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BlueRayDick:
Na elderly man we sign na

Mujtahida:
It's not like he's never played before ooo. Nothing exceptional about him.

He has played before? Which match was that?

BlueRayDick:
I don't understand how u people always get angry about players staying out injured . I understand that as a fan it's frustrating to see a good player miss crucial matches due to injury , but when a player is injured and the medical team certify him as being unfit there's u or the player can do about it .

An injured player is an injured player. Do u expect an injured Partey to force himself into the starting line-up or what ?

The koko is Partey is an elderly man suffering injuries that come with age as an African ; it is what it is . There's nothing anybody can do about it. Even we wey dey play 5-aside set , no be the way our body be 10 years ago e be now .

But Partey don overdo. Without kicking the ball, baba don get injured again. Make the guy do fast and comot.

daveP:
Accurate list for departure. I don't want to think of the Rams departure sha. Dunno why.

Add that Thuram guy as incoming.


Fantasy incoming so far-Mbappe
Real vivid imagination

Thuram ke? I don't think so.
Mbappe is going to Madrid.

jihday:
Egypt coach to Afcon was on a 200k salary. These Northafrican countries get bastard money

The amount we can afford to offer our coach here is a reflection of the country's economy. We also have the potential to offer that kind of salary to whoever we want to hire but then, bad leaders happen.

Spy360:
Like I said players have a combination of all three skills in them. But one usually dominates the others. It's like temperament.

Odegaard is very cerebral but his technicality dominates his brain work. Howbeit he is more cerebral than many cerebral midfielders.

As for the description of Rice in the bolded, goes to show that he is more of a physical player.

Ok

We dey talk Onyedika, somebody dey mention Tim Iregboulam. That was how he hyped Lesley Ugochukwu and Carney Chukwuemeka that year. Joker

Dsimmer:
But he's already done in it, even in matches or can't you read? Anyways , it's team's poor form that can force some coaches' hand to try new things.

Really? he did it? on the bench?

Spy360:
It is obvious that fans underrated White.


There are three categories of skills for footballers. They are physical, technical and cerebral.

Physical - stamina, speed, endurance

Technical - ball control, dribbling, crossing, shooting (especially curling the ball), finishing

Cerebral - positioning, movement, spacial awareness

Every player has all three but one or two will dominates their skillset. When you look at Gabriel, you know he is more of physical. When you look at Saka he is more of technical, when you look at White you see that he is more of cerebral.

Please note, that a physically or technically inclined player may even be more cerebral than a cerebrally inclined player. For example, Rice is a physically inclined player but is more cerebral than Elneny who is a cerebrally inclined player.

Cerebral players are the ones the manager uses to determine, control and direct their onfield tactics. At Arsenal, Arteta uses White to a great effect in controlling howbhe wants the team to play. Other players include Havertz, Jorginho etc.

The reason why you would almost certainly see White and Kai in an Arteta line up is because they are the brain of the team. The likes of Gabriel, Saliba, Rice maybe the bone, while Saka, Martinelli, Jesus, Zinchenko are the hands, White and Kai are the brains. They will always find a space in the line up.

I like your analysis but going by your explanation of cerebral, Ode comes first, then Rice. Jorginho too if he is in the starting lineup. White is just like Gabriel and Saliba. And please Rice is not just 'bone' , he is a cartilage and muscle too.

Shegzdave:
Some of them are failed coaches that returned to punditry but they won’t cut Arteta some slack

Funny lots

Maybe they're jealous

White, Jorginho, Jesus, Saka, Saliba have all played for us this season while nursing injuries.

I hate the way Partey is doing like a new bride. FFS, he is supposed to be a leader in this squad. Now, he is out of Burnley's match with returning date unknown. At least Zinchenko dey do on and off.

A fully fit Partey in that squad eh, The whole league will feel it.

