ChrisKels:


Yes bro, quote me anywhere, it means Zinchenko isn't skillful but gets bailed by his intelligence.

That phrase "what he lacks in...", is a negative statement that gives the sense of the weakness of somebody/something.

When u say "what Zinchenko lacks in skill, he makes up in intelligence", u are basically and emphatically saying that Zinchenko is rather intelligent than skillful. Not that he is a bit skillful and super intelligent, as u trynna imply

This isn't worthy of an argument, just consult ur GST101, or better yet Google it.

TheGoodJoe:


And you can not use height because it is not a quality in that respect.

What he lacks in power, meaning inside power, there are things he is lacking. Not the total absence of power.

Inside skills, there are things lacking. Not a total absence of skills.

Can we say inside height, there are things lacking? No. So Azubuike being short does not count.

We can talk of him lacking in winning aerial duels and make up with reading winning the second balls.

Godsfavour78:
OK nah but Joe aribo na one of the key players yesterday.

Na so you still watch back of TV when we dey merit that time when naija win Nations cup.



Its like sleep dey catch you anytime you dey watch match. so you begin to mixup the match in your dreams.

BascoVanVeli:
Back to the molly whopping don by our dream team. Sanusi Ibrahim is the next top npfl player to come out of nowhere. Our CB pairing can play for the Super Eagles right now[b][/b] . I have never seen Imama coach a good defense, this seems weird. Normally his catch phrase is you score one I score two. We will miss Zuby and Nwakali at the tournament no doubt about that but this team will be very solid.

jihday:
I agree, one of the rule of goalkeeping is 'don't get beaten at your near post'

Icon4s:


You mean the home based Super Eagles Team right?

Icon4s:


You mean the home based Super Eagles Team right?

BascoVanVeli:



Hmmm I like Ifeanyi Anemena and Denis Nya also. Here is another thought. Our CHAN team should be very strong also

Icon4s:


If you ask me, I would always prefer the young home based players for the CHAN Team.

charlesemeka85:
Come bck to my sences as in what?

BascoVanVeli:


You must not have watched enyimba lately. Anemena has a lot of quality and can even score goals. As a defender he reminds me of a tall Udoji RIP hard as nails.

Nya is 24, played with Iheanacho in the U17.

Icon4s:


The CAF U23 Nation Cup will hold in Egypt from 8-22 November, 2019.

There is actually a FIFA free window around that time in November but the tournament if for 2weeks and this may be a challenge for players release.

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.

Icon4s:


Then he cannot be 24.
17 + 6 is 23. That is oldest any of Iheanacho's set can be now.

I have watched Anemena a lot, he is a rock solid CB. But like I said, he still a CHAN material.

MetalJigsaw:
Just one north African country.

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.

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.

ChrisKels:
This team is looking good.

I will suggest a few changes, mainly on the bench:

1 - Get a worthy back up to Iwobi. Eze will be the prime target, while we also keep an eye on Onomah's game in the championship

2 - Bring in Azubike as a back up to Ndidi.

3 - Let Aribo and Etebo rumble for that CM shirt, whoever does better, should be starting while the other sits. Even on the bench, give Ejaria a chance to keep the previous two on their toes.

4 - In the defense, get Tomori, since Balogun has refused to play.

5 - Last but not the least, once Ebuehi is fit, or Ehizibue is secured, move Aina to the left. He does better there, more than the natural LB, Collins. Collins should be a back up to Aina in the LB

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.

TheSuperNerd:
It's just two weeks naa... plss we need to qualify ooo.

We need a fine blend of the foreign based and home based. I think we can rely on Ndifreke Effiong (not as CDM ooo but as an advanced player as we saw in the game yesterday), Olisa Ndah, John Lazarus, Ebube Duru, Adamu Abubakar and Ibrahim Sunusi going to Egypt from the home front but we need the foreign based too in certain strategic positions.

I know we cannot have them all for the tournament but if we can have some of the likes of:


Attack:
Taiwo Awoniyi, David Okereke (UCL football beckons), Okonkwo Orji, Stephen Odey, Chidera Ejuke, Dennis Bonaventure (UCL football beckons again and Brugges may find it hard releasing both he and David at same time for two weeks... but I hope they do. They have Diagne and Tau plus a few others naa), Blessing Olabiran, Hillary Gong, Success Makanjuola, etc...


Midfield:
Azubuike Okechukwu, Kelechi Nwakali (would be settling into his new home club in Spain but we need the lad badly for this tournament), Kingsley Michael, Frank Onyeka, Abdul Zubairu, Tosin Kehinde, Tom Dele Bashiru, Nnamdi Ofoborh, etc....

