Cybereagles

The reality is that Kelechi is an extreme confidence player and inconsistent. It is not just his goal-scoring, but his touch and effort. When he is confident, the touches are silky, he picks passes like a #10, and closes down/fights to hold up the ball really well. The problem is that, when he is of...

He just seems like an incredibly fragile player. Worked so hard last year, fought his way into Leicester's team, then the National team, and was playing very good football last season, but now he's just back at square one. Just awful performances. They will ship him out in January or relegate him to...

The Lookman Iheanacho comparison is genuinely bizarre. They don't play the same position for club and likely won't be in competition for a places in the squad. So because Lookman finished a 1 on 1 and Kelechi couldn't get a touch on one that flashed across him, Lookman is a better finisher? Nothing ...

That is why you win at home in Africa. The stadium in Sierra Leone was a disgrace. Ghana lost at Sudan today, it is difficult in these environments. The failure was in Benin, not today. Just take the point and get out of there. Chukwueze was decent when he got involved, Iheanacho played fairly well,...

It is incredible that Musa is still on the pitch. He has not been in the game at all. It is not even that he is playing poor balls or losing it, he has been completely invisible, why is he still playing?

A draw essentially qualifies Nigeria, tbh, but this has not been good enough over two matches.

gochino wrote:That line-up is wrong Musa is starting Zaidu is on the bench

So it is 4 at the back, then.

I am not with firing Rohr right now, but the results since the return from lockdown have not been good enough at all. Team has been disorganized in all three games, which is not really like his teams at all.

This result likely will not matter at all. The likely result is the SE easily win the reverse fixture and top the group. However, it says a lot about this team and its mentality. Winners would never collapse like that.

green4life wrote:Musa just dey spoil ball left and right. Ah ah.

You can tell this is a player who is not fit. He trying to do the right things, but is always a step slow or having his touch fail him.

Nigeria has plenty of talent to be an upper mid-table side in the big leagues, but the lack of real creativity in midfield or quality at keeper would definitely hurt them. A lot of talented attackers, solid tackling midfield, powerful defense that will be prone to mistakes occasionally. Defensive-mi...

Don't really know what you are talking about in terms of him needing to calm down. First card was a bit of exuberance and frustration, but the second is a joke. He just jumped and had his arm move after the defender headed his arm. No manager would tell their target man not to jump for the ball in t...

Referee is mad. The defender jumped into the back of Osimhen's arm. It's a red card for jumping higher than the defender.

Kelechi is a good player. It is nice to see him back fit and in form, he's played well since he came on in that match against Everton last year. The only problem I see at both club and country, is that he's a bit miscast in every position. His finishing ability fooled everyone into thinking he was a...

CE remains the biggest comedy club I know. Most of you want to do away with Iheanacho in favor of Dessers even though Iheanacho is the sole reason we are able to hold our heads up against Tunisia. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: ❗️ Cheers. He is also one of the reasons we didn't BEA...

I love Keshi, but international football has such fine margins, a bounce here or there and he is remembered entirely differently. His 2014 World Cup was pretty similar to Rohr's 2018. An abominable performance in the first match, tight win against a middling European team in the second, and a "...

I will vex seriously with Rohr if Musa is invited for the November matches except he's found a club and is playing regularly. If he can get himself back to shape, he's still needed in the SE because of his experience, which he showed by putting himself between the ball and goalkeeper to win a penal...

LeonPhelps wrote:Iheanacho should not be on the field again for Nigeria. Cyriel Dessers should be the backup to Oshimen.

People on this place have agendas.

Unless Nigeria are going to start pumping crosses into the box like Burnley, Iheanacho is a much, much better option than Onuachu. Combines with midfield and other forwards much better, lays some good balls to teammates and can finish. I would like to see Dessers for Musa. Ayaji has been alright in ...

The lack of midfield players has made these friendlies odd in terms of selection. That team has five recognized defenders and five attackers based on how they play for their clubs. If they can get the ball forward, it is a dangerous side, but ceding midfield isn't usually practical in the modern gam...

I don't really understand all of this Iheanacho criticism, seems wildly over the top for 20 minutes in a rubbish friendly after a year+ away from the team. He clearly has taken his club career seriously and improved his fitness if you have watched him in England at all in the last year and isn't fat...

The two central midfielders and two central defenders provided absolutely nothing in possession for the entire match. No buildup play at all. Attacking players occasionally got into a bit of space through luck or their own industry, but there was no pattern of play at all. Things would look differen...

Onuachu actually has a decent touch for a big man, but he is so slow and cumbersome up front. Makes no runs, doesn't press from the front, only really useful if you play high balls into him. Osimhen is a big man too, but has modern skills. \ I think he is fine as Plan B against lower teams in qualif...

I am still entirely unconvinced by Onuachu. His height provides a different option and his goal record at club is good, but don't think he is really fit for the highest level of international football in Africa, or abroad. I am not sure he really fits well with the other attackers, either, in terms ...