Strolled through my area this evening and took these Random Shots with my Redmi Note 9 Pro @XiaomiNigeria
Edited on Adobe @Lightroom Mobile.
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Declan Rice gets bodied, so has a tantrum and kicks the Brighton player…
Any other player at any other club, that’s a straight red card and 3 match ban. Textbook.
Never for Arsenal though! 😂
This is a premeditated foul from Declan Rice, and he escapes a red card.
He deliberately kicks Yalcouye.
Why has VAR not advised the ref here?
Why are these English referees so terrible?
@40PlusImmigrant Lol.. Facts. I don plan to use my Google Pixel 7 Pro for at least 1 year but Rogers people will not let me rest with plenty calls about discount to upgrade to Pixel 11 Pro.. Abeg nau😔
@Dcosta_clayton@denmgenes I was saying this throughout the game.. and most times when he is taken off, they now start loading crosses and passes into the box. something they weren't doing when Sesko was on. I mean , look at the crosses Dorgu was putting in. Omo
@duchessmuriel Omo, I am tired... Plus Rogers too will add their own and call about upgrading my mobile phone cos I have a discount.. I don't want please .
@pmnewsnigeria , If you have any iota of credibility left, delete this falsehood.
What kind of rag-sheet journalism is this? Are you all that desperate for a praise from Oby Ezekwesili for the administration, @pmnewsnigeria that you decided to manufacture this barefaced lie as my word?
Please do yourselves a favor and watch my @NewsCentralTV interview to learn.
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"Strip away the set pieces and penalties, then let’s talk about their actual open-play production."
When I see statement like this, it makes me think we have lost something about the beauty of football.
Do we even appreciate the different arts that exist within the game anymore?
Have you heard of "Bend It Like Beckham?"
David Beckham was arguably one of the greatest crossers and free-kick takers of his generation.
He earned that moniker 'Bend it like Beckham' because of that
Then there was:
Dennis Bergkamp’s first touch
Zinedine Zidane’s roulette
Ronaldo Nazário’s stepovers
Ronaldinho’s elastico
Juninho’s knuckleball
Rory Delap’s long throw
These are arts, they were weapons.
Players mastered specific techniques and used them to create advantages, carve open defences, create chances and score goals.
That is what makes football beautiful.
The game is dynamic. There are different ways to hurt an opponent.
You don't have to be elite at everything.
Sometimes, mastering one specific aspect of the game can make you special.
Claude Makalele was so good that the DM position was named after him - The Makalele's Role
The fact that Declan Rice and Bruno Fernandes have mastered the art of delivering set pieces does not make them limited footballers.
And when you talk about "open-play production", do you think these players don't participate in the team's football?
Do you think they simply stand beside the corner flag for 90 minutes waiting for a free kick or corner?
They contribute to build-up, progression, chance creation, pressing and attacking play.
The problem is that we have started boxing football into one particular definition of what a "good player" should look like.
If you don't play a certain style, you are not good.
If you don't add certain numbers, you are limited.
If one aspect of your game is your greatest weapon, people use it against you.
We have even reached the point where people talk down goals because of how they were scored.
A goal is a goal.
A beautifully worked team move is beautiful.
A 30-yard free kick is beautiful.
A perfectly delivered corner is beautiful.
A header from a set piece is beautiful.
A goalkeeper launching an attack with a long distribution is beautiful.
Football is not supposed to be one-dimensional.
Bruno Fernandes
Declan Rice
David Raya
Ayone who wins the PFA award is deserving
Set pieces are not a shortcut
They are arts