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BlueRayDick:
It took Loserpool to make everybody see Lacazette is shiiit when he’s not passing to everybody .

As regards Saka’s below par performance , he was marked out by Robertson and Van Djik . I think it’s a tactical play from Klopp which enabled Martinelli to operate freely on the other flank . Xhaka didn’t make any visible error yesterday ,but his constant refusal to take initiative and open up some spaces limited our attacking play on Martinelli’s side of the pitch.

All in all Loserpool was a superior opponent and they took their chances when we didn’t do justice to ours. I hope we will bounce back against Villa tho

This your diss sha.

Like I said, in big games like this, something more effective from what Laca normally brings is needed, that doesn't mean he's been shiiit previous games.


This I will say was one of martinelli best game in an arsenal shirt. He's unlucky not to have a goal or an assist ystdy cos he really deserved it


I really hope we win against Aston Villa seriously

Fkhalifa:
Now that the players and coach don dey reason well, its the ogas at the top who will draw things back again.

Fashion sake maybe... BTW, lower your gaze

Was not expecting a win, I pry we get atleast 3 points out of this outstanding games.

I love the confidence in the boys last night, we know what we're against and no striker to finish up alot but Xhaka was just dere.


I believe we will win Aston villa regardless.

Klopp used experience last night

Roland17:
It’s not even about the bench for me, it’s his reaction to tactical changes immediately they occur. You can see from the start of the 2nd that Liverpool we’re playing a totally different tactic. If you take a look from an above the head camera, you could see their lines had changed and the triangle they were playing was different when they had the ball.

They scored 9 minutes after the 2nd half scored and scored 8 minutes afterwards, what does that tell you? In the 1st half we were using long balls to by pass the midfield which caught their defense, especially their full backs unaware because they were pressing high. What does Klopp do? He drops the line while pushing his midfielders deeper into our half and you can them ripping us apart with those passes when they had the ball. I can go on and on!

I love the spirit of this team though and that is a big credit to Arteta but these games in hand need to count for something, else we will be out of that race.

Some coaches just love to stick to their initial plan. To do this they limit their adaptable options by keeping a high quality but lean bench, just as Pep does. While this is mentally lazy, it works if one has a vastly superior quality compared to their opponents. Arteta does not have this superior quality and so he has to learn to outthink his top opponents.

Roland17:
Naaaa. I don’t think it’s a case of manpower and here is why. We totally stayed with and matched them and could easily have taken the lead in the first. Klopp being experienced went into his locker room and tweaked a ton of his possession tactics. Moved some of his players around and made some intelligent sub. Because we lacked the ability to counter the tweaks or adjust to the tweaks we looked like a totally different team in the 2nd.

A proof of the tactical dominance in the 2nd is buttressed by the fact that both goals were 8 minutes apart from each other with the first goal coming 9 minutes into the 2nd half. That tells you everything you need to know about our inability to adapt. We needed to hold ace at the start of the 2nd but we went into the 2nd playing like nothing changed for Liverpool.

Remember during the week I expressed concern about City winning and how much pressure that out on Kloop to win? Well.. I guess we now see. I would tell you though, I was proud of the first half performance. I just wish we were more proactive in anticipating tactical changes in the 2nd.

To come add salt to wound… Spuds come win! I mean, there goes 1 of the games in hand.

We move! The boys need to keep their spirits up!

#COYG

You CANNOT limit their superiority to just tactics and not manpower.

They had Salah and Firmino from the bench! Common man.

Fkhalifa:
The Arsenal I saw has improved greatly I must say, but that bad/hard luck thing is still with the club and thats why i can't invest my emotions at least for now in this club.

For me, Arsenal are two very good players away from being a regular top4 team.
Xhaka has to go, maybe a Nabil Fekir or Douglas Costa can Come in and a striker who is deadly on goal as Laca's style can't bail you out a whole season. Reason you see Klopp shuffle Firminho and Jota.

