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iamoyindamola:
Bros he's a defender
All these blaming others for his mistake no go fly abeg
Did anyone spare xhaka or mustafi during their errors
Let's maintain the same energy abeg

I find it hard to fathom how you blame Gabriel but absolved Xhaka who failed to clear the ball inside the box?

I can't fathom this but when there is an agenda it must surface

Abeg carry your Mustafi fandom go meet am for German second division league

Jodera:
I saw it. I'm just surprised two days ago you were against us playing highline against Spurs only to have a contrary opinion ystdy. What changed?

I am not static in my thinking and always bow to superior arguments.

I sat my head down and thought of the positives and negatives of a high line.

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From my post you can see where I listed the qualities required to play the pattern and discovered that we have them. I also pointed out that the most important thing here is for the players to study the game and know when to push up or fall back.

Resurrection212:
Thank God my brother Emeka iheadia have let you people know that we mbaise are not for peter obi and that's finally the fake one can ranting till now to tomorrow we will not change our mind.

We can't forget what Peter obi did to imolites during his administration in Anambra.

Mumu Emeka has apologised. But we have not forgiven him. He will do penance by doing open campaign for Peter Obi in Imo State. Then we may consider him.

Jodera:
is this coming from you Spy or is my eye paining me

Check my explanation

Lush100:
Better to go with Teneiry,

Ask white or Tomi, (who ever plays RB) to play from the midfield position
Odegard or Veirra whoever playa 10 should pair with saka and allow the RB to join the defend when without ball.
I would have preferred Ziny Partey combo but since it has never been tried,
Xhaka has to play more advance and allow RB to provide cover for midfield.(the position of Son's attacking threat.
We can readily win the game if we do not play high line defense

I want to talk about playing a defensive high line.

There are advantages.

First is that you pin your opponent far from your goal, so that they will have to use pace and cover a lot of grounds to get a chance to score.

Secondly is that you overload their half of the pitch which gives you a closer route to their goal.

This is excellent based on two points
1. Is that you need to have fast defenders or defenders who are very good at reading the game so as to intercept a pass and/or disrupt the movement of the attacking player.

2. Is that you need to have players who can keep the ball in tight situations because if they lose the ball often, then you put constant pressure of the defenders.

If you don't have these then it's better to sit in the defense because if not you make the game easy for the opponent.

We have both of these, especially now that Partey is available.


So it's better to play a high line against Spurs.

The major issue here is being able to control the game. That means keeping possession of the ball, maintaining wing positions and structure, and being creative enough to keep the opponent afraid to venture.

This means our players should not lose their heads and become desperate to score like against Man United but keep their heads. The defenders also should not make rash tackles and give referees opportunity to shine or become famous.

Jodera:
Lol, If Son do that thing against us, I go just leave here for iamoyin.damola and Kokane

Especially Kokane. He will resurrect his dead moniker

Jodera:
Very Valid and nice points you gave here.

Tho, I don't see Partey being away from his base. On the contrary, he'll be at that anchor to mitigate any counter that Spurs might want to do. We've a lot of creative players and even Zinchenko can be creative going forward (as he usually does). Also, Partey is always creative from deep, so it's better he just stay his anchor position. Afterall, that's what most of us criticized Sambi for which Man u capitalised on

That's what I meant by him being creative from that position. Creativity from there is very powerful (that's what's making Iwobi oga for Everton since he was converted).

To be creative from there, Partey will need someone that's very technical in their positioning, in releasing the ball to him on time, and able to form a decoy. Someone to beat the press and allow him the time and space to throw a defense splitting pass. That person can be Zinchenko.

Jodera:
I believe he'll use that has motivation. Coupled with the fact that it's our home.

Also, Spuds will want to be deadly seeing that we would come for revenge. Only God knows what's going on in Conte's mind.

Tomorrow will be a very very good matchup!!

