Mickael2:



I have been waiting for a comment like this.


Now you forget that we are currently second in our group for the AFCON qualifiers and our best bet would be defeating SA by 3 clear goals in South Africa! So here comes the question, if we fail to qualify for the AFCON and also perform poorly at the World Cup should he still keep his spot as the coach?

daveP:
Now na Nacho ba? Well lets see who wins cross over night mention and new year's day too. Nacho that is the new plus for our poor setpiece history even when Mikel and Moses were in the team before him?

junnyjake:


Against which team did Awoniyi scored against yesterday??

Mickael2:


Just one question, if he is not good enough to bench Okazaki then how good is he really? Not so good.

You can stop mentioning Mahrez and Gray because these guys do not occupy the same position with Iheanacho. We should be mentioning Slimani, Ulloa, Okazaki and Vardy and if he is not good enough to bench three out of these four guys then we have an issue. Right now though I believe the Epl is his best bet, he can't really excel in the La Liga where technical football reigns supreme because of his poor first touch so he should look for a loan move that will reinvent his game, personally I wouldnt mind him moving to a championship team, Wolves, Cardiff and Leeds arent fumbling and their football is pleasing to the eyes, the problem now is who wants him? Like one great Brazilian star said, its not about what is in the papers, the question is who is willing to pay the money and take him? Right now nobody seems willing to do that

Mickael2:



I have been waiting for a comment like this.


Now you forget that we are currently second in our group for the AFCON qualifiers and our best bet would be defeating SA by 3 clear goals in South Africa! So here comes the question, if we fail to qualify for the AFCON and also perform poorly at the World Cup should he still keep his spot as the coach?

TheGoodJoe:




Funny thinking if you believe a young player that is improving will walk into the starting line-up of Leicester City. That is like saying because Lingard is improving in Manchester United, he will walk into the starting line-up of Leicester City. I wonder how you guys come up with statements like this.

junnyjake:


We are 3rd. Libya put 5 past Seychelles.

Don't forget 2 teams are now to qualify from each group with the expansion of the tourney.

goldfish80:

An improving youngster should be involved in more games than Kelechi have managed at Leicester one will think.

jihday:
this first touch thing is over hyped, lukaku too has a poor first touch and he's always hit double digit for his clubs

Napoleon55:
there is no way Ajagun will enter into this team at least for now,

safarigirl:
this your question is funny.

Is this the latest line of argument? You think we cannot win SA by 3 goals? You want us to start discussing AFCON qualifiers that will resume in September?

Please, we are looking forward to the World Cup, don't drag local AFCON to the discussion so that you can make a moot point and wave your "I told you so" flag, I'm surprised you are even still talking after the team rubbed mud in your face following their performances against Algeria and Argentina.

Anyway, at least you are less frequent these days....

Mickael2:



after the performance against Algeria? Algeria could have defeated us by 3 or 4 clear goals, what part of that performance was great? And after that match against Argentina I clearly said the boys did very very well so what are you going on about?

Meanwhile I asked a hypothetical question, it is not necessarily something that will happen tomorrow but it is something that will everly happen, we don't wait for a patient to pass out before we start checking his blood pressure

TheGoodJoe:


Manchester City's under development of Kelechi Iheanacho. Ye! We are talking of a boy who became a key player of the Super Eagles in a short time working under Manchester City. Haaaaa. Manchester City is competitive. Finish. Even a talented and experienced Nolito could not keep up with Sane.

Manchester City is the best thing that has happened to Iheanacho so far.

TheGoodJoe:


Tevez was one of the best players in South America and was strapped to the bench at West Ham United. Oliseh has told you Nacho improved and punched holes in your under development talk.

Finito.

goldfish80:


If their place is not threatened, it means we are not doing something right.
I wonder which other country heading to the world cup will reserve jerseys for strikers in footballing purgatory like Musa and Kelechi.
Only Nigeria.

forgiveness:


ARE YOU GOD?

If I may ask, your ascertion is founded on what basis?

Is it the stereotype that noting good comes out of Galilee?

forgiveness:


If Kelechi was playing I don't think Musa will have it easy with some folks here.

However, it's only in Nigeria an U23 player and bench warmers are starters.


No wonder we don fail to qualify for AFCON 3 good times and we are still struggling to qualify next year.

eazyjakes:


I beg to differ, despite d huge success of mikel obi's career, I share d thought he wud av ended up a beta footballer if he made d move to utd where he stood a beta chance to play and improve as a central midfielder under Ferguson dan d defensive midfielder he was converted to at chelsea....Nacho was converted to a striker at City....though he is a great finisher but his best role is playing behind a striker or even in central midfield....his impact at d u-17 was from dis role but city decided to only harness his finishing potentials, a role he is not very used to hence this long time it is taking him to adapt to.....a club dat would av first build on his strengths b4 improving d boy's weakness av been a beta choice!

safarigirl:
hahahaha....I'm laughing at you right now

Algeria "could have scored three or four goals against us"..... You no dey even shame to talk am, instead of you to admit your folly and eat humble pie, you are still forming coulda woulda shoulda

Ha! You people are irredeemable.

