ckmayoca:
The problem wit the ambrose is that he over laps and he can't run, every attackers beats him on 1 on 1 run so he shld learn to always be at the back/middle.

Theben:
OP, I agree with your line up except for the fact that you had to drop Oghnekaro who was faultless in the first leg for Onazi who i believe is not disciplined enough to cover our lousy central defenders.

binhozie:
line up
that will thrash Egypt


.................................... C.Ikeme

Shehu. ........Oboabona ......Ambrose........Amuzie

....................................Mikel

....................Etebo

.,........................................ Iwobi


V. Moses.............A. Musa .............S.Moses

and Siasia should stop blaming the defenders for conceding that goal he should have shored up his defence towards the end planned his sub's better Aminu for iheanacho was unnecessary it should have been Moses for iheanacho then you can cap Iwobi and still have one sub to use Azubuike okechukwu or orji or echejile should have come in to kill time and shore the back. I don't know if he was even watching the opponents they brought in One midfielder and 2 strikers and not all like for like sub's and ur busy bringing in forwards
he better learn Oboabona and Ambrose were not in the u23 tournament and the same thing happened then in the group stage twice

binhozie:
Ur points are valid I think Ighalo should sit down for this match I think we need a different type of forward one that can take the ball to the defenders and can stand on there shoulders and beat them with pace going by there high punts or wetin i fit call am upfield from the mildfielders and at some point if we get an early goal we can easily switch to a counter attacking formation with Iwobi moses moses and Musa
Iwobi seems better in giving the final pass than iheanacho.
iheanacho has become too goal hungry he has forgotten who he is
etebo needs to start
onazi will be a good sub if we take the lead to stabilize the team.

TheGoodJoe:


Iheanacho is actually discovering himself. He plays like a natural false 9 attacker. He falls deep and sprays passes. He also has the strength to battle strong defenders and he has the shot power to drive the ball in from outside the 18.

That was makes him the ideal attacker to go against the defensively organized Egyptians.

It is either Iwobi or Etebo plays. We can not choose one and I feel Iwobi is better. His intelligence and brilliant passes will bring the best in our creative forwards.

With Iwobi and Iheanacho, we have two young men who can pass the ball and combine with the Wingers to unlock the defence of Egypt. A quality that Etebo does not have in a large dose when compared to Iwobi and Nacho.

binhozie:


Ah Bro y are you saying Etebo and Iwobi cannot start when Etebo and iheanacho started, iheanacho is worse he only came back once to join the mildfield in that match. Etebo has proved he can handle a withdrawn mildfield role, I suspect Egypt will not go all out attack at home that's y we should start an attack minded team and Etebo covered more ground than I have ever seen onazi cover since the world cup match against france. we Didnt miss him in the first leg,
iheanacho might score 2 goals if he gets 2 and half chances true. but he plays with space in a choked up area he will just shoot, albeit accurately thou but Musa will be better his more mobile they would not be able to handle his runs if Iwobi is sending those passes.

binhozie:


Ah Bro y are you saying Etebo and Iwobi cannot start when Etebo and iheanacho started, iheanacho is worse he only came back once to join the mildfield in that match. Etebo has proved he can handle a withdrawn mildfield role, I suspect Egypt will not go all out attack at home that's y we should start an attack minded team and Etebo covered more ground than I have ever seen onazi cover since the world cup match against france. we Didnt miss him in the first leg,
iheanacho might score 2 goals if he gets 2 and half chances true. but he plays with space in a choked up area he will just shoot, albeit accurately thou but Musa will be better his more mobile they would not be able to handle his runs if Iwobi is sending those passes.

TheGoodJoe:



Musa has the runs but he does not have the skill to create a passing cohesive unit up front. I am talking of us building an attacking unit that will work together to unlock the stubborn defence of Egypt.

Iheanacho is better at this than Musa.

Iheanacho dropped deep a lot in that game. I focused on his play a lot. There was a time he exchanged passes with Mikel.

