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iamoyindamola:
UCL group stage still soft that's why

Soft? Na UCL be this not UEL wey we go dey play Gbogbonishe FC with our second 11. As it is now, one of Bayern, Barca or PSG might be grouped with us.

Roland17:
What exactly is Kalvin Phillips still doing at City? Pep would rather play a CB than u in the midfield and he is not pushing for a move away from City?

If na you, you go wan comot?

Better cash with guaranteed trophy.

mostob:
Soft? Na UCL be this not UEL wey we go dey play Gbogbonishe FC with our second 11. As it is now, one of Bayern, Barca or PSG might be grouped with us.

We can go tow to toe with any of them na
I didn't say we should play our second 11 I said martinelli shouldn't be starting in epl
Of course arteta will never play his second team against top clubs in UCL

kokaneprodigy:
I said this thing last season when we were discussing the lineup against City for the second leg. But some disagreed with including Arteta and we lost.

Una no know ball I swear.

I think why Martinelli get tk start is because he is more explosive and a proper wide forward. Trossard is different in that he comes inside a lot. Both are suitable for different tactics.

iamoyindamola:
Arsenal fans are rudéeeeee
Omo them boo the referee as thwu call him name

The ref na weyrey. How Rodrigo didn't get booked throughout the game is beyond me.

mostob:
The ref na weyrey. How Rodrigo didn't get booked throughout the game is beyond me.

Stuart Attwell Dey do like who dey possessed.

Half the time he doesn't put a foot (whistle?) wrong, the other half he's one call away from losing control of the whole game.

Congratulations Arsenal on the Community Shield...Good to see Pep suffer pain...I hate dominance.

Timber looks Solid...

Mancity may suffer if injuries hit them.

Fkhalifa:
Congratulations Arsenal on the Community Shield...Good to see Pep suffer pain...I hate dominance.

Timber looks Solid...

Mancity may suffer if injuries hit them.

Whizzzzzzzyyyyyy!

Where your leg dey this upcoming season?

Are you done with your Liverpool romance?

Roland17:
Our only unresolved or should I say challenging position is the CF. Balogun (If we somehow keep him)/ Nketiah/ Jesus may just be good enough considering how fluid and dynamic we will be with our wing play. I still wish we signed a true CF, especially against those low block teams.
#COYG

Balogun should go abeg... We don't want a toxic player to disrupt us. As important as Guen was, we let him go so we can do same as Balogun.

Spy360:
I respect Pep coaching. He played a 4-4-2 and still held his own. That scattered Arteta's inverted fullback plan.

There was no plan to invert.

iamoyindamola:
That's why I said zinny and timber can't play together
Unless one of partey or rice will join the defence when the full backs move up

They can actually...don't forget Timber is a natural CB too.

iamoyindamola:
We can go tow to toe with any of them na
I didn't say we should play our second 11 I said martinelli shouldn't be starting in epl
Of course arteta will never play his second team against top clubs in UCL

I get you now.

mostob:
Balogun should go abeg... We don't want a toxic player to disrupt us. As important as Guen was, we let him go so we can do same as Balogun.

No allow Kokane read this thing wen u type.. Na dis kain statement dey vex baba

Roland17:
No allow Kokane read this thing wen u type.. Na dis kain statement dey vex baba

Play Saliba in midfield and he will still give you 10/10. I know he is press resistant but those little dribbles eh. He successfully dribbled the three City players and they only stopped him by fouling him. This is the third time in a row he is attempting these insane dribbling skills.

mostob:
They can actually...don't forget Timber is a natural CB too.

But he they burst forward that's our point
How can he recover without exposing the cb

mostob:
Balogun should go abeg... We don't want a toxic player to disrupt us. As important as Guen was, we let him go so we can do same as Balogun.

Kokaneprodigy 😂😂

iamoyindamola:
Kokaneprodigy 😂😂

😀😀😀😃😃😄 the joke is on the weyrey.

Roland17:
No allow Kokane read this thing wen u type.. Na dis kain statement dey vex baba

Iamoyindamola made sure I saw it ooo.

