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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by komekn(m): 6:08pm On Jan 30, 2023
charlesemeka85:
🎙️ Sadio Mane:

“Liverpool poor form has nothing to do with my departure. I am the legend there, I won’t allow bad energy to get between myself and Liverpool football club."

"We just didn’t see eye to eye with them with my contract. In which was far from realizing my responsibility back home in my village in Senegal."

"I work for the community to go to bed with something to eat and have proper basic services”




Liverpool and Klopp did not treat Mane well AT ALL .

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Mujtahida: 6:14pm On Jan 30, 2023
komekn:


You have ALREADY shown your preferential bias.

But then it's very normal here.
You are free to draw your own conclusions.

Why would I not know that Osimhen is unselfish? Have I not watched him play over ten times in the SE?

How many times has Lookman played in the SE?
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Mujtahida: 6:16pm On Jan 30, 2023
charlesemeka85:
lookman getting goals doesn’t mean he is a striker just that gasperini’s tactics gives him the freedom to roam around mostly as an inverted striker from the flanks

I don’t see him playing that way in the national team so you better cut your expectations to avoid wailing and trashing the guy here if he doesn’t give as much as he does in serie A

Lookman remains a winger/forward who can cut in from the flanks to score goals like salah,mane, cr7(before he was converted to a number 9),rashford,mbappe etc

You are right. I kuku know that club football and national team football are different
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by komekn(m): 6:16pm On Jan 30, 2023
Mujtahida:

You are free to draw your own conclusions.

Why would I not know that Osimhen is unselfish? Have I not watched him play over ten times in the SE?

How many times has Lookman played in the SE?

All good strikers are selfish in my opinion.

It's a question of degree.

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by komekn(m): 6:22pm On Jan 30, 2023
charlesemeka85:
haba tell yourself the truth I never undermined osimhen when he was at Lille but when he was with charleroi



Moving to Lille and performing immediately made me take him serious without hesitation

A striker I prayed United signed when he was about to leave Lille for Napoli then na wey I go still Dey bash? Nah!

Had doubts when he was at Wolfsburg,moved to Charleroi and was doing well but I wasn’t convinced but he shut me up when he earned a move to Lille and started scoring every week

Football is speculative but essentially it's a HERE and NOW assesment until proven otherwise.

I have watched Chuba Akpom for several years and l essentially have writing him off as a quality striker.

But after years of dormancy some how he has woken up , can he be consistent with outstanding performances âť“I am restrained to say yes. But time will tell.

He is top goal scorer in the Championship that's not an easy feat.

Consider among the top 4 highest goal scorers in the Premier league are Mitrovic and Toney directly from the Championship as the top goal scorers.

My comments were very to the point 5 years ago with V.O. And he has exceeded most expectations. His first season in Seria A was just about ok and the second above average. It's taken him his third season to get here ,top of the pile and numero one goal scorer in Seria A.

It's always a gradual process but he is learning and improving and not remaining stagnant like many others.

How far can he get only time will tell.

On the other hand I've always know Ademola Lookman was exceptional winning MOTM as a teenager. But what's he is doing equates to running before learning to walk, totally unexpected.

He is now competing with V.O. for top goal scorer in Seria A. That l never expected he had adapted and learned and is learning.

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Mujtahida: 6:24pm On Jan 30, 2023
komekn:


All good strikers are selfish in my opinion.

It's a question of degree.
What I mean is selfish to the degree where a player is so determined to be on the scoresheet and is therefore blind to see his teammates who are better positioned to score if he passes to them
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by komekn(m): 6:33pm On Jan 30, 2023
Mujtahida:

What I mean is selfish to the degree where a player is so determined to be on the scoresheet and is therefore blind to see his teammates who are better positioned to score if he passes to them

Some players have an exceptional skill set and are able to do the extraordinary and will take shots others cannot take.

The Ronaldo and Messi of football âš˝ have proven this.

