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Enugu II wrote: ↑Sun Jan 16, 2022 5:06 am

Ugbowo wrote: ↑Sun Jan 16, 2022 4:42 am Nwakali and Iwobi today were excellent in their substitute roles. I have to say Iwobi is playing like somebody who has something to prove. I have been very impressed with him.

Ugbowo,

Great observation. I agree entirely. Iwobi may be pressured. If you notice, he is really the regularly starter on Rohr's team that has found himself relegated to the bench under Egu. I believe it has to be on his mind and I am glad he is fighting back to earn a place and today was excellent for him.

actually it is that pathetic rafa Benitez who has tried so hard to destroy iwobi's confidence....playing trashes like grey, townsend over him...Everton will soon fire rafa...

Damunk wrote: ↑Sun Jan 16, 2022 11:39 am

naijaguy wrote: ↑Sun Jan 16, 2022 11:36 am Even Eguavoen said that Nwakali is too slow and that when he came on, he didn't do exactly what he was asked to do. Yet some people think he's the next Maradona. Someone here is even downplaying Aribo .
Nwakali may start against Guinea Bissau cos we've already qualified, but no right thinking coach anywhere in the world will pick him over Aribo.
Anyways, Agents are out to make money.

I thought that was Sadiq he was referring to?

He was referring to the two

gochino wrote: ↑Sun Jan 16, 2022 10:47 am

chief nfachairman wrote: ↑Sun Jan 16, 2022 9:16 am I think the midfield got weaker with Nwakali's introduction. The attacking drive from the midfield reduced to. Maybe they put their foot of the gas because they were 2 goals up

Nah, the Midfield actually got stronger in possession and domination, I would say the attack actually suffered but that didn't matter as we were 3 goals up, the aim was to manage the game and simply kill the game with possession and passing in the last 20 mins and Nwakali understood his assignment really well.

You dey mind all these watchers of football, they forget how the SE gave up 4 goals vs Salone. This is why Egu has won way more Afcon games compared to ***** .... in fact egu has a better defensive record at any Afcon compared to ****

naijaguy wrote: ↑Sun Jan 16, 2022 11:36 am Even Eguavoen said that Nwakali is too slow and that when he came on, he didn't do exactly what he was asked to do. Yet some people think he's the next Maradona. Someone here is even downplaying Aribo .
Nwakali may start against Guinea Bissau cos we've already qualified, but no right thinking coach anywhere in the world will pick him over Aribo.
Anyways, Agents are out to make money.

What is your source?

We will have the opportunity to assess him properly when he plays a full match from the start.

naijaguy wrote: ↑Sun Jan 16, 2022 11:36 am Even Eguavoen said that Nwakali is too slow and that when he came on, he didn't do exactly what he was asked to do. Yet some people think he's the next Maradona. Someone here is even downplaying Aribo .
Nwakali may start against Guinea Bissau cos we've already qualified, but no right thinking coach anywhere in the world will pick him over Aribo.
Anyways, Agents are out to make money.

Egu never said such..stop with the false narratives. I listened to the post match conference

Lolly wrote: ↑Sun Jan 16, 2022 12:28 pm We will have the opportunity to assess him properly when he plays a full match from the start.

He played a very good game vs Sudan. Reminded me of a certain Barcelona player in that game

Enugu II wrote: ↑Sun Jan 16, 2022 11:46 am

naijaguy wrote: ↑Sun Jan 16, 2022 11:36 am Even Eguavoen said that Nwakali is too slow and that when he came on, he didn't do exactly what he was asked to do. Yet some people think he's the next Maradona. Someone here is even downplaying Aribo .
Nwakali may start against Guinea Bissau cos we've already qualified, but no right thinking coach anywhere in the world will pick him over Aribo.
Anyways, Agents are out to make money.

Aribo has impressed in this tournament and no right thinking manager will play Nwakali ahead of him. However let's bear in mind that Nwakal may start next game because the game isn't critical for Nigeria.

