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”

komekn:


You have ALREADY shown your preferential bias.

But then it's very normal here.

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

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?

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

komekn:


All good strikers are selfish in my opinion.

It's a question of degree.

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

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

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..

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.

mostob:
Shooting stars and Gombe Utd don dey use plane now....

We need NPFL to be televised though

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.

komekn:


Onyekuru is simply not the crowd favorite here , he hasn't been outstanding but then he is not really liked.

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

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 ...

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

mostob:
Shooting stars and Gombe Utd don dey use plane now....

We need NPFL to be televised though

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!

Mujtahida:

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

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.

Mujtahida:

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

Danielnino00:


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

AndSunGorilla:

Great progress!!! We also need the fans in the stadium. Full crowd will ginger the players too.