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Sugarboyy:
Looking at Boniface playing for the SE recently, you will noticed that he looked overweight.
I'm sure with more games for Leverkusen, he will return to full fitness and regain his shape.
We might see a better Boniface during the next qualifiers.
Seriously, wish the SE can play Osimhen as 9 with Lookman and Boniface at his back as SS.

As in 3 of them in front? Mouth watering just thinking about it.

TheSuperNerd:
Adriano scored vs Argentina in the 2004 Copa final. It was 2-2 before Brazil went on to win 4-2 on penalties.

Adriano scored the late equaliser for Brazil. Check from 12.58 although I don't think this is the particular goal you refer to

He was top scorer of that Copa 2004 with 7 goals.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glrmIycH_9Q?si=SsgQZzLmnSbrgAKg

The 3-0 final was in 2007. Adriano didn't score because he didn't play.

I love watching old football clips.
But I didn't see familiar names like Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Cafu, Kaka, Carlos in the Brazilian side. They were all still active at this time na.

elyte89:
Yea …he has d clutch moments in him…I am taking notes anyway …meanwhile where u don reach as per my application?

😂😂😂😂 Ohh God! Make una save me from this client.

Anyway NFF will meet on your matter on Tuesday. By Wednesday they will present your matter at FEC meeting. Hope dey. I assure you.

TheSuperNerd:
Truth is when Boniface settles into the GWG, he would absolutely lift even further the dynamics of our attack.

He just needs to add the ability to use his immense physicality when need be to really utterly dominate defences (like Osimhen does) and not depend on his highly technical side alone.

Have it on lock and we have the most unstoppable Striker on the planet. Even more than Haaland, I dare say but only IF...

I know what my yori yori eyes saw. It's simply down to two or three things.
His movements
He was present
He's daring.

What he will do ehn, e go sweet. He will surely add more flavor to our attack.

chrisooblog:
Adriano! one of footballs great what ifs. You're spot on when you say he was very similar to R9. Pity depression took its toll on a very promising career.

I think Boniface is too unique in his skill set to pigeonhole that he is a this or that. If Boni had Osimhen mad focus and ginger it would have been all over for the football world.

He better tighten up. Jay Jay was a casual player until the early 2000s. Who knows what great things he'd have achieved if he had been laser focused early on. By the time he got the focus, the energy no too dey again

TheSuperNerd:
Victor Boni-BRACE cooking defenders for fun in the Bundesliga.

A Striker that loves to bamboozle defences like Ronaldo De Lima and add flourish to his finish. A highly Technically gifted beast.


Note: This is not saying he is everything like Ronaldo de phenomenon oooo. Don't misquote me abeg.🤣🤣

You quickly put caveat 😂😂😂 to avoid wetin dey happen to the Boniface - Adriano conversation

Meliforme:
Boniface is also complete.

Oga Meli Meli kinan

Goke7:
He was bashed for his display in our matches folks used his social media stunts to taunt the player. We are too judgemental as a people myself inclusive

Toh we no get joy na. So small thing they will pile on you. But even though I don't like his SM antics which I see as unprofessional, I have faith in him that he will be a good attacking option for us.

charlesemeka85:
bros they are not similar in any way

Adriano was too complete. In his prime he was the closest thing to R9. Bobo was unplayable with shooting power that can be compared to that of few

No disrespect to Boniface but no try compare him to Adriano unless u no watch the Brazilian during his prime

He was sharp, sleek, bombastic, a complete forward. Could play anywhere forward. He was the true heir to R9's throne. Very unfortunate what happened to him. A big loss to football.

elyte89:
National team football pressure is crazy ..it will take time for him to settle down well ,but unfortunately we no too get dt patience …not all players clique straight away in national duty

He will come good. I don use yori yori eye see am. I like his movement. And if there's one person to give us goals from tight corners and impossible angles, it is Boniface. This I have seen.

