₦airaland Forum

asha80:
how old do you think ogbeche is for eg?mind you i know him well

Icon79:
Joebie, are you serious? Did you hear from reliable sources??

This is a fantastic news, if true. But is he gonna be match sharp for the World Cup tho? He hasn't played in over 1 year. We don't want a repeat of the Peter Rufia experiment


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TheSuperNerd:
If indeed your sources are true, then that is even better news. But abeg they can add another one week too so that we don't risk him against England. Ndidi should not play that England game even if he makes it back ahead of schedule. #MyOpinion.

asha80:
that we actually believe the ages of these Nigerian players that were born and bred in Nigeria is laughable to me.

Icon4s:
Isn't it just too early ? At 19!

Say you don get money no mean say you don ripe for marriage o.

TheSuperNerd:
Icon79 right now after CR7 and Madrid just made it into another UCL final....




P.S: Cheer up Bro, The "Egyptian messi" (The pharoah of Egypt) and his Army of Liverpoolian warriors may spoil the show for them in Kyiv... But in the mean time, take heart...

MetalJigsaw:
You really think so? Na only u for dis thread be dat

TheSuperNerd:
Lol.... How you must be cringing right now at that Benzema goal....

MetalJigsaw:
Nice view. But such combination doesn't always work out. Because a two- pronged attack basically requires an SS (supporting striker).

The supporting striker is the one taking the responsibility of dishing out final/ deadly passes to the main striker (creativity and vision) The SS does the dirty work and frees up the main striker.

Eg: Iheanacho, Dele Ali, Muller of Bayern Munich etc.

Icon79:
Don't bet on it. It's already 0-1 Bayern.

I still believe in Jupp Heynckes. If the officiating is fair (and that's a big IF), Bayern would come through at the end.


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Icon79:
Oh, no question! You can't buy experience from the market.

And by the way, I will buy everyone here a drink if Bayern Munich knocks out Real Madrid today. So pray! pray!! pray!!!


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MetalJigsaw:
I don't think you truly answered the question bro.
Shehu undoubtedly is good both as RB and DM. But can such be said if Iwobi?

We all know Iwobi can not man the AM position comfortably. Even the wing position.

Icon79:
Like I said, I don't judge him based on those two games. Those two games were not our best games, especially the Serbia game, so it might be unfair base your decision on them. Let's see how he performs in the remaining friendly games especially when the full squad is available.


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Icon79:
Bros, I started watching Joel Obi as far back as his Inter Milan days. He has always been a creative player, even when they occasionally puts him at LWB. Trust me, we haven't seen the best of him in GWG - provided that he's still the same Joel Obi. And he did show some flashes of the old Joel Obi in the last two games as well, so there's hope.


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mbjane:
Bros me and you know onazi will start ahead of shehu as far as it's DM,not that onazi is having a better season,there are other options in DM na,shehu belong to right back

Icon79:
I will decide based on other distinctive qualities. For instance, in the scenario you posed above, I will go with Joel because he's more creative than Onazi. Onazi may be a better marker (one-on-one destroyer) type midfielder but we already have that in Ndidi; hence, I will select J. Obi (as his partner) because he's gonna provide a little bit more creativity than either Onazi or Ndidi.


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Icon79:
On current form, our best DMs are in this particular order:
Wilfred Ndidi followed by Joel Obi, followed by Ogenyi Onazi, followed by John Ogu.

Selection headache? What headache


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Icon4s:
Ogu too is there. We are covered in the DM position.

Icon4s:
You see? now I understand.

Just like the American anthem gives me some particular memories of my earlier youthful stage.

Icon4s:
Rohr is not likely to play Shehu at DM. At least not at this stage of preparations. Rohr has a good list of DM options.

Icon4s:
Definitely!

For eg I belong to the Classical and Oprah School. Don't bring anything Rock near me.

But these anthems have been sang using different styles of Music.

mbjane:
Ekong started warming bench now which is almost end of the league,if he keep on warming the bench next season I am sorry to say he will not be a regular.

I will choose onazi ahead of shehu

Icon4s:
It has some good melody too you know.

So what will you say about the British Anthem?

mbjane:
He is not playing badly bro just as we both said,Bt imagine if he is a typical bench warmer will you call for his world up experience ?

mbjane:
Where did I say he does not deserve to be in the team? If you can't show me that then you don't know what you are saying.

I said onazi deserve to be in the team because he is playing well and not because of World Cup experience,World Cup experience doesn't gurantee a player shirt,I don't know if you can understand me and show me where I said onazi doesn't deserve to be in the team ?

Concerning oboabona I am just making example o,oboabona ke

Loogan:
Yeah he seems to be wallowing in the good life and fame of soccer. In terms of hunger he might have lost it but it's very common with young players, he can always get his grove back because he's too talented, an assist in about only 3games not a bad statement

Humility017:
1 million likes for u please.....
gonna hurstle a chilled wine for you.

Martz101:
Yea is a good thing we have options now, just imagine the 2014 situation, if Onazi goes off injured there is an Ogu, Etebo, even a shehu or a fit Joel coming in to do a good job unlike a Gabriel Ruben coming in.

mbjane:
I am not speaking out of context okay

Yes onazi deserves to be in the team,but don't tell me because someone has World Cup experience he should be in a team,if you play well you deserve to be in the team and if you don't play well you don't deserve to be there so forget about this World Cup experience of a thing.

Martz101:
Mikel remain our tried and tested AM, he has done very well in the qualifiers in that position and we won't change that in the main occasion.

Iwobi for me might not a sure starter in our team, he can continue in the wings even if his starting and get to play the AM if Mikel is sub off or God forbid injured.

Another situation might be Nigeria in need for goal against a less attacking team like Iceland, Onazi might come off for another attacking player and then have a double AM instead of a double DM

Icon4s:
Maybe the lyrics of the American Anthem will help you love it.

And yes the Nigerian anthem will be so great with good symphony and orchestral accompaniment. I have heard a couple of such renditions.

mbjane:
Forget world Cup experience if you are good you are good,onazi is okay and he might start at the World Cup.

But because someone has World Cup experience he must be at the World Cup? Make dem call back oboabona Na if na so.

When Spain won the World Cup in 2010 if I can remember Sergio busquets and Gerard pique has no World Cup experience and they are solid and they played all minutes of the tournament.