Oasis007:




Cc Unlimited22

Hope you gonna believe in the Team like our Bruh?!

TheGoodJoe:


I have told you people the same thing over and over again but you guys have continued with your false doctrine.

Iheanancho was good in the game against South Africa but the midfield failed in taking advantage of his runs. Yet you people want to blame Iheanacho for the midfield not finding him.

Now Ighalo offered little movement upfront and now you people want to blame Mikel for our conservative style.

Playing Mikel deeper means you guys want Iwobi or Iheanacho in attack midfield to support Ighalo because he is not capable of causing defenders problem.

It might work but it kills our three man midfield combos who can contribute defensively and keep us compact in the Middle. To take advantage of this, we need movement upfront. This was our problem, not Mikel.

When Iheanacho entered, with Mikel in the side, we were deadlier. It is so easy to see. Look at the window when Iheanacho attacked and tell me we would not have cause the Croatians more problems.

TheSuperNerd:
You added notes on corners...

Okay now let's try to get this... We wasted our corners because right from I can remember, we have not yet mastered the art of being threatening from set pieces like Cornerkicks. And it is sad. I recall many pages ago crediting Oliseh for improving that aspect of our play. We were deadly from indirect freekicks and corner kicks in his short tumultuous reign. But under Rohr we have only converted once from a corner against Cameroun... A dummy corner it was sef.


Also, in a corner kick, the opponent is organized enough to snuff us out and add that to the fact we are not threatening.

Now back to crosses...

In an attacking move down the flanks with the bold and adventurous fullback pushing into those pockets of spaces to run in behind and pick some crosses , the opponent won't be as organized as it is for a corner. It would be quick attempts by their available men at the back to clear the ball and there is a chance he could miss and we score, he turns it into his net... Or he clears it tamely and we capitalise and hit a rocket in....

...Or it could be akin to the fullback acting like an overlapping Onazi against Cameroun who found Nacho with a sweet low level headed cross after running in behind after opening up nicely for Victor Moses down same right... (This is what Shehu was meant to offer when we were in quick attack down that right at times... Ebuehi can offer this trait).
This is what crosses can do and how dangerous we can actually be from crosses.

TheGoodJoe:


Hang in there. Rohr might adopt a more adventurous pattern in the next game.

TheGoodJoe:


We conceded from set pieces but we were not over run in the Middle. Towards the end, it was a free flow from the Croatians.

Gerrit?

sontoly:



I totally support you sir, and I dont know why the coach doesnt see it, the truth is Ighalo has more supporters than Iheanacho thats why no one sees his flaws.

Ighalo position skill is so poor, not good in air
poor decision making, give him ten chance he wont score one, infact you wont even find he to give a chance sef.
He is always with a defender and doesnt lose his marker, slow to react and we call that one a striker, we are deceiving ourself, it will take a miracle for him to score most of his shots are week. Abeg i don tire to see am for pitch, person wey get 5 goals since he started playing for us.
The only lethal striker is iheanacho unfortunately the coach no like am just same way he prefers shehu to ebuehi.
I dont have anyhope in rohr at all.

Ighalo not good enough.

ChrisKels:


If you are pissed, u hang urself.

I said it was joke calling u an unknown entity and that it was a joke calling for Rohr's sack before our first match. I never said it was a joke calling Rohr inept.


Prove me wrong or face ur palm

I will be the first to hail him if he changes to a winning formation and gets results, but until then his ineptitude is unquantifiable.

Mind you Chris does not care whose ox is gored, so vex or no vex, for ur pocket. Not u nor ur ilks go fit influence my opinion on any subject matter here

Im not one who makes comment to please people, I don't need you to like my opinion to know i said Whats right. I dont care about ur existence neither do I, how u feel so bleep off

Smiles, it's quite obvious that you're pained but covered it with those chuckling smiley's. Never would I engage you in that name-calling attitude of yours.

Enjoy your weekend bros.

TheSuperNerd:
We could have tried. Crosses coming in like rain in that manner can always result in one chance or the other for a strike to be made. It must not always be about connecting with the head. The ball could drop off a poor or desperate tame clearance and one hit from the in-running advanced midfielders or forwards like Iwobi, Moses or Mikel or maybe an Ndidi depending on their positioning when we are on the attack in such manner, could head right in.

Also, Balogun's came from a corner I think. Ighalo's was weak no doubt and from the flanks (left flank I think).

In all, crosses dropped more than four or five times repeatedly in the opponent box could or may result in a chance for a strike off a desperate tame clearance... Or an easy tap in..

somehow:


Bro we dont have the line up that favors pull in/crosses except if Rohr starts using 2 strikers which must include Simy. So Shehu did nothing wrong yesterday because Moses did most of the wing play on that right side so what kind of crosses were you then expecting from him and for who?

