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soetanoreoluwa:
Good morning family!
Today is my birthday..
SoarHighSuperEagles!!!!

Happy birthday, with many years of God's favour.

ChrisKels:
After making 9 saves(7saves in the box) and despite conceding two goals against Atalanta, Maduka Okoye makes sofascore’s serie-A team of the week.

Growth!

I reported much earlier Okoye's massive improvements. Some peeps on this thread were like "How many matches of recent times have you seen him feature to come about such a conclusion". I don't need to see any player on a match day to make an assessment.

Odunayaw:
We say the definition of madness is doing the same thing repeatedly and expecting different results.

How can you admit their ideas were "cancelled OUT" and "they didn't succeed" and still say they weren't clueless?

Na me mess up as I engage you sha

Yes, you messed up big time through what you said. You are the one who was actually clueless watching the match, without catching to see the different ideas the Camerounians applied trying to get a goal. They didn't try one particular thing, they tried different ways that failed in application.

We might win this AFCON. Our defensive setup is novel, i have not seen this composition elsewhere. I am yet to come up with a way of breaking this defensive setup without running a high risk of conceding goals especially when the team with this kind of setup has a forward like Osimhen who defends from the front and is also a very potent counter attacking threat.

Odunayaw:
They were clueless because they were neutralized. Thanks for making my point for me

I did not make your point for you. The camerounians had clues that didn't succeed. The Camerounian coach is sound from what i saw as the game went by. He had clues but wasn't successful with his clues. To be clueless means to be without ideas, they had ideas going forward, you could easily see their pattern of passes and attempts to penetrate, but were canceled out. They had ideas, they had clues that didn't succeed.

Odunayaw:
My my! Too happy to see Cameroon clueless

Cameroun played good football, they weren't clueless, they were just neutralised.

Mujtahida:
Horrible how? This man. He did his best in the circumstances

What will you say, if it were Uzoho. Go rewatch the goals.

The Cameroonians were afraid of Osimhen, it affected everything they did, they feared counters.

The Cameroonian goalkeeper is Uzoho v0.5. Horrible goalkeeping.

ThunderFireAgba:
The 2nd lineup is somewhat better cos of the chances we have been missing in the tournament.
Iheanacho now gets to step in behind Osimhen as the SS. He will be the joker as this setup is for tactical attacking football for: re-bounds, spilled catches, zip play with the wingers(were he has excelled greatly with his one-touch gimmicks), coordinated passes in the midfield also.

The midfield doesn't need much on this setup is a one quick transition from the defence to the wingers.
I chose Burno Onyemachi over Sanusi cos of his discipline on the ball.
Bassey moves back to pair Ekong.

Formation is 4-2-3-1.

Remove Onyeka for Iwobi.

BascoVanVeli:
Do u still believe this lie?

He is not as bad as painted, but the least when compared to other invited Super Eagles Centre backs.

Mujtahida:
You go sabi coach ooo

Yes, thank you ooo.

We were very lucky to get away with a midfield that has Onyeka and Aribo, irregardless of the coach's efforts at conservative football, you will need a level of control and cordination, you need a nucleus, midfielders who are tacticians with good techniques. Onyeka and Aribo are not the kind of midfielders that can give you those, (Frank Onyeka has his unique applications in midfield but should not be relied upon as an anchor). The midfield is the engine of any team.

codemaniacs:
Goals win matches not overall performance..

Football is team sports, overall performance can help your team win games.

mostob:
You might get carried away by just looking at the little successes. Little successes are meant to be stepping Stones . They're for inspiration and motivation.

People that get carried away by little successes might have already gotten what they want, if you are still hungry, won't you be in want for more.

codemaniacs:
Keep deceiving yourself.

Same osimhen that couldn't score against Ghana and qualify SE for the world cup.

It was both Uzoho and Osimhen fault the SE did not qualify for the world cup.

You are talking about finishing while i am showing you his overall performance.

mostob:
There is a big difference between failure and not meeting your own standard.

His standards might be high, nevertheless he needs to appreciate the little leaps. Big successes are little successes that add up, look down on a little success and stagnate and then decay.

codemaniacs:
Big lie, if Osimhen has ball control, hold up play, key passes then he won't be offside 1000 times.

