The Clement westerhof vibes.....

Danielnino00:


Another doomsday prophecy..
I'd screenshot it for further reference,but what's the point?

Meanwhile, Zaidu is being strongly linked to Fulham.. It's a good money move.. imagine if it happens and Zaidu walks into that Fulham team! .. Better call your pals at Fulham to call it off,or else, na premium dragging for you here

zaidu will be stupid to leave porto go Fulham

charlesemeka85:
zaidu will be stupid to leave porto go Fulham

Fulham might pay more and since football is a short time business, he needs all the money he can get in the short period of time he has in the game.

He can consider other clubs though if there are offers.

kingphilip:

Fulham might pay more and since football is a short time business, he needs all the money he can get in the short period of time he has in the game.

He can consider other clubs though if there are offers.

you re right though

andrewbaba44:
Samuel eto rejected Joel matip request to return to the national team ahead of the 2022 World Cup

Eto said this is a national team and we don’t tolerate people who think they are the special ones

Nice one from Samuel eto ,I love this

Ghana should also be smart

If it’s the Nigerian team I am sure they would welcome matip with their full hands ,saying he plays for a big club like Liverpool and he is better than our current defenders

Thank you for this...
If only you could practise what you preach.
When some on this thread are against reapproaching the like of Oliseh and Eze, you labeled them haters. That they're against FBs.
How is that different from Matip saga

Samueltemi337:
The matched would be played in Morocco


the pitch is good

are you sure it is Morocco because the team is currently in Sao Tome

humility33:

It seems yesterday ugbade tactics was long balls which not to be okay to me because that may give the opponent too many ball possession
I think the team need practice short passes more and ball retention

You're spot on. And I think they are better at short passes than the long ball. Anytime they played the ball on the ground yesterday, within seconds, there will be a defence splitting pass from one of the midfielders.

Haywhy1002:
Thank you for this...
If only you could practise what you preach.
When some on this thread are against reapproaching the like of Oliseh and Eze, you labeled them haters. That they're against FBs. How is that different from Matip saga

Thank you for calling him out

He thinks we have forgotten

Haywhy1002:
Thank you for this...
If only you could practise what you preach.
When some on this thread are against reapproaching the like of Oliseh and Eze, you labeled them haters. That they're against FBs.
How is that different from Matip saga

At least you saw where I said EZE should play for naija and not after we have qualified for the World Cup then he will jump in

People are against approaching EZE and Olise is different from EZE and Olise coming to play for the eagles after we qualified for the World Cup

It’s totally different from Matip or maybe you lack comprehension

Once again Matip wants to play for Cameroon after they have qualified for the World Cup ,while people like you here don’t even want EZE or Olise for any qualifiers or close to the team .

andrewbaba44:


At least you saw where I said EZE should play for naija and not after we have qualified for the World Cup then he will jump in

People are against approaching EZE and Olise is different from EZE and Olise coming to play for the eagles after we qualified for the World Cup

It’s totally different from Matip or maybe you lack comprehension

Once again Matip wants to play for Cameroon after they have qualified for the World Cup ,while people like you here don’t even want EZE or Olise for any qualifiers or close to the team .

You're trying to spin the narrative

You think this is pep guardiola talk abi

We all remember what you said

Blueelf:


You're trying to spin the narrative

You think this is pep guardiola talk abi

We all remember what you said

You want to come and defend your Matip here ,a player who have rejected Cameron when it mattered most then coming back after 5 years and want to play for the World Cup ,compare it to EZE own

Meanwhile Liverpool jurgen fraud is about to pay 100 million for Darwin Nunez

andrewbaba44:


You want to come and defend your Matip here ,a player who have rejected Cameron when it mattered most then coming back after 5 years and want to play for the World Cup ,compare it to EZE own

Meanwhile Liverpool jurgen fraud is about to pay 100 million for Darwin Nunez

. He will do better than haaland

Yes na

Na Man City dey teach us

I'm not defending matip. It's wrong what he did. He should sit his ass down in Liverpool.

andrewbaba44:
Samuel eto rejected Joel matip request to return to the national team ahead of the 2022 World Cup

Eto said this is a national team and we don’t tolerate people who think they are the special ones

Nice one from Samuel eto ,I love this

Ghana should also be smart

If it’s the Nigerian team I am sure they would welcome matip with their full hands ,saying he plays for a big club like Liverpool and he is better than our current defenders

this is an unconfirmed report though.

humility33:

It seems yesterday ugbade tactics was long balls which not to be okay to me because that may give the opponent too many ball possession
I think the team need practice short passes more and ball retention

You read my mind, I think Ugbade is not your Guardiola tikitaka or possession Apostle. His methodology which some other coaches use seem to be business like and we are here to score goals, not entertain, that's what I read from the few minutes I watched. Ghana definitely had loads of possession but who scored more and created more chances? His team!! So long as he gets the results I won't complain.

It wasn't all long balls. Long balls may have been the predominant approach but we also had spells of quick on-the-ground passing sequences that drove our plays forward. It all depended on the phases of plays and the positions of our forwards when transiting offensively.

Ebube Okere was the guy normally initiating our passing sequences alongside Ozor Okeke especially in the first half.

But in the second half, Ozor Okeke dropped even deeper to execute the long balls obviously on instruction as the Ghanaians were fighting back and Ugbade thought we could use that if necessary to hit them on the break when we regain possession.

The key was to transit the ball faster to the speedy forwards we have in Precious and Jubril (and later on Light Eke who came on for Kevwe) capable of beating the offside traps and getting in behind the Opposition defence. It was part of our way of trying to control the game.


