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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by ChrisKels: 9:17pm On Dec 01, 2019 |
charlesemeka85: Until u see a player play, never say nothing about him. Don't rate him at all, by that I mean don't hype him and don't down play his exploits. U claimed u haven't seen Dessers play then what right av u to berate him the way u doing now? U can only rate(high or low) a player after assessing him. Until u do dat, nwoke m keep kwayeeti!! |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Joebie: 9:21pm On Dec 01, 2019 |
NBC Sports. hahaha Ivorian Man of the Match: Wilfred Ndidi was everywhere, even shuttling the ball to Iheanacho in the run-up to Vardy’s equalizer. He passed well, and won balls left, right, and center. With apologies to Richarlison, the honor goes to the Ivorian. 7 Likes |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Nobody: 9:21pm On Dec 01, 2019 |
komekn: 5?? I think you wrong Sir |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by ChrisKels: 9:22pm On Dec 01, 2019 |
charlesemeka85: Kikikikiki wicked somebody |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by charlesemeka85(m): 9:22pm On Dec 01, 2019 |
ALL I SAID IS THAT I SEE NOTHING SPECIAL IN HIS GAME WHICH I HAD A GLIMPSE OF HIS BEST MOMENTS IN YOUTUBE. IF YOU CAN'T DEAL WITH THAT THEN GO SLEEP ChrisKels: |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by tbaba1234: 9:23pm On Dec 01, 2019 |
In my opinion, the player who should be second to Osimhen at the moment is Dessers. It is an easy choice. Much better than Onuachu and offers a lot of similar strengths to Osimhen. If Iheanacho starts to get more minutes, he is back in the picture. I agree with Chriskels, Osimhen, Dessers and Iheanacho 9 Likes 3 Shares |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Eleniyan15: 9:23pm On Dec 01, 2019 |
fabyom: My thought exactly while watching the match and kolo reaction 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by ChrisKels: 9:26pm On Dec 01, 2019 |
charlesemeka85: Basing ur judgement on mere GLIMPSE? Wow u would make a great scout oo |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheGoodJoe(m): 9:26pm On Dec 01, 2019 |
charlesemeka85: And Iheanacho has a very good attitude. His behaviour is baffling. Even when he is not playing, whether on the bench, stands or at home, he celebrates with all his heart and wishes the team well. 1 Like |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Joebie: 9:27pm On Dec 01, 2019 |
Leicester’s Kelechi Iheanacho turns the screw on Everton’s Marco Silva Paul Doyle at the King Power Stadium Sun 1 Dec 2019 13.42 EST Last modified on Sun 1 Dec 2019 15.20 EST Kelechi Iheanacho is mobbed by teammates after scoring Leicester’s injury-time winner against Everton. Photograph: Adrian Dennis/AFP via Getty Images They think it’s all over – but it’s not yet. Leicester struck a stoppage-time winning goal to keep the Premier League title race alive, Kelechi Iheanacho’s goal keeping Brendan Rodgers’ side within striking distance of Liverpool. Yes, eight points is within striking distance for this impressive Leicester side. As for Marco Silva’s reign at Everton, maybe that will be over soon. But if the Portuguese is sacked soon, it will not be because of this performance: Everton played well, forcing Leicester to show all of their impressive resourcefulness to dig out a win. This was a sixth league victory in a row for Leicester, their best run since the 1962-63 season. They finished fourth back then and are a good bet to do much better this term; the champions back then, by the way, were Everton. A repeat of that is not on the cards any time soon, even if they did play well here, even taking the lead through Richarlison before Jamie Vardy and Iheanacho hit back for a side that never stop believing. In less than 10 months in the job Brendan Rodgers has made Leicester such a slick machine that they seem to function almost on automatic. That is why it was an obvious decision for the manager to redeploy the same lineup for the sixth game in a row here and had every reason to be confident of another win. Everton arrived as the flabby embodiment of the opposite of Leicester, an infuriatingly erratic team riven by inefficiency and uncertainty. Given the respective form of the sides going into this game, it seemed like an away win would require something close to miraculous. One could have been forgiven for thinking that Silva’s strategy, with a new three-man central defence, smacked of a Hail Mary. But in fairness to the beleaguered manager, it turned out to have been immaculately conceived. Leicester struggled to find openings in the visitors’ defence. Everton’s players certainly did not lie down to sacrifice their manager. They played with dynamism and discipline. And they carried a serious threat on the counterattack. They showed that as early as the third minute, when Dominic Calvert-Lewin ran beyond the home defence and clipped the ball from the left wing to Richarlison, who would have