Napoleon55:
i thought that OSIMHEN scored today,how come no one is mentioning it,or has it been reported before?

Wolfsburg's game is yet to be played. It comes up later in the day.

People just criticize for the love of it. This Atleti team was made to look ordinary at home in the full glare of their fans after their underhand antics in ticket sales.

I like this barca highline, it's very difficult to breach. I used to think a fast attack will destroy that defence but seeing Umtiti's recovery and timely interceptions is making me have a rethink.

Maybe the key is making overhead passes but Umtiti's aerial Dominance will most likely come to the rescue.
Umtiti seriously needs a serious partner. Piqué no be am at all. See how he dobale for Griezmann.

The game isn't as bad as many of you are making it sound. That goal did a whole lot of good to Atletico. If it hadn't come when it did, barca would have won the match with a comfortable margin. I'm very concerned about deulofeu's apparent lack of a functioning brain though, not barca quality at all.

modextus:
Una watch this game well so? Gomez is clearly been played out of position. He was the best player on the pitch in the second half when he took over iniesta's position. Rakitic was the weakest link. Semedo didn't impress too.

Very correct. He made some nice dribbling but his passes were still disjointed. He had a trashy first half though but seems like a player that Might improve if given adequate run of games

Lavoca:
Hypocrisy from another level

Let's put aside the nature of the competition

Where are all the 'dribbles fanatics'

You choose your battles .

And let's not forget he had tap in.

You don't have to belittle the other just for your agenda and later you choose facts to display.

Bend the knee






It ain't that hard

jihday:
nope, either Mane or Auba

No be naija dem dey come give the award? As dem rob Mikel that year wey we leave them, if them try am this time I'll personally pull a Kanye.

Meanwhile, This Palestinian team will surely win the world cup

soetanoreoluwa:


Ebuehi is kind lonely I dunno maybe he gat no parent following him up and down... Most times I might be wrong he didn't participate in their play.. Or dance stuff... Might be wrong though..

Atleast I have quite number of this current SE am following on social media.. And most times they do live video... Ebuchi is just there...

Maybe he need pepper soup and Nigeria jollof

Ebuehi is just shy. Aina has been in the Eagles set up for all of 60seconds and he's already dancing with the team. Although one can argue the presence of his childhood friend played a part.

soetanoreoluwa:
GERNOT Rohr contract expires next year...

Renewal or ....

NFF is not talking about it maybe later...

Nigeria Football Federation, NFF will extend the contract of Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr, after Nigeria sealed qualification for the Russia 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Rohr, signed a two-year contract, while accepting the job in 2016 with the option of extending the deal, if Nigeria qualifies for the World Cup. Rohr will now be in charge of the team till the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, if there are no twists in his romance with the NFF.

Speaking on the development, Rohr, 64, said he was glad Nigeria qualified for the World Cup as they were not given the chance to pick the ticket when the qualification series started with Cameroon and Algeria as bookmakers’ favourite to clinch the ticket.

“I believe Russia 2018 will be a good adventure for us all,” the German, who previously coached Burkina Faso said.

Rohr thanked Nigerians for the feat saying it was a collective effort, “Thank you Nigerians, we won this World Cup ticket together.”

NFF secretary-general, Mohammed Sanusi said the Super Eagles will have the best of preparations for the World Cup.

“We are excited and as this Board has continued to promise, it is not just about qualification. We will ensure the best preparation for the team to set a new record of performance for Nigeria at the FIFA World Cup when they go to Russia next year.”

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/10/rohr-earn-two-years-contract-extension/

seniorboy1:
http://www.realnews.i.ng/checkout-nysc-timetable-batch-b-2017/

The watch word there is "proposed'', meaning it is still open to modifications.

TheGoodJoe:


How can you disagree with Iheanacho pressing better than Ighalo? It was so obvious in the last game. Mikel had to do it. Ighalo could not. If Nacho was there, we would have pressed with more intensity. Nacho trumps in that.

