₦airaland Forum

Jodera:
I've doubt that Haaland might thrive in this our setup like Man City Sha but I agree, Havertz needs to be more stronger and show more presence.

Tbh ehh, I just want our two sides to be working and goals to be coming everywhere as it did last season. Once that happens, then I can fully vouch for Haaland or Haaland type to gel here

Haaland is a bully on 1v1. Kai isnt and can't even be.

Shot power is word and opposite for these two. To expect a big hit from Haaland is high. To expect a weak hit from Kai is high. Saliba is one of 2 defenders that bullied Haaland last season in all his strengths, out of all defenders in EPL. His presence alone will carve open that centre space at the box arc for any arsenal shirt to explore b2b. Kai did that in 2nd half a little.

I've accepted to reduce expectations. But its hard to see situations upon situations that may end up crucial being wasted due to lack of the 1 figure that can make 10moinmoin out of one tin of beans



Question: do we have an fpl league to start with?

daveP:
I'm not saying he played well. Me that want him benched for Trossard? 😂😂😂

I'm pointing out aspects of his game that still have hope. Infact he and Kai yesterday ehn😹

Okay o. I for fear o 😁

Anytime I remember we got Trossard because Chelsea hijacked Mudryk’s deal; I’m always grateful to Chelsea o.

The fact that we got him for 27m and Chelsea paid outright of 62m and further add-ons of 27m for Mudryk Dey always gimme joy

daveP:
I understand alll of this. Presence for a productive outcome is what matters. The probability that a goal ought to come out of that increase when more shirts are unmarked or the shirts are positioned to get a header. Or do you want it as a norm where anyone that crosses ends up with nothing because of Zonal play?

Oh i forgot that our defenders are the better headers so far. But that's no excuse for those 3 at that spot right there.


I understand all the tactical talk but chances need to be taken whenever presented. We don't want to be desperate for anything possible on a desperate night because the tactics is what GM ought to abide by especially when the OPPORTUNITY presents itself. Everyone crosses in and coach never stop am.

Bottomline, na who see chance and bury am dey mata. Na after game end we go analyze tactical play.


Conclusion: GM still dey play rubbish sha. Pls let that be settled as my pov o

The only thing I can take from that picture is that those three suppose to attack that near post zone instead of being away from it. I believe the players were poorly positioned cos 3 players is more than enough in attacking a cross.

I won't love for us to tamper with our structure by pushing more bodies (if that's what the structure entails), then get caught on the counter when they miss a cross. It's not as if that's the dying moment of the game sef.

Meanwhile, Martinelli needs to look up more and also stop being a one trick pony. I don't know if it's confidence issues that's affecting him

BlueRayDick:
Anytime I remember we got Trossard because Chelsea hijacked Mudryk’s deal; I’m always grateful to Chelsea o.

The fact that we got him for 27m and Chelsea paid outright of 62m and further add-ons of 27m for Mudryk Dey always gimme joy

Lol.... No be only this one even sweet me.

Wetin follow sweet me be say Chelsea fans actually mocked us both here and in their thread when they hijacked the deal. Now na all of them deh wail

daveP:
Haaland is a bully on 1v1. Kai isnt and can't even be.

Shot power is word and opposite for these two. To expect a big hit from Haaland is high. To expect a weak hit from Kai is high. Saliba is one of 2 defenders that bullied Haaland last season in all his strengths, out of all defenders in EPL. His presence alone will carve open that centre space at the box arc for any arsenal shirt to explore b2b. Kai did that in 2nd half a little.

I've accepted to reduce expectations. But its hard to see situations upon situations that may end up crucial being wasted due to lack of the 1 figure that can make 10moinmoin out of one tin of beans



Question: do we have an fpl league to start with?

Lol..
I understand your point tho.

I think so, maybe oyindamola will help you out. I don't play fpl

Jodera:
Lol.... No be this one even sweet me.

Wetin sweet me be say Chelsea fans actually mocked us both here and in their thread when they hijacked the deal. Now na all of them deh wail

They thought they hit jackpot

BlueRayDick:
They thought they hit jackpot

... Swearss

Just glad if not na we fit dey wail by now

Jodera:
Lol.... No be only this one even sweet me.

