forgiveness:



Na wa oooo. How can Osimhen win best player of the year and best attacker of the year ahead of Paul Onuachu who had 29 goals (in the league), 4 assists and 7 motm last year?

Or ahead of Kelechi Iheanacho who scored 19 goals, 8 assists and with more than 2 motms?

Was it by the 10 goals, 4 assists and 2 Motm Osimhen had last that made him win those categories or na by pure undiluted sentiment?

Because me I no understand oooo.

forgiveness:



Na wa oooo. How can Osimhen win best player of the year and best attacker of the year ahead of Paul Onuachu who had 29 goals (in the league), 4 assists and 7 motm last year?

Or ahead of Kelechi Iheanacho who scored 19 goals, 8 assists and with more than 2 motms?

Was it by the 10 goals, 4 assists and 2 Motm Osimhen had last that made him win those categories or na by pure undiluted sentiment?

Because me I no understand oooo.

kingphilip:

Good questions you raised here.

But I think he is not the right person you should ask. Ask the people who voted him as the best attacker

My 2 cents though.

Joezinho:


Do you even know the role of a midfield conductor?
MFC acts as the controller and dictates tempo from midfield.

Quick one-touch passing and movement to allow his teammates to bypass the opposition press and progress the ball vertically up the pitch.

Oga, bye..

forgiveness:



Na wa oooo. How can Osimhen win best player of the year and best attacker of the year ahead of Paul Onuachu who had 29 goals (in the league), 4 assists and 7 motm last year?

Or ahead of Kelechi Iheanacho who scored 19 goals, 8 assists and with more than 2 motms?

Was it by the 10 goals, 4 assists and 2 Motm Osimhen had last that made him win those categories or na by pure undiluted sentiment?

Because me I no understand oooo.

jubilantagida:
If you listened, I read out the news about the award on my sports show.

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Danielnino

timay1:


To be fair, I can count on one hand up to 3 to 5 local coaches better than Rohr and those substandard foreign coaches we usually hire. Their problem is that they always lack sufficient backing from the NFF,as well as the fact that they sometimes work against themselves by calling up low quality players ahead of better ones because of peanuts they'll get from players agents, thereby hampering themselves in the process. I don't know if it's village people dey cause am.

if these guys can give themselves brains and reduce their corruption small, we won't need to hire any washed up white coach for the next decade.

jubilantagida:
If you listened, I read out the news about the award on my sports show.

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Danielnino

jubilantagida:
If you listened, I read out the news about the award on my sports show.

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Danielnino

forgiveness:



Na wa oooo. How can Osimhen win best player of the year and best attacker of the year ahead of Paul Onuachu who had 29 goals (in the league), 4 assists and 7 motm last year?

Or ahead of Kelechi Iheanacho who scored 19 goals, 8 assists and with more than 2 motms?

Was it by the 10 goals, 4 assists and 2 Motm Osimhen had last that made him win those categories or na by pure undiluted sentiment?

Because me I no understand oooo.

do4luv14:
Guys, why is that Afcon Hosted by southern and western African is more entertaining than that, hosted by the north?

Icon4s:

When it is hosted in North Africa, countries from that region dominate. Weather is always a factor. And when it is brought down to sub-saharan Africa it is thrown open. Those North African teams that usually look like Spain Start playing like Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria and Egypt again

Icon4s:

When it is hosted in North Africa, countries from that region dominate. Weather is always a factor. And when it is brought down to sub-saharan Africa it is thrown open. Those North African teams that usually look like Spain Start playing like Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria and Egypt again

safarigirl:


Equatorial Guinea just stole the headlines from Sierra Leone yesterday

Stormtrooper11:


So weather is the reason why these North African countries play bad and poor in the World Cup too??

TheGoodJoe:


It is a democracy which means people will vote because of influence on them. Yes, Kelechi Iheanacho and Onuachu were brilliant. However, remember Osimhen is the one flying the Green White Green ahead of other strikers.

So his brilliance playing for the National team will influence a lot of people voting for I think the top goal scorer for the National team last year. Coupled with the fact he had a fairly good year with Napoli. It is no brainer why the voting public chose Osimhen.

do4luv14:




. Correct, reason Algeria are going home early

Stormtrooper11:


So weather is the reason why these North African countries play bad and poor in the World Cup too??

Icon4s:


They need a win against a wounded Ivorian team. I doubt Algeria can secure that win. That game go be like Final! na to grab my popcorn.

TheGoodJoe:


I just need to address this post, if not for anything, educational reasons for people to understand the tactics behind your statement.