Lastly, I won't be surprised to see Arsenal bottle the 4th position. Apart from it being typical of the club, I reiterate the club goofed by not bringing in at least 2 bodies in January, You'll notice Saka,Laca and some players looked fatigued, you can not be relying and playing same first 11 consecutively.

Fielding this tired 11 against Villa on Sunday too makes the game 50/50. Well, good luck to the gunners.

I appreciate that you are realising that we are improving. But why did you wait till sat night to mention it. That's by the way.

Meanwhile, just as you won't invest your emotions yet, don't invest your pessimism here.

We never anticipated finishing 4th when the season started especially after the first three matches when we were at the bottom of the league. But here we are and we are enjoying it.

Jodera:
I was impressed with the lads ystdy night. The showing was more different and exciting than the previous encounters we had with Liverpool. While I was expecting to lose(sadly), I was just waiting to see our performance ystdy knowing how we always badly played against Liverpool before now.

The greatest thing I know that made us lose this game was lacazette lack of movement upfront. Aside the chance which he passed up to odegaard — not that it was wrong tho because we for no dey talk about the chance if odegaard scored. But aside that, it is crazy for a striker not to capitalize on any of those martinelli chances he created when he was tormenting Arnold. The big difference between Laca and firmino ystdy was that while firmino made a move to ensure he scored that goal, laca was waiting at a unfavorable spot expecting the ball to meet him(esp that chance that martinelli nutmegged Henderson). Laca tried especially in his physical duels to ensure we maintained possession but games like these needs that little extra and that's where he's failing — and it's also one of the big reasons we'll rarely beat the top 2. But then it's a good thing we're closing the gap.

Ystdy I keenly wanted to watch partey to know if he'll turn up against a big team with the way his performances have been this year and I'm glad he did. I was excited to see how he beat Liverpool's press with many one touch pass and made so many good decisions. Odegaard tried ystdy(tho not to his standard) but he really should have scored that goal. When a team Misses such goals against a big team, they're duly punished and it's no surprising we conceded few minutes after missing that goal. With the way the midfield is setup, we just need an excellent midfielder to take over Xhaka spot and we'll compete even more favorably with the big guns

Saka(to me) had a below par game by his standard surprisingly. Not too bad but not too good the way I expected from him. I know it might be a bit difficult for him seeing his two markers where mostly Robertson and Vvd but maybe I expected more in terms of drive.

I'm not to fussed about this game, after all I expected to lose , but I just hope we'll be able to get something out from our remaining two outstandings(even tho they're away games). The boys shouldn't allow this to weigh them down and they should be proud of their performance ystdy.

Lastly the future of this club depends on the success of the forthcoming summer transfer window. We need a taller clinical striker that can work effectively with the wingers and midfielders(someone like a van Persie) and a very good midfielder to replace Xhaka.

We hope to win against Aston Villa and get the three points!!

Coyg!!

You tactfully exonerated Lacazette for that missed goal and blamed Odegaard like he is the striker not Lacazette.

Lacazette as a STRIKER has no business passing the ball to Odegaard to score. Dem swear for am?

To be honest, if I were Arteta I will be starting Nketiah because Laca is not going to improve but Nketiah may.

BlueRayDick:
It took Loserpool to make everybody see Lacazette is shiiit when he’s not passing to everybody .

As regards Saka’s below par performance , he was marked out by Robertson and Van Djik . I think it’s a tactical play from Klopp which enabled Martinelli to operate freely on the other flank . Xhaka didn’t make any visible error yesterday ,but his constant refusal to take initiative and open up some spaces limited our attacking play on Martinelli’s side of the pitch.

All in all Loserpool was a superior opponent and they took their chances when we didn’t do justice to ours. I hope we will bounce back against Villa tho

It's was so easy for Liverpool because Lacazette was a very poor goal threat due to his lack of movement and pace.

I think Arteta should start giving Nketiah a starting row because he has the potential to improve but Lacazette is done.

Jodera:
This your diss sha.

Like I said, in big games like this, something more effective from what Laca normally brings is needed, that doesn't mean he's been shiiit previous games.


