₦airaland Forum

TheLoneCitizen:
Orban and Moffi, now on the pitch.
Let's go. Nice bossing this.

Marjoribanks:
You all overate this EPL of a thing too much. Awoniyi, Adebayo, Watkins, are scoring regularly in that overrated league.
Osimhen has played against them 4 times and simply destroyed them.

Meliforme:
Let God touch him.

typicalgamer:
Is this a joke to you ?

Meliforme:
Kelechi Nwakali, Michael Olise, and Zaidu Sanusi can be relied upon for good crosses of the ball.

komekn:
Why do you think so 🤔

Objective appraisal based on attributes comparison and the nature of the EPL .

You are already making excuses even before he has arrived considering the bold.

That makes your proposition contradictory.

komekn:
The French league is not as strong as the EPL and it's better to go there if you don't want to be challenged.

Can VO do as well as Mbappe or comparable to him in the French league ❓that's the expectation from PSG and the fans.

daveP:
Yeah. I said it during the match weeks ago. He sabi. We are oil producing too and can't even pay his wages. Nigeria mata dey taya person seriously

forgiveness:
Na Paseiro den wan retain.

jihday:
Egypt already hired their legendary player, Hossam Hassan

komekn:
Seria A is rated higher than French league one.

With regards to 🤑💸💰 great move but football ⚽ I'm not so sure.

First of all he has to meet great expectations and always be compared to Mbappe, that's undue pressure.

forgiveness:
Make he run collect am sharp sharp. Opportunity comes but ones.

daveP:
That his formation though. Especially the 2 part. The 3-1 is already on ground to me. It's however about the wages and that's been the bane of our acquisition over the years

Amedino99:
this one no wan comot from anything Portuguese.

Goke7:
you dey front for this guy?

jihday:
Seems Algeria wants him

TheGoodJoe:
Sorry but the bolded is far from the truth. It is clear you have never watched Raphael Onyedika. Try to watch his games. His is a quality player and opposite of what you posted.

He is fast. He is skillful. Very skillful for that matter. He is gifted in the short possession play. A tidy short passer. Good for combination build up plays. He is also gifted in delivering long balls and switching play.

Onyedika is also tenacious, a good defender. Also good at box to box runs too.

When it comes to DM/CDM role, it is criminal to start Iwobi ahead of Onyedika in that role.

Watch this clip to have an idea about what Raphael Onyedika offers.


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

MallamSpicey:
As far as midfield goes, these are the players that should form the core and depth of our MF going forward. Enough of the daft habits of recycling the same 3 or 4 midfielders every time who offers us absolutely no creativity.

1. Iwobi- I honestly don't really rate him that highly as I feel he has fallen off but he still offers experience at least. But to be fair to Iwobi, Peseiro played him out of position at the AFCON and nullified his attacking qualities with all the defensive pivot duties he was tasked with...Iwobi IS NOT A DM, and can't thrive in a 2 man midfield system where he has to press ,Iwobi isn't that guy.

2. Ndidi- The impact of Ndidi can't be emphasized enough, he was sorely missed at the AFCON especially with his experience and improved ability to press high thanks to his Leicester form...An Onyeka/Ndidi anchorship would have given Iwobi more freedom to influence his creative duties more.

3. Frank Onyeka- I believe he announced his name in a big way at the AFCON, absolute Trojan workhorse who gives his all for the team and does the dirty work like no other...Ndidi will find joy pairing with him since he loves to bomb forward to join the attack and can trust Frank the Tank to mop up any mistakes behind him.

4. Michael Folrunsho- Needs no introduction, this is one player who will give you work-rate and a good eye for passing abilities, I don't know why NFF haven't approached and capped him yet when he is still in the fringe radar of Italy.

5. Nwakali- somewhat of an enigma as much as a fan's favorite, in the eyes of many he's supposed to be our own Pirlo...I personally think Nwakali would have fit so perfectly like a glove in that 343 formation Peseiro used at the AFCON...especially when you factor in his set piece abilities and good passing IQ (seems like an opportunity missed).

6. Fisayo Dele-Bashiru- This lad should be tried out as that under-study to Iwobi, not only does he have a good creative ability to his game, he offers work rate as well and can actually pop up with goals here and there. I don't know we never saw more of him after his last cameo in the Mozambique friendly game last year.

6. Tim Iroegbulam- I have watched this kid and he is definitely a baller, he's a perfect modern day Box2Box midfielder who can dribble well and pass brilliantly as well, now back to Aston Villa from loan and he's one to watch...read somewhere he's not far off the radar of an international call up to Nigeria soon.

8. Ifeanyi Matthew- When you want a very cerebral and composed midfielder who plays with the finesse of a prime Mikel, look no further than this lad. I daresay the ONLY reason he has not been called up yet to the SE is because he plays in the Swiss league, and has no connection to "Top Ogas in the NFF" that he can bribe.

Fringe players to be looked at: Daniel Daga, Ebenezer Akinsanmiro, Victor Eletu, Obinna Nwobodo, Ibrahim Olawoyin and Tochukwu Nnadi.

Whoever will be the coach whether Peseiro or not will have to start building our midfield around these players if he really wants to succeed. The only reason we lost that final to Ivory Coast was down to a paper thin and overworked midfield, and we had no bench to balance it out.

Notice how I didn't include Aribo, cause I honestly think he's currently not good enough to be a mainstay player in that team. Aribo needs to fight his way back at his club to prove his hunger cause a division 2 bench warmer who gets sparse minutes every now and then isn't deserving of a place in a serious nation team.

ThunderFireAgba:
AM, SS he's good at both.

charlesemeka85:
❤️🔥

MetalJigsaw:
I thought Orban is a striker?

ChrisKels:
The over all best player of the tournament not considered in the team of the tournament? Doesn’t make sense to me

MetalJigsaw:
Peseiro obviously didn't learn the lesson against South Africa.

safarigirl:
You get?

I don't know why empathy is such a foreign concept to fans.

Do they think they're more affected by the loss than players themselves? These tournaments are part of the players careers, they are used in their profiles and used to judge the success of the career. You wey no dey pitch, no fit dey more interested in the win than the people who give 90 minutes of their sweat on that pitch, so, to pile on them on top their own feelings of failure is wicked.