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Gallagher and final balls...

Ramsdale!

I'm impressed man.

What a save! This man is on fire!

Frantic end to a first half

Arteta is not for us at all
We are playing defensive at home with a goal up
We switched off after the goal playing counter attack
Even viera they tap us, which kind wahala be this

daveP:
i think Auba is playing better though. And Partey is the worst so far this first half. What's happening?

Partey's had a first half of mixed fortunes. One minute he's making a critical cover /block and the next minute he's getting bypassed like expressway.

I observe if Pepe can get sharper than he presently is, he will benefit more from long passes from Ben white. If he can just be half as sharp as dem Salah and Mane that do latch on to Van Djik's long balls from the back, then he will be very deadly upfront.

iamoyindamola:
Arteta is not for us at all
We are playing defensive at home with a goal up
We switched off after the goal playing counter attack
Even viera they tap us, which kind wahala be this

I noticed that all our three Midfielders will be in a straight line, and one pass will go through the spaces between all three to Benteke. And Partey that should be on Benteke would be running crap. Should the Midfield be doing zonal marking on the back foot? Stale. Very stale. Its 3v 1 and that 1 Will still get a cool Ozil pass to their forward. Stale!!

iamoyindamola:
Arteta is not for us at all
We are playing defensive at home with a goal up
We switched off after the goal playing counter attack
Even viera they tap us, which kind wahala be this

We can't dominate all thru the match na, haba!

Those guys have 3 dangerous forward players on the pitch that can make our defenders really suffer. If Arteta doesn't take a cautious approach in this match Ramsdale will just be picking the ball at the back of the net every few minutes o

BlueRayDick:
Partey's had a first half of mixed fortunes. One minute he's making a critical cover /block and the next minute he's getting bypassed like expressway.

I observe if Pepe can get sharper than he presently is, he will benefit more from long passes from Ben white. If he can just be half as sharp as dem Salah and Mane that do latch on to Van Djik's long balls from the back, then he will be very deadly upfront.

I think Partey needs Xhaka more than Xhaka needs Partey. Cos this is three poor 45mins in a row. I suspect he's not fit. But he scored for Ghana last week na. What's stifling Partey?


I think A focus on improving Pepe is already evident. The easiest is understanding between him and Yasu. I expect he'd come more lethal with aerial balls soon.

BlueRayDick:
We can't dominate all thru the match na, haba!

Those guys have 3 dangerous forward players on the pitch that can make our defenders really suffer. If Arteta doesn't take a cautious approach in this match Ramsdale will just be picking the ball at the back of the net every few minutes o

You mean we should defend immediately after scoring a goal against palace at home
Seriously
Btw we only dominated for 10minutes

daveP:
I noticed that all our three Midfielders will be in a straight line, and one pass will go through the spaces between all three to Benteke. And Partey that should be on Benteke would be running crap. Should the Midfield be doing zonal marking on the back foot? Stale. Very stale. Its 3v 1 and that 1 Will still get a cool Ozil pass to their forward. Stale!!

We can have them for dinner vod they are coming in numbers at us

iamoyindamola:
You mean we should defend immediately after scoring a goal against palace at home
Seriously
Btw we only dominated for 10minutes

Does being taking a cautious approach and playing defensively mean the same thing to u?

In the first 45 minutes I just finished watching I didn't see the team defending after the first goal, rather I saw the team being much aware of the threat Benteke, Edourd and Ayew pose of they venture too much upfront especially players like Tomiyasu and Tierney who are needed at the back

O Lord!!!! Partey what are you thinking!!!!

Partey has capped his scandalous showing with an error leading to goal

BlueRayDick:
Does being taking a cautious approach and playing defensively mean the same thing to u?

In the first 45 minutes I just finished watching I didn't see the team defending after the first goal, rather I saw the team being much aware of the threat Benteke, Edourd and Ayew pose of they venture too much upfront especially players like Tomiyasu and Tierney who are needed at the back

Tell me any attack we made after the goal abi we are suppose to defend or take caution after the goal

iamoyindamola:
Tell me any attack we made after the goal abi we are suppose to defend or take caution after the goal

We had 3 shots on target in the first half....if we didn't make any other attack since 8th minute that we scored the shots on target would've remained 1 now, àbí?

By the way, that's the kind of havoc their front 3 can real as evidenced in that Benteke goal

Why does Partey keep kicking the ball aimlessly na? He's should stop giving me Elneny vibes o

So all of a sudden the caution approach disappeared after conceding

BlueRayDick:
We had 3 shots on target in the first half....if we didn't make any other attack since 8th minute that we scored the shots on target would've remained 1 now, àbí?

By the way, that's the kind of havoc their front 3 can real as evidenced in that Benteke goal

Which havoc when we should be out of sight since first half

iamoyindamola:
Which havoc when we should be out of sight since first half

Okay...I hear u

Lol... Mehn, this is tiring

See wetin Lokonga dey do? Welcome to Epl. This dispossession Arsenal are having in this match too plenty. Smh

Oh boy!!!! This time its Lokonga that loses the ball..

This is exactly what I'm saying. Now u understand what I'm saying about all defenders going forward to push for a goal.

Now the whole caution have paid off

BlueRayDick:
This is exactly what I'm saying. Now u understand what I'm saying about all defenders going forward to push for a goal.

What did you say
Which defenders went to look for goal
Where is the caution again

We were a goal up in 10th minute and this werey coach already parked the bus

Everytime we want Xhaka out. When he is off The XI, the team never do like they don't need his presence. We miss Xhaka abeg.

This is one stupid Midfield combo im seeing.


Its all a stupid network but Xhaka is some respite that helps

iamoyindamola:
What did you say
Which defenders went to look for goal
Where is the caution again

After the match, watch the replay.....if u still don't get it, forget about it.

Mehn, our transition of play is damn too slow and positional discipline too poor.

iamoyindamola:
We were a goal up in 10th minute and this werey coach already parked the bus

I knew what i said when i said we'd struggle against Crystal. Its evident. Hope Aston Villa doesn't do a double by weekend. Smh.


Lokonga is best brought on when we have a convincing lead. I doubt he can master epl tempo just yet. Oh, all dispossession are at Tomiyasu and Pepe side. Wassuping? Too poor. Be like Vierra analyzed that Brighton game well.


A bottom table coach just need to study our past games and put players in loops and Arteta crumbles.

Tierney shot is the picture of Arteta's season. Anger!!