I believe say the guy just Dey catch cruise.

As important as Guen was 😀😀😀

Orishi-rishi

kokaneprodigy:
Iamoyindamola made sure I saw it ooo.

I believe say the guy just Dey catch cruise.

As important as Guen was 😀😀😀

Orishi-rishi

I swear, I don laff die for where I dey!

kokaneprodigy:
the joke is on the weyrey.

Whether you meant it as a joke or not, no dey use the 'weyrey' language for me abeg. And if you have any personal issue with Guen, go sort am with him. And yes, he was important for the team before he left.

Congratulations to us the Gunners as a whole

Hopefully, this is the beginning of sweet, Beautiful and greater things to come trophy-wise

Roland17:
Whizzzzzzzyyyyyy!

Where your leg dey this upcoming season?

Are you done with your Liverpool romance?

Baba let me just dey enjoy football from outside

I hope we all saw the difference with Saliba on the pitch ; Halland no just see ball play at all.

Man city had 0 shots on target in the first half 😲

We have really come a long way o, our back line guys are doing well

mostob:
Whether you meant it as a joke or not, no dey use the 'weyrey' language for me abeg. And if you have any personal issue with Guen, go sort am with him. And yes, he was important for the team before he left.

Yen yen yen

mostob:
There was no plan to invert.

There was. Timber was to invert and Rice moved up. I saw the attempt several times but due to the 4-4-2 Pep used it allowed Walker to take up advanced positions thereby forcing Timber to stay put.

It worked for them because Rodri and Kovacic were very mobile in midfield and controlled it especially early in the game.

Havertz was then forced to drop into midfield like Odegaard so that we can control it. We obviously played without a striker.

Roland17:
I absolutely agree. My suggestion isn't as plan A but as a B because we saw how teams frustrated us last season.

As for Trossard, I love his decision making, he wastes no time in dangerous situations. However, I would still like to see him start from the wings and remain fluid or invert to the CF. He is dangerous when he plays from either side of the wing, particularly the left.

Ok I get your point. A a plan B it is very important. We have Nketiah for that but we don't trust him. With a decent CF, Tierney and Tomiyasu should be starting.

Roland17:
Nwanne,

Would there have been any need to invert any of our full backs since we were playing a double pivot? For me, I don't think so. Inverting any fullback would have backfired seriously against City and I think Arteta realized that when he picked his players and tactics. This is why I said he read the room perfectly today.

Inverting any full back with a double pivot would have overloaded the middle and left a glaring opening on the side we inverted and with City's crisp passing and quick transition, we would have suffered.

With the flat back 4 and a double 6 in front of them, we were able to restrict Grealish/ Bernado and when Foden came in, he had to invert into the middle, (see their first goal) because our fullbacks were quite discipline with/without the ball. This is why we did not need Martinelli nor Saka to do too much defensively.

One thing I have realized about Arteta and his defensive tactics is that he loves to play with 3 defenders at the back, irrespective of the combination and this is why he won't stop using White. When he plays Zinny and inverts him, we pretty much switch to a back 3 (White/ Gabu/ Saliba) with the ball while Zinny is roaming the middle.

You are 100% correct about this. Mine is why did Arteta not allow the FB to invert? I think it was an ingame decision seeing how Pep lined up.

I think that Arteta planned for Havertz to play 9 and Rice to play 8. I saw that early in the game. But he had to adjust and Rice settled in a double pivot.

I want to attribute this to Pep's masterclass tactics to nullify Arteta's plans. Pep tinkers a lot. I give it to him. He is the best no doubt.

BlueRayDick:
Man city had 0 shots on target in the first half 😲

We have really come a long way o, our back line guys are doing well

Ramsdale was having an holiday throughout that half.

I said here that we are now at par with City in terms of quality and should really challenge for the title.

Spy360:
Ramsdale was having an holiday throughout that half.

I said here that we are now at par with City in terms of quality and should really challenge for the title.

. Every season same hope with nothing to come out of it.