Cybereagles

Now we will be able to play.

This isn't defensive, it's just pure fear and laziness.

Nigeria are playing like they want to be gifted the title. They aren't playing like they want to earn it.

No VAR back then so it was much easier to do ojoro for the hosts. That is only one small factor. In fact this goes back to the BROADER statistic on home advantage in general (of which host advantage is a subset, and host advantage in finals is a subset of a subset). This study for example from 2004...

Tbite, I respect your analysis. However, there are certain variables that are not controlled for in your analysis. Sincerely, when I see comparisons like this, I just shudder at the absence of due scientific process. For example, to what extent do you see these events as significant in forecasting ...

This goes back to my earlier point that I made in another thread. If the players have the mentality of Novak Djokovic (an unbreakable mind) then they can probably approach this as any other match. However, in all reality this will NOT be like any other match. Playing the host at a home final is toug...

The record of hosts performing in the final match of AFCON. I am not looking at situations where the hosts were knocked out earlier in the tournament. 33-14, so the hosts didn't make it to the final 19 times. 1959 - Egypt won as hosts (United Arab Republic) 1962 - Ethiopia won as hosts 1963 - Ghana ...

I think the var actually made one mistake. The challenge on Terem Moffi should have been a penalty not a free kick. "any foul that initiates outside the box and continues till the box will be punished with a penalty" The video replays clearly showed that the South African defender not only...

You guys might find this hard to believe but I had a feeling Ola Aina would miss. My initial gut feeling told me he would miss (and I have a pretty good gut feeling). The way he strikes the ball in general is not clean. There are some players we have with very suspect ball hitting technique, Zaidu, ...

TBH, I was disappointed in Japan, Korea and Saudi. Judging by the way they played, I don't think their games have been as good as what we've seen in the AFCON. Their play wasn't as fast and I wasn't particularly impressed by their tactical organization. I am quite confident that African football ha...

Osimhen should legally be able to cash in on thr mask right? Surely his contract does not prevent him from doing so? The mask is not Napoli kit.

If so, the proceeds from the mask might even rival most players salaries.

I almost felt bad for RSA, but seeing how they stopped playing in extra time waiting for penalties, they thoroughly deserved what they waited for. Allowed the hype surrounding crappy Cape Verde penalties get into their heads. One of their players was laughing on the bench as penalties approached. I...

I fear them because they will have a sense of 'destiny is on our side', but to be fair their own story is just more marketable, we have our own tale. While not as dramatic, it is not as if we were fancied to make the finals. Even the manner of our semi final win. The easiest way to best them will be...

You guys are forgetting the dangerous free kick that he conceded for no reason. That alone could have cost us the lead....

And saying the mistake just came from nowhere.

Yusuf will eventually become a good player but he needs caps. He is a good player now. Everyone makes mistakes. No different from the innocent Iwobi mistake that kinda knocked us out of the last AFCON. It happens. If that is the only flaw you saw yes. It was more than that. Ever since he came on he...

Yusuf made more than one mistake. I counted three poor defensive mistakes. Those are just the ones I counted....I could have missed some.

metalalloy wrote: ↑Wed Feb 07, 2024 8:47 pm

Tbite wrote: ↑Wed Feb 07, 2024 8:44 pm Yusuf will eventually become a good player but he needs caps.

He is a good player now. Everyone makes mistakes.

Inexperience is what i mean. You can't buy experience. I don't care how talented you are.

Maybe substitute good with great. Experience is earned.

Scipio Africanus wrote: ↑Wed Feb 07, 2024 8:44 pm

tolahs wrote: ↑Wed Feb 07, 2024 8:42 pm I should celebrate but i feel a numbness like someone who just left jail.

You ave obviously never been to jail

Maybe he is talking about dropping the soap

If Fofana gets a red card in their game...we have won the tournament.

Coach wrote: ↑Wed Feb 07, 2024 8:34 pm 1 more miss. Please. Oh lawd, 50/1. Come on!!!!!

Accumulators are tough.

I have Nigeria in futures to win the whole thing.

Yusuf will eventually become a good player but he needs caps.

soothsayer wrote: ↑Wed Feb 07, 2024 8:39 pm I guess the coach called it right with the subs.

I would have left Iwobi on. Iwobi at least males mistakes when he loses concentration..
Yusuf is just entirely inexperienced.

I have said it a million times before. Iheanscho's left foot is one of the sweetest on the planet.