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edi287:
I think we've always known that. He can't be blamed for our lack of penetration in the final third

It's not true. Some believed the hogwash that he was Liverpool bound. Lol

Did I just see a Nigerian fan caught on camera sleeping?
Lol...

No imagination in our play,no chance created, no shots on target.
That's how dire Nigeria have been in this game.

Largely an uneventful match played at a very pedestrian pace. The neutrals will be bored to death watching this game.

2 shots on target now for Island in the opening 5mins.

Oasis007:


Nah..... we ain't playing 2 false 9s Sir, in fact we ain't playing any false 9 at all; rather two Strikers Upfront.

Are you sure? Because Musa with this set up could attack from the left wing or aid Idowu double team on that side while Iheanacho could do same with Moses on the right.
If they don't do this, we will be playing with no movement on the wings because the wing backs will be crowded out by Island.
This is why it looks to me like 2 false 9s.
You get the picture?

I don't get it. We are playing 2 false 9s in today's Game?
Well, pros being that the Nordic defenders would not have a man to mark, could be genius if it works. Would be comedy central if it doesn't.
We are going curve ball in this game. Interesting.

Argentina are bunch of bottlers who wouldn't have qualified for this tournament if Messi didn’t have his ban overturned.
You get the feeling this generation of Argentine players turn up for games knowing fully well that no matter how bad they played, the focus will always be on Messi after the game.
No wonder Messi looks miserable in an Argentine shirt.
LeBron James and Messi are carrying unfair burden.

komekn:
Argentina are going home.

They were poor.

Yes we can beat them but it will not be easy they are a Wounded Lion.

If we are being honest, Argentina shouldn't have made it to the world cup in the first place.
Justice will be served if they are booted out of the competition. Hopefully Nigeria could take advantage.
My only regret is that Messi will have this world cup thing hanging over his shoulders.

Sampaoli have proved to be another hipster manager, hyped up to high heavens.
He was close to taking over Chelsea a couple of years back. LOL

Croatia have played world class football. Impressive stuff.

I said it. It has been a Luka Modric show. Lol....
2:0 to the good guys.

I don't know how Croatia do this but they are a highly tactical side.
From the looks of it, they did their homework on their opponents. No other way I could think of how they manage to make the opposition isolate their strike force from midfield, with relative ease.
I'm really liking their manager Dalic. Looks quite an intelligent guy.

Luka Modric have been class in midfield. Argentina have no answer to him whatsoever.
This is Modric show.

Lol.. Argentina shooting themselves on the foot all over. From manager to goal keeper.
Used to think Sampaoli was a cerebral guy. He may well pay for leaving Di Maria, Banega and Pavon on the bench for Enzo, Acuna and Meza.

This Argentine line up doesn't look good. Croatia With a very big chance to beat them and go 6points clear.

Parallel Fs mean you have to re take those courses as carry over courses which will add to your overall credit load.
If anybody is giving you hope for a first class, the person isn't being honest. It will be in your best interest to repeat the semester and start afresh since you're in first year. You're starring down a rabbit hole if you're hoping for a miracle first class.

edi287:
The official team of the week. Since I haven't seen anyone post it

Nice seeing Etebo's effort recognized. He has justified his inclusion in the team. I know what some people said about him prior to this tournament.
That being said, 4 Mexicans made the team of the week. I particularly enjoyed watching Herrera. What a player.

I think it's time people put their money where their mouth is. No be only to draw fantasy formations up and down. See this Benin prophet is claiming he can make the Super Eagles win the world cup with just a token of 750k for himself and prayer warriors.
Why don't we contribute the money then arrest him with SARS if the prophecy goes south.
Win, win for everyone


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRL6rGwnxhc

Mujtahida:
so it is about the worth of our players? is that why we lost? abi you are just stating this as a matter of fact

Just comparing their player's valuation with ours. Nothing to do with any win or loss.

andrew444:
Senegal better pass naija for all aspect as far as I am concerned,even some player in the bench will make naija starting 11.

Anyway up eagles we gonna crush Iceland

The valuation of some of their players is quite stratospheric, a sharp contrast to ours. A guy like Koulibaly is worth $80M according to Napoli add Saido Mane $80M+. Add Badou Niang and Keita Balde who transfered to Monaco for €30M last season.
How much is our entire team worth?

I'm watching Russia VS Egypt and thinking Mikel should be playing the Elneny role, where he will be the spare man in midfield and not the no8 role or SS he played against Croatia.

Icon79:
This is what you call hard work! With 10 men, Colombia is still dominating Japan and was able to get an equalizing goal. And if they continue this way, they may even win the match playing 10 against 11.

Kudos to the Colombians so far!


O pari

Shouldn't be a surprise. They beat France recently in Paris, coming back from a 2 goal deficit to win 3:2.

MetalJigsaw:
Iwobi was not even invited against against Cameroon.

You're quite correct. Though he was sub par against SA and Algeria at home prior to the Cameroun match.

