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Samueltemi337:
As osimhen score yesterday we nor hear anything about offside or dribble
See as all of them quiet


komekn, TheLoneCitizen, COOL10, mrwilliams9 what do you have to say about his goal yesterday?

Osimhen’s goal yesterday was an incredible goal but he still got caught offside 3 times that game.

I want Osimhen to be one of the best strikers in the game for a long long time. But to play at the top for years on end, there will be aspects of his game he needs to improve and timing his runs is one of the biggest things to improve.

I know he can do better.

elunico:
You obviously didn't watch the game.

None of those chances were clear cut chances, the lad was out there trying to make things work out of nothing.

None were clear cut but an elite striker turns half chances into goals. Simple as that.

With 3 half chances, he should bury one.

I’m one of Osimhen’s biggest fans but will still call out where he needs work.

Osimhen had 2-3 good chances to score today. He really needs to improve his 1v1 finishing and offside awareness. I don’t think I’ve seen him go a game without getting caught offside. Got caught off 2x today.

Iwobi looked so much better when he played with Onyeka and Ndidi behind him. It freed him from the defensive responsibilities which is not his forté at all.

Shows how much Ndidi was missed in our last AFCON.

Unlimited22:
Man, Big Vic REALLY needs to work on his offside awareness.

By far the BIGGEST thing he needs to work on. I don’t think I’ve seen him have a match where he’s not offside at least 2x in the 90 mins.

Offside awareness and hold up play. Improve that plus 1v1s and he’ll be even more immense.

Amedino99:
not really different if you think about it….. The nephew of our legend not playing for us wouldn't be that much of a deal in my opinion.

But Liberia are minnows in African football. Naija isn’t. With Iwobi, he was never smelling the three lions senior team, that’s fact. So playing for Naija is a better bet for him.

Tim Weah playing for Liberia would meant probably never qualifying for AFCON or a WC, so him choosing the US makes sense.

Amedino99:
Liberia's president son plays for the US. It wouldn't be out of place If he didn't play for us.

Nigeria and Liberia can’t be compared in profile. Nigeria is a heavyweight in African football unlike Liberia.

Amedino99:
We are playing Mali and Ghana this international break. Team list is already out.

Too many defenders, again, not enough midfielders. Although I’d like to see us play Ndidi next to Onyeka with Iwobi at the 10. Should be more balanced.

charlesemeka85:
Iwobi that started playing for Nigeria at the age of 18-19 una respect am?

Iwobi is JayJay’s nephew so his case is different. It would be somehow for him not to play for us

The issue with the “Innit Boys” strategy is you don’t get them until later in life eg 25-27 when they’ve seen their chances at getting into the UK squad is slim to none.

That makes building a cohesive squad for 2 WC cycles (8 yrs) very difficult.

The likes of Olise, Carney C, Tim I, etc, would rather wait things out before deciding to play for the SE.

komekn:
How dare you criticise he who is a above any mistake.

I can imagine the knives will be out for you

lol

Just constructive criticism. I watched all of Osimhen’s games in his Scudetto winning season and these same issues have been here. The offside awareness is probably the biggest thing he needs to improve. I actually think going to PSG might help him as they have better coaches than Napoli and Enrique is good with getting more out of attacking players.

Four areas where Osimhen needs to improve

1) offside awareness
2) a more consistent touch
3) holding up the ball
4) PK conversion

Nwamazi8:
So you want us to have Iwobi, Onyeka, Onyedika, Aribo and Yusuf as our only midfield options? What then happens in the event of injuries or loss of form to any of these players...any serious team should have at least 10-12 midfielders available for depth.

Nigerians are allergic to new ideas, na why una dey recycle the same redundant leaders who should be in retirement homes. I hope Amunike becomes the coach, thankfully he's a modern thinking manager who is a fan of midfielders.

Abeg, say it again ooo. We need established midfielders like Iwobi, Onyeka, Ndidi etc but also need to incorporate in new midfielders into this squad. Like you said, we should have 10-12 midfielders in/around the national team. We should be going into tournaments with at least 7 midfielders.

