₦airaland Forum

TheGoodJoe:

Pep did not use the formation in his conquests. He used it in some games. The Back line of Barca was Abidal...Pique..Puyol.. Dani Alves. This was the main back line. Not 3-4-3. I think you should read more on it. The formation is actually difficult to pull off.

forgiveness:
Bros, leave them alone.

They think say na tap in na em e take score goals for em first professional football experience.

They are known for using double standard and I read to expose as many as possible.

TheSuperNerd:
How great is Bristol City?

TheGoodJoe:

No one is degrading Solanke. He is a promising talent. He can become good. We hope he becomes good.

How can he become good if you want him to feel satisfied with 7 goals in 22 Starts?

He can do better.

We are saying for now, we have young players ahead of him. Solanke should keep working hard to become a top player.

TheSuperNerd:
Looollll... Relax Sir Napoleon.... Relax I have stats for Success and Nacho at U-17 level. There's a reason why even I didn't wanna comment just yet on that post. Let's wait for the Solanke "fan boys" to start the "bragging" drums...


I rate Solanke highly but I'm no "biased fanboy"

Napoleon55:
Kelechi Iheanacho scored over 50 goals 4 Nig. u-17,scored about 20 goals since his senior debut 4 both club n country,
scored few goals for Man city ED B4 his senior debut.
Get ur facts correct b4 someone here starts celebrating Solanke as the more prolific one.
Success has also cored over 40 goals 4 Nig. u-17 not just 7 goals as ur statistics shows.

safarigirl:
So, I had an argument with this guy who said we needed Dominic Solanke, I told him our current forward line cannot accommodate Solanke and he began asking me who we have that's better than Dominic. He called Ighalo a one-season wonder, said V Moses has glass legs, Musa is washed up, and he didn't even think Etebo was worth a recognition.

Maybe na me no dey understand, but please, does anyone have stats that prove this Dominic is better than our current options on the forward line or are people still rating him based on English media hype?

Kelechi Iheancaho
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015– Manchester City 30 (10)

National team‡
2013 Nigeria U17 7 (
2015– Nigeria U20 2 (0)
2015– Nigeria 6 (4)

Mickael2:
in fact if you have ever played football in a tactical level, the first thing they teach you is that once your team is in position. the centre backs should at least be inside the opponents half and that the DMF should be be at the top of their own arc of the centre circle. watch that game again, Onazi didn't cross that spot except the once that he went to take a shot, He only started crossing it after Esiti came on for God's sake

Mickael2:
check this before ever talking rubbish in your life again before you embarrass yourself even further http://www.transfermarkt.com/ngolo-kante/profil/spieler/225083

Mickael2:
it seems like you know football more than the coaches themselves. whoscored.com records that Kante had played as a DMF 7 times this season and only three times as a Cmf otherwise called the b2b and one of those games was against Arsenal where he was absolutely shocking. please next time, watch the full match not just the highlight, the mere fact that he made forward runs shows that he is not a log of wood, nothing else

Mickael2:
the more i read this the more ridiculous it sounds. Onazi played as a a b2b? I will give you the benefit of the doubt though, maybe you watched the match after Esiti came in and Onazi moved into that position, so let me not finish what I wanted to say

Mickael2:
Onazi played as a what?! Then what was Mikel doing?! This is the most ridiculous thing i have ever heard, my God! So Kante is a box to box midfielder to you?! Why then do people compare him to Makelele? My Christ! I cant believe someone just said this

Mickael2:
So because he was everywhere that makes him the best player? Chances created, Zero. Long passes completed, Zero, number of successful dribbles zero. Even his pass completion percentage was downright poor and you sadly think he was our best player because he was 'everywhere and never got tired'. The best DMF in the world (for me), Busquets is quite stationary but that's because that's where your DMF should be, sitting infront of your defence not running around like a headless chicken, that's ill discipline.

Omeruo and Ekong's combination was brilliant. It was simply a Puyol-Pique combination. Ekong was charged with winning the aerial balls and playing the ball out of defence and Omeruo did the dirty work, that combo was brilliant. I agree with everything else though

goldfish80:
You prefer what wiki tells you than what someone who has watched him play live more than 10 times? OK

TheGoodJoe:
So what is your problem in what I said? I did not bring Nwobodo into the topic. Someone pointed how strong we were with Iwobi, Iheanacho and Mikel combining makes us strong. When I was watching the match, I thought do we have another player who can play wide and like Iwobi. Not just a winger.

