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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by fabyom: 9:49pm On Sep 02, 2022
EgusiShankly:

Partey
Partey is not a DM.
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Odunayaw(m): 9:57pm On Sep 02, 2022
fabyom:
Partey is not a DM.

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by ChrisKels: 10:06pm On Sep 02, 2022
How was Onyedika's performance today?

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by charlesemeka85(m): 10:13pm On Sep 02, 2022
ChrisKels:
How was Onyedika's performance today?
he did well when subbed in

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by EgusiShankly: 10:22pm On Sep 02, 2022
fabyom:
Partey is not a DM.
Okay.. grin grin
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Meliforme: 10:43pm On Sep 02, 2022
TheSuperNerd:


Below is a Breakdown of Ndidi's pass-types this season so far.. 81% passes in the opposition half is the whole picture but the wrong perspective. Sofascore didn't tell you how many are forward or backward or sideway passes.

According to Squawka using Opta data, we have:

Forward passes - 69
Backward passes - 30
Sideway passes - 162.


Also, Ndidi has completed 230 passes this 22/23 EPL season so far... only 2 are long passes.

Short passes - 228
Long passes - 2

Zero Through balls. Zero lines-breaking. Non-progressives.

I could even compare Ndidi's best season (20/21) to a random MF like let's say Idrissa Gueye also in 2020/21 and the passing Stats will not be funny.



Your reply to my post is not in context. You should have been patient to make out very well the information my reply to him conveyed.

I suggest you go back to reread the post you quoted.

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Danielnino00(m): 10:59pm On Sep 02, 2022
lovewins:


I don't think they would relegate. If you've watched their games you'll share same sentiment. Overall they play very well, a few more games are they are likely to start getting results; enough to keep them in the premier League

Fulham in their last season in the league played some good football,but eventually lost out...If Nottingham forest make the mistake of thinking that with their squad they can compete one on one with the big boys, it could backfire...
Anyway, some of these mid table teams like West Haam, Everton, Aston Villa and Leicester are currently off form,so that's an advantage for them.
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Danielnino00(m): 11:01pm On Sep 02, 2022
Tomorrow, we have two Jollof derbies lined up...

ChAN eagles vs Ghana...

Bayelsa queens vs Ampem Ladies (WAFU cup final)

Both games have qualification to the CHAN and women champions league at stake..

It won't be funny if we miss out on both tomorrow..

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheSuperNerd(m): 11:02pm On Sep 02, 2022
Ball-playing aspects. Have you suddenly lost track of the convo?

fabyom:
How are those guys you listed better than Ndidi?

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheSuperNerd(m): 11:04pm On Sep 02, 2022
Just like saying Brentford won't bench a player they signed for a club record fee... When that is exactly what is happening. How about that Fabyom? grin

Your logic makes no sense.

Truth is he doesn't have them. We watch him. You do too.... so let's be honest in here. It's no use giving him attributes he doesn't possess.

fabyom:
Brentford won't sign a player who can't or does not do all those stuffs for a club record fees!

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheSuperNerd(m): 11:06pm On Sep 02, 2022
No my good man, it is very much in context with your reply.

You were stressing Ndidi's 81% passing accuracy in the opposition half after 5 EPL games as proof that he is an accomplished ball passer and I brought the breakdown to show you that it doesn't depict such. Simple. Ndidi's passing range is limited. That is the Truth.

Meliforme:


Your reply to my post is not in context. You should have been patient to make out very well the information my reply to him conveyed.

I suggest you go back to reread the post you quoted.

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheSuperNerd(m): 11:28pm On Sep 02, 2022
Lol... He actually is. Which role do you think he plays now at Arsenal so far this season? Don't play evasive my man. grin

No African DM ball-plays grin yet I threw up Bennacer first... you said "Nooooo he's North African and white. I meant BLACK African DMs"

Oya I throw up Anguissa, Mohammed Camara, Hongla, and someone even mentions Partey, a name I deliberately didn't wanna mention yet.

Admit it... your "No African DM can ball-play" is not true.

fabyom:
Partey is not a DM.

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by comodo: 11:45pm On Sep 02, 2022
fabyom:
Partey is not a DM.

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by fabyom: 11:56pm On Sep 02, 2022
TheSuperNerd:
Lol... He actually is. Which role do you think he plays now at Arsenal so far this season? Don't play evasive my man. grin

No African DM ball-plays grin yet I threw up Bennacer first... you said "Nooooo he's North African and white. I meant BLACK African DMs"

Oya I throw up Anguissa, Mohammed Camara, Hongla, and someone even mentions Partey, a name I deliberately didn't wanna mention yet.

Admit it... your "No African DM can ball-play" is not true.

You know that Partey is more like Nwakali CDM. Xaka plays the DM role in Arsenal while Issiaku plays the DM role for Ghana. It's like saying Iwobi or Aribo is a DM. You mixing DM with CDM. Bennacer is more of a CDM in Milan, Tolani plays the DM role. The more reason Milan was looking for and eventually signed an actual DM.

