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Earthquake1:
Etebo's role was not the reason he wasn't able to maintain possession, he played throughout the Afcon but couldn't dominate possession

He had Ndidi as an excellent cover and you're giving excuses why he couldn't dominate midfield

Of all the midfielders we played at AFCON, Etebo held more of the ball than anyone else. Not knowing this means you actually didn't watch the AFCON objectively

Danielnino00:
Etebo doesn't.play defensive midfield role at Stoke .he doesn't play as a defensive midfielder for the super eagles either but as a deep lying CM..the role Mikel was supposed to play...
Rohr is found of using two deep lying midfielders..before Onazi got dropped from the team,he was starting alongside Ndidi...two DMs at the same time...where would the creativity come from when the wingers themselves are always instructed to track back?

Etebo goes forward most of the time leaving Ndidi behind (especially when Iwobi switches off)

Earthquake1:
The post was listing qualities a DLP should have which is classed under 'retention'

Basically a DLP should be a good ball holder

Etebo is not a DLP. He's more in the front than the back when CM roles are divided. once again consult the link I sent you.

Earthquake1:
Let's settle our doubts

I knew you were going to copy this particular point from google lol. You fell for it

Holding midfielder and Ball holder are not same. Consult the link I sent you. It broke down different jobs done by different midfielders.

Ugosample:
you are the one who sees things with clarity here
this is the underlying issue up here
the worship of money in NiggerArea

Almost everywhere you turn to

More reason they don't want herding isolated so that they can heap all blames on them

The way we worship money in this country is alarming

smogup:
Buhari is all talk and no action. By the way, he has been making so much noise about this CCTV since last week without implementing it. Let's see how it will address insecurity in Nigeria or it will just be another avenue to loot at the end it will be abandoned.

I'm very sure this speech was well written for him, If not, if you know you know.

Just listen to yourself.

intention was made last week, ministers sworn in this week, yet you want it implemented already. na guguru and epa?

Also CM, we have enough CMs already, I believe he is low on the queue of those Rohr will consider. Any outstanding AM right now will get a straight pass into the SE i believe.

Meliforme:
Ofoborh is a CM. He just got promoted to the first team, and was part of their pre-season football. He has a knack for making pinpoint passes.

Meliforme:
Whenever prominence is laid on passing skills, Nnamdi Ofoborh of Bournemouth comes to mind. He fits into the descriptions you just served.

Hmm, how good is he? How many assist? how many topflight football to his name? I know little about him and don't know if he's an AM the handlers know about.

Earthquake1:
What's the point Etebo is not a good ball holder

Can you tell me a game in the last Afcon we dominated possession?

Stay within context. is my original post about Etebo or about getting a creative midfielder?

Nigerians (some) sha.

If I believe Etebo was our solution, why then am I looking for a fix in the midfield?

This thread is dropping daily with the quality of discourse being discussed and sustained.

We leave points (major discourse) and start banging on sidetalks.

Make I go back to reading jare. Hopefully this thread will rise again soonest

charlesemeka85:
soon now him go say gattuso was a holding midfielder too hahahahahahahaha!

Meaning Etebo played Gattuto's role?
Iwobi played whose role?
Ndidi played whose role?

Not that I care tthough but your comparison no gel

Earthquake1:
Etebo is not a good ball holding midfielder

There's no need to read anything from anywhere

And where did I say he was a "good" ball holder?

in the current SE, he's the one holding the ball.

That opponents playing the same position performed better than him doesn't change his role in the SE.

BTW, was it oonly Algeria we played at the AFCON that you will use that singular guy to undermine his SE games?

If we get a better ball holder, fine but my issue is on creativity. Not here to discuss Etebo, so lets stay on point.

charlesemeka85:
you get time to answer him. good example of ball holding midfielders are pirlo,carrick,verrati,alonso,kross just to mention a few. if you tell am make em mention one now him go call kante or makalele hahahahahahahahaha! na pple wey i dey argue football with

Still looking for attachee? You can't even stand on your own without looking for supporters? Eeya


I no fit fight bro

Have a nice day bro

Earthquake1:
Do you think a ball holder is person who hugs unto balls

A ball holder is a person who makes sure balls are retained in his team by high percentage of passes and Etebo is not that

Go on youtube. watch all our games at AFCON
maybe you will understand Etebo's role better.

