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Diademk07:
Xhaka and Kante don't play in the same position nor operate in the same way.
Xhaka is an holding deeplying playmaker while Kante is a box-box DM. Forget about the way France tried to mould him into a new Makele which he's not. He looked good in the role but his best position is still as an all action defensive midfielder.

We have Coquelin and Elneny. We want Xhaka to partner them together with Cazorla who is aging. We don't want/need Kante.

As good as Kante is, he may struggle playing the Arsenal way. Kante thrives when the pressure is on his side, when his side is on the defensive and hopes to counter. Arsenal don't do defensive. WE ARE ARSENAL. We attack.

sod09:
I hate DAT man with passion
As in d hatred is so obvious

I don't hate him, I rate him. He is a legend, but very stuborn.

@Edoyad, Henry's punditry has been detrimental to Arsenal as a club, he condemns players, managers decisions and club's policies. As an employee it is pure sabotage.

Take for instance, he once said Giroud is not as good as Martial, but after the Euros he came back to say that Giroud needed a striker like Griezmann to be productive whereas everyone knew the reverse was the case.

Wenger asked him to choose between his coaching job/license and his punditry, obviously he chose the later which suggest how terrible he is at making decisions.

raumdeuter:
Kante is a pure DM and Vidal is a box to box

Diakemk07 would not agree. Would he?

Diademk07:
Kante is on the verge of Chelsea move by the way. He would probably be Conte's Vidal in the midfield.
I wonder why Arsene overlooked him when he was ready to move there, he would have been the perfect partner for Xhaka in the midfield, maybe Arsene is banking on Ramsey and Elney but they are all inferior to Kante.
He would soon come out to say he almost signed him... Like he did with Martial, Ronaldo, Hazard etc.
Lol!

We chose Xhaka ahead of Kante. Because Xhaka > Kante. Simple.


Tell me, is United worth the Pogba stress? I guess not.

United dey Fall

England begging Arsene Wenger to manage them.

Hmmm!?
Lekwa ukwu...

Lana1:
Yes. It is possible. But thats story for another day. United dint start that match with 3-5-2. Neither did we switch to 3-5-2 during the course of the match.

Besides if we played 3-5-2 on dat day, who wan come play RWB for us?? Mata??

Yeah, I remember.









We trashed you guys 3-0 in 19mins.

Lana1:
Lol. Seems we think alike. I for reply am with these same skysports screenshots. But Glo no allow me.
When Alomo has clouded his senses, how wont he be saying rubbish. How any1 ll look at that United lineup and claim it is a 3-5-2 lineup is laughable....

It is possible with a little tweaking. As in with Young pushing up to wing back.

iPopAlomo:
@ajasa4link and @lekkie073...

When playing with a 3-5-2 formation... the strength lies in the midfield with the midfielders... they should be able to attack and defend at the same time... Manure tried it and didn't succeed... why...? because their midfield had tired legs...

a 3-5-2 formation without the ball employs 5-3-2 which explains why Italy only conceded to a mistake... when manure used the 3-5-2 formation... with and without the ball... they stuck stubbornly to position... that was why we could beat then 3-0 in the first 20 minutes of the first half counter attacking...

3-5-2 is a good formation IF YOU HAVE WING BACKS. Arsenal have no wing backs.

Besides, it is a defensive formation because it is actually 5-3-2, and Arsenal don't do defensive, cos we aren't Chelshit or Philosophers. We are ARSENAL.

GBR1:
Why is Arsenal going for Lacazette if Giroud is better than him?

Don't be silly now. Lacazette is also French but he wasn't even called up to the French National team for the Euros because he doesn't fit into the profile of the kind of CF Deschamps like.
Kokaneprodigy hope you're seeing what stupid logic you've been employing. Lacazette can't get ahead of Giroud as CF of the French team but Wenger is actually trying to sign him cause he's better than Giroud and would actually improve Arsenal. I hope the signing fails though.

I read this post 5 times...

lekkie073:
d same way yaya sanogo was a secret weapon

Asano is faster than Walcott and has a centre of gravity as that of Sanchez and Aguero. If his positioning and finishing are better than Giroud's, then we have a very potent striker on our books.

RAKITIC:
lacazette is a different striker to giroud in terms of attributes, he's nt a target man like Giroud. Arsenal need a guaranty goalscorer nt anoda converted midfielder

I agree absolutely.

lekkie073:
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Wenger's Secret Weapon

asanoTAKUMA

raumdeuter:
Cech is still better than the set of DDG Cortouis Leno Navas but not on the iconic level of Kahn, Neuer, Buffon and Casillas. If we extend it further we would include Schmeichel

Unless your analogy is based on international caps and titles, I don't see how Casillas would better Cech. Casillas had a long lucky career for Spain (since he was 19) at a time when Spain dominated. But one on one, Cech is better. Even DDG is better than Casillas.

RAKITIC:
Lacazette is the most sensible of the trio, morata is overrated for the kind of money being quoted in the spanish media, anything more than €40m is overpaying for that guy. Julian Draxler is not a striker.

Draxler can easily be converted, he was false nine for Germany and I think he did well.

For now Giroud is better than Lacazette + he is french.

raumdeuter:
In the last twenty years Kahn, Buffon, Neuer and Casilass are the goalkeeping icons

DDG is still struggling with the likes of Cortouis, Navas, Leno and Trapp

Cech kwanu?

A. Morata B. Lacazette C. Draxler
With reasons.

A. Morata B. Lacazette C. Draxler
With reasons.

Who in your opinion is the best (most productive) centre forward in the Euros?

Mine is Olivier Giroud against all odds.

SailorXY:
a front 4 will not accommodate the best players cuz Rooney will find space. If the arrangement will be a front 4 it will be to try Rooney first & that's why he already has a head-start.

