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TheSuperNerd:
No one is saying we should pack the team with players from backwater leagues. Stop twisting the focus point.

The point remains, "FOCUS on the Best from tactical and technical POVs"

In Nigeria's Talents pool situation CURRENTLY, It is IMPOSSIBLE that everything we need to make the Super Eagles great and evolved into a truly world class team is found within the Top 5 leagues alone.


▶️We have Osimhen, Moffi, Lookman, Zaidu, Iwobi, Onyeka, Ndidi and many more within the Top 5 leagues. They all matter and will always make the squad coz they have the quality we need from different technical perspectives.

▶️Outside the Top 5 leagues, we still have Bassey, Abbas, Onuachu, Alhassan, Onyedika, etc.

Bassey regularly gets called up but there are others in this category who also deserves serious lookins going forward for the tactical/technical upliftment of the Super Eagles.

▶️And ofcos we also have very few quality that can add to us but are found in one or two Division 2 leagues. Example is Semi Ajayi who has always been a regular callup.


Now, it is first about what these lads can offer and how they can make us stronger tactically and make our plays more synchronically pleasing.


Truth is if we do focus on quality first, several of the players in the top 5 leagues would still AUTOMATICALLY be RIGHTLY selected but a good number outside the top 5 leagues and even a few in the second division leagues will creep in. The best is to be selected only.


From the tactically balanced best, we can easily build and implement a playing philosophy. Playing philosophies aren't build on players who cannot even hold or pass the ball.


I belong to a field interwoven with various courses in science and medicine where the best is NORMALLY found outside Africa but in my case, I was within Africa when I bagged a special classified research scholarship in the biomedical world beating out tough competition from Asia, other parts of Africa and parts of Europe. How I did it? I studied. I prepped up. My mentality right from childhood was always to measure myself by World class standards and not by the standards of my immediate institutional environment.

That is how I bagged that research scholarship. Was I European or America-based. Nope... I was African-based and I still kicked asses.

My point? The best or some of the best can also be found outside the normal concentration of high quality talents. Don't be deceived. I am a living example in my own field.

Gracias.

Congrats TheSuperNerd. Spot on.
This is really wonderful.

France 0 v 1 Australia

Winner's curse don come ooo

Dem don net France.
Champion's curse na your mate?

jihday:
passion don’t win games, solid tactical plan does and that’s what Saudi exhibited today

Correct exposition.

Since France leading 2-1 una no update again.... winner's curse kor winner's blessing ni...France will beat them dis one like mumu here

minfelix:
Since France leading 2-1 una no update again.... winner's curse kor winner's blessing ni...France will beat them dis one like mumu here

Australia hit the bar, would have been 2-2

jihday:
passion don’t win games, solid tactical plan does and that’s what Saudi exhibited today

Well put and here is a bit of it as shown in the Graphic below.

Look at the High Defensive line of the Saudis for the first 45. Their high press, their positional discipline in keeping that high line and the defensive line operators being in sync with one another. Incredible bravery but intelligent execution of tactical defending. No wonder the Argies chop 10 offsides.

#Qatar2022DiariesMD

Goke7:
Australia hit the bar, would have been 2-2

Did u see giroud's miss and Mbappe's miss?..if France were clinical Dem for don wound Australia Tay Tay

The only world cup tournament the Super Eagles packed the box was 2002 (against Argentina and England) and we all know why! World Cup tournament is different from friendly match. It's quite unfortunate that we missed out on two world cup tournaments that we could have done very well (2006 and 2022).

The Black Stars of Ghana has the most complete team of any African nations at this World Cup.

Defenders: Salisu, Amartey, Djiku, Odio/Lamptey.

Midfielders: Samad (Lens), Partey (Arsenal) and Kudus (Ajax)/Kyere (Freiburg).

Strikers: Jordan/Bukari, Inaki, and Ayew/Sulaiman.

All the Black Stars need is Self Believe!!

fabyom:
The Black Stars of Ghana has the most complete team of any African nations at this World Cup.

Defenders: Salisu, Amartey, Djiku, Odio/Lamptey.

Midfielders: Samad (Lens), Partey (Arsenal) and Kudus (Ajax)/Kyere (Freiburg).

Strikers: Jordan/Bukari, Inaki, and Ayew/Sulaiman.

