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between the players and officials i don't know why they always like to make us a public spectacle reinforcing stereotypes about african countries i thought all this nonsense had finally stopped

Humility017:
and to think that one NFF boss is the chairman of AFCON organising committee shows an hypocrite.

I am ashamed of our leaders...to be honest.
no shame at all.....

goodjoe my guy you know he will never gree na even at point of death abeg for the sake of this thread if he replies you just jump and pass. even if he claims TT is better than Maldini.

just use the O.K. version 2.0 according to frank donga lol

TheGoodJoe:
There is a difference between last say and someone trying to argue a valid point by posting something that is not conclusive. I just pointed the fact out. Not having the last say. If he has another point to disprove let him do it. Saying dragging for days, that is what the thread is about.

If not we will just leave everything alone and just watch football.

Finito.

chai this burn e hot pass volcano

Curtisaxel7:
Lol. If you were a real Ghanaian I would've taken time to engage you in a debate to compare Nigerian and Ghanaian football. But since you're just an unemployed Igbo man desperately seeking attention on a faceless forum as a way to assuage his ego long damaged by the harsh economic realities of the land, I'll just pass.

A bit of advice for you Sir, go find yourself some sort of employment. Or look for another place to channel your frustration to please, we are not responsible for your condition.

abi atsu ghanaian messi lol

gustav25:
Legend of living In the past ....Watch Atsu swerve one in like he regularly does

safarigirl:
lol....you people should stop disturbing this thread with pictures of this perennial loser before una give our wonderful Super Eagles his bad luck.

If na Mikel dey do birthday, una no go celebrate am, but you can celebrate this international fraud on a thread that is supposed to be for Super Eagles. Take his picture to the Barcelona thread or something for La Abiceleste before I report you for derailing the thread

AHN AHN why are you so Ash!?

should Aina in LB or go back to RB once collins is fit questions questions. i think balogun should come into the starting line up if he's fit. he brings more calmness and decisiveness when he's in defence. from what i saw of the guineans they are very pacy, they like to play a high line which might change because of us. defence looks porous seem susceptible also to pace and wing play. rohr will have to do better tactics wise cos the guineans will sure not be scared of us. H2H it seems favours them however we have the tools to be them hands down

TheGoodJoe:
Chelsea average then? Lol. It shows you lack understanding of football then.

First of all, Chelsea had some of the finest players in the game that period. Off the top of my head I can call Vialli, Gullit, Tore Andre Flo, Hasselbaink, Gianfranco Zola, Some point, George Weah, Graeme Le Saux, Desailly to mention a few.

The won the Cup Winners Cup in that era, the FA Cup and the UEFA Super Cup and the League Cup. At one point they came second in the league. Chelsea was no average Club at that time. They were big and just needed the EPL crown.

You forgot to add that they play Champions League

andrew444:
Chuks na baller

Everybody just dey throw pass give am

very talented footballer still a bit raw has to build his tactical( that word again lol) brain

Goke7:
wondered why he didn't start the game

I think the players that didn't start are just recovering from illness

Earthquake3:
Some people were questioning why we took Ighalo to Afcon

My brother we have won the match so let's let sleeping dogs lie because whenever I remember that argument to I just shake my head anyway it's all good

oloriooko:
A highly disappointing display by the SE
If Rohr has a plan to get to the finals then he has started on the wrong footing
Our MF is in shambles defence is porous and the goalie is erratic
Like I said b4 the start of the AFCON Nigeria do not look like a finalist

it's early days bro hopefully they will pick up sometimes in competitions of this nature you have to build momentum you don't want to start well and then fizzle out when it matters most keep the faith

Goalkeeper initially started the match well with the save but his jitteriness is still an issue

p. s just seeing that Aina assist again so sexy should be on the cover page of a swimsuit magazine

Good win and three points in the bag however lots of work to be done play still not fluid enough

Nice one ighalo and Aina easily man-of-the-match

gustav25:
Are you done crying ?

yes the Breeze from the trophy room will blow mine dry what about yours

gustav25:
Don't cry ...Dance gwarra on your way home

a w w the many years of trophy less celebrations has left you looking for any Avenue to find joy so trolling us helps you sleep well at night carry on bro at least you can't accuse us of not wanting to help the less privileged

Earthquake3:
This is blasphemy

my brother the kind of blasphemies I have read on this thread

Just coming from Solace Chukwu Twitter handle according to the nff Media officer Samuel has stabilized it wasn't a heart attack he was seriously dehydrated and needed to take on fluids

jihday:
Samuel kalu suffered a heart attack in final training session today, he's currently receiving treatment in a hospital. state of health unknown

horrible news first of all God keep him safe and alive

players are not just better tactically they improve themselves to be better. Cr7 was a good technical winger who scored goals occasionally he later transformed himself tactically through hard work into an amazing goal scorer

look at this example you are good at school you understand stuff easily that's technical ability. now a student who has natural ability to know stuff at school doesn't stop there he burned the midnight oil to read further and improve himself.

