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Papi85:
not possible

why? Otilo?

Can we still get this Adarabioyo guy after Afcon?

Papi85:
Jay Jay Okocha on Maduka Okoye’s exemption from AFCON 🗣️

“The way he has been treated since AFCON 2021, after that fateful Tunisia game, leading to his exclusion from the Eagles, is a mistake. “He is the one keeper that has the type of training and football upbringing that we need in a goalkeeper in the national team. But he is excluded. It’s strange,”

Jay Jay talking my mind.


We are rewarding mediocrity in goal. A key aspect of any winning team/champion. And journalists and sport bloggers are trying to evoke emotional support and manipulation for what should not be. It is sickening.

It shows this guy has long legs aside JPes. Maduka obviously no get long leg reach, thus the omission. Hilarious for us to still be thinking everything with this team is solely merit. But we move sha.


Before someone say this is Pessimistic, when was the last time this department was such a horror that it was decisive in not going to WC? Well.... we move.

Best of luck to them. I really want to see Osimhen bang in stunners and get golden boot

Jodera:
Lol... I don't know if contesting for aerial duels can be taught sha. (Except free headers).

I don't just know if he can step up in that sha (cos I don't really know anyone who's a professional who is bad at header later turned good)

make he still dey avoid am na. He think say na beans? Ucl football go change his OT. Lol

Serious, throbbing QUESTION


When do Nigerian Goalkeepers want to break the EPL club jinx for good?


We see the Senegal and Cameroon doing that but it is like a terror zone, especially for African Gks at large. I can't even id the 1st or last NG keeper to at least make bench in epl club, even if na bottom half team. Is it that bad and tasking? Even if they aren't good enough, those not good enough are still there. So what's the crux for this decades old thing? It is worrisome!!


Modified

Since Yakubu and Osaze, which Nigerian forward(Super Eagles regular) has excelled and left a record in the EPL?

Jodera:
There was a reason I asked you that time how many open play headers have Saka actually scored when you were saying that Saka should leave corner kick duties and compete for headers.



As for Jota, he's is their killer!!.

Jota have been out since due to injury and he's just returning. Ask any Liverpool fan, Jota is always a firm favourite to always start when fit.

Alexis is shorter than him but still use head. I hate when attackers can't use head, especially for empty net. He needs to totally step UP that aspect abeg.

To imagine we were connected to him before Liverpool took over again.

BlueRayDick:
I sensed it was going to happen. But e no make sense say na after we commot FA and Carabao cup we come recall am

This next 5months go be like.... ucl kon dey again.

mostob:
Yea... he is in Dubai. Pensioner sef follow them.

I dunno what to say. Even the Onana talk, i do pray it's not the only January talk we would take as serious.

Marquinhos has been recalled.

Jodera:
True...
There are so many chances a real striker would have converted but it was really wasted.

One thing I noticed is that most of our attackers are always looking for cutbacks. Nobody is attacking the near post, so even if any of our wingers crosses the ball, it'll look as if it's crossed to nobody

Your last line is accurate and our problem. Infact notice that for crosses Kai does, he's looking for saka and not Nketiah or Jesus. That says a lot. Plus why is Saka refusing to use his head? All our losses, he had such big chances but preferred leg. We need this striker so bad simply because of what's at stake.


Nunez is having a turn around that soon, no one will remember he's a chance waster. He's a 9. But he'll still start over a Jota that plays similar to Jesus.

Jodera:
Naaaahhhh, I won't add the Villa game. After their first goal, they hardly threatened and all their whole gameplay didn't work out at all. We had loads and loads of chances to score but we didn't. I mean, on several occasions we cut them open for a direct shot at goal but we fluffed it very well.

