₦airaland Forum

Karlovych:
When did Tammy Abraham bench Lukaku? Stop peddling falsehood

Always respond in context .

Comparison of Tuchel behaviour where he has benched a world class consistent top striker in the name of Lukaku just as he did with Tega.

Tega who inspite of being denied opportunity was still the highest goal scorer in Chelsea that season.

How could Tega Abraham bench Lukaku when he had already left Chelsea football club. Please tell me ❓

Subzero47:
What better example of aerial dominance than goals scored with it which counts for something and Osimhen defends corners for Napoli in the 18 yard box too

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Very good he has aerial dominance in Seria A.

Subzero47:
Osimhen has 6 headed goals to Abraham's 1 this season, so what are you debating?

Van Duke has aerial ability and dominance not sure how many goals he has scored.

I wasn't in referring to goals but aerial dominance in general. For instance anytime Roma concede a corner Tega Abraham goes back to defend. Because he has aerial dominance.

Thierry Henry is world class nobody would dispute that, he scored only two goals with his head out of near 180 in the EPL.

mostob:
So Tega has these qualities and Tuchel let him go? You're a comic relief really

Just the same way he has benched a proven and tested over a decade world class striker in Lukaku.

So who is the real clown �

Tinneh:
Does Tega has the aerial ability and tenacity of oshimen?
i stand with what he said, in no way should Abraham be used as a yardstick for oshimen bro

Aerial ability is up for debate and I don't know what you mean by tenacity or the context in which you use the word.

jihday:
Tuchel must be blind to this Tega technicality you keep harping on, because he wasted no time in throwing him away.

I have to agree with you with you, Tega has been the highest goal scorer in Chelsea since 2017 when Costa left.

Even with not given any game time he was still the highest goal scorer,when he left Chelsea.

We can see what Tuchel is doing with Lukaka as well.

chuks404:
at least we know salah , I AGREE. We don't know tega simple. Tega should not be a standard now for osimhen in whatever area. both are still growing in the game. Lemme not start the issue of who is better. Your submissions weren't wrong but slotting tega is big NOOOOOO

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Context of my comments is very clear, I mentioned differing attributes that players are associated with.

Tega Abraham for such a tall guy is known for mesmerising skill, sublime touch and technicality. Of course goals as well. Tega is just one of the many l mentioned.

What's your issue with Tega, does Osimhen have his technicality and sublime touch with skill?

drDoom3:
Victor already has amazing aerial prowess and ball control, if you have those then getting a sublime touch is achievable with practice.

Victor is a decent dribbler, not a Neymar though obviously. A little better coaching will train him on how to use dribbles effectively.

The finishing is already there, just needs fine-tuning in things like one-on-one composure.

He makes good runs, better coaching will teach him how to make intelligent runs.

What more does he need to be world class that he doesn’t already have to an extent? Just needs coaching and personalized training to sharpen his game and make him more effective, he is still too raw.

What is a decent dribbler to you ? Dribbling is simply not one of his skill sets. That's not within his attributes.

He has decent touch not sublime and outstanding.

He makes predictable runs, not intelligent and deceptive runs. His one on ones are carried out predominantly with pace not skill. He is good finisher not excellent.

There is a lot more he doesn't have, l think he is very very good but World class a very long way to go.

chuks404:
. Stop all these your biased writing. Who is tega ? Thank Goodness desser is doing the humbling for now . we for no hear word. Be constructive with your criticism oga. Person way dey miss 18 clear cut chances. We no dey chop technique( the guy no even get self) or maybe school me if u can. For now if u want to talk of people osimhen will learn from in terms of technique, no list AVERAGE striker for us.

Missed chances is academic and ambiguous in determining quality it can used in the negative or the positive.

The ability to create scoring opportunities and shots is a reflection of your outstanding quality.

For instance Salah has scored 22 goals in the EPL this season but with 127 shots. Some of them will be missed chances. So will you call him average.

Your proposition is essentially baseless with no substance whatsoever.

mostob:
I'm still waiting for you to tell us the exact club you coached before oga.
BTW, all you posted here are rubbish. While I agree that Victor needs to improve, tell me a single player that possess all those skills you listed above. Osimehn has his own quality and skillset already...all he needs is some improvement in some aspects.

Before you respond it's wisdom to consider the context in which comments are made.

