Useless take. Saliba is great. Gabriel is great. No Arsenal fan doubts Saliba's quality. However, Upamecano was the best defender against Senegal, and that explains why he is Deschamp's first choice CB.
To those who were doubting Saliba, just remember that it does not take 90 minutes to know that a player is special.
If you are watching the game between Senegal and France, will you agree with me that Saliba is one of the reasons why Gabriel performs so well?
Because Saliba is a commanding and controlling centre-back.
It is very difficult to see Senegal penetrate through the middle because France's defence remains compact and organized.
He is always communicating, positioning himself well, and making things easier for his teammates in the backline.
For sure, it is not easy to break through a defence when a player like Saliba is in control.
@Notsimplysimi You're right, City were shit that's why Arsenal won this year, the same way Arsenal stunk it up the past 3 years gifting City and Liverpool. Haters like you are lucky cos it could've been a 3 peat.
@BadmanRic@GNev2 These pundits can be very foolish in thier thinking. Rice telling his boys to stay locked in till the end was viewed as a weakness? All this just to create a narrative to rob Rice of the Player of the Season? Rubbish!
That was a nervy second half. Hopefully we can get over the line on the last day. Arteta has got work to do with this team - we have to keep the ball better than we do.
I thought White did well at the Emirates against Atlético Madrid, but I pray we have Timber available again by the end of the month.
He has to be the one to face Kvaratskhelia in the final. I just know Jurriën can keep him locked down for the full 90 minutes! 🔒
I have a soft spot for Madueke, probably cos he's really talented, but tbh he's definitely not cut for top level football. Arsenal should sell him now.
This has been the story of Arsenal's season - not running through teams having a bad patch. Athleti have dipped recently and it's been glaring the entire 90 yet they are romancing the ball with no urgency.
Everyday I'm amazed at the takes on this platform. What's the purpose of the Hallelujah challenge? What's the meaning of Hallelujah? Simply put offering praises to God Almighty. So even in lent, are we to stop praising God? Oh my goodness.
If Nathaniel Bassey understood the significance of Lent for Christians all over the world he wouldn’t have fixed his challenge during Lent.
Lent is a widely observed time in the Christian world, Eastern Orthodox, Eastern Catholics, Western Catholics, Lutherans, Anglicans, Episcopalians etc all observe Lent and refrain from using the Hallelujah, but Nathaniel Bassey knows more about worshiping and praising God than millennials of Christians right? The disrespect is what you want us to accept?
What Pastor worth his salt doesn’t know about Lent and what it entails? Who is the Pastor that studied theology that doesn’t know? Or did he not study? Who ordained him a Pastor then?
We may not get raw talents like Jay Jay, Kanu, Mikel frequently but we can create technically sound players through the age grades with our ideology. The African game is getting faster, and requiring technical excellence over individual brilliance; our coaches have work to do.
Nigerian football has a shortage of talent; structural development of talent, the kind intentioned for production of technically sound ballers. I can understand there's infrastructural deficiency but we need a foundational ideology of our own; modeled and adopted country wide.