Cybereagles

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...

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......

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...

^^^ 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 ...

^^^ 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 ...

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...

5-0

Adli on a free header. 3-0

Goodnight Irene...

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...

Tella fouled. PK

And Boniface makes it 2-0

Boniface a bit sluggish which is to be expected after such a long layoff.

Chance for Leverkusen to control the game

Red card

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...

When football lacks jeopardy it becomes a meaningless exercise

Interesting choices in MF

The team is already there for Finidi. He has been with them for 2 years. There is no need to deviate very much from Peseiros team. He just needs to plug a hole or two. If he wants to be successful he will stick with mostly the same team. I can garan-damn - tee there'll be local players on that list...

Coach wrote: ↑Thu May 09, 2024 10:45 am Corrupt for blowing the whistle having assumed the linesman competent to do his job? Why the furore over this incident and nothing over Nacho’s “interaction” with Kimmich. Players have been sent off for much less.

Its the typical Nigerian trying to create moral equivalencies. Just pathetic...

@Tx, the introduction of Kim didn’t yield the impact envisioned. Kimmich had been ridden raw and needed more than help. He needed respite. Granted PSG are unlike Madrid and Mbappe unlike Vinicius, but both shift the focus to the contralateral flank to open up the ipsi. At one point Real went full s...

For all the intricacies of the modern game, the master key remains, when it matters most, get the ball out wide to the whippet and have him fly at the fullback. As it was in the age of Andrei Kanchelskis, so it shall be henceforth. Yes, there’s some body work done on the inside, a few leading lefts...

danfo driver wrote: ↑Wed May 08, 2024 9:56 pm

wazobia wrote: ↑Wed May 08, 2024 9:51 pm After the whistle blew, the Real players stopped playing as would be expected. No way that goal would be allowed

Yup! Once the referee blew the whistle, the decision was made! You cant go back from that.

A monumental error by the officiating crew...

Problem was the AR. It did not look offside And the AR seems like he knew he messed up as he stayed back to explain himself to the players... Exactly! That I completely agree with. The referee saw a flag up and he blew his whistle for offside. The AR was the one who messed up big time and should ha...

These officials just ruined a good game. So tired of incompetent refs. Get some full time officials and make it their only job.. this is ridiculous What did the ref do? Was it that he blew his whistle when the linesman indicated offside or something else? Problem was the AR. It did not look offside...