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Good day fellow gooners..

Despite the volume, I went through the argument. I must also commend you all for been civil.

IMO, defence will win you a cup maybe but attack will win you a league. The more your attacking threats, the more your opponents will be scared of you. But if a team build the defence while the attack (and midfield-as applicable to arsenal) is blunt, sooner or later, the defence will crack. Having a balanced team is good but attack is the first line of defence.

do4luv14:
And had we find the right combination yet, or how close are we to finding it, with Rohr in charge,

You must understand club football is all about synergy, communication, and movements, and they always find the right combination, due to the time they spend together as a unite,

But national team, is a whole level on its own

You have a point. But a good coach will look at club form and the players personal attribute to field the right combination.

humility33:
This players you mentioned are average likewise many of the foreign born we clamour for too

Sense demands we harness both for our optimum benefit

True...I'm just surprised that despite all the FB talks, the spine of our current team is made up of HGs

do4luv14:
Attacking midfielders, midfield Libero

Bro..football is now about synergy, communication and movements. Pure AM like Ozil no dey again. Once you find the right midfield combination, forget about AM

Despite all the talks about FBs, our home growns still remain the spine of our national team. Yusuf and Nwakali should be gearing up...

With other options like Onyeka and onyedika, what else o we need abeg

losprince:
That's of minor importance, what's of major phucking importance is that you have become a bloody bastard fool and that you'll remain so for the remainder of your inconsequential life.

Bro..please take it easy on the guy . Don't wreck him emotionally.

BlueRayDick:
I don’t like the Tammy Abraham link one bit . He gives the Yaya “Sir-No-Goal” vibes . I mean we signed Sir-No-Goal for being a promising young striker having been the highest goal scorer at the u-20 World Cup that year , only for his lanky ass not growing past the potential level. Tammy too was promising in Lampard’s first season , only to falter afterwards.

If we can’t get any other good striker out there , maybe we shouldn’t sign Tammy at all instead we should use the 40M get a good RB and let dem Balogun/ Martinelli step up to that backup CF role

Agreed...Arteta should look for better young striker or wait till January.

From what I'm seeing, Arteta just start rebuilding the team. He want a young team that can grow together. Abraham and uncle Rammy 's transfer rumours are valid evident. So arsenal fans should expect youngsters if arsenal is to sign any player again.
Guen and Saliva are missing out due to attitude issue.

IMO, he is in the right direction. those older guys have bee disappointing.

JohnBullMySon:
Patricia George. She's been injured since.

. Oh..ok

Schemerkhiz:
Look who's back

who is this please

ObaIgwe1:
I follow this thread as a Gunner, but I prefer to read than comment.

I am not a fan of Arteta and if I had my way he would not have been hired in the 1st place because my fear actually played out.

But I see almost everyone condemning him here with almost none seeing anything good or have anything good to say to defend him. While I am not Arteta's fan, but I think some here have not been fair to him. so at the risk of being called Pro Arteta and Arteta Defender, I will still put forward my opinion.

First, Arteta is only 36 or thereabout, not too far from the average age of the players he inherited.... we all know Trust and respect are keys to the success of any manager. Some of those players will have issue of giving him the respect he deserves. As if that was not enough, he was a rookie that had never been fully in charge of any team before, not even a lower league team, and as a player he was not an extraordinary player like Zinedine Zidane. The only thing he had for him was that he was working with one the bests; Guardiola. So I thought he was too small for a big club like Arsenal, but then, I also believe that everyone deserves a chance while the opportunity comes.

That said, in his defense, Arteta inherited a massively flawed team that requires more than a season to correct, although he himself made few wrong calls... like signing Willian (But then we should not forget Willian was free at the time and fresh from his best days). I knew back then it will be tough for him to make top 4 but I wished he would make it nonetheless.... and like most fans, I felt disgusted when we couldn't even make top 6.

