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It's a mongrel. A mixture of local breed and low quality/mixed Caucasian.

Dog na dog. Show love to it.

mostob:
Porto is not Lens or PSV. And this is a knockout not group stage bro. Anyway, I hope we do the needful at home.

If it was Lens or PSV I would have said 100/0

Jodera:
I know most arsenal's fans blood dey hot but I really understand his substitution of Jorginho and pushing Havertz forward as Cf (for winning aerial duels) especially towards the end of the game. It's just to emphasize on control then try to see the game out through a nil draw. Since there's no away goal rule, it would have been a good result to see it out but Galeno had other ideas

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BlueRayDick:
So because it's a 2 legged match we should lose first leg Abi ? Is there any assurance we will win the second leg with the kind of performance we saw yesterday ?

Arteta not bring on an attacker in a game we didn't have shot on goal for that long makes no sense at all.

We should be aiming to win both legs and not hope to draw one and win one. Bringing on Nketiah towards the 70th minute would'be brought another vibe to our attack. The Porto guys were kicking everything in sight like Newcastle ; Nketiah could've committed them in the box

I am not against you but all you have said are mere speculations. What if we had changed and it led to conceding two or three goals?

Assuming that goal didn't come late, your point would have made more sense. But at 0-0 it does not make sense to me really. And I am even trying to be a bit emotional here

mostob:
We have never beaten Porto at home and they have never won in our home. Another reason to be optimistic but seeing that European KO matches are Arteta's banana peel, the second leg is a 50-50 for me.

I read the Porto's coach interview and he proved me right. Using the same lineup in 3 consecutive matches has its consequences. A little shake up yesterday and Porto wouldn't have any 'answers'.

I agree with you. However I think that at home it will be more like 70-30. Considering how we demolished Lens and PSV

BlueRayDick:
Yesterday's match was a forgettable one . I watched the match till around 89th minute and went to sleep . How can we not have a shot on target for almost 1 hour 30 minutes of football ? 🤷🏼‍♂️

That match just shows we are a team without a manager that knows how to tweak things to get a difficult result . After the end of first 45 mins I was expecting the manager to tweak things and have a team with different tactics and mentality come on for the second half . Unfortunately ma same same we play for second half .

My fear now is even if we find a way to beat Porto and qualify for the next round , other more disciplined opponents will use the Porto tactics and give us more problem .

I'm a fan of Arteta but he needs to learn to do things differently ; if not we will keep losing knockout matches under his watch . Porto just played like a more disciplined and focused Newcastle yesterday .

At 0-0 we were at advantage. How do you expect him to tweak things then? This is a two legged match o.

Ibime:
Na that one shack you?

Replacement is every 4 years. The only solution he gave was Government should wait for drivers to convert their tank to LNG before dropping subsidy, and that was ludicrous to me.

In reality replacement can happen any time.

Ibime:
He actually didn't cos his solution is unimplementable in any reasonable timeframe. I no dey argue cos I know Nigerians are angry right now.

No sir. He asked if Nigeria is your private company will you keep a man like Tinubu simply because you feel his replacement will not do things differently?

Unlimited22:
Lol. Is this satire? 😂

🤣🤣🤣

LordAdam16:
CNG/LPG is the energy source of choice for transporters in places like India.

You're the one who said there's no ameliorative measure that could be enacted. I suggested one that has been implemented successfully in peer countries and you're asking about the impact. This is one example. How about opening the borders or reducing import duties on essentials for a limited period?

Cumulatively, don't you think these measures would have softened the blow of a subsidy removal?
If I can come up with these, are you trying to tell me that a well-meaning leader can't assemble a panel of experts that'd put together a better plan than sharing rice?

And if you're saying that the best that Tinubu and his "we prepared for 15 years" gang can suggest is sharing of rice, then by all things that's sacred, don't you think they are ill-equipped to pilot the affairs of this nation.

