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mostob:
It shouldn't have been a weak point if you have someone like Giroud up front. I miss Merino sha. Havertz is good but falls easily. With due respect to Gyokeres, making the ball stick at the final third is not just his game.

Bypassing the 4-2-4 would have been so easy. Raya go long... Striker knock it down.. We win the second ball and we go on attack from there.

What if Zubibis bold enough to pass it through that front four?

The fullbacks stay high, Zubi joins the CBs to form a back three with Raya that's 4v4, by this we have already overloaded the midfield 4v2

Roland17:
Make Sporting no just bring 4-2-4 formation with an intense front press because wahala go dey.

Wicked Pep don teach all of them say na Arteta weak point

daveP:
Don't get me wrong sha

As for Andoni, yesterday wasn't my 1st time noticing his tactical acumen. I've watched the games he gave top 6 clubs problems, how he transformed his boys sotey they attract top buyers now from Huijsen, senesi, semenyo and all.


As for Cesc, he's doing it with freedom not seen with Arteta plus some basic approach to football from Barclays era, Cesc has brought that into his current team. I've watched some games to know he's great at this.

Na from early days person dey see who fit ho marathon and that's why Lampard too is about to return to top flight as well.

Las las, Coachie don start, i believe he can spin this around. Na him dey do 4-0, 5-1 without full xi. He should be able to enact such again for next dozen games.

I had to check again if Bournemouth was in the top 6

mostob:
E get how ref go officiate, everywhere go calm. He no go need too much energy.

Weldone Papa Trossard

He is the best right now. That guy go give red card and the player go thank am

mostob:
You need to calm down while analysing. The only good manager there is Henrique. I'm sure you mentioned Andoni because his team beat us on Saturday. Same way Chelsea fans believed Potter was the next best thing after Alex Ferguson due to his performance at Brighton. There was a time De Zerbi's name was circulating here. Cesc and Enzo will likely go Arteta way. They're rookies. League is a marathon. Football dey sweet till second half of the season beckons.

Spot on

In as much as we want the best for the club, we must try not to be emotional about it.

Even Cesc cannot do better than Arteta.

In fact, Arteta's problem is himself. He needs to get out of his own head. It he succeeds in doing that, even Enrique will not near him.

Enrique that is avoiding PL like plague

I won't respect any coach that hasn't coached a team in PL.

That's why I take Pep as the vgod of coaching

Fkforyou:
Spy can be annoying but I respect some of his takes.

But I am still waiting for his stance on Arteta by end of the season. (Him and Mostob)

If no be say Arteta fall him hands, baba made the call that would/should be winning the league by Nov/Dec by 9 points or so.

Tell me if that has not been the case all this while.

April

Unlimited22:
Lmao they've threatened the owner of the building where ADC's convention is holding with license suspension and even building demolition.


This is the 'strategy' that people will come here and hail.

I wonder if there's anything Tinubu has done that Raumdeuter and Airmark didn't support.

See how intelligent people became unintelligent because of support for one man

OkpaNsukkaisBae:
Wahala dey my brother. I no go anywhere
Which kain darkness wey dem put us like dis. Water don pass garri

Supporting the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz has consequences 😂

iamoyindamola:
He needs to be brave and deploy MLS to midfield
We need a ball carrier and driver
None of these guys can do that, and he should drop zubi

He will realise that losing to Bournemouth will be the worst experience of his career

Roland17:
People think I just hate Arteta.naaa. I just need him to start taking some serious accountability for why we are where are now. Stop throwing players under the bus, pitching certain players against fans or demanding more and more from the fans who have remained loyal to the club but actually taking full responsibility and owning it.

For example, there is absolutely no justifiable excuse for why a proven EPL player and former captain in Noorgard has seen only 56 minutes this season. While I have been hard on Zubi, I also recognize he may be fatigued and mentally fried considering the number of minutes/ games he has played this season.

We go into every game using the same tactics. It is 2026 and we are still stuck with inverting fullbacks! Like everyone has moved on from it. Come up with something new! Adapt to changes during the game. The cautious approach is a reflection of Arteta's mentality towards winning. He needs to get out of his own head.

A good coach will change tactics like two or three times a season. Pep does that all the time and that's why his end of season is usually unbeatable.

Maintaining the same tactics all year, one would eventually get found out as it is now with us.

Secondly, Arteta mismanaged his players. He had the depth but didn't use it. He waited until Saka and Odegaard got injured before he started trying out their backups. Same thing with Rice and Zubi. That's why Nwaneri chose to leave despite the prospects of being part of a title winning team.

Enrique always keeps his best players fresh for the end of season games which are more critical

I look at how disjointed and jaded our squad is and feel really bad.

Roland17:
You have raised some really good points but to be honest, they all point to one person, Arteta!