They are confident in doing the exceptional sometimes impossible, it's not selfish but Exceptional ability.
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by komekn(m): 6:36pm On Jan 30, 2023
charlesemeka85:
lookman getting goals doesn’t mean he is a striker just that gasperini’s tactics gives him the freedom to roam around mostly as an inverted striker from the flanks

I don’t see him playing that way in the national team so you better cut your expectations to avoid wailing and trashing the guy here if he doesn’t give as much as he does in serie A

Lookman remains a winger/forward who can cut in from the flanks to score goals like salah,mane, cr7(before he was converted to a number 9),rashford,mbappe etc

Well what was Ronaldo coming from the left.

Football is no longer a strict number 9 , Liverpool proved it with Salah and Mane.

However, in recent times there seems to be resurgence of the traditional number 9 ,. Haaland is helping to change that even V.O.

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheSuperNerd(m): 6:39pm On Jan 30, 2023
Transfer News: Olanrewaju Kayode loaned to Umraniyespor, Turkey

Leaves Shahktar Donetsk to Super Lig Outfit, Umraniyespor on loan till the end of the season.

Umraniyespor currently sits last on the Super Lig Table.

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by mostob(m): 6:46pm On Jan 30, 2023
Shooting stars and Gombe Utd don dey use plane now.... grin grin
We need NPFL to be televised though

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Danielnino00(m): 6:47pm On Jan 30, 2023
BannedLarge:
Osimehn has been impressive this season but I am not getting carried away. The way that nonsense Ghanaians tied him down for 180 minutes is stipl unforgiveable. Like they say, fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me.. he must score 30 goals this season before a marquee club comes in for him..

Na only you fit talk wetin that Ghana game do you... Cus it's almost a year now and you haven't moved on... You talk about it everyday...

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by mostob(m): 6:50pm On Jan 30, 2023
TheGoodJoe:

I think we are experiencing another tactical switch and it has a lot to do with Rico Lewis.

I have always respected Joao Cancelo as a top quality full back. Very creative with the ball, overlaps with intensity and presses the right zones.

However, Rico Lewis brings something different, he controls the centre like a deep lying playmaker. Seems this is what Guardiola thinks it is key.

Nathan Ake is also insane with that too. Meaning, no room for Cancelo. Cancelo is not happy because he believes he should start regularly but the tide is changing.

Wish him the best but I believe in the passing game over all and we need more passers than runners.
All you said about Lewis here is exactly what Zinchenko offers which begs the question, why did Pep let go of Zinchenko?
Pep sef.... man will do, undo and redo.
It took him just two substitutions (Walker and Julian) to outsmart Arteta on Friday
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Danielnino00(m): 6:50pm On Jan 30, 2023
mostob:
Shooting stars and Gombe Utd don dey use plane now.... grin grin

We need NPFL to be televised though

The team in yellow is Bendel insurance I think..
Remo Stars also fly regularly to their away games..I think they have a sponsorship deal with this new airline, flyvalue jet..

But Remo and Bendel insurance are the most professionally run clubs so far this season ...

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Marjoribanks: 6:53pm On Jan 30, 2023
Sor is more of a striker! He attacks the goal post with menace! Speed and accuracy running through from the wing! Chukweze and Simon are those that make good passes and crosses in their clubs!
Mujtahida:
ChrisKels, this Yira Sor, does he lay crosses? See we need a winger that can dribble and cross, a winger that has an instinctive feel for his striker such that telepathically he can lay good crosses for the striker.

I no like all this upgraded Pius Ikedia wey will bury their heads down and dribble to the touchline or to the goalpost while the attacker keeps shuffling his positioning until he's marked out.

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by mostob(m): 7:00pm On Jan 30, 2023
komekn:


Onyekuru is simply not the crowd favorite here , he hasn't been outstanding but then he is not really liked.
You're wrong.
Personally, he used to be my favorite player. His goal exploits in Belgium drew my attention to him. His name also popped up here when Vicmo retired and there were talks of who best will replace him. His downward career trajectory since he moved to Monaco is why many of us stopped mentioning him.

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheGoodJoe(m): 7:02pm On Jan 30, 2023
mostob:
All you said about Lewis here is exactly what Zinchenko offers which begs the question, why did Pep let go of Zinchenko?
Pep sef.... man will do, undo and redo.
It took him just two substitutions (Walker and Julian) to outsmart Arteta on Friday

When Guardiola plays two upfront, he likes to have a runner playing as full back. That was why he signed Mendy in the first place
In the Arsenal game, he switched to a two with Haaland and Alvarez. That was why Walker came in.

