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iamoyindamola:
Martinelli is still not doing shiit even though zinny and xhaka are with him
White have improved in his attacks but nothing is coming out

Trossard should come in early. He has a better dribbling and close control than Martinelli.
Nketiah has been too rigid so far.

iamoyindamola:
We are beginning to run of steam
Arteta should have changed man instead of retaining the team that lost
I am worried

He didn't change the team but changed the tactic and set-up. Saka and Martinelli are now having freedom to roam. Brentford has been resolute so far though.

We need to start taking shots from outside. We won't break them down this way. Partey has scored 2 Thunderbolts this season, he has no excuse not taking shots from outside.

Jencejyde:
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#MATCHDAY Let's go get our 3 points.

Sam Kerr vs Oshoala debate going on, on facebook. The FIFA nomination was what fueled this debate.

Joke aside, Duberry has got to be the shortest player in our squad right now. Although, what he lacks in height, he makes it up with a good centre of gravity.

iamoyindamola:
Lacazette have gotten his form back in France, 13 goals in 22 matches in ligue. He never reach such form for us what went wrong

France is his home.

Jodera:
Not solely to the left but just to create movement across the front 3 (fluid movement). I'm not saying he should be a winger or sort oo

I understand you bro. Well, this is Arteta's problem and I'm sure he has the solutions already.

Hatayspor Board Member Mustafa Özat: "I received information that Christian Atsu was rescued from the rubble, but it was NOT true."

"I gave the same information to the press, but at the moment, the information received is that Atsu and Taner Savut are under the rubble."


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It's more than 48 hours now. God abeg

Jodera:
True tho.

But Arteta doesn't needs to wait for Jesus to come before we could see the best out of Martinelli. He should instruct Nketiah to be fluid and move across the front 3(with the left side inclusive). This is what Jesus offers that mostly makes us creates tons of chances after chances. The one time Nketiah did that against Everton, we created a very good chance that Odegaard squandered— which I won't really fault him cos I saw his effort.
One thing I noticed is that all our attackers and midfielders understands observation and interpretation of space that's why once a person any of our attacker shifts away from a zone(thereby dragging away his marker), you'll see another midfielder/attacker come in and occupy that space that's now vacant.

We lacked that fluidity in the final 3rd against Everton compared to previous matches.

Instructing Nketiah to move to the left has its own disadvantage. Nketiah is a poacher.

daveP:
I just don't want a risk. Regardless of uf Zinch exists or not. This team's brilliance is cut by half when Partey is missing. We are at a crucial 2nd half of the season right now to still accommodating some silly indecisions by Teta regarding players.

I understand you

Spy360:
Yes and exactly.

Teams are beginning to see us as leading contenders especially following our win over both Spurs and United, and now that Man City has lost to both teams.

Most of the teams we will face would gladly play for a draw and so they will want to sit back and defend or to stifle our attack.

But let me just trust Arteta's tactical mind.

Like you said, Xhaka should be willing to do the overlap on the LW. That's how we got our equaliser against Man United. At this point, Tomi should be preferred at RFB. What do you think?

RFB??

Jodera:
The thing is that we're having a good varieties of players now that can accommodate different tactical strategies.

Martinelli also needs to be daring too. Recently, he hardly does a lot of one-twos to open up defences, something he was doing regularly earlier this season. He's becoming far too predictable.

White hardly overlaps recently too(compared to first half of the season) and it's making it harder for Saka on the wing whenever he's been double marked but you could still see Saka doing one-twos with midfielders to try and open up defences.

If we want to see the best of Martinelli, Arteta will have to change his tactic.
That teams double up on Martinelli is why Zinchenko has a lot of freedom to roam between the LB and Midfield. Xhaka is suppose to be overlapping and help Martinelli to contain the outnumbering opponents.
I still think Martinelli will get back his mojo when Jesus comes back. Jesus unlike Nketiah usually drift to the left freeing up Martinelli. And if Martinelli decided to stay at the LW with Jesus, Xhaka will have a lot of space in the box (reason for his scoring run earlier this season).

daveP:
I'll rather sits Brentford out and wait for the City game.

I fear he may get injured vs Frank.

He won't get injured bro... especially if Zinchenko is playing

Starboytwo:
i swear that guy is a real bozo. Even today, I still wondered how United paid almost 100 million for a spinner, Kai.

By the way, Osihmen is United no9 And together with his POWERFUL GOALS help propel Man utd to the ZENITH of football where it belongs.

As you can see, it’s our turn
Liverpool- cast
Chelsea- disarray
Man city-same pass. Just defend like atletico
Madrid- relapse
Arsenal- Not ready
Barca- upcoming. (Good team, but utd will qualify)

Only contender here is Bayern/PSG

Lol.... Arsenal is not ready but United is...
Make una set up your team first before una think of Osimehn.
Look at the Calibre of headers Osimehn is scoring, how many of your players can create that kind of chances.

Jodera:
I think Partey was removed for precaution so as not to exacerbate it since he was really struggling and since Arteta likes Jorginho (coupled with experience), he decided to give Partey a breather.

I think he'll be very very fit and available against Brentford

alright...he should be fit for Brentford o

No update on Partey yet.

An independent disciplinary committee will hear the charges against Manchester City and seems likely to be to be chaired by Murray Rosen KC, A member of Arsenal. [Mirror Football]
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kokaneprodigy:
A point is too small, 6 points at least.

A point? Points bro...more like 15 points. They may even be demoted.

TheLoneCitizen:
Easy to make deductions from the comfort of your sofa. Go on, Terem boy.

Respect boss....
Even, I was surprised at that move.

The Premier League has accused Manchester City of allegedly breaching its financial rules following a four year investigation.

They could be hit with a points deduction if the breaches are proved.


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FirstbornWds:
Lock shop for who?
Nahhhh. We want more.

I badly wanted that clean sheet.

Let's lock shop abeg... we must go 8 points clear

Oldboss:
Shey ur team for no like Raphinha at least he is EPL tested

Nah...we don't want.
We have Duberry already.

Oldboss:
that should make him perform more on the pitch

Huh?! After all the mushumshu

Chasicolis:
Raphinha is bag of rubbish. Wasted millions. Dude can't even beat his maker to save his life.
Dembele will be missed against United dearly.

Free the guy...man was in duty throughout the night. or you didn't know about his wedding.

maidaboi:
this post is not funny but I find myself laughing hard

Some will understand LoL

I understand boss... I dey laugh like something else.
The guy na funny character.

BannedLarge:
One thing that I have realized is that when you do a good job, you have open doors for others. Look at how genk immediately replaced Onuachu with Tolu. Fellas, where ever you find yourself, ensure to realize that you’re a representation of yourself, family and others considering how well you perform and strive to put in the best possible performance. When Napoli sell Osimehn, best believe they will be in a look out for another Nigerian

ahswear...if you make sensible posts like this frequently, you no go die bro.

BlueRayDick:
So I read Folarin Balogun is eligible to represent Nigeria , England and USA at the international level . He was given birth to in America by Nigerian parents and was raised in England

Yea.
Including Arthur Okonkwo and Ovie Ejieri. Arthur and Ovie are both arsenal goalkeepers on loan.

BlueRayDick:
I understand bro.

I’m just happy that for a long time people are seeing us in Europe next season even before the league gets into half . We had fallen off for too long mehn.

Playing in Europe was like a birthright for us under Wenger. We should win this cup.

Oshoala now has 12 goals in her last 5 games.
#agbaballer