TheGoodJoe:


Certified. Do you know more than Patrick Vieira, Pellegrini, Guardiola, Rohr etc?

TheGoodJoe:



Take it or leave it. Do not kill me with laugh.

somehow:


Do you know what a certified 9 mean?

Guardiola never used him as a certified 9! who is a 9? please describe a 9!

What is your definition of a 9?

Iheanacho's BEST POSITION remains playing behind [/b]a CERTIFIED 9 ([b]CENTER FORWARD)

Infact i give up. this argument is fruitless!

I just give up.

Nigerians!

Jesu. Guardiola never used Iheanacho as a nine.

Blood of Jackie Chan.

TheGoodJoe:


Jesu. Guardiola never used Iheanacho as a nine.

Blood of Jackie Chan.

maidaboi:
When we win with this players nobody came here to critizised us here, now we lose every body is saying what he want continue
you will all put to shame again

Loogan:
Peeps here running their mouth anyhow forming analyst...for people saying iheanacho is not a striker or top 9, I don't understand you people, this guy came out of one of the best academies in the world a certified 9 and people here be forming as if they know more the the trained personnel whom watched his progress and trained him...or the SE team a hould now be structured to fit iheanacho because he is better as a SS? Even at man city under pep guadiola he has played as a striker so what's the fuss, he dosent get enough delivery against South Africa and people start calling for his head saying he should never be used as a striker this boy is our highest goal scorer since roah reign predominantly used as a striker fear God....Football of this age a foward player (striker) is required to be able to play multiple positions upfront, Griezmman is a SS but he plays as a top striker for atletico to excellence effect so what is the noise...what does a striker do that iheanacho can't?....thegoodjoe is trying to explain that iheanacho wasn't giving good delivery and made very good runs but wasn't feed enough and people be slating him that he's biased, don't know how some of you watch a match.

Mickael2:


Onazi/Etebo IMHO worked because of Mikel's presence, without Mikel, Onazi/Etebo would be worse than what we saw on saturday. I may be tempted to agree that Ndidi could have been used as a CB(although I don't see why Omeruo shouldn't be there) but in that case Agu or Ogu or some other person plus Etebo would work.

Then we have the secondary problem of figuring out what formation we are actually playing. Icon4s thinks we are playing a 4-3-3, the coach thinks we are playing a 4-2-3-1(4-5-1) and some of the players are understandably lost. For example when you are playing a 4-3-3, Iwobi needs to stay very close to the opponents box as a forward not close to the center circle as a midfielder and at times you could notice that Iwobi was lost, Simon on his own part did not know if he was playing as a WF or a naturally wide midfielder, I think the coach needs to address this issue. If we want to play a 4-3-3 then let it be a 4-3-3 and in that case Iwobi is NOT A WING FORWARD by any stretch of the imagination and should not be there. If we want to play a 4-5-1 then Moses Simon is NOT A WIDE MIDFIELDER by any stretch of the imagination and should not be there

TheGoodJoe:



Before a player drops deep, it means the team is having trouble building up. The forward passes gets cut off because of the compact/organized set up. In this case, the passes were coming. Regularly for that matter. How do you expect the striker to get away from the passes coming to drop deep. Are you serious?

The solution was to get more accurate passes. Not Iheanacho dropping deep. Haba.

maidaboi:
When we win with this players nobody came here to critizised us here, now we lose every body is saying what he want continue
you will all put to shame again

TheGoodJoe:



Before a player drops deep, it means the team is having trouble building up. The forward passes gets cut off because of the compact/organized set up. In this case, the passes were coming. Regularly for that matter. How do you expect the striker to get away from the passes coming to drop deep. Are you serious?

The solution was to get more accurate passes. Not Iheanacho dropping deep. Haba.

TheGoodJoe:



Before a player drops deep, it means the team is having trouble building up. The forward passes gets cut off because of the compact/organized set up. In this case, the passes were coming. Regularly for that matter. How do you expect the striker to get away from the passes coming to drop deep. Are you serious?

The solution was to get more accurate passes. Not Iheanacho dropping deep. Haba.

Joebie:
You use the word premature in your argument. Are you Klopp? Let's wait to see the role he will play in the EPL. Isn't your talk also premature?

Napoleon55:
sorry,this is meant for forgiveness not u, mr forgiveness,have u at any point in time ever suggested some of these your players u've been clamouring for to the right people that actually matters,not just on Nairaland threads? What if the the coaches are not aware of their capabilitie?

goldfish80:


Manchester City forward Kelechi Iheanacho has sent his apologies to the coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Gernot Rohr for his poor conduct after he was substituted in Nigeria’s 0-2 loss to South Africa.
Iheanacho was yanked off for Olarewaju Kayode as Nigeria chased an equaliser. The forward strolled off the pitch slowly despite the Eagles trailing, he even had to be hurried off the pitch by a South African player.
He grudgingly shook the hand of Rohr before heading to the bench, where he angrily kicked at a water bottle while ranting. 20 year old Iheanacho says he regrets his actions and linked it to the frustration of playing poorly.
“I wish to apologise too for the way I reacted when I was substituted. I did it for myself because as a striker I should have at least got at least shot on target.
“Unfortunately, I couldn’t do that. That’s why I was angry with myself. I wish to apologise to the manager, the coach and the Nigeria Football Federation for my action. That’s not me.
“For our next game, I believe we will come back stronger and better against Cameroon. I will improve my performance.”

