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Earthquake3:
You get a Ronaldinho in once every 10 players

But you get a Xavi in once every 100 players

Cc TheGoodJoe

Earthquake3:
Can Ronaldinho dictate a game?

Is Ronaldinho's pass technique half as good as Xavi?

Does Ronaldinho have Xavi's vision

How good is Ronaldinho's combination with teammates?

Ronaldinho is good for those who watch football for the entertainment, but for those who watch football for the science, I prefer Xavi

nairalandankrah:
Jesus! Juventus, and Chelsea! So u want seagles to play like Juventus & Chelsea?
Not even Barcelona and Liverpool

Famocious:
I think his health issue is more than the dehydration they told us.

Not sure if we can still replace a player at this time..

andrew444:
Ronaldinho cannot do what Xavi is doing

You guys are carrried over by Ronaldinho because he was one of the greatest player ever and his balon d or ,maybe his ability to dribble

Famocious:
Kelechi Ihenacho on a stand-by for Samuel Kalu

bossto:
Someone should inform Rohr not to use 3-4-5 formation. I hate nonsense, we can't use it against Argentina, and stoop so low to use it against common Burundi..No!
I feel this formation limits our attacking strength hence my dislike for it.

Let's do our normal 4-5-1 or 4-3-3 even if it would amount to us losing the game!
Let me just enjoy the game..shikena!!

Curtisaxel7:
By the way, let's talk about Iwobi for a bit. Sentiments aside, that guy doesn't fill me with confidence at all.

His shooting is pathetic, ditto his long passing abilities, his goal sense below par, aerial ability is zero, ball control average at best....the only thing he has going for him is his one-two passes and once in a blue moon accurate defence splitting pass.

Now don't get me wrong, I'm a big Iwobi fan and I wish him the very best but if I were in Rohr's shoes right now, I'd play Etebo as 10 ahead of Iwobi.

Your thoughts?

safarigirl:
Good morning

At the end of voting, it was decided by our threadmates that Ronaldinho is a more technical player than Xavi, havinf edged him out 13-9

Cc Mickael2, forgiveness, Andrew44, icon4s,islayer, elyte89, tbaba1234, AIG07, and other concerned parties

jihday:
Earlier today he said about 5 players aren't available

OMANBALA1:
He didn't have a heat stroke! Dehydration is easily treated with iv fluid containing electrolytes.
He will be fine. We need him in the team.

Barryseal:
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Doctors said he was dehydrated. Not heart attack. He is stable now from what I hear.

jihday:
Samuel kalu suffered a heart attack in final training session today, he's currently receiving treatment in a hospital. state of health unknown

nairalandankrah:
Are you for real...? Or did you just say that?

nairalandankrah:
Please Who is our key player. In this current Nigeria setup?

mostob:
okeke don make us forget that one teytey

klexycole:
No sir. The images were gotten from the CAF Twitter handle.

Mickael2:
I think we are saying the same thing just that you are using tactical awareness while I am using technicality.

Personally I believe tactical awareness is one of the things that makes a player a technical player. Primarily I believe there are two things that can make a player stand out as a technical player;
1) Ability on/to control the ball.
2) Tactical awareness.

Naturally ability on the ball here means knowing what to do with the ball, making the right decisions, why dribble a player when you can simply pass and evade? You may be one of the best dribblers out there but in most cases you'd rather just use a simple pass to evade 3 persons, Iniesta does that a lot, dude can beat players, 3 at a time even, but he'd rather pass and evade. Ronaldinho would normally spend 20 seconds beating one player while Xavi can move the ball from defence to attack within 10 seconds without needing to beat a player, pick the right passes, at the right angle and to the right person.

Then tactical awareness comes in. Football sometimes can be an instinctive game, but the player's ability to imbibe the coach's instructions into his natural instincts makes him a technical player.

klexycole:
The stage is set... The stadium is filled... It's the continental showpiece tonight!

AIG07:
@Forgiveness,
Dribbling in football is a technique.
BALL Controls like Chesting, trapping, use of abdomen to trap ball, inside foot, outside foot controls etc

PASSING:Use and knowing when to use various side of the foot to pass, heading, etc

SHOOTING:It is not just about hitting the ball hard but hitting it the right way. The feet has various sides which all give trajectory of the ball(same in passing).

CROSSING : same as above,

DRIBBLING:Moving the ball with all acceptable body parts. It involves using the part of the body coherently

JUMPING, HEADING etc are also part of football techniques.

TACTICS ON THE OTHER HAND, HAS TO DO WITH HOW A TEAM SETS UP, TEAM STRATEGY WHICH ARE ALWAYS INSTRUCTED BY THE COACHES.

AIG07:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vfxs8v67nbY

Cc: TheGoodJoe, Forgiveness
Enjoy one of football's finest technicians

Earthquake3:
Does it have to spell it out to you word for word

Read the number 4,5 if you're still in doubt read the number 7

olu98:
sir,if dribbling is the main thing, Adama traore of wolves,sofiane boufal, zaha would all av won ballon d'ors.

Earthquake3:
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Earthquake3:
You don't even know what is dribbling, in technical terms dribbling means just moving with the ball

Earthquake3:
You don't even know what is dribbling, in technical terms dribbling means just moving with the ball

BascoVanVeli:
Only Ebere is out. Okeke, Ohale and Ebi will play.

You might be talking about Chikwelu but she is a midfielder.

TheGoodJoe:
I think is just a misconception. Technique is what we refer as skills while tactical play relies more in a broaden understanding of the team play.

It is a fact that tactical players are taking over but I think it has been a norm but underrated. From Oliseh, Effenberg, Ballack, Pirlo, Scholes, Xabi Alonso, Lampard, Gerard, Roy Keane, Cambiasso, Vieira and a host of others were equally as important as the technical guys like Recoba, Overmars, Ronald De Boer, Okocha etc.

However, in the modern game, there is more emphasis on tactical play and the need for more tactical coherency. For instance, we see Zinchenko who is more tactical than technical playing as a full back. Thus, increasing the need for tactical precision.

City still relies on technical forwards like Aguero, Gabby Jesus, Sterling, Sane and Mahrez to break down defences. But, they are trained to be more tactical than technical to promote unison in tactical displays of the players to improve the team's tactical performance.

mostob:
how is it 2 defenders. Only Ngozi is unavailable

Mickael2:
Let's vote sha.

Abeg Earthquake3 andrew444 Chriskels safarigirl humility icon4s basco theGoodJoe Dann(can't remember the full name now sha, the Liverpool guy), and everyone else viewing this thread:

Who is more technical between Ronaldinho and Xavi

Mickael2:
Let's just say you don't know the meaning of a technical player.

Saul, Koke, Rodri are highly technical players, let us just say you don't watch La Liga games