Martz101:
iwobi wss injured

Really? An injured Iwobi was on the bench against Cameroun, home and away, then he limped to the pitch with the injury and scored against Zambia.

Certitude:
Simon never kept Iwobi rooted on the bench.

Who kept Iwobi on the bench last year?

edi287:
We missed Moses Simon outwide

Exactly. Thank goodness people are seeing the dynamism he brings to the team.
A peak Simon had Iwobi rooted to the bench in the qualifiers which didn't go down well with some.

komekn:
I disagree with you strongly.

KC will not have the physicality to trouble the Icelandic defence. Furthermore, KC is not a player to go it alone he may try to use pace which he has but it's not blistering add to that he is not that comfortable using skill one on one to beat his man.

Playing KC behind Ighalo is more effective.

The Icelandic team is very physical we will to be Robust. I haven't seen much of Simi so Im not sure if he could pair with Ighalo. Correct me if wrong he doesn't seem particularly fast or tricky.

Mikel is a better option in DM with Etebo and Ndidi more forward facing.

Giving Ebuehi the option to use his pace to trouble the Icelandic defence.

I am looking at the 3-5-2 formation I expect early substitutions to keep up a relentless pace and attack until the last minute of extra time.

I see no place for Shehu in this formation even as a sub. Ogu big question marks on his pace however, I watched Ekong and Balogun get bullied by the physicality of the Croatians. In this regard I am almost certain NOBODY will bully Ogu.

It's now ALL or NOTHING it has to be ALL OUT ATTACK. Otherwise na house we deh go.

On paper. The pair were woeful against Poland.

Dannyxy:
pessimism, pessimism and more pessimism, na people like una make rohr and the player fear sotay we turn chickens and cowards..

So you are saying, the team needs a psychologist to Psyche them up not to embarrass themselves, rather than Psyching themselves up to win? .. Hear yourself?

If you don't think they will win, then why waste m.b here that you could use to watch the highlight of Mexico's match, and, feel good?

Whether you like it or not, whether you believe it or not, we are playing for pride now. The odds of qualifying from the group after loosing 2:0 in the first game is too high.
I don't know how many teams who have managed to recover from a -2 goal difference after the first game and still made it out of the group in a world cup, not when they are not favourites.
We can only play for pride now, if something good comes out of it, take it, if it isn't good enough, you leave the stage with your head held high and reconvene after another 4years.

Although this could be medicine after death but I do think the team needs a world class psychologicist in times like this. I think we highlighted on this point in our thread world cup 10 pointer championed by Icon4s.
I get the sense that the players are scared out of their minds now after the loss and moreso with the abuse on their social media.
I noticed Leon Balogun deactivated comments on his Instagram page.
The team really needs a psychologist because I forsee fear and lack of self believe creeping into the players. Some will even be too careful to avoid mistakes, thereby making lots of mistake as a result. Coupled with the fact the team is inexperienced at this level,could be even a more humiliating performance.

I'm not saying this because I expect the team to win the group but I don't want Nigeria to be embarrassed.

Mujtahida:
On the holocaust. Investigation you say? Okay then. Six million is the number you and almost everyone that has heard about the holocaust knows abi? Are you aware that the original plaque put after the war at the Auschwitz- Berkanau camps were changed from 4 million to 1. 5 in 1995(yet till date everybody still recites 6 million). Germans are meticulous record keepers. Yet till date not even a single document can be found emanating from the German military high command directing the organised killings of Jews. a. k. a holocaust.

Again why is it a crime to question the historicity of the holocaust? Why?

Are you aware that right from the 19th century the six million figure had been making the rounds in publications even before the supposed holocaust happened?

Charles the Gaule published his 3 volume war memoirs, (published in 1954 & 56). No single mention of such a pivotal event as the holocaust. Churchill published(published from 1948-1953) his 6 volume war memoirs. No single mention of the holocaust. Dwight Einsenhower published his two volume war memoirs. No single mention of the holocaust. I trust you know who this men are and the roles they played during the War. I am one who doesn't accept the dominant view of history without at least querying it. I ask questions and probe. 6 million holocaust story is huge gigantic money spinning fraud. Were Jews killed? Yes. So were other nationalities. You talk about the killing of Jews, have you talked about the Jewish inspired killings of German women and children? How they firebombed German cities and levelled it? Read Operation firestorm: the bombing of Dresden edited by Paul Addison. Read also Hellstorm: The death of Nazi Germany by Thomas Goodrich. This were holocausts that mainstream media says nothing about. Have you talked about the holodomor?

You have read about the holocaust from its proponents, watched films like 'inglorious basterds,' 'escape from Sobibor', 'Schindler's list'. But have you investigated to find out if what you think you know is true? Have you heard the story of the other side? You read one side and take their account as fact just because it's the dominant view. You hear even the faintest whisper from the other side. You close your ears and even possibly worst your mind and label their own account as 'conspiracy theories'. Your logic is this: mainstream = to truth. Unorthodox version of events = lies and conspiracy theories. You are an adult man! Think! Investigate!

