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HanksAnuku:
My thoughts on yesterday's game.

1. Bin David Luiz, or move him to midfield.
2. Kovacic-Jorginho-Barkley is looking increasingly like the answer to the midfield trio question. Another suggestion is perhaps, Barkley/Kove -Jorginho- Luiz.

Jorginho at DM is an incredible passer but cant defend and isnt very mobile.
Kante at CM is very mobile and very good at defending, but cant pass, dribble or shoot.
Luiz at CB is a jack of all trades, but master of none. He's a 6/10 in every aspect apart from his haircut where he gets top marks.

3. The ambassador of the sunken place needs to go. From today I refuse to even mention his name, and will only ever refer to him as ambassador, or amba for short.

4. Hazard is still suffering from being the only effective ball carrier we actually have. At this point, i'm beginning to ask if we really need Hazard and Jorginho in the same team, giving that they basically do the same job, albeit in different ways. Jorginho needs runners ahead of him, not people like Hazard who want the ball to feet.

Maybe we want to borrow a leaf from Liverpool and switch to a 4231 where Kante and Luiz can just sit in the middle, with Hazard at 10, and Amba, Barkley and Pedro ahead just making runs for days. Otherwise if we choose to play a midfield 3, it may be time to consider benching Hazard.

5. Kepa's positioning and reflexes are very suspect. That Kane goal was just a speculative shot from miles away. Kepa should have seen that coming easily.

See epistle to the Corinthians.



You want them to bench Kante, he that covereth the whole world.......oba aterere kari aiye.

You want them to bench Hazard, he that is on the same level with Messi and Lord Ororo?

You want them to bench Ambassador himself. Person whose first touch is softer than that of a succubus.

And you are maliciously maligning world's best keeper arigbabu a.k.a aribisala a.k.a stand well well of having suspect reflexes.

If you bench all these guys who will remain? At this rate what Chelsea needs most urgently is a carpenter to construct longer bench.

Finally, if only keeper Arigbabu had Luiz reflexes and Hazard's flexibility.

Leyqute:
LooooL

Elampiro will find a way to blame Martial for all those inaccurate crosses from Young on the left side.

And Mourinho’s fan boys will find a way of blaming everybody BUT Mourinho.

I just thank God that the Maldini theory has vindicated my stance that Alagolo is a fraud.

Such tackle to interception stats must mean he is often out of position.

And who buddes 7-8 times like a mechanic when playing along side quality like kimmich, Neuer, Hummels

Now back to counting titles.

At least we have put to bed the fiction about Alagolo.
7 buddes into the clouds as if he was a mechanic playing Sunday league football at Agege stadium.

6 tackles due to poor positioning as per the Maldini theory.

Higher career tackling stats than VVD, lower career interception stats I.e all over the place/wrongly positioned defender.

Alagolo is a fraud.

raumdeuter:
So you mean we cannot find actions and particular big games that VVD delivered and we can checks

So you mean VVD with 2.5 interceptions/game is better in the quality you yourself said was no1 defender quality,while Boateng with his tackle stats is badly positioned and all over the place?

This is what is now obvious.

1) 2014 World Cup final. Boateng 1 goal line clearance, 7 senseless buddes.

2) Boateng more tackles, VVD more interceptions.
Ergo, Boateng more often wrongly positioned.

Let us not even mention the fact that Alagolo has zero organizational ability. Always anchoring zig zag line defence.
Alagolo is a counterfeit.

raumdeuter:
My point about Boateng was his performance in footballs biggest games the world cup final and the CL final which he bossed and was the best defender on the night

Let us see VVD in those big games of his career

While Boateng led his defence to concede 1 goal to win the CL playing Juve, Barca and Dortmund. VVD led his defence to concede 10 goals in 4 games

So before you deflect bring out the key games of VVDs career and how he performed in it

You have said so many times that no1 quality for a CB is interceptions, and that tackles means the player was wrongly positioned.

VVD more interceptions than Boateng, Boateng more tackles.

