Icon4s:


I personally do not rate Zambia that highly.
Teams from that sub-region typically fall short when it gets to this stage.

The West African representatives are where my money is.

tbaba1234:


This is not what I meant.

The club has changed coaches. So I suggested that the new coach might be helping his confidence based on how he praised him. Confidence is the key difference for Awoniyi at the moment.

TheGoodJoe:


Coaches train players on the training pitch. If you feel the coach had an input in Awo improving, then he did things right on the training pitch. Keep in mind, the coach spends most times with the players on the training pitch. So most impact come from there.

BascoVanVeli:


U are not a fan of Fashionable Sakala?

tbaba1234:


Awoniyi was terrible a few weeks ago. He gets a goal and starts playing better. He would never have scored his last goal 3 weeks ago.

I am talking of what appears to be a boost in his confidence.

Icon4s:


And you also do not know the amount of hours the previous coach put into 'drilling' of Awoniyi.

See, many factors are responsible for players' performances.

Top amongst them is a coache's philosophy and tactics.

You heard Awoniyi himself the other day say the team now players to his strength. That is one of the manifestations of a new coache's philosophy/tactics. Awoniyi I know is good with areal and long balls. The second goal he scored was from an areal battle.

Second could be as a result of the confidence from getting that first goal.
Also the coach as a result will now have more confidence in him and offer more playing time which in turn increases his chances of getting more goals.

Thirdly, it happens that way in football. A player just starts or stops scoring. It may or may not come with a new coach. In a good number of cases, nothing changes but the player just starts or stops scoring.

Pretty OK for him even as the goals came late in the season. It Means he has staged a claim for a place in the team for next season.

tbaba1234:
” I was told of the interest from Nigeria by my father but as someone who has played for Nigeria in the past, he advised me to focus on progressing through the ranks with Germany instead of considering a switch to Nigeria “,

Jordan Torunarigha 

Imagine an ex international telling his kid not to play for Nigeria. It is usually the other way round. If Jordan does not play for Germany by age 25, the tone will change. I think, he has the talent to go far though.

TheGoodJoe:


If you hinge more on Awo pointing out that the team now plays to his strength, that lies on the coach. It takes a coach to adjust a team to play a particular way. Also, there is no guarantee that Awo's goal challenges are behind him. That is why continuous work is necessary both ways. From the team and the player.

TheGoodJoe:


If you hinge more on Awo pointing out that the team now plays to his strength, that lies on the coach. It takes a coach to adjust a team to play a particular way. Also, there is no guarantee that Awo's goal challenges are behind him. That is why continuous work is necessary both ways. From the team and the player.

TheGoodJoe:


It takes time to get it right. It is just like learning a maths sum. Sometimes it takes time to understand and when you do, it becomes easy.

BascoVanVeli:


Good job to the coach but like he said we all knew Awoniyi was class from the start. Some of us just forget things a little too fast.

Icon4s:


Don't compare football with mathematics o.

In maths once you understand the formula and perfect on solving the problem you will always get it right. But in football, you can understand the whole formula the coaches throw at you and you apply all the variables in the equation but you'll still not get the desired result.

A player like Fernando Torres got the formula right and was getting results at Liverpool only for him to turn "olodo rabata" at Chelsea. Same happened to Quadrado.

Football is football, maths is maths.

Joebie:
One thing for sure is Awo enjoyed regular game time even before he started scoring. The coaches did not throw him on the pitch for nothing. He must have showed great potential in training. It happens to even the best strikers sometimes -- goals drought. Let's take it that it's beginning to click again for Awo. But sometimes it takes someone's advice or some tweaking in the team tactics to get things going the way of the player. Let's not give the new coach all the credits just because Awo is 19.

Nigerdeltaboi:
Super Eagles Under 20 screening match ....... proudly sponsored by England

Humility017:


sir welcome back.

on your response:
what's wrong wit inviting the lad for camping prior the world cup...I doubt if city would have refuse him
it is something we can understand he left camp to sign for man city and few months after camping for the world cup commenced
so what stop him for inviting the lad or aluko?
what stop keshi from inviting imoh Ezekiel in place of Uchebo?
the former had 12 goals that same season... amidst his club winning the Belgian league... uchebo could only manage 5 goals. ...Ideye was even better then

TheGoodJoe:


I do not think the new coach gets all the credits but he deserves some.

