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mostob:
I agree passing may not be a good option here but he should be scoring that.

He was just unlucky.

Bossoflife25:
This Ejuke has not change one bit! Just pass to Akor to score no, he preferred to shoot off target with only the keeper to beat. Yeye!

If you were the player with the ball in that situation, what would you have done.

Eric Chelle brought variety to his choice of wingers.
The fact is any of the invited wingers can start (with the exception Olakunle whom i don't know much about) depending on formation and game plan.
These wingers are not exactly the same.

Let's watch keenly at his game plan, his choice of wingers and the right complement of midfielders to support them.
He has the wingers for a 4-4-2 or 4-3-3 setup, some will do better in a 4-3-3 than in 4-4-2.
White some will do better than others in a 4-4-2.

TheSuperNerd:
Chidera Ejuke is a good recall. I only hope we get to see the more teamwork-oriented Ejuke I have seen this season so far. Truth is on his day, he can change the momentum of a game.

No Christantus Uche is justified. The gifted lad has not been getting the sort of gametime that earns invites for such big games. Also Chelle still has not figured him out.
Frank Onyeka doesnt get much gametime too but still has 80 more EPL mins than Uche this season plus he has the merit of being an integral part of the team especially a key player at the last afcon before Chelle showed up.

Ebenezer Akinsanmiro would have made the list but for the injury he picked up yesterday. Really miffed at this but his time will inevitably come.

GK dept is okay. No complaints.

Defence has everyone I was expecting to see. Good to see Awaziem back. Pls Semi misses the Gabon game. I am sure the technical crew has taken note.

Midfield has 5 names including an Onyedika who gave us an injury scare in the UCL. Good to see it is not so serious. The midfield are all regular faces and with injuries to FDB and potential Akin, no complaints.

The Attack... Solid.
3CFs.. Osimhen, Akor, Tolu
LW... Simon
RW... Chukwueze, Olakunle
LW/RW... Ejuke
SS/LW... Lookman

And I hope Chelle considers Ejuke ahead of Olakunle Olusegun as one of the wing options off the bench. I cap not when I agree with Meliforme's analysis on Ejuke being a genuine game changer and a winger capable of producing chances-creating actions and shots-creating actions.

In all, nothing surprising on the list. Just the squad that should get the job done.

Happy weekend.

Thank you, TheSuperNerd.
The list looks good.

oloriooko:
NFF must just do their show of shame in everything about football in 9ja

NFF projects ethnical inclusion in list of players, making the coach include northern names, eastern players and western players instead of choosing the best players he deems fit

until NFF is overhauled and cleansed we keep going round same issues, much activities but no improvement

Give us the names of the players that should have been invited, but overlooked.

Mujtahida:
Contrapuntal - Hmmmm. I never hear this English before oo.

Congratulations, I see your man Ejuke in the team.

It is for the benefit of the team.

EEGA:
Nice to see Childera Ejuke on the list.

Ejuke is one of those players who can operate as a CAM, with his take-ons and abilities in one vs one situations.

Top quality addition.Hope we get to see him play.

Yess oo.

semid4lyfe:
Source is the Super Eagles verified X handle. So its genuine.

Again. midfield is too lean with only 5 midfielders - Ndidi, Iwobi, Onyeka, Onyedika, Alhassan. 7 midfielders is the ideal number.

Maybe Akinsanmiro was initially on the list and the injury last night necessitated his removal but still, he ought to have been replaced by another midfielder. Chrisantus Uche, Anthony Dennis of Goztepe and David Moses of Slavia Prague are the obvious choices.

8 forwards is excessive. At least one of the spots should have gone to the midfield.

Happy with the inclusion of Chidera Ejuke. He gives us options as he can play on the right or as in inverted winger on the left.

Olakunle Olusegun has done nothing both at clubside and the National team to warrant being in the squad. The fact his name is always last in the squad list when it is released speaks volume. His spot should have gone to a midfielder.

All in all, it's not a bad list but it could have been much better and balanced with more midfield options cause that's the engine room of a team, and where play is dictated, and battles are won and lost in matches.

Looks like he will be implementing 4-4-2.

Mujtahida:
This Alhassan godfather strong oo.

Who should have been invited in his stead?
The brief answer is None.

If your view is contrapuntal, then state it.

Mujtahida:
God don answer Meliforme prayer oo. The ball is in Ejuke's court now. That's how COOL10 prayed for Cyril Dessers. He got the chance and blew it.

Chidera Ejuke is quality. It is left for his minders to believe in him and be patient.

Emmy450:
chidera Ejuke has been invited for the playoffs,
I hope he delivers same way yamal does for Spain since he's supposedly better than yamal

Defending has evolved so much that implementing passing sequences alone may not be enough to create the needed gaps or spaces for shooting at goal.

