ChrisKels:
What time is the match guys? I heard it will be live on Bein Sports USA, so, to stream or watch it live, download a mobdro app if u ain't got one already. Below will be my preferred line up;



***************""""""""""""""Okoye"""""""'""'''''*****************


******Awaziem******Ekong*****Ajayi*****Aina*******



*****************Aribo********Ndidi*******************


***********************Iwobi**************************


***Chucks************Osimhen**************Kalu***









I no wan see Calamity Jamil Collins anywhere near the starting line up.

Utonwanne:



That's our best XI


Am sure Jamilu will start

ChrisKels:


Not really the best that's why I made it personal Bkus I still have my reservations on who stands between the sticks. Just wanna weigh Okoye like his people (Amechi Awkunanaw) dey wey clients wey wan buy land.

TheSuperNerd:
Lol... Jamilu Collins will start. So brace yourself.

And Okoye in goal? Naah... Rohr won't risk him. Akpeyi will keep his starting place.

Anyway, it's your "preferred" XI. I'm just being realistic.

And ohhh... Lest I forget, the time for the game is 4pm Naija time (5pm local time in Maseru).

Utonwanne:

ChrisKels:


Do u know dem? Dem and Nike people here in Enugu na the worst land grabbers in Enugu. Very bloody set of people. Na dem get Enugu metropolis and dem dey sell land like tomorrow no dey. Stand in their way and get wasted. Their youths dey always get smelly bank accounts sha Bkus there are plenty lands to sell

ChrisKels:
Rohr - Post Ighalo, we have finally found ourself and can proudly say we now have a playing style Bkus we now have a mobile striker unlike when Ighalo was there. My deduction


Like we did in our last matches. We have now a style of playing football which is very interesting, a lot of movements "up front". One touch, two touch, quick wingers, " a very mobile striker", young players and I think that in the second half we even could score a third goal but am happy about this 2-1 win because when you start the game losing 0-1 and then you come back and win, it’s very interesting for the team and then you go to the top in the match”

ChrisKels:


Not really the best that's why I made it personal Bkus I still have my reservations on who stands between the sticks. Just wanna weigh Okoye like his people(Amechi Awkunanaw) dey weigh clients wey wan buy land.

ChrisKels:


Jamil is here Bkus of Rohr's German bias, otherwise I don't see what that calamity brings to this team. He sure gonna be the weakest link in our back line once again, if chosen. About Okoye I just wan see if he is another product of the German bias

Utonwanne:



And I have been thinking that its only Anambra state.

cc12:
Okoye from Awkunanaw?

ChrisKels:


The boy na Amechi Awkunanaw boy

TheSuperNerd:
Relax Chris. Ighalo is gone. No need taking a few more jibes at the 2019 Afcon top scorer. It is true Osimhen is an upgrade in the long run but Iggy gave as good as he brought to the table. Make we leave the man in peace as he don retire and he retired a hero.


About our playing style upfront, yes.. the KOC is key to this. It would be far more interesting having options beyond the KOC who can easily slot in and still keep this attacking style of ours on fire and on the right path.

I do ponder on what Chidera Ejuke will look like on the LW or in an AM in this attacking set-up. That lad could give Kalu Samuel a run for his money on the LW role when his chance finally comes under Rohr. Unless Rohr thinks he could slot in as AM since the Eze Ebere recruitment plan is on pending mode.


Other options to slot into those wing forward positions instead of the KOC: Henry Onyekuru (when on form), Dennis Bonaventure, Ahmed Musa, Moses Simon, Sheyi Ojo (pending when his allegiance switch is done), Ademola Lookman (same as Ojo and hopefully his playing time improves).

Options to slot into the CF role in Osimhen's absence that can give close to the same or similar kind of movements upfront:
David Okereke, Peter Olayinka, Kelechi Iheanacho (pending when he gets a strong run of games), Sadiq Umar.

Paul Ebere Onuachu is a decent option but will not provide those kinds of movements upfront. He is not as mobile as the above-mentioned four strikers. He arrives on being that tall target man who received balls in the box, using his body strength and height to win those balls and shoot on sight.
Simy Nwankwo is also not as mobile but is a decent option.
Stephen Odey is another that can grow into a solid option but he still needs to grow. Okereke and Onuachu at ahead of him for now even though they all play in same league.


In finality, it is important to me that the options we have in place of the KOC can replicate the same attacking playing style our first choice attacking trio oozes.

It is okay to have a variety of ways we can attack hence the difference in certain players' profiles like Onuachu for instance but at our team's core, we must have the players that can keep up the same fire, same drive and same effective attacking strategy like the Three Musketeers we have in Kalu, Osimhen and Chukwueze.

TheSuperNerd:
Until Rohr and his crew finds a left-footed competition for Collins, you will have to endure seeing him on your screens.

Collins is decent and had a decent enough game against Brazil but seriously needs an upgrade. He needs really solid competition. But until that is found, I say Collins gets the nod to continue for now.


Perhaps, Rohr's "German bias" should take a good look at left footed LB, Chima Okoroji based in Germany. I dont want any right footer manning our LB role. It can be a big minus when the opponents figures him out and uses his lack of "left" in a leftie role against him and against our team as a whole.


