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Just about to say Dele-Bashiru needs to calm down: The occasion is getting to him. And then he's yanked off. Harsh.

elyte89:
because u dont av to react to everything


Some things re just meant for laughs,so u sef kan take those threat serious ,nawa o na joke na

Leave am.

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Non existent midfield play.


USA 1 - 0 NGA

Ukraine could only manage a 1-0 win over Qatar.

kellycute:
I don't have time for long talk. I go just useless your destiny with a single incantation. I'm a bini man from orhionmwon local govt. Our witch nor get part 2 go figure am out. I'll just useless your destiny so u better watch your tongue and if u dare quote me, I'll useless your destiny at this very moment. I ain't playing with u.

Laugh won troway me for ground. Wonders!

edi287:
Klopp's go to formation is 4-3-3. Samu will be signed to play on the wings.
Klopp also viewed Coutinho as a wide player. I remember reading somewhere he laughed when he heard Barca was paying 100m for Coutinho because he wouldn't fit in a 4-3-3 and couldn't replace iniesta in a 4-4-2.
Epl would be good for him from a financial angle. I'd prefer Liverpool to Barca sha because I know how crazy barca fans can get.

Here's the article I was talking about

Report suggests Jurgen Klopp was amazed that Barcelona were willing to offer €100 million for Coutinho

JACK O'TOOLE

El Pais journalist Diego Torres has reported that Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp was 'amazed' and 'broke into hilarity' when he first heard that Barcelona were going to offer €100 million for former midfielder Philippe Coutinho.

Torres, who wrote The Special One: The Dark Side of Jose Mourinho, has been covering PSG forward Neymar extensively this season but he has now shifted his attention towards his international teammate Coutinho and his January move from Liverpool to Barcelona.

Torres suggests that Coutinho was never fit enough to operate under Klopp's pressing system of football and that leading goalscorer Mohamed Salah was brought in to compete with the Brazilian while Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino were deemed 'undroppable'.

Torres wrote:

"When the club raised the possibility of signing Mohammed Salah, the coach told the management that he thought it was fine but that the position should be played with Coutinho. Never with Mané or Firmino, whom he judged unquestionable.

"In Liverpool offices were not surprised to see that the leaders embraced as if they had won a title when on 6 January closed the transfer of Coutinho to Barca for 160 million euros, a record after Neymar and Mbappé. Never the sale of the third most expensive soccer player in history meant less sacrifice and more benefit for a major club.

[b]"Explosive and decisive in short spaces, Coutinho lacked the heart and lungs to perform consistently in the great spaces of the midfield. In the physical tests that simulated situations of the game, after two sprints of 60 meters Coutinho could not recover without remaining half a minute completely stopped. Too much, given the tactical demands. With the emphasis on permanent dynamism, Klopp discarded Coutinho to integrate the midfield in 4-3-3. Even when he placed it as an end, he found that it disengaged in the folds. During several days he tried a 4-2-3-1 to place him behind the point, with a smaller radius of action to avoid suffering. If he played as a second point he could stay off the hook without generating serious imbalances, while the rest of the team was ordered 20 meters back. But the 4-2-3-1, in Klopp's opinion, did not allow the team to occupy the spaces in the most efficient way possible.

"Barça's first offer for Coutinho amounted to 60 million euros, about a year ago. Klopp's reaction was perplexing. He thought that Barcelona had the three attack squares covered with Messi, Suarez and Neymar.

"When they told him that [Josep] Bartomeu would sign [Ousmane] Dembelé to replace Neymar and offer more than 100 million for Coutinho to act as relay for [Andres] Iniesta, his amazement broke into hilarity. According to an employee of the English club, Klopp was blunt: "Coutinho is a fabulous forward but he will never feel comfortable in 4-3-3 as an inside; and much less if he has to play in the post of Iniesta in the 4-4-2 that [Ernesto] Valverde practices in the defensive phase, where the longer runs should be done by the wings. Iniesta is a long distance runner. Coutinho no. "[/b]

When Coutinho eventually sealed his £142 million move to Barcelona, Klopp said that the club did everything within their means to convince the player that remaining part of Liverpool was as attractive as moving to Spain.

He told Liverpoolfc.com: “It is with great reluctance that we – as a team and club – prepare to say farewell to a good friend, a wonderful person and a fantastic player in Philippe Coutinho.

“It is no secret that Philippe has wanted this move to happen since July, when Barcelona first made their interest known.

