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by txj
Wed May 15, 2024 6:08 pm
Forum: WORLD FOOTBALL
Topic: EPL- It’s NOT Football Anymore! Man City will be Champs
Replies: 33
Views: 262

Re: EPL- It’s NOT Football Anymore! Man City will be Champs

Sliding doors. Had Son slipped it beyond Ortega’s big toe, it would still be football. Potentially. It’s not about the game being played, rather who’s playing it. There was no such thread after Game week 30 with Liverpool 2 clear of Beloved and 3 clear of Alibaba. All the talk was of fortitude. Fas...
by txj
Wed May 15, 2024 4:12 pm
Forum: WORLD FOOTBALL
Topic: EPL- It’s NOT Football Anymore! Man City will be Champs
Replies: 33
Views: 262

Re: EPL- It’s NOT Football Anymore! Man City will be Champs

@Ssebo, what is the context of the clip? If not mistaken, this was in reference to VAR. Could be wrong. @Tx, the interval between the signing of Jota, Diaz, Nunez, Gakpo, if not mistaken, was 3 seasons. Regarding the Kalvin Phillips reference, could this be likened to Naby Keita, who came, failed a...
by txj
Wed May 15, 2024 3:02 pm
Forum: EAGLES NEST
Topic: FINIDI PICKS 3 FOREIGN ASSISTANTS( 1 non Nigerian)
Replies: 90
Views: 2011

Re: FINIDI PICKS 3 FOREIGN ASSISTANTS( 1 non Nigerian)

^^ From coaching u-15 team to assistant coach of a national team? Only in Nigeria. I doubt we will be at the WC. A shame because it is happening where I live. And to make matters worse, he was "calling" SE, green eagles, more than 30 years after that name was changed. That tells me how or...
by txj
Wed May 15, 2024 2:14 pm
Forum: WORLD FOOTBALL
Topic: EPL- It’s NOT Football Anymore! Man City will be Champs
Replies: 33
Views: 262

Re: EPL- It’s NOT Football Anymore! Man City will be Champs

So does it only apply to City? Did Real have to split the paella to sign Ronaldo, Bale, Bellingham? Why spend tens of millions on teenage Vinicius and Rodrygo, could they not have developed such in their academy? Camavinga, Tchoumeni, late teens, early 20s, big outlays. The Mbappe logic makes littl...
by txj
Wed May 15, 2024 12:24 pm
Forum: WORLD FOOTBALL
Topic: EPL- It’s NOT Football Anymore! Man City will be Champs
Replies: 33
Views: 262

Re: EPL- It’s NOT Football Anymore! Man City will be Champs

@Tx, trying to understand the “it’s not football anymore” argument. Would that be premised on spending power, expenditure or both? Is this a charge that sits with City alone? Why is the UCL still football despite Real Madrid, perpetual winners having smashed records to procure Zidanes, Figos, Ronal...
by txj
Tue May 14, 2024 10:29 pm
Forum: WORLD FOOTBALL
Topic: EPL- It’s NOT Football Anymore! Man City will be Champs
Replies: 33
Views: 262

Re: EPL- It’s NOT Football Anymore! Man City will be Champs

Jumping the gun, there are still games to play and Arsenal don't look like letting up. Don't mind the Mu.... :biggrin: ...the Ugandan cricket fan. :biggrin: Tomorrow's game between Tottenham and City will be a morafoka. :thumbs: Both have something to play for. Villa has created possibilites for To...
by txj
Tue May 14, 2024 9:48 pm
Forum: WORLD FOOTBALL
Topic: The Arsenal FC - Related News and Devts for 2023-24 Season
Replies: 3687
Views: 184470

Re: The Arsenal FC - Related News and Devts for 2023-24 Season

Coach wrote: Tue May 14, 2024 9:41 pm With all due respect, Tottenham played well. Lacked composure in the finish. City were well off it. De Bruyne injured, Ederson out, if they couldn’t take the points, take the players. It’s all meat and drink.

Tottenham is, well Tottenham.
Jurgen Klopp, 2024
by txj
Tue May 14, 2024 9:47 pm
Forum: WORLD FOOTBALL
Topic: The Arsenal FC - Related News and Devts for 2023-24 Season
Replies: 3687
Views: 184470

Re: The Arsenal FC - Related News and Devts for 2023-24 Season

Toto brings on an 18y/o Moore to perhaps take the Mikey off a Manchester City, with $100m pounds worth of Grealish sitting comfy on the bench.

