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[tap-in]

My wife is a lawyer and she has trouble with "right" and "left".

My wife has trouble with right and wrong. She thinks she's right and I know she's wrong!


Oops, sorry female members!

 

[Mark Tobias]

Didnt bother reading this because my point was that Nketiah level of talent needs to play not being constantly between u23 and first team where he get no game experience.

And people really need to stop making it out as if we start some youngsters in EL and Cariboo cup it mean auyomatically a loss. We did fine with these players last year and this season all of the kids that played last season have show massive improvements.

Didn't read this because it focuses on one player where the focus should be on the team!

 

[Mark Tobias]

Didnt bother reading this ...

You might as well just post on facebook then. Not sure why you bother coming on here if you're not prepared to even read others comments. Then again you'd have to do a sh!t load of self-reflection from all the posts that call you out.

 

[Tosker]

My wife has trouble with right and wrong. She thinks she's right and I know she's wrong!


Oops, sorry female members!

don't worry - we know all about alpha male delusions

 

[hydrofluoric acid]

You might as well just post on facebook then. Not sure why you bother coming on here if you're not prepared to even read others comments. Then again you'd have to do a sh!t load of self-reflection from all the posts that call you out.

I was talking about the management of Nketiah not the team.

 

[Mark Tobias]

I was talking about the management of Nketiah not the team.

But you didn't say that, did you?

 

[hydrofluoric acid]

But you didn't say that, did you?

Here is what I said :

"If Nketiah doesn't get game time tomorrow and miss tonight game it is a bad management."

Talking about Nketiah and it would be bad management if he didn't get a game time here.

 

[tap-in]

don't worry - we know all about alfalfa male delusions

Me? I have a wife and 3 daughters, I've no chance!

 

[Tosker]

why does my 'a l p h a ' get changed to 'alfalfa'? Is 'a lpha' some weird swear word I don't know about?

 

[Mark Tobias]

Here is what I said :

"If Nketiah doesn't get game time tomorrow and miss tonight game it is a bad management."

Talking about Nketiah and it would be bad management if he didn't get a game time here.

Yes, and I'm not asking you if it is ambiguous. I am telling you it is.

 

[hydrofluoric acid]

Yes, and I'm not asking you if it is ambiguous. I am telling you it is.

Didn't read because you are just trolling now.

Getting Nketiah caught in between first team and u23 without playing is bad management imo.

Winning 12 games in a row is a good management but that reply to my comment about Nketiah made no sense.

 

[Mark Tobias]

Didn't read because you are just trolling now.

Getting Nketiah caught in between first team and u23 without playing is bad management imo.

Winning 12 games in a row is a good management but that reply to my comment about Nketiah made no sense.

Hmmm, takes a troll like you to spot one, ey?

Nketiah is not the focus here. Qualifying is. The fact that he is stuck between u23 and first team is a pity but as I have stated, Emery wasn't hired to make Nketiah great, he was hired to make Arsenal great again. He's trying to balance that goal with the individual goals within the team. Not and easy task. Welbeck, PEA, Laca & Iwobi have all been in fine form. You need to maintain that.
Last season we had a slightly easier road to the final. This season not only do we play more adept teams but we also have Sp**s in the league cup. Our fixtures are coming in thick and fast and Emery wants to fight on all fronts for as long as possible with a firm view on the top 4 and possibly a trophy (either Europa or League cup).
Nketiah has basically had 15 minutes of first team brilliance followed by some average performances.
He's hardly the priority at the moment.

 

[hydrofluoric acid]

Nketiah is not the focus here.

Didn't read the rest. He was the focus in my comment which you felt somehow need to reply with some nonsense I didn't care about.

My comment was about if we will not use Nketiah tonight we should have played him in the u-21 fixture yesterday to give him valuable game time against first team opposition.

This is really not that hard to understand Mark.

 

[HBL]

Didn't read the rest. He was the focus in my comment which you felt somehow need to reply with some nonsense I didn't care about.

My comment was about if we will not use Nketiah tonight we should have played him in the u-21 fixture yesterday to give him valuable game time against first team opposition.

This is really not that hard to understand Mark.

It was very easy to understand what you meant, not exactly a hard concept to grasp.

 

[MutableEarth]

Nketiah isn't the priority. That is true. It is still extremely disappointing the way he has been managed this season. He should have been loaned, he's wasting his time at the moment.

 

[hydrofluoric acid]

It was very easy to understand what you meant, not exactly a hard concept to grasp.

Just hope Nketiah get minutes tonight so I can look at this one hour of wasted time and laugh!

 

[hydrofluoric acid]

Nketiah isn't the priority. That is true. It is still extremely disappointing the way he has been managed this season. He should have been loaned, he's wasting his time at the moment.

When you are rumored with 40 M summer budget next summer and you want to compete at the highest level and you have one of the best academy in the country if not the world you maybe should consider making these players a little bit more priority.

But my comment really wasn't about that. It was about the yesterday game with the u21 and the game tonight and that I hoped Nketiah wouldn't get caught in not playing any minutes of football this week.

 

[Mark Tobias]

This is really not that hard to understand Mark.

How do you know this if you iddn't read the rest. Ret@rded logic.

 

[MutableEarth]

When you are rumored with 40 M summer budget next summer and you want to compete at the highest level and you have one of the best academy in the country if not the world you maybe should consider making these players a little bit more priority.

But my comment really wasn't about that. It was about the yesterday game with the u21 and the game tonight and that I hoped Nketiah wouldn't get caught in not playing any minutes of football this week.

I know and I agree. It's the same thing that happened to Jeff. Hardly played u23 football and never got enough first team minutes either. I think that Nketiah is simply between a rock and a hard place - 3 senior strikers on relatively decent form and an U23 team he has outgrown. First team football is his priority and he's not even played a minute. It is concerning.

As far as using the academy more, I think that generally there is still hope they will get games, Smith-Rowe seemingly the golden child right now. I think it still bodes well. Just what to do with guys like Nketiah and Willock, who are better than the level they're playing at but need to be challenged.

 

[hydrofluoric acid]

How do you know this if you iddn't read the rest. Ret@rded logic.