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Nwaikpe:
Funny that what you celebrate is survival.


Nigeria has defeated Boko Haram many times, and yet there are still enclaves where Nigerian soldiers dare not go.
That is simply because of "asymmetric warfare."

The Americans can go in with full force, but the cost will be much for them and too great for the Iranians, even though the Iranians will celebrate whatever the outcome is as a victory, because to them, the cost never matters.


The good thing is that there is how they will push the world, and then the USA will overlook the cost, and then Iran will learn.

Chinua Achebe, not interested in reading your epistle....it's pretty straight forward, USA Is not as great as they think after all, cry inside 🪣if e pain u

Nwaikpe:
And as much as it will close,

Ayatollah, and all the generals and all their navy and airforce will come back to life,
Right?

oga go sleep, even with all the dead general, I thought they should have occupied Iran by now🙄, guess what's 🤭,almighty USA is still struggling....that's a big shame and very disgraceful 😢

dederocs:
America oil doesn't pass there. Iran won't be able to sell oil again, you pawns don't get it. It is seized.

lol...from it's opened to , you fuvking fuvking should open the strait , and now it's seized.....we are waiting for the next lamentations in coming days😹😂

Indigbo:
If that was Raya, it would have been a goal

stop clowning... Arsenal suddenly loose , una don start every disrespect

Nwaikpe:

It's a shame that you are talking about what is in the backyard of Iran.
America says nothing will pass. If it belongs to Iran, let them open it na.

more clowning.....well Iran want it closed...so it's a welcome development for America to help keep it closed 😂

Nwaikpe:
The US now owns the Strait.

Make Iran put body and see.

they own it but can't open it😹😹😹 clowns

boxypane:
What is wrong with Nigerians and giving the country a bad name? Politicians are home doing it, disgruntled ones are abroad committing crimes.

they are not Nigerians..they've said it so many times, I wonder why they use Nigerian passport to commit their crimes tho 🤔

Sonofgod1990:
Eyaaa. That should be next season chief. Maybe una fit win quadruple next season Manchester United Fit even carry the EPL cup not to talk of man City that will top the table next week

no be today u start to dey day dream...na from the beginning of the season.....tears loading up fr una in coming weeks

Sonofgod1990:
I just dey pity all arsenal fans

Have you eaten? Do you have appetite

when season end your tears go full 🪣 when Arsenal is crowned champion

Sonofgod1990:
No peace for the wicked

still on top of the league 😹

IyaTola:
I get where you’re coming from — and honestly, a lot of Arsenal fans feel that same mix of pride and frustration right now. But if we’re being real about it, the “we can’t compete financially” angle only tells part of the story.

When Mikel Arteta took over, yes, the squad needed major surgery. No argument there. And to his credit, he’s rebuilt the core — younger, more cohesive, and actually aligned with a clear identity. That’s something Arsenal lacked for years, even late into Arsène Wenger’s era.

Arsenal haven’t exactly been operating on a shoestring budget. Over the last few years, they’ve spent heavily — just more strategically than clubs like Chelsea FC or Manchester United. Players like Declan Rice, Kai Havertz, and Martin Ødegaard weren’t cheap — that’s elite-level investment. So it’s not just about how much you spend, but how well you spend it.

Now compare that to Manchester City under Pep Guardiola. Yes, they can drop £100M in January without blinking — but they’re not just throwing money around. Their recruitment is ruthless, precise, and built on an already world-class foundation. That’s why even their “backup” players can decide title races.

So can Arsenal match that financially? Probably not pound-for-pound. But the bigger question is: do they need to?

What Arsenal are building is a team that should be hitting its peak now. At some point, the excuses — rebuild, age profile, budget gaps — start to fade. When you’re pushing City this close, the expectation naturally shifts from “progress” to “deliver.”

And that’s the uncomfortable truth:
It’s no longer about whether Arsenal can spend like City — it’s about whether they can beat them anyway.

Because Leicester already showed, years ago, that perfection over a season can outweigh pure financial power. The gap is real, but it’s not insurmountable — it just leaves you with a much smaller margin for error.

So yeah, be realistic… but also recognize this: Arsenal aren’t underdogs anymore. They’re contenders now. And contenders eventually have to get over the line.

I agree with some of your points, but the fact remains that without the kind of financial backing clubs like City, Chelsea, and United have, it’s very difficult to get over the line.

You mentioned that Arsenal spent on players like Declan Rice, Martin Ødegaard, and Kai Havertz but didn’t invest in strategic positions, that’s simply not accurate. When the season starts and those players are fit, we can all clearly see their quality, dominance, and how dangerous the team can be. The real issue, which you didn’t mention, is injuries.

