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lbrichman2:
You want to interpret that as pride?

The fan boys that are defending osihmen actions by insinuating people are dunking on him is laughable. This isn't an isolated incident,he has been doing it consistently for a long time now and several times during games. Against Gabon he had the whole pitch to run and score in the dying minute,he missed it,didn't anyone get in his face? They all encouraged him and moved on. If his teammates make mistakes he should talk to them with respect. We are still dealing with Nwabali horrible attitude we can't afford another one. Have two players with terrible attitudes at the same time is a recipe for disaster

His head is not correct. So many chances other players have created for him and he missed it,did anyone get in his face?.players can make mistakes and wrong decisions so what's the big deal. So because they didn't pass to you you decide to stop making runs and then ask to be substituted and now also storming off to the dressing room,is that acceptable behavior. He's not the only one that has emotions,he should manage it properly like any right thinking adult.

Subzero0477:
Yes I'm defending Osimhen because Lookman frustrated me too especially in the first half, Osimhen would run his ass off to create spaces and chances but when it comes to Lookmans turn he will try to turn every touch into a shot on goal, Osimhen later lashed out of pent up frustration in the second half but like I said he was justified to air out his grievances, I hope Lookman understands he's not totally innocent in this saga and fix up

I thought he didn't play the second half cos he was injured or something?

minfelix:
leave that one na🤣🤣….until Osimhen attitude cost us another serious match na that time dem go know…all of us just dey act as if we dont know his attitude made us not to qualify for the world cup…very nonsense attitude….
Fight with opponents Fight with team mate
score goal still dey fight linesman
Fight fight everytime!!
TUFIAKWA!!
OSIMHEN NOT COMING OUT FOR THE SECOND HALF MADE US LOSE THE WORLD CUP INERCONTINENTAL PLAYOFF TICKET…period!!

im sure he has gone inside the dressing room to fight and quarrel dirty that saw is puppeting to DRC in the remainder of that game

I'm trying to understand something here,the two monikers that are defending osihmen actions,do you guys think na una love am pass or what. We should be able to separate fanship from reality and condemnation of a behavior isn't hatred or beefing the person. Oshimen behavior is unacceptable. He should be made to apologize to the whole team and even the fans for walking out on them. Next time he does this he should be sent home from the camp. The team is greater than the individual parts. Na everytime he go dey shout for other players,as per na hin gather all of them now. Respect is important and all players must respect each other

Wonderful game so far but Can Chelle take out ndidi,Onyeka and even Iwobi. Save them for next game

ChrisKels:
Eric Chelle is not that coach.

He might be a good coach but his 442 diamond tactics and personnel choice is definitely not it

I think the list is okay. No point inviting players Chelle won't use like uche. It's clear Chelle picked his 23 man list that's going to be sponsored by caf while the 5 extra were handpicked by NFf for their own selfish interest. Players like usman and Fargo will just be used as training cones just like the way papa Mohamed was pushed until he got a move abroad. We should be fine with Chelle 23 man list

As someone who has always criticized Chelle choice of formation and personnel use,I give this to him. A very good choice that can be interpreted in different ways depending on the flow of the game. Kudos to him and his team on this. Hopefully we win which I think we will

I hope Chelle can see with the 433. We have even created more chances while being more stable than 442. I hope he takes out Iwobi and brings on Onyedika

I think Chelle has a thing against holding down the midfield. It's obvious ndidi and nwobi are tired,even akor. Just take out any two of those three and bring in 2 midfielders. That way we stabilize the game and can even pass the ball to the wingers he just brought on. 2 wingers and 2 Stirkers without services is just a waste of bodies

Mujtahida:
Ohh my. So you expect Chelle to publicly condemn Nwabali? And not condemning him means he supports him? Do you know what goes on in the dressing room?

Ohh oo. Nobody likes to be condemned publicly even when we are wrong. Have you ever been publicly condemned by your boss or superior?

