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comodo:
One thing is sure.
1) They will still see Osayi as the weak link.
2) They will always try to close Iwobi down as quickly as possible..
3) Osimhen will be kicked and provoked to get him out of the game.
4) Nwabali will be rushed once he gets a back pass
I have this gut feeling that Ndidi's suspension is the blessing in disguise.
1) Osimhen will be captain and leader, therefore all the provocation will not yield any result because he will never want to let his teammates down.
2) Onyedika will be the nemesis of the Moroccans. Closing down on Iwobi from deep will give Onyedika room to operate. And from what I know, his passing range is not bad. He is also press resistant and better than Ndidi in that aspect.
All SE need to do is hold on till 30mins, their opponents will start gassing out. Unless they will concede possession to SE and rely on counters. Which will not help their matter.

Morocco go do all these things you talk🤣🤣🤣🤣

Goke7:
If you observe Chelle, you will never see him say anything about his players atitude or performance anywhere, or what he said in private being leaked out to the press, even when they falter, mentioning names or not, so it's difficult for him to be misunderstood by anyone regarding his players. I mean, for all Nwabali's behaviour and play, Chelle said nothing. Finidi didn't do well in that area, let's be honest.

Pls can you quote where Finidi mentioned Osimhen attitude toward national team, Osimhen heard the rumor from somewhere possibly from NFF member or journalist...and Osimhen went overboard blasting Finidi even calling him names,till date Finidi didn't responded and Osimhen never apologize,so why blaming Finidi

Danielnino00:
I don't agree with the no squad depth thing..
We went to the last AFCON with 25 players...
In the absence of Ndidi, he had Onyedika and Alhassan ...No Akor, but he had Moffi, Onuachu and Iheanacho... You might say neither of the trio are as good as Akor, but we may never have known how good Akor was if Chelle hadn't given him the chance...
We don't have Aina and Frederick in this tournament, but their absence hasn't been felt..


Peseiro did a good job taking us far, but his undoing was over dependence on his regular starters.... remember, it took him long to discard Uzoho who was stinking all over the place... He barely have players like Bruno a chance

So what are you saying then? And for Ndidi he offers so much defensively and offensively at the same time, not sure onyedika can do both that well like him. Akor is like the Boniface we missed at the last Afcon. Lookman and osihmen are doing much better because of him. This current team has more quality than the previous Afcon team

So many foreign pundits I have seen are tipping the eagles over Morocco but warning we might miss Ndidi.

TheGoodJoe:
Actually, the leak did not come from Finidi's staff but from the NFF. It was after a meeting with the NFF, that an NFF staff made a false impression about Finidi to Osimhen. So I think that is a clear misconception.

I still believe with time, we would have had a wonderful team under Finidi. His calmness was so impressive.

NFF set Finidi up

This is where Nigeria comes in. I want us to win this match so bad. Morocco is ranked 8th in the world.

elyte89:
I heard one mumu dream now dt we were playing very well in d first half against Morocco 🇲🇦, as we enter second half , na so we collect red card .the table turned and Dey begin to pressure us , immediately Dey scored, na so I just wake up 🥹🥹

Be careful. From now to the end of the tournament, you are restrained by order of court from dreaming.

TheGoodJoe:

I have no doubt Finidi would have excelled with the Super Eagles if given time and authority. At the end it takes time for tactical philosophies to soak in.

Regarding handling of egos, I think Finidi showed his class with the way he handled Osimhen's burst up. Many coaches would have blown the lid but he handled it behind the scene.

Finidi no get wahala. He was unlucky.

Theflint1:
Yet to see Victor Osimhen in any of the post game celebration clips... Abi e vanish after match finish?

His club lost a final.

Mujtahida:
Of course even before posting I realized that one cannot compare him to Kanu in terms of deftness but he has this Kanu move - that C - curve move that is uniquely Kanu's

might be superstition but every player we try to compare kanu in their first match with us always seem to inherit his low goals trait . Onuachu, simmy, tolu. Might be superstition but that has been my observation.

Mujtahida:
At least Amunike won u-17 and discovered Osimhen and Chukwueze, Eguavoen gave Lookman and Bassey their first caps, Oliseh gave Iwobi his first cap but Finidi was really poor (and it pains me cos I like him)

Yeah. The rest just waste space.

TheGoodJoe:
Peseiro benched Onyedika without mercy.

Finidi gave Onyedika the needed opportunity and am impressed

TheSuperNerd:
On this, you said all the ex-players and local coaches but I disagree. It is not exactly all.

Late Stephen Keshi was assistant manager to Jo Bonfrere at Afcon 2000 and he went on to Coach Mali, Togo (qualified them to the 2006 WC), before eventually coaching the Super Eagles.

Note that same Keshi also coached the U20 Flying Eagles in 2001 after Afcon 2000 and didnt exactly get it right. Infact that was the worst U20 set we ever paraded at an U20 Afcon but it was a genuine moulding experience for Keshi who also assisted Late Coach Amodu Shuaibu at some point.

His coaching journey will help forge his philosophy as a manager and eventually morph him into the Winning Manager he became as Super Eagles Coach. A legend forever he is and one of our greatest coaches of all time.



