Kog45:
Kai make i run before tbaba1234,Humility017 and Joebie catch me.

tbaba1234:


Iwobi and Mikel would be lovely in the middle with Ndidi playing in front of the defence. We will be able to create more chances.

Icon4s:


Mikel is the Overwhelming favorite for that AM position. Anything that Moves him to play a deep midfield position is counter productive.
Mikel is the player that has the most intelligent Final passes in that team so we need him directly behind the forwards. Just those killer passes that will set the forwards on errands. Onazi, Joel, or Etebo can play at the CM position while iwobi can play from one of the wings positions.

tbaba1234:


Iwobi and Mikel would be lovely in the middle with Ndidi playing in front of the defence. We will be able to create more chances.

TheSuperNerd:
Ehmmm... Chief... We are talking 4-3-3 akin to having both Kroos and Modric with Casemiro as their henchman or having Xavi and Iniesta with Busquets doing the dirty work.

Mikel-Iwobi-Ndidi could potentially be that beautiful to see.

No be 4-2-3-1 or its variant we dey yarn oooo....

Icon4s:


You think Rohr is going to start with a 4-3-3 in this WC? Particularly that Croatian team that is loaded in the midfield?

Except you guys are just on a fantasy.

TheSuperNerd:
I know Rohr won't which is the ONLY reason I ended my thoughts on this with a but and then a shrug.... lol...

But Rohr aside... this could be magic for The Super Eagles on the field of play. Maybe not against Croatia but against most oppositions.

Loogan:
please you guys should cut our players balling in Europe some slack, especially the young guys, they cannot do more than they know. The problem with our talented exports is that they simply lack crucial mordern day football Education!!!.
As an agent, it's supposed to go beyond agreeing contracts and getting your cut but also nuturing, checking up, encouraging and most importantly Searching for knowledge in the game to develop my players game. sadly Nigerian agents do not give a shit, it's all play ball and get money, that is the biggest problem our players face. Already they lack football intelligence to compete with their mates, talent and insane hardwork most times carry African ballers to the top level.
I used to think for a player to reach a significant top class level he had to have a cycle of three years(seasons) where he would evolve and develop, it still is in most cases but these days it just takes a season for an unknown player to make a seasoned veteran look ordinary and suddenly raising thier game to a world class level (mahrez, Kante, ndidi, vardy, Kane) this is for those who tend to underestimate our young guns in this thread, our players may be inexperienced but they are up to the task(e.g. Olayinka, kalu). I'm sure we would be overconfident of our defense if dounramma the 18 year old keeper was Nigerian. Africans already have a disadvantage in Europe because they Favour their own more, players have to be twice as good.
For those doubting uzoho if only Mel wasent sacked he would probably have played over 20 Spanish la liga matches, you guys would have quickly endorsed him as the best keeper so why change your mind because of some clubs politics. We are lucky to have a talent like uzoho at a time carl is out coz believe me he's the best keeper we have in the team set up and better than some la liga golies. not playing for the first team those not mean he dosent have the mentality or talent to cut it in front of Messi. The boy is prolly our most modern goalkeeper with maturity beyond his years. Nigerian fans are to fickle.

Joebie:
Iwobi is a #10

Icon4s:


Mikel is the Overwhelming favorite for that AM position. Anything that Moves him to play a deep midfield position is counter productive.
Mikel is the player that has the most intelligent Final passes in that team so we need him directly behind the forwards. Just those killer passes that will set the forwards on errands. Onazi, Joel, or Etebo can play at the CM position while iwobi can play from one of the wings positions.

tbaba1234:
Iwobi is so much better in the middle.

Icon4s:


You think Rohr is going to start with a 4-3-3 in this WC? Particularly that Croatian team that is loaded in the midfield?

Except you guys are just on a fantasy.

Kog45:
Sir you are right.My formation is not to suit any player but to get result.

I remember Westerhoff did it against Zambia when Finidi failed woefully in the first half and he did unusual by introduced Samson Siasia in the same first half who we all believe is not a winger and he did it well.

Also against South Africa in Lagos Bonfrere Jo did unusual and start both Finidi and Tijani and this destabilised SA and before they know what was going on they are down.

I want goals against Croatia and i need Nacho,Moses and Ighalo to start.

edi287:

I've been saying the same thing on here for ages now. It would do our build up play a whole world of good. I'd play Etebo on the left so he and Iwobi can swap position during the game. Etebo with his crazy stamina would help defensively out wide and in the middle if required.

MetalJigsaw:
Impressive. Did you watch the match?

TheSuperNerd:
Of course I am not surprised it is coming from you. You showed me before that you don't know about some formation terminologies .... so this is no surprise at all.

A wing forward and a Winger are not one and the same. Go do the research. I won't waste my breath or energy tonight aiit.

Kog45:
Kai make i run before tbaba1234,Humility017 and Joebie catch me.

tbaba1234:


Look at the Zambia and Argentina games... Iwobi and Mikel combination in the middle was really good.. See the freekick against Argentina and the third goal... They work well together when Iwobi comes to the middle.

Humility017:

I still.think you don't play a misfit to get goals...the few gambles that later turned success stories you game up there are one out of many thousands.... it's like messing up a good player

playing Moses Simon on the flank can still birth goals...all the coach need do is to communicate his aggressive strategies to them...

Icon4s:


Against Zambia Iwobi played as a Winger (in both legs) and against Argentina Iwobi was a pseudo-9.

We cannot play Iwobi and Mikel together in the midfield. This is suggestive of a 4-3-3 formation where Mikel and Iwobi will sit behind the 3 forwards with the DM behind the duo. This could create gaps behind as we know Iwobi is a player that loves moving forward and taking on defenders. This could often reduce the midfield to a 4-2-4. Play that against Croatia and we get hammered.

Humility017:

you mean like the role nancho and iwobi played against Argentina...in Russia friendly?

Icon4s:


Are you talking about at their club or national teams?

komekn:


For someone who claims to be an agent you make sweeping statements that are way too general. These are propositions without substance particularly the see the bold.

Do you know that at youth level there are multiple clubs that actively target African origin players because of thier inherent attributes. You could call that reverse racism.

For instance I have watched Chelsea fuels am U18 team where apart from the goalkeeper all the players were black.

Go to Man U look at the U18 and see how many are Nigerian origin. There is no youth academy in the top 6 of the EPL that doesn't have a considerable number of Nigerian origin youth players.

lexyman:



our game against Croatia will be a battle of the midfield , and who wins the battle at the centre wins the game , forget Manzukic ..... we have Ighalo ... i will not be surprise to see a midfield combo that will be too tight for them to break , but if we must win , we need a mobile midfield , ( the young blood midfield , with the experienced anchorman to pass the instructions .

Icon4s:

He is a natural number 10. No doubt.

Icon4s:

He is a natural number 10. No doubt.

Kog45:
Whao one of the promising boys then in Ilorin.

TheSuperNerd:
It could be our own Busquets-Iniesta-Xavi or Casemiro-Kroos-Modric combos.... this is no hype. The possibility is right there in front of us. Ndidi-Mikel-Iwobi could be a masterclass against opposing sides.

And with that kind of midfield, I will go with an attack of Iheanacho (WF), Victor Moses (WF) and Ighalo (CF).


I tell you, this could be our killer card right here... but.... *shrugs*

Meliforme:
Replace Iheanacho with Henry Onyekuru in that attacking mix and witness fluidity and class like you have never seen before in the SE.