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Jodera:
lol, I answered that in relation to our attack you asked. You said, "away from midfielder" that's why I gave my thoughts on attack.
Order of priority
DM
Am(cazorla type)
2 wingers(right wing first)

So who will play LW? Saka?

Akinbahm:
DM nd 10 role should be prioritize first before any other role bro...

We don't need 10. Arteta hardly used one. If I have to sign two players only it will be a DM and a winger.

These are two areas that can easily bolster our team. If I should add one more it will be a really decent CB.

kokaneprodigy:
I’ll give u to the scummies for free.

I hate you

Which fans on this thread would you like us to sell this transfer?

For me, sell Sod09 first.

Make we kukuma sell Arsenal FC this transfer window. Sell sell sell everywhere. But if na your property you will not sell like that o.

kokaneprodigy:
I have nothing against Guen staying if it will make good business sense and if he’s ready to learn. I trust Arteta not to be as foolish as starting him the way Emery did when we had better options. I was only against the undue privilege he had under Emery despite poor run of results.

Though I must say with what I’ve seen so far at 21 he doesn’t look like someone with a upside.

Evil genius

Roland17:
Except someone matches every dime we are paying Ozil on his current contract, Baba, is not going anywhere. He is not bothered about not playing a whole season next year as long as he is getting his raba.

There are other ways it can be done. For example we could sell him to Stoke City and accept to pay 50% of his pay

Jodera:
And they should ensure those 2 leave along with mkhi. We need to get at least 2 midfielders.

I believe strongly Ozil will leave. Not sure of Guen. He may just apologize. I am sure Kokaneprodigy wouldn't want it.

Fkhalifa:
Our midfield today only has 1 EPL goal this season and it came a week ago. Need to get better players in..

The entire midfield is not good enough for top4, except ( Ceballos who is also a bit inconsistent) and Torriera( Who is also not physical and dominant enough).

Any additional will depend on whether Guendouzi or Ozil leaves, and the type of midfielder Arteta wants. If not, possibility of Arsenal buying a midfielder is slight.

BlueRayDick:
Na jeje I siddon tell person say ;The ref always have the final say despite the introduction of VAR, u disagreed and claimed VAR overrules ref decision.

I showed u screenshot of the EPL's page boldly putting Ur claim to be incorrect, instead make u just accept say it was an error on Ur part u dey turn amala.....Smh

The relevant point you should take is that PL VARs are highly inconsistent and have failed to solve the problems of poor officiating that led to their introduction.

BlueRayDick:
Na wa for you o. Can you just admit you committed a gaffe with your first post above in bold instead of trying to turn Amala Haba!

So your interest is in the gaffe? I have explained the statement. That a referee can issue a yellow which can be overturned by VAR, if they judge him to be in a disadvantaged position. Take it.

Fkhalifa:
Una still dey discuss Refree and VAR.

Are you not aware of the scary form the scummies are in? and they'll still strengthen in the window.

Or Chelsea? Who just got Ziyech and Werner?

Shey top4 still sure like this next season?

Well, As usual, The manager and some will be scapegoated again.

The owners have given us loan with soft interest and no collateral. So we like children without parents can manage through the transfer window.

Something tells me we have concluded 80% of our transfer business for next season. Our defence is ready (Saliba, Soares and Mari), attack too with the Saka deal, and midfield probably with Ceballos. God willing we sell Guendouzi for a good fee, so we can get a decent DM like Partey.

BlueRayDick:
E be like say u know pass the EPL management

Even the acronym VAR should tell u they are Assistant Referees which means the centre referee still has the final say.

The centre referee makes the call base on advice from VAR. He is almost bound to follow the advice just as he follows his lines men. Pitch side monitors become necessary when he is in doubt. Both use of VAR and pitch side monitors are supposed to aid the red in making informed decisions. So we expect a high level of consistency. In other leagues such inconsistent decisions have been reduced to minimal, but the EPL is still ladened with controversies just as when there were to technology involvement.

BlueRayDick:
You may be right, but a ref don't even need VAR to judge that incident as one that has serious foul play. The ref even watched the pitch-side screen and was convinced it's a very reckless challenge. Don't forget at the end of the day the ref still has his final say in most cases

VAR can and do overrule a referee's decision if they feel he was not in the best position to make a call. The thing is VAR and pitch side reviews were introduced to ensure consistency in decision making and create a balance of officiating. Based on these, VAR is a failure in England.

Roland17:
The appeal failed just like I thought. The review of the incident was always going to be independent of any other red card decision. The kid got overzealous with his tackle and the call was the right one if you ask me. I always say, don't get into any situation where you are forcing the referee to make a decision against you.

The red card was the main point of the issue. The point is having consistency in decision making. Where there is no consistency issues like this will always create a debate. In addition, it is abysmal if same laws don't apply in all cases, scenarios and individuals. Laws cannot be independent of other decisions, that's why references are made to other similar cases.

When the man in charge of fighting corruption in your country is now facing corruption charges.

I laugh for Nigeria because I am tired of weeping.

kodded:
disgraceful officiating, how’s Nketiah getting a red and var didn't even even look at this one today

Arsenal is appealing.

