₦airaland Forum

komekn:
You are being biased.

So you think speed is just a mere minor attribute, take away speed from Walcot, Martel, Vardy and our guy Musa and what's left, not much. In the premiership pace is a game changer. I could add Sanchez but he has pace and so much more a whole lot more.

Ox has scored 6 and Iwobi has scored 2 hmmm Compare then game time, the Ox has played 12 and Iwobi 13.

You still think your being objective and balanced

consider the assists too.

Meanwhile, how many goals did the 'Ox' score in the premier league and how many did he score in the FA cup and against which team?

komekn:
Do you really believe that Iwobi is better than the Ox

there is absolutely ZERO comparison there. Beside speed(and most Arsenal players don't even need that, Ozil, Giroud,Ramsey...) Oxlade has got NOTHING on Iwobi, I mean nothing as in NO THING!

tbaba1234:
I think, he has turned the corner after the dip in form.

yes, I mean no. You do not understand, he said Iwobi should be coming in from the bench, I said for who? That's the point. Iwobi is better than Oxlade and should be a starter not a bench piece

vingeophysicist:
you can't tell me that 100 student surpasses her grades in terms of jamb and waec score for only medicine admission seekers in oau.its complete baloney. The prof forget to tell us the number of candidates that are recommended for admission by the vc, prof and others. Nigerians and corruption. God help us.

Vc lists are legally backed up. They are called 'developmental lists' because it is assumed that the money generated from such lists are ploughed back into the school.

Staff lists are also legally backed up, the good Prof said that they can only admit 100 students for medicine and surgery, I can assure you that only about 30 persons were admitted on merit and unluckily she didnt enter than top 30, and she isnt part of the catchment or ELDS. I am not making excuses here but there are a lot of reasons why she wasn't admitted

Adiwana:
Oga,no dey talk this kind of thing.You are trying too hard to prove a point but honestly you're not making sense at all.You once wrote jamb(I believe) and someone getting a 300+ is nothing short of pure genius&no mago mago was involved.And for your claim on her getting Maths B2 and physics C4,she may be good theoretically but maybe having her shortcomings on practical which could have made her gotten her a C4&besides getting Maths A1 is not a guarantee of A1 in physics.Try to appreciate Good when you see one&not trying with your 'too intelligent' write-up

yes I actually wrote Jamb once, I got 238 in 2008, and a lot of my peeps were getting 280+, well when we came down and wrote the PUTME and Unizik, none of them came close to my 88 and that was how I made it in before them.

The year that I did my internship, I remember a girl got 308 going for Med Surg in UNN but she came for the PUTME and couldnt get up to 60 and she lost the admission.

Oga, I have been in the system before you entered secondary school, and if you read my post well, I said IN MOST CASES, not in all cases

akoko11:
Bro, u get it wrong. In my o level I had A1 in maths and C4 in physics without any assistance from anybody. So, ur premises upon which ur conclusion is drawn is void n baseless. D girl deserves d admission, OAU should give it to her n nothing more.

this year's WAEC right?

faithzy:
your just a HYPOCRITE, her school has high reputation, my classmate is an alumni of the school and he made a 1st class

what is the meaning of a hypocrite lad? And what does it have to do with this conversation?

Develpeast:
Mr, I got A1 in maths and got C4 in physics ( because I did not write objective in the exam). So, your point doesn't hold.

when did you write your waec? If it's this year then kindly read my post again. This year's WAEC marking scheme was changed to favour candidates, trust me, you definetly scored lower than what you were given.

Also, you did not write Obj and you got a C4? Categorically it is impossible, because once you have a case of a missing script, marks are deducted. If you had said C6 I might have considered, but if truly you got C4 then it only supports my claim that this year's WAEC was something else

Kendzyma:
exactly, I think there's more to this on her part...the provost might actually be looking at d result she submitted which might be 2 physics and calculated as one,he might not be wrong.
Cause have not seen anyone complained about just 7 sub being calculated.
Surprisingly,she don't even notice d error..which means she doesn't even understand how it works.

I am not really saying that I'm sure but you have a point there. I wouldn't be a bit suprised if her Jamb and WAEC results aren't even hers(you understand what I mean by that). This years Jamb and WAEC don turn to full time rubbish so it's hard to really understand if she is the owner. Looking at that result intensively, I do not think that it is possible for someone with B2 in Maths to get a C4 in physics, I have been in the WAEC system for a while between 2011-2013, in most cases, physics grades are better than maths grades. I will still check that her school to know if it's a malpractice zone, or if it's one of these schools that pay for good WAEC grades for marketing purposes

ChrisKels:
Iwobi declining? At such a young age? I guess u meant suffered a dip in form, which is normal with every young kid who just broke out. Rashford comes to mind, he has been abysmal lately. They will get their MOJO back, besides Ramsey once passed through this stage of loss in form before and after his career threatening injury(when he broke out) . It happens to some kids and their growth stalls while in some, their growth continues after that stage. I wouldn't say Berahino is declining neither would I say Balde etc are declining. They may end up not fulfilling their potentials as they once looked very promising. But remember in every Keita Balde, there is an Adama Traore, and inversely, in every Vieto, there is a Cuenca. Plz Iwobi ain't declining just yet, just a dip in form. He was awesome against City though he needs to be mindful of his weight.

yep, meant his form has dipped, my bad.

daveP:
You're right, but he is working hard on that. I prefer he comes off the bench rather than Oxlade.