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by fabyom: 11:59pm On Sep 02, 2022
TheSuperNerd:
Just like saying Brentford won't bench a player they signed for a club record fee... When that is exactly what is happening. How about that Fabyom? grin

Your logic makes no sense.

Truth is he doesn't have them. We watch him. You do too.... so let's be honest in here. It's no use giving him attributes he doesn't possess.

Truth is Onyeka will walk into the Antwerp team while your Sultan won't even make the bench at Watford! BRENTFORD is too high for his level

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheSuperNerd(m): 12:07am On Sep 03, 2022
Lol.. It's not true. Onyeka isn't better than Hongla whom the Midfield Sultan, Alhassan replaced and Hongla secured a move to the Serie A.

And Alhassan is like an upgrade on Hongla at Antwerp. I have shown you Onyeka's flaws and how it compares to Alhassan, Onyeka is just a workrate merchant. Nothing more.

Also, Onyedika today was beautiful to watch on his debut. He too is better than Onyeka. Will Onyeka ever attract interest from clubs from AC Milan?? Onyedika was wanted by Milan but chose an intermediate step before making the climb to an elite club in future. Milan is wayyy bigger than Brentford.


These two lads... Onyedika and Alhassan OWN Onyeka. While the former two can actually ball-play and carry out their defensive duties with composure and control, the latter can only run around like a workrate merchant. Finito.

fabyom:
Truth is Onyeka will walk into the Antwerp team while your Sultan won't even make the bench at Watford! BRENTFORD is too high for his level

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheSuperNerd(m): 12:31am On Sep 03, 2022
Nwakali is a DLP. Like a Pirlo CDM.

Partey is just the more powerful version of such CDMs. The Box-to-Box Kind. Doesn't make him less of a CDM. I have said before that CDMs have their varieties.
Ball-playing CDMs, Ball-winning CDMs, Box-to-Box CDMs, Deeplying playmakers (DLPs).

And stop muddling up Semantics. CDM, DM are the same. Those are not the words you looking for.

What's slightly different is Defensive Midfielder and Holding Midfielder. Those are the words.

Here let me help you...

Holding midfielders are MFs who sit in front of the back four. They are the modern day Defensive midfielders.
They could be DLPs, box-to-box MFs or the typical DM. And whichever it is, their passing must be very good and they must posses fine vision of the in-game phases. They defend alright but their ball-playing is majorly prioritised.


On the other hand...

Defensive Midfielders are those who protect the defence. They act as the defensive shield/screen to the back 4. They act to break up opposition plays.
They play more like a 5th defender focused majorly on Defensive actions like Tackling, interceptions and more.
In the modern game, they could be converted to ball-playing CBs.

This is where Ndidi falls into.



Now at Arsenal, it is Partey who sits deeper than Xhaka in that double Pivot. Even their heatmaps show this. Partey can go Box-to-Box. He does that for Ghana but at Arsenal, he plays deeper while Xhaka ventures forward more as he too can go Box-to-Box.


And at Milan, Tonali and Bennacer are kinda similar CDMs. Both are ball-playing. Both are like DLP-B2B amalgams (AKA Hybrids or what we call Volante). They mirror each other in certain traits but Bennacer has the better workrate. They wanted Onyedika because they knew he is strictly a ball-playing typical DM. Not a DLP.

So please... don't mix it up. You welcome.


fabyom:
You know that Partey is more like Nwakali CDM. Xaka plays the DM role in Arsenal while Issiaku plays the DM role for Ghana. It's like saying Iwobi or Aribo is a DM. You mixing DM with CDM. Bennacer is more of a CDM in Milan, Tolani plays the DM role. The more reason Milan was looking for and eventually signed an actual DM.

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheSuperNerd(m): 6:27am On Sep 03, 2022
Raphael Onyedika debut FT Stats for Club Brugge.

Club Brugge 4-0 Cercle Brugge - Jupiler Pro League Matchday 7.

*Came off the bench for his debut on 29mins

61mins+ played.
44 touches
1 chance created.
27/31 accurate passes
87% passing accuracy.
100% accurate long balls (4/4).
2 recoveries.
3/9 ground duels won.
3/4 aerial duels won.
3 clearances.
2 blocked shots.
2 interceptions.
2 tackles.
3 fouls committed.
Was fouled twice.

*Onyedika was the most accurate passer (87%) to play 45mins or more.

*Decently Solid Debut from Onyedika

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheSuperNerd(m): 6:31am On Sep 03, 2022
Tolu Arokodare FT Stats for Amiens SC.

Amiens SC 1-0 Grenoble - Ligue 2 Matchday 7.