It's a truism that the Victors always write the history. But I know the danger of a single story as chimamanda warned. Professor Y. B Usman always enjoined his students to thrust beyond the dominant view and interrogate history. I have so much to say but let's bury this subject cos it is like talking about religion. I don't think I can convince you otherwise. But perhaps ar least one or two persons here will read this and go test the waters.

Now back to football: you are only mentioning players dropped and making inferences. Abeg point me to one single factual online report (not opinion ooo) backing your opinion. I have told you several times that what you say about sentiments is your opinion. No fact whatsoever.

OH please, let's not turn this place to a freaking twilight zone with these conspiracy theories.
How about the over 3000 documents submitted by the allied forces at the Nuremberg trial after the war?
How about the evidence of Nazi Germans filming themselves and accomplishments which was used as evidence in trial?
How about films and photographs German Soldiers and police made themselves of their actions against Jews and other civilians?

This is why I call your rendition a leftist opinion and conspiracy theory, although worth investigating but cannot be passed up as fact the way you're doing. This can even have you arrested in some countries.

I have done my best to list names such as Kevin Kuranyi and Stephan Kisling who were at the top of their game but Loew ignored them for non footballing reasons. A guy like Kisling was binned by Loew even when he was the top scorer in Bundesliga and Germany had Klose and Gomez injured. I would have thought a non emotive German would have made peace and recalled their league's top scorer to the national team because he was statistically his best option.
I don't know what evidence you want from me again. Maybe you are anticipating I would pull a quote from Loew saying he was emotive and sentimental to his boys in selection.

Mujtahida:
The bolded is a topic I studied on and off for 9 years. It's a big fat lie - yes the 6 million holocaust story is a lie. I have e- books and online sources I can direct you to.
Do you know that the popular Anne Frank Diary is a forgery? Dr Robert Faurisson convincingly proved it to be a forgery. Do you know that none of the labour camps had gas chambers? Do you know that questioning the historicity of the holocaust as in asking questions whether it occurred or not is a crime in at least 17 countries and that Ernst Zundel died in prison for questioning the holocaust. Currently as we speak Moniker schaeffer and Ursula Haverbeck (she is above 80 years old) are is in prison for denying the holocaust. David Irving(foremost historian on Hitler. I have an e-copy of his book 'Hitler's War') was sentenced to three years imprisonment in the UK. Meanwhile Arthur Topham in Canada stood trial and has been banned from publishing. Allison Chabloz is currently standing trial in the UK for singing holocaust denying songs. People question all sort of things even the existence of God without any consequences. Why is the holocaust an exception? I can go on and on but let me stop.

This is why I said your thinking on this matter is just your opinion and a simplistic one at that: a coach picks one player ahead of the other and you automatically say it's sentiments. In context what you mean is not that the decision was prompted by emotion or feeling but by bias, by prejudice. And even if you go by your dictionary meaning I have told you and it is well known that Germans are less prone to make decisions based on emotions.
Suddenly a coach who has been there since 2006 choses players to prosecute the WC and then you tie it to sentiments. And shockingly you are so sure of it. What you are saying is that if I cannot give you any reason then automatically your opinion that his decision was prompted by bias and prejudice is the reason for his decision and no other.

you mentioned fitness and sentiments in the same breath and I showed you that you are wrong cos they had same concerns in 2014. Edi28 has given you reasons why the coach dropped the players he dropped but you said that's his thoughts but yours nko? What are they? Facts? No. They are opinions.

Your rendition of events about the holocaust is not main stream, even your claims are still at investigation level. Questions are still being asked. You cannot use an investigation to destroy my argument on this topic.

I have come across various conspiracy theories which suggests 9/11 didn't happen. Infact they made compelling analytical videos and solid evidence that jet fuel cannot melt steel beam, WTC was never struck by any aircraft, some experts in structural engineering and mathematical modeling looked at the physics of the building collapse and came to a scientific conclusion that the collapse was nothing but a controlled demolition. Also, scientifically fire cannot cause the collapse of a steel framed high rising building.
For the whole juicy detailed scientific backing of the reports, they still remain conspiracy theories which nobody can use to build an argument because they are yet to be proven and a total departure from the official reports of 9/11.

Back to football, Joachim Loew have a history of making biased and prejudiced decisions, he may have gotten away with it but it doesn't make them less sentimental. Are you conversant with his beef with Kevin Kuranyi and why he was dropped? Was it for footballing reasons he dropped Kuranyi? How about Kevin Kiesling? German's Bundesliga top scorer, yet he refused calling him up for non footballing reasons even when Klose and Mario Gomez were injured.
You cannot keep shouting German's are not sentimental when I'm dropping hard evidences. Citing Edi287's post as a reference is nothing but cognitive bias.