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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Icon79(m): 4:43pm On Mar 14, 2019 |
Listen bro, Atletico Madrid is still a small team.Yes, Diego Simeon has gone a long way to give them some cajoles but when it comes down to it comes down to it they would reverts to their small team mentality. This is a team that lost TWO champions cup finals to Real Madrid, not to talk about conceding 3 goals in the extra time! Bottom line, they simply didn't believe that they can win that game on Tuesday .... that's why they lost. Hence, it would be a mistake to call Juve the favorites based on that performance alone or based on Juve's performance in Serie A. Serie A has become a one team league. I would be interested to see how this Juve team performs against the likes of Barca, ManCity, Liverpool and/or even Manchester United before I rank them. Right now, here are my current ranking: Barca Liverpool ManCity Juve Manchester United .... in that particular order. But like you said, football is not mathematics so anything can still happen. O pari darkelf: |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Earthquake2: 4:46pm On Mar 14, 2019 |
Is The Preference For Foreign-based Players Killing The Nigerian Football League Ninety-eight percent of the players playing for the Nigerian national team are foreign-based. Only one or two players from the domestic league are usually invited to participate in some competitions. And oftentimes when they are invited, they sit on the bench because they cannot match the quality and exposure of their counterparts playing abroad. However, many domestic players jump at any opportunity to play in the foreign leagues in order to increase their chances of getting a call up from the national team. And because of how local players have been leaving the Nigerian league for foreign clubs, a former Super Eagles goalkeeper, Ike Shorunmu has argued that the preference for foreign-based players is killing the Nigerian League. In other words, because more attention is given to the Nigerian players playing abroad, domestic players are moving out in droves so that they can earn the recognition that will help them get a place in the national team. Consequently, leading to the drain of quality players in the Nigerian domestic league. While Ike Shorunmu may be right to some extent, I do not completely agree with him because what is actually stunting the growth of Nigerian football league is poor management. Despite the crop of talents that are in the Nigerian league, it still remains one of the worst leagues in Africa in terms of organization. Here is a league where many players do not have valid contracts and are even owed the peanuts they are paid. There is no way a foreign league will offer them a lucrative contract and they will not accept it. The Brazilian and Argentine national teams are mostly dominated by foreign players, playing in different European Leagues and yet this has not in any way affected their local leagues, which rank as part of the competitive leagues in the world. If the Nigerian league is well managed, there is no reason why the players will leave in the first place. In fact, they will stay and compete for the slots in the national team like their counterparts playing in foreign leagues. Click to read full article: https://qwenu.com/2019/03/14/is-the-preference-for-foreign-based-players-killing-the-nigerian-football-league/ 1 Like |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheGoodJoe(m): 5:00pm On Mar 14, 2019 |
The Bernardo Silva Blueprint “He’s a humble guy, he can play three of four positions. He’s always an eight or nine (out of 10). He knows when he doesn't play good it doesn't matter because he runs the most. “You cannot play every three days at the top level but you can run and run and run, and he does. Guardiola. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/pep-guardiola-man-city-bernardo-15899341.amp If Nacho gets this right then we will have a lethal scoring monster in our hands. Time for Nacho to embrace the hardwork from Brendan Rodgers on the training pitch. 3 Likes |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Earthquake2: 5:07pm On Mar 14, 2019 |
TheGoodJoe: This is getting boring 5 Likes |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by edi287: 5:13pm On Mar 14, 2019 |
Icon79:Vic Moses didn't help himself. Rodgers played this guy as a 10 and personally requested for him. It just didn't work out for him. Simple. 1 Like |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by edi287: 5:18pm On Mar 14, 2019 |
andrew444:So Rodgers is saying Nacho left City where he was like 2nd - 3rd choice to move to Leicester to be second choice behind Vardy?? Nacho was signed to play ALONGSIDE Vardy and in certain cases replace him. Leicester played a 4-4-2 when he was signed. I'm sure people are looking at this comment as an excuse to justify Nacho's poor form but it doesn't add up. 2 Likes |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by andrew444(m): 5:34pm On Mar 14, 2019 |
edi287: This is not an excuse to justify nacho poor form |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheGoodJoe(m): 5:43pm On Mar 14, 2019 |
Earthquake2: The very first step is to get the teams in the NPFL and NNL playing on top quality pitches. This will make coaches who have creative ideas and style of play shine. In return, it will cause a steady growth of the playing quality of our players. The solution lies in sorting the quality of play of the team which can not be achieved on poor pitches. 1 Like |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Icon79(m): 5:46pm On Mar 14, 2019 |
True. But I don't think that he was given enough opportunities to adjust to the new team. First the entire team was playing bad at the beginning of that season, but only VicMo lost his starting spot ... the rest were given ample chances. Granted that he bought VicMo but I still don't think he was patient enough to let him adjust to the new system of play. That didn't surprise me though because that's what happens to the African guy, once you play bad then you're off. The same thing is happening to Kelechi at Leicester. O pari edi287: |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheGoodJoe(m): 5:48pm On Mar 14, 2019 |
