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TheGoodJoe:

Rashford who is from a top English academy still makes the same mistake. I think we can excuse Simon. He had to make most of those decisions with his weaker foot. It is difficult.

You are supposed to be appraising a players Moses S. performance and his failings with wrong decision making and an inability to make a basic accurate cross.

And your response is, Rashord makes the same mistake ( that's not even true) Wow !!! Therefore according to your rational it's OK. Chei.

forgiveness:
I think Moses wayward crosses has to do with his weak left foot. He might be better crosser with his strong right foot.

Is that acceptable ❓

This is the difference from playing in smaller club and league. Aina was able to take a shot from outside the box with his left foot. And he is right footed.

There is no excuse he needs to add to his skull set or he will not progress to a higher level.

chrisooblog:
Yeah Nwakali should be the last person you bring on when your back's against the wall. Kelechi should be eased into a game when we are well untop or leading comfortably.

To be fair to Eguavoen the Egyptians were beginning to advance forward so maybe he thought Nwakali could provide a long ball to the forwards.

Long ball for me is not a particular outstanding skill if you even want to call it that

Go to Non league and you will find the game is played on long ball a lot of the time.

I am sorry anybody can do long ball, you are trying to rationalize the irrational. You have Iwobi and Onyeka on the bench and you bring in mediocrity. You know that anyone who plays in the EPL will have to have high stamina and a good work rate particularly in Everton and Brentford.

JayromWrites:
Omoh Sanusi wey keep Salah at Bay for most part of the game??


Man, I can't even find a weak link in the starting eleven

The front pressed well(Ralf should learn from Austin the art of gen gen pressing)

The midfield were compact

Defence impressed me especially Kenneth.

Salah was roaming and was not restricted to the right wing. Coming down the middle even the left on occasion.

To say Zaidu kept Salah at bay you would have to say many times he went one on one with Salah.❓

The midfield worked over time Ndidi in particular with Moses and what they did was to block of the supply to Salah. And in the few occasions he did , we double teamed him. Omeruo was active coming out of defence to block of any supply to Salah good anticipation.

He rarely if at all got the opportunity to go one on one with anybody. It was a tactical masterclass ,he was denied space and access to the ball.

So your analysis is far from factual.

kingphilip:
I think his expectation plays a role on his bias.

If you go through the comment, you'd find him saying he never expected that from Ajayi, meaning he doesn't even watch these guys but have a fixed mindset that they should play this way and that's what he's using to judge Sadiq too.

I think that's why most commenters here usually tell him to watch players first before writing comments about them or he should stick to the EPL players since those are the players he watches more.

It would be better to qoute the specifics of what I have said, when you refer to me. It seems you have intended to misinform and misdirect ,to support your own prejudiced opinion.

I specifically said I did not know Ajayi was that fast, that's the key attribute.

When players are really tall, because they have a very long stride it gives the impression they are slow. But when you see that stride next to a player who is not so tall you will notice sometimes 2/3 strides to one stride of the much taller player. Thats what I noticed and reviewed my opinion of him.

Having pace as a defender is a very good attribute to have. I could add that Ajayi isn't tall fit nithini he scores be a lot of headers from set pieces by and has clear aerial dominance.

COOL10:
Sadiq played like Onuachu today

No he did not he was much much worse .

Mujtahida:
He did nothing wrong to get the put downs by commenters here.

Agreed without question today Nwakali did nothing wring and did nothing good either.

He just did NOTHING

JohnBullMySon:
I think Ejuke is being judged too harshly. He hit two good shots from a tight angle. I wanted him to pass the second one to Iwobi, but from the replay, Iwobi would hardly have got it.

Yes and No.

If you don't want to remain a permanent prospect then you have to add to your game " Football intelligence" . As a result, you can have all the skills and dribbling in the world . If you cannot make a simple pass at the right time moment/ second.

Then you will remain a promising players and never get to achieve the promise expected of you.

In our game Moses worked extremely hard did a lot of dribbles , pressed high excellently, and was very good. But a lot of his decision making was poor. If you want to go higher. As a result he may not get to a top league or club. The same follows for Ejuke.

Football intelligence will take you further than skills and dribbling.

KC showed that intelligence but the recieving player was not intelligent. Aribo was the same, the header he gave to KC was cushioned and intelligent that is why KC scored.

