₦airaland Forum

AndSunGorilla:
Haha oga Major, make I correct Oracle small, you fit change the Kingdom to States and the prediction may have a chance, lol. Football here in the US for kids is capital intensive and stressful for the parents. As for me, am not ready to pay thousands of dollars just so my son will be playing football at a high level and I can't be driving everywhere or flying around because of football. One oyinbo once joked that, most US parents spend a lot of money on sports for their kids in an effort to at least get a college scholarship, according to him, the scholarship money is already in the money used to attempt to earn it for the child. Bottom line if God says na im way of cos but nna men, I no see dat kain talent inside d boy jare

Philosopher1979:
What a player has to offer is more important than club form.
For example if a secondary vschool has maths teachers but has a shortage of English teaches there is no need looking for maths teachers and we may have to lower the expectations for English teachers.
We lack ball playing midfielders so we need to lower the standards for them on the other hand we have too many forwards and so the standards will be higher for that.
We need midfield personnel that can basically pass, mark and control the midfield. Nwakali, ovie ejaria etc fit into this and so we need to lower our standards as we don't have any better. ABI the important thing is for them to do a god job for us

Another thing is that if we get that midfield right we can score goals against baby team in the world as we have good forwards. Our match against Sao Tome showed this

Joezinho:
Words on a marble.

I wonder how any right thinking football analyst would want a player like nwakali to be in the super Eagles team. It’s either they are hungry mofos paid to hype him or they don’t mean well for Nigeria football.

komekn:
Oh yes with the maestro Nwakali and a limited ball passer DM in Ndidi.

We can be pessimistic and even optimistic but let's leave emotions and be REALISTIC.

elyte89:
Wc one bro?



A midfield dt can hold d ball and transit quickly to d forwards,bro ,we never get midfield. Aside a rejuvenated iwobi ,who else do we have in d midfield

A stagnant ndidi dt refuse to grow in his style of play

Who again? D BrentFord guy? Not yet proven club Brugge guy? Bro , we neva get midfield

Mujtahida:
Very yeye thing that tiki taka.

elyte89:
Ogbeni, dis present eagles team would collect 3 to 4 from Spain today....no cap,

We wey no get midfield and defense,aside not been competent in dis dept,we re very disorganized when playing

Afobear:
I appreciate your love for knowledge but frown at your love for a handicapped eagle

Blueelf:
No be recently me and you still troll them on top this nonsense mentality

Bro, I told you that guy that said this na normal capper. The guy takes dey always make me get diarrhea

If na to insult people parents na, him get A1

Very idiotic fellow with the brain capacity of a toddler. Stupid guy

fabyom:
We wouldn't have scored because we lacked the personnel on the bench not because Addo is tactical. All our midfielders were out due to injuries. Shehu had to play DM when no one was available. Cape Verde had Rohr team on the back foot throughout the 2nd half while Ghana could not even pass the midfield against a team without midfielders. Otto did nothing. He was just lucky! Simple.

Marjoribanks:
This guy no crawl come from his hole when I got the Ghana vs Uruguay's prediction right ooo. Human being.
People like this guy has nothing meaningful to contribute except to criticize those trying their best to make this place bubble small. Small yansh dey shake. lol.

chrisooblog:
Success covers a multitude of sins.

If Moses had scored that chance in Kumasi you'll probably be hearing how Eguavoen is a new Westerhof incarnate.

Papi85:
oga kudus been deployed as a false 9 at ajax doesnt imply that he isnt an AM

even his first season at ajax he was played from the flanks. stop capping

Papi85:
did you follow his progression when he left ghana for danish side norjjasland?

Papi85:
kudus is a number 10. used as a false 9 in ajax no mean say em be striker

fabyom:
Even Ajax does not play Kudus as an AM. He plays as a number 9.

Cecco90:
Nawa!. Una still smuggle Nwakali name enter this discussion?.

TheSuperNerd:
I will definitely pick Iwobi over Kudus as AM.

At CM, it depends on the personnel I pick in the other Midfield roles in a likely Midfield 3.

Truth is in the Super Eagles, I hope to see a Midfield 3 of Ndidi/Onyedika-Nwakali-Iwobi with Alhassan as my go-to man off the bench even ahead of Onyeka who would also be on the bench.

The Onyedika-Nwakali-Iwobi Midfield 3 has so much balance potentially and Alhassan can slot into the CDM or CM roles comfortably in place of Onyedika or Nwakali respectively.

