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ChrisKels:
LoL can you point out where I based my claim of him being intelligent on his good use of English?

If you can do this, I will buy you dinner of 5K.

Did you read his last sentence? That should give you an idea of who you're arguing with... na small small baba go drag the matter into tribalism, racialism and colonialism.


*sips beer*

Jesus, Nketiah and Ode out for tonight's game.


Partey may be out till January.

daveP:
They simply played the style Arteta refused to play vs same Newcastle. Newcastle looked lost when the kept penetrating behind their typical block. Nick Pope really tried sha. But that Brandt and Adéyemí alone. Reminds of the Cazorla counter attack days and quick transition. More or less, na semi Wengerball Dortmund play vs Newcastle.

Those ones were too concerned with their block and forgot the pace and vision of Karim. At least they don show say Newcastle are wack when you counter them. These are the things.

Omo..how I wish we can get a young player as good as Cazorla. Sharp and fast-paced football...chai

iamoyindamola:
Juventus

Probably

IdisuleOurOwn:
Who is the replacement, berela?

Not sure... maybe one unknown player sha... We may not even sign anybody.

iamoyindamola:
Party want to leave in January
Omo we should cash out on him, he dan try abeg

Yea... 40m shouldn't be too much. Na one Italian club em go later join.

Xavi should bring on the kids abeg.. This Romeu na fraud....

Omo... Dortmund dey ball abeg..



I love their quick transition.

BlueRayDick:
There is nothing critical about our stage jare. Rodri played 36 out of 38 league matches for city last season.

When u have good players u must use them, except u don't like to win as a coach. We in November, if there's a major injury crises clubs have the chance of stocking up in January.

As it stands rice has not even played 18 matches and we are talking about fatigue, injury scare and what have u. Rice is elite, if it takes him to play complete 90mins for us to win small teams like Burnley , Luton etc make dem use am!

I remember when Gabriel was benched early this season; almost everyone of us nearly shouted our voice hoarse seeing how good Gabriel and how not-so-good his replacement was.

I never said an injured player or a player still recovering from injury should be fielded , but any fully fit player should play their active part in ensuring we win matches.

Arteta has confirmed that Rice suffered a back injury and the England international midfielder looked disappointed as he was walking around the Emirates Stadium after the game and didn't respond to questions about his back injury.




The bolded was from from 2 weeks ago. Whether he has fully recovered or still carrying same is what I don't know but squeezing out a little time for him either to recuperate or prevent further aggravation especially as Partey is injured is not too much to ask.



That's my main point.

daveP:
On the contrary, considering that they were determined to make us go wide, and Jorg kept seeing spaces behind their block, but cos of instructions, he didn't exploit it. If ESR was on, Jorg will have no choice than to use a pass or more to him. That way, Saka would bother less about creating and go finishing.

Infact, based on this instructions that was foolish, if ESR was in the XI, there's a high possibility that his presence would be useless, simply because of a stupid instructions from the bench. So I'll say it's not just the inverted stuff hampering us right now. It's the fact that teams are studying the Arteta style and he's not even cunny enough to tweak something that will take these opponents off guard. We can't continue to rely on patience or someone's loss of concentration.
Newcastle has taught us this very lesson in last 4meetings. Why can't Arteta just draw something new from the box?

As you rightly said, Unpredictability. Odegaard and Rice need to be switching wings more often for a few minutes. That alone can help boost threat. Not this backwards pass and rotating that is so common with Nelli/Saka right now. These guys barely receive the ball and 3 shirts and on them already. So we have literally been figured out for WIDE play.


We need to restore some central thread!!!!

Our system is too rigid..make Arteta fix am.

BlueRayDick:
Arsenal is one funny club and its fans are even funnier

We cried for months for the club to strengthen the squad in the middle; the club finally did and bought a very good player after coughing out over a 100m pounds.

Now we are the same people begging the club to use the player sparingly just because we believe he will suffer injury if he's overused .

It will interest u to know that Partey used 5 good years at Athletico Madrid and he only missed 6 games through injury in all of those 5 years.

