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Jeffrey12:
Holy shit.... Thank God for ur life...

But i haven't heard of that state you said you were travelling to oo... "Benin state"

But he said Benin city not state

Joebie:
Very good analysis Sir TheSuperNerd.

Now the question.. who to start against Cameroon? Let's focus on the midfield.
The 4-2-3-1 formation gives room for two defensive midfielders if i'm not mistaking. But one of them would still be more dedicated to being a holding midfielder

Optioni 1: Mikel is a sure starter for his experience, and we expect him to rise up to this kind of opposition any day anytime. He has a lot of top games under his belt. Can't take that away from him. It is most certain he will get his AMF role although I prefer Mikel in the number 4 role, but with the absence of a creative midfielder, Mikel is the closest and the only option we have, until we allow Iwobi show us his stuff in that position. That takes us back to your question. Who gets the number 4 role? Onazi, Ndidi, Ogu? I think I will make a case for Esiti ONLY based on his recent exploits with Gent. The number 4 is one of, if not the most important position in a team. In fact it is the player that GUARANTEES control of the midfield. And i'm beginning to think this is why we lost to SA. We will need that holding midfielder, who may not necessarily play as such for most part of the match considering the physical Cameroon. But we will need that role every now and then, I think especially for the Cameroon tie Esiti looks well suited for it, and can hardly be destroyed force versus force. It is not for no reason he is nicknamed The Rock in Belgium. But can he rise up to that occasion?

In CMF, we know Onazi for his tackles which frustrates can frustrate any team. But he has to do more of short passes because his long passes are awful. Should Onazi play as a CMF then? How about Ndidi? This take us to another option.

Option 2: Should iwobi be given the chance, and should our forwards know just how to position themselves to take advantage of Iwobi's fast and splitting passes, I believe the lad will excel as he wouldn't have to come against the Cameroonians physically much.

Then we can have Mikel do what he did for Chelsea for about a decade. It is indeed very true that the player with the #4 shirt can sometimes go under-appreciated by fans because he is rarely the one who scores the crucial goal or makes the last ditch tackles. We can expect Mikel to be clever as well not to be out-muscled by the Cameroonians and create more cover for our center backs very well.

This option opens room for the question, who plays as the CMF? Clearly, Ndidi for his excellent vision and ball distribution.

in all this we are trying to take a more scientific approach in our arguments, instead of choosing a player over another just simply because we like them or we have seen them play well in other situations.

Then move etobo to the right or left wing forward.

goldfish80:
I used Rantie as an example of a forward who still battled gamely for his team even when the passes weren't getting to him. He still made something happen.
If every intended pass found strikers it was intended for, football matches will be ending with scorelines like 40-52.

Pls remind me again, how many chances did he create after winning the aireal balls.

goldfish80:
I don't know your football background. But I will be surprised if you played organised football and still come up with some of these opinions you push out.

Kelechi played close to 70 minutes of a game and all you could muster to defend his poor output was about 3 misplaced passes which didn't get to him from midfield.

I never knew players were judged by the number passes which didn't get to them.

Let me explain this to you again. South Africa had their defence well organised. Their defence was set up high up the pitch which translated to an offside trap strategy. Balls over the top from midfield will look to have bypassed the defence which will mislead a spectator into thinking the ball was over hit.

The defence was so set up like that to deceive midfielders to hit those type of passes,which wouldn't come through anyway.
It is a dangerous strategy but if it works to perfection, what you saw last Saturday was about the result you will get.

This is the technical breakdown of what went down against Bafana.

Pls Oga goldfish hw many times was he cut offside in the game against s africans.. Abi u no watch the match ni

Pls a quick question, can sm1 tell me y Kingsley madu is not called up to the SE setup

Humility017:
nice one...
to be true....awaziem wasn't too poor that day
presently I will put him and omeruo on same class....
moreover he is even more better on aerial balls.
talking about echiejie....we are not looking for experienced players to replace him but a young pacy player that can link up join the attack when the need arises...Kingsley madu comes to mind but the dude really need to top up his game to get SE call ups...
no doubt ideye is one player that have been used to Africa football.... we may need him should V. Moses be absent

Ahh!!! Kingsley even presently is a much more reliable player to echiejie self

Am surprised no body talked about roher not removing onazi and bringing in sm1 like kayode. There by having nacho play behind the main striker. New here. But thanks guys for keeping us posted

P.s: for ppl who are not saying anything about dat midfield combo, we should take it dat u didn't see dat match.

