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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Danielnino00(m): 8:47pm On Dec 20, 2018
andrew444:


Vitolo hardly starts a game,when he first arrive ATM was on 6 month ban for signing players so he was at Loan at las Palmas,vitolo didn't start more than 4 laliga games and they won expect him to play well ?

Anyway I pray chukwueze to ATM is true

Chukwueze being linked to Atletico and Barca is a good thing...It shows that he is being recognized..
But I think it will do him a lot of good if he stays with Villarreal for at least one more season.. With consistency, his game will improve.. if he can perform well for two season with Villarreal his value will increase.. Clubs that want to sign him will know that he isn't a flash in the pan or a one season wonder.. And the manger will know how best to use him...

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by daveP(m): 8:51pm On Dec 20, 2018
Loogan:

He's also not helping his cause, a big club like arsenal you must be chipping a goal once in a while.. H free needs to more selfish and take more risks with shooting.


I dislike his repetitive dribbles just 3m away from the goalkeeper. He shoot just shoot for goodness sake Mehn.

In most matches that arsenal lost, the creative of getting a goal always come from his wing, which means that his teammates aren't just serious. But since they lost together, Iwobi gets the axe always. SMH.


This is a perfect time to inscribe your image on their hearts like Kanu did. He needs to shoot. If Lacazette gets half of the chances he gets and waste, Lacazette will be the highest goalscorer in the Epl after 17games.

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by andrew444(m): 8:53pm On Dec 20, 2018
Danielnino00:


Chukwueze being linked to Atletico and Barca is a good thing...It shows that he is being recognized..
But I think it will do him a lot of good if he stays with Villarreal for at least one more season.. With consistency, his game will improve.. if he can perform well for two season with Villarreal his value will increase.. Clubs that want to sign him will know that he isn't a flash in the pan or a one season wonder.. And the manger will know how best to use him...

Yes I agree with you and I prefer he stays at Villarreal

Even if those news are speculations it's a good thing
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by andrew444(m): 8:54pm On Dec 20, 2018
daveP:
They said Vitolo wasn't good enough so he was needed to increase the temperature of some cushions.


Sam rumors are true actually. Blending with guys that know how to attack inside the box is a plus. Atletico are good at that.


If he moves, he would be the MVP on the transfer market for Nigerian players if I'm not mistaken. €40m!! that's like £35m?!

Let's wait and see that happen hopefully because the boy is good

Vitolo is a bench warmer ,laliga media should stop behaving like Epl by calling a player who doesn't get a chance in the field a flop
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by daveP(m): 8:58pm On Dec 20, 2018
andrew444:


Let's wait and see that happen hopefully because the boy is good

Vitolo is a bench warmer ,laliga media should stop behaving like Epl by calling a player who doesn't get a chance in the field a flop
Lol. What else would they call it? grin

Well, with the way Dembele dey behave these days, that wing at Barça can see Sam thriving there too since he isn't undisciplined like dembele. grin


Wishes plenty.
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by andrew444(m): 9:00pm On Dec 20, 2018
daveP:
Lol. What else would they call it? grin

Well, with the way Dembele dey behave these days, that wing at Barça can see Sam thriving there too since he isn't undisciplined like dembele. grin


Wishes plenty.

Dembele is undisciplined but keeps on scoring so Barca have no problem with that

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Earthquake2: 9:13pm On Dec 20, 2018
daveP:
They said Vitolo wasn't good enough so he was needed to increase the temperature of some cushions.


Sam rumors are true actually. Blending with guys that know how to attack inside the box is a plus. Atletico are good at that.


If he moves, he would be the MVP on the transfer market for Nigerian players if I'm not mistaken. €40m!! that's like £35m?!

If Sam goes he would be defending most of the time

Atletico is not an attacking team and Lemar is not finding the defending thing funny

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by gamaliel9: 9:15pm On Dec 20, 2018
I was watching the highlights between Vitesse Arnhem vs VV Venlo.....hum haa....Martin Odegar was playing one-legged football....i kept remembering our own Samu....We have a good winger in that Vitesse team


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiJCW20uQt4
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Earthquake2: 9:17pm On Dec 20, 2018
Balogun's 2 full matches in the EPL have been against Liverpool and Chelsea grin

Dude's really slow, Hazard took the ball from beyond the center circle and Balogun couldn't get into the box till after he had scored
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Earthquake2: 9:19pm On Dec 20, 2018
Joebie:
Extra competition?

