AIG07:
When your full backs are poor and clueless.,there is nothing your wingers can do.

Shehu a full back that can not open up space to receive pass for crossing is that one a fullback?

Bascovanveli and Goldfish80, you guys are not honest with the truth. Shehu was below par. Even Idowu though not phenomenal improved on his game.

Why did you think Modric kept playing those long balls to his side. They knew Shehu was not just it.
He was caught out of position so many times. Not a single cross from him.

In short he was Echiejile on the right.

Mujtahida:

Bros, I'm I like Ebuehi but this reasoning that Ebuehi would have salvaged the situation is too simplistic to me.

AIG07:
It got to a time Moses was like Shehu move make I pass to you.

But did you know what Shehu kept doing.? He kept standing in front of Moses and staring at the ball.

ChrisKels:
From someone who once wore the shoe and knows where it pinches, Okocha ;


“It was a decent first half but maturity was the edge the Croatian team had over the Nigerian team,” Okocha said on SuperSport, where he was a guest analyst, after the game.

“The Super Eagles got done by the movements of the Croatian team in their box. The Super Eagles midfielders were not doing their best both in defending and in attack.

“Eagles didn’t get the best out of Alex Iwobi and Victor Moses because the manager was trying to accommodate Mikel Obi in the team.

“The manager didn’t earn his money today. We were not a threat in the first half and I was expecting him to play three at the back, five players in the midfield and two strikers to the team a chance to get back into the game.

“It is sad because I know we can do better than this. Of course there is still hope but we have to do it the hard way now.

“These (Croatians) are world class players who know how to win by exploiting little details.”
Okocha also blamed Rohr for deploying Mikel in the creative role.

“We didn’t have a creative player today,” the former Nigeria No.10 added. “Mikel has been a good servant to the national team. His best position is playing in front of the defence. We saw what he did playing for Chelsea where he had a glorious career.

“The most creative player in that team is Alex Iwobi but he was played on the flanks. He (Iwobi) can play on the flanks at Arsenal because they had better players in that role like Mesut Ozil.

“The reason why we lost was because we played our best players out of their positions.

“Playing Mikel in that position didn’t help Moses and Iwobi on the flanks.”

Eleniyan15:
Mikel Obi smh!!!
He was at a spot around that corner flag guess what he was doing

He was guiding the ball and two croatia player was with him and unfortunately he lost the ball because he was trying to dribble, come sense should have made him hit d ball on the player body lobatan and you win a free kick at worst throw


Shehu tried his best and he can't offer nothing much more than that, he made some good interceptions via leg and head.

Modric noticed shehu wasn't the best for that position so keeps loading the ball down persic wing

Mujtahida:

Even us wey no be coach don dey sing this song since last year- play Iwobi in the middle! Save for the Zambia match in Uyo, Iwobi has never, I repeat never been effective on the wings for Nigeria.

I said it immediately I saw the line up that anytime I see Iwobi on the wings I become sad because I know he will not play shingbai.

We are sabotaging our own players.

Mujtahida:

Na few of us na. At a point it even looked like it was forbidden for Iwobi to play in the middle.

ChrisKels:


I made this post on the 6th of june and some empty brains were waging war against me but today all them eyes dun clear Lol

TheGoodJoe:


When Mikel left, we crumbled and the Croatians over ran us. Okocha is talking creativity. However, creativity was not the problem. The problem was lack of mobility which was caused by Shehu and Ighalo. If Ebuehi and Iheanacho started, we would have caused the Croatians more problems.

Martz101:

what if we still qualify from this group?

ChrisKels:


Man you are being economical with the truth. That creativity and also mobility were lacking. Mikel should be pairing Ndidi to be replaced my Etebo after the hour mark. Iwobi should be the one behind our striker not Mikel. Yes Ebuehi should be starting ahead of Shehu, also Achor ahead of Ighalo.

Guy I am tired of drawing out formations since that crap of a coach will never try something different even though the current one is failing him.

After the compulsary 3 matches, the boys should come home.

Catalyst4real:
So Iran is presently topping a group with Spain and Portugal

ChrisKels:


I made this post on the 6th of june and some empty brains were waging war against me but today all them eyes dun clear Lol

Martz101:


what if we still qualify from this group?