The fact is VAR has failed to correct the ills of poor officiating we hoped it would. Wenger was clearly against using technology as it does negate human error and opens the door for more sentimental decisions with little room for query.

BlueRayDick:
I asked u to point out those goals he helped set up in the video, see the shalaye wey u dey cap.....OG kor, OZ ni

Ayemi temi bami...

Funkeeee!

BlueRayDick:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUM3FuNVYho

This is a compilation of all Las Blues goals at the 2018 world cup, point out as many goals as u can count in which Giroud's "unselfish play" was the reason those goals were scored by Mbappe, Pogba, Griezmann, etc.

E be like u no know say e worse gan for Giroud ni....How many games did Fekir play? Do u know he had shot on target?

Funny you man.

You either didn't watch the video you posted or you were baised in your view. OG's contribution was never in doubt. I didn't say he was tournament MVP, I said he was an integral part of the set up that helped Mbappe and Griezmann lead France to the title. At this point I rest my case, as your own evidence couldn't convince you.

Unlimited22:
To be honest, Giroud's unselfish play was integral to Griezmann and Mbappe tearing through teams the way they did. With Kante doing the dirty work, Matuidi harrying opponents from his slightly advanced LM role and Pogba being an orchestrator, Giroud was the perfect foil.
This is not to excuse his lack of goals or even shots on target though.

Blueraydick, kindly refer. Thanks.

BlueRayDick:
No dey talk this thing for outside o. He has just one assist in that same world cup while Griezmann has 2 assist, Lucas Hernandez has 2 assists as well. How in is Giroud the reason they could score more goals?

E be like say u want make we drag Giroud today sha....

Giroud was more of a passenger in that world cup. He didn't give any man of the match performance in any of the matches he played. Anthony Griezmann was man of the match in 3 games, Mbappe was man of the match in 2 different matches, Ngolo Kante a defensive midfielder was even man of the match vs Denmark, even Umtiti wey be defender gave man of the match performance vs Belgium.

How is Giroud responsible for anything with his 0 shots on target as a striker?

So how come he played every single game? How come he was preferred over others like Laca at CF. Tell us o with tactical explain. No shalaye... Lol

daveP:
No intent from Vardy and immediately he knew his stud got into Mustafi's face, he apologized.


Nketiah's tackle was reckless. Forget babyface and all these defending him.



And overall, i consider this a crappy foolish mistake from Arteta.


I saw absolutely no reason for the removal of Lacazette. He should have only removed Saka that was evidently tired and just jogging. Laca was all fiery in pressing and even got an offside goal.

I guess he's allowing his love for Nketiah to get into hi tactical onus. Something evident with Pep.


Laca would never do that kind of rough play. Never.


Is Pepe on paternity leave? He should have been a good replacement for Saka.

Nketiah cannot do well with those kinda Tierney accurate crosses.


Arteta should wake up and apply sense here.


Gladly, the Xhaka Fortune of play and no loss continues.


Tottenham will be scared of him. He is always loose and seeing space when playing against them.

Talking about Xhaka, have you noticed his renewed desire to blow shots from deep?

Fkhalifa:
You are correct, that's the major reason Sanchez,Walcott and Ramsey scored a lot.but Lacazette isn't an hold up play striker, he is a bit like Defoe, check him at Lyon, he scores 20+ goals behind Cavani and Ibrah.

I think Wenger tried to turn him to a Giroud,and Emery made him to work hard for Auba to score and that's more reason he was our POTY last season.
Had he played with Sanchez and orther creative players, his goal tallly could have increased and at the same time still industrious.

Lacazette would do well at Atlectico, put Jao Felix,Lemar,Carrasco etal, behind him and saddle him with goal scoring responsibility. But here, he drops deep,to the wings, starts attack, hold up and also wants to score. That's some stressful job.

Good observation there.

Lacazette is a penalty box player. He has the stamina, close control and power to wreck havoc, just put the ball at his feet. He isn't the sleek scorer like Auba, but he does get the ball pass the goalie with power.

Making Lacazette to drop deep for runners like Auba is playing below his strength. That's a OG kind of job. That's why I said we miss Giroud, not that he will give us the title but because of the pattern we have chosen to play.

afrodoc2:
The same Giroud?

Yeah!

OG12

kokaneprodigy:
These things happen in football.

How is it that you accept Vardy's tackle as things but castigate Nketiah. Between both which was more dangerous?

kokaneprodigy:
He raised his leg high, showing his stud for a 50/50, you should know what will happen if u miss the ball and get a man in that situation.

Would you have typed same thing if it was Xhaka?

I accept twas dangerous play. But what about this...

BlueRayDick:
Maybe "deceived" was not the right word I set out go use there, but the message I was trying to pass is simple; his visible speed influences coaches' decision to play him at that LW which obviously means playing him out of position.

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Better put.

BlueRayDick:
You are missing the point. Giroud's goal drought at the world cup is only being waved away because quality players like Griezman ( he scored 4), Mbappe ( He scored 4 also), Pogba etc scored when Giroud wasn't.

