Icon4s:


Bringing in Kayode to play alongside Iheanacho would have definitely changed the shape of the team. Besides we were already playing on a 4-3-3 formation.

Talking about change of personnel to give the passes, who was that personnel from the bench that you think Rohr should have introduced? I hope you are not suggesting Mikel Agu.

Lucque:
someone has hacked forgiveness' account.... No ajagun?

Mujtahida:

Between your word and that of Bsssagog who was on the field of play whose report should we believe?
On Agu, you misread me. I mentioned Agu not in relation to tactics but personel vis-a-vis the notion that Rohr is conservative. And I also talked about the age of the team.

Icon4s:

Abeg shift make we see road.

forgiveness:
My 23 man list for the world cup

GK

1. Vincent Enyeama
2. Daniel Akpeyi
3, Alampasu


DF

4. Leon Balogun
5, Elderson Echiejile
6, Troost Ekong
7, Awazeim
8, Shehu Abdullahi
9. Ola Aina
10. Tiago Ilori



MF

11. Mikel Obi
12. Joel Obi
13. Onazi Ogenyi
14. Wilfred Ndidi
15. Mikel Agu
16. Sone Aluko


Attack


17. Alex-iwobi
18. Ahmed Musa
19. Odion Ighalo
20. Victor Moses
21. Simon Moses
22. Kelechi Iheanacho
23.Kayode Olanrewaju


Modified

Mujtahida:

Hahahaha hahahaha, jotey my man. Make I go look for news of somebody wey say make Tammy play for us.

forgiveness:


The guy coach told him not u play for Nigeria then but I don't know if he has changed his mind.

Mickael2:



if we rely solely on what players say then we may throw away video analysts I guess.

Your point on Agu still eludes me.

Ho old is Mikel? Balogun? Moses? Remove these guys and tell me we stall have a team

cromz:
naso everybody for this thread quickly forget this guy at least finally we have enough full back options.

forgiveness:


Gees! Where is Oghenekaro Etebor?

Mikel Agu out, Oghenekaro Etebor in.

But... seriously, will Ahmed Musa go to the world Cup without kicking a ball for his club?

Dat one no go work ooooooo.

blueto:
I have noticed this too. nacho's movements sometimes makes it difficult for players to get the ball to him. He suffered this at man city and someone here blamed it on city's attacking players, that they were trying to starve him of the ball. Lets say the truth, nacho does not have it as a CF, he may continue like this if he isn't played as a supporting striker or false 9.

TheGoodJoe:


Why not say there are no coaches who tinker with their selections of personnel and formations, let me show you others do. Even Rohr who has mixed his style has switched personnel positions, changed his formations and even squad selections in the few games he has handled.

jotey:
Gernot Rohr plans new team for
Russia 2018 World Cup



Algeria sacks coach

Super Eagles ’ Technical Manager,
Gernot Rohr has revealed his plans to
build a formidable team before the
Russia 2018 World Cup .

The coach believes some of the current
players in the Super Eagles are not the
materials he would rely on for a
successful campaign in the World Cup
finals in Russia, adding that he has the
ambition of surpassing Nigeria ’s
previous performance in the event .

Although the 64 - year - old Franco -
German was delighted at the Eagles ’
qualification for the global showpiece,
he said the team needed a major
surgery before the FIFA World Cup
finals. “ Players in the mould of Zinedine
Zidane and Thiery Henry , who once
played under me , are the calibre of
stars I would want in the Super Eagles
to execute the World Cup finals in
Russia,” Rohr said .

Insisting that he has not yet assembled
his choice World Cup team , Rohr was
emphatic that he would parade his best
players in the group final game against
Algeria in Constantine on November 6 .

Remarkably, Nigeria is making her sixth
FIFA World Cup appearance since its
debut in USA ‘94 . The Eagles were at
France ‘ 98 , Japan / Korea 2002, South
Africa 2010 and Brazil 2014 .

Sources close to the Nigeria Football
Federation (NFF) said the German is
expected to disclose to the federation his
World Cup programme before he travels
to Europe . These will include plans for
grade A friendlies and training tours to
prepare the players for the Russia 2018
World Cup campaign.

Meanwhile, Algeria has parted ways
with their manager , Lucas Alcaraz
following the team’s elimination from
the race to Russia .