Besides when will Akpom just break into this team? In my mind I've let go of Ozil as departed.

One of them has to start. And seriously Oxlade isn't a great option at all, they are just managing him because he peaked at a time when Iwobi was declining, but he isn't top quality. Ramsey is out and he isn't even a LMF, the only other option would be to switch Alexis back to LMF but that would limit his current form. So Iwobi has to start and he needs to learn how to last the entire game else they might be looking for an upgrade come January.

Akpom should be joining the first team come January, but breaking into the team is another thing entirely

daveP:
Saw Martinez in the stadium... the cameras didn't spot him for fun. Is he to take over when Pa Wenger leaves?

Still need a Walcott replacement though.


Iwobi got tired so fast.


Sanchez and Bellerin are the hardworking pair of that team. Ozil is now tactically known to over 200 club managers, that he phasesout or disappears when the hour clock is ticking. that is a consolation for them,and sorry to Gunners.


But overall, Gunners were cheated r
today. officiating.... offside.


Can't Pa just wake up one day and build on a tactics to make Iwobi the focal point?

you can't make Iwobi the focal point because he tends to get tired around the 70th minute mark of every single game. if you lose your most valuable piece at that point of the game,then you are on a very long thing, just like if you lose your queen in a game of chess even before your opponent introduces his own queen into the game then you are dead. Iwobi needs to work on his fitness

safarigirl:
if I want to reply you with what's in my mind now, some people will wake up from hibernation and say safarigirl is an uncouth, unladylike female.

So, lemme just leave you to the gods before niggas start bytchin like they're on their periods

Pep Guardiola will still crash and burn in EPL. More woes to come.

If Kelechi's agent can't see the light, lemme point torch for them. Thegoodjoe, sorry, but Kelechi's growth is more important to me than EPL clubs and stubborn managers. So, I pray he gets out while he can. January will be too late.


Your arguments recently leave me disappointed more often than not, cuz you remind me of Nigerians who value their clubs over their own people. Just had to let that out


*returns to writing my story before una spoil my mood*

hey I am not for or against Guardiola here, I am not talking about Iheanacho either, I am just trying to point out the unpredictable nature of football. you thought it would be another rout or something like that but it backfired, if you don't like the way I said it, I do not care. Happy Sunday

safarigirl:
Arsenal 1-0 City.
More to come.

you meant more for arsenal or more for Manchester city?

safarigirl:
Arsenal 1-0 City.
More to come.

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahajajahahahahaha

TheGoodJoe:


It is the preparation that is the big difference... . Kevin De Bruyne.

This is what I have hammered for a long time.

you are making it sound as if other clubs do not train as well, as if it's only Guardiola's training methods that can improve players which is false

tbaba1234:
I will not like playing with him if i was his teammate. He is very talented but sometimes, he can be selfish. Tries to shoot when he can pass. Reminds me of Victor Moses in the past.

not to mention that he is showing off his selfishness against Belgian defenders so he gets away with most of them. I just watched an extended highlight of his games, he could have easily had 6 assists more than he has now, against better defenders he might not be that lucky. Let him move first

TheGoodJoe:


Kelechi being the only out and out striker does not stop the coach's flexibility in options. Nolito can play the attack. Yet, Guardiola chose Nacho to play upfront in two games. If that is not confidence in Nacho, what is?

Nawa o. So let me ask, when was the last time Guardiola used a winger in place of Aguero? The only time he tried something similar to that was against Barca and he subbed in Aguero almost immediately after half time.

Nolito is extremely poor as a CF, he has never played as a CF for Spain, that's why Spain used to invite a lot of average strikers, if Nolito could play there then they wouldn't be wasting their time with players like Vitolo up top. In his last season at Celta, Nolito did not play as a CF, not even once, he played as a CF during his Barca days almost 6 years ago but yesterday he was favoured just because the coach does not like Iheanacho simple. You were saying after the last match that Nacho impressed you, well I guess he didn't impress the coach did he? And what does Nolito have that Iheanacho cannot better? The two CBs for Watford were not fast neither were they that strong, so why was Nacho sitting on the bench? Is Nolito more physical than Nacho? Does he 'press' more than Nacho(according to you)? Don't tell me that the coach was trying to check a new formation or something more ridiculous than that because this was a must win game for him and he used the strongest squad he had available to him.

