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Joezinho:
Kante strikes me as a more of a box-to-box midfielder than a rigid DM..

the bolded is exactly my point. Many defensive midfielders operate differently. It only depends on the midfield combination. Ndidi and Onyeka are two different types of DM so Nwakali is not competing with Onyeka IMO

Joezinho:
Of course it does. But backward passes are worse.

back passes are not....At times, back passes are like a bait, you use them to draw your opponent and when they all assemble in your half, then you break their press with a quick one-twos or with a long pass and then boom! You score.
Arsenal have been scoring this type of goal lately.
PS: this has nothing to do with yesterday's match o. ..

Joezinho:
And how did Nwakali bring calmness to the midfield?

By making back passes thereby putting his team under immense pressure? He kept passing it back, he tried to dribble and lost it.... Even ndidi grew tired of the back passes...

The midfield got weaker with Nwakali's introduction. The attacking drive from the midfield reduced..

was there any attacking drive some moments before he came on?
If a coach brought you on to 'keep the ball', you have to even if the only option is back pass. What if he made the forward pass and the receiver lost the ball, won't that also put pressure on the team?
Make una rest abeg... All of them had a great game yesterday.

Joezinho:
onyeka is a box to box midfielder (except you haven't been watching brentford's game all season).. Most times he drops back to help initiate buildup and make an impact in the final third but that doesn't make him a pure DM..

Is Kante a b2b midfielder,a DM or a CM?

Immediately Xhaka collected red card, I just switched off my phone and went to bed. I was already expecting some serious thumping rom Liverpool. Make I talk true, the players tried.

Xhaka eh ...is it a coincidence that we stopped qualifying for UCL immediately we signed him?

As for the Spurs match, White or Chambers may partner Lokonga in Midfield.
I heard Azeez is back too.

Anyway, inasmuch as Saka and Martinelli dey, no qualms

Papi85:


E pain am

And one person shared while 2 liked

By the way who Dey deceive u say u fine?

Abeg stop na...
Na our first lady o

Acecube:
I have not really checked to know how many mb per match... I have enough data this period.

thank you...I just check it out now, it looks okay. With this site and hesgoal as alternative, I think I'm good to go. Na to go look for data remain
Thank you

Acecube:
Lol... I don port common from hesgoal teytey.

I use livetv.sx or the mobile version m.livetv.sx na supersport with English commentary Dem take dey show Afcon.

thank you bro...I'll try this. Hope it doesn't consume too much data?

komekn:
You teii me

If you know say your team mate na Moi moi , u go give am ball.

His team mate's have answered your question.

I do not need to

There were times passing to either Nacho or Awoniyi was the best idea but Simon chose not to..does that make them moi moi?
Your ignorance is amusing

ChrisKels:
I so much love the Lamentations of our kenke eating bredas

our bredas sef dey blow grammar...

Small yansh dey shake

komekn:
In the first 6 minutes there were three long balls straight to Awoniyi. Throughout the game when Omeruo was in trouble he went long Knowing there was an outlet and the outlet was Awoniyi.

Awoniyi is not Drogba or Lukaku but he showed good hold up play and pressed from the front he was pivotal to how we played.

He made it very difficult alongside Moses for Egypt particularly in the first half to get any Rythm. Our Midfield worked their socks off .

Again Awoniyi was pivotal to that.

Imagine Awoniyi had started you think we would be celebrating.❓

Nobody thought to give a long ball to Sadiq like they were doing continuously with Awoniyi. WHY

Nuff Said.

Let me ask you, how many goal attempts did we have within the time that Sadiq came in till the final minute? How many long balls were whipped in for him compared to Awoniyi who played more minutes?

daveP:
You're Suggesting a 4-1-2-3 formation niyen.

Aribo and Nacho as the -2.

Nice.


Maduka got a crucial save today so I'll overlook the rest for now.

not necessarily a 4-1-2-3 we can just find another partner for Ndidi and move Aribo forward. For instance today, when Nacho came off,Onyeka or Nwakali will just partner Ndidi while Aribo moved forward

komekn:
So how did Awoniyi do it.

Kelechi was there to partner him na. At a time during the game, Kelechi was even ahead of him.
When Kelechi went off, we revered back to 4-2-3-1. Austin must have noticed how isolated Sadiq was upfront which is why (I think) he brought on Iwobi. You could notice We kinda start pressing when Iwobi came on.

drDoom3:
We watched different games then.

Sadiq was very lively. Not as strong as I expected but definitely lively. He pressed decently and ran into channels to create chances.

I agree . He was isolated towards the end. There is no way he could have heap pressure on their 4 defenders alone.

I'll take this 1:0 sha but I was expecting us to score more.

And Aribo needs to be moved forward,he is a goal-threat.

Ejuke was disappointing but I no go blame am.

Sanusi was the weak link today but I still no go blame am

Abeg make somebody tell Okoye to stop sleeping on the floor anytime he catch simple ball. The thing funny die... Dude be doing like secondary school amateur goalkeeper
His distribution was poor today sha but may God bless him for that save.