You need players of skill who can shoot from outside the box and whose movements with the ball can take out players.

Chidera Ejuke and Lamine Yamal are such players.

Truidstarr:
He is most likely going to miss this playoffs due to a shoulder injury.

This is not good.

I will like to see a midfield that has Wilfred Ndidi, Raphael Onyedika and Ebenezer Akinsanmiro, with Wilfred Ndidi serving the DM role.
With these players plying the middle, we can confortably switch from an all-attacking approach to a very conservative approach and still be very effective.

When we are without the ball, I will apply Onyedika and Ndidi in ways that will frustrate the opponent's moves.

Iwobi is a pressing machine, he should be played as a forward, he is needed in more advanced areas. Iwobi will serve us more as a forward that can drop deep to orchestrate plays and then move to the winger position to help in the final phases of an attack, he is such a player, we will be so effective.

With Iwobi on the left, Chukwueze on the right and with a good composition of play we will score goals. When players like Onyedika and Akinsanmiro are helping to support the attack we will be effective, we have the wingers and center forwards that can do the job.

TheSuperNerd:
Akinsanmiro Baller joor! Again in the left halfspace zone but deep in midfield, he presses, wins the ball, turns sharply and feeds a one time pass into Nzola who had unfortunately moved a step too early so his goal was ruled out for offside.

That quick release and visionary eye to spot the pass immediately after ball winning is part of what makes this kid one to reckon with. Always thinking forward and vertically in his gameplay.

Akinsanmiro should be starting in our midfield when available.
I see no reason why he shouldn't

Elock1:
Good evening all the chiefs in the house

elyte89, ChrisKels, chrisooblog,TheSuperNerd, Kog45, Charlesemeka85, Odunayaw, mekabuachi, mostob, BankyGee, MetalJigsaw, forgiveness Truidstarr, Joebie, COOL10, Meliforme

(Including those I no remember)..hope say everywhere good?


Omo na today I know say I love Super Eagles pass my club Barca. Even for work I no fit concentrate

My head just dey do me gbigidim gbigidim.😤😤
Make Gabon no surprise person oh

I no sure say I go fit chop for 2 days oh😭
Because this our super Eagles can surprise somebody both positively and negatively.

Na just OSINACHI current form dey gimme hope.

Let's hope for a miracle.

In football anything is possible.

TheSuperNerd:
With or without the prayer, Italy produce great defenders and in truth, Ahanor and Kayode are no leftovers.

In an overflowing bowl of candies, some do spill over.

Whatever makes you happy.

TheSuperNerd:
I hope a fine combination of circumstances, time and factors favour and enable us to bag Honest Ahabor (Atalanta) and Michael Kayode (Brentford).

May Italy keep having great talents in those roles to enable these 2 to keep getting overlooked . NFF and Chelle, talk to Kayode! Pressure Onyeka to follow am bumper to bumper and then una, make the move and offer him the first choice shirt at RB. Habamana!!!

Delete this prayer, Please.
Or You can pray that we get great talents so that we can overlook rejects or not good enough from other nations.

How can we be feasting on leftovers.

Starboytwo:
🥵🥵 you want to kee Ejuke abi.

Has Ejuke ever curled one from outside in his career...

Yes he has.

Starboytwo:
Baba, good afternoon....

You are putting Ejuke in a conversation with the best player in the whole world...

Ejuke can only dream of Yamals right leg(weak foot)

This was the kind of response i got when i argued that I will pick Osimhen over Haaland.

Starboytwo:
Baba, good afternoon....

You are putting Ejuke in a conversation with the best player in the whole world...

Ejuke can only dream of Yamals right leg(weak foot)

Sentiments everywhere.

I said that there is no single move or dribble that Yamal pulled yesterday that Ejuke hadn't in the past.
Ejuke emerged the best dribbler ahead of Yamal only for injuries to place him just one place below him in the just concluded season.
Defensively Ejuke is better. What Ejuke needs is game time to show what he can do.

There is nothing that Yamal can do that Ejuke cannot. Absolutely nothing.
Ejuke's problem is just the mentality to assert dominance and secure a place for himself.

He needs to contend.

Ejuke sometimes plays like someone who is afraid of blame.

Risk is part of the game. Players like Osimhen or Yamal don't care much about your criticisms of their play.
Without risk no player can stand out.

There is no single move or dribble that Lamine Yamal pulled yesterday that our own Chidera Ejuke cannot perform, none.
Yamal had his good moments, and his errors.

What Ejuke needs to add to his game is the mentality of a super star. He needs to demand more of the ball. He needs to make it easier for his teammates to give him the ball by placing himself in positions where the ball can easily get to him.

