Club African trash Rivers United in CAF cup reverse

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[EMIR KONGI JAFFI JOFFA]

See goalkeeper. If the keeper for out CL team is that bad , how terrible are the rest?

[TonyTheTigerKiller]

The stupidest thread, so far, this year


Cheers.

[Bigpokey24]

this is what 1naija produces for Nigeria... what a shameful club

[Enugu II]

See goalkeeper. If the keeper for out CL team is that bad , how terrible are the rest?

So the CL club automatically should have the best goalie in the country? Just asking?

[joao]

See goalkeeper. If the keeper for out CL team is that bad , how terrible are the rest?

So the CL club automatically should have the best goalie in the country? Just asking?

[Damunk]

See goalkeeper. If the keeper for out CL team is that bad , how terrible are the rest?

So the CL club automatically should have the best goalie in the country? Just asking?

No, not the best.
But you would expect a certain level of performance reflective of the league.
In fact, in reality he should be and probably is above the average of the league’s GKing standards to have carried his team to the CL.

No way is it imaginable that Man City or Real or Bayern or Napoli etc would have a goalie below the average for their respective leagues.
I think that’s a realistic expectation.
How would they have managed success otherwise?


Levels.

[Sunset]

See goalkeeper. If the keeper for out CL team is that bad , how terrible are the rest?

So the CL club automatically should have the best goalie in the country? Just asking?

No, not the best.
But you would expect a certain level of performance reflective of the league.
In fact, in reality he should be and probably is above the average of the league’s GKing standards to have carried his team to the CL.

No way is it imaginable that Man City or Real or Bayern or Napoli etc would have a goalie below the average for their respective leagues.
I think that’s a realistic expectation.
How would they have managed success otherwise?


Levels.

The thing is he isn't (under normal circumstance) their first choice keeper, not even second choice for the majority of his career but it all changed this season when their higher ups decided to Freeze out #1 Victor Sochima after rejecting a bid from a club abroad for his services

[Damunk]

See goalkeeper. If the keeper for out CL team is that bad , how terrible are the rest?

So the CL club automatically should have the best goalie in the country? Just asking?

No, not the best.
But you would expect a certain level of performance reflective of the league.
In fact, in reality he should be and probably is above the average of the league’s GKing standards to have carried his team to the CL.

No way is it imaginable that Man City or Real or Bayern or Napoli etc would have a goalie below the average for their respective leagues.
I think that’s a realistic expectation.
How would they have managed success otherwise?

Levels.

The thing is he isn't (under normal circumstance) their first choice keeper, not even second choice for the majority of his career but it all changed this season when their higher ups decided to Freeze out #1 Victor Sochima after rejecting a bid from a club abroad for his services

That’s fair enough and I won’t argue the facts with you because I don’t know them.
But you cannot blame anybody for believing that a Champions League team has an above average ‘keeper for the domestic league they represent.

Under normal circumstances in a normal country, one would expect a Champions League qualifying team to even reinforce whichever position they think they might be weak.
So these guys didn’t do that?

[Sunset]

See goalkeeper. If the keeper for out CL team is that bad , how terrible are the rest?

So the CL club automatically should have the best goalie in the country? Just asking?

No, not the best.
But you would expect a certain level of performance reflective of the league.
In fact, in reality he should be and probably is above the average of the league’s GKing standards to have carried his team to the CL.

No way is it imaginable that Man City or Real or Bayern or Napoli etc would have a goalie below the average for their respective leagues.
I think that’s a realistic expectation.
How would they have managed success otherwise?

Levels.

The thing is he isn't (under normal circumstance) their first choice keeper, not even second choice for the majority of his career but it all changed this season when their higher ups decided to Freeze out #1 Victor Sochima after rejecting a bid from a club abroad for his services

That’s fair enough and I won’t argue the facts with you because I don’t know them.
But you cannot blame anybody for believing that a Champions League team has an above average ‘keeper for the domestic league they represent.

Under normal circumstances in a normal country, one would expect a Champions League qualifying team to even reinforce whichever position they think they might be weak.
So these guys didn’t do that?

They have Mutawakilu Seidu (2nd choice) but he has only been listed for 2 games this season so most likely he's just getting back from an injury, but at the same time this is just another one of the self inflicted setbacks.

You're not wrong there need to be standards and it's one thing that continues to plague Nigerian Clubs year after year where the top clubs lose their best players to moves abroad and struggle to replace them due to poor scouting/laziness.
And to be fair to Rivers they have managed the best (amongst Nigerian clubs) for the most part but should've done more scouting those with international experience.

Take that Second goal for example this is the player who made the error:


Not that he's a bad player but he literally has barely 1 full season of top-flight Football to his name, and with just that it'll show when you come up against North African sides