Icon4s:


No fex. But what happened to ur boi yesterday na? His Worst game of the season plus he turned Hulk Hogan.

kentAire:
Good day everybody!!!

Did anyone notice the flaws in the 3-4-3 system in the game yesterday?
At a point in the second half Chelsea could not hold the ball and string passes (could it be the absence of matic?) cus aside the pass fabregas gave to Costa, it think he had a average game (match rusty?).
Chelsea's wing back where cut high up the pitch several times anytime man city hit on a fast break (Moses run like Jackie them need to increase that guy pay).
I think pep lost the game , the occasion got to him and he lost it. You are winning 1 nil against an inform Chelsea and u are still pressing with ur defense playing a high line ? u going to get punished. Check out Chelsea's first goal (Costa is a Badt Guy).
Gundogan should have been out since yesterday (I no notice am for second half) bring Kelechi in about 65 min Kelvin should have come to the midfield.

Happy Sunday everyone God's blessings!!!

zicky:
Chelsea midfield collapse at some point in the 2nd half, fabregas was just not in the game save for the pass to Costa.
I also notice nancho took one. Wayward shoot with his right foot, is that part of the training

tbaba1234:
Ideye just scored a terrific overhead kick goal...

safarigirl:
Got my account back!

Big shout out to thegoodjoe for calling on the powers that be and to semid4lyfe for responding appropriately. I appreciate your efforts

@Icon4s, I no watch the match o, I dey school. Just saw two red cards on live scores, I come dey wonder which kain gbege happen. Aguero take style no get sense sha, just dey collect unnecessary red card. As for Kelechi, like I said, moment of madness. Heard twas Pep that pulled him out of the fray? (Before dem red him two forwards ). He doesn't come off as someone with a temper or anything like that, so hopefully, he assessed his behaviour later in the day and realised his error.

@kentAire, yes o, na me be that

safarigirl:
Got my account back!

Big shout out to thegoodjoe for calling on the powers that be and to semid4lyfe for responding appropriately. I appreciate your efforts

@Icon4s, I no watch the match o, I dey school. Just saw two red cards on live scores, I come dey wonder which kain gbege happen. Aguero take style no get sense sha, just dey collect unnecessary red card. As for Kelechi, like I said, moment of madness. Heard twas Pep that pulled him out of the fray? (Before dem red him two forwards ). He doesn't come off as someone with a temper or anything like that, so hopefully, he assessed his behaviour later in the day and realised his error.

@kentAire, yes o, na me be that

Mickael2:


I think he is easily frustrated sha. There was this thing he did during our match with Egypt, I think the ref blew for a foul and he threw the ball away, a yellow card offence all day long but he got away with it. He needs to work on that.

By the way, which university?

Icon4s:


Ok i see.

Bt at times i wonder how u students of these days cope combining watching of football with lectures/studies. During our time DSTV no even dey sef talkless of watching live EPL matches.

I remember we used to watch UEFA champions league on AIT back then in the 90s in Lagos and na only one match u fit watch.

The only other competitions we watched then were FIFA WCs, AFCON & Olympics which were nt yearly competitions.

That time na jacking sure pass if u want to excel.

I wish u excellence my sister.

safarigirl:


when I'm in school, I don't watch any games, I just follow on Twitter and livescores. I actually don't watch a lot of games, even at home, I no dey watch TV at all sef, didn't watch Olympics and haven't watched any FIFA-organized international competitions since the 2015 U-17 World Cup (just watched the semifinals sef)

There is a viewing center center in front of school, that's where most guys watch games, I dey fear to reach that side alone, before dem go mistakenly break my head in the middle of argument

Icon4s:


Good.

Even when we watched so much football then they were very few live games.

I always ask my nephews what time dey have to read their books. Always advice them against watching too much football. I tell them i watch plenty of football today bc i can afford to do so.

U need ur focus now. Time will come u can even visit etihad for live matches

safarigirl:
Got my account back!

Big shout out to thegoodjoe for calling on the powers that be and to semid4lyfe for responding appropriately. I appreciate your efforts

@Icon4s, I no watch the match o, I dey school. Just saw two red cards on live scores, I come dey wonder which kain gbege happen. Aguero take style no get sense sha, just dey collect unnecessary red card. As for Kelechi, like I said, moment of madness. Heard twas Pep that pulled him out of the fray? (Before dem red him two forwards ). He doesn't come off as someone with a temper or anything like that, so hopefully, he assessed his behaviour later in the day and realised his error.

@kentAire, yes o, na me be that

TheGoodJoe:


Glad you got your account back. You rock.

goldfish80:

Let's push semantics and not elevate Ferguson like he knew it all.
Ferguson have in his time had world class players stagnate under his watchful eyes.

