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andrew444:
Aribo is okay

But zuby is not good enough according to some people here

Aribo is a good addition to the midfield, just like Etebo he brings more mobility to the midfield.

tbaba1234:
Zuby is better than Esiti for sure but he does not really improve what we have already.

Neither Ndidi, Etebo nor Aribo has the passing range, we have in Zuby. Comparatively, Zuby is a playmaker. Zuby brings a sort of dominance and stability. A midfield that has Zuby will hardly colapse. Zubys' infusion into the current crop will set a lot of difference.

There is nothing that an Aribo can do, an Etebo can't do better. We need an Azubuike more than we need either of Aribo or Etebo.

jihday:
Lampard said Abraham should be patient as his England chance will soon come, that means bye-bye to the people who still harbour small hope that he'll play for us

Let them cap him. We have players that can offer us more.

timay:
He did well at Afcon, except the Algeria game.

As for Mendy, it's a loose loose situation for both Mendy and Chuwks. Chukwueze couldn't get past Mendy, yet Mendy couldn't contribute to the attack, cos he was busy man marking Chukwueze.

Thumbs up to Mendy. Chukwueze needs these kind of challenge to constantly improve.

darkelf:
Yet he makes Nigerian National team almost effortlessly

Kai, this thing is getting annoying

I pray Rohr features him, because he is our best defender. This is one of the dividends of national team football. I pray he gets noticed by a club that needs his services ASAP. When the call to allegiance was extended to him, he took it, we can't leave him now that he needs us.

Earthquake1:
There is nothing to connect, Algeria caged Chukwueze, Onyekuru couldn't make an impact, playing Onyekuru or Musa as a false 9 would be child's play for any decent defender

Coaching is not as easy as you think and you're overating our players

You mean the opposite. Take your time and re-watch some of the matches where Musa was used as a false 9. I will ascribe pace and dribbling to Musa, he was a nightmare to any defender. About Onyekuru, the same cannot be said, because i am yet to witness his deployment as a false 9.

komekn:
Youth football is not senior football there is a very long way to go.

You are correct, but senior football doesn't diminish a player's passing skills.

komekn:
Youth football is not senior football there is a very long way to go.

Yes you are correct, but senior football doesn't affect a player's passing skills.

somehow:
Also CM, we have enough CMs already, I believe he is low on the queue of those Rohr will consider. Any outstanding AM right now will get a straight pass into the SE i believe.

Ok.

somehow:
Hmm, how good is he? How many assist? how many topflight football to his name? I know little about him and don't know if he's an AM the handlers know about.

Ofoborh is a CM. He just got promoted to the first team, and was part of their pre-season football. He has a knack for making pinpoint passes.

somehow:
What we need most as a matter of urgency in the midfield is a ball basser and a ball distributor. The one that can read games, dictate the pace and find/create scoring opportunities.

Which of these names can do this? Iwobi is an unserious spoilt butter that hardly take progress in that role serious.

Is it that Rohr is not really interested in this kind of players or we just don't have them anywhere in the world?

Whenever prominence is laid on passing skills, Nnamdi Ofoborh of Bournemouth comes to mind. He fits into the descriptions you just served.

Earthquake1:
You wanted him to be a DLP, but the guy doesn't have it in him

He has it in him. His handlers are currently grooming him into that role. Ndidi is an intelligent player who can read games with good precision. Ndidi has skills which are not prominent because they are not that necessary to the role he is asked to play. Do you know Ndidi has good dribbling skills? Ndidi is a player that dictates his play according to instructions.

safarigirl:
it's a different level, sometimes, they aren't ready for it, so, it overwhelms them, sometimes, circumstances beyond them halts their progress.

It happens to a lot of talented sportsmen and women. In youth football, there's a pretty even ground, but in senior football, you're sharing a pitch with people who have been in the profession much longer than you, they have a wealth of experience.

It's like being so gifted in your class, that you get thrown into a class that is two classes above your initial class, in the middle of the school year and you have to catch up with your new peers, it can be overwhelming, and eventually, those who can't keep up, fall aside. So many of these players are already psychologically out of the game before the end of the first half of their debut season

An intelligent and beautiful exposition. Nne i admire your brains.

Joebie:
You went too far mentioning Brazil. We will struggle against average European sides.

Just like the way we struggled against Iceland. Joebie and sentiments.

charlesemeka85:
Hbd to me!

Happy Birthday, Emeka. You will prosper in every good way.

