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andrewbaba44:
Chukwueze failed at the afcon

Who is he that they should play to his strength ?

Even Egypt is not playing Liverpool type of football to suit salah

TheLoneCitizen:
Accurate, bro. Did someone dispute this?

TheLoneCitizen:
Accurate, bro. Did someone dispute this?

TheGoodJoe:
Waiting for it. Thanks in advance.

Kog45:
I just wish Osimehn injury free...Chuckwueze was highly rated by Eguavoen thinking that he will come good as we progress but failed....Ghana two legs match must be for starters who will get it right from the start to finish.

TheGoodJoe:


I think I will like to come in here. When we talk about deep-lying playmaker, to the best of my knowledge, it has to do with the role than the position.

I will list some players in this era who I consider ideal deep-lying playmakers.

Granit Xhaka
Thiago Alcantara
Jorginho

The thing about these players has to do with their natural style. Even when they venture forward, they still play in a particular manner. They like the short passing game.

One thing about them is that they like to operate from deep. They are comfortable playing for a long time close to the defenders and like to build attacks from the back with their passes.

So when these guys write Aribo as a deep-lying playmaker, I wonder if they are referring to him operating in that manner. That is sitting deep and using passes to dictate play.

I might be wrong because I have not watched much of Aribo but in the few I saw, he is not the player that likes to sit and play deep for a long time. Offensive play is a big part of his game.

I will like others to add. Do you see Aribo as a player that plays like Xhaka or Jorginho?

Odunayaw:
442 isn't the issue o, it's style and discipline that makes its not to suit us now.

Uruguay has done more than we can dream of at the WC with that formation

Danielnino00:
You're being petty again as usual...The same attitude you displayed when people were voicing concern over Okoye before the AFCON... After his famous blunder, you lost your voice...
It's only in your head that people hate foreign borns...

Based on current form, Lookman isn't better than Chukwueze... Chuks has scored in the laliga,champions league and Copa de Rey this season.. 6 goals and one assist in total compared to Lookman's 5 goals and 1 assists despite playing fewer games...

Let's see Lookman in action in the GWG first before we conclude that he is better than our current wingers..... Okoye is playing in a top league but is delivering a disasterclass every matchday for the super eagles

TheGoodJoe:

How many goals has Simy scored this season that you want Sadiq dropped for him?

You are yet to tell us the deep lying playmaker you wanted Eguavoen to take over Nwakali.

HERE AND NOW

charlesemeka85:
ekong is also good in long balls

lakesidepapa:
I red Aina started his football career as a winger before he was converted to FB.

komekn:
I would probably go with Dennis as our front man, he has more football intelligence and is much more unpredictable and skilfull. Depending on how things work bring in either Victor or Ighalo later on.

Victor is very good but also is his aggressive style of play is predictable, which may not work against Ghana.

I would like to see Moses Simon on the wing, I wish he could cross because then it would be a great option for Victor who has strong Aerial threat. But alas all our current wingers are very poor at crossing the ball.

Among our wing backs the only one that can cross is Aina.

However, if Chris convinces Salisu to play for Ghana let me be honest WAHALA deh. None of our CBs is as good as him.

If the NFF finally complete Ademola Lookman change of allegiance application then we have a good option who can cross the ball properly.

There are a lot IF's, so it's difficult to make projections.

komekn:
The current AFCON Golden boot winner plays in the same league as Ighalo the only difference Ighalo has scored more goals than Aboubakar. Food for thought to the objective.

Sadiq is an embarrassment to the SE and cannot even clean Ighalo boots. He is tall without aerial be domination has no Physicality and keeps fallling be down for no apparent reason, always diving .

Osimhen is faster than Ighalo that's all NOTHING else is he clearly better than Ighalo at. When it comes to Physicality and hold up play as well as technical play Ighalo is superior.

Dessers is not on Ighalo level, 17 games and 4 goals in the Eredivisie this season is not outstanding. Awoniyi is just starting not better than Ighalo, Onuachu is a good proposition but he is not better than Ighalo.

There is no Favouritism for Ighalo rather unjustified discrimination.

komekn:
The current AFCON Golden boot winner plays in the same league as Ighalo the only difference Ighalo has scored more goals than Aboubakar. Food for thought to the objective.

Sadiq is an embarrassment to the SE and cannot even clean Ighalo boots. He is tall without aerial be domination has no Physicality and keeps fallling be down for no apparent reason, always diving .