This I will say was one of martinelli best game in an arsenal shirt. He's unlucky not to have a goal or an assist ystdy cos he really deserved it


I really hope we win against Aston Villa seriously

U call it diss but Its a fact. One thing about facts is u don't need to argue in its favor, it will always come back to show itself to be true.

A striker not renowned for scoring will always haunt his team when they need him to be the hit man and that was what happened yesterday.

Spy360:
It's was so easy for Liverpool because Lacazette was a very poor goal threat due to his lack of movement and pace.

I think Arteta should start giving Nketiah a starting row because he has the potential to improve but Lacazette is done.

The problem is Nketiah has not shown himself to be that lone point man we can rely on upfront over time. I personally would not recommend that gamble at this stage of the league when we are taking every game like a final. If the club management had been successful in bringing in a striker in january we wouldn't be in this dilemma.

I would've preferred Gabriel moved upfront while Pepe replaces Gabriel on the left flank, but we have seen how inconsistent and unreliable Pepe can particularly on that side of the pitch. I guess we just have to trust the gaffer to do whatever needs to be done to finish the season strong as it stands sha.

BlueRayDick:
The problem is Nketiah has not shown himself to be that lone point man we can rely on upfront over time. I personally would not recommend that gamble at this stage of the league when we are taking every game like a final. If the club management had been successful in bringing in a striker in january we wouldn't be in this dilemma.

I would've preferred Gabriel moved upfront while Pepe replaces Gabriel on the left flank, but we have seen how inconsistent and unreliable Pepe can particularly on that side of the pitch. I guess we just have to trust the gaffer to do whatever needs to be done to finish the season strong as it stands sha.

I'd rather say that Arteta does not trust Nketiah enough. We have seen how Martinelli improved to what he is today because of, not that Arteta trusted him but divine providence. Same can be said of Cedric Soares.

Probably that's what Nketiah needs, that Laca gets injured so that he can prove himself.

We should get a decent striker for next season but a Martinelli, Nketiah, Saka front three sounds promising to me, or we can create it. Why not, afterall Laca is not scoring, so there's nothing to lose.

Spy360:
You tactfully exonerated Lacazette for that missed goal and blamed Odegaard like he is the striker not Lacazette.

Lacazette as a STRIKER has no business passing the ball to Odegaard to score. Dem swear for am?

To be honest, if I were Arteta I will be starting Nketiah because Laca is not going to improve but Nketiah may.

Like I said last week, you're obsessed with a striker scoring while me I'm obsessed with my team winning. The chance of odegaard scoring that goal is 98% but he messed up. Moreover, lacazette wanted to dribble Allison but Allison didn't go down, the worst part is that he even narrowed the angle making the chance difficult for lacazette to score. I don't know why any striker who's thinking about the team success over his personal ego would be thinking of scoring from that tight angle instead of passing to person that's free that has a higher and bigger chance of scoring.
One thing I will blame lacazette for is lack of movement upfront but I'll never ever ever blame him for passing that ball to odegaard. NEVER!!

And as for the bolded, thank God you're not Arteta. When martinelli was struggling to break into arsenal premier league squad, he was giving in impressive performances in Europa scoring back to back to back. Aside his goals, his other play was great. Most people(fans) was itching to see martinelli play in the premier league cos we know he's talent. But na nketiah you want make we dash first team shirt because he hit bar against Watford while missing for the remaining duration. Person wey we no dey ever see him impact for pitch anytime he's introduced as a sub naim you want make Arteta put him top 4 hope on??
Kole werk!!

BlueRayDick:
U call it diss but Its a fact. One thing about facts is u don't need to argue in its favor, it will always come back to show itself to be true.

A striker not renowned for scoring will always haunt his team when they need him to be the hit man and that was what happened yesterday.

This issue on ground is just like Xhaka case presently. Because Xhaka now is playing as a left sided 8 and his attacking play is needed but we see that is lacking in his game. But even tho that is lacking in his game, he does well in recycling ball, not bullied off the ball easily and see to it we are dominating teams too while helping defensively.
I will argue in his favor to start in the starting 11 for us as long as the possible options to replace him are lokonga and elneny. I also know he's not useless in that role presently.

