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smartsmith0907:
First bolded;- Oga goodjoe has always been my favorite analyst here
Second bolden :- damn nah Grandpa full here have not even start watching football during those time much respect sir
I agree with your last view that Paul can't cut in with eagles coz of his play style same has affected simmy and will affect umar..I agree with you sir.

You too... U dey give me joy

elyte89:
A very good observation... Most especially dt kalu no sabi anything... Just dey play rubbish ..ori eku ko mo gba

I laugh fall for ground wen Kalu fire that ball into the wilderness

smartsmith0907:
As a matter of fact paul error started showing since the beginning of the game the dude just stood like palm tree he didnt even press at all
So go sit down for bush

I was just looking at the way those kids that came in to watch d game were laughing at Paul when he tried to press.... Seriously that guy is not suited for pressure kinda game. That's y osibaba is more suited... MOFFI and TOLU pls progress quickly so that we can have u.... *screaming*

Danielnino00:
Organization is everything my brother..

The Algeria team we faced at during the world cup qualifier was equally star studded,but weren't organised enough... .
This one has some quality players and are well coached ..
Make I no lie,they might retain the AFCON trophy in 2022 if they keep it up...

Exactly my bro.....! That discipline scares me to my scrotum aswear down!

jihday:
I hope to see Ejuke on Tuesday

Me too.... I paid to watch him, unfortunately he didn't get to play... E vex me small Sha....

Sportilitica:
Oh and their defence is way better

Spotted! U just reached d exact point... They were so organized and compact. They nullified our attacks. And made our attack run out of options. Now that is where creativity comes in, and I will hold rohr responsible for this......

Danielnino00:
I can get my balls that you have searched every corner of the internet and used every keyword available,but u can't find that post . U are after all,the master of screenshots here

Don't pass the work to me .
U and Komekn should dig up the post so we can have peace..

For the first time in so many years forgiveness couldn't find a screen shot.... Chai! Nothing wey mercy chinwo no go see for red beret!

Sportilitica:
Watching the match right now I can say for the first 10 minutes we can clearly see that Algeria was more organised and pressed as a team. I am still looking for Paul's errors by the way

The first 10mins, Nigeria hold ball nay? Ask ur self first, then we will get back to ur analysis

elyte89:
Ur last statement sums it up...but "d team we av world class talents ",we don't need ighalo and vmoses .. No go make us hear word,u will think we parade d likes of c.ronaldo in our ranks

Like u rightly said,any good player who's willing to play for us irrespective of his age shld b given a chance to showcase what he can do...

We need serious competition in each dept..hence my prayer for bukayo saka to pledge his allegiance with us..but now dt he has gone to England... We need someone to compete with chukwueze;(I c him as one who's too predictable and relaxed in our team),maybe lookman can give us d competition we need in dt role or someone else

Baba, d major problem in that match was the Dm and Cm.... Nothing more.. Take it or leave it... We no get midfielders aside Aribo, Ndidi, Etebo and Iwobi we are doomed!!! I agree on one part u mentioned, Chucks need a backup. Musa was d worst.... Make Dat guy hang boot na.

IDENNAA:
Agu had a very decent outing, oga Long. Which match did you watch ?

I wonder the match some people watch o... Onyeka was the weak link in that midfield. Agu was so composed and he can carry d ball well

At a point I noticed chukwueze was frustrated, maybe bcus our NEPA pole of a man couldn't connect... , (u should have seen his face on 3D). Ebuhie was good, I notice his calmness on d ball, maybe match rusty, but OK. Sanusi was d revelation, he placed mahrez in his cage (u need to see live chicken of a man he is in sanusi's cage, to the extent mahrez started committing foul). Balogun was my MOT. Gosh! Look how confident he is, controlling the ball and sniffing off threats. Iwobi was brilliant, I think Ndidi and Aribo would have made him unplayable. Osimhen was madly missed. Kelechi brought a bit of urgency at the late stage. Tijani played 6mins, only 6mins and he was everywhere winning the balls and as well creating channels for attack. Wat a lad he is! Rhor needs to learn how to read games and Make quick substitutions.



