₦airaland Forum

villagereporter:
That final was ours' to loose and jpajero did not disappoint. Having played 5games straight up using dsame formation, personal opinion wise I was expecting the rigid coach to tweak his formation-since he has nothing to loose; but alas he handed the cup on a platter of gold to CIV. After he discovered dat formation he was just too predictable.

We could have still won that match if he made changes early and replaced all the tired or injured players..
Even with the same predictable formation, the players did their part, they just needed their coach to do his..

Danielnino00:
You can cook up your own metric for rating a player as world class and twist it like semovita all you want... Osimhen, by global standards is a world class player... He has reached the level where he is regarded among the best in his position in the here and now.... Your opinion doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things, sorry..

Once you understand this, then no need to argue
Na just to jump and pass

Goke7:
I don't just want to go there initially before one is accused of prejudice, but is it a fluke that a player has all these individual honours below?

African U-17 Championship Golden Boot: 2015
FIFA U-17 World Cup Golden Boot: 2015
FIFA U-17 World Cup Silver Ball: 2015
CAF Youth Player of the Year: 2015
UNFP Ligue 1 Player of the Month: September 2019
Prix Marc-Vivien Foé: 2020
ESM Team of the Season: 2022–23
Serie A Best Young Player: 2021–22
Serie A Best Striker: 2022–23
Serie A Player of the Month: March 2022, January 2023
Serie A Goal of the Month: January 2023
Globe Soccer Awards Emerging Player of the Year: 2022
Stampa Estera Italia Best Foreign Athlete of the Year: 2022
Nigeria Pitch Awards King of the Pitch: 2022
Ghana Football Awards Best African International: 2023
Lille Player of the Season: 2019–20
Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers Top scorer: 2023
CAF Team of the Year: 2023
Capocannoniere: 2022–23
African Footballer of the Year: 2023
Serie A Footballer of the Year: 2023
Serie A Team of the Year: 2022–23

Perhaps we need a new definition of consistency.

My guy, you finish work for here
Blind hate and jealousy will not allow the critics see road
Thank you for outlining his numerous achievements

Let's see what other rubbish they cook up

Danielnino00:
If Osimhen was a foreigner, I'm sure some of his critics will worship him.
IMO, one thing that sets Osimhen apart from other crop of talented players we have produced over they years but didnt live up to expectation is his dedication and hunger. You can see the determination in his game anytime he is on the pitch.. that is the mark of a man who knows that he hasn't arrived yet. Missing those chances at the AFCON was painful, but it wont take away the fact that he is an amaing player.

💯

Bannedlargedx2:
Casually handed napoli their first league trophy? You must be drinking. He was definitely one of their most important players alongside Kvara, kim and spaletti and he wasn’t rated as the best. Kvara was awarded the MVP

Keep deluding yourself

skallion7:
Arnautovic just denied Ebenezer Akinsanmiro an assist☹️

That guy can miss goals ehn!
Watch their last UCL match against Athletico

Bannedlargedx2:
Osimehn will give you goals but won’t win you tournaments. He is the type to score a lot of goals against small teams and goes missing at big games. To capitalize on players like him, you need another big game player next to him

Balderdash!!

quickberry:
This season? 🙄

8 goals, I think

Samueltemi337:
Osimhen should just keep scoring and hopefully joins a bigger team this summer

Abi

Chai Napoli!!!
What happened to this team?

chrisooblog:
6th straight season of double figures

World class!

Bassey scores!!
What a year he's having!

Dessers brace..

MetalJigsaw:
Yes, I forgot Bellingham and Saka, but Rice no.

Rice not worth above 50m?
No need to continue the argument
Have a great day

MetalJigsaw:
I'm sure if Osimhen was English he wouldnt make such an envious speech.

Aside Kane who is at the tail end of his career no English player is even worth above 50m and that is hurting them.

Jude Bellingham
Bukayo Saka
Rice

Should I go on?

yinkeys:
Free kick
Go watch it again from another angle
If it was Afcon that would have been ruled out

Na CAF wey go carry VAR for head like gala
In another tournament, Big Vic would have ended the tourney as top scorer
All well and good
Atleast the world got to see his excellent team spirit and dedication to the collective cause
Those goals that were cancelled at the AFCON would have stood in the EPL or UCL

That's all

komekn:
Your admission is based on what.