Victorvexz:
Sorry, but u are also guilty of the same thing. U are only interested in Igbo development, just like other ethnic groups do. So stop accusing everyone of what ur tribe is guilty of. U all are doing this because u can't compete with other tribes, u have lost all relevance. Is it any wonder why the Niger delta minorities like itsekiri, urhobo etc are not complaining, but a big tribe like Igbo is always complaining, is it not a disgrace?

So according to u, Igbos hv lost relevance and is seeking for one. I do'nt always get involved in things like dis but every tin u just accused to igbos of doing here is wat u hv done 100%. Most of u do not really knw of the events that lead to the muder of ova 1million igbos by the Nigerian state. And yet that same hate which drove ur fore fathers to bring abt one of the greatest genocide that the world have seen is still very much seen in u guys today. So my question is; if u were this ppl that are largely hated like this would u still put ur trust and faith in them that they will have ur interest in heart.
PS: I strongly think this country has so much potential staying together than going into smaller parts. But hey one factor that would hv helped every1 is wat they want to destroy. But what do I know

DamiBukola:
The man's silent is killing the party. Both factions are loyal to him; Wike, Fayose and all the governors. Sheriff's faction is also loyal so why can't he unite the two factions by telling all of them to step down and let the BOT controls the party? I just don't want APC to be the only party because we will go back to Egypt (1999 to 2013 when PDP was the only party)

well said.... but Omo dat man deserves to be left alone. if na me self I no go involve myself with any tin Persian polities again. since no body appreciated his effort be4 e no better say him leave their tin 4 dem. chee dey conspired with the ApC govt to bring the man down. make dey also deal with the consequences way fellow am

DamiBukola:
So because they conspired to end the party's fortune at the past election, he should see to the end of the party? Jonathan is so wicked for leaving this party to this messy state. He has the wonder stick to put the party back to track but he is feigning I don't care.

Are serious right now... bro get a life. As a gentle man I think what his doing now is best for him. some times is good for some1 to look out for him self....so make una leave dat man alone.

classicada:
AM GONNA DREAM ABOUT PHYNO TONIGHT...
SORRY BOYFRIEND

why i 'am not surprised

mrvitalis:
Nigerians are smart and hard working.. . Put them in a situation were they don't have an option they will perform...

But our behaviour outside is not close to the best bro.. and that's the truth

I know its not, but we can create the same environment here as well in Nigeria; and that way they will be forced to do the needful. Every human being has the potential to be good or bad. So its all about the factors which affect them and some times the person's well and God's grace ultimately. And mind u the only way is by putting the present structure of the country aside and totally coming together to build a beta one. my opinion

mrvitalis:
Our records outside this country is well known please

There is the good and bad you know.. Is there where u do'nt find the good and bad in this world. All am saying is that we still have records of good belved Nigerians around the world. I think there's an article that I read recently that supports that. Most of them when they get into Nigeria suddenly change into something else so imagine that!!

Pesuzok:
Have you read the report, please do. I had to search for it because a lot of people have been mentioning it. There is no where they recommended true federalism or resource control. Please read and give me the page no.

OK I will

mrvitalis:
I am not against true federalism.... Not at all
But that is not our problem..
Even if states control their resources... We will still have same leaders and same flowers... With same mind set... That's it

oga I disagree with you on that. The confed give a lot of grounds for proper change of the existing systems which, in my opinion is the main problem of Nigeria. The system is the main reason why those people even find themselves in those places. And pls there's nothing wrong with our mentality; cause this same Nigerians you accuse of bad mentality still go to other countries and becm their best citizens. So we should all advocate for the restructuring of the country cause that's what we need.

would love the material as well @proddey pls this is my email-- fabman4realdeal@yahoo.com

shiii there is God ooo

Zico5:
I laugh with this list, not that it is fake but for the fact that many PDP names were omitted. No government can be as corrupt as Gej government in Nigeria. If Gej, mama peace, Diesani, okonjo, Dasuki, Etals could not make the list with how they intentionally milked this country then the list is pure fake. Femi orebe is right, may we never experience PDP again in Nigeria.

the people you dey sing there praise no be the same PDP they commot from.... so ApC na goko cleanser now abi

notoriousbabe:
Let dem destroy everything. When their heads calm down na dem go pay for am.

