You're British. How many boneheaded decisions did Liz Truss make before she was bundled out?
How about Carol Bartz of Yahoo who was sacked over the phone?

Yet here you are giving the most stupendous excuse in the history of excuses that a confirmed dolt should not be criticized because he plagiarized the manifestos of more capable candidates.

If Nigeria was a private company, will you accept that BS you spewed? A non-performing CEO should not be fired or criticized because his replacement will do no better. In fact, you're cocksure that his replacement will take the exact same stupid decisions in the exact same moronic manner because you're Doctor Strange moonlighting as a finance pro. Where would that fly?

-Lord

No one on this NL has shut down Ibime's brains like you did here. He is such an intelligent guy, but you really messed him up here. Tinubu makes smart people stupid. Imagine a whole Raumdeuter.

Unlimited22:
You were there when they tagged EndSARS an Igbo insurrection. You were there when Igbo and even Yoruba people who 'looked Igbo' were prevented from voting.

If you check twitter now, wallahi you will see people tagging even these protests as means for Igbos to undermine Tilumbu's government.


If you are expecting any Igbo person to carry placard and join you on the streets, you are wasting your time.

There's protest here in Onitsha. 👇🏼

Spiritually Igbos have left Nigeria. Keep on deceiving yourself about one Nigeria. One Nigeria my foot. One Nigeria yet an Igbo man can never be president. You have not seen anything yet. FYI these people are being sarcastic here. pic.twitter.com/xFSznNatIF

— Mercy (@AdaIgbogeneral) February 20, 2024

TrebleChamp:
How long does it take a Refinery to refine crude into Fuel, Diesel, Aviation Fuel and Kerosene? Dangote Refinery hasn't released any refined product into the market, since it was supplied crude by NNPCL and from the USA.

It was David Hundeyin that first hinted that this whole Dangote Refinery ish is a big scam and that they will eventually opt to import petroleum products.

IMF has now come out to say that the government has resumed fuel subsidy.

One of my very experienced Prof who was a member of ASUU national exco and MAN, told me that the reason no refinery can work in Nigeria is because of IMF and World Bank (Europe and US). Those two banks will never allow it. That's because they control whoever is president of Nigeria. The same goes to Ajaokuta Steel Complex. I have mentioned this here before.

I am still testing this view, but it's looking more likely than not.

The present president is a complete puppet to the Neo Colonial powers. I will be surprised if it works.

izzou:
[color=royalblue]They are complaining to themselves, but not to the world.

The Igbo man in Lagos doing business is complaining too, but he will not join a protest.

But i understand you sha[/color]

I understand your point but the bolded did not correlate because complaining means protest.

I didn't say they are not feeling the hardship, I said they are not complaining because they chose not to.

izzou:
[color=royalblue]People in business are crying, so this excuse is funny.

The Yoruba woman wey wan open breasts and towtow protest is doing business. So?

Hardship is there, and there are many that are suffering, but they would prefer to cry at home than cry in public.

The SE seems to be the black sheep of the political Nigeria. Anything we jump on is politicised, and that is my own reason for us to have no protest.

The moment the SE jumps on it, Qudus and GrammarNazi will tell us we want to scatter Tinubu's government. [/color]

The mentality over there is that they have been suffering over the years and have managed to survive even worse situations. So this present crisis is not new and having equipped themselves with business tactics to maneuver crisis, they aren't complaining.

izzou:
[color=royalblue]Their overbloated budgets nko?

20 billion to renovate VP residence is Lagos?

Are these not under spending cuts too?[/color]

The problem with this government is not their policies. It's the recklessness in their spending and theifery.

I was asking my peeps in the SE why they are not protesting the hardship. They said things are truly expensive over here but that for most people during business, they can afford it. I noticed that everyone is into one form of business or the other including civil servants.

