ChrisKels:


Na u give am injury wey make am unfit? Shut up if u no get wetin to talk. Na Balogun wey pass let fitness test. Ebuehi was never injured at any point. He only had a simple nose bleeding about 4 days ago

Bolowolowo:


2 days ago they were deciding on their goal celebration, yet they can't score a goal. Too much Insta and SHAKU SHAKU. Domestic boys would've had more fight. Rohr's incompetence just makes things 10x worst.

phreakabit:


OMGoodness! i done nearly piss for cloth!

Barcelona played 4-3-3

Iniesta, plays on the left side of the midfield as a CAM. Rakitic has NEVER played in that position, even when he was in Sevila.
What are you talking about?
Rakitic was bought to replace Xavi.
Sergi Roberto was actually suppose to replace iniesta as he is a natural CAM, but he is considered not good enough, and thus has to settle for the RB position in place of Semedo.

LieDetector:
Akanji is better than balogun + Idowu + Omeruo

goldfish80:

This is where man management comes in. If there was friction between Leno and Ter Stegen, the Manger should have stepped up and resolved it. Those 2 guys played at the confed cup last year. Kevin Trapp was binned by Unai Emery last season, reduced him to just making appearances in French cup games.

phreakabit:


OMGoodness! i done nearly piss for cloth!

Barcelona played 4-3-3

Iniesta, plays on the left side of the midfield as a CAM. Rakitic has NEVER played in that position, even when he was in Sevila.
What are you talking about?
Rakitic was bought to replace Xavi.
Sergi Roberto was actually suppose to replace iniesta as he is a natural CAM, but he is considered not good enough, and thus has to settle for the RB position in place of Semedo.

Icon4s:
Manuel Akanji doing a good job.


I don't know how a veteran like Murphy Akanji would allow his son to play for Switzerland.

goldfish80:

My point still stands that favoritism is not a Nigerian thing. I have listed as much as 4 players at the drop of the hat who made the German team on very questionable grounds.
You cannot keep saying Germans are not sentimental when there's no clear definition why some of those guys made the team. I'm sure there's a German word for "sentiment"

Icon4s:


Calm down my sister.

You are not as disappointed as I am.

I recall you saying we like to concede. The thing now is we don't concede from open play it is always through set pieces. I believe we were also unlucky with the own goal. That really influences the course of the game.

Ekong did almost what Eguovoen did against Italy at USA 94 WC. Meaning we didn't learn from that.

I will not give up on the boys yet. The minimum I expected was a decent performance even if we don't qualify from the group.

I have always rated every Nigerian team high going into every WC. Let's see how they will respond against Iceland.

Icon4s:
Manuel Akanji doing a good job.


I don't know how a veteran like Murphy Akanji would allow his son to play for Switzerland.

edi287:

Bros Xhaka IS our DM. At Arsenal, he has more defensive responsibility than he did at Mochengladbach.
I can't say he played him as a Regista - look who he paired him up with - RAMSEY!!

krattoss:
Although Brazil is winning, the switz are giving them run for their money

Eleniyan15:
Countinho is playing a deeper role and that doesn't stop him from still been creative and he also scored ll if anyone calls for Mikel been AM again, then I'm sure he or she doesn't want Good thing for Nigerian Team in this Tournament

edi287:

You do know Rakitic started his career as a wide player right?

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

TheSuperNerd:
Truly he has been good. He even won a challenge in a race with Gabriel Jesus easily beating him off the ball. Akanji is another loss but I hope we don't miss out on Noah Okafor playing in same club that breeded Akanji... Basel FC.

Akanji is now a Dortmund player by the way. His rise continues.

Mujtahida:

its disappointing that you are saying this. if the boy has a bad game let us say he had a bad game. if he was injured and not match fit let us say so. you know he was injured.you always claim to be a footballer yet look at what you are saying just to take cheap pot shots at the young boy.i like ebuehi but recently after the england friendly i became indifferent as to who starts between him and shehu. it was i and bengine who also said he plays football that defended ebuehi here when many came for his head after the serbia match telling them how long a groin injury takes to heal and he was proven right when ebuehi's club came out to say that they were afraid that he would not make the WC squad because he was just recovering from the groin injury he sustained two weeks before the match against serbia. yes, he underperformed but you cannot say that the injury is a nice excuse.

you are obviously denying the facts and deliberately suppressing the truth just to make your points and its not cool yet you claim to be a footballer or one who played the game beyond our normal backyard monkey post.not good bo, not good at all

andrew444:


It's not easy we can't get all foreign guys

We are lucky to get ebuehi especially now that he is a benfica player if not we for hear am.

If ebuehi dey team like Ajax to get am go be wahala oo,thank God say e don dey super eagles before he join benfica

somehow:


Apart from the rating you gave Ighalo, i agree with everything else, was discussing this with the guys we watched the match together as soon as i saw the line up. This would have saved Iwobi from tiring out too early, the few times he came to this position, he had attempts at goal which got blocked.

Insisting on playing 4:2:3:1 would have worked much more better if he deployed the right legs on the right positions.

BascoVanVeli:


Rakitic was an AMF in Seville

TheSuperNerd:
I was among the first to say long ago that we surely won't get all but we must try to get the quality ones/potentials we can get our hands on.

We must not fail in this regard.... It must be part of our Post-Russia project alongside the gradual blooding in of Other Naija young super talents and good fringe players.

I have said it few times and I am saying this again.