humility33:

Bro...i know what I am saying

Their pitch is a very bad pitch only their teams win there most times

mostob:
Bro..the problem is qualified doctors are now scarce. Most of them dey Japa ..
May God help us

TheSuperNerd:
Good start for "tactically flexible" Jose Peseiro. 2-1 win over a side Rohr couldn't beat.

Moses Simon, statistically my MOTM. But via eye test and more, I pick Iwobi as My MOTM. Moses Simon definitely was a top 2 performer today

Moses Simon: Dropped a MOTM-contender performance that is completely parallel to his most recent showing vs Ecuador.

Moses Simon created the most chances in the game (4) including one big chance. Bagged 2 clean assists. Won 5/7 ground duels.

Delivered 1/4 accurate crosses. Much better ratio than against Ecuador. Covered grounds in offensive and defensive phases. Kept it simple... and didn't throw himself into unnecessary cross attempts today. He picked out his mates simply and precisely and didn't go on unnecessary dribble charades

That's just a part of the Afcon-Simon we crave. Coz the Afcon Simon indeed dribbled but with insane purpose and created chances at will.

What a game from Moses Simon and I expect more of this going forward. Yes! Simon is back! I bet he loves Competitive games.



Alex Iwobi (My Main MOTM): The CM and deeplying Midfield role is his for keeps. No questions asked. He has stepped up and answered my cry for deeplying creativity through the middle. A Baller reborn under the touch of Lampard-esque tutorship.

Iwobi bossed Midfield proceedings effortlessly today. He made the second most touches in the game (75). Only Semi Ajayi made more (90). Completed 55 of his 64 passes (86% passing accuracy).

Created 1 chance, involved in initiating and recirculating passing sequences of our plays. Simply was the conductor in the middle of the park.

Made 2 interceptions. Made 7 recoveries and bagged a splendid goal.

I need to speak a bit more about his goal. Moses Simon got the assist but the goal as all about the Vision and Spatial awareness of Iwobi.

He was the one who fed Moses Simon the pass before he quickly upped his pace to attack a gap which saw Simon return the pass simply and Iwobi did the rest. It was an Iwobi Masterclass. That first goal was all Iwobi.

His 10th goal in the GWG. Deserved MOTM for me.


Peseiro switched from 4-4-2 in first half to 3-5-2 (sometimes looked like a 343) in the second half. His tactical flexibility is appreciated and it saw us get more chances to bury the game for good but for profligacy from Chukwueze and also much later on from Lookman.
It's an encouraging start. He did what Rohr couldn't do. BEAT A HARD FIGHTING SIERRA LEONE.

NEXT UP IS SAO TOME WHO GOT HAMMERED 5-1 by Guinea Bissau today. Let's go for the kill.

Philosopher1979:


The most intelligent thing that peseiro did was to bring in Etebo in the second half to shore up the midfield
If not, Sierra Leone will have equalized or scored.
Immediately he brought in Etebo the pressure on our defence decreased.
I remember in the second half when Etebo had to foul a sieraleonan player in midfield on the way to goal.
It shows we need more midfielders who can shore up the team

daveP:
If the Aina side can just click in the crossing aspect of attack, consistently o, we would be a threat.

The midfielders that are free show shoo in for the overlapping fullbacks. Is that hard to observe and do? Bassey alone, excellent. Bassey with simon- water and oil. Especially major fault on simon refusing to see the runs of Bassey.


I can't even imagine Chuks missed that chance. I can't accept that rubbish.

Who saw the Lookman big chance?

TheSuperNerd:
Meanwhile how we still Played some good football and bagged all 3 pts from a losing position on that eye sore of a pitch needs to be emphasised.

What sort of rubbish farm did we play on bikonu?? Haba!!!

charlesemeka85:
SA winning Morocco by a goal to nil away from home

TheSuperNerd:
Relax. I have equalised. My Maroc boys won't fail me.

charlesemeka85:
SA winning Morocco by a goal to nil away from home

kindredspirit:


Watching the quality of football being played by the South African team makes me shake my head at how piss poor the Super Eagles are.

kindredspirit:


Watching the quality of football being played by the South African team makes me shake my head at how piss poor the Super Eagles are.

charlesemeka85:

charlesemeka85:
What is wrong with civ and their star studded team? Imagine drawing with lesotho away

Nawaoo

TheSuperNerd:
Guy, e shock me too ooo. Saw the result just moments ago and my mouth was left agape... With Gradel, Zaha, Kouame, Seri, Sangare... yet couldn't even score 1 away against a side we scored for fun under Rohr.

Omo. CIV fall hands today. No caps.

TheSuperNerd:
Omo this Khvicha Kvaratskhelia signed by Napoli is a Baller ooo. Helped Georgia to annihilate a North Macedonian side that ousted Italy from WC Qualifiers and on their home turf too.

3 goals and 2 assists in 3 NT games this window and his last assist vs Bulgaria was world class.

Osimhen could really eat good in attack with this kid. Tagged the Golden Boy of Georgian Football, he could really serve Osimhen well in 22/23.

Time will tell but what I have seen this window says this lad is a Baller indeed.

charlesemeka85:
his salary i quoted was to make you understand that the reason he left wasn't because the management tried cutting him lose because of monetary issues rather footballing issues

being 34 doesn't stop him from gaining a new contract at rangers, at worst he would have been retained as a squad member if he is of great importance to the squad

coming to ebuehi, you are the one been emotional and sentimental here and my take on his performance this season remains the same. if he is as good as hyped here i see no reasons he wouldnt be a part of the team when newbie like bassey was given a chance to fight for shirt and just in few games have occupied the left back position relegating zaidu to the bench

i have severally called out aribo who is among my favorites here whenever he performs badly for the team so do not count me among those who hype players unnecessarily just because i like them. my judgement is based on personal observation

Blueelf:
Una don dey hype Iwobi abi?

I'm taking note oo

No be Iwobi wey I know

He would show his true colors soon

Blueelf:


He's not as good as Junior Lokosa

kindredspirit:


Watching the quality of football being played by the South African team makes me shake my head at how piss poor the Super Eagles are.

TheSuperNerd:
Taaaaa!!!! No be hype.

Afcon came and he flunked and I flogged his performances. It was shambolic. I called it as it is.

But Post-Afcon, the lad was simply "reborn". He became a rejuvenated Creature under Lampard. His workrate especially has taken a huge climb. His performance indexes speak for him.

Dude is on fire. And trust me.. I am again saying it as it is. So no Iwobi slander shall be tolerated from thee unless it is well deserved.

So keep your carpentry-survey lights off him.

TheSuperNerd:



Damn. You are good..............















































































.............at making me laugh so hard.