Now take away Auba from current Arsenal team and replace him with Giroud the hold-up play master and see if Ceballos, Nketiah and Pepe will be scoring like dem Giroud's team mates in the Les Blues were doing while Giroud concentrate on his hold-up play striking role

I already said we can't afford that luxury anymore. We need a striker scoring like Auba does and maybe if he comes with a little bit of hold-up play then perfect! But saying we miss Giroud because of hold-up play? I don't agree with that abeg.

No. I am not comparing Auba and OG. Haba! Bros.

I am saying that quick players playing besides Giroud will score lots of goals because of his quality holdup play. He won't score but will create spaces for those besides him to. That's the job Lacazette has that he is not doing well enough. That's why Arteta has to hope on Nketiah.

Giroud was the reason Griezmann and Mbappe could score as much goals in the WC. And Deschamps acknowledged it by giving him playing time despite him not scoring himself.

BlueRayDick:
I think the problem is the coaches get deceived by Auba's speed so they believe he can play that LW. The fact that he scores despite playing that side of the attack makes it even worse. They try to kill two birds with one stone.

Also, due to Auba's poor ball control most times he gets easily isolated when playing CF until he drifts to the right or left to get the ball

So the coaches who see him real life gets deceived and we who can't tell the shape of his front teeth don't. Arsenal fans i hail una.

BlueRayDick:
Unfortunately we cannot afford the luxury France enjoys. France can afford to start a striker who would register 0 short on target at the world cup for the sake of link-up play with other quality players in the team like Griezman and Mbappe upfront, Paul Pogba doing split in the middle passes, Blaise Matuidi doing the dirty work in the middle of the park, dem Parvard holding it back and decent full backs getting the attack started.....Arsenal can't afford this luxury.

If this present Arsenal should have a Giroud upfront, we will be registering maybe 1 goal every 3 games sef. His watch is over bro

Are you undermining Giroud's contribution to France's success? You just complained of lack of holdup play. How did you think Sanchez thrived at Arsenal? if we still had Giroud instead of probably our attack would defend more and Auba would have more space to score more just as Griezmann and Mbappe did playing both sides of Giroud.

His watch isn't over yet, he is still doing it at Chelsea and probably gets better praise there. Arsenal fans should learn to appreciate their own first.

BlueRayDick:
The ref made the right call. It was a deserved red card from a reckless play there. Immediately the tackle was shown on replay the first time I already saw a red card coming Nketiah's way. You don't let you boot flying up like that in a football match; that's not monkey post street football na.

The only doubt to the decision which would've made it yellow card was if the tackle had missed the player; obviously that was not the case.

If refs start letting tackles like that slide, Arsenal would probably lose the bright lights in our team like Auba, Saka, Tierney, etc to injury before half of the season sef.

Well, you are right but things should be more even.

BlueRayDick:
We started well, but got undone with Nketiah's reckless challenge. I know the boy was just being passionate so he won't be getting knocks fron me for that.

1. I don't know if this is possible at age 31 for a professional footballer, but Auba needs to work on his ball control abilities. He has the speed, skill and drive to go toe-to-toe with most world class strikers, he just needs to work on that ball control. While we were under pressure and the ball was getting ballooned in the air, there were few instances Auba just needed to contest and win the ball in midfield and pass it on to oncoming players so we can either recycle possession or start an attack, but he just can't win any of those balls. I know he is heads and heels above Giroud when it comes to goal scoring ability, but Giroud would win those balls and have the game settled.

2. Arteta should learn to make the right substitutions. Willock was a wrong sub that shouldn't have happened. He posed little attacking threats and was practically a defensive liability towards the end of the match. Pepe coming in at that time would've been a better option because he will prevent the Leicester left back busy and prevent him from joining attack.

3. Nketiah needs to learn how to keep his head high. He shouldn't allow his spirit to dampen with the red card. Just keep.his head up when going into a challenge.

4. Martinez is really showing he can display Leno any day Leno decides to turn out woeful performance. I think this is good for the team.

5. No current Arsenal player brings what Saka brings to the team. The young talent is a gem that needs to be treasured and not over-used. I fear for Martinelli with the way Saka is owning both sides of the wings any day he's called upon. I hope the young Brazilian's development will not be restricted to cup games alone.

All in all, it was a nice game which we didn't win because we were unlucky. I hope Arteta can fully get it right next season having more quality additions to the team.

1. It's called hold up play. That's one major area we will miss Giroud, cos even Lacazette can't do it as good as he does it. A good hold-up striker allows those around him to fluorish with his ball winning and control, and ability to hassle defenders and win arial balls. When I say we miss Giroud (and was attacked for it), this was exactly what I meant. Now Chelsea are enjoying what we had. For him to play every match at the world cup for France to win it despite not scoring is a testament to what he contributes to the team.

5. Your fear for Martinelli is justified. Even Pepe would be looking at the kid with one eye, begging. Saka is becoming a phenomenon, he will drive competition accross the forward line. Martinelli can gain inspiration from him too.