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iPopAlomo:
After now... you go say you know ball... Laxalt is a midfielder..

The one I watched is a LB.

If you are scouting for a LB, abeg stop because this Laxalt is the perfect I have seen so far. Strong, fast, skillful, focused.

Torriera that I am watching now is a huge steal for Arsenal. An unrelenting presence in midfield.

eph12:
You people have started dreaming of winning the league?

We are not joking. Ok.

Too much oyibo in our squad cost us. We lacked the typical African or South American mentality that could have seen us through 4 to 10mins of that game.

An Ezenwa in goal could have killed that game totally.

Of all the African teams, Senegal are the most disappointing. I cant see how they couldn't get out of a group of minors- Poland, Columbia and Japan.

MoR2:
frankly I do believe Arsenal and Emery have with current signings shown they know what they are doing and is a positive sign of things to come.

Arsenal fans should really get excited, the transfers have been economic (like arsenal) but also wise.

In signing Torreira, Arsenal may just be getting their very own mini-Kante

Leno GK; Bellerin RB, Sokratis CB, Mustafi CB, Monreal LB, Torreira DM, Xhaka CM, Ramsey CM, Ozil LW, Mkhitaryan RW, Aubameyang CF.

If this first eleven with a new attacking manager in Emery doesn't excite Arsenal fans I wonder what will.

Have you thought of what the bench will bring? Leagues are won with the right bench.

Fkhalifa:
Ozil doesn't excite me on the wings,neither xhaka at the middle.

In that formation, Ozil isn't really playing LW, it is inside left or left wing forward.

abohwun:
It has a sound when lock to the signal but without tv how will you set the frequency of the satellite you want to track? Explain.

Wait let me ask wizkid...

Ok good.
Since basically you cant have a decoder without a TV. First input tp. Then take decoder only outside for tracking.

Oya my likes and shares...

philipbash:
strong decoder model number 4955b. It is a good strong decoder but you can't use it to track satellite easily. That is the only constraint

Don't be so sure boy. You can track with that decoder even without tv.

desirewhet:
Frequency

Which sat?

kellycute:
we be France? Let’s stick with our wining formulae, since ighalo’s hold up play ain’t cutting it for us.

Good point.

LieDetector:
is giroud a starter for France? He normally gets subbed on around 70mins. Him being in the team has absolutely nothing to do with hold up play

You nor know ball...

kennysville:
Unfortunately, you tacitly ignored the stats in these games. You left out tiny details such as assists. We are talking about having real goal threats. Not ones that people used to have. I am sorry, but truth is there was no reason to draw up the side by side comparison. It is as clear as day and night even to a person with sight problems. Football is played with purpose and intelligence. Those are the first criteria needed. Physicality is just another aspect. Fìrìgbòn kò s'ílèkùn ....!!!

I hear a lot of people talking about hold up play. Of what use is a hold up play that yields nothing to our bottomline? If its not that Rohr is a loyal coach, do you think Ighalo would be going to the world cup? Why was Iheanacho dropped from Man City? It had to do with work rate and not for lack of goal scoring prowess.

While I am not siding with Iheanacho cos he also can be very weird in his decision making at times, but really, sleep and death are 2 different things. We need intent. Intent in this tournament is to score goals and score plenty.

If you think hold up play is not important, then why is Giroud at the WC and not Lacazette or Martial for France?

Why was Tiimo Weiner picked and Sane dropped for Germany?

neezar:
ahbeg which assanal player don score for world cup

manu-lukaku and lingard

Chelsea-hazard

city-john stones

or is the world cup for small boys according to spy360

Xhaka na guy wetin?

Besides some future Arsenal players have scored too.

neezar:
Romelu Lukaku is the first player with 2 goals in consecutive World Cup games since Diego Maradona in 1986. What a stat! �

That's how low the WC has become with the likes of Panama

Icon4s:
But sometimes Ahmed Musa can be annoying sha!

I think he is a terrible winger. His destiny is as a support striker

So diadem10 don carry him akpako analysis come here...
This guy na clown on Man United thread

Icon4s:
And when you think he is beginning to lose relevance in the team he shows up and performs at the biggest stage.

This is a player many here believe he made the squad due to quota system.

He may likely surpass Yobo and Enyeama in number of caps.

Let me confess that I never wanted him in the squad not to talk of the first team.

I think he has found his best position of one of a two pronged attack. His finishing is good, he has also got the pace, and movement off the ball.

I kinda like him now.

What intrigues me most about Musa is that at just 25, he has
1. played 2 world cups
2. married 2 wives
3. numerous children
etc.