For many years now we we’ve been hosting AFCON twice in every 4 years, the Euro equivalent has been hosted once in every 4 years. If that did not help us get at par with them, why will this?



I wanted the league to be added to AFCON, not replacing it
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Certitude(m): 9:22pm On Dec 20, 2018
Earthquake2:
Balogun's 2 full matches in the EPL have been against Liverpool and Chelsea grin

Dude's really slow, Hazard took the ball from beyond the center circle and Balogun couldn't get into the box till after he had scired
Na fat lie. He wasn't as slow as you just pointed.

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by BascoVanVeli(m): 9:23pm On Dec 20, 2018
Joebie:
Of course, special is not the word. It’s shameful.


That's your business but the fact remains that everyone is capable of doing evil.
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Earthquake2: 9:25pm On Dec 20, 2018
Certitude:

Na fat lie. He wasn't as slow as you just pointed.

Did you watch the match?
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by andrew444(m): 9:27pm On Dec 20, 2018
Earthquake2:
Balogun's 2 full matches in the EPL have been against Liverpool and Chelsea grin

Dude's really slow, Hazard took the ball from beyond the center circle and Balogun couldn't get into the box till after he had scored

This is not an analysis

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Earthquake2: 9:33pm On Dec 20, 2018
Can you identify this player

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by elyte89: 9:37pm On Dec 20, 2018
Earthquake2:
Can you identify this player


Troost ekong grin grin grin

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by andrew444(m): 9:59pm On Dec 20, 2018
Earthquake2:
Can you identify this player

Daniel akpeyi grin
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by komekn(m): 10:07pm On Dec 20, 2018
BascoVanVeli:


Oga nobody has integrity
If they could get away with it in Europe they sure will be doing the same things we do.

That's a very wide sweeping statement.

How did you come to that deduction

Be aware that as a man thinketh so he is, the way you think is not necessarily the way people in general think here in the UK.
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by mostob(m): 10:11pm On Dec 20, 2018
Arsenal midfielder Alex Iwobi has been rated as one of the best passer of the ball this season in Europe.
According to football analyst Ray Hamill, the 22-year-old is one of the leading players in Europe this season for making open play passes in the penalty area per 90 minutes.
Iwobi is fourth, and that is no mean feat. He is listed ahead of Eden Hazard, Riyad Mahrez, Leroy Sane and Mesut Ozil with 2.86 passes per 90 minutes.
Liverpool back on top as Shaqiri sinks United, Arsenal’s unbeaten run ends
What does this statistic actually measure and what does it mean? It measures the rate at which a player is able to penetrate the opposition’s box with their passing, with Iwobi fourth in Europe’s big five leagues.
Emery arrived at Arsenal promising fans that his team would be protagonists, and given the number of appearances he has handed out to the Super Eagles star it is clear that he appreciates the directness he can add in the attacking half of the pitch.
Gist via :- https://nairatrend.com.ng/alex-iwobi-rated-ahead-of-hazard-ozil-and-others-in-europe/
Iwobi shoot..shoot...shoot...shoot for God's sake

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Earthquake2: 10:15pm On Dec 20, 2018
andrew444:


Daniel akpeyi grin

Taribo West grin grin grin
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheGoodJoe(m): 10:15pm On Dec 20, 2018
Danielnino00:



If Iheanacho keeps looking for the club that suit his style of play rather than adjusting his style to suit the club,I'm afraid it won't do him any good... Right now,we don't know if he is a 10 or a 9...

You think Suarez was wrong assessing Brendan Rodgers football before playing for him in Liverpool? It is how it is done. Players think making moves is all that matter but system and style of play can make or mar a player.

Imagine a young Bentenke thinking of going to play with Liverpool? It does jot fit. Do you think he can adjust himself to suit the system? Instead he should make moves with respect to his style of play.
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Joebie: 10:18pm On Dec 20, 2018
Of course. But the evildoer should be the focus. What’s there to defend?

