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Mujtahida:
Congratulations Mickael2. We are all together. It's been a very interesting match. Our boys showed character and desire.

Mujtahida:
He has been winning by luck lol

joseph1013:
Does anyone know where Mickael2 is?

Argentina 2 Nigeria 4

Mujtahida:
Quote of the century. Shebi some don't want to appreciate Onazi. It's obvious that he's irreplaceable.

Icon79:
YeA. I perceived the same thing as well. Rohr would've saved the new formation until we start the training camp next summer. Right now, the entire team is a little confused and disorganized. Let's hope that he would revert to 4-3-3 in the second half because if our first team can't play well on this new formation, then the reserves would be a disaster if we persist in using it.



O pari

tbaba1234:
At that point, Argentina had shown nothing in Attack... Argentina had zero shot on target too

SerVik:
We need a winger though. As Mickael2 earlier posited, zero width

SerVik:
top post. I think you meant perotti not belotti

Joebie:
The latest from OGN: we will play with a 5-3-2 formation which translates to 3-5-2 when in attack.
I think it is a cautious formation.

okay, let me take it paragraph by paragraph.
Balogun has always played as the LCB. And he and Aina have been assisting themselves there. I think nothing has changed. This is continuity for mastery sake. Awaziem is right-footed, so starting him there is a less risky path.

Ola Aina is even more comfortable as a Wing-Back, than a dedicated Full-back. I know both terms are used interchangeably these days, but you know what I mean. The formation will give him room to roam forward, and that's his strength. We are already developing him well for the LB role, and we don't have to wait for his club to do that first. Not saying I don't want to see him play as RB, but i've already made my position known on that. Now as regards Shehu, let's think Victor Moses here for a better comparison. Moses is a better crosser, granted. Moses is better going forward, also granted. But Moses don't go forward TOO often when playing for Chelsea, and that's because they have dedicated wingers. With this formation, we are playing quite narrow at the front, and that means we will not be depending much on wing play. This could also be a test for Shehu to do more forward with this formation, something he didn't have to do often in our previous formation. I have to check on his pace, as I'm not sure he really lacks that. You could have a point though.

on your last paragraph, I disagree on what you said about Ndidi. Ndidi started out as a CB. Someone even mentioned that he will be a good CB and I had to remind him that he actually started there. Ndidi is as versatile as Mikel, but inferior in passing and ball holding.
Granted, Ogu is slow, but like I said this is a very cautious formation as our defense will have lots of cover. Don't forget that Ogu is quite good defensively, so what we have may be Ndidi, and Ogu sitting back especially when we are not in possession.

Mujtahida:
Make Rohr call dem. I don tire for the talk. Let's discuss something else that is more proximate. Meanwhile analyse that possible line up and tactical formation. You say Rohr no always like to use one formation. Him want do Conte. What's your take?

Mujtahida:
They know the dance very well but I'm not sure they danced the dance very well. While they were in their prime we didn't win Afcon, we didn't go beyond second round. That's how far their dance took us. Let's see this new guys dance. But if Rohr wants the old gaurd, I wish him and them the best.

safarigirl:
as far as I am concerned, Martins is in the same category as those green horns.

That he has come good before does not mean he will come good now. So, if we try him once and he fails to meet up, what next? We should take him to Russia because he has 'done it' before?

Are people supposed to go to the World Cup based on their exploits four years ago?

Martins is in no better a position than the likes of Dessers, the only difference is that he used to be a regular about seven years ago, same as Uche.

How many games did Ola Aina need to be part of the team so much a lot of people say he is a sure bet to the World Cup?

Even if it is just one game. You can tell a good player in minutes like Kog45 said. Nwakaeme spent over 60 minutes on the pitch, but Onyekuru needed just 25 minutes to be ranked higher by the audience.

So far, Rohr is wasting time calling up defenders when he needs to be arranging forwards.... Call up Dessers against Seychelles next year. We can size him up then, Martins has not given a reason to be considered considering his age. Defoe was the best performing player for Sunderland in their run up to relegation, that was his ticket to Bournemouth and the English team.

What is Martins doing in China currently? Is he the best player in his team? I couldn't stop laughing when Komekn cited his performances for clubs in the last 10 years, who is asking about a decade-old performance? Give us something recent like Ighalo did, let's know the basis of his call up

TheGoodJoe:
Everyone had problem with the pitch. The reason why he fell repeatedly is because Nacho plays with a high velocity especially when he makes runs. In the second half, he fell less because he was getting used to the pitch.

That is not where you use to judge the ability of a player to press. As I said, this is not even a topic for debate.

Loogan:
Your the funny one, and it's unfortunate you people like to drag players down just to defend some silly point of yours.
I don't understand you, if scoring a curler from 25yards out is not being creative, then what is? Is it until he gives 3assists in one match before you acknowledge he has some creativity in his game.
Apart from mikel who's the most creative center midfielder we have in the team presently? Since you know a lot about creativity from midfield.

safarigirl:
even if Nwakaeme does not come good, I can name four other players that should be tested before uncle Obafemi.