So it was a mix of both as the team do have good ball passers and ball holders. For me, I saw two kinds of approaches to our game. There was long balls and there was the Vertically-directed quick passing interchanges.

humility33:

It seems yesterday ugbade tactics was long balls which not to be okay to me because that may give the opponent too many ball possession
I think the team need practice short passes more and ball retention

AndSunGorilla:

You read my mind, I think Ugbade is not your Guardiola tikitaka or possession Apostle. His methodology which some other coaches use seem to be business like and we are here to score goals, not entertain, that's what I read from the few minutes I watched. Ghana definitely had loads of possession but who scored more and created more chances? His team!! So long as he gets the results I won't complain.

It may shock you but Amunike's U17 side of 2014-2015 and the current Ugbade U17 side have playing styles in common for the most parts at least.

The number 1 common trait is how quickly both sides transit forward. They dont or hardly dilly dally. They are either sending a quick unexpected long ball behind the defence or moving plays forward at a decent pace via smooth passing interchanges. Their passing sequences are quick and direct-playing.



Even Guardiola has evolved beyond the Tap-tap-tap tiki taka. He still plays to control possession ofcos but he also uses long balls when necessary.
Watch his games against Liverpool this season from tactical POVs and even against Madrid and you will see how effectively he used the long ball tactics for some phases of the game.

You have Mahrez, Jesus and Sterling... you are building up plays from the back or through/in the middle or from a turnover after a corner and then suddenly a gap opens and a long ball is launched behind the defence catching them off guard. Pep did this in games when he felt the long ball was a quicker way to transit and get his forwards in front of goal quicker.
Long balls served vertically can serve as a measure of control on a game or as a direct measure of attack.


Here is one of them vs Liverpool earlier this season.
Check 0.42

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8L19Y5z-YE



Here is a twitter post by Athletic UK that explains it...

https://twitter.com/TheAthleticUK/status/1513472176183255041?t=xYc6qpe8IeA0MQV97CMo8Q&s=19

ChrisKels:


Nice job bro, nice job.

Meanwhile, that name "Odo" is pronounced "Oh d' oh", not "Oh d' Or". It is the name of a powerful deity in the Nsukka axis of Enugu State.

Ok, got it. Thank you very much Chris.

So jurgen fraud didn’t see cheap players like taiwo awoniyi ,Scamacca ,Mohammed Bayo ,Patrick Schick,because that’s what they said he is good at

Even Haaland didn’t cost 100 million

70 million GK ,75 million CB and now a 100 million striker but guardiola is the check book coach

Jurgen fraud trying too hard to buy the epl

Ahmed Musa's new coach.

Andrea Pirlo signs for Fatih Karagümrük of Turkey

andrewbaba44:
So jurgen fraud didn’t see cheap players like taiwo awoniyi ,Scamacca ,Mohammed Bayo ,Patrick Schick,because that’s what they said he is good at

Even Haaland didn’t cost 100 million

70 million GK ,75 million CB and now a 100 million striker but guardiola is the check book coach

Jurgen fraud trying too hard to buy the epl

Good day sir Andrew how far nah, you don leave me for DM soteyyy ah don dey grow green beard,

wetin dey sup na

do4luv14:



Good day sir Andrew how far nah, you don leave me for DM soteyyy ah don dey grow green beard,

wetin dey sup na

No vex for me abeg

I go reason you this week I promise

My apologies pls

TheSuperNerd:
Ahmed Musa's new coach.

Andrea Pirlo signs for Fatih Karagümrük of Turkey

Not a bad move ,even though he has coached juventus before

He is a rookie coach just like xavi

andrewbaba44:

No vex for me abeg
I go reason you this week I promise
My apologies pls

ahhh why I go vex na,
no yawa na Man you be

andrewbaba44:


Not a bad move ,even though he has coached juventus before

He is a rookie coach just like xavi

let's see if he can turn Musa to a headed fowl with feathers, instead of the headless fowl he is

do4luv14:



let's see if he can turn Musa to a headed fowl with feathers, instead of the headless fowl he is

Lol

do4luv14:



let's see if he can turn Musa to a headed fowl with feathers, instead of the headless fowl he is

Pls do4luv dey give baba Musa Respect o... nothing Pirlo go add to Musa game than to manage him....Prime Musa is still better than our present wingers.

BascoVanVeli:
Match highlights



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svQwSrq2_uk

Those defenders though.... Is it a 3man defence?
They should drill those guys on both positional awareness and aerial duels. They look good on the forward passes though. Light Eke reminding me of Chidera Eze of years back.

Watching Tolulope Ojo of the flying Eagles play against Akwa United with Remo Stars

Osimhen airways.......

charlesemeka85:
zaidu will be stupid to leave porto go Fulham

I thought Fulham was bigger than Porto

NPFL scores

Ayaosi scored for Dakkada

andrewbaba44:
So jurgen fraud didn’t see cheap players like taiwo awoniyi ,Scamacca ,Mohammed Bayo ,Patrick Schick,because that’s what they said he is good at

Even Haaland didn’t cost 100 million

70 million GK ,75 million CB and now a 100 million striker but guardiola is the check book coach

Jurgen fraud trying too hard to buy the epl

Halaand deal cost far more than Nunez.. look beyond the transfer fee..... And Nunez isn't well known and proven at the highest level like Halaand, so Klopp is still quite much on track with his philosophy on player recruitment.. And let's face it, the transfer market has been inflated.. Clubs have to shell out big monies to sign players now..

That being said, I can assure you that Nunez would perform better with Liverpool than Halaand will at city...