Osimhen is faster than Ighalo that's all NOTHING else is he clearly better than Ighalo at. When it comes to Physicality and hold up play as well as technical play Ighalo is superior.

Dessers is not on Ighalo level, 17 games and 4 goals in the Eredivisie this season is not outstanding. Awoniyi is just starting not better than Ighalo, Onuachu is a good proposition but he is not better than Ighalo.

There is no Favouritism for Ighalo rather unjustified discrimination.

TheSuperNerd:
Fantastically further summarised at Bolded, Meliforme.

So I trust it is clear now.

TheGoodJoe:

Osimhen makes dashing runs to space behind the defence. That is his game. Spaletti wants the team to focus on feeding Osimhen.

Spaletti will not want the players focusing on dribbling when there is a chance to pass to a space Osimhen is attacking.

TheSuperNerd:
He is saying the the supporting cast to Osimhen should cut down on unnecessary dribbles and rather look to quickly feed him and only dribble with purpose rather than allow the opponents' defenders have all the time in the world to defend against Osimhen.

In other words, Spalletti wants his MFs and wingers to play in a manner that puts Osimhen at huge advantage over his markers and not at a disadvantage so that he can do what he does and finish the job upfront.

TheSuperNerd:
He is saying the the supporting cast to Osimhen should cut down on unnecessary dribbles and rather look to quickly feed him and only dribble with purpose rather than allow the opponents' defenders have all the time in the world to defend against Osimhen.

In other words, Spalletti wants his MFs and wingers to play in a manner that puts Osimhen at huge advantage over his markers and not at a disadvantage so that he can do what he does and finish the job upfront.

Okay, Thank you for the insight.

TheGoodJoe:
Contrary to the jokes about Kelechi Nwakali, it raises my respect for the young man. He took a massive pay cut to rebuild his career. That shows someone ready to build again from scratch.

I pray and the young man keeps working hard. God will bless his hustle.

TheSuperNerd:
A follow up to Spaletti's pre Match presser. Below is an extract from his post-match presser.

Spalletti has seen the light fully and finally. He now knows.

komekn:
Agreed without question.

It baffles me how professional players cannot do simple accurate cross and these are wingers or wing backs.

Chukwueze, Zaidu, Simon, Ejuke are all poor at crossing the ball, the very basic requirement for the position they play.

Football is not just dribbling, skills and showboating.

I watched how many accurate crosses were thrown into the box by Senegal , if not for a very good Egyptian goalkeeper and last ditch defending. Senegal should really have won the game 3-0

Mujtahida:
Christians today are a marvel to me. A more ignorant people one would never find.

Prophecy in the new testament is not about predicting the future! That's why when I see men of God prophesying the outcome of football matches I wince at the caricature the gospel has been turned into.

What is new testament prophecy?

For the Testimony of Jesus Is the Spirit of Prophecy' (Rev 19:10)! This is the summation of the essence of new testament prophecy. NT prophecy is not to say this or that will happen in the future. It is to glorify Christ! Take Christ out of any prophecy, no matter how accurate it is, it is not new testament prophecy.

I end it here.

Joebie:
I was hoping that "prophet" will be found out.. For the juju guy, na the usual things.

TheGoodJoe:

How did Eguavoen's tactics cost us the game when we created almost double the chances the opposition created? Even with a man down, we still terrorized them.

What will the better tactics do? Fewer chances?

What are you switching for when the chances are coming? Do you think the tactical switch is a light bulb switch?

You switch tactics when you are not creating chances. Not when you are creating far more chances than the opposition.

Odunayaw:
At last

Juju over false prophet

do4luv14:
be shooting yourself in the foot,

Then who have that more than skills btw Etebo and Nwakali

yinkeys:
I guess I’d watch the game again

TheGoodJoe:

Do not stress yourself too much. Those who understand do. It was like this years ago when people tried to tear Mikel down.

The point is about the quality Nwakali brings to the team. Unfortunately, we can not force him to wake up and get serious with showing the world his ability.

However, that guy has an undeniable mad talent. His performance at the AFCON beat my expectation.

do4luv14:
there nothing like for now, how many games had he played in the GWG, for you to rate him over Etebo,

skill set, yet the place that same skillet can take him is not segunda in how many years

Let's us be truthful at times pls,

yinkeys:
That Tunisian beat Ndidi & our right back before taking that hot shot