On Okoye... His time will come. Let Rohr ease him in the way he thinks best. No way in hell is Okoye starting today... Looll

ChrisKels:



Lol u and long epistles sef. Big head u no go church today ooo



Nwanne I no fit add more, Uv said it all but please remove Simmy Nwankwo from there, he is crap. And yes, Ighalo never gave us a playing style throughout his unmerited stay in the GWG Bkus he runs like a pregnant woman plus his poor positional sense

ChrisKels:


We already have that upgrade in Aina. He is ambidextrous and can do the simple things and more better than that calamity u call a natural left back

TheSuperNerd:
I dey go. I'm signing out soonest.

Lol.... There is a reason I mentioned Simy last naa (at least before I spoke on the genuine readiness of Odey). Besides he no go give us that movement at all. Onuachu looks a slightly better fit than Simy sef. But both won't offer us those mobile runs and movements upfront. They both operate as Static tall target men.


About the bolded... I have no comments. Just let Ighalo be abeg lol.

TheSuperNerd:
Aina is more comfortable on the right than on the left and even in his ambidexterity, he is still preferably right footed. Yes he made his GWG debut as LB when he came on and he has featured as LWB for Torino severally but he is much more comfortable on the right. Collins still has some relevance for now.

ChrisKels:


Read the history of the much talked about Enugu Centenary City, then u will have a hint. Amechi people no get joy upon land matter. We always advise buyers to go through our agency and registered surveyors whenever dey need a piece of land to buy, otherwise u get sold a property already sold to more than five clients .

ChrisKels:


U are slightly going outta context bro, but long story cut short, Aina in his purported uncomfortability as a makeshift LB as against his preferred RB, is far more a better evil than what Collins offers us with his so called conformability as a natural LB

ChrisKels:


Alryt, plz carry icon4s along with u, that man no dey ever go Church . Errrm also put me in ur prayers as I no go today kwa. Have a nice day bro

Joebie:
oga I defended Tammy in the days when the matter hot hot well well.. The aftermath was expected by me at a point.. This is not about Tammy as it may seem by many of you. the koko be say many naija people hate the boy now for obvious reasons..And I would have defended any Naija player that faces such criticisms.. I have defended Iorfa, Nedum Onouha and a host of others in similar predicament on this thread (Although Tammy own big own with he red carpet talk no be small matter.
let's not be catching anyhow feelings for ordinary thread.. I can fight with Nerdie or any moniker, e no mean say tomorrow I go bone am.. it's not that so serious.. I just want make he quantify the "rise" at least make I understand then I go praise am when he happen, because for now he is the self proclaimed "master of the art of patience and calculated projections on teams and talents". lol.. that na BIG title oh.. but e no call for fight.. I just wan understand.. I would so gladly want to monitor the situation going forward.. no hard feelings at all.. no dey defend wetin no be fight. It's not serious. Are u now the police to question who I quote? Na only Nerdie i don quote for hear? You sef why are u quoting me? lol

Modified..
which one be jealousy again now? which kind talk be that? we are not kids here
You will be surprised to know that I often click share on Nerdie's post. He himself knows that.

TheSuperNerd:
Collins vs Brazil as left footed LB coped well with the Brazillian forays. His "leftie-ness" allowed him cope with the angle of attacks the likes of Gabby Jesus and co threw at him. Yes he was beaten a few times, but he also recovered several times and saved our asses with timely blocks from his positions too.

Aina is more prone to mark with his right foot and in a LB role against most players he comes up against on the left, it will be more difficult for him to cut off attacking moves leading to crosses where the ball will be put unto his "weaker" left side. The physics involved in twisting his body to use his right to accomodate for his "less" left dominance won't be experienced by Collins.

There is always gonna be that "kinetics/physics" edge which make Collins defend certain situations better than Aina at LB.


Also, having Collins at LB gives us a different angle of attack when he does overlap with his Lead left foot. Aina does it more with his right than with his left.

These little details stretching into the science Dynamics of having left over right or right over left in certain angles of defending situations at LB role are vital. That is what informs my stance on the continued relevance of Collins for now. Aina should stick to RB. We cannot keep playing with makeshifts every damn time.

Awaziem is very good and does a fine job at RB but he too is a makeshift and majorly a CB. His versatility is good but he doesn't have the flair of RBs and the grace + timings that goes with knowing when to attack and when to fall back just the way Aina and Ebuehi do it at RB.

DrKlever:
All your long epistle amounts to nothing.. Collins is a calamity left back and in that position Aina is still miles ahead of him. Cest finite!

TheSuperNerd:
Camp update: Lesotho vs Nigeria


Here’s the @NGSuperEagles, after their AFCON 2021Q pre-match training session at the national stadium in Maseru, Lesotho, on Saturday.



Courtesy: @Osasuo

Am I the only one that's worried about the nature of this football pitch?

klexycole:


Am I the only one that's worried about the nature of this football pitch?

TheSuperNerd:
Nothing to you. But something to the few that understand what I say especially the dynamics of movements as regards left and right feet. Aina is the better fullback overall but will still struggle in certain battles as LB as he is more prone to use his right than his left. A decent natural LB will always give a team a unique option up and down the left. This is where Collins has it in his favor. Collins surely needs an upgrade in competition but until then, he's still needed for now. The lad joins the attack decently and generally defends okay but his recovery and positioning in certain game situations are what where he is really suspect. Finito.

DrKlever:
I don't understand your so called dynamics of movement and i pray never to understand such shallow dynamics. You already stated Aina is a better full back yet claim Collins is better left back despite the fact that the latter has been playing there for both country and club side in a while. Aina cannot be skinned the manner G Jesus ghost past Collins neither will he be made to lie down in green pasteurs by a poor Beninese.