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Balogun alert...15th of the season

All the points we have dropped this season bar Everton were all referees and var errors

Second season in the row arsenal player will be winning young player of the year in ligue 1
Saliba won it last year , balo is definitely the winner this season

kokaneprodigy:
Every time Pep wins y’all start yarning shii about his customary unbeaten run,
Said it when he beat Spurs in January, lost to them last week y’all crawled back to your holes.

Open your eyes and read.

I said WINNING run, not unbeaten run. It happens when the idiot gets his house in order. And it’s happening already.

Just don’t lose next Wednesday.

Leyqute:
Open your eyes and read.

I said WINNING run, not unbeaten run. It happens when the idiot gets his house in order. And it’s happening already.

Just don’t lose next Wednesday.

He lost his last game

kokaneprodigy:
He lost his last game

I’m thinking it started today. The difference between City’s performance last week and this week is massive.

Leyqute:
I’m thinking it started today. The difference between City’s performance last week and this week is massive.

Against Aston Villa

kokaneprodigy:
Against Aston Villa

Had Pep played Spurs with the same personnel he played against A. Villa and they approached the game in the same way and with the same passion, they would have blown Tottenham away.

Abi no be the same Tottenham collect 4 from Leicester yesterday?

Roland17, iamoyindamola and Jodera, don't you think it's time to come pay your first fruits and tithes to my coffers so I can call on the heavens to help Arsenal win the league?


As e be now eeh, if you lose on Wednesday, the bi-polar bald-headed man no go look back o

iamoyindamola:
All the points we have dropped this season bar Everton were all referees and var errors

Four crazy times, mehn is not really fair honestly.

And in this case , it was a two offside incidence. Me I feel that a decision should be done on this one sha.

It has been a trending topic this week self

Skimpledawg:
Roland17, iamoyindamola and Jodera, don't you think it's time to come pay your first fruits and tithes to my coffers so I can call on the heavens to help Arsenal win the league?


As e be now eeh, if you lose on Wednesday, the bi-polar bald-headed man no go look back o

Bishop, can you embark on a simple 3-day dry fasting on behalf of Arsenal? For nearly 3 years, I have been begging you for this small favor!

The last time, I know I promised you COVID-19 palliatives, onions and tomatoes but this time, I promise you 2 new N1000 notes, fresh from CBN and personally signed by Don Emefiele.

Leyqute:
Lol. No vex.

Arteta had just one plan and he didn’t deviate from it.

Should’ve made an attacking sub earlier on and changed his pattern of play.

What’s wrong with Trossard on the wing with Martinelli moving into the striking position with Nketia?

He was too predictable. EPL teams are catching on to his patterns. His in-game management needs to improve. And fast too.

Cos if you guys lose to city in the next game, you can kiss the league title goodbye.

As if you were seated close to me and my guys when the game was on...We share same opinion.

kokaneprodigy:
Is it the ref’s job to pick offside or the assistant ref?

I am talking about Lee Mason the VAR. He was the VAR but did not pick up the offside goal despite having the advantage of watching the goal in slow motion multiple times. He forgot to check for offside.

EPL are will be holding emergency meeting with var operators and referees concerning the 3 major errors in arsenal, Brighton and Chelsea games
Will that return all the points we lost due to their mistakes 🤬🤬🤬

afrodoc2:
I am talking about Lee Mason the VAR. He was the VAR but did not pick up the offside goal despite having the advantage of watching the goal in slow motion multiple times. He forgot to check for offside.

Lol @ he forgot to check offside.

So what was he checking after a goal? The weyrey had one job, just one job

Skimpledawg:
Rolan.d17, iamoyin.damola and Jod.era, don't you think it's time to come pay your first fruits and tithes to my coffers so I can call on the heavens to help Arsenal win the league?


As e be now eeh, if you lose on Wednesday, the bi-polar bald-headed man no go look back o

The first fruits and tithes wey your comrades pay to your coffers, I can how e don help Chelsea this season

kokaneprodigy:
Lol @ he forgot to check offside.

So what was he checking after a goal? The weyrey had one job, just one job

He is not an intelligent person. He was checking for a foul but forgot to check for offside. I never have confidence in him as a ref. There are some refs who have agendas against or for certain clubs. Lee Mason is just incompetent. English refs are elevated to EPL based mainly on man know man.

Jodera:
Hopefully, we'll get to see this boy before the end of the month.

I really miss his presence in that frontline

His presence would help to break low block defending. This is because he will not hang out with those CBs and so they will be struggling to know who to mark.

Nketiah makes it easy for them as he stays with them effectually denying us of an extra man.

They key to breaking low block defending is to either add an extra man to the CF role (this is preferable) or the CF moves to the sides leaving the opposing CBs idle (in essence a false 9)

Roland17:
Bishop, can you embark on a simple 3-day dry fasting on behalf of Arsenal? For nearly 3 years, I have been begging you for this small favor!

The last time, I know I promised you COVID-19 palliatives, onions and tomatoes but this time, I promise you 2 new N1000 notes, fresh from CBN and personally signed by Don Emefiele.

