TheGoodJoe:


You will advise Rohr to drop his most lethal finisher in the game against Cameroon. Glad you are not an adviser Rohr listens to.

TheSuperNerd:
In one of the very first mentions of Onyekuru on this thread way back by Sir Tbaba1234 and myself.... we said, combining our comments, that Henry is mainly LWF who can also feature as a RWF and occasionally as CF.

So it is no new info really. But the thing is... some are saying Iheanacho is not a lukaku or drogba looking at the physical side of hold-up plays and Playing with back to goal.
And that is true.

Is it now Henry you will put there for them to come for your head?

But lemme tell you my short opinion. He can play the CF role but NOT conventionally as people expect but that is up to the coach. But yes he can...

TheSuperNerd:
Looolll... all the talks of Westham, westham, West ham.... arsenal, Swansea.. even Birmingham...

Everton was mentioned very early too shaa... but then they just calmed down and now see the result.

Anyway shaa... until they unveil him officially, I am still not buying it 100%.

Transfers get as dem be... lol

bigblangston:
I even got fed up with the Kelechi transfer news, too much twists and turns, I can't deal

Icon79:
The fake Ronaldo has been MIA in today's game, as usual.

O pari

Joebie:
My point was Onyekuru was quoted as saying the CF role is his preferred role. I had seen it in him that he will thrive even better in that role. The modern day forward can play all 3 roles. We need to bury that idea of a natural number 9. In fact today's modern coaches have different preferences as to the qualities their chosen number 9 should have. Football is evolving faster than we think.

Loogan:

You just pointed out what alot of people still do not understand about modern football, contrary to what people believe that when the going gets tough you need a tall target man when the reality is that target men are one of easiest kind of strikers to mark out of a game, because they can be predictable...but now the best coaches in the world prefer a skillful, technical,pacy and diminutive CF who has some certain degree of workrate and defensive contribution...people here amaze me when they say iheanacho is not a 9, Just because he is very creative?...The best strikers in the world are some of the most creative players in the game, Suarez, griezman and aubameyeng have exceptional vision which is one of their strengths, so would we now say because they have too good vision they should now be played as SS or AM when they have an exceptional goal scoring ability? They are not the most physically imposing but still get the job done, so why can't iheanacho also do so? His biggest strength in his game is his finishing, why not take advantage of that to the fullest while still having exceptional vision?

maidaboi:
wetin consign us with ronaldo?

Icon79:
The fake Ronaldo has been MIA in today's game, as usual.

O pari

Mickael2:


but when things get out of hand even the best teams employ a target man. when Barcelona starts losing a game, Pique goes forward and becomes the target man. When Man U starts losing a game, they start pulling long balls towards Ibra etc etc. the point we were making was that by virtue of how the match against south Africa was going, we needed a target man for our long balls. remember also that most of our midfielders were using long balls so why not implement a system/players that will utilise those long balls?

bataderemi:

When he was winning Euros, ur MCM was busy forming miss penalty upandan.

Mickael2:


but when things get out of hand even the best teams employ a target man. when Barcelona starts losing a game, Pique goes forward and becomes the target man. When Man U starts losing a game, they start pulling long balls towards Ibra etc etc. the point we were making was that by virtue of how the match against south Africa was going, we needed a target man for our long balls. remember also that most of our midfielders were using long balls so why not implement a system/players that will utilise those long balls?

Loogan:

You just pointed out what alot of people still do not understand about modern football, contrary to what people believe that when the going gets tough you need a tall target man when the reality is that target men are one of easiest kind of strikers to mark out of a game, because they can be predictable...but now the best coaches in the world prefer a skillful, technical,pacy and diminutive CF who has some certain degree of workrate and defensive contribution...people here amaze me when they say iheanacho is not a 9, Just because he is very creative?...The best strikers in the world are some of the most creative players in the game, Suarez, griezman and aubameyeng have exceptional vision which is one of their strengths, so would we now say because they have too good vision they should now be played as SS or AM when they have an exceptional goal scoring ability? They are not the most physically imposing but still get the job done, so why can't iheanacho also do so? His biggest strength in his game is his finishing, why not take advantage of that to the fullest while still having exceptional vision?

Icon79:
And today, your boy friend didn't even have the courage to step up and take a penalty as the same Chile schooled them!

gosh, I am so happy for Chile. For over 4 years I have been hearing about how Leo can't beat Chile but today the so called "winner" fake Ronaldo couldn't beat the same Chile either

O pari o

Icon4s:


So who was that target man that you feel would have been brought in when things went out of hand against SA?

