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safarigirl:
Mikel is not bulky, he has a lean frame....I don't think we have up to five bulky players in that team

The only bulky player is Anthony Nwakaeme. And maybe relatively John Ogu. The rest na light weights

mostob:
maybe Etebo,simon or mikel,Iwobi sef have bulk-up,him don chop naija beans.

Etebo, Simon? Those ones na small size players na.
Mikel and Iwobi have the height but they are not bulky. You no see Yekini and Amokachi size? Which defenders fit chance them with body? Amokachi was a Bull.

krattoss:
this reminds me of something. .U watched watford vs stoke last two or three weeks ago...?
U remember the brawl between troy deeney and Joe Allen, u saw how deeney lifted Allen up like a kid with two hands choked at his neck like a kid, and laughed and mimmicked him in the face....
Thats what u get when u f*ck with the wrong guy...

And from where i am...I can only imagine what will be the fate of the scape goat that will try to upset these set of guys u listed below..

Hahahahaha..Just remeberd how feghouli of Algeria headbutted shehu abdullahi, had it been it was somebody like oliha.. ...either he wouldn't have tried it or dude would have been in one hospital now chilling with drip and clutches as a result of broken ribs

Honestly Shehu messed up there. The guy for act Nollywood movie there make that Algeria player collect Red card.

A good number of those Nigerian players then were bullies. There was this Sunday Oboigbe that featured at Maroc '88, his face alone used to scare off opposing attackers. Oliha, Amokachi and Eguavoen were also bullies.

Someone like Bright Omakaro, after Nigeria collected a red card, broke the leg of an Algerian player so that both teams were balanced at 10-10. And not 10 against 11.

None of our players of today can do that for the team.

FabioPeter:
If you lose these matches you will demoralized the players, it’s better to play beatable team or teams that will allow us develop/showcase our strength. It’s good to go to the World Cup in high spirit.

Nigerian teams have generally played better against big teams.

They tend to be complaisant against smaller teams and end up struggling.

Let us face the big teams in the friendlies. After-all all the teams we are facing in the WC are big teams. Even Iceland.

krattoss:
ogbeni see muscles ... if this one bulala u shot, u will wish it was a blow from another person

Na so Nigerian players dey bulky those days. All dem Amokachi, Yekini, Eguavoen, Okechukwu, Keshi, Iroha, Ekpo, Nwannu. They were bulky guys that you cannot shove off so easily.

tbaba1234:
Name this ex Nigerian player.

This is Thompson Oliha at the Senegal '92 AFCON

safarigirl:
lol....that is on a basis of probability, not certainty

That looks more likely to me.Haha

safarigirl:
not all players will be +1....

Anybody born AFTER June will not be +1 by the time the World Cup begins. So, the likes of Iheanacho, Ekong and co will remain the same age they were when the survey was carried out

What if they did the calculation based on years and months Eg 20years and 6months means 20.5; 23 years 3months means 23.25 and stuffs like that. Obviously, in 6months time all figures must change even if it is the decimal components.

mazimee:
Leicester City Boss Refuses To Rule Out Selling Kelechi Iheanacho In January
Published: December 09, 2017


Leicester City boss Claude Puel has refused to rule out the possibility of selling Nigeria star Kelechi Iheanacho four weeks before the winter transfer market opens for business.

The Foxes have six strikers in the first team consisting of Iheanacho, Vardy, Ahmed Musa, Slimani, Okazaki and Ulloa, and the former Man City starlet has found game time hard to come by after making only two starts in the Premier League from a possible fifteen.
''Kelechi had an injury and after, for the moment, we have competition,'' Puel was quoted as saying by Leicester Mercury


''I am happy with Jamie for example. Kelechi or other players cannot play on the side.
''It’s difficult for them, but for me also to manage all these players because we have six strikers so there is no place for all the players.''

Puel added :: ''I try to respect them. Kelechi arrived this season and we will see. With all these games in this busy period, we will see.

''Time will tell. The window is not open, we will see. For the moment, we just look at all these games. We need all the players.''
Iheanacho penned a five-year contract with Leicester City in the summer for a fee in the region of 25 million pounds.

The truth is Iheanacho is a surplus requirement in Leicester City. They only found out they didn't need him after his purchase.

Don't even loan him, sell him out to another club abeg. We cannot be banking on a bench warmer for the World Cup.

So bad he cannot get the cut at City, he can still not get the cut at a mid table team like Leicester City. Where does he go next? A top 6 team or a relegation threatened side?

TheGoodJoe:
Nigeria today has the youngest team in the World Cup with 24.9 years of average age. The figure may be even lower in Russia, as we spotted a 19-year-old goalkeeper in La Coruna.. Gernot Rohr

Call Martins crew, this is for you.

Eh if you bring in a 19years old Okoye and then a 33 years old Martins the average balances out again be that naa.

BTW by next summer all players would be +1 year old. So all averages will increase.

bammy00:
Is it your typing ? Mind your business. All these early morning Aproko people.

This is a public forum. The only time I would mind my business is if he only asked his wife in their living room.

He asked everyone on nairaland and so it is my business.

I am sure you meant "better" bro.

Humility017:
Poland plays more like Croatia....Denmark perfectly look likely when we talk of Iceland...

Not necessarily that. Any European opposition will do.

Like I understand England and France are in line.
That should be OK


How the friendly will be beneficial to the other country is also a factor.

Eg if Panama, Costa Rica or Japan should approach us for as friendly how do we consider it? Waste of useful slot abi?

Abusule007:
If you don't mind me asking, why were you banned?