“Philippe was insistent with me, the owners and even his teammates this was a move he was desperate to make happen.

“Despite that, we managed to keep the player here beyond the summer window, hoping that we would be able to persuade him to stay and be part of what we are looking to do.

“I can tell the Liverpool supporters that we, as a club, have done everything within our means to convince Philippe that remaining part of LFC was as attractive as moving to Spain, but he is 100 per cent certain his future – and that of his family – belongs at Barcelona. It is his dream and I am now convinced there is nothing left at our disposal to change his mind.

“Philippe has made a fantastic contribution to this club over his five years of service and as disappointed as we are he doesn’t want to extend that, the relationship we have for him means with a heavy heart we wish him well.

“The player remained dedicated and committed to helping us win matches, producing good performances and training hard each day at Melwood after the summer window had closed, despite failing to convince us to allow him to leave during that period and that level of professionalism reflects positively on him.

“Of course, it is totally understandable that supporters will be disappointed; this is always the case when you have to say goodbye to someone special. But, as hard as it is sometimes to accept, it is part of life and part of football – individuals have their own dreams and their own goals and objectives in life.

“Players will come and players will go, that is football, but as a club we are big enough and strong enough to continue with our aggressive progression on the pitch, even when we lose an important player. We have never been in a better position in recent times, as a club, to react in the right way. We will use our size and strength to absorb moments like this and still move forward.

“I have been here long enough now to know in the history of Liverpool, key players have left before – but the club always goes on. You cannot transfer the heart and soul of Liverpool Football Club, although I am sure there are many clubs who would like to buy it.

“I have so much belief in the talent we have here already and even more faith, together with our owners, that we will make continued investment into the playing squad, which will allow more growth and more improvement.

“So as we bid farewell to Philippe, we continue on our path of progress and development as we work towards our common goal of bringing trophies back to Anfield.”

A very insightful read. Thanks a bunch for sharing.



I've always admired the tactical part of the game.

Another Politics Section dey form small small for here.

The way you guys put across your comments here dey pursue people comot for the thread.




*Spits*

darkelf:
But is he entirely wrong?

Captain or not, you will be lying to say he is not 80% correct. It is .only blind patriotism that will make you insult him. You wet don't fight for Bornu should know better

Enyi i nokwa form.

darkelf:
14 goals and 5 assists in 23 league appearances

God bless you my brother.


People forget nobody is the source of their frustration here.


A good turnout for the striker this season.

Was hoping the Senegalese could hold out for the win and avoid a late slip up like Mali yesterday. Now they've doubled the tally.




Great.

From Ryan Kent to Clark Kent. The ministry is moving

Colombia may prove to be too much of a challenge.

klmmdcvaaa:
videos,diagrams and pictures below

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I think the mods will get tired of banning this guy eventually. It's amusing really.

Earthquake3:
Guess who's top scorer for the Danish league for the 3rd time in a row

How many goals o jare?

That you're patriotic doesn't mean you should be stupid. Or play ostrich.

But then again, you're needed to make up the numbers; dead or alive.



Keep yapping till shït hits the fan.

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CaptainStephen:
Absolute nonsense, deep grave you wish yourself not my country.

Lol.


Captain Captain.

Nigeria, as things stand, is on her way to a deep grave.



Lol!

Some people's million tickets have already endangered species based on this game.

Icon4s:
Guinea too are still trying. They have participated in most of the recent U17 WCs, post MRI introduction. Asides Ghana, Brazil and Argentina too have also been greatly affected. It has even helped Nigeria the more, meaning we didn't really need to cheat in the first place.

The talent gap is truly not that wide. There's just a lot more issues hindering the development on this side.

The likelihood any of the U.S players cheated is closer to nil. You guys should know these things.

Age Cheating drags Football Development backwards. The ripple effects are calamitous in the long run. Teams/FAs engaged in such are digging a pit they'll fall into later.

Earthquake3:
I'm not joking, the camera captured the back of his head while celebrating and I saw an aged man

No use laugh kill me abeg.

Earthquake3:
Our goalie is up to 40 years

LMAO!

Calm down o.

I seriously disagree with the 2 previous posters. Aba is more popular than Alaba. Alaba is popular in Lagos. Aba is well known across most of the country.

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vorigan:
Actually, it is the Idomas (a kwararafa tribe) that are more closely related with the Hausa fulani.......The Tivs were later day migrants to Benue and are of Bantu Origins

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Shut up mister!

Piece of cake for Arthur Eze. If you don't believe it argue with your landlord.