We should be grateful that Son did his comeback in the last match. If it's this one... God help us

daveP:
Arteta will better get sense snd put Yasu in his natural position. I don't see White getting the better out of Son. We leave Kane to Saliba.

If Zinchenko plays then White is preferred. If Tierney then we will need Tomiyasu to boost our attack.

Jodera:
We need to score first and prevent any quick equaliser. Once we do that, we'll be able to control the game better and see out the win

If they score first, we still need to play our game so that we won't be susceptible to counter. All in all, I believe we'll win the midfield battle as previous spurs matches shows that they don't too rely on Midfield like that. So our forwards needs to be clinical and our defence needs to be up for the fight in case of any counter.

I must say that game control has been our major problem in big matches. The match against Man United is a good example. Against Tottenham it will even be more serious because it's a derby and Conte is very good at controlling matches or frustrating opposing teams. We saw that against Chelsea and how he provoked Tuchel.

Arteta MUST REMAIN CALM IN HIS HEAD even after conceding because any rash decision, Son and Kane will use us form different stats.

Jodera:
Tierney or Zinchenko for NLD?

With both fit to play against Spurs, who do you guys prefer to start.

My Opinion: I'll prefer Tierney to start over Zinchenko. Tierney is a good defender and a better defender than Zinchenko. He's not also bad going forward have we've seen couple of times against big teams. Moreover, Spurs are always deadly on the counter and most of their games this season doesn't involve Midfield play, so Zinchenko wouldn't be so needed to give us that Midfield advantage.
Son, Kane and kuluveski/Richarlison are known for pace, counter and getting in behind. Who better to stop any of those 3 than for Tierney on the left flank?

So what's your take guys, who would you prefer?
Blueraydick, Iamoyindamola, Roland17, Spy360, Mostob, ObaIgwe1, DaveP, Akinbahm, Jencejyde.

There's a reason why Arteta signed Zinchenko and it's for games like this. Zinny is more technical and tactically flexible than Tierney which means more and better options during different phases of transitions.

Especially with Partey available, we can easily dominate the midfield with both of them while Xhaka pushes up. This will allow the other defenders forming a back three to focus on defending.

Zinny's presence in the trio during attacking phase will also allow Partey to be more creative...

........... Odegaard...........
Xhaka Zinchenko Partey

Martinelli also prefers Zinchenko as we have seen this season. Marti needs space to isolate his man one on one. Tierney wants to run accross the opponent's backline for a cut back whereas Martinelli should be doing that with Xhaka anchoring for him.

The defensive attribute you spoke of for Tierney is just a minute difference. In a back three it's Gabriel who will be doing the defensive work not Zinchenko. Also during defending phase, Xhaka or Martinelli falls back to assist him. So it's very negligible difference in terms of what it adds to the team.

Zinchenko all the way.

Arteta is better tactically but Conte is better at game control. That's it's more likely for Arsenal to score first, but then can still lose. If Spurs score first, it would be hard for us.

#BringBackBAT

Without Tinubu this election nor go sweet

Don't blame yourself. You took a verbal instruction from your boss through a colleague who stands as both the source and witness. Verbal instruction is binding in a work place as long as there are witnesses.

You have options

1. Since you have sent mails, wait till month end to see his reaction.

2. If he doesn't pay, keep reminding him at least for 30days.

3. If he refuses, you have the option to bear the cost and move on or

4. Quit the job or

5. Walk to a lawyer and sue his ass and claim damages. Tell the lawyer you fell ill and couldn't pay for medicines which could have cost your life.

I wish you well

Arsenal is topping the league tables of both the men and women PL.

Someone is doing something right at the Emirates.

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VeeVeeMyLuv:
Which Android TV box are the best?

Is mi TV box s a good option?

In TV things, most times price determines quality.

BlueRayDick:
Come Saturday, it's going to be the NORTH FIST

Shifu Tomiyasu vs Heung Min-son.

Conte is a very experienced and smart coach. He will come up with many schemes to outwit Arteta.

