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Icon79:
Not a bad line up but I would swap Etebo with Joel Obi, if Joel is fully fit.


O pari

Yup
I'll do the same swap if the team, say, needs to be more offensive in order to get a goal.

MetalJigsaw:
Nice one but can Etebo really be as disciplined as Ogu as the deep lying DM?

Etebo won't be a deep-lying DM. His strength is in chasing around opposition midfielders, winning the ball, and driving forward. Ndidi can be the deep-lying DM who would snuff out threats on time.

Etebo's playing style is similar to that of Michael Essien: they are both high energy players who cover every blade of grass. And that quality would be needed to disrupt the intricate passing patterns of the Argentine and Croatian midfields.

I’m predicting Man City, Juventus, Barcelona, and Bayern to advance to the semifinals.

Then, it will be a Juve v Man City final, with Juventus winning the trophy. Buffon will, at last, retire from the game with a UCL winners’ medal.

tbaba1234:
Not a bad lineup.. personally i will move Balogun to the middle of the defence.

I will also like to see how Joel works with Onazi and Ndidi. Can we play without Mikel?

I’ll only replace Mikel with Joel Obi, in the last group game, if the team has already secured qualification to the round of 16.
And if the team is chasing a goal, I would bring in Ighalo, and take off Ndidi, switching to a 3-4-3.

Guys, will this line up and formation work for the SE in Russia?

———-Balogun——Ekong——-Awaziem——-

—-Ebuehi——--Etebo——Ndidi—-—Idowu——

—————————Mikel——————-

————Victor Moses————-Iheanacho——-

AIG07:
Did any one else see Sampaoli(Argentina's coach) in the stands yesterday?

Yes
He was monitoring Messi

When the Super Eagles come up against Messi and Argentina at the World Cup, a 3-5-2 formation would be suitable for nullifying the Argies. My line up will be as follows:

———————Uzoho———————

———Ekong—-Balogun—-Awaziem——-

—-Ebuehi—-Etebo—Mikel—Ndidi—-Idowu—-

———————-V.Moses—-Iheanacho——-

Because Messi plays in between the opposing midfield and defense lines, the likes of Etebo and Ndidi would be the guys to track his runs. Ebuehi or Idowu should shackle Di Maria, and the SE will avoid defeat.

Ibime:
How has it cost us?

The approach he took in the 1st leg got a creditable draw while the 2nd leg took us out the tie by 17th minute. We even hit bar few times in 1st leg.

If you don't deny Messi space by sitting deep, you will be feeling good about the way you are attacking Barca while Messi is killing you. It's like dying while enjoying your death. I will rather be 0-0 in 85th minute with small hope than enjoy my own death for 90 minutes

Yea, teams always have to look out for Messi in such situations.
But I was more or less referring to how both Giroud and Morata occupied Pique and Umtiti. In the first leg, the duo were barely troubled due to the absence of a proper striker for Chelsea. But in the 2nd leg, they had to make block after block.

lordfalcao:
you are blind

Lol
Watch the highlights again

I wonder whether Conte could have been more adventurous in the first leg. Because this Barca team are not better than Man City, let alone Juventus.

The ultra-defensive game in the first leg may have cost us, in the long run.

Watching the highlights now, I think Kante is at fault for the second goal. He could have tracked Dembele instead of following Messi, who was already being marked.

Courtois is not to returning to London!

BTW Congrats to Messi for reaching 100 UCL goals

Next season, Caballero should be promoted to the starting spot, and Courtois rooted to the bench.

Well, it was fun while it lasted.

Looking forward to the Europa League next season.

Chelsea already has more possession (36%) than they had in the entire first leg (32%).

Coutois

Best of luck to Victor Moses and Chelsea this afternoon

Line up

——-Courtois———

—-Azpi———Christensen—-Rudiger—-

—-Moses——-Kante—-Fabregas——Alonso—-

—-Willian——Giroud——Hazard——

Icon79:
The national assembly is the biggest problem in Nigeria! You just have a gang of thieves in there stealing whatever they could lay their hands on. Look at their salaries and allowances and you'd feel sorry for Nigeria. They even get ridiculous stuffs like "hardship allowance, newspaper allowance, car allowance, house allowance, etc etc."

The United States is the richest country in the world but over here the only thing congress men and women receive are their basic salaries and nothing else. In fact, their remuneration is so meager that many of them can't even afford the high apartment rent in Washington, DC; hence they sleep in their offices. Yet in one of the poorest countries in the world, their leaders tend to steal everything in the treasury. God will judge the Nigerian leaders .... all of them!


O pari

Well, the $200,000+ annual salary of members of Congress can, at least, pay for a decent one-bedroom apartment. But as you said, a good number of our members of Congress prefer to live in their offices.

I once watched a CNN report on how 3 senators shared a 2-bedroom apartment, and mostly had cereal for breakfast and lunch. Lol

There is no use for them to buy a house in D.C. when they aren’t sure they would live in the city forever.

A BBC user: Frank De Boer wouldn’t have lost this match

EarthXmetahuman:
you are right sha.
problem with start studded team. I wish super eagles can be this solid that we will be having players like Willian on the bench.

We’ve got a decent from three in Iwobi-Iheanaco-V. Moses.

Our midfield is thick with Mikel-Ndidi-Etebo, with Onazi starting from the bench

Her life, her choice.

