goldfish80:

I admit, I was wrong to tag a 3 goals zero assist striker woeful.
I will align with your thoughts that he dropped because of his nationality, probably tribe or religion.
It was bonkers to suggest his output was poor.
Let the court rise!

Wrongy, wrongy. So wrong he needed to attack when he was proven wrong, instead of learning.

Mujtahida:

But you forget that inability to trap can cost us even if not the WC but crucial games. It's not even debatable:he needs to work on his ball control. Kennysville has tried to analyse why he's dwindled in that regard. I like his encouraging tone. We all need encouragement but to say he doesn't need to work on it means you want to pet him into failure. Encourage him to work on it rather than excuse him. A footballer must have good ball control. It's a must. If you cannot control the ball, how can you determine what to do with it?

safarigirl:
Lukaku doesn't know how to trap a ball either, and he has been playing longer than Kelechi. Let Lukaku also learn it

I don't care if Kelechi can trap a ball or not, I only care that he knows where the net is when he plays for us......

Y'all can resume with the argument

somehow:
Says who? He's better in trapping than Iheanacho, on a scale of 10, he's a 6 while iheanacho is a 4. Go and watch clips.

If you don't care if he can trap ball, why care he plays for the U21 of leciester or was sold from Man City? A good player can't be overlooked. Ditto : Roy Sane!

safarigirl:
did you see me complaining about his playing for Leicester's U21 or are you just ranting at anybody?

Lukaku is a 6 indeed....if e pain you too much, find chilled coke and do the needful

vic0090:
End your story of spoilt ticket.. Join the winning Team

Mujtahida:

I try as much as possible to be realistic in my analysis. If you go back and read I said 'he bested Shehu in THAT MATCH'. and I have opined before that he needs to be seen more before definitive statements are made about him. Everything is dependent on preparedness, timing and opportunity. What I do not understand is how in the face of his performance against Argentina we can opine that Shehu should play as RWB but nobody says that Aina should continue as LWB. so it's perception I am tackling. And you need to read me carefully if not you'd think I am supporting or hyping a player. For example it was argued that Ighalo was better than Martins. I challenged it because it didn't look like a valid assessment to me not necessarily because I support or don't support Martins. All I wanted is a valid accessment. Same thing now with Ebuehi. Moreover remember Vicmo is a standard RWB and might just play it for us.

goldfish80:

I admit, I was wrong to tag a 3 goals zero assist striker woeful.
I will align with your thoughts that he was dropped because of his nationality, probably tribe or religion.
It was bonkers to suggest his output was poor.
Let the court rise!

mazimee:
Leicester City Boss Refuses To Rule Out Selling Kelechi Iheanacho In January
Published: December 09, 2017


Leicester City boss Claude Puel has refused to rule out the possibility of selling Nigeria star Kelechi Iheanacho four weeks before the winter transfer market opens for business.

The Foxes have six strikers in the first team consisting of Iheanacho, Vardy, Ahmed Musa, Slimani, Okazaki and Ulloa, and the former Man City starlet has found game time hard to come by after making only two starts in the Premier League from a possible fifteen.
''Kelechi had an injury and after, for the moment, we have competition,'' Puel was quoted as saying by Leicester Mercury


''I am happy with Jamie for example. Kelechi or other players cannot play on the side.
''It’s difficult for them, but for me also to manage all these players because we have six strikers so there is no place for all the players.''

Puel added :: ''I try to respect them. Kelechi arrived this season and we will see. With all these games in this busy period, we will see.

''Time will tell. The window is not open, we will see. For the moment, we just look at all these games. We need all the players.''
Iheanacho penned a five-year contract with Leicester City in the summer for a fee in the region of 25 million pounds.

TheGoodJoe:


Coach, I will stone you salute if you sell Nacho. Honestly. It is not just about Nacho not playing regularly but Puel style does not give me excitement. Let see hat happens. But, if Nacho will leave Leicester City, my advice to him is to look for a club with a history of creating chances and also have a history of free flowing football.

If there is no chance for a sale, I say he seals a loan deal to Dortmund if he has secured his passport.

