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afrodoc2:
After the very first issue he had with the England squad I said it had to be taken extremely serious but some said he was just being a normal teenager.

He's obviously a badly raised person. It's now obvious that his arrogance on the pitch also translate to his lifestyle off the pitch

Maximilan:
This afcon sef, you add four minutes blow 3:30 at a high tension game

But why does that shit always happen whenever it's Tunisia playing

Tunisia sef get spiritual problem.

That Collins Fai of Cameroon would have had like 5 assists in this tournament. The guy's crossing has been the difference for Cameroon in this tournament.

zuchyblink:
Business football no time for ghen ghen dribbling from Moses and Chukwueze

Dribbling is part of the game that can open up defence and these guys also cross the the ball too, the difference is that their crosses are always terrible.

Liverpool play ghen ghen football, incorporated with a lot of crosses. That's why when you watch Liverpool's game playing against a stubborn defense, where Mane or Salah cannot break their defense, you start seeing Henderson, Arnold, Robertson will start spamming dozens of crosses into the box. By the time they do so consistently for like 10-15 minutes, it's either they score directly from one of the crosses, or indirectly from a rebound when the opposing team is trying to clear their lines and they make a mistake.

After that first goal, flood gate usually open, because that stubborn team will end up stop defending and come out, from there, space will open up for Salah and mane to feast.

Joezinho:
Cross and nod.. Chaii

When was the last time we had that in the super Eagles? Nawa

It's the oldest, simplest yet effective tactic to implement., yet over the years, we find it difficult to do.

The frustrating thing about it is that you don't need a lot of technically gifted players to implement it yet we somehow can't use it even against minnows.

darkelf:
It's a shame that our wingers have refused to learn to do that

I mean, they playing Europe. What will it cost them to stay back after practice for an HR or two just to learn to take set prices or cross the ball

Naija players don't hunger to improve on themselves. I have said this time without number

Honestly. It's a waste.

Even the full backs that crossing out to be one of their duties are even worse at it.

Terrible something

Imagine having Onuachu, Osimhen and co in your team yet we don't score headers regularly.

After Cameroon broke the deadlock, look at how space is now start to open in that Gambia defense just because Gambia don't have a choice than to come out now.

A good cross can always break the tightest of defense.
Just look at how Cameroon scored from a good cross.

So far in this tournament, Cameroon has scored a lot of goals just because they have good crossers of the ball.

Our own wingers and full backs are terrible at crossing the ball despite the fact that we have abundance of CF who are good in the air.

What a waste for us

mostob:
VanPersie, Sanchez,Giroud, Nasri, Adebayor....infact the list is long

fair enough

mostob:
you're right but it is not impossible.

100% Impossible.

Even Arsenal won't do it , if roles were reversed.

mostob:
I was hoping Arteta could at least get VDB but it looks like the guy is heading to Newcastle

No way in hell Man UTD will allow any player move to a top 4 rival on Loan.

Devvy4:
No wonder una no Dey make noise about Spotify again….leemao

All these, including camp Nou Naming Rights for a paltry 60m per year?

WtF!! They are cheating Barca o.

do4luv14:
Una still dey here dey stand for Austin, una go taya oooo,

make una come see as coach dey play game,
nah the Cape Verde wey una wan finish Rohr for,
dey hold Senegal with 10 men so

I won't take that serious.

This same Senegal has only scored one goal in the tournament so far , coming from a penalty and hasn't scored from open play. Senegal is that bad at the moment

metodman:
A very good tactical input from Ralph yesterday. I have criticized him a few times but he got it really right yesterday.

He went right for it by bringing in more attackers for midfielders. I was actually puzzled when he took off Fred but it worked eventually.

Nice one RR

Surprisingly we didn't loose control, despite removing Fred, a midfielder for an extra attacker.

The thing shock me. LoL. It seems RR is beginning to get through to the boys.

Bbbwings:
Sovereignty is only valid when you're neutral like Switzerland. Not when youre considering joining an organization whose sole premise is to encroach a superpower.