What am I saying here? Player wey go get injury go surely get injury whether he plays regularly or sparingly. I am an advocate for a good player to always start once he's not injured and fully match fit. I don't subscribe to benching a player or limiting his playtime for fear of injury on the pitch. If a good player starts and get injured, let other players step up and step into his shoes.

We didn't buy a player for N100m to be keeping him inside "show glass" when we need to amass as much points as possible now that the season is still young.

Ode didn't show any sign of injury or fatigue but couldn't make the last MD squad. Partey came back from playing just 45 minutes with Ghana and even trained with the squad but he is currently out for 'weeks'. ESR, Saka, Saliba and even Martinelli played a couple of matches while carrying a niggling injury.






Are you aware there were injury concerns about Rice just few weeks ago? What I posted is not sentiment or whatever, it is common sense. With Partey available, playing Rice wouldn't have been an issue since his deputy is fit.




We are in a critical stage where an injury to one of our 'spine' will be a massive blow to our title quest so protecting our asset is a sensible move. That we bought him for such amount doesn't mean we should overuse him.


Moreso, there is nothing wrong in getting the job done before 80th minute and give Rice his much needed rest.


As for the Partey example you brought, did you consider the league, the football schedule and the stress factor?



You only considered the injury factor. What of fatigue

Jesus and Ode are both injured and may not even feature tomorrow but their respective countries still found a way to call them up for the upcoming break.





BTW, heard ESR will be out till December. Na wa o.
Person wey walk with his two legs comot field.

Rice shouldn't play the full match tomorrow abeg.... Elneny should play the remaining minutes. Rice is the only one holding our Midfield right now...the brightest spark in the middle.

iamoyindamola:
It should have been more than that if there was time
See the way Jackson score 3 goals with the same pattern

As in eh... Jackson sef dey feel himself..

[quote author=Lush100 post=126835990][/quote]I know good coaches do get outsmarted at times but that was a foolish move from Ange. A draw would have been a good result for Spurs so why take a risky approach especially when your best defender has already been sent off. Just defend deep with 431 and see off the game.



Yea...they scored (rightly ruled out);and almost scored another via their brilliant setpiece approach.

iamoyindamola:
That spuds coach is another dull dude I don't know if it's lack of plan b or just arrogance
How can you be down with 9 men and still be playing high line in defence
What happened to park the damn bus, I am happy they lost heavily sha

It is like I overrated that coach o. That was naive. A high line with 9 men when the only strength of Chelsea attackers is their pace. See the way they made Jackson looks like Igwe 2.0.

iamoyindamola:
Bros it’s possible we might score if the goal was disallowed
Awarding a dubious goal can drain players emotionally and psychologically
Cut them some slack they tried their best imo even though it wasn’t enough
First half Newcastle have zero shot nothing at all
In total only 3 shots on target was shared between the 2 teams

Btw vvd was rightly sent off not controversial

Ok..let me admit VVD's red card might not be controversial but Liverpool still came back from a goal down and won the match with ten men. There is nothing stopping us from doing the same. We are just not clicking... Our last 3 to 4 matches is a testament to this.

daveP:
Check up that tweet i dropped up there and scroll down to something key that we refused to take advantage of all cos Arteta instructed against it. That is madness. Super madness. I think that's the main reason players like ESR are not given enough minutes. Cos that is their style in the centre of the pitch.


I don't want us to reach Boxing Day matches before be realize that Saka is now minus 1 currently. I'm his biggest fan but I'll say it as it is. He is super okay defensively but offers nothing upfront against.
Take for example that key pass from Nelli or was it Rice, guy was supposed to use his right foot to fire a shot. Rather he was switching to left asif it was only 3 Newcastle players that were playing that night.

Gary Neville also made an observation. He may be dragged cos he says stupid things alot. But he is right about the Jover/Trossard Corner kicks situations. These guys should be allowed to play tjis game without bothering all 90mins about "How to do it" from the bench. This is not robotics now. It's worrisome.


As for the map below, this is the 1st time that Kai has more ball progression than Saka when both were on pitch together. That is also worrisome.

