honeric01:
Back line should be Ederson, Ogbobona, Yobo and Omeruo,
Mid should be Mikel, Nosa and Obiora, forward should be Musa, Emenike and Ideye.

The formation should later be changed to 4 4 2 pulling out Ideye for Uche while musa joins the midfield.

naijaobi: something baffles me.. Hw can keshi keep omeruo, a natural right back on the bench and instead played efe ambrose who is a natural centeral back... It is very annoying.. We all know that ambrose plays well for his club in that centeral back position, why play him in the right back position??

TouchDown:

Yobo has been poor for 4 or 5 years now. If Utaka, Martins, Taiwo are deemed not useful to the cause, then surely Yobo ought not to be in the team, no?

He wears the armband but is no leader. Osaze had a point demanding for the armband. Mikel was far more vocal and influential.

pelezico:

We dont need that guy at all - you do not air your grievances by talking trash over the internet. People that use the internet for trash talk are cowards indeed. He is only interested in promoting himself perhaps trying to get himself noticed before the January window closes.

Real men do not trash talk over the internet. Real men talk face to face. They do not try to solicit the ignorance and support of thier fans

Take it or leave it

honeric01:

And you think Keshi does not know Ambrose plays as a CB at his club?
You think he would use ambrose as a rb while using ogboabona as a cb when omeruo can be used as a rb?
You think the coach is stupid?
You think he can't think?
People thinking they know more than those who went to coaching school because of the passion they have for this sport?

Nigerians!

honeric01:

And you think Keshi does not know Ambrose plays as a CB at his club?
You think he would use ambrose as a rb while using ogboabona as a cb when omeruo can be used as a rb?
You think the coach is stupid?
You think he can't think?
People thinking they know more than those who went to coaching school because of the passion they have for this sport?

Nigerians!

thegoodjoehunt:

Yobo should have been dropped for Ambrose. It is as Simple as that. Ambrose is a better central defender than Yobo. Secondly Omeruo's overlapping is fantastic. He is also good at holding the Left winger.

When Ancelotti used Ivanovic as a right back, Ferreira was injured and was very poor. As Chelsea now has Azpilicuetta, you can't see a coach dropping Azpili that easily and playing Ivanovic as a RB when he will do better as a defender.

Now Ambrose has a red card and we are stuck with Yobo. Keshi was wrong there.

Afam4eva:
God punish premier league quality. The needed the skills of the La Liga to beat those Burkina defenders and score. The only player who came close to doing that actually plays in the La Liga and his name is Ike Uche.

thegoodjoehunt:

Yobo should have been dropped for Ambrose. It is as Simple as that. Ambrose is a better central defender than Yobo. Secondly Omeruo's overlapping is fantastic. He is also good at holding the Left winger.

When Ancelotti used Ivanovic as a right back, Ferreira was injured and was very poor. As Chelsea now has Azpilicuetta, you can't see a coach dropping Azpili that easily and playing Ivanovic as a RB when he will do better as a defender.

Now Ambrose has a red card and we are stuck with Yobo. Keshi was wrong there.

thegoodjoehunt:

We should not even try that Obiora Nwankwo of a person. He is too slow and a poor tackler. Mikel isn't good at tackling or isn't fast tracking back. So Obiora would not help Mikel.

Mikel's game is passing and moving forward to control the game. We need a ball winner/tackler to win the ball back for him. Just as Sani Kaita did at the U20 World Cup.

What killed us was Ogude bombarding forward. If he had stayed fixed in front of the defense and winning the ball, he would have had a better game. When Ogude goes forward, he has to tackle roughly to win the ball. I will still go with Ogude but he shouldn't overlap. Just the way Makalele does it.

thegoodjoehunt:

Yobo should have been dropped for Ambrose. It is as Simple as that. Ambrose is a better central defender than Yobo. Secondly Omeruo's overlapping is fantastic. He is also good at holding the Left winger.

When Ancelotti used Ivanovic as a right back, Ferreira was injured and was very poor. As Chelsea now has Azpilicuetta, you can't see a coach dropping Azpili that easily and playing Ivanovic as a RB when he will do better as a defender.