VERTICALLY UP THE PITCH

This is what some people mean by playing with purpose. However, it is beyond advancing the ball up the pitch but breaking the opposition defense. Now, if you just move the ball up the pitch with passes, you run the risk of giving up possession. Not just that, you will lose possession. So, there is a need for back passes to:
1. Retain possession. You need to keep possession if you intend to break down the defense. You control the ball to cleverly break an organized side.

2. Exploit gaps. With clever retention of the ball, you get to exploit gaps finally created from it.

So a midfield conductor's role is to make this happen. He plays a big part in retaining possession, keeping the team's passing organized, and spotting gaps for the team to exploit.

Note, spotting gaps have to do with finding his own players in space.

Watch the masterpiece below by Barcelona and watch the art of keeping possession in practice and how they broke down a very organized Liverpool with clever play and patience.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlPHGr6xqC8

cc: TheSuperNerd

TheGoodJoe:


I just need to address this post, if not for anything, educational reasons for people to understand the tactics behind your statement.

VERTICALLY UP THE PITCH

This is what some people mean by playing with purpose. However, it is beyond advancing the ball up the pitch but breaking the opposition defense. Now, if you just move the ball up the pitch with passes, you run the risk of giving up possession. Not just that, you will lose possession. So, there is a need for back passes to:
1. Retain possession. You need to keep possession if you intend to break down the defense. You control the ball to cleverly break an organized side.

2. Exploit gaps. With clever retention of the ball, you get to exploit gaps finally created from it.

So a midfield conductor's role is to make this happen. He plays a big part in retaining possession, keeping the team's passing organized, and spotting gaps for the team to exploit.

Note, spotting gaps have to do with finding his own players in space.

Watch the masterpiece below by Barcelona and watch the art of keeping possession in practice and how they broke down a very organized Liverpool with clever play and patience.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlPHGr6xqC8

cc: TheSuperNerd

safarigirl:


They have opened multiple Twitter Spaces to rant, one is in French, the other one they are ranting in English and swearing that Morocco is the only North African team that can win AFCON, dem no even rate Tunisia.


So sad that it has not occurred to these descendants of Ishmael that none of them will smell that AFCON trophy.

Icon4s:

Weather is always one of the several factors why they dominate each time the AFCON is hosted in North Africa. You cannot rule that out. When a tournament is played elsewhere you see them struggling.

do4luv14:




No not only weather, but it certainly was a factor

chrisooblog:
I can't speak for other people but on my own part I voted not just based on club achievements but also impact with the national team.

Taking both club form and national team performances into consideration holistically I think Osimhen more than merits being named player of the year.

Kudos to Onuachu he had an awesome year just think Victor was better.

*modified* For best striker I choose KC

forgiveness:



Na wa oooo. How can Osimhen win best player of the year and best attacker of the year ahead of Paul Onuachu who had 29 goals (in the league), 4 assists and 7 motm last year?

Or ahead of Kelechi Iheanacho who scored 19 goals, 8 assists and with more than 2 motms?

Was it by the 10 goals, 4 assists and 2 Motm Osimhen had last that made him win those categories or na by pure undiluted sentiment?

Because me I no understand oooo.

IDENNAA:


I don't play by your rules or anybodys. If you have no self control and had no temperament to engage in public discussion and maintain etiquette, then you should not speak out.

What you are trying to do is tell people not to air their views because some persons can't control their behaviours. This is insane and rettarded at same time.

Again , Nwakali is the most gifted midfielder in the team. If you don't like it drown yourselves.....this is not kindergarten , oga!

I don't give a minute fuvvk about how you feel. Do you see me lose my mind and start insulting people who insult my favourite players.

You people cant turn Nigeria into a zombie and and animal republic just because you are witless!

Joezinho:


Thank you for this.

When Pep was in bayern, Lahm became his organising midfielder, the fulcrum around which the whole team moves...More like what Aribo does for the SE right now. Only the most intelligent players can pull off this difficult role, which demands one player that does everything that both holding midfielders do – the ball retention, positioning and intercepting – in the 4-2-3-1 setup that Pep seldom uses because it’s not attacking enough.

But when he really wanted total domination of the ball, he would choose Thiago as conductor because he maintains possession..

I think we started having this argument when you mentioned that Nwakali was brought in to stabilize the chaotic midfield and how can back passes are key to retaining possession.

My own argument was we are no man city or Barcelona. It is ideal for them especially when you consider how tactically and technically adept these teams are. They are comfortable playing the ball back to Ederson, Neuer and their centre halves, because they're technically strong on both feet.

Can we continue this kind of system without making mistakes?Can our goalie and CBs continue this kind of ball retention tactics without making mistakes for our opponents to pounce on?

kellycute:
go sit down for Bush. Na who follow madman fight nor know where dey pain am. Keep waiting for Aribo to have a bad game so you can continue mastubating on the thread. As an Nwakali fan we disown you. Carry your juvenile brain go play with sand.