TheGoodJoe:



As I have said before, you are talking of us changing strategy. Playing a lone striker system does not mean the strikers play the same way. Messi played as a lone striker but the system requires the team work together. Rohr does not coach the Mourinho way. He will not keep his team compact at the back with a big man upfront.

His style is more modern and a player like Nacho works for him. You can not tell Guardiola to play Bony upfront. Guardiola will play Sterling and De Bruyne before Bony.

goldfish80:


Defend what decision? If it was a bad decision or not, the bottom line was that in the view of the technical bench, Kelechi was not doing well in the game. I have been saying from day 1,he was lost in the game.
The decision to pull him off could be open to interpretation but the underling fact there was that he had a bad game.

Since Victor Moses is unavailable for the game, advocating for Kelechi to start in the same position is like saying more of the same. If we don't try a different combination up front. We may not earn more than 1 point in both games against these people. God forbid.

goldfish80:

What has Gernot Rohr achieved in his career with the so called morden coaching methods? The man have been a journey man. Rather than discussing in platitudes and ideologies we should be looking at a more pragmatic approach.
Something workable that will see us beat the team in front of us. You can bookmark this, if that same attack I saw against SA, Corsica and even Togo file out against Cameroon, what we will witness will be worse than a horror movie.
We didn't win the last nations cup with little attackers who couldn't hold the ball up. Go watch the past 10 Afcon winners and point out the ones who won with a little lone forward.
This is Africa football. Dont forget.

goldfish80:

What has Gernot Rohr achieved in his career with the so called morden coaching methods? The man have been a journey man. Rather than discussing in platitudes and ideologies we should be looking at a more pragmatic approach.
Something workable that will see us beat the team in front of us. You can bookmark this, if that same attack I saw against SA, Corsica and even Togo file out against Cameroon, what we will witness will be worse than a horror movie.
We didn't win the last nations cup with little attackers who couldn't hold the ball up. Go watch the past 10 Afcon winners and point out the ones who won with a little lone forward.
This is Africa football. Dont forget.

forgiveness:


Did I suggest Etebor? No

I will rather play a natural CF like Martins, Kayode and Adi against Cameroon. EOD.

On his feat, Nacho can but on the air, I am sorry he is not good enough.

TheGoodJoe:

He was lost in the game because the midfield was poor. Is that too difficult to get? With better incisive passes he would not be lost in the game. Even Suarez will perform poorly without good services. Quit your campaign against Iheanacho. Most here watched the game and can clearly see that our midfield was the problem. Fix the problem first. Talking Iheanacho is fantasy.

sontoly2:


I don't know why we fans won't solve problem from the root, if u see ur striker is not good at air why not play ground pass, are we trying to say we should start inviting tall players cos we cant play one good ground pass or accurate pass.

who ever is shouting on Iheanacho is very biased, the coach shld be blamed for not using what u have effectively.

if u see ur opponents are tall it is foolishness to play ball in the air, against Cameroon we shouldn't try it cos they will so much disgrace us.

I believe Mikel will stabilize the midfield, and why is it that iheanacho is the talk of town? is it because he plays for city? a big club, but Iwobi also plays for arsenal, why is nobody talking abt him?

BascoVanVeli:
Ajegunle To Stardom: The rise of Nigerian football stars from a dreadful slumb


Several Nigerian football stars including Samson Siasia, Taribo West, Emmanuel Amuneke, Ikpe Ekong, Brown Ideye and current highest paid African player Odion Ighalo all grew up from the 'dreadful ghettos' of Ajegunle in Lagos.

AJ, as the small 'city' is proudly called by residents, is a place elite Nigerians regard to be a den of robbers, hoodlums, prostitutes and people with all forms of social vices. Most people who have never been to this environment also believe it is a home to the extremely poorest. But it turned out to be the starting point for most household names in Nigerian football and music.

Location of Ajegunle

Ajegunle is Yoruba word which is broken down as Aje gunle meaning a place where riches dwell. In other words, a land with raw and untapped treasures (talents).The neighbourhood is located in the heart of Lagos state, Nigeria in Ajeromi-Ifelodun local government area.

It is bordered on the west by Apapa Wharf and Tincan, two of Nigeria's biggest sea ports, through which over 70 percent of imported goods come into the country.

The Maracana stadium in Ajegunle

This is the main pitch where all the football stars from Ajegunle began their career. It was founded in 1979 by some youths who decided to clear the massive bush to play football.

The first football club there was named Marine Dynamos. A top member of the Maracana All Stars football team Felix Ganagana who also had a stint in France disclosed how they came about the name 'Maracana'."We used to play for Marine Dynamos in 1979 and used to train and play matches inside the Tolu Complex," he started."But when Governor Lateef Jakande won the election at that time, he promised free education and the school compound was to be rebuilt, so we had to look for a place to continue with our game."We cleared this pitch in October and then started playing here by November 1979."Asked why the place was named Maracana, Ganagana revealed that the name was inspired by the famous Maracana Stadium in Brazil.

