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But, was arsenal really in for Buendia? I don't think so. Like someone said above, a player can never choose aston villa over arsenal no matter how bad we are.

Subzero047:
Iwobi's pressing and workrate, have you seen Iwobi press

You're just a troll bro.

How can a normal person just wake up one day and start comparing Benzema with Suarez.? Make Benz reach Aguero level first then we can talk. Benz only improved a bit this just concluded season but overall and based on consistency, I don't think he will make a list of top five strikers currently playing.

BlueRayDick:
Arsenal wey buy Pablo Mari, Cedric, Kim kaalstrom etc with injury....u come think say dem no fit buy player with ordinary ban.

Eeez like u never know Arsenal well well

Lol...it is true .

BlueRayDick:
The claim management has released Luiz, Odegaard, Ryan and Ceballos.

I think the Onana rumored transfer now makes sense cos I was wondering what would become of Ryan if Onana is added to our goal keeping team

This is good but Onana is still serving his ban.

Jodera:
Lol... Nothing pain me reach 2015/2016 season. The season where we had peak ozil, peak Sanchez, peak cazorla, peak coquelin. Defence not bad. What was just sorely needed was a good striker to feed off ozil Sanchez and cazorla creativity, but what did he do? He brought in injured Kim kardashian kallstrom. Average below par sub standard Giroud our stiker went on goal drought for a month plus if not more and our title ambition disappeared. Yet they will say we're still building stadium and paying Emirates debt. Laughable

Bro..that season still dey do me somehow. All we needed then was a good striker. With a decent striker, we would have won the league.

Spy360:
You made valid points here, in that Wenger made the board comfortable, making UCL spot year on year despite very poor investments.

Should we blame Wenger for sticking to the club he loves or blame him for still finishing top four and making the board comfortable?

I won't blame him for that bro. Like I said, he was partially at fault. By the way, Wenger still remain one of my best manager so I have nothing against him.

TheSuperNerd:
You realise I said "Bonus" for a reason right.

Women's football has its own thread and I am fully aware of these info. I only highlighted Oshoala's mainly because of her Historic European Triumph.

Oh...I understand. I just decided to add those to show our girls are not doing bad. You know, not everyone here is a regular on the female thread.

You're weldone

Spy360:
So you believe Wenger can think of doing this? Wake up one morning and saying 'I think I'm going to reduce the bar'. You guys are really messing up o

What do you think could have been the problem then? I can remember the season we only have Leicester to compete with yet he fumbled. We were in the title race in a particular season and we only needed a decent striker in the January transfer window yet who did we got? An injured Kim Kalstrom. Wenger was partially at fault.

Infact, if it won't be too extreme, Wenger made the board too comfortable. He practically carried every burden for them.

Their unwillingness to spend might have been due to Wenger been too honest.

TheSuperNerd:
Update: Nigerian Champions across Europe in 2020/21 season

▶️Samuel Chukwueze - European Champion: Uefa Europa League Champion/Winner.

▶️Kelechi Iheanacho & Wilfred Ndidi - English FA Cup Champions.

▶️Zaidu Sanusi - Portuguese Super Cup Champion 20/21.

▶️Leon Balogun, Joe Aribo & Calvin Bassey - "Invincible" Scottish SPFL Champions.

▶️David Okereke - Belgian League Champion.

▶️Paul Onuachu and Cyriel Dessers - Belgian Cup Champions.

▶️Peter Olayinka - Czech LIGA and Cup Champions (Double Domestic Champ in Czech republic).

▶️Shehu Abdullahi - Cypriot league Champion.

▶️Tosin Kehinde - Danish Cup Champion.

▶️Vincent Onovo - Hungarian Cup Champion.

▶️Believe Iyayi Atiemwen - Croatian League and Cup Champion (Double Domestic Champion In Croatia).

▶️Rabiu Ibrahim & Ezekiel Henty - Slovakian League and Cup Champions (Double Domestic Champions in Slovakia).


Bonus:

▶️Asisat Oshoala - European Champion: Uefa Women's Champions League Champion/Winner. Winner of the Biggest and most Prestigious Prize in Club Women's Football. First African to do so.
(Also: Spanish Primeira Iberdrola Champion).



The season of the Nigerians.

The New Golden Generation in session. ⏫

Erm....

Christy Ucheibe - Portuguese Liga BPI
champion

Uchechi Sunday - Israeli Ligat

Subzero047:
I was talking about how Arsenal were always 'interested' in any Nigerian player that shows a bit of form

OK bro...it is true .

daveP:
For that left side? Not bad. Will make the bench thicker too. Not that badly sha.

Agreed. Having him in the middle is not also bad.

Jodera:
Lol... Just leave Spy. To him Wenger is a saint that did no wrongs at all.

. I I like Wenger but I don't like how he ended his tenure.

Simon vs Kalu et al...

Now, we need to consider what each of our wingers bring to the table before we can decide who is best and who is worst among them.

I dare say Simon is the one with the different attributes among them all. He is the the proper winger while the orders are wide forward. Simon is that type that will give you width and defensive assurance while still contributing at the attacking front. His recent goals and assists addition is really commendable. One of his attributes I admire also is crossing. He is comfortable on either wing and can use both legs.



But if you want an inverted wide forwards with the sole duty of cutting inside, then Onyekuru ,Kalu and chuks are your choices.

