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Icon4s:
U know Wenger's philosophy. With Morata(likely) and Giroud in d squad no need to spend on buying another top striker.

Icon4s:
No need, Welbeck would b back for d second half of d season.

TheGoodJoe:
Still, Coach Siasia has little time before the tournament. I wonder when he will try Derik. I am talking in respect of Derik's technical background.

He is someone Coach Siasia should have known by now.

TheGoodJoe:

I feel the screening is not thorough. The journalist talking to Coach Siasia should enquire if this list for the Suwon tourney contains most of his final Olympics team players.

I do not see why Iheanacho should be playing friendly games when we are preparing for the Olympics. This is a misplaced priority.

The Super Eagles has no major tournament coming up and the Olympics is a big deal. This tournament list should contain most of the final players for the Olympics. It seems we are still miles from being ready.

terzurum5:
If that is the case then he should not invite Kelechi Iheanacho and all other top talents he has not worked with. He should just stick all those he used to prosecute the Olympics qualifiers. Even if any of them gets injured, he should instruct his Doctors to employ magic so they can heal.

It seems some of you are supporting Coach Samson Siasia blindly. I just hope your eyes get opened very soon to realities on ground that some of our views here might be vindicated.

No insult intended bro.

If you still doubt me, ask TheGoodJoe

**Smiles**

CC: Forgiveness.

Mickael2:
I can also give examples of those same coaches favouring experience.

Guardiola choose Robben and Ribbery over Douglas Costa, Costa for me is the best upcoming winger, I may even argue that he is better than Neymar and I'm a barca fan too, but if Ribbery and Robben are fit, both will start and I can assure you that Ribery atleast isn't better than Costa, just more experienced.

Mancini at Inter right now was trying to purchase old Yaya, he had Kovacic but he sold him to make way for the more experienced Yaya, and let's be honest Yaya has lost it, he lost it after that season that he scored 20 goals.

Simeone plays Torres ahead of Carrasco and Correa, you may have probably seen how good Carrasco is but you really need to watch Correa, that guy would have sent Danilo off, but he starts with Torres, why? Experience. Not to mention that Gimenez is clearly a far better player than Savic but who started the UCL final? Savic, why? Experience bro.

Van Gaal no be coach abeg, no dey involve that guy when we start discussing about top coaches

TheGoodJoe:

Ndidi is showing promise, I still feel Mikel is a better defensive midfielder and I hope Ndidi continues working hard to outclass Mikel.

So no, I will play Mikel because he is a better midfielder, not because he is a more experienced midfielder.

That is why I want us to kill the experience talk but select who is better.

TheGoodJoe:

Success is actually a Striker and not a winger. In the traditional 4-3-3 formation most Spanish coaches adore, the three guys up front are strikers. Just as CR7, Bale and Benzema.

Some feel Bale and CR7 are wingers but it is actually a support striking role. The Support Strikers play on the wings during games.

Saying Isaac Success can not strike is like Saying Messi and Neymar can not strike.

Watch Nacho play as a second/support striker in a traditional 4-4-2 formation with one of the strikers as a support. You see Nacho drop deep and drop to both sides of the wings.

In the 4-3-3 formation, the support strikers do the same thing but play it on one wing.

That is why I expect Nacho and De Bruyne to play more on the wings under Guardiola with Nacho on the left. De Bruyne on the right.

Just like we have seen CR7 and Neymar play as Strikers the season and excel, Success can comfortably play as a striker and excel.

amagunnerfan:
I will be surprised if Nacho isn't the replacement for Silva under Pep. I don't see Silva staying in the team for long under Pep.

amagunnerfan:
Mikel should not go to the Olympics. I do not see what you guys see in him. Those useless, aimless, pointless Alex Song type of long balls?

He going to the Olympics will only ruin us. We need someone either very creative or someone who will sit deep and do the defensive midfield job.

Mikel doesn't learn. He plays those annoying long balls that end up not getting to the target. I would rather Onazi over Mikel.

amagunnerfan:
When Arsenal bought Nasri, he needed six months to bed in, when they bought Ozil he bedded in straight. Only lost form when Wenger chose to help his defensive side by playing him on the wing.

Silva hit the ground running at City, Willian needed close to a year at Chelsea.

What this tells you is experience of a player in the game and how long they have been around and who they have played with influence how they bend him with other new players.

This could be why Kelechi hasn't been invited. He is seen as a professional who should have little time to understand the coaches' game plan once he joins the team.

It actually makes more sense letting Kelechi continue training with Silva, Yaya, Aguero and co than playing friendlies with the dream team.

amagunnerfan:
This is wrong thinking bro. By omitting Kelechi, he is able to give someone else a chance to impress.

He already knows Kelechi and as a pro, bedding in with others won't be a problem. All he needed is playing time which he got in the friendly.

amagunnerfan:
Rob Holding and not Derik was Bolton's player of the year in the just concluded season.

Also note that we simply can't afford to trial out all the players. Not just possible. We have weeks not years left to the Olympics. Let's be realistic.

tbaba1234:
Dream Team Starting XI vs South Korea:

Daniel, Seth, Obanor, Saturday, Amuzie, Usman, Saviour, Azubuike, Dimgba, Ekpai, Awoniyi

I hope Siasia gets beaten well in this tournament. It might force him to reassess.

amagunnerfan:
Rob Holding and not Derik was Bolton's player of the year in the just concluded season.

Also note that we simply can't afford to trial out all the players. Not just possible. We have weeks not years left to the Olympics. Let's be realistic.

amagunnerfan:
Costa is not better than Neymar. Never. Douglas Costa is a very good player but not on the same level with Neymar.

Inter had no choice but to sell Kovaic. They had FFP law's hammer hanging on their head and had the opportunity of good money from Madrid.

They never wanted to sell him because of Yaya.

I am a blogger, I remember vividly writing on the transfer back then.

TheGoodJoe:

They are very few players who can strike the ball with his left feet like Nacho. I see Silva having two seasons in him. Silva has an understudy in Manchester City already. Manu Garcia who played against Chelsea in the FA Cup.

De Bruyne is also decent behind the attackers in the midfield role. Nacho will play as a wing forward/Support striker from the right. That is the switch I see or he plays as a false 9 when Aguero is not fit or needs a rest.

TheGoodJoe:


You can imagine the line up for an Olympic preparation tournament. He is lucky he did not go to the Toulon tournament with this kind of squad. He would have been beaten black and blue.

This tournament is not tough so he might scale through deceiving people that he is working.

<<<In Plane to find Coach Siasia with the Plank in my hand>>>

tbaba1234:
Themes of first half
Awoniyi misses Horrible defense
Nothing has changed..