Havertz and Ødegaard, for example, have been out for several months. When players are sidelined that long, it’s mad difficult for them to regain top form quickly.
As for squad depth yes, Arsenal do have backups ,but then again,due to financial limitations, the quality of those backups doesn’t match what teams like City can afford as backup...

To make matters worse, even the backup players are dealing with injuries. Players like Timber and White have been struggling with fitness and form, while others like Hincapié, Calafiori, and Lewis-Skelly have faced similar issues... Merino completely out, Odegaard has also been unfit, and Eze only recently returned from injury.

If Arsenal had the financial power to spend another £100 million in the January transfer window like City can, the situation might be very different.

The reality is that the level of competition in the league right now is extremely high. It would take something close to a miracle for another Leicester-style story to happen again...btw I hope you remember how much Liverpool spent on those strategic positions you mentioned up there and where they are currently 🤔

ndidibabe:
PSG beat you home and away and that was even with you best players in form.

lies.....we beat them when they had their best players and we had ours, they beat us when injury crisis hit , we had no big Gabi at the back, no white, no Calafiori,no Havertz,we were even without a striker and Merino was our makeshift striker.

ndidibabe:
Imagine you played PSG or barcelona today. This pretence will end in 2 weeks. Just watch..

didn't we beat Bayern? Btw ,we beat psg last season, we will beat them again..

ndidibabe:
What is arsenal competing for? Are you refeering to united and liverpool? Those two will flog arsenal if they meet. Arsenal are really terrible at the moment. If not for the lucky wom againt lisbon, it could have been 5 loss in a row. On present form, Arsenal can not beat united. They can try with liverpool tho...

Arsenal is trying to win the league and the champions league, Arsenal is not trying to beat united.... United can shift, we are not on the same level currently, they should goan beat wolves or something....we are currently in competition with European bests in the UCl, and battling one of the best team ever in English football in the Epl....not mediocre united

frankson1:
Few weeks back we didn't get to see all these analysis but now that arsenal have been exposed, every arsenal supporter has one excuse or the other.

This has always been a trend for arsenal towards the end of season and Man. City should have been topping the table if they themselves didn't falter.

Arteta's Arsenal has bought players for £m100, £m50 and £m65 etc but what you’re saying that he didn't have enough money to buy players

after buying likes of Cherki, Tijanni and others....why did Manshitty spend another 100m to chase Arsenal ...if having one Declan rice , Havertz in 5years is enough ,why can't Manshitty do it without shopping for more

osuofia2:
Let them prostrate in your dream, they determines the negotiations, just tell your fellow jihadists to let the world have peace and stop dragging the world back, imagine the senselessness of Western education is a sin, everything that makes lives easy for you all are Western ideas, even the phone you are using to type the jaggons

most of u go dey yarn nonsense confidently...u no know anything, all the algebra and those important complex mathematics were figured out by some islamic scientists, even algebra was even named after this one below, not even doing religion fight with u, without him and others like him, the phone you mention wouldn't have been in existence , u think all those ancient pyramids and buildings were just built by stacking stones and sands and not some complex engineering was behind those, even some of those Muslim countries are currently some of the most advanced countries in the world right now😹😹 ,smh 🙄 laslas U no get any iota of 🧠....I dey shame for myself for arguing with u

ndidibabe:
Forget table.. presently, Mancity>Man united>liverpool>or=Arsenal>chelsea.

lol, you're a clown....we should forget table and put teams struggling and not even competing for anything ahead of league leader, all the disrespect go end by the end of the season when shame catch u all🤫

ndidibabe:
The little fund they had, they have used to buy average players here and there to form a big squad of average players.

and united, Chelsea, Liverpool that bought worldclass players....where are they ?😹

Sonofgod1990:
You remember when I told you dis thing.¿

lol..still on top of the table bro... crazily na u go cry on the last day of the season... enjoy now tho😂

Adonispco:
Money invested is not my priority Arteta should win this league that all I want from him no excuse.

hopefully he does, but it's hard to do when you can't afford to get the same caliber of players your contenders have

ndidibabe:
Exactly what i am saying, arsenal do not have that quality to compete with City. It would have been great for them to do it this season as they almost did but with the situation now, they can't. The big money city having reinforced in january will win the league again.

so Arsenal is not bad like you painted then, they only lack funds

ndidibabe:
You are just contradicting yourself here and there even when you have stated the obvious facts. No one says Saka and Odeggard have not been good. The fact is that they are presently not good probably due to injuries like you stated and that is one the reasons they wont win the league. Their best players are washed and they do not have the quality at this crucial time.

Yes, liverpool won by a good margin cus other teams were not good enough. They were extremely lucky to win comfortably. This time, arsenal would have been lucky too but mancity reinforced during the last window and they have some players that have now recovered fully from injury. They are the best in england at the moment. If you doubt me, go and watch their last two matches. They have 95% chances of winning the league. They are unlikely to loose any of their remaing fixtures. They will batter Arsenal again for sure.

so if Mancity win the league again, it's only cause they were able to spend and reinforce in January and Arsenal couldn't match the spending......so how is Arsenal a bad team ?

