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BlueRayDick:
You just like making unnecessary excuse for useless players . Arsenal was playing well at 1-1 and had the game in control till Lokonga foolishly gave the ball away and we were punished for that .

You heard the coach refer to it in his post match conference , yet na Arteta u wan blame for Lokonga’s foolishness. Anybody that watched the All or Nothing documentary will know there were times the coach told the team to play A and we see them playing B on the field . Several times we were here claiming Arteta tells them to sit back after a lead only for us to see in the documentary that he actually told them to attack which they didn’t.

If anything at all, one thing I’ve learnt from the documentary is that the coach takes the fall for some of the players’ rubbish most times and we will be here blaming him for everything

Jodera:
You want to play deep against people that's playing deep. How does that happen?

After the first goal, we weren't even rushing to even score 2nd goal sef but just dictating play until Lokonga got carried away leaving his position which they capitalised on.

This is how we're always playing, we're dominating, we're getting positions in good areas. We shouldn't try to score because we're away at old Trafford? Na wa ooo

Roland17:
Lokonga complicated things for himself when he tried to play like Partey.

Man was trying to get creative, holding on to the ball and attempting difficult passes after had strayed!

He just needed to keep it simple and do his job.

Jodera:
Person wey no dey positionally good defensively naim you say make him drop deep?


Moreover, I don't know why you think we shouldn't push forward. So we cannot aim for 3points again even when we're on the ascendency? Na Elneny and Partey injury I blame for this thing sha

iamoyindamola:
Let's leave that one fess
I am interested in Sambi's performance
That mofos didn't only expose the back he gave them the second goal

iamoyindamola:
Spy360 now let's analyze Sambi awilo lonkonga

iamoyindamola:
Arteta caused this
When we equalised he pushed them too much to be expose
Scummies will always be scummies, they will hide under officiating and bad decisions


We move

Rqw1:
You need to climb up and set your dish correctly. Mine hasn’t shifted for almost a year. Only thing is satview may show sometimes and not show sometimes but you need to always rescan atleast once a week


For those on astra tvc news and tvc entertainment are now on astra 28 maybe temporarily maybe permanently

iamoyindamola:
Don't change narrative the bet is he will be in the team not going out on loan

BlueRayDick:
You just like to quote person out of context sha . Against Villa I was on the thread running commentary as the match was ongoing , several times in the match Lokonga attempted contesting for Aaerial balls but los the duels. The moment he won one, I mentioned it here .

Away from that , When he had the ball he kept it simple and didn’t overdo things and we were grateful for that . He didn’t get into situations where he would be out-muscled and made to chase an attacker drawing him out of position .

Am I wrong to hope he will give a similar performance against a superior opponent in a high profile match ?

Jodera:
Lol, na the Koko be this... I deh wait

Eawwal:
Folarin Balogun scores again.

BlueRayDick:
Me too. I just hope he keeps it simple like he did vs Villa and not get forced to commit errors when under pressure .

ObaIgwe1:
The full traveling Arsenal squad:

Ramsdale, Turner, White, Soares, Tomiyasu, Holding, Gabriel, Saliba, Marquinhos, Tierney, Zinchenko, Smith, Lokonga, Xhaka, Vieira, Saka, Odegaard, Smith Rowe, Martinelli, Jesus, Nketiah.

#AFC

iamoyindamola:
With the amount of criticism var got yesterday I hope today will be better and favourable

mostob:
I disagree. How many goals and assists did Ode has last season. ESR is more likely to score than Ode. The only thing Ode has over ESR is playmaking.

NB: This is not an harmful comparison

mostob:
Hopefully, ESR will be ready to go tomorrow. I kinda prefer him to Ode as he is more direct and doesn't dilly-dally on the ball like Ode.

With Jesus and Martinelli roaming anyhow, I believe he will have the freedom to make those late runs to the box.

With Zinky and Partey out, our attack and defence will need to step up tomorrow.

We should be expecting a red card and a Penalty tomorrow especially with a lot of controversies in today's EPL matches.

iamoyindamola:
Yes I never wanted him doesn't mean the coach won't start him

iamoyindamola:
Lmao
You actually think we don't know arteta will play awilo
Come on!!!

iamoyindamola:
God forbid bad thing
This your lokonga ticket no go ever sell

tiger28:
Tinubu is BUSY building alliances and strategically planning ahead while these ibo Political amateurs are wasting their time online.

They will all see Shege AFTER the elections......

BTW, do the ibos have a Plan B after their loss at the elections?

