As per arsenalfanatics, Merino has started doing some pool work and gym. He should be back in training next week.

The duel master!
Gabriel should sha stay for away from him.

Sugarboyy:

Because they are either washed or not good enough.
All the players that I mentioned, I have watched all their matches, except Nwakali who doesn't even get listed for matches not to talk of making the bench..

Watching Sadiq at Sociedad, he plays like someone who isn't serious and trust me, he is not good enough for the Laliga

Iheanacho own is even worse, that guy is washed already.

Chukwueze don't even get sub in anymore and if care isn't taken, he will be the first to be chipped out amongst the players that I listed...

After GW5? Okay o

Sugarboyy:
Nigeria known players whose contracts might be terminated by their respective clubs at the end of this season or next..

1. Iheanacho
2. Nwakali
3. Chukwueze
4. Zaidu
5. Sadiq

You can add yours... 😁

Na you go terminate their contract eh, Sugar daddy?

Shegzdave:
That Cala goal just Dey sweet Me

I hope to see more of this from him

The way he moved towards that pass and with the way he adjusted his body, I knew something would happen. The weyrey Olivia almost blocked his view sef. That was a good goal.

Spy360:
When you see a well drilled team it's the manager.

Can we all now accept that Arteta was right about not needing a striker?

Three tough away games and we almost came out with 9points.

Without our best player Odegaard for two of those games.

Arteta deserves his flowers

We need additions please (not necessarily a striker but maybe a forward).

jpmoriarti:
❗️Javier Tebas: “Thank god Barcelona didn’t end up signing more players, otherwise they’d win games by 10-0. They’re candidates to win La Liga and Champions League”

This is Laliga President openly admitting he's happy Barcelona is not as strong as they should be. Probably they're also silently celebrating our injury crisis.

This league is corrupt, walai.

I think the issue here is that Tebas only has Laporta to contend with (indirectly). I don't know if you understand me sha. Assuming the like of Valencia, Sevilla, Villarreal has influential and wealthy figures in the calibre of Perez and Laporta, maybe it would be easy to rein in Tebas.

FirstbornWds:



Flick way be real dagbanna choko. E fit stick with Pena

That man sha... Man's good. Very good.
Another coach go don dey complain say he didn't get new signings by now. I saw that lineup yesterday and I was like, 'what's this man doing?'

Derumklala12:

Baba respect yourself oh.. we dey play ucl and need wins you dey call la masia.. when pena don turn 1st choice 👆

Lmao... One would expect Barca fans like you to have had full trust in La masia by now. Everybody here were so worried about lack of a DM at the start of season, Flick entered La masia go pick Bernal and Casado. Barca go sha need backup for Pena.. No?

Everybody here : Sign emergency goalkeeper... Sign emergency goalkeeper

Hansi: Hello La masia, send in two more kids please. Goalkeepers. Thank you

teeshet:
Ansu fati is back and nobody here deemed it fit to announce it.

Until he plays like 5 straight games we will know if he is back or he just came to say Hi.

johnjunior39:



Abeg is bolton. If Arteta know what is good for him. He should just go and gather all the reserves abeg.

Nobody who played this game deserve to see football till weekend again. Atleast there is Jorginho,Jesus, Nwanerir,skelly,Kiwior,sterling he can complete the rest with reserve and U21

Lol... I sha don talk. Don't be surprised to see Saliba or Gabriel on the pitch against Bolton especially with Tomiyasu and Zinchenko out.

jihday:
if you’ve been here long enough you can’t be surprised

Yea... Assuming City had lost yesterday, he would have used the next 5 pages to explain how Arsenal didn't allow City to play their tikitaka football.

Thegoodjoe no dey ever disappoint. I just knew he would have been here gloating about the match. Man no dey disappoint.

Mikel Arteta on Ben White playing through injury:

“We didn’t want to. I spoke to him yesterday, I wanted to protect him. He’s not going to ever tell you that he’s not fit — he will run through a brick wall for you!”

[HaytersTV]

No be player be this. Just to pick soap wey fall for bathroom floor, you go hear say Tomiyasu is out for few weeks with back issue.

With Timber and Calafiori going off, Saliba might not be getting his deserve rest soon. And that's worrisome.

Jodera:
Odegaard out for 2 months. #confirmed!!

After November international break then. We should manage sha especially with what i watched today.

Rodri was taken off in the first half in Man City vs. Arsenal with a knee injury after a tussle in the corner.

Via video analysis, we believe it's an ACL tear (+/- meniscus injury), as right knee shifts into knee valgus, direction change and a slight tibia bone shift.

