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TheGoodJoe:

Guardiola has started drilling your boy.
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TheGoodJoe:
Guardiola has started drilling your boy. cc: joseph1013, thesupernerd, safarigirl, confun, tbaba1234, lakesidepapa

TheGoodJoe:

Guardiola has started drilling your boy.
cc: joseph1013, thesupernerd, safarigirl, confun, tbaba1234, lakesidepapa

TheGoodJoe:

Guardiola has started drilling your boy.
cc: joseph1013, thesupernerd, safarigirl, confun, tbaba1234, lakesidepapa

Icon4s:
Seems Pep was asking "were these d same boots u wore when u scored 14 goals last season"?

All the best to him.

Iheanacho has really grown so tall now, even taller than pep.

Comparing his height with when he was U17, do those shouting age cheat still have any pt?

tbaba1234:
Dimgba is not good at all. If Siasia takes him, I hope he does not make the starting lineup. I can't see what he offers in terms of danger.

lakesidepapa:
I understand ur point bro but if that is the case, siaone should deploy a young DMF worthy player (Ndidi will be okay here) against a team that are very effective and quicker. Mikel will be on bench and will be use when the need arised

TheGoodJoe:

Hence we have solid midfielders, I will opt for us going with a midfield based team formation. I say we play a 4-5-1 formation. This nullifies the weakness in attack.

-------------------------------------------Sadiq Umar (CF)-----------------------------------------------
Godwin Saviour (LMF)-----------------------------------------------Usman Mohammed (RMF)
------------------------------------------Etebor (CMF)-----------------------------------------------------
---------------------Wilfred Ndidi (DMF)-----------------John Mikel (DMF)--------------------

Saviour, Usman Mohammed, Etebor, Mikel, Ndidi, make the five man midfield. We still have Azubuike who could make the starting Eleven.

terzurum5:
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Siasia: If we don't win Gold, Nigeria won't welcome us
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Nigeria Olympic team coach Siasia

Nigeria Olympic team coach Samson Siasia has said anything short of Gold in Rio in August will not be celebrated back home.


Siasia led Nigeria to play in the gold medal match at the 2008 Beijing Olympics against Argentina and that was after the country made history as the first African side to win the Olympic football tournament in 1996.


“It is not going to be a walk in the park (to win Olympic Gold). It is going to be a very difficult task. But the thing is that anything short of Olympic gold is nothing because nobody will even come and welcome us when we come back without the gold,” he said.


“So, it is a difficult one. But we will do the best that we can so far these players (confirmed foreign-based stars) are coming. We will know exactly how we are playing and what will come out from the players we have.”


African U23 champions Nigeria are drawn against European champions Sweden, Asia champions Japan and Colombia in the group phase of the Rio Olympics.


Siasia’s build-up has suffered several hitches after several of the country’s top stars were blocked by their European clubs from featuring in the competition.


The absentees include Premier League stars Odion Ighalo (Watford), Alex Iwobi (Arsenal) and Kelechi Iheanacho (Manchester City).

Siasia has also complained that the squad in training camp in Atlanta, United States of America, are not motivated as they have not received any allowances since they departed Nigeria last month.
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zoboizee:
I think Junior & Imoh are better option than umar. i have seen some of his videos in the primavera in italy. Compare to the two, umar may not even make the team. Professional & international matches are not the same with youth matches. Awoniyi, Success & iheanacho use to score for fun in the Youth set up but look at them now. The stake is higher.

zoboizee:
I think Junior & Imoh are better option than umar. i have seen some of his videos in the primavera in italy. Compare to the two, umar may not even make the team. Professional & international matches are not the same with youth matches. Awoniyi, Success & iheanacho use to score for fun in the Youth set up but look at them now. The stake is higher.

yoged:
you have a point bro . Have seen his highlight , there is a big difference between youth games and a real competition.. I think he scored a goal or more for the senior team or so..

zoboizee:
I think Junior & Imoh are better option than umar. i have seen some of his videos in the primavera in italy. Compare to the two, umar may not even make the team. Professional & international matches are not the same with youth matches. Awoniyi, Success & iheanacho use to score for fun in the Youth set up but look at them now. The stake is higher.

