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AndSunGorilla:
But his inactions made-up lose Eze though. That said, you are right, he is a proper scout!!

Well... IMO, Eze was not a big loss to us in any way. Tomori and Saka are the two big losses but as Dem no gree play for us, all the best for them.

Kog45:
Scout wey gave us poor goalkeepers we are still battling with….If Akpeyi No keep today na Ezenwa tomorrow and the next day na Uzoho and the next was Maduka from regional league,credit to Balogun and Ekong who knew they always having mediocre in goal post….time for our CBs to raise their games or else next Afcon would be worst….Abi no be the same Saudi Arabia our brother Mali beat 3-1 and some they write stories on how our team is taking shape based on São Tomé,Saudi Arabia and 10 man Mozambique.

Oga Mostob make you no vex I don tire

Not his fault that Maduka didn't turn out as expected.

Jodera:
On the contrary, I don't think it will @ the bolded

I've always known Rice to be fit for that Xhaka role and against Man city he proved it very well with his transitioning from defence to attack. With the way he plays, he's a big upgrade on Xhaka. The Man city game is his best game in an arsenal shirt so far(even more than against Man u). Imagine covering for Jorginho and still doing the attacking work both at 100%. Then imagine using Partey instead of Jorginho. Omorrrr!!!!

While he's a very good DM (I love him in that position) but I think where he'll excel well is the Xhaka role. He's press resistant, he can drive the ball forward, he can give forward pass and he can dribble. Long and short pass, he get am and the best of all is that he can find space in and around the 18 yard box.

He could have gotten at least two goals against Man city if only G. Jesus decided to play a cut back instead of over dribbling

Well...we shall see

komekn:
Have you heard of Arthur Okonkwo Arsenal reserve keeper.

If Uzoho who was essentially a yoith goalkeeper when he was called to the National team. Then why not Okonkwo who has better pedigree by comparison.

It's a matter for discussion and appraisal not dismissal.

If we should approach Arthur, do you think he would agree to play for us?

humility33:
I miss Rohr sha by now all the German born nigerians for don meet am one on one

This man Pasiero coach e nor sabi, scout e nor sabi. Only God knows what he is good at

Rohr na proper scout. His only downside was the tactical aspect.

Joebie:
Afobear go dance this AFCON

With his 'avvveeerrrreaaaggggeee' chants.

Jodera:
Well, consistent winning breeds confidence, it's normal

I don too miss our matches so I no know how to grade Havertz for that our Midfield so far(whether he's acclimatized to the role).

The Man city match I later watched, he didn't start but he did well with that assist when he came on.

I just feel Partey, Rice and Odegaard should be our Midfield trio. Except maybe Havertz don improve

A midfield of Partey, Rice and Ode will tilt the balance a bit. Right now, in the absence of Partey, we defend with 5 and attack with 5. With Partey, that means we defend with 6 and attack with 4.



Well...na Arteta get the headache. He is getting paid for decision like this.

quickberry:
Peseiro was not aware of Noah Atubolu

That means Jpes and his crew are not doing their job as expected.



I would have gone under Oma's post and recommend this thread but the bitter leaf analysis Aunty Marjorie is serving us on this thread go chase them away.

Odunayaw:
See Liberia's keeper pulling Dé Gea saves

O God of creation direct our noble cause

Nothing Noble about the cause my brother...make we no dey stress God.

Ibunkun1:
Amala turning na priceless gift in these streets

Jodera:
For some reasons, I no come dey fear that guy again.

I just need my people to be complete. Saka, Jesus and Martinelli front 3. Then my back 4.

I swear, dem fit carry prime hazard join their squad, I no fear

Been having that feeling lately. If na Wenger's era, by now I would be preparing for the trolling that will come in after we lose on Saturday. But now, I don't even know where the confidence dey come from.

AkinDS:
Jo (not Joe, which is a boy’s name). Besides, her name is Jennifer (or Jen).

JOE as in Jennifer Onyi Echegini

Jodera:
Thanks a lot bro, I appreciate.

Na just make we win Chelsea this weekend first, then make the rest complete wetin we start

We suppose beat them.... Stamford bridge has recently become our playing ground.



Funny enough, Mukaila is looking like the biggest threat we might face.

Odunayaw:
Maybe I am the meek type.

1. Please can you point scenarios that proves beyond any doubt that our team is full of selfishness & self glorification.

Are we confusing poor decision making with self glorification?

2. His other point about nonchalance being rewarded. Pray tell, how is that so?

Even in this set of friendly two of the major culprits (including the Chukwueze) was benched after a dismal performance. How is that a reward?

I remember the match against Portugal, same Chukwueze was our attacking spark. Is the coach now a clairvoyant to see who will blow hot and cold in the next SE game? Will he not select based on club form?

In this friendlies we see positives like almost immediate response after going behind. No celebration. We see good movement of the ball, more chances created AND increase in strings of passes (something we have always wailed for). Again, no appreciation.

How hard is to discuss the faults without pissing on the whole team?

The goals we conceded due to ur GK's errors are enough proofs of nonchalantness. I'm sure you also came across his Snapchat post earlier in which he was not even remorseful. There were instances where the players just looked uninterested and started playing as they like.



That said, there is a thin line between self glorification and poor decision making. We wasted a lot of chances because of this. Players choosing to shoot instead of passing to those better positioned. Nacho, Chukwueze and Dongoyaro were all culprits.


I didn't pull all these out of air. I watched both games and I am sure there are people who noticed same things too.

Mujtahida:
Make Darkelf do come. And there's that other colorful guy who always jeers us as Beer parlor analysts. Can't remember his moniker again.

Na true o...it's been long darkelf abi na Blueelf show up here. I hope he is fine.




Yea... I think Afobear


Man would show up when afcon commences.

Mujtahida:
His analysis is full of sugar. Make person no go purge

Thank God we have bitter leaf soup merchants on this thread so the purging no go much.

TheSuperNerd:
It is still a lie.

You get time Doc. One who talks too much is bound to 'misyarn'

Marjoribanks:
I watched several African qualifying matches.
My observation:
Ivory coast has a solid team.
Egypt (Solid team) outplayed Algeria and could have won despite playing almost an hour with 10 men.

These two teams in my opinion will be our biggest threat to winning the AFCON.

Super Eagles:
I watched us dominate and outplayed two very decent team this past weekend.
Limiting the two teams combine to just 3 shots on target from open play.
We could have scored 6 against Saudi and 7 against Mozambique if we really wanted it.
The way we responded after going behind should tell you that!

The Super Eagles is so formidable that even our bench could have totally obliterate Mozambique in the first half alone.

Our first 15 players will be a nightmare for any team on the African continent going by what I saw this past week.
If we solve the goalkeeping issues, I will put my bet on the Super Eagles to win AFCON.

This is one of the few times I witness a Super Eagles 2nd eleven outplayed decent opponents in friendlies.
November will be fun!
The Super Eagles is just a few players away from a world class team.

How did we concede 4 goals in both matches if our opponents were only limited to 3 shots on target combined?

Odunayaw:
All this from the same game we watched?

He is right though. Maybe it was because they were friendly matches and nothing was at stake. That first Mozambique's goal sef is an evidence. I already said it earlier that Uzoho's poor performance is overshadowing a lot of faults in this team.

Spy360:
No mind Blueraydick

Since Jodera no day, my activity reduce now he is back.... make I allow am rest small first. But ...

The only person wey fit stand argument with me.

And my mama bin dey teach me how to turn Amala that year but I too get coconut head. Shebi if to say I Sabi turn Amala, I fit dey among people wey fit stand argument with you.

Ibunkun1:
Thank God for your recovery boss. We go flog una for Saturday

Make sure you come back here to chop your big L o. No run away o

Jodera:
Good day everyone.
Thanks, thanks so much for your concern about my absence and wellbeing. To say I'm truly overwhelmed and grateful is me not doing justice to it enough. I'm truly blown away by all your gestures. God bless you all.

Actually, I'm was preparing for a promotional exam(that was early last month) so I decided to take a little time off then I'll be back but unfortunately I fell seriously ill soon after. It was severe that I had to be admitted for weeks in the hospital reason I had this prolonged absence. I thank God for life and recovery (just got discharged last week Wednesday).

I know say I missed a lot of things sha(first two UCL matches, Havertz first goal, NLD derby and Man city win). Though I was grateful to watch the full replay of our win against Man city and I enjoyed every bit of it.

Good to be back here once again and I'm really thankful to you all (I can't emphasize this enough)

Hopefully, we'll win against our London neighbors this weekend. E be like say dem don dey catch their groove back

COYG!!!

Roland17
Iamoyindamola
Mostob
Shegzdave
ObaIgwe
Blueraydick
Spy360
DaveP
Akinbahm
Lush100

Welcome back bro. Glad you're feeling better now. Wishing you a complete recovery.



As for our noisy neighbor, I just dey pity them cos from now till December na mission impossible for them. The fixtures are scary mehn

Tobichimezie:
Good news is that we will never struggle to create chances and score goals

Bad news is,

Our opponents at the AFCON have probably now studied us and know all they have to do is pack the bus, insha Allah their way to the last half of the game (after we've missed 1,000,000,000,000 easy chances) and then take a shot from the half-way line at Uzoho cause of course Uzoho will do another one of his wonderful acrobatics and spill a speculative shot into his own net.

GAME OVER.

Guy, Rest!

Sadiq is a perfect example of 'the spirit is willing but the body can't' . I still think his long legs are always in disagreement with his skillset.




Man would set himself up and when it is time to execute the final action, the legs will get in the way.




The poor performance of Uzoho is overshadowing a lot of faults in this team.


1. Poor pressing


2. Defensive lapses


3. Wasted chances

skallion7:
forgive my error, was in a hurry

In hurry to post trash? chai

Akinbahm:
Some peeps go just wake up to troll without putting their brain in check before commenting.

That's why I don't even bother to reply them.

Akinbahm:
Being visited by the deads.

Chai.... on Sunday afternoon for God's sake.

Our U17 who couldn't qualify for the world cup still saddens me. A lot of talents in that team especially in Midfield. Udoh and one or two defenders are not also doing bad. If not for the stubborn coach eh...kinda painful

Update: We Can Confirm That Pascal Uzoho, Younger Brother To Super Eagles' Uzoho Is Doing Serious Things In Cyprus



The 17-year-old we understand, is the current goalkeeper of Omonia Nicosia youth team...and has been keeping games week-in week-out



Boy is definitely carving out a niche for himself in the hearts of Nigerians and top European football clubs




We expect you at the top Son




#NPFLUpdates #WeReportYouDebunk

Deltamani:
We have her in the team and someone is still talking about Onome Ebi experience been very vital for the team at this stage…

There’s no way Onome Ebi can bench Osinachi Ohale, Ashleigh Plumptre and Blessing Demehin right now. No Coach will do that right now

She can't even bench the uncapped Maureen Umeh and Oshobukola.

charlesemeka85:
Victor Boniface.

Rookie of the Month August & September!

Wow.... Our own Lukaku with a massive Brazilian touch... I'm happy for him sha....

Uzoho sef go look mirror go call himself a goalkeeper. With that his hair wey look like a mop wey Dem soak inside water.



Man is just tall needlessly. Make female (Nnadozie) dey outshine you for football. Kai