop him wan preside over. Say it's very foolish for anybody to generate income like that by spending cuts but it's by investing which boost economy.

Now see country don prove say this policy suppose go a long way for us while for here our Investors don deh run comot for country

What an irony

timbros:
I am just seeing this now. 15 mentions actually.

You cannot tell me NOT to combine my spending on both attackers and defenders because I have been advocating for balance from day 1. I will definitely spend on both departments because I have been saying we need improvement in both areas.

That question should be for the purely pro attack and/or pro defence individuals.

Hope I'm clear.

15 mentions?. That shows how people were eager to hear your response on it

Lol, okay. Let me go with what you're saying.

So if given the 200m, which departments specifically in attack and defence will you buy that you feel will make this team very very improved?

NB: Judging from today's market, 200m will get you at most 2-3 players depending on the quality and department.

‘We all trust ourselves and know what quality we have,’ .

Goals can come from different areas. Even defenders can score for us and stuff like that.

‘It is important we all contribute. But we need to keep focused because I know after one game if we don’t score five goals, you’re going to write we need a striker!’ —. (HAVERTZ)


Havertz was cold with the bolded sha

mostob:
Na man city dey fear me. The return of KDB and Haaland have given them a big boost. But they have kinda fallen short in their matches against the big teams. They have only managed to win against United. Haaland is not at his best currently and their defence has been all over the place. Let me add that we might have a 3 weeks off in March if Chelsea managed to stay in FA cup which means another Dubai trip .
We need to get the cup this time around.

Lol .. another Dubai camp?

Omorrr, if we win our next 4 matches, then the next "Dubai camp battery" fit last us till end of season oo

Akinbahm:
Well, I love his energy tho it helps in keeping the group lively and serves as comic relief.

Pre Arteta era wan make me craze, thank God that period is not now... we go just dey throw punches at one another.😂

I really want us to secure that 6 points (Fraudtrafford and Emptyhad Stadium), on the other hand pray Brentford tries to grind out at least a point today.

Lol... I always long for a day like this where we are always favourite(or hopeful) to go to a strong away ground and win. Some pundits are even put us as outsiders to win UCL too. Even though it MIGHT be a stretch to far but to even be included in ucl conversation tells us how far we've come

I just hope that at the end of everything, we win something tangible. We deserve it. Arteta deserves it too for what he's done and he's doing.

Thazard:
I'm actually waiting for tim.bros to answer this.

Same here oo

Maybe before the week runs out he'll attend to it as he's busy

izzou:
[color=royalblue]Na Renewed Endurance!

They actually forgot to change it[/color]

izzou:


[color=royalblue]Fake Alfa

Tinubu never win one soul from the opposition since e enter!
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Even the souls wey him been get don dey despise am

My guy say Renewed hope his here.

Hope must definitely have another meaning

OasisX:


....by end of Tinubu's first Tenure, no single person will be in opposition again. Renewed Hope is here!

What a prophecy

mostob:
Trossard in an interview.

Most underrated - Thomas Partey

Best Dressed - Nelson

Worst dressed - Kiwior

Hardest to dribble - Tomiyasu

Fastest - Martinelli (I thought Nelson was faster)

Spends most time in front of dressing mirror - Odegaard

Late to training - The two CBs

Funniest - Zinchenko

I once said it here that Martinelli is faster. I was surprised when guys were saying Nelson is faster than him

mostob:
That last video is the koko. Since he don use his own mouth to confess, no need for argument sha.
Normally, I no rate VVD that much. He likes running away from challenges. He is not the type you can count on in a one-on-one situation.

Mostob, Iamoyindamola

Take a look at these Haaland Vs Van Dijk short clips

https://youtube.com/shorts/hXBuKuxO9DI?si=8IQq7qqH9O5h0RrQ

https://youtube.com/shorts/nj68l_j-Fxo?si=pN4lsGNefI5TASeY

https://youtube.com/shorts/MqPFLbhXrqo?si=s1ejeuaSAo3oj9zH

https://youtube.com/shorts/45ezvd7lABQ?si=gCluf7NLN32e3JAT

Akinbahm:
You sabi give person receipts sha.

Lol... It's really needed bro. Spy sabi twist English to him favour

Longest time here. Welcome bro.

On a side note too, I dey enjoy your diary. So many salient messages passed there

Theuniverse:
give coach like pochetino that 200m, na nonsense strikers like toney he go buy. give better coach like pep or klopp, he fit only buy buy world class defenders that can still be scoring and assisting like walker,Trent,vandyke etc. timbros na pochetino or guardiola/klopp.?

Actually, na Una recruitment team deh buy players not coach. I doubt Poch wanted someone like Jackson.

Remember say na Poch bring Kane sha

Englishisamust:
Out of 10 only 2 have been useful so far!!! By the time he make 30 signing he will get it right.. Big gambler

Hojlund useful
Martinez useful

Antony useless
Mount useless
Malacia useless
Eriksen useless
Casemiro useless
Amrabat useless
[b]Onana useless ;[/b]D

TBF, Onana have improved this past few weeks and there's still ground to even get better. You still dey use August/September eyes dey look am

kingBolton:
I will definitely spend it on attackers, A striker with good hold up play and aerial ability like osimhen.
A left or right winger with good dribbling ability, Would love Nico Williams.

Same here, that's exactly my thoughts too.
Like 100% my thoughts

But anyways, let's wait for Tim.bros pick (with possibly reasons)