Superdeporte.es reports that the coach,
who has a win record of one in four
games since taking over from George
Leekens when the Belgian resigned in
February , has already returned to
Spain.

Algeria are out of the race to qualify for
the World Cup after picking up just one
point in five games , in a group where
they were viewed as favourite to qualify
when the draws were made . They lost
0 - 2 to Cameroon at the weekend .

It has been a disastrous campaign for
them as Alcaraz only took charge of the
team in April following the resignation
of Leekens in February before their
reverse tie against Nigeria .

They are now searching for their fifth
coach in just over a year since the start
of the qualifiers for the World Cup
2018, where they are rooted to the
bottom of group B .

https://m.guardian.ng/sport/gernot-rohr-plans-new-team-for-russia-2018-world-cup/

Mickael2:


the national team is not club football, agreed but it is not far from it. What about Germany? They can play their third eleven within 6days of calling them together and they will easily hammer Portugal are they not also a national team? You tamper with a winning team because you need to make that team better, why did Spain look so bad at the 2014 World cup? Because they didn't want to tamper with a winning team.


Meanwhile changing a winning team isn't even the main tactical prowess I am talking about. You can see it written all over Rohr's face, when he is making substitutions he looks on like he isn't so sure. The last time he made a good tactical switch was in the first leg against Zambia when he brought in Esiti to help neutralise the opposing team, since then all his substitutions have been bothering on mediocrity and all the time they are like for like subs.


Meanwhile I didn't say we can get those coaches, you said German coaches are similar to Rohr, just some examples.


It took Westerhof 5years but in his very first year we got to the final whilst playing some sleek football. Now if this Zambia game was played in an Afcon quaterfinal we would not have won in regular time because they wouldn't need to attack. The few times we have played against parked buses we hardly made anything out of it. Rohr is seriously tactically limited, his man-management skills though are okay

Mujtahida:
Kog45 when you say Rohr is conservative do you mean in terms of strategy or personel? Let me give you heads up:

On personel I trust you see that Rohr is bringing down the age limit of the team to the extent that we have one of the youngest teams in Africa? He is not radical yet he has thrown Agu into the mix three times ahead of Ogu

On tactics:Do you know that after we trashed Cameroun, Bassagog said that they knew how we used to play and they were set up to play us that way but that on match day we adopted a different strategy that confused them? And how come we scored 11 goals in a group called group of death.
Cc goodjoe, Icon4s, mickael2

jotey:
Anothorsis Famagusta
Place Hefty Price Tag On
Super Eagles MOTM
Shehu Abdullahi



Cyprus league leaders Anorthosis
Famagusta have placed a hefty price tag on
their Nigerian midfielder cum defender Shehu
Abdullahi to fend off teams interested in
snapping him up in January.

Abdullahi was voted Man of the Match in
Nigeria’s 1-0 win over Zambia, and also made
the CAF BEST XI players for the fifth round of
World Cup 2018 Qualifiers, a feat that has
caught the attention of clubs in Europe..

Abdullahi moved to the club two summers ago
from relegated Portuguese side Uniao de
Madeira, and since moving to the team he has
been ever present for them in their domestic
and continental games.

A price tag in excess of €10m has been placed
on the 24 year old who was a part of the
Nigeria Olympic team that won bronze at the
Rio 2016 Olympic , and can play as a full back
or defensive midfielder.

According to Owngoalnigeria.com transfer
expert Daniel Martins the fee was placed on the
Super Eagles rave of the moment to fend clubs
from snapping him up in January, but it could be
lowered in the summer.

“His asking price plus add-ons is in excess of
€10m, the fee went up after his steady rise at
the club especially his performances for Nigeria.
To many it’s like a trap to keep him till the
summer, when the club will be open to business
because he will have just one year left on his
deal”, Martins said.

” He is very vital to their title aspirations, so
they are doing all in their power to keep him at
the club at least till next summer. Hopefully he
will move to a big club after the World Cup”.

http://owngoalnigeria.com/2017/10/12/anothorsis-famagusta-place-hefty-price-tag-on-super-eagles-motm-shehu-abdullahi/

Mickael2:



i thought I was the only that saw it. A brilliant coach whilst sitting down on the touchline already knows how things can go wrong and how to sort it out but when Onazi was injured, Aina, Agu and even Ogu stood up and the coach didn't even know who was going to come into the game and there was a period he looked back and I think it was one of his nigerian assistants that said let's put Agu and we saw just how great that idea was. Rohr is not a tactician, Keshi, Siasia, Amuneke and even John Obuh would outclass him tactically, not to mention Westerhof

Mickael2:



one by one.


