Segun Oluwaniyi

The progression of this Yohanna story is mad. Less than a year ago, he was at an academy in Kaduna. He began starting consistently 2-3 months ago and immediately made waves in Swedish and Nigerian football circles and got called up to the national team last month. The expectation was that he'd leave for a better league, maybe France, soon, but a couple weeks later and apparently there is fight for him among multiple Premier League teams. Hype keeps increasing. I hope we sign him, the boy looks a real talent (good physicality for his playstyle and wonderful left foot) and we haven't had an actual Nigerian international (not including the likes of Osula) at the club since those disgraceful Shola caps.Still, I cannot help but think that the fee is the excessive for someone that became a relevant footballer three months ago.

The CIV team is serious, tbh. Conceded zero goals in qualifying and is very consistent. They are the third best team in Africa, but their style might be more suited to this stage than Senegal's. It would not surprise me at all if both them and Ecuador finish above Germany. Two very good teams.

It's honestly bizarre that Arsenal have accomplished this much with the form of their attackers. None of them have really been good all season. Bukayo looks like a shell of himself.

Reminds me of when Nigeria had Calvin Bassey of all people kick first when we needed to win a shootout for the World Cup. How is your ruffian centreback your scheduled fifth taker?? Madueke and Zubimendi were still options.

PSG haven't troubled Arsenal at all so far. Tbh, Arsenal might regret it if they sit extremely deep here because they could easily score another. Paris look off it.

As opposed to teams owned wholly by the government of Qatar?

This is least enjoyable season of football in England I can recall. Zero entertainment value and very few memorable moments. Even the moments that you would expect to be great fizzled out with boring football and poor refereeing decisions.

This Manchester City team are nowhere near as ruthless as the previous ones that would win every match for the last few months and win the league against the strong Klopp teams. It was always a serious ask for them to play well enough to take advantage of Arsenal's inevitable slip. It is a very inconsistent since 2024.

It's amazing how this Arsenal team have managed to combine all of the negative trends of the last 20 years into one horrible style of play. They defend like a side that has quick, explosive counter attacks, yet instead play the slowest possession for possession sake football imaginable. Dominant at set pieces and percentage football like many physical lower table sides before them, yet dive and play act as much, if not more, than any team in the league. Genuinely, I cannot remember a side like this before.

The quick growth and turnaround with this boy is crazy. Only a few months ago I had given up on him being any sort of serious player and moved on. Now I think he is the best centre forward at the club by a distance (especially with how we play) and hope he embraces his Nigerian roots internationally.

Todibo and Pablo who commit the foul(s) against Raya are being completely impeded during the entirety of the corner sequence. The least obvious foul is the one on Raya, tbh. The current philosophy surrounding corners is apparently to abstain from officiating the game at all and let VAR intervene to affect the game however it sees fit. Now we have decided the title based upon nonsense. There is only one league on earth that approaches the sport this way.

The player who is alleged to have committed the foul is actively being fouled at the same time. I have no idea why English authorities have decided to let their football devolve into this rubbish. The champions of the league will be the side that are best at deciding when and where to commit fouls during the rugby scrums that happen at every set piece now. They have ruined the game.

This season is miserable.

This Atletico side are good at the "dark arts", but they are not actually that good at defending. Seems like when set up to play this negative style they crumble under little pressure. Barca did this to them twice already across two different ties. Maybe a new manager is needed because they have spent massive amounts and may actually win something if the manager lets them attack.

Credit to Everton, their new stadium is pleasing to the eye and seems to have maintained the positive characteristics of Goodison.