iamoyindamola:

Olorun Maje
Which kind prayer be that, spuds must be our boy anyday anytime

Oyinbo no dey get hurt bro, the only thing that pains them is spurs doing fine, it yielded protest in 2018 when to got to UCL final.

Chelsea winning UCL hurts me till date, what can be worse?

Bro, I have this feeling massive turnaround will happen at the Emirates should Spurs win something big.

Roland17:


God forbid!!

What if it means that's the way forward

iamoyindamola:

1... We'll have that European trophy that has always eluded us. Not champions league I know, but then we won't say we don't have any European trophy
What happen afterwards

2... The thoughts of losing this Europa will kill all the confidence of everyone entering into next season. And to even get any player now will be difficult for us cos we're not in any competition (for next season)
Let it kill us even i want us to relegate the whole club should start all over we have too many useless and unfortune souls running this club, the players and even the manager they are all for money. Anyone that was involve in william purchase should be fired too

3.. The Europa league winning can act as a springboard to success (if we can use it wisely) instead of actually papering over the cracks. Arteta can be more confident in implementing his tactics and plans and he'll also have the confidence of the board to back him. He knows this squad is not good enough (he's been subtly saying it in press conference most times). So this Europa league will surely give him that edge to buy his players, if he has any.
It can't and won't,we won fa cup last season it went from bad to worse for us

Exactly my points especially that point no2

I subtly want spurs to win a big trophy and taunt Arsenal fans in London, that's the only thing that can hurt our oyinbo fans..
UK fans seems okay with what's happening except Spurs winning something big.

Point3...Fans will be so overjoyed that they'll believe Abd have high hopes for next season, the board will bring in a Big name player just to excite the fans and everything will go down south next season.

Jodera:
I truly understand your thoughts, and you're right about us being a mid table team due to our league standing.

But then, winning this Europa league will do us a whole lot of good than bad.

1... We'll have that European trophy that has always eluded us. Not champions league I know, but then we won't say we don't have any European trophy
I get your point, but I'm much interested in what will follow i.e next season.

2... The thoughts of losing this Europa will kill all the confidence of everyone entering into next season. And to even get any player now will be difficult for us cos we're not in any competition (for next season)
If Arsenal is a serious club, Europe or no Europe, the club can still rise, but I'm not confident, utd and some teams once rose up from mid table.

3.. The Europa league winning can act as a springboard to success (if we can use it wisely) instead of actually papering over the cracks. Arteta can be more confident in implementing his tactics and plans and he'll also have the confidence of the board to back him. He knows this squad is not good enough (he's been subtly saying it in press conference most times). So this Europa league will surely give him that edge to buy his players, if he has any.

Tho I know you don't believe in Arteta cos he's a rookie coach and inexperienced at top level but I (my opinion) just believe with his better players and his players cutting out basic mistakes, we can compete for top 4. But all that will be easy to do if we win the Europa.

If we don't win it, I'm afraid even to invest in this squad will not happen and we'll be sliding down and down the table.

Arsenal fc will not back Arterta in a way to bag top4..BTW, Arterta himself seems pleased with 70% of the squad because majority are either his signings, retained and extended their contract.
I've seen some fans singing Xhaka's praise like he is a Zidane, some can't even wait to have Luiz back, some defend and trust Auba on the Wing like a Neymar.
Whearas only Saka and Tierney and maybe few others have looked UCL material.

Jodera:
I get hot premium tears to cry sha if that time comes, so no problem.
But I just have this faintest belief we might Nick it, and I'm just possibly hoping on that 1% chance

And everyone will feel happy and say Arsenal is bag in UCl, Arterta is the man, the squad is good etc,

The board will then do another media hype marquee signing in the summer, only for everything to fall yakata next season with series of painful teary moments( cos fans hope go don rise like it did earlier in the season after the Fa cup and preseason trophy).

Koko be say, we can't patch mediocrity for long, the league is the true test of a team, and Mid table seems to be where Arsenal are ATM.

Arsenal FC need major surgery from board to the players

ndidibabe:
When Arsenal fans were hyping this guy, I was happy that my husband could see through his eyes. Just like me, he knew the only good player that Arsenal has is Saka. Others are below average. [b][/b]Arsenal has really lost it...