had a clear shot from 16 yards if his control had not betrayed him. Five minutes later Silva could take satisfaction from seeing his wing-backs combine in attack, with Lucas Digne crossing from the left for Djibril Sidibé, whose shot on the run from the edge of the box whizzed just over the bar. Leicester have not been accustomed to being blunted and outgunned this season. They started to pass and move faster in an effort to unhinge Everton. Ayoze Pérez registered their first shot on target in the 10th minute but it was a weak effort. Pérez did better moments later, skedaddling between Michael Keane and Yerry Mina before squirting a shot just past the far post from 10 yards. Richarlison heads beyond Kasper Schmeichel to give Everton the half-time lead. Photograph: Adrian Dennis/AFP via Getty Images For the most part, though, Everton absorbed the home team’s pressure well and, with the extra player in central defence, they continually blocked passes and shots at critical moments. Then they took the lead with a fine attack. It began with a throw-in in their own half. Richarlison received it on the left, flipping the ball off to a teammate and scampering forward. When Alex Iwobi slided it out to Sidibé on the other flank, the Frenchman delivered a splendid cross and Richarlison darted in front of Ricardo Pereira and angled his body to direct a terrific header beyond Kasper Schmeichel from 10 yards. In the following minutes Mina made two excellent blocks to prevent an equaliser, denying first Pérez and then Jonny Evans. But Leicester kept coming and in the 33rd minute they thought they had won the perfect opportunity to draw level when the referee pointed to the spot after Ben Chilwell went down following a wild swing by Mason Holgate. The defender missed the ball by some distance and forced Chilwell to take evasive action – but apparently that did not justify a penalty according to the VAR official, who advised the referee to overturn the original decision. By half-time the onus was on Rodgers to inspire his players to find a way of counteracting Silva’s plan. But Everton were the first to threaten after the resumption, Keane going close from a corner by Gylfii Sigurdsson in the 50th minute. That drew a sharp retort from Leicester, Wilfred Ndidi winning the ball in midfield before offloading to Pereira, who charged forward before drilling a low shot goalward. Pickford did well to tip it wide. Rodgers adjusted his team’s approach just after the hour, replacing Pérez with Iheanacho, who was instructed to play closer to Vardy. Within six minutes the changed paid off, as Iheanacho collected a pass from the excellent Ndidi and crossed low for Vardy to tap in from close range. That was the sixth league game in a row in which Vardy has scored, his best run since he netted in a record 11 successive Premier League games in 2015. But with half an hour left, could Leicester go on to claim their six straight win? Everton were certainly going to have to batten down the hatches. Pickford made another good save in the 73rd minute to deny James Maddison. Two minutes later Vardy headed over from seven yards after a dainty cross by Youri Tielemans. With Leicester pressing for the win, Silva made and one of the new arrivals, Moise Kean, came close to scoring on the counterattack, his chipped shot from 20 yards narrowly missing the target. Most of the action was at the other end, however, with Leicester attacking in waves. Their relentless was rewarded in stoppage time, when Pereira fed Iheanacho, who finished smartly. The goal was originally disallowed for offside but this time VAR intervened in Leicester’ favour, ruling that Iheanacho was onside thanks to the position of Mina’s knee. Sometimes a match, a title race and a manager’s future can come down to fine margins. --TheGuardian 1 Like |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by charlesemeka85(m): 9:27pm On Dec 01, 2019 |
Thunder go fire soon now worry ChrisKels: |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by komekn(m): 9:28pm On Dec 01, 2019 |
Humility017: Before you use conjecture to mislead and misrepresent my position. First of all, if a pkayers is doing good things in the Championship and EPL and is outstanding. He absolutely does not need the SE to booster his career. Playing for England youth and or senior team will add mucch value and bring in very lucrative endorsements from multiple sources in £ millions. However, if you are unknown and not making any waves in your league and club. Then playing for the SE will get you noticed and give you a possible career boost. For example Iwobi never played one game for Arsenal first team before he was capped for the SE. On the other hand if you are in Nigeria you ABSOLUTELY NEED the SE to give you access to Europe and the top leagues. Whether that's through the national youth teams or the SE. In this regard players born and or with nationality status in Europe making waves in thier careers . Will play for thier national team out of desire and honour to thier Father land. Players like Adekanya, Oviemuno, Ojo, Iorfa, Eberechi, do it out of love for the nation. And have made that very clear. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by ChrisKels: 9:28pm On Dec 01, 2019 |