How is throwing Agu in before Ogu and Etebo a sign of tactical knowhow? It's a clear case of favouritism(in Forgiveness' voice). That is even more reason why we have to agree that he is limited tactically.

How is what Bassogog said relevant? They thought we would come out to play football because Nigeria over the ages can never start playing a defensive game because of Cameroon. Meanwhile it was only Bassagog that came out to say something like that, no doubt to save his own face after an abysmal showing, that was not a tactical move by Rohr one bit.

And when the opponents came with an equally strong tactics what did we do? Yeah we scored none and conceeded two

jotey:
Anothorsis Famagusta
Place Hefty Price Tag On
Super Eagles MOTM
Shehu Abdullahi



Cyprus league leaders Anorthosis
Famagusta have placed a hefty price tag on
their Nigerian midfielder cum defender Shehu
Abdullahi to fend off teams interested in
snapping him up in January.

Abdullahi was voted Man of the Match in
Nigeria’s 1-0 win over Zambia, and also made
the CAF BEST XI players for the fifth round of
World Cup 2018 Qualifiers, a feat that has
caught the attention of clubs in Europe..

Abdullahi moved to the club two summers ago
from relegated Portuguese side Uniao de
Madeira, and since moving to the team he has
been ever present for them in their domestic
and continental games.

A price tag in excess of €10m has been placed
on the 24 year old who was a part of the
Nigeria Olympic team that won bronze at the
Rio 2016 Olympic , and can play as a full back
or defensive midfielder.

According to Owngoalnigeria.com transfer
expert Daniel Martins the fee was placed on the
Super Eagles rave of the moment to fend clubs
from snapping him up in January, but it could be
lowered in the summer.

“His asking price plus add-ons is in excess of
€10m, the fee went up after his steady rise at
the club especially his performances for Nigeria.
To many it’s like a trap to keep him till the
summer, when the club will be open to business
because he will have just one year left on his
deal”, Martins said.

” He is very vital to their title aspirations, so
they are doing all in their power to keep him at
the club at least till next summer. Hopefully he
will move to a big club after the World Cup”.

http://owngoalnigeria.com/2017/10/12/anothorsis-famagusta-place-hefty-price-tag-on-super-eagles-motm-shehu-abdullahi/

forgiveness:



First of all, we need to know the position Onazi played before he was injured and who should replace him in that position.

Onazi Ogenyi was the CMF and also played the box to box role while Ndidi played in the DMF to role.


Who was the natural and perfect replacement available for that role? John Ogu and no one else because he was the only natural CMF on the bench.


However, John Ogu coming in as a direct replacement for Onazi would have been a very bad choice.

1. He is slow and we already have another slow player in the mold of Mikel Obi on the field.

2. He is only offensive and his defensive ability is poor compared to Onazi.

3. His tackling about is not as good as Onazi hence the need to bring some one who can defend, tackle and do the dirty job in the midfield.

In regards to the obvious reasons stated above, it would have been unwise to bring in John Ogu.

Bringing in Aina for Shehu Abdullahi to move to the DMF position is a big game and is equally out of the equation.

That was why bringing in Agu who is a natural DMF was the best option based on the options on the bench.

What the did was to bring in Mikel Agu to Wilfred Ndidi' position and move Ndidi to the CMF position. It was very easy to decide like that based on the situation on ground.

That's was why I wasn't not worried about Mikel Agu when he came in to replace Onazi. I even demonstrated that when many here panicked and kicked against him by saying 'make una no worry....'.

