tbaba1234:
Based on what i saw in the training, I think Lokosa will start on the right, Simy in the middle and etebo on the left.

Eze will start in defence with Omeruo..

This is just a guess.

Y is lokosa played outside his position even in training games, den sha no wan my guy go world cup

Oasis007:


More so...... argument ain't won by being judgmental, and in my Opinion the Purpose of a Debate is for the Audience to learn. Let's drop Stats to justify our Stance for the sake of the Audience.

What makes Iwobi a better Winger ahead of Simon and the Reason we are convinced he should be the first Choice tactically and Technically?!

Bar Injury or Fitness Problem, Simon is a Starter for Gent as a Winger. Even when he returned from Injury during the crucial moment of the Season for Gent, Kalu was sacrificed and relegated to the Bench as a Super-Sub despite been in form of his life.

Whoever envisaged Musa could deliver 2 super Goals against Argies in the last WC?! He was played on the left, hence he had the freedom and audacity to cut in and shoot.

When was the last time he played majorly on the left Wing for the Eagles, especially under Rohr?! Simon is also more effective on the left Wing, but the Position is a no go Area as far as VicMo is in the Lineup.

The bolded is not true. They play different positions in Gent and are not in direct competition.

Simon Moses plays mainly on the left, Kalu plays mainly on the right.

And Simon Moses has been fit several times and started on the bench. The Gent coach likes to rotate his team.

asha80:
guy this your nwakali cry don dey much na

Because of just one match against a depleted atletico Madrid team.

minfelix:

bro even Zambians too oo

link pls

Icon4s:


Since we ain't God we cannot also say whether it is Rohr that will lead us to Russia or whether the NFF would fire him and get another coach.

We are not God naa so we can't say.

Of course we can't Sir. Do you think Carl Ikeme anticipated his present Condition?! What of if Rohr is diagnosed with acute ailment (God forbids) and must be hospitalized immediately, perhaps a Day to the World; Won't Salisu takes Charge?!

EEGA:
Iwobi didn't play the double header against Cameroon because of injury.

He was available against Zambia, but Rohr chose to start Simon who played against Cameroon .

Iwobi's form nosedived. That's the reason.

OGN is reporting that Iheanacho actually scored a hat trick today. My own source says 2 goals.

Icon4s:

Does the "10days rule" also apply to Lokosa?

Logically it should.

tbaba1234:
Mikel and Ighalo will play no part in the DRC friendly.

reason sir?

I’ll play anywhere for Nigeria, says Iheanacho


By Abdulquadir Adedapo - May 26, 2018

Super Eagles’ forward, Kelechi Iheanacho has said he is ready to play in any capacity for the national team, as the team’s overall success remains his ultimate goal as the country bids to succeed in Russia next month, AOIFootball.com reports.

Iheanacho, who was speaking at the Eagles’ camp in Uyo ahead of the game against DR Congo next Monday, further insisted that his move from Premier League champions Manchester City to former champions Leicester City was not a wrong move as he was seeking regular playing time ahead of the World Cup.


“Playing for Nigeria is always a thing of joy for me. At U-17 I played the left wing during qualifiers then at the World Cup, I played right wing and then ended up as a 10. In the national team, I play the wing the coach deploys me to, just like it was for me during my time at Man City and now at Leicester.


“I believe anywhere the coach asks me to play I can conveniently play there. So, I’m ready to play anywhere for this team,” Iheanacho said.

He went further to reveal that his time at Leicester has been a good one as he’s now beginning to settle into the club which led to him ending the season on a high.


“I’m happy at Leicester; I was not going to get regular playing time at City so I had to move somewhere else, though it was tough earlier for me at the King Power Stadium, I began to settle in well, so I’m happy with my stay in England,” Iheanacho concluded.


With eight goals in 15 senior appearances, the former Golden Eaglets star remains the country’s top goal scorer going to Russia and will most definitely need to bring his impressive scoring form for the national team to Russia come next month

http://aoifootball.com/2018/05/26/ill-play-anywhere-for-nigeria-says-iheanacho/

tbaba1234:


The bolded is not true. They play different positions in Gent and are not in direct competition.

Simon Moses plays mainly on the left, Kalu plays mainly on the right.

And Simon Moses has been fit several times and started on the bench. The Gent coach likes to rotate his team.

The Key Words are; at the crucial moment for Gent....... kindly check the whoscored Stats below Sir. Why did Kalu, a fit and in form Player relegated to the Bench for a Player just returning from Injury to be accommodated in the Lineup?!


https://www.whoscored.com/Players/202185/Show/Moses-Simon


https://www.whoscored.com/Players/312705/Show/Samuel-Kalu


It's apparent the Manager believed he gets lots to offer the Team at the moment than his Nigerian Brother, hence he did the needful to accommodate him in the Lineup.

Amedino99:
reason sir?

Coach is resting them

Mujtahida:

He cannot go outside the 30 man provisional list submitted to FIFA.

That's not true. The 30 man list had nothing to do with the standbys.

tbaba1234:
OGN is reporting that Iheanacho actually scored a hat trick today. My own source says 2 goals.

Updates tbaba1234

Icon4s:


I always shake my head when I see comments like "Iwobi should come in for Mikel in the second half" as if they have predetermined how the game will go

sir, this is precisely what you did in saying iwobi is a starter na. na im make me put mouth

Oasis007:




The Key Words are; at the crucial moment for Gent....... kindly check the whoscored Stats below Sir. Why did Kalu, a fit and in form Player relegated to the Bench for a Player just returning from Injury to be accommodated in the Lineup?!


https://www.whoscored.com/Players/202185/Show/Moses-Simon


https://www.whoscored.com/Players/312705/Show/Samuel-Kalu


It's apparent the Manager believed he gets lots to offer the Team at the moment than his Nigerian Brother, hence he did the needful to accommodate him in the Lineup.