However, Simon too is not bad as an inverted forward but his main strength is his wing play. And whoever said he can't dribble should go and watch his YouTube clip. Why I think his dribbling is unnoticeable is that he is more direct, not the showboating type like Ejuke.

To be honest, we have decent wingers ..it is just that their attributes are different. I'm comfortable with any of them.

Wetin dey pain me right now is that Ogbomoso-made Sam Allardyce we parade as coach. I'm totally tired of him.

daveP:
Fr? Arteta should open Colney doors for him. Lol. That Scapegoat Thing has settled and his head fit clear.

You want him back at arsenal?.

Subzero047:
Liverpool no longer Arsenal, then any Nigerian that does well Arsenal want him

Arsenal was never interested.

Spy360:
This is ridiculous. So Wenger was responsible for both the mentality that took us up and the one that brought us down?

Guy at least you reason pass Buhari. Lol

He has a point bro. Wenger came and built the invincible team. He was the same person that didn't adequately replace them and started competing for top four instead of the real trophy. Though, I'm not blaming Wenger but he is partly at fault for reducing the bar before departing.

You are right

Jodera:
Actually, it's Wenger that carried us to the ground after initially taking us up.
All the weak mentality exhibited was cos of Wenger

kodded:
I pray we don't end up like Newcastle or worse Nottingham forest

Amen. .lol

Schemerkhiz:
Chidinma Okeke in action against Levante UD

She looks fit and I particularly like her athleticism.

I still prefer her in midfield though.

kodded:
The mediocrity you are seeing today started from the board during wenger days.

No top club should be fighting for top 4 evry season, while their mates are fighting for the EPL title and champions league every season.


Saldy this mediocrity has eaten deep into the squad too.

By now a serious top club that just finished 8th in the league should have sacked the coach and sacked the incompetent edu and bring in highly trained professionals with experience to steady the ship before it goes sinking further down into the abyss of mediocrity, but my club is still showing faith when artea no be Jesus Christ self.




Aubameyang, lacazette, willian, xhaka, AMN, Bellerin, Nkeitah, guendouzi, willock, cedric, eleny and leno (if he do anyhow) should be used to raise our transfer funds since their presence in the field is as good as dead.

Our priority going into the transfer wimdow should be
Beundia
Bissouma
Odegard (another loan + option)
New RB
Backup LB
New CF that suit our style of play preferably Andre Silva from frankfurt


New team for next season should look like

GK - Leno, Ryan

LB - Teirney, backup LB

RB - New RB, chambers

CB - Saliba, mavro, holding, Gabriel, Mari

Midfield - Partey, Bissouma, odegaard and Smith Rowe
(buendia, chambers and Azzez should be included in the midfield incase of emergency)



Attack - Saka, Martinelli, Pepe, Nelson, Beundia, Andre silva and Balogun




In the January transfer window, since we might have fewer and tougher games, I suggest we loan some of our youngsters with limited playing time like balogun, nelson and Azeez while we bring in a temporary EPL experienced striker to compensate for balogun loan.




We have only one goal next season and that is to go back to the top of the EPL since we will have fewer games compared to the remaining top 7 clubs.

It's time we prioritize quality over quantity in the squad, but alas we have arteta who might decide to renew lacazette, xhaka and eleny contract this season and might choose to bring either odegaard or beundia when in reality we need both.



That's all for now, na to sitdown for fence dey observe how this transfer window go be, I don dey even hear say Artea wan add another CB to the team meanwhile our major problem last season was our inability not to create chances because of the lack of creative players in the team.

I agree with you bro. We started aiming at the ceiling since Wenger's days and now we can't even leave the ground.

Jodera:
Lol... The person that posted that, you should know he's a troll na.
That was our fa cup success last season. You think something like this will happen and it's rival fan that will be the first to show/tell you? Lol. Haba!
Even Twitter and or online platform will blow up in your face sef

Oh my...
I thought the picture was recent. Anyway, they still have a weak mentality.

fredoooooo:
Iyen na da , people dey jubilate qualifications and cups , These ones dey hoist flag on failure planets
Roland17 how far padimi ?

unknown gunmen


It is really true, the mentality of the current players is weak.

Hardly will you find Viera and Henry celebrating an 8- place finish during their era.

daveP:
yeah. That's what attracted Oshoala that year. But las las, she's done it with Barca Women team.

OK..I was surprised sha

How many arsenal dey England sef?
You mean our girls get this kain record?
Unbelievable!

Be like Pepe don dey use soap o

Arabiandude:
It was towards january that i started talking about City winning the UCL.
City problem has always been defence but immediately Diaz came in, it has changed. all City need to do is to play a high line defense and try to stop Chelsea from scoring or scoring just one, same thing they did with PSG, and its boom because city will always score

You're spot on. I'm with you sha

Arabiandude:
Bookmark this, Chelsea will never beat City in UCL Final. City have been destined to win it this season and no club can stop it.

. Bro...you're so sure of this final.

mostob:
We all know Chelsea are renowned FA cup final bottler.

I'm banking on our brothers to bring the cup back home.

It will even be sweeter if Pep can win the UCL and send Chelsea to Europa.


Go Ndidi

Go Seniorman


I talk am.

Chelsea are bottlers

so gutted I couldn't watch the match.

Pep, over to you.

I talk am.
Chelsea are bottlers
so gutted I couldn't watch the match.
Pep, over to you.

12large, based on your logic, who is better now? Ndidi or Kante?