Same thing with lacazette, as long as the possible options to replace him are Nketiah and balogun I'll always argue in his favor. That doesn't mean that I won't advocate for both upgrades next season

And lastly, Liverpool is one of the best teams in the world. So it's expected that the flaws of lacazette will show

Spy360:
I'd rather say that Arteta does not trust Nketiah enough. We have seen how Martinelli improved to what he is today because of, not that Arteta trusted him but divine providence. Same can be said of Cedric Soares.

Probably that's what Nketiah needs, that Laca gets injured so that he can prove himself.

We should get a decent striker for next season but a Martinelli, Nketiah, Saka front three sounds promising to me, or we can create it. Why not, afterall Laca is not scoring, so there's nothing to lose.

The thing is that Nketiah haven't proven to show that talent yet. Even when ESR is coming from bench, we dey see him impacts.

There's always a reason ESR is always first to come on and nketiah and Pepe are always last.
The last thing Arteta will pray for is any of our front three to go on injury.

Nothing wey I fit hang onto for Nketiah except prospects.

Jodera:
This issue on ground is just like Xhaka case presently. Because Xhaka now is playing as a left sided 8 and his attacking play is needed but we see that is lacking in his game. But even tho that is lacking in his game, he does well in recycling ball, not bullied off the ball easily and see to it we are dominating teams too while helping defensively.
I will argue in his favor to start in the starting 11 for us as long as the possible options to replace him are lokonga and elneny. I also know he's not useless in that role presently.

Same thing with lacazette, as long as the possible options to replace him are Nketiah and balogun I'll always argue in his favor. That doesn't mean that I won't advocate for both upgrades next season

And lastly, Liverpool is one of the best teams in the world. So it's expected that the flaws of lacazette will show

Well, keep arguing for them while the team keeps dropping points because of their ineptitude . People like me will be here to say " I told you so"

BlueRayDick:
Well, keep arguing for them while the team keeps dropping points because of their ineptitude . People like me will be here to say " I told you so"

Lol.. Because we dropped points against Liverpool you're now making it seem we're dropping points frequently or we're playing badly.

Were we expecting to win Liverpool ystdy? I mean, would you have brought out your full chest that we would have won Liverpool?

So I don't know the "I told you so" you are waiting to tell me

Jodera:
Lol.. Because we dropped points against Liverpool you're now making it seem we're dropping points frequently or we're playing badly.

Were we expecting to win Liverpool ystdy? I mean, would you have brought out your full chest that we would have won Liverpool?

So I don't know the "I told you so" you are waiting to tell me

I'm not making anything seem anyhow. U don't mind if a striker doesn't score, I do.

I will remind u the importance of a scoring striker anytime we drop points because our striker can't do what is primary duty is ; kicking a round leather into the net.

BlueRayDick:
I'm not making anything seem anyhow. U don't mind if a striker doesn't score, I do.

I will remind u the importance of a scoring striker anytime we drop points because our striker can't do what is primary duty is ; kicking a round leather into the net.

Shey Auba wey bin dey drag highest goal scorer during his time here, how was our position in the league table??

We get striker in auba wey dey port goals anyhow yet teams like Liverpool still dey flog us 5-1 on a steady and we dey drag top 8 anyhow.

Clinical striker Auba, yet it's been ages we've truly believed we'll compete in top 4 unlike this season

Jodera:
Shey Auba wey bin dey drag highest goal scorer during his time here, how was our position in the league table??

We get striker in auba wey dey port goals anyhow yet teams like Liverpool still dey flog us 5-1 on a steady and we dey drag top 8 anyhow.

Clinical striker Auba, yet it's been ages we've truly believed we'll compete in top 4 unlike this season

Leemao

Shebi it's Auba's job to stop Xhaka and Mustafi's brain fart, it's Auba's job to stop Papasthapopulous from being shiiit, it's Auba's job to stop Iwobi from being a prenial potential till his mid 20's....It's even Auba's job field wrong set of players and make wrong subs as game progresses.