Yes, he may most likely start as we've already qualified. And Aribo has a yellow too.
I suspect Eguavon will play Nwakali and onyeka in the midfield, Onyekuru and Ejuke on the wings. Ndah may likely start too. I also see Ebeuehi and Collins playing wing backs, with Uzoho in goal.

naijaguy wrote: ↑Sun Jan 16, 2022 12:26 pm

Damunk wrote: ↑Sun Jan 16, 2022 11:39 am

naijaguy wrote: ↑Sun Jan 16, 2022 11:36 am Even Eguavoen said that Nwakali is too slow and that when he came on, he didn't do exactly what he was asked to do. Yet some people think he's the next Maradona. Someone here is even downplaying Aribo .
Nwakali may start against Guinea Bissau cos we've already qualified, but no right thinking coach anywhere in the world will pick him over Aribo.
Anyways, Agents are out to make money.

I thought that was Sadiq he was referring to?

He was referring to the two

Pretty sure he was referring to Sadiq but didn’t mention names, but did say Nwakali played well.

Damunk wrote: ↑Sun Jan 16, 2022 11:39 am

naijaguy wrote: ↑Sun Jan 16, 2022 11:36 am Even Eguavoen said that Nwakali is too slow and that when he came on, he didn't do exactly what he was asked to do. Yet some people think he's the next Maradona. Someone here is even downplaying Aribo .
Nwakali may start against Guinea Bissau cos we've already qualified, but no right thinking coach anywhere in the world will pick him over Aribo.
Anyways, Agents are out to make money.

I thought that was Sadiq he was referring to?

That’s people and their selfish interests for you. He didn’t like the narrative on Nwakali so he made up his own stuff


Cheers.

Bigpokey24 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 16, 2022 12:22 pm

Goalgetter wrote: ↑Sun Jan 16, 2022 1:58 am The guy does the basics really well.. Simple one touch when needed to take out markers. Opens up to receive the ball. Our team didn’t feel Sudanese momentum/pressure after that penalty because of a very stabilized midfield. This is one thing Rhor woefully failed at. Under Rhor Unnecessary pressure on the back line over and over and over again due to lack of ball retaining midfield reinforcement. Eguavoen is getting his tactics spot-on! Nwakali is an asset to this team!

Similar to Mikel's calming play. Thank goodness we are having so many options now.. even Etebo is back training

As long as “similar” is not mistaken as “close to”. They are in completely different categories.
Yes ball-handling is similar in style, but Mikel protected the ball, dictated the pace of games, tackled like a monster, cherished wars and was smooth as silk.
Nwakali looks good and does the basics well, but he has a long way to go to be an SE starter.

waka-man wrote: ↑Sun Jan 16, 2022 12:46 pm

Bigpokey24 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 16, 2022 12:22 pm

Goalgetter wrote: ↑Sun Jan 16, 2022 1:58 am The guy does the basics really well.. Simple one touch when needed to take out markers. Opens up to receive the ball. Our team didn’t feel Sudanese momentum/pressure after that penalty because of a very stabilized midfield. This is one thing Rhor woefully failed at. Under Rhor Unnecessary pressure on the back line over and over and over again due to lack of ball retaining midfield reinforcement. Eguavoen is getting his tactics spot-on! Nwakali is an asset to this team!

Similar to Mikel's calming play. Thank goodness we are having so many options now.. even Etebo is back training

As long as “similar” is not mistaken as “close to”. They are in completely different categories.
Yes ball-handling is similar in style, but Mikel protected the ball, dictated the pace of games, tackled like a monster, cherished wars and was smooth as silk.
Nwakali looks good and does the basics well, but he has a long way to go to be an SE starter.

Agreed, but folks shouldn’t lie and say he played poorly…

This was just his 2nd ever SE game..I know for a fact Nwa is a dead ball specialist, can shoot from distance and can control the tempo of a game. No one said he is the next Mikel....I said the way he came in yesterday was similar to Mikel calming the game

maceo4 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 16, 2022 12:49 pm

waka-man wrote: ↑Sun Jan 16, 2022 12:46 pm

Bigpokey24 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 16, 2022 12:22 pm

Goalgetter wrote: ↑Sun Jan 16, 2022 1:58 am The guy does the basics really well.. Simple one touch when needed to take out markers. Opens up to receive the ball. Our team didn’t feel Sudanese momentum/pressure after that penalty because of a very stabilized midfield. This is one thing Rhor woefully failed at. Under Rhor Unnecessary pressure on the back line over and over and over again due to lack of ball retaining midfield reinforcement. Eguavoen is getting his tactics spot-on! Nwakali is an asset to this team!

