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Danielnino00:
Osimhen's red card is good news for us... At least we qre certain he will be at the AFCON,unless something funny comes up..

You underestimate Napoli sha... Their president will try any means to stop him from coming.

Spy360:
I like Hausa.

He thinks like me. Away from the crowd.

Maybe you should help us explain his points. We might understand your language.

Philosopher1979:
All this na terminology.
U mean a central midfielder that creates chances. Whatever u call it u need a central midfielder that can control the midfield
and create chances. I can call it anything. Besides I think ndidi is evolving into a box to box midfielder

Read what he typed again please. He said AM not CM.

Samueltemi337:
When I say 10 I mean an AM

All join. We don't have pure AM again. In the past, players like Bruno, Odegaard, Mount, Benardo, KDB and even Iwobi would be classified as AMs but not anymore. So forget this AM talk.

1 down, 2 more to go.

We are actually meeting Liverpool thrice in the space of 5 weeks or so. We gats beat them abeg.

daveP:
Sometimes i do think that his presence is masking the actual status quo of our midfield. Cos Kai and Odegaard ehnn.

I have this hunch that he still has so much more to give (in attack) but he is holding back because of his defensive duties. I just dey vex for Partey and Tomi with the useless injuries Dem dey carry around.

Almiron:
bro, its not my own Almiron

The one wey dey play for Newcastle.

White is actually playing with injury. Arteta said it in his post match conference last week. But I'm not sure if he is still carrying the injury.

To those still fixated on Xhaka or Xhakarole , Let's move on. We don't have Xhaka anymore. Expecting every midfielder to play like Xhaka is not football-like.

I don't think Saka and Ode were off, Martinelli playing rubbish likely affected them too. Saka attracts a lot of markers which automatically open up space for Martinelli but the Otu dey play like a pregnant wife.

Spy360:
You saw that the moment that happened when Zinchenko drifted inwards and left Gabriel for Salah, we began to control the game.
I am really disappointed in Arteta that I could know this ahead of him. It's a shame. We wasted the first half.

Bro... It is easy to be making suggestions like this from afar. What if Liverpool had capitalized on what you suggested in the first half. We are the one that would still blame him for telling Zinchenko to invert. No tactic is perfect.

iamoyindamola:
Does kiwi have an A game Just asking

Make he bring C game then. We go manage am

daveP:
Konate has drifted wide to be marking nelli and is successful so far. Kai that is supposed to take advantage of the konate space is busy doing something else. It is better Trossard comes in. His footwork and taps near box 18 is needed abeg. Kai has nothing to offer aside fouls in 2nd half. We don't need a red card now. Saka sef

When Konate and Trent doubled up on Martinelli, What was Martinelli supposed to do? Give a pass but ma still dribbled and lost the ball to Konate. How do you expect Kai to take advantage? Tell me.

Spy360:
If he inverts he would have been in the Gabriel position in that goal and it would have been Gabriel Vs Salah which would have been difficult for Salah.

Spy

Klopp is smarter than this. All it takes is to tell Salah to drag Gabriel to the wing leaving a big hole in our defence which Zinchenko can't fill because he lacks a physical presence.

Anyway sha... let's see what happens

I feel Arteta will bring in Kiwior for Zinchenko. It will be better sha because Gabriel can mark Salah while Kiwior fill in at the back. Let's just hope Kiwior brings his A game.

We need to do better with the long balls. We have the upper hand especially Saka/Gomez.

Martinelli and Almiron, I no know who worse pass. Dem dey play like robot. Receive pass, put gear 4, keep head for ground and start running.

Spy360:
I saw it. You were right.

That also has been undoing because it leaves us with a Salah Vs Zinchenko situation which I never wanted.

Also we seem to have lost the midfield and Liverpool are having the upper hand.

Yea..the disadvantage is that we lose a man attack-wise. Abeg it is better as Zinchenko stay put. He stay put sef, Salah don run score...what if he drift into Midfield.

I kiss Partey and Tomi. Chai..