He Aribo passed another ball diagonal to Simon who just needed to place it extreme right corner of the goal but he decides to take a touch and lost the angle .

These are the things you are taught and drilled almost on a daily basisi in the top football academies in Europe. And you expect Professional players to do and know.

These are the things you should be doing in order to to get to the next level in your football career.

12large1:
Dennis would had scored possibly a world class goal. His end product is the best among all our wing forward (this season)

Agreed without question

kingphilip:
I think his expectation plays a role on his bias.

If you go through the comment, you'd find him saying he never expected that from Ajayi, meaning he doesn't even watch these guys but have a fixed mindset that they should play this way and that's what he's using to judge Sadiq too.

I think that's why most commenters here usually tell him to watch players first before writing comments about them or he should stick to the EPL players since those are the players he watches more.

100% I have an expectant minimum standard for the SE , and Sadiq and Nwakali both in their club, league and now in the undeserved SE call up and subsequent game have fallen VERY SHORT of the standard.

mostob:
Let me ask you, how many goal attempts did we have within the time that Sadiq came in till the final minute? How many long balls were whipped in for him compared to Awoniyi who played more minutes?

You teii me

If you know say your team mate na Moi moi , u go give am ball.

His team mate's have answered your question.

I do not need to

Mujtahida:
I take your analysis with a huge pinch of salt. I think your prejudice is coloring your views.
I rarely accuse commenters with prejudice or hate but how come you criticizing Sadiq who came when we were doing more of defending than attacking and praising Semi Ajayi over Omeruo who had a superb game? Why wouldn't Ajayi do more when as a defender he joined in to strengthen our defense against the Egyptian attack?

Semi the foreign born over the naija born players abi? There's a disturbing pattern which is congruent with you[b]r manifest live for foreign born players over local players[/b].

That's your perspective tinged with your own blatant prejudice.

You disregard the specifics details of how I came to my deduction. You then anchor your deduction entirely on your own self birthed subjective view.

Why did you not contest my deductions , let me reiterate my rational, below.

Sadiq is Slow I think he is the slowest player in the team. He is tall but can't even win headers against much shorter player's. He is big but gets bullied easily. He should have been filled by with running but was languid. Within minutes he was complaining about NOBODY helping him to press. He put no pressure on on the Egyptian defence. That's my observations.

Now please leave out your emotive sensibilities and bias. And contend with the specifics of my deductions objectively for all to see who is BIASED

I challenge you please, please don't hide let's analyse not posture or make allegations that you can't back up.

mostob:
Kelechi was there to partner him na. At a time during the game, Kelechi was even ahead of him.
When Kelechi went off, we revered back to 4-2-3-1. Austin must have noticed how isolated Sadiq was upfront which is why (I think) he brought on Iwobi. You could notice We kinda start pressing when Iwobi came on.

In the first 6 minutes there were three long balls straight to Awoniyi. Throughout the game when Omeruo was in trouble he went long Knowing there was an outlet and the outlet was Awoniyi.

Awoniyi is not Drogba or Lukaku but he showed good hold up play and pressed from the front he was pivotal to how we played.

He made it very difficult alongside Moses for Egypt particularly in the first half to get any Rythm. Our Midfield worked their socks off .

Again Awoniyi was pivotal to that.

Imagine Sadiq had started you think we would be celebrating.❓

Nobody thought to give a long ball to Sadiq like they were doing continuously with Awoniyi. WHY

Nuff Said.

mostob:
I agree . He was isolated towards the end. There is no way he could have heap pressure on their 4 defenders alone.

So how did Awoniyi do it.

I am watching Sudan Vs Guinea B

We should not get complacent at all or we will loose.

Guinea Bissauis a team of tall Trees , essentially Nubian Giants thier style is physicality with AGGRESSION personified

zuchyblink:
If you want to compare Ighalo please do it with Osimehn. which one is Awoniyi and Sadiq?

Agreed without question

safarigirl:
Sadiq was so felefele, reminded me of Kanu in his later years for Nigeria; just lacking solidity

I agree that he did not bring much to the attack, and probably did more of losing the ball.

He's a tall guy, but he does not have the sturdiness of Awoniyi

How can you be so tall and you no get any solidity for body he couldn't win a header over a much shorter player.