But some people just want to drag us back

jstbeinhonest:
Forget the name!
Asides Moses, I guess no other key player is missing for us. Argentina without Messi is worse than Bolivia. Talk more an Argentina without DiMaria, Mascherano, Romero n co.

See Argentina's lineup for training today (and most possibly for the game on Tuesday).

Marchesin
Mammana
Fazio
Insua
Pavon
Banega
Parades
Papu Gomes
Perotti
Dybala
Beneditto.

If we use our strongest available team (which i suspect would happen), we should defeat this team by AT LEAST a 2-goal margin.

Loogan:
I see, his quality goal didn't change a damn thing bah. The way you people bring stuff up just to drag ballers down is embarrassing. I'm not gonna be the one to argue This one with you, no matter who they put even if we had kante you guys will still find a fault.

Loogan:
Except mikel who is the most creative center midfielder we have presently in the team?

Joebie:
Something I noticed about Nwakaeme. He was calm and very confident with his passes. As a full debutant, we want to see that hunger to impress at least.

pyrex23:
lol.. Olayinka nd bonaventure na

Humility017:
then we still have dessers.....
how about this guys yinka Dennis and kalu all in Belgium?

Loogan:
Only if he had more speed and were in a better league, our problem in midfield is creativity, he has that. But if he were better in training he would have gotten the nod, our coach knows best!

Kog45:
Nwakaeme good for Eagles?with what i saw against Algeria,we don't need him.

We need a striker that w gives Ighalo and Iheanacho stiff competition not mediocre,hope to see Kayode against Argentina.

Also waiting for Rohr to extend invitation to Peter Onuachu and let see what he got to offer.

I don't know why we keep on deceiving ourselves,better to have Osimhen or Awoniyi in the team than Nwakaeme.

Daejoyoung:
Ndidi's passing both against Zambia and Algeria has not been very good.

forgiveness:
If not for incompetency of the Algerian players in front of goal, we for chop pass 5 goals yesterday.

I can still remember the one they stole the ball from Ogu or Etebor that almost led to goal.

forgiveness:
Onazi is better choice than Ndidi because he is a better passer than Ndidi and with more better factors.

forgiveness:
No way because Onazi offers more than Ndidi.

forgiveness:
I don't know how it will look if I remove Ndidi for Joel Obi.
Joel-Mikel- Onazi could be perfect. I think I prefer this.

TheGoodJoe:
That is them. I would have praised Ogu. As I said before, I watched that game with a former Sharks FC player and he was the one that told me Ogu will cap his good performance with a goal. When the goal entered, he said he told me. Which was an impressive prediction.

Without the goal, maybe there would have been an argument fest here but I was convinced beyond reasonable doubt that Ogu was fantastic. I hope he can repeat it against Argentina.

SerVik:
That is what pressing means. When thegoodjoe said Iheanacho presses more than Ighalo, that was what he meant. When I reaffirmed that assertion, that's what I meant. If your coach instructs you to press, that's what he means.

The issue here is just semantics. Your confusion boils from the scenario where one team has a higher possession and we say the team pressed the other.

Truth is pressing is putting pressure on the opposition with the aim of winning the ball. When guardiola was in Barcelona, we had what was called the 6seconds rule. Everyplayer is expected to win the ball back 6seconds after loosing it. This is a highly tactical high octane play.

Another example is klopp with Dortmund and Liverpool. Those are farfetched examples sef, let's come home. Look at siasia's team at the olympics, take special interest in the first game and you'll see the high pressing approach siasia employed.

A highly possessive side must press. It is the only way to to retain possession and prevent the opposition from gaining momentum. At the moment, Ighalo doesn't help in that regard.

SerVik:
That is what pressing means. When thegoodjoe said Iheanacho presses more than Ighalo, that was what he meant. When I reaffirmed that assertion, that's what I meant. If your coach instructs you to press, that's what he means.

The issue here is just semantics. Your confusion boils from the scenario where one team has a higher possession and we say the team pressed the other.

Truth is pressing is putting pressure on the opposition with the aim of winning the ball. When guardiola was in Barcelona, we had what was called the 6seconds rule. Everyplayer is expected to win the ball back 6seconds after loosing it. This is a highly tactical high octane play.

Another example is klopp with Dortmund and Liverpool. Those are farfetched examples sef, let's come home. Look at siasia's team at the olympics, take special interest in the first game and you'll see the high pressing approach siasia employed.

A highly possessive side must press. It is the only way to to retain possession and prevent the opposition from gaining momentum. At the moment, Ighalo doesn't help in that regard.

Oasis007:
What's your take on the Formation and the rest of Players in the Lineup?!