Mickael2:



after the performance against Algeria? Algeria could have defeated us by 3 or 4 clear goals, what part of that performance was great? And after that match against Argentina I clearly said the boys did very very well so what are you going on about?

Meanwhile I asked a hypothetical question, it is not necessarily something that will happen tomorrow but it is something that will everly happen, we don't wait for a patient to pass out before we start checking his blood pressure

goldfish80:


You still dont get it.You think I'm talking about world class class player.
For goodness sake, I'm talking about performing players.
That Teranga lions team had lots of performing players who bossed the French league 1.

Diouf, Coly were bossing it at Rc Lens, Tony Sylva at Lille, Fadiga at Bordeaux name them.... these guys were important players for their clubs prior to the world cup

TheGoodJoe:


In one of the games for Leicester City, Iheanacho played on the left side. He can also play on the right side. Iheanacho is not only competing for the center forward role. As for Iheanacho not being technical enough for the La Liga, I totally disagree because one of the master coaches of the La Liga, coached Iheanacho and he felt he was good enough for his side. Pellegrini will not promote a player from the academy and give him playing time if he was not technically sound.

As for Okazaki, his work rate off the ball makes him an asset. Leicester City spends a lot of time off the ball and needs players who can work hard to keep the team secure. So it is about strategy also. Not just on the ball talent.

Gray had it rough under Shakespeare. Under I think Unsworth, he looked a rare gem. He is a bit on the fence playing for Puel. Team tactics and strategy affects players performances and need time to settle.

Finito.

goldfish80:


If the improvements cannot help him break into Leicester city squad (he doesn't make the bench these days), then the pot holes in his development argument can swallow a molue bus.

safarigirl:
hahahaha....I'm laughing at you right now

Algeria "could have scored three or four goals against us"..... You no dey even shame to talk am, instead of you to admit your folly and eat humble pie, you are still forming coulda woulda shoulda

Ha! You people are irredeemable.

Lucque:
Even Messi has bad days
...however rare.... D best teams in d world have terrible days too... Rohr is a human being and so too are d players... ND der will b days wen his game plan would fail... It's not rili a new concept in football

Mickael2:



so are you saying the could not have scored 4 or 5? Or do you need the highlights again?

Mickael2:



which game was that? And please tell us how he performed in that position? It was similar to his performance against Algeria right? Is that now his yardstick? That performance was piss poor. Lukaku has played on the left this season too, does that mean anything?


I repeat that Iheanacho cannot play there. Most teams in the Spanish La Liga play a 4-3-3 formation which would make it difficult for Iheanacho to thrive, and wait when did Pelligrini become one of the masters of Spanish football tactics? Very very funny comment indeed. Of course you can go ahead and cite his time with Madrid and Malaga but is Capello also a spanish football specialist? Or is Tata Martino? I am pretty sure Pellegrini didn't win any league title with Real Madrid. The work he did with Malaga is commendable though.

Let's check Ozil at Arsenal. He doesn't put pressure at all, but he is still accomodated in the team. You can argue that Arsenal holds the ball a lot then there is also Arnautovic, whose defensive contributions have been criticised over and again but the team still accepts him because his offensive contribution still outweighs his shortcomings. Stop the long talk about Okazaki chasing the ball and using it to give yourself this false hope, Vardy can chase the ball, teams can play with two defensively redundant players and still win so long as said players contribute well enough in attack. The problem here is that even when Okazaki is subbed in, he still scores! So the truth here is that he can do what Iheanacho cannot do(press well enough) and can also do what he can do(goal poaching), this is something you need to start understanding. Meanwhile on a lighter note, I thought you were the one who spent weeks pointing out that Iheancho was a pressing machine against Algeria last August? So how come he hasn't been pressing so well? You even said then that he presses more than Kayode, brilliant!

goldfish80:

Algeria could have won that game. Islam Slimani Yakubu'ed a glorious chance to seal the game, remember?
Rohr after the game complained about the teams inability to hold on to the ball.
That game wasn't our finest game in the series.

forgiveness:


If Kelechi was playing I don't think Musa will have it easy with some folks here.

However, it's only in Nigeria an U23 player and bench warmers are starters.


No wonder we don fail to qualify for AFCON 3 good times and we are still struggling to qualify next year.