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Prectega:
Estiti was the weak line yesterday .. changed the whole game

darkelf:
So Liverpool is still eight.

Okay....Now I know not to take them serious

TheSuperNerd:
You are again off-point. Mikel was indeed the best we had then until Egypt 2019. Look Elfy... Try to understand a post before you quote it. You always seem in a hurry to run in here and start screaming 'I told you so' negatives. Haba.

timay:
Just like FIFA ranking, those above them have already accumulated a lot of points in the past. so winning the UCL won't just close the gap. They need to continue at the top and rack up more points to close the gap.

Icon4s:
Final Results of the U23 Qualifiers:
Zimbabwe 0:0 South Africa. SA go through on 5:0 aggregate
Nigeria 5:0 Sudan. Nigeria go through on 5:0 aggregate
Guinea 1:2 CIV. 2:2 on aggregate CIV go through on away goals rule.
Mali 1:0 Morocco. Mali go through 2:1 on aggregate
Tunisia 2:1 Cameroon. 2:2 on aggregate, Cameroon go through on away goals rule
Algeria 0:1 Ghana. Ghana go through on 2:1 aggregate
Zambia had earlier book qualification.

Final 8 participating teams:
Egypt (Host)
Nigeria (Defending champions)
South Africa
Ivory Coast
Mali
Cameroon
Ghana
Zambia

This competition will be bloody.

darkelf:
Mikel wasn't the best we had Nerdy. Its not about negatives. Its the truth nobody choose to admit because we looked to his past glories.

Aribo would have done better than Mikel as a CM at the AFCON. I would've even taken Ebere Eze in place of Mikel. Mikel was invited on pure sentiments. He wasn't even the best or most important player in his championship team.

TheSuperNerd:
I am talking of the years before AFCON 2019 and not just AFCON 2019. The post you quoted had a message you just didn't decode. There was a time it was said, "Mikel had no replacement" and truly he was the best at what he does then. But now... the pendulum shifts to Iwobi. It is his era now.

darkelf:
By the "years", I take it that you mean 2013-2017. Because after then, he declined rapidly

TheSuperNerd:
Wow. Ghana made it. And CIV overturned that 1st leg result against Guinea. Interesting.

Indeed the U-23 Afcon proper will be bloody oooo...

Meanwhile we won 5-1 on aggregate not 5-0.

TheSuperNerd:
Just accept you never got the core of that post. It would have helped if you did. Meanwhile, any more doom messages for us after yesterday's 2-2 draw as we go forward?

Prectega:
Abeg nothing is wrong with rohr ...the team played well till estiti came

Icon4s:
Final Results of the U23 Qualifiers: Zimbabwe 0:0 South Africa. SA go through on 5:0 aggregate Nigeria 5:0 Sudan. Nigeria go through on 5:1 aggregate Guinea 1:2 CIV. 2:2 on aggregate CIV go through on away goals rule. Mali 1:0 Morocco. Mali go through 2:1 on aggregate Tunisia 2:1 Cameroon. 2:2 on aggregate, Cameroon go through on away goals rule Algeria 0:1 Ghana. Ghana go through on 2:1 aggregate Zambia had earlier book qualification.
Final 8 participating teams: Egypt (Host) Nigeria (Defending champions) South Africa Ivory Coast Mali Cameroon Ghana Zambia
This competition will be bloody.

darkelf:
His meritocracy and the fact that our players no play for better clubs are reasons why I still defend Rohr

BUT

We aren't winning the games we should win comfortably and he is tactically inept. These are big minuses.

I'm 50/50 on Rohr

ChrisKels:
U are finally coming back to ur senses


Do u still remember this post below?

mostob:
when is the tournament sir

Icon4s:
Thanks jare. The 5:0 was so sweet so tay I forgot say we ever lost 1:0 to that crap Sudanese team

CIV in particular really shocked me. This was a Guinean side that eliminated Senegal 3:2 on aggregate and had gotten a 1:0 win in Abidjan! As for Ghana I saw it as a 50:50 situation. Playing the games during the FIFA break really gave opportunity to the West African power houses to get their foreign based players.

But now where the problem is is I don't think the tournament falls within the FIFA window. This would have been a beautiful tournament to watch if all teams that can have their best possible U23 players.

Looking at those 8 teams I cannot even point out who are the favorites. Na war we dey go so o

COOL10:
Taking off an AM like Iwobi to bring on a DM like Esiti to defend a slim 2:0 lead for thirty minutes wasn't a smart decision at all.

komekn:
I don't think you have watched the beast Costa.

Costa bullys defenders almost into submission but he has mesmerising skill married with POWER garnished with clinical finishing and topped off with TERRIFYING aggression.

