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AnfieldFan:
Don't bother spreading uninformed opinions...You stated earlier that he has been outdone by every decent winger since he became the RB of choice...This is false as he has faced decent wengers ever since he turned 19(How many times has he been exposed?)He played almost the entirety of last season without his regular centerbacks,reined in his attacking instincts a bit,he still wasn't exposed....This guy has redefined what a RB should be...I won't bother defending him because if Klopp finds him good enough...Your opinion is irrelevant....
Though I wholeheartedly agree stats do not tell the whole story, they can be used to get a general idea of one's capabilities,great coaches make use of stats,so you shouldn't be writing them off....No wonder you refused to show me his so called piss poor defending via statistics..

For your info, Trent made the 26 man list for the Euros...

Mecka:
Arsenal is worst. I don't understand why people still support such insignificant club

coded01:
No be your fault na... . Na the people wey dey in charge...

Imagine bringing in an old-injury prone striker like aguero??

Lush100:
Few playing.better than what we have.

Striker: M.casana of reims, France,
Eduardo now.with Crystal palace.
AM: we should have gone for grealish or countinho and drop money for.odeegard and white and bring in our defender on loan to nice (Saliba). Countinho dropped bcoz of messi at Barca. If u give him free role , the guy go ball.
Then with lokonga/and the other LB.
That's all we needed for this window.

Fkhalifa:
Pepe was already a media hype... Scoring 10 penalties from 21 goals in French ligue says a lot.

JimmyDarmody:
This is an untrue and misleading information. Poor is not flashy.

coded01:
Some of us expect a rocky season without Messi... Wish Messi the best




If them get €400m release clause



Yeye dey smell...

daveP:


Per is even trying with the Academy. He even still regards the Wengerball Style. I like that. The kids would still relish that. But you see Arteta...... Lol

ObaIgwe1:
lol... the "scouting and identifying good players is not that easy" part of my writeup was referring to layman like you and I, not professional Scouts who are paid to do the job. That is just to buttress the point that you were unable to give me few names of players that are better than what we have. Established players are the ones well known, but Arsenal cannot attract them now.

So we have little or no choice than to go for potential young talents we can find across Europe as we did. And Like Edu said, "in one year - five sets of new contracts, and five of them are under the age of 23 for the first team. Then, in this period, summer to summer, we signed 10 players and seven out of the 10 are under 23 as well." “and We had 21 players exit over the year,”

Now in as much as I am not happy with how we got so low here, we just made a lot changes, we have to give the team time to blend and developed like Edu asked...

“I want to see the team play together and then let’s judge the team when they play together. Then, after that, no problem. Judge us then. “I understand the situation we are in now is really tough. It’s not an excuse but let’s judge the team when they play together.”

So let's give them time to play together before we wear our Judge robe to determine if the "talents" they got us na pangolo or good prospect.

Akinbahm:
9ja no dey smile at all but we thank God my brother...

What I meant there’s no matter the load of evidences you want to bring on the table for Spy he will never admit Xhaka is not good enough for Arsenal and no point engaging him on Xhaka (specific) saga and not engaging him on other matters (generally).

If you notice self I always quote him especially during the “Defence wins you league last season so I do engage him but not on Xhaka case anymore.

Jodera:
it doesn't cancel it out. Like I said, his skillset doesn't gel with what arsenal needs. He can go to another club and shine and I won't bat an eyelid, same way I didn't do for giroud.
So we should make xhaka shine like the way he plays for Switzerland? As if Switzerland is one trophy winning nation. Lol.

He should go to Italy or Germany or any other club cos he's just at the wrong club thus both arsenal and himself are suffering because of it. And the worst part is that arsenal is the major casualty here.

1... His good passing range is just diagonal. From center to left or from center to right.
How many times have he picked a defence splitting pass from deep?? Most of the times I see Pepe runs being wasted.

2... Positional awareness is average.

3... Tactical flexibility. Why I won't doubt this, but we it's not as if he's a beast doing the tactical flexibility ish.

All his positive attributes are average coupled with his limitations being very very big. How can we build midfield around such a guy just because he plays well in national team? National team wey no dey reach semifinals for Euros or WC.

Nothing wey you wan bring Stan xhaka go dey acknowledged for here. The guy is "just there" and we need more than that.

Jodera:
The thing is Auba guarantees goals, Laca doesn't. Laca na outside the box him dey effective, inside the box, it's as if he's hiding. Oya chances to bury nko, him go miss am.

Abeg, no arsenal fan would take laca over Auba for now abeg. At least we know once ball dey inside box, Auba fit shake net

coded01:
No matter how bad things get with Barca, It can never be like Arsenal case...

Imagine Arsenal has lost 3 games and won 1 in the first 4 games with a deficit of -8 goals while sitting majestically at the 16th spot... And the guy still be coach

Barca go don fire am sharply...yeye dey smell...

daveP:
sarcastic kudos na

Be like PE days of primary school...

Form a straight line pupilllls

ObaIgwe1:
While your angle of his poor utilization is a good consideration, but his inability to click under 3 different managers still leaves little to be desired. It might also means he is too static to a style of play. If he is good, he should also learn to adjust to other styles of play. Lokonga has only played few matches and not a few wish he should start ahead of Xhaka.

Point is, Xhaka has been with us since 2016 I think, and always in the 1st squad of all the managers, so he has been given ample time and the opportunities many other players didn't get to prove himself... few sparks from him here and there are all we see, nothing more.