Fulham was the game in which we deserved to lose. They bodied us, their game plan was on point and we didn't have any chances at all. If we were clinical, the only match we would have dropped points going by the way we played is Fulham and possibly Liverpool(which to me was a fair draw)

That villa game,that was the Emery plan. His plan worked totally. Asides our bluff. But his plan worked!! Meaning he outsmarted us. Forget any domination talks. Not all domination is a W or ends in W. Some managers just have tiny details that can get them 3points while some sweat over 20 details, overthink them and lose to tiny details. Plus the inability to read and change things during the game too. That killed us. Every time we started a counter vs Villa, we always slowed things down till all purple shirts recovered their shape. That's arrogance!!🤣🤣🤣🤣


End of game: we had loads upon loads of chances, but...

Winners: we did one or two and got the goals. But they came at us hard but we survived


Na by chance?

mostob:
Semi-Haaland can only score if we are creating chances for him.

We are lucky to not be clueless in that regard. Plus the runs of a 9 will make releasing passes faster. We won't need to have all of them behind the ball to start attack. That's the faith.

Samueltemi337:
How dem go take call Orban when he nor dey 40 man list

They no try be dat. Accepted

This man should take the cue and use the last 2 slots to call up orban and co abeg. What kind of badluck is this? Smh

Hausa:
Without a strong Odegaard backup, we'll be in 55.

He's the key to everything. But he doesn't have the grit to do the job when the heat comes.

Last season i complained about him. Because he was the one restricting himself from doing what we expect him to do. He was always in the spot to shoot at the box 18 centre and he will be looking for a pass despite his mates opening up space for him. He picked up last dozen games of the season but it was late. If he is at full potential, he will be much more than whatever he currently is. That hesitation....

Jodera:
Kai kai spoilt a lot of things Tbh.

What this season just lacks so far is finishers.

I've watched our games again starting from Aston Villa and I noticed that we're not as bad as the way we're made to look(bar the Fulham match). What we just lack was finishing and if we'd done that, all these meltdown wouldn't really have been much.

We need that Spark for goals and we need CF. Especially as you said, to change transition

You go add that Villa game o. They gave Fulham the pattern to use and it worked. That says a lot. Sometimes, it is knowing what to do when plans aren't working as expected that is the Major decider, not if one is better or not. We lacked that in all the losses.

mostob:
Even if you get a 100-goal striker, the problem will still persist. As we dey bash Arteta, the players too should be collecting their own bashing.

Your striker go dey inside box, Ode and Saka will be on the wing dancing atilogwu. Martinelli go dey play rubbish too

Haba na. No exaggerate am na. If we see semi-haaland right now, problem solved. The instincts of a goal scorer like Auba, for example, will help. But we know personnel seriously need step up. I for one will need a White and Zinny upgrade.

Jodera:
Let's get a good striker. Cos I believe that will boost or light up our attack. They need a spark.

But which good striker can we get?
That's the big issue.

As for Toney, Tbh, I'm not too a fan

A striker incoming will automatically help our goals and forward rotations. Jesus doesn't need to be benched. He can play either wings and work well with the actual 9 like Laca and Auba did seasons ago.

One funny thing is Laca made that central attack region from centre circle to pk spot, his own. Since he left, dominating that exact region left with him.🤣

If we can get a goal scorer ONLY, the attacking wahala will reduce from a 88 to a 39. We will just need to change transition style and if it works, it becomes the tweak of the season. Infact a fit Partey and a 9 will be enough goal threat combo from long balls. I really hope we beat this ffp limit. I hate the timing. But Kai arrival was part.


As for Rams, he's still himself. I like that so much. Nelson no just get sense that night.

BlueRayDick:
Why I dey reason Maquinos is because I learnt we might enter FFP trap anytime soon if we keep buying and don't make considerable profit from selling. If we sell maquinors now, we will most likely be selling at a loss except he plays few games for us and other clubs see that he's good enough for them to invest on.

You don accept fate already 🤣🤣🤣

But that doesn't change anything vos impact will be closer to zero. He can't even bench Nelson. To beat this ffp, they should use that Chelsea long contract format. Or has that been revoked?

iamoyindamola:
Saka have been carrying the injury since last season jare
Arteta is a stupid unreasonable coach, this whole kai deal just makes it painful because we never expected it
Do we need him absolutely No

Our recruitment too get blame. It now looks like we can't pull top guns like before. We didn't replace these 3. Now, Xhaka is unreplaced too. Auba too.