Similar to Mikel's calming play. Thank goodness we are having so many options now.. even Etebo is back training

As long as “similar” is not mistaken as “close to”. They are in completely different categories.
Yes ball-handling is similar in style, but Mikel protected the ball, dictated the pace of games, tackled like a monster, cherished wars and was smooth as silk.
Nwakali looks good and does the basics well, but he has a long way to go to be an SE starter.

Agreed, but folks shouldn’t lie and say he played poorly…

Oh he’s not done badly at all. In fact, better than expected. Just a long way to go for him.

john12 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 16, 2022 11:46 am I was reading some commentary during the game regarding Nwakali and one will think, that he had a bad game. Frankly, I was very impressed by nwakali and his today performance was his best for SE this far.. The man controlled the tempo of the game with his slick and accurate passes while also creating spaces around his team mate. To me, 424 isn’t a balanced formation and in the long run, we need to accommodate an extra midfielder. Aribo or Iwobi should play as an AM while Nwakali, ndidi, onyeka and etebo should play as a CM/DM respectfully

this, would really love to see how we play in a 433 too, thot we did towards the end but not sure

Nwakali played well, I didnt see this at first.
The midfield problem is solved, Nwakali, Aribo, Peter, Ndidi
Now they need more games together before the WC.

Bigpokey24 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 16, 2022 12:22 pm

Goalgetter wrote: ↑Sun Jan 16, 2022 1:58 am The guy does the basics really well.. Simple one touch when needed to take out markers. Opens up to receive the ball. Our team didn’t feel Sudanese momentum/pressure after that penalty because of a very stabilized midfield. This is one thing Rhor woefully failed at. Under Rhor Unnecessary pressure on the back line over and over and over again due to lack of ball retaining midfield reinforcement. Eguavoen is getting his tactics spot-on! Nwakali is an asset to this team!

Similar to Mikel's calming play. Thank goodness we are having so many options now.. even Etebo is back training

Our midfield is looking loaded

Ndidi
Onyeka
Etebo
Aribo
Nwakali
Amoo
Iwobi

Damunk wrote: ↑Sun Jan 16, 2022 6:09 am

sabb wrote: ↑Sun Jan 16, 2022 2:11 am with Aribo on yellow he might get a start
GB look better and faster than the Sudanese plus they close spaces quicker so it will be a good test for the guys who are yet to get a run in

He was decent enough. Neat and simple.
Meanwhile, I am really keen on seeing Ndah start.
I think he will be well suited to the more physical GB team.

Ndah, chai that Mexico friendly fear me anyway we move

The journalist in the post match presser asked Egu a question attacking Nwakali. She said Egu's subs have not had any impact and mentioned Nwakali by name. I thought it was a terrible question because it was the wrong analysis of the game and seemed to be asked by a novice analyzer but maybe a seasoned journalist.

What i did not expect, nor did i like it, was Egu's response. He defended himself instead of protecting his player. He sounded like he was agreeing with the journalist but then said Nwakali lacks game rhythm and Sadiq did not do what he was told. It was not a good answer.

Enugu II wrote: ↑Sun Jan 16, 2022 5:06 am

Ugbowo wrote: ↑Sun Jan 16, 2022 4:42 am Nwakali and Iwobi today were excellent in their substitute roles. I have to say Iwobi is playing like somebody who has something to prove. I have been very impressed with him.

Ugbowo,

Great observation. I agree entirely. Iwobi may be pressured. If you notice, he is really the regularly starter on Rohr's team that has found himself relegated to the bench under Egu. I believe it has to be on his mind and I am glad he is fighting back to earn a place and today was excellent for him.