Mujtahida:
We are magical in our thinking. We always want results without realizing that generally many factors converge to produce results - time, dedication, experience, effort etc.

You are so correct. We should be learning from our experience in this last AFCON and build from there. Sometimes you will miss the title the first time but that experience of loss will propel you forward.

Mujtahida:
Keshi won. Once you win in naija, that's all that matters. Effort, learning from experience, opportunity to improve means nothing to them. That's why after every tournament we begin afresh again. You see what Senegal did with Aliu Cisse before he eventually won the Afcon? That can never be naija.

The bolded is one of the reasons we underperform at AFCON.

If this crop of SE was being managed by say Senegalese FA, we could run the next 3-4 AFCONs. The squad and players are there as evidenced in our last final appearance. The issue is continuity post tournament.

charlesemeka85:
I don’t know why I am not a big fan of that Martinez guy

I prefer his striking partner Thuram. That guy is good and underrated

Thuram is a very very good player, just not clinical enough to lead the line himself. But he links up very well with the rest of the front line.

I really like that VO9 is keeping up his goal scoring. Even if Napoli regress this season, it will be good for him to get 20+ goals in all comps. I think he should be on 13 in all comps now. 18+ in the league should be attainable for him. Just keep improving and ensure his head is in the game

Thegamingorca:
You know that otti is just less than a year in office?! What has ikpeazu, the two orjis and abaribe been doing in that state since 2007

That is part of the point. If government had vision and urgency, they’d have done everything possible to get this project up and running as son as possible.

181MW could have been delivered in 7 yrs if the govt was serious.

StOla:
This project took almost 2 decades to complete just 181MW of electric power.

The Nigerian standard of efficiency and urgency is quite embarrassing.

You are so correct. A project like this elsewhere probably takes 1/3 the amount of time to build and deploy.

Im happy its up and running but it should never have taken this long.

The basics in Nigeria for the masses eg good roads, good systems, good hospitals, decent economy etc are out of reach for most.

Even our current and former presidents would go abroad for medical check-ups. What does that tell us about the situation on ground…

This is a very big development. Not just for residents, but for businesses alike.

You can’t empower people without stable power and energy.

People will know now that if they pay their bills, they will have access to stable light.

The key thing for this project will be the distribution. If the plant can distribute was it produces, then Abia will undergo massive industrialization.

Great work Prof Nnaji!

yinkeys:
Ajax are sheeet bro for the past 2 seasons
Glad Bassey got out right on time

Ajax have not been good for the past few seasons but they are still one of Europe’s biggest clubs. Same with Porto.

Porto is one of the biggest clubs in Europe and is a stepping stone for the best in South America to come to Europe.

I think Porto has played in what? 14 of the last 16 round of 16 matches. Those are not small boys at all. You can’t place Fulham above them.

Barryseal:
Portugal seems to be the hotbed of young forward thinking managers. Marco Silva, Rúben Amorim, Sergio Conceição, Nuno Espirito, Paulo Fonseca and the likes. You're in for a long thing if you play their teams.
This is why I recommend Pedro Goncalves, the young Angola coach if Peseiro is leaving.

The link tries to explains what Portugal seems to be doing right https://football.fmh.ulisboa.pt/portugals-army-of-special-ones-coaches/

You get sense my man. Portugal has been producing some of the best managers in recent years. Pedro G would do a welcome manager if he’s given full control on recruiting players and the tactical set up. No having players and formations forced on him.

komekn:
Who told none of our curreny midfielders cannot spray pass ❓

And if he so good at spraying passes, why is he in Chavez atbth bottinof the Portuguese league.❓❓

This reasoning is not sound. Is it not Nwabali based in SA that performed well for us? Is the SA league better than the Portuguese league?

If he can add a skillset to our midfield that none of our current MFs can add, why not invite him?

That is the question that no one can answer.

elyte89:
most especially iwobi ,all we need to do is to scout a decent replacement dt can be consistent to a certain level in his position

But we haven’t done so yet?!?!