Wetin follow sweet me be say Chelsea fans actually mocked us both here and in their thread when they hijacked the deal. Now na all of them deh wail

They won the the elusive and prestigious “Mudryk transfer trophy”.

Jodera:
... Swearss

Just glad if not na we fit dey wail by now

Imagine surviving Nicolas Pepe torturous years, only to enter into the realm of Mudryk's.

Person for nearly craze.

BlueRayDick:
They thought they hit jackpot

The werey mikano see iyawo divorce iyale
We were building a fan base for him already na just to come sign he switch
I am super glad we got Trossard

Jodera:
The only thing I can take from that picture is that those three suppose to attack that near post zone instead of being away from it. I believe the players were poorly positioned cos 3 players is more than enough in attacking a cross.

I won't love for us to tamper with our structure by pushing more bodies (if that's what the structure entails), then get caught on the counter when they miss a cross. It's not as if that's the dying moment of the game sef.

Meanwhile, Martinelli needs to look up more and also stop being a one trick pony. I don't know if it's confidence issues that's affecting him

You're getting my pov already. Even if we aren't all that tactical, relegation teams without much of a tactic will have 3 players in that position and attack it well to get their heads on the ball. So it boils down to either playing safe or they just lack the know how of attacking such space(3 of them)

GM is why i love what Trossard did with his goal celebration.


Arteta's two bias since he arrived are Kai and Martinelli.

These two are guaranteed starters shirts even if they play rubbish or offer nothing. Even if GJ dey fit, he go still wan start Kai. This look down thing of GM has not changed since last season. It proves one thing -MA is jot working on this kid in that regards.

As for the plan for counter, there's a slight problem for me.

The ball carrier runs some 40 to 60m without as much as a scent of a tackle or resistance by us. I don't like that approach at all. We had no answer to Rogers too. Thanks to the pace of Saliba for thwarting that sure banker goal. We used to rely on Offside trap last season. What's changed? The more that free ball carrier approaches, the more the danger to me. I hope that's just a Villa game mistake sha.


Gabriel's trap vs Man U last season 💯💯💯💯😂😂😂😂😂

iamoyindamola:
The werey mikano see iyawo divorce iyale
We were building a fan base for him already na just to come sign he switch
I am super glad we got Trossard

As in.... I am just happy Trossard is cooking, and I will be happier if Arteta gives him that starting role he deserves. I would not want us to lose him to another top team because he's unhappy playing from the bench

Observation: We are not a tackling team.

Last season we no dey top 14. This season we no dey top 10 after 2 games. Sleek or bleak?

daveP:
Observation: We are not a tackling team.

Last season we no dey top 14. This season we no dey top 10 after 2 games. Sleek or bleak?

We usually have most of the possession in games so obviously we don’t spend much of the game tackling to win the ball back.

We also press our opponents so much that they surrender the ball to us and we keep recycling possession till we get to their box area where we shoot at goal.

Only few of our players actually do tackle ; Partey or Jorginho & Rice in midfield ; and if the opposing players beat them they have Saliba to contend with.

I think it's a sign that we are dominating our opponents . I'm sure during the time of Emery when we had dem Guendouzi in Midfield, David Luiz, Mustafi & Sokratis in CB position; we would definitely be topping the tackle list .

iamoyindamola:
More like if you no do this thing we no go leave here today

He no leave am till he do am

BlueRayDick:
As in.... I am just happy Trossard is cooking, and I will be happier if Arteta gives him that starting role he deserves. I would not want us to lose him to another top team because he's unhappy playing from the bench

Nah he's 30 already he can only go back to his home country or Saudi/lower league to chop retirement

iamoyindamola:
If you watch the preseason against us, the goal Salah scored was typical play from back to score
I am sure arteta will note that because it was a deadly transition

I think Pep is also keeping a close eye at what Arne is doing at Liverpool. By matchday 9 or 10, we should have a better understanding of who they really are.

