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Everyone except the Saliba we missed so bad that year


Kon be like rotation.

This Tomiyasu though. That's like a year's worth of games. Time up abeg!!

BankyGee:
I don't think that what happened according to how I watched it, I think he wasn't reacting to the foul, he saw who fouled him.

I think the other player he attacked said something annoying to him while he was on the floor. You know how Osimhen dey when them foul am na, he go dey ground for like 7 seconds before he stand up 😏 but yesterday he just sprang up as that guy bend towards am.

Maybe that's what happened, maybe it wasn't, but that's exactly what it looked like...

He actually said something to him. An insult or a racist remark. Cos the way Osimhen refused to back down despite the ref and teammates on him shows that guy said something.

mine3112:
Even unborn baby knows that Salah is ahead of Saka. Saka will get better as time goes.

I had to read what he said twice before i realized he's saying Saka>>>Salah

Chaiiiii chaiiiiiii🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️
The most consistent player in the epl that to even dey hype am don die down, and majorly cos City dey dominate o

Spy360:
Salah is not a traditional striker FYI. We have Saka who is even better.

wait, why are you stating the obvious about Salah?

Spy360:
Liverpool have lost some steam...

Salah on 27goals with 8games left is unbelievable. Guy has carried that team like buns on his head. Without his goals, Liverpool will be where Everton is on the table. I hope we get our own Salah, even if we have other reliable options. Anything wey go make Mo siddon for pitch like Gabu did days back, na wahala

3 Gunners on 6 goals. Saka was out for months. See Iwobi and Delap ahead of our boys. Chai. Saka would have been chasing Salah if he was on those months. The rest nee to step up gan. Esp captain.

Aribo and Ndidi go dey do best among the worst for epl there. Lol

Deltamani:
That Coaching aspect just Dey annoy me… Like what is Justin Madugu doing there??

If you can’t get a foreign expertise coach for the team give them a seasoned Ex-international who’s a Coach!

Imagine Justin saying he’s building the SuperFalcons team, same team that Randy Left in a Compact state…

Nff fit say money no dey 2 weeks to wafcon. Something they supposed begin plan for since last month. They'll delay till a few weeks. Mtchew

Nobody wan dey tok much since February sha.

If na last year, post match discussion go reach like 2 more pages.😂😂😂😂

Now, game finish, e go remain on the same page till the next game. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Arteta you do this one sha

Deltamani:
She’s getting better but still very much behind the likes T Payne, JOE in that Position. She really need to step up real quick as Chinaza Uchendu another attacking midfielder is also getting back to her usual form after the ACL injury that kicked her out over a year.. The younger ones are also rising…

Anyway the good thing is we have options to pick on when the need arises.

Sure. Options plenty. It's a good situation. It now remains manager that can mix all to cook a sweet, aromatic broth.

She doesn't need to pause because decision making. A pacy winger or 9 would flourish with her style of play. Also selfless.

We have to manage the squad away at Everton. Those guys are rough. I don't want stories that touch sha.

They better get their heads right

Odegaard
MLS and Trossard


We don't needd nonsense showing vs Madrid abeg

MLS just dey off this game. I dunno. Always caught back foot. That was a cheap goal mehn.

Deltamani:
Esther Onyenezide


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmsTd-Dgjio?si=m3-5lqXNxVxEIJmm

2nd goal shows she's improving on her decision making near the box. 👍🏽👏🏽👏🏽😎

All Mendy and Rudiger needs to study is the foolishness of Odegaard anytime we counter attack. Guy will sail into the wings when there full space in the centre zone and then pause, turn back, pass back and remain in the wings.

Is the idea to just rush forward to simply gain possession high up? Is that it? 🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️

That move alone dey confuse Nwaneri who has to now decide to stick to the touchline or drift into a free zone in the middle. That's a lucky goal. I hope Martinelli gets his.

Sad about this key injuries right now at CB. Berta will see that and start preparing for backup to either of those 2. Make Vini no kon use that game rediscover form abeg.

Timber too

Amedino99:
thought a spot was opened after a Mexican club was withdrawn due to ownership ties with another club in the competition

😂

All the sport journos on twitter were playing April's Fool Sports Version today na. I didn't fall for all of that. There's even one that Partey tackle Saka and Saka is out for rest of the season. 😂😂😂😂

I expected all that today.