Dortmund is in need of a finisher. Playing as a sub to Aubameyang will work because in the limited time Nacho gets, he will have chances to score. Keep in mind the current boss of Dortmund, Bosz was the same manager who handled Traore at Ajax who is currently with Lyon.

peterd53:




you guyz should stop giving silly excuses jare,d person dat hardly make a substitute apperance for leicester. d guy didn't want to learn，dat is y he left. where u nt among the pple clamouring for him to leave city? now u want to shift d blame on pep. i jst hope hope he doesn't end up like giovanni dos santos.

safarigirl:
oga, we have been doing this for four years now, by next year, it would be five years since some of us started these National Team threads

Do you know how we made it to over 2k pages? By doing these line-ups and formation guessing that you think is useless. Many times, our predictions have come good an probably very useful to someone you don't know could be reading.

We are not stupid children playing some idiotic game here....we are discussing the best team and formation for the Super Eagles and someone is reading

So, please, if you don't like it, just ignore or waka....we have tackled this previously and we are still doing it. So, allow us guess our formations and sieve our best possible team.

It is our own time and brain power we are using, and nobody has complained about it

mazimee:
Leicester City Boss Refuses To Rule Out Selling Kelechi Iheanacho In January
Published: December 09, 2017


Leicester City boss Claude Puel has refused to rule out the possibility of selling Nigeria star Kelechi Iheanacho four weeks before the winter transfer market opens for business.

The Foxes have six strikers in the first team consisting of Iheanacho, Vardy, Ahmed Musa, Slimani, Okazaki and Ulloa, and the former Man City starlet has found game time hard to come by after making only two starts in the Premier League from a possible fifteen.
''Kelechi had an injury and after, for the moment, we have competition,'' Puel was quoted as saying by Leicester Mercury


''I am happy with Jamie for example. Kelechi or other players cannot play on the side.
''It’s difficult for them, but for me also to manage all these players because we have six strikers so there is no place for all the players.''

Puel added :: ''I try to respect them. Kelechi arrived this season and we will see. With all these games in this busy period, we will see.

''Time will tell. The window is not open, we will see. For the moment, we just look at all these games. We need all the players.''
Iheanacho penned a five-year contract with Leicester City in the summer for a fee in the region of 25 million pounds.

forgiveness:




If I knew he was eligible for Nigeria then and had said he is better than most of our players at that moment, what could have been people's reaction?

Patriotism and sentiment should be separated from reality.

Mujtahida:

I think the way we use the word 'selfish' has more to do with the way modern football has shaped our perspective. If Maradona were to play today they'd say he's selfish. Check out his goal against England in Mexico 86. He went on a solo mazy run even though they were other players to exchange passes with. Probably in ten years from now dribbling will be a thing of the past. Player dribble small you hear' selfish, selfish, selfish'. Yet dribbling and football are like husband and wife but they will soon be put asunder by those who regard dribbling as selfish.

TheGoodJoe:


Coach, I will stone you salute if you sell Nacho. Honestly. It is not just about Nacho not playing regularly but Puel style does not give me excitement. Let see hat happens. But, if Nacho will leave Leicester City, my advice to him is to look for a club with a history of creating chances and also have a history of free flowing football.

If there is no chance for a sale, I say he seals a loan deal to Dortmund if he has secured his passport.

Dortmund is in need of a finisher. Playing as a sub to Aubameyang will work because in the limited time Nacho gets, he will have chances to score. Keep in mind the current boss of Dortmund, Bosz was the same manager who handled Traore at Ajax who is currently with Lyon.

somehow:
Who's not allowing him perform? He's not the only one wanting to become world class so don't expect any babysitting for anyone. Akpeyi is being crucified for being shaky when in the SE uniform but does well at his club, no one has come to say what you're saying now for him.

This is no longer age grade football, this is grown up football, he should shape up, there are players within his age range doing wonders already in clubs everywhere.

Ball trapping should not be any top-flight footballer's problem. He should go and learn it.

Finito!

Mickael2:



Will he go to Dortmund and start begging them? Or you think Dortmund will be looking for a player who cannot trap the ball effectively? Iheancho should have made the right move, Leicester city has exposed him, if he leaves now no top team will want him, it's Turkey from here

kennysville:


Yorubas will say u only compare things that are alike. How old is Akpeyi please? Akpeyi got chances upon chances until he started messing up. In the whole of Nigeria, are we saying that Akpeyi is the best we can find? Or he is just being foistered on us? If a goalkeeper in this age and time cant deal with things as basic as his basic duties, then what are here discussing?
If an outfirld player loses ball control, we will understand because ther is hope for recovery. But Akpeyi? Haba brother! You know the answer na. What will you call his display against argentina? Lack of confidence? Or loss of concentration? Kò jo'ra won now? I cant even believe why you would bring in Akpeyi when discussing Iheanacho. They not playing the same roles. Not the same age and certainly not in the same circumstance of bein benched.