All the Black Stars need is Self Believe!!

Don’t worry we re bringing d trophy to accra

TheGoodJoe:
See football Australia is playing France. If it is Super Eagles, we will park bus and say we don't have Real.Madrid players.

What I like is their marking. It's in zones. Else they would have collected up to 4 by now.

How we can't organise a decent defence is what baffles me.

fabyom:
The Black Stars of Ghana has the most complete team of any African nations at this World Cup.

Defenders: Salisu, Amartey, Djiku, Odio/Lamptey.

Midfielders: Samad (Lens), Partey (Arsenal) and Kudus (Ajax)/Kyere (Freiburg).

Strikers: Jordan/Bukari, Inaki, and Ayew/Sulaiman.

All the Black Stars need is Self Believe!!

I tipped Ghana and Cameroon to be only African team in next round.

Mbappe and dembele as wingers

mank1234:
What I like is their marking. It's in zones. Else they would have collected up to 4 by now.

How we can't organise a decent defence is what baffles me.

Before you guys use a team for example to model super eagle's, abeg make una wait till like 80th mins, this Australia I'm watching are are just Eba, France would have comfortably hammered them like 6-7goals if all these sweet chances had gone it... already they are chopping 4goals

Where is the person keeping scores of backwater league and front water league o. France and Australia are playing o.

mostob:
what's the use? They're going home after 3 matches

You say (e ni kpe?)

Think again

Mujtahida:
Since 2014 that Jay Jay started football punditry, his English has been good.

andrewbaba44:

i never even start to focus on this world cup o. Hope your boiz in la Liga are ready?

fabyom:
The Black Stars of Ghana has the most complete team of any African nations at this World Cup.

Defenders: Salisu, Amartey, Djiku, Odio/Lamptey.

Midfielders: Samad (Lens), Partey (Arsenal) and Kudus (Ajax)/Kyere (Freiburg).

Strikers: Jordan/Bukari, Inaki, and Ayew/Sulaiman.

All the Black Stars need is Self Believe!!

Wonders shall never end on this thread.

TheGoodJoe:
See football Australia is playing France. If it is Super Eagles, we will park bus and say we don't have Real.Madrid players.

I think you spoke too soon sir.

codemaniacs:
Remove Ndidi and put onyedika or yussuf.

Remove lookman and put Ejuke in the Moses Simon wing. Let lookman or Nathan tell come in for Ejuke.

How did you come to that conclusion.

Is the form of Ejuke better than that of Lookman and or Tella

Blueelf:
And why do you think that is?

Because these useless idiots know that whether they play well or not, they'll still be invited. Nobody is ensuring these idiots are accountable. Some idiots in the glass house have nutured some untouchables in the national team

I don't care who you fucking are, your exploits in Europe or what club you play for, once you don your National team colors, you ought to bring your A game, see every National team games as sacred and be prepared to die on the pitch if need be because your performances on that pitch shapes the opinion of other nations about your people as a whole

It's so annoying

We're seeing the peak of connection football in our system. It will crash or self destruct. We even have to pray for that to happen how we want it to be so we can have a sane system from the bottom of the pyramid.

daveP:
i never even start to focus on this world cup o. Hope your boiz in la Liga are ready?

Luis Enrique boys will be ready

comodo:
Why NFF no get this man. Why did this coach slip out of their fingers

He refused to donate a % of his salary to the powers that be in the NFF.

mank1234:
I tipped Ghana and Cameroon to be only African team in next round.

Tunisia will qualify from their group. Senegal too.
This might just be the best world cup for African teams.

komekn:
He refused to donate a % of his salary to the powers that be in the NFF.

Corruption related again?
Na who do Nigeria this strong thing na?
Renard was to be appointed instead of Rohr and Velverde instead of baba Jpes.

TheGoodJoe:
See football Australia is playing France. If it is Super Eagles, we will park bus and say we don't have Real.Madrid players.

That football fizzled out faster than vapor

TheGoodJoe:
See football Australia is playing France. If it is Super Eagles, we will park bus and say we don't have Real.Madrid players.

Don't be too quick to comment


watch ball finish

mank1234:
I tipped Ghana and Cameroon to be only African team in next round.

When Tunisia is already heading there