TheGoodJoe:


Our payers lacked disciplined play and I hope the coaching crew works on it. With Onazi expected back, the crew need to drill it into Onazi and Ambrose heads that they should play their role. Let the attackers do their thing, while they defend. Those reckless runs are not needed in this game in Alexandria.

binhozie:


Musa is a well recognized goal scorer in Russia oh bro
The center forward position is his home or left
wing foward he is wrongly used for nigeria,

we shouldn't include our striker in our passing lines bro just the final thru pass because non of them is strong enough to hold up play maybe A. Samuel sha but any body that plays nine will have 3 or 2 markers that day. iheanacho won't be able to move amongst a cluster of defenders and he is not that fast or skilful to get pass them he will just shoot when under pressure that's wat he does we need someone that can wander away from his position drag defenders out and run into space. I am not measuring talent I am just analysing a current need in the team. the reason y iheanacho and ighalo Didnt work in the first leg(first half) is because they are static, they couldn't drag there marker any where,

TheGoodJoe:
Predicted Formation For Nigeria To Beat Egypt In Alexandria

We had an entertaining game and we noted a lot of positive things in that game. Most especially the impressive performances of our youngsters against a top African stars.

Iwobi got his first Super Eagles cap in a competitive game and his pass to Victor Moses showed why the English FA made a last-minute effort to lure the young Arsenal forward to the English side.

Iheanacho showed why he is Manchester City's Best Impact player and Most Lethal Shot Taker with his low power-driven shot saved by the Egyptian goal keeper. Etebo converted an Iheanacho shot that rattled the cross-bar. Iheanacho also showed his versatility when he dropped deep on many occasions to increase the team's fluidity and possession.

Simon Moses was brilliant all through the match and he helped to cover Amuzie when he was off position with Salah exposed. Musa was also brilliant with his perpetrating runs and brilliant shots.

Carl Ikeme's saves helped calm the pain of losing the safe hands of Enyeama. Mikel had a nice game but lost possession on some occasions. Etebo put in good work rate, got the goal and helped distract a Moroccan striker who almost scored after our defence went to sleep during the first half.

Good game collectively but we head to Alexandria, Egypt for a must win tie. I expect the Coaching crew of Coach Siasia and Coach Amunike must have enough knowledge on their players and opponent to give us a win.

I propose we go with a 4-3-3 formation. An attacking line up with three forwards.

----------------------------------Carl Ikeme(GK)----------------------------------------
---------------------Ambrose(CB)----------------Oboabona(CB)------------------
Abdullahi(RB)-----------------------------------------------------------Amuzie(LB)
----------------------Mikel(DMF)-------------------Onazi(DMF)----------------------
--------------------------------------Iwobi(CMF/AMF)--------------------------------
V. Moses(SS)-----------------------------------------------------------S. Moses(SS)
-------------------------------------Iheanacho(CF)------------------------------------------


I feel Odion Ighalo did not bring in invention to his game and limited the team's fluid play. His style of staying close to the defenders all the time will not help the team in Alexandria. At Kaduna, the Egyptian defenders showed they could cope with Ighalo and I feel persisting with him up front will not help our goals.

Iwobi played for Arsenal against Barcelona and did well. He was one of the few bright players in a losing Arsenal side and I feel he can help the team with his brilliant passes. I feel we have found someone who can take the pass master crown from Mikel. Although Mikel brings a lot to the team with his short passes which is key to the team's success.

Onazi should cut his forward runs and let the attacking players do their jobs. Same caution goes to Ambrose. His forward runs were reckless and he put his team mates under a lot of pressure.

I still think Amuzie can cope with Salah if Onazi maintains his position and doubles up with him to stop Salah.

FLY SUPER EAGLES FLY.

binhozie:
line up
that will thrash Egypt


.................................... C.Ikeme

Shehu. ........Oboabona ......Ambrose........Amuzie

....................................Mikel

....................Etebo

.,........................................ Iwobi


V. Moses.............A. Musa .............S.Moses

and Siasia should stop blaming the defenders for conceding that goal he should have shored up his defence towards the end planned his sub's better Aminu for iheanacho was unnecessary it should have been Moses for iheanacho then you can cap Iwobi and still have one sub to use Azubuike okechukwu or orji or echejile should have come in to kill time and shore the back. I don't know if he was even watching the opponents they brought in One midfielder and 2 strikers and not all like for like sub's and ur busy bringing in forwards
he better learn Oboabona and Ambrose were not in the u23 tournament and the same thing happened then in the group stage twice