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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

daveP:
Are you insinuating that his confidence is fueled by his arrogance and lack of regard for authority on the field of play? He's meant to do a job and at an emergency time and he's failing woefully at it. Appreciate him? Abeg abeg abeg!!

Your conjecture while watching remotely can be very distant from what really transpired over there.
So do not just conclude.

Please please, please what did he fail woefully at?

TheSuperNerd:
Nwabali is good. But the criticisms over his antics in the last game vs Lesotho are justified. I dont mean over-the-top criticisms but sound criticism. He almost cost us.

But all the same. He is a big presence in the dressing room and still our number 1. Losing both parents is a blow so I can relate from a clinical and psychological POV.

And this is partly why I dont want to hear any funny talks of Aniagboso right now near where we have Nwabali and Okoye.

Nwabali is tested, trusted but needs to be careful going forward. No more unnecessary antics. The cleansheet vs Benin will do good for his proper show of confidence and composure.

Nwabali is not beyond criticism.
But people can be malicious.

GMBOFASIA:
Nwabali just lost both parents he might be going through a lot everyone is just criticizing him and forgetting we are coming from uzoho era lol

Don't mind them.

All these digs at Nwabali should stop.
I don't want his confidence to take a dig.

Someone is already clamoring for Arthur Okonkwo to deliver us from Nwabali.
Is this blindness or just plain ignorance.
How much of Arthur Okonkwo does this person know. (I am not taking anything away from Arthur)

Could it be that Nwabali's composure and confidence is intimidating the timidity of some people.
They cannot just come to grip that someone can be as confident as that.

We have over the years clamored for a goal keeper like Nwabali.
Nwabali is very good.
Please appreciate him.

Mujtahida:
Meli Meli. I am thinking of signing you up as an assistant to elyte89 baba. My only problem with you is that you like Ejuke too much 😂😂

I like Ejuke, he is the reason for my viewership of Sevilla games.

He needs to live up to expectation.
Dude is talented.

CapitalCee:
You feel sorry for Benin, but when they knew it is over for them, they were wasting time and goalkeeper pulling saves all in the bid to deny us the needed goal. Abeg forget that thing abeg. They dont like us as most people here think.

Moreover tgose hyping Gernot Rohr. He tried in Benin but there is nothing spectacular, he got 17 points from 10 matches, Niger got 15 points from just 8 matches.
Little xountries like Madagascar, Mozambique etc got more points. Even Comoros ,Namibia and co got similar points. So whtever he did in Benin is ordinary

Yeah, at this point it is every man for himself.

Meliforme:
Benin might win this game if they mount sufficient pressure on our defense.
If our route to goal is through a patient build up then we need at least two defensive midfielders.

I suggest long passes from the midfield to the forwards, even if the passes miss their intended targets. We will be in position early enough to recover. We don't need counters from the opposition, until some issues are sorted out.

We have very lethal forwards. We just need fewer opposition players in their own box and therefore more spaces to attack. We need the opposition to come out, that's the reason for the long passes from the midfield rather than dillydallying around their box and running the risk of dangerous counters.

I said this before the match.

We had more precision in our final delivery, but we need to improve the more.

lbrichman2:
I see your point, but can you in all honesty say we played exceptionally well?
We had good moments, yes
But we didn't control the game
Benin always looked like they would score anytime
We still need to fix our midfield
We should be controlling games and smashing opponents

Benin did not control anything.
Our conservativeness was intentional.
Was this really difficult to see?

lbrichman2:
That first goal on 3 mins killed them and gave us impetus

Yes.
That first goal did them dirty.

MetalJigsaw:
You Think say them send us? We also had a chance to qualify why should we allow them

We shouldn't have allowed them anyway.

Osimhen gave a resounding NO right from the onset.

lbrichman2:
Well, he got away with what should probably have been a clean goal today
He should be grateful the referee was that lenient
Another referee would have awarded that goal straight up

Did you also notice he dropped the ball again today?
That could have gone anywhere..

I like the guy
But he needs to get himself together

I will wait to get the details of what really transpired.

lbrichman2:
Hmm.. Nwabali still found a way to show himself today..
We still need keeper oh

Nwabali's issue has to do with his attitude and not his skill.
Dude has sharp reflexes.

Bad attitudes can be corrected.

We all have to bear in mind that the game is even more psychological than anything.
Nwabali should not tolerate any bad behaviour around his yard.
He should caution any cautionable, the opposition should not be free to behave as they seem fit around him.
He needs to provoke and frustrate them when possible.

The game is not as clean as you think

lexyman:
na Rohr BENIN we want play , no be Guardiola Benin ..... tactically Rohr is clueless , what has worked for him is the determination of the guys . ones the boys bring their A game today , then the scoreline will be 3:1 or 3:0 ..if If its Rwanda or SA we are playing with Today i would have been more concern , because those guys are fast and discipline ... lets see what the result will be

If our approach was not a bit conservative, we could not have scored up to four goals past a very desperate Benin. They needed to come out to play.

If we have fought for every ball without being laid back a little. Benin would have been more defensively aware.
They needed only a draw.

We served Gernot Rohr his own medicine.
We just told him we have not forgotten his recipe.

I feel very sorry for Benin, we could have let them qualify, but in this case it is every man for himself.