Loogan:
oga and I am telling you that nacho was not poor simple...how do you watch a game self...is it until he dribbles the whole field that you acknowledge him...his link up play was good, his pressing was good, he had no delivery in that match, man city players don't pass the ball to nacho enough, he was being bullied by huth and morgan(premier league winners)...they only limited his effectiveness by always pulling crosses that were not entering....kelechi entered all the right postions, he gave two clear cut chances that his team mates wasted...this boy is only 20, he can't boss every match but you saying he had a bad game is shambles..

ok sir

TheGoodJoe:

Say it as it is. Do not defend wrong. How can someone who does not know what dropping deep of a Striker is be spot on?

When Iheanacho dropped deep, he made some accurate connecting passes. He showed some nice first touches. He showed amazing speed. Yet, very few point this out and I find it Shocking. It was a poor display from the team but the young man worked very hard for the team despite the poor protection of the referee.

he made 7 accurate connecting passes in the entire game, that is hardly applaudable. Will we eat his amazing speed? Amazing speed without timing and control is reminiscent of Ikedia not a world class player. Ok, he showed amazing speed in that game but it wasn't effective so I don't see how that's helping your cause

TheGoodJoe:

Someone like you should make objective points than dribbling to suit your drivel of Iheanacho having a poor game. De Bruyne, Silva lost balls. De Bruyne made Shocking crosses. Yet you guys are picking on Nacho.

How can you talk about stretching defence and Nacho? He did that perfectly well for Christmas sake. That is why he had limited time on the ball. He worked hard and kept on running. I did not see you or your misplace pass crew point it out.

As I said, I will only take anyone who points the good side of Nacho's game along with any criticism seriously because most of you wore sunshades to the good things he did.

Imagine, stretching defense.

your love for Man city won't allow you get my point. Somebody who, according to you, dropped deep all game long could not have stretched the defence, you know what stretching the defence means right? To make it easier, not inwards stretching when the defenders will need to follow you into the midfield in a bid to cover you, but stretching the defence as in push the center backs towards their own box. What was Iheanacho functioning as yesterday? A false 9 or a top 9? You can see that he wasn't stretching the defence well enough by the number of over the top passes he received, he was too concerned with playing in the middle of the pitch, he never varied his positioning to confuse defenders. Do you need pictures of Nacho's heat map? He was mainly found in the advanced midfield position like I pointed out earlier

Loogan:
I'm happy at least people like you still exists..see the criticism this young boy is getting, to make it worse by fellow Nigerians....sometimes I wonder if they even know football.

oga, don't enter what you don't know. the bone of contention here is that someone asked how Nacho performed, we are not blaming him for the loss, we are just saying that he too was poor as well

TheGoodJoe:

LOLS. Me tensed? If I was tensed, how did I pick up your gaffes. If you can not find Microscope, Yara Yara can bring one for the Lab for you. Consider it a favor.

I am going to be direct here. you said Nacho was dropping deep to help build up play, now your own explanation of dropping deep is dropping into the advanced midfield position which isn't really dropping deep but manageable sha, now goldfish has clearly stated that Nacho could only complete six passes alone, then that means that even when he dropped deep he was contributing nothing, because if you drop deep like you are trying to imply, then you should see the ball more often and you should be able to complete more than six passes obviously! that's case one, then case two, of you drop deep and the midfielders aren't giving the ball to you, it means they want you to stay up top and stretch the defence for Christ's sake which Nacho wasn't doing all game long. he dropped deep thus affording Huth and Morgan the opportunity to push higher up the field this maintaining the compactness of the Leicester team and this gave the forward line more space to press the living daylight out of the city back four. now if Nacho pushed Morgan and Huth closer to their box, then the space between the defenders and the midfielders would increase and that would give the city midfielders enough room to function in the middle, to counter that fact, the midfielders would fall deeper into their half and this will cut off the supply line to the attack, to counter this the attackers would move deeper too and that would have given the city defence the.much needed respite, whichever way you look at it Nacho was not impressive today or to put it in a better way, he wasn't inventive today, you don't always play to the coaches instructions, when things get out of hand you try some new things with your teammates inside the field.

I know goldfish was wearing tinted glasses when he was watching that Nigeria vs Algeria match but his analysis of yesterday's match is spot on

tbaba1234:
Not watching the game, How is Kelechi playing?

Pep has serious problems in his team.

saying he has been poor would be an understatement, let me finish watching this match before I talk. He has been subbed off sef

BascoVanVeli:
Kool so we should expect mo goals. Hope he score a hattrick.

can I laugh yet?

