₦airaland Forum

jihday:
first thing I thought too, but on the flip side, against this same Fleetwood about 2 weeks ago, the boy came in with about 10min to the end of the game when there's nothing meaningful he could have done, some people here criticized him like he's the source of their poor game. so bros celebrate his two goals for today

maybe you failed to get the point. He came in then and did nothing for 10 straight minutes, the next day theGoodJoe was here telling us how Puel is a inferior to the Bristol manager, now days later the same Puel is the coach and Nacho has performed but nobody wants to sit down and understand that his past failings was his fault entirely instead of blaming the coach, the system and even the club president and fans.

Icon4s:
I didn't actually watch the last night's match although I watched the first leg.

Yeah, Fleetwood may not be a Powerhouse but we as Nigerians have to be proud of Iheanacho that he still has his scoring boots on. Honestly, we will not gain anything by discrediting him.

I think the pressure of Iheanacho's move got to Puel and he had no choice than to play him yesterday. And Iheanacho did what we have always wanted him to do. That is grab the opportunity with both hands.

But I hope Puel did not just use this game to give the young man some little hope only for him to confine him back to bench once the transfer window is closed.

If that Bristol move is still open, I prefer he still makes that move.

this is not how the system works and you know that. For example two seasons ago Munir was the highest goalscorer in the Copa Del Rey, no need pointing out where he is currently. This season Arnaiz has scored against all but one Copa Del Rey opposition he has faced, but that isn't exactly something to celebrate, just like we say that if someone kills a chicken we nod, if they kill a goat we clap and if they kill a cow we stand up. This is just killing a chicken, I understand that it is good for the young man's confidence but making it sound as if all the other games where he failed to perform is because of the coach or the system just because he scored twice against Fleetwood does not make sense. That is just the point, he still needs to be consistent, we saw the same flash against Leeds and where did it lead us to? Another dead end, I do hope this one leads to better things but until then...

andrew444:
Yes sound better and mind you Madrid played 2-2 home draw against numancia last week,numancia are in the 3rd division in Spain.

you know it's just like a fight between a big guy and a little guy. If the big guy wins there is nothing to scream about there, it's only in Nigeria that the big guy will win and still want us to clap

andrew444:
Guy u 2 dey lie,which kind person you be self,so you don draw fleetwood from league 1 to non league,and na so u take hate iheanacho reach ? Abi na yur dream u take see say fleetwood na non league,Bros google is your answer

apologies, Fleetwood actually are ranked 11th in League1, does that make it sound better?

TheGoodJoe:
He is making it look as if Fleetwood conceded ten goals against Leicester City in the first leg.

so Fleetwood don become powerhouse? Thank God for people like Icon4s, ask him what he has to say and learn from that

bataderemi:
United lost to Bristol, so?

bristol is in the championship, Fleetwood is a non-division side. Lemme make it clear, we have Epl(Leicester), Championship, League 1, league 2, national league, conference and sunday league(this is where Fleetwood probably reside ). So that is like 7places down, just like Iheanacho scoring against a secondary school NNPC/Shell cup team

soetanoreoluwa:
Lol... Oga Mick... NAh you o... Like your style

OMANBALA1:
No, you are just being a little skeptical but dont expect some of these guys to understand. We all agree Kelechi needs to improve and his performance today gave alot of people hope.

Anyways, you have some that think he needed no improvement but game time....The average Nigerian is sentimental...lol

my brother you understand totally

tbaba1234:
Oga, come off it.. Did Arsenal not just lose to lower league opposition?

lower league opposition and not non-league opposition

TheSuperNerd:
I know say na thay one you go bring up.... Very predictable looollllll

Mickael2 ehn.... Your wahala is permanent like Nacho's class oooooo. Tooooo permanent....

but I lie? Tell me you knew how to spell Fleetwood two days ago

Eseose9:
You don come again

this one you showed up today Sorry for the negative comment Ma

OMANBALA1:
I will never run Kelechi down because I really love the guy, NO HOMO same with Iwobi. He is very cool and quite jovial. However, it was obvious he was struggling to impose himself on games and he needed a wake up call, and boy did he get it..lol. I want to see him grow in confidence and score a freaking hattrick against MAN CITY. Yes, I want a pure undiluted revenge against MAN CITY.

