AUNZ Round of 16 Preview :How Nigeria can pull an Independence Day

Nigeria have had a wonderful start to this year’s World Cup, an opening day 0–0 draw with Canada followed by a 3–2 comeback over hosts Australia to get the vibes going. However a failure to send debutants Ireland home pointless with a 0–0 draw means upon escaping Her Majesties’ Group of Death they’ve booked an appointment with the Queen herself and will be taking on much fancied European champions England in Brisbane. The defensively robust Falcons will be facing on a side that put 6 past their last opponents so lets take a look at how they might claim another scalp.

Sarina Weigman’s side were very well known for fielding the same XI in every game in their run to the Euros title last year. However life is dynamic and has forced Weigman to be the same; a middling opening game performance led to some turn over in the second wherein they lost superstar metronome Kiera Walsh, leading to a whole system change in their final group game. It’s uncertain if there will be changes once again seeing as Weigman has confirmed Walsh’s availability but considering how rampant they were last time out, and a desire to have Walsh recover properly, we’ll assume Wiegman will stick to her shiny new guns.

Having lost Walsh (and prior opponents figuring them out prior to that), England have had to rethink their progression plan no longer playing through the center of the pitch choosing to utilize their wingbacks as the main strategy. In build up the CFs will pin the defenisve line back and the WBs will stay high and wide on both flanks to stretch the pitch thus the opposition block can’t access all threats without losing compactness. Meanwhile the centre backs will circulate the ball along the back line occasionally bouncing the ball of a midfielder who’ll drop in front of the defensive block with the aim of forcing the block to tilt to one side allowing Bright/Greenwood find the opposite wingback in space. This switch would then bait the FB to confront and since there are 2 forwards to pin the CBs they would be unable to cover allowing the WB to play into a massive gap in the channel that the 8 or CF can attack and then get a cross or cut back in. These crosses were England’s primary form of chance creation with them attempting 17 in total, 10 from their CFs/8s and 5 from WBs. The danger of the WBs coming in from the fullbacks blind side at the farpost along with 2 other targets in the box made them a very credible threat with half the goals against China coming from open play crossing scenarios. If the English CBs were unable to find the deep pass for the WBs then the near side one would drop to support usually creating two avenues; either the defensive block tried to close them down freeing up the far side WB or the nearside 8/CF would promptly attack the vacated wide channel (should note that on the left Lauren James would occasionally make the drop to allow Daly attack depth).

Visualization of the aforementioned English attacking plan
How England utilize their wingbacks to create chances
Pass action map for Bronze and Daly vs China
You can see the two main actions the English wingbacks took part in, circulation (blue) and passes down the line (yellow). From Opta
Their other main offensive threat was the counter press, they were very ruthless at winning the ball back and closing down passing options. When high and wide in final third England’s WCBs, Carter and Greenwood, would be high up the pitch as a passing option but their primary directive seemed to be to immediately press up on China’s attack outlet on that wing when possession was lost. The rest of the England team would also pick off possible passing options while trying to herd the Chinese player into as much English traffic as possibly, even if the ball wasn’t won it would buy time for the far side WB to retreat and form a back 4. However they did still let China through due to the centrebacks aggressive nature leading to space in behind though Millie Bright was up to the task of sweeping in behind. England spent majority of the time off the ball counter pressing (25%) or in transition (33%).




England’s Turnovers, Regains and Pressure maps vs China. The high number of actions in wide areas are of note, especially the pressures from behind on the left wing where Bronze was always quick to recover
Based on the above I would have Nigeria line up in their usual 4–2–3–1. Nnadozie and the back 4 of Plumptre, Demehin, Ohale and Alozie retain their places along with Ayinde, Ucheibe and Payne. I’d have Ajibade start in the role she’s shown the most promise in, on the left. The last 2 spots are were things might get contentious. Uchenna Kanu has done a solid job in the last 2 games scoring against Australia and coming closest to breaking the deadlock with the Irish however Monday’s cameo showed better qualities towards the plan in mind. At 9 dropping Oshoala would be big call but I’d rather have Super Zee come in as a super sub and finish the game on the pitch considering the questions about her fitness. Desire Oparanozie would have been my first choice but with little news on whether she's fit enough to play Onumonu is good enough stand-in for reasons we’ll get to later.

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AUNZ Round of 16 Preview :How Nigeria can pull an Independence Day

Nigeria have had a wonderful start to this year’s World Cup, an opening day 0–0 draw with Canada followed by a 3–2 comeback over hosts Australia to get the vibes going. However a failure to send debutants Ireland home pointless with a 0–0 draw means upon escaping Her Majesties’ Group of Death they’ve booked an appointment with the Queen herself and will be taking on much fancied European champions England in Brisbane. The defensively robust Falcons will be facing on a side that put 6 past their last opponents so lets take a look at how they might claim another scalp.

