TheGoodJoe:


I do not get you. Onyekuru is not learning top striker positioning from the coach because the coach does not want to play him there. So how will you see the development?

Mujtahida:

We already have a 9 in Ighalo and Rohr is looking for his backup so that we can have Iheanacho, Ighalo and then whosoever is chosen. I don't think the coach was impressed with Nwakaeme.
But even without a top 9 we can and should be able to play. That's tactical flexibility that the lady was talking about. The possibilities though, are that soon distinctions as to player roles might not exist ooo. Every player might be required to be as good in any position.

Mujtahida:

We already have a 9 in Ighalo and Rohr is looking for his backup so that we can have Iheanacho, Ighalo and then whosoever is chosen. I don't think the coach was impressed with Nwakaeme.
But even without a top 9 we can and should be able to play. That's tactical flexibility that the lady was talking about. The possibilities though, are that soon distinctions as to player roles might not exist ooo. Every player might be required to be as good in any position.

forgiveness:


Assuredly, Assuredly, you didn't read the article.

MetalJigsaw:
Goal against terrible defenders.

TheGoodJoe:


You that read it, make excerpts to make your point than assuredly.

Joebie:
HOLLAND Eredivisie

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VVV Venlo 3-3 Willem II
Batholomew Ogbeche scores hattrick for Willen

Joebie:
Utilizing a few opportunities is indeed a huge strength.
The most tactical teams make it count when it matters most.
It was just a friendly, but it remains a good test.

forgiveness:


It is better you re-read the article yourself.

Mujtahida:

5 shots on target, 4 goals. Yes it was a friendly but let me say this :Joebie do you know that Argentina were doing what I hate the most- passing the ball sideways in the attacking third(kinda tiki taka style of play) but we were very direct and incisive. That's my kinda style - Jupp Heynckes Champions league winning Bayern team style of play.

TheGoodJoe:
All these natural top nine or nothing crew would have been those who would have kicked against the likes of Aguero and Dries Mertens leading an attack. As safarigirl clearly pointed out, use what we have. If we can not find a natural top striker that can fit into the team, then we play a system that suits what we have.

Mujtahida:

5 shots on target, 4 goals. Yes it was a friendly but let me say this :Joebie do you know that Argentina were doing what I hate the most- passing the ball sideways in the attacking third(kinda tiki taka style of play) but we were very direct and incisive. That's my kinda style - Jupp Heynckes Champions league winning Bayern team style of play.

tbaba1234:
Uzoho with another clean sheet Depor B. Having a great season with the B side.

Ebere Eze with another MOTM performance scoring a goal, definitely better than league 2. He has been outstanding.

Manu Apeh scored for Lorca in La Liga 2.

Ogbeche with a hattrick

Suleiman Abdullahi with a goal in Bundesliga 2.

TheGoodJoe:


I wrote a lot about this on the BBC forum, before Guardiola even started doing it. I talked of Evra playing as a midfielder for Manchester United and people criticized it. Now Guardiola during when City are under pressure or during build-up plays has his full backs drifting into midfield.

I criticized the Buying of Berbatov because I believed his arrival will disrupt the fluidity of the forward line Rooney and Tevez brought to Manchester United. 2007/2008/2009 period. It is just like watching my ideologies bearing fruits when I watch or read about Guardiola.

forgiveness:

As if say e sabi where post dey.

TheGoodJoe:


You know, it depends on the set-up. We were compact when the Argentines had the ball. In that case, they have to work the ball with passes. In our case, the Argentines doing those passes will require more personnel to break our defence. This in turn created gaps for us to exploit during counters.

krattoss:
Former Chelsea technical director Michael Emenalo has joined Monaco as their new sporting director.

The Ligue 1 side confirmed the appointment on Monday afternoon and said that the 52-year-old will take charge of all sporting matters at the club, who currently sit in third place in the French top-flight standings.

Emenalo only resigned from his position as Chelsea's technical director on 6 November, citing a desire to spend more time with his young family as one reason why he left the post he had occupied since 2011.


But he will now report to Monaco vice-president Vadim Vasilyev in his new role of sporting director at the club.


Emenalo, who spent a decade at Chelsea, said of his decision to join Monaco: "It is a magnificent opportunity for me in a high-quality project.

"AS Monaco has shown a great evolution in the past few seasons and I am convinced that the club will keep being successful.

"Vadim Vasilyev convinced me to join AS Monaco and I believe this is the right choice for me after my decision to leave Chelsea.

"I will work here with humility and try my best to bring my experience in this club which is a reference of French and European football."