Hmmmmm

They said Arsenal/Arterta defeated Liverpool and Klopp to win trophy/Preseason tray?

Well, when it mattered most, Liverpool showed Arsenal the difference in class.

# Tables don't lie.

Spy360:
Arsenal
Draw 9th
Lose 9th
Win -9th
To....night

Don't Mock the bereaved

ndidibabe:
Of Course, I am. But this just show how pathetic a Club as big as Arsenal has turned. The fans are happy to have drawn West ham while they are 10th on the league? I am happy that my hubby care less of Arsenal result these days. What a hopeless club! Then, Auba is another Ozil. Very shambolic and lazy. Can’t hold the ball nor make a reasonable pass. If he doesn’t get any chance, he’s essentially redundant as a player. I’ve never been the biggest fan of him as a player, goals aside he offers nothing to Arsenal. Pep will never line this guy up in his first team. It's hard to criticise him cus he scores so many goal but the truth is that he lacks finesse.

My stance on Auba since 2018.

Oasis007:






Chill...... it's just a formality, United already in Semi Final.

How far? How the Wembley package na?

iamoyindamola:

We keep blaming others for leno's mistake, martinez also kept under ebening with same useless claimed defenders.
After xhaka leno tops the error leading to goal for arsenal but instead we will find blame push to the players.
Na here we they na abi no be leno again we go soon blame arsene wengay for his mistake

I also prefer Martinez to Leno, Leno's best attribute is stopping long range shots and fans get excited by that a lot, but for me ability to organize,give defenders calmness and confidence and avoiding erratic displays tops it for me and Martinez is good at that.

However, I won't blame Leno for Xhaka's and Ceballos mistakes.

I don't know if its the coach's job or the personnel, persistent errors leading to goals has been Arsenal's mark.
And for me, its even worse when its coming from experienced professionals, little wonder the youngsters in defensive areas at Arsenal are not that much exciting.

Roland17:
We easily could have conceded 3 goals from errant passing from the back.. It doesn’t seem to matter the combination or the players involved, we have self destruct buttons attached to our jerseys..

Pascal Cygan, to Philippe Senderos,Kosciely,Luiz,Mustafi,Sokratis,Niles
Xhaka,Kolasinac and now Ceballos/Leno.

Spy360:

Liverpool are still title contenders. Or you don port go Man City? Because you na anywhere belle face.

E easy to play high level football in England and Europe for 4 years?

Liverpool are tired and are going through their worst patch over the 4 years.

But, Liverpool's worst is still better than Arsenal Check Table and Europe.

Roland17:
Their own na to play rubbish every week, our own na to analyze the rubbish!

Same old Same old rubbish

Gifting opposition goals and points and coming back to apologize over and over and we'll be fine.

[quote author=Jodera post=99664838] I think you're forgetting the fact that we always mostly build from the back

This scenario isn't the first time that Leno have passed the ball to his players in such situations. Mostly, elneny or ceballos or partey have received the ball in such situation and we've safely passed it out beating the opposition press. And I've not seen anyone blaming Leno for passing as such, cos it was successful. I can remember man u game first leg, such situation like this and elneny beat the press with just 1 touch pass. Same as ceballos and partey on numerous occasions. If you watch that pass well, you will notice that just one touch pass from Xhaka to David Luiz would have beaten that press with ease. The trap and move back by xhaka towards our goalpost made the situation as tricky as it is.

The only situation I'll fault Leno is trusting xhaka. Cos if he knew xhaka would brain fart he wouldn't have trusted him/quote]


Imagine a Busquet in that situation, he'll turn and still shield the ball, Even Jerry will rather fall and win a foul, but Xhaka is never the type to trust in tight situations.

Now, if Leno isn't trusting his players, then there's a big problem.

iamoyindamola:
Xhaka causing us to lose or draw games since time of memorial

. are the problem

I said it few weeks ago, Xhaka will always be Xhaka, that few good performance shouldn't mask who he is, but fans are too optimistic and forget easily, which serious FC or coach retains such player costing your team that much?

