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Chrisus:
The confidence with which the young lad takes on mature defenders is simply frightening. He's veryy very good with the ball at his feet.

Make dem sha no use hype kill am. If I were him, I'd stay away from social media for a while.

Till he leaves Barca and we discover that he's just average like any academy player.

Barca is just doing business to upgrade his profile and value so as to sell.
No be Barca again

Bojan did more than this, Tello too and a whole bunch of them.
I guess they are seeing that their La masia is becoming infamous, the guy is just being used as a poster boy for their La Masia

xelly:
Stop this, it is too weak.

Nigeria is not weak . Our politicians only reacted that way to the crisis based on sentiments and personal gains , thus making us look weak. If push comes to shove, we have a lot of ways to economically do some numbers on SA.

Anyone that thinks Nigeria is weak is jist either naive or he's deliberately saying half truths, just like the case of the writer of that article.

thebosstrevor:
invasion might be difficult because of no land borders but countries have been invading each other even before air craft carriers example was in ww2 where large ships were used to transport aircrafts

economically we are a mess, 70% of our revenue is oil, south africa trade with us is 99% oil which is almost 3.56 billion usd, that is a huge revenue for nigeria,if they decide to stop buying it, we lose, their business employs lot of Nigerians, directly and indirectly, if they close shop, people will go unemployed.

If MTN leaves, we can't loose jobs like you people are pointing out up and down.
The company will be nationalised and bought by a Nigerian franchise or other investors, just like when Etisalat pulled out due to debt, life goes on.

I think the job loss card some people are playing confirms a lot of things about the motive of this article, which means that the people sponsoring this article are the SA business owners trying to safeguard their business.

COOL10:
Norwich are the new Wolves

I'm telling u bro.

This present wolves don cast. Infact they were lucky to get a point against Man U. If Rashford had half of Tammy Abraham's brain in finishing off chances, Man U could have beaten them by at least 4 goals

chidexxy007:
Just seeing the city game..

The scoreboard got the city mixed up

Thank God I bought Pukki into my FPL team yesterday. 1 goal and 1 assist already

Iamgrey5:
I know the way Mtn works bruv.

Nigeria is still where Mtn makes its largest income and it's in billion of dollars.

Who do you think are sponsoring these one sided articles popping up on the internet anyway?

DO you think those South Africans with the largest share in Mtn Nigeria will want to lose out ?

They were scared to death to the extent of providing free Sims forthose that return from Sa recently with about 40k air time and 9g data

The guy obviously doesn't know what is going on.

If MTN moves out today, their competitors like Glo, 9Mobile and Airtel will gain a lot of market shares.
MTN stocks will crash all over. A man like Mike Adenuga If Glo will become Africa's richest man overnight because of what he will gain in the market.

Or does the guy thinks all these one sided article was written by a journalist who gives a f**k? It was obviously written by a paid journalist from the SA people to protect their interest

worldclass68:
I totally disagree with you!!
fighting enemy within nah hin make Nigeria look like this,
trust me, it's far easier to fight against an outsider than to fight against someone from your family....of whom you might not even know!!

Are u minding the guy.

He has forgotten that internal wars and conflict is more complicated to fight, than external conflicts.

There is more to internal conflict than Tanks, Fighter jets bombs etc.

Kingspin:
I read this article last week and agree with the author.

Nigeria is a powerless giant that has nothing to offer herself talk more of Africa neighbours.

Make war happen btw Nigerian and one of those African countries that always like to take a piss in Nigerian, you will know that Nigeria is not weak, despite the fact that we have our own problems.

Our foreign policy over the years is one that makes us look weak on the surface. This pan African foreign policy of ours needs to be reviewed. Trust me, people fear countries based in two criteria ;
1. It's nuclear capabilities
2. It's numbers.