I think we should let him go to where the team would be build around his style of play, we prefer versatile players here no static.

Jodera:
Can't dribble, isn't fast on the ball, he's not fast, can't give penetrative/defence splitting passes like a regista ought to give, can't transition ball. Easily dribbled, and if he's targeted then be sure of red card from him, can't cleanly tackle most times, reason why he's leaning to mop things up with interceptions or winning loose balls. Forget, you can't build midfield with Xhaka in a demanding league like EPL.

[b]As for his performances with country, most of these european players are more passionate than country compared to club. [/b]Another thing I noticed is that Xhaka doesn't like arsenal like that. The earlier we sell him or he becomes squad player, the better so that make arsenal see road.

EXOUSIAng:
It is a Southern Governors meeting not a meeting for state governors facing insecurity.
Are southern governors present in meetings meant for Middle belt governers?
Wait how old are you first, before I start wasting my time.... You sound like a child

EXOUSIAng:
Why?

Jodera:
Long and short is that tho Xhaka is a good player, he's not suited for a club like arsenal. Let's even forget his irrationality (obvious red cards), but his attributes doesn't gel in a team like arsenal. He and jorginho na same attribute, only difference is that he takes more outside the box shot than Jorg. Finish.

In a nutshell, He is just there, and for arsenal to move forward, we need more than "just there" players.

Players like Xhaka, Pepe (if he doesn't improve), lacazette are the kinda players that make arsenal who we are presently. Mediocre and mid table

Jodera:
Lol.
Who told you martinelli is edu connect? Is it because they're Brazilians?
Martinelli was watched/recommended by our chief scout then Francis Cagigao(now sacked due to covid palava). He was also instrumental to guen too, and Emery Okayed guen purchase cos they once worked together at PSG. Also, you can't say panic-buy for tomiyasu wen the deal was concluded in the morning. It means they've been watching him since

While I agree that those afformentioned teams you said have good scouts than us ,but at least, arsenal scouts tried in terms of scouting players. We don't need to get 500good youth players, at least 4-5 good players, blend them with the experienced good players we already have and also introduce good youth players from the academy. That's how big clubs or clubs who are aiming to be big do

Jodera:
Lol.. Did anybody recommend pepe here even before arsenal signed him?? I'm sure most wanted Zaha before seeing Pepe and we just hoped he performed. Nobody recommended Pepe here, so this your assertion I know no who the bullet was for oo

jpmoriarti:
Ansu Fati will have his final medical check-up today. He feels fine, and has no pain anymore. He's been training normally since yesterday. It seems too early to play against Granada. However, he might come back next Thursday against Cadiz.

— @QueThiJugues

Mutmainneen:
Thanks for your response. Is it possible to track 45e with the LNB originally at 51.5e? How do I go about it?
How interesting are the channels at 45e?
(Note: I have 51.5e, 42.5e as primary and 28.5e all in one dish).

ObaIgwe1:
Please go ahead. I have time today.

I have read about Xhaka's leadership qualities off field...But for me that leadership should also reflect on the field, like he does for his country. At Arsenal, I rarely see it.

I will like to read your opinion.

ObaIgwe1:
@Kokane (I have some spare time to type now)

I asked you that question expecting you will mention one or two names so we can analyze. The whole purpose is to let you know that scouting and identifying good players is not that easy especially when we cannot afford established ones.

Three interests have to be met, the buying team/coach need, the seller interest/player evaluation price and the player personal terms. A deal is only struck when all the 3 interests click. Reason you will hear rumour of a team after 100 players and at the end only 3 or 4 players will be signed.

Also some players are good but might not fit into a particular manager's style of play. While some players are like weather, today they are hot and tomorrow they are cold. Only players that have improved and have been tested over time can be termed established and right now, I don't know any well established player that will consider playing for Arsenal. imagine a player like Lukaku, he didn't perform at Chelsea when he 1st came, then went on loan spells at West Brom and Everton, before joining Man U, then went to Inter Milan and now back to Chelsea as an established CF... he definitely will not consider a team like Arsenal for now....until decline set in like we were being asked to buy a declining Coutinho.

I think we should appreciate what we have at the moment, not the best team, but we have one of the youngest talented team that given to a good coach should be competing for all available trophies in few years. Price aside, I cannot fault any of our transfer this season. Only 3 players I really want gone in the present Arsenal Squad: Uncle Kola, Brother Mari and Egbon Xhaka... The rest I believe can still fit in one way or the other depending on the opponent.

My wish right now is for Auba to find his mojo back, this guy was one of the best in Europe just few years ago and for Arteta to remember all the right lessons he learnt from Guardiola else we get a new manager and sign a new striker and I believe we will be fine.

As for me, while I wish, either by crook or luck or by any means possible we make top 6 this season, I have decided not to expect too much from this team under Arteta this season... But come next season either with Arteta getting it right or with a new coach, this team should conveniently be in the top with few more signings.

daveP:
Many more dey. For this one, o say Bravo to Arteta. But it also proves my robotic theory right!!


So freedom to do the unexpected is never given breathing space.

Fkhalifa:
You wont be surprised the entire Arsenal scouts do not know the ANTHONY AND HALLER you guys are monitoring, small time our rivals will pick them up and we begin to cry over missing another stars.

Jerryherd:
You are either from Ebonyi, Imo State or an abokki

Enemy of southern Nigeria

daveP: