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Spy360:


It's not that Nketiah is my type, but I feel he can offer us something better than Laca is doing especially the threat of scoring as he is a poacher kind of striker, so with consistent game time I believe he will deliver.

As for the formation, we should stick with the 4-1-4-1

...................... Nketiah ...................
Martinelli.... ESR.... Odegaard... Saka
......................... Lokonga.....................
Xhaka..... Gabriel...... White ..... Cedric

Xhaka will be restricted from overlapping.

Tavares can come in for ESR/Martinelli as Xhaka moves to attacking midfield. Lacazette for Nketiah. Pepe for Saka/Martinelli/ESR/Odegaard.

Tavares needs time to become competitive.

Even with Partey,rarely did we play ESR and Ode together as double 8s.
You want to try it with Sambi?

Spy360:
You see when he use mango head deflect ball over the bar? He should grow hairs biko

Na true o...he was a beast then with his neat afro.
It's when he decided to be like Igwe that he started misfiring

Hanibal:
Nwakali released a statement on Twitter a few hours ago, detailing his ordeal with Huesca.
I hope you have not read it, but if you you've read it and you still continue to tow this nonsense ( contract termination due to quality) line of yours, then I must say... You are SOULLESS, and worse than a Demon, and there's no iota of humanity left in you

He will but he will not finish it. Trust me,he is going to bring in another agenda.
No be Komekn

Are we not playing CHAN this year?

Jodera:
Not balogun oo. Make him grow, develop and mature during his loan

Lol, you no even like Nketiah sef

Me I even prefer Nketiah to Pepe for that CF role. Pepe to me no dey inspire

I don't just fancy Nketiah as our CF. The guy is too slow and sluggish

Spy360:
No other option. But he is not worse than Lacazette

well...let's see.

Spy360:
Lol.

That's very possible. The penalty scored by Palace started with Partey losing the ball in midfield.

[We can only expect that to happen more often with Lokonga. It's the risk in playing a lone midfielder that is not cautious of his markers, so the CBs have to play higher up the pitch close to him to mitigate that risk. This is something we already do.]

Back to that penalty, when Partey lost the ball, Gabriel was meant to cover up but got beaten by Zaha.

well.. let's see how it goes.
Imagine we have an efficiently scoring attack, at least we wouldn't worry much. But our super striker has refused to score.
Even, his Thierry Henry resemblance couldn't scare away defenders

Jodera:
True.
If we no get top 4 this season, e go hard us to get am again.

it'll be very painful bro...very very painful.
And I don't know why we couldn't sign somebody in January even if it is on loan

Spy360:
I second this motion. Let's start Nketiah.

Nketiah Abeg no

Jodera:
It will be interesting to see what Arteta uses as formation this weekend.

Another thing is that Laca have been in terrible form for the past one month. He isn't scoring goals, he isn't pressing from the front and he isn't linking up play. It will be better he sits this one out perhaps it'll refresh his head

And Balogun is probably in form of his life right now
Can this just get any worse?
Maybe Marti or Pepe as the CF. Nketiah no be am abeg

Spy360:
I have watched Lokonga playing both as a single and double pivot and he plays better alone. It's just as Partey.

Your fear is thinking a single pivot means lonely but that's far from it. In fact, a single pivot means more forward passes, more responsibility and more tactical freedom.

No..this guy is great with his leg...infact his long passes are just so accurate.
You remember a particular match where he lost the ball twice and our opponent scored on both ocassions, that's what I'm worried about.
As a lone DM, can he withstand the pressure when pressed? Partey being kind of physical is the reason he could play that role well.
Imagine Maupay brushing aside Sambi as he attempt to receive a pass from White

Jodera:
Me too I'm even afraid of Sambi as lone DM sef, but the options we have aren't even encouraging either.

I'm suspecting Arteta might default back to 4231 back while giving tavarez last chance

I'm not comfortable with Sambi as a lone DM at all.. except we go back to 352.
And if Tavarez will play, Xhaka will need to drop back to help him which will allow Marti to come inside.
And it's time we start using this false 9 approach to at least see us through this season.

Jodera:
Do you mean Sambi in 4231 or 433 formation?

4231 when defending and 433 when attacking

JohnBullMySon:
You clearly stated what

Right since our loss. We've been drumming it since here that we have poor coaching. That was before you and some others started parading an irrational narrative that the influx of foreign players were the reason for our loss. That's why I quoted you with those questions.

If you knew we were not properly coached then why did you start blaming innocent players because they were born outside Nigeria? Is it the others born in Nigeria that are now immune to bad coaching?

I didn't. I don't know where you got that from.
You quoted a particular phrase from Amokachi dismissing it as nonsense and I disagreed. I went ahead to state that most of those HGs in our team are from our cadet teams and NFF should concentrate on that rather than begging FBs who are not willing to play for us even though they may not be better than what we have.
Also, with proper Coaching, this present team can perform better than this.

My point was simple... you're the one that conjure up the FBs vs HGs talk and I don't know where you got it from.

JohnBullMySon:
I'm not Yoruba and so do not know the root of the word. I'm sorry if it's insulting.

I know it's a pidgin slang and I wanted to convey the fact that you're acting irrationally.

it's okay.
A mad person is referred to as were but guys added the 'y' and use it as slang.