Mumu students

I can remember those days in futo owerri, we had a similar problem and protested as well. They listened to us cause we did'nt get anytin spoilt. I can remember my lecturer than saying that we played the best card by not destroying anytin... so it meant dat they will listen to us and as well be free from any payment at all

LET ME TEACH A LITTLE BIT

In subsidy, corruption existed, whether sustained or removed. Deregulation is what we ask for; let the Petroleum sector experience what was done to the telecom sector, then NNPC and our local govt refineries will either sit up or pack up. Allow private individuals to operate private refineries. Sell
crude to them, or they can even buy from other counties while refining here as well as selling the produce here or outside the country as the case maybe. Let them do it and stop using the term subsidy to mop up funds in the name of subsidy removal.

Subsidy removal simply means we don't want this cabals to share this oil money with us, let stop them and eat alone. Then the cabals will rise to frustrate them from "chopping" alone. Removal of subsidy means buhari is corrupt. Sustaining subsidy means he approves of corruption while the deregulation of the downstream sector approves of his sincerity to change this country and subsidy removal is not a deregulatory agent at all!!!. Do you know that as soon as we get it right
in the downstream sector the power issue will be automatically solved.
# SAY NO TO SUBSIDY, SAY NO TO SUBSIDY REMOVAL, SAY NO TO
FUEL PRICE HIKE SAY YES TO DEREGULATION.

my humble submission to all these lip service....

Toks2008:
For using that embolden word,i will not spare you in saying that you are not fine yet you are so quick to bring your funny sarcasm.Next time learn how to comment.

OGA just bc u do'nt like her, do not mean dat others do'nt either... a man's food is another's poison

IamAtribalist:
Most of the girls are ugly. Anyway doesn't change the fact that GEJ will forever be the CLUELESS ONE

WAILERS QUOTE ME ANYTIME ANYWHERE

am not surprised ur moniker don finish the work

metrosexual:
I wouldn't talk about "gambling" because I don't know much about that. I will talk about sports betting, some call it gambling but I don't agree. Throwing a coin to show a random number is more of gambling than watching Atletico Madrid FC for years and predicting they would rarely lose a match at home.

Everything needs moderation and expertise, most folks lose at Sport betting because they take it to luck or chance.

Most sport bet punters day dream and hope they would become millionaires overnight. That happens sometimes but out of 10 million sport bet punters in a week, only like 1 percent experience such luck.

Take betting as a business and analyse it detailedly with statistics and detailed information and you would rarely lose.

Take for instance, a co-worker at the start of the season put in N15,000 in betting on teams to win the English Premier League. All the small clubs had huge odds of up to 5000 odds. He staked 100 each for the small clubs with huge odds. And for the bigger teams he staked higher amounts which all resulted to N15,000 in total.

Come May 2th 2016, Leicester City FC won the league, Leicester City FC had 5000 odds to win the league, the dude won N500,000 from the N100 stake he placed on all small teams with huge odds.

I know of someone who from the start of the season plays every West Ham Utd game to play over 1.5 goals(meaning - there would be at least 2 goals in every West Ham Utd matches). West Ham Utd this season have played over 1.5 goals in 85% of their games meaning he has gained a lot. He stakes N20,000 per game and makes a profit of between N6,500 to N8,500 per game. At the end of the season the money what he gains is usually in the range of N120,000 to N150,00 taking out the few 5-7 times he lose a bet. Mind you, he makes his bets online and doesn't withdraw his initial deposit or wins till the end of the season. At the end of the season he then invests the money into anything of his choice. I can't exhaust the plenty betting strategies which intelligent punters I know employ and ALWAYS WIN, these friends I'm talking about are not unemployed, they are University graduates with good white collar jobs but they see the good investment and payout in sports betting and the key to winning is betting based on valid statistics, the least risks and least games as possible.