Defence:
Valentine Ozornwafor, Musa Mohammed.


Gk:
Dele Alampasu, Maduka Okoye.


.... then we are good to go and Africa will have nothing on us at all in Egypt.

Icon4s:


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

Hanibal:

Err.... Baba komekn, I haven't actually compared him to Costa all round, I only compared his aggression to Costa, he earned a yellow card for protesting fa.
When last did a super eagle earn yellow for protesting?.
On the next Yekini or Drogba... Osimhen is 20 years old, I didn't watch Drogba or Yekini at 20, Osimhen can mature to be better than these legends.
Unless of course you doubt Osimhen's age (which is a likely thing considering who your posts here)
Saying Osimhen is not Vardy (29), Costa (30), peak Drogba, and peak Yekini should be considered prejudiced emotive bias abi how you take dey talk am sef?

MetalJigsaw:
Bro that Aribo I saw yesterday should displace Etebo. the guy is so mobile, slick-footed and really good in attack... He has almost all the traits of an attacking midfielder.

Icon4s:
Well it think it was a good game. One of the major upsides of that game was the number of chances created including shots on Target.

The defense had a shaky start but improved as the game progressed only to lose concentration for the 45mins that we conceded the two goals. Semi Ajayi was partnering Ekong for the first time but the duo did ok together. Aina IMO had one of his best games for Super Eagles last night. Though was caught out of position on 1 or 2 occasions but this is normal for a RB who plays like Wing Back. Collins did ok, though just like Aina got caught once or twice.

The midfield trio of Etebo-Aribo-Iwobi did an excellent job together. Joe Aribo seems to have won the hearts of virtually all and sundry. Like I have often opined you don't need full 90mins or 2 games to know a player who can add value. He has excellent interception and drilling skills but needs to try to release balls a bit earlier. WELCOME TO THE SUPER EAGLES JOE ARIBO. Etebo again proved he is a valuable asset to the team as he played the DM position and made us forget we didn't have Ndidi in the game. And Iwobi, this boy keeps improving. He seemed to have have brought his Everton form into that game. Point accurate passes and he defended a lot also. However, he still needs to improve on his shooting skills.

And for the attack the youthfulness and adventurous nature of the 3 man attack Kalu-Osimhen-Chukwueze was a delight to watch and posed problems for the Ukrainian defense for a larger part of the game. Kalu's fitness level is back, we really missed him at the AFCON (if you know you know). Chukwueze need to learn to play a little more with his pairs. His confidence and level composure are obviously increasing. And Osimhen was awesome in his pressing, bold holding and distribution. Never really got a perfect chance but he also had a good game

For the subs:
Dennis Bonaventure showed promise. He obviously is work in progress and one for the future. Let us also assess Ademola Lookman.
Esiti has yet again failed to impress on his return to the Super Eagles. Considering that Ndidi was not in that game, Aribo's prospect in the team and other young upcoming Midfielders like Ejaria and Eze, I don;t see a future for Esiti in that team.
Awaziem did his job as usual. Nothing exceptional.
Josh Maja nothing worth saying, due to the few number of minutes he played, except that he is now fully a Nigerian.

Some people are blaming Rohr for his substitutions. Rohr obviously tested his first 11 by starting them and they delivered. That is what matters IMHO. However, another revelation about the nature of the impact of the substitutions is that the team doesn't have depth. For instance, we are still lacking in number of creative midfielders which was why we had to deploy Mikel to that position in the first place. We need a deputy for Iwobi.

Rohr has continued to impress in the area of players selection and team management, but like I have always opined, he needs a tactician. Excellent tactical changes, with players switching positions, would have better helped us manage that 2-0 lead.

Good Morning my people

tbaba1234:


Zuby is better than Esiti for sure but he does not really improve what we have already.

MetalJigsaw:
Bro that Aribo I saw yesterday should displace Etebo. the guy is so mobile, slick-footed and really good in attack... He has almost all the traits of an attacking midfielder.

tbaba1234:


Zuby is better than Esiti for sure but he does not really improve what we have already.

Meliforme:
Neither Ndidi, Etebo nor Aribo has the passing range, we have in Zuby. Comparatively, Zuby is a playmaker. Zuby brings a sort of dominance and stability. A midfield that has Zuby will hardly colapse. Zubys' infusion into the current crop will set a lot of difference.

Meliforme:
Neither Ndidi, Etebo nor Aribo has the passing range, we have in Zuby. Comparatively, Zuby is a playmaker. Zuby brings a sort of dominance and stability. A midfield that has Zuby will hardly colapse. Zubys' infusion into the current crop will set a lot of difference.