Adonispco:
No whyne me cos am old enough to know who is doing well or not. This near success syndrome is enough, Wenger won epl title at least.
Liverpool won this league easily last season whenever it's Arsenal chance to get the job done na so so nearly every year.
Sack that Arteta cos Emery wasn't given this chances.

For your information I have been an Arsenal fan since 2005 of pires,bergkamp,Henry ,viera and co so please put little bit of respect in your response.

I’ve been following Arsenal for about the same amount of time, so I understand how frustrating and disappointing it’s been over the years. But there’s nothing quite like that “nearly” syndrome, we also need to be realistic with ourselves.
When Arteta took over Arsenal, look at the calibre of players he inherited. He’s had to overhaul almost the entire squad, but without the kind of budget that teams like United, Chelsea, and even City have been spending in a single season , we spent what Chelsea spent in 2years in 5years....
City, for example, spent nearly £100 million just to strengthen the squad in January again, we couldn't spend a penny🥺,and they have been pretty at our back ever since ,and they’re reportedly planning to spend another £200 million in the next transfer window. Can Arsenal realistically match that?

ajalawole:
oga leave salaye.. are they not arsenal players. I can bet with my life all those players you mentioned will still be at arsenal next season instead of selling them to reinforce the team.

let's wait and see but again Liverpool that bought different forms of Lamborghini, Ferrari....etc , where are they?

Jeshurun101:
I pray make Arsenal win am before cos I no want Mancity's dominance but na una mouth and pride make me back off. How Arsenal fans go dey disrespect pple wey don win European trophies because Arsenal dey in form? I even pray make Chelsea lose tomorrow. If Chelsea' lose tomorrow go cost them champion league spot, I dont care as long as it will make Mancity win the league.

good luck to them

Trojan8:
I didn't lose though

but you are not fighting for anything either

ndidibabe:
You have admitted in your own post that saka and odeggard have been struggling so what difference would they have made? Odeggard played against sporting and did not make any difference. Hincappe is just an average player who is very hardworking. Arsenal has really been lucky to top the table + other teams have been poor. Now that city has regain form + improved their team, i strongly believe Arsenal will not win the league.

Odegard came back after been out for months and you expect him to be exceptional in matter of days🥺🤭, na like that den dey regain form??😂..and Saka crucial goal against Brighton gave us 3 points, he single handledly gave us another against Wolves and many more evn though he is currently struggling, how is he not making difference?...they are the reason we are here right now cos they worked their socks off even with all the challenges and not any yeye luck like you implied........

when Liverpool won it last season with long margin ,other teams were not poor😹😹, City won it back to back for several years, other teams were not poor...... now its Arsenal, suddenly they are now poor....abeg go sit-down and leave sentiment

Jeshurun101:
U

Lol.. No squad depth again?

still on top of the league tho...I don't understand una chochocho ,una teams dey drop points everytime, no noise....when it's Arsenal suddenly noise go dey everywhere 😹

ndidibabe:
Hincappe did not play the carling cup final? Was he not the guy that was completely ridiculed by semenyo ?Attacking wise, he offers nothing.

Maybe Timber could have added something going forward but if it was just defence, he wouldnt have done better than white who was decent in this match.

The problem is that Arsenal has got a big squad of average players but the media keeps hyping them. Already, from what i have seen today, it will take a lot of luck for them to win the league. The attack isnt just good enough. Odeggard and Saka are washed...even with them on the pitch, they could still loose.

Odegard and Saka are washed only cause they've been struggling to be fit all season long, even a dying Saka always make a difference somehow, and Hincapie? , he has been exceptional all season long , don't even try to deny that fact...and which player doesn't have a bad day at job?..

and again, you're wrong,With all of them on pitch brought us this far.🥱

ajalawole:
so those that play today are useless abi. Rice and all those players are no more useful to your team I guess.

White was out for several months, still hardly in form ,same with Havertz, evn Eze just came back from injury today, lewis Skelly has not really been in great form this season..... expecting them to connect exceptionally well with the usual guys and based on form is not realistic

Adonispco:
Just dey your lane cos I don't want to insult you this afternoon. Shey na you be my dealer abi.
Arteta na weapon fashion against arsenal, like at this crucial moment all your key players dey form injured.
Odegaard and calafiori injury dey upset me, no Timber no Hincapie.
Arsenal is cursed nothing anybody wan tell me.

how can they form injury if they are not truly injured na and how is Arteta the weapon that fashion against Arsenal when we were no where near greatness for more than 15 years before Arteta came on board? suddenly he is the worst thing to ever happen to Arsenal....some of una sef 😹