₦airaland Forum

safarigirl:
Apparently, their team used the same Press Conference table, and they are on Twitter gloating about it.

I cannot wait for them to come to Nigeria, so we will show them how to be the Giant of Africa. If your FA is so useless that they cannot make decent organisations for a visiting team, you don't deserve the light you even brag about.

This is so terrible. Even if we want to be useless in Nigeria, at least we dey cover our shame if visitors come

We’re not showing them how to be a giant, rather, we’re going to amplifying their ill treatment

Honestly, when you analyze the Ghana vs Nigeria squad 1 v 1, we’re have superior players. In football, having superior players isn’t enough reasons to win a game. Ex Italy vs Macedonia 0-1. My most concern is Eguavoen fielding a horrible tactics or not motivating his players enough. Honestly, I just hope that Eguavoen selects the right tactics, formation and team Selections and should constitute immediate changes if things aren’t fine

gatecrash123:
It was the same formation we used in defeating egypt. Remember we are going there to win and not to play safe. Forget We are better than this guys. It is better we use more of attackers which we have in abundance than playing defensively which we are not strong at. Football is about scoring, if we concede no lele, so far we outscore them. You see this ghana their defence is f9, midfield e7, attack e8. What's there to be scared. I'm not bragging but that is the fact.

We don’t really have to win in Kumasi a draw will be fine. In the return leg, we can go all out but still not a 424. I even prefer an attacking 352 than a 424

chrisooblog:
Dude it's his opinion no need for the abuse

Abeg people should not be suggesting foolish opinion with the excuse that, it’s his opinion. Na only soccer street get

gatecrash123:
My opinion on our lineup against ghana tomorrow: i feel the coach should go for the lineup he used at the nations cup(4-2-3-1) with osimhen and balogun who are not available at the nations cup coming in, cos we definitely need balogun's height for set piece. So the defence should be; aina, balogun, ekong and zaidu.

Then for the midfield, i will go for aribo and i feel onyeka should replace injured ndidi. Iheanacho should play as a supporting striker that he is, then osimhen as the number 9.

As for the two wingers, i feel the coach should go for lookman and chukwueze reason because they are our less physical wingers among the four available. So by the time it's second half the Ghanaians would have gotten tired, then simon and Dennis can come in and torment the tired Ghanaians defence.
Then for for goalkeeper uzoho should start.

Osimhen

Lookman iheanacho chukwueze

Aribo onyeka

Zaidu aina
Ekong balogun

Uzoho

What sort of Idiot plays the same 424 again in an away game? You must have not learnt anything from Tunisia

[quote author=chrisooblog post=111324734]Our bredas don start. Check out the ''stairwell'' they gave our team to come down from the plane

The Super Eagles are in Kumasi#GHANGA pic.twitter.com/T1AB1wNIyg

— Obong Colin NOT Collins (@ColinUdoh) March 24, 2022

must double their ill treatment

zicky:
very funny names, anyone that's conversant with the eagles will know who our SS will most likely be.

424 isn’t a wise formation to play in a game that your opponents midfield will be crowded and kelechi isn’t in form

Stormtrooper11:
ohh. Thought you typed Goalkeeper. Lol
Simon Moses is good. He did just fine in the AFCON. His problem is that he needs to know when to stop dribbling and pass the damn ball! In the game against Tunisia he probably let those "praises" into his head. Man probably was thinking he was prime Messi . He became a ballhog in the game. Killin our offense in the process and making us look toothless. Precision, Technicality and Tactical in-depth is key.

Dennis is much productive. In the long run, dennis and lookman will be my choice on the wings. Personally, a forward line of lookman Dennis and osimehn can punish any team in the world

caprikon:
Uzoho

Ekong Omeruo

Aina. Zaidu

Bonke Frank

Chukwueze. Aribo Simon

Osimhen

To bench an experienced player like Etebo?

We should expect unsportsmanlike conduct from the Ghanaians I am very confident about it. In the reverse fixture, we must amplify whatever treatment that the Ghanaians do to us

I am looking at our forward line and all I can say is that, we’re too talented upfront not to showcase our talent to the world. Eguavoen please select the right balanced formation especially in the Midfield

mostob:
Looks like Sadiq is not yet in camp...