It's okay bro

This idea of Sambi as a lone 4 no go work.
His physicality is not there yet and he lost the ball too much.
I don't know but I'll prefer we pair him with Elneny with xhaka at LB.
Sambi will combine with Marti the way Ode and Saka do. Elneny sitting deep...Cedric overlapping with xhaka staying back to make it 3 man defence.

jihday:
Really feel bad for this boy

This is unfair.
He will rise again...
He should just get a new club, put his head down and work hard.
The talent is there..

mostob:
You're the ignorant one here. And all your questions have been answered but you won't understand then because you already have a particular notion programmed into your mind.
Nothing wrong in having FBs but it should be the quality ones. Packing all these FBs in our team without proper coaching is a waste of time.

As for what you bolded, it's all staring at our face but you won't see.

Johnbullmyson...here goes your answer.
The reason why it is working for other countries but not ours is coaching as I clearly stated that.
We have one of the best squads in Africa but we're always dominated, why? Coaching

JohnBullMySon:
Where did you answer my question

Quote it na , werey . You want to play with my head and run away.

whether you're joking with the werey language 9r not, I don't care but I'd appreciate it if you avoid using such word for me again.

Now I'll go quote you with he answer you want.

Barryseal:
This is the reason I sparsely comment here. Most of you barely know anything about the tactics of football.
You didn't realize the defense and midfield couldn't hold the ball which will force the Ghanaians out of their defencive shape, leaving room for runners behind.
We tried it once when Osimhen was caught offside. That was a route we couldn't capitalize on. I should stop here and leave you guys to your ignorance.

bro...all these were on coach. Why I'm always sceptical about blaming the players is that they may be playing to the coach's instructions. What I noticed in that match is that Egu told them not to go through the middle..thats why frank was most time found at the RW..I may be wrong sha

The loss is on the coach,not the players.

JohnBullMySon:
You and mostob just throw claims you cannot defend. If you're asked to explain how the defence was a mistake, your neurons will go offline

which claim?
Not my fault that you couldn't comprehend.

JohnBullMySon:
I asked you a simple question. Tell me why other teams in Africa are not facing the same problem whilst using the same approach even with poorer FB players. You kept on dodging it. And yet you're telling me that all my questions have been answered. For real?

Can't you see that something is seriously wrong with how you reason

Nope.... something is seriously wrong with how you reason.
My response to you is still there, go read through and find your answers oga.

komekn:
Would you like to place a bet against me and whoever wins donates the proceedings to a charity chosen by the majority hear.

I will bet you that in this transfer window Kalvin, Declan and Jude will move to bigger clubs for way more money than Ndidi.

I actually doubt if any serious bid will be made for Ndidi this summer.

A reflection of your performance is in the amount of money and interest that is generated by top clubs wanting to buy you .

You know,I was expecting you to be wiser than this. Why must your major basis of comparison be money?
Of course,the 3 players you mentioned will command more expensive transfer fees because they are English.
Maguire is the most expensive defender currently in EPL but he is probably the worst defender right now.

andrewbaba44:
Now you are talking

I have already said nobody should be begged to play for naija ,that’s why you will hardly see me talking about ebere EZE or Michael Olise

Even Tammy Then self I no support the way pinnick Dey do am despite say I like Tammy self

exactly...

jpmoriarti:
Dembele came to train this afternoon even though it's a day off for the team, and he is fasting for Ramadan.

— @La_SER

Dembouz is on fire!! Long may this last.

He who finds a wife, finds a good thing.

Don't you think the board should add Dembele's wife on their payroll?
Madam dey try

Odunayaw:
I hear you bruv

But see the bolded. If FB isn't our wahala why then are you positing ending 'beggy beggy' as a way forward. I mean, you just said FBs don't matter but the coach.

However, I trust you believe we must scout for the best legs regardless of where they.
P.S Best legs is relative. It's not tied to rating of league alone

Bro maybe I was too ambiguous..
For now,Iwobi, Aina, Ekong, Balogun and others...their impact have been great so far.
What I'm particularly against is begging players to play for us. Once you approached them first time and they declined. We should respect ourself and move on. If they change their mind then let them contact us.
Finito

Odunayaw:
That's what made us not to qualify abi

How do you guys buy your own shyte naa

Man...this is disappointing.
This is not about any qualifier, don't you get it?
We missed out due to bad coaching and management and not because of any FBs.

What we're talking about here is the way forward.
Get a good coach for the present crops of players and stop all these beggy beggy Shenanigans.

Simple. This is not too hard to comprehend.

jihday:
the funny thing we don’t even beg them, have you seen the way these francophone countries go after players ? See the way Ghana went after Odoi

You don't do what? Approaching them again when they outrightly tell you No us what?

Lmao

andrewbaba44:
He is better and more consistent than Calvin Phillips

Sometime ago You judge Leicester city by their poor form this season ,but you can judge Leeds where Calvin Phillips plays

Rice is not better than ndidi

Bellingham is not a DM ,English midfielders are bang average apart from Henderson

Chai...you get time.
Person talk say Calvin and Bellingham better pass Ndidi,you still dey reply am

do4luv14:
So the one TheSuperNerd posted up there, no relate to awa U-17 abi

which one?

FirstbornWds:
Now that Dest is ruled out in the first leg against Freiburg, who should start I'm the right-back position?

Oscar or Araujo?

Freiburg