Emenalo first joined Chelsea in October 2007 alongside Avram Grant and, under Carlo Ancelotti, he was tasked with the aim of heading up opposition scouting and acting as a first-team coach.

He was handed the role of technical director in 2011 and was charged with the task of overseeing player recruitment and managing the club's academy and youth networks.

And his success at convincing the likes of Eden Hazard, Thibaut Courtois and N'Golo Kante to join Chelsea played a big role in Monaco vice-president Vasilyev handing Emenalo one of the top jobs at the club.


He said: "I have been following Michael Emenalo’s work for a long time and I am very happy to have him here after he chose to quit Chelsea.

"His know-how in scouting network, as well as the technical skills he developed working in one of the most successful clubs in the world in the past few years, are the main reasons leading us to present him our ambitious challenge.

"Through this appointment, it is a further sign that we are ambitious and competitive in our model.


https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/michael-emenalo-joins-monaco-as-sporting-director-after-leaving-chelsea-a3703116.html

Joebie:
you are more dynamic when you can choose any formation and you have the personnel to execute.
That's what Rohr has in mind. Changing tactics just because of a lack in the team is limiting the possibilities, especially when it's best to play against an opponent a specific way.

Mujtahida:

It's total football Bro. It's older than Guardiola, older than you. Rinus Michels and Johann Cruyff reworked earlier ideas of total football that was already in existence as far back as the first twenty years of the 1900. The Dutch team of 1974 WC popularised it. It was Johann Cruyff who took it to Barcelona during his coaching stint there and obviously that's where Guardiola picked it up from and is now reworking the philosophy just as Rinus Michels and Cruyff once did.

TheGoodJoe:


Are you serious?
How many times do you see people here saying re-read an article? Just copy the point and Paste. If not, no need complaining.

Mujtahida:

What do you think would have happened if that little wizard had played that match? Do you think our compactness would have withstood his sometimes typical gutsy, dazzling solo runs? You know those his trademark runs na, when he kinda decides to take the bull by the horn. I fear that guy walahi.

forgiveness:


Na wa ooooo!

Onyekuru can't be my No 9 - Anderlecht coach blasts -

NAIJA PLAYERS ABROAD By: Linus Onyeze | 25/11/2017

Anderlecht coach Hein Vanhaezebrouck has told Super Eagles striker Henry Onyekuru he cannot play as the top striker for the team.
Onyekuru has been suggested as an alternative to Lukasz Teodorcyzk in the No 9 role, as the Poland striker has failed to fire this season after he finished as joint top scorer with the Nigerian in the Belgian top flight last season.
But the Anderlecht coach, who has offered the Nigeria star the chance to lead the attack on a number of occasions, but says it has not worked out as Onyekuru does not have the right movement.


“No, he cannot play that (top striker) in the system with one top striker,” said Vanhaezebrouck.
“I have tried that a couple of times, but he has not been up to it.
“He does not have the right movement for that position. He thinks he can do it, but he does not know where to position himself.
“But if he plays from the flank, he could still get to the top of the attack a few times.”



https://www.google.com.ng/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjj3Ky-k93XAhVQEewKHSj3C_MQFggmMAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffcnaija.com%2Fonyekuru-cant-be-my-no-9--anderlecht-coach-blasts&usg=AOvVaw2KYweo8chaKGCYrZ2SMn5z

olapluto:
tbaba1234, please can you do a mental quiz by suggesting the 23 players you will take to Russia....plus the 3 standbys.... Sorry I just felt like seeing your team before the draws on Friday.

TheGoodJoe:


Is that what you are saying I should re-read the article? I say that, that was why I said the coach is talking about movement. Which I feel it is due to the coach's narrow idea of how the game should be played. He wants Onyekuru to play a particular way. Hence Onyekuru does not play that way, he feels Onyekuru is not up to it.

I disagree with the coach to give Onyekuru a run in the role. See the result, then judge. I doubt the trying the coach is even talking about is a full game. Probably towards the end of the game.

forgiveness:


He has given him a run in the role but he has failed. I guess that was the point made by the coach.

TheGoodJoe:


The coach did not say a run. He said tried.

I wonder who failed the Onyekuru saving them or the striker making the movement the coach likes but shooting blanks.

forgiveness:


Was Onyekuru tried in the no 9 role by the coach?

TheGoodJoe:


Which kind of question is this? I already explained. Stop dragging an already made point.

TheGoodJoe:
I hope the Anderlecht coach takes the step to give Onyekuru a shot in the nine role. Give him a run of games there. I believe the coach will be shocked. Dries Mertens did not have the build or attributes of a top striker. Today, he is one of the top rated players in the game playing the striker role.