Nigeria is not weak,
I repeat Nigeria is not weak.
That journalist is a paid one that just wants to do reverse psychology to cause chaos btw the two biggest economies in Africa.
And I suspect that the west has a hand in this. whatever their end game is, I might never know.
Just like they predicted chaos in Nigeria after the 2015 elections and their plan failed, they want to destabilise the continent, yet they failed again, so they have resorted into writing paid articles to work on the psyche of the people

TheGoodJoe:
Foden has trained regularly for a while with Guardiola and I can be his knowledge of tactical play is far ahead of many regular players in the EPL.

If Foden pushes for a move now, it will be okay because he is beyond ready.

Really?

He's not even half as good as Maddison that came from championship.
It you think Leicester bought Madison because he was somewhere in the championship soaking Knowledge like bread while warming bench

TheGoodJoe:
Before the draw against Chelsea, Maddison watched clips of Kurt Zouma and spent a long time in training practising set-pieces to get the ball above the defender. Wilfred Ndidi scored the equaliser at Stamford Bridge from a Maddison corner.

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If you had taken time to read at least the bolded portions of the article I posted, you will not make such a statement like the bolded in your quote.

The excerpt above highlights what I have tried to explain for a while. The game shows what you have learnt. Maddison learnt on the pitch. The game showed it.

If you listen to yourself, you said Maddison studied Zouma .

Now after studying Zouma, he will only practice the knowledge by playing of which he did. Without playing, that knowledge is useless. That is my point

TheGoodJoe:
Article giving a detailed insight into the deep tactical work going on at Leicester City and why u feel Nacho has a lot to gain working with Rodgers despite playing time. When Nacho gets his chance, we will notice remarkable difference in him.

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Inside the Rodgers Revolution: How periodisation and Kolo Toure's videos are fuelling Leicester City's rise

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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/football/2019/09/13/TELEMMGLPICT000209285524_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bq-jzTS4MjsgeRKuPRVWagX9n4cMbPCH8e8rFwYyy55EQ.jpeg
In his first day as Leicester manager, Brendan Rodgers staged a presentation in front of his new squad outlining his vision for the club’s future.

It was a brief but powerful message, challenging the players to join him on a journeyand that everyone - from players to manager to backroom staff - would be held to the same exacting standards, every day they walked through the gates of the club's training ground.

The message - which was received in near-reverential silence - clearly hit home. Only Liverpool and Manchester City have accrued more Premier League points since Rodgers's first match - a last-gasp defeat at Watford - and the team are unbeaten in all competitions so far this season. Three years after their fairytale title win, and as they prepare for Saturday's meeting with Manchester United and a reunion with Harry Maguire, Leicester have the top flight's established 'big six' in their crosshairs.

“The narrative has changed, from where everybody maybe felt they were at [before]. The big reason I came here from Celtic was because of the potential in the squad,” says Rodgers. “If we can create a culture where players can learn, develop and improve, we can be really competitive. It’s about trying to break the mould, really.

“It’s going to be tough and there’s a lot of work still to do. But it’s been a very good start to the season and our job is to get to the halfway point and see where we are.”

It is still early days, just four league games in, yet the Rodgers impact has been significant, blowing away the torpor which had shrouded the club under the dour and often bewildering Claude Puel.

The seeds of the transformation have been sown on the training pitch. The week’s sessions are largely based on tactical periodisation, essentially a form of training in four phases - attack, defence and the transitions in between. The emphasis is on shorter, sharper sessions and the workload usually decreases nearer to matchday. It is a philosophy favoured by the likes of Louis van Gaal (initially at Ajax and then Barcelona), Pep Guardiola and England Rugby's head coach Eddie Jones. Jose Mourinho also employed the approach in his first spell at Chelsea, where a young Rodgers was first making his name coaching in the club’s academy.

Mourinho's protegee has now adopted it, and added his own imprint. Rodgers prefers a tight training group of 20 players who can remain “super-competitive” and know they are connected to the matchday squad. His reasoning is that “if you have 25 players training, five or six can think they’re too far away from the first team.”

