goldfish80:


Our attackers in 94 cannot be compared to our present attackers.
Remember, the 94 team went to the world cup on the back of winning the Afcon .
Same cant be said about this team with 70% experiencing their first big tournament experience with the NT on the back of a very poor form.
The odds aren't in our favor

goldfish80:


Kelechi actually lost his starting position in the team to Ighalo after the loss to to South Africa. Odion would have started that friendly if he was fit . By the way, Kelechi started that game in Algiers, why haven't anyone mentioned how poor he was on the night?


I have been screaming my head off about Mancity's under development of Kelechi, even when his numbers were good. I saw through his performance. Not everyone understood what I was pointing at till last season and this current season.
Converting him to a striker was the worst thing to happen to his career. Even if he was to make the conversion, it shouldn't have been this early in his career.

forgiveness:
I was the first person to blow alarm three seasons ago that Solanke is a far better player than Kelechi but people don't know why I said so.

I studied both players and I discovered Kelechi relied on tap in to score goals while Solanke will take on 2 or 3 players before he scores.

This study took me days, weeks and some months to make my conclusion.

Now, today Solanke is on the ascendary while Iheanacho is going down. Why?

Because Manchester City didn't believe Iheanacho talent lays behind a striker hence the need to convert him to a striker.

That was the biggest mistake of his life though not his fault.

Rohr self could see for himself Iheanacho is not a striker hence the need to play him on the RW and later as false 9.

People shouting upandon about him here are of no good to his career. They are his biggest enemies.

If his club wants him to stay, he had better stay than roam around clubs he is not sure of getting a start but if they want to sell him, France is better because he no go smell bench for German. I don't like the league for Nigerian young players.

goldfish80:

Poor Musa, bless him. He would have been flushed down the toilet here if Kelechi wasn't having it rough.

Icon4s:


Yeah true.

But one thing that has this team going is team chemistry.
Modern day football is not just about the number of star players you have but more of how you utilize your strategy to produce optimum performance from your players.

I am really happy the Croats are writing off Nigeria based on the number of big players they have and for us the lack of it.

They will not know what hit them come that day.

jihday:
this first touch thing is over hyped, lukaku too has a poor first touch and he's always hit double digit for his clubs

komekn:


In the January window managers are looking for in form strikers who will bring what they are looking for goals.

I stand to be corrected but I can not see many EPL teams signing KC or Musa to lead thier attack. Considering thier current form.

Thier best chance of a loan move will be the Championship or another European league.

freeme5:
E be like say Iheanacho knows that he won't be listed in yesterday's match because he has been enjoying himself in Iwobi's house since yesterday.Check out Alex 's snapcaht) The guy looks like a happy follow despite what is happening to him at his club

Humility017:

the matter tire everybody......
because this French coach don't have any utter regard for him and musa.....
the man is blind to nancho abilities and same wit musa....

any club coach...like westham, Bournemouth, Brighton etc will play him....but this very coach have no regard for him....

let's be optimistic...Leicester was never the best option for him....their style of play never suits him........

I understand a better world cup performance will push his stock....but he need to be playing competitively until then...

forgiveness:


Taiwo Awoniyi could be on his way to EPL next season due to consistency this season.

Yesterday, he assisted with a goal.

komekn:


Club football extends into that national team.

The entire basis for your selection to the national team is your exceptional quality performances in club football.

Club football and National team Football are intrinsically linked they complement each other. It's like taking a striker who has lost club form to the WC believing that he will suddenly find form. It will not happen.

junnyjake:


I agree with you, Onomah might be the AMF we might have been searching for.

I don't really know for the NFF sha.

goldfish80:


THe boy is not a striker. Manu Garba screamed his head off , pointing this out. The man who discovered him in Owerri said the same thing.
These guys molded Kelechi, they know more about him than anyone else.

forgiveness:


None of the three strikers in the team can lace Martin's shoe. No offense.

komekn:


Have you seen the boys in the U23's waiting for a chance Then add to who they might bring in during the January transfer window and I very much doubt it.

Then finally who will he displaced Coutinho

goldfish80:


If you've been monitoring my comments, you will know I stand up for players in less fancied leagues.
Jobie once said I liked mediocrity probably because I argue in favour of the less fancied league players. I have had strong arguments with tbaba1234 about my stance on the so called backwater leagues.

I prefer a guy in China or Turkey than a regional league or U23 league player.

Musa and Kelechi need serious kick on their backside. They must be made to understand they have to earn their place in the team.
They are too diplomatic with Leicester city for my liking. Kelechi and Musa should be leaking to the press their desire for more playing time.
Their agents should be leaking stories to the press to force Leicester city's hand.

Taking match rusty players to a fierce group of death like we find ourselves is a cause for serious worry.

It's like 100 metres in the Olympics, you cant expect a guy clocking 15 seconds,6 months to the games to medal.
Tbes guys need to start playing .

Match rusty players, playing as a team will never do well in a global event.

goldfish80:

why are they scared of Martins? I dont get it anymore.

TheGoodJoe:


He had talent but he was not groomed. Iheanacho had talent but he was not groomed. That was what Pellegrini did for them. The grooming of Sterling happened under Brendan Rogers.

forgiveness:


That is just the simple truth hard for people to swallow here.

Iheanacho needs to be reverted to his natural position and starts playing regularly but I don't think he can achieve that at his current club except a miracle happens.

Hence, he needs to go to where he can play regularly in that role and become our Griezman but na passport dey worri am pass.

junnyjake:


Is he qualified for a Work Permit yet?

goldfish80:


I don't think anyone will get Kelechi and reconvert him to a Wing forward or ATM.
The world now see him as a striker. His body morphology have changed so much to suit his new role.
He has not other option than to improve as a striker. Judging from what we have witnessed so far, it is very easy to see his celine.
Man city and Pelegrini really disfigured a promising career.

komekn:


Actually you are wrong.

Firstly, Liverpool paid £1 million for a 14 year old to QPR. He then in a sense had to make it , he was exceptional scoring sometimes 4 goals in one match his pace made him stand put. I even know Ghanaian player who was much more technically gifted than him that was dropped to make a smooth pathway for him to the first team.

It was Kenny Dalglish that gave him his first break, then Brendan cemented it. But he didn't keep his word about new contract terms particularly when he Raheem was leading the forward line. He left to City.

The rest is now history, for me it was Pep that pushed him to the next level and has been the most influential in his career.

goldfish80:


I don't think anyone will get Kelechi and reconvert him to a Wing forward or ATM.
The world now see him as a striker. His body morphology have changed so much to suit his new role.
He has not other option than to improve as a striker. Judging from what we have witnessed so far, it is very easy to see his celine.
Man city and Pelegrini really disfigured a promising career.

junnyjake:


It might have something to do with the kind of Midfielders he likes.

Can you notice anything similar about the MFs he keeps inviting??

TheGoodJoe:


Another person who knows more than Pellegrini. A master of the game.

goldfish80:


A Master who coached Kelechi into obscurity.

komekn:


What chemistry

That's all assumption are you there and so they don't need quality just chemistry.

Do you know that Andy Cole and Teddy Sheringham hated each other with a passion but played excellent for Man U and England.

Team chemistry is needed on the pitch not in thier personal relationships.

junnyjake:


You really need me to start reeling out names. Sorry, I ain't got time for that.

Form your players who singlehandedly won leagues for their teams, another who kept against one of the best teams in the world 2 years ago, scoring fastest goals in leagues.

These are good players, I like them don't get me wrong.

Your dislike for the other players who are favored at the moment is what gets me off.

MetalJigsaw:
You're free to pretend not to know who he is.