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Ibime:
James is sha developing in that midfield position slowly

You say what? Welcome to Maresca world.

Come on Joao.

Well worked yellow card from James.

NinjaMetahuman:
Estavao playing nonsense today

He's playing against the best team in the league. He's going to get most things wrong. He's 18.

Referee open eye o

Here we go.

Enzo5:
were you expecting him to?

No I wasn't.

Apparently his second shot on target in the league this season.

Finally he scored

Palmer doesn't start.

popizaino:
And that's were the misconception comes from. Why does a team without the ball determines their style?

Never in the life of me will the concept of a team without the ball reveal their style? It will never make sense to me.

For me i determine how a team plays,with what they do with the ball when they have it. That's the proper way to look at it

When you understand this concept,you will get to determine which team attacks better and which team doesn't.

The all attacking Barca side that we all like to reference were not called the greatest attacking side on the back of what they do without the ball.

In fact pep guardiola famously called his side the worst side without the ball but that did not stop them from being the best attacking side ever.

Football 101.

All you are doing is highlighting nuances between a proactive attacking side, a counter-attacking side; then proceeding to paint a counter-attacking side as an attacking side, because of what they might do with the ball using 20% average possession.

That is just disingenuous analysis.

Let's discard what said side was doing for 80% of the game, and call them an attacking side, because they managed to win a game with 20% possession.

This is not football 101. This is just Popi football

StarchAndBanga:
An attacking side doesn't sit back and hope to counter.. An attacking side presses from the front. Try and watch a Bayern game to get a glimpse of how an attacking side plays football

Popi believes an attacking side is any side not coached by Maresca.

Someone who already criticised Maresca for playing "anti-striker football".

Many days later, I am still trying to figure out what that means.

1-0

Penalty

Spy360:
As a honest Chelsea fan, I do not wish to have BP thinking we can get any result from playing Arsenal on Sunday. If we manage to get a shot on target I would be OK. Those guys are terrific. If they don't hit you with set pieces they hit you with clinical passing transition. I think Arteta is better than our manager Maresca, who is no where near the tactical genius Arteta is.

If we sit low block, they hit us. If we attack they hit us. Either way we are done.

Let's just make sure we are not disgraced. Let maintain than sanctity of Stanford Bridge and not allow an abuse.

Up Blues

They are 3 years ahead in their development than we are. They have a strong squad. Svery strong squad. That doesn't make Arteta a great tactician, let alone a better one than Maresca.

We 'might' lose on Sunday, but I still take Maresca over Arteta every day of the week and four times on Sunday.

airmark:
Shame, is that you?

Next time you will think well before posting nonsense about our players. Zero football knowledge yet you will be insulting.

You are squeezing every last bit of juice you can. It must be very tiring looking for wins in the face of these Ls

We just pasted Barcelona 3-0. Matter of fact, we put the ball in the net 7 times - 90% of the game with no recognised striker.

But you are still trying to find a win. You have no capacity to experience shame.

donjazzet:
Seun please restore my original account. It's donjazet please

Win so sweet, it brought back donjazet.

Ibime:
Barcelona could have done with the Nico Gonzalez Man City stole from them today, if he wasn't being outclassed by Leverkusen duds at the same time

I swear I knew this was coming.

drisham:
I think it's about time we begin ignoring naysayers

They are craving for an "I told you so moment so bad "

So bad. Make we carry an go Popizaino backyard.

PrinceEma:
Same tactic in almost all the big games?

Playing Neto upfront is qhy you call it tactical piece, but bring in JP and what you have is same template for every big games, starting from PSG win.

Tactical masterpiece per average position of each player, worked out and executed to the last letter. You think traffic is only about Neto upfront?

Did you see Gusto's average position? Did you see the exact position Estevao was occupying?

Guy, sit this one out. Every pundit out there will be giving Maresca a 10/10 for this.

PrinceEma:
Going into this season, we had high hopes on our team..and thats mainly becuase, we would come out good if the coach field a strong squad. Our confidence was based on the squad and their performance against PSG in CWC. But then, our coach had other plans

In matches you would expect a free ride to victory, he will field a weak team, with the most catastrophic defender in Tosin..in the end, we either lose or drop points. This have made us not to have any hopes on the team anymore, cos their performances have been hot and cold.

We only have confidence when we are playing against a strong team. Why? Because a strong squad will be fielded.

We would have been on top of the league if not for Maresca crazy rotations, especially fielding carabao players in PL games agaisnt a lower table team.

What a dissapointing coach we have.

You have it twisted. You think it's just the quality of the players that brought this performance and win?

This is a result of a tactical masterpiece, courtesy of Maresca..

AirBere:
Popizaino, Pochetino's friend wants us to sack Maresca and replace him with Glasner

Popi has not been paying attention.

Goaallllll

Damn! 4 goals offside

Estavaaaooooo

Bluelines69:
That wasn’t a yellow

Not at all.

Well done Cucu. That was deliberate.

Gooallllll

Neto. Come on!!!

How?

airmark:
You shouldn't be posting like Lordfalcao, I know you are educated enough to know the difference between fixing attack and buying strikers and selling a Diaz without a replacement.

Right from the time of Morata, you always removed your thinking cap in the first half of every season and posted gibberish like 'Morata is delivering, where's Airmark and his gifs?'. 'Guirassy hasn't scored, where's Airmark?'. 'Jackson is shaming Airmark ' among other posts that expose your lack of sound knowledge of the game. It's an annual show of shame directed and produced by you.

By April/May, that's when you would remember you have a job that wouldn't allow you to reply, when I come for your head based on your earlier nonsense posts. You have kept away Guirassy from your posts after he shamed you, so you have the same template in handy.

You have come again as usual, this time around picking on Madueke who was already warming himself into the hearts of Arsenal fans before he got injured, and returned as a substitute after a long layoff. If by May now, I start posting these nonsense posts you are tagging me with now, you will remember you have a busy schedule off Nairaland.

You got disgraced by defending Morata, Jakujaku Jackson while you criticized our defenders and Guirassy and
they ended up shaming you too. Now you have moved to Madueke, no be today you dey chat sh1t.

Alo Alo o Alo .......
Alo o Alo
Story story o Story
Story o Story


We asked for explanation, not tales by moonlight. Why are Liverpool in 11th place despite stocking up on strikers?

Why are Arsenal leading the league despite their top striker scoring only 4 goals?

How have they scored the most goals in the league with their top striker having scored only 4 goals?

Explain. No story. ....Ogbeni Citadel

airmark:
Typical Nateevs goofing around early In the season as usual. By May now when I start calling you out, that's when you won't have time to reply, because of your engaging job.

No be today.

You are the goof my dear. Already saying nonsense like asking Luiz Diaz is the reason Liverpool is 11th. You say wetin?

Odaran now explaining that support cast is more important than a striker, after previously saying nonsense.