Watch Captain Nevin Darwish from Egypt and First Officer Alia Al Muhairi from the UAE fly the iconic Emirates Airbus A380 from Dubai to Vienna for International Women's Day. Captain Darwish is the first woman of Arab origin to have captained the Airbus A380. First Officer Al Muhairi, a UAE national, is currently the youngest Emirati female pilot operating the Emirates A380 aircraft.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-dCE50enQk

A simple omelette meal

State lawmakers under the auspices of the Conference of Speakers of State Houses of Assembly have transmitted passed constitution alteration bills to the National Assembly in the ongoing Constitution Review exercise.

Thirty-four of the 36 states of the federation voted on the 29 bills transmitted to them, but Lagos and Rivers states abstained from the exercise.

Of the 29 bills, 15 were passed, including the ‘Not Too Young To Run’ bill which seeks to reduce the ages of contestants for the office of the president, governor and National Assembly membership. The bill to give independence to state Houses of Assembly was also passed, while the states rejected autonomy for local government.

These details were made known by speakers at the transmission ceremony attended by lawmakers including the Senate President, Bukola Saraki and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, in Abuja on Thursday.

The Chairman of the Conference of Speakers, who is also the Speaker of Kebbi State House of Assembly, Abdulmumin Kamba, stated that the rejection of devolution of powers by the National Assembly was condemned by the state legislature.

He said, “While we believe that every proposed amendment transmitted to the state Houses of Assembly for ratification reflects the yearning and aspirations of the people, the voting out of the bill on devolution of power by the National Assembly, which was part of the original work by this Assembly, has been strongly condemned

“Therefore, on behalf of our constituents, we want to plead that the bill on devolution of powers be reconsidered and form part of the next proposed amendment to the constitution.”

Saraki, in his remarks, expressed his disappointment over Lagos and Rivers’ withdrawal from the exercise.

He said, “Let me also at this point commend those 34 states. I must also express my disappointment because I had hoped that this exercise would have ensured that all states participated fully. The non-participation of Lagos and Rivers is disappointing. I do hope that as we move ahead, that Lagos and Rivers will take a different approach because this is all about the interests of the country.”

Saraki noted that constitution amendment was not something of “you can bully me, I can bully you,” stating that, “It is by dialogue and discussion, by putting Nigeria first that matters.”



In his remarks, Dogara commended the states for approving independent legislature while expressing regret over the rejection of autonomy to the third tier of government.

He said, “I will say that I am a bit disappointed because we would have delivered the long-awaited local government autonomy but, unfortunately, maybe our courage did not go that far.

“…This is an exercise that is ongoing. I believe that as this one failed this time, maybe next time as state Houses of Assembly are now independent, they would be able to extend this same independence to local government. We all know the benefits of freeing the three tiers of government. So, please let us go ahead and do it.”

Dogara pointed out that since it was the people who spoke through the passage of the bills, President Muhammadu Buhari should give speedy assent to them.

He said, “Although we will wait for presidential assent to the bill, it is our hope that since this thing has passed through all the legislative processes at the National Assembly and at the state level, it should not be a problem really for the chief executive to assent to this because we represent the over 140 million people in Nigeria and we have spoken through these documents before us.

“I don’t think it would be right at any level, having passed through all these processes, for these to be returned and without the bills being transmitted into the provisions of the constitution. The President is tied to do the wishes of the people.”

The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yusuf Lasun, stated that although Nigerians had different names for restructuring such as fiscal federalism or devolution of power, the consensus had been that the country needed development.

http://punchng.com/constitution-review-states-demand-devolution-of-powers-reject-lg-autonomy/

The idea to merge Arik and Aero is a laudable one, provided that the FG won't be involved in the day to day running of the airline.

isan:
I'm thinking of the quarter final already if we can just top the group and avoid usa

The quarter final will neither vs USA or Japan. Either game will be tough indeed.

Welcome, Op.

I’m in San Diego, which is the most beautiful county in this country

armyofone:
So he lined up Bill's women for press conference and debate while paying off his behind closed door
This awa CIC David

The hypocrisy is just astounding

Ibime:
Yes he is good in bus parking where you don't have to do any running, just sit in your 18 yard box for 90 minutes. Mikel was one of our best players in UCL cos he can hold ball well in tight space and doesn't have to do any running.

As soon as any running is involved, you can count him as useless.

So, that means the Super Eagles have no midfield of repute, if Mikel is a guaranteed starter. Or do the likes of Ndidi and Onazi/Etebo make him look good when he dons the green white green?

popizaino:
Chelsea played 1-1 at the bridge to valencia and not 2-2.
David Silva gave them the lead before drogba equalled the tie with a header over canizares.

point of correction.

Yes. Thanks

Loogan:
The Egyptian league is not as bad as you guys are making it seem! It is probably the most respected and best league from Africa. The same league where the legendary Egyptian goalkeeper spent his career and he was still class even after coming out of retirement, Ramadan sohbi came straight from Al Aly to stoke city and he dosent look out of place in the league.
Ajayi of two years ago is not the same now. he's experienced, scored goals, won cups, became the best player of arguably the best team and league in Africa! That's not a small feat, most importantly he improved his game in such a short time. He made caf team of year, yes he's not the best striker Africa has, but he's the best striker playing in Africa.
From his recent games I watched He's a complete forward, he's very good in the air, effective on the wings, good movement, decent technique, super hardworking and he's very strong and fast! He's a goal scorer and a creator. Most important he's Team player! never gives defenders a moment of peace.
The friendlies will be a chance to show the stuff he's made of!
I know I'd prefer him to ideye!

You mentioned he is a team player. That trait may be what gets him a seat on the plane to Russia, ahead of Simon Moses. The one weakness in S. Moses’s game is his inability to “play with” the team. He is way too selfish on the pitch.