Betting houses sponsor football leagues the world over because they expect games to be fair and not fixed or else punters will milk them dry. Why do you think any club caught "selling" or fixing matches is severely punished? Remember what happened to Juventus FC years back? What do you think made football this popular in the world today? Sports betting of course!

Go to foreign countries and see rich men winning big in sports betting, but here in Nigeria its just kids believing in luck and chance and the betting houses keep milking them dry.

I'm tired of typing, make your intelligent deductions based on your opinion.

Ciao!

bro there's nothing else to say

abeg can I ask this question? forex trading and this sports betting of a thing, whats the diff. so if all of the above involves analysis... Hw den can the Op say those tins. if u ask me, there's nothing wrong if sm1 likes a particular stuff I tries to use it in making money... am only trying to make sense. #myopinion

Purpletee:
aunty Tiwa u dey smile. Your marriage dey under fire.

so make she no smile again... pls just pray 4 her if u really care abt her general well being.

cr7lomo:
Comprehension matters alot when reading article and that's y English looks easy but all fail it

He meant they beat arsenal, man u and the rest to the title ... Not that they beat them in a game , but beat them to the title

ahh no mind me oo I just dey look 4 consolation.... Cause we were the biggest loser amongst the big boys.

benji93:
common bros dont take that too seriously, i make mistakes too, i was just trying to say that, the situation irks u so much that u pronounced stoke as stroke, u should probably read my comment again, i didnt mean to mock you, it was an implicit tease, that is what makes this place interesting, i would have expected u to reply me by creating something humorous out of that.

pardon my excesses

Dee60:
Let us see if FIFA will give the best Manager award to Ranieri or they will continue with their tradition of sham awards.

This is a coach that has no one in the team earning 60,000 pounds per week come up with victories over teams that pay players 150,000 to 300,000 pounds per week. A team with no single super star go on to defeat star studed teams like Arsenal, ManCity, Man U, Tottenham etc to with the EPL.

Ranieri is the best Manager today.

Away from the tradition of people like Jose who only buy ready made and accomplished players. What is the genius in that?

correction arsenal was'nt defeated by Leicester... mind u!!!!

Kaylexzy:
Well bruh, I will have to watch d highlights and check it out. Cos of all his games I've watched. He always celebrates every goal by running to d corner flag, kneeling and pointing to d sky. I sometimes think it's needless wen his team is trailing, but as u jex said he didn't celebrate which is good. I guess dey should have appreciated him if Wat u say I true. But Wat I don't like is d Naija mentality of pointing out bad habits as racism. As if even In Naija hia, playing ordinary Street soccer, we don't celebrate with our team mates all the time. Sometimes we even fight dem. Lol.

yea I do'nt tink its racism but more like some back ground happenings we do'nt kn about.....

benji93:
Oga easy now, no vex murdering english since time immemorial bro.

and so wat if I murdered English? The most important tin is DAT, I was able to commune my thoughts to every1 dat cared to understand wat I wrote up there .

Kaylexzy:
Wat kinda appreciation bruh if I may ask? U know I didn't watch d game.

not even a single hand shake..... is'nt DAT enough

Kaylexzy:
Nah. Bro, I don't agree with u even though I didn't watch the game. But let me give u an example.

Real Madrid were trailing Rayo Vallecano by 2 goals wen Bale pulled 1 back, he took d ball to d centre circle immediately.. which is d right tin to do. It's a game u wana win. And u have hope of winning. So, it's only natural not to waste time and complete a comeback. So it was so very wrong of him to celebrate d goal in d 1st place. It sends a wrong impression dat he prioritise person glory to team glory. Even CR7 didn't celebrate his 1st goal against Wolfsburg. So pls let's not cry Wolf all the time. Good luck to him.

but he did'nt celebrate the 1st.... and they did'nt show any appreciation at all to him..