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andrew444:
Smiles...I guess you didn't see what he said first,you will not see where he said his kids are not as daft as.... I guess that signs means someone else and not me Mr lie detector,I gave the impression of a bitter saddist saying that says it all about you.GBAM

andrew444:
You lost it man stop giving your self sleepless night over what you don't know okay,from seyi ojo argument you become pointless,you keep on writing nonsense just to make a point,in your shallow mind you think you can win me,trying to console your self(Your kids are not as daft as....)i dont care if you complete it but as for me i am not as daft as your father.

Humility017:
hope you're not being pessimistic?

same amokachi made Similiar statement...
I believe same...Africa teams gonna shock the world come June/July this year.

i foresee the possibility of either Nigeria or morocco posing a surprise to many....

DrKlever:
I have been having a repeated strange dream in a while now. The funny thing is all my dreams always play out in reality. Now the dream is seeing 4 African teams in second round and then two(Morocco vs Nigeria) in semi final. Because of this i have a feeling Nigeria will shock the world and win Russia 2018. I'm yet to figure out how that will materialise, but that's my strange feeling.

deathimmort:
you don't have to mock me sir

holyfather:
Lagmostkuit is a better pikin

TheGoodJoe:

I did not play down Puel's work. I said his negative style inhibits Ndidi and other players from reaching top Heights. Ndidi can do more from controlling the midfield, dictating play, spread cross field passes, make dashing runs and release thunderbolts from his feet on a more regular basis.

In a more offensive and creative style of play, Ndidi will grow at a faster rate.

TheGoodJoe:
Na wa.

Morata worked in the academy with Zidane. So the talk of not adapting to philosophy does not add up.

Zidane prefers Benzema, not Morata not adapting to the philosophy. Benzema is a big name and a top quality player. Morata stayed and battled for a place in the team. So that defeats your opinion that he is scared of challenges.

Finito.

TheGoodJoe:
“He is an excellent player," said Pellegrini."But if he adds goals from free-kicks - and last Sunday he scored again - for him it is very important to score goals."He is a player who can always improve, and Yaya is trying to do it.“We are always practising free-kicks. Yaya stays normally, kicking the ball after we finish the daily work."He is really in a good moment. It is not normal, that someone always scores from free-kicks.

That is from Pellegrini talking about him working with Yaya Toure on free kicks after training. Yaya was a good player under Mancini but after working with Pellegrini, he became one of the best players in the world.

Ndidi has the potential to do more than tackles and recovery. Under a coach like Pellegrini and in an offensive system, he will achieve more.

TheGoodJoe:

Apart from Morata's finishing challenge, his footballing knowledge and playing style is off the chain. He is a well educated footballer in the game. If he sorts his finishing out, he would be lethal.

Saying Morata is a player that does not like challenge is totally off tangent. We are talking of a guy who has been down the pecking order in Real Madrid and Juventus. Working hard and patiently waiting for his turn.

There was no need joining Spurs when he had an offer to play in Chelsea. Come on, Chelsea is a bigger brand. Coupled with the fact he was to work with Conte, a coach he trained and worked with at Juventus.

TheGoodJoe:

If experience promises quality, a lot of Championship players would have been the toast for top clubs. There is a reason why a player like Iheanacho with little to no experience in senior football could set the EPL on fire and do the same in the national team.

Hard work, exposure and talent.

Leicester City have quality players but it is clear Puel does not have the system to make them excel. Even with playing time, he can not raise the quality of those players in a short time.

Look at the art Pellegrini created with Yaya Toure. Give him Ndidi and you will see wonders in a short time. Not long playing time. It takes positional placement of players, improved roles and a more intense environment to spark the players.

You can praise the regular time but the impact comes from other factors.

TheGoodJoe:

I did not say no game time. The point is simple. I am not talking about just game time. That does not mean no game time. However, the effect of training and playing in a more offensive system improves the player better than a negative one, even if the playing time is reduced.