I criticized Nwabali but I was happy with Chelle's responses. That's the wise thing to do.

fair enough.Optics is very important. I remember during Rohr time when he always downplayed the team,people complained about it. According to you those people should not have said anything because they don't know what happens in the dressing room. Nwabalis behavior isn't a one time thing,it has become a pattern. He can defend his players without outrightly encouraging such by saying it's warriors mentality. That's why coaches go for media training. Will give him the excuse of English not being his first language

Maybe it's just me. I don't really rate a coach that plays diamond formation in this age and time and with the type of players we have. Playing players out of position and now encouraging bad behavior. What Nwabali is doing should be condemned. That's not warrior mentality,it's a disaster waiting to happen. If we meet south American teams in a crucial game,we are toast cos they will purposely be targeting Nwabali and he will fall for it. Either he gets carded like we have seen many times or lose concentration like afcon final. He should rein him in

QueenJazz:
This tribe argument of a thing is really stupid and I'm not sure who introduced it into this thread but it's a very silly thing to be arguing about.

If a player is a good, he's good. Everyone will see the evidence on the pitch.

I come here to read very intelligent and informed opinions and updated news. Only for some people to be dragging us to the abyss of frankly unintelligent and dumb takes about tribalism and how one region are the only ones that should be selected even if there are other very obvious reasons for failure of the team. The mod needs to do better to limit those types of conversation so this informed thread doesn't get dragged down to the level of beer parlour yarns.

lloydtruth:
Falconets 1:4 Canada 17
TribaIism and nep0tism don finish this country football kpatakpata.

tribalism and nepotism like how. Can you show how you arrived at the tribalism part? Cos I see a team that's well balanced across the regions of the country. We should all start talking like intelligent adults. Teams win and lose sometimes. Even if they pack players from any region,they will still lose sometimes,they won't always win.

NIGHTMARE0O7:
I wont tak this excuse for look i wtched all his games.. all the 3 games and i spot it immidiatly tht something was off abt him.
He became more selfish nd syarted playing "Hero football". Even when he had to pass to osimhen he chose to dribble.

Playing out position wont stop him from givong passes to osimhen but nope he wants his own goals.. lets call spade a spade.

Two things can be right at the same time,doesn't have to be one or the other. Does he play hero ball yes because he shoots in areas where he's expected to pass but what if that's because we are using him wrongly. Put him as a striker where he collects the ball and creates spaces for himself and shoots instead of in situations where he collects the ball and he's expected to make a pass like a chukwueze or Iwobi would do

NIGHTMARE0O7:
Exactly bro even me with no caoching experience or whatsoever saw it that lookman is out of form.
If not for lookman double yellow card we would be here lamenting without knowing that our play off qalification link was on the bench

was lookman out of form or was he played out of position. First game he played him on the left,second game he played him on the right which is even worse. Lookman is a striker or supporting striker. No matter how good a player is playing him out of position will reduce his output.

TheSuperNerd:
As seen above in 2024☝️

Poor man? I dont think so. At 21, he has all it takes to rise to that sort of player. He is an exact Yaya Profile. Bigger potentially than a Poor man's standards.

I believe I was the first to point out Uche's Yaya Profile traits.

Where was Yaya at 21?? He was in Belgium. At 22, Yaya was in Ukraine.

At 23, Yaya was in Greece. At 24, he was at Monaco in Ligue 1.

He joined Barca at 25. And then made his move to Man City at 28 and Boom!!! Yaya's Legend was formed at City!


Uche at 21 is still very young and has time on his hands. But Chelle has to figure out quickly what we in here already know. Uche is our Box to Box Weapon.