Somebody said Victor O has EVERYTHING to be a world class Striker. I disagreed with a rhetorical question ❓

So respond in context please.

Victor O has pace , and unbridled murderous aggressive rage and determination coupled with relentless hard work.

That's his DNA

He is not technically astute and gifted.

Kog45:
We need to differentiate between improving one ability and trying to have what is not in you......Osimehn already has everything to be a world class player,he just need a coach to push him to that level,nothing more.

Does he have the first touch of Messi

The two footed precision accuracy of Kane

The skill and dexterity of Ronaldo

The dribbling ability of Neymar.

The Brute strength and physicality of Lukaku.

Be realistic he is very good but a long way off from World class.

jesmond3945:
no it is a problem when you go behind your wife to do it. If you want to marry a second wife go ahead but carry your wife along.

What if the wife doesn't want to be carried along ❓

FutureIsFemale:
Anyone with a contrary opinion needs his or her brain examined.

Modified:
Why would you want a man to marry more than one wife but would not want a woman to do same?

The bible says that we (Male and Female) are equal before God.

If we are equal before God, who are you that we shouldn't be equal before?

Can you quote specific scripture in the Bible not by conjecture or assumption.

Let me inform cause you are clearly not a Christian a Church goer maybe .

Genesis 3:16
Your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you.

1 Corinthians 11:3
But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a wife is her husband, and the head of Christ is God.

1 Timothy 2:12
I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quite.

We understand the old testament in light of the new we are called not understand first but to OBEY.

The wisdom of man is but foolishness before God, as well as modernity in relation to Biblical principal.

FINALLY, a warning see below.

caprikon:
How come we hardly get to hear of our players hiring specialists to improve on key aspects of their game.

I am a huge Messi fan but CR7 has set the gold standard for professionalism and dedication in this modern era of football. It is remarkable how he transformed himself from a tricky winger to an efficient goal scoring machine.

Osimhen's immense potential would be unlocked if he follows the CR7 template.

Some things have to be taught at a very early age, then the players adapts them and personalises then to make it unique to himself.

You can't teach people to be like Zizzi (Zidane ), JJay Okocha, Ronaldinho.

Look at Olise and Eze you can't coach that you can only enhance it . Look at Benzema, Salah, these things are not taught just enhancrd what is already there.

There is no amount of coaching at the age of 22+ that will make Victor O begin to have the touch of Messi, Ronaldo and or Benzema. And or the technical Finesse of Mahrez or Tega Abraham or Salah.

These are technical skill sets if not established young are near impossible to institute afresh from scratch.

I remember Thierry Henry was already technical astute but Wenger took it to another level and made him a striker. The rest is history.

I have seen boys at 10/11 and you can see that the DNA to be a mesmerising technically astute "baller" is already there.

That's my experience and opinion.

daveP:
An analyst said Napoli isn't a team dedicated to development of Victor and i agree. They just want to use available resources and get the big stage. They can continue that with the cash gotten from Vic's Sale. I cant anticipate another season there.

At age 23 and when you have paid £80 million for a player he should be more or less the finished article.

Yes he should improve but development is for teenagers.

Starboytwo:
no you do not understand, Napoli don’t see his runs. He makes loads of it every time, I don’t know if ignored is the right word but he don’t get most of the balls

His runs are one dimensional

Philosopher1979:
The irony is that most of the technically gifted players we Nigerians send to Europe are told they
are not good enough.
From Muazum, Rabiu Ibrahim, chrisantus macaulay etc.
YOU EUROpEANS ARE CONFUSING.
You tell us technically gifted players like nwakali cant play for porto but yet
OsimEhn who is not that technically astute can play.
Tell me what does it take an African born player to make it in Europe
ITS DAMN CONFUSING

With respect you need to redefine what you consider technical ability to be.

Nwakali is not technically gifted in any way shape or form.

superbloke:
Hmm! Well I guess he can make the best use of what he has

Absolutely , first thing is to be true to yourself.

When Victor O was in the French League he made more sprints than anyone else in the entire league.

Because that's his main attribute pace then you add the aggression garnished with aerial ability. In addition I think he has a relentless work ethic, the guy is non stop.

superbloke:
I still think he can improve though. Perhaps the players around him (if they're top to tier) can rub off on him

Dude I spend a lot of time in coaching.

And from what I have seen if you haven't developed technical ability, sublime skill with outstanding first touch before you are 16/17 it's very infact almost impossible to develop after that.