Does Omeruo looks more bulkier or is it my eyes...

If we're going with 442, Sadiq should partner Osimehn

442 in an away game again?

komekn:
After 19 games he has scored 2 goals in the EPL, if that's your measurement for improvement then I'm totally lost

How many minutes did he play at those 19 games? Where were you when he was Leicester top scorer in all competitions last season despite playing lesser games than his strikers?

maidaboi:
Emmanuel Dennis Absence In
Super Eagles Camp Angers
Eguavoen Following Arrival Of His
Teammates

https://www.owngoalnigeria.com/2022/03/22/emmanuel-dennis-absence-in-super-eagles-camp-angers-eguavoen-following-arrival-of-his-teammates/

LOL

The story seem cooked up by that journalist to get Nigerians to dislike Dennis.

safarigirl:
No Kudus?

Who be these guys?

Kudus is mohammed

He added,
“they poured excreta and juju inside our dressing room and we couldn’t go in. We changed outside. They destabilised us, Kumasi fans are very harsh and unfriendly and it’s the same city coach Eguavoen is going back to.”


“It’s not a place you’ll like to play, the forces there are too much but I believe we have players who can withstand the heat there,” Udoh said.



Curled from Punch newspapers


In addition to the unsportsmanlike behavior that we should expect, there are allegations of voodoo practices expected by the Ghanaians. NFF must amplify whatever treatment vetted by the Ghanaians. If they’re fair to us, we should be fair to them. But, if they go low, we must go to hell

Tessyy1701:
I'm 100% in support of this. We don't need to accord them the treatment they don't deserve when they will be coming here because we want to play the big brother role, they want to fight dirty then let's go all out with them.

If dem born NFF or eguavoen well, make dem dey form big brother

The unsportsmanlike behavior that our Ghanaian counterpart has been exhibiting must be replicated by their Nigerian counterparts. First of all, I don’t know how the NFF allowed the Ghanaians to switch stadium few weeks to the match. (It isn’t legal) and I also heard that, Nigerians will be allocated only 2000 tickets for the game. NFF must amplify the unsportsmanlike behavior shown by their counterparts x10 at the return leg in Ghana. For example, if they provide you with a 3*** hotel in Kumasi, you should provide them with a 1*** in Abuja. If they provide you with only 2000 tickets, provide them with 500 tickets

Our forward line can beat anyone in Africa. The impediment is just the midfield. Why can’t coaches see what the fans are viewing by solidifying it’s midfield instead of assuming that, the midfield isn’t essential??

I want to see a front trio of victor, Lookman and Dennis. Any team can get it

jasena:
If I were to stake my money on the outcome, I would say ghana would qualify for the world cup. 'Soup wet sweet an money kill am'. They have a world class coach with a lot of experience from the premiership. While eguavon is playing is football with his mouth, and bringing up a list to 'pacify some people in the nff', his Ghanaian counterpart is silent on the matter. We haven't learnt from our mistakes in afcon, Nigerian players are invited on the basis of sentiment rather than merit or current form. Nigerias most consistent scorers in the big stage such as cyriel dessert(wven scored this week at the Europe Conference league), nwaekeme ( Nigeria's top performer in terms of goals and assists in Europe ) are ignored. And poorly performing goalkeeper like okoye is maintained, old legs like onazi and etebo are brought in, bonke overlooked, moffi overlooked, our coach is also a poor match reader and I'm sure the Ghanaian coach has his plan a, b and c in place. Another Tunisia sort of match seems to be in the making

This is one of the weakest Ghanaian team in their history and it’s the opposite for us. If Eguavoen fvcks this up again like vs Tunisia,……..

nelszx:
But Ndidi hasn't been ruled out of the clash. If it was a knee injury by now we'd have gotten updates. He left the pitch unassisted which doesn't tell a knee problem (you won't be able to walk).

I hope its a knock and he should be back after some time off to rest.