Joebie:
but how many of our forwards today will survive in this high pressure match? tell me

David Okereke. I will always prefer him to Tammy Abraham.

markmarble:
Boss one of the major reasons the current U-23 team play a typical 4-4-2 is down to the pairing of Nwakali and Azubuike in central midfield.. Both can act as destroyers and equally make play effortlessly what with their passing range, accuracy and above all effective use of the ball.. This way, it’s easy for them to dominate opponents in the midfield a la ball possession.. This is one glaring imbalance in the Current SE set up with Ndidi and Etebo... The former being a natural defensive shield whilst the latter a converted one,with both lacking the effective use of the ball to exploit opponents defenses when the team is transitioning from Defence to attack what with their lack of passing ability or accuracy often making the transition seem very laborious.. As good as we think they both are ,it’s a seriously flawed pairing that’d Be exploited by more tactically savvy coaches/teams...

A very good observation. Dude you are very intelligent.

Dreamswayne:
The quality of Scottish premier league is to what league 1 is in England...


I don't comment here but I follow this thread and just need to point that out...

I will like it, if you comment often. Your quotes and replies will be well appreciated.

MetalJigsaw:
U take beer? I will book us a date at Cubana

No, i don't take beer and i am not even anywhere near Victoria Island, but thanks by the way.

komekn:
Not too long ago l said we didn't have a striker as good as Tega. There was hell fire � and brimstone sent my way garnished with the usual vitriolic caustic rhetoric.

Many said he was not as good as Ighalo, KC, Osimhen, etc.

He has been a top scorer in the championship over the two seasons. And did not too much at a relegation fighting Swansea that had lost its way. He is 21 and has played 130 first team games and effective three seasons, you can confidently say he is an experienced consistent top quality player.

I prefer David Okereke to Tammy. You heard it first from here.

andrew444:
Who is the most expensive signing for the past 9 years ,is it okereke ?

Yes.

forgiveness:
He played CF and RW last season.

The dude can also play the LW. He is Club Brugge's most expensive signning in the past nine years.

ChrisKels:
Yea man, I am still waiting on Awoniyi.

Here are the boys I am looking up to, come next season.

*Osimhen of Lille

*Back to form Iheanacho

*Awoniyi if he joins a top league and replicates his Mouscron form

*Fit and on form Maja of Bordeaux

*Onuachu if he joins a top league and never lets up


Others are Odey and maybe a serious and injury free Success.


Outsiders; Tammy

David Okereke is my number one pick. Imagine a CF with more assists than goals. Our attack will be more fluid when flanked by the likes of Onyekuru and Chukwueze.

Humility017:
closer to the goalposts so that he can keep missing seaters?
you guys think musa is in same class with Suarez,Cavani etc...

That is where his pace and dribbling skills will be better utilized.

Danielnino00:
U seem to have forgotten that Musa has been playing as a winger for the super eagles since he broke into the team!!

Compare his output when partnered with a striker in a 4-4-2, 3-5-2 formations with his output when played as a winger out and wide. Musa needs to be closer to the goalpost.

charlesemeka85:
Iwobi was decent in this tournament. The worst is Musa. The guy no get football brains at all

Musa was underutilized. He is never a winger.

TheGoodJoe:
Amunike remains my pick. If he has the kind of support and time Rohr had, I have no doubt he will build a phenomenal team for us that will play in a brilliant tactical fashion.

Tactics rule the game now and with the talents at our disposal, we can achieve it.

Thank you TheGoodMind. We have a better attacking masterclass which i believe is due to individual brillances. 11 shots with 6 on target is not poor when compared to their total 8. Meanwhile, i don't think Amunike is the right pick.

TheGoodJoe:
Amunike remains my pick. If he has the kind of support and time Rohr had, I have no doubt he will build a phenomenal team for us that will play in a brilliant tactical fashion.

Tactics rule the game now and with the talents at our disposal, we can achieve it.

Thank you TheGoodMind. We have a better attacking masterclass which i believe is due to individual brillances. 11 shots with 6 on target is not poor when compared to their total 8.

I have said it before, Ahmed Musa is not a winger.

Onyekuru was rated higher than Musa and Ighalo by BBC, despite making a substitute appearance.

This game was won solely by tactics. Caution when taken overboard will only limit. I saw the Algerian players on a number of occasions, showboating, something that Rohr sorely clips. Allow a player full expression, but with a goal in mind. With full expression comes flair, and with flair comes flexibility and creativity. We are too rigid. Rohr's overbearing proclivities towards caution is also behind the hype he sprays on the opposition, nobody goes far with that attitude. If you like, give to Rohr the France national team. There is little Rohr can do to improve, seems like his philosophy has much to do with his personality. I don't hate Rohr, i am only at sympathy with him because he needs the wins more than i do.