I have answered someone previously. I think I have gotten to the point where it boils down to people's view. Objective or not. Mind you, I wasnt talking about babysitting. I dont know how that came about. I have explained severally and now I hate to be seen as a praise singer for Iheanacho. Everyone and anyone is entitled to their opinions. I will always respect that. However a little objectivity is all we ask for. Analyse situations critically. Understand that for every cause, there is an effect. Thanks

Mujtahida:

It's quite obvious that Ebuehi played better as wingback than Shehu but still we have to stick to Shehu but why is nobody saying we should continue to use Aina as LWB when it was clear Idowu played it better? Is it fear or what or the believe that Ebuehi is too green for such responsibility?I guess it has to do with the fact that Ebuehi is a 'boy' and Shehu is a 'man'. Yet that 'boy' played well against Di Maria the man who has always been a handful whenever Argentina plays against us. The only thing I noticed is that Ebuehi was allowing crosses to come through from his wing but as a RWB he bested Shehu in that match. Fact is even before that match Mickael2 had strongly set it down that Shehu cannot play the RWB. I argued with him but the match proved him right. Maybe Shehu will grow into the position but then why wait for him to grow into it when we have someone who we can all see has it in him to be our RWB?

somehow:
If you want the best for him, always tell him the truth.
Finito.

My post is for those making excuses for him, if you fall into these set of people, then yes it's for you, if not, let those concerned quote me.

somehow:
I have compared him with those within his age range, kindly read through my response sir.

kennysville:


Yorubas will say u only compare things that are alike. How old is Akpeyi please? Akpeyi got chances upon chances until he started messing up. In the whole of Nigeria, are we saying that Akpeyi is the best we can find? Or he is just being foistered on us? If a goalkeeper in this age and time cant deal with things as basic as his basic duties, then what are here discussing?
If an outfirld player loses ball control, we will understand because ther is hope for recovery. But Akpeyi? Haba brother! You know the answer na. What will you call his display against argentina? Lack of confidence? Or loss of concentration? Kò jo'ra won now? I cant even believe why you would bring in Akpeyi when discussing Iheanacho. They not playing the same roles. Not the same age and certainly not in the same circumstance of bein benched.

I have answered someone previously. I think I have gotten to the point where it boils down to people's view. Objective or not. Mind you, I wasnt talking about babysitting. I dont know how that came about. I have explained severally and now I hate to be seen as a praise singer for Iheanacho. Everyone and anyone is entitled to their opinions. I will always respect that. However a little objectivity is all we ask for. Analyse situations critically. Understand that for every cause, there is an effect. Thanks

safarigirl:
leave that guy

People like him do notgbbwlieve in depression and will insult people for commuting suicide.

Very inconsiderate character

Joebie:
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kennysville:


If you see how people commit suicide because they failed ordinary school cert exams where I reside, you will be like haba? Person wen write GCE in Naija for 8years nko? I have learned not to judge things if they have never happened to me before.

Anyways @ Safari, please take it easy with people. Everyone has his or her opinion. Lets always respect their opinions ... thanks

Taliban:


In my own humble assessment, we shouldn't take more than a maximum of 8 defenders as one our midfielders can comfortably play as a centre-back (Ndidi). Considering all the names we have, I would say baring injuries or loss of form, the names Forgiveness has put forward are almost sure-bets. Echiejile is I believe the only true LB, the others are kind of jack of all trades, versatile players. I would also pick Omeruo ahead of Agbo because he showed us against Argentina that he hasn't actually lost it and if we play like we did against the Argies, we would need a reliable back up for the three CBs. Unhappy as I am typing this, I think one of Shehu, Ebuhei, Aina or Idowu would have to be dropped. I would be shocked if it's Shehu so the axe is in Rohr's hand and he can swing it as he deems fit.

My list of 8 defenders would be
Ekong
Leon
Awaziem
Shehu
Echejile
Omeruo
Ebuhei
Idowu/Aina

I will say we need to see more of Idowu before we can actually say he's the best since sliced bread. Judging by Aina's first game, he wowed us all and then in the 2nd and 3rd we started seeing his weaknesses. Who knows what will happen to Tyronne and Idowu in their next games too.