KK555:


You are neither Rohr nor a member of the technical crew of the team. You do not know what is going on in the camp. All what you know about them are stuffs you read or see online. You are not the one to say that he is not ready to face the so called best strikers in the world. Lots of people here are just online and keyboard technical managers: coming up with different formations, tactics that they know nothing about to sound knowledgeable about the game.

You know nothing about the team. Leave that decision to those who manage the team.

It's glaring to the blind that he is not ready.

We have seen school boy mistakes already.

We know he is there based on sentiment by the goalkeeper coach.

Time will tell.

LieDetector:
so akpeyi is the one ready to face best strikers abi?

Of course, Akpeyi is better.

If Akpeyi made these school boy errors, I believe by now people will want his head but we know what's up.

forgiveness:


It's glaring to the blind that he is not ready.

We have seen school boy mistakes already.

We know he is there based on sentiment by the goalkeeper coach.

Time will tell.

Unfortunately he is your no 1 goalkeeper. You either deal with that or you can switch off your TV when you see him in goal.

guys take it easy on the goal keeping issue, let's just admit that the exit of enyeama and ikeme illness caused all these. We just have to look ahead and hope things get better from now on but nobody is talking about the level of confidence in the team that causes stage fright in the first 20-25 mins, especially the defenders.

Please guys I'm kinda confused here, this Ed Dove that analyses our team most times better than even our coaches, say Siasia, Keshi Rohr et al, where is he from? Is he an Anglo Nigerian?


Tbaba1234, Icon4s, Mujtahida, Joebie, goodjoe, Kog45, Nerdy bwoy etc

KK555:


Unfortunately he is your no 1 goalkeeper. You either deal with that or you can switch off your TV when you see him in goal.

Will that change the fact that he made the team based on sentiment?

Time will tell.

the Iceland i watched yesterday against Ghana , and other of their matches , i have concluded that we already have 3 points in our bag ..... if we can secure that 3 point against Croatia ? which is very possible cos it's about who wins the battle of the midfield . i am optimistic that Eagles will have 6points or more at the end of the group stage .

LieDetector:
Training

Make Una plays ball na. No be gymnastic jare

Martz101:


40% of keshi 2014 team was form like this...if you know you know

keshi took 5 CB and Efe makes it 6 to world cup, a certain odunlami was in that team

that tean was a big disgrace to football

But if dis team doesn't surpass keshis own, its a bigger disgrace to football

ChrisKels:
Please guys I'm kinda confused here, this Ed Dove that analyses our team most times better than even our coaches, say Siasia, Keshi Rohr et al, where is he from? Is he an Anglo Nigerian?


Tbaba1234, Icon4s, Mujtahida, Joebie, goodjoe, Kog45, Nerdy bwoy etc

I only know he writes for goal.com

forgiveness:


He is good not doubt about that but he is not ready to face the best strikers in the world.

We should not be expecting the best midfielders and strikers not to create chances or breach our defence because that will not happen. Even the best defence will be unlocked but the koko his the boy weaknesses have been noticed by our opponents and it will be used against him.

They will capitalise on rebound shots at him. A player will take position before a player shots the ball because they know he will punch the ball to their direction.

Ezenwa is also in the team based on sentiment hence should not be used as a unit measurement standard for better keeper.

so which keeper should have made it without sentiment??

ChrisKels:
Please guys I'm kinda confused here, this Ed Dove that analyses our team most times better than even our coaches, say Siasia, Keshi Rohr et al, where is he from? Is he an Anglo Nigerian?


Tbaba1234, Icon4s, Mujtahida, Joebie, goodjoe, Kog45, Nerdy bwoy etc

his British and he has knows nothing about our football

i watch him analyse our 30 man squad and he said we will drop Ebuehi and Idowu, no person with good knowledge of our football will sag that

KK555:


He is a good goalkeeper. You can see commitment and humility to learn in him. I think a good and confident defence would motivate him to give his best. He has managed to save lots of shots that would easily have been goals, he has nullified threats by the way he picks aerial balls calmly and distribute to his players. Outfield players should show similar commitment. If he has a solid cover, he might be one of the best young talents in Russia.
A bad and porous midfield will expose his cover and lead to the type of onslaughts Nigeria experienced against England in that first half. In that sort of situations, goalkeepers would normally save unbelievable shots, parry balls sailing into the top angle of the post but would commit silly and school boys errors eventually.