edi287: I think Rodgers was saying Nacho played in a system that favored two attackers with Nacho playing as a secondary striker. At such, he got the opportunities to have game time to show his quality but in the system he met at Leicester City, the focus of the system was on Vardy and as such, Nacho did not get room to show his quality. 1 Like |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by junnyjake(m): 5:59pm On Mar 14, 2019 |
komekn: Everyone on this thread can bear Me witness, you've always stressed that a player is doing nothing right, if he isn't getting game time consistently, if he isn't winning MOTMs or making appearances in the TOTW. This is what you posted recently, how does this not amount to a goalpost shift. komekn: |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by edi287: 6:04pm On Mar 14, 2019 |
TheGoodJoe:Leicester played with a 4-4-2 when Nacho arrived. Let's not forget in his last season at city - Pep hardly played with a 4-4-2 so I don't understand what he's implying. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by edi287: 6:05pm On Mar 14, 2019 |
Icon79:I think he implied Vic Moses wasn't doing enough in training or something. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Icon4s(m): 6:05pm On Mar 14, 2019 |
tbaba1234: They need to get that passport issue sorted out as quickly as possible. The Success of this team during qualfiers lies mostly on the home based players as most of the foreign based players will not be available for the CAF U23 tournament later in the year due to the timing of the competition. They need to invite more home based players and sieve out the ones without age discrepancies and move on with them. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Icon4s(m): 6:08pm On Mar 14, 2019 |
ChrisKels: This is an AFCON year. AFCON performance of both the players and their team will play the major role in the selection process. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheGoodJoe(m): 6:30pm On Mar 14, 2019 |
edi287: When Nacho got his run under City, Aguero was suspended. So Nacho got a refreshing time to make an impact. Leicester City starting with a 4-4-2 system does not mean they played that way most of the time. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Nobody: 6:32pm On Mar 14, 2019 |
edi287: I also think Vicmo at that time was competing against Coutinho specifically, he got game time when Coutinho was injured. Liverpool and Brendan had Suarez, the old Sturridge, Sterling and Coutinho to pick from. I would have chosen all these guys ahead of Victor if I were Brendan. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by ChrisKels: 6:34pm On Mar 14, 2019 |
Icon4s: Yes, but for now, Mane is on the front foot. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Nobody: 6:39pm On Mar 14, 2019 |
ChrisKels: I agree with you!! |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by ChrisKels: 6:42pm On Mar 14, 2019 |
tbaba1234: This is honesty and integrity talking, unlike one lazy mistake of a coach, who came through the English system, that is busy filling up our U20s with grandpas, just for quick results. Thank u Imama, u are truly a wene pitakwa. 2 Likes |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by ChrisKels: 6:52pm On Mar 14, 2019 |
For those misguided fellows bent on discrediting the efforts of my boy by calling the Turkish Super League, crap, here is what ur messiah, Victor Moses, has to say. ![]() “The Turkish League is definitely very difficult. There are no easy games here. I know I have to improve on my performance too which I must do starting with our next game against Sivasspor. Vicmo struggling in a league where Onyekuru is a king ![]() 2 Likes |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by andrew444(m): 6:55pm On Mar 14, 2019 |
ChrisKels: No mind them Almighty fenebache are struggling that's says a lot about the turkey league ,go and check the caliber of players at fenerbache you will be suprised why they are struggling See galatasaray ,besiktas,fenerbache and that Istanbul that got adebayor and Robinho,only the top 6 Epl teams are better than them . But oga Moses is not struggling o ,abeg take am easy with Moses |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by tbaba1234: 6:55pm On Mar 14, 2019 |
ChrisKels: Is Moses struggling. His stats so far does not suggest struggling. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by mostob(m): 7:00pm On Mar 14, 2019 |
iSlayer2:Lolz..man u? comot barca? the same man u arsenal trashed... kikiki |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by mostob(m): 7:00pm On Mar 14, 2019 |
isan:Gbam! exactly my choice. Place Henry and Samuel on the wing. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Nobody: 7:03pm On Mar 14, 2019 |
tbaba1234: The owner of the name seems to suggest he can perform better and the intensity and quality of the Turkish league is higher than he thought. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Nobody: 7:04pm On Mar 14, 2019 |
mostob: Where will Musa be? |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by charlesemeka85(m): 7:07pm On Mar 14, 2019 |
it won't work. both are dm so the best mix will be a dm and a good box to box midfielder who has eyes for goals and creative as well. you can only deploy both the same time if you want the team to be more defensive minded mostob: |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by tbaba1234: 7:07pm On Mar 14, 2019 |
Taliban: It is one thing to say, i want to do better. It is another to say he is struggling. He has 2 goals and 1 assist in 7 games. Better than his spells in West Ham and Liverpool already. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by komekn(m): 7:14pm On Mar 14, 2019 |
isan: How long have you been watching Ajayi ![]() Then tell me what l have said that is not observationally correct. Otherwise you are just making emotive irrational noise. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by mostob(m): 7:16pm On Mar 14, 2019 |
charlesemeka85:it can work bro...for example in a formation where both FBs are attacking, they will get enough cover. my reason for choosing henry and Samuel was because they are attack minded players so with AJAYI and Ndidi in the middle, that guarantees enough cover. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by mostob(m): 7:17pm On Mar 14, 2019 |
Taliban:he might be the CF depending on the opposition. |
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