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Very inspiring stuff from balogun, i must confess. He went through the fire and came out as refined diamond.

But hey, i'm sure the icelanders have even more touching and inspiring stories, especially considering that most of their players are just parttime footballers

Behind Many smiley-faced footballers are rejects, outcasts, people who have had to weather the storm. Infact, lukaku and kasper schmeichel's stories are currently on player's tribune and i've previously read those of pique and rakitic.

Thats beside the point. Our game against croatia was embarrasing, to say the least. We lost that match even before the blast of the whistle. We gave too much respect to the croats. Rohr's tactics was that of containment and not really explosive and domineering. Our plan for containment was brilliant, we reduced the croats to a miserly 2 shots on target team, Uzoho was hardly tested. But that was just the extent of it, when we had the ball, we were almost always clueless. The containment plan meant that shehu was meant to babysit perisic, he was meant to always have eyes on perisic which meant that even when we were on the attack, he had to make sure that perisic never went out of his sight. This had an awfully demoralizing effect on moses, who was left to do all the attacking work from the right wing whilst also doubling up with shehu to cage perisic - too much respect .

There were times when all moses had to do was beat a player, and lay a pass out wide for a cross but due to the lack of the luxury of an outlet, he had to try to beat them all, sometimes resorting to cheap gimmicks to win freekicks.

Very poor from rohr, i must confess. Countries have played germany, played spain, played argentina, played brazil in this same tournament and they did it with more courage than we could muster against a not-so-impressive croatian side.

Its going to be a different ball game against iceland, atleast i hope it'll be - scratch that - it must be.

Iceland played argentina with so much coordination, especially defensively. They were okay with ceeding possesion to the argentines, and always had more of their players behind the ball. Against Nigeria, there are going to fancy their chances. If not for anything, but for the mere fact that they also need the 3 points. So they'll come at us, much more than they did against argentina. Also, seeing how we concede from setpieces, they are going to try their luck in that aspect also, and with sigurdsson, it is going to be harder to defend.

In our attack, we need to be quick in thinking and also try some outside shots. I like the way kroos was always sending thunderbolts against mexico. But for ochoa's brilliance, one would have gone in. A team like iceland wont always give you the luxury of strolling into their 18yard box. Our attackers and attacking midfielders should be inventive and always look to force a shot whenever there is a slight opening.

Though practically impossible, a part of me is still praying we qualify, even at the expense of my dear messi.

klexycole:
Guys could this be the real line up??

Nop. Livescores also give predicted lineup before the real lineup is released. When the real lineup is released, you'd see substitutes too.

FT 5-0. my God!!

4-0

I feel the problem with this team has always been the lack of a mobile box to box midfielder to link-up the defense with attack. Playing mikel - a slow player as AM means that a mobile midfielder has to literally take the ball to his feet due to his poor tracking back.

In reality, we have failed in this aspect. In the qualifiers, we made Ndidi sit while onazi roamed. Onazi is another immobile midfielder, so instead of moving with the ball, we resorted to long balls, some of which ended up outside the stadium.

Fast forward to our friendlies, we tried Joel in this role and it simply didn't work. We seem to think that we do not need a midfielder that can move with the ball, that we can result to passing the ball right from defensive midfield to attacking midfield. The irony of this is that, we have played against teams that play with compact midfield, that intercept those passes before getting to their targets, that is why we've been complaining that the team seem incapable of stringing 2-3 passes, because the moment they attempt a forward pass, it is almost always intercepted. What the team needs is a midfielder that collects the ball from the DM, moves the ball, creates space with his movements before releasing the ball.

Rohr saw this too that is why he deployed iwobi to this role. It was nice of him to pick up on this but the personnel deployment was wrong.
Yes iwobi moves the ball well, yes he beats his marker, yes he releases the ball when due but he doesn't have the gas to play such energy sapping role. Playing him there also denies the team of his valuable creativity upfront.

My humble deduction; Etebo should play that role, he was born for the role. Before you come for my head, I know about his supposed inconsistencies but those have come in matches where he was play in a restricted AM role. Etebo normally likes running. In the AM role, he doesn't run enough and so doesn't even use up half of his energy reserve. This excess energy that he doesn't let out makes him implode. Etebo has the trickery to evade his markers and he has the ability to release the ball when required. A midfield trio of ndidi-etebo-mikel should have been tried out instead of the Ndidi-iwobi-mikel. The good thing about that midfield is that during the course of the match, Etebo can also drift to the LW, forcing iwobi to move centrally just in front of mikel.

I believe that midfield combination is very flexible and can easily be tweaked as the game progresses. In Ndidi and Etebo we have a combination that have the energy to put pressure on opposition midfield and relieve the defense of unnecessary pressure.

TheGoodJoe:
Covering for Idowu would mean taking Idowu's position at the LB, in case Idowu is beaten, he can cover. Going to do Idowu's job and you want to blame Mikel for Onazi leaving his role for others to play it. You can see you are interested in others playing different roles than us playing in an organized fashion. This is why the ship is more stable with Ogu than Onazi.