I just made a simple one line comment here.
And got banned for antispam dot or something

tbaba1234:
Munir El Haddadi who has already played a competitive game for Spain in 2016 is asking for a Special concession by FIFA so that he can represent Morocco at the WC

Too late for him. He made the wrong choice.

So because Morocco is now a sellable brand he wants to jump ship

A lesson to Tammy Abraham and his likes.

blueto:
I believe Moses should feature as wing back in a 3-5-2 formation and Ebuehi should play second fiddle to him as a right wing back.

If Rohr decides to stick to 3-5-2 for the WC. And you chos Moses as first choice WB and Ebuehi as second choice. It simply means Shehu and Aina are surplus requirements to that RB position?

blueto:
Ebuehi should start as a WB if the coach is to play with the 3-5-2 formation. And Shehu should start if the coach is to approach the game with a 4 man defence formation.

You are also among those of us that believe Moses should feature as a forward and not as a WB.

...still waiting for Omanbala1's response

tbaba1234:
Onazi was outstanding in both legs...Outstanding

I wonder when people say these things about Onazi.

The only time I will not play Onazi is if Mikel goes into the CM position, which is not so likely.

OMANBALA1:
I watched the game and Shehu was ineffective on that wing. Maybe disastrous was too harsh but he did do well, unlike Ebuehi that nailed it.

If Rohr should line up a 4 defenders set up, would u rather he starts Ebuehi or Shehu at RB?

lexyman:
your fingers were too fast ...

I saw that comment when I was still under a ban and so had to bear it until I was unbanned. Went back to dig it up as soon as I was released to comment.

Humility017:
oga please let us play ebuehi there abeg...
the guy played better in the last friendly....

afterall the formation is not new to him....i think he sometimes play in similar role for his club....

Na me be coach? Why you come dey beg me? Abeg o..... hahahaha

I want Omanbala1 to come and explain to us how playing Shehu as a Wing back was a disaster.

Did he even watch the match?

Truidstar:
Iceland are "Bloody Organized". Difficult to break down and very good at set pieces. Argentina has some work on their hands in their opening game. Argentina will play their linear passing, high pressing and probing game. From what I have seen, if Iceland scores first from a set piece, that game is as good as over.

It is because they have been playing against European teams who also play organized football.

I saw their coach the other day making mouth that they can beat us because we are not organized. I just laughed.

Let them face us first and we will disorganize them with our unpredictable style of play.

Our team is unpredictable. That is a major strength. Some opponents see us as a team which likes to build attack slowly while some say we are quick in building attack.

Go look at all our WC qualifiers we approached each game almost differently.

The versatility of our players did not help matters for our opponents. As you are planning to stop Iwobi from doing damage from the wings, he starts from a more central position. As you are planning to stop Etebo from the CMF he starts from the AMF position. Moses can initiate attacks from both the left , Right and centre. Maybe that is why the Icelanders see us a not organized meanwhile that versatility is our strength.

Argentina are still Wondering how we managed to beat them in that friendly.

For all those mentioning Joel Obi upandan. Notice I have never said anything about him.

I want to wait till he ends his season. The fitness condition he ends it with will determine.

That guy don disappoint pessin tire.

OMANBALA1:
Are you gonna be using Shehu and Idowu as wing backs or what? If so, how well do you think they can adjust in that role....Remember we have tried Shehu there and it was disastrous.

Please tell us how playing Shehu as a Wing back was DISASTROUS.

Back from a 24hrs ban.
Mtchew

What is it with girls and Birthdays sef?

blueto:
Can you explicitly explain why the two from three of them need to be dropped? thanks

We go with a Right wing back option. Meaning we need just one RWB Back-up. You pick Moses as the first choice, leaving room for one slot from the RBs.

blueto:
I have said it before that I prefer Moses as a wing back in this formation and I gave reasons for that and I believe they are justifiable reasons.

•He is good defensively
•With more freedom playing for the SE, he can perform better and cause more havoc going forward as a wing back than he performs for Chelsea. He created two clear-cut chances for Chelsea against Athletico Madrid on Tuesday in that position from the highlight I watched.
•The result yielding combination of Mikel-Iwobi-Iheancaho should be allowed to continue.

Then chose two of who to drop between Shehu, Ebuehi and Aina.

MetalJigsaw:
If Iheanacho has to join the midfield from upfront, then where do you place the trio of Mikel, Ogu/Onazi, Ndidi

It is Iwobi that I recommend would oin the midfield when on the offensive. I only used that Zmabia game to show we did it using Iheanacho for that role.


See what I would recommend:

When on the offensive:

..........Iwobi....Ihenacho

Moses..........Mikel....................Simon
Ndidi

Idowu...Balogun...Ekong...Shehu


When we are Chasing the ball or when the midfielders are not getting the ball well enough to the forwards, Iwobi drops a little deep:

......................Iheanacho
moses..............Iwobi.............Simon

............Ndidi............Mikel

That is why I said it will be a switch between 4-4-2 and 4-5-1 without necessarily making any substitutions.

Ogu and Onazi are not on my starting list.

blueto:
that is one of the reasons of playing friendlies to get used to the formation. The formation worked against Argentina. According to Mikel, the coach told them the areas that they had lapses in the first place and corrected them and we saw a different second half.

Besides, I know some Nigerian players like Moses, Awaziem and others have all been playing similar with similar formations so it is not new to them.

Where will you feature Victor Moses in this set up?

Trudy12:
i prefer the first formation.

Best Possible for that kind of formation for now.