Fact is ESR wouldn't have done anything to change the game. I expected Arteta to be flexible with his tactic now. Saka, Martinez and others are off form because they're too restrained by the tactic which has made them to be found out.


Arteta needs to add more unpredictability to our tactic. Ode should move to the other wing...let the FBs hold the width...the wingers should come in....fluid front three.



All those inverted nonsense is restricting the team.

I'm not even concerned about the dubious goal awarded to Newcastle. My issue is WTF were we doing for the remaining minutes that we couldn't score?



Liverpool got a player controversially sent off on the same ground but still came back from a goal down to win the match.



We have bigger issue to worry about. Make Arteta shut up and find solution to our recent abysmal performances.

daveP:
Lil Onana
Adeleye GK na

I know bro

daveP:
I wish and pray that all our players doing well this November in EPL(especially) to be injury free and fit for Afcon glory.


Iwobi
Bassey
Aina

Orban
Osimhen
Boniface


Lookman
Chuks
Osayi


Onyeka
Onyedika
Lil Onana
And others

Onana? You sha want to jinx our team.

Kilishihunter:
Inward how baba mi?
Marc Guiu that scored our winner last two weeks is just 17 and might obviously need much time to adjust to the demands of first team football, see how even yamal usually rushes things sometimes despite how talented he is cause he's still gradually gaining experience in top flight football
Unless lewa improves and stays next season, we need an established striker even if he's young to battle Vitor Roque for our striker spot in the coming seasons, I for say make we look dem osimhen side but who dash monkey banana

Alright...I agree. We need an established striker.

Alexis Sanchez!!!


How I wish we can get a prototype of this player. The wingers wey we pack for squad no Sabi dribble again. Come to think of it, was Sanchez a great dribbler? Man was just so ruthless and direct. I don't think he was ever caged.

Kilishihunter:
Them never ready
We seriously need an established 9 to lead our Frontline after lewa, Santiago Gimenez, Sesko anybody abeg because lewa matter don dey taya me

Yea..I agree. But if push comes to shove, make we look inward abeg.



The failed transfers involving Coutinho, Dembele and Griezman should be a lesson to us.

Culer:
Off days every week? Lol.
Please kindly highlight atleast 2 games where we've actually dominated and won convincingly this season.
I'll be waiting for your response

The points won is what matter at the end of the day. A team without a stable starting lineup will likely have a lot of purple patches.

But if your concern is that we're not playing sexy football, I respect your view bro.

andrewbaba44:
How is roque not convincing when you are yet to see him play in Europe?

I watched his highlights and nothing really excites me about him. I might be too hasty to conclude though. Moreso, his height is another issue.

lavylilly:
You missed the whole point completely.

I'm sorry..you dont have any

Culer:
Loads of bullcrap on my mentions.. Blind xavisexuals. How Una take dey reason sef?

A midfield of gavi Gundo and fermin can't string 5 passes together and you dey talk of injuries. Which midfielders sociedad get? Y'all should keep bullshitting yourselves.

Teams ..infact players do have their offdays. Yesterday was one of those days.





The Barca I have watched so far this season have played better football than the one thy played yesterday but Las Las the 3 points is what is important.


Give em a break man.

Kilishihunter:
After yesterday I came to the conclusion that after getting a good pivot, we also need another striker to pair Roque, someone with more experience in Europe to phase out lewandowski, he might just be returning from injury and is still our best finisher considering his pichichi but man looks like age has caught up with him, even ferran shows several attributes of a striker but he mostly misses his shots, We just have to look for money somehow and fight against tebas's FFP chokehold cause we need new life in that attack

La Masia!!! Just get any La Masia kid and give him game time.




On serious note, instead of spending millions on another flop, it is better to look inward. This Roque sef is not convincing. This is Europe not America.

andrewbaba44:
He is an arsenal fan and Barca is his second favorite team
Nothing wrong in that .

You get time bro... his moniker says it all

maidaboi:
Samuel Kalu with a goal and an assist

This one still dey play ball? I thought he retired already

charlesemeka85:
Arsenal seriously needs a striker of his caliber

They're going for Toney instead.