realpoacher:


Its amazing that you watch several matches every day but you seem ignorant of tactics teams deploy against each other. I bet that you see these tactics but just choose to remain stuck to some old school believe about football.

On this thread, several times in the past, it has been said here that football have evolved. The dynamics have changed. But it seems that many people are yet to come to full grasp about how football is currently played on their screens.

If we were both managers, i Nigeria's coach, you Croatia.... You play me from the middle and i will play you from the sidelines... At the end of the day, Baba i will beat you silly

charlesemeka85:


musa is a lovely just that the leicester boss didn't know how utilize him. musa and vardy are the same type of player and having both in the same starting 11 wouldn't work. a move to a counter attacking team will bring out the best of musa

Mujtahida:

Football has evolved. Fact. Look at Mourinho struggling to cope with the new shining boys like Gaurdiola, Klopp and the coaches of Roma and Juve. Arsene Wenger one of the last of the old guard is taking his leave. Football has changed.

Icon4s:


How do you control a game that you have already gifted out the midfield?

charlesemeka85:
Arsenal were brought crashing down to earth in their Premier League International Cup showpiece against Porto on Tuesday evening, no thanks to the talents of Nigerian wonder kid, Musa Yahaya who set up the winning goal of the 1-0 defeat.

Defensive stalwart Tolaji Bola was named in the hosts starting XI with Aaron Eyoma while the ex-Tottenham Hotspur trainee Yahaya was handed his third start in six games of the tournament for Porto.

It was the former Nigeria U17 youngster who would provide his side's opening goal after just 10 minutes, showcasing his trickery by twisting into space to tee up striker, Madi Queta for an easy finish.

It was evident Arsenal sorely missed the effervescence and decisiveness of their Nigerian players on international duty with England, the likes of Folarin Balogun, Xavier Amaechi and Bukayo Saka.

Olayinka was the only substitute afforded minutes after he replaced striker, Yassin Fortune as they continued to chase the deficit while the scintillating Yahaya went the full ninety for the visitors.

Arsenal star and new academy manager Per Mertesacker was among the spectators at the Emirates who watched the Nigerians on both sides display their wares

Icon4s:


Do you know if Yahaya played as a Winger or a Wing Back.

Mujtahida:

You do not need to control a game to win it.

charlesemeka85:

as a winger

charlesemeka85:


as a winger

Icon4s:


Good. Hope to see more of him in that position.

tbaba1234:

He played as a right back

komekn:


Ighalo and Moses are African born.

Fred Onyedinma and Tosin Kehinde both born in Nigeria.

What disadvantage did they face.

Or would you say Ndidi faced disadvantage.

Mickael2:



do you think that organising camps are as easy as they come? Those boys coming to camp you will pay them, pay their hotel dues and transport fares and pay for the friendly games, you also pay for the stadia they will use and that is the viable option you have in mind? we already have a hard time paying our coaches or even developing the other national teams and you are asking for this extra burden? it does not work that way

Icon4s:


So we should just scrap all our age grade teams. Since you call it folding of the arms. And then pack all our youth players into "Team B".

Point to the members of The current SE that were never members of our youths system. U17- U23.

TheGoodJoe, I used to see you as someone who believes in our youth's system. How you have chosen the opposite course because of one argument is just....... something else.

Icon4s:


So we should just scrap all our age grade teams. Since you call it folding of the arms. And then pack all our youth players into "Team B".

Point to the members of The current SE that were never members of our youths system. U17- U23.

TheGoodJoe, I used to see you as someone who believes in our youth's system. How you have chosen the opposite course because of one argument is just....... something else.

safarigirl:
lol....Victor who? Sometimes, Kelechi even outshines him. Victor Moses is not our best player, Mikel Obi is.

We lose games without Mikel, Moses can be on the pitch and we will still lose. When last did we lose a game Mikel played?

Icon4s:


Yes we all agree football has evolved but we are discussing national team set up here. So I will love to see you cite cases with national teams and their coaches

TheGoodJoe:


I am talking of doing more to gain more from the age grade process and making the most we can from our discovered talents. I wonder how you came to scrap age grade teams.

Icon4s:


What do you term folding of the arms?

Mujtahida:

In football whenever the coaches at the club level begin any form of revolution it seeps to the national team. The Dutch team in the 70's was a product of the tactical innovations instituted at the club level with clubs like Psv and Ajax leading. The Italian national team of the 90's carried in its blood the innovations of of Arigo Sacchi. What of Spain in recent times - was it not what was happening at club level that was replicated in the national team?

Icon4s:


What do you term folding of the arms?

TheGoodJoe:


Waiting for our potential players doing it in major leagues before a chance to represent the Super Eagles.

TheGoodJoe:


Look at Kelechi Nwakali for instance. There is no Contribution from us to help him on his path to become a quality player. No step what so ever from us.

TheGoodJoe:


Waiting for our potential players doing it in major leagues before a chance to represent the Super Eagles.

pelezico:
Mikel is a good player but at his age are you seriously saying that he's our best? I'm not here to argue I'm just worried that Nigeria will flop hard if the other players don't produce some majick

Mikel is past his best surely. We can't and shouldn't depend on him alone. Argentina and Portugal are not Nigeria. What I mean is that they at least have players who play regular football for good clubs. Our boys do not. This is not the 94 team were we had players who had flare. This team did excellently in the qualifiers and I thought that Mikel with his penchant to hold on tho the ball in midfield was hindering the team. Were he excelled was when he was in attack. There he is extremely dangerous.

I'm concerned that's all I'm not critiquing or shilling I just ....... Want to turn up to Nigeria v England on June 2nd and see Nigeria become the first African team to whoop England. I don't want to be embarrassed

Surely you understand

Icon4s:


With the fewer number of games, that are far between, that the national teams have to play in a calender year, national teams have limited time to experiment.

These changes are much slower with the national teams.

Icon4s:


More dangerous with Moses at Wing back?

Will the Portuguese team get more dangerous if Ronaldo is played at WB? Same goes for Messi with Argentina and Hazard with Belgium.

Icon4s:


You want to flood the Super Eagles with "potentials" that have not proven themselves at Club senior level. Or what are you trying to say? When we have age grade competitions?

charlesemeka85:


i'm not an advocate of home based players but will love it if rohr can given the current u20 captain a chance in the team after the world cup. i monitored him closely during the last Chan and i must confess he is a massive talent who just need to be polished. i he secures a move to Europe in no distant time. elderson not being able to command a starters shirt in the belgian 2nd division signifies its high time he calls it a day in the round leather game