90mins+ played.
1 goal (Penalty).
1 shot on target.
2 shots off target.
1 shot blocked.
41 touches.
11/17 accurate passes.
65% passing accuracy.
2/3 accurate long balls.
4/6 successful dribbles.
4/10 ground duels won.
4/5 aerial duels won.
2 recoveries.
4 clearances.
3 headed clearances.
2 fouls committed.

*Tolu's goal was his 3rd in 3 consecutive league games. In form.

*Lad now has 4 goals in 7 league games (all starts) and his side Amiens sit top of Ligue 2

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheSuperNerd(m): 6:37am On Sep 03, 2022
American-Nigerian, 24 y/o Eduvie Ikoba bagged a Hattrick yesterday for Zalaegerszegi TE in the Hungarian NB.I Matchday 7.

Led his side to a 5-0 win over Mezőkövesd Zsóry away from home.

Has 4 goals in 4 league games (2 starts) in 22/23


His Teammate, Meshack Ubochioma, who scored vs Milan in preseason, played the first 45mins before being subbed out.

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheSuperNerd(m): 6:46am On Sep 03, 2022
In the Battle of the Nigerians in the Slovenian Topflight yesterday, 21y/o Chukwubuikem Ikwuemesi scored a goal as he helped his side, NK Celje defeat their host, FC Koper 2-0 in a Slovenian Prva Liga, Matchday 8 fixture.

*Ikwuemesi now has 3 goals and 1 assist in 8 league games (8 starts).

Bede Amarachi Osuji featured on the opposing side, FC Koper. Played all 90.

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheSuperNerd(m): 6:55am On Sep 03, 2022
Kenneth Omeruo captained Leganes to their first win of the 22/23 La Liga Smartbank season as they triumphed 2-1 vs Eibar yesterday.

This comes after losing their first 3 games narrowly. Skipper Omeruo must be relieved.

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheSuperNerd(m): 7:05am On Sep 03, 2022
Later today, in about 5 hours and 25mins from now, Alexander "The Great" Iwobi takes on the might of Liverpool in the Merseyside Derby at Goodison Park.

Big one. Early Saturday Kickoff.

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Mujtahida: 8:04am On Sep 03, 2022
Omanambala:



People are quick to quote statistics but statistics can blindside you. There are many factors statistics dont cover.
Football is now mathematics and all its derivatives.
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheLoneCitizen(m): 8:19am On Sep 03, 2022
Omanambala:



People are quick to quote statistics but statistics can blindside you. There are many factors statistics dont cover.

100 percent.

Statistics points you in the right direction, but isn't conclusive.
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheLoneCitizen(m): 8:21am On Sep 03, 2022
TheSuperNerd:
Tolu Arokodare FT Stats for Amiens SC.

Amiens SC 1-0 Grenoble - Ligue 2 Matchday 7.

90mins+ played.
1 goal (Penalty).
1 shot on target.
2 shots off target.
1 shot blocked.
41 touches.
11/17 accurate passes.
65% passing accuracy.
2/3 accurate long balls.
4/6 successful dribbles.
4/10 ground duels won.
4/5 aerial duels won.
2 recoveries.
4 clearances.
3 headed clearances.
2 fouls committed.

*Tolu's goal was his 3rd in 3 consecutive league games. In form.

*Lad now has 4 goals in 7 league games (all starts) and his side Amiens sit top of Ligue 2


Still on loan from Latvia.
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Barryseal: 9:30am On Sep 03, 2022
Is anyone keeping an eye on Balogun? The Arsenal guy on loan at Remis? Apparently, he's breaking records and doing Kylian Mbappe numbers in the French league. Is he still eligible for Nigeria?

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Samueltemi337(m): 9:43am On Sep 03, 2022
Barryseal:
Is anyone keeping an eye on Balogun? The Arsenal guy on loan at Remis? Apparently, he's breaking records and doing Kylian Mbappe numbers in the French league. Is he still eligible for Nigeria?
He is eligible to play for us

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheLoneCitizen(m): 9:51am On Sep 03, 2022
Barryseal:
Is anyone keeping an eye on Balogun? The Arsenal guy on loan at Remis? Apparently, he's breaking records and doing Kylian Mbappe numbers in the French league. Is he still eligible for Nigeria?

Which records is he apparently breaking, sir?
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by BascoVanVeli(m): 10:05am On Sep 03, 2022
Super Eagles final training session. Also shehu dikko apologises to the team for the poor run up


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSf9l97lz9k

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Danielnino00(m): 10:24am On Sep 03, 2022
TheSuperNerd:
Later today, in about 5 hours and 25mins from now, Alexander "The Great" Iwobi takes on the might of Liverpool in the Merseyside Derby at Goodison Park.

Big one. Early Saturday Kickoff.

Lampard is getting the sack after this game.. cheesy cheesy
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Subzero047: 10:43am On Sep 03, 2022
Danielnino00:


Lampard is getting the sack after this game.. cheesy cheesy

Lol

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