You can read this up too

https://medium.com/@aniketsrivastava81/explaining-the-role-of-a-cdm-central-defensive-midfielder-90843b8b4315

charlesemeka85:
i don't blame you one bit. i don't feed you neither do you feed me. i am not here to flex financial muscles with you because from the looks of things you can't even lace the shoes of my younger ones let alone mine. all we are here is to share ideas,discuss and argue on our beloved super eagles.

we are here ranting,laughing and fighting with each other doesnt mean we re of the same category. i am not here to boast or compete with you but be warned

invest this energy on ssomething productive bro. A friendly advise

Earthquake1:
Haha Etebo is not anything close a decent ball holder, He doesn't even complete 80% of his passes

Watch the Algeria match and see how Guerdiola bossed the midfield against us, Etebo is just an energetic Ndidi

Read my comment again bro but slowly
A ball holder is not neccessarily a ball passer, hence my clamor
We have that gap that needs filling.

Etebo can hold on to balls.

https://www.supersport.com/football/nigeria50/news/101008/50_greatest_footballers_in_50_years_of_Nigerian_Football

charlesemeka85:
me jobless? chai ayaf die! i no blame you na my love for soccer na wey i blame. since we dey faceless forum every dick and harry will have the guts to say whatever they want which i doubt you can do same if we meet one on one. i don't blame you one bit

I'm not here to drag shoulders with anyone. If that is your aim here, please ignore my comments. If not, read and comprehend before responding.

Everyone is a big man online, but I am not interested in such vain act.

Earthquake1:
As far as he's decent with the ball at his feet that's what we're looking for

There's a huge hole in that midfield

Well that's not what I am looking for since we already have a decent ball holder in Etebo


I need someone similar to Kanu okocha Etim etc. People that open spaces for others to strike from


Hence the reason I'm thinking maybe Rohr is not really interested in that kind of pattern or we just don't have these kind of players anywhere in the world.

charlesemeka85:
you would have asked him to mention one midfielder we have in europe who has these qualities he mentioned that have been ignored since rohr took charge

Some of you type like kids on this thread. Do you think I come here to argue like jobless fellow? My comment was as straight and harmless as any good comment here, yet you want to turn it upside down. God have mercy on you.

Good that Earthquake understood the comment as expected of us here.

Earthquake1:
Aribo may be the man

You don't need to go far, we just need a decent midfielder

Is Aribo a ball passer and distributor? He looks more like a B2B (Yaya) kind of a player to me

What we need most as a matter of urgency in the midfield is a ball basser and a ball distributor. The one that can read games, dictate the pace and find/create scoring opportunities.

Which of these names can do this? Iwobi is an unserious spoilt butter that hardly take progress in that role serious.

Is it that Rohr is not really interested in this kind of players or we just don't have them anywhere in the world?

Joebie:
I don’t think I can dedicate to it as I have several stuffs on my plate. This is just my second post on this. Will I make it week after week
Will give it a thought though. Thanks

Okay. But I am here if you need a push with it.

And what have they won for their various universities for a start?

Larryfest:
There are so many sports administrators and professors in our universities who are over qualified for this post yet the government will settle down for someone who doesn't even have any passion for sports or whatever to run the ministry and we want improvement in our sport circle...

Joebie:
SE HOPEFULS BEST XI (ROUND 2)

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REASONS:

CF
David Okereke keeps his CF spot in this week's Best XI due to his unmatched 4 goals tally for a CF so far this season, although failing to make an impact in the last round of matches in both the Belgian top flight and in Europe. However, with a little bit of consistency from Josh Maja, who came from the bench to score for Bordeaux on Saturday, Okereke's position in the team will come under threat next week especially considering he plays in a lower rated league compared to the French Ligue 1, and has failed to make an impact after 3 Champions League qualification matches.

ADVANCED MIDFIELD
Sheyi Ojo takes the RW/RM spot after bagging a goal and two assists against Midtjylland in Europa League qualification. Sheyi has been on fire in both the Scottish Premiership and in Europe this season with a handful of goals and assists often operating from the left. Similarly, Samuel Eduok has been in fine form in Croatia. Featuring as a CF over the weekend, he got another assist to his name adding to his prevous tally of 3 goals and 2 assists after 4 matches in the 1.HNL. He makes this week's team at the expense of Ebere Eze.

Eze did not come to party in QPR's latest matches. After starting the season with an impressive goal in the first round, and bagging an MOTM award in the second round, Eze's impact have not been felt lately, as his club has suffered two consecutive losses within the last 7 days.

Abduljalil Ajagun is the undisputed best Nigerian player playing as an AM so far this season. He followed his scintillating performance penultimate weekend with another beautiful assist last Saturday. If his imposing performances in the Jupiler league so far are anything to go by, Ajagun deserves a call up to the Super Eagles.

CM
Ovie Ejaria is arguably the best CM in the Championship after featuring in just 2 from a total of 4 rounds of matches. After an impressive start for Reading in his first game this season in the 3rd round, he was named to the Whoscored Championship Team of the week. He followed it up with another Whoscord MOTM recognition scoring away in West Bromwich just this evening. Ejaria knocks off Joe Aribo, who is no longer eligible to make the team of SE Hopefuls as the latter has been called up by Gernot Rohr for the Ukraine friendly billed for September.