tbaba1234: There is no two ways about that bro. This is facts, not feelings. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheGoodJoe(m): 9:29pm On Dec 01, 2019 |
Joebie: It seems the NTA commentator has gotten job at NBC. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by ChrisKels: 9:30pm On Dec 01, 2019 |
charlesemeka85: Nwanne m talk true, if thunder fire ur brother now, no be u go cry pass? I ga-egbuzi onye I so akwa? 1 Like |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Eleniyan15: 9:31pm On Dec 01, 2019 |
Attitude will take you farther ooo Majority of players I think they love iheancho, everyone celebrated with him. You can't hide emotions If a coach does not like you and the board likes your energy on the pitch with the players trust me you can't be sold they will rather allow you sit on bench and collect salary than you leaving 2 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by andrewbaba44: 9:31pm On Dec 01, 2019 |
Dannyxy: Thats true, i saw that 1 Like |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by komekn(m): 9:32pm On Dec 01, 2019 |
tbaba1234: To quote, Prior to today's game against the Toffees, Iheanacho had not scored in the Premier League since September 22, 2018. Over one year ago and that's your basis for saying a player has returned to form one goal in the EPL over a year ago. He has to be playing regularly and showing consistency. And if can't get game he should move to where he can play. January transfer window is coming good and cunning move by Leicester to get him in the shop window. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by andrewbaba44: 9:32pm On Dec 01, 2019 |
Danielnino00: Lol Why are you like this bro? This is unfair |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by charlesemeka85(m): 9:33pm On Dec 01, 2019 |
ChrisKels: |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Joebie: 9:34pm On Dec 01, 2019 |
lol all those yeye American sportswriters when no sabi anything but American football. Nicholas Mendola, I don mark that name. TheGoodJoe: 2 Likes |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by tbaba1234: 9:35pm On Dec 01, 2019 |
komekn: Iheanacho has scored whenever he has been involved this season. He is definitely showing signs of a resurgence. He looked very sharp today. 9 Likes 1 Share |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by ChrisKels: 9:37pm On Dec 01, 2019 |
komekn: u dun change mouth, u never went into details like u just did now. Who u wan deceive by putting exceptions now? the line is still fresh in our memory "the foreign born players do not need the Nigerian national team to boost their career" Lol finally I dun open people eyes to see u for who u are, Bkus diz days even those who seemed to be taking ur dungs before now call u a liar since I dun open ur yansh finish Wizard of lies 1 Like |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Joebie: 9:38pm On Dec 01, 2019 |
he got game time today. Let's talk about the here and now. At least celeberate his wonderful performance and hope he continues to get game time. That performance is enough to have him in a SE conversation. And the context here is he was a core member of Rorh's SE. Yesterday I talked about Dele Alli returning to England's side for the same reason. komekn: 3 Likes |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by charlesemeka85(m): 9:38pm On Dec 01, 2019 |
Chairman lying committee ChrisKels: |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Nobody: 9:43pm On Dec 01, 2019 |
Ter Stegen is a wall |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by ChrisKels: 9:43pm On Dec 01, 2019 |
komekn: At the bolded, were U too blind to see this line from that post u quoted? If Iheanacho starts to get more minutes, he is back in the picture. Wizard of lies 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Joebie: 9:44pm On Dec 01, 2019 |
komekn this is KC's stats this season. He scored other goals against teams you don't rate poorly. 5 Likes 1 Share
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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheGoodJoe(m): 9:47pm On Dec 01, 2019 |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHqli0ZqTb4 Leicester City players celebrate Kelechi Iheanacho Man of the Match Award against Everton 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by BascoVanVeli(m): 9:47pm On Dec 01, 2019 |
Atletico Madrid vs Barcelona what a pulsating affair |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by edi287: 9:49pm On Dec 01, 2019 |
Woow what is this I'm seeing/hearing... Nacho with an assist and winner after coming on as a sub?? More of this please!! 1 Like |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by elyte89: 9:49pm On Dec 01, 2019 |
5 Likes 1 Share |
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