You are the one with the big lie, but i will put the blame on ignorance. The offside calls might be usual when he is the last man to finish and is without the ball and then is off, while the qualities i highlighted were taken into consideration when he is with the ball and and is on and sometimes not the last man. The number of times Osimhen had the ball on him, he controlled it better, did not lose it even when under pressure held his own and was still able to get the ball to a team mate in good position.

codemaniacs:
Osimhen has players at his class all around him..

It is Osimhen that is playing like a Serie C player and missing chances and been offside all the time as if he is an amateur.

do not defend Osimhen's lacklustre performance.. he is currently rubbish..

the chance he nodded wide when he was free he could have changed his running pattern from straight to diagonal and controlled the ball and scored but he does not have the intelligence to do that same way he does not have the intelligence to stay onside..

You can fault his abilities at finishing, but he excels in others, like ball control, press ressistance, hold up play, key passes etc despite being a center forward.

Sportilitica:
Hmmm, maybe it is not Osihmen's tournament afterall. Or maybe he needs someone else upfront with him because he is having it really bad. I don't know what others are watching but I would rather play like this and keep winning that play entertaining football and lose.
The team is not playing pretty football but they have 7 points. We were expecting them not to qualify but they have done so.
We need competition in the goalkeeping department.

Osimhen is our most dangerous forward. He doesn't just have players at his class around him.

minfelix:
But wait oo, i want to understand something, why Equatorial guinea draw with us..if they can actually score 8goals in 2matches…why was our scoring opportunity against them more than theirs in that first game?

Alhassan Yusuf and Iwobi were the difference makers.

Stud your team with players limited in the passing technique and you get drab football.

Marjoribanks:
Having Iwobi/Aribo as an AM is a travesty!

This is one of the worst Super Eagles team in living memory!

We were just outplayed by GNB second 11. Wow!

Aribo is nowhere near Iwobi whenever midfield shows is being discussed, Iwobi is ahead. We could have fared better if Iwobi started the game.

mostob:
How? I had to read that thrice to be sure I'm not reading something else.

Eyes that see only failure will see more failures.

Mujtahida:
All that I can say of Nwabali is that I like his character. Watched an interview where he said that he was not satisfied with his performance against CIV and I'm presently watching an interview in the clip with link supplied where one can see his determination. I like him. I hope he proves his mettle.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeicklLu7iU?si=F1RLu7dSyR4R_CB6

If he doesn't appreciate his performance against CIV, he is setting himself up for a bigger failure.

Osimhen's off-the-ball movement is a delight to watch, and one of the qualities that sets him apart.

A defensive masterclass from Peseiro against the Ivorians.

Joebie:
BEIN Sports

Thank you.

Joebie:
I watched the naija vs EG full match, and I don’t think we did badly. Also, I think the spate of substitutions in the team list leading to the AFCON may be a blessing in disguise. Alhassan, Onuachu, Moffi will all come good.

Observatiins from the EG game:
1. Osimhen will improve in his decision making as the tourney progresses

2. Zaidu is not fully fit. Peseiro should have played Bassey at LB. Bassey gives us better options going forward.

3. The Iwobi, Onyeka, Alhassan chemistry will improve and our forwards will continue to get good support from the rear.

4. Iheanacho was highly needed in that game. He is the kind of player that mends things if all fails.

5. Nwabili was solid in confidence level. Will his confidence level stay up there against CIV?

Where did you watch the replay?

humility33:
Chaves may dem dey beat for home 3 zero which day here

That team na trash.... notwithstanding i wish nwakali well but for now he is not super eagles material

We have much better players

You don't have any better midfielder when overall contributions is in perspective not even the Alhassan that we saw today, that is the plain truth. Nwakali created more scoring chances than what Ndidi and Aribo could do despite starting only one game in the last AFCON. Nwakali carefully intercepted passes more than Ndidi when the duo was paired, also in the last AFCON.

Papi85:
even Mohammed Gambo is a better finisher than Osimhen

You have issues with inferiority complex, always trying to associate yourself with the next big thing. This was the same Osimhen you kept trashing when he was making efforts to pick himself up, the same trashing that you have now for Nwakali.

Kelechi Iheanacho, Paul Onuachu, and even Henry Onyekuru are more clinical in front of goal when compared to Osimhen. Note that Osimhen is also a good finisher. You will need more than talent to get to the top. Osimhen has more than talent.