LoL. The guy doesn't know that all Animals are equal but some are more equal than the other.

It's the reality of life unfortunately.

WoundedLamb:
I have already responded to this above. I'm beginning to repeat myself and you'd agree with me that's tiring. Even the US could not eventually stop the Soviet Union from placing missiles in Cuba. They still planted the missiles anyway.

And the USA almost invaded Cuba, until last minute negotiation breakthrough happened. Because it also happened that the soviets too don't want to start another world war. If Ukraine joined NATO, I'm sure Russia will Invade them and it's either NATO withdraws or they respond with force as well leading to a full blown world war.

WoundedLamb:
They are employing "diplomacy". Did you read the conditions they gave? C'mon, bro. That's not very feasible. You can't deny some countries access to NATO just because Russia's is not happy with it.

The conditions Russia gave are more than reasonable. USA and not should respect themselves too and follow it. They will do more than Russia if they were in Russia's position. The Cuban missile crisis already set that precedence.

Imagine, Russian establishing an international organization like NATO and countries like Mexico or Canada willingly accept to join, you think the USA will just fold their arms and watch it happen? Don't be naive bro, USA will also threaten those countries including an option of invading them.

WoundedLamb:
No, bro. You need to understand that Ukraine is an independent country and sharing borders with Russia is not enough reason for Russia to dictate to her. It is simply a threat to thier sovereignty and should not be encouraging.

Russia can decide to cut ties with Ukraine or engage them in a trade war or find other socioeconomic ways to assert their dominance and get the country to do their bidding (if they've got enough economic power to pull that off). But there's no logical justification for insisting - by the use of force - that Ukraine will not be a member of NATO contrary to the country's wish. It's simply against the principle of sovereignty. If Russia succeeds, they've essentially taken over the country cause it will set a precedent that will be hard to maintain. Who knows what next they'll demand?

Russia should find other ways to fight her enemies without threatening the sovereignty or independence of her neighbours. Baring her fangs at Ukraine for their decision to dine with NATO is more or less an act if war.

You mean the way the USA dictated to a sovereign country like Cuba when they independently accepted the soviet's to site a missile base in their country and US almost invaded them because of it.

Keep deceiving yourself. Imagine Mexico accepting to have a Chinese or Russian military base in their country. You think the USA will not fight tooth and nail yo stop it because they will feel it threatens their security? Afterall, Mexico is a sovereign country and can make their own decisions

Amoto94:
The inclusion reminded me of the case of Ambrose in 2913 after the AFCON win he hurriedly returned to Celtic to play in UCL he suffered from burnout throughout the game and Celtic lost the game with him being culpable for 1 or 2 goals

I don't know why some coaches fail to understand that an 100% fit average player will always be better than a burntout or half fit prime maradona in the pitch.

An unfit player is evenore detrimental to the team.

AndSunGorilla:
Congrats to Comoros. They have made history. Lesson for me, never ever give up you never know what your "best" could yield.

So if Ghana had drawn that Comoros game, they would have qualified.

That Ghana team is just foolish and useless

Modified: Nope, a draw won't have been enough

Papi85:
nooo bro, Austin so far hv turn me to a fan. Tactically He is better than rohr and his style of play gives the players that freedom to express their selves on the pitch

Even if the crash out in the second round he has done enough to win my heart

To be fair, I can count on one hand up to 3 to 5 local coaches better than Rohr and those substandard foreign coaches we usually hire. Their problem is that they always lack sufficient backing from the NFF,as well as the fact that they sometimes work against themselves by calling up low quality players ahead of better ones because of peanuts they'll get from players agents, thereby hampering themselves in the process. I don't know if it's village people dey cause am.

if these guys can give themselves brains and reduce their corruption small, we won't need to hire any washed up white coach for the next decade.

Nyanabo:
He is defending this case as a private citizen.

I know of a country were it's even the people in government that would take up the case on behalf of the accused. Jokers

Trust me, if the case happened in UK and not US, they would have buried the case in house.