Sarina Weigman’s side were very well known for fielding the same XI in every game in their run to the Euros title last year. However life is dynamic and has forced Weigman to be the same; a middling opening game performance led to some turn over in the second wherein they lost superstar metronome Kiera Walsh, leading to a whole system change in their final group game. It’s uncertain if there will be changes once again seeing as Weigman has confirmed Walsh’s availability but considering how rampant they were last time out, and a desire to have Walsh recover properly, we’ll assume Wiegman will stick to her shiny new guns.

Having lost Walsh (and prior opponents figuring them out prior to that), England have had to rethink their progression plan no longer playing through the center of the pitch choosing to utilize their wingbacks as the main strategy. In build up the CFs will pin the defenisve line back and the WBs will stay high and wide on both flanks to stretch the pitch thus the opposition block can’t access all threats without losing compactness. Meanwhile the centre backs will circulate the ball along the back line occasionally bouncing the ball of a midfielder who’ll drop in front of the defensive block with the aim of forcing the block to tilt to one side allowing Bright/Greenwood find the opposite wingback in space. This switch would then bait the FB to confront and since there are 2 forwards to pin the CBs they would be unable to cover allowing the WB to play into a massive gap in the channel that the 8 or CF can attack and then get a cross or cut back in. These crosses were England’s primary form of chance creation with them attempting 17 in total, 10 from their CFs/8s and 5 from WBs. The danger of the WBs coming in from the fullbacks blind side at the farpost along with 2 other targets in the box made them a very credible threat with half the goals against China coming from open play crossing scenarios. If the English CBs were unable to find the deep pass for the WBs then the near side one would drop to support usually creating two avenues; either the defensive block tried to close them down freeing up the far side WB or the nearside 8/CF would promptly attack the vacated wide channel (should note that on the left Lauren James would occasionally make the drop to allow Daly attack depth).

Visualization of the aforementioned English attacking plan
How England utilize their wingbacks to create chances
Pass action map for Bronze and Daly vs China
You can see the two main actions the English wingbacks took part in, circulation (blue) and passes down the line (yellow). From Opta
Their other main offensive threat was the counter press, they were very ruthless at winning the ball back and closing down passing options. When high and wide in final third England’s WCBs, Carter and Greenwood, would be high up the pitch as a passing option but their primary directive seemed to be to immediately press up on China’s attack outlet on that wing when possession was lost. The rest of the England team would also pick off possible passing options while trying to herd the Chinese player into as much English traffic as possibly, even if the ball wasn’t won it would buy time for the far side WB to retreat and form a back 4. However they did still let China through due to the centrebacks aggressive nature leading to space in behind though Millie Bright was up to the task of sweeping in behind. England spent majority of the time off the ball counter pressing (25%) or in transition (33%).




England’s Turnovers, Regains and Pressure maps vs China. The high number of actions in wide areas are of note, especially the pressures from behind on the left wing where Bronze was always quick to recover
Based on the above I would have Nigeria line up in their usual 4–2–3–1. Nnadozie and the back 4 of Plumptre, Demehin, Ohale and Alozie retain their places along with Ayinde, Ucheibe and Payne. I’d have Ajibade start in the role she’s shown the most promise in, on the left. The last 2 spots are were things might get contentious. Uchenna Kanu has done a solid job in the last 2 games scoring against Australia and coming closest to breaking the deadlock with the Irish however Monday’s cameo showed better qualities towards the plan in mind. At 9 dropping Oshoala would be big call but I’d rather have Super Zee come in as a super sub and finish the game on the pitch considering the questions about her fitness. Desire Oparanozie would have been my first choice but with little news on whether she's fit enough to play Onumonu is good enough stand-in for reasons we’ll get to later.

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Rorschach1:
If Daredevil is really going to show up in Spider-Man 3, I wonder if Cox will play the same Netflix version or a new Marvel version.

I hope he plays the Netflix version.

If anyone from TV deserves to enter the films its Cox. He acted his ass off and made the Defenders possible.

So I have watched The New Mutants a few time so now and im starting to really like it

The movie has a nice bit of heart and I liked it introducing horror and super natural elements to the Fox-verse. Fox should have just released on it’s original date a sequel the quasi-sequel to Logan it was meant to be.

I really like the final fight with the Demon Bear which considering the budget is mad, but has a nice ring behind it. And also I love the cast, kudos for the first same sex couple in a CBM.

If the rumours are true and the MCU is up for keeping some Fox-verse actors, I wouldn’t mind them keeping this cast at all, but especially Anya Taylor-Joy as Magik.

webhead:
So, who do you guys think is the villian of the Wanda-vision series.

I would say it is Agatha harkness.

there's a scene in episode 2 where she tells Wanda to act unnaturally around Donny. but Wanda thinks she should just be herself.

