LieDetector:
Remember how I was reserved and expressed my vote of no confidence when a hint of our starting line up yesterday was flashed. Rohr is so clueless for crying out loud. I pulled a statistics for you guys with the 3 5 2 where we average 1.3goals every 45mins and concede zero goal. But the white onigbinde doesn't know zilch. He played 4-3-3. Iwobi out wide. Shehu offered absolutely nothing going forward. Watch that game again and you notice the primary cause of the goals we conceded is shehu. Perisic had a field day. I pray Rohr doesn't play ebuehi in this tournament again. I really wish for him to be a world star but Rohr doesn't just fancy him. He should wait for for Holland call up.


We're back to our calculator days. Oh how I miss that. Let's solve some little algebra

If Croatia beats Argentina and we beat Iceland, it will be

Croatia - 6
Nigeria - 3
Argentina - 1
Iceland - 1

If Croatia draws Argentina and we beat Iceland, then

Croatia - 4
Nigeria - 3
Argentina - 2
Iceland - 1

If Croatia loses to Argentina and we beat Iceland, then

Argentina - 4
Nigeria - 3
Croatia - 3
Iceland - 1


Our qualification solely rests upon our shoulders. Beat Iceland then we have chance.


YES WE CAN


Rohr should get his tactics right. 3 5 2 with the right players is the way to go

TheSuperNerd:
What do you mean by we should not continue with these players? So you wanna disband the team?!

This is a young team and this is their first tournament together. The likes of Iheanacho, Iwobi, Ekong, Etebo, Ndidi, Ebuehi, Idowu, Uzoho, Simy, Awaziem, Shehu, etc are all young and talented and are among the players
that offer us great hopes for the future.

The likes of Balogun, Ogu, Ezenwa, and Ighalo are having their first WC experience.

This is a team on the rise and you wanna take us 50 years backwards by disbanding them? What will that achieve?



Also, one thing you must understand is that Our coaching decisions also killed us off yesterday apart from those two errors.
We matched and contained the Croatians but we just didn't do enough in the final third to threaten Subasic and by the time Rohr decided to act on what we all hear already realised and saw, it was damn too late. Rohr should man up and take the blame. He caused this loss.

For the first time in a long while at a world cup game, we had a good bench with some players even better than what we had on the field and Rohr failed to act on that.
The team matched the Croatians but were undone by poor coaching decisions, two errors from setpieces fear (which we must deal with going forward), and lack of adventure upfront for the most parts. Ighalo offered little movement as the no.9, Moses chose to keep falling instead of staying on his feet some times, and Shehu failed to offer himself up as an attacking outlet down that right where Moses was causing all sorts of problems for Strinic.

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edi287:

You and I know that's not happening.

Sheuns:


Because they see football as business that's why their leagues work. They invest more.

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

Bolowolowo:
Currently, the Icelanders are going into our game with gate crashing confidence as they drew with the Argies. On top of this, they'll literally have home advantage as THEY CURRENTLY HAVE WAY MORE SUPPORTERS THAN US IN RUSSIA. It'll feel like we're playing in Reykjavik. Our technical crew must take note of this.

eph12:

Abomination!!!!

nextlevel2222:



Can we break this Iceland defense? That's where the problem lies. Those guys are more technical than this croatia team. And I dnt see Rohr changing tactics and play our players in the right positions, I dnt expect any changes dnt be surprised to see the same set of players in our next match. That Rohr is too stubborn Abi Wetin I go call this thing wey he dey do to us... He is dashing our hopes.. I watched the match with over 100 people at view center yesterday, none of them were happy.. Everybody was sad with the result this shows how Nigerians are passionate about our team. I couldn't sleep well last night. Rohr needs to get it right against Iceland. Can we still make it?

Icon4s:


Going into that game, Croatia were the favorites considering the quality they have especially in the midfield.

I was expecting us to be on the back foot for most of the game and thriving on counters but we wrestled the midfield with them.

We didn't create too many chances but Uzoho didn't really make point blank saves either.

We were just unlucky with the own goal. That ball was not goal bound. Etebo's right foot deflected it in.

I expect us to give a better performance against Iceland.

Though Mikel didn't bring his A game but he didnt play as badly as peeps here make it seem. On people blaming Rohr for playing him in the AM position is it not the same player that played the position all through the qualifiers and was hailed by all? He has done well repeatedly in that position so it was a no brainer for Rohr to start him there.

nextlevel2222:



Can we break this Iceland defense? That's where the problem lies. Those guys are more technical than this croatia team. And I dnt see Rohr changing tactics and play our players in the right positions, I dnt expect any changes dnt be surprised to see the same set of players in our next match. That Rohr is too stubborn Abi Wetin I go call this thing wey he dey do to us... He is dashing our hopes.. I watched the match with over 100 people at view center yesterday, none of them were happy.. Everybody was sad with the result this shows how Nigerians are passionate about our team. I couldn't sleep well last night. Rohr needs to get it right against Iceland. Can we still make it?

Oasis007:




LMAO...... Sir Kog45 is not happy with the description.

Oasis007:




If that's not the Case he would have started Tyrone.



