junnyjake:


Ryan Sanusi vs Mikel Agu

Oasis007:
Teams Scout Report

The below are the present Players of the Croatian National Team. I hope we can analyze them one after the other. Figure out their Weaknesses and how it can be exploited.

Goalkeepers

1. Dominik Livaković (age 22) Dinamo Zagreb
12. Lovre Kalinić (age 27) Gent
23. Danijel Subašić (age 33) Monaco


Defenders

2. Šime Vrsaljko (age 25) Atlético Madrid
3. Ivan Strinić (age 30) Sampdoria
5. Matel Mitrovic (age 24) Beşiktaş
6. Dejan Lovren (age 28) Liverpool
13. Zoran Nizic (age 28) Hajduk Split
14. Marin Leovac (age 29) PAOK
21. Domagoj Vida (age 28) Dynamo Kyiv
22. Josip Pivarić (age 28) Dynamo Kyiv


Midfieders

4. Ivan Perišić (age 28) Internazionale
7. Ivan Rakitić (age 29) Barcelona
10. Luka Modrić (age 32) Real Madrid
11. Marcelo Brozović (age 25) Internazionale
15. Marko Rog (age 22) Napoli
18. Filip Bradaric (age 25) Rijeka
19. Nikola Vlašić (age 20) Everton
20. Mario Pašalić (age 22) Spartak Moscow


Forwards

8. Ante Rebić (age 24) Eintracht Frankfurt
9. Andrej Kramarić (age 26) 1899 Hoffenheim
16. Nikola Kalinić (age 29) Milan
17. Mario Mandžukić (age 31) Juventus

Cc

TheGoodJoe, Tbaba1234, Icon4s, Komekn, Kog45, Forgiveness, Joebie, Mujtahida, Mickael2, Goldfish80, ChrisKels, blueto
and others.

Kog45:
Honestly just my mind but remember Joel Obi would be a great option if is injury free.

Uche Agbo always listed as CB in eagles,do check invitation list,you see him in defender category,as a midfielder i don't think he gets a chance..

In the absence of Enyeama i will go for Aiyenugba,i would have love to have Ejide but is clubless

Oasis007:


Dear Brother...... I'm hereby seeking for your Forgiveness for those who have accused you of being a Bigot on this noble Thread.

This Thread is too good to be derailed or/and discarded. Many have learned about our Players through this Thread. Many are depending on Updates as far as National Football Teams are concerned on this Thread.

Dear Brother...... let's bring Sanity back to the Thread. Let's discuss the Team and our Chances, whoever makes the List so be it.

CityJoe:


Nice post. That means Corluka is also not in the squad again. Better for us. That means, that earlier article posted before is old. We need to also explore recent articles on them.

Good work.

emmyspark007:

Lol..i dey tell you bro

Me na Iceland I dey fear small because the kind zeal wey dem go take play no go be here

And every other team sees them as underdogs and a small country, so they have nothing to lose. Toping their world cup qualifiers group no be beans o with Turkey, Croatia and I think Ukraine e no easy o plus dey also kick England ass for euros o. But I so much believe in this our squads potentials and I think it's high time we punish Argentina for worldcup because den don too do us shege for world cup even though na always one goal margin

All in all we must surely progress outta that group anyhow anyhow

forgiveness:


Looking at this team, their strength is the ability of their midfield to keep possession.

In this case, we must overcrowd the midfield with two mobile defensive midfielders.

We must press from their defence to force them to play against their wish but if we don't succeed to get the ball as quickly as possible, we have to withdraw and defend from deep with rapid counter attacks once we have the ball because I don't we can match dem in the midfield.


I wish we perfect that 3-5-2 formation again with another friendly with Iwobi and Iheanacho as false 9. They will always fall deep into the midfield to overcrowd the midfield and When they spread to the wings, Mikel will become the false 9.

In this case, they are confused on who to mark as our target man.

The more we analyse this team the more fear fear go come.

Oasis007:


Dear Brother...... I'm hereby seeking for your Forgiveness for those who have accused you of being a Bigot on this noble Thread.

This Thread is too good to be derailed or/and discarded. Many have learned about our Players through this Thread. Many are depending on Updates as far as National Football Teams are concerned on this Thread.

Dear Brother...... let's bring Sanity back to the Thread. Let's discuss the Team and our Chances, whoever makes the List so be it.

Mujtahida:

I don't understand. Who will be afraid?

enomakos:
why will you want him to go to Chelsea of all club?