Training is mapped out weeks before and much of the focus is on ball retention - including never being more than 10 yards away from a team-mate - and pressing opponents.

This season there have already been encouraging signs: in the 0-0 draw at home to Wolves, the visitors achieved their third-lowest number of shots in an away game since their promotion back to the top flight.

Harvey Barnes, the attacking midfielder, believes Rodgers’s training methods have already made a huge difference. “There is a lot of intensity to training and the tactics are very precise going into the games,” he said. “It’s always tough and you know you’ve got to work hard to get in the team on a Saturday.

“He has given everyone a real uplift and the message is always about having a winning mentality. Whether it’s against Man City or someone at the bottom of the table, we’ve got to have the same mentality and go positive.

“There’s a few places in the top six up for grabs, we’re being thrown into the mix and we have our own ambitions.”

Barnes is flourishing under Rodgers and so are many others. James Maddison is back in the England senior squad and Rodgers has worked closely with the £21 million midfielder, particularly on his tactical discipline and how he can e

Barnes is flourishing under Rodgers and so are many others. James Maddison is back in the England senior squad and Rodgers has worked closely with the £21 million midfielder, particularly on his tactical discipline and how he can express his talents in a team structure without feeling pressure to show them by being a maverick.

Before the draw against Chelsea, Maddison watched clips of Kurt Zouma and spent a long time in training practising set-pieces to get the ball above the defender. Wilfred Ndidi scored the equaliser at Stamford Bridge from a Maddison corner.

Çağlar Söyüncü, the Turkish centre-half, is another player to have impressed, seizing his opportunity after the sale of Maguire. Rodgers relies heavily on his backroom staff and first-team coach Kolo Touré’s work with Söyüncü has been significant.
A former defender with Arsenal and Manchester City, Touré has run a series of video analysis sessions with Söyüncü where together they watch his performances back and go through them. Söyüncü is already emerging as a new cult hero, learning off the vastly experienced Jonny Evans alongside him.

Caglar Soyuncu (left) has ensured Leicester have not missed Harry Maguire Credit: getty images
And what of Jamie Vardy? He has scored 13 goals in 15 league games since Rodgers arrived and appears reinvigorated since those frustrating days under Puel. His form is likely to have made any thoughts of an England comeback - recently floated by Gareth Southgate - even more unlikely than they already were.
Recruitment has also been crucial over the past three seasons. Lee Congerton is the new head of senior recruitment, a trusted colleague of Rodgers at many of his other clubs, who works closely with Callum Smithson and José Fontes in the technical scouting team.

Leicester’s recruitment team and analysts usually scout players for at least 12 months before signing them and there is always one eye on the future: Söyüncü is a perfect example, with Leicester moving to sign him from Bundesliga club SC Freiburg last summer for £17.8m as a ready-made replacement for Maguire when United first started sniffing last year.
Youri Tielemans became the club’s record signing at £40m in July, choosing Leicester at a time when a move to United was still a possibility. Leicester are already assessing targets for the summer, with an ‘A’ and ‘B’ list dependent on possible European qualification.

Leicester’s track record in producing their own talent is also impressive. The academy is vibrant and most recently Barnes, Ben Chilwell and Hamza Choudhury have been promoted to the first team. Rodgers often invites some of the under-23s to train with the squad and is a regular spectator at games alongside Jon Rudkin, the director of football.
“The faith of the manager is massive,” says Barnes. “He’s not scared to play the younger players and for the likes of me, ‘Chilly’ and ‘Madders’, there’s no better place to be.
“You won't see that at a lot of clubs – the amount of young players here. The boys in the under-23's can see the pathway. There's definitely more to come.”