Xhaka the longest serving and main man in that midfield is a sorry case, anyways, Arterta and the fans putting faith on him drserve the pains

He is primarily a poacher and plays off the shoulder of the last man.Infact he is the true definition of a goal poacher.When the team is playing well he will score lots of goals but when the team is playing badly his poor ability on the ball is massively exposed.Due to the fact that he doesn’t like to get involved in build up play that much and always waiting for that one opportunity this is what is usually translated as laziness as seen usually on bad days for Arsenal



Aubameyang is similar to Ozil. They approach games the same way. Just like Ozil whose weapon were his final balls and assists, Abumeyang only weapon is his goal scoring exploit. He is our fastest player but he barely runs on the field. Soon when the goals start drying, he will become as useless as Ozil. He is another fraud waiting to happen. If we really are serious we should be doing everything to keep Laca.


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Roland17:


17th/18th/19th/20th on the EPL table.

Out of the Europa..

Its a shame though! The experienced players especially those on offense have no shame that we have been carried by this kid since last season!

This has been my opinion.

Saka creates a magic

And let's see if Auba will score..

In short, Saka is the boy keeping Arterta and the senior players in the Job.

kodded:
the same europa that we are one leg in and one leg ouut?




arteta really fall my hand yesterday, that second half in that man city game was screaming for the introduction of smith rowe and martinelli




in other notes, aubameyang, laca, bellerin, Pepe and eleny should not be in our starting 11 if we want to be a big team again.


finally arteta decision making is one of his greatest weakness. for the fact that week in week out, arteta keep selecting willain, willock and nkeitah over nelson, martinelli and balogun should be a major concern to the board that this man has poor tatse for players

Artetta stooped playing them few months ago, and even the ones he replaced with haven't moved any mountain, safe for Saka.

Most of these players are average at best and Arterta isn't ready yet for big stage, he needs to tow the line of Henri by starting with a Boneumouth and Norwich IMHO.

Jodera:
Mehn...

For we to move forward, we need to let go of auba and lacazette. Auba is damn average. If he's not scoring, he's not doing anything. Poor touch at any slight of pressure, can't interplay effectively.

It's really sad seeing that only Saka seeks to bd only one that can take on players. The rest seems to give this sideways and back pass. Even Pepe that normally beats his man is now damn afraid.
This is so so bad.

Odegaard disappointed me. Seems to give more back passes than forward or creative passes. And even wen he does the few forward passes on few occasions, he either underhit it or overhit it. Very average display from him.

Tierney didn't play well, but then, I believe that he's match rusty. Aside for his unusual disappointing crosses and display, I can see his effort he puts in. Tried to be attacking and also tries to beat his man.

Holding and Mari really really tried. Aside from the goal which holding switched off, they both put in commanding displays.

Why Arteta doesn't see it fit to be playing martinelli is what is mind-boggling. We needed his energy in this game as our forward of pepe and Auba was lacking that energy and urgency. He should be seeing more of first team than what he's presently seeing (that's if he's even seeing at all)

Xhaka and elneny... Average at forward play, creative passes and transitioning play quickly. For arsenal to move forward so many players need to be sub players or loaned/sold.

Barring the defence, only Saka deserves any mention in that midfield and attack for today's game

What have been saying for long.

Saka the only one creating anything

Auba scoring tap ins and going missing a lot

Xhaka the man who slows down everything around him.

Arsenal playing pass me I pass you, to the left, and in shaAllah in the box.

Quality Still far from UCL football

iamoyindamola:
We should do swap deal for bellerin with Norwich, collect max Aaron. He doesn't deserve to be a right back or a Spanish footballer
Fkhalifa is right about aubameyang he will score tomorrow and we forget everything.
Oga o na club be this?

Auba will score winning goal on Thursday and he'll be the untouchable Hero again.
The same Auba some want to put inline with Igwe and RvP.
Striker that depends solely on "give me on a platter of gold in front of goal" accompanied with lazy softy attitude.

Don't get me wrong, he's a good finisher but very average all round.
He's probably passed it and would only thrive in teams like barca,Bayern etc who only needs a Cf to convert chances.

sod09:
We are lucky to have saka in this team
Such a joy

I didn't see the game, but I know when goals rain at the Emirates, Saka must be at heart of it.

Spy360:

Liverpool is the definition of wasted talent

Law of diminishing return I guess, Liverpool peaked over past 3 years using almost same first Eleven, they achieved everything in club football, I feel its normal fatigue and low energy to happen.

Notice it was Jota Carrying the team earlier in the season, they needed fresh ideas coming into this season.

