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TheGoodJoe:
You think Gullit would have signed the first African player to play for Chelsea if he was not class?

Modified: youngest player to play in the ucl at the age of 16

forgiveness:
If Babayaro was good enough, he would had been noticed by CAF since he played in a Goliath league.

Chelsea was an average club as at the time Celestine Babayaro played there. Marseille was a better and bigger club than Chelsea as at the time Celestine Babayaro played for Chelsea. You can only deceive those who didn't follow Chelsea.


Did Celestine Babayaro light fire in EPL?

Taye Taiwo still performed better than Celestine Babayaro when he came to EPL.

they were not an average club, tho not this big but certainly not average, they were regularly competing in the champions league

Icon4s:
It was a good game overall for Nigeria.

There are no more minows in African football. We have all seen what Zimbabwe, Uganda, Burundi and Madagascar can do. This to me this will be one of the most keenly contested AFCONs ever.

Back to our game.
The defense had some shaky moments particularly in the first half. But they grew in confidence as the game progressed. The Ekong-Omeruo CB was just a delight to watch. I am not an Apostle of throwing in too many new players in CB positions. And we have seen how Balogun, Ekong and Omeruo have developed a strong chemistry at the back over the years.

Our Full backs too did well. Aina was a delight to watch, Shehu until his injury also did ok. Awaziem came in to prove why Rohr picked him and not Semi Ajayi.

In the middle Etebor and Ndidi combined well, though Etebor had some few Crazy moments. Mikel didn't particularly have a good game. I have never seen Mikel being this poor in so many years. He didn't do enough to link up play with the attackers.

When I saw Iwobi starting from wings I was like "why crowd your team with natural wingers when u will still play Iwobi from the wings"?. Musa for Mikel's substitution was expected. Musa brought pace and more attacking flair but his final balls were mostly disappointing. Chukwueze had a great game but he needs to learn to play more with his AM and CF. He was often isolated. Iwobi's move to the AM role brought spark to our attack and we dominated play more. Rohr should please keep playing Iwobi in the AM role.

I was particularly disappointed seeing Onuachu in the starting line up. I am still not completely sold on that guy. He struggled with his positioning but the lack of quality balls from the midfield obviously affected him. Ighalo, got the job done. He was at the right place at the right time. And remained calm enough to make the right decision. And eaqully worthy of mention was the sexy pass from Aina. Games like this requires a moment of brilliance to break the ice and that was it.

Akpeyi, in my opinion had one of his best games in the GWG. Though he had one or two lapses, particularly when he dropped a ball in the 18yards box that almost caused an equalizer. And another harmless goal kick he was supposed to guide costing us a corner. He didn't have a great game but he was very much ok.

I particularly liked the intensity with which we played the second half. And I also like the fact that we were able make good passes together.

Rohr please our start 11 should be the team that ended that game. If Shehu recorvers well enough he can start else Awaziem can start at RB. Aina should be maintained in the LB position.

We take it a game at a time.

Bring on Guinea.

however I think if Collins is fit he should start the next game and Olaoluwa should be moved to the right at least that will give us width and pace on both sides

Icon4s:
This is why a country like Guinea even despite the quality of their players cannot win the AFCON.

Boss, I dey wait your analysis o

[quote author=klexycole post=79582251]No one is talking about the team's passing accuracy. To me, their possession, pass accuracy, and offensive play have improved.

Candidly, Ola Aina is an upgrade to Jamilu Collins. He's very offensive and contributes massively to the attack.

Yes, you may say it's Burundi, but the team really tried. We can only hope they improve in the final third and the sick players recover rapidly.

Overall, an interesting match!







...The Land is Green[/quote ] Noticed it too, we moved the ball with pace and accuracy plus lots of sharp 1-2 passes, I've not seen a Nigerian team play like that in a while

ChrisKels:
I thought I wrote somewhere that the DRC FA is made up of f**ls?

lol, yes you did

Danielnino00:
Abeg what kind of sickness is it exactly ?

At first it was Omeruo and Etebo that fell sick after we played Zimbabwe under the heavy rain in Asaba.. ...

over half of the team fell ill once they landed in Egypt

Earthquake3:
Zidane abandoned his team in 2006 world cup finals

Xavi went to hide at the 2014 world cup

nelszx:
If this is anything to go by; our XI vs Burundi
Looking forward to seeing what Chukwueze will do today.