OK, bye!

Samueltemi337:
My preferred stating eleven



..........................................Okoye.........................................



Ebuehi............Akpoguma...........Ekong..........Sanusi.........



........................................Onyeka.........................................



Chukwueze........................Iwobi....................Ejuke............




.....................Iheanacho.......................Dessers...................

Spot on

tbaba1234:
This is the wrong way to think about this.There are just too many Nigerian players and not all can be absorbed into the English or German teams. That does not mean, they are not quality.

Akpoguma is not ’bottom of the barrel’. Neither are Uduokhai or Tourunarigha. These players add quality to us. They are certainly not bottom of the barrel.

Agreed

Danielnino00:
Normal people: Go and sit down
Andrew baba: go sit down for bush.

This one got my testicles

kellycute:
hahha. I need nacho to leave Leicester. I nor like the way he relax for bench.

Same here bro

TheSuperNerd:
More from The Super Eagles Camp
1. Yobo and Rohr
2. Maduka Okoye in flight.
3. Tijani, Simon and Kalu.

Can't wait to see the midfield combo like Tijani (Dm) Frank (CM) Iwobi (Am)

smartsmith0907:
i hope am not late am sorry tedious day jammed with busy schedules

No sir.... Fire on.. I dey feel u

Utonwanne:
I rather have Iheanacho than Onuachu.

But u know Onuachu have a thing against d North Africans

barackodam:
Says he grew up watching Jay Jay, and he watched Obafemi. Jay played for Frankfurt and Martins played for Wolfsburg. He said he proceeded to following them up at Bolton and Newcastle respectively.

He said he did eat Pounded Yam and pepper soup while he were young, but it wasn't often as Dad was hardly around.

He doesn't know any Nigerian musician(i'm not surprised because Germany isn't our place ), but lately he's noticed Burna because he does UK shows. He mentioned another musician who he thought was a Nigerian but actually isn't.

He relished back when he were a 16yo and visited Nigeria and that he still has family here in Nigeria.

And he's an Urhobo from Delta state(i always thought he were Igbo).

Says he understands the language(didn't say which), but he can't speak it.

And to the person who said his English isn't sound. That's not true. His English is very good, for a German.

Nice one..... More of it pls

elyte89:
Read on allnigeria dt d venue has been changed ...awaiting our "sources" to confirm dis

U no go kill me... Sauce kor, Maggi Ni.... Hahahahaha

Curtisaxel7:
What if Rohr starts Iheanacho tomorrow?. Hmm....God forbid bad thing

Hahahahahahaha why

TheSuperNerd:
Where are the Iwobi critics now?

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The Everton playmaker has bounced back in the last fortnight, silencing critics who mocked following non-appearances at the start of the season

Football fans’ overly reactionary nature never gets old. One minute everything is well and rosy and the very next moment, the sky may be falling...well, according to them.

Alex Iwobi, not for the first time in his career, has been on the receiving end of both sides of observers' fickleness in the last month or thereabouts. After the signings of James Rodriguez — the Colombia playmaker, who’s raised the level at Everton exponentially — Abdoulaye Doucoure and Allan in the summer, many immediately claimed the Nigerian would be sidelined by Carlo Ancelotti.

This prognosis seemed odd because: James predominantly operates in the hole, Doucoure as a box-to-box midfielder and the former Napoli man in a blue-collar role in the middle of the park. On first viewing, these signings weren’t direct competitors for Iwobi’s place in the side, so where were the Chicken Little opinions originating from?


Regardless, these alarmists seemed overjoyed when the Nigerian was left out completely in the Toffees’ hugely impressive 1-0 success over Tottenham Hotspur in gameweek one. The knives were already out, so, unsurprisingly, they twisted it pre and post-match, making the West African the butt of their jokes.

When the former Arsenal man was then left out of Everton’s EFL Cup clash at Salford City three days later, with 19-year-old Anthony Gordon preferred in the XI, the handwriting looked to be on the wall.


