lakesidepapa:



Hey hey.!!! they should leave Onazi at the blocking role with Mikel, there combo have been great and they keep understanding themselves. Ndidi can replace Onazi as a Sub or when Eddy is injured. Besides, Ndidi is NOT better than Eddy.! Yes.!


@He doesn’t commit foul around the edge of the box or in dangerous position.
I can't believe this, Ndidi committed a fowl against a Atl bibao player in the 18 yard box and it was a penalty. We should just stick with the Onazi-Mikel.

Jefersoun:
That is why i said club football is different from national team. Due to the limited match in the national team, your mistake may be costly, and thinking of that may make a debutant feel a bit nervous. Am not disputing Alampasu's talent, he is a great guy. It is normal for we human in general to have that nervousness when starting something for the first time, most especially with limited time. Get my point, with limited time.

TheSuperNerd:
@bolded... Yes that was in the Europa league.... Let's take a little walk back in time to October 9th shall we?

In Ndola, a high profile WCQ vs The Chipolopolo, Ndidi had it clean when he confronted Rainford Kalaba in the first half. His clean marking on Kalaba prevented Kalaba from pouncing a the loose ball saved by Ikeme from a Kalaba header moments after Iwobi's opener.

Kalaba even faked a dive/fall under the clean challenge from Ndidi in the penalty box but the referee had none of it and gave a yellow card to Kalaba for diving.

Ndidi's neat challenge on Kalaba prevented a possible penalty.

Some other defenders would have gone in on Kalaba "forcefully" and fallen for Kalaba's theatrics with the Ref left with no choice than to point to the penalty spot..... BUT NOT WILFRED NDIDI.

Ndidi is a natural clean winner and marker of the ball.... But it doesn't mean he may not commit on a few occasions.

tbaba1234:


Good point but Worst example... Ndidi lost his man for the header in the first place. I hope Rohr realises that he needs a new right back.

goldfish80:

Pre season is the blending in process of players. Managers use pre season friendlies to know which youngster is ready for the first team.
Iwobi, Akpom, Iheanacho, Ejaria etc.. sold themselves in pre season training to their managers. You don't just start playing a youngster out of the blues in the champions league semi finals.

In national teams, managers use friendly games to introduce youngsters. Iwobi, Iheanacho got their first starts in friendlies.. That's the proper way to introduce kids into a national team.
Why should Alampasu be thrown straight into the deep end? Its not like he's playing top league football in Portugal.
Even in the 3rd division he's currently playing,he's conceeding an average of 1.6 goals per game, those numbers are below average numbers.
What exactly do you see in Alampasu that all protocols should be broken for?

Unless, Akpeyi's right hand is somehow amputated 24 hrs before the game, I don't see Ezenwa nor Dele starting. Am sorry

goldfish80:

Pre season is the blending in process of players. Managers use pre season friendlies to know which youngster is ready for the first team.
Iwobi, Akpom, Iheanacho, Ejaria etc.. sold themselves in pre season training to their managers. You don't just start playing a youngster out of the blues in the champions league semi finals.

In national teams, managers use friendly games to introduce youngsters. Iwobi, Iheanacho got their first starts in friendlies.. That's the proper way to introduce kids into a national team.
Why should Alampasu be thrown straight into the deep end? Its not like he's playing top league football in Portugal.
Even in the 3rd division he's currently playing,he's conceeding an average of 1.6 goals per game, those numbers are below average numbers.
What exactly do you see in Alampasu that all protocols should be broken for?

Unless, Akpeyi's right hand is somehow amputated 24 hrs before the game, I don't see Ezenwa nor Dele starting. Am sorry

BascoVanVeli:


Hey! Don't cheat with ur analogies, why can't u look for a player in Portugal? U are only experienced in a certain department. Osman might be a seasoned epl vet but he can't tell me what playing a big match for his country feels like so in that department he is inexperienced.

TheSuperNerd:
I wasn't speaking of Ndidi as a right back in the game. I speak only on that one incident within the penalty box where his natural clean marking abilities shone through.... So how is that a "worst example"??