BascoVanVeli:


That's your business but the fact remains that everyone is capable of doing evil.
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheGoodJoe(m): 10:19pm On Dec 20, 2018
forgiveness:


Bros, leave story. Chucks should go to a big club like Athletico.

You guys have started. What is big club when it does not suit the player? Chukwueze played for Amunike who is an offensive/possessive coach. Then he moves to villareal which is a team known for good possessive football since the time of Pelegrini. Now you want him to go to a coach known for a Conservative style. Later you guys will say loss of form.

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Joebie: 10:22pm On Dec 20, 2018
Lol I’m saying more competition was never the solution then, it wouldn’t be now. If u like play Cameroon 20 times, nothing dey happen. We are very lazy thinkers. We just wait to copy forgetting we have our unique problems that needs well thought out solutions.

Earthquake2:


I wanted the league to be added to AFCON, not replacing it

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by BascoVanVeli(m): 10:27pm On Dec 20, 2018
komekn:


That's a very wide sweeping statement.

How did you come to that deduction

Be aware that as a man thinketh so he is, the way you think is not necessarily the way people in general think here in the UK.

You never know what a man will do until he is put in the situation. I have heard people like you all my life but laslas they end up betraying Jesus.

If the UK doesn't have cameras on every corner the crime rate is much higher. This is not rocket science it is the way of life
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheGoodJoe(m): 10:27pm On Dec 20, 2018
chrisooblog:
sorry bruv but nacho just has to do better. blaming the coach or system or kind of team he plays for is just too much of an excuse. nacho just has to find a way to get out of this rot of his. true certain formations/systems favour particular kinds of players but a quality striker will always find ways to score no matter. this same nacho that is not doing well due to rohr's ''conservative'' tactics flourished in the early days of the germans reign. i will not join nacho's traducers to lambast him because i firmly believe he will regain his form but i will not excuse or sugar coat his poor performances all in the name of encouraging him. that will not help him get out of his slump


There is nothing like sugar-coating. It is simple. Nacho flourished in attacking systems and is experiencing droughts in conservative systems. This fact is blatant. Put him in an offensive system before you start criticising.

Remember why Pogba fell out with Mourinho? He criticised the system which turned Pogba from one of the best players in the World to a flop.

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheGoodJoe(m): 10:29pm On Dec 20, 2018
forgiveness:


Bros, leave story. Chucks should go to a big club like Athletico.

If it is Ndidi, I will say go ahead because he can maintain a high performance in a negative status. Pulling in tackles and winning balls. However, I will not say the same for Chukwueze.
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by SlayerForever: 10:32pm On Dec 20, 2018
Joebie:
Extra competition?

For many years now we we’ve been hosting AFCON twice in every 4 years, the Euro equivalent has been hosted once in every 4 years. If that did not help us get at par with them, why will this?




Leave am na. Which on par? Lol.
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheGoodJoe(m): 10:33pm On Dec 20, 2018
Mickael2:



Let us look at stats. How many goals did Pellegrini's city score? I remember going in against Real Madrid with a 4-4-2 totally forgetting what it means to attack. So do not add him to the free flowing category so to say.

Now to the issue at hand nobody will argue that Leicester do not create chances, which is why I try as much as I can not to criticise his games(the other day I was talking about the fact that he has lost a yard or two of pace, I noticed that because truly he was making runs but he was a second too late or more) but the truth is you can't just keep making runs after runs without anything working, why not come and try to make things work? We go on and on about how creative he is but aside that chance he created for Vardy two games I cannot point to any creative play this season or at least for the past four weeks that I have watched so let us conclude that his creative side has been effectively coached out of him.

Now how many teams create chances the way you just pointed out?? Fulham's previous coaches sacrificed defensive solidity for attacking flair and they used to create loads of chances but where is their coach now? Gone. Will a coach risk his job just because he wants to create a system that will create goalscoring chances for one player? Meanwhile Vardy has been scoring from the same system and the team is perfectly placed in midtable, if you are the coach tell me you will risk your job just to play that kind of football. It was Rayo in 2013 or so when they got trounced 10-2 by Real Madrid that played that kinda football and they got relegated and I don't know where that their coach is now. The simple point I am making here is it is difficult to find teams who will create ten chances per game among the teams that will be willing to purchase Iheanacho as at this point in time. And considering the fact that he has a 5year contract he needs to suit himself to the team he is now. In 2014 when Tata was the coach of Barca and had them playing american football it didn't stop Messi, he became the creative fulcrum of the team, can't Iheanacho become that for Leicester? Must he be the one at the end of the final pass? Can't he be the one making the final pass?

