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Jodera:
What do you think about the fixture with Bayern?

This is the best fixture we can get. Bayern is weak and old. They will not defend and that will be their undoing.

PSG has Mbappe, Barcelona is like Arsenal, Real Madrid has too much experience at this level, etc

BlueRayDick:
Lolz . There are so many strange people on this earth o; u won't know until u come across them.

Some people don't even play football because they love the sport ; they play because they know how to play it more than others . They don't attach emotions to playing it. It's not about passion for them, it's just something they know how to do and that's all.

My friend Jodera is the opposite. He talks a lot of football but when you ask him to play, he is uninterested. Joddy have never shared any experience of kicking a ball.

Jodera:
So we're either meeting Madrid or Man City if we scale through?

Abeg if we scale through make Madrid jeje beat Man city. I hate meeting English teams in European competition.

Playing a familiar foe is better in a semi finals. When you leave the shores, there are factors other than the game itself that can affect the team.

Are you sure he is cheating? May be he is just helping a poor widow like Elijah helped the widow.

BlueRayDick:
The build-up to Our first goal in the 3-1 over them this season is the real definition of carving them open. I wish Havertz had scored the ball one-time, but I'm still glad Saka scored the rebound.

Yes. We dominated the first quarter as Arteta started with Havertz as false 9, and got rewarded with a goal. By the second quarter Klopp changed Liverpool's shape by pinning Konate on Martinelli to allow TAA overlap. Pressure on our defense made Saliba make an error and they equalised. By the third quarter, they were dominating. Arteta had to changed shape by pulling Havertz into midfield and allow both Martinelli and Saka drift invertedly to attack VVD in a 4-4-2 diamond, we scored a semi lucky goal. At that point, Liverpool needed to equalise and started making changes. But Klopp forgot that Konate was on a yellow. Havertz trapped him and he was sent off. Arteta sends in Trossard, VVD was in trouble being a lone CB. Arsenal scored a late killer punch. Game was over.

To beat Klopp you have to predict him accurately and hope that luck favours you.
Arteta needed to make three tactical changes to cope with the demand.

Jodera:
I'm talking about individual attack in terms of players not as a team.
In terms of team, I believe arsenal have the best attack, but as per individuals I'll give it to Liverpool.
I believe you'll be able to differentiate between the two I meant

Ok. If that's your opinion it's completely fine. However I don't think Liverpool have more quality individually than Man City. People underestimate the effort of Klopp in building a team that stay consistent over a season. What you see as individual performance in Liverpool, I see it as team work.

Liverpool play in different shapes that carves open any defense irrespective of who they play against. The only manager that has successfully maneuvered Klopp tactically is Arteta and that was after two losses.

ObaIgwe1:
final 10 games

Who blinks 1st?

It's at this point that a team's mentality begins to show. The key is to take a game at a time and never lose focus even if you lose. Anything can still happen.

Secondly, Arteta has done well taking us to the title challenge again this season. I think he is so unlucky to have the likes of Klopp and Pep competing against him. These are tactical behemoths. In the same vein, they still bring out the best in him. The fact is he is the future of football management as far as PL is concerned.

Jodera said Liverpool has the best attack. I think it's Arsenal. We have more players having 10+ G/A than any other team. Familiarity indeed breeds contempt. Jo, I hope making your apologies on Havertz now isn't misplaced. Is it?

iamoyindamola:
Blueraydick this app make sense no buffering at all but sometimes e change the resolution to lowest graphics

E fit work for TV using. Android box?

seunmsg:
Foreign investor demand for Nigerian assets and money sent home by citizens living abroad surged last month as reforms instituted by President Bola Tinubu’s administration started paying off.

Foreign portfolio investor asset purchases exceeded $1 billion in February, bringing total receipts so far this year to at least $2.3 billion, Hakama Sidi Ali, a spokeswoman for the central bank, said in an emailed statement. That compared with $3.9 billion for the whole of 2023. Overseas remittances rose more than fourfold to $1.3 billion in February from a month earlier



https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-08/billions-pour-into-nigeria-as-tinubu-s-reforms-start-to-pay-off?utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&utm_source=twitter&cmpid%3D=socialflow-twitter-africa&utm_medium=social&utm_content=africa


Cc: Mynd44 nlfpmod

Na statistics we go chop?

germaphobe:

If we say Havertz is better than Trossard or Gabriel Jesus, Jodera will argue

mostob:
Haaa... You went on vacation bro?

Pep don invent another thing o. When playing with a proper wingers, Akanji/Stone will invert into midfield and Walker will stay back to form a back three. It has been going on since last season.

You are right. Stones usually moved up from CB to DM.

Jodera:
Five Arsenal players have been directly involved in 10+ Premier League goals this season:

◉ 21 - Bukayo Saka
◉ 12 - Martin Ødegaard
◉ 10 - Gabriel Martinelli
◉ 10 - Declan Rice
◉ 10 - Kai Havertz

No team has more players in double figures. 🤝


My Team!!