Kog45:
Good preference but what can you say about Joel Obi,no doubt good player but injury prone,don't you think is better to have Etebo than Joel Obi.

Why dropping both Daniel Akpeyi and Dele Aiyenugba for Dele Alampasu or Maduka Okoye cos i believe Francis Uzoho has covered the duo.

Oasis007:
Teams Scout Report

The below are the present Players of the Croatian National Team. I hope we can analyze them one after the other. Figure out their Weaknesses and how it can be exploited.

Goalkeepers

1. Dominik Livaković (age 22) Dinamo Zagreb
12. Lovre Kalinić (age 27) Gent
23. Danijel Subašić (age 33) Monaco


Defenders

2. Šime Vrsaljko (age 25) Atlético Madrid
3. Ivan Strinić (age 30) Sampdoria
5. Matel Mitrovic (age 24) Beşiktaş
6. Dejan Lovren (age 28) Liverpool
13. Zoran Nizic (age 28) Hajduk Split
14. Marin Leovac (age 29) PAOK
21. Domagoj Vida (age 28) Dynamo Kyiv
22. Josip Pivarić (age 28) Dynamo Kyiv


Midfieders

4. Ivan Perišić (age 28) Internazionale
7. Ivan Rakitić (age 29) Barcelona
10. Luka Modrić (age 32) Real Madrid
11. Marcelo Brozović (age 25) Internazionale
15. Marko Rog (age 22) Napoli
18. Filip Bradaric (age 25) Rijeka
19. Nikola Vlašić (age 20) Everton
20. Mario Pašalić (age 22) Spartak Moscow


Forwards

8. Ante Rebić (age 24) Eintracht Frankfurt
9. Andrej Kramarić (age 26) 1899 Hoffenheim
16. Nikola Kalinić (age 29) Milan
17. Mario Mandžukić (age 31) Juventus

Cc

TheGoodJoe, Tbaba1234, Icon4s, Komekn, Kog45, Forgiveness, Joebie, Mujtahida, Mickael2, Goldfish80, ChrisKels, blueto
and others.

Mujtahida:

I really don't want to say anything about this slimy issue of tribalism. But you see forgiveness himself makes it easy for others to tag him a tribalist. I refrained for long from looking at him from that angle but one day I snapped and called him out. He explained his position to me and I apologised. The point I want to make is that he himself is fond of accusing the coaching and technical crew of all sort of things including tribalism and nepotism. When he does so, others fire back by labelling him a tribalist. That's the circle. So he too should refrain from accusing coaching crew of tribalism (even if it appears so) and perhaps others would ease up on their own accusations directed at him.

forgiveness:


Do you know Victor Moses is also injury prone?

Joel Obi is better.

Kog45:
Am not saying is not better but you can't compare the duo i mean Joel Obi and Moses Victor when we talk of injury

rabzy:


i fear the argentines because they are not clean footballers like the brazillians. if they cant win you fair, they cheat.

forgiveness:


Due to injures, Vicmo couldn't enjoy his loan at Liverpool and Stock city.

I don't think there is any difference.

tbaba1234:


I believe, Pellegrini would have taken Kelechi to the next level. Pep destroyed his confidence, he is yet to fully recover.

PurpleHouse:
http://www.goal.com/en-ng/news/spains-munir-el-haddadi-eyes-morocco-spot-at-russia-2018/1w7fxd65kinws1igbyus6jn5wz

i just hope this doesn't become the fate of some of our prospects, Tammy in mind. But can FIFA really do something about this?

forgiveness:



That is why I said people here are not interested in picking the right personnels to represent the country based on merit and performance.

Dele Aiyenugba is not good to many here because of where he comes from and not based on his ability and club form.

Recently, I saw an article that suggested Austin Ejide who is currently a free agent should be brought back to the national team ahead of Aiyenugba but most of those monikers never critized that move. why?

I am seeing the signs that Austin Ejide is likely to be called back into the SE because these days the media is portraying him as one who is with a club and later as one who will soon get a club.


Did I not say Ezenwa is a pregnant cat before he was tested and found wanting before some people called forfor my head?

Why do they still prefer Ezenwa ahead of Ajiboye who just helped Pleatue United to win the NPPL this season?

Is it because he was part of the team that helped us to Russia and needed to be compensated despite poor performance lately?

Why couldn't they put that into consideration despite Awoniyi's contributions to help us qualify for the Olympics?

