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airmark:
Only injuries to key players may hinder the team.

I hope Omeruo's injury is not serious. He impressed me.

Yeah Omeruo, Ndidi, kelechi, Aina and Simon are key players in this team.

raumdeuter:
We played well today. My worry is against physical sides like Cameroun Senegal and CoteDvoire plus Algeria

True though. This is the best game so far, they played on the ground.

eph12:
We need two midfielders before any other position. This should be a priority

Man U should sign Ndidi, he is very good.

This will go down as the best afcon so far due to the improvement of technology and also man of the match award after every game. CAF did well.

NinjaXmetahuman:
With osimehn in this game, Nigeria will atleast 3 up by now.

The attackers lack pace of osimeh

We really miss Osimhen. We would have won by 3 goals if he was playing.

Raumdeuter and airmark how you guys see this naija team, I think they will win the cup.

Ibime:
Are you a Chelsea fan? No. Don't talk what you don't know. We will not rehash the numerous Conte interviews and press conferences on the matter here for your benefit. I did not speculate anything. It is known that Matic was forcing the move. The only thing I don't know definitively is what he did to force it. If you want to talk about the finer details of your club, Ed Woodward, Sandro Rosell or whatever, go ahead no one will argue with you. But you won't come here and start telling us about the finer details of what we all witnessed four years later. Conte said definitely he did not want Matic sold, he wanted him as first choice (did not trust Bakayoko as a starter), you started adding your own Maggi about direct rival. He did not want him sold, full stop and he said it, not a journalist or a gossip column but Conte himself korokoro live on camera.

And to highlight the inanity of your argument, not wanting a player to be sold is not mutually exclusive to not wanting to strengthen a rival. If you value a player not to sell him, it's just adding insult to injury if he goes to a rival, but the injury is already there. If Barca don't want to sell Messi, will you come and argue that Barca would love to sell him, they just don't want him to go to Madrid? They want neither, and one does not invalidate the other.

I tire for this people, they are arguing our club with us just to defend pep. Pep and his guys run man city, the owner is just there to provide funds whenever they need them, isn't that luxury.

raumdeuter:
Every club including City have a list of players

They decide we want a striker, they get a list of names and rank them. They chase each one and pick the one that works out for them. That includes Chelsea

In the summer Tuchel probably stated that he wants a targetman, They will give him all the options in the market including Lukaku, They evaluated everyone and Lukaku fits best. Tuchel approves and Lukaku is signed

Where is your proof that it is Tuchel that approve Lukaku’s signing?

raumdeuter:
Its part of their excuse churning machinery

Na only Pep dey get all his first choice options when we know City went for Alexis, Jorginho, Koulibali Fred etc and missed out on them but Citeh fans wont complain

Chelsea fans complained that its Lukaku they want, they got Lukaku now, they are saying its not that version of Lukaku that it was forced on them

Truly truly I say onto you, Shekpites are delusional

You don’t understand, pep line up his target who play similarly and then start negotiation, anyone that comes is a win for him. Unlike clubs that the board bring their target for the manager and then go ahead to sign their target and not the manager’s.

OJURONGBE1:
Were you in the board room when this decision was made?

Did you just say they don't force players on Guardiola? Tell me how Jack Grealish came into the picture.

Pep actually sign Grealish. You mean you don’t know pep and his friends are the ones running man city, the biggest luxury a manager can get. After first season with Chelsea Conte wanted to sign Virgil, lukaku, Sandro and not letting Matic go but what did Chelsea board do, they did opposite of what the man want. Pep can not do jack under this condition

Tobechuckwu:
U better read nd know d Bible for urself. Stop following internet Christians to be saying wat u don't know.

Elisha called Elijah his father in d Bible nd God was not angry with him.

Paul called Timothy his son in d Bible nd God was not angry with him.
At least Paul wrote 2/3 of the new testament.

We are all born again Christian in d eyes of God, but there are levels.
There are still babes in d kingdom that uses milk, nd there are adults that takes strong meat.

Go back nd study d word of God for urself

Matthew 23:9 …8But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers. 9And do not call anyone on earth your father, for you have one Father, who is in heaven. 10Nor are you to be called instructors, for you have one Instructor, the Christ.…. This is Jesus speaking. So will you follow Christ words or Elijah.

Segedinho:
Mount is a utility player too...

James too.

Go check their wiki and confirm.

Segedinho:
Your head should be checked...


Their profiles read DM....ur head is saying otherwise ..

If they are not DM then joginho isn't DM

Kante’s wiki simply read a midfielder.

Segedinho:
Who was d DM wen we played liverpool...

Who sat as d DM bw Kante and pogba at d world cup..

Is d simple question I asked.......save urself all dis shalaye

Kante is a utility midfielder. When he can do multiple as a midfielder you don’t ascribe one position to him any longer.

genkins:
You are 100% right.. But he cannot understand this. He needs to unlearn the thrash poured into his head first.

Oyedepo is referring to Old Testament. But Christ came and abolished all that. The Pentecostal he represent were formed as a result of rebellious act against the old ways of doing things. They claim no one forced anybody of paying tithe but they coerced and put fear in people to pay. In the Bible, the people that pay tithe didn’t pay with money but agricultural produce and money was in existence then.