Sugarboyy:
Ball control to me is even harder than passing in football.
They have used unending passes to kill our once beautiful game 🎯

True talk. Many sweet goals have been scored as a result of sublime first touch ball control and many goals have been missed due to poor ball control.

The best ball control goal is Bergkamp's goal against Argentina France 98 Quarter Finals. It's such an exquisite goal, a sweet pick from many such beautiful goals scored by Bergkamp.

If I were a coach responsible for coaching children, all of them will spend a huge chunk of time practicing and perfecting their ball control and first touch. In fact the academy will be named First Touch Football Academy.

charlesemeka85:
boniface like Adriano 😳

Hmmmmm

I weak. I no fit talk

Goke7:
The same player we don abuse finish for here?

It's his social media antics people yabbed not his footballing abilities. From what I saw over the two matches, Boni will be important for us.

charlesemeka85:
u no hate am pass me

Very boring. I Dey see am as sleeping pills 💊 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Walahi. We plenty wey no like am. What is beautiful about passing kpa kpa kpa. If not that football has fallen in quality, passing na one of the lowest skills in football. Important skill but it's still a low skill unlike dribbling, heading, first touch trapping.

komekn:
Don't you think 🧐 it's not necessarily about the NFF, this is essentially the DNA of everyone single government or quasi governmental body in Nigeria.

So why should the NFF be different from any other government body in Nigeria. You are planting corn 🌽 but expecting to get Yam 🍠.

Wake up 😴 you are in a delusional dream 😪

I agree with you and this is what I try to make people see. There was a time I used to be under this delusion that it's people in government who are blameworthy but Mehn truth is that we have all been infected by the virus of incompetence, corruption and mago mago. The difference is that those in government have the opportunity to display their infection.

charlesemeka85:
Kick about no be small 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Hahaha hahaha hahaha Bro, I hate that tiki taka pass anything for football.

7demons:
Why did Spain and Barcelona dominate the fields in late 2000s up to this moment?

Machine football which is cold and efficient. Like video game but no flair, no individuality, no spirit, no soul, no razzmatazz, no beauty, no creativity, no spark. Just drab and endless kick about of the ball.

lexyman:
but ,sincerely i didn't watch the match , only seen the highlights . if you have it , please post a link for the full match .



its because we drew the match , if we had won , i know your type . the same skill came in handy during the last AFCON , you dont condemn every act , have you taken your time to take a deeper look ? even Ekong can make a mistake ... the Ekong we are all praising now used to be a very average defender at a point in the SE.

It's not about us winning. Like you said time wasting is a skill which Nwabali appears not to have. He's not subtle about it.

MetalJigsaw:
You're saying crap! That isn't the point. Didn't you watch the match? Dude was wasting time as early as 60 minutes as though we were playing Man City or something.

As in first half Nwabali don begin waste time

jihday:
he said Ancelotti have been on his neck to get his coaching badges

He should.

7demons:
Super Eagles should learn how to play possession football. Too much dependant on wing play is affecting psychology of our play, that is why they hardly string two or three passes without pushing the ball forward or losing the ball in the final third. It's not a confident team.
A tiki-taka foot work would have dismantled the Rwandan defense and send the keeper the wrong direction. Tiki-taka makes every player to be creative and spontaneous with the ball.
To be honest, Teams that Pack Buses always have tough times dealing with opponents that utilizes tiki-taka antics against them.
During our previous games we tried such pattern against weaker teams like (Rwanda, Guinea-Bissau) to break their defenses, it back fired cos our players had not already mastered the artistry of this beautiful play.
No matter how we tried, We couldnt hold the momentum cos no CONFIDENT HOLDING MIDFIELDER could step up and co-ordinate the attacks and spread the passes.
These current set of SE players would rather kick ball to the left wing play, back to the right wing play, then pass the ball back to the goalkeeper... Then the keeper, passes it to a defender, the defender shoots the ball up high! only to be nodded back to the keeper on rebound And this cycle keeps repeating itself on-and-on till the final minutes.
And there on the sidelines stands a clueless coach, wondering what happened to his players and who to blame for his lapses.

