lovewins:


Not sure that is a fair assessment. He's been a coach since 2016 and a coach of his current club since 2018. 8 years provides enough time and enough data to make judgement on how good he his.

ChrisKels:


Seems the man replaced Oliseh and has managed to keep the club in the Dutch topflight

TheSuperNerd:
This is wrong. You are giving other coaches' credits to Danny Bruijs who only joined Fortuna Sittard in June/July last year.

ChrisKels:


Seems the man replaced Oliseh and has managed to keep the club in the Dutch topflight

TheSuperNerd:
He joined Sittard just last year ooo.

elyte89:


Bro hope u knw we av been shortlisted to 4…amuneke made it though 😀

TheSuperNerd:
Kelechi Nwakali scores!!! on his return to the starting XI. Damn. What a strike!

TheGoodJoe:
@TheSuperNerd

I just noticed something from Manchester City U23 game.

Remember I talked about curling shots and how to break compact defences.

In one of the games, he used Cole Palmer as the Hitman and the striker to spread the defence.

It worked to a devastating effect of the opposition. The last goal was an icing on the cake and a reminder of the curling shots I talked about.

So the shooters are the creative attack midfielders. The drive shots or make driving runs. Also comfortable on the ball and good in tight spaces.

I think this role will suit Iheanacho and bring out the best in him.

Just noticed Maresca has left Manchester City. Wow.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1akhlihTLY

TheSuperNerd:
Naija: Back to Back Euro Top 5 league Champs

Last season, Nigeria had Victor Osimhen conquering a Top 5 Euro league by emerging Serie A Champion.

This season, Nigeria have two in Victor Boniface and Nathan Tella emerging as Bundesliga Champs in the same season that Bayern strengthened with a Harry Kane up top for them.

It's the Nigerian Champions show in Europe's Top 5 leagues back to back. Who will it be next season from Africa's most valuable national team?

TheSuperNerd:

Damn!!! This Palmer kid. See what I missed from earlier only because Andy dey make me repeat myself.

This is Beautiful.

I also noticed the position in which he received the ball for the last of his 3 goals. He exploited the space/gap between the Central Defensive and defensive Midfield lines towards to the right of the pitch to unleash that curler.
This is something Nacho can do and be more accustomed to even in the Super Eagles under a tactically sound manager.

It's a wickedly sound tactic. The striker keeps the central defence options occupied by drawing them to himself with his movements at the same time the AMF-like operator receives the ball between the gap of the CBs and DM and also in the gap angle between the CB, DM, and FB.

Then with the striker's movement, the CB options are drawn and the AMF/Creative attacking MFs take the hit from there to the target.

This is how an Osimhen-Iheanacho combo can also he utilised in the GWG but we badly need the midfield ballers who can find Nacho constantly between the lines of the opposition half in the final third from where he would either take a strike or pick out a quick pass into Osimhen's path or direct to his feet.

Mehn... thanks for sharing this, My good man. It's lovely.

TheSuperNerd:
Cole Palmer with a hattrick still fought for the spot kick with Madueke and Jackson (although in fairness, he is their regular spotkick taker). Won the argument... took the spot kick and makes it 5-0 for Chelsea and 4 for himself.

Greedy Cole... Lol.. but indeed he is Chelsea's pen taker, usually.

Odunayaw:
If true, NFF deserve kudos

daveP:
He should not be deputizing Garba. He should be the one leading that team. He's more in tune and an excellent coach with proof. Nff should trust these young, reliable managers with cadet jobs and stop all these recycling abeg.

TheSuperNerd:
Cole Palmer everyone. Evil kid.

mostob:
More like Harry Kane

TheSuperNerd:
Real kudos. That man is one of the brightest coaching talents we have in the country at Cadet and Junior football level. He is tactically sound. Coach of the Beyond Limits FA in the NNL and TCC. Also coached them to the Viareggio cup win. First African side to win that prestigious youth tournament in Italy and gave us good starlets like Onyebuchi Obasi already stepping up in Norway with Vålerenga and is fast grooming a lad that in my opinion will become one of the best Number 9s we might see emerge out of Nigeria soon in Arierhi Kparobo.

TheSuperNerd:


Coman was having a fine ride raking in league titles season after season in sweet successions until something happened....

This is when Harry Kane stepped in.

daveP:
He should not be deputizing Garba. He should be the one leading that team. He's more in tune and an excellent coach with proof. Nff should trust these young, reliable managers with cadet jobs and stop all these recycling abeg.

Odunayaw:
The context of the talk was how focus on pace, intensity and physicality has made magic and fantasy a less-prominent/alien characteristic.

"footballers do more but faster"
Do more what? Is it not that players are now focused on running...in/out of zones/channels. That is obviously why it follows with "There's no need to dribble because you run"

Lastly, the overall direction of the discourse by Thiago, which is a vent at modern football(MF), is a analysis of the impact of the dogmas of MF upon the soul of the game. This makes it very improbable that he is praising any of those dogmas.

To paraphrase:
"In today's game everyone is so concerned about running about so much so that no one spares to express themselves in their football"

Obviously not the whole 10 outfield players will/can be magical but it is draconian that MF is snuffing out the artist and no, it's not because it is harder. You know the examples of artists in current times. It is simply because coaches don't value it.

Argue it as a paradigm shift and not that whatever we have now is superior.

TheSuperNerd:
Another angle and I agree with you. But then, let us work with the fact that Manu has already been appointed head coach. Having Olumide in that coaching crew is gonna be a big plus tactically. A sound mind of the game he is.

ChrisKels:


Seems the man replaced Oliseh and has managed to keep the club in the Dutch topflight