TrebleChamp:
😁😁
Everywhere red my bro, i no kukuma dey look debit alert again. Bought 3 paint of wheat and corn in December for ₦1800 and ₦2100 respectively per pain, bought same this February for ₦2600 and ₦3000 per pain respectively. Bought dried unripe plantain for ₦3000 for one paint to grind with the Wheat and Corn. I no wan even talk about Rice, Beans, Garri, Meat, Plantain, Yam, Fish and other foods like Golden Morn, Bread, Oat, Cornflakes for Children's breakfast before going to school and snack. The shege touch everywhere bro.....

My wife says she wants to do fix deposit. I just dey look am. I go rob her.

BlueRayDick:
Ekweremadu say una no show love o

When I am already angry that he was given just ten years and placed in a UK cell?

If na Guantanamo I for say OK.

raumdeuter:
It took time to get rotten and will take time to be bad

Just keep calm and vote Tinubu for 2nd term in 2027

This is hard for me and others who supported and voted for BAT.

Unlimited22:
Mi o ni so nkankan

Where is OasisX

KingKO22:
It's a welcome development in democracy

What we don't want is Nzogbu Nzogbu people to join our protest

Did you see any news of any violent protests or vandalization of public property?


Let Nzogbu Nzogbu people join the protest and you will see the difference between protests and arson

If you protest, soldiers will shoot you after beating the hell out of you.

Please no protest in SE. We want to enjoy this Shege till 2027, then we will now vote for Tinubu second term, so that the Shege will continue till 2031. This lesson must be learnt.

Jodera:
I always criticize anyone who misses easy chances and GJ wasn't an exception. I've criticized even Saka here during his early days for missing chances before he improved tremendously.

The reason why we argued was because you were saying he's missing chances because of his workrate he normally do and that he needs to stay in the box like a traditional 9 why I disagreed saying he's just not a great goalscorer.

I've always always been an advocate for false 9 role right from beginning

I am not talking about missing chances but being a 20goal per season player
Did you accept that he was not a striker then? Because I said the reason why GJ doesn't score much goals is because he is not playing as a traditional striker.

mostob:
Using the data from your screenshot, your hypothesis is void..it is not even capable of being tested because it has no basis.

Are you a clown

You are a clown 🤡

mostob:
I wanted to type something long before until I came across the bolded. You need to start watching this team first before you start debating about who is cerebral and who is not. BTW, I lifted this from EBL's weekly analysis on Twitter.

Ødegaard made sure that occurred, though, as he consistently organised the structure of his team.

As he was moving high, he instructed White to invert. His tactical understanding is incredible.

Much like Bernardo is for Pep, Ødegaard is like a coach on the pitch for Mikel..

Look at that last line...

You like going off point all the time. I am not talking about who gives instructions on the pitch, I am talking about whose positioning or movements affects others more. Errh!!!

Shegzdave:
Are you sure you watch this team?

With what you bolded out of all I said, I don't think you watch football

Jodera:
Lmaooo

It's surprising you of all people would accuse me of this. Me that's always the advocate of the false 9 free role especially wrt our system, me that Iamoyin.damola always troll with loving defensive strikers naim you wan do this one with.


Lol... You no try for this one

OK. Let me take your word for it. Because I know say me and you argue about GJ and his finishing.

Jodera:
I dey always make sense, I'm surprised you're seeing it today

At least you have come to terms with the fact that Arsenal does not need a striker like Haaland to win the league.

mostob:
Every player in that team is being used the same way. Tactically amd positionally, no player plays in a single position throughout the match. It has nothing to do with Havertz.

So, I disagreed with you.

It's Havertz.

Havertz can push to CF for Trossard to drop into midfield or drops further deep to form a midfield square with Odegaard, Rice and White, Havertz drops into a double pivot with Rice to allow Odegaard push forward to press, Havertz goes wide into LW to allow Martinelli go central attack and infield to form a front two with Trossard.

Everyone is moving but it almost always involves Havertz. That's why I said he is the free man and joker, the space interpreter that determines the positions others take in the pitch.

