Oasis007:
@Forgiveness.... your Boy - Lookman is on fire Tonight - 2 Goals to his Name already!

BascoVanVeli:


that comment is illegal bro. Martial's like big toe is better than Lingard no matter how hard he presses. Also like I said there should be no circumstance barring injury that any Croat should be mentioned in the same breath as Modric, that's football blasphemy.

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.

blueto:
Moses should not be selected as a wing back in the 23 man list, hr should be selected as a forward but can be deployed to the wing back role anytime it calls for it. Shehu and Ebuehi for RB/RWB and any two of Aina/Idowu/Echiejile for LB/LWB

tbaba1234:


I feel Ebuehi played the 3-5-2 system better than Shehu against Argentina but let us see him in more games first. He seems to recover better than Shehu though the whole team was poor in the first half.

Shehu was outstanding in the qualifiers.

We can adjust personnel depending on the approach to the game.

Mujtahida:

Ehen, this is clearer to me.

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....Ebuehi

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


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

goldfish80:

This is a very emotional laden comment,not an analysis.
Obinna was just about average for West Ham.As a matter of fact, he struggled to get into gear probably because of his new environment. Recall he even got a red card when he was settling in....
I wonder why you will make such a prejudiced comment against a club whose manager at the time Avram Grant have a decent pedigree coaching African players. At Portsmouth, the man had more black Africans than Europeans in the team.
He even came down to Africa and managed Black stars. So much for an African/Nigerian hater.
For goodness sake, why will Avram Grant bench a performing player when his West Ham side were neck deep into a relegation fight? This line of thought doesn't even make sense.

Ahmed Musa is not playing for Leicester City for political reasons. He was basically out of Leicester City the day he laid hands on his wife. That incident was bad publicity for Leicester City. Clubs don't take the sort of things lightly.
He is lucky not to be in jail.

How can we be running around the Internet, craving for respect from our world cup opponents. Yet our best player is playing with the U21's. We are banking on this same player to fire us to the world cup semi finals. Yet you see nothing wrong with this?
I tire for una.

Kog45:
Pls which one is modern CF or traditional striker again cos i remember 23 year ago all our FW were potential goal scorers and check US 94 team,Amokachie 2 goals,Amuneke 2 goals,Siasia 1 goal,Findi 1 goal,Yekini 1 goal and i don't think there was anything like modern CF during this period.

What we have in that team was top 9 which is Yekini but with your analysis and thegoodjoe am really confused on the role of Amokachie, Amuneke, Siasia,Finidi,do we called them modern CF?cos they are real goal poachers and Yekini as traditional striker.

The present eagle is not different from US squad if you check our goals statistics our forwards shared similar traits with what we have at US 94.They are real goal scorers.

Truly football has evolved but not much cos this your modern CF was used by Westerhoff but with the presence of traditional striker.

Now back to your comment you said we dont have modern CF but what are Iheanacho,Iwobi,Vic Moses,Simeon Moses,Onyekwuru,Kayode?

Remember with our traditional striker in Nwakaeme we could only scored a goal against Algeria but in his absence we had four goals against Argentina,

My question now with the absence of traditional striker against Argentina,who was our CF cos you said we don't have modern CF and what really make a player a modern CF and even traditional striker.

Icon79:
In theory, this like up can work if you move Mikel down to replace Ogu, then move Iwobi down to in place of Mikel, and put Ighalo in Iwobi's position. Those are the pros.

The con(s): Victor Moses doesn't play with the same discipline for the Super Eagles as he does for Chelsea. He might not track back to support the defence.
It doesn't make a lot of sense to deploy your best and most creative player as a wingback.



O pari

Mujtahida:

It's good you used the word 'might'. But come to think of it:throughout our WCQ series Vicmo always tracked back whether on the right or left to help defensively. Remember he initiated most of our counters from deep within our own half. So if he can do that in a formation that doesn't put the primary duty to defend on him why won't he do that when he plays in a formation that has to do actually puts that duty on him. I think what you said has more to do with perception than the reality. Same thing when people say Vicmo is one of our selfish players. Before yes. But not under Rohr.

blueto:
This is hilarious. Moses have been playing with discipline in team during the WCQ, and I think that is one of the good things that Rohr brought into this team. You see him tracking back and he was even the guy that dispossessed a Cameroonian player in our defense that lead to the counter attack that he scored. He has been disciplined under Rohr, and he would be better disciplined as a wing back.

