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kokaneprodigy:
I asked u questions u are yarning what I don’t know.
Our best run as a team under Emery and after Emery has been when Guen didn’t play. This is another fact.

BlueRayDick:
I hope we win with this

Jodera:
Seems to say guen and ozil are finally frozen out of the squad

daveP:
Yunno Sanchez no fit dey right na. He owns that left wing totally. No second thoughts. Lol.


Thus it becomes RVP vs PEA for centre.

daveP:
Sure. But what Sanchez offered asides goalscoring from that left wing was staggering. He was the counterattacks force of the team then. Once he started it, everyone holds their breathe.

Jodera:
All rounder, I prefer van persie to auba. And he can't displace those 2 wingers I put up there.

daveP:
Pick your front 3 from this....

Jodera:
E get some people wey no suppose dey here sef. Surprised why they didn't include Walcott here
Anyways, I go for

Sanchez. Van persie. Nasri

Gabzy1:
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has requested a minimum three-year contract worth up to £250k-a-week to stay at Arsenal, sources have told @JamesOlley.
(ESPN)
Guys what is your take
Should we sell auba or agree to extend his contract
I prefer he stays, I believe he can still perform at top level for two to three years

Nezzjnr:
You obviously don't know the club I support

Nezzjnr:
Our Lovely club seems to be on the right track again

kokaneprodigy:
Abeg make una no dey mention me unnecessarily

Fkhalifa:
We're talking of Partey and Carrasaco, you're listing scraps.
Even Nwakwali and Adelaide will look good against Norwich.

I reserve my ratings till after Wolves,Leicester and Liverpool.

kokaneprodigy:
My point is Guen starting consistently under Emery was pure nepotism and not that he deserved it like your ilks wanted some of us to believe.
That’s why we are where we are today.

BlueRayDick:
This Bellerin na dirty abeg!

kokaneprodigy:
That’s some people’s Viera ooo

The best thing in midfield after Iniesta.

I repeat dude offers nothing other than rubbing his weaknesses on others then some bias fans blame others for him. Since he stopped playing in that midfield we’ve looked better. This is not the first time it’s happening yet they wanted me to be economical with truth.

I wonder how some peeps watch football.

paafin:
Arsenal is dead

BlueRayDick:
Hopefully David Luiz won't have brain Fart today

BlueRayDick:
Ọmọ, Carrasco was much more direct than I have ever seen Pepe. He was a real menace to the Barca defence yesterday. His performance was really impressive.

Thunder will fire Emery yansh

amicdan:
Ok bro. Kindly edit your digits. Thanks.

Roland17:
Baba, the fact that you have used the Galaticos as an example shows you have construed the onus of my argument.

Roland17:
Baba they did not sacrifice their ability to remain competitive for any of those players. Those guys earned their right to be core players because of the level of quality and impact they brought. Assimilating a system for such a long period is not easy and it only supports my thoughts about their level of intelligence and maturity.

Roland17:
Nwanne’m

Xavi, Iniesta, Busquet, Puyol, Pique, Alves and Messi transitioned through the La Masia and became tremendous quality every team wanted. They were not mere/ ordinary players and that was why they became core pieces of Barcelona and Spain. Don’t forget Pique was sent out to Manchester United for a period to gain some valuable experience and that convinced Barcelona he was one for the long term.

Since that core group, Barcelona have been unable to replicate that level of talent transition into their first team. Heralded talents like D. Suarez were sent to Arsenal, today he is at Celta Vigo, same for H. Bellerin, now I hear Arthur is being exchanged for Pjanic. Today, only Pique, Messi and maybe Fati are the academy players in the regular 11 and don’t forget Pique and Messi are both playing their last legs. If these guys, including the ones above did not have the quality to make immediate impact and make the team competitive, Barcelona would have not have kept them and made them core pieces all in the name of culture.

I had been watching Saka for a year at the academy before he joined the first team, my receipts are littered in my previous posts. Like you said, we have to do everything we can to ensure he stays and part of that is surrounding him with quality players that can make an impact. Saka’s decision to stay will not be because of Nketiah/ Willock/ Nelson or any academy prospect that transitioned with him. He already knows this and that is why he is taking his time to make a decision. The other kids in the academy can see through the history of the club that there is an immense opportunity at Arsenal to transition into the first team if they work hard and retain their place can improve on their quality like Saka has done.

