₦airaland Forum

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

do4luv14:
Bear parlour analyst, you will rate Nwakali in the GWG over Etebo

do4luv14:
what about Etebo did you rate nwakali over him

andrewbaba44:
This is the second time you are capping this nonsense

When we speak of important players for the eagles Nwakali is no where near top 10 let alone putting him on same sentence with ndidi and osimhen

You better respect yourself there

Joezinho:
Sir Purple, you don't want to mention the player yet you want me to give names?

Is the player you are talking about Nwakali? Because It was clear that Nwakali was Eguavoen's failed 'science project' who proved he really wasn't ready for the big stage.

Joezinho:
Senegal is average and Nigeria is formidable?

Yet we got dumped out by an average and depleted tunisian side..

Truth is, our players largely lack football IQ and technical ability (how to shoot, cross, take inswinging free kicks with the correct bend)..

As for Eguavoen, he needs to also be told to abandon this stupid 442...

TheGoodJoe:
Eguavoen, Amuneke to takeover Super Eagles
Eguavoen gets two-year contract • Salary to be increased from N3m • NFF discards Peseiro
By Emma Jemegah

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The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has finally settled for its Technical Director, Austin Eguavoen, as the substantive coach of the Super Eagles with former international, Emmanuel Amuneke, as his assistant.

Daily Sunsports exclusively gathered that the choice of both Eguavoen and Amuneke was arrived at a meeting between the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare and officials of the NFF, yesterday, in Abuja.

According to our impeccable source, the Minister nullified the planned appointment of Portuguese Jose Peseiro and ordered the immediate draft of Eguavoen and Amuneke to the Super Eagles.

Also, the meeting agreed to give Eguavoen a two-year contract with an improvement on his salary from the present N3 million, although the source did not disclose the new salary.

The development comes after Eguavoen’s ‘impressive’ performance at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, where he led the Super Eagles to hundred percent performance in the group stage before crashing out in the round of 16 to Tunisia.

Already, the Nigeria Football Coaches Association (NFCA), through its president, Isah Ladan Bosso, had queried the appointment of a foreign technical adviser for the Super Eagles, stating that no foreign coach had ever won a World Cup in the history of the competition.

Bosso said with equal welfare and a good atmosphere, the Nigerian coaches can do better than their foreign counterparts because they understand the playing culture of Nigeria.

Also, scores of Nigerians, including renowned coach, Adegboye Onigbinde, had called for the retention of Eguavoen as the Super Eagles technical adviser.

Chief Onigbinde argued that if Eguavoen, with just about a month to the start of the AFCON, could come up with the performance in Cameroon, he should be encouraged to continue with the team.

https://www.sunnewsonline.com/eguavoen-amuneke-to-takeover-super-eagles/

TheGoodJoe:
Failed, failed, failed.

We have heard that side. The point is, did the coach do his Job well? Yes he did. It was an unfortunate loss because things beyond his control made us lose.

We created 13 chances. Tunisia created 7.

TheGoodJoe:
Look at Ndidi's chances, they were good chances but he miscued his shot. Even though it was a well created chances, it will count as off target. If I remember right, Aribo had a good chance close to the box but shot wide, it will count as off target, even though it was a good chance. Remember Sadiq's last chance. It was a very close one but went wide and so it will count as not on target.

So chances created and chances on goals are good criteria to show how well the team played. If you look at that, you will respect Eguavoen.

TheGoodJoe:
That is because you want to hinge your opinion on the result of the game which does not paint a true picture of what really happened. Eguavoen did more than make us believe. He made us play better, improved the players, and even promoted the unity of the team. He gave us an identity.

So saying he failed is not the true picture.

Finito.

jihday:
no way I’m taking any Eguavoen critic serious. You want to criticize a coach who had two weeks to prepare for a tourney where he was eventually beaten in a game where he played the whole second half with 10 men. No way you’ll even sound reasonable