TheGoodJoe:


My point is, you can not ascertain nervousness but you can ascertain who is the better talent. So why drop a player for what is not sure for something that is sure.

tbaba1234:
Wilfred Onyinye Ndidi has started all 13 games for Genk this season and has never been substituted. That is a remarkable stat.

tbaba1234:
Wilfred Onyinye Ndidi has started all 13 games for Genk this season and has never been substituted. That is a remarkable stat.

Jefersoun:
There is no certainty that a good player in training will not make mistakes during the main match, just like omeruo and ndidi. Training is different from main match, due to so many factors, for example, the crowd, high expectations from you, what is at stake and so much more. In training, you feel relax and play your A-game. So for a new guy, is kind of a gamble, there is high probability of such happening. I get your drift, but for this one, please let just go with a tested hand (Akpeyi).

TheGoodJoe:


Are you talking of a player selling themselves in the preseason or a player becoming experienced in preseason. If it is the later, preseason games is never enough to tag a player experienced.

Please, players sell themselves in training, not preseason games.

goldfish80:

It's a little bit of both. Young players get both match experience, match fitness and sell themselves to the club and fans.
After watching Belerin against Lyon at the Emirates cup, I knew straight out the guy will play a big role in his break out season.
Iheanacho was pure class against an American club in preseason. I think he scored twice... It was no surprise plans where made for him by Man city.... These are how things work.

TheGoodJoe:


I am not seeing anything. I said, the coaches if the Super Eagles should drill and select the best. What I do not understand is why your breaking your fingers to prove Alampasu is not a good keeper. If he is as poor as you make him, the other keepers should easily Outshine Alampasu.

If they can not outshine him, you want us to man our post with a keeper worse than how poor you paint Alampasu.

goldfish80:

Alampasu is not exposed enough to start an an important game for us.
Am exposing him as an amateur goalkeeper that he is. Am never said he's untalented.
Akpeyi Statistically in the Psl conceedes an average of 1 goal per game... While Alampasu in the Portuguese 3rd tier conceedes 1.6 goals per game.
Who do you think is better eto handle the pressure against Algeria?
Who do you think will out perform each other in training?

TheGoodJoe:


That is what you knew. Not what the coaches knew. The coaches worked for days, months, some years on the training pitches with this young players, getting them ready. Teaching them different aspects of the game and nurturing them into quality players. The coaches correct their mistakes on the pitch.

When they feel these players are ready, they play them and people, that is a star in the making. Not the coach.

Pellegrini knew he had a star in Iheanacho, long before his game against Kansas. It was already a big move when he invited Iheanacho and Chidi Nwakali to train with the first team. Then he selected them as promising stars for the preseason.

goldfish80:

If iheanacho had a bad pre season, the coaches wouldn't look his way durring the course of the season. Man city would have loaned him out to a club in Norway or Kazakhstan.

TheGoodJoe:


Let Akpeyi show he is capable of handling the pressure in camp. Not history of games. Let him Outshine the others.

zuchyblink:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romaric_Rogombé
why is this Gabonese goal machine not in Europe?

OdenigboAroli:


So,you are comparing an ordinary kids tournament to a high profile world cup qualifier with all its intensity.

This is not just about a stadium filled with people dancing and waving flags but the seriousness,importance and weight of this encounter.
What we 're saying is that this is the wrong match to be used in testing a greenhorn. It will not be a clever move,except we have no other choice. No serious coach will try such gamble.

TheGoodJoe:


Not bad preseason but performance in camp. The coaches knew Iheanacho was quality in camp, not preseason.

goldfish80:

Akpeyi in the Psl has one clean sheet in 6 games. And conceedes And average of 1 goal per game for Chipa United. Alampasu in the Portuguese amateur league has no clean sheet in 7 games and conceedes 1.6 goals per game.
How you think Alampasu will Outshine Akpeyi is beyond me.

goldfish80:

Is pre season not a training camp?