Give that boy good cover and watch him do wonders. Btw, that freekick save against England that resulted in the corner that gave the three lions their first goal would not have been saved by Akpeyi or Ezewa.

He should also learn to charge at his defwndwrs

MetalJigsaw:
He should also learn to charge at his defwndwrs

That is one of his main faults. You can argue that he is young, frustrated, intimidated and a bit too humble to confront his backline when they get awkward. Perhaps he does not want to rile anyone of the big boys. He sucks it all up but you can see and feel his frustrations when he suffers unending exposures and vulnerability by throwing tantrums at no one in particular after making a dangerous save. You,ll sometimes see him say something, throw or bend his head sideways with his arms and gloves up in the air like he was complaining to the Heavens.

I think he should be bold and confident enough to direct them, shout at them and call for a back pass when when they seem to be struggling to find the right man to pass to.

charlesemeka85:
Revealed – True Story Of Agent Who Tried To Smuggle Qatar Based Player Into Super Eagles Squad
June 8, 201801

The stunning revelation made by coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Gernot Rohr about a player agent who tried to smuggle his player into the Super Eagles squad for the World Cup in Russia didn’t come as a surprise to Owngoalnigeria.com.

Our senior editor Osas Mahawi is well aware of the whole incident which started since June last year, shortly before the Super Eagles AFCON 2019 Qualifiers tie against South Africa which was followed by the back to back World Cup 2018 Qualifiers against Cameroon.

The agent contacted Owngoalnigeria.com through me with an offer to help promote a Qatar based player. According to him six different media houses have been selected for the job.

Same day the publisher turned down the offer with a stern warning that we are not a PR agency, the said player had his story on the official website of the Nigeria Football Federation ( NFF) . He was given a full page to talk on the Super Eagles engagement where he also spoke on his desire to return back to the team and specifically on what he can offer.

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Till date he remains the only player outside of the Super Eagles who have been interviewed on the official site of the NFF. That alone says it all. Furthermore I later gathered that it was a full blown racket that even involved some back room staff of the Super Eagles and also people working for the NFF.

The incident spoken about by Rohr happened when Rohr arrived Nigeria ahead of the release of his provisional list for the World Cup. The agent got to know the arrival date of the coach through a backroom staff of the team and staged the crowd that welcomed Rohr at the airport.

He was warned against making such moves by the person who contacted Owngoalnigeria.com on his behalf but he was so sure that the move will pay off. He didn’t offer Rohr money but he used the staged managed event at the airport to get close to Rohr before proposing his player.

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Rohr didn’t pick the player in his squad and I guess he later became aware of the antics of the agent and broke off all communication with him. Anyway his case is just one of so many Owngoalnigeria.com will reveal in the coming days.

It's like you work for that fake blog own goal. I noticed you always post their fictitious stories on this thread.

Manuel Lanzini out of the world cup due to injury

Are you still Nigerian, or are you Ghanian now?

KK555:



What was the result of last night's match between Iceland and Ghana? You lot need to learn but your arrogance won't let you. Your downfall.
If you on the high, make it count. Ghana was prior to Brazil 2014. In 2011, Ghana was at Wembley, the result was 1-1 at the end of 90 mins. Asamoah Gyan scored to deny them victory. On the 6th of june, i believe the whole of Africans wanted to see Nigeria beat them or at least get a draw but Nigeria came up short. Like Ghana prior to Brazil 2014, Nigeria did well qualifying out of a tight group, not even Shehu's error could deny them a place in Russia but do you believe that this team would fly high in Russia? Are you convinced with their plays so far? mind you, this is supposedly the best prepared Eagles team since 1994. No issues of money, quality friendly matches, motivation from either the government or NFF.

You should focus on the Nigeria doing well in Russia than wasting your energy on Iceland vs Ghana result. Ghana does not have Nigeria's money but when it comes to grit and no nonsense attitude towards opponents, you can rate them high and bank on them to deliver.

It was that no nonsense attitude that cost Nigeria the match with Athletico Madrid in Nigeria. Thomas Partey bossed the midfield and made Nigerian boys look like kids. None could match his physical and mental strength.

At 0-2 down, people like you are having orgasm but your sort of attitude is their strength. They make you eat your words.