When fullbacks attack, it is normal for DMs to cover for them. It is not a matter of leaving your role, it's a matter of covering gaps. As a matter of fact, some Nigerian coaches mistake this to mean that these players can play as fullbacks. We've seen keshi deploy onazi as a RB before and even Rorh used Ndidi as RB against Zambia. In a three man defense, when a wing back attacks, it is the role of the RCB and LCB to cover for them that is why you would always see azpilicueta temporarily take up the RB position when Moses attacks, but when it comes to the flat four back line, DMs conveniently do this.

What guardiola did this season was to reverse this system and have fullbacks slot in as DMs when the DMs attack.

forgiveness:
Thank you very much.

Goke7 over to you.

You just come here looking for what or whom to criticize. If rorh had submitted the list for vetting by NFF, you'd still come here crying about how NFF played politics with the list

jonsnow92:
“Icardi knows how to have sex with his friend’s wife. He does that very well. He can find his friend’s house easily. He doesn’t need a GPS for that. That’s why Higuaín has to have another chance.”

Burst my brain.

tbaba1234:
Someone will now call this kind of talk 'realism'.

Sir tbaba, one thing you should know is that baseless critcism of the super eagles is the new cool. Most of these guys showing up here today to rant about how we would be disgraced out of the world cup do not know jack about this team. Ask them to list the players going to the world cup and you'll see them running to google. They did not follow the team but they feel the need to criticize because, well, it is 'cool'.

Secondly, most of them are just scared little babies. They criticize because they are scared, which is okay. Even amongst us, about 70% - i inclusive - are scared for the goalkeeping department. The difference is that, we do not let our fears lead us, rather we embrace healthy optimism. These lot do not want to up their expectations and have their hearts broken so they tow the stone-cold path.

In the begining of the football season in europe this season, every reasonable sport follower could tell that a team like chelsea, for instance, was not going to win the champions league. But if you visit the chelsea thread you'll still find folks being optimistic that chelsea would weather the odds and become victorious. Those fans were not reffered to as 'blind patriots' they were hailed as 'true fans' but when it comes to the super eagles, anybody with an iota of optimism becomes a blind patriot and the naysayers become the realists, because, well, it is the super eagles.

asha80:
no Marcos Alonso for Spain.. they preffered Montreal... well... https://twitter.com/SeFutbol/status/998520371547602944?s=19

Mehn after Nigeria, i'm rooting for spain. Too much creativity in that midfield. Lawd!

LethargiQue:


This puta starts yerry Mina against Sociedad.

No other option. Umtiti and vermaelen are both out

You lot baffle me i swear. Dont you guys ever decide to give this whole Ronaldo-messi debate a rest? Its obvious madrid fans will never regard messi as the best and barca fans will never regard ronaldo as the best, so why dont everybody just pocket their opinion and keep holding any belief that makes them sleep well at night? Cos tbh, this cycle of Ronaldo-messi argument is getting boring AF.

goldfish80:
Probably Alhaji Gero bought a nice wrist watch for Dan Amokachi...... The only logical reason I can come up with why he would recommend such a talentless player for the national team.


Nigeria need more than Odion Ighalo in Russia, says Daniel Amokachi

Former Nigeria forward Daniel Amokachi has pointed at Nigeria's weak area which needs to be worked on going to the 2018 Fifa World Cup in Russia.
Gernot Rohr's powered in 11 goals during the qualifying series, but the former Everton star is worried over the absence of a prominent figure in the attacking setup.
Kelechi Iheanacho, Ahmed Musa, Odion Ighalo, Alex Iwobi, Junior Lokosa, Simeon Nwankwo, Victor Moses and Moses Simeon make up the attacking lineup of the Super Eagles' 30-man provisional list.

“The qualification was the first step and we did it with ease. There is a lot of work to be done because the qualifier is a different ball game from the World Cup proper,” Amokachi told Goal.
“The most important thing now is to work on our no. 9. We are struggling with a no.

“The only number 9 I think that we have is Alhaji Gero who plays in the Swedish league.
“He is doing wonderfully well and I think he's a much better player to be on the waiting list. I don't know him from jack but I see him play and I know he's a damn good no. 9.
“The only no. 9 we have is Odion Ighalo but we still need another because the no. 9 has done a whole lot from generation till date."

http://www.goal.com/en/news/nigeria-need-more-than-odion-ighalo-in-russia-says-daniel/2v894lu6gs9o1gsxxbldi37kw

Any time these local coaches speak, i just wonder if it will be back to status quo by the time we revert back to a local coach. I mean, look at the names siasia listed the other day, look at salisu's list and look at this name Amokachi is calling. No jokes, some forumites here will draw up a better list.

monerozi5590:
Is happening now in our faces. Modric, Kross and CR7.

did you actually say this with a straight face?