Yes it's Auba's job we didn't compete for top 4 even when he was doing his primary duty on the filed of play while others were lacking at theirs.

Humor me more please.

BlueRayDick:
Leemao

Shebi it's Auba's job to stop Xhaka and Mustafi's brain fart, it's Auba's job to stop Papasthapopulous from being shiiit, it's Auba's job to stop Iwobi from being a prenial potential till his mid 20's....It's even Auba's job field wrong set of players and make wrong subs as game progresses.

Yes it's Auba's job we didn't compete for top 4 even when he was doing his primary duty on the filed of play while others were lacking at theirs.

Humor me more please.

Lol.. Now you're getting me.

So you're in agreement that the team structure and cohesiveness is better than just a striker putting ball into the net.
That a striker work can go in vain if the structure is wrong...

And that's my point
As long as the team is playing well and goal is coming from all corners, I'm very okayy. At least for now.
Next season we can go for the Aubas of this world

Jodera:
Lol.. Now you're getting me.

So you're in agreement that the team structure and cohesiveness is better than just a striker putting ball into the net.
That a striker work can go in vain if the structure is wrong...

And that's my point
As long as the team is playing well and goal is coming from all corners, I'm very okayy.

The problem u have is u think Lacazette doesn't score load of goals because he's all about the welfare of the team, wants to help others better at their indivual roles all to the betterment of the team but I must tell u that's a false narrative.

Lacazette doesn't score because he doesn't make those dangerous runs, doesn't position himself well enough to get into spaces where he can easily slot tge ball into the net and that's the fact.

We've watched Auba over time rack in goals beacuse he knows how to time his runs, knows when to be a fox in the box and knows when to take an accurate shot. I delibrately didn't drag Ur second to the last post when u talked about arsenal not challenging for top 4 despite Auba's goals. I bet u didn't see Auba win us FA cup against Chelsea when he did what was expected of a striker ; work Ur way around Ur marker and put the Ball at the back of the net. There's even no way u can try to make an argument for Lacazette when juxtaposed with Auba's time at arsenal. Auba comes out heads and heels above him all day all year round.

Na here we dey, when arsenal buys a scoring striker I will watch how u will try and explain Lacazette was a number 10 wearing a number 9 jersey with minus 1 hidden somewhere we can't see

Jodera:
Like I said last week, you're obsessed with a striker scoring while me I'm obsessed with my team winning. The chance of odegaard scoring that goal is 98% but he messed up. Moreover, lacazette wanted to dribble Allison but Allison didn't go down, the worst part is that he even narrowed the angle making the chance difficult for lacazette to score. I don't know why any striker who's thinking about the team success over his personal ego would be thinking of scoring from that tight angle instead of passing to person that's free that has a higher and bigger chance of scoring.
One thing I will blame lacazette for is lack of movement upfront but I'll never ever ever blame him for passing that ball to odegaard. NEVER!!

And as for the bolded, thank God you're not Arteta. When martinelli was struggling to break into arsenal premier league squad, he was giving in impressive performances in Europa scoring back to back to back. Aside his goals, his other play was great. Most people(fans) was itching to see martinelli play in the premier league cos we know he's talent. But na nketiah you want make we dash first team shirt because he hit bar against Watford while missing for the remaining duration. Person wey we no dey ever see him impact for pitch anytime he's introduced as a sub naim you want make Arteta put him top 4 hope on??
Kole werk!!

I am not obsessed with a striker scoring, I am rather incensed about a striker not scoring because it's absolutely wrong and waste of space. How can we win when we can't score. Players do have goal drought I know, but Lacazette case is not goal drought but normal. That's the point.

If not for a good defense, this team would have been drawing or losing games.

Nketiah is a poacher kind of striker, but even that he has pace, makes good runs, and exhibits some dribbling skills. It's sad for me that you can't see that in the few touches he makes while on for his usual cameos but my football brain tells me he will do better if afforded more opportunities.