With respect to Zinchenko, he offered that deep lying play maker role but many times, caught out of position, which caused us pressure.

They are all Wonderful players but, Rico Lewis leads in intelligent passing play and I think that is why Pep is feeling the guy.

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by mostob(m): 7:03pm On Jan 30, 2023
Danielnino00:


The team in yellow is Bendel insurance I think..
Remo Stars also fly regularly to their away games..I think they have a sponsorship deal with this new airline, flyvalue jet..

But Remo and Bendel insurance are the most professionally run clubs so far this season ...
Yea..you're right. Bendel insurance is on yellow.

I'm not sure their flights are sponsored though like Remo stars.
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheSuperNerd(m): 7:04pm On Jan 30, 2023
Hardly a crosser. His crossing Stats doesn't even add up to show that as his strength. He is more of an inverted attacking winger/inside forward who loves to drive vertically, cutting on the inside of fullbacks and attack the final third half spaces either to set up shot creating chances for himself or occasionally lay on a pass if he sees a teammate running into a better scoring position.

He is a very fast wing forward with the ability to beat his markers on the outside and the inside and operate on the shoulder of the last defender. He is an inside forward with high taste for goal. Plus he is a solid attacking outlet thanks to his ball carrying and on-the-ball speed.

His ball striking via both feet is also to be reckoned with.

ChrisKels:


The little I have seen of him, he knows how to raise his head up and when to release the ball. I can't say much about his crossing abilities, I will leave that for TheSuperNerd to answer.

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by mostob(m): 7:05pm On Jan 30, 2023
TheGoodJoe:


When Guardiola plays two upfront, he likes to have a runner playing as full back. That was why he signed Mendy in the first place
In the Arsenal game, he switched to a two with Haaland and Alvarez. That was why Walker came in.

With respect to Zinchenko, he offered that deep lying play maker role but many times, caught out of position, which caused us pressure.

They are all Wonderful players but, Rico Lewis leads in intelligent passing play and I think that is why Pep is feeling the guy.
Arteta couldn't find an immediate answer to that tactical switch.
Yea... Zinchenko do get caught out of position at times.
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheSuperNerd(m): 7:13pm On Jan 30, 2023
Osimhen's goal in the final actually came from within the box after a nice square pass by Chinedu Madueke.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbTlujeEME8
(WATCH IN YT).



ChrisKels:


I was one of those who were skeptical about his move from Lille to Napoli, mainly because of the man - Gattuso at the helm then, otherwise I never had any doubts as regards his talent after his outside-18 shot that resulted to a goal against Mali at the finals in 2015.

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheSuperNerd(m): 7:30pm On Jan 30, 2023
The "more passers than runners" approach from Pep here could explain why he now goes with his 8s playing a bit closer to Haaland, providing the creativity through the middle & from the flanks via crosses or combination plays and ofcos for a team sustaining attacking pressure that way, they have to possess a good "rest defence" structure in case of turnovers in possession. And here, I think Ake fits the bill as he's hardly caught out of his "zones" with respect to a possible turnover unlike Cancelo.

But still shaa... City made up for this last season because one of their FBs (Cancelo) was part of their creative/attacking approach but this season, that has changed. The FBs are expected to be restricted in their offensive contributions and this doesn't suit Cancelo well. Rico and Ake excel here and channel their contributions to the 1st and 2nd phase of buildup plays.

Time will tell if Pep goes forward with this revamped structure and if it pays off in the long run. Really interesting to observe especially with the continued rise of Young Rico.

TheGoodJoe:

I think we are experiencing another tactical switch and it has a lot to do with Rico Lewis.

I have always respected Joao Cancelo as a top quality full back. Very creative with the ball, overlaps with intensity and presses the right zones.

However, Rico Lewis brings something different, he controls the centre like a deep lying playmaker. Seems this is what Guardiola thinks it is key.