Now Ambrose has a red card and we are stuck with Yobo. Keshi was wrong there.

thegoodjoehunt:

Andreas Villas Boas was 16 years old when he confronted the great Bobby Robson. A legendary coach that has coached Barcelona, England etc. Boas made Coach Robson know the tactical mistakes he made while Robson coached FC Porto. After that meeting, Robson took Boas to work with him and Mourinho.

So you must not go to a coaching school to know when a coach makes a mistake.

honeric01:

honeric01:

thegoodjoehunt:


I don't need to go to the training camp, to know how Obiora plays. Obiora played for us in the second U20 team coached by Siasia. He also played lots of games for Inter Milan under Rafa Benitez. Remember the match Bale destroyed Maicon? Well Obiora was there in that match. It was Obiora Bale passed many times before he got to Maicon.

He is slower than Mikel Obi and a poorer tackler than Mikel. Mikel needs a fast and strong tackler to balance his midfield play and Obiora of a Nwankwo can never.

As for Omeruo, as a right back, his job as a right back(defensively) is to mark and take out the left winger. That is what I meant by holding the left winger.

By the way Omeruo is a better than Ambrose at the right back position and Ambrose is in better form than Yobo at the Central defense role. So it makes us wonder how Yobo made that team line up and Ambrose ending up off position.

Finally as for AVB, he was just a fan when he pointed out errors in the tactics and strategy of one of the greatest coaches in the game (Bobby Robson). If he could do that, why do you think some Nigerian fans can't point out Mistakes of Coach Keshi.

thegoodjoehunt:


As for Ogude, he was never suppose to go forward or so called inter change with Mikel. To cope with Mikel's play and give Mikel freedom to express himself, we need someone to sit in front of the defense and protect them when the midfield loses the ball. That was what Oliseh used to do foor Jay-Jay.

That was why when the ball was lost in the match, our defense was unprotected from the counter attack.

honeric01:

You don't need to be at the camp to know how Obiora plays, yet you are condemning him? haven't you seen players who perform well at the club but bad with the national team, vice versa? if Obiora was not good enough, the coach wouldn't have taken him knowing fully well that Obiora is not even a household player.

Well, i thought you mean he's a left winger (you may have to modify your previous post). I insist, you can't say if Omeruo is better or not because you obviously do not know why he's being benched for Ambrose, the best you can do is try to ask the coach why he prefers a CB to a natural RB.

AVB did that maybe because the error was too glaring, but here in Nigeria, EVERYONE claims to be a coach, what Keshi did is not new and if Ambrose hadn't been red-carded, most of you wouldn't be saying all these. Ambrose didn't do badly as a RB apart from the cards he got from the anti-SE ref.

thegoodjoehunt:


I'll say it again, Obiora is very slow, he also came in against Cape Verde. I hope Coach Keshi leaves that boy out.

Also, Mikel is not good at tackling, that is bot part of the game, if Ogude goes forward, who shields our defenders.

By the way, Siasia dropped Ibrahim Rabiu, one of the stars expected for U20 World Cup then for Obiora Nwankwo and it cost us in that tourney.

Obiora Nwankwo is warming the bench at the Serie B. How did Coach Keshi find himV It is clear that there is someone big paying money and pulling strings to get that boy playing time.

Mark my words, if Coach Keshi starts that boy in any of this group stage matches, it will cost us the game.

honeric01:

He was never what? why are you guys always thinking you can teach a coach which tactics he should use and how he should work? if he decides to interchange mikel with ogude periodically, it's his call and you can't fault him for doing what he believes in. the best you can do is apply for the same job if you believe you can do better. i am tired of people criticizing at every given opportunity. the coach did what he believed in and it worked for him for 90mins + until the short madness.

How many of his white coach gives mikel room to "express" himself? we had 3 midfielders and 2 out of the 3 are good DM, switching from time to time was never an error because we already had an AM in Nosa, so why are you trying to sound as if Mikel was the only one doing the passing? Mikel threw long passes while Nosa threw short passes, Ogude did dirty jobs, later switched (the card issue). so it's a tactical plan and Nosa was expected to switch on the short passes in the second half while Ogude and Mikel do the defending since we were a goal up already.