Finidi is a one of a confident coach who tried to develop and utilize this pattern of play but unfortunately he didnt have enough time to effect the change as most people saw his tactics as a "Beautiful nonsense without no end result" but little did they realize its a technical play that requires alot of time to master.

Since the time of Genort Rohr till date, our free flow possession football is a mess. Okocha or Kanu would have a confident to hold a ball inside the 18yrd box and be expectimg a foul, penalty or a goal against the opponent.
But what we have now is defensive minded players, who when have the opportunity on the ball, give it to their wingers to sprint-on into the 18yrd box. Fortunately for their striker Osimhen, if he catches up to nod or kick (that's to say if he's never offside before the ball gets to him or out run the ball )

You say tiki what? Tiki taka is creative, spontaneous, artistry, beautiful? Chineke God.
Have not been following international conversation where people are crying that tiki taka has killed football and diminished creativity in the game? What is beautiful about running and passing? Is that like playing not table tennis with legs?

Hmmmm you can decry the inability of our players to string passes but abeg leave out the poison of tiki taka from naija football.

And then again, this stringing of passes is something that for me requires the players to spend at least a solid one or two weeks together.

Goke7:
If you are leading 1-0 for a crucial win which yeye vibe are you looking for?

😜 let’s be guided o

No talk oo. It's his attitude. Read the report. He's been penalized at his club for it. That's different from when a goalkeeper kills time to manage a win for his team. Every sensible goalkeeper does that yet one cannot say that delaying is an attribute of all goalkeepers.

Anyway the coach has said that it will not repeat itself.

Goke7:
They should calm down if we were leading they won’t be unhappy

He kills the vibe. Whether we are winning or not, Nwabali likes to waste time. Not professional at all.

https://owngoalnigeria.com/2024/09/12/eguavoen-super-eagles-players-angry-with-nwabali-over-his-time-wasting-antics-in-0-0-draw-against-rwanda/

Charlesemeka85 remember when we mentioned this about Nwabali. In our last match, Ekong was unhappy when Nwabali went down in the closing minutes of the match

elyte89:
Una just Dey hype dis keeper anyaw..person wey just Dey fortunate say he Dey position where ball Dey go ,no keeper on earth fit catch goal 😊

That's his strength. Some goalkeeper have this knack for being at the right spot. Carl Ikeme had it. Such gks are hard to beat

TheSuperNerd:
My learned Mujtahida, I kindly advise you don't give the name Gh*na too many mentions to avoid dragging their trolls into this place. Abeg... ejor. Gracias🙏🏽

Okay bro

elyte89:
Dis my genius lawyer sef …and u want me to take a a national team job where Dey don’t have a stadium 🏟️ to call deir own..aw do u want me to express my tactical knowledge.

We will start from the grass roots so you can be their Westerhof. 😂😂. We have to rebuild their football for them.

Goke7:
una mouth no good sha, no be condition make crayfish bend?

Ghana football has been on the low for close to 10 years. Naija, at least we have some highs and lows but Ghana is grinding on the low side for long now.

elyte89:
https://www.completesports.com/siasia-super-eagles-need-a-playmaker/



Baba sha want d job…who no sabi dis one 😏

I'm suspecting him oo cos I'm seeing some kind PR pushing his name. Abeg they should allow Eguavoen. The players gell around him and with Eguaveon you can get Assistant 1.

In the Benin match, when Ademola tried to beat the keeper and failed. The old generation of players would have chipped the ball over his head when he rushed out.

E easy to talk for mouth sha.

TheGoodJoe:
You can have all the creativity you want on the wings. That is enough to keep football exciting.

Noo. The creativity has to be in the middle. In fact the entire attacking prong including the wings.

lexyman:
you will rarely find a work horse in midfield now ...

But the idea of DMs who play like that lingers