TheGoodJoe:


What about the time Mikel battled a Croatian at the corner won the ball and gave a cross. The young man worked hard. I wonder why the criticism is on someone who gave his all for the team. Mikel was not the problem but movement upfront.

Icon4s:
Honestly speaking, overall the boys played well.

Our midfield did excellently well to match the Croats.

The own goal was unfortunate. No fault of either Etebor or Uzoho. It was just bad luck.

Ekong's foul is what I would not accept for a player in a tournament like the World Cup.

I hope Rohr does not start Ighalo again.

Iceland are very beatable. They will come out to claim 3 points against us and may get exposed.

Somebody should tell the boys that the fashion parade is over, and that the World Cup has started.

TheGoodJoe:


When Mikel left, we crumbled and the Croatians over ran us. Okocha is talking creativity. However, creativity was not the problem. The problem was lack of mobility which was caused by Shehu and Ighalo. If Ebuehi and Iheanacho started, we would have caused the Croatians more problems.

Icon4s:
Honestly speaking, overall the boys played well.

Our midfield did excellently well to match the Croats.

The own goal was unfortunate. No fault of either Etebor or Uzoho. It was just bad luck.

Ekong's foul is what I would not accept for a player in a tournament like the World Cup.

I hope Rohr does not start Ighalo again.

Iceland are very beatable. They will come out to claim 3 points against us and may get exposed.

Somebody should tell the boys that the fashion parade is over, and that the World Cup has started.

edi287:
Don't know what game you were watching but we didn't play well. Not at all. Croatia had a tougher game against Senegal in the friendlies.

pelezico:
No we did not play well. The game was the worst game so far. The Nigerians made it boring. We are going home early. The first game mattered and if we had lost but played well then I'd be optimistic however we played baddddd. These Croatians are not good but they played very cautiously whereas Nigeria played with fear and no imagination at all

Icon4s:
Honestly speaking, overall the boys played well.

Our midfield did excellently well to match the Croats.

The own goal was unfortunate. No fault of either Etebor or Uzoho. It was just bad luck.

Ekong's foul is what I would not accept for a player in a tournament like the World Cup.

I hope Rohr does not start Ighalo again.

Iceland are very beatable. They will come out to claim 3 points against us and may get exposed.

Somebody should tell the boys that the fashion parade is over, and that the World Cup has started.

solonnachi:
If we beat Iceland & Croatia draws Argentina, then it will be

Croatia. 4pts
Nigeria. 3pts
Argentina. 2pts
Iceland. 1pt


If we beat Iceland & Argentina beats Croatia, it will be:

Argentina 4pts
Croatia. 3pts
Nigeria. 3pts
Iceland. 1pt

We must be at our best. Play 3-5-2 Rohr please. Let Mikel and Ndidi sit deep while Iwobi plays 10.

Bunique:
Rohr has done well for us let's not forget. we did very well aside the errors we made. we only need to build from here, i would say we retain Rohr and let him continue the building of the team.

raindodger13:



I agree with you on one thing, that own goal was not Etebo's fault. That was a well executed set piece that was on course to go in whether Etebo's leg was in the way or not. I don't even think Etebo's leg even touched the ball to be honest.

Other then that let's tell ourselves the truth we played bad yesterday. They we're playing area boy football, just passing that ball around and running aimlessly as if the purpose of playing football is not to score a goal. We can't keep coddling these guys. They're grown men that are being paid a fortune.

I know some people won't like what Im about to do but I dont really care. Although its looking very bleak mathematically we still have chance to progress. Croatia is in the driver seat with 3 points but its a 3 way race between us, Iceland and Argentina. If we win our next two games we'll be destined for the round of 16 with 6 points and there will be no way Iceland or Argentina can get over 5 points. It's a tough mountain to climb but it's possible, as long as Nigeria abandons the nonsense they played yesterday.

TheGoodJoe:


What about the time Mikel battled a Croatian at the corner won the ball and gave a cross. The young man worked hard. I wonder why the criticism is on someone who gave his all for the team. Mikel was not the problem but movement upfront.