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germaphobe:
yeah, i miss xhaka, do you have a problem with that?

germaphobe:
does that mean we cant aspire for top 4 again(which is actually where we belong) just because we haven't been there lately. everyone at the club is looking at playing in the ucl, na you and yourself de settle for TOP 6

Roland17:
Did I just read a post where @Spy360 and Kokane agree on a topic? Is our Lord not great...

E remain @iamoindamola..

kokanepyramid:
Doesn't mean you should kill what's on ground,

That's why there's something called sustainable change. You don't change for the sake of changing else you'll run the business to the ground. You need to be strategic, There has to be a road map.

The problem with us is there's no road map, Spy you know at some point I was one of the biggest supporters of Wenger during his rebuilding era until I realised Wenger was just looking for excuses hence I back tracked.

What got us here was we will sell our players then replace them with rookies.
We saw what we enjoyed when we had them Carzolar, Ozil and Sanchez kind of players. Sanchez left what did we replace him with, Ozil left we replaced him with Willock even Guen played 10 at some point, Cazorla left what did we get.

Other clubs will replace like for like or even upgrade we will do the opposite reason we are rebuilding till eternity.

Jodera:
Lol... I think you're mixing it both ways
What I see is productivity, what stats tell me is activity. For example, pepe can take a lame shot at goal, what stats will tell you is that pepe have a shot on target (activity), but me I know that such a shot can never yield to goal on any normal circumstances (productivity).

It's the reason why one needs to dey watch match and see wetin dey sup instead of just looking at livescores.

It's also the big reason why I was against auba starting against man u even tho he was our joint top highest goalscorer going into the game. Stats will tell you I'm crazy for saying such (how can you bench your highest goalscorer and striker for that matter going into a big game), but football watchers will see the point I'm making.

At the end of the day, auba was hauled off even tho we were looking for an equaliser(something that hasn't been done this season) and he was also the most criticised player after the match.

kokanepyramid:
That your first paragraph is not true, there are clubs that have fired and hired more frequently than we have and make top 4 and even win trophies, eg Real Madrid, Barca, Chelsea, etc

Hiring a new manager shouldn't be why we should be rebuilding for over 2 decades.

Jodera:
So we are out of Europe just to settle for top 6 now? Why is it that we can't compete for top 4, or are you just deliberately setting the standard low??

kokanepyramid:
When was the last time our target was to win the title?, we've been rebuilding since moving to the Emirate stadium. Even the twin towers didn't take that long to rebuild.

Then top 4 was the target, now it's top 6 aren't you seeing the trend here?

daveP:
14goals 4assists

With a stellar performance against RB Leipzig days ago? He for dey ball under Klopp by now if not for work permit and etc.

kokanepyramid:
I remember during Emery's time when I said Xhaka might not be plying at the level we expect but given the options we had then I will pick him ahead of Guen, peeps wanted to destroy me

germaphobe:
dont settle for for that bro, and the target was top 4 not 6

germaphobe:
I cantwait for afcon to start so auba can Bleep off my airspace, cus i know thats the only way for him to be out of our match day squid. arteta no fit bench him. as for elneny, well i just hope that was his final match for arsenal. i miss xhaka and TK gingering.

Roland17:
You have an apprentice undergoing internship coaching a team with the youngest first 11 and you expect growth?

Who is developing who? Coach abi players?

Or is this a case of "The blind leading the blind".

No be here we dey?

daveP:
Lol.

If that Attack does at least send shudders down the spines of opposition Managers and defenders before meeting us, then its a useless attack. We should not be easily predictable in the final third and expect goals. Na why i dey miss Sanchez. Laca and Xhaka come close to gingering the grounds on which the team played that year and he added superb performance with the Gingering.

Xhaka dey try, but below par performance. Laca dey like a lil above average and barely gets breathing space to play his preferred role.


Current captain wey almost spoil Odegaard equalizer by 0.01 inches yesternight. Lol.

I do wish he gets his form back. I really do. A Taiwo Awoniyi would fill in his shoes easily and energetically.

daveP:
Did you also notice Tavares did that exact same backpass that caused a goal at Anfield?

Well, he's playing that wing all by himself and i expect more work be done on him if that's Arteta's plan. Since Sanchez and Ramsey departure, that's the last season our attack made sense, esp in the final third.

Jodera:
So we can't hold our own in midfield with personnel like odegaard, partey and elneny until we invest in dem zidane, pirlo and gattuso shebi?

Jodera:
Have you ever seen me bring this post-match stats after a match?

I watch ball with my two eyes and I know when a team plays well, I don't need stats to tell me otherwise. Everyone who watched ystdy game knows auba played badly but stats will tell you auba had almost all his shots on target. Football Stats are not the best analytical tools if used on its own only

Jodera:
Exactly. Someone might not watch match, they will just look at highlight, look at stats then come up with conclusion.

