bakynes: I have said it b4 the tournament started how will keshi expect to beat Spain and Uruguay with such strikers.I wld ve been confident even against spain if Martins,Osaze and Moses were in that squad bt with this team beating spain, it is absolutely IMPOSSICANT.Enyeama needs to be replaced I believe if he was good enough he shd ve @ least put a finger tip on dat shot dat led to d second goal which might ve saved it he doesn't ve sharp reflexes.Musa and Ideye improved bt they were nt good enough to score goals.No doubt this is the end of d road for Nigeria in this tournament bcoz Spain will definitely beat us.

bakynes: I have said it b4 the tournament started how will keshi expect to beat Spain and Uruguay with such strikers.I wld ve been confident even against spain if Martins,Osaze and Moses were in that squad bt with this team beating spain, it is absolutely IMPOSSICANT.Enyeama needs to be replaced I believe if he was good enough he shd ve @ least put a finger tip on dat shot dat led to d second goal which might ve saved it he doesn't ve sharp reflexes.Musa and Ideye improved bt they were nt good enough to score goals.No doubt this is the end of d road for Nigeria in this tournament bcoz Spain will definitely beat us.

babz_ynk@yahoo.com:
To be candid, the display of the nigerians speak volume. Almost close to perfection
Musa is not to blame, players losing possesion of ball in midfield is normal. Its Enyeama that is to blame. He has developed this poor positioning habit. Starting from the Tahitian goal to the two goals scored by the Uruguans.
With this display we just need a goal scorer. We are times better than them, they had their scarce chances to score and we play them like underdogs.
Honestly, Keshi is the best we have. Very intellient a coach and he already knows the team problem of the team cos he too was evidently frustrated with Ideye and the correction will come b4 worldcup.
Keshi needs to play other keepers to rival this sinking ENYEAMA

buchito1: God forbid!!!!! We wud win spain!!!
Dnt u believe in miracles?

Jarus:

You should ask where Nsofor is first.

Nsofor managed 3 goals in Russian league that the Musa you said he should replace scored 12 goals.


Nigerians don't follow the performance of their players, they just analyse football with performance of 10 years ago.

Nigeria's best strikers this last season

1, Kalu Uche, 19 goals in Turkey, 2nd highest goal scorer in Turkish league, 2nd highest scoring African in Europe 2012/2013 (behind CIV's Bony Winfred, who was second only to Messi in Europe with 31 goals in Germany).

2, Ideye, 17 league goals and a couple of goals in UEFA, 2nd highest goal scorer in Ukraine

3, Ahmed Musa, 12 goals in Russian league

4, Imoh Ezekiel, 10+ goals in Belgium

5, IK Uche, 12 goals for Villareal in Spanish Segunda division, driving them back to La Liga

Nomski0: I dont support Osaze coming back.....or Martins....in a country of over 160 million citizens...so there's not ONE striker that can be trained to world standard?!
Nff should look and dig deep....some talents are just waiting to shine.#localtalent

nwabumal@yahoo.:
Ahead of 2014 world cup. Keshi must search for two additional strikers like Emmanuel Emenike and sack ahmed musa from the national team.

nwabumal@yahoo.:
Ahead of 2014 world cup. Keshi must search for two additional strikers like Emmanuel Emenike and sack ahmed musa from the national team.

breezy047:

Musa stays. . .
But he must start from the bench always

yomip3t: GOD PUNISH IDEYE and Family !!!!

Okija_juju: I will not speak for Osaze, but Kalu Uche we need..

ginas:
NIGERIA VS URUGUAY GAME OVERALL ASSESSMENT.

The team is Really improving, atleast they seems to have added something to their game since Keshi took over:
1) perfecting the art of knocking the ball around and stopping the opposition from playing.
2) Learning to choke-up the middle and allow the full backs to overlap.
3) being very comfortable on the ball and overall team play.

LESSONS TO LEARN:

1) Learn to counter attack well.
2) Learn to quickly respond to opposition change of strategy
3) Effective use of set piece
4) Respect their opposition and Keep concentration 100 percent
5) The coach must have a plan B and C if A don't work.
6) This team needs atleast five above exceptional talent to dominate africa for a long time and pose serious competition to the best in the world.

Uruguay was not better but more experienced that is why the won.

The team is inexperience and unexposed to matches of such calibre. I seriously hope they learnt from this.

FINAL NOTE

There is no doubt the team has made tremedeous improvement and I hope this continues for a long time.

truth is; it is the strikers that Initiate counters not the coach,a fast paced striker will initiate a counter by default as soon as the opponent is dispossessed in his half.

what i think keshi is avoiding is a counter attack from the opposition in case our boys are dispossessed and his strategy is fair if i must say.
we can make our runs through the flanks and Ambrose overlap and perhaps Echiejile or so isn't bad. also, you must note that keshi positions players in the midfield who has the ability to make defense splitting passes (Mikel and Moses does it very well for eagles and recently ideye).

what is the point asking for a counter attack and leaving your back vulnerable to fast paced attackers (forlan, suarez and Cavani) when you can split the defense with a killer pass from your controlled midfield? same opportunity for the strikers to score (if you have one).

Spot kick is a natural talent, i doubt if one can be trained to do that, if you are lucky to put together a team where one person has the Ability, then your are good, if not you cant destabilize your team for a spot kick taker.

since the days of Okocha (who happens to be a lucky dube for spot kicks, ) we haven't been that lucky anymore, even the so called big teams just manage with a few of them. our famous 94 squad hadn't a perfect one either, save for a few lucky ones.

Since Beckham and perhaps lucky lampard, England hadn't much, for over a decade, it was a Juninho and ronaldinho for a whole Brazilian team, rem. that it didn't stop scolari from dropping Dinho, when he dropped form.

most teams are like that, a 100capped pirlo does it so well for italy, whoelse? so at the exit of pirlo, no more for Italy, at least for now.
Most good teams in the world dont have spot kick takers except when they are lucky.
the truth is, there are a billion and one opportunities that can be created from skillful players, Spot kick is just a jara. i tell you what, if you have strikers that can bury any defense any day, you may not need good penalty takers.

brownlord: Abeg who know the state and village where ideye come from?


Very urgent

texaco1: who will like to bet against me?
i say nigeria will either defeat spain or draw.who wants to bet otherwise?