Despite the omissions from the squad, there was always a feeling that Iwobi was good enough to play in Ancelotti’s side, albeit intermittently. Being left out was strange, largely due to the fact the 24-year-old featured heavily at the backend of last season, having recovered from an injury that saw him lose ground in trying to impress Marco Silva’s replacement.

The schadenfreude that accompanied the Nigeria star’s initial lack of game time seem to have been overreactions, evidenced by the swift change in fortunes since an encouraging cup showing at Fleetwood Town on September 23.

Iwobi’s pair of goal contributions stood out — particularly the back-heeled assist for Richarlison’s second of the night — but his low-key involvement in two of Everton’s other three goals in that 5-2 success didn’t get mentioned.

Having had to bide his time in the Premier League — first being out of the side totally and then making do with cameos here and there — an injury to Richarlison in the 25th minute in Saturday’s entertaining 4-2 success over Brighton & Hove Albion presented the ex-Arsenal man with an opportunity to feature for an hour.

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It’s safe to say that he took his chance, assisting Rodriguez's first of the afternoon and playing in Doucoure brilliantly in the build-up to the South American’s second. The Nigerian was involved in two goal-creating actions, tied with James, and as many shot-creating actions, only the former Real Madrid and Watford stars had more.

With two passes into the penalty area, Iwobi was joint-highest on the Everton side — level with Tom Davies and Lucas Digne, despite playing 66 minutes to the pair’s 90 — while he sat joint-fourth having attempted three progressive passes at Goodison Park — the three players with a higher volume except for James (77) played the entirety of the encounter

For those interested in raw numbers, Iwobi’s assist at the weekend was his first in the Premier League since moving to Merseyside. He’s now equalled his meagre goal contribution of one from 19/20 and, barring injury or a lack of games should outdo last term’s league return.

Even though — for the umpteenth time — the playmaker will probably never rack up goals and assists, the paucity of last year’s return was striking and disappointing.

If the recent performances are anything to go by, it only confirms what was already known. Iwobi might never be a key star in a side, a la James, neither is he likely to raise the level of a team and lead them to titles...and that’s not necessarily a bad thing.


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He’ll not get tonnes of goal contributions as what he does is more subtle. In 19/20 the Nigerian ranked third for in-play passes leading to shots in the Everton side and was sixth for shot-creating actions per 90.

Furthermore, the attacking midfielder was sixth for volume of progressive passes played, the only wideman or attacking midfielder in that top bracket, and played the second-highest passes into the penalty area. Also, the fact that he ranked fourth for total key passes played, too, indicated some promise going into his second season.

Given the injection of quality into the Toffees this season, Iwobi’s likely to thrive especially alongside someone of James’ presence and ability. After a topsy-turvy maiden campaign at the blue half of Merseyside, the West African star certainly has a role to play in this Everton side, even though appearances could be in fits and starts.

It’s a scenario detractors of the Nigerian probably never imagined when they went extreme on the wisecracks after the initial non-appearance at the start of the season. Following the reinstatement of the former Arsenal prodigy, it’s largely gone quiet from the fault-finders in the last few days.

Hello naysayers, the deafening silence since Saturday has been convenient, if not laughable!



Source: Goal.

Wow

komekn:
Agreed a players may get older and loose his pace and some athleticism but he will not loose his TOUCH and VISION ( Technical ability)

Examples are the ageless Pirlo, Alonso, Seedorf, Ibrahimović, JJay, Kanu, to name a few.

For the first time I am absolutely in support of this....

Danielnino00:
More on our new kit..

I so love this

tbaba1234:
cc: Bascovanveli

Ladan Bosso returns to lead Flying Eagles

SCORENigeria has been reliably informed that experienced coach Ladan Bosso will return to his former post as coach of the Flying Eagles almost 13 years since he led the country to the 2007 U20 World Cup.

Super Eagles stars Brown Ideye, Elderson Echeijile, Efe Ambrose and Ikechukwu Ezenwa featured at this U20 World Cup.

Bosso leads the country’s coaches association and only recently agreed to handle NPFL club Adamawa United.

He previously handled Kano Pillars, Niger Tornadoes, Wikki Tourists, Gombe United, Abia Warriors, among other clubs.