Agatha is utterly shocked when Wanda says "or maybe I could just be myself"--- which might mean that Agatha wants Wanda to live a false life, that's why she trapping her in a fake world. (even though it's what Wanda has always wanted).

in the comics, Agatha is a very powerful witch. she even teaches Wanda how to use her powers.

this is just speculation, so I might be wrong.

I am doubtful. I mean, I do agree that Agnes is almost certainly Agatha, but the thing is, she consistently pokes and prods and involves herself in Wanda's life, makes odd asides, and just generally. . . calls attention to the seams, at least indirectly.


If Agnes were actively trying to keep Wanda trapped, she wouldn't be doing most of the things she's doing.

She's probably on the side of the light, she's just as ensnared by the reality bubble as the two main heroes are, more or less.

1000WaysToLive:
Don't you guys think it's scary how no Marvel Studios product has ever been widely panned by critics?


The MCU is the most critically acclaimed franchise in history so far,. even Pixar has had a stinker with Cars 2 with 39% on RT


Unfortunately there's a first time for everything. I wonder when that will happen for Marvel.

Captain Marvel 2? *ducks* ( No, I don't seriously think that. I did not like Captain Marvel, but if anything I expect the sequel to be a better movie. )

If I had to make a serious guess, honestly, I'm really worried about Spider-man 3. They seem to be cramming so much stuff into it, that doesn't thematically fit with the arc of the solo movies so far, but does fit with shamelessly aping into the spiderverse along with cramming every drop of fan service into it. That does not bode well when Sony still has joint custody. It might turn out to be a Ragnarok-style tone shift that totally works and is awesome, but I think its far more likely to be an incoherent dumpster fire.

This is sooo painful a news. Never even knew he was battling with Cancer. RIP Your Highness

MJBOLT:

i no see my month

Nawa

Flash

Flash

MJBOLT:

A female Thor is a terrible idea for the MCU,a lot of fans including me do not like the idea and have grown to love Hemsworth's Thor.
Marvel should just scrap the idea and give us something like a Gorr the god butcher storyline

I'm not among o. I'm actually interested to see how Marvel will handle the female Thor. I trust them enough

100naira:
Female Thor anyone? I'm personally not digging it and definitely not looking forward to love and thunder plus Portman doesn't look like an action hero at all.

Also rumors that Hemsworth isn't too happy about being replaced although there's talk that he will stay on beyond love and thunder and there will be two thors

Honestly I have no doubts about Love & Thunder

With Taika at the helm i trust him to take the best out of his cast.

In Ragnarok one of the many highlights where the caracter work and how well they played off each other. Give Natalie Portman some more depth and drama so she can really make a statement.

I don't actually see anything wrong with the game . It's perfectly alright to me

The only thing this game is missing is the ability to character swap while the entire the team is available . I'm fine with individual missions but they should allow for a character wheel give you the option to toggle options.

AfricaGalactic:
Just a kid from Queens

Hmmm. A young Chris Evans would have made a dope Peter Parker

Mad oo

pu7pl3:


2 avengers members there(Ironman and Cap)

Spidey

The F4

And one X-Men member Storm

I still vaguely remember this episode

Lol. Man I can never forget the 90s

My Avengers

Kaycee7:
This is funny coming from someone who picked Brie Larson.

Like I said, to each His own

pu7pl3:


They should thank Cottonmouth

You're welcome

Lala39:

Imagine if there were 5 years between the release of Infinity War and Endgame because of the virus . And if theatres were closed for 5 years along with everything else.

Lol abeg. Endgame would have been leaked in between those five years

Nickshrapnel:
If you know the way I'm looking at cottonmouth ehn, how can you ignore this beauty called Olsen

Ahn ahn nau

I didn't mean to ignore her. The competition was just too fierce for her

Vic2Ree:

Those are nice babylons. LoL! I still say ScarJo is hotter. But come on guys, no love for Olsen?

Olsen is alright. But the competition is tough

1000WaysToLive:
Sigh

And let the arguments begin!!!

Nah! It's a Marvelous Sunday. Let's keep the thread holy

MJBOLT:

brie larson has nice boobs sha I remember seeing her nudes last year

Yup. I equally remember

MJBOLT:

ScarJo with the Almighty booty

Hmmm. To each his own bro

MJBOLT:

the only threats there are Superman and doomsday, the rest go receive beating

I know. I just wanna see it happen LIVE and DIRECT

Elder0001:

I wonder the kind of weed the owner of one punch man was smoking when he named it one punch man. only goku alone will stomp him to the extent he’ll change his name to fifty punch man.

On OPM's wiki page I think they said something about Saitama being a satire for overpowered fictional characters. He can never be beaten . The writers can add any ridiculous power to his already ridiculous powerset