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ChrisKels:
Major positive - Zaidu Sanusi

Great discovery.

busky007:
mention one strength wey this team get apart from youth

TheGoodJoe:
So despite Ndidi's high quality, his high valuation will put clubs off from fighting to sign him. Unlike Partey where there was a clear chance to sign him cheap.

Point made.

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How come clubs are not fighting to sign Ndidi?

Because of his high valuation by Leicester City.

Finito.

Danielnino00:
Who is Fabinha again?

TheGoodJoe:
If there was no gap in the contract of Partey, do you think Arsenal would cough up to £70m for him?

If no, there is no case here. Despite Ndidi's rep, he will cost way above £60m or even £70m. So clubs are not fighting for his signature.

Gerrit?

TheGoodJoe:
Arsenal lost out on Aouar because they could not meet the asking price of Lyon. Price is a big decider. Clubs know Ndidi will cost a fortune. Arsenal snapped Partey because of the contract gap.

So Partey is not just a decent player, but quality and with the gap, he was snapped.

So making it look like Arsenal wanted Partey because of quality and not Ndidi is not a true picture.

If Ndidi will even go for £50m, clubs will he fighting for him. Unfortunately, he will cost a fortune.

TheGoodJoe:
Totally disagree. Manchester City has the money but totally lost out in their pursuit of Koulibaly and I think John Evans.

Put Ndidi at £50m and you will see clubs fighting themselves for his signature.

They know Leicester City owner is hard-boiled when it comes to negotiations.

TheGoodJoe:
Are you serious? Arsenal got Partey for £45m by meeting his release clause. Same can't be done for Ndidi. So don't make it look like Arsenal could just bid for Ndidi and chose Partey.

Most clubs know they need a fortune for Ndidi.

TheGoodJoe:
Go back and read my quotes. I have gone as far as describing Guardiola's tactics as a show of shame. During the match, from the first half, I made my stance clear that tactically we were off and Lyon were sound.

However, Guardiola made some corrections, we were on the front foot but the refs/uefa decided to hand Lyon an illegitimate goal. Which is disappointing.

TheGoodJoe:
I am not talking just Guardiola but a clear gang up against Manchester City. Guardiola is just caught in the crossfire.

So saying he has not won Champions league is stale when there is a repeated attack on Manchester City.

TheGoodJoe:
Where did I say Pep must win every game or are you just avoiding the points I made.

I said we have lost loads this season, 9 in the EPL if I am correct due to similar strategies adopted by opposition. So where did you get Pep must win every game.

My point is simple. Sitting deep is hoping the attacking team fails to take their chances and when the few opportunities, you take them. It is not outsmarting or out classing. It is surrendering a fight and hoping you can stay on the negative and get a favourable result.

TheGoodJoe:
How is sitting very deep almost all through the game not parked bus? That was the overall strategy.

By the way, winning has a lot to do with fortune than outsmarting. The strategy Arteta adopted favoured him. He did not outsmart Guardiola. There are teams that have adopted the same approach against City and failed woefully because we found a way to break the deadlock. Were they outsmarted?

TheGoodJoe:
How did Pep get outsmarted? Are you saying he did not expect Arteta to sit deep and wow, Arteta shocked Pep by sitting deep? How did he outsmart him?

Almost every team sits deep, very deep against us. The reason why we have lost loads this season is due to this. Nothing out of the extraordinary. We just work extra hard to break the dead lock early to ease space. When we don't or conceed early, we suffer.

Nothing like outsmarting here. Or are you saying Simeone outsmarted Klopp by sitting very deep in both games?

Joebie:
The writer seems to be suggesting something but at the same time the write up is seemingly contradictory. Who can help me understand this piece. Let's analyze it because it's lacking clarity.

andrewbaba44:
Setien contract have a clause

If e no do well there is a clause that he will leave at the end of the season despite signing a 2 and half year contract

Kbs468:
What finally happened to Xavi later on

Or is setien is name too?

eazyjakes:
http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/G1/GUIVSNGA.HTM

He(Troussier) was still in charge for the last game against Guinea (see link above) before he was sacked due to his style of play not suiting most of our players albeit some internal wranglings within the NFA then....Sinclair took charge of a couple of friendly matches against Zambia in December 1997 before Bora was appointed. Bora took the team to the invitational tournament in Hong Kong in January 1998.

TheGoodJoe:
Nigeria had booked their France 98' World Cup ticket in their penultimate match against Kenya with a 3-0 victory over Kenya.

The last game was a mere formality against Guinea far away in Conakry where the former African champions played for bragging rights.

But the French technical adviser decided to call it quits after much pressure from the then Nigeria Football Association (NFA).

The governing body had no choice but to employ an interim coach which Monday Sinclair was the only experienced coach at hand and was the eighth indigenous coach to handle the national team.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.legit.ng/amp/1215331-what-year-monday-sinclair-coach-super-eagles.html

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Troussier was gone before the final game. Remember there was an invitational tournament which Sinclair still had to coach the team because of the long absence of Troussier.

Troussier was head coach on paper but Sinclair was running the show before his final departure before the last game of the qualifiers.

The info of the events are not clear. I hope Kog45 still remembers.

TheGoodJoe:
Thank you for this. First of all, Philippe Trousierre was not in the country for a long time before the game. I doubt he even selected the squad. There was even debates that if he was not returning, Sinclair should handle the match.

Sinclair might have prepared the team or maybe Trousierre came back to prepare but I doubt he drafted the list since the call ups were made before his return from his temporary exile.

Kog45 seems to recollect a lot of specific data of past events and I would like his spin of it.

TheGoodJoe:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40rEa990aG4

Nigeria 3 - 0 Kenya. You can see the final through pass by Ohenhen for the last goal to Ohenhen.

TheGoodJoe:
Rohr needs to scout and decide for himself if there are no talents. He can not stay and Europe and summarize that we have no talents in the NPFL and NNL.

TheGoodJoe:
I am not sold.

Joao Felix has done virtually nothing in the game of football but I am head over heels for him. Haaland is just starting but I am thrilled by him.

I watched Bernado Silva and Mbappe in that game. I was over the moon with Bernado Silva and Lemar's performance, over Mbappe.

It is a thing of preference.

Mbappe has been brilliant but not yet won me over. I like and respect the dude. I am just not yet sold. Not a kid that will have me turning off something I am doing to watch excitedly.

TheGoodJoe:
Do not worry. The stew is still cooking.

When it happens, People be deleting their previous posts like....

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TheGoodJoe:
First is to get it to work on the training pitch then a run of games to show the player's quality.

I have always said that. The run of games is the final frontier to show the player's development.

Icon4s:
Hope you saw Haaland at the U20 WC?
I don't want to start an argument on Osimhen vs Haaland.

But what I am pointing out to you is that Osimhen is a better player today compared to 2 years ago. And did not have the abilities he has now.

TheGoodJoe:
19-year-old Haaland is just starting. He has scored 17 goals in 10 club games, including four hat-tricks, and will look to add to that tally for Salzburg against Liverpool on Wednesday

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And he scored yesterday against Liverpool.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOQ1sPIH7QE&app=desktop
Training,bench,playing,watching games are all part of a players development, there just have to be a good balance. A player may not be able to master what he learns on the training ground if he doesn’t get the chance to express himself on the field in an actual game.

Being on the bench does not mean the player is not good.