Our forwards should press as a unit. Presently, only Iheanacho does that upfront.

At a point in the Algeria game he was starting to look stupid, I think someone even coined it as "running up and down like a headless chicken.

I like Iheanacho and etebo for this. You can never overstate the immense pressure the opposing side face when every member of a team plays a part in pressing. If you watched pep's barca, you'd appreciate this.

Joebie:
jam body goal? haha we go manage am..
Moses cross when Ighalo classily jumped over for Mikel to convert nko. Ighalo is a team player.. I like his all-round play.. if he doesn't score he is very likely to assist. He is our best striker at the moment..The goal Simon scored nko.. he worked so hard for it.. even the one Simon missed with bicycle kick.. Iheanacho can't contribute like that.. That's the kind of strengths Iheanacho don't posses. But Iheanacho also has his that is missing in Ighalo's game. Those calling for his head now forget that Iheanacho also fired blanks for SE sometimes, and they blamed Iheanacho then for this and that. hahaha na wa.. why we like to flip-flop na.

Oh Joebie, God bless you for this. I couldn't have said it better.

cromz:
[color=#000099][/color]simon moses

It's not as easy as it sounds.

Because that is not a like for like sub, you'll not only be substituting the player simon, you'll also be discarding completely that right wing.

Yes we know Ighalo roams and sometimes find himself on the right wing but that is just as much as his wing appearances go. He won't drop back to assist the full backs, and he'll not be found deep to launch a sprinting counter attack.

This also puts alot of work on our midfielders as our attacks would have to come from the middle. It also makes it pretty predictable.

So you see, to play Ighalo and Iheanacho together, we need to make a whole lot of sacrifices. Question is, would it be worth it?

jobsat34:


Ighalo position was only good for a cutback which he could only expect if a teammate was ahead and in position.

He was the final man and there was space to the middle and far left, yet hesitated till the pass was placed. Ighalo was too slow to get in line.

If he picked a spot in the middle or far left, he wudnt have had much to do than buried the ball..

And yes, i played the round lether ball, tho as jeun-jeun

Ighalo was thinking like me. Slow down, else you get into an offside position.
But just like you and tbaba have pointed out, a run to the left would have solved this little dilemma.
Do I blame him? No, I don't.

Iheanacho thrives off spaces, Ighalo draws defenders aside, creating spaces.

An ideal option would be to combine them but that would mean sacrificing an important offensive player.

A very difficult decision, I tell you.

tbaba1234:


If he ran to the near post, simon will release the ball earlier and it could have been a tap -in. That was my first thought when i saw it.

Even at that, that would have been an issue of technique, not speed as some are trying to make it seem.

But Yea, that would have been a viable option.

I have been critical before about Ighalo's inability to press and mentioned that as an edge Iheanacho has over him.
But on that particular occasion, I didn't see any better option.
Well, except the one you just mentioned.

sKy007:
I thought I saw 7500 mph, is the tablet that fast?

jobsat34:


But a good striker wud be in position.. He wasn't keeping up with the pace. He saw the pass, simon spend like 3sec before he square play, which wud ve been enough for him to be inline.

Zambia defenders were also comfortable building attack from defence, he didnt trouble them much. Unless we want to say they were too perfect.

That's the point. If he moves before the pass, he goes into an offside position, offsides are read at the moment the Passer touches the ball.

If you watch that particular play, you'd notice Ighalo sprinted after the pass. Now if you have played football you know how fast that round leather moves, especially when you apply a significant amount of force.

jobsat34:


There was no timing to his pace, maybe tired. He was sluggish getting to position.

There was a pass to the right, experienced marksman wud ve stayed inline either between the 5 & 6 or space to the left. That simon moses square play was top notched btw.

Tired? That was in the first 30minutes, no?
I cannot in good faith fault Ighalo for that miss.