iSlayer:
Attributes like positioning is and judgement are things some players are just better at. Does that make them "tactical" players?

tactical ability has to do with your spatial awareness, your judgment (i.e knowing when to press or drop back), positioning, movement. how do you think the best strikers score so many goals? it's because they have mastered the tactical aspects of the game knowing when to make runs to evade opposition defenders. knowing that even though he has the technical ability to dribble his opponent a simple pass to a free team mate is more efficient and devastating

iSlayer:
There's hardly anything like a tactical player. Tactical aspect of the game has to do with the TEAM PLAY, How the team uses the space of the pitch together in a coordinated manner, What shape the team takes when in possession and when not in possession. How the coach can harness the abilities of the individual players. The Playing Style of the team - Long Balls, Possession Play, Counter Attack etc.


How then TheGoodJoe can a single player be 'tactical'?

icon baba you didn't even congratulate me for having faith in the girls

Icon4s:
No be me you wan take back to mathematics class

My complementary Function and Particular integrals now na how to count money

forgiveness is right on this one

Mickael2:
Let's vote sha.

Abeg Earthquake3 andrew444 Chriskels safarigirl humility icon4s basco theGoodJoe Dann(can't remember the full name now sha, the Liverpool guy), and everyone else viewing this thread:

Who is more technical between Ronaldinho and Xavi

goodjoe you should be issuing invoice for this free tutorial you've said it all. xavi though technically capable relied more on his tactical acumen which is a harder aspect of the game to master. players can be born with all the technical ability in the world but if they lack that tactical intelligence they will never reach the very top. okocha great technically but below average tactically. mikel above average technically very good tactically

TheGoodJoe:
I think is just a misconception. Technique is what we refer as skills while tactical play relies more in a broaden understanding of the team play.

It is a fact that tactical players are taking over but I think it has been a norm but underrated. From Oliseh, Effenberg, Ballack, Pirlo, Scholes, Xabi Alonso, Lampard, Gerard, Roy Keane, Cambiasso, Vieira and a host of others were equally as important as the technical guys like Recoba, Overmars, Ronald De Boer, Okocha etc.

However, in the modern game, there is more emphasis on tactical play and the need for more tactical coherency. For instance, we see Zinchenko who is more tactical than technical playing as a full back. Thus, increasing the need for tactical precision.

City still relies on technical forwards like Aguero, Gabby Jesus, Sterling, Sane and Mahrez to break down defences. But, they are trained to be more tactical than technical to promote unison in tactical displays of the players to improve the team's tactical performance.

Argentina Argentina Argentina

TheGoodJoe:
Don't rush him O!, don't rush him, don't rush him.

Emeka Emeka you see am

barackodam:
I don't understand o. At the bolded.....

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nice photos but hope we are not there for best dressed like the last world cup o!

Danycrusoe:
First time in 6 years a Nigerian jersey will have the Afcon badge

portugal beat croatia (future world cup finalists) beat an inform welsh team that had defeated favourites belgium so it wasn't smooth sailing to the finals for portugal like you are making it seem

italy finished 3rd in their group in USA 94 got to the finals. Argentina finished 3rd in their group in italia 90 got to the final so what is your point?

Mickael2:
You do understand that in 2016, Portugal actually finished 3rd in their group. Then was it not Wales they faced in the semifinals? Luckily escaping the big teams on their way to the final, in the final I think Griezman missed a penalty or was it a seater and Portugal won in extra time. Take away that best loser spot Portugal would not have qualified at all, then had it been they faced better teams they wouldn't have qualified either, in the Copa America if you rank third you are going home. Then in the UNL they faced Switzerland and Netherlands, no Spain, Germany, France, Beligium even England, I am not sure I get the point behind that UNL honestly.

icon79 o pari baba would just pass out

iSlayer:

VAR as a concept is very welcome but as long as biased humans are still behind the system making the calls it will generate controversy all the time. like the mancity example you rightly noted why was the angle showing lorente handballing omitted? or yesterday why was the angle showing the french players encroaching on goal during the retaken pen not shown? still a lot of opacity about the system

TheGoodJoe:
VAR should stay. It is the best thing to happen to football. Just that those behind it are using it for corrupt means. Get high grade monitoring of VAR and it will shine.

There should be a referee in the VAR room that reviews contentious calls from all angles and relates it to the referee. The angles that show clearly the incident should be displayed o. The screen and to the viewers at home. The referee should review calls he is not comfortable with.

Finito.

Burundi will unsurprisingly look difficult to breakdown from their pre AFCON results i've seen so far. sharpness and effective use of the wings will be key.