Scans will be necessary to confirm the injury. Best case here is that it's just a meniscus injury, but the injury did not look good. Hopefully, he avoids an ACL injury at all costs here.

Recovery Time: 9+ months

Big news for Manchester City if confirmed.

#MCFC #ManCity #Rodri #FPL #FPLCommunity #MCIARS

He should go and rest. He was already complaining about the fixtures anyway

This match is painful mehn... Like we're already there. Just few seconds to go.

That ref eh, na x2 of the pain we're feeling now em go collect as Christmas gift.

toluxe0075:

Good news. Tomiyasu is already becoming Tierny. It’s best to just forget about him for now

We might ship him out soon. Guehi and Hato are greatly admired by Arteta. E no go hard to find replacement.

Shegzdave:

Kai Kai
Stoppeett na

Like it was so painful eh. Arteta almost cried. Because we drew o. But we no get mentality. Even the person wey talk am don codedly ran away.

toluxe0075:
This draw felt like a loss, but I’ll take it. Kudos to Arteta and the boys. It seem we lost Calafiori and Timbers to injury too. Omo!!!

Calafiori's injury was a cramp from what I heard. Timber should be back soon.
But where is Tomiyasu FFS? He should be the one coming on not Kiwior or Myles.

Team wey get mentality dey celebrate last seconds equalizer at home against team wey no get mentality.

Allowing that CK after the time has elapsed sha...
Same way Trossard's incidence happened way after the added time.
But we should have defended that corner better. No need crowding the box (and leaving 3 city players unmarked) when you have a keeper like Raya who is so good with claim.

Make dem give the league to City seh...
What if Trossard the whistle was to signal HT?


It is now time for the players to show real character. Bring in White for Havertz. Time to pack the real bus.

Forget the trophies, the 'fear factor' City has managed to build in the last few years is commendable.

A sizeable percentage of Arsenal fans are not sure of winning today's match but guess who are starting for City on the wings, Doku and Savinho. No matter who they field, the opponents will sha be scared.

BlueRayDick:
Confirmed lineup

White on the bench

Timber at RB

Calafiori at RB

White on the bench? That's shocking TBH
Maybe Arteta is finally going traditional.

Jodera:

The only reason why I'm a bit skeptical is because of Odegaard because after we absorb pressure, we'll someone to transition us out of tight quarters.

But fingers crossed tho. I'll watch the game as an arsenal fan

True... I don't really care who start today sha.

Guess who just equalized for City against Arsenal... Viv

Jodera:
Be there....

Not really confident of getting something out of this game TBH. Not because of Odegaard's absence but the way our forwards have been misfiring lately.
Martinelli being the biggest culprit.

Arsenal FC is just too secretive. I no know wetin Dem dey hide. I watched this BTS video of the team photoshoot hoping to see the posture of both Merino and Odegaard and someway, somehow they cut that part.
Time for everybody to go back after the photoshoot, e reach Odegaard's turn to stand up, they cut it immediately.

All of those media people dey c.r.a.z.e.

Jodera:

Maybe you didn't watch Esr well enough before we brought in Odegaard (with all due politeness as I can say it).

The thing I believe you're missing is that you think we need to have "another Odegaard" to play that role. But No it's not. What we need is a technical quality midfielder that can play that role and play his own game and we'll be fine. And that's where Esr or Nwaneri comes in

It's like the striking department. Havertz, Trossard and Jesus are different kind of players but all of them can play that Cf comfortably to an extent without we suffering in forward position. Havertz doesn't need to play like Jesus neither does Trossard need to play like Havertz or vice versa.
Where the big issue will lie is playing someone like Rice/Partey as Cf.
Even the Dm sef, Partey, Rice and Jorginho are 3 different kinds of DM but they can all comfortably play there

If we're looking for another "Odegaard" in this team, we won't get it cos what he brings is a whoooooole lot.

In a nutshell, What the midfield is lacking presently is a technical attacking midfielder. None of Havertz, Rice or Jorginho is that and that's why we're suffered against Atalanta and it might continue like that

Depends on your definition of technical sha. And going by your sample, Partey, Rice and Jorginho are all technical.

And I can't remember where I said we need another 'Odegaard' exactly. Even you yourself agreed Zinchenko should be able to do a job there even though he is not 'Odegaard'. With ESR playing there, na still same mechanic Football we will still be playing. Make una dead that talk abeg.

Funnily enough, I don't see how ESR would have replaced Odegaard in midfield. Infact, Ethan, Vieira and Zinchenko have better chance of playing that role than ESR.

This is not to say ESR is not good o but he is a totally different player from Odegaard. ESR likes to get at the end of chances while Odegaard is a creator.