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elyte89:
Don’t worry a new coach will be Announced soon…it’s one of d following coaches…

A) Schmidt
B) Rafa Benitez
C) Labbadia
D) Poyet
E) Conceicao


And

F) ME 😎

TheSuperNerd:
Lookman starts. Chukwueze benches.

forgiveness:
Ekong, Nwabali and Lookman were the top 3 performers at AFCON. Followed by the rest. Even Sinom self perfomed. Osimhen performed but kept missing chances. He wasn't top 5 to be candid.

Where do we place Aina, Bassey and Seyi? In short, all of them performed but Ekong, Nwabali and Lookman were outstanding.

M7even:
For posterity sake there was nothing special in Osimhen's AFCON performance. Let's set this clear.

Osimhen's performance was not in any sense bigger than the whole team's performance.

From Stanley Nwabali who was our goalkeeper and the revelation of the tournament. To the balance of play grit and sturdy display of Ekong, Bassey, Aina, calmness of Ajayi.

The midfield brought about Oneyka, whose tireless run were magnificent. It placed Iwobi in a position where he was mostly ineffective in our midfield and became the food for trolls. Chukwueze , Moses Simon , Lookman perfemored decently.

Osimhen was the star boy, and I dare say that after his two missed chances against Equatorial Guinea, where we played our most dominant game, let's not forget when we say the coach is ultradefensive that he didn't start the tournament that way, but realized the enormous mistake he might make if he didn't make such adjustment to suit Osimhen.

Iwobi's two creative passes to Osimhen were squandered by Osimhen in our opening game in AFCON. In subsequent games Iwobi is forced to sit deeper with Onyeka killing his creativity for the good of the game.
If Osimhen had converted those chances , we might have been sure that we have a constant scorer who will go on to achieve the highest goal scorer like Jude Ighalo did in 2019 under Gernot Rohr. Rohr is a much more defensive manager.

Take nothing away from the ruggedness of Osimhen winning penalties and all, but should Lookman possess just similar skills like Osimhen then we are doomed for exit. Thankfully we had a manager who controlled his game well and understood his team well. That AFCON tournament in Ivory coast had no forgiveness. Egypt, Ghana, Morocco, Ivory coast were àll beaten by minnows.

If Osimhen had the goals in the last AFCON I dare say he probably will not be playing at Galatasaray right now.

Ighalo was brought over to Manchester united by Ole Solsjaer simply because of his exploit at the 2019 AFCON where he was top scorer.

It only took Rohr one match to change his first choice striker from Onuachu to Ighalo in the match against Burundi at 2019. Though Osimhen will later score the equalizer through a Lookman lob as we settled for a draw. But that was enough to make the coach switch up to allow Osimhen play to his rugged strength and give room for Lookman to run behind him and do the finishing.

Bannedlargejr:
A player that Caf included in their Afcon XI was claimed by you that another forward was better than him. That’s a disrespect to CAF XI selection by you. If starboy had a better performance than Lookman at the ANC for Nigeria, why didn’t Caf included starboy rather than lookman? Answer objectively or deactivate

Bannedlargejr:
Story for the gods. Osimehn is a hardworking player for Nigeria but at the last ANC, he worked hard and created chances but his conversion rate and chances missed was atrocious and it cannot be negated. His ANC performance contributed to bigger clubs being skeptical on paying that release clause. Although, his still an extremely useful player and our best striker but that ANC performance was average

elyte89:
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chrisooblog:
Thanks again Basco for always coming through with the highlights for those of us too busy or occupied to watch live.

Nice play from Bruno probably his best performance in the SE so far. Osimhen's missed chance in the 1 half denied him a well deserved assist. With more performances like this I think he will have the LB position on lockdown. Probably needs to improve in the physical battles more still looks slightly lightweight to me.

Aina and Bassey look seriously off colour defense wise. Need to do better especially for next years high pressure WC qualifiers.

Attack wise Osimhen was the only consistent threat. Yes he missed a sitter but made up for it with his crucial goal towards the end. Honestly our other forwards need to come to the party so we don't turn into a mostly Osimhen and Inshallah team.

S. Moses well done. I'm one of his biggest critics on these streets but he has become more reliable lately and understands his game better and how it impacts the team's performance. Hope Chukwueze is taking notes.

Condolences to Nwabobo on the loss of his father. May God give him and his family comfort at this trying time. To his performance no sugarcoating it Stanley was largely at fault for the conceded goal. A mistake let's be honest we would have dragged Okoye and Uzoho centuries for. I guess Nwabali's consistent performances for the SE since his debut this year has(deservedly in my opinion) earned him some reprieve but he should watch it because someone is waiting in the wings if too many blunders become part of his game.

Monday's game is for all intents and purposes a competitive friendly for us so I would like to see AE give the likes of Onyedika, Yusuf, Osho, Boniface/Sadiq etc a good run out. No need to stress Osimhen and Lookman we know their quality already.

CornOak:
tbaba1234 / tbaba12345, fabyom, goldfish80, Michael2

I hope you guys are doing well.

If you see this mention, do well to drop in here and say hi.

BankyGee:
Before our match, let's all do this quiz about Victor Osimhen, no cheating, no Google, no Wikipedia, just try your best... Quote this post with the screenshot of your result 😎

They're all the same questions, so no spoiling of the answers here 😁 Just screenshot 😏

That's my result below. The last two questions caught me off guard.

https://app.433football.com/share/Quiz/8298210fda754794adeaf62657334b7f

charlesemeka85:
okay, if he is young I am in full support

TheSuperNerd:
Super Eagles List for Benin and Rwanda: November focus

Squad list is out and check out Victor Collins of Nassarawa Utd. Was going to drop a scorenigeria report on him.

elyte89:
My tots too ..I don’t want a situation where he would leave Atlanta with dis crazy form he is at the moment ,now move to somewhere he will need to find his feet first b4 performing.i would rather want him to move to psg; I believe he will be an instant hit in ligue one


Except if mancity wish to sign him sha as a replacement for failing doku and grealish

TheSuperNerd:
Conte and Napoli be forming gangster in Serie A until they met World Class African POTY-in-waiting Lookman.

Right about now, No Man City winger is better than Lookman. No Arsenal winger is better than Lookman not even Saka. No Man Utd Winger is better than Lookman.

Lookman is just..... I don't know... Special is an understatement.

Samueltemi337:
Ademola Lookman starts for Atalanta against Napoli

komekn:
Work rate is an essential attribute for excellence but it's not the only one.

If you think you are worth £200 million but nobody is willing to pay it for you. It says there is a need for a reality check ✅.

TheSuperNerd:
From this list of nominees, this is Lookman's APOTY 100%

Closest contenders here aren't even as close. Guirassy, Hakimi.

comodo:
Rodri and Xavi Hernandez who is the better MF.
As you are on it, Cannavaro and Paulo Maldini chose one.

TheSuperNerd:
FIFA (@FIFAWorldCup) asks a question that seems common but also one that perhaps not many have given deep enough thought to.

WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE NIGERIAN PLAYER OF ALL TIME?

https://x.com/FIFAWorldCup/status/1851255164986077657?t=6vDgPYbRqtYiUbMDL0PiEg&s=19[/quote]For me its Osaze Odemwingie

like that guy too much

mostob:
FT.. 3-1

People wey watch the whole match tried abeg.

elyte89:
https://www.youtube.com/live/NxpTorx5sHU?si=zfSnqAvcygJAcnw7