Vieira had a surgery in November but he is closed to returning.
ESR twisted his ankle in training. He jumped to avoid a tackle and baba got injured like that.
Jesus may make the squad.
Tomi is back
Timber had a setback

Dsimmer:
I told you the coaches have their signings or can't you read? Or how did you understand him performing brilliantly as a CM in two consecutive matches where he even capped it with a goal yet benched in the third match? Besides, he was almost getting to have consecutive matches just before he was called for afcon which he honoured.

Eeyah... me think he should have been able to convince his coach 8n training na. Or what do you think? With all thisr qualities ehn

GeneralDae:
The thing is unlike Iwobi, Ajibade would never be told to play such a role in midfield when we have Abiodun, Christy, and Halimatu. This is one of our strongest areas but not the case for the super eagles.

True...

Dsimmer:
Because several coaches came after he was signed!

It's common sense! These coaches have their own signings and don't know much about him.

He started as a CM in two consecutive games for Southampton which Southampton team won and he even capped it with a goal yet was sat on the bench in the next third match which has always been the case. That is, Play today, bench tomorrow even if he does well hence he's only got little match rhythm with his teammates since he's not played consecutively, not to mention playing him in several different positions when he's at his best as a CM.

You mean with all those qualities, the coaches don't know about him? But the coaches know about others?

MetalJigsaw:
Dem give you serious elbow for pitch instead of you to react as Victor dey do you dey form gentleman. SHM .. That was a pure red card offense.

If it was Victor I'm sure the ref would be forced to penalise Aurier

Thank you. Zaidu was not smart.
Person wey suppose shout make we dey hear on this thread. You will roll and flip like seals around the field. Chai.
You can even drop like two drops of tears make the thing pepper the ref small.

All is in the past now sha. We move.

Dsimmer:
?

Just simply stating facts. From his profile, he's a complete 8. Technical, mobile, defensively sound, offensively astute, energetic and can also contribute in the playmaking midfield aspect. such profile is needed in the midfield.

Really? Why is he chopping bench in the championship with all these qualities you mention

TheGoodJoe:
For 27minutes? Not enough time to judge. The fact is that the young man is crazy talented. Remember he joined Brugges as the best young player in Denmark, playing as a deep lying playmaker.

He absolutely deserves more minutes. And, definitely would have done better than Iwobi in that role. Iwobi should have been played further up. However, Peseiro is definitely not a midfield tactical man.

Even in those 27 minutes, he was impressive. I remember vividly the adjective most used to describe him that day.... 'elegant'.
Some even said he was more tidy than Onyeka.

Deltamani:
ESTELLE JOHNSON IS PREGNANT.

The Indomitable Lionesses Veteran Center Back Estelle Johnson is pregnant..

The outstanding defender made the revelation through her Instagram account where she revealed that she and her partner, Jonathan Mason, are expecting their first child(A boy)

"Stelly got a belly & this time it ain’t food, it’s a boyyy

Huge shoutout to my sisters for putting together such a beautiful & intimate gender reveal for my first child. Thank you to all who joined us in person & virtually. You’re all an important part of our lives & we loved sharing this moment with you !

Jonathan & I are over the moon & we can’t wait to welcome our little man in June !" Johnson wrote

Congratulations to her.
BTW who get Zogg's contact here?

lovewins:
Let's wait for the next game to make judgements. There's nothing indicative so far to come to this conclusion.

Yea... it is just an observation

Deltamani:
I don’t really think her game have really depreciated, but again there were some of our key Players back in the days that were playing in the Turkish League, Belarusian League and still performed at top level when called up…

Yea but you can't compare those leagues with Saudi. Saudi is too weak and less competitive.

Deltamani:
Don’t you think Ndidi and Onyeka would have faired better than Iwobi and Onyeka as the Double pivot in Midfield since the SE Coaches prioritizes the flanks for his games?

#My Apologies Bringing SE issues here, just trying to compare Randy and Pes Coaching games.

