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Iheanacho earned his first invite and demonstrated that he is an important member of the team, that’s why he can hardly be dropped. Ighalo still has to translate those goals to SE before we can’t start talking.

komekn:
100% correct

Aina rugged wetin Komekn u and I know say na only Echiejile Aina fit compete with for that team. U can’t even lie that he’s been outsounding this season.

komekn:
Agreed he is not as rugged and physical as Aina or Shehu.

He will struggle against physical players.

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He just got back from injury

MetalJigsaw:
Nice But he's been on goal drought lately.

We will have this convo again in the WC proper

andrew444:
When ebuehi was fit was he even capped?

Your opinion can't change rohr first choice.

Ebuehi is okay but rohr first choice is shehu

I hope no more arguments on this matter

MetalJigsaw:
We're both right then

Why are u downgrading Ebuehi? Shehu ahead
Of an unfit Ebuehi ok

Danielnino00:
In the end,shehu is currently ahead of Ebuehi,so relax...



Gimme ur address so I can come and beat u..

Ejaria goal


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBmSyIYEGcQ

To say one player is better than another na downgrade again?
Oga relax

Shehu is good but Ebuehi is better. Na my opinion. Oya come beat me na.

Danielnino00:
Of course I do... Why did u have to mention Shehu to defend Ebuehi performance in the last friendly? "Shehu got nothing on a fully fit Ebuehi That was unnecessary...

Wetin be downgrade there? Do u know the meaning of the word?

Danielnino00:
@ bolded are u now trying to downgrade Shehu?

Find it in the same link.

Players in bold positions here can be referred to as wingers

MetalJigsaw:
See all the possible football positions here and let's settle this once and for all.


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winger_(association_football)

Saying Mikel will sparkle as a CM and DM is one thing. But bros did u watch the qualifiers? Have u been following the current Super �

charlesemeka85:
mikel will sparkle if deployed as a central midfielder or a deep laying play maker (the andrea pirlo/michael carrick role).mikel lacks the speed and shooting ability to operate as a number 10. i believe alex iwobi is blessed with the skill set to metamorphose into a mercurial attacking midfielder. another player who should be nurtured for that role is qpr's eberechi obi after the mundial

Any slip in the WC we pay dearly for it. You can’t gift the midfield out completely.
If u gift them you make your CBs vulnerable

Icon4s:
The ball will just vanish and find itself at the wings without going through the midfield.

Hahahahahah hmmmm waiting

Icon4s:
Menn.... this your comment on Mikel na wa o.

You better run before TeamMikel arrive o.

In terms of possession, how
do u control the game from the wings?

Icon4s:
How do you control a game that you have already gifted out the midfield?

He is only speaking from the scenario when we are controlling the game. What if they have a better possession? Who keeps
possession more dictates more were
the ball is played. We’ve been more likea counter attack team

Icon4s:
And some one is saying we should gift them the midfield and go through the wings. Are wings not part of midfield?

Onuachu is back with a bang

I think this is what Rohr tried against Serbia Poland. we didn’t lose the Serbia game at the midfield.
Mikel and Ndidi playing as pivot DMs would neutralize the midfield threat of the Croats. Let’s not forget the duo also have attacking instincts. Our ability to switch up play will be crucial — counter attack being our strong point.

Icon4s:
We need two DMs in that game . One that will sit in front of the CBs and one that supports the midfield when on the attack and falls back as a DM when we lose the ball.

All these your nuggets eh..hmm make i no talk

Icon79:
Monday Nuggets:

Cristiano Ronaldo less important to Real Madrid than Lionel Messi to Barcelona - Garcia
REAL MADRID do not need Cristiano Ronaldo as much as Barcelona need Lionel Messi.
That’s the verdict of former Liverpool star Luis Garcia, who believes Messi is the more difficult opponent to stop.

Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi have battled it out in La Liga for the past nine years following the Portuguese’s move to the Bernabeu.

And they went head-to-head once again on Sunday night as El Clasico rivals Real and Barcelona met at the Nou Camp.
Speaking ahead of the clash, Garcia suggested Ronaldo is less important to Real than Messi is to Barcelona.

"I think not long ago Real Madrid were more reliant on Cristiano Ronaldo, but lately with the way Barcelona are playing and with all the injuries on the team that they are more reliant on Lionel Messi than Real are on Ronaldo," he told BetStars.

Garcia also offered his take on why Messi is a tougher opponent to come up against than Ronaldo.

"To play against Messi is always very difficult, you never know what to do against him," he added.
"Ronaldo is of course one of the best strikers in the history of football, but Messi always gives you something different.

"It doesn’t matter if you try to mark him man-to-man, or you try to give him freedom, or you try to play him in defence, you know he’s always going to be a key man – Lionel Messi is always very difficult to play against."

