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See men wen dey come on for Brentford

OK! Here comes the workhorse Sangare!

StarchAndBanga:
I wonder why he was benched sef

He has a minor calf injury, nothing serious but just cautionary.

Chelsea better get something quick before Sangare comes on. He is going to put a lot of pressure on that Chelsea middle when he comes on, he is that good.

Barco is quite tenacious.

Omo see as dem swipe Barco like fly..

This is the season of Propaganda, Agenda, Angus, Give & Take, Gbas Gbos, Capping, UnCapping, ReCapping, DisCapping…

O Lord!

Gerry Cardinale has scheduled a meeting with Amorim to discuss recent results and the shaky start to the season. Amorim, I kukuma tell you, we no get joy for this side. The fans will descend on you, no time!

BlueRayDick:
The issue is; It's not peculiar to me alone. I've different people online saying they got the same texts.

Like Iamoyindamola mentioned almost all our numbers are compromised, that's why I strongly believe the Nigerian agency responsible for enforcing data protection laws has failed in its mandate.

It didn't start today tho. I remember there was a time it was reported that people's NIN were being sold online, If they can sell people's NIN what do we know that is being done to phone numbers?

Oh I see. Don’t get me wrong, we do get these phishing communications but they are mostly through emails versus text messages. Phone calls and texts are usually marketing companies.. Wahala no dey finish be that.

Seunpapa65:
Who should we sign

You need to hire an experienced interim manager (preferably foreign) that will help you navigate this season, stay competitive and then after the season you can search/appoint the right manager.

You’d be making another mistake if you make an in season hire on a long term basis. During the off season, you’d have more options to pick from and time for due diligence.

Just get someone in the interim who is experienced with absolutely no plan to make him permanent. Conte/ Deschamps/ Koeman/ Martinez.

BlueRayDick:
These scammers are really not relenting, first it was FRSC two days ago and now it's UBA this morning.

Good thing is : I never really operated a UBA account. I did partially opened a UBA account about 8 years ago but didn't complete the account opening process. I neither provided complete KYC documents nor deposit into account till date. It was easy detecting it's a scam message because of the same domain name the FRSC scammers used.

At this point, I feel Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) has failed in its mandate to enforce Data privacy laws and ensure data protection in this country. Talmabout how scammers would just create clone websites and be bombing thousands of citizens on their private mobile numbers.

Considering the frequency with which you are getting these phishing texts, do you wonder if your phone number may have been compromised?

izzou:
Editor in Chief don clear the air.

For me, it is the irony of the person involved in the original headline.

raumdeuter:
I like it he is planning for his after football, It might work out for him maybe get an assistant coach position somewhere

A Player-Manager at United won’t be a bad start for Awoniyi.

The expectations are average and with little to no pressure, he should successfully relegate them, so they can start the rebuild properly from the EFL.

Thoughts?

To even banter this club has even become difficult. It is in such a pitiful state.

Miya look away!

Awon werey!

See wetin De Winter miss. Jesus!

Pulisic comes in for Hutchinson. The Pulisic situation may ultimately lead to his departure. We need his creativity, especially in the final 3rd.

Milan 0-1 Benfica

Halftime.

We need more of those incisive plays in the final 3rd. Unlucky Ramos did not connect there

Chukwueze caught behind but recovers quick enough to ensure the cross did not go through

See my boy A. Hutchinson

This smelling behavior of conceding goals early is annoying!

Chukwueze is pulled back after beating his man. FK Milan.

drisham:
Took them years to build it sha..
As dem blueray and Roland17

I agree coaches need time to build, however, not every project should take 7 years before you start seeing results and by results I mean actually winning. Arteta finally getting over the hump in the EPL doesn't necessarily justify the opportunity cost forgone when you consider the length of time, financial resources and other variables; thus far.

For me, the value of Arsenal's rebuild under Arteta will be determined by the number of EPL/ domestic and European trophies he wins over the next few seasons. If all he will show for the time he has had is only 1 EPL trophy over the next 2-3 years then by all means the rebuild has been a massive failure because anyone could have achieved that under the same circumstance he has enjoyed.

It is why I personally believe that while last season was critical for the club, this season is very consequential for the club going into the future. He has to retain the EPL, win 1 or both domestic cups and get back in the UCL for me to remotely consider this whole thing a success now.