Let’s play the same mind games with Ghana by saying that ndidi is out of the Ghana game

Eguavoen selected an imbalanced team with a weak midfield. Consequently, we’re hearing that our “2 in 1” player (Ndidi) might be unavailable for the Ghana game. At this point, situation is becoming more serious if a drastic change doesn’t occur.
Onyeka, etebo and Aribo has to step up and if anyone of them becomes injured, only replacement are onazi, and shehu

PurpleHouse:
God forbid bad thing.

I reject it in Jesus name.

lol na the reality wey dey on board you’re involving Jesus in soccer. E be like say you don mad

PurpleHouse:
This people don use juju abi them go pay person to injure Ndidi for their benefit?

Onazi dey

semid4lyfe:
1.That's the problem, Eguavoen is hung up on the past and is too player centric.

A good coach harnesses the talents at his disposal and adopts tactics suited to their strengths and to neutralize the opponents.

For example, Tunisia was depleted and without 12 players (some of them key players) when they played us at the AFCON. The coach did not whine. Instead, he adopted a tactical formation that overloaded the midfield, played close & compact, cut off our wingplay by double marking our wingers and got the win.

2. Eguavoen is misyarning and making gaffes all over the place.

➡️Admitting some players were invited to pacify certain people & interests

➡️Saying he has not traveled to watch some players play live and that's why they were not invited.

That's a nonsensical statement. This is 2022 for crying out loud and with the internet one can comfortably watch matches in the comfort of his/her living room and assess players.

➡️Hyping a retired player with questionable commitment and trying to bring him back into the fold

➡️Saying he knows his starting 11 against Ghana when the players have not reported to camp and had any training.

➡️Saying he cannot play through the middle (midfield) because he lacks players like Mutiu Adepoju and the late Thompson Oliha.

When you juxtapose the last two statements, you'll realize Eguavoen has already given away his formation and tactics for the game against ghana

Eguavoen no try abeg.


By the way, there was nothing special in Thompson Oliha and Mutiu Adepoju. It's just Eguavoen and his nostalgia for the past.

But rohr tried implementing his own tactics and you guys claimed that he doesn’t know Nigeria football identity. Now, let’s enjoy Eguavoen 424 wing focused formation

nelszx:
I think Eguavoen at this point needs to shut up. He talks way too much.

Do the talk on the pitch and not media houses. He should be planning and strategizing with his assistants on the game next week.

When Rohr wasn’t talking, you guys claimed that he is too boring, dry, quiet and meek. Now, you’re claiming that Eguavoen is talking too much. Nigerian fans talk too much abegi

jihday:
I actually watched the interview and I was shocked, guy you no get your own way of building a team? Why using 94 template?

Hindsight is 20/20 because now the same people that were criticizing gernot rohr for not understanding Nigeria football identity and praising Eguavoen is speaking differently

andrewbaba44:
Average player sha

But not that bad

He is average but for Nigeria standard, he is our best available LB now

elyte89:
Even if Ghanaians are using delaying tactics to release deir list,what abt oda African countries vying for spots..are dey also using same tactics ?

When it comes to Nigeria, everyone becomes powerful. The Ghanaians wouldn’t had tried such tactics against another African team

komekn:
My goodness see analysis.

I doubt if Zaidu will get into any EPL club.

Ndidi has not been outstanding this season he is a very long way from world class.

Victor O, plays with fiery rage and Aggression I have not seen in any player. He is truly relentless in his pursuit of the goal. He is not the best technically speaking and his goal tally is not outstanding.

However, in a different team that plays him as a True no 9 , he will score goals a lot more I think. But he is till very far off world class.

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If osimehn is presently the best overall (level wise) then who is?? If dem born you well change the narrative to suit you. Who is the best player right now at the super eagles??

Icon4s:
If you have to chose between Starting Osimhen or Onuachu against Ghana, who will it be?

Although, I don’t want to dismiss onuachu goals at his club but even the most harsh critic will admit that Osimehn looks slightly above everyone on the super eagles shirt. Right now, the players that perform at a higher level than, their peers are

Osimehn ……..

Ndidi……..

Zaidu………

These 3 are above average or close to world class in my opinion. Although, dennis has been super eagles overall best player this season, I haven’t seen his performance for NIG