If this starting 11 is to be believed then I think Rhor is a very fair coach, after several report of Onuachu playing very well in training, benching Jude for him is a very bold and good decision

Africa my Africa

ChrisKels:
he was a youth internal of the DRC, so also was Presnel Kimpembe

if this kain thing happen for here, Amaju for don hear am

Earthquake3:
Ronaldinho can do all those things but he can't do them as good as Xavi

OK sir

forgiveness:
Of recent, they won both the U17 and U20 world cup.

more recently we got to the second round of the U-20 world cup and they didn't even turn up

nairalandankrah:
Samuel Kalu has been confirmed 'okay' and 'stabilised' after he collapsed during
training, a day before the country’s Afcon opener against Burundi on Saturday.
Kalu was reported to have fallen while trying to take a corner-kick in Friday’s training
session in Alexandria and was immediately rushed to the hospital.
The 21-year-old underwent several medical examinations upon arrival in the hospital and
he was said to have collapsed due to dehydration.
Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) media chief Demola Olajire confirmed the situation,
with a relief message that the Bordeaux winger has been advised to drink more water.
“I have been told Samuel Kalu has been stabilised. He was taken to hospital for tests
and he is certified okay. He was dehydrated, they said. Told him he needs to be taking
enough fluids,” Olaajire said.
Kalu is one of the nine forwards in Nigeria coach Gernot Rohr’s squad and it remains to
be seen if he would be available for their Group B opening game against the Swallows
at the Alexandria Stadium.
During the 2018-19 season, the pacy winger contributed three goals and two assists in
his debut season with Bordeaux in the French Ligue 1.
Source: Goal

if he's been confirmed OK then why putting Nacho on standby, I think there's more to this gist that the NFF is trying to hide, probably to avoid panic

nairalandankrah:
I expect Samuel chukwueze to make the most of his technical abilities, he should be burning the burundian full backs, or at the very least, be trying to.
One of those players that looks disinterested without the ball is iwobi ,probably not true but. At least they all should try to appear lively, and don't give up on balls so easily.

with Kalu ruled out Chuks should start, I just hope Broda Jude will make the most of our chances today, we need to score early to destabilize the Burundians because the more the game progresses the more confidence they'll build

andrew444:
Ronaldinho style of player will be very hard to see

You won't see Xavi type of players in all this new school midfielders

I am yet to even see Cafu or maldini type of full back

Dani Alves is better than Cafu

forgiveness:
English football is still better than Nigeria's football. We don't need to mock them.

our youth football is better than theirs

forgiveness:
Maybe you never watched him play.

na YouTube highlight he watch

Earthquake3:
Can Ronaldinho dictate a game?

Is Ronaldinho's pass technique half as good as Xavi?

Does Ronaldinho have Xavi's vision

How good is Ronaldinho's combination with teammates?

Ronaldinho is good for those who watch football for the entertainment, but for those who watch football for the science, I prefer Xavi

Lol, not sure you really watched Ronaldinho

Mybettingtips:
England U21 2 - 4 Romania U21



English boys dey chop am left and right. Imagine Romania flogging Dem 4-2. T. Abraham started from the bench again, subbed in d 77mins and restored parity in the 87mins. But could not rescue dem from another defeat. The England coach is stubborn, why bench ur most lethal striker in two matches now.

he collect bribe

Curtisaxel7:
By the way, let's talk about Iwobi for a bit. Sentiments aside, that guy doesn't fill me with confidence at all.

His shooting is pathetic, ditto his long passing abilities, his goal sense below par, aerial ability is zero, ball control average at best....the only thing he has going for him is his one-two passes and once in a blue moon accurate defence splitting pass.

Now don't get me wrong, I'm a big Iwobi fan and I wish him the very best but if I were in Rohr's shoes right now, I'd play Etebo as 10 ahead of Iwobi.

Your thoughts?

Other than energy what else does Etebo give us?

Danielnino00:
After all the media report and gists from camp... I'm expecting the following change in the lineup tomorrow.

1) Akpeyi will start in goal

2) Shehu won't start.. its now obvious he has fallen down the pecking order..Aina will play RB or RWB..

3) Midfield combo will be Ndidi- Mikel- Iwobi....

4) If Rohr should rest Kalu, Chukwueze will most likely start.. But if its 3-5-2, it's Ighalo and Musa up front...



But then its not sure yet . Aside Kalu, we don't know yet if the players that fell sick in camp have fully recovered.

God help us o .

Earlier today he said about 5 players aren't available

safarigirl:
Tbaba1234, is this not your RightBack?

Part time footballer full time model, mtcheeeeew

tbaba1234:
Kalu is fine..

Yes please, doctors even gave him green light to play tomorrow but I trust Rhor to be cautious

Samuel kalu suffered a heart attack in final training session today, he's currently receiving treatment in a hospital. state of health unknown

jihday:
Started already

Rhor confirmed 5 players will miss tomorrow's game due to the sickness, not sure he mentioned their names tho

jihday:
prematch conference today 2/2:30

Started already

zuchyblink:
No news? No pix from camp? Rohr decided to keep us in dark

prematch conference today 2/2:30

Tears of joy for the ladies https://twitter.com/AyodejiX2/status/1141817319208960003?s=19

forgiveness:
We don reach quarter finals before.

when it was still 16 nations

Our girls celebrating Argentina https://twitter.com/kelvinekerete/status/1141469919063760896?s=19

Abeg who be the coach of the future eagles that just came back from Japan

The funniest video I've seen on twitter. EMEKA! pic.twitter.com/BplxXv8AtP

— Gbenga Emmanuel (@Gbengstar) June 19, 2019