At 21 though he still has a lot of time. He needs to decide if he is a 9 or a 10 then while signing another contract he should ensure that the club is willing to play him in that position that he wants to play, that's what intelligent players do.


Manchester City became the quickest side in Premier League history to reach 100 goals as they beat Cardiff 4-2 to maintain their impeccable home record.

Chelsea were the previous holders of the accolade, having managed 100 goals in 42 games last season, but City have smashed that record and done it in 34. It's a fabulous achievement—one that may prove difficult to better—and fully vindicates Manuel Pellegrini's attacking approach which has entertained the City fans all season.


https://www.google.com/amp/s/syndication.bleacherreport.com/amp/1928282-manchester-city-notch-100th-goal-of-a-remarkable-debut-season-for-pellegrini.amp.html

Pellegrini's attacking philosophy is not even up for debate.

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheGoodJoe(m): 10:37pm On Dec 20, 2018
Mickael2:

Now to the issue at hand nobody will argue that Leicester do not create chances, which is why I try as much as I can not to criticise his games(the other day I was talking about the fact that he has lost a yard or two of pace, I noticed that because truly he was making runs but he was a second too late or more) but the truth is you can't just keep making runs after runs without anything working, why not come and try to make things work?

Even when Nacho drops deep to make things happen, after the build up play, the final balls are still poor. It is difficult for mobile strikers to work in such position.
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by SlayerForever: 10:38pm On Dec 20, 2018
Earthquake2:
Can you identify this player


Ekong! Knew already from the first pic. Second pic is a giveaway.
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheGoodJoe(m): 10:42pm On Dec 20, 2018
Mickael2:



Let us look at stats. How many goals did Pellegrini's city score? I remember going in against Real Madrid with a 4-4-2 totally forgetting what it means to attack. So do not add him to the free flowing category so to say.

Now to the issue at hand nobody will argue that Leicester do not create chances, which is why I try as much as I can not to criticise his games(the other day I was talking about the fact that he has lost a yard or two of pace, I noticed that because truly he was making runs but he was a second too late or more) but the truth is you can't just keep making runs after runs without anything working, why not come and try to make things work? We go on and on about how creative he is but aside that chance he created for Vardy two games I cannot point to any creative play this season or at least for the past four weeks that I have watched so let us conclude that his creative side has been effectively coached out of him.

Now how many teams create chances the way you just pointed out?? Fulham's previous coaches sacrificed defensive solidity for attacking flair and they used to create loads of chances but where is their coach now? Gone. Will a coach risk his job just because he wants to create a system that will create goalscoring chances for one player? Meanwhile Vardy has been scoring from the same system and the team is perfectly placed in midtable, if you are the coach tell me you will risk your job just to play that kind of football. It was Rayo in 2013 or so when they got trounced 10-2 by Real Madrid that played that kinda football and they got relegated and I don't know where that their coach is now. The simple point I am making here is it is difficult to find teams who will create ten chances per game among the teams that will be willing to purchase Iheanacho as at this point in time. And considering the fact that he has a 5year contract he needs to suit himself to the team he is now. In 2014 when Tata was the coach of Barca and had them playing american football it didn't stop Messi, he became the creative fulcrum of the team, can't Iheanacho become that for Leicester? Must he be the one at the end of the final pass? Can't he be the one making the final pass?

At 21 though he still has a lot of time. He needs to decide if he is a 9 or a 10 then while signing another contract he should ensure that the club is willing to play him in that position that he wants to play, that's what intelligent players do.

I am not saying the coach should lose his job or change his system. He can for all I care do what he wants. My point is the criticism against Nacho when the circumstances around him clearly shows why the stellar performances suddenly dried up. The system is not working and the same goes to the National team.

As for Nacho the best advise is to work towards joining a side known for creative attacking football and working with a coach that shares the same ideology. Then we can critique.

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