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Chris Houghton will be confirmed as the new Ghana coach. For me the best man for job.

Apart from his football credentials and undoubted knowledge and experential competencies. I have never ever met a more honest and righteous man in football. Add to that his humility leaves me speechless.

Ages ago l wanted him to be Nigerian coach, and l said it maybe problematic because he will never compromise his integrity for the NFF.

What does that mean, beating Ghana was never going to be easy. But with Chris at the helm of affairs it just got even much harder.

Chris has the integrity and influence to bring to Ghana, Hudson -Odio, Lamptey and Salisu and a few other from the English premier League.

Karlovich:
This is very disgraceful, SMH.

That's because he went to university and there is some records of his sports achievement at university games.

It's shameful because he has been CAUGHT, think about those who were not CAUGHT and never will be CAUGHT.

Most of our over age player's adopt new names that make it impossible to trace thier past history.

daveP:
All Super Eagles need per Tournament is just one guy like Aboubakar.


Osaze
Emenike
VicMo
Ighalo



Since then.......

It's on this forum that Ighalo had been denigrated and dismissed.

A player who is doing better than Aboubakar in the same league. Considering in my opinion Aboubakar is the STAND OUT player in this AFCON 2022

TheGoodJoe:

I never claimed I know. You tried to but I know you do not know about. It goes with your history.

To say someone doesn't know something is anchored on you saying that YOU KNOW .

Joezinho:
This Cameroon team is piss poor. They actually scammed me into believing they were good after getting the easiest path to the semis .

I think your TV is analogue and black and white.

Wow oh Wow what a Aboubakar has scored

3-3 what a game

Cameroon have scored AT LAST.game has changed

TheGoodJoe:

The unit of measurement is that you do not know the inner working of our academies.

But you do

Are the inner workings of the multiple academies across Nigeria all shrouded in secrecy ❓ And only you the esteemed and all knowing TheGoodJoe knows them.

I can't BELIEVE that Burkina Faso are out GIDIGBOING the Cameroon team.

How can Cameroon be loosing 3-0

TheGoodJoe:


You do not know stuff about Nigerian academies. You can have contacts in Nigeria does not mean you know about our academies.

Knowing Amaju Pinnick does not make you a guru in Nigerian football.

Finito.

What do you know that I don't know, you are being conceited in the extreme.

You have assumed ignorance on my part but by what unit of measurement.

codemaniacs:

On current form, Ademola Lookman is not on Amoo's level...

Chuks should not even be mentioned at all due to his poor performance at the AFCON..

Amoo and Lookman don't play the same position so no one should be comparing both of them...

Yes I agree with you without question.

One is playing and doing very well in the best league in the world in his second season.

And the other is just starting to see if he will play in a league rated 20 in Europe. Obviously no comparison at all.

TheGoodJoe:

Like if you have an idea of what you are talking about. Stick to UK footie and stop talking as if you have inner workings of our local football.

Do you know how many NFF officials l know, from top to bottom ❓

Do you know how many Nigerian owned football academies I have had association of with❓

Do you know how many Nigerian football agents I know ❓

So don't make presumptuous deductions about a person you simply do not know.

Last year l was in Nigeria for 7 months over three trips, so don't think it's only you that is in Nigeria.

andrewbaba44:
IMO Diego Costa is an example

There was a news report not sure how authentic about a senior NFF official trying to manipulate the MRI results to favour his to sponsored player.

Danielnino00:
Whoever advised him to cut his age to 18 didn't do him well... Cus it's obvious he would be exposed,given his look...

Cutting age and manufacturing a new age is a routine practice in all our football academies.

elyte89:
But luckily.. Judging from his u-17 exploit..he edges ndidi when it comes to building attack from d defensive side..his passes are good compared to ndidi

Meanwhile amoo and lookman can fight for chuks place....make chuks concentrate on his club fb 4 now

If it's on current form, Ademola Lookman is ahead of Chuks and Amoo is not on his level.

drDoom3:
They lost all their games except one which they drew while he was at the AFCON. That is the difference between an impact player and a squad player. Same with Osimhen, Napoli struggled to win games in the league while he was out injured. If you want to know a star player, look at his club's performance in his absence.