You go lose I promise you

I won't mind the new notes tho

Spy360:
His presence would help to break low block defending. This is because he will not hang out with those CBs and so they will be struggling to know who to mark.

Nketiah makes it easy for them as he stays with them effectually denying us of an extra man.

They key to breaking low block defending is to either add an extra man to the CF role (this is preferable) or the CF moves to the sides leaving the opposing CBs idle (in essence a false 9)

That's one of the things I love about my strikers — attributes of roaming about. They may not get that much goals but they'll eventually help in creating chances and spaces for team mates to capitalise on and score the goals.

Aside from roaming about hence disrupting the opposition structure/backline, he's also good at dribbling in tight spaces and moving the ball forward (something Nketiah also isn't strong at). He's also underrated in us winning aerial balls too.

But all in all, Arteta needs to be flexible in helping Nketiah. If I remember correctly, we were working on 3412/3142 in preseason and early this season and it was effective when used.

Why is he not implementing it?

What if martinelli start as CF and trossard play the LW
We need someone like jesus on Wednesday and martinelli is the best bet

They have changed the official in charge of VAR on Wednesday. He was the same man that incorrectly ruled out Brighton's goal against Crystal palace.

iamoyindamola:
What if martinelli start as CF and trossard play the LW
We need someone like jesus on Wednesday and martinelli is the best bet

As it is now...let's just play a back 3 of Holding, Saliba and Gabriel.... Kiwior, Partey, Tierney and Tomi in Midfield.... OdeSaka and Trossard in attack. Let's defend for our life tomorrow. We need to protect that 3 points for some time at least.

Spy360:
His presence would help to break low block defending. This is because he will not hang out with those CBs and so they will be struggling to know who to mark.

Nketiah makes it easy for them as he stays with them effectually denying us of an extra man.

They key to breaking low block defending is to either add an extra man to the CF role (this is preferable) or the CF moves to the sides leaving the opposing CBs idle (in essence a false 9)

Your thoughts are in line with my position about breaking down a low block. Every time we face teams that pack the midfield or their defense, Arteta maintains the same tactics with hopes that with patience he can break them but the difference is that opponents are not biting. So what can we do?

I have a stronger preference for loading the box with an extra player that will take one of the CBs away. Numerous times over the last 3 games when we were in search of a goal, I observed we had only Nketiah inside the box, the rest of the players were hanging around the edge or top of the box because they have a creative mentality versus scoring mentality. Against Everton/ Brentford, there was an option to remove Xhaka for Trossard then move Martinelli into the box to partner Nketiah; essentially switch to an attacking 4-4-2. The other option would be to introduce Holding and push him into the box to partner Nketiah or switch to a back 3 and push one of Gabu/Saliba into that box to support Nketiah. This will provide aerial, physical presence and a good chance for 2nd balls.

Another option is to narrow the width of our attack. This is a big problem for us and one of the things that makes our offense predictable when we are searching for a goal. When you narrow the width, your wingers/ inverted forwards will find themselves inside the width of the box rather than outside the box. This also means the CBs and FBs have more players to account for inside the box which also gives us a chance to win PKs. Attack from the middle of the box and the switch will help.

No one is saying our original attacking tactics is bad or poor, afterall, it is a big reason why we leading the pack. We are just saying we need a 2nd/ 3rd option when we are desperate for a goal.

mostob:
As it is now...let's just play a back 3 of Holding, Saliba and Gabriel.... Kiwior, Partey, Tierney and Tomi in Midfield.... OdeSaka and Trossard in attack. Let's defend for our life tomorrow. We need to protect that 3 points for some time at least.

hmmmm... oga. hope say your day was good?. dis kind line up nawah!!

mostob:
As it is now...let's just play a back 3 of Holding, Saliba and Gabriel.... Kiwior, Partey, Tierney and Tomi in Midfield.... OdeSaka and Trossard in attack. Let's defend for our life tomorrow. We need to protect that 3 points for some time at least.

Defending against city will be the biggest mistake

iamoyindamola:
Defending against city will be the biggest mistake

I, myself don't want us to defend but the last 10 minutes of our FA cup clash changed my view. Pep will always be Arteta's superior. He brought in Walker and Alvarez and everything changed, we started panicking. Let's just defend our 3 points lead.

germaphobe:
hmmmm... oga. hope say your day was good?. dis kind line up nawah!!

Bro...the loss against Everton don spoil everything already.

mostob:
I, myself don't want us to defend but the last 10 minutes of our FA cup clash changed my view. Pep will always be Arteta's superior. He brought in Walker and Alvarez and everything changed, we started panicking. Let's just defend our 3 points lead.

the first half of the fa cup if we were ruthless enough we would have been 2 goals up

iamoyindamola:
the first half of the fa cup if we were ruthless enough we would have been 2 goals up

You're right. Let's wait and see what happens on Wednesday. To be honest, I'm not expecting anything from that match.

If you they bet your food is here🤣🤣🤣

iamoyindamola:
Defending against city will be the biggest mistake

I totally agree.

In fact I think we should play our normal attacking game. Pep will not adjust his tactics for us. Neither will he ask two people to mark Saka.

The only difference is for Trossard to start. I will also like a situation where Martinelli replaces Nketiah instead of Trossard.