Why will you want one of your most experienced midfielders to leave the set-up without an adequate replacement.

It’s one thing if we had a glut of MFs, but we don’t. It’s the same thing with Nwakwali. People will say don’t invite him but are not providing an alternative.

I’m not so enamored by Nwakwali but I know he sabi spray pass which none of our current midfielders really can do.

Like for crying out loud we went to AFCON with 5 midfielders. You could see the fatigue by the time we got to the final.

Iwobi is one of our most capped players and is still playing consistently in a competitive league for his club. Why would we want him to quit the team when we have NOT identified an adequate replacement.

This line of reasoning isn’t sound in my humble opinion.

komekn:
It's a basic requirement not an exceptional skill.

However, when that's all you can do it seems like a skill
when it's really basic requirement.

It’s a basic requirement to play accurate, long passes but no one in our current SE set up has that ability to play consistently, accurate long passes.

So again, please, recommend me a player that SE can call on that has that profile if it is not Nwakwali…

That part I am still waiting for an answer on.

Me: Invite Nwakwali, he has a skill set our current SE don’t have. At worst he plays rubbish and we are where we already were, at best, he does well.

Others: No, Nwakwali is not good enough. He plays for a poor club, his salary is too low etc

Me: Ok, no yawa. Who can we call on instead that can play accurate passes like him

Others: ***silence***

We aren’t even trying to solve the issue, just rant against why someone should not be included.

Again….people have debated why Nwakwali should not be invited but have not offered an alternative.

Our reasoning no follow

chopnaira:
Peter Obi failed in a small state like Anambra. He can't do anything for a big country like Nigeria. People from the SE voted enmasse for him due to tribalism. They somehow think people wouldn't to see the hypocrisy.

Nigerians went for the person they felt was best out of the 4 major contestants.

Ehhh, just Obi’s frugality is needed for a country like Nigeria right now. I just dont think Tinubu has any ideas for Nigeria.

For me, he actually has the capacity to act on Nigeria’s ills and problems.

We cannot keep electing the same leaders and expect a different result. Tinubu and that group of leaders belong in the past.

Nigeria has to move forward.

Question: To those railing against Nwakwali’s inclusion; name me two midfielders that would be better and have the long passing profile he possesses.

I’ve seen every argument as to why not to include him (transfer fees too low, he’s in a relegation team etc) but I am not seeing anyone suggesting a replacement. Maybe they have but I have missed it.

In Nigeria we like to complain but don’t offer any suggestions on how to improve.

It’s just like the Iwobi matter. People will say Iwobi is not good enough or is a minus 1, but when asked for a replacement, they can’t name one.

We took 25 players to AFCON and were allowed 27. If we took Nwakwali for 26 would that have stopped us from going to the final? Last last he plays 10-15 min in our final GS game and maybe he does something of note that might warrant further looks. At worst, he doesnt play the KO rounds.

Like let’s make it make sense abeg.

charlesemeka85:
when last did you watch him play and against which team in Portugal Abi u be “oh yes” member?

Any side wey belle face 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Ok, can you recommend a different player with the long passing abilities he possesses?

This is the part that grates me.

People here will say, no, he’s not good enough but do not/cannot suggest another replacement.

Blueelf:
As in, they overrate the guy as if he is the next best thing after Modric

I don't understand the obsession over a fringe player

I think we are missing the point with the likes of Nwakwali.

SE are missing a midfielder with his profile of making progressive passes. He may not be the best, but he has a profile that we need. Why not invite him as an option for the midfield if we have no alternative for that profile of player.

Ok, if we think Nwakwali is not the answer, then people should suggest an alternative player for the SE that has that profile. People still are not suggesting that.

We complain but aren’t providing alternatives. Doesn’t solve anything.

At least Nwakwali is getting regular game time in a top Euro league. Sure, his team may not be the best but he has a profile we can work with.

Pickford was still no. 1 even with floundering Everton.