I think it's a testament to his character that this is the way he has chosen to respond to the first time he is facing this type of adversity with the SE. Since Mikel left, he was a guaranteed starter under Rohr and claimed he played his best football under Rohr. You would think he would sulk since Rohr left and a new coach came in and benched him. He has been the opposite. Full of drive and energy every time he has come in and actually putting in a shift defensively. His on the ball quality was fantastic as well and combined with Aina and Nwakali to kill off the contest and frankly his goal should have been allowed to stand.

I expect him and Nwakali to start on wednesday. I will be watching both closely.

Ugbowo wrote: ↑Mon Jan 17, 2022 4:13 pm The journalist in the post match presser asked Egu a question attacking Nwakali. She said Egu's subs have not had any impact and mentioned Nwakali by name. I thought it was a terrible question because it was the wrong analysis of the game and seemed to be asked by a novice analyzer but maybe a seasoned journalist.

What i did not expect, nor did i like it, was Egu's response. He defended himself instead of protecting his player. He sounded like he was agreeing with the journalist but then said Nwakali lacks game rhythm and Sadiq did not do what he was told. It was not a good answer.

I suspect the journalist knew exactly what he was doing. And Egu's response sounds as if he was caught unawares but felt he had to say something. A manager should not be giving out such information about his players game in a press conference. That is for the dressing room or privately.

Lolly wrote: ↑Mon Jan 17, 2022 4:20 pm

Ugbowo wrote: ↑Mon Jan 17, 2022 4:13 pm The journalist in the post match presser asked Egu a question attacking Nwakali. She said Egu's subs have not had any impact and mentioned Nwakali by name. I thought it was a terrible question because it was the wrong analysis of the game and seemed to be asked by a novice analyzer but maybe a seasoned journalist.

What i did not expect, nor did i like it, was Egu's response. He defended himself instead of protecting his player. He sounded like he was agreeing with the journalist but then said Nwakali lacks game rhythm and Sadiq did not do what he was told. It was not a good answer.

I suspect the journalist knew exactly what he was doing. And Egu's response sounds as if he was caught unawares but felt he had to say something. A manager should not be giving out such information about his players game in a press conference. That is for the dressing room or privately.

Different managers do things differently, there are some that do share such information and feel that's the best way to motivate the player and some who coddle and keep it private or even choose what to do on a player to player basis. But one thing you can tell is Egu has high expectations from his players and believes they can do more and give more. He said such about Ndidi before the tournament started - stating he feels he's holding back and can give more - and we see the result the bobo is like super focused and doing more than the bare minimum he was before. I don't think its up to us to say this style is best or this is how a coach has to do things, it all comes down to what works for him and his players...what gets the desired output and desired results. So far they've been delivering and don't forget he did big up Nwakali and said he thinks he had a good game.

maceo4 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 17, 2022 5:17 pm

Lolly wrote: ↑Mon Jan 17, 2022 4:20 pm

Ugbowo wrote: ↑Mon Jan 17, 2022 4:13 pm The journalist in the post match presser asked Egu a question attacking Nwakali. She said Egu's subs have not had any impact and mentioned Nwakali by name. I thought it was a terrible question because it was the wrong analysis of the game and seemed to be asked by a novice analyzer but maybe a seasoned journalist.

What i did not expect, nor did i like it, was Egu's response. He defended himself instead of protecting his player. He sounded like he was agreeing with the journalist but then said Nwakali lacks game rhythm and Sadiq did not do what he was told. It was not a good answer.

I suspect the journalist knew exactly what he was doing. And Egu's response sounds as if he was caught unawares but felt he had to say something. A manager should not be giving out such information about his players game in a press conference. That is for the dressing room or privately.

Different managers do things differently, there are some that do share such information and feel that's the best way to motivate the player and some who coddle and keep it private or even choose what to do on a player to player basis. But one thing you can tell is Egu has high expectations from his players and believes they can do more and give more. He said such about Ndidi before the tournament started - stating he feels he's holding back and can give more - and we see the result the bobo is like super focused and doing more than the bare minimum he was before. I don't think its up to us to say this style is best or this is how a coach has to do things, it all comes down to what works for him and his players...what gets the desired output and desired results. So far they've been delivering and don't forget he did big up Nwakali and said he thinks he had a good game.

Some will say it in private and also say it in Public. Mourinho is a good example