Akinbahm:
Fkhalifah, what happened in Anfield today it seems you people need restructuring?

America sef get problem

mostob:
......The loss yesterday was solely on Arteta. Pepe and Saka were combining well on the left wing before he decided to bring in Willian. Auba as a CF na minus.

......I think ATM scammed us big time... make we forget about Partey and find new Midfielder. Dude had been poor lately.

Partey I fear will be demotivated, see the difference in Quality between ATL and Arsenal, to even imagine They are potential Laliga champions..

Partey may just take solace in the huge pay, playing English football and sweet london life..
since he didn't get much in Spain.

Arsenal need morale boosting management.

daveP:
i watched Arsenal's road to the UCL final of 2006. i felt bad watching it as each min passed.


the gap in talent and technical ability is way too large.


i noticed the penetrative power around the middle of the opponents'(Ajax, Juve, Madrid, Villareal) box 18.

And then solo decision making by whoever was lucky to be in the box at the time of an attacking attempt.



Arsenal is now a middle table team in the EPL. no one should be sentimental and argue this.



ManCity+ManU+Liverpool=Arsenal
2+4+4=10

Number of Losses after GW23!!

Hope dey, but not the bright kind. Lol


meanwhile, this pic is epic. the GK at the back celebrating....

The pleasure I got those days supersedes our today's trophies.

Those were the moments!

Jodera:
Facts!!. No more, No less.

I wanted to say something, but you've captured almost all my thoughts.


Out

Willian
Elneny
Lacazzette
Bellerin (if possible)

Squad players
Xhaka
Pepe
Auba(shuttling between starting and subbing)


In

Am(knows how to shoot, dribble and pass)

Two quick, scoring wingers

Striker that's good at holdup play and can make runs across the channel too

A good MF to partner Partey

A Good right back (bellerin is turning scrap)

Exactly, hot firing front 4 will take you far as against buying defenders over and over.

sod09:

We should sell both auba and lacazette
Find young striker ole Watkins is becoming another Jota in the making, look for young midfielders and AM

Personally, I don tire for the duo, reason why I wanted Jota and Inaki Williams, Some fans fear taking that risk, forgetting Liverpool made money from Suarez and Countinho to reinvest in Sallah and Mane.

I don't know why Arsenal missed out on Nabi Fekir

kokanepyramid:

This question Na WAEC

For me it’s more of personnel than manager, and flushing half of the squad is not feasible at least knowing the club u support.

We need to fine tune our midfield up to attack.
We don’t see those movements on and off the ball like we used to during Wenger particularly in build up to a goal. Accurate passes in tight spaces, quick interchange, lightning fast 1-2 passes in the opponent’s 18-yard box etc.
reason I was of the opinion of recruiting heavily on midfield and attack as it would even shield out defence ish. As u can see today’s game and many other games this season we’ve been let down more by our inability to score goals and open up tight defenses.

My 2 kobo.

Willian has no business in the squad
Elneny-out
Xhaka-out/squad player at best
Pepe-squad player
We need 2 fast wingers, one for each sides of the attack that can dribble as well.
an AM can’t be overemphasized

Wow!

I love and agree with the bolded a lot and that's been my opinion too.

The first paragraph too is why I do say I miss the Fab/Hleb/Nasri/Rosciky football, with those personnel, you're always hopeful goals will come.

sod09:

This team can't make top7
We already said it before season start we need more bodies in the midfield to help attack and defence.
ESR is tired, partey is looking like injury prone, aubameyang signed and suddenly disappeared
Bros problem no they finish for this arsenal
I tire as I they like this

But looking at the table, 7th shouldn't be a huge task, now even out of the cup competition...

I also said that trusting ESR,SAka,Martinelli should be eased in..

Auba just dey collect money, somebody even said no wonder he went to depression over the past few weeks

Even Partey I heard is just here for the money, him moral don drop...

Your tiredness no reach my own

kokanepyramid:

Abi, we can’t be totally useless

What can Arsenal do to get back on top?

For me, If this team can't make Top7 at the end, then the coach and half the squad should be flushed out.

Aston Villa have completed a Premier League double over Arsenal for the first time since 1992/93.

Ollie Watkins wasn't even born the last time they did that.

#Shameful.