Mickael2:



i thought I was the only that saw it. A brilliant coach whilst sitting down on the touchline already knows how things can go wrong and how to sort it out but when Onazi was injured, Aina, Agu and even Ogu stood up and the coach didn't even know who was going to come into the game and there was a period he looked back and I think it was one of his nigerian assistants that said let's put Agu and we saw just how great that idea was. Rohr is not a tactician, Keshi, Siasia, Amuneke and even John Obuh would outclass him tactically, not to mention Westerhof

jotey:

Don’t accept Tammy Abraham in
Eagles, Adelabu tells NFF



Tammy Abraham allegedly confirmed
two days ago that talks were on- going
with Nigeria shortly after scoring for
England

Former Green Eagles winger , Adegoke
Adelabu has advised the leadership of
the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF)
not to listen to England U- 21 forward ,
Tammy Abraham , following reports that
he has dropped another hint as regards
his interest in switching allegiance to
Nigeria after Super Eagles ’ qualification
for Russia 2018 World Cup .

During preparation for the Super
Eagles’ World Cup qualifier against
Zambia, NFF president, Amaju Pinnick
claimed that Chelsea striker Abraham,
who is on loan at Swansea , had
committed to declaring for Nigeria .

However , the 19 - year - old Abraham
quickly distanced himself from the
claims.

Now according to latest reports ,
Abraham allegedly confirmed two days
ago that talks were on - going with
Nigeria shortly after scoring for
England U- 21 in their 3 - 1 win over
Scotland . For Adelabu , the latest turn around by
Abraham should not be taken serious by
the NFF.

“ Tammy should stay away from
our national team. I want the NFF to use
him as an example to other junior
players, who feel that without them ,
Nigerian football won ’ t go anywhere .
Tammy has just realized that he might
not be part of England ’ s squad to the
World Cup in Russia , so he can quickly
make a u- turn to Nigeria. No way .

The
NFF must not listen to him. We have
enough players good to win the World
Cup if only the team is well prepared .”
According to the report , Abraham, who
has been ever present for the U- 21 s of
England that are top of their Euro 2019
qualifying group, liked and commented
on a video posted by Alex Iwobi on
Instagram.

https://m.guardian.ng/sport/dont-accept-tammy-abraham-in-eagles-adelabu-tells-nff/

jotey:
Gernot Rohr plans new team for
Russia 2018 World Cup



Algeria sacks coach

Super Eagles ’ Technical Manager,
Gernot Rohr has revealed his plans to
build a formidable team before the
Russia 2018 World Cup .

The coach believes some of the current
players in the Super Eagles are not the
materials he would rely on for a
successful campaign in the World Cup
finals in Russia, adding that he has the
ambition of surpassing Nigeria ’s
previous performance in the event .

Although the 64 - year - old Franco -
German was delighted at the Eagles ’
qualification for the global showpiece,
he said the team needed a major
surgery before the FIFA World Cup
finals. “ Players in the mould of Zinedine
Zidane and Thiery Henry , who once
played under me , are the calibre of
stars I would want in the Super Eagles
to execute the World Cup finals in
Russia,” Rohr said .

Insisting that he has not yet assembled
his choice World Cup team , Rohr was
emphatic that he would parade his best
players in the group final game against
Algeria in Constantine on November 6 .

Remarkably, Nigeria is making her sixth
FIFA World Cup appearance since its
debut in USA ‘94 . The Eagles were at
France ‘ 98 , Japan / Korea 2002, South
Africa 2010 and Brazil 2014 .

Sources close to the Nigeria Football
Federation (NFF) said the German is
expected to disclose to the federation his
World Cup programme before he travels
to Europe . These will include plans for
grade A friendlies and training tours to
prepare the players for the Russia 2018
World Cup campaign.

Meanwhile, Algeria has parted ways
with their manager , Lucas Alcaraz
following the team’s elimination from
the race to Russia .

Superdeporte.es reports that the coach,
who has a win record of one in four
games since taking over from George
Leekens when the Belgian resigned in
February , has already returned to
Spain.

Algeria are out of the race to qualify for
the World Cup after picking up just one
point in five games , in a group where
they were viewed as favourite to qualify
when the draws were made . They lost
0 - 2 to Cameroon at the weekend .

It has been a disastrous campaign for
them as Alcaraz only took charge of the
team in April following the resignation
of Leekens in February before their
reverse tie against Nigeria .

They are now searching for their fifth
coach in just over a year since the start
of the qualifiers for the World Cup
2018, where they are rooted to the
bottom of group B .

https://m.guardian.ng/sport/gernot-rohr-plans-new-team-for-russia-2018-world-cup/

cromz:
he would be a great addition for us because by fifa rating he's higher than all our full backs apart from elderson