Havertz made the list.

Hmmm! 🤔

BlueRayDick:
To be fair , Normally punch newspapers is anti-APC but dem no try for this news piece at all .

They didn't put in so much work before pushing this out . Dem for at least call the Heineken guy and ask him how FG intends to ramp up oil production to the 2.5m bpd before publishing the news.

I miss the good old days when TELL magazine and The News magazine go give u everything u need to read in one weekly publication .

Newspapers are moving like blogggers these days

It's called media capture. News media are forced or induced to publish news.

Remember when I mentioned Bayo Onanuga? He was the one that announced that restoration of Dubai visa for Nigerians when it was a lie. Lamba.

BlueRayDick:
This news article is very vague ; to me it this is a shody piece of journalism from punch .

When they say FG eyes 2.5 million barrels daily oil production they didn't say the most important thing " HOW" . Is it that FG intends to achieve this by drilling more oil wells ? fighting crude oil theft heads-on with new approach ? Will they about exploring possible crude oil deposit in other states outside Niger delta ? etc.

They just loaded the article with so many irrelevances talking about Minister for petroleum for state going to conference where he challenged the US diplomat .

They also mentioned that we intend to stop IOC's from leaving but didn't also mention HOW

Fake news or propaganda or call it lamba is the greatest tool of this APC government. That guy called Bayo Onanuga is the one specifically trained for it. They have no shame.

They have also used state forces to capture national media. For me it's only independent media that I depend on for information or confirmation.

raumdeuter:
The guy is a clown. Has he seen the streets of Niger and many Northern cities?
Even if we beg for the grains, Does he think those hungry children care if we beg, borrow or give Beejays to Ukraine for food?

People are attcking trucks and stores of food and he thinks begging is where he draws the line

Some beggars have choices though

He didn't say we shouldn't beg. He said it is a disgrace to beg. Two different things. Like a necessary evil. It should be but it has to be because we have a bad government.

raumdeuter:
What exactly did she say in his defence

She invited the girls to her office and tried to induce them to withdraw the case by settlement. When the girls refuse she began threatening them claiming she has a recorded statement of their confession. Unknown to her the girls recorded the phone calls exposing her threats. She later apologised. It's the same woman saying that people should not protest because of hunger, that it is unpatriotic. Is she not a witch?

raumdeuter:
You shall know the truth and the truth will set you free

Now go and send no more

By the way tell this thing everywhere from Galille to Samaria to Nnewi to Afikpo to arochukwu to Ohafia

I thought that after misquoting me you would have at least stated how your BAT is solving the hunger crisis ravaging the country. Does shouting 'Peter Obi is a failure' cure the hunger. APC and BAT adopting 'Peter Obi is a failure' as their mantra to inspire confidence in Nigerians simply show how insecure they are with the mandate they stole.

airmark:
Most Obidients are wicked souls.

A failure of a Governor, was who they wanted as President. I can excuse the ignorant Yorubas that didn't do findings on Obi before jumping on his ship, but you see those Igbos that knew he flopped, should be seen as enemies of the nation.

Yes Peter Obi is a failure.

Meanwhile, people are hungry and the person responsible is Bola Tinubu not Peter Obi. Sense is cheap.

This woman Mrs Uju Kenedy Ohaneye is a foolish woman and part of the reasons the government is messing up because of your stupid comments and actions. For the records she was defending the Prof at Unical that was abusing female students despite she being the Minister for Women Affairs.

Foolish woman.

iamoyindamola:
Wetin con happen, you guys need to respect ramsdale he deserve it
Raya hasn't done anything spectacular it's all defense

If what you mean is core goalkeeping, that is catching or punching then Raya isnt better than Rams. The area where Raya beats him flat is his leg work which is more important for Arteta. Of which he has on several occasions assisted the assist with long calculative throws or kickouts

Roland17:
He is the 3rd longest tenured coach amongst 20 other coaches, entering his 5th year with 7 transfer windows and nearly 700M spent..

So what exactly still makes him a rookie coach punching above his weight? Is that your expectation for Arsenal? Has he not had enough time to put Arsenal in this situation. Should I be grateful because he is doing what we expect of him? Has he not had enough time and financial support?

Man, please miss me with some of this mediocrity this early morning. I have no other expectation from him than to win one of either competitions we are still in. Anything less is failure in my books, considering how he choked the league last season.

Abi shame no dey catch you? If you have not been following, I have given Arteta his due for our recent results and the development of Kiwior.

How does tenure and money spent determine whether a coach is doing well or not? As it stands even if he wins the league and CL double you will still not rate him. Imagine saying that he choked last season. Is Man City a joke to you? Which club did not choke facing City last season?

