Odunayaw:
I did a Google search and saw it was Onyedika

Didn't know Nwadike was his name too

nwadike is his surname

Napoleon55:
If we must play two strikers up front,I prefer V.Boniface with Osimhen.

without taking anything away from Awoniyi,Boniface is more comfortable with ball on his feet and more composed.
I'm impressed with his debut,not in a hurry to impress yet he did.

I wonder y some want Iheanacho out of the team because of many strikers we currently have, forgetting he can also operates from midfield,or behind the strikers,and he usually does well.
In absence of Iwobi,I actually prefer Iheanacho to Aribo as the playmaker.

For Ndidi,
it looks like playing in the championship under his new coach is not completely a bad choice after all.
The pass he gave to Osimhen that leads to the penalty was very good.

No disrespect to Iheanacho but the quality of the opposition was a big factor in his performance...Nacho has always had an eye for through passes in the final third.

Against higher level opponents, playing him as an AM will expose his weaknesses in that role which this Sao Tome team couldn't.

Napoleon55:

We all want him to break the record, even to score more than 50 goals just like other African greats like Eto and co.
But nothing is certain in life,
It will always be by grace of God for us,u could say with luck if u like.
Injury and other unforseen circumstances could affect his chances,which we pray against.

When Agwahowa came into the pitcture,I thought he was going to break it but he did not.
Martins came,I said this is it,but he could not.
Even Iheanacho,many believed he was going break it and even attain a legendary status as Kanu and co,yet none of those possibilities came to be..

So by grace of God,he is going to break it.
Compared to other footballing nation,37 goals is not that much.

boss, leave all this talk abeg. I will bend if Osihmen don’t score 60+ goals for the SE.

How many goals remain?? How many match him don play?? How old is he

Make una forget matter, leave prayers for those who really needs it to score, count Osihmen out of that.

Not only break Yekini all time records, Osihmen will give us 3 solid Afcon.

You don’t know what you have? Onuachu, Dele Ali, Aribo, Uzoho, Nwakali, okoye are players who needs fervent prayers join their ability not a world class Elite striker who is rubbing shoulder with the crème de La crème of world footballers.

I can count only few strikers in the business of SCORING who does it better than Osihmen.

Again Osihmen to drop 60+ National team goals(I’m very modest, was gonna go for 70)

Abeg, make una just find us keeper, one or two midfielders then grab a chilled beer.

forgiveness:


I no bi God. Maybe you are.

even you self know. Nobody for this thread wey know know say he is the chosen one.

Why Jpes no play Jordan now?
Have we gotten an option to Iwobi in that midfield because I saw Iheanacho and Lookman doing a good job today?
Who will Jpes pick to AFCON from Osayi, Aina and Ebuehi for RWB?
Who will Jpes pick to AFCON from Sanusi, Bruno and Collins for LWB?
We need quality friendlies before AFCON.

Keep soaring Super Eagles!

Napoleon55:
If we must play two strikers up front,I prefer V.Boniface with Osimhen.

without taking anything away from Awoniyi,Boniface is more comfortable with ball on his feet and more composed.
I'm impressed with his debut,not in a hurry to impress yet he did.

I wonder y some want Iheanacho out of the team because of many strikers we currently have, forgetting he can also operates from midfield,or behind the strikers,and he usually does well.
In absence of Iwobi,I actually prefer Iheanacho to Aribo as the playmaker.

For Ndidi,
it looks like playing in the championship under his new coach is not completely a bad choice after all.
The pass he gave to Osimhen that leads to the penalty was very good.

He assisted also. He has really improved

Na tubu tubu mess am he go do.

solonnachi:
Why Jpes no play Jordan now?
Have we gotten an option to Iwobi in that midfield because I saw Iheanacho and Lookman doing a good job today?
Who will Jpes pick to AFCON from Osayi, Aina and Ebuehi for RWB?
Who will Jpes pick to AFCON from Sanusi, Bruno and Collins for LWB?
We need quality friendlies before AFCON.