TheSuperNerd:
I said Africa Best XI. Amrabat made mine as CDM. Partey as CM/B2B and Ziyech as AM.

Note: Partey can play both CDM & B2B-CM roles comfortably.

'Was only responding to Meliforme's observation on Partey's influence in the middle for Ghana. Not necessarily addressing the Combined midfield XI of Ghana and Naija.

TheSuperNerd:
There is a reason only Partey from the Ghanaian team makes my best Africa XI, 2022....




...as seen below.

But take nothing away from Kudus. He is an AM with a lot of drive and intelligence on the ball.

Marjoribanks:
We are missing the Partey type player in our midfield. Ndidi and Iwobi better than Samad and Kudus respectively. I think Onyedika or Nwakali should be tried in that role instead of Etebo/Aribo.

TheSuperNerd:
Football Players of the 21st Century with the best ratio of Goals + Assists per game in the National team: Osimhen in Top 3.


1. Neymar: 1.05

Goals + Assists - 130
Goals - 76
Assists - 54
Games - 124
Ratio: 1.05 G+A per game


2. Victor Osimhen: 1.05

Goals + Assists - 23
Goals - 15
Assists - 8
Games - 22
Ratio: 1.05 G+A per game


3. Erling Haaland: 1.04

Goals + Assists - 24
Goals - 21
Assists - 3
Games - 23
Ratio: 1.04 G+A per game


4. Lionel Messi: 0.86

Goals + Assists - 144
Goals - 93
Assists - 51
Games - 167
Ratio: 0.86 G+A per game


5. Mohamed Salah: 0.85

Goals + Assists - 74
Goals - 49
Assists - 25
Games - 87
Ratio: 0.85 G+A per game


6. Harry Kane: 0.83

Goals + Assists - 65
Goals - 51
Assists - 14
Games - 78
Ratio: 0.83 G+A per game



7. Memphis Depay: 0.82

Goals + Assists - 69
Goals - 42
Assists - 27
Games - 84
Ratio: 0.82 G+A per game



8. Kylian Mbappe: 0.80

Goals + Assists - 49
Goals - 31
Assists - 18
Games - 61
Ratio: 0.80 G+A per game


9. Romelu Lukaku: 0.78

Goals + Assists - 80
Goals - 68
Assists - 12
Games - 103
Ratio: 0.78 G+A per game


10. Cristiano Ronaldo: 0.77

Goals + Assists - 148
Goals - 118
Assists - 30
Games - 193
Ratio: 0.77 G+A per game


11. Serge Gnabry: 0.76

Goals + Assists - 29
Goals - 20
Assists - 9
Games - 38
Ratio: 0.76 G+A per game







Courtesy: @ThePopFoot & Nerdie's Correction Modifications on Messi stats and Omission of Osimhen.




Note: ThePopFoot Acct on twitter blocked me not quite long just for pointing out their blatant Omission of Victor Osimhen from their G+A stats compilations for NT in the 21st Century.
All I did was drop Osimhen's stats and G/A Ratio saying their research is incomplete and they ran to the block button. E pain them.

I also modified/corrected Messi’s assists stats. He should sit higher on their original list (shown below) and Osimhen will be just behind Neymar. I haven't had time to cross check the others so I run with that for now. The Major Point of all this is to show where Osimhen sits among the Elites for NT performances and stats in the 21st Century.

komekn:
I think you really lack knowledge, understanding and insight. . That proposition is essentially nonsensical.

I want you to compare the level of coaching, support staff (sports science) not, defensive and offensive specialist coaching staff add that to the high quality of even world class managers that some of our players are exposed to for many seasons.

And now tell me what Salisu, Eguavon and co are going to teach them in two weeks compared to Thier clubs.

Remember you said, A LOT OF THINGS.

codemaniacs:
Ejuke is not steeped in entertainment football.. he creates chances and assists and that's what S.E needs on the wings especially the LW.. Tella and Lookman are not ahead of him.. Lookman turned to a ghost against Portugal... Tella hasn't played for the S.E yet so I can't judge him...

if Chukwueze was affected by such then he may have scored against Portugal because all he had to do when he was one on one apart from shoot was move the ball to his left or do a feint and dribble the keeper and score or lob the keeper...

jihday:
passion don’t win games, solid tactical plan does and that’s what Saudi exhibited today

TheSuperNerd:
No one is saying we should pack the team with players from backwater leagues. Stop twisting the focus point.