Ronaldo and Messi’s goals on Sunday meant they have now scored 1000 between them in the past 10 years.

The five-time Ballon d’Or winners will both be vying for the prestigious award once again come winter.


Source: https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/956301/Real-Madrid-News-Cristiano-Ronaldo-Lionel-Messi-Barcelona-Luis-Garca-El-Clasico-La-Liga

What happened to Juwon Oshaniwa? he's been without a club for about a year now.

wetin dey pain me be say Ebuehi is still yet to get to full fitness.. Shehu got nothing on a fully fit Ebuehi. That's how important he is to our team. I'm looking at the the overall good. person dey cry about goal when we concede against Serbia. That one na just friendly.

safarigirl:
you are basically saying he caused the goal because he was unfit

MetalJigsaw ironically this explains it all.. from Wiki:

Winger

In modern football, the terms winger or wide player refer to a non-defender who plays on the left or right sides of the pitch. These terms can apply to left or right midfielders, left or right attacking midfielders, or left or right forwards. Left or right-sided defenders such as wing-backs or full-backs are generally not called wingers.

wingers, traditionally speaking are wide midfielders.. wing forwards are also wingers as the name implies, but more specifically, they are attacking wingers.

cool down, na discussion.. no one is ignorant.. trust me these terms can be confusing especially considering how football has evolved.

MetalJigsaw:
You are the ignorant one here. They're the same.

OK give me instances of your so called wingers and wing forewards. I'm all ears

where i talk say u talk so?

MetalJigsaw:
Why do you have this habit if misquoting others? I didn't say he caused the goal. A fit player would have prevented the goal, that's my point!

friendly na must win?
you are suppose to be talking about how that has affected him not getting back to full fitness on time.

MetalJigsaw:
And that cost us the first goal against Serbia.

na wikipedia dey confuse you.. wide midfielders are wingers..

MetalJigsaw:
I beg to differ bro. the wide midfielders are called left or right midfielders

Arsenal vs Burnley Highlights.
Two key passes from Iwobi for the first and second goal.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDnRmXY7cOE

Arsenal: Alex Iwobi may benefit most from Arsene Wenger departure

by Josh Sippie 3h ago

Arsenal had a team full of star performers against Burnley, but what Alex Iwobi did was particularly special, given his circumstances. It’s fair to say that no Arsenal man has been more disappointing these past two years than Alex Iwobi. After bursting onto the scene, he proceeded to sputter into a struggling starter, then was dropped, at one point all the way to the U23s, and has yet to make his way back into the starting XI picture.

It’s been a heaping of frustration as no one can seem to grasp how best to utilize him and, now that he is 22, the time is getting kind of nigh. Iwobi’s final ball continues to lack any sort of threat and that can be a problem for an attacking player. Which is why, despite all the massive performances against Burnley, nobody’s performance meant more to both himself and to the fans than Alex Iwobi’s.

This was the best we had seen Iwobi in two whole years. After his initial ‘final ball’ looked like failed Iwobi and sputtered to no one, he proceeded to drop a masterful performance that saw him showcasing all of his talents and even capitalizing on the skills he is criticized for not having. His ability to drive from deep is known. It’s the one positive that we’ve been able to glean from his performances this year. When he gets on the ball, he can shimmy away from defenders with the best of them. But when he gets into the box, things change. Only against Burnley, they didn’t.

As if Iwobi knew that he had to prove something, with Arsene Wenger leaving, he was clinical in the box. Both of the first two goals began with an astute Iwobi pass in the final third that led immediately to an assist and a goal. And his goal? That was the cream of the crop. Yes, he was given all the time and space he could ever hope for, but he has scuffed many such opportunities before. Had he fluffed it over the bar and into the 14th row, we’d have shrugged and thought “yep, that’s Iwobi.”
But he didn’t. He planted it into the top corner like this was the regular thing to do.

Iwobi was a menace out there, and maybe, just maybe, Wenger’s exit will awaken in him the determination to prove himself to the world, rather than to just one man.

--PAINinTHEarsenalDOTcom

As e stand he no deserve to be in the team abi?

MetalJigsaw:
That one na ''IF''; Make he achieve am first make we see na. Na then e go really deserve am.

Make I go watch better match #ElClassico don start

Pls Come here sir . Oya give us his playing history. that’s the only argument I will listen to if you have not seen his original birth certificate

Kog45:
Kai make i run before tbaba1234,Humility017 and Joebie catch me.

Which of the trio give away balls easily?
Ndidi, the master tackler
Mikel the master holder and sprayer of long passes.
Iwobi the master distributor of short passes

The solution of the equation tells me the contrary

MetalJigsaw:
Then we'll struggle to hold possession in midfield.