TheSuperNerd:
Akin to Mickael2.... "I quit"

thank you

TheSuperNerd:
I cannot cease from saying the truth Safarigirl.... He wanna act tough and dignified while defending incompetence and lies.

DrTee1's post just destroyed his arguments but will he back down? Lord knows.

Is it a crime to say someone is lying when actually one is? It's annoying that he stood up for Dalung and his foolishness and went on and on about defending something he's absolutely ignorant about. Really not cool hence a need to set the records straight.

This is not about being right or agreement.... It is about Truth (some people on here cannot wait to catch me off-guard one day. They seem annoyed that I always seem to be in the right. It's not my fault. I always strive to be true about issues but in matters of keen opinion, there will always be different views. That's acceptable. But in Yes/No issues, This-is-how-it-is issues, etc, There must be Truth and there always must be a lie).


About pettiness, He is the one bringing in "You always think you're never wrong" comments..... Isn't that petty of him? What do those comments got to do with anything about Dalung... He resorted to subtle petty remarks coz he knew he was on the wrong side of things. His Ego and pride didn't let him see things right and he started getting petty and all worked up.

In finality, It's never foolishness when standing up for what you know is so true.

she is not against you standing up for the truth, she is trying to imply that you should just let him be, he is the only one defending Dalung here so that shows that we all know what the truth is so just let him continue believing whatever he wants

BascoVanVeli:
So calling me a Buhari apologist is pet talk? We all know FIFA at least was crooked and when u r found guilty people always accuse u of other things. It was an attack on FIFA i don't see why u should get worked up over that. If he said the eagles were not good enough to win a world cup i would be part of the mob but i can't defend FIFA. U talk Germany but they already have been found guilty of buying their world cup. Look at the Russian olympic situation, these things have been going on for year. U can't tell me that u are 100 percent sure the world cup has never been rigged before.

I quit

BascoVanVeli:
So becos of ur dislike for him u are willing to overlook clear facts? I am not into politics boss at all so fall back with the Buhari apoligist talk. The world cup comment was not so bad it just should not have come from the minister but u can't tell me Nigerians are not hungry or that u know for a fact that the world cup has not been rigged in the past. Everytime someone disagrees on this thread it is straight to personal bashing why na? Why can't we just agree to disagree? Well i know that u guys know i'm right that's wat counts. I had been willing to drop this topic if not for the lies people are spreading, i just can't stand fake news or mischievious understanding of the news.

Which part of my comment contained a personal attack on you? I am just making a clear point. How can you even argue that the world cup is politically motivated? Don't you remember when England scored a goal against Germany that was ruled out? Does that mean that Germany has a higher hand in the affairs of FIFA than England? Mistakes happen, for a sports minister to utter such rubbish shows the height of his incompetence, end of...

BascoVanVeli:
Give it a rest u are wrong, so do u go to welcome people at the airport with ur own luggage in tow?

I know i didn't want to get involved but seriously bro, you are backing DALUNG?! As in the same Dalung that we all know is the most incompetent sports minister in the whole world?! So you didn't know that the falcons would win this AWCON? I know i did. So a sports minister that believes that we are just going to the Olympics and world cup to make up the numbers there isn't incompetent?! Oga, I do not know if you a thorough Buhari apologist but seriously i can't even believe you are saying this na

safarigirl:
azzin. When we won the AFCON in 2013, did GEJ not give the players National honours and even gave them land in choice parts of Abuja?

If one of those players are in a financial constraint today, a land in Maitama or so will get you a hefty sum running into tens of millions.

The U17 set of Kelechi and xo also got heavy support. When Keshi and the NFF had issues, GEJ and Abdullahi waded in and secured Keshi's job.

Imagine the useless, incompetent NFF threatening to ban players and coaches for daring to fight for their just due, Imagine! Can such rubbish happen under GEJ?

Those girls would have at least gotten $10,000 each and a nice plot of land in some highbrow area if they brought a RECORD 10th AWCON trophy to Nigeria, yet Buhari can't even host them for an hour...okay forget Bihari, can't Aisha herself host them in Aso Rock as a woman?

Haba! These people in power have ridiculed our sports too much. Kuku no kill yourself for Nigeria

Like I said, it's better not to bring in politics but...in this case I won't blame Aisha, I watched one event that she attended a few days ago and she was looking far from okay, infact she was escorted by up to 6 mean looking guys so that she wouldn't say anything about her husband, lol. She wasn't looking okay either, so I won't blame Aisha, she is more like a proper housewife right now

Kog45:
Good analysis and well explained

I knew you thought I was implying that Mikel was a liability to the team so that you will kill me instantly