Ibos are tooooo Primitive for Politics!

iamoyindamola:
Spy our tactics and position expert

Jodera:
Are you saying both Martinelli and Saka disobeyed Arteta cos they still didn't switch and maintained their natural wing till the end of the match

iamoyindamola:
Another one

iamoyindamola:
No just clearing him na
Because everyone knows we needed DM more than tielemans
Unlike you that was arguing with jodera about CDM and DM

Jodera:
Nah, try to rewatch the match again, they still shifted to their original positions before the second goal. During the switch, there was a time Martinelli cut inside and took a shot with his left foot which didn't carry enough power and accuracy. Immediately after that, they were switched back to their original position. .
If you remember vividly towards the end of the game (before the 2nd goal), Martinelli played a good curling ball, but Palhinha used his head to deflect it out wide for a corner. Where Martinelli played that ball was from the right.

And yeah, we switched to a back 3 with Saka and Martinelli playing wingbacks then later to a back 4 when Tomi was introduced. Arteta is really learning in his tactics

iamoyindamola:
Really tell me more

Jodera:
Hmmmm... If na caution no problems sha but the length of these injuries are troubling.

God knows I'm afraid if anything happens to Saka sha. I mean, no real threat at that wing. I remember against Fulham when Martinelli and Saka switched wing when we were looking for the winning goal. Omo, both Martinelli and Saka wasn't at their explosive best cos they couldn't beat their man effectively and weren't even a goal threat. Arteta have to change them back to their original wings before they could be very effective again. It makes me wonder, how will our right wing be if unfortunately something happens to Saka.

We just need to be proactive against Man u as you said, but we must watch our back

iamoyindamola:
Are you comparing tielemans with rice?
Is tielemans a DM
Is he better than xhaka?
No one said he must get him by force, when we raised the DM issue spy said if we get tielemans he can replace partey which everyone disagreed with
Majority wanted him to replace xhaka but since he's untouchable and found a good form we all let the tielemans hype died

We never said compulsory they must add bodies to the squad we only complained on where we are lacking which a blind man can see that
Another question is do we ever need viera?

Roland17:
This is not the season when we should be unpredictable. We should be competing at a consistent and high level if we are to make the top 4. We can’t afford any slips.

Illimitable:
Arsenal’s fixtures were very favorable and Arteta knew his squad well enough before the season kicked off.

If ETH had left Maguire and Shaw on the bench in the first two games, United could have had 100% perfect start too.

Arsenal played against bottom 10 teams of last season and 2 newly promoted(Fulham and Bournemouth). The best team they have played in that 5 game run is Leicester at the Emirates which United put away in a 2nd gear last night away from home.

I want to see Arsenal against a top 6 side before I am convinced they have turned a corner. Unless ETH gets his line up wrong, United should beat Arsenal convincingly on Sunday.

This overhyped Arsenal team will not beat Klopp’s Liverpool that ETH put away.

ObaIgwe1:
Edu wanted Arsenal to have 25 players in the senior squad. He told ESPN Brazil what his plans were for the summer. He said, “I want 22 outfield players and three goalkeepers if we can afford it and don’t have to change the team as much as we have to.” Many things need to be set up, which takes time, so I expect to have a busy summer.”

Luiz would have been the 25th player on the team, but the club didn’t get him. This leaves the club short. The Gunners already have injuries and have to deal with four competitions, so it could be more complicated than it needs to be.

But what will help Arsenal is that the group has a lot of different skills? Ben White has already shown that he is good at this by filling in at right back and keeping Takehiro Tomiyasu, who is now healthy, out of the starting eleven.

When you look at the picture below, it’s clear that the Gunners have three players for each position. But to cover Mikel Arteta, nine of the eleven roles require a player to play out of work (highlighted in yellow in the graphic below).

The right-wing position stands out the most. Marquinhos and Reiss Nelson are both much less experienced than Bukayo Saka, and Reiss Nelson is currently out injured for a few weeks. This makes Bukayo Saka look like he is all alone.

Arsenal wanted to sign Raphinha earlier in the window, but Barcelona quickly stopped this from happening. Even though the club was linked to more wide players, they never came close to signing one, and Nicolas Pepe was still allowed to leave on loan.

Arteta said that the club only wants good players to join this summer. It’s a good policy, and it’s helped the club get where it is in the league. Still, people will ask if they didn’t hurt the potential of their season by not maybe lowering expectations, especially when it comes to players like Tielemans. The latter never impressed the club enough to make an official offer.

This weekend, Arsenal plays Manchester United, who have won their last three games. One of the two teams’ winning streaks will end on Sunday, and if it’s Arsenal, the wrong end to the transfer window and dropped points could make things a lot worse.


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Jodera:
Tbh, all these ones you're saying it's just you trying to wriggle your way out.

No how arsenal will bid an official bid of 20m for Luiz, Aston Villa will reject it and request for at least 40m, and one of Fabrizio Romano, David Orstein or Kayak Kayna would not have any idea of it or report it even if na secret cult.

No way!!!!! Never!!!