Musa badoo

izu559:
[/quote][quote author=nura737 post=68601721]Use 10970 v 27500 on 26deg east... Volta TV.

Try and read previous pages

Dreamswayne:
Welbeck should be selling gala at jibowu....

Chambers should remain....

Holding should be sent out on loan to go and mature the way chambers did.....

Chambers was the most improved Arsenal player last season

Roland17:
I will rather Ospina become our number 2, Cech can move to Italy or the MLS. Anyways, I want to see Leno starting for us next season.

Cech would be taking a cue from Buffon. He is 36 and may consider keeping his position.
Yet I think Leno who is ten years younger will be the top keeper next season.
Ospina has never left me assured.

Bernd Leno brings real competition for place in goal next season. Cech step up or check out.

phreakabit:
https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/granit-xhaka/profil/spieler/111455

Read that for yourself.
I don't do fancy words... He played the same position at Borussia Mönchengladbach beside Christoph Kramer in a double pivot (2 DMs) system.
Don't tell me about players I have watched for a while. Incase you forgot he played against Nigeria's U17 in the 2009 junior WC held in Nigeria.

Sorry for late reply, since I love such convo as this.

First of all, in a double pivot there are no DM. Instead you have 2 Box to box CM. Wenger once used it when he had Vieira and Petit.

A lot of people mix up the b2b and the Dm. Both are different.

Yet for all I know about Xhaka, he is not a typical DM. He is a playmaker who controls the game from deep.

Common sense tells us that Xhaka is terrible at most skills associated with the DM position- the tackling, the energy, the pace, etc.

While his best skill is passing and shooting from range.

Read what Xhaka himself says about his position.

https://www.football365.com/news/xhaka-describes-his-perfect-position-fake-no-10

greymwasonko:
SABC is current free at 68e Ku Emanuel tv 12723 v 28750

Thanks. Are they showing all the matches?

edi287:
Nope. He's a Regista. Always plays alongside a b2b destroyer.
Emery is trying to correct that by getting Torreira. My only worry is we'll still lack someone who is able to drive forward with the ball in a midfield of Xhaka - Torreira - Ramsey. Unless Emery will make Torreira like Kante but from what I've seen he likes staying behind the ball like Xhaka.

Thank you.

Phreakabit should read this.

mowah:
I said it earlier,but guys didn't believe, gernot rohr is overrated, there was a reason average African teams like Gabon, Burkina Fasa and Niger Sacked him quite early while our own late Steven Keshi took Togo to the world cup and improved the Malian team. Rohr needs to change his tactics against Iceland (I won't be surprised if he doesn't) 3-5-2 should have been used against Croatia but we can still try it against Iceland only if our wingbacks are more attacking because we will need a "force de frappe" of attack to crack them, With what I saw on Friday, I think victor moses can play lwb for us (dude has the ginger to play well in this wc) then tyronne should take the right. But let's think of it? We can actually drop Mikel, I hope gernot is bold enough to, (the only game we've won this year, Mikel was absent against Poland while we've lost every game he has played In this year) y'all need to remove that mentality that we can't play well without Mikel, etebo would do well and even ogu sef(I just like this guy cos him no dey do pass himself and does a great job too) my line up against Iceland would be 3-5-2
Uzoho; omeruo,balogun, ekong; moses ndidi etebo iwobi ebuehi; iheanacho, ighalo. Iwobi plays behind the 2 strikers while etebo and ndidi take up the dmf. This should work against Iceland as long as they play like beast with all their hearts, who knows we might even trash them, the only disadvantage of this formation is that it is too dependent on the wingbacks so if they Bleep up, we are dead. I still believe in this boys, hope they make us proud again #Naijaalltheway

While I like your set up. I think you underrate Mikel. When playee deeper, he is the best player Nigeria can have. Oh yes!

The mistake Rohr made was to push him upfront, which is hard for him due to hiw pace. Mikel plays better with the ball at his feet, shielding, ane creating spaces for other players to run into.

I love Etebo's athletism, but I will take Mikel because or his experience. Etebo can be a kind of insurance sub when we want to protect our lead.

edi287:
That's because Emery get sense and isn't trying to force Xhaka to do more than he can handle. Wenger wanted Xhaka to be like Petit.

So is Xhaka a DM?

edi287:
Bros Xhaka IS our DM. At Arsenal, he has more defensive responsibility than he did at Mochengladbach.
I can't say he played him as a Regista - look who he paired him up with - RAMSEY!!

It is easier to say. But if you ask Xhaka or Wenger they will tell you he is not.
Reason why Emery wants a DM like Torreira.