Meaning Boateng more often wrongly positioned and VVD better positioned, no?

raumdeuter:
They should present the game or games wit gif evidence of VVD doing this like I gave detailed with Boateng

Or should we just assume he was doing that?

This is not a one night thing.

Boating 1.6 tackle/game club career average
VVD 1.3 tackles/game

Boateng 1.9 interceptions
VVD 2.5 interceptions.

So Boateng makes more tackles over his career while VVD makes more interceptions.

Is Boateng always in emergency mode? When he is not a doctor.
Or does it just mean he is often wrongly positioned, at least according to the Maldini theory.

raumdeuter:
Boateng played alongside a disastrous Hummels on the night and had to do the job of 2 defenders vs Messi and co

When Boateng was expecting his partner Hummels to handle business and he was slacking, he had to resort to emergency measures

Why didn’t you use this to explain VVD’s clearance and tackle statistics?

VVD was playing beside wastepipes like Matip, Klavan and in front of a certified clown like Judas isKarius but you expect him to be dribbling and passing out of defence BUT Alagolo is playing beside Hummels and Kimmich and in front of the great Neuer and you are hyping his countless buddes.

Eph12 catch Dayo for this one.

Alagolo made 1 or 2 goal line clearances and about 7 “budde to the skies” clearances.

He also made 6 tackles, and we have been told this means he was wrongly positioned 6 times.

That is not in keeping with Maldini’s theory. Means Boateng alagolo was and is a useless defender.

When it is not like the pencil will write my name in the book of life.

chic2pimp:
Na real wahala o kai

Sports stars are the ones that go broke the most.

Trying to spend like millionaires for their whole lives when most of them have just about 10yrs earning like millionaires.

When expenditure surpasses income then bankruptcy is almost certain.

raumdeuter:
Vidic organizes his defence very well only resort to tackles to cover his lack of pace and most times his tackles get him into trouble.

Maldini is probably the best defender of the past 40yrs

Laye squared. Maybe most versatile, but peak Baresi is the best pure defender i ever saw......probably that ever lived.

raumdeuter:
Ikemefuna Ozuah, Rabiu Afolabi,

Rabiu Afolabi with his stubborn head. Tunde Disu no try at all with that selection.

Debroslink:
e.g Pius Ikedia

Definitely not him. He deserved to be in the team and he, Okunowo and Babangida were meant be the stars until Uncle Aghahowa stole the show.
Yobo also played well.

I was talking about Ikenna Eneh, John Aranka, Chikelue Iloanusi and that most useless of no 9s Eddy Dombraye and his colourful, wasteful boots.

raumdeuter:
I know Ronaldinho played Nigeria 99. That was when I knew him. I can't remember if he played the copa or was a starter

Na those days ronaldo and Rivaldo go both score hat trick in the same game. You go come dey wonder who will take the match ball

I don't think he was a starter. Yes he was in Nigeria as were Xavi, Gabri, Cambiasso, Shinji Ono, Peter Crouch, Damien Duff, Seydou Keita e.t.c

Nigeria wrecked its chances by allowing one of the most corrupt selection processes we have ever had.

raumdeuter:
Palermo that missed 3 penalties in one game. He made the infamous record

That was Copa 99 which introduced the world to the Ronaldinho/Rivaldo/Ronaldo combination. It truncated his international career and they didn't call him again for 10yrs until his homeboy Maradona became manager.

Unlimited22:
LMAO. Wetin e do you?
I have other reason to, Biko. Eg my man Carlos Tevez.
Juan Roman Riquelme

One of the greatest derbies in football.

I switch my support depending on the quality of the sides. Funny thing is both clubs rarely ever have great teams at the same time.

In the 90s i i loved the great River side with Ortega, Gallardo, Crespo, Almeyda, Ayala and of course the prince of River Enzo Francescoli.

In the 2000s i like the Riquelme led Boca team with Palermo as the goal king.

Ooops

Didier!

Much respect. Big game player, always stood up to be counted when it mattered.

Made Africa and Africans proud, showed Wenger and Gunners continuous pepper and in the process destroyed the career of Philippe Senderos.

