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Enoughpull:
Chelle should appeal to the ndidi and onyeka to keep their heads cool. Then take both of them out in the 70th minute.

Either of them will certainly pick up another yellow before then judging by their style of play and position/ role.

If Ndidi or Onyeka collect another yellow, this game go change oooo, Chelle abeg bring in Onyedika for Onyeka now and Bashiru for Ndidi (while Onyedika becomes our CDM).

Make Chelle no take this risk ooooo

user32:
Sweet

Would've loved to see Onyedika again though

daveP:
you hit the nail on the head. Even Ighalo had his own style. Ahmed Musa, Aiyegbeni, VicMo. Though he got a mask, he needs to work on that no doubt. The team also need come up with dances after a goal is scored. Tshabalala in 2010. Gyan as well.

One reason why the Tshabalala goal has stuck so well in people's memories and become so iconic is the choreographed celebration that followed it.

These little things are what give life to tournaments.

Only one Nigerian celebration made the list. You already know which one😁

BankyGee:
His signature celebration is removing his mask!

Not cinematic enough. You barely even notice him doing that in the midst of his chaotic celebrations. The cameras don't pay special attention to it either.

Maybe if he took it off in a unique ceremonious way, it would bang. Something like The Undertaker taking off his hat when he enters the ring.....you get the point.

daveP:
When we win, i hope the organization around the team fanfare is way way creative, modern and eye-catching. The 2013 set wore one funny looking green plus they didn't have choreography amongst themselves and all. Scattered all over the pitch. Let's prove the Naija style with aura abeg. Till then sha. Cos group stage no be KO.

Talking about branding, Osimhen needs to find a signature goal celebration. A celebration you see and immediately think of Osimhen. Think Ronaldo and his siuuuu. Martins and his summersaults.

Look at Ndidi's celebration. That's a clip that would be replayed for decades to come and has already made it's way into the books of naija football folklore — that's the power of branding.

Mention "Rashidi Yekini", and I bet the first image that comes to your head is Yekini clutching the net, celebrating his iconic World Cup goal. Branding.

Osimhen's current celebration which typically involves pointing at his teammates (or sometimes, the opponents' coach😁) or just jumping and punching the air, isn't remarkable at all. I no go lie, e dey vex me sometimes 🙄.

I mean, it's nice you scored, but how about hitting a unique celebration that thrills the fans and further builds your cult of personality?

caprikon:
Playing Onuachu and Osimhen upfront was quite an experiment. Surprisingly, Onuachu was the one who dropped deep at times whilst Osimhen occupied the centre halves.

Since the Egypt friendly, I've been calling for Onuachu to start alongside Osimhen in attack instead of Akor.

Onuachu brings superb holdup play and ball distribution and being a big target man, draws defenders to himself thereby taking pressure off Osimhen.

His aerial threat also means defenders can't concentrate only on Osimhen during corners/ indirect free kicks.

I hope Chelle will listen to me now.

typicalgamer:
The truth is targeting your next opponent and getting an easy route through the knockout stages is very important

I pray we win and leave stubborn opponents alone

A strike team of Dessers and Onuachu is more than enough to get us a win against Uganda

typicalgamer:
Dele bashiru is the definition of our obvious lack of options in the CAM ROLE

what has he done for us

We can fry iwobi but totally ignore bashiru 😂

I just dey look that guy with one kind eye

TheSuperNerd:
Hopefully he does not play beyond 45 or 50mins.

He shouldn't have been given more than five to ten minutes at most given his injury record.

Egypt didn't play Salah AT ALL in their dead rubber match. It's for a reason.

Dele Bashiru is yet to convince me of his midfield skills. All I have seen from him so far is running and work rate. He hasn't shown that midfield control or passing skill that a good midfielder should have in my opinion. We'll see how he does today.

TheSuperNerd:
What better Birthday gift? Skipper at an Afcon game. Chelle do well.

Until he gets injured and is either ruled out of the remaining games or plays with the injury like he did at the last AFCON with his abilities limited.

Why not give Dessers or Onuachu a start for God's sake? Haven't we qualified? How are they supposed to feel now?

lbrichman2:
Just give Osimhen 45 mins then allow him rest

You know how easily Osimhen can get injured. Remember what happened against DRC? Why take such a stûpid risk for God's sake when we've already qualified and we have decent strikers on the bench?

Even Bassey is starting. One injury to him and our tournament is pretty much over.

Wetin Chelle dey smoke sef?

Osimhen is really frustrating. Everything na quarrel and fight for him eye. Until he collect red card one day. Imagine scoring a goal and choosing that very moment to pick a fight for absolutely no reason in a crucial tournament. Wahala o.

Bossoflife25:
Chelle playing with no single dribbler or pure winger.

Pure nonsense! Akor or Osimhen should have make way for Chuk or Simon.

I do not understand this formation of moving Osimhen to the left.

Osimhen alone can run the forward line just support him with good wingers and solid midfield.

This team looks unbalance!

Chelle is not a fan of wing play it seems. From his diamond formation to this.

It seems he wants to crowd the midfield to make up for our creativity issues. But wouldn't wingplay maximize Osimhen's qualities in heading?

Joebie:
Professionalism

Our people no wan hear that word for football. Oliseh is a traitor!😁

Talking about commentary and analysis, who noticed how the South African commentators immediately admitted that Mudau had fouled Salah and Egypt deserved a penalty even before the referee went for VAR?

