TheGoodJoe:


Keep in mind, Conte has to drill the team almost every week. So it is easier to organize their play. Keep in mind also the vast options of quality players.

goldfish80:


It is about career decision. Every serious international player considers the best move for him before making a decision especially in a world cup year. Why do you think Origi left Liverpool?
Decision to move just because of passport and not football is a very daft excuse to sign for Leicester

Trudy12:



i prefer the first formation.

Icon4s:


How did Chelsea fair in their first few games of trying that formation?

It took a run of games.

For the world cup. If you try it with 2 games and it fails, you are out. No second chance. It is very dicey.

Icon79:
Wow! I must be watching a different game all these while. Modric as fast as Ndidi? Kovacic faster than Onazi??

Anyway, this is one of those arguments that we would get you nowhere, so I am not even gonna try. When we play then in June then we shall see.


O pari

blueto:
that is one of the reasons of playing friendlies to get used to the formation. The formation worked against Argentina. According to Mikel, the coach told them the areas that they had lapses in the first place and corrected them and we saw a different second half.

Besides, I know some Nigerian players like Moses, Awaziem and others have all been playing similar with similar formations so it is not new to them.

Icon4s:


One of the two false 9s joins the attack when on the offensive and also joins the midfield when chasing the ball. Iwobi can do that perfectly.
Just like switching between 4-5-1 and 4-4-2. Rohr played that formation in one of the games during the qualifiers. Recall the game against Zambia in Ndola. Iheanacho played that role.

It was like:

....Ideye....Iheanacho

...........Mikel


But for the Croatia game for now I would still recommend a traditional 4-5-1

I am only suggesting we try the 4-4-2 in any of our next friendlies. But if it can work a against France and England why cant it work against Croatia?

junnyjake:



Well K. Nwakali hasn't really been seeing games this season. He's got one goal so far, He's played from the wings some of the time at his new club which is not his favorite position. His style could be likened to that of Mikel.


Ryan Sanusi, Is a solid DMF/CMF, his style of play is a bit similar to Moussa Dembele his cousin at Tottenham. He's also got an eye for goals too. He's more experienced than Kelechi.

At the moment I'd rate Sanusi higher.

TheGoodJoe:


Enjoy for your viewing pressure. I hope Kovacic does not have a god game against us. Although I am a big fan of his.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2PD3iBphEk

safarigirl:
he cannot respond because he has no leg to stand on- not even a prosthetic one

I just checked the line-ups, Martins came on for Musa in the 75th minute. He played as a Forward, which means, oga dey near net for almost half an hour, but e no score

Funny enough, you know who scored that day even as a defender? Efe Ambrose

Icon4s:


Where will you feature Victor Moses in this set up?

MetalJigsaw:
If Iheanacho has to join the midfield from upfront, then where do you place the trio of Mikel, Ogu/Onazi, Ndidi

Icon4s:


Where will you feature Victor Moses in this set up?

TheGoodJoe:


Do not lecture me on Grant. You can say maybe Nsofor had a poor attitude or something else. Not get into gear. When Nsofor was dropped, he was in full gear. I had a friend who used to laugh at West Ham during their losing spell when Nsofor was dropped.

Even Slimani who is the top forward of Algeria is Finding it hard getting playing time. Playing for the U21 shows a player ready to work hard despite not seeing sufficient games. It is also a Sign of Humility. I think in Manchester United, Victor Valdes did the same when he was not seeing games at Manchester United. We are talking of a multiple Champions League winning goal keeper and a keeper who won multiple League titles.

Icon4s:


Does Alex Iwobi not play with the U21s once in a while?

Just a couple of years back Oxlade-Chamberlein and Walcott also featured for the Arsenal U21s even though they were already full members of the 3 Lions.

It is just a bid to keep them match fit.

I don't see any thing wrong with that

Icon4s:


That is one of the demerits of that 3-5-2 formation. It will not allow us to maximize our potentials.
But If we must play 3-5-2 and we have to bring in Victor Moses we line up like this:

............Moses..........Iheanacho

........................Iwobi
Idowu......Mikel.............Ndidi....Shehu

.......Balogun......Awaziem.......Ekong


I prefer Moses in the attack and not as Wing Back. He is our major attacking weapon.

TheGoodJoe:


What of Mikel Obi? Do you think if he was an English talent, he would have been treated like that repeatedly? Our case is different. Look at how Gary Neville went to war with Guardiola because of Foden not getting playing time. Do you think if Foden was a Nigerian, any of them will care?

goldfish80:


I had to lecture you on Avram Grant incase it escaped you he was the manager at West Ham at the time.
West Ham in that particular season were very poor. They were in a relegation fight from start of the season till the end. At the time, they had accomplished international players like Demba Ba, Diamanti, Carlton Cole and Beni Mccarthy. It was academic they will rotate the team especially with the circumstance surrounding them that season.

Slimani haven't leaved up to his reputation. Two seasons ago, he was one of the lost sort after strikers in the world after scoring 30+goals for sporting Lisbon. I don't know his numbers with Leicester but I'm pretty sure he haven't scored up to 5 goals for the team. Its not a matter of bias or prejudice. He simply haven't performed.

Humility or no humility, Kelechi didn't make a good career decision staying back in England. A world cup striker shouldn't be playing at the U21 level.

blueto:
I have said it before that I prefer Moses as a wing back in this formation and I gave reasons for that and I believe they are justifiable reasons.

•He is good defensively
•With more freedom playing for the SE, he can perform better and cause more havoc going forward as a wing back than he performs for Chelsea. He created two clear-cut chances for Chelsea against Athletico Madrid on Tuesday in that position from the highlight I watched.
•The result yielding combination of Mikel-Iwobi-Iheancaho should be allowed to continue.

forgiveness:


Sir, do you know the difference between nominated and won?

Did Ademola play for another EPL team before he joined Everton? Or you don't know the meaning of EPL?

Icon4s:


Then chose two of who to drop between Shehu, Ebuehi and Aina.

blueto:
Can you explicitly explain why the two from three of them need to be dropped? thanks

blueto:
Can you explicitly explain why the two from three of them need to be dropped? thanks

Icon4s:


We go with a Right wing back option. Meaning we need just one RWB Back-up. You pick Moses as the first choice, leaving room for one slot from the RBs.

elyte89:



If we re to adopt d 3-5-2 formation for d world cup it would b counter productive taking 4 wing right back to d world cup,it would affect oda department of d team

blueto:
I have said it before that I prefer Moses as a wing back in this formation and I gave reasons for that and I believe they are justifiable reasons.

•He is good defensively
•With more freedom playing for the SE, he can perform better and cause more havoc going forward as a wing back than he performs for Chelsea. He created two clear-cut chances for Chelsea against Athletico Madrid on Tuesday in that position from the highlight I watched.
•The result yielding combination of Mikel-Iwobi-Iheancaho should be allowed to continue.

Chrismario:


Apology...... Tot you said won.

Even at that, he has done close to nothing

Danycrusoe:
Iceland are planning a friendly with Indonesia national team and a select Indonesia Eleven in January, their last friendly was a 1-1 draw against Qatar in November.