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Jodera:
Lol... I watched the game. Pepe is just proving to be scam bar the goals. Can't believe he can hardly beat his man. Mehn!!

Aside the win, the only other positive about this match is the jersey.
Mehn, that Jersey is dope gan

Pepe actually took the entire defense in his pocket to score the 3rd goal. It's easy to criticize sha

Roland17:
This was one of the issues going into this season. We had an over bloated squad, Arteta and his gang of clowns only realized we needed to trim the squad a week before the season. The trimming continued even after the season started and that affected a lot. He should get out of my club.. I don’t want any more experiments.

In his press meeting today, he accepted he made mistakes.

edi287:
Ceballos is going back to Madrid. Elneny is most likely leaving.
I'm hearing Arsenal may be interested in bringing Ramsey back from Juve.

Unless as a mascot, if not its a ridiculous idea.

Roland17:
What are your thoughts about Willock returning to Arsenal? I am known critic of the kid but there is no shame in admitting he has done well during his loan spell at Newcastle.
Now, I am battling with the thoughts of him returning to Arsenal because I am worried this may be a case of “Garri don find him level” and he should remain there for another season if we don’t sell to Newcastle or if he has the quality to compete at Arsenal.

Willock plays the roaming/box to box midfielder role just as Ramsey. He has the ability to make off the ball runs into scoring positions. His performance on loan is encouraging. We need him for tactical switches -to attack from the middle instead from the wings. I'd say we keep him as a squad player. But this will mean sacrificing someone else, like letting Elneny go, and not renewing Ceballos. I do not mind those two anyways.

helinues:
Is that all?

That's all we have for next president.

Disaster loading

Mbaka and Buhari

The way forward is simple. Keep the squad light and make few additions.

dlollyboi:
Nigcommsat will be primary, CBC will be on top of it.

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Please what's tp for CBC? My own 11555 is red. Thanks.

Tinubuadvocate:
I will rather have discussion with lunatic than slowpoke you know what you represent, because Nigeria is not good that is why you are in Ghana does it Nigeria better than China do you know the number of Chinese that presently in Nigeria.

It's very easy for foreigners business people to invest in new emerging countries because of the low in competition.

Please shut up, let sensible people talk.

candidtalk:
Lol. Some southerners are so dumb, suffering from inferiority complex and clearly envious of the Yorubas.

If not, should they not ask Omokri why he is too scared or ashamed to ever mention his State of origin and Governor while he remains obsessed with shading Tinubu who has put Lagos far ahead as the most developed and progressive State in Nigeria?

Some Southerners are too childish abeg. Rather than face misgoverance in their States their biggest obsession is trying to ridicule a leader who remains one of the best governor Nigeria has produced since return to democracy in 1999. The joke is on some backwards southerners and not Tinubu or the Yorubas.

Totally off point. Shut up!

helinues:
That's how things should be done.. Pass the message of peace like other world leaders.

Other countries leaders who have passed their peace messages about Israel vs Palestinians palava also have their own domestic problem they are dealing with... Abi no be for Usa dem dey sell petrol for jerry can this week..

Just shut up and stop fooling yourself publicly because of N1, 500

ndidibabe:
Yes, it was sensible to park the bus considering you were facing a team that is very hot atm.

The fact that the quality of the defence is so low, yet Ass has conceded such few goals compared to others proves how much Arteta has improved the organisation of the team and he must be credited for that. Unfortunately, you guys want him out.

If not for Chelsea's mistake, there was no way Ass would have created a single chance? Apart from SR and Saka who can run with the ball, arsenal was so slow and kept passing backward. No clever players...

I have mentioned this early this year how he has improved our defense. I saw this as the right foundation to getting the club back in top with hope that if he gets an AM he would do well, cc Jodera. He got two and yet no improvement in attack.
Arteta has very poor attacking tactics. Arsenal are an attacking team. We must be an attacking team. #ArtetaOut

Greatihex:
See this one wan steal trophy. Follow the process and get to the final and win it. There is no other way to do it, sir

You don't have good conscience...

BikeMan:
Bro, how about you?

We don miss kpatakpata...

BlueMann:
Hope you know say she dey troll

I know she is United, but...

Chelsea may miss CL next season if things go south.

