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GloryIsaac:
The challenge with spotting good defensive players in the premier league is most of them play a defensive style of football, so it’s really tough picking out one who won’t crumble in an attacking setup.

Support for Neves is similar to that of Morgan Schneiderlin. Morgan even played for a less-defensive team back then, but it ended in tears. Maybe he too was unfortunate to be a Glazer victim, can’t say.

Except United wants to stick to trial and error in the hope that one clicks. Neves isn’t convincing.

This United team has a way of exposing a player’s flaws in an unforgiving way, especially if they don’t fit in.

Roland17:
Kaiii. Dem dey chop am well dat year! Customer da da ni Chelsea. Also, Everton dey collect like 5-6 goals almost every season dat time.

Na why this Haram wen we dey play under Spanish Kadiri Ikhana dey vex my soul.

Roland17:
Kaiii. Dem dey chop am well dat year! Customer da da ni Chelsea. Also, Everton dey collect like 5-6 goals almost every season dat time.

Na why this Haram wen we dey play under Spanish Kadiri Ikhana dey vex my soul.

Jencejyde:
Pic 3 is one of my all time favourite. The football we played in those times were godly. Hopefully we can see those times again

fredoooooo:
In sport man shall not live by scores alone but the real entertainment ( ikebe super) .... I no fit kill myself

donjazet:
This article is inherently flawed because it's basic premise is that the universe is perfectly designed and that is just not true. The sheer amount of randomness in our universe says differently.

As for me, I have made peace with not knowing the origin of the universe, be it by accident or by intelligent design. I believe we will eventually get to know, it's a question of time. But by the way we need to disposses our present archaic beliefs and religions that dispose logic and critical reasoning and be more based on facts.
Our present belief system serves as a tool of division and hampers our united civilization.

fredoooooo:
I'm loving this wom*en beachvolley ...
Where's that NL thi*ug chic2pimp, I dey Rome come and beat me

Jodera:
I know you'll say we don't have due to stadium building, but other clubs who built stadium have proved that to be a big fat lie.

Also, Wenger was stingy, it was when arsenal don dey scatter he now knew he'll start breaking transfer records in lacazette and Auba to do quick fixes.

Jodera:
No...
Once one deserve more, it's foolishness to accept less. This is same thing our politicians are doing us.

We had the resources to improve our squad, but Wenger thought it wise to make the squad "just okay". He doesn't know that stagnancy in a fast paced world also means moving backwards, now the crows have come home to roost and it's biting us hard.

For crying out loud, we were a laughing stock throughout most of his tenure(from 2008) and the only thing we look out for is Champions league which we're still disgraced mostly again.

Just forget bros, Wenger do us Strong thing.

ObaIgwe1:
I follow this thread as a Gunner, but I prefer to read than comment.

I am not a fan of Arteta and if I had my way he would not have been hired in the 1st place because my fear actually played out.

But I see almost everyone condemning him here with almost none seeing anything good or have anything good to say to defend him. While I am not Arteta's fan, but I think some here have not been fair to him. so at the risk of being called Pro Arteta and Arteta Defender, I will still put forward my opinion.

First, Arteta is only 36 or thereabout, not too far from the average age of the players he inherited.... we all know Trust and respect are keys to the success of any manager. Some of those players will have issue of giving him the respect he deserves. As if that was not enough, he was a rookie that had never been fully in charge of any team before, not even a lower league team, and as a player he was not an extraordinary player like Zinedine Zidane. The only thing he had for him was that he was working with one the bests; Guardiola. So I thought he was too small for a big club like Arsenal, but then, I also believe that everyone deserves a chance while the opportunity comes.

That said, in his defense, Arteta inherited a massively flawed team that requires more than a season to correct, although he himself made few wrong calls... like signing Willian (But then we should not forget Willian was free at the time and fresh from his best days). I knew back then it will be tough for him to make top 4 but I wished he would make it nonetheless.... and like most fans, I felt disgusted when we couldn't even make top 6.