Another is Samson Siasia. He assisted Austin Eguavoen at some point before he would take up the reins himself later. Siasia's best coaching exploits as you already know are with Nigeria's U20 and U23 Teams.
Gold at 2005 U20 Afcon.
Silver at 2005 U20 WC.
Silver at 2008 Olympics.
Gold at 2015 U23 Afcon.
Bronze at 2016 Olympics.


Emmanuel Amuneke is another. Just like Siasia, it is not for assisting a foreign manager but at least he worked his way up and was part of the assistant crew of Nigeria's U17 side in 2013. They won the U17 World Cup after bagging Silver at the U17 Afcon.
In 2015, he was made U17 Head Coach and finished 4th at the U17 Afcon before going to conquer the world winning the U17 World Cup in Chile.

Left later on for Tanzania and qualified them for the 2019 Afcon. And the rest is history.




So I think the major exception is Stephen Keshi. He showed he learnt even though his relationship with Jo Bonfrere became strained later on.

But in a conclusion, I see your point especially when I think of Finidi under JPes. Salisu Yusuf under Rohr. Joseph Yobo under Rohr. And so forth. Now we have seen Fidelis Ilechukwu under Chelle and especially now, Daniel Ogunmodede under Eric Chelle. See ehn, na God go help us on our local heads but we do have a few good ones. Very few.

Nerdie you fes disagree but ended and said very few las las. Meaning you sha agree las las. Like 70% just wasted time and resources. Im good with all you said shaa.

I hope Dan and Fidelis go on to even better tactical relevance with their respective clubs after this tournament. High hopes on them. We need a dozen of them in the NPFL to change the league

comodo:
One thing is sure.
1) They will still see Osayi as the weak link.
2) They will always try to close Iwobi down as quickly as possible..
3) Osimhen will be kicked and provoked to get him out of the game.
4) Nwabali will be rushed once he gets a back pass
I have this gut feeling that Ndidi's suspension is the blessing in disguise.
1) Osimhen will be captain and leader, therefore all the provocation will not yield any result because he will never want to let his teammates down.
2) Onyedika will be the nemesis of the Moroccans. Closing down on Iwobi from deep will give Onyedika room to operate. And from what I know, his passing range is not bad. He is also press resistant and better than Ndidi in that aspect.
All SE need to do is hold on till 30mins, their opponents will start gassing out. Unless they will concede possession to SE and rely on counters. Which will not help their matter.

the captain hierarchy is supposed to be ndidi, simon, iwobi and osimhen. I think iwobi will be the captain in the match.

TheGoodJoe:
Actually, the leak did not come from Finidi's staff but from the NFF. It was after a meeting with the NFF, that an NFF staff made a false impression about Finidi to Osimhen. So I think that is a clear misconception.

I still believe with time, we would have had a wonderful team under Finidi. His calmness was so impressive.

Calmness ke? Lars Lagerback is the calmest coach the super eagles ever had. We know how it ended. No be by calm pls o. Lol

Aside that one, his on pitch ideas and decisions were terrible ones.

With time we'll need better coaches not giving mediocrity 2nd chances, esp when we can't see any significant upgrade from that person as well.


I'll rather give Amuneke if it came down to the two

Mujtahida:
Finidi no get wahala. He was unlucky.

Really bro

You dey surprise me oo

Fi odi that drafted an unknown Taminu from nowhere for reasons best known to him

If given which time?

I expect the game against morocc9 t9 be tough but I expect them to win because they have all the advantages - home, match officiating. They are also a disciplined and tactical side

Morocco will win but hopefully we get the bronze later

Will Diaz score before Osimhen in this encounter?

If we mark out that guy(put onyeka/bassey on him) he will tiring out.

If Bruno+Lookman however attack his flank well, that guy might be forced to defend for most of the game. That morrocan defense has nothing to stop Osimhen right now. I want Iwobi to shoot if he sees the chance. I expect a goal from him.


Ejuke might come in useful in the 2nd half.

Kog45:
Iyenemi or Oyenemi.

Iyenemi pls
My mistake
Thanks egbon

Goke7:
So what are you saying then? And for Ndidi he offers so much defensively and offensively at the same time, not sure onyedika can do both that well like him. Akor is like the Boniface we missed at the last Afcon. Lookman and osihmen are doing much better because of him. This current team has more quality than the previous Afcon team

So many foreign pundits I have seen are tipping the eagles over Morocco but warning we might miss Ndidi.

You and I know too well that Ndidi's absence wasn't felt at the last AFCON... Onyeka did his job perfectly well .. In fact, it was around that period that there was a clamour for Ndidi to be benched from the team....
Peseiro even preferred to bring in Aribo instead of Onyedika in certain games.... He played Osimhen until he picked a knock.... I'm sure he was aware that Aina was carrying a knock prior to the final but still went ahead to start him...

comodo:
One thing is sure.
1) They will still see Osayi as the weak link.
2) They will always try to close Iwobi down as quickly as possible..
3) Osimhen will be kicked and provoked to get him out of the game.
4) Nwabali will be rushed once he gets a back pass
I have this gut feeling that Ndidi's suspension is the blessing in disguise.
1) Osimhen will be captain and leader, therefore all the provocation will not yield any result because he will never want to let his teammates down.
2) Onyedika will be the nemesis of the Moroccans. Closing down on Iwobi from deep will give Onyedika room to operate. And from what I know, his passing range is not bad. He is also press resistant and better than Ndidi in that aspect.
All SE need to do is hold on till 30mins, their will start gassing out. Unless they will concede possession to SE and rely on counters. Which will not help their matter.