TheGoodJoe:

I do not like categorizing players as Junior team players. What matters is the ability in training. When the Flying Eagles met the Dream team recently, on both occasions, the dream team were better and scored more.

When Pellegrini carried Iheanacho to the main team, Iheanacho di better than a recognized star, Wilfred Bony.

What I want from Coach Siasia is for him to be honest to himself and Nigerians. Screen his attackers in training and select the best who performs well to lead. Leave whether he is a junior or senior player.

He should not repeat the nonsense of sending Obaje out of the Super Eagles camp after the boy did better than the foreign pros.

Icon4s:
Age and experience also influence player's ability both in training and more often match day game.

TheGoodJoe:
It is a common theory and belief of a lot of pundits and coaches. However, I believe in form. When a player is doing so well in training and outperforming a player who has age and experience over him, it is suicidal sticking with age and experience.

That was what was exciting about Mancini. He dropped an older Shay Given for Joe Hart. Joe Hart did not fail. Look at Renato Sanches case. Bringing him on over older and more experienced midfielders caused s spark in the Portuguese side and their fortune changed.

Icon4s:
Age and experience also influence player's ability both in training and more often match day game.

Do the Iheanachos, Ndidis, Iwobis,Simons and co of today have d abilities they have today 2-3 yrs ago?

Performances of footballers typically improve with age and experience. It may only usually start declining as most approach and exceed 30yrs.

TheGoodJoe:
It is a common theory and belief of a lot of pundits and coaches. However, I believe in form. When a player is doing so well in training and outperforming a player who has age and experience over him, it is suicidal sticking with age and experience.

That was what was exciting about Mancini. He dropped an older Shay Given for Joe Hart. Joe Hart did not fail. Look at Renato Sanches case. Bringing him on over older and more experienced midfielders caused s spark in the Portuguese side and their fortune changed.

TheGoodJoe:
It is not simply about declining.

When you look at the likes of Martial and Depay for instance. Depay has way more experience and we can not tag Depay Declining. Antony Martial is better and you know this by trying them both in training and opting for the better one.

Walcott is not Thirty but Arsene Wenger prefers Iwobi.

Simply, we scrap the age and experience factor. If the age and experience factor is that important, the experienced player should be able to outclass in the inexperienced one in training.

If Ighalo hits camp and he can not outclass Sadiq Umar in training with his experience, he does not deserve to lead the line.

TheGoodJoe:
It is not simply about declining.

When you look at the likes of Martial and Depay for instance. Depay has way more experience and we can not tag Depay Declining. Antony Martial is better and you know this by trying them both in training and opting for the better one.

Walcott is not Thirty but Arsene Wenger prefers Iwobi.

Simply, we scrap the age and experience factor. If the age and experience factor is that important, the experienced player should be able to outclass in the inexperienced one in training.

If Ighalo hits camp and he can not outclass Sadiq Umar in training with his experience, he does not deserve to lead the line.

Icon4s:
Training form alone may nt b enough.

Match day challenges are usually different from Training ground challenges. If a young uncapped player outshines d more experienced strikers(for instance) in training, i can chose to start d uncapped player from d bench and attempt to use him as a super if d need arises.

Coaches typically trust their older players first before start introducing younger players gradually.

Icon4s:
Then let d Golden Eaglets represent us in Rio.

TheGoodJoe:


If an experienced player can not cope with training ground challenges, we can not trust him in match day Challenges.

Icon4s:
That is nt usually d case except if the player is down injured.

U cannot tell me Sadiq will start ahead of Ighalo bc he was out shined in training.

TheGoodJoe:
They are a stronger squad. It will then take the coach, checking among the senior players who will fit in.

The current Dream team without the likes of Mikel and Omeruo can not achieve a better result than the Flying Eagles. The Flying Eagles would have done better In the Suwon tourney.

Just that, it must be Coach Amunike, Not Coach Siasia.