That is why Morata without a truck load of experience cost a fortune.

Finito.

andrew444:
Guilty conscience?you are what I assume you are.

Are you praising diabate after 2 premier league games?to your eyes he is good enough because puel played him ahead of nacho yesterday in a clueless formation that makes them lost 5-1,don't tell me nacho is not good enough,in the eyes of pep guardiola Samuel eto was not good enough,but he remains one of the World greatest strikers in history not just Africa alone.

And mind you nacho was bought for peanut from a so called Taye academy.

TheGoodJoe:

I am not just interested in game time but playing and training under a very offensive system which will propel Nacho because of his lethal finishing ability. Something I doubt Puel can offer.

andrew444:
Puel bought diabate and you expect him not to play him? If ranieri is still at leichester you think musa will rot on the reserves? For you to say nacho is not good enough says it all,you don't know what you are saying,someone is not good enough but he was bought for 25million pounds

Or you think if pellegrini is still man city coach they will buy Gabriel Jesus and sell nacho?you just can't hide what you feel for nacho,I don't need to mention it,for you saying he is not good enough says it all.

TheGoodJoe:

I do not know what Diabate has done. Nacho is not an existing player because he has not been given the chance. Puel bought Diabate himself from the French league, keeping in mind that Puel is French. So there is every opportunity for preference to justify the player he bought.

Not like Diabate has done something out of the ordinary.

I was always against Nacho moving because I wanted him training under an offensive system. So this is not a case of supporting repeated moves. This is about Nacho training and playing under a very offensive system which I doubt Puel can offer.

TheGoodJoe:
This time is not about competition but playing under a system that will develop him at a fast rate to a top quality player. Build his rep and propel him to play on some of the highest stages.

Puel seems like a timid negative coach and I doubt he can create the right environment for Nacho to reach his potentials.

TheGoodJoe:

If down the line Puel opts to go back to his negative style and decides on Diabate, it is good for him. End of season, Nacho will pack his bags and go to a better suitor. Batshuayi is not crying because he left Chelsea, he is a revelation.

It will even be better for Nacho to leave end of the season and work with a more offensive manager.

TheGoodJoe:

A player can be good and left on the bench. It happens repeatedly.

If not injury to Gabriel Jesus, I doubt a player of Aguero’s quality will have the kind of run his having and would have been warming bench in some games.

Guardiola prefers Gabriel Jesus style because it suits his philosophy of a defending attacker. Does that mean we should rate Gabriel Jesus ahead of Aguero?

The same Puel kept playing Slimani ahead of Nacho but time for the transfer in the winter market, he let Slimani go and kept Nacho.

Nacho grew up watching Barcelona, trained in an attacking Nigerian Junior team. Worked with Vieira and Pellegrini, two highly offensive managers. He does not suit the park bus/negative system.

As soon as I saw Diabate, I knew we were going to see Negative football from Leicester City. Glad it ended in a walloping.

sontoly:
No he is not hating, he is actually saying the truth, unlike liedetector, u will obviously knw how bitter he is by his words.

safarigirl:
just like De Bruyne, Salah and Lukaku weren't good enough Once Upon A Time

AIG07:
so why do you think he was drop to the bench?

AIG07:
Dropping Nacho to the bench is more of a tactical switch.

The match will be energy demanding and I don't see Nacho catching up with the pace in the first half. It'll be better if comes on when city tires out.

I support the coach on this.

DrKlever:
. Leicester coach is actually clueless. There is no hype here, the young man is still proving himself. Strangely he's playing a 3-5-2 formation. he should have used Iheanacho over both Vardy and Diabetes in this formation. He needs to watch Arg vs Nig to see the tool he got on him. let's hope this crowded midfield doesn't backfire.

petergriffin:
i once enter a barber shop and we had a quarrel, he told me words that made me very angry. when i looked in the mirrors i saw myself as a fool for taken that sh*t from him so i turned back and beat the crap outta him.

lesson here; seeing yourself in mirrors don't make you polite.