In your dictionary, anywhere that is not as overcrowded as Lagos is deserted abi?

And people rush your food before you wash your hand? Dude where have you been eating?

TheGoodJoe:


You gerrit but you do not realize that you gerrit.

It looks like anybody can score that goal but a lot of people forget that it takes reading play and pace to spaces to get into scoring positions. Ighalo was not there before the cross came because he could not meet up the play and attack the space before the cross came. He did not get into position.

Gerrit?

Ighalo was timing his run, the defender was inches ahead of him and any slight increase in speed from ighalo would put him in an offside position

soetanoreoluwa:
See what they did to their captain... E dey shout my cloth my cloth...

Locker room was messed up


Papilloo dancing with them

See moses looking like;
If these children pour me water ehm, I go knock person pikin.

Congrats everybody. We still have alot of work to do but for today, let's just celebrate. Tomorrow, we start planning.

forgiveness:


Shehu is not good.

On a good day, wing backs are suppose to support the attack but our wing backs are just defending.

The Zambian attackers are very fast. If you join the attack anyhow as a wingback, you put your central backs under alot of pressure. Coupled with the fact that onazi is out

jotey:


etebo for onazi is not necessary

I rather go with aina for elderson

Well, I like to get entertained after a well deserved victory, who better to provide this entertainment than the sleek ever running, tireless etebo. Also want to see Aina but since Rorh didn't start him, I don't think he'll bring him in. Pappy is not so keen on defensive subs.

One can argue that Rohr is conservative but I like the staring line up. Except maybe for echiejile, I think this line up would get the job done. I expect the celebration to start from the pitch. It therefore is in order to let the business men take care of business, score 2-3 goals before the 60minute mark, then bring in our entertainers, our artists to start the celebration from the pitch.

Iwobi for Simon, etebo for Onazi, Iheanacho for ighalo.
These three, with their dribbling skills and passing ability will entertain us for the last 30minutes while the orchestra that is the fans, will spice things up with their oohhh oohhh ahhh ahhh shouts.

Soar Eagles, Soar.

ghettowriter:
Still a nice one! by my standard. can't wait for you to catch up with Messi's goals for this season.

You'll be waiting for a very long time bruh

Iwobi Sr on the Tammy Abraham saga

"The simple answer is there is a lot of misconceptions trying to do that. We also saw it when we first switched. For a player who has been in abroad for the better part of his years there are always going to be so many difficulties”

“My answer has always been come and see for yourself and don’t make assumptions. We came, we saw and we are here. Obviously there are ways to improve on but it’s not about that and the positives surpass the negatives.''

“I’m sure every father will be proud to see his son play for his country of birth”,

OGN

It is quite clear these foreign born players are swayed by the bad press surrounding our football.
I don't blame them, we always loud our shortcomings and whisper our progress.
The bad news travels far, the good news rarely cross the boarders.

The media has a role in this regard, the onus lies on them to propagate the gospel of the rebranded national team.

The Aiteo deal is a big cop for the NFF. There has been an improvement in players welfare, these are the kind of news we should share with the world. A player turning his back on the country that trained him should at least know that he is turning into the arms of a nation that cares.

Joebie:
so what's the news?

BREAKING: NFF announce TGI Group as Official Food Partners and PayPorte as Official e-Commerce Partner #BigMoneyMoves

Joebie:
haha..u sure say na Tammy?

Nah bro

Mickael2:



so you called him a mugu for saying the truth? Do you know the meaning of that word? Argentina are not in the same position with us, if Chile beats Brazil(highly possible because Brazil will rest players) and Peru beats Colombia then Argentina can kiss the world cup goodbye because Colombia is 3points ahead with a far superior GD, so the bottomline is that you are the actual mugu for letting your 'love' for Messi blind your sense of reasoning

No sir, Colombia is 1point ahead of Argentina

Joebie:
See who has qualified for Russia

Tammy going going...?

Just wait until we announce him today.