In a 4-3-3 which will accommodate more of the better players there's no space to shoehorn Rooney.

Tell Wenger to submit a bid for Wayne Rooney. We know Wenger is stingy but we go consider £20m

I wouldn't even exchange him for Giroud.

Yet he gives us pain. Rooney would give Arsene stroke.

elampiro:
Mourinho has played predominantly 4-2-3-1. So we should be talking of front four.

I honesty think Rooney will get in before Herrera and Mata. But we still have to wait. It is going to be another long season with many matches, so there are plenty matches to go round. The one who started on the bench might even end up being the coach's favourite as season progresses.

Well if it is a front four, Rooney should get in. But then it shows United are short of enough quality.

This league will be tough for Mou. He was criticising LvG for not making UCL, he has just had his work cut out.

elampiro:
Mourinho is saying even he (Mourinho) can pass in the deep, so Rooney, a world class player should go to more advanced position where there is pressure to make passes.

Between number 8 and number 10 which is more difficult to pass?

Lets end this, mention Mou's likely favorite front three. Your options are Ibra, Martial, Mkhi, Rashford, Mata, and ofcourse Rooney.

elampiro:
So ask yourself why Rooney has always been praised (over 90%) of the time he played in midfield since Ferguson's era. Even Ferguson used him to do some jobs there and commended him. Get a brain.

Bro if Rooney was 90% of the time, Mou wouldn't have compared himself to him.

You like Rooney, but common lets leave sentiments aside. United deserves better.

TRendlona:
U Assnal fans hyping Giroud, his performance against Germany will b d final judgement... That's wen we'll knw if he actually worths d hype..

I sincerely hope you won't disappear or worse come back to yan trash.

SailorXY:
How does this change the fact you finished trophy-less & on another trophy-less span?

Firstly, what has your FA cup trophy done for you? FA cup that Arsenal won back to back prior?

Mou would have valued a top 4 finish from Van gurl than his useless FA cup of tea.

By the way and as a matter of fact, Arsenal did not finish trophyless.

elampiro:
If you had common sense, you would know that someone shitty as a midfielder cannot play as number 10.

Mourinho meant the midfield is too small for Rooney.

Midfield too small for Rooney. Tell me, was Rooney good as a midifelder?

If your answer is yes, then it is either you are just being funny or your thinking faculty is faulty.

elampiro:
He didn’t imply Rooney cannot pass in deeper position. He implied that passing in deeper position is easy, hence Rooney is too big to play there. He should be fighting for the more advanced positions.

common don't make it sound nice...

He meant Rooney was shitty as a midfielder. He should either be scoring goals or clapping for those who do.

SailorXY:
Shebi he see your 2nd trophyless position before he join 5th position?

Nyashnal fans be consoling themselves with unimportant gossip since the new millennium.

The last time you finished out of the top 4, you signed Di Maria, what happened?

Last season I was here when you guys were moaning about Depay, Schneiderlin, Blind, Darmian, Schweini, infact you cried your hearts out about all your signings except Martial. Martial that Giroud is even better than (SMH furiously). Soon what we would be seeing here would be...

Mourinho na bastard, #MouOut

pamcode:
8 STRANGE FOOTBALL RULES YOU NEVER KNEW

1. The Coach Can Play For The Team If He Wants To: Many might not know this but a coach is part of the team and can sub a player and step on the pitch to play. A typical example is with Gianluca Vialli who used to play for Juventus and later coached Chelsea, he was still capable of playing and so usually subbed himself when the need arises for him to step in. So don’t be surprised when one day a coach decides to play for his team.

2. Referees Can Be Substituted: For most of our lives that we’ve watched football, it is not common to see a referee being subbed but in the Fifa soccer rules, this is accepted. If a referee is unable to continue with the match, he can be subbed with an assistant referee to take over the match.

3. Linesmen Can Issue Cards: The assistant coach is supposed to inform the referee of offenses which happened on his blind side and decide whether to give a card. If the referee gives the mandate to the linesman, he can issue a card based on what he saw, but the responsibility lies on the referee to give the assistant referee the go ahead according to the Fifa Rule 6.

4. A player cannot be offside from a goal kick, corner or throw-in: During goal kick, corner or throw-in, even if the player is in an off-side position, it is not counted. This has caused many teams goals when they assume it is an off-side and it takes them by surprise.

5. A substitute cannot take a corner or a throw-in to restart the match: When a ball goes out for a throw-in and the team decides to sub a player, the new player who just stepped in cannot take the throw to restart the match. You probably never knew this right?

6. It is illegal for a goalkeeper to roll his sleeves up: A goalkeeper is allowed to wear long sleeves due to their role but one thing they cannot do is to roll the sleeves up to form a short sleeve, they can be given a card for that.

7. A goalkeeper can’t pick the ball up again after he has let it out of his possession until another player has touched it: After catching a ball, a goalkeeper can’t pick the ball up again if he decides to drop it until another player has touched it. If he disobeys, he will receive a card, it is either for him to kick it or allow another player to pass it back to him before he can pick it up again.

8. A linesman can officiate a match: It is absolutely legal for an assistant referee to take over the match and officiate if the referee can’t continue with the match, so basically a linesman is also a referee who can do everything the main referee does.


Football analysts,help out is no 7 tru

No 7 is obvious. The one that is strange to me is linesmen issuing cards. Good info.

Nihilist:
Dortmund trolling united

Lol! You see am?

'Goodluck to Mkhi who joins the club that finished 5th in the Premier League, they also wished him success at the UEFA Europa League.

He won MoTM na in a team with Griezmann, Pogba, Payet, etc.

@Lana1, Chrisley024

Keky:
Your No1 striker is watching Giroud from the bench.hahahaha

Lana1 your comment. Or accept Giroud > Martial