forgiveness:


Atleast, the whole world agreed Liverpool dominated Barcelona. The scores didn't tell the the whole story.

Earthquake3:


Laporte was signed from Valverde's Bilbao means Valverde is brilliant

What logic!!!

Can you tell me the style of football Barca plays, their pressing style and defensive shape

If you watched Liverpool yesterday, they dominated Barca at Camp Nou,(an aberration!) It was Messi's magic that turned the tie in Barca's favour

The same template has been repeated in Barca 's league matches

TheGoodJoe:


Laporte came in and fitted into City like a glove. Which means the strategy and tactics was not far from what we get at City. How you can refer to that as a coach who knows nothing about coaching is baffling.

Being dominated by Liverpool does not mean the coach is not good or knows nothing about coaching. He did not get to where he is by being a block head.

Earthquake3:


Laporte was a good player that's why Guardiola bought him, Valverde had nothing to do with it

For Liverpool coming to Barca to dominate Barca(A club that is revered for its domination of possession) at Camp Nou means the Coach is not getting his tactics right, Barca would have lost that match without Messi's brilliance

do4luv14:
I dont know what's going on here,

I had wanted to share a post, about yesterdays game tactics

but some of us here discourage me with their posts, and comments,

and its making me to lose interest in this thread,

tbaba1234, and Icon4s,
you two are truly, the ones who keep this thread in shape,

others are just pretenders,

that being said,

this thread is all about Nigerians, and for Nigeria, so lets keep it so....
. thanks one love all

do4luv14:
I dont know what's going on here,

I had wanted to share a post, about yesterdays game tactics

but some of us here discourage me with their posts, and comments,

and its making me to lose interest in this thread,

tbaba1234, and Icon4s,
you two are truly, the ones who keep this thread in shape,

others are just pretenders,

that being said,

this thread is all about Nigerians, and for Nigeria, so lets keep it so....
. thanks one love all

Earthquake3:


Laporte was a good player that's why Guardiola bought him, Valverde had nothing to do with it

For Liverpool coming to Barca to dominate Barca(A club that is revered for its domination of possession) at Camp Nou means the Coach is not getting his tactics right, Barca would have lost that match without Messi's brilliance

Earthquake3:


Oga the players that played at Afcon are below par, if he takes them to world cup he is not serious

Besides how can you expect to do well at world stage when you are whitewashed by African opponents

Earthquake3:


It seems Guardiola does your thinking for you

Icon4s:


Horrendous? Tell me which team dominated them in all 5 games they played. They even outplayed Mali (eventual winners) that we lost to in the semi-final.

Like I said before what the team needs is creativity in the Midfield and in the more advanced positions.

That team is not as bad as some of guys are tagging them to be. Remember also the terrible pitches in Niger.

Mark my words, some of those Foreign based Players will not be able to break into that team. And some of the foreign based/foreign borns that may make it through may not break into the team's starting 11.

If you tell me the Nigerian league lacks quality players who are 24/25 and above of course I will agree. But not U20 players.

Icon4s:


Chairman, I don invite you to CHS Old Students Association Group before.
Emma Amuneke and some other ex-footballers are there. We among other things discuss football a lot.

Our Old boy dey Coach Tanzania, come let's give him moral support and tactical ideas.

Just give me a mention on any other thread giving me ur phone number and u will be added within minutes.

Earthquake3:
Valverde is going to be the first coach to win Champions league without knowing anything about coaching

tbaba1234:


Apart from Ozornwafor and Ogbu, which other player was impressive in the AFCON??

Yes, they got to the WC but they are not a strong size. The quality of the team was obvious in that tournament but we had time to boost quality.

Over the past few months, i expected the coach to look for more talents within the country but we are going to the final camp with the same bunch of players.

Now we are hoping that some foreign based boys might save the day.

The age thing is an open secret.. There is no need going into that. And the bribery story was from inside sources.

If there were many positives to concentrate on, i will do that.

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do4luv14:



ya,
am there already, you had added me before

nice one about the group,
have been trying to make mine own set of old school work,

forgiveness:


Atleast, the whole world agreed Liverpool dominated Barcelona. The scores didn't tell the the whole story.

tbaba1234:


Most of our quality at under 20 play in local academies or are already abroad. Many of who we parade from the NPFL are 24-25 year olds playing as under 20. Not all but many.

I think some of Aigbigun's invites are good quality, Dele-Bashiru for instance is highly rated at Man city even though contract renewal talks broke down. He is expected to join Atalanta in the summer. From the reports of their last friendly, his introduction changed the game. He looks like a proper steal for us.

I also think some of the foreign based are poor or average. Henry Offia is a poor player and Ash Kigbu can not displace the CBs.

It is a mixed bag.

EmmGee:
they didn't dominate. checkout the stats. it was close

BascoVanVeli:



Losing in penalties now equals whitewashed to you?

Earthquake3:

Stats don't tell the whole story

Liverpool had a huge chunk of possession in the opponents half

Icon4s:


No that was the Facebook page. This one I am commenting about is the WhatsApp group.

TheGoodJoe:


Share what is on your mind always. Do not let words or verbal attacks discourage you from expressing your mind.

Earthquake3:



They were disgraceful at the Afcon, they never looked liked they would score any open goal at the tournament

If they cannot create any scoring chances against naive African opponents how do expect them to perform against well drilled European kids

I call it as I see it

do4luv14:



its about the tactics employed by Ernesto,

its a JOSE mourinho tactics,

he had been playing a double pivot, with two destroyers, hence packing the bus, and hitting on the counter with precision

Earthquake3:


He is a good coach but not Barca quality

Icon4s:


On ur first paragraph, most of those players who are 19 and 20 and are still in local academies are not good enough quality for the U20 national team. Period.

I am sure u know there are even 17 years olds already playing NPFL football. I know u may not agree with the age but not all NPFL players cheat with their age.

U can say our U20 NPFL players are
24-25 but that is just it a belief. U don't have any valid proof. Like i have said before, anyone with any valid proofs of age cheating should come up with them. If we had not seen Players like Success, Yahaya, Awoniyi, Uzoho, Iheanacho grow would u have believed they are 22 or less?

On the team selection, like I said before, not all the foreign players will bring quality. Any new players' inclusion must be justifiable. And not because he is foreign based or because u think a particular set of players are too old and so must be dropped.

I expect a very solid team when the 'best' of the foreign pros are infused.