Why do you have to misrepresent the facts essentially tell lies, what are you trying to prove.

Napoli lost to Inter Milan 3-2, Victors last game in Seria A on the 21st November before he got injured, the next Seria A game was against Lazio the won that game 4 -0.

Prior to Victor Osimhen injury who was the highest goal scorer in the team ❓

By all means big up your favourite player but do it without misrepresentation.

elyte89:
But luckily.. Judging from his u-17 exploit..he edges ndidi when it comes to building attack from d defensive side..his passes are good compared to ndidi

Meanwhile amoo and lookman can fight for chuks place....make chuks concentrate on his club fb 4 now

It's immature and highly misguided to use U17 youth exploits to determine competence for senior first team football.

Papi85:
See the massive leap Tijani hv made so far but our over hyped maestro still can’t find his feet in the Spanish 2nd tier

This is the player that him and his family were all involved with NFF senior official who literally became his proxy agent by coercion.

He doesn't look 19 he looks a lot younger.

I remember that this particular official was involved in trying to control the MRI results.

It seems despite all the controversy he is supposedly doing well. He needs to play for Liepzig to progress.

No doubt considering his youth football pedigree he will be playing for the SE soonest no matter what.

Meliforme:
It is a player like Kelechi Nwakali that makes a team tick. He is like a glue that holds a team at the center.

It is not just myopic, it is foolish to talk down on what a Nwakali can bring.
It is so evident that we need his abilities.

If you have any problem with his attitude, say it.
Don't berate his skill and contribution.

It seems you are the only one with eyes �

After seven years in Europe , nobody could see what you are seeing. Wenger did not see it , all the coaches in the Eredivisie and Eerste Divisie as well as at Porto B and then in the Segunda, none of these qualified and experienced coaches could not see ANYTHING.

His coach at Huesca rates him so highly he is the second to the last lowest paid player in the team. Add to that after playing in Segunda for two seasons nobody bought him.

If nobody else can see something apart from one person , it means the other person is BLIND he just doesn't know it.

andrewbaba44:
This is the second time you are capping this nonsense

When we speak of important players for the eagles Nwakali is no where near top 10 let alone putting him on same sentence with ndidi and osimhen

You better respect yourself there

He is nowhere near top 60 of Nigeria ,how he got into the SE only the NFF can explain that or his Jazz Man

charlesemeka85:
nwakali follow for important players for current super eagles?

Person wey go join burgos fc soon

Is this preoccupation with mediocrity a fantasy or are some people just completely without any sense of judgment.

It's incomprehensible to me the fixation with confirmed, tested and proven mediocrity over 6/7 years.

fabyom:
Salah meets Mane! Two undeserving teams.

Senegal is an average team.

Egypt will drag them to penalties and win the cup.

This AFCON has shown that the Super Eagles is a formidable team. With a full house none comes close!! That's on periodith!!

Thats why we did not get beyond group winners.

We are so formidable

The way Cameroon are dominating Egypt is simply remarkable how they have not scored is simply unexplainable.

TheGoodJoe:
“The tactics used by Ghana’s head coach Kwesi Appiah were prepared by Otto Addo who was then Scout for the team against Germany. He gave a concise report that helped Kwesi Appiah to pull off this massive feat”...Former communications director of the Ghana Football Association, Ibrahim Sannie Daara

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I think[b] Chris Hughton[/b] to comes with a big profile and a history of being a good tactician. I think Ghana should allow Otto Addo keep building his profile and make him one for the future but he seems promising.

Chris'Houghton is the most honest, straight forward, truthful and righteous coach I have ever known.

