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drDoom3:
First through pass I've seen came from, guess who, Malawi.

No be by name.

Successful?

TheGoodJoe:
Please cool down with the abuses and doing that to Musa is uncalled for. He is the captain and playing the AFCON this year. So there is no way he will not want to go the World Cup and a hard choice to drop him.

Let us cool with the abuses. Musa has served well and deserve better.

What does he deserve, has he not been given accolades, has he not been unjustifiably granted more than 100 caps even when he didn't merit his last few, why can't he step aside and give SE young players room to improve their carriers and improve the national team, what is it about the National team that he has developed a parasitic relationship with?

PetroDolla2020:
Why do think so?

We have better players overall and I expect Ejuke and Chukwueze to create chances atleast

drDoom3:
I don't want better, I want organized. I want to be able to keep possession for an extended period by playing short passes on the ground from defense to midfield to attack. I want a fluid team that attacks together and defends together. I want a team that plays triangles in the attacking third, a team that plays through passes.

Come to think of it, I haven't seen any through pass in all the AFCON games I have watched so far . I remember watching the Euros and seeing at least one through pass a game, inttercepted or not. That tells you how poor African football is.

Guy na true o maybe that's why they struggle to score up to 3 goals in a match in Afcon

drDoom3:
Morocco too is playing poorly.

I am yet to see a well structured team in this AFCON. All the teams are too poor compared to how you see teams structured in the Euros. No cohesion, strikers are isolated, play is disjointed. Any team that is organized will score goals like hell in this tournament.

Yea Morocco is not playing any better but you can see they more tactically drilled than the Ghanaians

komekn:
Lol gidigbo they have eaten too much kenke.

Ghana have that attacking edge and are winning the physical battle's.

They are playing off the cuff, relying on individual brilliance , Ghana is rugged though.

Ghana are relying on Sulemana to progress them up the pitch but physicality will only take you so far, I'm expecting Morocco to tear into them in the second half

PetroDolla2020:
Will Nigeria play better tomorrow?

I think we will play better

komekn:
The first twenty minutes is for sparring .

Let's wait till things settle down Ghana are not looking like they have cohesion at the moment.

I have to say all the North African teams seem to play with a lot more cohesion that the sub Saharan Africa teams.

Why ❓❓

Ghana dey play like gidigbo football no coordination whatsoever

Ghana is playing so disorganized, relying on their speed and strength against a technical Morocco side, I expect them to gas out towards the end of the match

Stormtrooper11:
You're well known for being racist. Just be careful with that running mouth of yours. That little lips will put you in trouble someday and momma won't be there to clear your SIMP ass. Case closed.

Ok

Currently watching Morocco vs Ghana, the Ghanaians have started strongly

chrisooblog:
Hi Subzero this is the video of the press conference. Musa was misquoted so I think your initial statement was premature and uncalled for.

Start watching from the 10th minute


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ewd8VRos1Ow

The man should just retire sef, Mtweew

Stormtrooper11:
Damn. I won't join you in your ethnic slander. You did wrong and you weren't supposed to use those words for a respected personality in our national team. Don't act poorly trained and immatured. I expected better from you as a veteran in this thread. Maybe I expected too much tho

I didn't mention the word 'North' in this thread, go and find your ethnic slander where you lost it

JohnBullMySon:
Boss you fumbled small, don't fumble more. Bastard was way too much. Musa doesn't deserve that at all.

Bastard is not enough, the guy is holding the national team to ransom imagine being 40 years old and promising that you'll be in the next world cup, guys like Moffi should have started their national team career by now

TheGoodJoe:
Nacho had a brilliant game playing as a striker against Manchester City. So how can you finito with he is not a striker?

He actually played well as a lone striker against Man city because he didn't have to press, play him as a lone striker to lead the press and he falls desperately short

Stormtrooper11:
I'd like you said that to him man-to-man. Not behind your poor android screens with free opera data

If I say it to him man to man what will he do, you think everybody is as impoverished as you

jihday:
Musa on retirement: “I didn’t say I will retire from international football after this AFCON but this will be my last AFCON & we still have the World Cup that I will go”.

Once we qualify his participation is assured

I thought this bastard was just looking for his 100th cap

jihday:
Musa on retirement: “I didn’t say I will retire from international football after this AFCON but this will be my last AFCON & we still have the World Cup that I will go”.

Once we qualify his participation is assured

This man has already announced that he will be in the world cup list and our new coach has not even started, nepotism will not kill Nigeria

Shukusheka:
As much as I love this formation and selection, the attack won't work. Should Iheanacho play central forward in a 4-3-3 formation, he should be partnered by pacey inside forwards like Ahmed Musa who can feed off his creativity upfront. Like how Rodgers used Lookman to feed off Iheanacho against Liverpool.

Playing Iheanacho, Chukwueze and Ejuke upfront will have them dribbling, passing the ball around without any them attacking space or being aggressive in the box.

Yes you get it, this formation would have Iheanacho withdrawing into the False 9 space forcing Chukwueze and Ejuke to play as pseudo - strikers which is not their strength

minfelix:
If the coach stick by a wing play of Chukwueze and Ejuke, who do guys fancy to lead our attack
1. Iheanacho
2. Awoniyi
3. Umar
4. Olayinka

I think Awoniyi is the best man to combine with our wingers because he would act as a foil that draws defenders and allowing space for the wingers to operate, Iheanacho would be the worst because he literally has no presence, Umar would have been good with his skills but he doesn't play as a target man, same with Olayinka

[quote author=safarigirl post=109242112]Una boys dey do play fighting in Cameroon.

Look what is going on in the Nigerian camp 🤣🤣🤣🇳🇬 #AFCON2021 pic.twitter.com/x8KIVZBL7L

— AD🥇 (@98Toks) January 9, 2022

are just playing

ChrisKels:
Lol you dun divert so soon?

Divert wetin, you wan hide under 'one of' list your other reasons and check whether they are the same in magnitude

Ekong is a good person btw and I will make a conscious decision not to insult him

ChrisKels:
Lol this one failed lexis and structures for waec

List the other reasons and how they rate in magnitude with Dennis's non-invite

ChrisKels:
Pinnick made the remark himself when he said Rohr kinda lost the dressing room.

I will dig it out for you.

Dennis follow for dressing room wey Rohr no invite?

Anwuom ebe a

safarigirl:
Getting ready for a disasterclass? Or focusing on the tournament? Time will tell.

The guy is already bracing himself for abuse and I don't think it is good for him or for Nigerians

ChrisKels:
Simple English, you can't comprehend. Andrew dun better pass you oo, Earthquake my brother

Emmanuel Dennis was the main reason Pinnick sacked Rohr tell me the secondary reasons, it seems you come up with this Earthquake nonsense whenever your logic is stuck in your throat

ChrisKels:
Dennis's exclusion was one of the main reasons Pinnick gave Rohr his sack later, yet some people still doubt he would be back after AfCon? Lol Pinnick wey dey romance Watford?

Pinnick didn't sack Rohr because we were playing drab football or were on the verge of not qualifying for the World cup but because he did not invite Emmanuel Dennis lol

Troost Ekong has deactivated his social media accounts

Sportilitica:
How many people can close Messi down?

People dey close Messi down, so because he's Messi we should leave our post wide open waaa for him to score?

minfelix:
I hate watching team playing too many long balls from defence to attack, I saw most of it in today's game.
When they can't go through the middle with tip-taps they will just resort to one boring aimless long ball that will later fall in the hand of opponent goal keeper... somebody should warn ekong, that's his trademark

When there is nobody in the middle to pass to what will he do?