Tobechuckwu:
Yes I believe in God nd I believe also in His prophets nd pastors.

I'm a born again Christian nd this is what d scripture says which I have to.

Ur Christianity is questionable if u have problems with believing in the pastor God has set over u.
U can't believe in God nd not believe in the prophet God set over u.

O ye are priest, it’s in the bible. As a born again Christian we are equal in the eyes of the Lord. Jesus even warn against calling anybody father spiritually, that we only have one father which is God. Pentecostal churches in Nigeria mixes everything; paganism, tradition and call it Christianity.

Segedinho:
Kante paired with almighty matic =Premiership


Kante paired with weakling joginho=UCL...Europa league...Super cup.....



You see why you are called Hen's brain...

But Kante is now getting injured often because he is doing jorginho’s job and his too. Kante and Tuchel won us ucl.

FBS:
He did well and making forward passes. Can't count how many times he found Werner and then had an assist for Lukaku. That's even more impressive given only Mateo Kovacic understand Romelu's movement, the rest just dey learn.

Are you now saying we should build the team around Lukaku, he should hustle for the ball like others, he is not the type of player to build team around because he doesn’t have the skill set to lead the team to major trophies. He is not Benzema Or Lewandowski caliber. I heard him talking about going to real or Bayern or barca, he doesn’t even have the skill set to play for those club, maybe he can play for Bayern due to one horse league. He is technically average to play for real. This is why pep run from any club that the board dictate for in terms of signing and letting go of players, see how the board forced Lukaku on Tuchel when he is not his type of player, just as they did to Conte in his second season with us, wasted Kante’s prime years of winning more epl by signing Bakayoko(instead of Fabinho who was cheaper and willl help Kante better) and letting go of Matic. All what Kante needed was a based CDM that is technical and strong to shield the back 4 or 3 so that he can focus more on his interception and cause counter attack but instead we are now with a weak CDM that only do back and side way passes all in the name of maintaining possession. I’m angry because they over labored Kante’s quality by pairing him with Jorginho all this years.

Skimpledawg:
Did you see the second half?

Yes i saw it. it was a great result against a low side.

Skimpledawg:
Hensben, seeing this game?

How?

Skimpledawg:
If Lukaku start, we won't win?

We will lose for sure, against a technical side like man city lukaku is minus 1. We were pressed and lost first leg due to Tuchel starting lukaku and Werner together. You need technical players who can cover grounds against man city. I believe Tuchel made lukaku know no guarantee shirt for any player which deflated his ego and started granting interview. Violi analyzed the situation perfectly, he thought he was one big player that will be untouchable at Chelsea but it’s not so with Tuchel because he is a smart and calculative man, he know how to psychologically put you in your place and still give you that happy feeling.

Havertz10:
I expect that combination to perform against a weak opposition like this, lakaka suppose statpad at least to cover for the shame that he will display against city

I pray Tuchel bench him against man city. Mount Havertz and Pulisic should start against man city and we will have a chance to win.

Havertz10:
We plenty

Havertz is a big game player. There was a reason I vouched for him to play from round of 16 against atletico Madrid to final.

Now I see why Tuchel is going Kounde. This 433 formation was very good. If Tuchel sign Tchouameni and kounde next season we will play more of 433 formation.

airmark:
Is it now about the team or about how he fared in the team?

They lost to the eventual champion in the last world cup. Lukaku also won the bronze boot in the tournament.

Find another thing to hinge your hatred for Lukaku on.

Lukaku can score but his team play can’t help the team for titles, mostly against tough opponent. I don’t hate lukaku but he is not the type of striker to lead a team to trophies.

airmark:
January 2021 to December 2021

Lukaku for belgium: 10 goals and 1 assists in 10 matches.

Do Belgium play counter attack football?

Belgium yet to win anything

Segedinho:
Exactly what you are saying now....

Not same thing i am saying because Lukaku even said he is not suited to the system.

Segedinho:
Havertz is suitable for what kinda tactics

Haverts is good as false 9 in the system.

Segedinho:
Na so some of them open mouth waaaaah

That no team can win UCL with 3 at d back..

Ibime said that not some people.I even told him then with right players in the system trophies can be won.

Theuniverse:
so lukaku is useless for trophies so why did inter win serie a?

seria a is slow. they don't play high intensity game there.

andrewbaba44:
After 13 league games and 5 goals Chelsea should finally sell lukaku ,when you have ekuke forwards that has been misfiring for so long

Well Chelsea knows better than most of you guys ooonion that will end here on Nairaland

Una think say na so dem use Dey give up for 90 million player wey never flop ,even flop harvetz is still playing for Chelsea but Na lukaku make dem sell

With Lukaku playing we will not win any trophies, he is useless in high intensity game, against quality teams.

andrewbaba44:
You want Chelsea to sell lukaku so that your harvetz will be playing ?

Lukaku and Chelsea will be fine as he will apologize

Chelsea should sell bang average harvetz instead who has been a flop

He is right, chelsea should sell lukaku, he is not made for technical football but counter attack. He has weak mind that he need to be adored before he can do anything but we have young players up front that should be looking up to him.