But what he is doing now; by focusing on these young talented boys, gives me some hope and impression that he is correcting the errors made and building a new team that will respect him and buys his ideology. Football success is 70% managing people that trust and respect you and just 30% about tactics. Arteta will now not much depend on these big boys who are already too full to learn and who think they will be better manager than him. I see the average age of the next season team being the lowest in decades. If I even have my way, I will say sell Aubameyang, Laca and Willian even if for peanut and without replacement... let's give our younger ones room even at the risk of not making top 6; we will develop better and stronger. But I doubt any team will buy these guys even for free considering their decline and wages. So we have to manage them for now.

About Saliba.... I think Saliba ordinarily should fit into the profile of the team Arteta is building now.... but the guy has attitude problem no thanks to many of us who hype him too much, making him feel like he is the best and the only solution to come to Arsenal defense. Arteta cannot afford a young player with big ego at this time...he will mess up what he is doing. Maybe in the future when he is humble and ready to learn.

Do I think Arteta will bring us to Top 4 this season? I dont think so, we might end up in Top 6 this coming season, but 2 seasons from now I will expect our new team to be a force to reckon with. Think Liverpool!

While I wish we have a better manager, let's be positive and give Arteta another chance.

Apt!

What a brilliant piece.

Its nice having you here sir.
we will be looking forward to your contributions.

andrew444:
Today is my bday

Happy bday to me

You all should have a wonderful day .

Happy birthday man...many happy returns

FirstbornWds:
Then again, why is nobody talking about Riqui's first half with the first team yesterday?

Boy even caused an opponent to get a straight red.

This kit eh. It should either be red or blue short. This one looks like wetin dem native doctors dey wear inside Nollywood.

Kilishihunter:
Na true sef, no mind me, na demir and balde I been dey focus on, One thing I've gone to respect Puig more for is the fact that he doesn't care about if he would get enough playing time, his own is just, im staying to impress the gaffer with my performances, in short "We die here", I feel for the lad
Omo moriba fit comot soon,man City and Chelsea are ready to swoop, him and Barca still never gree

With Pedri still with Spain, Puig might get some minutes.

BlueRayDick:
Na RB and RW I dey play wella

RB? Then you're good to go. Hector is moving to Inter. Na like for like replacement like that.

FirstbornWds:
This guy is suffering.... Honestly.

Chai...this is child abuse.

iamoyindamola:
I read it is false they no born them well

Better.

lloydtruth:
See this

FIFA announced Friday that it will use the same age eligibility criteria for the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 that it intended to use in 2020 — that players born on or after Jan. 1, 1997 are eligible, plus three over-age exceptions. FIFA chose not to move the birthdate deadline back a year after the Olympics were postponed by one year.

iamoyindamola:
Clubs just they scam us steady

Na Abraham dem wan sign now.

William's signing really affected the like of Nelson and Gabi apart from the fact that its a wastage of money and squad space.

Now, They want to buy Abraham

iamoyindamola:
That was how we got that lanky boy keeper that is not even better than okonkwo Same recommendation got us willy willy Na mad people they run this club

Mad people indeed.
That Runnarsson own is just too funny.

So, are we saying Arteta can't shop for the kind of players he want by himself. Why must all the new singings be based on recommendations. The only players he was so adamant to sign was Willian and we all know how e dey go right now.


Jodera, you sabi play AM make we contact Papilo for recommendation. If Oga blueraydick sef fit keep wella, no qualms.
We just need recommendation. Thank God Papilo na our brother.

pauladonis:
If I am truly real?



So if I can't tutor you personally, I am not real?

Bad move bro, that's not how you approach people.

If I didn't know better, I would have felt offended, but it's all good.


The funniest thing is that I'm also still learning, so how can I tutor you.

My best advice to you and to anyone reading this is to search for Andy Mukolo on Google, visit his website and sign up to his free email list.

He posts copywriting lessons everyday and you will learn better from him because he's Nigerian, his language is easier to understand than that of Stefan Georgi or Alex Cattoni or Daniel Throssell...