DM
Due to lack of good competition in the DM position, Anderson Esiti maintains his place in the team. He gave a good account of himself playing against Ajax twice in UEFA Champions league qualification. Coming closely, is QPR's Luke Amos who has enjoyed lots of game time for QPR this term. Azubuike Okechukwu made his Istanbul BB debut in the Super Lig last Saturday, but was subbed off after just 46 minutes in their away loss to Yeni Malatyaspor.

FULL-BACKS
Felix Agu has been a standout performer in Bundesliga II. So far, he has been utilized by Osnabrueck as a RFB, LFB, and RWB, and has not disappointed each time. He helped his club demolish Darmstadt on Monday outclassing Mandela Egbo who coincidentally played RB for the visitors. Felix beat Mandela in all stats except in the number of successful tackles. Felix finished with a WhoScored rating of 7.71 as opposed to Egbo's 5.92. Both players clocked 90mins for their respective sides.

Left Back, Chima Okoroji maintains his position as best Left back after clocking another 90 minutes for Jahn Ragensburg in their 1-0 away loss to Greater Furerth. He finished with a WhoScored Rating of 7.10. Okoroji has played every single minute this season in the German second-tier.


CENTER-BACKS
Fikayo Tomori is named to the team after coming from Chelsea's bench in their super cup loss to Liverpool. Royal Antwerp's Junior Pius loses his place from last week's team, as he has not returned from injury. Tosin Adarabioyo has not made Blackburn's match day squad in the last two rounds as he was not passed fit for both encounters.
Minnesota United Center-back, Ike Opara makes the team. He has been named to the official MLS Team of the Week 4 times within the past two months. Opara was named alongside Nedum Onuoha in a 3-man defense, in the latest Team of the Week (Week 24) released Monday. Opara is still eligible to represent Nigeria as he has only been capped once by the USMNT in a friendly last year.

GK
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What's your take?

Do you have a blog? Do you know you can make a niche out of this?

You can concentrate on this while getting other contributors to cover other aspects like Golden eaglets, Flying eagles, Dream team, Super falcons, Falconets, Flamingoes, D'Tiger and D'Tigress.

Bro its something you should think about and work towards. If you need assistance on how to go about it, let me know sir.

Good job bro.

Why not educate yourself on how politics, governance and management work?

Make i go sleep jare.

Earthquake1:
Nothing absolutely qualifies a journalist to preside over a sports department in a state talkless of a whole country

Your argument is neither here nor there. Make i go sleep

Earthquake1:
We have qualified athletes and ex Nigerian internationals (All sports) then Mr clueless appoints a journalist to preside over them

Go and back read my comments so far.

Earthquake1:
You have not answered my question

Because he's not going there to play sports but to manage those doing it and also to bring new ideas to the ministry. Go and read his bio. He's not just a journalist. (was once in NCC).

Earthquake1:
What makes a journalist qualified as a sports minister?

You're still spreading your ignorance. "Telemundo" here was me making jest with lovey-dovey as seen on major Mexican soaps.

The last part of my comment alluded to the fact that they will do well together since they understand each other and are friends.

So Mr ignorance and the person that keeps 'sharing (Suspecting you're the same person) your single-minded post, how does that comment not make sense?

Anyways, it's difficult making sense to those who hardly understand sense nor comprehend statements. It's an IQ thing.

Done wasting time on you.

F117nighthawk:
Your comments doesn't make sense,it'd shows u have nothing on your head,just look at the stupid thing u posted, use your time and data for meaningful things

I hope you know there is a difference between a footballer, athlete and sports administrator?

It's a sports ministry, not a "football ministry".

Some of you just equate Sports ministry to football in this country.

How many of our ex whatever is doing well in managerial position so far? Sports ministry is not just about football, it's about all the sports played in Nigeria and managing people/projects e.tc

We are not talking about NFF president here, we're talking SPORTS ADMINISTRATION!

And please, tone down on your false information. You claimed an Agriculturist is our minister of information which is a LIE.

Earthquake1:
It's appalling that no one who knows sports was appointed while we have so many ex internationals and football administrators

Our hypocrisy in this country is just too high. We complain about all these stuffs yet they are increasing day by day. Who then is patronizing or participating in these things?

I actually don't watch any of these stuffs, never clicked on any BBN or whatever images or videos. Didn't even watch the one attached to this article. (Had to read the write-up, then skipped the images to read comments)

Amah70:
Even those who complain most click the videos, or look at the ladies most.

Alone or with non Moslems, my Moslem friend drinks alcohol to stupor, but can kill you if you offer him alcohol in his house before his Moslem friends.