I have seen this in academies across Europe.

Three weeks ago I was in Gran Canaria looking at the Santander La Liga Promises tournament. And even at U13 level you can see a lot of promise.

That's why Liverpool could pay £1.8 million for a 14 year old Raheem from QPR.

He can definitely improve on positional play , anticipation and timing as well as control his temper.

TheLoneCitizen:
You see that goal Ronaldo just scored against Chelsea, that's down to elite movement not the pass.

The movement was so fluid, he had enough time to control and shoot.

Osimhen is explosive, but intelligent runs, he is very lacking.

Osimhen is not technically astute and that's almost impossible to teach once you pass 16/17.

He doesn't have the technicality for that kind of sublime touch.

TheLoneCitizen:
100% agree on everything except the social media.

When analysing the attributes of a striker, the last thing I usually check is finishing, because in my opinion, this is a mental attribute, not really ability.

Osimhen greatest weakness is movement.

You should watch Harry Kane and then with shame retract that statement.

Annalise20:
So how would u feel as a man when ur wife of 17 years wakes up one day and she's like
"I need another man because u aren't enough" ?
If u still don't see any bad thing in it then I wish u her (May's) predicament.

Not sure what your reference point is.

But men and women are not the same, equal, and or homogeneous ,they are DIFFERENT.

So you cannot make comparison with two things that are different Yin and Yang.

Senoye:
It is the *my second wife* that shocked me. The declaration without any iota of remorse has shown he is undermining his wife and kids. Why do you have to cheat on your wife...and as if that is not enough, you didn't use protection..as if that wasn't enough, you are making announcement that is senseless. People will see fire and put their hands inside it.

What was he actually looking for? The real wife has 3 boys and 1 girl

The term cheating in the context of Nigerian norms and values as well as Christian Biblical principal has no reference point. It does not exist.

Cheating is Eurocentrism and not tenablr here.

He has a second wife not another man's wife.

You need to emancipate yourself from the inferiority complex that makes you adopt Eurocentrism over Christian principal and African norms and values.

jihday:
Fresh update

It's almost the end of the season and there will a lot of newspaper talk about different strikers associated with Arsenal.

Eddie and Lacazette are leaving and Aubemyang left months ago. So they Arsenal are going to be left without a top quality striker up front.

As a consequence any striker who is performing in Europe will be considered by Arsenal. That doesn't mean interest is an official bid and or offer.

The question they have to ask is will the striker they get be a quality additions and be able to give them competitive advantage.

Consider Pepe after £75 million transfer he has been benched by small boy Saka.

I know many will be thinking Victor O should be going to a top club in the EPL. However, not every club is suited to his attributes.

Victor is not technically astute and don't think he would fit into Arsenal. All of the forward players they buy are high level technical players.

TheGoodJoe:
Conceding happens at the end of the defense, not the starting.

Top teams defend from the front.

humility33:
Egbon it is good we say it the way it is

We cant be shielding tribalistic, sectional and corrupt folks and expect our football to make progress.

One thing i know about the white man is that if you're good you'll be given an opportunity to prove your mantle couple with needed materials and assistance

Of all the nigeria coaches u mentioned that worked outside Nigeria only Keshi,amodu, seyi, the ex albanian team coach achieves success the rest flopped only to come back hover around the supereagles job as if it is their birth right

Our indigenous coaches large chunk of them arw mediocre and corrupt we need to constantly tell ourselves the truth. Same thing is happening to our referees. U can't be deprived if you're truly good

Patrick Vieira is doing so well, same with some black coaches around the world even the current Alahy Of Egypt coach is from South Africa doing well. Our own brother that coached in Egypt the last time what did he achieve?
A failure will always look for an excuse why he failed or Sunday Oliseh that his bad character finds him out Or Emenalo why didn't the racism stopped him and he was sacked by Monaco because he fail to replicate samesuccess he achieved with Chelsea...

Haven't u ask yourself that why is that nigerians or Africans or even blacks are not prevented from becoming the best in medicine, sciences, engineering,law,sports then why the racism card is been used to defend obscure coaches from Africa or u wanna mention how Thierry Henry flopped or we should we blame racism too??

This men are not good enough and corruption too limits them

You clearly have not lived in a white dominated society in Europe or North America. You lack knowledge.