Add to that his very outstanding CV and he is the best man for the job. I will add that his humility is simply makes me speechless.

codemaniacs:

He has already proven himself already..

It's never too early for a call up...

In the Swedish league rated 23 in Europe.

Sorry not until he can do it in much more competitive league with better quality players.

Subzero47:
19 year old Silas Nwankwo signs for Swedish side Mjallby Aif from Nassarrawa United

This guy looks so young

Daninya33:
Who is a playmaker?

A playmaker is typically the player who, with their acute vision, awareness of the game, passing skills, technique and ability to read the game sets the tone of the attacking play. Keen passing skills in order to orchestrate the flow of play are crucial – playmakers are often seen as the 'puppeteers' of the team.

Notable No.10s include Diego Maradona, Lionel Messi, Eden Hazard, Johann Cruyff (though he wore 14 for the Netherlands) and Pele.

I ask forumites,Who do you think can orchestrate our midfield from the game against Ghana going forward?

I think the days of having a playmaker are essentially over, football has moved on.

Players play multiple roles and are not pigeon holed in to just one position.

What we need is HARD WORKING quality Midfielders.

Not pretender's, how can you be playing in midfield and you do not track back, intercept, tackle and drive forward non stop for 90 minutes. No manager will sign such a player in any top team.

Have you seen Bissouma of Brighton and Hove look at his work rate but what caps it ,is his ability to go from defensive to offensive in one move. No wonder everybody wants him.

Mujtahida:
Nobody liked that guy. Captain of our u20 team at Nigeria 99.

Who remembers Furo Iyenemi (Afcon 2020)?

Very well he played for a Swiss team even got married to a Swiss girl.

Daninya33:
He now has the platform to invite Amoo for the double headed qualifier against Ghana.
If I no see Amoo for the squad list,e mean say Eguaveon doesn't rate the lad highly.
I hope he also gives Adeleye Adebayo and Sebiastan Osigwe their chances too in the goal keeping department.

It seems you are making your deduction on YouTube video clips, I will tell you for outfield players that approach is fraught with all kinds of problems.

Amoo was playing in the Swedish league rated 23 in Europe he has now gone to FC Copenhagen Denmark league rated 19 in Europe.

He was very good in that Swedish league but it doesn't always translate that he will perform at a more competitive league.

He needs to prove himself first and preferably in a better league. So he is showing potential let's see.

It's too early for a SE call up.

drDoom3:
We scored only two group stage goals, Ighalo had one well taken chance.

By the way, the reason I am bashing Ighalo is that reports from camp were that Osimhen was our best striker in training, but kept getting benched because of Rohr's favoritism for Ighalo. Looking at Osimhen's form immediately after that AFCON, you can only wonder how many more goals we would have scored if he was given a chance.

Your sources are very wrong.

In training Osimhen was getting bullied and dominated and couldn't cope with the Physicality. Ighalo was dominating him clearly in training. Rohr even said at the time he was too lightweight.

Indeed his first game in the AFCON 2019 for third place he was very poor.

Subzero47:
Not this Dembele, he is always a carpenter in my eyes

Moussa Dembélé is the first truly outstanding beyond comparison youth footballer I watched up close and personal.

Fulham had brought him in from PSG at about the age of 15/16. He was head and shoulders above everybody at the time .

When he wanted to leave Fulham he had numerous EPL clubs trying to sign him. But he chose Celtic.

At one stage Chelsea put in a bid for £50million and he decided to stay at Celtic and develop. He was outstanding in French league one and has been a consistent top goal scorer throughout his career.

Until he went to Athletico Madrid, a very defensive side that l don't think plays to his strengths.

Are you really calling him a Carpenter ❓

Subzero47:
Only the real ones remember

This Dude had everything ,what is about the name Dembele that they are always very good footballers.

This particular Dembele was skill plus technique plus class X class.

But he never got the recognition he deserved.