Samueltemi337:
Ndidi had really improved
Maybe he is just the 10 we are looking for
A midfield trio of Ndidi Iwobi Onyeka

For the last time, there is no 10 again. Football has evolved. You need to move on.

daveP:
Mostob see one aspect of the 9 im talking about

https://twitter.com/nickvann1987__/status/1738447109299339703?t=WPlEArXQMZqFpSo-NmDK-w&s=19

This is an highlight. Or which 9 are you talking about?

Spy360:
No sir.

When we are in possession it's a 3-2-2-3 with Zinny inverting to midfield with Rice.
When we are not in possession it's a 4-2-4 with Havertz dropping into M as a double pivot with Rice.

That 3-2-2-3 is for the purpose on controlling the midfield.

As long as we have the ball, Salah is useless. He cannot even press.

Spy, try and pay attention today against Liverpool. We have been using 4-2-4 frequently when building up. And Havertz doesn't drop deep to partner Rice. We mostly press in 4-1-4-1. This may change depending on the tactic our opponent employed.

daveP:
https://twitter.com/Superfalconshow/status/1738469160525426725?t=82HGTB_IIfGKUgCTIyW7Sg&s=19


Wassup with the faces as she presented it. Especially from you know who?

Na jealousy. Asisat is the queen of her continent. Something some of them may never achieve.

daveP:
Away i mean. Nothing about home. But he does complain about everything. Even pitch.

Ok

komekn:
Akpo chose Nigeria alongside Aina in September 2019.

That's over 4 years ago what has the NFF been waiting for ❓It takes the NFF years to process an application they are diligent, expedient and professional.

Where was Akpom playing 4 years ago? How was his performance then compared to Osimhen, Awoniyi, Moffi and Sadiq. The like of Boniface and Orban were not in limelight then. Or do you just want us to cap him based on the fact that he is one of your in it boys?
Note please, all are sincere questions.

iamoyindamola:
Nope it's was holding

Yea... it is true

daveP:
Klopp wey complain about fans and ticket despite 5-1 win?


I hope Teta behaves sha. Nobody scared me in the XI like Raya though. Rams was immense last time with the right amount of luck as Salah miss pk.


As for me, this is also our chance to get our own pk. It's been long abeg.

His complaint has nothing to do with the officiating.

We got our own penalty last season...our winning goal at home.

Amedino99:
there is a huge chance he is right sha.

I don't believe sha.

Kog45:
Pls rest Nwakali matter...Oga Charles oya check out Lerumo Lions fc president...Sinbogile Morakana

Male team?

Both Hit and Miss for me.

Miss... because guys won't be able to concentrate.

Hit... Because she has the power to make them win any trophy. IYKYK

daveP:
Scenes where both managers are sent to the stands

Arteta needs to control himself. He is already a target for PGMOL. Klopp still dey calm small sha

Spy360:
What is our tactics? If he does not invert then he isn't the best option for that position and Arteta isn't the manager.

We need Zinny to invert so that we can control the midfield. If we don't control the midfield Liverpool will roast us.

The biggest mistake we will do is to give Salah any form of attention. That will derail our team and structure. To deal with Salah is to simply block all passing lanes to him or drag him into the middle.

Salah can't do shit if no one passes the all to him. He won't even come for the ball.

We now often use 4-2-4 as against 3-2-5 we mostly used last season, with Zinny staying wide. That is why you're seeing Ode dropping deep lately with Havertz staying up top. So he doesn't need to invert before we control game.

If other teams can give the like of Martinelli and Saka attention, who are we not to give Salah attention. We are talking about Salah here bro...a player that can singlehandedly punish a team.

All our players just dey visit barber ahead of Liverpool game. Wetin dey occur? Saka don dye his hair sef... abeg o

villagereporter:
No, but as it affect the general so also it affects the sub division.

ok

iamoyindamola:
Just realized saliba haven't played at anfield before

Huh? Thought he played there last season.

Joezinho:
Nwakali.

Spy360:
This will be his undoing. We need him to just keep possession and not to lose the ball. As for Salah, Gabriel will mark him.

My opinion though

Asking Zinchenko to invert and defend at the same time is exactly why he sometimes make mistake. I've watched him enough to conclude he usually makes less mistake when he is saddled with one job on the pitch. That he should stay in his position doesn't mean he can't keep possession. There will just be limit to how he invert.