Our lack of direct and quick attack is by far our biggest problem and it is hurting every part of our play.

It's all Arteta

Look at how Pep reinvented his team after Haaland dropped form. He started using O'Reilly as his joker.

Arteta should have changed the way his team plays after losing Saka and Odegaard

He cannot expect Havertz to play like Odegaard, or White like Timber

Unlimited22:
Apparently withholding assent for the ADC to use a venue is part of the 'master strategy' by Melchizedek

Lol at Melchizedek - the man without father, mother, classmates, no beginning, no end

The man that graduated from a school before it was built. The man that built Lagos the way Constantine built Constantinople

Our attack has been poor all season despite signing a new striker.

That's because we felt we could scrape wins knowing our defense is solid. But solid defense don't win games. It's attack that win games.

We have the personnel, but lack the approach.

The first thing to do is to go direct. Arteta should warn his boys to avoid ball dressing. Kick the ball to the man in front. Once we have the ball, I expect men to start running forward not backwards.

germaphobe:
I knew that efl cup final would have an effect on any team that won, I said it here and it is happening. And the fact that we also lost to Bournemouth is giving city every reason to believe they can win this epl. It's just to win us next week and win their match with Palace and it's all done.

That loss is the motivation Man City has now. They are just simply motivated.

I hope thee boys can gather some momentum and face City like men.

They play with fear and that fear comes from the manager. I need players that will go direct. No dressing of ball. Too much dressing makes it unpredictable for your team mates to receive the pass and that's what is causing them to lose the ball. Hit the ball to your man. Once. Let them progress with it.

I'm happy fans are criticising their back passes. Hope it speaks to their heads and they correct the nonsense

Unlimited22:
See who you dey follow argue APC matter. You have time ọ 😂


Email, Opay account, truecaller, backup email


If APC tell him that up is down, up becomes down from that day

You could see that he doesn't mean well for Nigeria. His interest (whatever it serves) is Tinubu. So all the time he was defending this government was out of selfishness.

It's a shame that someone of his calibre, exposure and class should decent this low defending an INEC chairman who is meant to be neutral.

If indeed this INEC chairman is neutral then why should one party be defending him like they are defending Tinubu's mandate?

raumdeuter:
Grab your country
Snatch your country
Run away with it

Away from enemies of the nation

Renovator 😂

raumdeuter:
Nigerian voters have been deciding elections since including Obis wins and losses

So what does grab it, snatch it and run away with it connotes in the last elections

BlueRayDick:
The evidence is everywhere on the internet. Even some APC members have admitted Amupitan Don shiiit for church.

There's no spinning that can make this go away. He was an APC and Tinubu stan before his appointment.

He either does the honorable thing of stepping down or continue as INEC chair with the blemish on his name that he's obviously partisan. Nobody will beat him whatever decision he takes.

When Raumdeuter is defending the INEC chairman like he is defending BAT, you know that he knows

raumdeuter:
Leave that to Nigerian voters to decide in a few months time

Will Tinubu and his minions leave it for Nigerian voters to decide?

His grab it and snatch it and run away with it philosophy is a dangerous precedent to our democracy. He should be treated like cancer

raumdeuter:
Can you use the same username for 2 different accounts? Or what's the difference between the old and new username

The 2nd account might just be a random internet guy trying to farm impressions since he is using chatgpt to create posts

Tinubu, Prof Amupitan, APC and their followers are the most dangerous sets of people in Nigeria today.

I advise you my friend to stop supporting them.

Roland17:
Spy360, your MCM Aaron Ramsey has announced his retirement.

😂

One of those I defended

Brilliant player, very underrated, Wenger's boy

Thanks you sir for the mention

Partey is/was good but Zubibis a better player.

The main reason is that he is more pressing resistant and he can allow different tactical approach.

Partey is press resistant but not like Zubi. Partey also cannot play outside that RCM position. Partey cannot be a lone DM. Partey cannot make deep runs into the opposition box. Partey has a weak shot too.

Zubi has scored more goals this season than all the years Partey played for Arsenal.

We have won nothing with Partey

So let all these uninformed coaches stop the agenda

Leyqute:
You have started underrating City because of UCL win. I don’t see them losing to this disjointed Chelsea side coached by a part time final year English student. Didn’t the last 3 years teach you enough?

Which one is underrate? Even if City beat Chelsea, or lose, Arsenal must still focus on beating Bournemouth

Leyqute:
The best player in the game without a doubt. His saves were ridiculous. You guys need him in top form for the next 10 days which will define your season.

Beat Bournemouth this weekend and City next week, the league is yours. If you lose both games or drop points peren! It’s over o. That 9 points gap will immediately shrink to zero cos City will defo win their outstanding game.

