₦airaland Forum

AndSunGorilla:
THrowback Thursday; do you know that the winning goals that won Nigeria our biggest trophies in the 90s were scored by the same man!!!! In both instances, this legend wasn't one of the starters at both tournaments but yet he was the one with the winning goal(s) . He needs no introduction, Emma Amunike!!!!!
He is also the last coach as at now to win any major global trophy for Nigeria.
There has to be something special about him!!

He could have been the biggest star from Nigeria if not for injuries that he had when he went to Barcelona.

zuchyblink:
An academy side in Ibadan dismantled our U-23 national team. Our best are in the trenches.

They should take boys from football academies in nigeria pincluding Barcelona football academy kn Lagos our u17 and u20 teams and use them for the olympic qualifiers.
Especially the u17 boy that scores freekick a lot calledvemmanuel micheal. They should aldo use players from the academy club that defeated them.
Also they can use players in football academies abroad like victor eletu of ac milan or malcolm ebowei

Messi is more creative than ronaldo. Messi has 377 career assists while ronaldo has 265.
This is despite the fact that messi has played fewer games.

As per goals scored. Messi gials to game ratio is 0.79 while that of ronaldo is 0.72.
Ronaldo has played 149 more matches than messi so ronaldo has scored more goals simply because he has played more matches. Messi creates more chances from open play than ronaldo. His passes are more accurate and creative and his combination play better.
Facrs showvtgat mesdi is a better all round player.
In football scoring goals does not make you the best player. How you can influence a game is also important.
Messi is more influential in a game.
https://www.sportsadda.com/football/features/most-assists-in-football

Check the stats above.
Messi all round game is better

M7even:
Nigeria's last two qualification for Olympic soccer was under the tutelage of coach Samson siasia. We equally played in the finials and third place on this occasions. What is happening to Siasia and his court case with FIFA. Is the NFF helping him resolve it. And is he truly guilty of this allegation.

If it is mere circumstantial evidence I think he should be recalled. He is better than whatever Yusuf Salisu has to offer with the Under 23. With Yusuf I am almost sure we wouldn't be at the next Olympic Games

Our football badly needs samson siasia
Siasia is good with youth teams and home based players and drafting home based players into the main national team
Im surprised no one has noticed.
Siasia is the best home based coach we have

zuchyblink:
I love his playing style.

Explain his playing style to me. I mean ibhave notvseen him playbsine u17 so please let me know

Olakunle olusegun with a goal for krasnodar fc in Russian league. The boy is improving

TheSuperNerd:
Joe Aribo starts vs Man City. Let's go.

He is playing today as a winger.
We should use him as a support striker or winger in a 442 and in this formation he can drop back into midfield.
He is not a central midfielder
We dont use him properly in the super eagles.
He and iwobi in midfield cannot work.
I hope our coaches are listening.
He is mediocre for us because our coaches dont know how to us him

TheSuperNerd:
Ibrahim Said FT Stats Yesterday for Viborg FF.

Lyngby BK 1-1 Viborg FF - Danish Superligaen Matchday 12.

Played 66mins.
41 touches.
1 chance created.
22/25 accurate passes.
88% passing accuracy.
100% accurate long balls (2/2).
50% dribbling success (1/2)
4/7 ground duels won.
4 recoveries.
3 tackles.
1 foul committed.

*Said still has 1 goal, 2 assists, 13 chances created in 12 league games (10 starts).

13 chances created in 12 games. That is encouraging. He plays like victor moses.
I believe he should keep improving

komekn:
How can you have a wonderful match when your team lost 3-1.

I guess when it comes to Nwakali all the rules change and goal posts are moved in my making assessments.

Anthony martial played well and his team lost to manu.
Okocha pkayed well sgainst Denmark in france 98 and we lost 4 1.
It is logical if you play well and your team looses.football is a team game.
A midfielder can create 5 clear cut chances of which only one is converted and gisbteam couldbloose 3 1.
Football is a team gane. Tgis toit ligic is flawed

fabyom:
We have some of the best midfielders in Africa, the problem is that we have many in-form forwards as well unfortunately, the coach can't select more than 22-25 players.
The midfielders are the sacrificial lambs for the forwards.

No i disagree. We have some of the best forwards in Africa. Our midfield is mediocre. In fact any good player in a half decent league likevthe greek or scotish league can make our team in midfield.
We badly need natural midfielders. Our wingers snd strikers are overloaded. We can even afford ti dash some of our forwards to other countries.
See if chuba akpom was a midfielder he will have a chance.
The problem is that wr are so carried away with the forwards we have that we forget we need midfielders to support them.