Thank you.
I think you took the 'Real truly' statement the wrong way. This is a faceless forum and you can't blame me for being sceptical. There a lot of people that posted similar topics like this and on closer look, turned out to be something else. Apology tendered.

pauladonis:
Big ups to you man...

And someone is here labelling me a useless yahoo boy

I laugh in kidney stones.

Bro...I want to know more about this copy writing too. But I don't have 40k for now. If you're REAL truly, I won't mind you tutoring me.

Ppogbae:
He has the balls to confront a bunch of young girls, off guard in a foreign nation yet he cannot muster up the courage to come back home, confront the government and perform some real activism with those on the ground? Does he think he’ll achieve change overseas?

Castro et al., were not overthrown from Miami

The Pahlavis were not overthrown from Pakistan

Lech Waleswa did not end communism in Poland from West Germany

If that man truly meant believe what he said, he’ll book a flight and come challenge the status quo on ground. He is simply a coward. That’s all.

Gbam! God bless you.

You nail it bro.

humility33:
You never can tell bro, same faulty electoral system ushered in Yar' Adua who vehemently said in one of the G8 meetings in 2008 that the election that brought him in wasn't free and fair and immediately set up M. UWAIS committee to draft electoral reforms and Jonathan continued with this and we all saw the improvement our electoral system made during GEJ tenure but unfortunately Nigerians went to elect in a coupist now he has draw the country backwards we just hope a miracle happens

That's why I am hoping and praying someone like Osibanjo or Peter Obi emerge as nigeria president come 2023.....there will be changes politically,economic and social cultural transformation.....

If we can rise beyond the confines of tribalism and religious fanaticism to elect some one wit good track records a technocrat and not a regular politician we will see true changes

What you put up here is exactly my thought too but me and you are just two out of millions of voters. Somewhere in Nigeria, some people are calculating how to cash in big during the next election, some are gathering support for the party that will benefit them without thinking about the general welfare of other citizens. All these is just.....

All is well sha

humility33:
Thats my fear.... the northern elite would convince their people to vote the northerner PDP brings should APC field in a southern candidate thats why i said forgiveness is not critical in thinking

The North plays politics better than us I have stayed with them and even work as an INEC APO1 during 2015 election in the north a fulani enclave I have seen how this guys play politics...forget our sophistication and education in the south they outsmart us

You perfectly understand bro. In simple term, 'the northerners do the talk while we talk the do'
We only have mouth, we're not smart.
Let me just resist myself from going deeper.

codemaniacs:
You can't right any wrong because there are politicians like him from the north. If a southerner wins he/she will come with the "we are one" mantra and will indirectly continue from where b:uhari stopped.

Note that northerners are not protesting en masse against boo:Hari but the moment a southerner wins they will begin their protests against the southerner.

Gbam!
A Northerner will contest under PDP and because APC don do us bad thing, people will probably vote enmass for PDP and we will be back to square one.
I already lost hope on this country. Mere thinking of the current state of our nation can make one go into depression.

humility33:
Can't wait for 2023
We need right this wrong

2023? Nothing will happen bro. The rot may still continue. Where do you think the change will come from? The rotten electoral system ?

nairalandankrah:
Currently, If you know how rotten Nigeria sport sector alone is, you will hide your head in shame!!
Your type are part of the reason Nigeria sports sector will continue to struggle!

So what is your point exactly? I'm putting it to you that it is because of YOUR TYPE that Nigeria is currently this way. If the thing pepper the guy for body, why not come down to Nigeria and face the useless leaders. why assaulting the girls?

Samueltemi337:
Ndidi wanted by PSG

Dem nor get sense for that PSG squad jare. Just signing players up and down

Jodera:
Why? Is Leno injured?

He is on vacation.

Jodera:
This wan you dey call Ryan anyhow.

Hope you know Ryan is back at Brighton sha

Real sociedad not Brighton