The only way to stop those bæstàrds is to kill their morale. If you beat them and Bournemouth, they are more likely to lose their outstanding.

But then Bournemouth go give you trouble this weekend. They’re fresh after the intl break while you guys have played two games already.

Weekend games after a busy midweek in Europe are usually tough. But on top of that, it’s an early kick off (12:30). If your guys can recover quickly and not allow Bournemouth ginger and energy to out power them, there’s hope for Arteta. They haven’t lost a game in 10. Their last EPL defeat was against Arsenal in January.

We are playing at home. Let City bother about beating Chelsea in SB

BlueRayDick:
Whites case is not rhythmic anything, gbag guy is finished. I've seen the signs already ; his positioning is off, players easily beat him to a pass and when he's progressing with the ball up field he just switches off.

He is battling fitness. Being out for almost a year. The performance drop in anticipation and sprint

izzou:
Your enemy would obviously look for loopholes to stop you.

I don't even know why they joined ADC... Simply form a new party and move on. Abi registration for new party don close?

INEC refused to accept the new party.

Amigoos1:
Bro I am ready to drag Tinibu for anything but this one nor follow.

No need dragging PBAT into the ADC crisis. Atiku practically bought the party from Nwosu and from all indications Nwosu pocketed the entire settlement without carrying the rest of the ADC NWC along.
If Atiku wants a real solution, he should engage Gombe the aggrieved former National Vice Chairman currently fighting with Mark for leadership. I am confident Nasiru and his camp would be open to a settlement. There's nothing INEC can do when two factions are fighting in a party.

I'll take it that you're underrating what Tinubu can do as a 'democrat'

You saw how LP became stable the moment PO left the party?

I have absolutely no doubt that INEC and the Judiciary are playing the scripts written by APC.

There are cases that should just be struck out but the Judiciary want it to linger so as to create loop holes to weaken opposition parties. For God's sake, if any party needs protection in a democracy, from the Judiciary it's the opposition

July 2025 -ADC Chairman and NWC resigns, writes to INEC

September 2025 - ADC NEC accepts the resignation and dissolves NWC (all members), writes to INEC

October, 2025 - Nafiru Gombe claims leadership of the party.
(Based on what?) Didn't he resign? Wasn't he among those dissolved by the NEC? Wasn't INEC an observer in all of these processes? Why would the FHC ask David Mark to defend a matter the Supreme Court has already said is an internal affair?

March 2025 - Court of Appeal says INEC should maintain status quo. Meaning stay as you were? Does this mean leave ADC with no leadership?Why would INEC interpret a court judgement without the court that gave the judgement?

Both INEC and the FHC are not neutral not objective in the decisions they have made. No doubt they are dancing to music played by APC

TemporaryHansel:
What? Are you a baby?

I don't know whether he is trying to be politically correct.

Those talking about ADC factions sitting together are acting naive and stupid really because they are ignoring the main root cause. They are assuming that all the crisis in all the parties from PDP to LP to SDP to ADC are a coincidence

As it stands today, no APC person can tell us who the main opposition party is

yarimo:
David mark, rauf, bolaji Abdullahi you can't just appoint yourself from your bedroom in a party you are not a member.

Is this ignorance?

Let's assume you didn't know the entire NWC resigned and handed over to caretaker committee

Even the Judiciary knows this but chooses to pass a useless judgement

CAPdan21:
Just woke up to the news that INEC has Derecognized David Mark led ADC...Until this country burn, Tinibu will not rest...Abeg they should not bother to waste billions holding any farce of an election, ADC is not all that to me but the blatant way they go about to suppress any form of opposition to the Resident Clown in Aso Rock is really something, they claim to have 32 governors so what are they afraid of again?..

What's clear now is that the Judiciary is being used.

So the politicians should sire t their attention there.

Again, until we begin to beat up people nothing will happen.

Tinubu wants to force himself on everyone

raumdeuter:
He is an idit to you because he does not agree with you, You also look like an idiot to him for not agreeing with him

You're poorly informed

I didn't call him an idiot, Cippola did.

If you follow your conversation you will see that he doesn't care that his choices affects others negatively and even he himself

Roland17:
The past month has been an incredibly difficult period for me and my family. Nigeria happened to a beloved and close member of the family and this one hit really hard.

I am still struggling to reconcile the harsh reality that she is gone. Imagine speaking over the phone with someone one day after something that brought extreme joy to the entire family and 2 days later the person is gone. The entire family is devasted and the pain no be here.

A very big thanks to everyone who reached out, I no fit mention everybody, including those who left mentions on the forum, I am really grateful. Once again, death puts a lot of things in perspective for me. Life is too short, do the best you can and find happiness in little things.

Onwu di njo!

Every sad tale leaves a bitter taste in my mouth.

I am sorry to hear this and I pray you find comfort.