By the way, did I say all or some?! Bro, don't pour your anger and Frustration on me pls. Read well next time before you quote.

Oasis007:







Be a Man and keep to your Words Dude. You are tearing apart the Team now ba?! The same Team you believed they are good enough for the World Cup?!

Wawu!

Mujtahida:

Big faaaaat lie. I challenge you to dig up just one of my post where I said Mikel is our best AM.
I have witnesses ooo cos I've long since last year after the Algeria match where Iwobi was ineffective from the wings began to call for him to be played in the middle. Joebie and I had many discussions on the point. Then some here used to argue:he is not matured, he has no eye for a pass, Mikel is the best in that position etc.

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.

gloryon:
Have being a silent reader of this great thread. I know the optimist , pessimist and the opportunists of this thread. At this juncture though,if nigeria fails to qualify from the group, I will stop supporting them because I don't know what else to be done to make the eagles fly. This time around everything was done for them and the boys refuse to fly. Am heartbroken

kennysville:


You know i have refrained from name callling but it seems you lack the basic ettiquettes of communication. I have watched you engage everyone and it seems you like getting on toes ever since you got on this thread and basically, I am not sure what ur background is or who it is that offended you when you were growing up, but dude, its time you grew up and be matured. There are ways of engaging people without resorting to vituperations.

You need to learn communications 101.
Gerrrit?


Oh.... and grow up pleazzzzzzzze

Goke7:


Even an amokachi will not lose to that poor Croatian side. Rohr has himself to blame but this is not the first time a german is ruining our national team. Even a Berti vogts could not take us beyond an afcon quarter final. For me am done with foreign coaches.

They lack good knowledge of our players and we are not realising this

TheSuperNerd:
Oga... See ehn... Understand something.

This has been the same clichéd argument for the local players. That they will play their lives out, spill blood on the pitch, and rather die on field defending the GWG better. Lol... But all that is just sentimental hogwash.

The local players cannot and will not give what they don't have. And what they don't have is the ability and mentality to cope and fare against top quality opposition on the biggest stage of the beautiful game. WE WILL BE SO ROASTED EHN... IN FACT, THE PASSION WILL MEAN NOTHING AGAIN, because passion without the requisite mentality to compete will only work to kill off that passion the more and make us look like fools.



The best way to go with the local lads thing is to improve our league and channel our focus on stepping up the quality. That way, our local lads can be trusted but right now, it is not even close. So it is not about belief in the local league my man, it is about the huge gap in quality... This is the FIFA World cup... The highest level of the beautiful game. And gathering a bunch of locals motivated to make names for themselves will not be enough I am afraid.

I know some may wanna refer to Iceland but Iceland have some players in top leagues too. And their league is possibly even better compared to ours.

Oasis007:


Guess we can finally come to terms with some Critics of Rohr and his Team, especially Mickael2. They don't hate the Team, only being realistic with Rohr Tactics, Lineup and Conservatism.

They ain't like some Folks that believed in the Team only to sharply turn around because we lost a Match out of 3 in the Group Stage.

Who says we can't still make it to the next Round?! Mathematically we are in the Competition. Realistically we ain't a walk-over Team, and hopefully our Boys will bounce back and do us proud again.

#SoarHigherEagles

Martz101:


prior to this worldcup you keep saying keep iwobi on the bench, bring him on when mikel is tired, me and some people here asked you what if mikel don't get tired?

you people should quit the i told you so game, we are not out yet....i still believe

Sheuns:
I've always said the best set of players that should be taken for national honors are home based players. Our international players are average and get little or no playing time in their clubs. Imagine leaving Nwakali and Lokosa behind because you feel Mikel, and other mediocre players have experience. People playing in Chinese league that's not even as competitive as our own league. We should bone those foreign players and pick local ones. How can a country of over 180m people not be able to get 23 good and hungry players? Croatia and Iceland have far less population. Those our players are just doing big boy on the pitch, even Ronaldo and Messi didn't stroll aimlessly on the pitch. That Mikel is just a big waste, carry no 10 give defender.

Oasis007:




Wetin be una Problem sef. We will make it to the next Round.

Martz101:


prior to this worldcup you keep saying keep iwobi on the bench, bring him on when mikel is tired, me and some people here asked you what if mikel don't get tired?

you people should quit the i told you so game, we are not out yet....i still believe

Sheuns:


Those nations you mentioned don't parade themselves as a football nation remember. We always claim we are a footballing nation yet we never live up to the hype, maybe in the 90s we did. Forget all these crappy foreign players, they will never be of any good to us, BONE them and go local. As for Mikel I've never advocated for him as a good player, he's not GOOD and that's the pure truth. He might do better as a DM but as AM he's ERROR. Let's always learn to tell ourselves the truth. Our league is even much competitive than Chinese league the only lacking thing is adequate funding. Take it or leave it local players are out Best bet.

Oasis007:







Be a Man and keep to your Words Dude. You are tearing apart the Team now ba?! The same Team you believed they are good enough for the World Cup?!

Wawu!

Mujtahida:
We didn't play badly and we didn't play well. My pain is that Croatia with all their above average, star studded team didn't do anything magical, nothing whatsoever. We made it too easy for them.