TheSuperNerd:
Kelechi Nwakali and Abbas Ibrahim both had wonderful midfield showings today. Details later.

Nwakali's club lost by the way.

Abbas' club drew.

1 we need kevin de bruyne, pogba and not hasland and mbape. We need midfielders and nit strikers and wingers!
2. I hope our coaches learn and get us midfielders.
3. If abass ibrahim can break into the first team then he deserves a call up.

TheSuperNerd:
There should be no need for second half in this Manchester derby. A total mismatch.

Ref. E Haff do abeg. End am like this. This is brutality.

Only this ref below could have saved Man U more pains...

Haalands finishing is unreal its pure fictional. If a movie 2as made of his finishing it will seem too sensational.
His finishing is better than any striker in world football. Even messi and ronaldo.
It does not make him the best player but his FINISHING IS OUTSTANDING.
That does not make him the best all round player but simply the best goal scorer in human history.
Or example okocha is one of the best dribbkers in modern football but he is not the best player.
HAALANDS FINISHING IS DIVINE

jihday:
Cameroon just lost to South Korea by a lone goal. They really played well though

I repeat Cameroon will not go past tge group stage of the world cup. Aoart from itakua 90 their world cup record is poor.
Its a long time sibce they won a world cup match.
They can only do shakara in africa.

Senegal, Morocvo algeria ghana nigeria are rhe countries that do well in the world cup

TheSuperNerd:
My dear Philosopher, this is why I am for a midfield set-up that includes Iwobi and Nwakali especially in a 3-man midfield in a 433 or 4231.

Two creative midfield heads who can turn a game on its head with one lines-breaking pass, one progressive carry, one switch-of-play pass or one shot from outside the box.

Nwakali and Iwobi in a 3-man midfield with a sitting DM will be magical. The tactical potentials abound. It would be like a low budget Xavi-Iniesta combo regen.



Even in a 2-man midfield, both will compliment each other easily from technical and tactical points.
Iwobi could serve as the #6 of the duo and Nwakali the #8. Or vice versa. Their defensive improvements alongside their ball-playing and midfield control abilities will keep us on the front foot in any game.

We need a system that can accommodate them just like the Spanish had Xavi and Iniesta with a Busquets serving as their midfield bodyguard.

That way you can't shut down Iwobi completely because of an Nwakali complimenting and you also cannot shut down Nwakali because of an Iwobi complimenting.

Our midfield problems are just a few right tactical picks away from being solved.

But it is up to Peseiro and the NFF. Their latest list is depressing.

iwobi and nwakali will be like Okocha and Kanu to use a Nigerian reference.
The two of them can combine to break any defence.
Besides if nwakali is not liked
fisayo dele bashiru
Ovie Ejaria
Alhassan Yusuf
and others
There are even players in our local league.
The problem is that these players are not in the top 10 leagues of Europe and so we dont
want to try them our but then we dont have many players in the top 10 leagues of Europe that
are midfielders.
Most of our midfielders have average careers in Europe and so in that
area we have to lower the criteria out of neccesity

TheSuperNerd:
Kick and rush... run. Then repeat.

Iwobi is the only creative player among the midfielders invited.

Our opponents can easily defeat us.
All they have to do is mark out iwobi out of the game and that is all.
Benin Republic noticed and gave Iwobi a false covid report but we still won as we were
playing an ekuke nonsense team.
Once we face a team at our level, they will figure us out and things will be difficult.
We are so predictable even a blind man can see we lack midfielders.
Any decent team that capitalizes on our weaknesses will make us struggle.
Teams like cameroon, senegal etc have noticed.
WE BETTER GET AT LEAST 2 CREATIVE MIDFIELDERS NOW

zuchyblink:
Cameroon 0 vs 2 Uzbekistan FT
Cameroon don fall our hand

Cameroon do not do well in the world cup. The only tome they played well was in 1990. Ever since then, they have been poor. Ad usual they will not cross the group stage of this world cup. They can only do well in Africa.
They are local champions

Inviting alhassan yusuf and nwakali to the team is inevitable with ndidi injury and aribo being average.
We badly need midfielders. Its only a matter of time.

andrewbaba44:
For now none of these midfielders will make arsenal bench

Yes they will make the bench and pmay 5 to 10 matches a season.
Ac milan wasvinterested in raphael
And akhassan yusuf has caught the knterest of some notable clubs.
We just don't appreciate them enough. At least they are decent

charlesemeka85:
https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/everton-open-contract-talks-alex-25050534

These oyibo people are funny. It took them donkey years to know that uwobi is better as a midfielder.
This is something we have known since 2018 when nigeria faced england in a friendly.
They even said his midfield role is unfamiliar in the article.
Na wa for them

komekn:
How many of our current midfield players can make the Arsenal bench apart from Iwobi.