You don't need to apologise boss. And yes, Ndidi and Onyeka would fair better because both are naturally defensive players. Like they have the prior experience of playing as a DM already. I'll just compare Iwobi to Ajibade (positional-wise)

daveP:
What I'm hearing is there will be 6 outgoing by end of season. I hope we get 4incoming at least.

Let me guess
Elneny
Partey
Cedric the Pensioner
Nketiah
Jorginho
Maybe one of Nelson/ESR/Kiwior.
Ramsdale might move too.

Likely incoming are Hato, Toney, Zubimendi or Douglas Luis.
Another goalkeeper might come in if Ramsdale leaves.

Jodera:
How can dey push the starters if they don't start little by little to see what they can offer?
Did Saka immediately push Pepe?

That's how we all thought ESR wasn't ready and was forcing Willian as Am by force until injury forced Willian out and there was no more options. Inclusion of Esr that fateful season made us start getting improved results.

Wó, everyone with their opinions sha. If you feel Arteta is doing it right, good for you.

We feel Arteta is doing it wrong and that's why we're voicing our displeasures. Nobody is overly criticizing Arteta here in this matter

Arteta is doing it wrong? Ok sir.
Make una relax... they will all get playing time.

Arsenal have AGREED a deal with Fluminense for the loan of Marquinhos with option to buy.

[kaya Kaynak]

carbonado:
...I hope Ashleigh has not lost form, because the way she was scoring goals in that Saudi league,made me wonder how competitive the league is.

I made the same observation weeks ago. Her defensive game may be getting depreciated.

Deltamani:
Football is psychological. Once your opponent feels superior, it is game over. And superiority only happens when you let them take charge of the game. You can not allow your opponent to freely dominate and only hope on absorbing pressure.
You must attack 30% at least. If you want to defend a goal lead, defend it to the latter. If you let your opponent equalize while you're playing a defensive game, there's a 60-70% chance that you will lose. It is an unwritten rule..

You see that thing they did to Osimhen? It's a Nightmare to any No.9 You will actually become useless as a striker. You're in that helpless state where you're only hoping for a loose ball or mistake from the defenders.
You just keep running and pressing, you can't even play... Long balls to a striker that is fighting with 2 CBs with nobody to fight for second balls. Setting up a Double Pivot Midfield with just one DM (Onyeka) instead of two or 1DM and CM or a Box2Box Midfielder. Ndidi and Onyeka would have done the job well. Iwobi was too soft 4 d Job.. Reason you need an Ucheibe and Ayinde in such role..

The truth is Randy Waldrum is far more tactically sound than josé peseiro which he proved at the World Cup last year...! The Pairing of Onyeka and Iwobi in Midfield was more like pairing Ayinde and current Rita Chikwelu in Midfield, and the job will fall on Ayinde trying to cover more for Rita who isn’t at that level again. One of the reasons we struggled in the past until Randy got it right…

I agree with everything except where you said Iwobi was too soft. He was played out of position and still have his best. Moreso, the formation and tactic employed by the coach doesn't favour the attacking players.

Jodera:
The mistake you're making about our thoughts is you thinking that playing kids means making the fulcrums or core of our teams with "too many kids".

Arsene did that and he was rightly criticized and we won Zilch.
Chelsea are doing that now and we see how it's panning out.

What will just say is "integrate one or two kids into the squad" and blend them with experience players.

See how Nwaneri played when coming on as a sub. He played well.

The team will play badly and be inconsistent if we play bunch of Nwaneris as our first 11.(exactly what Wenger and Chelsea did/is doing)

In Summary, you thinking we want these talented youngsters to play doesn't mean we want Arteta to fill the teams with them. If you notice, most of us are clamouring for only two (Nwaneri and Duberry) and let them start as bench players. That's just what we're saying. Simple!!

On the contrary, I don't just want them to be playing 5 minutes or so. I want them to reach a stage where they will push the starters. We need to look at the size of the squad before we can determine if the coach is wrong for not giving them playing time. In midfield alone, we have about 8 players vying for 3 positions. There are some first team members that are not getting their chances sef.