Rodgers insists there is still more to come from his first team, and the feeling of anger and frustration in the dressing room after that 1-1 draw at Chelsea underlines the huge ambition in this squad.
Their mission this season will also be inspired by a collective determination to build on the legacy of the club’s beloved late owner, Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha.
Leicester will move into a new £80m training ground in Charnwood for next year's pre-season and it will be intriguing to see how much more progress has been made under Rodgers in that time.
Saturday’s game at Old Trafford represents an opportunity for Leicester to make another huge statement.

https://www.foxestalk.co.uk/topic/120458-inside-brendan-rodgers-leicester-revolution-how-periodisation-and-kolo-toures-videos-are-fuelling-citys-rise/

Be giving quote up and down, until Nacho rots in the bench and end up not getting reasonable game time throughout the season.

the only way you can learn is by getting game time.
Even Foden under Guardiola is already pushing for at least a loan move away, because the lad knows that the only way anyone can really develop is by playing

BascoVanVeli:
Yes we looked unplayable at times but Musa is even faster and a better goal getter than any one of them for Nigeria.

Musa may be faster but his passes are bad. Those three upfront passes way better than Musa, and I. such quick transition, you need accurate passes too., cos one misplaced pass can spoil it.

elyte89:
I did... Not a single pass was misplaced.. Semi ajayi gave some misplaced passes putting us under pressure

Ekongs passing from the back is improving every day. I started noticing it from Afcon. In a year or two, he'll become very good at it

2innocent:
Leon Balogun did not feature in the friendly against Ukraine after he angrily left camp because he discovered he was not in the starting lineup even after being one of the first players in camp. Although he took excuse b4 leaving camp n claimed he was injured.

I noticed he wasn't on the bench.

If he truly left angrily without any tangible reasons , then that's bleeped up from. He ought to understand that you have to earn a spot in the team, and it won't be given to him on a platter of gold

elyte89:
Same way I will ask you...what exactly has d blocks from ndidi led to in our attacks..has he ever orchestrated any attack b4 dt led to a goal..please mention one?

Cos going back to d afcon..d recent tournament played,ndidi had no direct impact in d goals scored even though its not his primary assignment... D first goal was assisted by aina,d second match against Guinea was assisted by simon scored by omeruo,same as d Cameroonian game,ndidi had no hand in it against d southies,same thing,against Algeria, it was etebos wide shot dt hit d Algerian defender led to our equalizer b4 ndidi cost us d match with his unprofessional rash tackle and to cap it all..he has zero goals for eagles,no b say na like oliseh dt bail us out when d chips re down

So abeg all dis defensive stat by ndidi is a norm,is it me dt would block, he was called upon to do it,same as etebo,so in a nutshell,both av contributed well to d teams growth. its not as if ndidis' contribution has led to all d success we av achieved so far

Wetin you dey talk sef. How many of your regular DM creates goal scoring chances or produces assists. Even the best DM in the world doesn't do that because it's not their Job. No dey bring up yeye stats that doesn't have anything to do with a DM

somehow:
The same Ndidi that caused both fouls that resulted in the free kick goals we conceded from both Madagascar and Algeria? Tell me another tory.

Out of how many?

We conceded a lot of free kicks in the tourney, it was just unfortunate that the ones that we defended badly was the ones caused by Ndidi. So no dey talk as if he was the cause.

TheSuperNerd:
Sometimes committing fouls is also tactical. Many big teams employ this to shut down their opponents and disrupt their attacking flow. Even Man City employs this tactic when found on the backfoot in a game. So committing fouls is not entirely rested on the altar of indiscipline. It is one of many tactics coaches use to limit or curtail.


On Ndidi, yes most of the times his tackles are clean but let me remind you that he was the one who gave away those fouls twice against Algeria towards the game's dying minutes and one of it resulted in that Mahrez free kick which beat Akpeyi in goal. Ndidi's careless tackle so close to our 18 yard box in such dangerous position in that one instance cost the team.

Comiting fouls sometimes is tactical, and I agree with that. And anyone can do so, whether the person is physical or not. So attributing a lot of fouls committed by a team as being physical is wrong. It just shows the team is undisciplined if it happens every time from that team.