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robosky02:
Na Jose Peseiro face dey cause all this injuries

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Did you see the GK training? Im super unimpressed. It's disheartening.

Kog45:
According to Sadiq he is okay,just knock.

i just confirmed 🙌🏿

Make our camp no turn injury central abeg

iamoyindamola:
When we have a stupid coach with no brain of his own nko

I hate that he refuses to see that those two are Emery's legacy sorta. What is his own legacy for the wings since he arrived? 🤦🏿‍♂️

BlueRayDick:
I thought everyone knew, I knew before the match that he's been battling achilles injury. I read it sometimes last week, himself and one other player I can't remember now.

If we can sell Nelson, buy someone else and maybe recall Maquinos if he has improved(Although I didn't follow his progress while on loan sha )

Not everyone knew it was Achilles though.

Haba now.. you still on this low budget guy coming through? He hasn't improved nothing. Maq what?😂😂

Kog45:
He got a knock against Guinea and unable to train with the team,unlikely to feature against Equatorial Guinea except if he train today cuz knock in a game should not be something to worry about.

Moffi and Iheanacho are not available for selection cuz they will arrived camp this weekend which mean Nigeria have Osimhen and Sadiq

My my. This is not looking sweet.

MetalJigsaw:
He's fine

Ah. Better then👏🏿

Jodera:
Lol... Ex Madrid academy player.

Omorr, this guy is mid. How the hell are we looking at him?

Either we get a striker on loan(UCL football go sweet any 9 if they arent in it currently) or just get someone to make Saka chill.

BlueRayDick:
I think selling Nketiah will help our books sef cos he is home-grown, we don't need to do subtraction and addition to get his actual value. Whatever value we sell him will be his real value. If players like Watkins or Bowen get injury, na to sell him give them for good money.

I think Viera had been nursing injury before the red card incident sha. I won't mind if we can sell Nelson too and buy somebody else. Nelson just seem to have his progress stalled for like forever and it's neither helping his career nor our team.

Talking of Injury, i'm seriously scared for Saka. During the Liverpool game, the commentator said he's been managing an Achilles injury for weeks. I didn't like the sound of that. It is better we get a backup now. If that guy gets injured, we should just forget it!!! Dunno why this guy doesn't want to get that Lens winger that gave us problems in France.

If it comes down to Vlahovic vs Calvert Lewin, i will pick the latter anyday. That Vlahovic no even reach half of Osimhen. Not even that Kvara. So why go for him? I feel it's one of the negatives of the latter part of Wenger years-getting strikers that would NEVER score 20goals in a season in EPL. Na curse?

Daninya33:
Sadiq Umar is injured

nawa o. Who's up to replacement? 🤦🏿‍♂️

Kog45:
Pls,annoying showings?last Afcon he had a goal,assist and MOTM.I don't think losing to Tunisia should rubbish other good things about him.

It's left for Peseiro to bring the best out of his players.

I remember but wasn't impressed. Especially since that tournament. Qualifiers and all. The showing is indeed annoying. Something similar to Martinelli of Arsenal.

No be this Pes go bring out anything o. I've come to terms with that.

MetalJigsaw:
You're not honest oga. Why leave out Lookman and Chuks who have been doing far worse than him. Seems like you didn't watch our last three games.

The focus is on just him. If we want to talk about all the wingers, that is not hard to do. But he's a senior member of the setup by now. And by last afcon, we should not be seeing those annoying showings.

Truidstarr:
Moses Simon is the most annoying SE player we have, he can’t just seem to do the simple things. One on one with the on rushing goal keeper, rather than chip the ball; he plays direct at the goal keeper. Misses a simple penalty. Out of 10 crosses from the wing… 9 are rubbish. He can dribble the whole field; yet his final ball leaves a lot to be desired.

You know him!!! If he thinks he will get away with abysmal showings, he never chee chumtin. We want to see something different and as a long term member of the team, he should be past all those shenanigans. We'll see.

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