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Utonwanne:
Alhassan is not an upgrade.

He's just there!

Yes. As far as Super Eagles is concerned. They will never consider him for the starting xi except all others aren't available. Same goes for Dennis, Awoniyi and co. Fringe players!

I like the center defenders trying to pass the ball at the back but eventually it will result to a goal. I like my defenders old fashioned I.e maldini

If d coach likes himself ,he shld better sit down with his technical crew and work assiduously to resolve d midfield and gk problems .At d moment,his team is not inspiring at all and his records presently with d matches he has managed so far is not good or else I don’t c him lasting more Dan a year on d job

Why does Nwakali's name keep popping up in the discussion regarding our midfield?
Has he improved or moved to a better club?
If so then let him come around otherwise let others in form come forward.
We badly need a goal keeper.

charlesemeka85:
nwaka wetin? If he was in this game the Algerians would hv bullied him like a toddler playing against men

Nwakali is the only player right now that can play the Iwobi's role! Believe it or not. Passing, shooting and all round solid football techniques. He will make that great move to a big club next season. I promise you!

Abusing same coach that flogged São Tomé and Principe 10-0.

charlesemeka85:
I expected jpes to take off iheanacho then bring in onyedika to hv more bodies in the midfield

442 formation is outdated which implies the Portuguese is an outdated coach

Football nowadays is played more in midfield. Even our opposition today deployed a lone striker

Flexibility is key.

Jose Peseiro strategy was direct play. Our organization on the pitch showed a team that trained principally to utilize the direct play strategy. This is seen in the manner at which we transitioned from defense to attack. The transition was quick. Again we utilized more of zonal marking which goes together with direct play. Our zonal marking system nullified the Algerians, but the discipline to calmly execute the zonal marking strategy some of the times, was in want. Our ability to maintain calm and discipline to stick to our philosophy was greatly tried by the Algerian hostilities.

Guys i tell you that Jose Peseiro perfected his strategy. I believe the players perfected that in training. A big thumbs up to him. Possession football was never in his plans.

Jose Peseiro plans worked well in the early minutes of the first half. The Algerians seemed to have adopted a similar strategy, but having seen that they can't compete with us using direct play approach, switched to possession football. Flexibility is key.

I want us to know that this is an experiment. It's just a friendly.

I believe we should be needing Frank Onyeka's services for a long time. There is a certain beauty to his game. I will explain later.

Highlights of the game for those who want to watch


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJmeatI2JF8

Meliforme:
Flexibility is key.

Jose Peseiro strategy was directly play. Our organization on the pitch showed a team that trained principally to utilize the direct play strategy. This is seen in the manner at which we transitioned from defense to attack. The transition was quick. Again we utilized more of zonal marking which goes together with direct play. Our zonal marking system nullified the Algerians, but the discipline to calmly execute the zonal marking strategy some of the times, was in want. Our ability to maintain calm and discipline to stick to our philosophy was greatly tried by the Algerian hostilities.

Guys i tell you that Jose Peseiro perfected his strategy. I believe the players perfected that in training. A big thumbs up to him. Possession football was never in his plans.

Jose Peseiro plans worked well in the early minutes of the first half. The Algerians seemed to have adopted a similar strategy, but having seen that they can't compete with us using direct play approach, switched to possession football. Flexibility is key.

I want us to know that this is an experiment. It's just a friendly.

u sabi football.

When I was ridiculed for saying the truth

BascoVanVeli:
Highlights of the game for those who want to watch


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJmeatI2JF8

Thanks for this Basco
Though I missed the game, watching these highlights i can see we took the game to the Algerians
Other than Uzoho's Goal keeping, we did extremely well
Kudos to JPes for his fantastic organization
Loved the energy in midfield

In an official game with VAR,we would have beaten Algeria last night. The problem(s) we discovered was the goalkeeper and the lean Midfield. The referee was algeria's 12th man

charlesemeka85:
nwaka wetin? If he was in this game the Algerians would hv bullied him like a toddler playing against men

Agreed without question and or hesitation.

I like the set up peserio used. Just that the personnel esp iheanacho position was lacking . the set up was direct and required quick transition which iheanacho stalled most times. If you watched the game you will notice all our attack were very dangerous esp in the final third. Seriously a midfielder that can shoot and exploit space will suffice( quite unfortunate we don't have olise or eze). Iwobi should continue in that his position .the guy understands quick transition and space. Moving him forward could be counterproductive. I don't think anyone can do what iwobi is doing now in that position in super eagles. IMO

Friends, Countrymen, Nairalanders!

Great to be here once again after watching from the sidelines for what seemed like eons.
My take on yesterday's game is this.

1. We didn't set up to win the match. We played as though the game was not a high profile match. I was appalled at the fact that we sat back and watched algeria press us into our own half. Forget the refereeing decisions. It wasn't the refereeing that said we shouldn't be able to string 5 straight passes before losing possession. That's on us!