No be today them dey cover up royal family scandal in the UK.

But it's difficult in the US. Infact they've tried to cover up the shit unsuccessfully for sometime now, that's why the case has dragged for this long. They had no choice than to sacrifice him.
UK is not saint when it comes to corruption too. So make uba rest.

SadiqBabaSani:
Real people,

Kindly note thay no judgement has been given in this case yet d man has being striped of his Royal Titles,

we need to start doing same in this con3

it can only mean one thing, the case against the prince would probably be a slam dunk one in court


They probably would have done their own in-house and Private investigation on the case and saw that there's no way the man won't get bagged in open court, so they just saved face by stripping him of his titles now before the shit gets worse in court and make the royal family look like some sort of no - nonsense place. SMh

mirinder:
Uganda played a one one draw with iceland. I dare say African football has improved.

LoL. Iceland that has regressed as fast as they went up , after the world cup.

Iceland is no more different from the shitty average European team presently. I wonder what happened to them

daveP:
Scenes where North African teams break away from CAF and join their Arab brethren....


This is Disgraceful abeg. Tunisia did the right thing by declining.

I won't be surprised if that happens. Afterall, the Useless FIFA has already laid the groundwork with the recently organized FIFA Arab cup

CornOak:
You are correct. It's a rope camera and works best with a covered stadium. So I understand why it's not being used in the Zim - Sen game.

Hopefully they improve on what's already on ground.

The rope camera can be installed in any stadium, covered or not.

The only difference is cost. It will cost less to install in a covered stadium compared to a low and open stadium where additional things will be added to allow for it's installation.

Cameroon as a whole just did a shoddy hosting job. The weren't prepared for VAR usage. The decision to use VAR was taken by CAF less than few months ago. Both CAF and the host country just did a shoddy job

Stormtrooper11:
I don't believe a player plying his trade in Turkey with no remarkables and a 19 year old will turn the fortunes of the Senegalese team in one swoop.
Senegal problem is technical.

A lot of people have said it here before, a lot of African teams do themselves a lot of disservice by hiring shitty and sib standard national team coaches , whether indigenous or Foreign for their national teams. See senagal with good players but will still struggle against mid European teams for world cup because they have a terrible technical department.

Android22:
He is not using his team A++++

Abegi
Which other team dem get apart from this one. Them be Man City?

Android22:
lol. They just missed a penalty now.

Lil. May be it's not Mourinho, may be Roma just have some combinations of bad luck, spiritual problems and village people factor

Lana1:
Na football na. Or you haven't seen a team throw away a 2 goal lead before?

Besides Smalling is there playing rubbish as usual.

I know football is that way. But come on, it's Mourinho team na

It seems the talk of Mourinho not throwing away leads is now a myth and it's now dead and buried

Android22:
Na my exact point be that brother.

Like wTF!!!

I just checked live scores now. And I was shocked.

They were leading 3-1 and the thing don turn to 3-4.

Like how do you go from leading 3-1 to conceeding 3 goals under 10 minutes. Like WTF!!

Searchingvictor:
Na tru say pogba don sign new contract of 500k/weeks?

If they offered him 500k truly, then I'm sure he'll extend truly.

Normally, no club on earth will give him that kind of money. Not even PSG because they already have a lot of overpaid players on their books.

Pogba and his agents won't have a choice but to sign.

God, the people running the club are so foolish.

Trevor012:
We judge him match day by match day. When the team starts performing he will get his plaudits. Until then his just a talkative.

Gbam!!!!

Short and simple

It's the "let's give him time to turn it around" talk that made an incompetent mofo like Ole to spend 3 years at this club.

And I should also add that those useless people running our club should stop giving coaches 3 years contract. 2 years should be the maximum. It helps to keep the coaches under pressure and not get relaxed. So a shit. coach can be easy to sack without thinking twice due to cost implications.




Also they should be ruthless with recruitment too. Underperforming players should be sold or loaned after 3 years at the club. That way, you will have players that will give their all to impress every time on the pitch so as not to get loaned into obscurity