Below is our first half stats ystdy against man u. Someone we think we went toe to toe with them looking at the stats, not knowing we played entire nonsense!!

2nd pix is the full time stats. Someone will think arsenal is the better team of the night but where just unfortunate to lose

That's to tell you why relying on only stats is false.

kokanepyramid:
If you didn't watch that match you will think Man-U actually gave Chelsea a run for their money. This is how Spy twists facts and becomes economical with the truth.

Jodera:
Na when you dey look scores without critically watching match you'll be saying this. Chelsea that played them in and out and were profligate in front of goal is what you now said man u almost won cos they scored first.

Lol... Just lol.

So na form make us park bus against man u abi?
Are you trying to say the players we have available can't go toe to toe with man u? Are our players vastly inferior to man u players??

Jodera:
I don't want to delve into this defence/attack wins you league cos I've made my points clear before.

But you see that bolded, nobody is expecting arsenal to win league, but when your pattern and foundation is to park the bus, then I don't know the rebuilding you say we're doing.

I believe a team rebuilding should b
play their game, whether big or small matches (with at least little alterations). Of course they'll lose some, and sometimes they'll win most, then they'll be right to say they need investment to improve.
How can you be parking the bus and you now say we're rebuilding? Are the players we paraded ystdy that bad??

Come on!!

Hope say you watch the match sha, cos the way you're sounding, e be like say na highlight you watch. Cos watching highlights, person go think say arsenal played well

Amiralord:
Fajazakumu llahu khayran jaza.
May Allah swt continue to increase you in knowledge.
Sincerely I would have love to marry her,walohi,only if,after digging into her recent past with me,and I found her clean, couple with the wide suggestions and opinion given here,I can have a rethink.
But brother,the little digging I did just yesterday night alone,walohi, there's no atom of sincerity on her part.

I realized she do block Me on WhatsApp to update her status, brother what is she hiding.
D final digging continues today, inshallah,I'm sure she would have deleted almost every tangible evidence,but there's something to fish out,D moment I realized she cheated on me in this relationship, that's all.
And if she doesn't,I don't think I can still stand 3 years betrayal and deceit.

Jodera:
Lol... Even the author of "attack win you games, defence wins you league" have one of the worst defence in the league??

La illah!!!

Jodera:
This your talk no make sense honestly. Team that Watford beat 4-1 and have been in horrible form is what you said we need investment and patience to win?? Which investment and patience dey to win Carrick for crying out loud?

I'm not even angry that we lost, cos it's their home. It's the parking of the bus and playing cowardly that's really paining everyone. If after a season, a coach still park bus against teams, you think that coach will take any club far??

kokanepyramid:
common getat where were you when I was asking if we are expected to win or not yesterday.
Una no gree talk after a show of shame you are now coming with "we were not expected to win" a united everybody dey knack like olosho for Ring road Ibadan.
If we had won you would have come telling us how Ben White and Gabriel won us the game.

Jodera come and see o

kokanepyramid:
I sincerely hope we do, realistically if we don't do anything about this our attacking play in January and are banking on this current squad then the future is bleak and we won't make top 4 this season.

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kokanepyramid:
In 2019/2020 season with them Luiz and co, we conceded 48 goals after 38 matches, some teams that finished above us and made top 4 even conceded more, proving that not goals conceded failed us that season rather our woeful attack. Instead of working on that attack first we went on a spending spree buying new defenders after that season scapegoating those defenders that played behind the worst midfield we've ever had, yet still held their own.

Fast forward after splashing almost 200M on defence we have conceded 20 goals in just 14 matches, we are not even midway into the season yet. At this rate if I extrapolate they will concede more than 48 by end of season. Peeps will come here and praise these defenders for holding their own for dropping a worse stat despite playing behind a better Midfield compared to what Luiz and co coped with in that 2019/2020 season.

Take a look at the 2019/2020 table below and tell me if splashing on defence after that season was the best call when you compare with other teams result. Another look at our goals stat further proves that we neglected that area and we've declined much further ever since.

When you are to make business decisions you look at data and analyse critically you don't make decisions because you don't like someone's face.

iamoyindamola:
I talk am against palace, even scamteta and mumu captain confirmed it
Now we are in trouble, this guy didn't learn shít from pep we play as underdog against every fucking team.
Nawa o, who can we beat then

iamoyindamola:
I no know why una they vex like this
Expect more this season, as for that ESR small small I go reason him matter.
The boy dan they play big man football too at what age

Jodera:
Match winner ke?
How many matches have we lost/draw with pepe starting compared to lacazette?

That's the main koko

Jodera:
Three points is all that matters.

We drop significant points with pepe starting compared to lacazette. Facts!!