Keep soaring Super Eagles!

I'll put my neck on the chopping block by insisting that Iheanacho will really thrive in that #10 role if he's given the chance to realpt grow into the role. I know it was Sao Tome but I've always seen Iheanacho as a very cerebral attacking midfielder type of player who can play off the shoulder of our #9s (Awo, Osimhen, Boniface and Gift). When Iwobi returns, it becomes a question of how we can fit in all this plethora of attacking options (that will be Peseiros biggest puzzle and I don't envy him one bit). The dynamism of our attack is such that we might have to play more of a 352 formation to really bring out the best of our forwards.

And to think that Nathan Tella and Chuba Akpom haven't even joined sef.

Ndidi is finally growing on me, that new role he has been playing under Enzo Maresca as this ball progressing #8 has unlocked some crazy beast in him, his passing both on-and-off the ball looks so assured, even God knows we badly needed this Ndidi revamp cause he's a very solid player that needed the right coaching to unload his abilities and express himself fluidly.

Boniface, Awo, Osimhen and potentially Gift Orban will do some serious damage at that AFCON, with Ademola/Nathan Tella and Chukwueze on the wings.

I like Frank Onyeka's game, solid pivot in that midfield with very good attacking abilities as well, him and Ndidi will form a solid anchor, Aribo is still decent. We definitely do need 2-3 more midfielders to be finally complete in that department.

Our full back depth is really GOOD- Aina, Ebuehi, Bruno onyemaechi, Osayi Bright, Zaidu/Collins.

Center back pairings still a work in progress so the jury is still out on what the likes of Bassey and Jordan Torunarigha will offer...but veterans like Ajayi, Ekong and maybe Omeruo will be trusted to bring some stability to that backline at the AFCON.

I think we're few midfield tweaks away from being ready for the big stage, maybe Peseiro should look the way of either Fisayo dele bashiru, Kelechi Nwakali and perhaps one of the U20 boys.

In the first half, Paserio played a disorganized 352, making the game unnecessarily complicated. Ndidi moved to CB when building from the back to allow Aina to overlap, and Nacho to move to the midfield thus disrupted our right-side midfield and affected our compactibility in midfield and attack.

The introduction of Chukweze immediately changed the game.

Our primary issue in the first half was the absence of a right winger (RW). To maintain our team shape when starting Awoniyi, Oshimen, and Nacho together, we will need to replace either Onyeka or Ndidi with a winger.

If I were the coach, I would have started with Ndidi as the sole defensive midfielder, moved Nacho to the number 10 position, and placed Chukwueze on the right wing. With this setup, we could have easily secured a more dominant victory, potentially winning by a significant margin in the first half.

Marjoribanks:
In the first half, Paserio played a disorganized 352, making the game unnecessarily complicated. Ndidi moved to CB when building from the back to allow Aina to overlap, and Nacho to move to the midfield thus disrupted our right-side midfield and affected our compactibility in midfield and attack.

The introduction of Chukweze immediately changed the game.

Our primary issue in the first half was the absence of a right winger (RW). To maintain our team shape when starting Awoniyi, Oshimen, and Nacho together, we needed to replace either Onyeka or Ndidi with a winger.

If I were the coach, I would have started with Ndidi as the sole defensive midfielder, moved Nacho to the number 10 position, and placed Chukwueze on the right wing. With this setup, we could have easily secured a dominant victory, potentially winning by a significant margin.

So 6-nil is not a significant margin

Starboytwo:
boss, leave all this talk abeg. I will bend if Osihmen don’t score 60+ goals for the SE.

How many goals remain?? How many match him don play?? How old is he

Make una forget matter, leave prayers for those who really needs it to score, count Osihmen out of that.

Not only break Yekini all time records, Osihmen will give us 3 solid Afcon.

You don’t know what you have? Onuachu, Dele Ali, Aribo, Uzoho, Nwakali, okoye are players who needs fervent prayers join their ability not a world class Elite striker who is rubbing shoulder with the crème de La crème of world footballers.