"I remember at that time, we had a meeting and one of the members of the team Tata Dickson said this place is wide, let us name it after the Maracana stadium in Brazil. We all agreed and this is what we have now."

Ajegunle, the breeding ground for Nigeria's national teams

The people there are soccer-crazy. From the little child to the aged, both male and female have an unbelievable passion for the game.Football competitions at every level from the under 8s, 10s, 13s, 17s, 20s and to other age levels are played day-in-day-out in the city.

Surrounding the famous Maracana Stadium is the Tolu Complex which is said to contain a massive 14 Secondary Schools and 18 Primary Schools, you dare not imagine how the field will look-like after school hours.

Most of the boys resume to the famous pitch as soon as their school closing bell rings.

Future stars without any standard stadium

"We have written series of letters to the Lagos state government," coach Michael Adewale Adebayo began.

"We know Governor Akinwunmi Ambode has good plans for us and in fact we are working on something at the moment."We are working in collaboration with the Senior Special Assistant to the President Abike Oluwatoyin Dabiri-Erewa who is getting in touch with the Lagos state governor on our behalf as regards the development of this environment," he added.

Coach Adewale Adebayo who is also the president of the Maracana All Stars football team also appealed to the government to look inwards and also fulfill its promises to the people."I want to appeal that government of the day should come to our rescue. Having a place like this which chunks-out players day-in-day-out, we plead that the government give us a stadium here."To be specific, I believe Governor Ambode will do it, he has told us not once, not twice, I am certain we will have a good stadium.Elders of the community also believe that more stars will rise from the area who will bring glory to the nation.Meanwhile, check out the top stories from last week in our weekly compilation of THE SCOOP. Read more: https://sports.naij.com/1112811-ajegunle-to-stardom-the-rise-nigerian-football-stars-a-dreadful-slum.html

chrisooblog:
martins at his best i'm not too sure can play centre forward on his own i think he works best with a strike partner. not seen kayode play the sole forward role before but if he can cope have no qualms trying him out. adi's goal record at club level is decent but not earth shattering haven't seen him play but haven't heard any football analyst really make a case for him. other options we can assess for the point man role anichebe, ideye, osimhen and sadiq umar( ) mikael5 na play i play o

TheGoodJoe:



As I have said before, you are talking of us changing strategy. Playing a lone striker system does not mean the strikers play the same way. Messi played as a lone striker but the system requires the team work together. Rohr does not coach the Mourinho way. He will not keep his team compact at the back with a big man upfront.

His style is more modern and a player like Nacho works for him. You can not tell Guardiola to play Bony upfront. Guardiola will play Sterling and De Bruyne before Bony.

BascoVanVeli:


One minute u are dissing Rohr and the next u take his words as gospel, I just dey wash u.

TheGoodJoe:


Who not go and apply for the job hence you know more than a man who coached Zidane, Dugarry and Lizarazu to a UEFA Cup Final.

You do not know different coaches have different strategies. You have not heard of coaching philosophy before.

goldfish80:

That's all he achieved? Coaching Zidane and Dugary for a year is a trophy.

BascoVanVeli:


Advocating against Iheanacho is downright bad belle-ish, hw many goals does he have to score to earn some respect? I have no doubt he would have scored if let on because he is a difference maker, u don't take those types of players out unless injured. U said he was lost but who wouldn't be lost when every pass ends up no less than 5 ft away? The coach took an easy way out, the system failed not the striker.

TheGoodJoe:


Your Favre, what has he achieved since to you he La Ballon d'Or Coach.

goldfish80:

Classic scatter gun approach by TheGoodJoe. We are talking about Rohr and you're bringing up Favre.

TheGoodJoe:


Why will I not bring Favre you tried to exalt above Klopp but you are here ridiculing Rohr who did more with his Bordeaux team than Favre. It is just sentimental criticism. You want Rohr who is a German to change his philosophy to fit your long ball tall striker strategy forgetting that there is a revolution in Germany with more coaches adapting modern possessive methods.

goldfish80:


I think you're quoting the wrong person. Komekn was the person who made the Favre and Klop comparison. I know I have mentioned Favre in the past but not on this particular lone of discussion.

Your second point about Germany does not hold water because the Dame Germans brought back a semi retire Mario Gomez for their world cup campaign.
If Rohr was German enough, he will bring back the big guys.

Icon4s:


The air has been cleared on this na.

Thanks for the info all the same.

TheGoodJoe:


Once again German teams are adopting more modern possessive approach. You can not change it with story and you do not need to buy it. From their clubs to their academies. Guardiola used to hold sessions with Coaches teaching them his methods.

Yet you want Rohr to adopt long ball to tall attacker strategy.

How does bringing Mario Gomez back in any way equate to German teams adopting modern methods? Na wa for you.