Spy360:
You're right bro

Slot is wise to maintain Klopps tactics and even improve the area perceived as weakness

But I'll like to see how the cope with a counter attacking team like Villa or a possession team

I agree with your last sentence. Villa/ Brighton/Spuds will provide that stress test.

I’ve watched the replay of that Saturday match va Villa over and over again and I still don’t understand why rival fans kept saying Watkins messed up.

The only time Watkins messed up was that first half chance he played off target under pressure .

That Raya’s save in the second half is what it is; a SAVE. Raya deserves the credit for having a very sharp reflex to have saved a sure goal. Rival fans are making it seem like Watkins wasted the chance and not that Raya made an unbelievable save.

It’s not even like Watkins played the ball in the middle ; rather he placed the ball in an almost impossible-to-save position. One of my friends who is a Chelsea don wail tire untop the matter . 😂

Peekaboo

BlueRayDick:
We usually have most of the possession in games so obviously we don’t spend much of the game tackling to win the ball back.

We also press our opponents so much that they surrender the ball to us and we keep recycling possession till we get to their box area where we shoot at goal.

Only few of our players actually do tackle ; Partey or Jorginho & Rice in midfield ; and if the opposing players beat them they have Saliba to contend with.

I think it's a sign that we are dominating our opponents . I'm sure during the time of Emery when we had dem Guendouzi in Midfield, David Luiz, Mustafi & Sokratis in CB position; we would definitely be topping the tackle list .

That's true. Even our yellow cards have drastically reduced. We've come a long way. This is the season.
Else....

Roland17:
They won the the elusive and prestigious “Mudryk transfer trophy”.

And I believe they'll still hold the trophy for 7 more years

BlueRayDick:
Imagine surviving Nicolas Pepe torturous years, only to enter into the realm of Mudryk's.

Person for nearly craze.

....or just imagine as Martinelli deh fvck up presently, then na Mikano we dey look as sub.

Omorr, that's more than killing

daveP:
You're getting my pov already. Even if we aren't all that tactical, relegation teams without much of a tactic will have 3 players in that position and attack it well to get their heads on the ball. So it boils down to either playing safe or they just lack the know how of attacking such space(3 of them)

GM is why i love what Trossard did with his goal celebration.


Arteta's two bias since he arrived are Kai and Martinelli.

These two are guaranteed starters shirts even if they play rubbish or offer nothing. Even if GJ dey fit, he go still wan start Kai. This look down thing of GM has not changed since last season. It proves one thing -MA is jot working on this kid in that regards.

As for the plan for counter, there's a slight problem for me.

The ball carrier runs some 40 to 60m without as much as a scent of a tackle or resistance by us. I don't like that approach at all. We had no answer to Rogers too. Thanks to the pace of Saliba for thwarting that sure banker goal. We used to rely on Offside trap last season. What's changed? The more that free ball carrier approaches, the more the danger to me. I hope that's just a Villa game mistake sha.


Gabriel's trap vs Man U last season 💯💯💯💯😂😂😂😂😂

Kai na MA favored son same as Saka but I doubt Martinelli is also included. I believe the attributes Martinelli have is what is keeping him presently (pace, helping defence and keeping the width). If truly Martinelli is one of his favored sons, I believe he wouldn't have benched him for Trossard last season. One thing with Trossard is that aside his lack of burst of pace with ball, he normally drift away from game when playing wings around the 60th to 70th minutes upwards(or sometimes even less) and I think that's one of the reasons why Arteta haven't fully made that position his. But then, he really still deserves to start over Martinelli.


I don't think we suffered from many ball carriers last season due to our coordinated press so I believe Aston Villa's game especially Rogers was just a one off. One thing I believe is that Partey and Rice really underestimated him, not fully knowing he's that kinda deadly. Next game against him, I believe arsenal (and those duo) will take him seriously cos the way he use use dem ehh...

Anyways, tactically I'll be watching how we setup and play this season. We've not fully hit top gear too so with more game time I believe we'll see more sharpness.

BlueRayDick:
I’ve watched the replay of that Saturday match va Villa over and over again and I still don’t understand why rival fans kept saying Watkins messed up.

The only time Watkins messed up was that first half chance he played off target under pressure .