You don't have to argue with me, just go and watch our last two matches.

Jodera:
What a rollercoaster weeks of football this team have served us. We're looking well poised for the challenge been set before us and that's really a good thing.

1. Scoring 21 goals in 5 matches and conceding only two is stuff of champions and to do that in 3 away games is nothing to be joked with. What is even more interesting is that we've allowed just two shots on target in those 5 matches. Wowwwwww!!
Back to back zero shot on target conceded while scoring 11 goals? It just feel un-arsenallike but hey, I'm not complaining

2. This Dubai trip seems to do a lot of wonders for us and I'm so glad it came at the right time when we were at our lows. Suddenly no talk of needing a proper Cf amongst our fanbase, cohesion within the team is at an alarming best, our set piece delivery is dope. In fact, it just feels like a new different arsenal compared to the first half of the season.

3. I love the new tweak Arteta have made in finding a system to isolate Saka let him be 1v1 with defenders instead of the normal 2-3vs1 Saka is always suffering from. Now Saka is seen to start from deep before making that darting runs instead of always been hanging out in the wings. The constant fluidity and movement in our frontline helps too. Saka now playing closer to goal infield, Martinelli shuttling between WF and outright Cf, Trossard knowing when to play the CF role and when to drop deep so that Havertz will fill the CF role by making those deep runs which confuses the CBs, White inverting and and helping in our buildup(must be said, he seamlessly took that role like duck to water), Odegaard being Odegaard — pulling the strings with his creativity and vision and Rice doing what he knows best. It must also be said that Raya have been exceptional since the restart of this year. His distribution have been top notch and his confidence at the back is great. Kiwior have been great also since playing the conventional Lb role he's been assigned to but he needs to improve in the attacking 3rd. Not forgetting our two CB dynamos (Gabriel and Saliba)

4. I was surprised about Martinelli first time pass to Odegaard which led to our first goal ystdy. Same thing he did against Man u. I just wish he could be looking up more and giving a certain pass/cross instead of just blindly whipping a hopeful cross anytime he gets to that byline. Trossard and Havertz understanding is something I noticed in this passed two games (various swapping and movement) and I just hope it continues. It not only confuses defenders since they won't know who to mark but it also makes Odegaard to give that defence splitting passes since he can spot runners going in behind defence. Havertz first touch let him down numerous times ystdy and I was hugely surprised cos that's his strongest quality. Happy with his goal cos it's of good quality and long may it continue.
Trossard—Havertz partnership, it'll be interesting to see how it continues when Jesus comes back.

5. Porto away next. Let's go there. I'm feeling more ecstatic than ever. Moreover this team looks more matured and experienced, something we lacked last season. Let's go for the win

COYG!!!

You make plenty sense here I no just fit object to any.

That's impressive. Keep it up

Roland17:
We have been playing a flat back 4 with Kiwior since he came in for Zinny against Liverpool. Inverting Kiwior will only complicate things for him, so Arreta is keeping everything simple and it has worked.

No. It has not been a simple flat back four. White has been inverting from RB, exactly what Partey did at the start of the season. At least give the rookie some credit.

Jodera:
You clearly said Havertz and White are cerebral players according to how Arteta are USING them.
You clearly said they're the brains of the team.

You said all these because of how they've been playing for arsenal these past few weeks.

How then Is it a hypothesis when the "how" and testing have already happened?

You gave a list of skills, defined them and gave categorised examples with our players under such skills.
How then is it a hypothesis?

I don't care if you're the godfather of research department ooo, but you see this English, you must grab understanding of English first

You can't give an analysis, categorisation and examples, bring a review video from 442 as your reference and when you're bursted you turn around to claim hypothesis.

None of us be pikin here na

I can't even get a hold of what you are saying.

AdisaOwala:
Haha

Sp3rm360 don dey drop thesis for here?

Lmao

Say the truth, how did you escape?

I mean from the asylum?