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?

ajl:


Ighalo is not a skillful striker. He can't create something from half-chance. I mean, that's why he plays in the Chinese league. If he is good, he should be playing in a top league. What do you expect when Nigeria's striker to the world cup play in the Chinese league. I am sure this guy would not make the Eagles of the 90's.

jtwest:
even Gary Medel a midfielder played as a sweeper(behind the two centrebacks) for Chile at last world cup and he was astounding. the way people analyze footy these days ehn. lazy analysts everywhere

donbenie:

Nigeria win Croatia and Iceland =6
Argentina win Nigeria and Iceland =6
Croatia win Argentina and Iceland =6
C'est Fini?
One country will have to have ZERO POINTS..

samtol4:
dont mind people here with negativity spirit . when we were grouped with cameroon ,ALGERIA AND ZAMBIA many guys said we cant qualify that we do not have a team but when we qualify they praised Ighalo and Moses today they are singing a new song ... from a tender age i watch 1986 ,1990,1994,1998.2002,2006,2010,2014 world cups ... Surely we have a good team but defending set peices is a major problem of African teams in global tournaments. I think the aim of the friendly was achieved that is compare joel vs Ogu . Idowu vs aina and elderson . Idowu awesome ... Ogu okay , joel and onazi are waste of space ... Without mincing words ...Ajagun should have make this team but the coach has better plans

spartan117:

The formation looks solid
To combat some of the cons I'll suggest using ndidi in DM role he's a known fighter, and then pair mikel with etebo in the midfield, etebo will provide the energy and work rate necessary to play the high pressing game. But onazi should not be anywhere close to the starting XI or even the stadium
One more thing, moses Simon would have been ideal for the left flank in this formation, iwobi is too slow and sometimes lazy and musa has been out of form for such a long time in fact I don't know why he's Still in the team. I just hope Simon can recover in time

cashful:


Quiet true.. but Ogu I'm sure is within the right weight for his height..


Nobody expected Ogu to play that position when Awaziem is on the bench..
Ebuehi and Idowu will play better as wing backs rather than full backs, so I see us using the 3 back line for our matches at d world cup.. 3-5-2 or 3-4-3

I think Rohr knows what he is doing.. You don't need to let our WC opponents have a full knowledge of our pattern

Horus:
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Kylekent59:


Why are you supporting mediocrity.



A footballer is suppose to win a match. Stop this your mediocre.

Or is it because they played England?
Nonsense.

Let them go and practice, with what I had seen 3min ago, our players aren't fit for this world cup

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

Donbabaj:
If Genort Rohr is truly sincere. He would go with my first 11 as shown below.


Ikechukwu Ezenwa


Tyronne Ebuehi Troost Ekong Leon Balogun Bryan Idowu


Victor Moses Wilfred Ndidi Oghenekaro Etebo Alex Iwobi


Odion Ighalo Kelechi Iheanacho

ibkayee:
Thank God I'm not Nigerian sha

samtol4:
ALL our past goalies suffer from this problem

Randy91:




You ve bn eating too much pepper!!!!


wake up from ur dream son!

sod09:
you say wha

oooduancalmdown:

Nigeria will beat Croatia and Iceland?

Otunbalarry:


the guys tried,give it to them
first half was bad but they woke up

we will improve and i am sure Rohr has taken note of some weak points

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...

samtol4:
dont mind people here with negativity spirit . when we were grouped with cameroon ,ALGERIA AND ZAMBIA many guys said we cant qualify that we do not have a team but when we qualify they praised Ighalo and Moses today they are singing a new song ... from a tender age i watch 1986 ,1990,1994,1998.2002,2006,2010,2014 world cups ... Surely we have a good team but defending set peices is a major problem of African teams in global tournaments. I think the aim of the friendly was achieved that is compare joel vs Ogu . Idowu vs aina and elderson . Idowu awesome ... Ogu okay , joel and onazi are waste of space ... Without mincing words ...Ajagun should have make this team but the coach has better plans

Caseless:

You'd appreciate John ogu more if he's given the right space to operate behind a creative midfielder.

Shehu Abdullahi is inarguably one of the best the team has. Back-to-back, he was our man of the match in the qualifiers. You can't use a single game to judge him now. He wasn't available in our match against Serbia, the ebuehi you prefer "flopped", but he did well today.

Besides, shehu was fasting.



I really pity onazi. He's so heavy now and "irresponsive". He'd still make it to the WC though.

tonididdy:
THIS IS A SE TEAM WITH POTENTIALS.

The first half selection by the referee was deliberate and he saw exactly the performance he expected to see and we could tell with his second half substitutions .

I still have a problem with moses , his position is very vital for creating goal chances, I feel musa would have shown more bite if started. moses is slow, weak and for me not dribbly enough to be a hazard if you know what I mean.

I am confident the coach knows his starting eleven and I won't be surprised to see them start against the Czech Republic come June 6th.
Go SE, go SOAR

nonen:
Mikel''s time should be up with the super eagles.