Arteta must be at his best in terms of game management. Spurs are very good on the counter attack. The best in PL for me especially with Son and Kane. Playing a high line will be stupid. We have to spread the game and keep a low block. Spurs are bad facing a low block.

I can't say more.

For once in a long time.



THERE IS HOPE

NaijaRoyalty:
Ifeanyi Okowa is Igbo

A win for Atiku is still a plus for the Igbos

Atiku is a Fulani who wants to replace another Fulani man. Must Fulani always rule? Must othe regions always play second fiddle?

The worst part is that he is not even competent enough and has a lot of corruption allegations hanging on his neck apart from his religious bigotry.

Okowa can be his VP but he will not be our president.

Our president is Peter Obi.

666Advocate:
All South South Governors, Senators, House of Reps, House of Assembly, Chairmen and Vice of LGAs, Comissioners, Special Advisers, even Councillors etc and also millions of people that feed from their offices through employments are against Obi. Even South East and other Regions with political offices, but let me focus on my South South Region.


Obi controls no where.
Stop involving South South to your nonesense. You are running everywhere when campaign never even start. Come see Atiku and Tinubu Campaigns from tomorrow wey campaign dey start.


Im Ijaw and i can never vote Igbo claiming parts of my Ijaw land.

When it's Atiku or Tinubu you will claim tribe doesn't matter but competence. But when it's Obi you start forming tribal bigotry.

The good thing is that the peoples of Southern Nigeria know what they want and they are ably represented by Peter Obi, just as Afenifere has stated.

Peter Obi represents the agitation of all Nigerians. The old politicians like you who feed on the nation's resources will not want this. But we don't care.

Peter Obi for president 2023. It's a vote for national sense.

If we are in a simulation then we shouldn't know. If we know then we are not.

garfield1:
Up tinubu

You are biased already. How should I take your postulations serious?

I encourage you to become Obi-dient. It's hard to support Tinubu and not look stupid.

trutharena:
The solution to Nigeria's problems is Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, a reformist, strategist, and mobilizer.

What kind of solution? Be explicit because you are about to sound stupid.

OyigboUpdate:
There is no herdsmen in my land Igbo land. So u want to replicate this abi? So we will be equal

We know you are their crony so I wouldn't expect less. Let's keep living in self delusion.

Until Peter Obi comes.

Oyigboupdate will not see this one.

Atiku's Fulani origin and the fact that he supported the killing of Deborah show that he will allow such invasions to continue.

Tinubu's selfish Muslim Muslim agenda is even worse.

Only Peter Obi can bring lasting peace and security to Benue people.

Vote wisely to avoid it reaching your door step.

Jodera:
Lol,

You only see what your eyes wants to see... Madonna

The more you look the less you see
Eddie Nogue

OP must be a semi-literate or better, a semi-illiterate.

Peter Obi submitted his FSLC, his combined WAEC/GCE and his degree.

You probably thought GCE was a degree. Mumu.

Jodera:
Hmmm... Sometimes, I'm not to sold on this sha.
I always believe if a team is winning 3-0, especially in 2nd half, the best way is to control the game instead of looking to score more goals, and If chance comes naturally, then fine


I also feel that was what undid us against Man u. Immediately after the equaliser, Arteta was pushing for a win and we could see the higher line which exposed us. If we'd just controlled that game and play our normal dominance, the chance would have just come naturally and who knows, we would have won 2-1.

At last.

You finally blamed the right person.

Tinubuadvocate:
I remember how Anambra was disorganized during his administration many people leaved the state to neighboring states.

Ethnic bigotry and stomach infrastructure don sama your brain so that even when the pictures tell a story you chose to misinterpret it. The mere fact that Peter Obi is seen in the midst of those suffering shows that he would have made sure that condition what corrected.

I'd rather have a president who will ploy our roads, visit our hospitals and attend to our needs than one who galavants to Dubai every two days or one who carries money using bullion vans.

I am not stupid as you. How can one support Tinubu and not be stupid.