Iheanacho is facing same problem Diego Forlan faced at Man Utd.
Forlan had decent goal to game ratio for man utd but he found himself perpetually on the bench for Rud Van Nisteroy.

Forlan left for Villareal and later Athletico Madrid where he won more than 3 pichichi's.

TheGoodJoe:


Train is not the same thing as sit down and watch. Get it.

Sit down and watch. Unless you can show me Pogba sitting down to study Pirlo's game style and a coach who trained players like Scholes and Pirlo. You can not prove Pogba had the kind of training Ferguson had in mind for Pogba.

Ferguson noticed Pogba had the talent to be an all round midfielder. Brought Scholes back from retirement and wanted Pogba to study Scholes. He refused and went to shine. Today, it is accepted, he did not learn the lesson.

Finito.

TheGoodJoe:
TheSuperNerd, a Special Thanks to you for updating this thread regularly. Means a lot to me that people the time to keep such a special thread alive.

Yara Yara Throways Salute too. Keep up the good work. Thanks again.

tbaba1234:
A certain Nathan Ake scored the winning goal for Bournemouth. He was loan at Watford and now at Bournemouth. Playing his second season of Top flight professional football.

The question is should he have waited in Chelsea, training and learning from the top managers or get some football under his belt? I think that going on loan was a good decision for him. There is a good chance that he will be snatched by a premier league team soon or Chelsea will give him a chance.

TheGoodJoe:


Nathan Ake was another player who showed promise under Benitez. Liked him because he looks so much like a young Ruud Guulit.

What I am talking about is not just playing time but becoming a World beater. When we talk of players like Thiago Alcantara, Pedro, Busquets they stood out from their peers.

Ake is not in that level and I do not want to see Iheanacho operating on a winning goal as his achievement.

I am talking of creating World football stars like Suarez, Forlan and Falcao.

Guidance and nurturing plays a big role in such growth. Ake unfortunately like most talented Chelsea youngsters, lost out because of the quick fire sacking of managers at Chelsea.

BascoVanVeli:


This is his second game winning goal i believe.

AIG07:
Welcome back@ Miss Safarigirl.

The gr8 achievement on Sir. TheGoodJoe's path.
Kindly do us a favour by calling out to Pep to feature kelechi-you seem to have a thunder-like voice.

Did anyone watch liverpool's game today? Need an all round assessment on J. Ibe game. Is d lad worth fighting for?

TheGoodJoe:


Nathan Ake was another player who showed promise under Benitez. Liked him because he looks so much like a young Ruud Guulit.

What I am talking about is not just playing time but becoming a World beater. When we talk of players like Thiago Alcantara, Pedro, Busquets they stood out from their peers.

Ake is not in that level and I do not want to see Iheanacho operating on a winning goal as his achievement.

I am talking of creating World football stars like Suarez, Forlan and Falcao.

Guidance and nurturing plays a big role in such growth. Ake unfortunately like most talented Chelsea youngsters, lost out because of the quick fire sacking of managers at Chelsea.

Icon4s:


We did not desert the thread. We dey.

You can start up a controvercial topic like Mikel is not.....Iheanacho is not....Onazi is not....or Ajagun is not..... and you'll see all the Lions come out to form Voltron(the defender of the players)

Happy Weekend all.

TheGoodJoe:


Does not make him a World beater or one of the best of his peers. Wish the young man the best.

terzurum5:

Oga oooo.
You no be just oga experience oo
Na oga 'bad boi' too.

terzurum5:

It's such a stressful job, but he does it with a lot of passion. He has put a lot of energy into it.

Seriously the way he does it, you did notice his passion for it.

Great job

Great analysts

Great followers

Am always proud to associate my self with Nairaland especially Sportslanders.

I have come to learn a lot.

Icon4s:


Well, i watched the full 90mins of that game.
Ibe was a second half sub., just at commencement of second half.

Truth be told *In TheGoodJoe's voice* 'Aibe' is a 'Hype'. I only saw a flash of him in the whole 45mins. He tried to make 1 run at the edge of Liverpool's 18yards box bt was dispossesed.

See, Ibe is nt as good as any of the wings options we have in the Super Eagles. That is why i have problems with all these crave for Anglo-Nigerian players. We should invite them bc they are English born and elligible to play for us? They should be invited only if they are better than the players we currently parade.

Who is 'Aibe' better than from this list of wings options:

V. Moses
Alex Iwobi
Moses Simon
Ahmed Musa
Imoh Ezekiel
Isaac Success
Recall also that Etebor and Iheanacho can be played as wings options.

Even if we form 3 Super Eagles teams Ibe cannot make any of the teams. Let us go after better prospects abeg.