I am all for keeping these kids but not just because they are Arsenal products and can continue the culture but because they will make us competitive against any team and will command a first team shirt if they leave for another team. [/b]It’s time for us to be pragmatic and stop being emotional about our young players. We have to patient but realistic about them also.

Roland17:
I don't think it is a problem of being able to transition to the first team from the academy because I think that is a huge part of our culture as a club. It is more so, developing to a level where you make/ complement the team enough to make us competitive to attract quality players. You already know how I feel about Saka and I agree with you about Holding and Nketiah. I personally think Nelson needs more game time for us to make a long term decision about him because I believe he has the skills, maybe not the dedication and attitude. AMN was dealt a bad hand with how we mismanaged his progression and Willock is one I struggle with and primarily because I think he is being played out of position. I agree, keeping the core of young players is important but I can not overemphasize the importance of getting good/ quality signings that can immediately impact the team. We desperately need to add the right players. I was disgusted with the extension for Luiz because there is absolutely nothing to learn from him, speaking from Saliba and Holding's standpoint!

Ramsey, Walcott, and Iwobi had significant first-team exposure. Walcott spent 12 years with us, declined significantly in his last 3-4 years, and is still declining at Everton, in fact, before we knew what was going on, the man was going to hit 30. Ramsey spent 11 years with us, stagnated, and continues to stagnate at Juventus as he has not been able to get game time. Iwobi is a very difficult one for me and I am okay with him being sold only because he would have left for free and declined as he wanted to play from the middle. I think that shows that our players have been transitioning from the academy and we have had that consistency. Baba, no important player will make a decision to play for Arsenal because of Walcott, Ramsey, or Iwobi! You need to combine quality players, don't get me wrong, I am not saying get "breaking banks" type of players, a good talent that works hard, and has the quality to improve the team is what we need.

I am happy you mentioned Wilshere, we spent a lot of time and resources in developing him but the man was too glass footed and immature to focus on his skills. The last time I checked he was languishing on WestHam's bench, other times he did not even make the team, and most times, he was out injured.

daveP:
I like what Arteta is doing of recent as regards discipline.


Guen and Ozil get the axe.


He needs to show these guys its business. But im against selling Guen. He can and will improve.


As for Saka, the already acts like a 26years old player. Lol.


Truly, no one can pause any decision to leave if he triggers it.

Roland17:
And it has nothing to do with long term players, it’s more of experienced/ successful players who are committed to Arsenal. There are questions about Auba’s future and that even makes it worse.

Take United for instance, getting Bruno was also intended to show Pogba that they plan to be competitive. Pogba is definitely enticed by Bruno’s signing and the possibilities of that combination if he stays and the results are evident on the pitch over the last 2 games.

Pogba could care less about Rashford/ Martial/Shaw or any other long serving player, it’s about the quality and experience of the player who can influence his decision to stay, after all he was also an academy products before his move to Juventus.

daveP:
Arsenak needs to be a home rather than a stopover park/busstop!!!


See TAA, he will stay and retire at Liverpool.

We can't even say same for our Youth...... Oh Iwobi was sent out cos twas juicy cash sef!!!


See!!


And so the club culture and unity that supposed to make warmth amd cohesion keeps getting low heat and coldfeet cos no one is there to tell the story


See Jenkinson... Last of the 2013set. Sold off.... So an era just faded into oblivion... No continuity.


If Saka see better club and better pay, we know say hin go japa.

Roland17:
It is a disgusting mentality that is reflected on the pitch!

There is absolutely no accountability or consequences and that is why players can give flimsy excuses after consecutive shows of shame, take pictures during training and then improve on the show of shame in the next game. It is like we are competing against ourselves on how worse we can perform in a loss.

I hoped to see more accountability and discipline after Arteta took over especially since he was under Pep who is a renowned disciplinarian but it is just not showing!