The formation didn't favor any pul in/crosses. Believe this bro.

krattoss:
I don't this k there was much difference in the way we played yesterday and the way we played our friendlies..

And with the way we play, I don't think we I'll even score one goal in this tournament
That's the sad truth. And the problem is not from the coach, it's just from the semi average team been paraded..

We re just below average and thus not much should be expected in this worldcup.

We can only boast in our own continent against our fellow mediocre African teams. But when it comes to the world, the ballers takes the stage and the minors obsoletes in shame

somehow:


The ones that came in, how many did you use?

You that cant even defend the ones that came into your own box wants to make use of those in the opposite half?

Get the truth, this squad will do nada with crosses, they are better off with grass ball. If you want more crosses, use the right tools as strikers.

somehow:


What does this even mean? Conceding from set piece exonerate him or what?

Then we should just blame only Ekong and the unfortunate Etebor then. Since the rest didnt cause the 2 goals.

AIG07:
AMAJU HAS DONE SO MUCH FOR THIS BOYS.

He will be the most disappointed.

I was hoping we go far. Just to pass the message of how important preparation and planning is to achieving goals to the entire nation. But the team and coaches are hell bent on sabotaging Pinnick's efforts.

If we fail again. We are back to square 1. Poor fans turn out at our stadias. Neglect of the team by the populace. Poor or no sponsorship deals. So much headache for AMAJU. This is heart breaking.

Mujtahida:

How will people not be sad when football is the only harmless thing that gives us a high and offers us momentary escape from this chain saw called Nigeria.

Rohr is beginning to look like APC. So much promise, so much hope and expectation but see what we are getting.

I just want this team to do well. And notwithstanding the talk about the average quality of the team I believe they have the capacity to do well. I didn't see any Ronaldo or Busquets or Ramos in the Iceland team but I saw determination, fearlessness and will. This are the things we lack.

TheGoodJoe:


To make the team thick. The criticism Etebo got against South Africa was that he could not take advantage of Iheanacho's runs. In the case of Mikel, he worked hard but in front we did not have movement. Different cases.

Bolowolowo:
I literally cannot move myself to watch any matches. I think I'll some Netflix and go to sleep.

Humility017:
It seems the old coach still havent learn from his mistakes...always looking for an excuse to give for his incompetence

Rohr Explains Why He Didn't Employ 3-5-2 Formation Vs Croatia

Nigeria manager Gernot Rohr has explained why he played four at the back for the entirety of the Super Eagles 2-0 loss to Croatia, discarding the 3-5-2 formation that worked well for him, especially in the second half, during the pre-World Cup friendlies.

The former Bayern Munich defender has pointed out that the loss to the Balkans was not as a result of the formation but due to the inability of the team to defend set-pieces.

''I think the organization was okay, we didn't concede the goal in normal play, we conceded the two goals from set-pieces and it is not a question of tactics or system,'' Rohr said at the post-match press conference.
''Our system was okay, we cannot play with three (defenders) when there is only one center forward, so we played with four because they were three strikers and the Croatian strikers are very strong and I was satisfied about the organization of the team.
''What we are missing today is to be more professional with set-pieces to avoid the two goals coming from these situations.
''Each game is different, we know we can play with three center-backs but it was not a good day to do that today.''
Rohr added that the young players in the team, thought to be Oghenekaro Etebo and William Troost-Ekong, made mistakes which led to the two goals conceded by the Super Eagles.

''We are disappointed, when you lose a match it is not a good thing for us but we must recognize Croatia had the better team tonight.
''My young players made some mistakes especially from the corners we worked so much. The first goal came from a corner, the second one also from a corner, a penalty.

''There were also so many fouls in the other box that could have been a penalty for us. but we have to accept this defeat and now we have to win against Iceland.
''All is possible still because we have only one point to win to win against the two other teams. If we win the next game, all is possible for the qualification.''

Ifeanyi Emmanuel

source : ANS

TheGoodJoe:


You asked what I mean by our midfield collapsing. Scoring from set pieces is not midfield collapsing. Our midfield collapsed when we got over run by the Croats repeatedly.

Gerrit?

BascoVanVeli:


We had plenty movement but Mikel held on to the ball and played sideways or backwards. I don't think he made a key forward pass the entire match

BascoVanVeli:


We had plenty movement but Mikel held on to the ball and played sideways or backwards. I don't think he made a key forward pass the entire match

somehow:
Rohrrrrr

Ogu, musa and Ighalo can come on as substitute.

TheSuperNerd:
Did we cross at all with Shehu in that game? Did Shehu open up and send in one cross? So why asking for the ones that fell in? Funny. You are just doing your best to defend Shehu. Omo... Shehu was poor offensively when we were in transit in attack down the right wing. I need not speak so much on that even. It is glaring except to a few of you ofcos who choose to see only what you choose to see.