If the money being made at this stage is not enough motivation to NPFL clubs, stakeholders, owners, to strive to do well and at least increase NPFL caf points on the continent, then OYO

Happy New Month everyone.

joelsteron:
Sorry man
Just last one, kindly ensure Chelle see this..


Bring on Bafana Bafana

Ndidi beside Iwobi? Really🌚😒

Successlane:
She's very popular in her constituency.
With free and fair election Natasha will ALWAYS win Kogi central LAND SLIDE.

I know Natasha well. The funny road clownish move by the last governor was archaic, and so precolonial a move. This one is his stooge anyway.

I hate how stooges fill up governor slots nowadays. Under OBJ, governors were forces. Now she's not even a governor yet but see how she's a problem for them all.

Roland17:
I just need him to balance the squad through effective utilization of resources and a pragmatic approach to transfers. Our current squad is massively imbalanced.

i asked Grok to analyze all 3 without the influence of bloggers and media. Looks like Isak is the fit straight into philosophy las las. Osimhen next then Gyokeres. But that chances missed is Osimhen issue, while injury affects the other two more, shockingly.

Roland17:
We need someone who can standup to Arteta. I read Arteta wanted Rosicky but the club went for A. Beta. I just hope he can look at our squad holistically, see the gross imbalance and address them over the next 2 transfer windows.

I learnt it was Berta that got Alvarez. Simeone didn't really see the need. If we know how simeone is specific eh. He's more specific than Arteta but Berta had the way and Look what tha guy is doing for Simeone's haram football. It has a tweak already.


I believe he will do same at Emirates.

Just watched a clip of 20 last freekicks of Odegaard.



I hope Berta gets a superb freekick specialist this window.


20 Kicks
Only 2 land for keeper hand(soft catch)
13 hit the wall
5 to the stands


This used to be an integral part of our game pre COVID-19.

Lwkm


This State can't even prove for once that they can ignore this woman. Every move from the Governors so far is proof that she's a force to reckon with. Perhaps, they can't pull such a crowd aside political season. Smh

MSGAMBLE9:
The swamp is one thing and missing glaring chances from Russo and Frida cost us dearly...

The main reason we lost the first leg is our half-baked coach Renne moving our best and most potent attacking threat ( Candentey) away from her favoured position (no 10) and putting her on the wing, same thing she did in Chelsea game... How do you put your best player out of position all in name of accomodating Cross...

CK has been good so far... She is Euro-driven.

I can't dare insult Renee. Half baked ke? Where and how? She makes mistakes def. But half baked? Naaah. I've seen two games she experimented crap and she shapali corrected it in the 2nd half. Arteta struggles with this aspect(seeing something is not working in 1st half and changing it in 2nd half).

Berta don start better thing.

He loves strikers, meaning one will arrive just by his browser history.

I'm feeling the Isak vs Gyokeres back and forth. Put tension and reduce the shakara from any of the two. And if they wan form, Osimhen is there.

I can't even dare to lift my face at this u17 afcon that Nigeria is not playing at. 🥶🥶🥶🥶🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️

Shame on all of them at NFF.

Na when academy don dey plenty with acclaim, we are now absent??

Joebie:
we have an NFF technical director that should know this. While you want to go for a coach that has this style dominant in thier resume, you also want one that still has some level of dynamism in his approach, that will not only sustain what we have been calling for since Rohr era (3-5-2) but build on it based on new players profile that become available.

Our problem is continuity and NFF should get the knocks. They choose the coach, if the coach fails, they fail because they should have a firm knowledge about who we are as a country how we have that played, and how we want to play. Those are the things to consider when choosing a coach. Chelle seems foreign to 3-5-2. I think he may have started more cautiously and later transition to his style as the right profiles become available, if they aren't already.

I see it more as Nff going for what fits their rigid and archaic philosophy. Their arrogance on this 442 has influenced decisions making. To the extent that they turn this team to a lab. They should getat abeg.


442 wey no fit make us do wetin Ghana and Morocco do for World Cup. Mtchew.

442 na virus to this SE. There's some obsession with it that is attached to the 1994 set that runs admin today. I dunno. E dey bkock road i no go lie.

semid4lyfe:
Since the final days of Gernot Rohr, the Super Eagles have struggled defensively, finding it difficult to keep a clean sheet.

◾Sierra Leone came from behind to draw 4-4 in Benin City.
◾Benin Republic defeated us 1-0 in Porto-Novo.
◾Cape Verde beat us 2-1 in Mindelo.
◾Central African Republic stunned us 1-0 in Lagos.
◾Cape Verde held us to a 1-1 draw in Lagos.