I can count only few strikers in the business of SCORING who does it better than Osihmen.

Again Osihmen to drop 60+ National team goals(I’m very modest, was gonna go for 70)

Abeg, make una just find us keeper, one or two midfielders then grab a chilled beer.

I no get power for this ur type of arguments,
So as a world class elite striker,he or we should not pray against bad injury and other bad things beyond his control?
Even though It was just a saying,which I'm sure 90% of us won't actually make time to pray for him,but we must wish him the best to succeed,how is that a problem to u?

70 goals is not even too much,
Neymar jnr. who is not considered as a striker just scored 78 goals.

I don't need to tell u that winning Afcon is a team work.
And is not like playing against sao tome and principe.
Of course he can give us 3 Afcon,if others have done it d past,why not him.
And we will be here to celebrate it.

I have adjusted the write up!

elyte89:



So 6-nil is not a significant margin

elyte89:



So 6-nil is not a significant margin

Not the victory but the play.

caprikon:


No disrespect to Iheanacho but the quality of the opposition was a big factor in his performance...Nacho has always had an eye for through passes in the final third.

Against higher level opponents, playing him as an AM will expose his weaknesses in that role which this Sao Tome team couldn't.

Thank you

Napoleon55:

I no get power for this ur type of arguments,
So as a world class elite striker,he or we should not pray against bad injury and other bad things beyond his control?
Even though It was just a saying,which I'm sure 90% of us won't actually make time to pray for him,but we must wish him the best to succeed,how is that a problem to u?

70 goals is not even too much,
Neymar jnr. who is not considered as a striker just scored 78 goals.

I don't need to tell u that winning Afcon is a team work.
And is not like playing against sao tome and principe.
Of course he can give us 3 Afcon,if others have done it d past,why not him.
And we will be here to celebrate it.

I know what you saying boss, and I understood wella, I'm saying fans in Norway will need not any prayer of any kind to make halland continue scoring.

Just create chance for Osihmen. He would score. Any type. Air ball, Cross ball, corner kick, long ball, face to face with keeper, tight angle= all na inside net.

Liverpools Nunez needs prayers to score 1 v 1, Halland, Osihmen, Son they don't need one.

Gernot Rohr, the master of qualification getting dragged

Those of you that don't know how to spell Osimhen, una go give Osimhen bad luck by spelling his last name wrong o.

Abeg take few minutes to learn the spelling.

witorwitoutyou:
C DEM OMO ERU PPU DEY QUOTE ME UP AND DAN

YEYE PPU.. UNA BEAT ORDINARY SAO TOME BUT IF UNA MEET GHANA , UR HUSBAND UNA GO BEGIN SHIT FOR BODY


IDIOTS

But you predicted that the team would never score up to 5 but they even scored more than that. What does that mean to you?

Cecco90:
Gernot Rohr, the master of qualification getting dragged

come to think of it, did we ever scored more than 4 goals in a match during rohr's time?

Amedino99:
come to think of it, did we ever scored more than 4 goals in a match during rohr's time?

Who dash Rohr...? Even the 4-1 wey him dey manage against Lone, them equalize am sharp! 4-4. 😂

charlesemeka85:
Big name!!

Two Nigerians supposed dey this list. I blame that nonsense approach to bissau two leg affair. Very annoying setup then.

Imagining the score line would have been more if Iwobi played. But injury.

Kog45:
Chuckwueze assist to Osimehn goal and Iheanacho assist to Awoniyi goal are reminiscent of 2015 and 2013 U 17 WC.

When i saw those goals, it brought the flashbacks of those U17 days of those guys.

I just fell to my kneels with tears almost dropping from my eyes. Hopefully those combinations happen more often, even against better teams

Mujtahida:

With Osimhen as the point man, Nacho was less under pressure. Anyway it's Sao Tome sha.