But Michael2 is on another level...lol. Nigga does not miss a lick...lol

but I lie?

TheSuperNerd:
Looollll... don't mind Mickael2. Na him way for Kelechi matter. I saw his attempted pessimism already when others were just trying to state their positive feedbacks on Nacho's performance so far. But it is all good. There is a good reason why Mickael2 na my worthy antagonist for Kelechi matter most times. His criticism are still welcome but I wish he can be more positive too. Lolll... omo Mickael2, I will get you some nachos from the midlands. A Popular snack food in leicester. #EatNachos


And then you sef... Sir Omanbala1... no be you dey insult Nacho upandan about him first touch?

Oya sebi you see that first goal... class first touch, class control and class goal. Omo Omanbala1... you go need soften your stance small make Kelechi keep improving u hia. You sef be more positive as you dey flog Kelechi and Iwobi. Kelechi's performance today ehn should shut una mouths for a while at least... Remember, Class is permanent, but in Kelechi's case, Class is TOOOOOOO permanent BIKONU.

it's against Fleetwood, F-L-E-E-T-W-O-O-D

kennysville:
God sees my heart. The moment I saw the team list and I saw Iheacho as the striker behind Slimani, I knew he was gonna score. Ten minutes into the match, i saw his deft touches and I alerted yall. Only for Mr Mickael2 to start the usual. Well patience does pay. Thats all i can say. Even if he never scored in today's game, he has shown some measure of improvement. He just needs to work harder @ pressing and work rate.

I am sure he had a better performance against Leeds, this is Fleetwood, non-division side!!! Against Leeds he was good, then he went below again, I am not dancing at all

kennysville:
If I may say so myself, Iheanachos first touch is a lot lot beta. Who says he is not on Nairaland?
#LEIFLE

you discovered this after just 10mins and barely 3 touches?

Mujtahida:
I forgot. Second half and owned is me exaggerating but his performance was really good.

'really good' that's the right phrase to use

tbaba1234:
Ndidi was outstanding against Argentina. Every Nigerian player had a poor first half.

did I at any point say he wasn't? Meanwhile I don't think a poor first half still deserves that 'outstanding' tag

Mujtahida:
Until that match against Argentina I never really was impressed with Ndidi in the Gwg even though I knew he 's an excellent player but mehn he owned that match against Argentina and I think Ogu was the reason for his brilliance. That's one good thing about that friendly : it must have given the coach confirmation of some things like how best to pair Ndidi and Ogu

But Like you have said pairing him and Onazi in the middle will depend on the opponent.

he owned the midfield against Argentina kwa? Did you watch the first half?

Mujtahida:
Hahahaha hahahaha hahahaha. I don't want you to wake up. Let the horrors continue.

so na so you hate me reach? I will charge you to court for hatred

TheSuperNerd:
In honor of "Good lord!" And "Holy Moses!!!" Chaaaiiiiii.....

as in eh, I have been seeing Reuben Gabriel in my dreams since then and it hasn't been funny

Teekim:
Okay, if it was Reuben Gabriel then I think he should be invited; If his current form is good enough. Eyaema is to be blamed for that lose

good Lord!

Mujtahida:
Martins! I catch you

TheSuperNerd:
Looollll @bringing hell.

But you shaa get my point. Nacho cannot be first choice in Russia. mbanu!

Ighalo is more experienced and all and just finished a fine season in China PR. In the last few games he was also really good.

These are not world class performers... in fact, both are not close to being called "near world class sef" as of now... but Ighalo edges Nacho for now and will lead the way in Russia.

Omo, na wetin we get be this oooo... sadly so but wetin man go do? We are just banking om the team chemistry to push us on.

as in eh, the current predicament tire me

Dannyxy:
bro, who and who should be first choice for us. Since they are not good enough??

You don't say things like this , without suggestions...

angel mickeal.. Name two players that you think should replace ighalo and iheanacho.. .

Players that you think are good enough oh...

Oya talk...