Institutional and endemic racism is alive and well, it pervades all areas of society.

In 2003 the NFL introduced the Rooney rule that required all NFL teams to interview for head and senior coach a black and or minority ethnic candidate.

70% of all the players in the NFL are black and yet there is only one black head coach.

How many black managers are in the English league system. How many black players.

Children of West African origin have s higher % achievements rate than White English upper class children at university. They have higher % of first class degrees. When the assessment is objective we win when it becomes subjective we are subjected to blatant relentless RACIAL DISCRIMINATION.

As those high achievers leave university they don't get your top end jobs but the bottom end. There are exceptions but in general this is how things go.

chuks404:
. I doubt u watched that game.

So you think that Napoli can win the league ❓

kingphilip:
Is it that the striker is supposed to not allow the three goals enter the net or what?

You heard they conceded three goals in ten minutes and you're asking about the striker not even the defenders or the goalkeeper.

Somebody said that Napoli is a dead team.

I said tongue in cheek who is their striker, implying is he excluded from the dead team or is he not part of it .

In the modern pressing game defence starts by from the front.

TheGoodJoe:

How can you blame the striker for a team throwing away a two-goal lead?

This is football, not Rugby. We have attackers and defenders.

When Lukaku plays we often see that the defence starts from the front.

You should know that.

Samueltemi337:
Napoli Na dead team

And who is their main striker who can do no wrong ❓

Napoli is a top team in Seria A with top quality players. They are not a dead team, but doubt if they can win Seria A this season.

Indeed if they don't wake up they may not finish third place.

jihday:
yes Ladan Bosso shouldn’t have been retained but why are you lying? Why are you desperate to paint him as a tribalist? Below is his squad from 2020 how many northerners can you see here?

THE FULL LIST

Goalkeepers: John Amah (Box2Box FC), Chibueze Lambert (Abia Warriors), Kolawole Oladipo (Crown FC)

Defenders: Temitayo Ereku (Brookhouse Academy), Charles Etim (Blessed Stars), Mike Zaruma (Plateau United), Christopher Nwaeze (Kwara United), Moses Solomon (Calabar Rovers), Isaiah Ejeh (Kwara United), Jimmy Abdul (MFM)

Midfielders: Oladoye Adewale (Water FC), Liameed Quadri (36 Lions), Muhammad Abdallah (Nasarawa United), Azeez Oseni (36 Lions)

Attackers: Chisom Orji (Collins Edwin), Wisdom Ubani (Giant Brillas), Farayola Olawale (Kwara United), Chukwubuikem Ikwuemesi (Giant Brillas), Nenrot Silas (Plateau United), Peter Olawale (Hapoel Ranana, Israel)

Of all the hundreds of professional football academies across England from the EPL to League two and beyond.

And we have somebody selected from Brookhouse Football academy in the Midlands.

NFF we hail thee, can a Leopard � indeed change it's SPOTS ❓❓ Hmmmm

charlesemeka85:
Randers sporting director Søren Pedersen has confirmed that there's interest in exciting winger Tosin Kehinde but has stressed that no offer has been tabled for the Manchester United academy product.

The former Nigeria U23 invitee will enter the last twelve months of his contract with the East Jutland club in July and could be on his way out when the transfer window opens.

Kehinde's brother and agent, Emmanuel Oluwole Idowu recently stated that German, French and English clubs are monitoring the situation of the 23-year-old.

"There is interest in him, but there is no concrete offer on my table from any clubs, " Pedersen said to bold.dk.

"When we have such a talented player, there will be interest, and of course there is also, but it is still at an early stage."

Pedersen has made it clear that Randers will not stand in the way of Kehinde if they receive an offer in the coming months.

"We talk regularly with Tosin and the agent, and we have a good plan in relation to everything.

"And as I said - if the opportunity arises for him, we will not stand in the way of him coming to a larger club, if that is the right thing to do."

Kehinde was involved in 18 3F Superliga matches in the regular season, in which he scored two goals and delivered five assists.

If you are a promising quality player in Manchester United, you will be offered a contract. If you refuse, you should be in another EPL club ,or go to a top club in a top 3/4 league in Europe.

At the very least you should find yourself in the Championship.

Going to Fierense in Portugal is really a big dive into obscurity. And going from there to the Danish league is not promotion but the Doldrums of Mediocrity.

It seems he was making up the numbers at Manchester United.