ChristineC:
but seriously what did we not do except put the ball in the back of the net?
unto the two games that matter jare

What a silly question? It's putting the ball in the net that makes you win dummy mummy

If Chelsea wins the CL, they should hand the trophy to Arsenal if they have any shame. They beat you twice.

Two changes will be key.

1. Ceballos for Elneny (I wish I could say Azeez)
2. Cedric or Bellerin for Gabriel (Saka moves to LW proper)




E- S-Rowe...... Aubameyang.......... Saka.

Odegaard... Ceballos... Partey.... Bellerin
............Tierney..... Mari...... Holding...........

Roland17:
Pressure go soon burst pipe! This low block is too deep ..

I can't figure out Elneny's role in that midfield. Can't pass, can't press.

Xmen149:
That's 51.1 same vsn am asking about

VSN is 45e not 51

ndidibabe:
Hmm. I won't disagree. It was Arsenal delusion that they have a good team and a bad manager that made them sack Emery.

Emery is a courageous coach. He tried to play his pattern- play from the back. Unfortunately, he had the wrong team that couldnt play modern football.

Emery worked with a worse team than Arteta, probably a little patience was what we needed. But patience is very expensive now.

That squad needs trimming and lots of replacements. A new coach too perhaps.

ndidibabe:
Whose superior coaching? Arteta won the FA...

Emery is better than Arteta for me. He has his flaws but he is superior to Arteta

ndidibabe:
Please this is not a troll. I can't just remember. When was the last time Arsenal played in the champions' league?It should be close to five years now...

You don see am now. The only good thing I have gained from Arsenal is the ability to withstand constant shock and pressure which I have added to my current CV...

ndidibabe:
Do not underestimate that he achieved the FA cup in his first season itself.You can call it a fluke or whatever, but he beat city and chelsea to do it and not to mention he also beat Klopp in the PL.

My point is that no one can say he is tactically inept.If he was then there’s no way you would’ve won the FA cup.

The problem with most Arsenal fans is that they overate the team itself. That team is no better than Villarreal's. You are looking at the cost, I am looking at the talents.

They outplayed Arsenal in the first leg. If not for the fear of not loosing the second leg which led them to play with caution, Villarreal would have beaten Arsenal. That Nigeria boy kept disturbing Arsenal until he got injured..

What you saw was the effect of superior coaching rather than superior talents. If Emery had our team, he'd still beat Arteta.

ndidibabe:
When I say levels, I mean understanding of football and he is very mature too.

So you still do not agree that Ozil and Auba are "nonsense" buy? Na wha o...

There are so many young talents in Europe. Very hungry and will gladly play for a team like Arsenal. These kind of players will pick Arsenal over teams like Westham, Leicester and Everton. I am saying scout for them to get you back to Europa so that you can attract big players again.

In your own analysis, u feel the media are for Arteta simply because of his hair and personality. Are you drunk abi which kinda viewing centre talk be this? They understand the fact that Arsenal is a sinking boat with or without Arteta. The players are not just there. Which of these Arsenal players will be in the starting eleven of the present top four. Non!!! There is simply nothing he can do and they understand this.

Get decent players and get back to Europa. It's a gradual process. Arsenal, if well managed can come back to the champions League in the next five years. If they continue wasting money on flops as usual, arsenal will be fighting for relegation in the next five years.

Five years is too much for a club of our status (I know you think we are now mid table, but we are still among the most valuable clubs in Europe) and that is adding to the previous years since Wenger.

We have just the next season, and personally for me staying out of Europe should enable a good coach get us back to top four having less distractions.

If we can get Periera (AM), Bissouma (DM) and trim down the squad for focus we will do fine.

Jodera:
Lol... Watching it after the live game as I did won't hurt you much. What will hurt is seeing the formation and personnel he used against Newcastle (except ceballos and Willian for pepe and ESR) and knowing that that same squad can actually play against poor Villarreal side and get a good result but he decides to be unfortunate by using stupid false 9 striker and playing xhaka(instead of saka) at lb.