The Belgium league is not covered on whoscored.com so the stats are incomplete. It is not one of the leagues on that platform.

Simon Moses started several games on the bench, same did Kalu and Esiti.

He is important to their team but so his Kalu. Your initial statement is inaccurate as they are not in direct competition with each other.

Martz101:


i heard about that rule too, please explain more on the rule and a link to it will be appreciated

i only got to know about the rule in this thread when someone post a news report

Mujtahida:

sir, this is precisely what you did in saying iwobi is a starter na. na im make me put mouth

You are spot on Sir. I can't see the Difference either.

tbaba1234:


The Belgium league is not covered on whoscored.com so the stats are incomplete. It is not one of the leagues on that platform.

Simon Moses started several games on the bench, same did Kalu and Esiti.

He is important to their team but so his Kalu. Your initial statement is inaccurate as they are not in direct competition with each other.

I don't wanna pull a Forgiveness on this Discourse Sir. Cos before you know it, it will transform to another Tribal, pulling down ish. Some are already boiling and burning at the same time as we speak, they gonna be disappointed cos I ain't gonna prolong this Discourse any further.

Points duly noted Sir.

Oasis007:


Check Iwobi Records as a Winger, then compare it to his Records as an AM, No. 10 precisely, hopefully you gonna understand my Point of view better Sir.



World Cup ain't a physical Battle like Africa WCQ Matches, it's more of a tactical Battle Sir. While Africa WCQ Matches are like a Game of Ludo - running to strikeout Opponent(s) or into a comfort Zone, World Cup Proper is like a Chess Game - you gonna have to be calculating with your Movements - Tactics.

What killed us at 2014 WC Sir, first we lost a very fit, dazzling AM in Babtunde, secondly our Engine Room collapsed the moment Onazi was injured - that's the Case of putting our finest Eggs in the same Basket.

I repeat again, do we have any creative Midfieder in the Team aside from Mikel and Iwobi?! Secondly you wanna keep playing Mikel for 90mins+ in all the Matches? At what Age Sir...... or you think Mikel is getting younger not vice versa?!

God forbids, if we lose Mikel to Fatigue and Iwobi to Injury in a Match, what's gonna happen?! Guess you ain't thinking of makeshift Subs cos its Creativity we are talking about here Sir.

Etebo is simply workaholic not creative, Joel is superb as a deep-lying Playmaker not as a creative Midfielder. Then tell me who else we gonna play in the Hole? Mind you Iheanacho is more a supporting Striker - a Forward precisely not at all an AM.

you see, you are looking at so many variables. and that is how we should be looking at situations and all our talk here should be postulates not certainties except we have facts to back them up.

You can watch Samuel Chukwueze live here.... Second leg of their playoff game against Athletico Bilbao B.

They won the first leg 3:1. Chukwueze had a goal and an assist in the first leg.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gDfhO-4I3A

Mujtahida:

At least you have let us into your mind cos I dey always wonder this your connect with Echiejile. Sincerely I'd wish FIFA increased the number to 25.
I'm already feeling the pain of leaving out some players.

I still wonder why FIFA can't make the numeration to 25.

That 23 is damn too inadequate for a team going to a hectic World Cup- the biggest football competition in the world.

Hope they increase the list in the next World Cup that is going to be participated by over 40 teams.

Mujtahida:

moses has one assist and one goal from the wing. abeg show me one assist from iwobi operating from the wings and any goal.

You are asking for any goal Iwobi scored when played from the wings?

Like icon79 would say: "O Pari".

Mujtahida:

you see, you are looking at so many variables. and that is how we should be looking at situations and all our talk here should be postulates not certainties except we have facts to back them up.

That's something missing on this Thread, that's simply the missing Puzzle - be damn authoritative with our Opinions and Stances.

tbaba1234:
Mikel and Ighalo will play no part in the DRC friendly.

What of Moses?

MetalJigsaw:
What of Moses?

Moses will join the team in London

MetalJigsaw:
I still wonder why FIFA can't make the numeration to 25.

That 23 is damn too inadequate for a team going to a hectic World Cup- the biggest football competition in the world.

Hope they increase the list in the next World Cup that is going to be participated by over 40 teams.

23 is adequate. 10-30% of those 23 players(depending on how far the team goes) will not even kick a ball.

And FIFA has said that making it 40 teams would not increase the number of matches to be played.

MetalJigsaw:
What of Moses?

he is on sabbatical leave

Mujtahida:

At least you have let us into your mind cos I dey always wonder this your connect with Echiejile. Sincerely I'd wish FIFA increased the number to 25.
I'm already feeling the pain of leaving out some players.

So what number would you want fans of France, Spain, England, Brazil, and Germany to say?

They would probably want the number to be increased to 50. Loz...

tbaba1234:


Moses will join the team in London

he should join them in Russia , he is too big to train with the small small boys ... dont you know that he is playing for Chelski

Icon4s:


Since we ain't God we cannot also say whether it is Rohr that will lead us to Russia or whether the NFF would fire him and get another coach.

We are not God naa so we can't say.

there is a difference between saying that buhari is likely to win the election and buhari will win the election. the first limb is stating it as a tentative thing which based on the facts might become a reality but the the other limb is to play God.

the facts on respect of the NFF sacking rohr is almost none existent as per now so the situations that prompted our debates are different. you mentioned tow players: Victor moses and Iwobi. why did i pick Iwobi and leave out Victor Moses? it is because in Vicmo's case one can be very sure. in Iwobi's case one has to speak with some measure pf circumspection.