No try dance around the bush with big English.. No try am, just two names

You must talk today

you know I can't just tell you you have HIV without beating about the bush na, it's my profession. See my point anyways, against African teams I would go with Ighalo but that chance he missed against Zambia what is the guarantee that we will get two of those chances against Iceland? So against European opposition I would choose Nacho in a heartbeat but there is also no guarantee that he can score that goal Ighalo scored against Cameroon against Iceland. TheSuperNerd said we have no other choice, although I don't want to start another Martins debate but hey he is there, I also added Ik Uche and you guessed it, Osaze in that list. Whatever happened to Stephen Odey? Or maybe we can find a potent winger who can also play as a striker and play a fluid front 3 or front whatever depending on the formation

TheSuperNerd:
Simple My Good man.

Gbam! Nacho is not going to Russia as first choice. Ighalo will lead the attack except we are playing with two false 9s in a 3-5-2.

Nacho will be Ighalo's backup in Russia. This is what many are not understanding. He will start from the bench in Russia but what is certain is this: He will be in Russia except injury calls of which I pray it does not.

Team Chemistry and balance is key here. We need our best bench as well as our best first XI.

it's not as if Ighalo is bringing hell with him either, the two of them aint good enough to be our first choice as at now.

BascoVanVeli:
His coach and club don't believe he did drugs so I guess I will be enlarging that.

when did we say he did drugs?

TheSuperNerd:
TheSupernerd, Mickael2 and even Darkseid's cousin with cosmic powers, Darkelf all validated your points from a clinical sense.... Chaaaiiiiii... I can only imagine.


Sir Goldfish80 right now.....

the sweetest part is that the three comments came after eachother, he will screenshot the page, enlarge it and place it in his parlour

BascoVanVeli:
Like I said u were not the one smoking by him so u can never tell us if the second hand smoke around him was enough to register THC in his system. It has to be some serious smoke around u before it registers in the test. Also people could have been smoking in an entirely different room from where he was, u cannot prove that he ingested anything so stop spreading rumors.

which one is rumour? That the smell of cannabis was perceived from the room or what exactly? Did he formulate that news? It's from the Sun mind you

goldfish80:
When you inhale smoke ie secondary smoker, traces of tobacco/cannabis or whatever you're exposed to will be found in your system. You can fail a dope test if subjected to a drug test.
Micheal2 Thesupernerd please come put this straight someone can learn something new today.

you already explained everything when you said 'passive smoking' I don't really know what he is arguing still. It's just like toxin, when you system is getting toxic, it can even be from exhaust smokes from cars, did you smoke the exhaust? Of course not but it found it's way into your system through your nose

tbaba1234:
Success keeps away the critics. Rohr has been successful thus far. It has nothing to do with local or foreign. Rohr has faced several criticisms on this page but he is succeeding so the praises are higher.

Oliseh deserved some of the criticism.. His team selection and some of the results were poor. He failed his CHAN test and posted poor results against average sides. He fought with senior players and forced their retirement.

success is not measured on the short term. We have qualified for 6 of the last 7 WCs, even Amodu did it twice, although we did it relatively easier than we normally did, it still isn't exactly something extraordinary. Going into that last WC, Bosnia won their group without dropping a single point but Keshi's team defeated them and matched Argentina and France, that is success, considerable success

As in eh, trust nigerians to overlook anything they have in pursuit of something, anything, tagged 'foreign'. When you compare the Ivorian and Malian team that Keshi's team defeated enroute that Afcon win with the present Cameroonian and Algerian teams we faced this year you will see that Keshi did a lot of good work(not to mention that he did it with a restless mind, I mean he had already lost his job at some point!) but just because Rohr qualified us for the WC he is the next best thing after bread and butter. Look at Oliseh and the criticism he received and check where he is now, did Rohr ever get to that point when he was Oliseh's age? But so long as any nigerian is concerned, Oliseh should remain a pundit and he isn't fit enough to polish Rohr's boots, the thing sha tire me

Kog45:
Pls stop insulting Stephen Keshi.He is late and deserves a great respect.I believe anyone that knows history of Nigeria football would never disrespect him.He has played his part and he would be remember in positive way till eternity.

rabzy:
a player who must play in a system that suits him must be prepared to be a journeyman except he is already a well established and accomplished player and even that is not a guarantee. coaches play their style amd wants players to fit in or ship out. some coaches change style to match opposition. so more versatile and adaptable players would get more game time.

thank you Sir