Fulham got rid of Anguissa but decided to go for Iwobi,what did they see that you cannot.

Completely agree
Though both players play different roles

solonnachi:
Seems Joshua Zirkzee wants to commit to Nigeria. Already Jpes is in talks with Michael Folorunsho. Arthur Okonkwo, Gabriel Osho and Elijah Adebayo now with us. Let's play Jordan Tourinagha and cap Tosin Adarabioyio. With Ndidi, Boniface, Orban, Sadiq all back, I think we will be fine. Then the left back has to be quickly sorted out.

We need atleast 3 proper CMs
We are solid at LB
We have Zaidu, Bruno and Jamiu Collins
They are solid options

If we're to play the same system we used at the AFCON, we need proper CMs filling the Iwobi role, and we move Iwobi forward or keep him on the bench

MetalJigsaw:
I agree he was wasteful but do you know that his pace and off ball movements got him in most of these positions?

How many pin- point passes did he even get?Look at that Zambo Anguissa pass in the UCL nah.. So sweet.

I must admit Anguissa is a boss. Iwobi needs to learn from that dude.

That was a straightforward pass actually
Nothing special about it
Another striker might have lost that ball or be bullied off by the defender
Kudos to Osimhen for that sharp turn, holding off the defender and scoring
Osimhen did all the work
The pass wasn't special

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Joebie:
When u give a striker too many responsibilities, his quality drops in his primary responsibility. This sums up Osimhen in the AFCON

Completely agree
Osimhen was basically defending from the front

mostob:
Those Aba boys (Badiashile and Disasi) you pack for defence ain't a big problem right? That your squad too rough. You have quantity but not quality. Remove Caicedo and Enzo and your midfield would be exposed. On the wing sef, only Sterling is the real quality. Forget bro, you need more than a Striker o

Is Palmer a joke to you?

Blueelf:
I am a Liverpool fan but he did us bad

Stop using selective pics to arm your bias

You fit they deceive others but when it comes to LFC matters, I watch all our games closely. VO killed us oga

Don't mind the guy
He think say we be pikin
We mostly just ignore make the matter no too long
Komekn has been found out since
No be today

TheLoneCitizen:
July 2023

Fabrizio!
Is that you?

MetalJigsaw:
That's right. The chap is truly world class.

We scored eight goals and he was one way or another involved in six of them.

One word: impact!

Bannedlargedx2:
Despite his tactics, osimehn missed couple of sitters and free headers. You guys just don’t want to admit because he is your fave but if it was another player, you would had pounced on that player. Remember, Lookman scored 3 goals in the same team. Osimehn needs to refine his game in order to truly be world class. He has a fighting spirit, a warrior, never say die attitude, hard worker. He just needs refining

Completely agree
However remember Lookman got those goals because Osimhen took away the attention
When attention also came on Lookman, the goals dried up

The way JPes set us up, we were defensively strong but were never going to score a lot of goals

MetalJigsaw:
In the course of the AFCON, I really felt for Osimhen. Peseiro was literally his indirect worked against him while selecting the midfielders

You Sabi watch ball
Man effectively turned Osimhen to a forward placed defender..
It's testament to Osimhen's quality that he was decisive in those games, scoring, assisting and causing pks

Bannedlargedx2:
Even if he lost 20-0 at the final, I will still keep him simply because I’m a man of Integrity. The man met his required target, which was a semi-final and you’re suggesting that he should be terminated. As for NFF, they need to start setting higher contractual obligations I.e Win or be fired

Completely agree

TheGoodJoe:
Put Haaland in that situation, and he might not even score a goal. Does that mean Haaland is not world-class? See how Osimhen worked with Spaletti and how he excelled. Tactical setup plays a big role in performances.

Completely agree

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Damioduso1:
The Coach tactics did not work today. The transition from the defense to attack was too slow in today match . The Coach tactics was to predictable

The team was tired
That's all

kennysville:
Top 5 league tins nooni. Plus salary less than 1000 usd as some people go say

Soap don dey clear small small.


I be wan ask one small question. How body dey do us when we concede possession? Does it feel natural to us as Nigerians?

Asin eh
We collect ball, 30 seconds later, we lose the ball
And this was happening over and over again
But no, Nwakali is not needed because na $50 e dey collect per month

Let's keep deluding ourselves