TheGoodJoe:


We are not talking about when things get out of hand but how the modern day coaches prefer to set up their teams.

Mickael2:


that is why people like Komekn are complaining about Anichebe's absence and players like that, however I believe that even a midfielder can be a target man like Ogu for example but the problem is that you look at our entire bench and none of them can win a header so there we have a problem and that is why I am questioning the coach's integrity.

Mickael2:


this means that you have failed to understand what we are arguing. we are not taking about modern coaches here, we are talking about what concerns us, Nigerian teams presently. modern coaches in modern leagues might prefer a flashy 9 but here in Africa we still play this kinda game that makes it difficult for slippery strikers to thrive so you either adapt or get left behind. Nacho might be a wonderful striker at club level but for the national team playing in Africa he could be utterly useless there because he will be marked out. nobody is here to argue about modern coaches because this is not a thread for European teams

Icon4s:


It easier to cast blames.

Iheanacho was (still is) our best striker going into that game.

What I thought the coach could have done was to Play Iheanacho and Kayode together in that second half. And then swapped roles between Etebo and Iwobi.

Ogu ke? You think wining of headers is all only about height? And besides I hope you know that most defenders and midfielders, even those that are good aerially, find it difficult to keep the heading on target. They mostly head wide.

BTW Anichebe for real? You mean this thing?

AndreTAyodeji:
Exactly Sir,that was single tactical decision rohr should have made by switching to a 4-4-2 in that S.A game when the long balls weren`t working out but man just exposed his below par tactical decision making by removing nacho when he should have played nacho and kayode together upfront.This was exactly what rohr did against senegal by playing them both in front and moved etebo to the left wing.This however led to our goal in that game as kayode moved to press a senegal defender who lost the ball to him while he in turn held up the ball for nacho to move ahead of him while also under pressure from 2 senegalese defenders before laying the ball for nacho 1v1 against the goalkeeper who tripped him in the box which led to our penalty in the game.But rohr removed our most lethal finisher for kayode whose patnership with nacho would have been better,with kayode pressing their high defence line and nacho attacking the space left by the defenders would have produced some goal but rohr messed it up.

Gracemercy1:
Cristiano Ronaldo to leave Portugal squad to be with newborn children.

After Portugal's Confederations Cup loss, the Real Madrid star confirmed the arrival of two children overnight


Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo confirmed he had become the father of two more children during the Confederations Cup.

Portugal were eliminated from the tournament on Wednesday, suffering a 3-0 penalty shoot-out loss to Chile after a 0-0 draw in Russia.

Ibra offers sneak peek of statue

Ronaldo was left disappointed by his side's exit, appearing to confirm the birth of his two boys and that he would miss the third place play-off on Sunday.

However, Portuguese media outlet SIC claim that he's had a son and a daughter, named Mateo and Eva.

"I was in the service of the national team, as always, body and soul, even though my two children were born," he wrote on Facebook.

"Unfortunately, we have not been able to achieve the main sporting objective that we wanted, but I am sure we will continue to give joy to the Portuguese.

Santos defends penalty order

"The president of the Portuguese Football Federation and the national team have today had an attitude that has touched me and I will not forget.

"I'm very happy to finally be with my children for the first time."

Ronaldo's first son, Cristiano Ronaldo Jr., turned seven earlier this month.

Source http://www.joygist.com/cristiano-ronaldo-to-leave-portugal-squad-to-be-with-newborn-children/

maidaboi:
hope this will help the super eagles?

joseph1013:
I greet you all.

joseph1013:
I greet you all.

Loogan:

You just pointed out what alot of people still do not understand about modern football, contrary to what people believe that when the going gets tough you need a tall target man when the reality is that target men are one of easiest kind of strikers to mark out of a game, because they can be predictable...but now the best coaches in the world prefer a skillful, technical,pacy and diminutive CF who has some certain degree of workrate and defensive contribution...people here amaze me when they say iheanacho is not a 9, Just because he is very creative?...The best strikers in the world are some of the most creative players in the game, Suarez, griezman and aubameyeng have exceptional vision which is one of their strengths, so would we now say because they have too good vision they should now be played as SS or AM when they have an exceptional goal scoring ability? They are not the most physically imposing but still get the job done, so why can't iheanacho also do so? His biggest strength in his game is his finishing, why not take advantage of that to the fullest while still having exceptional vision?

do4luv14:


tuale Baba JOS d EPH, ah gbadun for you,

ekaaboo Baba ooo