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iamoyindamola:
Says the mofos that said Walcott is better than aguero,just because you are stupid doesn't mean you should infect others

iamoyindamola:
ceballos...are you saying he didn't tried

iPopAlomo:
Oga that is the argument... Who brought Fabregas into this... Let me ask you one question... Who played 10 yesterday.... Is it Guen...?!!! Or Ceballos...


Una go just dey talk sha... Like say una no dey watch Ball...

kokaneprodigy:
The same person saying we shouldn’t judge a DM on his ability to track his man when we are without the ball. Will crucify Ozil a number 10 for same. U are getting more stüpid by the day.

iamoyindamola:
This is how you know a stupid miserable unfortunate soul like you.
Was it not you that said we missed giroud or Walcott is better then CR7.
Never ever in your miserable life quote me and yarn dust again oloriburuku akoshi bero

Dreamswayne:
Why do everyone here keep yapping on about our Jerry curl boy



You all should also put that same energy to criticize cvnts like Xhaka, the Greek wrestler, and the brainless body builder...



This guy is just 20 and is developing nicely, cut him some slack!



Playing deep is not his forte though, I see him more like a Yaya Toure or Cesc kind of player...

iamoyindamola:
People just like to drag shít, no body is talking about how he made us concede the first goal when he failed to track his man.

sod09:
This is what we always ask from guendouzi, my motm today. He was brave and ruthless

Roland17:
I would rather that combo than a Xhaka/ Guen combo that offers us nothing on both ends.

Roland17:
Again, I ask, why is Torreira not starting for Arsenal? Every time he has come in or started we look different in the middle. Another spectacular game from Guen. I won’t mind a Guen/ Tor combo honestly.

sod09:
This na pk na

Spy360:
This is stupid mentality to say the least. How come we turn up the tempo when one man down?

May AMADIOHA visit Emery if he will not have sense.

No more Niles...
Please.

Roland17:
If Kola put one good cross inside the box him go die?

Roland17:
Abeg wetin be VAR work again?

BlueRayDick:
I beleive this Niles has Emery's sextape. I mean how does he keep playing like this and still earns a starting shirt?

Swissh:
City seem to score the same type of goals every week. A cross and a tap in at the far post. Why dont teams defend against this?

Jencejyde:
As basic as it is, it keeps your midfield to defense balance very compact and organized. Unless the personell you have are not capable, there is no opposition that would find it easy to break . Not saying any defense can't be breached but the purpose is to make it as difficult as possible by staying organized. Your stamina levels , technique and most important communication and awareness are of the essence. These are professionals so they don't have any excuse unless they are just not good enough. I cant really explain much typing cos there are some elements of movement and basic positional understanding involved but it was very difficult to get beat playing compact and disciplined within zones.

Jencejyde:
Nah not at all, it depends on the situation and not outrightly

Jencejyde:
Lets even look at the setup from a Defensive Midfield view. So we set up a 4-2-3 1 type setup, and we have Xhaka and Torriera as the Holding midfielders. I would have expected that They split the field into zones. Xhaka covers the left zone to mid anchoring the left full back and left side centre half while torreira covers the right zone to middle anchoring the right full back and right side center half.

If an attack from the opposition were to build up on say the right side, then Xhaka should be have first responsibility to mark that zone but key in doing this is to call torreira to cover any space he has left behind or better still to be within 10 or 15 yards of him when going to defend that zone. This ultimately means that torerriaa should now be close to the middle of the pithch while xhaka is deep into the zone. The same thing applies when the attack builds up from the other side , while torriera goes into the zone then xhaka should already be in the middle not 10 to 15 yards away from torriera.

This is a drill even as uni students we did for hours without the ball and perfected not even a pros, so it bewilders me if pros being paid stupid amounts cannot be disciplined in holding positions and covering space.

Again , emery may have his own methods but what i just described above is what many top managers employ depending on their formation which i was blessed to play under.

Now i also question why use 2 holding defensive mids when playing at home? This is what i really do not like because the singular defensive mid should be able to cover the zones easily since we should be the more aggressive team and with more possession, unfortunately its like i'm still living in the past glory and seem to forget we don't have the calibre in that position to hold down his own. Fabihno , Fernadihno and Rodri do this with ease, not just because they are gifted more technically but also because that's how the coach has set them up plus they are well drilled in the understanding.

Its just damn too annoying seeing our players playing like school kids at times jare when indeed they are supposed to be highly paid professionals. Not saying to expect a perfect performance week in week out but we need a high level of consistency.