Ndidi commits less fouls for someone that makes a lot of tackles. That shows his disciplined side of his game.

And mind you he can't get all his tackles right, as he will once in a while commit a bad one, which happened during the nation's cup. in that same nation's cup, he made a lot of tackles against Guinea that were neat. So his only tackle that went wrong was against Algeria and against Madagascar. Just two out of the numerous once he made throughout the tourney.

In summary, committing fouls by a team doesn't mean the team is physical, infact, it shows the opposite. It means that they can't out muscle their opponents. The only way for them to level the playing field is by committing fouls against a physically stronger opponent to limit them. We've seen European teams do that a lot against African sides in a way of tactics

somehow:
The same Algeria that fouled more than almost all their opponents at the AFCON? go and check their record

Committing a lot of fouls is just a trait of indiscipline from a team, and not because the team is physical.
Ndidi and someone like Wan bissaka are physical and makes good tackles Everytime including physical duels without committing fouls .

seankafor:
saw this news like 2 days ago..
Didn't find it worthy of discussion cos it's a flimsy and nonsense excuse by the gaffer.


What has he achieved on good and world class pitches in russia and Egypt?

He should shut up and play wherever he is told to play

Oga stop saying this Na.
In all honesty, do you think we can play that sort of fluid passing game we played on Tuesday on that Asaba pitch. Be truthful with your answer.

The only pitch were we can still play that kind of game is the UYo stadium. But the NFF decided to ignore UYo for an Asaba potato farm that they call pitch

Certitude:
He usually has the highest take ons. lol... And then to what end?

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He's like Nigeria's Lingard. All activities and pace, but no end product.
That thing low-key annoys me, as he usually end up putting us under pressure with unnecessary ball hugging, and he ends up doing or wrong pass or doing a back pass

edi287:
You mean like against Madagascar?

Exactly, they nearly lynched the man when we lost a dead rubber game to Madagascar, because they no like am. But they are here giving a pass to a local coach that lost to a even lowly rated Sudan u23. Yeye dey smell

akinsmyk:
It's very unrealistic. I have a daughter too. I send 5k every week for Good and diapers. The judges should go check the price of SMA Gold, 123 and other baby food in the market. My own baby finishes one tin of food that cost 2,500 weekly +a tin of milk o.

I send more if a drug is to be bought or she needs to see doctors

It's called child support for a reason. With emphasis on the word support.

That's actually the man's part of the child welfare. The woman is also expected to do her own part to augment it. Afterall, the child belongs to them both.

So just to be clear the man is not supposed to do everything.
Having said that, the #5000 a month is small sha

charlesemeka85:
When did I tell you that? The only players I said are light weights and need to bulk up are ejaria and oshimeh. I never for once said Alex is light weight so don't ever again quote me out of context.

You didn't say it. People were saying it when Iwobi started his super eagles career that he was light weight, and he proved people wrong that brain is what matters not necessarily your physicality.
just like you are now saying Aribo won't fit into the African physicality , I'm sure he will prove you wrong too. Most times, technical players will always survive even if you Bully them with strength.

And moreso, bulking up is not always a good thing. it can even affect your game and slow you down. This is football not boxing in which your physical strength gives you an edge too

Danielnino00:
What failure? Losing away from home to Sudan is now s failure?
He already achieved the aim of qualifying the team for the u-23 AFCON.. Why not wait until the end of the tournament before tagging him a failure ??

in all sincerity, not that it concerns me though, but won't you bring down hell on Rohr if he looses to an inferior African side like Sudan or Djibouti , even if it's away game?

charlesemeka85:
You re right. It will take aribo time to get use to the physical style of African football but I think playing in the lower leagues in England prepared him for that.

I think against African opposition Rohr will go for ndidi and etebo for now which is understandable till aribo gets accustomed to the rigors of African football.


Against Europeans or South Americans I will prefer aribo to start. Another player that will do well against teams from the above mentioned continents is ejaria.