Nacho is at his best when hes behind the striker or playing as an inside foward from the right wing position, doing his thing with the knowledge that there is a big striker upfront he can pass the final ball to.

NwaIdeato:
I'll put my neck on the chopping block by insisting that Iheanacho will really thrive in that #10 role if he's given the chance to realpt grow into the role. I know it was Sao Tome but I've always seen Iheanacho as a very cerebral attacking midfielder type of player who can play off the shoulder of our #9s (Awo, Osimhen, Boniface and Gift). When Iwobi returns, it becomes a question of how we can fit in all this plethora of attacking options (that will be Peseiros biggest puzzle and I don't envy him one bit). The dynamism of our attack is such that we might have to play more of a 352 formation to really bring out the best of our forwards.

And to think that Nathan Tella and Chuba Akpom haven't even joined sef.

Ndidi is finally growing on me, that new role he has been playing under Enzo Maresca as this ball progressing #8 has unlocked some crazy beast in him, his passing both on-and-off the ball looks so assured, even God knows we badly needed this Ndidi revamp cause he's a very solid player that needed the right coaching to unload his abilities and express himself fluidly.

Boniface, Awo, Osimhen and potentially Gift Orban will do some serious damage at that AFCON, with Ademola/Nathan Tella and Chukwueze on the wings.

I like Frank Onyeka's game, solid pivot in that midfield with very good attacking abilities as well, him and Ndidi will form a solid anchor, Aribo is still decent. We definitely do need 2-3 more midfielders to be finally complete in that department.

Our full back depth is really GOOD- Aina, Ebuehi, Bruno onyemaechi, Osayi Bright, Zaidu/Collins.

Center back pairings still a work in progress so the jury is still out on what the likes of Bassey and Jordan Torunarigha will offer...but veterans like Ajayi, Ekong and maybe Omeruo will be trusted to bring some stability to that backline at the AFCON.

I think we're few midfield tweaks away from being ready for the big stage, maybe Peseiro should look the way of either Fisayo dele bashiru, Kelechi Nwakali and perhaps one of the U20 boys.

spot on

timay1:


Nacho is at his best when hes behind the striker or playing as an inside foward from the right wing position, doing his thing with the knowledge that there is a big striker upfront he can pass the final ball to.

that’s he’s natural position right from time but at leicester he is played as a striker because of he’s killer instinct in front of goal

daveP:
Imagining the score line would have been more if Iwobi played. But injury.

iwobi remains super eagles best attacking midfielder

His touches and link up play is unmatched

I hv always said and still maintain that our best midfield trio for now are ndidi, Onyeka and iwobi

I still wonder why many undermines iwobi’s importance in our midfield which was evident in our match against ghana 🇬🇭

If iwobi started both legs the chances of qualifying would hv been high

charlesemeka85:
I iwobi remains super eagles best attacking midfielder

His touches and link up play is unmatched

I hv always said and still maintain that our best midfield trio for now is ndidi, Onyeka and iwobi

I still wonder many undermines iwobi’s importance in our midfield which was evident in our match against ghana 🇬🇭

If iwobi started both legs the chances of qualifying would hv been high

True. Home and away, Osimhen never got any scoring chance. He was feeding off literally scraps. It was terrible. No through balls from midfield for Osimhen to run into. The crosses were terrible as well. It was an eyesore

Judging by the players we hv one of the formation to be considered is the 3-5-2 with ekong as the CB, ajayi as the RCB, toru as the LCB, bassey LWB, Aina RWB, Ndidi and Onyeka as a pivot, iwobi as CAM, Boniface as an SS with Osimhen as the point man

But my best remains 4-3-3

charlesemeka85:
I iwobi remains super eagles best attacking midfielder

His touches and link up play is unmatched

I hv always said and still maintain that our best midfield trio for now is ndidi, Onyeka and iwobi

I still wonder many undermines iwobi’s importance in our midfield which was evident in our match against ghana 🇬🇭

If iwobi started both legs the chances of qualifying would hv been high

True talk

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