That Raya’s save in the second half is what it is; a SAVE. Raya deserves the credit for having a very sharp reflex to have saved a sure goal. Rival fans are making it seem like Watkins wasted the chance and not that Raya made an unbelievable save.

It’s not even like Watkins played the ball in the middle ; rather he placed the ball in an almost impossible-to-save position. One of my friends who is a Chelsea don wail tire untop the matter . 😂

Where I watched, some were saying he nodded it straight, I just laugh. One Man u guy was saying he should have controlled it first before shooting, that one I just knew it's disappointment from not seeing Arsenal losing at that point than Watkins making a wrong decision.

Raya made a wonderful save and if that situation was to repeat itself, I still believe Watkins would still have nodded it same way cos that ball was coming fast towards his side.

The reflex save from Raya was top.

daveP:
That's true. Even our yellow cards have drastically reduced. We've come a long way. This is the season.
Else....

The way our players tackle needs to be studied especially Saliba. The way they just poke the ball away from you when you think you've guarded it 100% sometimes makes me laugh.

That's one of the big reasons we're one of the least 2 yellow carded team last season

Jodera:
Where I watched, some were saying he nodded it straight, I just laugh. One Man u guy was saying he should have controlled it first before shooting, that one I just knew it's disappointment from not seeing Arsenal losing at that point than Watkins making a wrong decision.

Raya made a wonderful save and if that situation was to repeat itself, I still believe Watkins would still have nodded it same way cos that ball was coming fast towards his side.

The reflex save from Raya was top.

Exactly . Harry Kane in Watkins’ position would’ve nodded the ball in same direction. Raya was just in a fantastic form to have pulled that terrific save.

It’s just like that Maddison free kick back then when we played Leicester that Ramsdale saved. It was 💯 goal bound until Ramsdale’s finger tips saved the day.

I guess when u are doing well as a team in England, u just have urself a lot of rival fans hate-watching every game. City used to get the full hate-watching heat until we started competing with them and now we share out of their hate-watchers who belong to rival fans

Jodera:
The way our players tackle needs to be studied especially Saliba. The way they just poke the ball away from you when you think you've guarded it 100% sometimes makes me laugh.

That's one of the big reasons we're one of the least 2 yellow carded team last season

I still don’t know how Saliba does it. If he were to be an African-African , I will say “ na juju”

I mean he gets it right almost every time. I recently saw his performance vs Haaland last season; Omo he just kept bodying him as the last man. No breathing space at all.

I guess his physique and football intelligence match each other . He just seem to know how to use his bulky structure while applying sense to those tackles and unsettling opps

daveP:
Observation: We are not a tackling team.

Last season we no dey top 14. This season we no dey top 10 after 2 games. Sleek or bleak?

Then you should be happy. It's a sign that you're now a super team...it means your team is playing without mistakes. Be happy 😊

This is what one of the the goat CB said about tackling.

BlueRayDick:
Exactly . Harry Kane in Watkins’ position would’ve nodded the ball in same direction. Raya was just in a fantastic form to have pulled that terrific save.

It’s just like that Maddison free kick back then when we played Leicester that Ramsdale saved. It was 💯 goal bound until Ramsdale’s finger tips saved the day.

I guess when u are doing well as a team in England, u just have urself a lot of rival fans hate-watching every game. City used to get the full hate-watching heat until we started competing with them and now we share out of their hate-watchers who belong to rival fans

Lol... I can't forget the bolded. Brendan Rodgers was already celebrating sef.

That hate watch is true. Of all these clubs, na Liverpool get the least hate watch. I no know wetin dey that club wey people deh hardly beef them

Jodera:
Lol... I can't forget the bolded. Brendan Rodgers was already celebrating sef.

That hate watch is true. Of all these clubs, na Liverpool get the least hate watch. I no know wetin dey that club wey people deh hardly beef them

Loserpool don't really have much fans in Nigeria like that. When I was growing up where we used to watch matches back then, we only had 3 Loserpool fans there. Even when they score and they jubilate their voice is hardly heard unlike Chelsea, Arsenal and Man Utd fans.

I think the years when they were in the wilderness also affected them.