The point remains, "FOCUS on the Best from tactical and technical POVs"

In Nigeria's Talents pool situation CURRENTLY, It is IMPOSSIBLE that everything we need to make the Super Eagles great and evolved into a truly world class team is found within the Top 5 leagues alone.


▶️We have Osimhen, Moffi, Lookman, Zaidu, Iwobi, Onyeka, Ndidi and many more within the Top 5 leagues. They all matter and will always make the squad coz they have the quality we need from different technical perspectives.

▶️Outside the Top 5 leagues, we still have Bassey, Abbas, Onuachu, Alhassan, Onyedika, etc.

Bassey regularly gets called up but there are others in this category who also deserves serious lookins going forward for the tactical/technical upliftment of the Super Eagles.

▶️And ofcos we also have very few quality that can add to us but are found in one or two Division 2 leagues. Example is Semi Ajayi who has always been a regular callup.


Now, it is first about what these lads can offer and how they can make us stronger tactically and make our plays more synchronically pleasing.


Truth is if we do focus on quality first, several of the players in the top 5 leagues would still AUTOMATICALLY be RIGHTLY selected but a good number outside the top 5 leagues and even a few in the second division leagues will creep in. The best is to be selected only.


From the tactically balanced best, we can easily build and implement a playing philosophy. Playing philosophies aren't build on players who cannot even hold or pass the ball.


I belong to a field interwoven with various courses in science and medicine where the best is NORMALLY found outside Africa but in my case, I was within Africa when I bagged a special classified research scholarship in the biomedical world beating out tough competition from Asia, other parts of Africa and parts of Europe. How I did it? I studied. I prepped up. My mentality right from childhood was always to measure myself by World class standards and not by the standards of my immediate institutional environment.

That is how I bagged that research scholarship. Was I European or America-based. Nope... I was African-based and I still kicked asses.

My point? The best or some of the best can also be found outside the normal concentration of high quality talents. Don't be deceived. I am a living example in my own field.

Gracias.

JohnBullMySon:
Interesting question. Before I answer, I'll first want to let you understand that my earlier writeup does not necessarily speak of my personal view of gay people/practice but rather, what I believe is the proper public and state approach with respect to human rights and democratic freedoms.

Secondly, there is some conception that those who support gay rights are degenerates who have a "demonic agenda" to destroy society. Or closeted gay people who are hiding. First of all, I'M NOT GAY and If I came across homosexual practices i would naturally be disgusted. I have zero romantic interest in any guy. Ninety percent of people who support gay rights in western countries have no interest in being gay. We are just more concerned about the quality of life and happiness for minority groups and making the world more livable for everyone. That's why you notice that liberal government support for gay rights usually goes along with stuff like, Conservationism, Green energy, Wildlife protection, Climate protection, democracy, refugee aids and so on.

Now coming to your question. My take on bestiality is generally negative. Both personally and legally. I'll elaborate on the latter. Bestiality follows almost the same logic as Pedophilia. Even worse not just because the animal is less intelligent and easily coerced into performing sex acts but also because animals do not on their own ask humans for sex. They are usually trained into it by humans who want to use the animal for sex. This is arguably animal abuse. That's if a logical counterargument even exists at all. Animals are less intelligent and can be deceived into anything. Secondly almost all animals do not have casual sex. and have sexual practices different from us. Lastly there is no evidence to prove that animals find humans sexually attractive. It is likely the other way round.

Additionally, note that the most liberal governments generally take a strong stand against bestiality and pedophilia. So support for gay rights does not equate to support for all manner of sexual ambitions by randy people. This is important to note please.

Alright let's get back to the world cup.

Blueelf:
As a team, we are below average

Unarguable

elyte89:
So what are Dey? World class?


Dey re even below average sef ...a team dt can’t hold on to d ball for more Dan 2-3minutes is piss poor ,when last have u seen eagles play transitional football from d back up to d front in d last 6-7years. Make una Dey whine una sef
A team wout football philosophy is rubbish

fabyom:
Man for man only few teams in the world have the calibre of our attacking strength. We need to get our midfield combination right to help our attack. Our major problem is CB and goalkeeping.
Had it been we had solid goalkeepers we would have won the AFCON and qualify for the world cup. The goalkeepers cost us.