And V. Moses as the “most creative player” in the team with Mikel and Iwobi? I will say that not many people share that opinion.

BascoVanVeli:


Wat is with u and Iheanacho? why must u always discredit him?

Mujtahida:

It's good you used the word 'might'. But come to think of it:throughout our WCQ series Vicmo always tracked back whether on the right or left to help defensively. Remember he initiated most of our counters from deep within our own half. So if he can do that in a formation that doesn't put the primary duty to defend on him why won't he do that when he plays in a formation that has to do actually puts that duty on him. I think what you said has more to do with perception than the reality. Same thing when people say Vicmo is one of our selfish players. Before yes. But not under Rohr.

Mujtahida:

Ahmed Musa's difficulty in securing a place as a starter began as soon as he got to Leicester not when he had that thing with his wife. Just wanted to set the records straight.

forgiveness:


Guardiola never wanted Iheanacho again hence his request to sell him outrightly, instead of keeping him or sending him on loan.

Left to Iheanacho, he wanted to stay and fight for Shirt but it was Guardiola's decision to let him go.

The point is, Guardiola didn't consider Iheanacho good enough as a modern forward hence the need to let him go. EOD

TheGoodJoe:


Modern day forwards has a lot to do with versatility and hard work. This we do have.

Mujtahida:

When I read about that Gaurdiola I realised that he won't want Iheanacho. That man is something else. Iheanacho is not his kind of player. I don't think he rates Nacho. If Nacho had stayed there and trained for a whole millennium, Gaurdiola will still not buy into Nacho.

Mujtahida:

When I read about that Gaurdiola I realised that he won't want Iheanacho. That man is something else. Iheanacho is not his kind of player. I don't think he rates Nacho. If Nacho had stayed there and trained for a whole millennium, Gaurdiola will still not buy into Nacho.

RoyalBlak007:
♤If only we can get at least "4points"

♤before the final group game against Argentina. If....

forgiveness:


We don't evem have a modern CF neither do we have a prolific traditional striker in the national team.

somehow:
Like I said sir, that's his style of coaching, he's more of a klopp/pep/mourinho (coaches that prefer players they can control), that's his philoshophy and I don't see him changing it for anything. He's been like that even from his playing days so you think he will just change all of a sudden? He's blunt, outspoken and likes to have his way and like I said, it's working for him.


Pep chased away some players when he took over Barcelona, did same in Man city, mourinho did same too.

Keshi was known for that too but talked less unlike oliseh, what he's doing is not peculiar as you have also noticed so let's just wish him the best and allow him grow in his own right.

PurpleHouse:
As things stands right now, and if it continues till the world cup proper, it will pure bias if Musa and, or, Kelechi goes to the World Cup and Onyenkuru doesn't make it! Dude is VicMo 1.0

TheGoodJoe:


Origi is Belgian, he does not need passport as much as Iheanacho. Nacho moved because he did not want to sit on the bench in a World Cup year. However, there was no critical look into the team's playing style before he moved. Staying at City, training under a high intense tactical system and getting his passport seemed a better option.

Now, he has to make the best of where he finds himself. Who knows he can still find his way back in the squad.

Icon79:
Actually, this doesn't mean nada. Anybody can play with the youth side either because he's recovering from injury or because the coach needed you to try out a specific role. I will only get concerned if he keeps playing with the youth side.


O pari

tbaba1234:


It is not bias if Kelechi goes to the WC. He has generally done well for Nigeria. His goal and assist return is still outstanding for the super eagles.

forgiveness:


I am making my points with facts. Nothing like discredit here.

Or should I just pretend as if i no know the truth.

How come you did not ask questions when people discredited Martins and Kayode without given a cogent fact, huh?

blueto:
Things became worst/bad for him when Raneri was fired. It was like he was the one that kept playing for Raneri when other players stopped playing for him.

Icon4s:


Likewise Iheanacho just recovering from Injury.

tbaba1234:


It is not bias if Kelechi goes to the WC. He has generally done well for Nigeria. His goal and assist return is still outstanding for the super eagles.

junnyjake:


I can't forget his display on his debut against Hull. He was simply unplayable that day.