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One thing Arteta needs to realize is that sometimes, teams contending for a trophy do employ ugly tactics to give them an ugly win.

It irked me so much seeing the players just passing the ball aimlessly until they lost it yesterday. Tierney was in front of Partey asking for the throwing in so he could cross inside the box but Partey still chose to use his hands.

Just imagine Arteta bringing in Holding for Saka to play as CF yesterday with Nketiah and Jesus flanking him. Then you have both Tierney and Vieira whipping in crosses.

I know that would be a ridiculous suggestion but desperate situation calls for a desperation solution.

Note that I mentioned Holding because we currently lack a tall striker.

The problem is not that Jesus drops to the Midfield too much, the problem is he has stopped adding fluidity to his game. He expends too much strength rather than brain.

One reason why our attack was so sharp this season is due to the fact that Jesus was so flexible positional-wise.

For example, during the first half against Leeds, we found it hard to break them down but suddenly Jesus dropped to the Midfield, did a couple of one-twos with Odegaard which later carved the Leeds defence open.

He did it once against So'ton which resulted to an half chance.

He needs to revert back to his old playing style. Even Martinelli and Saka are being affected by his rigidity currently.

Jesus' greatest strength is his footwork. His strength is just a bonus while his finishing is good. However, his footwork opens up the opponent's defence given other players a chance to score.

Starboytwo:
halland will perform anywhere tho, the boy can play.

I disagree

JayromWrites:
U dey shift goalpost andrew

You're the one who didn't understand the argument.

yinkeys:

We have better strikers
Sadiq
Onuachu
Awoniyi
Osimhen
Moffi

About time the super eagles coach start pursuing some players

Oga calm down na. Na penalty he miss, he no kill person

AndSunGorilla:
I will like him to join Simeone to fine tune and develop his aggression and vawulence more.

God forbid. Osimehn is aggressive enough

typicalgamer:
I define popularity not by goals or in game achievements but by marketability and lucrative deals under your belt

This is know for a fact that lewa is sooooo far behind when compared with English strikers.
That’s popularity for me. It’s not ig numbers but what are you pulling in yearly aside your salary. More brands flock popular leagues and their players i could list Kane endorsements that would make lewa look jealous.

Messi is an undisputed god on the field but of it. Nah he no touch Ronaldo shadow

which one is marketability again? Most of the marketability of Kane ends in England but Lewa's is more global. Lewa got signed for 40M at 34 years of age..that should tell you something

Ppogbae:
So far Osimhen has exposed:

Blind
Smalling

Who's next?

VVD should be on this list if not for injury

Ballzproblemm:
read gavi biography on Wikipedia it was empty as hell ,yet. jonsing man like oldboss want to compare mount to gavi ,chai. ,too much effect of weed and gambling ,gavi will be lucky to achieve half of what mason mount has achieved

somebody won Golden boy award and kopa trophy and you dare say his biography is empty.


Dem suppose arrest you for this blasphemy.

And if Roman hear you say Chelsea has the best academy in the world, na oraimo cord em go use flog you till you become alright.

TheLoneCitizen:
Darwin Nunez is the fastest player of all time in Premier League history.

Beast!!

Source?

sod09:
Another sub I don't understand
I thought arteta will remove xhaka for him not odegaard

Bringing in Holding (to play as a CF) would have made more sense. Zero contribution today.

germaphobe:
. he can't rest the whole team for 90mins, he can start kt3, holding, gabriel(i trust his fitness level) and tomi in defense. sambi, viera and xhaka(another fitness monster). nketiah, marquinhos and nelson in attack. then depending on the result of the game in the closing minutes, he can either bring in reinforcement in attack, midfield or defence but should be of less minutes remaining. we can't afford to looseguard against forest as the are still trying to gather momentum and might cause alot of damages(what the did to us in fa cup abi na league cup still dey my mind.) my most worry is the continues use of saka name martinelli in all matches and partey too, especially partey knowing how fragile he is.

Well.. I agree with you sir

Even though I stan the guy, Vieira is looking like a waste of fund. He did nothing meaningful today.

sod09:
Forget Chelsea they have tougher matches ahead
They haven't beaten any top 6 at their house
They lost to 2 lower teams
They won't survive what is coming for them

Yea... I fear Man City. The trophy is for them this season to lose.

The problem is not resting our first eleven, it is the fact that we can't name a strong team.
Check this ..

Turner
Cedric
Zinchenko
Holding
Reuel Walters
Sambi
Smith
Vieira
Marquinhos
Nelson
Nketiah

This team will be struggle to contain Zurich.

sod09:
Good
They should stay off our back
That's 2 matches lost in a row
They played more sef

One rival down. United are threatening though but I can't say the same about Chelsea.

FT
Spurs 1 - 2 Newcastle

Spy360:
The penalty could have been missed and we would have won.

spy no go kill person.
Be like say you get the gift of seeing the future. If na true, I need your help bro

sod09:
Mostob
Spuds dan score
They bottled city sef this season

mtchew...
Newcastle na bottler true true

sod09:
I am trying to draw on the picture but my phone is not
Gabu is the one directly at Tomi back
He should have moved a Lil back not close to Tomi
Armstrong is the one running into the box, if gabu had position himself the guy won't have occupied it
Once Tomi sighted gabu he wanted to correct it by moving to his position but it was late

Bro... Gabi was not in a position to see who made run behind na so how do you want him to mark somebody who was running behind him? If he had moved towards Armstrong, Elyounssi will have a clear view of the goal.

sod09:
Now it's saliba

Not white again

what do you think?

Newcastle flogging our neighbor

Hopefully, they won't blow it

Jodera:
Anybody knows this is the logical thing to happen except if na agenda

Gabriel can be rash but I don't see how Gabriel was at fault for that goal. Saliba messed up

sod09:
Bro we have passed that stage
Go watch the goal from where Tomi and elyounssi were one on one
Who's marking Armstrong where was gabu

White.... And he left Armstrong at the last minute. Do you know what they call feint run? Giroud do make a lot of these runs then. If Gabriel had followed Armstrong, that would have open up the defense and Elyounssi will have a clear chance to shoot.

Perfect way to recover...

sod09:
I said Tomi is marking elyounssi his man
Where did you see gabu in the sentence

I think White was the one who should be marking the guy. And how that feint by Aribo left Saliba for dead surprised me.

TBH...that was a poor performance. Could it be because of fatigue? I'm not sure.
But the ref ehn....

Well, this draw should give us a factory setting. Time to restrategize and reload.

Where Dem carry this ref come from sef...
Jesus getting hugged inside the box
Lyanco elbowing Jesus twice deliberately
That stamp on Xhaka
Saka's imaginary diving

lloydtruth:
What happened?

he has not seen much of the ball today especially when playing at CF

Aribo

That was a penalty na...

Xhaka boooooooommmmm