Nathan Ake is also insane with that too. Meaning, no room for Cancelo. Cancelo is not happy because he believes he should start regularly but the tide is changing.

Wish him the best but I believe in the passing game over all and we need more passers than runners.

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheGoodJoe(m): 7:44pm On Jan 30, 2023
TheSuperNerd:
The "more passers than runners" approach from Pep here could explain why he now goes with his 8s playing a bit closer to Haaland, providing the creativity through the middle & from the flanks via crosses or combination plays and ofcos for a team sustaining attacking pressure that way, they have to possess a good "rest defence" structure in case of turnovers in possession. And here, I think Ake fits the bill as he's hardly caught out of his "zones" with respect to a possible turnover unlike Cancelo.

But still shaa... City made up for this last season because one of their FBs (Cancelo) was part of their creative/attacking approach but this season, that has changed. The FBs are expected to be restricted in their offensive contributions and this doesn't suit Cancelo well. Rico and Ake excel here and channel their contributions to the 1st and 2nd phase of buildup plays.

Time will tell if Pep goes forward with this revamped structure and if it pays off in the long run. Really interesting to observe especially with the continued rise of Young Rico.


Excellent submission here.

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by oloriooko(m): 7:58pm On Jan 30, 2023
Cancelo of ManC off to Bayern on loan with option to buy
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by AndSunGorilla: 8:01pm On Jan 30, 2023
mostob:
Shooting stars and Gombe Utd don dey use plane now.... grin grin

We need NPFL to be televised though
Great progress!!! We also need the fans in the stadium. Full crowd will ginger the players too.

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Mujtahida: 8:02pm On Jan 30, 2023
Marjoribanks:
Sor is more of a striker! He attacks the goal post with menace! Speed and accuracy running through from the wing! Chukweze and Simon are those that make good passes and crosses in their clubs!
Chukwueze hardly crosses. Essentially all our wingers are more or less of the same stripe.
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Danielnino00(m): 8:20pm On Jan 30, 2023
Mujtahida:

Chukwueze hardly crosses. Essentially all our wingers are more or less of the same stripe.

Chukwueze is a left footed right winger... How do u expect him to cross all the time with his weaker right foot?

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by gamaliel9: 8:24pm On Jan 30, 2023
TheSuperNerd:
Hardly a crosser. His crossing Stats doesn't even add up to show that as his strength. He is more of an inverted attacking winger/inside forward who loves to drive vertically, cutting on the inside of fullbacks and attack the final third half spaces either to set up shot creating chances for himself or occasionally lay on a pass if he sees a teammate running into a better scoring position.

He is a very fast wing forward with the ability to beat his markers on the outside and the inside and operate on the shoulder of the last defender. He is an inside forward with high taste for goal. Plus he is a solid attacking outlet thanks to his ball carrying and on-the-ball speed.

His ball striking via both feet is also to be reckoned with.


You just described Friday Elaho, that is, if you watched him... tongue
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Marjoribanks: 8:26pm On Jan 30, 2023
At club level not National team! He plays on the right, you can't expect him to cross with right. He is simply playing to the coaches instructions. Salah, Mane, Vinicius, Rashford and Mahrez etc do not cross. They cut in or lay forward passes! Most left footers are unable to utilize their left unlike right footers who can use thier left.
Mujtahida:

Chukwueze hardly crosses. Essentially all our wingers are more or less of the same stripe.
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Marjoribanks: 8:29pm On Jan 30, 2023
Chukweze starts! Udogie, Ehizibue and Sucess starts at LWB, RWB and CF respectively!

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by AIG07: 8:31pm On Jan 30, 2023


If you Sabi, you Sabi.

That page is worth following.

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by komekn(m): 8:38pm On Jan 30, 2023
Danielnino00:


Chukwueze is a left footed right winger... How do u expect him to cross all the time with his weaker right foot?

Go and ask that question to Ademola.

Do you know these are basic requirements in most top academies at even age 13

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by mostob(m): 8:52pm On Jan 30, 2023
AndSunGorilla:

Great progress!!! We also need the fans in the stadium. Full crowd will ginger the players too.
Yea... They should sort out the television aspect first.

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