Dear white people. I watch this show basically for the dialogues. Pretty deep.

Nihilstjnr:
mehn Bakayoko is truly shite

At least season don end, and no more airmax.

What an absolute waste of space.

I've never seen such an incapable player in my life.

Every week I had to toe the official line on public knowing that there was a chance, no matter how faint, of chopping some cool cash.

In private I used to rage at my TV everytime I saw his dull looking face and two left feet.

It would have been worth it too, if the fool had managed to stumble his way to 6 goals kpere.

Anyway, at least I can cast off the burden of defender of the Yoko, and focus on the world cup.

jonsnow92:
Only Iniesta could have found Messi with such lob pass..


Iniesta giving us reasons to cry that he's leaving.

iniesta woulda been a lot more dangerous this season if he was managed properly. Unfortunately, EV chose to play him even in the most unnecessary of times.

koice:
- Complete season's 1-2.


- dl20 dot mihanpix dot com/94/series/gomorrah/s3/ (Season 3)

I met a brick wall with that first link

koice:
480pmkv dot com

I've been searching for 480p format of gomorra with no success. Can you help, please?

rationalmind:
A few holes apart, brilliant show I must say. Just wish they ended it with the second season since the ovation was really at its loudest.

Unfortunately, It's going to be renewed for a third and I cant help but wonder what tangent it's going to take, now that the heist has been completed.

Maybe the professor will team up with the detective to plan another heist. We wait to see.

There's going to be a third season?
Well, i'm happy a great show will return. But just like you, i fail to see the direction they'd go. The show gave me closure.

Atlanta. This Tracy is one crazy ass SOB

Mickael2:
comfort zone?

Let's explore this very well then. Alves has only played in Spain and France, I mean no offence but is the Ligue 1 truly a league? It would be a comfort zone for any player, just ask Memphis Depay. So let's say the only tough job was in Spain. Then for Brazil what has he achieved in international football? 4th place without even featuring prominently.

Alves played for Sevilla, Barcelona, juventus and Psg. That's 3 different countries.

02emrys:
Dear jermaine lamarr cole

How are you doing? Hope you are fine?
I am writing this letter in respect to your new album KOD
I must say I am really disappointed in this album, I really anticipated the release of this album, don't get me wrong, the album is nice but from a G.O.A.T! God it is wack.
Your music got me through difficult times I guess is my fault for idolising niggas based on the word they be rapping, You are not the nigga I use to know,
You are changing right before my eyes, becoming someone I don't recognise as if you were disguised.
I heard you are in Nigeria maybe we could meet and talk more about this.
P.S. I will still be listening to your other good songs like born sinner, lost ones, January 28, crunch time, wet dreams, let nas down but to mention a few. I guess you just let me down.
Regards
Your biggest fan
Osochi igwala





Share this message till it gets to jermaine lamarr cole (jcole)
#cole_world
#jcole
#G.O.A.T

You don't understand the story in the album.
Aside talking about drug addiction, Cole takes a serious swipe at trap music. Then in an entirely satirical manner, he uses trap music in his own typical fashion to pass deep messages.
But this he does mainly in the 1st few songs of the album. In the 2nd half you see the real j.cole. Songs like Brackets, once an addict,window's pain, 1985 are dope typical j.Cole songs.

The resident is peaking pretty nicely

Martz101:
Don't bring neymar to this, Neymar is not above salah for now in anyway

Unfortunately, this is an argument I don't wish to delve into.

Taliban:
How can the European press be clamoring for Mo Salah for worlds best player and leave out our own Victor Mos is. I believe our analysts here have said Vic Mo was robbed of the African award in favor of Mo Salah.

This table you are shaking ehn..

But honestly I think you guys are grossly misrepresenting the stance of many here. I don't think anybody outrightly came out to say Moses is better than Salah, the bone of contention was about who was more deserving of the African best award, in other words, who had a better season.

Many people argued for Vic Mo because of what he was able to achieve last season. Salah is very deserving of the balon d'Or this year, it doesn't mean he's in the category of messi or ronaldo or even Neymar, it just means he had a better season.

Humility017:
just take a look at his lame analysis...that when the set piece is on the right...Moses should take the set piece as if Moses has ever scored any set piece

I think Moses scored a FK in the Afcon qualifier against Cameroon that was ruled out as off even though mikel(the player that was off) didn't touch the ball.

Hueyreckless0007:
https://www.tfpdl.de/money-heist-complete-season-01-480p-webrip-x264-tfpdl/

Thanks for this link. Didn't realize tfpdl recently uploaded the series, I'm sure I've checked there numerous times before

Rexnegro:
episodes in season like 300mb plus , this season 2 are much longer in length n 1gig plus in sizes

Well thanks.. How many episodes are in s2 cos I'm seeing just 6

Rexnegro:
a friend is supplying me , going to collect season 2 from him today

How large are they?