pelezico:
I was at the game. Great atmosphere indeed.

As was the case with the previous games including Argentina we start to slow and concede to much space. Midfielders are not in the game and Oyinbo wall does not work.

Joe Obi and Onazi do not play well together and I'd say the J Obi should not be going to the WC.

1st half was a poor display in tactics and positioning of players in midfield was not good. We made England look like Spain or Brazile if you can believe that.

2nd half substitutions was amazingly effective. The goal scored was class. England now looked like the England we know and that's "not very good"

Nigeria have worked to do and what I saw its a 50 50 for me.

Croatia will not be a problem if Nigeria plays consistently 90 minuets. The team that will give Nigeria problems will be Iceland not Argentina.

From what I saw if rohr does not assert a first 11 we will not make it out of the group at all

Pluses

Goal keeper was brilliant

Iwobi was brilliant

And ekong was Sound

Geofavor:
If we got taken to the cleaners by this lacklustre English team, how would we not get pulverised by croatia and iceland?

princejayboss:


Funny how people make mistakes with technicality of football, Ogu is quite too heavy and slow; though played out of position but Onazi should not be dropped, Joe Obi should be home... I think Ndidi will player ahead of them all in the mundial, Mikel had a good game... we have a decent goalkeeper, my concern is Iwobi who I think pulled his hamstring

maverickdude:
If u hadn't jumped into conclusion,you would realise that i only gave illustration of how it is possible for 3 teams to have 6points each to the guy

And yes,Nigeria can defeat Croatia

spartan117:
So you were one of those booing dele Ali

Good job! You represented well

Ndonu101:


I really can’t believe we are still being scored with set pieces like this

cashful:


His being heavy does not impact negatively on his game, for his club he plays a bit more forward than he does for Nigeria.

Onazi is definitely making the cut, has experience but has slowed down too..

Ndidi will sure start ahead of the two if fit.

Iwobi played very well in d middle role with Ogene , both were fluid.

Mikel needs to watch how he holds d ball, teams try stealing d ball from him always..

I think it was a good match for the team overall, we can still do well at d world cup

Donbabaj:
Please i need an answer to this question. I know Mikel is the captain if the team but is it a must that he must start our match at the world cup?

isalegan2:


lol. I understand. I would have had heart palpitations too, but no stream to watch match. But the USA friendly with Ireland is on ESPN2 so I get to see that. Thank heavens for small mercies. I'll take whatever I can get. I was so psyched for a futbol match today mehn!

spartan117:

So you were one of tho
se booing dele Ali


Good job! You represented well

Zanas:

They can still be removed, Nigeria can still drop two players

spartan117:

Young man you know nothing about football
Didn't you notice that when Mikel was removed from the AM role to his natural CM role in the second half, his game improved and the midfield in general improved?

Mikel still remains our most important player. There's no replacement for him.

Otunbalarry:


You can opt in na
not too late coach
yu saw the match,u didnt see the match
or you saw highlights aftr d match


d guys need to work truly but not so bad the way you make it look
if you didnt watch d match,read comments and let it slide
must you comment here?

Caseless:
ogu is a complete DM - he has the flair of Marcos sena if given a full role.

Remember the pass he gave mikel obi at fifa confederations cup ? He got my respect from that moment.

trytillmake:
The midfield is not existing, what is going on can't this coach see that why should moses be dropping back so deep to collect balls wetin be this. Onazi confused behavior caused the first goal abeg Coach drop that guy also joel obi i don tire.

These guys should be confident playing ball they are all professionals noboby is better than them if they can only be confident in themselves.

GO SUPER EAGLES GO BY FORCE

Kingdolo:
Iwobi is the man of the match

Caseless:
what's "taken to the cleaner" in this game? Misplaced description!

bedspread:
Ogu has Really improved from the much I saw of him today.. he could make a sweet 4 just as Macos Senna of Villarreal like u said

Shehu Abdullai should be dropped... May be Onazi can be used to deputize ebuehi for the right back
JOEL obi should also be dropped...
A faster No9 should be used .. ighalo could come in from the bench..
Seriously we made a mistake not picking that under 17 young boy...

discusant:
What's the objective in bringing Nigerian team to play England in Wembley a few days to the beginning of the World Cup?

Who the goat did not know that certain defeat and ugly exposure awaited Nigeria team playing England at Wembley this time - a few days before the beginning of World Cup?

stagger:


Players are given a weight limt. A heavy player whos is above the optimal weight cannot perform effectively.

dabossman:


Why were they better? Because we won against Argentina and Poland? This game was better than the Poland and Serbia game in my opinion. And again it's a friendly. The coach is trying different systems with different players. Against Argentina we started with 3 at the back and quickly conceded goals. Today 3 at the back in 2nd half stabilized the team.

You guys need to lower your ecpectations. We are not even favourites to qualify from the group. Encourage the team and hope for the best.