You'll make a very bad coach

The Cameroonians tried this and conceded very early

The best chance of SE to win is to keep playing thwir football as they've always played it even though I know Morocco will still loose

If Finidi was unlucky, abeg make we kukuma add Rohr to that subset asap o

Modern football suppose fear who tok "formation does not matter"

To be fair it's not only a Nigerian coach problem.

In 1994 when Oliseh and Siasia had a spat during the WC, Westerhof took sides and benched Siasia who up to that point was one of our most effective players.

Who knows with better man management maybe we would have played Siasia against Italy and potentially won the match

Goke7:
I think the problem with most of our ex-players is their ability to manage the best of our players in the squad. Imagine the spat between Osihmen and Lookman, I tell you, most of our ex players as coaches would have taken sides. This was also Findi's problem, as well as Oliseh and others. I think this is where Siasia was the best of them all. Only Keshi got away and delivered results after freezing quality players like Ike Uche, Martins, and Osaze out of his Afcon-winning team, and that was because he still had quality in the likes of Victor Moses and Mikel Obi.

mostob:
🤣🤣🤣🤣

I no sure. Ch.riskels mentioned Eduok today and I remember Sokari. How we so much clamour for hos invitation then..

They called him African infestation

Chai, pure times of tomfoolery

Mujtahida:
Of course even before posting I realized that one cannot compare him to Kanu in terms of deftness but he has this Kanu move - that C - curve move that is uniquely Kanu's

Yes I have noticed that he tends to make that Kanu's signature curve move to evade his markers quite often. That was same move he made from the centre of the pitch to set up Iwobi for a pre-assist that gave us our first goal. His is more simple though because he does it facing his marker, while Kanu does his almost backing his marker(s)

user32:
For the first time in the tournament, Nigeria aren't favorites

This is a good one


The only reason Morocco are favorites here is due to home advantage

The results on the field so far says a different story.

My prediction - Nigeria wins 2:1

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mostob:
Just imagine after AFCON, Chelle extends invitation to Kingsley Iniesta Sokari. Imagine a midfield of Iwobi, Kingsley and Onyeka. Just wow

E be like say sokari don.pay you to come put yeye agenda for here

If it was in another country I would have agreed but in front of your fans park a semitruck? I doubt it.

He no go try am even if logically that's the way he should probably go. Pride won't allow them to cede possession to us.

yinkeys:
What if Walid Regruagui chooses to play exactly like his Morocco 2022 World Cup side
Playing without the ball & counter attack
That side knocked out Spain & Portugal if you remember, very lethal
Since they don’t have our attack firepower like we do
Chelle should prepare for everything o

realpoacher:
This is a good one


The only reason Morocco are favorites here is due to home advantage

The results on the field so far says a different story.

My prediction - Nigeria wins 2:1

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Now this is data driven analysis

I love this

I said that if Morocco wins, it'll be due to officiating and crowd pressure

The Morocco that played Cameroon looked ordinary. They could only score from two set pieces which the Cameroonian defence conceded due to lapse in concentration, not to forget that even 2 of Ibrahim diaz's goals are panalties

mostob:
🤣🤣🤣🤣

I no sure. Ch.riskels mentioned Eduok today and I remember Sokari. How we so much clamour for hos invitation then..

Some craps have really been hyped within Nigeria football space

There was Philip Asoquo
There was Christian Pyagbara
There was Prince Aggrey
Kingsley Sokari, Emem Edouk, Chikatara etc

TheSuperNerd:
Kaye Furo unveiled at Brentford.

Brentford Manager, Keith Andrews also had something to say.

Bro, I think this guy is just Dominic solanke pro max but what do I know

I may be wrong but I don't think he is that special

daveP:
Will Diaz score before Osimhen in this encounter?

If we mark out that guy(put onyeka/bassey on him) he will tiring out.

If Bruno+Lookman however attack his flank well, that guy might be forced to defend for most of the game. That morrocan defense has nothing to stop Osimhen right now. I want Iwobi to shoot if he sees the chance. I expect a goal from him.


Ejuke might come in useful in the 2nd half.

Abegi forget Ejuke

Danielnino00:
You and I know too well that Ndidi's absence wasn't felt at the last AFCON... Onyeka did his job perfectly well .. In fact, it was around that period that there was a clamour for Ndidi to be benched from the team....
Peseiro even preferred to bring in Aribo instead of Onyedika in certain games.... He played Osimhen until he picked a knock.... I'm sure he was aware that Aina was carrying a knock prior to the final but still went ahead to start him...

Ndidi wey many don write off at that time