Now imagine it was Oliseh who said that in a Super Eagles match😁😁.

Napoleon55:
My own be say Chelle should stop subbing Osimhen out whether we are winning or losing unless he is injured, our opponents tends to add more pressure on us whenever he is been taken off,this is just six matches if we go all the way, he can manage

Lol. Some analyses wey person dey read here eh.

So if we're leading 3-0, Osimhen should stay till 90 + 5 and probably get injured or get so fatigued that he is unable to give his 100% in his next game?

Reach out today

Still on

kennysville:
Gbashiru..... I wonder what the fuss on the guy is all about. Couldnt even make a decent cross into the box. I blame the coach for playing him as a winger sha. But all in all, I am not sold on the guy

Na that no. 10 wey them give am dey pain me pass. From Okocha to Mikel to Bashiru😢.

I would have preferred for Onyedika or Ndidi to wear it since Iwobi dey fear the shirt.

Kog45:
Sir,no coach will take Osimhen out and leave Akor on the field in that minute.

Okay. But you will agree that that decision wouldn't be based on merit (judging by the day's game performance).

Kog45:
Bookmark this comment Doctor,our midfied will cost us again...Yes Iwobi gave two assists but something terrible is missing in his game and that's winning ball back and this always bringing a lot of loads on Ndidi

As I noted before, Iwobi has no business in a two-man midfield except against a weak (bus packing) team.

Mujtahida:
Commentary is not analysis. If you want to do analysis, go to the studio. Nobody wants commentary where you begin to disembowel the technical aspects of the game and blaming players and whining.

At least we have renowned commentators like Drury. Your work is to verbalize what the players are doing so that just by listening to you, people can visualize the game.

See as you write plenty just because you misconceive the main idea of what commentary is.

In most football games, there is a commentator AND an analyst. They are NOT the same. Not to engage in ad hominem, but I would have expected that someone with your level of football viewing experience and knowledge would know this basic fact.

Oliseh went there as an analyst, NOT as a commentator. And he did his job SUPERBLY.

TheGoodJoe:
I see why lots of people were disappointed with Oliseh's commentary. Yes they were educational but there were things that worked for Chelle that Oliseh failed to mention or point out.

Like the way Chelle used the defense to keep possession and draw out the Tanzanians. The way Chelle used Ademola to form what I call an inverted pivot for fast transition from defense to attack.

Also the inverted triangle using Ndidi, Iwobi and Lookman to create chances. Oliseh didn't talk about the inversion play of Chukwueze. Yet, Oliseh was quick to wax lyrical of the tactical ideas of the Tanzanians.

Good points. But I think our people are exaggerating Oliseh's shortcomings. He did mention some positives about our games.

Remember how he waxed lyrical of Moses Simon as a "direct winger"?

TheGoodJoe:
Can you give us hints of things Oliseh said good about us before we took the 2-1 lead? He even criticized the substitution which was actually the right call made by Chelle.

Definitely, it was a brilliant tactical commentary from him but there was a tone of wanting Chelle to fail that was felt. Oliseh should refine that and try to pick what is good from both sides.

Bro, He praised the team when they did well. The very term "lateral movement" which he used so often was used to praise Akor Adams' superb movements off the ball which he noted was probably a result of Adams' training in Spain.

I also remember he praised the Super Eagles when they started to keep the ball in the closing stages, saying this is exactly what they needed to do since they already had the lead.

As for the subs, he said that Adams was our best performing striker in the game up to that point and therefore, shouldn't have been removed except he was injured. This is correct. If Chelle wanted to put sentiment aside, Osimhen should have been taken off instead of Adams, based on their game performance.

Nigerians no like objectiveness lailai. Oliseh provided the BEST commentary I've ever heard from any of our ex players. Complete with good and articulate English grammar and technical terms and insight.

What exactly did he say that was a lie? Was our passing not slow in the beginning? Were the Tanzanians not sitting back and hitting us on the counter? Were they not dangerous from set pieces?

The problem here is that unlike Amokachi and co, Oliseh decided to do his job as an unbiased professional analyst rather than a Super Eagles fan behind the microphone.

A true analyst should go about his business like a Magistrate in court — even if his own brother breaks the law, the Magistrate should not hesitate to send him to jail.

Unfortunately, our people don't want that, we just want a hallelujah praise singer.

The bad news for everyone is, if his antecedents are anything to go by, Oliseh won't change because of the mob's noises. Get prepared to watch the rest of Nigeria's games on mute because it will be professional analysis all the way.

TheGoodJoe:
I pointed this once earlier that my biggest concern about Oliseh is how he tends to praise negative football. For a man with a so called offensive philosophy, he likes negative play.

I think Oliseh has been surprisingly analytical and polished with his analysis. Majority of these ex naija players analyze games like proper beer parlor folks.

I think Iwobi is good at passing but poor at ball recovery. His weakness isn't showing in this game because the opponent is weak.

Best thing is to play Iwobi as a 10 and put two hustlers (Ndidi and Onyeka) behind him to do all the ball-winning while he concentrates on creating chances.

Unlimited22:
Which one be 'dosage was perfect'

Sunday Oliseh abeg nau 😭

That and "lateral movement"😁

Reminds me of Amokachi's "sèxy penetration passes"😁