But what he is doing now; by focusing on these young talented boys, gives me some hope and impression that he is correcting the errors made and building a new team that will respect him and buys his ideology. Football success is 70% managing people that trust and respect you and just 30% about tactics. Arteta will now not much depend on these big boys who are already too full to learn and who think they will be better manager than him. I see the average age of the next season team being the lowest in decades. If I even have my way, I will say sell Aubameyang, Laca and Willian even if for peanut and without replacement... let's give our younger ones room even at the risk of not making top 6; we will develop better and stronger. But I doubt any team will buy these guys even for free considering their decline and wages. So we have to manage them for now.

About Saliba.... I think Saliba ordinarily should fit into the profile of the team Arteta is building now.... but the guy has attitude problem no thanks to many of us who hype him too much, making him feel like he is the best and the only solution to come to Arsenal defense. Arteta cannot afford a young player with big ego at this time...he will mess up what he is doing. Maybe in the future when he is humble and ready to learn.

Do I think Arteta will bring us to Top 4 this season? I dont think so, we might end up in Top 6 this coming season, but 2 seasons from now I will expect our new team to be a force to reckon with. Think Liverpool!

While I wish we have a better manager, let's be positive and give Arteta another chance.

KingAlabi:
Tell me what happened to your boy at the very END

Roland17:
We had no business making top 4 with the kind of players we had under Wenger.. We were punching above our weight for the most part..

Under Arteta and with the kind of players on our roster, we have absolutely no business finishing 7th, 8th and at one point battling to stay above relegation waters. It didn’t matter if he fielded street kids, Spuds were never finishing above Wenger! Not anymore!!!!

Now we are contending with Villa and Leeds, can’t even finish above Westham and Leicester City.

Jodera:
Fair enough...
But it's just somehow seeing as you are always saying we should be thankful for top 4 then, just because we're struggling to get top 4 now

Trendy247:
Gurus in the house, please what's the best fta decoder in the market currently??

Jodera:
More than 10yrs oo with high standard

Amen

Jodera:
Everybody wanted better. Just because we are steadily making top 4 then when in actual fact we can aim for 1st and trophies, no mean say we suppose dey happy for the mediocrity top 4.

Tomorrow, if one stupid coach starts taking us to consecutive 14th and 15th standing(God forbid), you mean we should look back and start thanking Arteta for making us finishing 8th?

Jodera:
Lol...

Jodera:
You no say na diz thing dey make both of us deh always quarrel for here abi?

Spy why e be say you just no want better for arsenal during Wenger time?

Tk4all:
With all due respect, what brought Jesus here? Do you know me personally? If yes, I will advice you to always respect respect people's choices and opinions about religion and life generally.

FirstbornWds:
A capacity genius at that!

FirstbornWds:
Good old days

Cc: Jodera

kodded:
This is the reason why I'm terrified with the decision makers in the club, they keep making silly mistakes that shouldn't be heard of from a top organization like arsenal.

Why will they allow a homegrown martinez to leave and still couldnt tie down leno with a lengthy contract Now leno mighy leave for cheap while we bid £30million on an average keeper

johnjunior39:
Lol, time to move on from that, till they proof otherwise, Enemies have taken over Arsenal FC. Meanwhile, this Aour guy is more of a CM than AM. Wouldn't be a bad partner for Partey

Tk4all:
3.8million?

God when?

Roland17:
On today’s episode of “We sold the wrong goalkeeper”.

We sold Emi Martinez for 20M and now want to get Ramsdale for 30M! Na who do is dis kain tin abeg?

kokaneprodigy:
If you want to build a prolific team you start with your midfield (DM and AM) and attack.
Defence is the last piece.
The reason is not far fetched, as it is easier to blend a defender into a team than blending midfielders and attackers.

Guys were yelling “defence wins you league” of all the defence prowess of Atletico Madrid how many trophies have they won?

donbachi:
May u buy benz,ijn and may GOD Almighty raise and connect u to men.from the north,south,east and west.ijn.

A001:
About the message in the picture: The same thing also applies to the foreign (imported) ones, be it Allah or Jehovah.

Relying on any god/God is a waste of time. What works is science and philosophy (taking responsibility for one's life).

Amoto94:
� Arsenal are now set to beat Spurs and West Ham to the signing of Tammy Abraham.

The deal will be an initial loan with an obligation to pay Chelsea £40m for a permanent transfer. [@andydillon70]

Zach0:
Call

ndidibabe:
lol..