You blame Odegaard for shooting but exonerate Laca for not. Go and check Laca's missed clear cut chances and see why he needs to start shooting. Why would a striker not shoot? Any good striker must have a bit of selfishness or else he is done for. Honestly, no one will sign him even as a free agent he he doesn't start scoring. The reason he is still starting is because those you g lads are scoring for him. If for any reason the goals dries up from the flanks, then we will understand why having a scoreless striker is a sin. Like I have said before, an out of form Aubameyang was better.

BlueRayDick:
The problem is Nketiah has not shown himself to be that lone point man we can rely on upfront over time. I personally would not recommend that gamble at this stage of the league when we are taking every game like a final. If the club management had been successful in bringing in a striker in january we wouldn't be in this dilemma.

I would've preferred Gabriel moved upfront while Pepe replaces Gabriel on the left flank, but we have seen how inconsistent and unreliable Pepe can particularly on that side of the pitch. I guess we just have to trust the gaffer to do whatever needs to be done to finish the season strong as it stands sha.

Nketiah is a poacher kind of striker. We need such kind of striker who can turn up unexpectedly and get to the end of play. Our team has more than enough creators both left right and centre, those lads need someone who can place the ball inside the net and not a recycler. Imagine if Aubameyang was playing alongside Saka, Odegaard and Martinelli in their current form. I mean, it's easy and I know with time Arteta will get pussed off and do the needful.

BlueRayDick:
The problem u have is u think Lacazette doesn't score load of goals because he's all about the welfare of the team, wants to help others better at their indivual roles all to the betterment of the team but I must tell u that's a false narrative.

Lacazette doesn't score because he doesn't make those dangerous runs, doesn't position himself well enough to get into spaces where he can easily slot tge ball into the net and that's the fact.

We've watched Auba over time rack in goals beacuse he knows how to time his runs, knows when to be a fox in the box and knows when to take an accurate shot. I delibrately didn't drag Ur second to the last post when u talked about arsenal not challenging for top 4 despite Auba's goals. I bet u didn't see Auba win us FA cup against Chelsea when he did what was expected of a striker ; work Ur way around Ur marker and put the Ball at the back of the net. There's even no way u can try to make an argument for Lacazette when juxtaposed with Auba's time at arsenal. Auba comes out heads and heels above him all day all year round.

Na here we dey, when arsenal buys a scoring striker I will watch how u will try and explain Lacazette was a number 10 wearing a number 9 jersey with minus 1 hidden somewhere we can't see

What Jodera can't see is how a pointless striker is affecting the flow of the team. Based in what I saw against Liverpool, we have no business losing that match if we have a real striker. You see the impact of Jota and Firmino coming into position and scoring as strikers do and winning the game for their team.

I saw many chances missed because we had a fake 9.

As for the bolded, that's poetic.

Spy360:
You CANNOT limit their superiority to just tactics and not manpower.

They had Salah and Firmino from the bench! Common man.

Taaaaaaahhhh! Don't even go there. I will not allow you trivialize the effort of the guys in the 1st half. They matched their starters and easily could have been a goal or two up at the end of the 1st.

The substitutions did not win them the game, the change in tactics at the start of the 2nd assured them all 3 points. They scored their 1st goal in the 55th minute, 10 minutes after the start of the 2nd half and without Salah/ Firmino. Salah and Firmino were introduced to capitalize on the tactic that we struggled to adapt to at the start of the 2nd half.

Don't get me wrong, they have superior players but that was not the primary reason why they beat us 2-0.

While we are at it...

WHAT IS GOING ON WITH RAMSDALE?

The Ramsdale I know would have covered that 1st goal.

Spy360:
Nketiah is a poacher kind of striker. We need such kind of striker who can turn up unexpectedly and get to the end of play. Our team has more than enough creators both left right and centre, those lads need someone who can place the ball inside the net and not a recycler. Imagine if Aubameyang was playing alongside Saka, Odegaard and Martinelli in their current form. I mean, it's easy and I know with time Arteta will get pussed off and do the needful.