If you are good enough then you are OLD ENOUGH.

Raphael onyeduca
Alhassan yusuf
Can ar least make the bench or maybe play.
Samson tijani will also have a chance
At arsenal
I got you there

And Tolu Arokodare scores
5th goal of the season

TheSuperNerd:
Abbas Ibrahim, CM balling good for Paços de Ferreira away at Santa Clara in his first league start of the season. It is his 5th appearance but 1st start in 22/23 Primeira Liga Bwin.

Game locked at 1-1 for now with 58mins played.

That is a midfielder.
IT IS NOT A CURSE. UNTIL OUR COACHED PAY ATTENTION TO OUR MIDFIELD WE WILL NIT ACHIEVE ANYHING AND WILL REMAIN MEDIOCRE.
WE WILL NOT GO BEYOND THE QUATER FINAL OF THE NEXT TWO NATIONS CUP AND WILL NOT QUALIFY FOR TGE 2026 WORLD CUP.
KIN SE EPE. IT S THE FACT
DOING THINGS THE SAME WAY AND EXPECTING DIFFERENT RESULTS IS INSANITY

andrewbaba44:
Haaland Dey use juju play ball

11 goals in 7 epl games ?


Man found it so easy in the epl

Haaland will score 100 goals this season. He is perhaps the besr finisher in the history of football and with the creative players in man city he will score.
His finishing is divine

Danielnino00:
Onyeka ahead of Alhassan doesn't make sense...
Good to see Akpogunma back

Thin midfield again ..

If our coaches dont do anything about our midfield then we are notbgoing anywhere. We wont go beyond the quarter final of the nations cup and may not quality for the next workd cup.
Mist if our oponents are aware of our strength. A strong attack but a weak midfield abd rgry will continue to take advantage of our weak midfield

Kog45:
Yes you are right but with two goals so far not yet a flop and playing for Nottingham Forest damn a gamble,hope him and Dennis survive relegation.

Has anyone noticed tgat awoniyi us similar to yakubu aiyegbeni. Same style of play and everything

cc12:
Ejuke with an assist for Hertha Berlin.

Thank God

TheSuperNerd:
And the Winner, Antwerp August Player of the Month....

The Midfield Sultan, Alhassan Yusuf.

The guy in my opinion is a replica of ogenyi onazi of thev2914 world cup that bossed the midfield of france.

ExAngel007:
A video of a sex party allegedly held in a hotel in Ifite Awka, Anambra State by persons alleged to be students has been shared online.

In the video, the alleged students were seen in sex romps, in the full glare of all who stood to watch.

The video which showed several male and female partners who were making out with each other, is said to have been recorded in a hotel that is located close to the institution.

Twitter user @itz_daddyjoe who shared the video online, wrote;


https://twitter.com/Itz_daddyjoe/status/1566736122528600065

I am not surprised. The western world has sold us the ideology of sexual liberalism and we have brought into it.
Our musicians and actors usually parade themselves naked on screen.
Most music videos display sexual content
What about Big Brother Africa that sends the message of sex to everybody.
The western world has brought this ideology to us and this is simply a consequence of it.
When you celebrate people for having sex on tv and Big Brother, be ready to see them have sex
even on the streets

geonyte:
Chukwueze scores

And he also assists the third goal

Sadiq umar subbed in for the second half. He plays

chrisooblog:
Umar on the bench for Sociedad.

He will play.
They canno t bench a player everyone is lookong for. They will just loose him on transfer to another team likecreal valladolid or even back to Almeria.
Besides they brought him for a lot of money and so he has to play.
They hace everything to loose from not playing him

TheSuperNerd:
Abraham Marcus starts for Porto B vs Vilafranquense in the Liga Sabseg Portugal 2.

Game on in 40mins.

Abeg they should let him break into porto first team.
He will dominate the second division as usual and then what is next.
Porto should put him in their first team.
He scored a wonder goal a few weeks ago. He is beyond that level