Although, it is normal to call out the coach to try the kids but overly criticising him doesn't make sense. That's it.
And training with the main team every weeks is another way of integrating Allow the coach do his job.

Shegzdave:
Let the team keep them confused
Them wan use Arsenal farm engagements

Na Arsenal Dem wan take use blow. Just talk about Arsenal..Gbam! thy will enter news.

I don't just understand all these shameless pundits. All of them don dey craze Against Liverpool, they criticized us for celebrating too much. And now, Alan Shearer (shey na him sef) dey criticize Rice for not celebrating against West Ham. SMH

Jodera:
Like I said, it'll be like killing two birds with one stone. All these won't stop him from fielding bench players and the youngsters would been getting experience.

Let's use Saka and Pepe as example. If Saka wasn't given much game time by Emery, nobody would have known how good Sake is more than Pepe. At a point that same season, we even preferred Saka over Pepe.

Even Liverpool, 2 of my friends who are diehard Liverpool fans are telling me they prefer Bradly over Trent and they just want Trent to be moved to Midfield permanently. Since his introduction, Bradley have won 4/5 motm he's played this season in Liverpool including against Chelsea

Kobble is another example. You'll say "oh they're midtable" but it's just 6pts that separates them from top 4 and one of the chief reasons is the inclusion of Mainoo in that Midfield which stabilized them

You'll think most of these boys aren't ready but actually most are. For our bench to be clamouring for Nwaneri to play, it means he don show most of them pepper for training. Is it not time to blend them in, albeit slowly?

Nobody is saying they should start and nobody is saying they should give them heavy minutes from onset. Doing these won't harm the priorities in anyway.

Lastly, who would have known someone like Bellerin would oust Debuchy during his time here when the latter went to injury mid season?

Arteta can do what he feels he wants to do but that doesn't mean that in this academy aspect; him no dey really try for these players at all.

Well... everybody gets their own opinion sha. But for me, inasmuch as I also want to watch those kids play, let the manager make his decision. Arsene was fond of using kids that year and many of us still blamed him for that. And now, reverse is the case. We all want him to start playing academy boys.
There will be a time in near future when we would start calling for his head because he is playing too many kids. Na here we dey.

For me o, he should get us the trophies first.

Jodera:
Introducing youngsters once In a while won't derail his priorities this season (which is EPL and possibly UCL). There are matches he would have introduced them. We all know carabao cup is one of them, opportunity to mix some of these guys with experience.

We have Sheffield we were comfortably winning 4-0 at 80+ mins. That's another big opportunity, crystal palace 2nd leg is another big opportunity where we were winning 3-0 at 80+ mins too
Our last group stage match in ucl is another big opportunity

Then the biggest one is west ham of this week.
I mean, he didn't even have it in his mind to even put Nwaneri sef. C'mon na

I mean I want to ask,

Was it wrong to give Nwaneri a chance this weekend?
What's the difference between last match and other matches I just gave as examples.?


Nobody says they should be starters but giving them 10min here, 7min there in matches that's already done and dusted will give them that exposure and preparedness they need for growth and it won't hurt Arteta priority chances in anyway or any form.

I believe this is supposed to be Elneny and Cedric last season with us. Why is Elneny and Cedric given time in dead rubber matches or minutes when such minutes ought to be given to our future (Duberry Nwaneri and Walters dem )?


Come on na, nothing is laughable here.

You should know the reserves i.e. the bench players will always come first before the youngsters. There are those coming back from injury that need minutes to get back into shape. Let him do whatever he wishes to do...

Meliforme:
Thomas Partey, Lamine Camara, Pape Matar Sarr and Ibrahim Sangare are the midfielders who were present in this just concluded AFCON, whose style of play impresses me the most.

You know what? Kelechi Nwakali impresses me more than the aforementioned. He is a game controller, and he creates more chances. To control a game you need a good level of technique, this is where he and Thomas Partey towers above the midfielders that I have mentioned.

Which Partey? Partey don get another brother?