I guess I'm underrating him then. I pray he goes on to fulfil his potentials. It's to our advantage anyways

yinkeys:
You know ball brother
Maybe he’s a ball carrier that can make things happen
Sharp transition from defense to attack

Exactly. A poor man yaya toure

I think Chrisantus Uche problem is our technical team (Chelle and NFf) inability to correctly profile him. They don't know what position he's best at. Wrong profiling of players has been a long standing problem,eg Iwobi,lookman,Simon. I think he's best as a box to box cm where he can use his energy

QueenJazz:
Olakunle wasn't terrible per se. For me, he was just... there really.

I'd rate him a 6 or a weak 7 over 10. He didn't mess the bed, but didn't really stand out either.

that guy wasn't a 6. A 6 would be semi Ajayi. That guy was a 4 at the most generous rating and that's for him running around

TheSuperNerd:
The idea of Akinsanmiro is if Chelle can please play a 3-man midfield.
So yes, if Akin is called just like how Uche was called, I am afraid we will still see a 2 man midfield.
So while personnel is also important, I can agree it is also a tactics issue.

We all saw how more balanced we were in the middle with more presence after Onyeka came in for Adams. We had Onyeka, Ndidi, Iwobi on the pitch at the same time. Not that this is our most tactically balanced 3 but it beats the 2 man setup of Iwobi x Ndidi.

what in your own opinion is our most balanced formation and tactics

MetalJigsaw:
Let's not conclude yet bro. He played only a few minutes. It would be unfair.

he didn't play a few minutes. He played 45 minutes plus additional time. Over 10,I would give me a 3. And that is mainly because he put in a little shift to press. His positioning was wrong,didn't open up to receive passes,few times he got the ball he didn't know what to do with it. It was obvious this level is far too high for him. He's not international football level quality by a long stretch.

CapitalCee:
The coach need to replace Ndidi with Onyeka or Onyedika Permanently.
We should continue with the flat 4-4-2.
GK: Nwabali.
DF: Ola Aina; Fredrick; Bassey; Zaidu/ Agu.
MFD: Lookman; Iwobi; Onyedika/Onyeka; Simon/Chukwueze.
FW: Osihmen and Adams.

Fisayo Dele-Bashiru will be back too for the play offs.

Iwobi isn't a cm. Lookman isn't a winger. Moses is useless on the right as he can't use his only trick there. Just repeating the same mistakes we have all been pointing out.

I have a question. What's is the reason for our obsession with 442 though. Even after trying for several years and matches without any long term success,why do all coaches still stick to it. Is it like an NFf imposed formation or what. I remember the early days of Rohr,he used 433 to great success till he started trying to shoehorn ihenacho into the line up and use 442 and it went down hill. Today we all saw how immediately our game got better immediately we changed to 433 after Onyeka came in. I'm sure next game we will be back to this same 442. Is there something we fans don't know that the technical committee sees or something.

NIGHTMARE0O7:
Its not being unfair lookman tends to hold ball too much to score his own gaols which chukwueze gets the ball and looks for osimhen.

Chukwueze played with same simon and performed while lookman played with him 3 times and didnt show up.

But in all lookman is better than simon sha.
He is a bit selfish thats his problem

The issue is we are using lookman in a wrong position. Play him as a striker besides oshimen not on the wings or on the right and he will turn up

yemyke001:
See as midfield balance as we switch

who would have thought that if one adds 1 plus 1 it's going to be 2. The technical committee,Chelle all need to be flogged

Zanusi has gone down numerous times. Take him out. Take out Simon and even that olakunle guy.

Unlimited22:
Na all this thing we dey talk

What is a player like that doing in the eagles
That was the chance to introduce a useful midfielder and push iwobi forward

that's what I would have expected. Does Chelle know Iwobi plays as a winger in his club. It's ridiculous forcing him to be a cm. He's already tired.

Who's this olakunle guy. Clearly out of his depth.

Fredricks is very good. So composed on the ball. This is why it's important to give other players a chance rather than using the same set of players everytime.

Moses needs to be taken out. He adds absolutely nothing,doesn't attack not defending. Push Iwobi where he is and bring in a midfielder to stabilize