Finally he desecrated the German gods both old and new, and i am sure all true Bayern fans will never forgive him.

All these tin gods sef. Rather than encourage young guys na to come on faceless forum dey form voltron.

Roland17:
Doc, in my opinion, one of the biggest reasons folks engage in ridiculous arguments on this section is that most people fail to read the entirety of a comment, consequently, they fail to comprehend the opposing standpoint.

More importantly, there is absolutely nothing wrong in accepting a proven L. We are all Learners in some sorts on this section anyways.

Lol, was just pulling you leg. I like the way you took your L like a champ though, nice one.

Actually i think people engage in ridiculous arguments not because they can't read properly but either because they are trolling/having fun or because they are desperate not to take the L.

eph12:
So a player can drift in and out of world class?

And is a players true value or output not a function of his team? This includes teammates and coach

I don't know what you mean by drifting in an out. I have told you my view on what i think is required of a player before he can be called world class.
A player's value depends TO AN EXTENT on his team but we can't use that argument loosely if not people will come out of the woodwork claiming that Hazard is as good as Messi but it is the team that is holding him back or claiming that Stanley Okoro is as good as Hazard .

Nobody is born world class and you don't inherit it like a royal title. You are world class by your performances on the pitch and if for a long stretch of 2,3, 4 years you don't give consistently world class or top quality performances then your status as a world class player is in doubt.

I conclude by asking you if you think Fernando Torres is a world class striker.

eph12:
So we can say a player can be world class this year and the next year he's not, then if he picks up again he becomes world class again?

Being world class is about consistently giving top quality performances. A player who does not do that for 2-3 years straight has stopped being world class and one who does that can be called world class.

You people sha like argument. But wait sef let's be honest Pogba has not fulfilled his half of the bargain as a record signing.

He is not consistent and he still does not play like someone who fully understands the role of a central midfielder. He is neither winning individual awards nor making team of the season selections, and the team has not won much or played consistently well.

If i was a Pogba fanatic i would not be coming here to castigate those who were not all in at the start, because he has not done anything to go wild about.

eph12:
The argument last season wasn't that Lukaku was in same category as Aguero, Kane and co. It was if he was the one making the team play badly.

The guy you are arguing with is a closet megalomaniac.

Oasis007:
Matic has done his best for the Team, he's getting weaker, slower and annoying with ball possession. Either of Perreira or Herreira deserves a look in.

Moreso, Mou should forget playing Lukaku as a leading Striker for now, and perhaps switch the Formation to 4 - 4 - 2 (diamond midfield shape) with FBs operating as WBs.

Martial and Rashford upfront, Sanchez/Mata at the tip of Midfield, Fred as a RM, Pogba as a LM, and Matic/Perreira at the Base.

Less defensive Work gonna bring out the best in both Martial and Rashford IMO.

One thing i hate about our midfield and that makes our play disjointed is playing right footed Pogba at LM and playing left footed Fred at RM.

Even when it is only Pogba and Matic they drift to left and right respectively. Just increases the lack of width in our game.

I think Dayo and Nihilist should debate more. The quality of their amala is better than the one they used to serve at Shitta that year.

raumdeuter:
You already told us that it's a term for strikers who score most of their goals in the box just like every striker

Where does morata score from?

Don’t mind that Canadian plate washer.

Na only for Nairaland person go take failed career dey do yanga.

This serial failure failed as an amateur footballer we no go hear word.

Just imagine him raising shoulder like Kanayo O Kanayo because he couldn’t make it as an amateur footballer and had to swim through Spain and Canada to start washing plates.
Oshi o da ni ile pako.

I like how quickly this guy swam to his own defence.

So Suarez is a fox in the box because he scores most of his goals in the box. Abeg who are these strikers that score most of their goals from outside the box?
I mean the foxes outside the box.

You go fear analysis from Ejiro Omonode. LMAO

raumdeuter:
You know when you hear a fancy phrase and you think you should use it to shine without knowing the meaning

Doki even said Belotti is like a dog in a manger or bambi on ice

More like a shark in the water, he is going to swim his way to victory.