Osimhen has pace lots of running and he did out pace the defenders all the time. But bully the defenders No, hold up play was limited he lost the ball several times, he just doesn't have the physicality to impose himself on defenders. It's simply not his type of game.

He should watch Vardy and learn from him and how he uses his pace effectively he also is not a physical player but with the right timed runs is devastating.

It may be the SE may have to adapt thier game to suit him balls on the ground behind the defence for him to run on too . Again like Vardy he is not filled with trickery like say Aubmeyang. Both these players are not physical but use thier unique attributes to create dominance.

Overall he had a good night but outstanding no.

Is he the answer in the absence of Ighalo or the now supposed retired Ighalo, YES for now. But is he Drogba or Costa not yet. So the search continues for the next Yekini and or Drogba. Could he become like Vardy a think a big yes.

iSlayer:
Progression is when your u17 lads from just 2 years ago are playing starting roles for their senior team and clubs today.

Osimhen and Chukwueze are products of a successful system.

junnyjake:
4 years, not 2.

iSlayer:
Feels like 2 years.

ChrisKels:
If that be the case, then u clearly didn't understand the statement u made and what it implied. I dont want to be the one to teach u lexis and structures or how to use ur parts of speech in making phrases, we don't know it all, hence, we learn everyday. "what" in that statement functions as a pronoun, not adverb or interjection, it gives a direct meaning or message about the subject in question, that he does not have power as one his traits. In a nutshell, it defines lack of power as his major weakness. E.g is when people say "what Azubuike lacks in height" - this gives u a straight up definition of Azubuike as a short man.

If u had opted for an interjection "when" which gives a sense of time of circumstance, then ur message would have carried a better meaning.

"When his power fails him, he makes up with his speed"


So my brother, there is no argument here, Emeka was right, all along

BascoVanVeli:
It was still his near post.

Earthquake1:
How many spots are up for grabs?

TheSuperNerd:
Jamilu Collins' LB position needs an upgrade as soon as possible.

The Lad is decent but decency is not enough for the level the Super Eagles are aspiring to walk into in this new era.

Collins need to step up his game and he needs seriously bad ass competition to be pushed to his limits and beyond.

Prectega:
No man

ChrisKels:
If that be the case, then u clearly didn't understand the statement u made and what it implied. I dont want to be the one to teach u lexis and structures or how to use ur parts of speech in making phrases, we don't know it all, hence, we learn everyday. "what" in that statement functions as a pronoun, not adverb or interjection, it gives a direct meaning or message about the subject in question, that he does not have power as one his traits. In a nutshell, it defines lack of power as his major weakness. E.g is when people say "what Azubuike lacks in height" - this gives u a straight up definition of Azubuike as a short man.

If u had opted for an interjection "when" which gives a sense of time of circumstance, then ur message would have carried a better meaning.

"When his power fails him, he makes up with his speed"


So my brother, there is no argument here, Emeka was right, all along

TheGoodJoe:
My bro I have read and still not gotten what you are saying.

If I say what Zinchenko lacks in skills, he makes up with intelligent passes. Am I saying Zinchenko is not skillful? Or has zero skills?

It means Zinchenko is skillful but not perfect at it but uses passing to make up.

Same way with Osimhen lacks with power but makes up with hard work and runs. Not that he lacks power which charlesemeka85 thought I said.

forgiveness:
From the first half, Collins was obviously the weak link in the team. Offered nothing to the attack and was caught out of position several times.

The Ukrainian coach noticed that and stylishly attacked from his flank though pressed from the middle but unfortunately the slow poison coach didn't understand and react on time. Instead, brought in Esiti for Iwobi who offers nothing going forward. Even at that, they kept to their game plan and went ahead to score through that wing.

What Rohr ought to had done was to replace Collins and then brought in a defensive mildfielder to replace Aribo. That could had stabilized the team and distabilized the Ukrainian plan.

After that, he should had introduced Simon, Maja and Bonaventure to aid the attack that lost so many scoring chances.

However, this should had been a testing ground to see another AMF in Iwobi's position but the I sabi coach refused to give some players the chance to prove themselves.

If Rohr could call Bonaventure from the Belgium league, what stops him from giving Ajagun who is also from the Belgium league and the only AMF in a top league a chance to prove himself? Double standard.

We need an AMF urgently because Iwobi seems to be wasteful in front of goal.

Osimhen should have scored instead of giving the ball to Iwobi. He lacks confidence and the instinct of a target man.

Chuks was just too selfish, he needs to learn team work.

Ramon Azeez should be called ahead of any player for the CM/DMF position. That's common sense.

Icon4s:
Only 3 o. First, Second and third. That 3rd place match is even more important than the final ;

jihday:
I hear fourth will play playoff