Why were those monikers hell bent that he must not make the team because he performed woefully prior to the Olympic?

Why is Ezenwa case different?

Now, you brought up Dele Alampasu case.

If Uzoho is a first team player at his club and Dele Alampasu is playing in division 3, what could have been the argument?

Will they maintain their stance or shift goal post?

If they say Uzoho is ahead under the condition he plays regularly in division 3 but discard Dele Alampasu under the condition that his performance against Porto fc was 2 years ago and therefore passed, under what condition do they want Iheanacho ahead of any player in the team despite his performance these past two seasons?

Why do dey suggest Ahmed Musa must be dropped for Onyekuru because he lacks game time but insist Iheanacho must make the team despite he is in the same boat? ( the fact is I also want Iheanacho in the team)

One lied Dele Alampasu loan move was a failure because he presumed he was not impressive but since I demanded cogent fact from an independent unbiased source from him, he is nowhere to be found?


People are blind to know that Ighalo, Mikel and Martins are all playing in China?

They said Martins is old but how old are they (Mikel &Ighalo)? Mikel (30) & Ighalo (28) and they will be 31 and 29 during the WC.

They said we don't need old players because we are building a team for 2022 WC.

How old will Mikel and Ighalo be in 2022?

Don't they know Mikel and Ighalo will be 35 and 33 years of age prior to that 2022 WC?

Will they maintain their stances against Mikel and Ighalo from joint the team due to old age?

Oh! Mikel and Ighalo are better than Obafemi Martin because Mikel played at the highest level and he is more talented than Martins?

How many leagues and FA cup has Martins won without playing part in them and without man of the match performance which went unnoticed by FIFA?

Do they know this 'useless' Martins was nominated for FIFA award?

Has Mikel Obi been acknowledged or recognised with such FIFA nomination?

Critical analyses devoid of emotives and sentiments should be the acceptable norms when analysing football and other issues.

Oasis007:


Can we start analyzing their Team from the Goalkeeping Department?! Who knows, a Member of the Technical Crew might accidentally jam this Thread while google-searching.

markfemi1:

This post reeks of tribalism.

Oasis007:


Seem some Dudes have Problem with the Name "Dele"...... Lol. I remembered when TheGoodJoe was asking for Alampasu to be the first Choice Goalie based on the convincing Training Sessions' Reports, some Dudes claimed he's inexperienced and too young.
They are quick to forget he was a former Winner of an U17 Golden Glove, the same Competition that brought Iheanacho into Limelight. But now..... Uzoho ain't too young or inexperienced to man the Posts for the Super Eagles in Russia.

Dele Aiyenugba is far better than Akpeyi, more exposed and experienced than him, but once his Name "Dele" is mentioned, nah..... he's a Flop, he had got his Chances but failed.

In the local League - NPFL - Ajiboye is far better than Ezenwa, a very good, talented Goalkeeper brimming with Confidence, but he also gets "Dele" in his Name, hence only a very few care for his Call up and Trial.

You've really got a thick Skin Bro. Coz you've withered many Storms here alone..... Lol! Enyeama should be recalled, but Martins is too old for a Recall. Someone even claimed Ighalo is performing better than him in the Chinese League.

I laughed at a Post that condemned Martins of only good with one Leg and ain't good in the Air like Ighalo. Had Mikel and Ighalo ain't plying their respective Trades in the Chinese League, they would have gone "berserk" on his professional Careers.

When Kayode didn't make the Bench, you were called out to mock, thanks to Tbaba1234 that eventually posted a cogent Reason for his Exclusion. However when Iheanacho also didn't make the Bench..... Alas! It's tagged Politics and Racism.

Ahmed Musa was demoted to the U23, some are already considering he should be dropped from the List coz he has lost it. Iheanacho is dropped, the Tone changes to; at least he won't be match rusty coz he would be playing and it's good for him. What will you call it bro?! Lol.

I rest my Fingers.

blueto:
As you have said, a player who recovers in time will make a better wing back because he is attack minded and defense minded at same time. So from what I have seen so far, I will play Ebuehi as a wing back (that is if Moses is to play an offensive role) if we are to use a three back line formation and play Shehu as a Right Back if we are using a four man back line.

goldfish80:

Obinna Nsofor's stats at West Ham reads..... 25 appearances, 3 goals and zero assists, 1 red card.. ....
So much for firing from all cylinders for a relegation threatened West Ham.

forgiveness:


Enyeama is not clubless.