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BascoVanVeli:
They are in 2 completely different situations. We don't know how much Osimhen has progress because he doesn't play.

Do u mean u will take a bench warmer to WC ahead of a starter?

Orji is currently better than Osimhen.

No player has ever progressed by sitting on the bench.

neighy:
for this I want germany in the final..
Please dont even try begging me
We have to teach Mr Low a lesson
#StraightFace

Maybe, he forgot that we were in a group of death, with African champions ,Cameroon.

He can go on and play Morocco in a friendly.

Happy Birthday,Sir The Goodjoe.
I wish you many more years and success in all your endeavours.

mumemma:
Na so una hype Aina o....say d guy dey ball for Championship.....I nor see wetin e don play for our 2 games o.....

Na Ebuehi dem gve just 45mins and we know wat he can do....

Bro,Aina is a very good player.

A RB/RWB and not a LB or LWB.

Ebuehi played in his natural position (RB/RWB) unlike Aina who played the LWB.

Idowu who substitituted Aina is also a RB.In the match against Argentina, Idowu didn't do much going foward .He focused more on defending rather than going forward unlike Ebuehi.

The reason being that "when players are being played in a makeshift position,they can't be as good as when played in their natural position".

Aina will do well if played as a RB/RWB .

We had Ebuehi in camp when Rohr made the move to get Aina for the Cameroon game, after seeing him train with the team after the Senegal friendly.

I could recall a journalist said this during their training after the Senegal friendly in which Isaac Success was outstanding, "He (Aina) defended well against I.Success with ease,covered up for Troost-Ekong and linked up well with the attack.

BascoVanVeli:
The question now is where does Victor Moses play in this system? I mean I know where and I am sure we all do but will the man himself agree to play in his club position for the SE.

Bro,only Mikel's absence can be felt by the team.

With Brian and Ebuehi, V.Moses knows we won't miss him that much like the S.A match.

Our major concern should be "Who will step into Mikel's position, if he gets injured in maybe the knock-out stage?

The team has always struggled to create chances in his absence.

Etebo have failed twice in this role.

Mujtahida:
Ogu provides 'soft' energy and it favors Ndidi cos Ndidi is high octane. Onazi too is high on energy and does not pipe for Ndidi. Perhaps the best is to play one and not both of them.

Exactly,in our next friendly play one of the two with Ogu.

Eligreat247:
Did you just say even Rohr was surprised because he didn't believe in Ebuehi? Read this:

Ebuehi’s Performance Against Argentina Didn’t Surprise Me – Gernot Rohr

The impressive performance of ADO Den Haag Dutch-Nigerian full back Tyronne Ebuehi against Argentina didn’t come as a surprise to coach of the Nigerian team Gernot Rohr .

Ebuehi put up an impressive display for Nigeria in the 4-2 win over Argentina after coming on as a substitute for regular right back Shehu Abdullahi with Nigeria trailing Argentina 1-2.

His performance down the right pegged Argentina backward, which helped the Eagles to find their rhythm and hit three goals that gave them the win in the friendly game.

” We always know what he is capable of doing. He ( Ebuehi) has been with us for some time now, we won’t keep him if we have no faith in his abilities “, Rohr said.

” I’m not surprised because I know his qualities and what he can do. He did well in the second half just like goalkeeper Francis Uzoho and Brian Idowu during the game”.

Source: OGN

I think he meant that his back-ups were as good as his first choice.

He once said "we have no second team".

Iwobi,Ogu and Ndidi, their face be like "we never knew you(Ebuehi) were this good".

In 2014,we were ranked 33rd in the world.

Curtisaxel27:
I am happy for the A-rated friendly.

Mediocres/ backdoor guys a.k.a egunje candidates are being exposed.

Akpeyi has no business with the GWG shirt.

Aina is overrated.

Ebuehi is pure class.

Iheanacho is our only FK taker.

Mikel is holds the keys to our midfield.

Musa's best days are behind him.


And Idowu is a gem.....not many players score with thier first touch in thier first game.




O parry and Finito.

Aina is a RB .He is being played out of position.So, don't say he is over-rated.

Neimar:
m not jare..m sayin d truth

U no see Man City Aguero and Otamendi for their team.

Don't worry by the time we beat Germany ur eye go clear.

OMANBALA1:
You bet ,hommie. I think we are building something great.

Exactly,this team will do wonders in Russia.

Germany will now be interested in playing us.

OMANBALA1:
Is Echiejile going to world cup ?

You wicked oo.

Our Nacho is back.

tbaba1234:
We lack width... New formation, Players having to adapt quickly. We should revert to the regular formation

Shehu offering more than Aina on the wings..

Aina is right-footed, so we should expect that.

goldfish80:
Minus his blunder, we don't have the right personnel to play this formation. This team desperately needs an outlet down the wings.
Kayode or Henry should have started.

Nna eeh,they left Henry on the bench.

We can still draw them sha.

OMANBALA1:
Nacho onye egwu!!

Nice one.

Joebie:
My formation for 2nd half and subs (of course, depending on match-time happenings)

Nice.We need to see what Uzoho and Ebuehi can offer.