Dude is simply not good enough for the SE

Mujtahida:
My brother, this komekn is very uncharitable with his analysis. Given the time Sadiq came in what could he have done beyond what he did? I'm not a fan of Sadiq as in he play oo, he no play oo, I no send but its just so unfair to dig into him the way komekn has done

Football takes no prisoners and you either perform and get dropped.

Ajayi comes in in the place of Omeruo and he makes an immediate impression. Fast and tenacious with his first touch of the ball.

I thought Ajayi was slow but he showed he is not be today. I actually prefer him to Omeruo.

You seize the moment with the few minutes you have and make an impression.

wayodude:
Perhaps having to make your international debut as a sub in a game of this magnitude has something to do with it?

The say the best defence is to attack .

So when you be come on with just 20 minutes to go , you run your socks off. So you press from the front, this is basic football.

He comes on and he is so slow and languid he couldn't chase a single defender down. Oh he is a snail no problems.

You are 6'5" every ball in the air is yours ,failed woefully there too, ok he is big Dude, bully the Egyptian defender on no big 4 NUTTIN got bullied by the Egyptian defenders instead.

Now compare what Awoniyi did and what he did one was nowhere to be seen and the other was dominating fton the first minute.

Sadiq should be sent home NUTTIN to offer.

benji93:
But honestly i no understand something. How you fit be winger wey you no fit cross ball? .

Please please I am BEWILDERED .

How can you be playing as a Winger and or Wing back and you cannot cross basic ball.

In most academies boys at U13 playing forward are expected to cross with both feet.

andrewbaba44:

I knew Sadiq was bad but l expected WAY MORE

You are in the Segunda and have been for two seasons, this is your chance to SHOW WHAT YOU CAN DO.

Seize the opportunity

He will never have a bigger game than this , no urgency, no determination, no presence, no technique, no pace, no physicality, no aggression, no skill, NO NOTHING.

Nwakali self the AM the midfield maestro WOW lost for Words.

KC really found his position which is behind the Attacker , Aribo was very composed and if Moses had some finesse he should have scored. All round very good performance.

Low points substitutions.

Congratulations to the Super Eagles.

The substitutions did not improve anything for us, apart from Ajayi and Iwobi .


The other subs nothing to report before they say I am biased .

I don't care Sadiq and Nwakali were like members of the supporters club on the pitch offered nothing.

Subzero047:
Has Sadiq even won an aerial ball

How can somebody be so tall and cannot win a basic defensive header from a corner. I'm sorry guy offers nothing slow languid and a just has no presence

Why did Ejuke not release that balk to Iwobi who was free

Game plan give the ball to Iwobi

These last few minutes very crucial, players are tired and mistakes are bound to happen.

Hopefully on the Egyptian side.

Ajayi suprise me he is a lot faster than I thought

jihday:
We need to get onyeka into that midfield

Agreed without question

You need hard workers player's to run non stop fit the next 20 minutes to defend and attacks at the same time.

Not Nwakali.

Simon is putting us into trouble thankfully is there no VAR if not penalty.


Iwobi should be on or Onyeka not Nwakali in this game your best legs available.

Awoniyi has presence and physicality but not blistering pace.

l dont think Sadiq is fast or even physical , well lets see.

Ah oh no Omeruo although we have good cover Ajayi or Awaziem.

daveP:
Time for Iwobi/Ejuke to replace Nacho abeg

Agreed without question

Iwobi for KC

Ejuke for

Awoniyi for ❓

Simon needs to come off not sure who can come in him ❓

We are winning and playing well.

But there are some of our elementary handi caps, that should not be happening now.

Basic cross we are struggling to do, then Simon needs to play for the team and not seek glory for himselfb Zaidu cannot cross basic ball.

We are allowing Egypt back in the game we sitting back unconsciously or consciously I don't know. We need to continue with the high press.

I think we need to think of substitutions, for me Chukwueze hasn't offered much , also Moses is looking tired he has over worked himself.

Also Awoniyi is no longer pressing

12large1:
Ejuke would had done better at this game

I disagree you need players who are highly disciplined with a high work rate to keep up the high press.

We absolutely need to score another goal , because Egypt will come back at us.

The last 20 minutes when player fatigue sets in very CRUCIAL who we bring in.

Egypt has already made 3 substitutions they are already climbing up hill