I think it was goldfish80 that pointed at Nwobodo. It clicked. If we want to play that way, Nwobodo can add to it.

So what is the problem? It was a brilliant suggestion that someone feels Rohr should look into. He did not say we must play that way against Algeria or that should be our style.

So please tell me what the problem is? I was explaining his suggestion.

goldfish80:
I had to comment when I saw this. Obinna Nwobodo has never ever ever played as a deep lying midfielder. Christian Madu is Rangers deep lying midfielder or Emeka Eze.
Nwobodo formed an attacking quadruple with Clement, Aguda, Egbuchulam which was called the "CANE ".
Any human being who has watched Nwobodo play will not even try to question his abilities.
The sort of goals and assists he bagged this past season will leave you gasping for breath.
Type on YouTube enugurangers and watch highlights of their games this last season. You will understand why the noise about Obinna Nwobodo's genius.
Had it been he was Brazilian, playing for Corinthians. Man city, Barca and Real Madrid would have been outdoing each other to get him for £40m.

On his role in this team, I think Barcelona and Spain has proved to the world that technically gifted players can be integrated into a team and the balance of play won't be affected.
I think Nigeria missed a trick in the late 90s and early 2000's with continuous benching of Oruma. Its a pity our coaches believed that only one no 10 can play at a time.
Had it been we had creative thinkers in our national team management then, they would have found a solution to play Oruma, Kanu and Jay Jay in midfield, just like Spain used Alonso, Busquests, Xavi and iniesta in their golden generation.
Integrating Nwobodo, Iwobi, Mikel, Iheanacho in this team will be quite close to the Spanish team that dominated the world and Europe.

Mickael2:
i disagree with your last sentence. I will start Enyeama any day any time, why? It's not just about the shot-stopping abilities, rather the way he coordniates the defence. Ikeme was not instructing anybody at all, that was why most times our full backs were unaware, as a GK you shout at your defenders, make them aware of the opposing players presence and I would fancy Enyeama to even keep out that goal they scored sef, so Enyeama anyday of the week abeg. Not to mention that he is our captain afterall.

TheGoodJoe:

I pointed out when Iniesta plays on the wing. Same with Silva. When you play Neymar in the team, he is not in a midfield set up but a forward set up. That is a 4-3-3. Not a compact 4-5-1 formation. Iwobi plays more of a midfield game than an all out winger or a wing forward. It is a similar role I expect Iwobi to play in such set up.

I also pointed out is the strategy that matters.

When Man City sets up with Silva and Nasri wide, they play with the central midfield players to control the game.

TheGoodJoe:

That was before Obinna Nwobodo joined Rangers. He plays a more creative role now.

TheSuperNerd:
Yeah... A 4-1-4-1 is possible with the talents/playing personnel we have....

TheSuperNerd:
Well said, Iwobi and Iheanacho are sure starters. Ighalo will continue as no.9...

Victor Moses will walk into the starting 11 and that will leave the likes of Ahmed Musa, Simon Moses and Isaac Success on the bench.

Lawd!!! What a bench... !!!!!

Also, Etebo won't bench any of Iwobi and Nacho... He too will start from the bench provided Nacho does not lead the lines as the no.9.

And Sir Goldfish80 called for Obinna Nwobodo.... (I already mentioned it once too)

Mehn!!! Rohr better hear that one coz that will be a call-up that will add "extra beauty" to our wonderful "tip-tap/tiki taka-like" soccer....m

lakesidepapa:
We can make 3points out of the game against that Algerians team in Kaduna, our full backs problem just need to be sorted out. I'm looking forward for I Success to join the team and put Simon out of bay likewise like Moses, we need these duo. The hullabaloo should be settled.

zoboizee:
@princesuko
U r very correct. No similarity at all.


In our match against zambia, ndidi had good positioning, passing range & recovery, so he was spared to last in the match. If a poor player had played that rytback probably there would had being a penalty. He was very clean in marking even though he got dribbled severally. He was always closing the space & neatly chasing the opponent without any reckless foul.
Just watched Algeria vs Cameroon.
One thing i was impressed with it was the way the cameroonians closely & neatly mark the Algerians. My major concern is Echiejile. Personally speaking without disrespecting him, lowest amongst the leftback we have had since the 90's. He leaves so much space btw him and the person he is marking all the tym. And get dribbled easily at the slight move. His positioning is always suspect when marking & his crosses are totally offish. Have seen the like of bolasie & makandjo turn him to shreds & i pity him marking mahrez with his skill & pace.