He will replace Paul Aigbogun, whose time in charge of the country’s youth team was strewn with controversies and below-par showings.

Aigbogun was the long-time favourite to keep his job, but SCORENigeria has now learnt that there was a lot of pressure to make sure he was not re-appointed.

Plateau United coach Abdu Maikaba, who assisted Aigbogun last year, was also in the running for the post.

-ScoreNigeria

So this is suppose to be good news I guess..... #i don't feel good about it

safarigirl:
Anyway, familiarize

*Modified*
Had to come back and hail my guy small

Just look at my baby boy, Dessers, looking like to say bread. Fresh fish, asampete, nwoke mara mma, odiro easy

Yakubu, Tijani and Onyeka Black like midnight... But Sanusi face strong o...

I pray those passport issues be sorted out ASAP! I can't wait for the final list before d main competition.

Joebie:
Na "The List" carry me come before October. Let me drop my two cents then I'll see u all in October to cheer our SE.

Firstly, what I see in the GK department is encouraging. Although the trio may not be our best but it's long over due we tested more hands.

Secondly, as regards the surprise absences of some FBs we all expected will make it, there are two things I want to say. Their absences may be due to their inability to secure a Nigerian Passport. But if this is not the case, that brings me to the second point. Courted foreign born players should not be automatically invited. Especially those when done do us yanga before. We need to make them feel like they need to earn a place. One disappointment or two will do the trick.

Thirdly, with that young man from Austria making the list. it shows that Rohr is desperately looking for more midfield options. Let's hope that Tijani will turn out to be another Osimhen for Gernot Rohr.

I'm okay with Onuachu's exclusion regardless of his fine form. The lad has not been able to bring that to the SE. Let's give him a break and reward Dessers for his fine showing last season. Dessers may be able to blend better with the team than the former.

That said, let me return to serious work.

modified.
As per Musa, we all know how the matter be. Old glory things. Not to say he is finished yet.

A thousand likes for this... I love this

JobNewsy:
I seldom comment on this thread, but I have to comment on this very one.

I personally hate to see ardent football fans defending lackluster players; and yes! Onauchu fall into this category. I'm not hating bro. But that guy has done little to nothing to merit a National Team call-up. I take time to follow our players week-in week-out to see how each of them are balling in their respective FC(s). But then, this Onauchu of a guy doesn't really have what it takes to be in the NT. With all due respect bro, the Super Eagles need to win the next edition of AFCON, and even getting to the World Cup Quater-Finals. I love all our players, and I always pray they all succeed. But Onauchu case is quite different. A good striker MUST be Osimhen's-like. Pacy, Strength, Ball-Sense, and all. Besides Nig vs Egy friendly, can you recall another match where Onauchu did so well? That's why our country hardly go far in big tournaments, because we give room for so much sentiment to becloud our reasoning.

Onauchu isn't good enough for the current Super Eagles! Onauchu is slow, and we need pacy forwards. Imagine front-three like: Ejuke, Osimhen, Chukwueze. Just imagine those three for a minute . I think nna only GOD fit stop these three if they're on COUNTER! Now, can you substitute a pacy "Goal Machine" for Onauchu and still be able to play a SPIRITED counter-attacking football?

In my honest opinion, I think Cyriel Dessers should be given a chance to prove himself.

With the current crops of players we're parading, I see the Super Eagles playing a more counter-attacking football.

I'm not criticizing you boss! It's just my opinion.

I know my English isn't that good. I still deh learn

Am in support with everything u wrote. The Nigerian Super Eagle team needs fast/pacey forwards since counter attack is our playing philosophy!

Danielnino00:
Mane is the kind of player I wish our own players can work hard to be like,if not better..

A tireless runner with high work rate,consistency and humility...

That's my prayer too... I'm counting so much on Osibaba

andrewbaba44:
Liverpool with Thiago na cheat

U can say that again

andrewbaba44:
Liverpool no be Chelsea mate

I just want Werner to score and that’s all

Sadio Mané is class.... If Chelsea like, make dem buy heaven and earth, nothing for dem dis season...