You can't play against Egypt without a MOSES and expect a win

For every war against the Egyptians, you need a Moses o

minfelix:
Bros I talked about alike wing play of Chukwueze and Ejuke not to be too ideal, he came up negating my point with Bayern using a robben/ribbery, Calling my own nonsense...so I'm still quoting him within Context

there was no comparison boss...he countered you with a good and valid fact. Maybe you didn't understand him.

iamoyindamola:
You will know a good player when you see one
This one doesn't look like one match guy unless we will judge tavarez with his performance on Sunday too
Moreover this guy is still young, he will understudy tomi

alright if you say so

iamoyindamola:
We were outplayed by this lad
I dont know what we are waiting for now that ATL want soares

it doesn't work that way bro...One match ain't enough to sign a player. He may just be another right footed Andre Santos

COOL10:
A tap in with your weak foot from about 6 yards to the the goal doesn't make you two footed. Can you take a 20 to 25 yards ACCURATE shot with that same weak foot? Very few strikers can do this.

Santi Carzola... I've never seen a player with such ambidexterity.
Dude was taking set pieces with both legs depending on the position

Wetin dey this Benin sef ... Why viewing center scarce for here..una no dey watch ball

Hesgoal should treat me well tomorrow. I can't miss this match

zoboizee:
Somebody dreamt here Nigeria vs Egypt match ended 3:0 against the Egyptian. I have been laughing ever since. Nigeria have never scored 3 unreplied goals against Egypt in over 20 years. They have won more matches against us by far in the last 20 years. Keep dreaming brother!

You look at the past while those who predicted look into the future.
Records are kept in order to be broken.

Shukusheka:
We have too many good wingers which is the core of our squad to waste it on a 3-5-2 formation.

I know ..the report of the poor goalscoring from the training made me opine such . BTW, apart from Simon, most of our wingers are inverted.
Anyway, they should give us good results.

If we will have a lot of problem scoring goals, I think we should go with three at the back.
Awaziem,Ajayi and Omeruo(Ekong) as the back three. Ndidi and Nwakali as the base. Then the best attacking third partnership IMO will be Henry, Sadiq and Musa; or Ejuke,Kelechi and Samu. Awoniyi will be more suited when we are playing with back 4. Simon na jack of all trade.
In a 3-5-2, Aribo(and Iwobi) will be the third midfielder with a free role kinda.

When the midfield is weak and we need someone to bring in the chaos factor, the Frank can enter.

bazooka1:
I'm not new at all. Though I don't come often. I was here during the time Iheanacho was a hot topic here.

ok boss...

bazooka1:
What's your weight in gold about you replying me? Do I look like I'm awe about your dirty replies? You think I will cower in your presence because some mofos gave you the illusion you're the queen of Nairaland? Odiegwu

Bro...e don do jare. Just ignore her next time. I think you're new on this thread?

safarigirl:
What first response?

My first response to him was about Nigeria being a tournament team, and then he said "are you tired of beating your chest?" When he responded to me.

If you talk to me with manners, I will respond to you same, but if you come at me anyhow, I will reply in kind, boy.

And who I be? I be your mummy.

Good night.

mummy?
You don't have the moral and etiquettes compared to my youngest niece sef
whether they taught you manners and you refuse to learn or they didn't teach you at all..I don't know.
It's not that bad sha ..you fit still learn.
Kindly follow Thegoodjoe or elder Kog here to know the proper way to give response.
Good night

safarigirl:
When I was countering him with courtesy, he threw jabs at me first with that chest beating talk

You probably ignored it because you want to come here and tell your ancestors to shut up.

Someone else admitted that he came at me first, but you no see that one.

You're very stupid for telling me to swerve, you're very very stupid.

Your first response to him was devoid of courtesy.
I will repeat, if you can't quote someone here without showing courtesy, abeg swerve .
E nor hard ... Just throwing jabs around. Who you be sef?
Go learn some manner girl.
Good day

safarigirl:
You were talking rubbish then and you're still talking rubbish now.

Go and check the AFCON 2019 list, Kelechi was there, Kelechi was in World Cup 2018 too. So, how can you claim he was not there?

Which Awoniyi and Sadiq? Did you kill Ahmed Musa? Is he not in the same strike force? Chukwueze too is in our strike force, same as Simon and Onyekuru.

Strike force is the forward line. We have 8 forwards, only 3 of those 8 were not at the last AFCON.

Respect yourself and drop this argument, because you're still arguing in the rubbish.

I no even blame you, na me still dey answer you na wetin make.

abeg just shut up..you're the one saying rubbish. The guy was just stating his mind, you could have countered him with courtesy.
Kelechi was not in AFCON 2019 squad... Now who is talking rubbish?
And by strike force, the guy might be referring to the 3 strikers. (Taiwo, Sadiq and Kelechi) none of them has ever been to AFCON before.
If you know you can't quote anybody with courtesy here, abeg swerve
Nonsense

Abeg...how can we restart this year? Arsenal don do mistake

do4luv14:
what kinda formation is this

be like their coach na one of the disciples of Rauf Ragnick

samtol4:
African football is very physical. You can see both coaches making changes at 70minutes but Rohr will not make changes until 87 min or a player is injured. Cameroon got two clear penalties as a result of the reckless challenge. If Eguovoen can get his tactics right , Nigeria may go far

especially with sleeky wingers like Chuks, Onyekuru and Ejuke. I hope those three Sabi act sha