Now, I will admit I like how competitive we have become because of the patient albeit nerve wrecking rebuild but we must haul those trophies for all of it to make meaning.

afrodoc2:
Yeah, it is a loss.

I don't think the club did anything wrong in his particular situation to make him leave cos the club has been bending over backwards for a while now to accommodate his dad's wishes. Some might even say the club was far too accommodating of them.

The boy was for a short period with you guys, and then Chelsea, and then West Ham, and then joined us all before he turned 12. His father is notorious for his antics and i have touched on it several times here.

Having said that, an impartial assessment is that he might be making the right decision for his career. It all depends on where he ends up next. We have mismanaged a lot of talented academy players of late and when they flop people will start saying that they were never good in the first place.

IMO if he ends up at Barca, City, Bayern, or even with you guys his football development would be better, and his father won't have the cachet to be making ridiculous demands at such well-run clubs. The 2 clubs that would be mistakes are Real Madrid and Chelsea. Those are our ogas in terms of mismanaging young talent.

The whole situation is just indicative of our current place in the footballing world where a 15yr old unproven player and his father think that they are doing us a favor. The father does not rate us and was always going try to move the boy to a club he thinks is bigger and better either this year or next year. It is what it is.

His situation reminds me of A. Guler’s transfer (in terms of parental influence) where the kid’s heart was at Milan but his dad shopped him until he steered him to Madrid and so far to be fair it has worked, considering the amount of playing time he has gotten under the different coaches that have come and gone.

I have to agree with you that he may be making the right decision for his career considering he turns 16 this year I believe. I was telling someone last year that gone are the days academy players wait until they turn 18-20 before they get first team opportunities. Today, special talents need to see a clear path to the first team in a stable environment and that isn’t the situation at United. At 16, special talents while being patient should be involved in first team actions. They have also become decisive about their future and this is another example.

Chelsea will kill and waste the talent. He will essentially be a commodity with no effort in actually developing him. I still think under the right circumstances, United is still the best place for him to develop. Arsenal under Arteta may not offer him that path to the first team immediately, he’d have to be patient because right now we are trophy hunting. You’d have to be extremely patient as an academy player to get into Arteta’s plan and he is quite specific about the kind of young players he works with and I don’t know if JJ expressive abilities on the ball would necessarily work. We can see what he is doing with some aspects of Dowman’s game, making him more direct, decisive and intentional with the ball.

JJ’s path to the first team is easier for you guys but your unstable situation, especially with the high coaching turnover is just the hinderance. If you guys had some stability with your coaching position and a strong coach at that, then he may consider but right now, all your young talents are jumping ship.

I’d say Dortmund (System & Stable), PSG (Stable & Coach), Roma (Coach), Arsenal (Stable), Barcelona (Stable, System and Coach)

afrodoc2:
JJ Gabriel demands to leave the club. It was always going to happen.

That is going to be a very big loss if he actually moves away from United. Kid is definitely talented and the situation of your club, especially at this moment makes it an easy decision for his family to make.

Dowman

iamoyindamola:
Gyokores will suffer in Arsenal
These guys are comfortable passing around the box18 instead of giving him ball.
He's open but they are not seeing him

This is a ongoing problem and it is becoming frustrating to watch. There were several opportunities to open him up after a run but the passes did not come. I know he has his issues but make dem try small to find am. At least attempt a pass even if e go go through.

Salmon needs games like these to help build his confidence and timing. Slid there but it was mistimed.

iamoyindamola:
As predicted
Make we sha win
I no understand this formation Sha, zubi and MLS playing cb and lb?

We for try rest Gabu sha.

iamoyindamola:
We are so spoil with quality we will be forced to watch mumuduke, eze yoriyori and short hand kepa today.
I would have loved konsa and gabu rested but one of them have to play today because of mosquera injury

Ahhhhhhh! I will definitely end up with headache today!

mine3112:
He may become the best goalkeeper in the history of Arsenal football club if he stays two more seasons. He is already a legend in my view. Happy birthday to the Spanish giant.

3 consecutive Golden Gloves, 1 shy away from Cech who leads the EPL with 4. With this form, I think he will get his 4th this season and cement his place as one of the EPL greatest. We just need to win more titles, especially the UCL to support it.

He has separated himself from our great defense and will only get better. I have said it before, he remains one of Arteta's best decision.