Let's stop this already. it's just a game and 2 more to go.

Moving on!

honeric01:

Mikel is not good at tackling? gosh!, what then has he been doing since 2006 for Chelsea? scoring?

I can't shout bro.

thegoodjoehunt:
[color=#000099]We played better in the first half and our defenders were more protected then. Enyeama was on holidays.

In the second half, the erroneous tactical change of Keshi put the defence under pressure and our play became less effective. That is what led to the amount of pressure and the red card.

thegoodjoehunt:
Go and Check, Mikel always complained that tackling is not his game. He is better intercepting passes and shielding players. Why do you think he picked up lots of red cards early in his career. He couldn't time his tackles. Even in the last match, he clearly missed a tackle.

honeric01:

Complain my foot, he's been in Chelsea doing the dirty job for almost 7 years now. why hasn't he left Chelsea if truly he's complaining?

Abeg jor!

thegoodjoehunt:


I'll say it again, Obiora is very slow, he also came in against Cape Verde. I hope Coach Keshi leaves that boy out.

Also, Mikel is not good at tackling, that is bot part of the game, if Ogude goes forward, who shields our defenders.

[b]By the way, Siasia dropped Ibrahim Rabiu, one of the stars expected for U20 World Cup[\b] for Obiora Nwankwo and it cost us in that tourney.

Obiora Nwankwo is warming the bench at the Serie B. How did Coach Keshi find himV It is clear that there is someone big paying money and pulling strings to get that boy playing time.

Mark my words, if Coach Keshi starts that boy in any of this group stage matches, it will cost us the game.

ow11:

Why is this STAR still warming the benches from Sporting Lisbon to PSV to Celtic and NOW KILMARNOCK! He is still NOT good enough to start for Kilmarnock! YET someone on NL believes this overaged short man that can't get a starting shirt in bloody Kilmarnock is BETTER than Igiebor and even Obiora Nwankwo

ow11:

Why is this STAR still warming the benches from Sporting Lisbon to PSV to Celtic and NOW KILMARNOCK! He is still NOT good enough to start for Kilmarnock! YET someone on NL believes this overaged short man that can't get a starting shirt in bloody Kilmarnock is BETTER than Igiebor and even Obiora Nwankwo

ow11:

Why is this STAR still warming the benches from Sporting Lisbon to PSV to Celtic and NOW KILMARNOCK! He is still NOT good enough to start for Kilmarnock! YET someone on NL believes this overaged short man that can't get a starting shirt in bloody Kilmarnock is BETTER than Igiebor and even Obiora Nwankwo

ow11: You never give up. Now it is his holy number '10' position. If No coach in the world can find a suitable position for the STAR, Then he should go to the circus where he can entertain you with his juggling abilities.

The ability to sell a dummy to tactically naive 16 year olds IS NOT the same as playing attacking midfield against MEN!

Maybe you should go and watch Kwadwo Asamoah and Kevin Prince-Boateng and come back and tell me how attacking midfielders still get to play.

- Joel Obi is injured!

- Obiora played in the Champions league and Serie A. Which games has Rabiu played? The talented superstar with heavenly abilities no coach can use has played THREE (3) first team games in two years and that is the player you want to start at the AFCON and go up against Bakary Kone, Alain Traore and Jonathan Pitriopa? At one point, uber talented Rabiu was sent to the Portuguese 2nd Division and the dude still couldnt get his old a** off the bench!

- He went to Kilmarnock to get game time. Yet, Kilmarnock lost a game three days ago with the greatest midfielder Nigeria has produced since 1994 missing from even the bench!

- Lastly, Rabiu Ibrahim dribbled 16 year olds in 2007. That is 6 years ago! in that time, Victor Moses, Danny Welbeck and Yousef Msakni (all played at that tournament) have gone on to play matches against men. He is still waiting for a free SE pass to earn a living.