Icon4s:


Which fashionable sakala?

At this stage of the game talent plays a major role in how teams perform. Players from that region are not much gifted talent-wise.

Good Preparations matter and when talent meets with good team preparation an excellent team is produced. but when one is lacking.... hardly anything can be achieved.

Look at the Guinea team that just lost 3-0 to Korea Republic. Technically gifted individuals. But the cohesion was no just there. Evidence of lack of good preparation.

I teams like South Africa and Zambia would have prepared well but because they are not much blessed with talent that will hamper their performances.

Africa would miss the likes of Nigeria, Ghana and Mali in this tournament. These are the only 3 countries in Africa that have what it takes to make bold statements at this stage.

Senegal of recent are gunning to join the trio. I think they have realized the essence of having good youth teams. This there rise just started 5-6 years ago.

TheGoodJoe:


I do not think it is a case of forgetting because many knew of Awo's quality. His unsteadiness in front of goal has been the challenge. He does most things right but his final touch lets him down.

I hoped Awoniyi works under a coach who has the ideas to polish off that finishing aspect. I hope this coach has the solution to it. If he does, then Nigeria will have a gem in Awo.

tbaba1234:
” I was told of the interest from Nigeria by my father but as someone who has played for Nigeria in the past, he advised me to focus on progressing through the ranks with Germany instead of considering a switch to Nigeria “,

Jordan Torunarigha 

Imagine an ex international telling his kid not to play for Nigeria. It is usually the other way round. If Jordan does not play for Germany by age 25, the tone will change. I think, he has the talent to go far though.

Icon4s:


Which fashionable sakala?

At this stage of the game talent plays a major role in how teams perform. Players from that region are not much gifted talent-wise.

Good Preparations matter and when talent meets with good team preparation an excellent team is produced. but when one is lacking.... hardly anything can be achieved.

Look at the Guinea team that just lost 3-0 to Korea Republic. Technically gifted individuals. But the cohesion was no just there. Evidence of lack of good preparation.

I know teams like South Africa and Zambia would have prepared well but because they are not much blessed with talent that will hamper their performances.

Africa would miss the likes of Nigeria, Ghana and Mali in this tournament. These are the only 3 countries in Africa that have what it takes to make bold statements at this stage.

Senegal of recent are gunning to join the trio. I think they have realized the essence of having good youth teams. This there rise just started 5-6 years ago.

Mujtahida:
You be real Niger delta boy. Your apt witticism made me laugh

Dedebanky85:
How would Africa miss Naija and Ghana? It's not like they excluded us from qualifiers. We should learn to respect other African reps. We were not just good enough. Both nations LOST their qualifiers, so no one is missing these nations. The Mali u are talking of, were hammered 6 1 by Zambia and lost 3 2 to Guinea. So they should try better to qualify for the 2019 WC

BascoVanVeli:


All u can do is beat who is in front of you, Zambia could not make Nigeria and Ghana play in the ayc. They were above and beyond the best team in that tournament, very exciting watch. U forget about Zambia in the early 90's and even 2012. Zambia is a very rich country when it comes to football talent.

Icon4s:


What did Zambia do at Youth level in the early 90s and 2012?

BascoVanVeli:


U basically called him trash a couple weeks ago, now u are covering ur tracks.

Humility017:
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josh maja...was only smart enough to go look for rohr and SE players in London...he left his comfort zone...if other players of Nigeria origin had done same...they won't have been refused by rohr.
and for that oshimen calm down sir
i don't think rohr would've keep inviting him if he was not good ......

Dedebanky85:
How would Africa miss Naija and Ghana? It's not like they excluded us from qualifiers. We should learn to respect other African reps. We were not just good enough. Both nations LOST their qualifiers, so no one is missing these nations. The Mali u are talking of, were hammered 6 1 by Zambia and lost 3 2 to Guinea. So they should try better to qualify for the 2019 WC