That was how you all said Iwobi was light weight and won't survive African physicality. As if this is rugby

gypsey:
Absolutely! The EU members can just walk straight into the UK, work, claim benefits without paying into the system, gets free hosptal treatments They just take take take. just because they are from the bloody EU.


While the commonwealth citizens pays for visa, pays for Hospital treatments, pays for Education, pays to Obtain a residence permit, pays for everything and not allowed to stay or work.

I guess they've now seen the light. So they are now going back to the common wealth countries and give those opportunities to them , while those ones pay for it and boost the UK economy. Instead of allowing an hypocritical EU agreement to enjoy those things for free, all in the name of EU citizen.

So it's a win win for UK and commonwealth people.

darkelf:
So Liverpool is still eight.

Okay....Now I know not to take them serious

Just like FIFA ranking, those above them have already accumulated a lot of points in the past. so winning the UCL won't just close the gap. They need to continue at the top and rack up more points to close the gap.

darkelf:
The way you guys are praising Osimhen, he scored due to a penalty and bit from open play. He has yet to score from open play for the SE like Ighalo, so I don't see why you guys are comparing both players. Osimhen isn't even at Ighalo's level yet

You obviously don't know how to assess a game. Sometimes, you don't have to score before we know how impactful a striker is.

And for the open play goal scoring thing you are talking about, just calm down , the goals will come for him. Especially when we start qualifiers. Remember that this is Osimhen's 6th cap for Nigeria and he played 5 of the caps making cameo appearances. This is the first game for the super eagles that he will be playing almost 90minutes. So technically, this is his first full Debut for Us. The goals will definitely come surely.

komekn:
I don't think you have watched the beast Costa.

Costa bullys defenders almost into submission but he has mesmerising skill married with POWER garnished with clinical finishing and topped off with TERRIFYING aggression.

Osimhen has pace lots of running and he did out pace the defenders all the time. But bully the defenders No, hold up play was limited he lost the ball several times, he just doesn't have the physicality to impose himself on defenders. It's simply not his type of game.

He should watch Vardy and learn from him and how he uses his pace effectively he also is not a physical player but with the right timed runs is devastating.

It may be the SE may have to adapt thier game to suit him balls on the ground behind the defence for him to run on too . Again like Vardy he is not filled with trickery like say Aubmeyang. Both these players are not physical but use thier unique attributes to create dominance.

Overall he had a good night but outstanding no.

Is he the answer in the absence of Ighalo or the now supposed retired Ighalo, YES for now. But is he Drogba or Costa not yet. So the search continues for the next Yekini and or Drogba. Could he become like Vardy a think a big yes.

Who needs an old fashioned Drogba or Costa kind of Playing style. How many strikers today are into bullying defenders with strength or Power. Modern football has moved past that.

Infact , Osimhen kind of style was what was missing all this while, cos you could see that the wingers and Midfielder were more comfortable in playing with him, cos he matched their tempo and fast paced style.

Prectega:
Ighalo for convert one those chance sha .. Ighalo dey stingy at times

Ighalo won't get into those goal scoring position in the first place

Man's too slow for all those bursting positions that Osimhen was running into.

We typically played counter attacking football yesterday and Ighalo won't even fit in.
Look at the way Osimhen was linking up with the wingers and Iwobi with quick one twos.

Prectega:
Osihmen hold up play was really good yesterday

And Rohr said he was weak and falls down easily.

Sometimes I just wonder if a Nigerian has introduced Rohr to our very own oshogbo weed

Anyway, Osimhen is here to stay

minfelix:
Playing against No 25th in d world on their home soil and led 0-2 till the 70th mins before they lost concentration...kudos to d guys.. wld have bin a cricket scoreline if osimen and co were sharp in attack

The attack was sharp though, infact, it's the sharpest I've seen from us in a long time. Bad decisions at the crucial moments was what let us down