Ghana does not give up.

sorry to bust your bubble. Naija does not give up not only in football but in every fascet of life. We fight to the end. Greatest comeback in football history. Damman Miracle, Atlanta 96 against Brazil and Argentina and many more. Please do not compare Naija grit with that of Ghana. We are come back kings!! Underrate and Underestimate Naija at your Peril. Go back to hidden.

KK555:



What was the result of last night's match between Iceland and Ghana? You lot need to learn but your arrogance won't let you. Your downfall.
If you on the high, make it count. Ghana was prior to Brazil 2014. In 2011, Ghana was at Wembley, the result was 1-1 at the end of 90 mins. Asamoah Gyan scored to deny them victory. On the 6th of june, i believe the whole of Africans wanted to see Nigeria beat them or at least get a draw but Nigeria came up short. Like Ghana prior to Brazil 2014, Nigeria did well qualifying out of a tight group, not even Shehu's error could deny them a place in Russia but do you believe that this team would fly high in Russia? Are you convinced with their plays so far? mind you, this is supposedly the best prepared Eagles team since 1994. No issues of money, quality friendly matches, motivation from either the government or NFF.

You should focus on the Nigeria doing well in Russia than wasting your energy on Iceland vs Ghana result. Ghana does not have Nigeria's money but when it comes to grit and no nonsense attitude towards opponents, you can rate them high and bank on them to deliver.

It was that no nonsense attitude that cost Nigeria the match with Athletico Madrid in Nigeria. Thomas Partey bossed the midfield and made Nigerian boys look like kids. None could match his physical and mental strength.

At 0-2 down, people like you are having orgasm but your sort of attitude is their strength. They make you eat your words.

Ghana does not give up.

lexyman:
the Iceland i watched yesterday against Ghana , and other of their matches , i have concluded that we already have 3 points in our bag ..... if we can secure that 3 point against Croatia ? which is very possible cos it's about who wins the battle of the midfield . i am optimistic that Eagles will have 6points or more at the end of the group stage .

in that first half against Ghana they were imperiously good then in the second half they relaxed and lost. Then again I thought we were the ones saying that we shouldn't use friendlies to determine the strength of a team

Afobear:


You are in the spirit and that's my joy when this averageeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee3eeeee3eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Team comes back here with shame

I watched the highlight of Iceland vs Ghana and I must say that those comments by Ghanaians are disgusting, why are you Ghanaians so bitter and foolish...I know lots of Ghanaians wants us to fail woefully imagine such from a west African country. I wish our team does well though.

Mickael2:




in that first half against Ghana they were imperiously good then in the second half they relaxed and lost. Then again I thought we were the ones saying that we shouldn't use friendlies to determine the strength of a team

we no be Iceland mate .

Goke7:
This is my number one issue with the team before tactics, boldness yes boldness. Top African teams in the past were also known for being daring, this have been lacking in our international friendlies with the european teams and even with an Argentina without messi which led us to conceding early and cheap goals. This is my major worry and fear for the Eagles and am shocked that is happening with folks like moses and mikel in the team despite their huge experience, me think more experienced players like omeruo and musa in addition to mikel should start our games to overcome this issue, that back four needs an experienced player who played in the last world cup in it's fold. Am sorry this is my view as our opponents will not wait for 20 mins for us to settle in the game, they will hit us fast and lock shop like what serbia, England and even czech did. Rohr to me is not doing much on this issue and I pray this doesn't hurt us.

If at this stage professional players can not concentrate and be focused. Particularly in the biggest games of thier careers and lives.

That's not something the coach should have to teach them, that is something that should be part if the reason they are selected.

Consistent top class performances in thier club and respective leagues with a proviso for the quality of that league.

In this regard I expect a lot more from Balogun. He has just been bought by a EPL club as an experienced and supposed quality defender according to his new manager.

He should know how to defend against set pieces. For this reason I would probably have Balogun as captain to organise the defence with authority.

But even with our flaws the team is unpredictable add pace to that and against Croatia we should overcome.

Croatia is very predictable and structured as well as heavily reliant on Modric.

I am watching Iwobi, Etebo, and Ebuehi grow up making us less dependant on Mikel. That's an advantage, everybody has to stand up and be counted.

No stars in the team everyone has to perform or you get dropped. That's why I am concerned in our team selection we may have passengers along for the ride. Because in this squad every player is needed to perform.


TEAM WORK our greatest ATTRIBUTE.