I wish we were still in one of the cup competitions to first give Nketiah a shot at it like u suggested , since that is gone now.... let’s see if Arteta will give him a chance anytime soon and let’s hope Nketiah impresses when that opportunity shows

BlueRayDick:
I wish we were still in one of the cup competitions to first give Nketiah a shot at it like u suggested , since that is gone now.... let’s see if Arteta will give him a chance anytime soon and let’s hope Nketiah impresses when that opportunity shows

Yes.

It's like Xhaka, though he has been OK playing that no8 role, but I believe ESR is better equipped there. Xhaka is like Lacazette, they will add one or too motivations here and there but they aren't going to improve those positions. I'd rather we bed in the young bloods who will easily take the coaches instructions, add their expertise and blossom there.

Nketiah is a goal paocher, that's what our three musketeers (Saka, Odegaard and Martinelli) need. Someone who will make those runs and place the ball in the net.

Roland17:
Taaaaaaahhhh! Don't even go there. I will not allow you trivialize the effort of the guys in the 1st half. They matched their starters and easily could have been a goal or two up at the end of the 1st.

The substitutions did not win them the game, the change in tactics at the start of the 2nd assured them all 3 points. They scored their 1st goal in the 55th minute, 10 minutes after the start of the 2nd half and without Salah/ Firmino. Salah and Firmino were introduced to capitalize on the tactic that we struggled to adapt to at the start of the 2nd half.

Don't get me wrong, they have superior players but that was not the primary reason why they beat us 2-0.

I accept it's not the primary reason. So I needed you to include that in your point. They have superior players to match with their tactics.
You rule out the fact that 3mins before they scored we missed a glorious chance. Also, 3mins before the end we also missed another glorious chance. All these in the same second half.

Their tactical change was good, but it didn't limit the performance of our team. They simply took their chances while we didn't. That's the superiority I wanted you to see.

Roland17:
While we are at it...

WHAT IS GOING ON WITH RAMSDALE?

The Ramsdale I know would have covered that 1st goal.

I remember a when we played Watford and Leicester, I mentioned he was becoming too confident after making several misplaced passes. He probably thought he could man his near post without actually checking.

I hope this experience will guide him in the future because he is a very good goalkeeper.

Roland17:
While we are at it...

WHAT IS GOING ON WITH RAMSDALE?

The Ramsdale I know would have covered that 1st goal.

Everyone have a weakness
I have noticed ground ball beat him easily and Jota will always be his husband

BlueRayDick:
The problem u have is u think Lacazette doesn't score load of goals because he's all about the welfare of the team, wants to help others better at their indivual roles all to the betterment of the team but I must tell u that's a false narrative.

Lacazette doesn't score because he doesn't make those dangerous runs, doesn't position himself well enough to get into spaces where he can easily slot tge ball into the net and that's the fact.

We've watched Auba over time rack in goals beacuse he knows how to time his runs, knows when to be a fox in the box and knows when to take an accurate shot. I delibrately didn't drag Ur second to the last post when u talked about arsenal not challenging for top 4 despite Auba's goals. I bet u didn't see Auba win us FA cup against Chelsea when he did what was expected of a striker ; work Ur way around Ur marker and put the Ball at the back of the net. There's even no way u can try to make an argument for Lacazette when juxtaposed with Auba's time at arsenal. Auba comes out heads and heels above him all day all year round.

Na here we dey, when arsenal buys a scoring striker I will watch how u will try and explain Lacazette was a number 10 wearing a number 9 jersey with minus 1 hidden somewhere we can't see

But statistically that's true na . Since his introduction and especially when he started as a cf this season (which is the bone of contention here), we scored more goals , created more chances per match, have more possession per match, have more touches in the opposition box per match, have more shots and shot on target per match and most importantly our points per game have increased.

Now why I'm not advocating for his extension, my issues here is that he's not useless to the team cos of the flaws you highlighted in the 2nd paragraph.

There's a reason why every match days, my post-match thoughts, I always emphasis on us getting an upgrade on laca and xhaka but like I'll always reiterate, those two aren't useless to these system.


And for your last paragraph, I'm expecting a better striker than lacazette next season. As long as he will be an all rounder striker and a better upgrade.