2..... The labors of our Villains Past!
Whatever you see happening right now is what you get for wasting almost 6years with Germor Rohr building sand castles by the beach and telling us we have a future in it. A wise man builds his house upon a rock. We can blame Peseiro all we want but this problem did not start with him. Although I wish it would end with him one way or another. We have a lean midfield and we expect to not get run over and cause overload on the defense. By what magic I pray, do we hope to win or at least be in control? Sentiments will also not help us see clearly when analyzing what each player brings to the table as we are always talking of what league a player plays in vs what the supposed player brings.
I hate to say this but the fact is if our beloved once loved players aren't cutting it, then dump em off the team and look for players that suit our objectives. Period!

3..... Wingbacks and Inverted wingers.

I ask myself what our inverted wingers are on about. They can't cross to save their lives. Basics of football. Every player should be able to cross the ball. But what do we have? Inverted wingers that want to do unsuccessful take ons. Chief culprit is Moses Simon.
I look at Zaidu and Ola Aina and I get upset. Don't they watch Marcelo or Dani Alvez? Take a look at Ola Aina and see how many times he lost possession going forward. Plus he is very casual on the ball. No sense of urgency. How do we win with that? Wingbacks can't cross and the supposed Inverted wingers are trying to do too much when an ordinary pass would have sufficed.

4..... Goal Keepers

Well am sorry to disappoint a lot of us but I wouldn't go bashing these guys. There is no goalie that could have saved the shot Uzoho conceded yesterday as he was far away from saving it. The 3 goals we have conceded when it mattered Vs Tunisia, Vs Ghana and vs Algeria have been from outside the box... simply because our middle is lean. Newsflash, that's what will keep happening.... when it matters the most if this isn't corrected. Though our goalkeepers need to work harder, still ... conceding a midfield to opponent and hoping to hit on a counter with poor and lean midfield and forwards who have not learnt the art of unselfish play is a recipe for disaster. We will always come short.

Now to the Solution.....
Leave sentiments and use what you have to get what you want. If Nwakali will give you a stable and calm middle,now is the time to integrate him. If Alhassan will do it also, so be it. Enough of guaging a player by the top league they play for. It is all about what you bring to the table. If you know that as a player, your position is threatened, you will learn to put 200 percent performance each time you don the gwg. But if your slot is guaranteed, you dish whatever you think you are able and no one must complain.

Personally I would ask the question... what do we want to be known for? An attacking team? A possessive team? A dominant team? A complacent team? Counter attacking team? Whichever one we decide on, we have to stick with it and master it. Playing a sit back and hit on counter as we do currently only works when we have perfected the art of not losing possession. This only comes from fluid passing ability which we have been robbed of for the last 6 years. Bashing Peseiro isn't the solution. Solve our midfield problems and find our playing philosophy. That is all I have.

Meliforme:
Flexibility is key.

Jose Peseiro strategy was directly play. Our organization on the pitch showed a team that trained principally to utilize the direct play strategy. This is seen in the manner at which we transitioned from defense to attack. The transition was quick. Again we utilized more of zonal marking which goes together with direct play. Our zonal marking system nullified the Algerians, but the discipline to calmly execute the zonal marking strategy some of the times, was in want. Our ability to maintain calm and discipline to stick to our philosophy was greatly tried by the Algerian hostilities.

Guys i tell you that Jose Peseiro perfected his strategy. I believe the players perfected that in training. A big thumbs up to him. Possession football was never in his plans.

Jose Peseiro plans worked well in the early minutes of the first half. The Algerians seemed to have adopted a similar strategy, but having seen that they can't compete with us using direct play approach, switched to possession football. Flexibility is key.

I want us to know that this is an experiment. It's just a friendly.

Thumbs up.

chuks404:
u sabi football.

Thank you chuks404.

Astrid4:
I personally opined against the sacking of rohr and appointment of eguavon then it very unfortunate, even on rohr worst days we wouldn't have played this rubbish

We were outplayed completely by motorCAR

joelsteron:
Thumbs up.

Thank you, joelsteron.

Zuchyblink onye broiler ,I just said I should inform you that Portugal was having the midfield till inexperienced Gavi Pedri alongside veteran busquets came on to collect back the midfield ,they also brought in another inexperienced player like neco Williams and the game changed totally and they won an experienced Portuguese team

Meliforme:
Thank you, joelsteron.

You're welcome.

charlesemeka85:
nwaka wetin? If he was in this game the Algerians would hv bullied him like a toddler playing against men

Nwakali is 5'11 and aggressive, there is no way he would be bullied..

andrewbaba44:
Zuchyblink onye broiler ,I just said I should inform you that Portugal was having the midfield till inexperienced Gavi Pedri alongside veteran busquets came on to collect back the midfield ,they also brought in another inexperienced player like neco Williams and the game changed totally and they won an experienced Portuguese team

what stopped him from starting them? He should have started them let's see how far

Utonwanne:
Alhassan is not an upgrade.