Francis Uzoho and Kayode to start for both Deportivo and Girona respectively.

edi287:
I think Onyekuru will eventually be converted to a 9. We should try him out at that position during one of the friendlies. It might turn out to be an internal solution to our striking issue atm

You have a point here.

He once said the CF position is his preferred role.

We can give him a chance.

OMANBALA1:
By that he meant defense duties like tracking back to help the defenders.

Onyekuru also drops back and if instructed to do so by the coach,he will.

tbaba1234:
Ekong has been solid throughout the qualifiers. He has already improved a lot.

Elderson played particularly well against Algeria. I did not like his display against Cameroon.

Simon Moses is a hard worker. Coaches love hard workers. Onyekuru does not work as hard.

Onyekuru whose goals dragged Eupen out of relegation struggles.

The same Onyekuru who drops back into his own half to pick the ball,runs from there on and still scores.

Onyekuru played for Eupen,a club with weak defence, that at times after scoring 2 goals, his team's defence concede three.Yet all this didn't affect his confidence in finishing as joint top scorer.

Onyekuru is now in Anderlecht ,another team with poor defence, yet he keeps on scoring.

Moses Simon's Gent have good defence and Ekoong was even a back-up CB there.This tells you that the Gent team are blessed defensively.

tbaba1234:
Ekong has been solid throughout the qualifiers. He has already improved a lot.

Elderson played particularly well against Algeria. I did not like his display against Cameroon.

Simon Moses is a hard worker. Coaches love hard workers. Onyekuru does not work as hard.

Onyekuru does not work as hard as S.Moses?

Joebie:
Moses Simon score
Kortrijk 0-1 Gent

Onyekuru and Iwobi might keep this guy on the bench.

Mickael2:
He is probably going to play a 3-4-3 against us and it is a shame really because we can't exploit it. Our forwards are not the fastest forwards ever and none of our forwards can bully Mascherano. Let's wait for the game though

Not when we have Onyekuru and Victor Moses.

EmmGee:
when nacho was in. The whole team were terrible in possession. It was like they didn't know what to do. Then the coach made a tactical change by introducing a crosser and a header.

The team then had a plan in mind. And it was the substitutes that did exactly what they were brought on for.

Lester a too conservative and if nacho should thrive, he must alter his game pattern and learn to drop deep to collect the ball and burst forward.
there were about two situations where he did that.

Some are still of the opinion ,that they should sack a coach who could make such a tactical change which prevented them from losing at home to "West Brom".

EmmGee:
when nacho was in. The whole team were terrible in possession. It was like they didn't know what to do. Then the coach made a tactical change by introducing a crosser and a header.

The team then had a plan in mind. And it was the substitutes that did exactly what they were brought on for.

Lester a too conservative and if nacho should thrive, he must alter his game pattern and learn to drop deep to collect the ball and burst forward.
there were about two situations where he did that.

Exactly,drop deep, help in build-ups and stop waiting for those final balls.

kellycute:
you must be having an orgasmic feeling right now. Bravo!!.

Next time, I advise you keep ur mouth shut.

Mickael2:
So Nacho left the game and Leicester actually started looking like a decent side but we all want to believe that it is Leicester that makes Nacho look bad? I mean I am a Nigerian, Arise O Compatriots and all that crap but this? This is pure BS. Nacho won't be starting the next game and I wouldn't blame the coach, he simply did not take this chance.


And oh, throwing tatrums at your teammates when you are not playing well won't help either

I don't know what is wrong with Nacho.Ighalo even came all the way from China and took his no.9 position,yet we are still blaming the Leicester system.

kennysville:
This leicester team .... E get as e be. The team only does power play and no football intelligence whatsoever. The team needs a serious minded playmaker to create good chances. All i see them do is sideways passing. Ndidi has been stellar tonight just cos he keeps things pretty simple but he needs to do more. His passes are all sideways. He needs to study Mikel Obi a bit more.

Albrighton cant make a gud run when they on a counter attack. And his final balls are always intercepted. Vardy... all pace no brain. Hasnt learnt anything about teamwork. There is a reason why he has a strike partner.
Iheanacho looks sharp but no real chances coming his way. He will need to be patient. His time will undoubtedly come.
Mahrez is already a shadow of himself. Probably because his mind has left Leicester. All in all, lets hope for the best for our wards

Vardy, all pace no brain?

Mickael2:
chance against SA kwa? He was subbed in when we were losing, how is that a chance? Nna eh

He should have taken that opportunity to prove that he can lead our attack.

Come to think of it, both Nacho and Kayode are Mancity loanees , meaning they are on the same level (low table Girona and Mid-table Leicester).

Modified:To me Kayode was eyeing the no 9 shirt.

Iheanacho a bench warmer for City starts ahead of him.

I guess,this resulted to his Mancity move to keep him on the same level with Nacho.If not he could have accepted the Newcastle offer.

Even Dennis Bonaventure and Cyriel will try to score on their debut to secure a position in the team.

The rule still remains the same "score as a striker or loose ur position in the team".