cc:owngoalnigeria

..............
The young man even acknowledged that he had a stinker. Yet you're making excuses for him. If you can do away with sentiments and emotions,you will be a better analyst.

goldfish80:


Manchester City forward Kelechi Iheanacho has sent his apologies to the coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Gernot Rohr for his poor conduct after he was substituted in Nigeria’s 0-2 loss to South Africa.
Iheanacho was yanked off for Olarewaju Kayode as Nigeria chased an equaliser. The forward strolled off the pitch slowly despite the Eagles trailing, he even had to be hurried off the pitch by a South African player.
He grudgingly shook the hand of Rohr before heading to the bench, where he angrily kicked at a water bottle while ranting. 20 year old Iheanacho says he regrets his actions and linked it to the frustration of playing poorly.
“I wish to apologise too for the way I reacted when I was substituted. I did it for myself because as a striker I should have at least got at least shot on target.
“Unfortunately, I couldn’t do that. That’s why I was angry with myself. I wish to apologise to the manager, the coach and the Nigeria Football Federation for my action. That’s not me.
“For our next game, I believe we will come back stronger and better against Cameroon. I will improve my performance.”

cc:owngoalnigeria

..............
The young man even acknowledged that he had a stinker. Yet you're making excuses for him. If you can do away with sentiments and emotions,you will be a better analyst.

Joebie:
Does Nigeria interest you this much? I don't even know if a Ghanaian forum exist because i've never cared to google it.

BascoVanVeli:


If u say Dominic Solanke is better than Iheanacho then u must be smoking crack. Iheanacho has more talent in his left toe for crying out loud.

komekn:


Not exactly because I spend quite a bit of time with numerous coaches in EPL teams across the North West including Liverpool and I go to quite a lot of training sessions and matches.

I will not say anymore but time will tell what I already know.

Danielnino00:



Are you thinking am a Ghanaian??
Seriously, somebody can't make reference to another country without being tagged a citizen of that country .
Am a full blooded Nigerian sir,am just saying we lack a proper striker,and Ghana got a reliable one. Rohr should utilize Iheanacho were he is more useful

goldfish80:


Manchester City forward Kelechi Iheanacho has sent his apologies to the coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Gernot Rohr for his poor conduct after he was substituted in Nigeria’s 0-2 loss to South Africa.
Iheanacho was yanked off for Olarewaju Kayode as Nigeria chased an equaliser. The forward strolled off the pitch slowly despite the Eagles trailing, he even had to be hurried off the pitch by a South African player.
He grudgingly shook the hand of Rohr before heading to the bench, where he angrily kicked at a water bottle while ranting. 20 year old Iheanacho says he regrets his actions and linked it to the frustration of playing poorly.
“I wish to apologise too for the way I reacted when I was substituted. I did it for myself because as a striker I should have at least got at least shot on target.
“Unfortunately, I couldn’t do that. That’s why I was angry with myself. I wish to apologise to the manager, the coach and the Nigeria Football Federation for my action. That’s not me.
“For our next game, I believe we will come back stronger and better against Cameroon. I will improve my performance.”

cc:owngoalnigeria

..............
The young man even acknowledged that he had a stinker. Yet you're making excuses for him. If you can do away with sentiments and emotions,you will be a better analyst.

forgiveness:




He was trying to be clever by half but I catch am. As you can see he has admitted he was wrong.


To be honest, I knew his intentions after carefully reading his comment. No blame me. I sabi am wella.

somehow:
His asslicking is outta this world!

can defend iheanacho that he never said all these self.

to even say iheanacho is a certified 9 killed the whole seriousness i had discussing with him.

Joebie:
Read your post again. You wrote, "our own Asamoah Gyan", which is why I assumed you were Ghanaian.

achimotan:



You are not being fair to him. Take your time and read what he wrote again



Asamoah Gyan scored his 50th goal for Ghana yesterday. Meanwhile, our own top scorer of all time who is late(RIP) had only 37 goals..
Seriously after Yekini,Yakubu was the best striker the super eagles ever had.. He could have broken Yekini record if only Nigerians had forgiven him after that miss at South Africa 2010. Even Kanu himself with all the hype and glory(no disrespect) only managed 13 goals in 86 appearances for the eagles.Ahmed Musa self has 13 goals in over 60 appearance. That's pitiful.
maybe Iheanacho can br our own Asamoah Gyan, but he won't do it while playing as a lone striker!

Joebie:
so? does that give you an edge over someone who cover the games on TV? I'm sure even Rohr seldom monitor our players in Europe in person.
That information is irrelevant in this discussion.

TheGoodJoe:



I hope you are kidding. No striker in the world can do better with zero good chances created from the midfield. Watch the game again, Nacho's runs were perfect and the final balls to him were atrocious. Even CR7 and Messi can not do much in such scenario.

goldfish80:

Sorry to say this, but any Nigerian team who loose to South Africa at home deserve to be criticised.
What exactly have these players achieved that should make them above criticism? Because they won Zambia and Algeria?

bossto:
I Hope our last game in the group is not against SA.....pls anybody with the match fixtures here??