Its not football anymore...
by txj
Tue May 14, 2024 9:44 pm
Forum: WORLD FOOTBALL
Topic: EPL- It’s NOT Football Anymore! Man City will be Champs
Replies: 33
Views: 262

Re: EPL- It’s NOT Football Anymore! Man City will be Champs

Jumping the gun, there are still games to play and Arsenal don't look like letting up. Don't mind the Mu.... :biggrin: ...the Ugandan cricket fan. :biggrin: Tomorrow's game between Tottenham and City will be a morafoka. :thumbs: Both have something to play for. Villa has created possibilites for To...
by txj
Mon May 13, 2024 6:58 pm
Forum: EAGLES NEST
Topic: Kelechi Nwakali…
Replies: 281
Views: 72769

Re: Kelechi Nwakali…

Ol' boy, I have never ever read about a player who has done very little in his career get the kind of HYPE Nwakali gets on this Forum. I wonder what most would have written about him if he showed just a tad more --- win more balls, put himself about more and do something else besides string along p...
by txj
Mon May 13, 2024 5:00 pm
Forum: EAGLES NEST
Topic: FINIDI PICKS 3 FOREIGN ASSISTANTS( 1 non Nigerian)
Replies: 90
Views: 2011

Re: FINIDI PICKS 3 FOREIGN ASSISTANTS

Finidi, I will NOT forget this. I have been calling for standards for years! 1789971009551913398 A smart manager, will set standards as Finidi has done here. But being smart also means that he is flexible enough to treat each case on its own merit. A manager can make exceptions as a case demands......
by txj
Mon May 13, 2024 4:17 pm
Forum: EAGLES NEST
Topic: Crystal Palace interested in Raphael Onyedika and Wilfred Ndidi
Replies: 65
Views: 1224

Re: Crystal Palace interested in Raphael Onyedika and Wilfred Ndidi

He is a top coach and the mere fact of winning or not winning a trophy is not a sufficient basis for determining who is or not a top coach. If that were the case, I then ask you- why do you danfo driver not consider Rafa Benitez a top coach? :smile: :smile: I am sorry, I cant agree with you. My pos...
by txj
Mon May 13, 2024 3:50 pm
Forum: EAGLES NEST
Topic: Crystal Palace interested in Raphael Onyedika and Wilfred Ndidi
Replies: 65
Views: 1224

Re: Crystal Palace interested in Raphael Onyedika and Wilfred Ndidi

^^^ You rate Finidi based on what? The fact that his team was dominated by a 10-man Ghana team in the second half? Or that they lost to Mali? If Finidi was so good, why did he not replicate his coaching at the African level? Eyimba were disgraced when they stepped up to continental level. And this ...
by txj
Mon May 13, 2024 3:42 pm
Forum: EAGLES NEST
Topic: Crystal Palace interested in Raphael Onyedika and Wilfred Ndidi
Replies: 65
Views: 1224

Re: Crystal Palace interested in Raphael Onyedika and Wilfred Ndidi

^^^ You rate Finidi based on what? The fact that his team was dominated by a 10-man Ghana team in the second half? Or that they lost to Mali? If Finidi was so good, why did he not replicate his coaching at the African level? Eyimba were disgraced when they stepped up to continental level. And this ...
by txj
Mon May 13, 2024 12:31 pm
Forum: EAGLES NEST
Topic: Why Boniface is critical v RSA
Replies: 25
Views: 648

Re: Why Boniface is critical v RSA

If we stick with any variation of the 2 striker system, Lookman is actually the perfect foil for Victor. If finidi sticks w his 3-5-2, Lookman's versatility can see him creating combinations all over the pitch w Iwobi being his main partner and Osi at the end of the moves. Boniface is recovering fr...
by txj
Sun May 12, 2024 7:44 pm
Forum: EAGLES NEST
Topic: Boniface and he scores , Tella vs Bochum
Replies: 12
Views: 171

Re: Boniface and he scores , Tella vs Bochum

Adli on a free header. 3-0

Goodnight Irene...
by txj
Sun May 12, 2024 7:23 pm
Forum: EAGLES NEST
Topic: Why Boniface is critical v RSA
Replies: 25
Views: 648

Re: Why Boniface is critical v RSA

Even NIgeria used Ideye Brown and Emenike in 2013 successfully. It can work. You need mobile strikers that like to run and like to create chances. Both Osimhen and Boniface are good at that. Boniface is not a high work rate striker, he’s no Ideye Brown, not even close. Amokachi and Ideye could play...
by txj
Sun May 12, 2024 6:53 pm
Forum: EAGLES NEST
Topic: Boniface and he scores , Tella vs Bochum
Replies: 12
Views: 171

Re: Boniface and Tella vs Bochum

Tella fouled. PK

And Boniface makes it 2-0
by txj
Sun May 12, 2024 6:39 pm
Forum: EAGLES NEST
Topic: Boniface and he scores , Tella vs Bochum
Replies: 12
Views: 171

Re: Boniface and Tella vs Bochum

Boniface a bit sluggish which is to be expected after such a long layoff.
by txj
Sun May 12, 2024 6:23 pm
Forum: EAGLES NEST
Topic: Boniface and he scores , Tella vs Bochum
Replies: 12
Views: 171

Re: Boniface and Tella vs Bochum

Chance for Leverkusen to control the game
by txj
Sun May 12, 2024 6:21 pm
Forum: EAGLES NEST
Topic: Boniface and he scores , Tella vs Bochum
Replies: 12
Views: 171

Re: Boniface and Tella vs Bochum

Red card