And what exactly did you see in the Croatia or Iceland game(s) that made you conclude that we'll end up with 3 heavy loses? Were you watching those games with your eyes closed

Croatia is yet to win any pre-world cup friendly match and they haven't even played well either. Same with Iceland. gosh, Iceland can't even beat common Ghanaian team who are not in the training camp and hasn't been playing together. So what makes you think they can beat Nigeria? Let's wait and see how Croatia does against Senegal today. That would give us a pretty good idea of their current form.

Ol' boy, please go back to your specialty and leave the game for people who know what they are talking about ... yea, we know the world cup is just around the corner, but it's NOT compulsory for everyone to be an expert. You can just read and learn from the people who know what they are talking about, OK?


O pari

congo4ka:
I watched Croatian game and also watching Iceland match, we will not just end up at the bottom table, we will end up with 0 points with 3 heavy losses. (No offensce)

KK555:


You are neither Rohr nor a member of the technical crew of the team. You do not know what is going on in the camp. All what you know about them are stuffs you read or see online. You are not the one to say that he is not ready to face the so called best strikers in the world. Lots of people here are just online and keyboard technical managers: coming up with different formations, tactics that they know nothing about to sound knowledgeable about the game.

You know nothing about the team. Leave that decision to those who manage the team.

I don't have to be in the dressing room to know if something has gone wrong. So your proposition is without any substance and has no place here.

Speak for yourself, maybe you have no knowledge experiential or certifiable and are therefore completely out of your depth. Then remain in your lack of knowledge.

But to cast aspersions on those who know more simply because you do not know. Is the opposite of wisdom.

It's often said that a foolish man when quite is often assumed to be wise.

One word for the lion of the tribe of Argentina

do you know that 22 out of 23 player's name in Iceland squad ends with "son"

Icon4s:


If Rohr would adopt the 3-5-2 formation I would rather we have Iwobi and Iheanacho upfront. Iwobi to cover from the left wing to the center and also easily joins the midfield but must always be ahead of Mikel who will play directly behind the duo.

Iheanacho is a very deadly finisher but he only needs someone to pair with to wreck havoc.

Iwobi pairing with Iheanacho upfront is the coup I want Rohr to plot against Croatia.

Where will victor Moses play if we pair iwobi and Iheanacho upfront in a 3-5-2 formation?

krattoss:
One word for the lion of the tribe of Argentina

Ohhhhhh Messi, you are great!!!

lexyman:



thumbs up forgiveness ... you re spot on .... the team played also for one another , and i think we will pull alot of surprises in the world cup proper , our only weakness is attacking from the wing , and Ebuehi did well with the few minutes . i think so far we have done well . still wonder how people watch their match .... thank God we re on losing streak ... Complacency would have set in and it will raise our hope too much .

What do you make of it if Musa is deployed as LWB in place of Idowu?

komekn:


I don't have to be in the dressing room to know if something has gone wrong. So your proposition is without any substance and has no place here.

Speak for yourself, maybe you have no knowledge experiential or certifiable and are therefore completely out of your depth. Then remain in your lack of knowledge.

But to cast aspersions on those who know more simply because you do not know. Is the opposite of wisdom.

It's often said that a foolish man when quite is often assumed to be wise.

I repeat, many of you here know nothing about football. Go out there, get a team or form one, apply your tactics and formations, manage your team, get into and participate in competitions and prove people wrong. Dont be a nairaland football manager only. Go out there and prove yourself a Mourihno, Klopp or Ancellotti.

When you lot are not preoccupied with tactics employed by the manager, you,ll be worried about the players in camp. Go and get your team, apply your football knowledge and wisdom and be a hero, otherwise your knowledge starts and ends on nairaland.

Many of you can not even manage a 5 aside team.

KK555:




I repeat, many of you here know nothing about football. Go out there, get a team or form one, apply your tactics and formations, manage your team, get into and participate in competitions and prove people wrong. Dont be a nairaland football manager only. Go out there and prove yourself a Mourihno, Klopp or Ancellotti.

When you lot are not preoccupied with tactics employed by the manager, you,ll be worried about the players in camp. Go and get your team, apply your football knowledge and wisdom and be a hero, otherwise your knowledge starts and ends on nairaland.

Many of you can not even manage a 5 aside team.

oga calm down..
No offense please, kindly tell me the reason and motive behind this thread..

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