He needs to assert dominance on the field of play. He needs to make things happen and sometimes he needs to force it. Leadership is needed to stand out. Iwobi is what he is at Fulham because he provides the needed leadership on the field of play, he is part of almost everything that happens on the field.

lbrichman2:
And they say he's not technical
😂😂😂

I refuted that claim a lot on this thread.
I knew their interpretations were coming from a place of not knowing how technique is defined.

When i said I will pick Osimhen ahead of Haaland, some thought that my stand was motivated purely by patriotism.
It is well.
We see what we see

MetalJigsaw:
So he is now a tacricain🤣 He should not be phased out anymore?🤣

He has always been a tactician.
He interprets the coach's ideas very well, and reads his opponents well.

We currently do not have direct replacements, but players with complementary roles.

Mujtahida:
Forget it. In the interview, Chelle spoke effusively that Ndidi understands the 4-4-2 formation.

The others can only fight. Ndidi got it.

Ndidi is a tactician.
I keep saying it.

TheLoneCitizen:
He has committed the most errors leading to a shot in the last two Premier League seasons.

In the entire league, no player has been more error prone.

Football is about creating partnerships that builds on individual strengths while minimising weaknesses.
The two errors he committed were similar.

The stick should not land on his back only.

komekn:
Should Alhassan even be in the conversation , Dude is obscurity in the MLS.

Komekn and Obscurity.
You are so fond of her.

TheLoneCitizen:
Bassey with two errors leading to goal in one game

I know the errors are on him.
But his partners are also to blame.

Bassey will place himself in good positions to receive passes, but will his partners do the same.
In the event of an onrushing opponent, the normal will be to step back and make it easier to get a pass from a teammate who is being closed down, but what did Bassey's colleague do?

Many times you are as good as your partner.

I will blame the entire defense line for those goals excluding the goalkeeper.

Joebie:
My AFCON Starters

Uche Christanthus should not be starting ahead of Ndidi, Alhassan or Onyeka until we see him play that role over and over.

kennysville:
Someone goes out of his way to do a compilation of Nwabali's errors and posts it on youtube and you dont see an agenda there hey? Thats damn nitpicking. When he was the last line of defence and did the saves, no one did compilation. I am n ot even exonerating Nwabali but this needs to be called out for what it is. It is very misleading to go do compilation of a goalie's errors to what end? We can also do a compilation of Osimhen misses that will make you just downright dislike him and question what people see in him that is so special. When Gary Lineker did his, it was very subtle. And the deed got done nicely. Now he is apologizing to Osimhen, doing damage control for his own credibility

Look at the Nwabali that many people are gnashing their teeth at.
I wish his confidence and bullying proclivities can ripple throughout the team and enable us flog minnows in degrees they can bear.

Confidence and creativity are like the siamese twins.

Mujtahida:
This should be forwarded to Chelle. Sound analysis bro

Thank you.

Mujtahida:
Guys, elyte89, ChrisKels, chrisooblog, kennysville, TheSuperNerd, Kog45, Charlesemeka85, Odunayaw, Cocony, mekabuachi, QueenJazz, mostob, BankyGee, MetalJigsaw, forgiveness, solonnachi, Truidstarr, Joebie, COOL10, Meliforme and others too numerous to mention

Make una watch this podcast by Oliseh discussing some salient issues in relation to the playoffs. Interesting conversation featuring Edafe Elegbete


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnN5GMzgc5A?si=CKIPPQxyY7udleas

Thank you Mujtahida for making me see this video.
Sunday Oliseh's submissions reveal a sound tactical depth.

I quite agree with him on the notion that we should stick to a conservative approach for the time being.

In my opinion, we should stick to a conservative approach for the following reasons:

Our composition of play does not allow for a quick recovery following a counter attack.
This is down to coaching, and it is an issue that can be corrected.

The absence of genuine creative midfielders.
We need at least two creative midfielders who are also good at winning back possession, to make something out of a possession style of play
We have shown that we can dominate possession, if we choose to, but the absence of a creative midfield has made us easy to nulify. We have wingers that can create, but no genuine creator operating mid field. Iwobi's EPL exploits has come from the wings. How many chances has he created for S.E players whenever he is operating through the middle.

It took me some time to realise that Iwobi is not yet a genuine midfield profile. If he must operate mid field, he needs at least two supporting midfielders with him operating a very advanced role.

We need midfielders who cannot only win possession, but can hold the ball, dribble their way through tight spaces, deliver accurate passes and create chances.
I can only see two midfielders with those abilities: Ebenezer Akinsanmiro and Kelechi Nwakali

Honestly, I will pick Ebenezer Akinsanmiro above any midfielder in S.E as things stands because of my studies of him. He ticks every box and much more.

Playing without a creative midfield makes our players overwork, making these players injury prone

We should all throw our support around Eric Chelle as Oliseh has advised and hope for the best.


I will stop here