That match hurts me more and the decision to bring out his best lineup/formation in a dead rubber match makes it worse

Keeping it simple, is the way good coaches go whenever they face such situations. We lost the first leg due to not doing the simple things we know. It took Saka's brilliance to get a penalty and reduce the opposition to equal numbers with us. Yet we couldn't take advantage in the second leg, same mistake, Arteta could keep it simple, - make the boys play their normal game. Imagine Pepe's goal coming against Villarreal?

ndidibabe:
What would he had done differently with the attack? People said he removed Auba when he needed a goal. Before Auba's removal, he contributed nothing than his ball that hit the post. Some said Martinelli should have started but was he fit to start?

The problem was the two light weight in your midfield + Partey the flop. Auba is average but he would have taken his chances if well fed.

In reality, Arteta is a good coach but doesn't have a good team.

We had a better team than that Villarreal side. Losing to them in a semi final in our most important game of the season is inexcusable. The attacking tactics failed without a plan B. That's the coach. He couldn't find a way to deal with their deep defending. He simply pressed the panic button and threw all his strikers in, making the team lose shape in those final crucial minutes. That lack of experience. The team isnt good enough, so also the coach.

He may probably stay till his contract ends around October. Now that there will be no European commitments as distraction, he should be able to manage the club to at least 3rd position by that time with a genuine push for top 4. If not, he should just leave. But I think he will not stay beyond that, unless he makes me eat my words.

ndidibabe:
A change of coach isn't what Arsenal needs. I think there is a problem at the scouting level and that is where the rebuild needs to start. You need good scouts to rebuild accordingly. Look at all the nonsense players that Arsenal has bought. Pepe, Party, Ozil ,Auba,Williams and co. Unfortunately, most of the local nairaland Arsenal fans think Auba is golden.

As it stands now, Arsenal is no longer a big club and has been relegated to a mid- table English club. No champions League and no Europa. This means you can't attract any big player. The few smart Arsenal fans will agree with me that Arsenal has no chance qualifying for the champions League for at least the next five years.

Rather than investing so much money on "big-fake" players like Partey, Pepe, Auba and Williams, Arsenal will be better scouting for upcoming and young players that won't cost more than 40m. This should at least bring them back to Europa.

If you get your signings right then Arteta will turn out well.

Do you mean irrespective of who the manager is, or actually Arteta. Arteta failed to marshall an attacking plan to score against a weak Villarreal, that for me broke camel's back after all the nonsense we have endured.

I agree with revamping our scouting network, but I doubt Arteta's abilities right now. I doubt he will be able to work with lowly rated players. I want him out.

The mistake the board made (and we especially myself who supported them) was to hand the club to a rookie to navigate us through Europe and PL. That was a tall order for someone who has not managed a full league season, as its obvious Arteta didn't learn well from Pep.

Keeping this same manager for another season is sign of continued bad management by the board and owners. Worst, outcome is to wait till his contract ends by October or so to avoid paying him off.

What we need now is an old head.

Roland17:
I will use my AC Milan as a typical example. We were in the doldrums of the Serie A for nearly a decade after we lost Allergri. We have perhaps the most uncertain and worst ownership now. Milan was just hiring and experimenting by rewarding ex players with coaching roles and we suffered for it until Pioli. That is because ownership was not interested in investing in the team worth more an experienced coach.
Then came Pioli...Pioli has used pretty much the same players many of our ex coaches called scarps worsestill, he is doing this with absolutely no funds to invest in the transfer window. But guess what? After he took over, we started seeing steady and consistent progression in the way we play. Significant improvements in most if not all the players many deemed horrible. Pioli totally isolated ownership from the business of improving his team. He worked extremely hard.
We finished last season on a high and the decision to bring on Rangnick, a renowned football head after last season was scrapped because Pioli had proven to us we had gold in him. Throughout this season, he kept us competitive and at some point contenders even though we knew we lacked the quality to compete with Inter. But guess who defeated Juventus and is heading to the UCL? Milan..
So my brother, while ownership is an issue, good coaches absolutely find ways to make their team better. Arteta has been an embarrassment to put it kindly. How he sets up his team, manages his players, communicates, develops tactics has absolutely nothing to do with ownership.. all we are just doing is excusing mediocrity.
Can you beat your chest and say Arteta will have Leicester in their current position if he was the coach? How about West Ham? But I can assure that Rodgers and Moyes will not have Arsenal languishing in 10th and losing to Villarreal.

I can argue this easily based on what Blueraydick posted.