He's just there!

elyte89 did not say Alhassan is an upgrade... stop putting words in his mouth...

he said "Iwobi can’t do it alone"... which means he needs other midfielders on the pitch playing alongside him...

elyte89 did not mean replacing Iwobi and the coaches themselves need to ensure none of the players get injured by subbing them off and using a lean midfield does not help If the midfielders on the pitch get injured or sent off... Ihenacho should not be used as midfielder..

Super Eagles already have at least 10 midfielders. so only the coaches know why they don't call up at least 6 or 7 of them:

Iwobi
Nwakwali
Alhassan Yusuf
Obinna Nwobodo
Ramon Azeez
Onyeka
Ndidi
Tijani
Bonke
Onyedika
Dele bashiru.

The most chaotic year in for the Super Eagles

zuchyblink:
what stopped him from starting them? He should have started them let's see how far

He was resting them oga ,the ones he started didn’t dominate the midfield

Pedri Gavi busquets are Spain first choice midfielders

And mind you another broiler called nico Williams also changed the attack and help them win the game with an assist

fabyom:
Nwakali is the only player right now that can play the Iwobi's role! Believe it or not. Passing, shooting and all round solid football techniques. He will make that great move to a big club next season. I promise you!

Since his exceptional exploits in the 2015 World U17 cup, that's near 8 years ago.

We are still waiting, Why are we still waiting for nearly a decade, is every coach in Europe blind. And only the NFF have � � two eyes❓ please explain, since you know more than anybody else.❓❓

Arsenal signed him on 2015/16 on a long term discovered " bad market" didn't let him stay at Hale End.

So tried to recoup and do some padding he went on loan to Maastricht in Eerste Divisie, 2016/17 did average he moved up to Venlo in the Eredivise 2017/18 but failed to convince anybody and January 2018 was unceremoniously dropped back to Eerste division with Maastricht who at the end of the season were not interested. He was essentially very poor.

2018/19 he had the indignity of having to play youth football with Porto B and was struggling to get game time.

September 2019 ,Arsenal found a get out clause and dumped him with Huesca , essentially the 4 year contract was up and he was let go.

2019/20 Huesca found him to be wanting in the low level Segundo and loaned him out to a even lower club in January 2020. He finished the season at Alcorcon quite anonymously nobody in the league was interested 2020/21

2021/22 he continued at Huesca with the ignominious accolade as lowest paid player in the team bar one player, he played 7 games or thereabouts for Huesca and even ended his contract prematurely in April.

This is the player you are calling outstanding.

Somehow and someway inexplicable he found himself with a career of mediocrity in the SE for the AFCON.

He has played 7 games for Ponferradina FC his new club 2022/23 and he is already getting accolades as being the next this and that and put on the same level and even better than Iwobi by some here.

Let's put things in context I truly believe if you brought some of our outstanding players from the NPFL they would stand out in this poor quality league.

If you brought teenage boys from the EPL academies they would stand out in this league and even generate interest in January transfer window and be gone.

I have been biased and unfair in dismissing several Nigerian origin players as being not good enough for the SE.

If we use the Nwakali bench mark it's not a question who will be selected for the SE but who will not. If you put Onyedinma, Onomah, Oviemuno, Aneke, Amos, Bashiru, Oko-Flex, etc, etc. In this Segundo league they will all look outstanding and way above this league.

So get things into perspective I will not talk about money that will be over kill. But a slight reminder Iwobi wages per week are double the wages of entire weekly wage bill of Ponferradina FC
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andrewbaba44:
He was resting them oga ,the ones he started didn’t dominate the midfield

Pedri Gavi busquets are Spain first choice midfielders

And mind you another broiler called nico Williams also changed the attack and help them win the game with an assist

you have no business analysing soccer. Resting them because they pushed caterpillar I didn't want to make the mistake he made last time. Started the big boys and later introduce the young ones when they were already weak and introduced with caution. Rodri and Busquets were there to support them. If they no born am well he should start Gavi,Pedri and Nico at the same time in the world cup

codemaniacs:
Nwakali is 5'11 and aggressive, there is no way he would be bullied..

Height is not speed, strength and or physical resilience with stamina and endurance.

Ngole Kante is probably 5"5 maybe less but he is one of the best midfielder in the world.

In all honesty Nwakali would absolutely struggle in League two

As if throwing bottles at the players for Moffi's goal, wasn't enough.
You canceled a goal.
You used lasers.
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I do not see why Yusuf Alhassan or Nwakali cannot fit into this mode or role.

Meanwhile, someone should beg Frank lampard for me. IWOBI is the only 10 eagles have. Don't convert him for us o