Even under José Peseiro, the same defensive frailties persisted, with the team conceding goals to supposed african minnows we should have handled comfortably:

◾Nigeria 2-1 Sierra Leone
◾Nigeria 0-1 Guinea-Bissau
◾Sierra Leone 2-3 Nigeria
◾Mozambique 2-3 Nigeria
◾Nigeria 1-1 Lesotho
◾Zimbabwe 1-1 Nigeria
◾Guinea 2-0 Nigeria

The breaking point came at AFCON when we drew 1-1 with Equatorial Guinea. That was when Peseiro finally acknowledged we had a defensive problem.

His solution? Switch to a five-man defense—three center-backs and two wing-backs (Ajayi, Ekong, Bassey, Aina, and Zaidu). The result? A vastly improved defense that didn't concede until the semi-finals.

Finidi George should have stuck with that system, but instead, he let armchair analysts dictate his tactics with their "You can't play five at the back against African minnows." "The best teams in the world play a back four", "Our strength is in our attack"etc nonsense talk, And so, he reverted to a four-man defense —conceding three goals in two games and managing just one point.

Now, enter Eric Chelle. After two games, he already looks like a rigid coach stuck on playing a 4-4-2 diamond—even with the wrong personnel. If we were to face Spain or Argentina, I wouldn’t be surprised if he stubbornly sticks to the same 4-4-2.

His squad selection also raises eyebrows. Dropping Frank Onyeka from the 23-man squad makes me wonder if he even reviewed our AFCON matches. How do you watch those games and decide Onyeka isn’t needed? He was our midfield engine—running, marking, covering every blade of grass, harassing opponents non-stop.

Even his lineup choices are questionable. Sticking with the same starting XI from the Rwanda game against Zimbabwe suggests he didn’t study the Rwanda match properly. If he had, Chukwueze, Osayi, and Ndidi shouldn’t have started against Zimbabwe.

Furthermore. his game management seems poor. Sometimes, 1 goal is enough. The team just needs to play defensively, park the bus, protect the lead and grind out the result.

Moving forward, Eric Chelle must be dynamic and show tactical flexibility, play players in their best positions, make bold decisions, and bench underperformers when necessary. The Super Eagles cannot afford another tactically stubborn coach.

South Africa scares me. That team is more or less a club team so their understanding and chemistry is high.

They press, mark, joggle and pass the ball well. They're a well drilled team.

If I were Eric Chelle, I'll go full Italian Catenaccio on their asses by adopting and playing a tactical formation that prioritizes a solid defense, disciplined man-marking and counter attacks.

Super Eagles have to beat SA in SA, there's no other way.

Cc: Dave P

(Drop pen as nothing to write much again)

To beat SA, we need to use the Peseiro Afcon approach with a tweak. Dazall. The one he used vs SA. It worked. It frustrated them to the core. It made then lose spirit till the PK. That game won't go to pk if we buried some chances towards the end too.

The irony is none of the managers since Pes has done anything tangible about the backline really. No fresh legs to make Ekong and Bassey sit out. Those two have started how games together now? Omo.

Do you see Chelle using the Peseiro approach with a little tweak vs SA? Massive defending and counter attack. For what it's worth, 3 player have earned their place on the bench and it is up to Chelle to find replacements aspa before September comes.

Chuks
Ndidi
Osayi


He should stop wasting that 9 slot abeg and get more midfielders in the fray. If anything happens to Iwobi, e no go good o. But play that guy advanced and scream down his neck to get back his shooting at goal boots. Guy wan dey do like low budget Odegaard when it comes to shooting. Very annoying.

MSGAMBLE9:
Little played well and Russo nearly cost the match cos all Kelly dangerous crosses were lacking connection due to been absent in the box especially in first half...Blactenius would eat those delightful cross for dinner...

FOR Lyon Ada is hitting form at wrong time for us unfortunately ever since she was returned to her favourite role (no 10)... and for their defense Russo is not particularly ruthless I remember Chelsea and Liverpool games ( FA cup) her profligacy cost us dearly

I do pray this is the rejuvenated form sha. Black dey disappear too o. Ehh. I remember well under Jonas.

Madrid messed up by that swamp they used in 1st leg. Lol

I guess overall, the arrival of Chloe on that wing is a blessing really.