Asking for a word of encouragement cannot be mediocrity especially after winning in the kind of streak we have lately. I mean, I didn't say you should crown him King of EPL, I only asked for a word of encouragement. If that is asking too much because of your perceived high standards, I will be out for who deserves your praise.

Jodera:
You can never drag me for Havertz playing CF cos I've vehemently said right from beginning of preseason that the only place he'll mostly be effective for us is CF while you were there yapping he'll be v.good as a Midfielder for us.

He's been good as a CF for us and like I said I'll still prefer GJ to him but GJ inclusion now will make him go back to Midfield (which I don't want) and Jorginho away from the starting 11 which will hamper the synergy.

And yeah, while Havertz movement is good, we shouldn't forget that Trossard was mainly playing that CF role and nobody was complaining meanwhile Havertz wasn't really that spectacular in midfield. With Trossard we walloped Crystal palace, West Ham and Burnley, so don't just make it as if Havertz at CF is non-negotiable

Knowing Arteta that he won't bench Havertz, (I know he's never benching Havertz) and that means high probability that Partey won't replace Jorginho.

It's the same way I wanted Partey to go small injury so that Arteta won't have to field him in that inverted Rb role while Gabriel (one of our best defenders is glued to the bench). All these small sacrifices is what I can take for the greater good of the team

The bolded is where you need to learn. It starts by asking 'why'

I also think you are not being 100% sincere about Havertz's performances. I said earlier that he is more productive as an AM than as a false 9. But being a false 9 expertly combining going forward and dropping into midfield is making me change my mind. He is just good any where he plays.

And stop confusing playing false 9 as CF. That's poor football knowledge.

OasisX:


.......Democracy in Danger.

Are you really presenting a WhatsApp chat as evidence?

OasisX:


.........let me start campaigning for Olumide Akpata ó jàre. Kò wo mọ wọ gbo. $1000 per Delegate?!

Vote Olumide Akpata dear Edolites.

But na PDP try woo Obidients with $1000 na

Jodera:
You read what I said — "if it's not broken, don't fix it"

Jesus intro will destroy a lot of things and not because he's bad but Arteta will place our players were they're not maximally effective in.

Havertz Midfield
Rice DM
Jorginho out.

Just Jesus inclusion in CF will sub-optimally affect 3 positions

If in your mind he felt Havertz wasn't that good you would have suggested that Jesus simply replaces him. Simple replacement. Why didn't you suggest that?

Mind you, there are four players responsible for the recent improvements. These players improved in their roles. They are
White as an inverted RB
Jorginho with his forward passes
Rice in his mid block press (superb)
Havertz with his movements around the opponents low/mid block

For the changes, Partey will easily replace Jorginho (no doubt he is better) his only challenge will be pairing with Rice while drifting to the left wing when White inverts. The Jorginho -Rice pairing is almost faultless. He Partey overcomes this, he will be a better option and that midfield will beat any one in Europe.

As for Jesus, he will remain on the bench for Havertz.

Can you be honest enough to say here that Havertz of late has been the better false 9 than Jesus?

Roland17 our expired rookie is now punching above his weight. .

No vex just give am small praise abeg. It will not drain your dollar account

Jodera:
Arteta says Saka wasn't feeling fine ystdy before the match reason why he was subbed off at half time. Hopefully he'll be fully recovered before our meeting with Brentford

Also, he says that Martinelli issue isn't so serious. That it's just a slight cut on his foot but he'll be assessed later. Hopefully, maybe we'll see him between Brentford and/or Porto game. My advise is that if Martinelli won't be available, now is the time to try Jesus in the wings. I no deh too gbadu Trossard for wings especially when starting.


Furthermore, the synergy and understanding between this group of players is top notch. I'm a believer of "if it's not broken, then don't fix it".
Havertz have been good in the false 9 role while Jorginho have settled in greatly in the DM role. Rice have been a menace as one of the 8s just as I expected while Kiwior have been great in that left back. It would be disheartening if Jesus replaces Havertz and the latter goes back to Midfield which in turn shifts Rice back to DM and Jorginho away. The spiral effect of Jesus coming straight into this team may hamper the chemistry as Havertz isn't too great in that Midfield for us while Jorginho and Rice are doing excellent jobs in their respective roles. I hope that Arteta doesn't fix what isn't broken

COYG!!!

What is Kai doing in the false 9 role that has made you now prefer him to G Jesus? It seems his off the ball movement is a better skill than GJesus dribbling.

You are slowwwwky eating your words

Davep Arteta is still planning to buy your dream striker.

Jodera:
The closed door friendly they played?

No against Man United

@Jodera

Havertz missed an open net yesterday

Silentgroper:
it's a draw at best

A goalless draw with no shots on target.

raumdeuter:
She might be related to Obianos wife. Ondo people can engage Bianca to give that reset slap again

Some women are just headaches. The same woman that wanted to contest for house of reps. Our politics in this country is sour