ben1daEbiri:
They wanted to swap jerseys but the Nigerian was saying they didn't come with much and had to even beg for funds before coming!

Liar Liar no be wetin them dey talk, the guy was saying if shehu is alright he was him and shehu that went for the tackle before shehu got injured una too lie... Nike gave Nigeria a lot of jersey and wears and clothes many many things make una nor dey lie abeg...

EKONG

This Swedish guys are drinking water they are tired from pursuing the ball up and down

This boys are balling no wonder they came late ..

Sunnycliff:
Its like my sleepless night is paying off with this winning streak!

But e go pain me if by any means we draw o!

But I believe say we go win

Now worry the defenders are clearing the ball you can see they watched their last match ...

Etebo lovely run and strike this guy is a gem..

Even Ekong is above 23 too these modafuckers should go and sit down ...

2nd Half ... Begins

Chai the Brazilians girls are fine ooo chai no wonder mikel Wan go for olympic ..

Total football ... No I love this ... they kept the game calm... possession Nig 68% -Sweden 32% ..

safarigirl:
Adrainuche, i hope you're watching Mikel....before you come and disturb us about him on the U23 thread again

My sister I see am but we know say the guy he plug nor dey work well...

Seriously..

Alhajipablo:
Is She Umar a defender or a midfielder?

Mildfielder

kellycute:
Mehn I'm looking for where to watch tomorrow match o. I tried to watched the previous match online but it didn't worked. Abeg any suggestion oo. I'm in benin. Infact who get dstv for benin make I come watch am for una house ooo biko.

I get but am not in Nigeria ...

tbaba1234:
SINCERE SETH was at fault for 3 goals.. I don't know who gave siasia the idea to play him at CB.

We should have tried to get some experience into the defence.

That's a lie the first goal I would say was his fault, let me say itwas between him and Ekong they had the chance to clear the ball they dint, second goal was shehu fault he kept the striker onside ... the third and fourth goal they was nothing anyone could do ...

eterisan:
Is it just me or was etebo quarrelling with amuzie at the blast of the whistle?

Yes he was quarreling with Amuzie I dunno why ...

tbaba1234:


Etebor uses a lot of energy, playing him as a striker would cut a lot out of his game.

Exactly what am saying ohhh...

tbaba1234:
Siasia should move Mikel to CB and play madu ahead of Amuzie.

The reason Siasia refused to call Awaziem till today baffles me, tbaba shey you where supporting mikel how come you want him dragged to the center back... the last match we played a 4 -1-4-1, crowding the midfield, or let me say choked the midfield and also playing with pressure ...

The defence line is good they need more understanding and the should clear the ball when needed I enjoy pep like defenders whom are good on the ball but sometimes using the old method of shooting the ball to the opponents half is sometimes better, japan got a penalty because our defenders wanted to play from the back instead of clearing the ball not that it's a bad idea but as a defender they should know when to clear and when to pass out...

As for Mikel he shouldn't be starting the game he should be brought on in the second half to calm down the match or used in CDM with Azubuike, both can decide who to join the attack when going forward ... to be sincere i like their pressing game you see the way they press for the ball when japan has got it the japanese couldnt play their free flowing football... Aminu Umar is yet to be in camp so we hope he would be in camp before their next match .. and we all know what an hard worker Aminu Umar is ??

So we expect a much more better side and I want to see Saliu play more that guy is a one of a kind player you see the way the fans cheered anytime he got the ball... Amuzie I think have lost that position to Madu but he's height is an advantage when going for corners, let's nor forget that he's a Siasia boy and I would say hes the tallest full backs have seen most full backs are generally not that tall...


Siasia even dropped Barcelona Ekpolo Godswill and that guy is another very good CB, him and Ekong would have been lovely anyways Sincere Seth is very fast and agile they just need to communicate more the second goal the japanese scored was because shehu kept the striker on side ...

The game was full of ridiculous defending and I feel Popoolo would have been introduce after the last goal mikel was already tired... so with aminu Umar I think the game would be better against Sweden ... here's my lineup ... we should employ a 4- 2-3-1..

GK
Akpeyi

Defence

Shehu
Ekong
Seth
Madu -> let's see what he can do if he's better than Amu

Mildfield

Azubuike- CDM
Usman / Mikel -CDM

Aminu -Left
Imoh-Right
Etebo -CAM

STRIKER

SADIQ UMAR...


Etebo was playing from the right wing but we all know he's a CM or CAM if Aminu comes to camp Mikel would likely drop back ....

Icon4s:


U know, one thing that strikes me is his shooting accuracy.

U forgot to also mention that he was highest goals scorer at the CAF U23 which earned him enough points to win the most promising young player award.

He has good eyes for goals just like Iheanacho. At a point in time on this forum there was an argument about who was better between him and Iheanacho. I am thinking that guy should be converted to a supporting striker. He and Iheanacho combination would become "shot the goal post at sight". Iheanacho as a CF and Etebo as SS. God help us to qualify for Russia 2018.

No No No he should play his position he has excellent work rate ...if he plays as a striker he's work rate might reduce a bit ...

adrianodiwesco:
Nice following nairaland.just joined.In my humble opinion,we did not parade our best defenders.The team's achilles heels has always been the inexperienced defence made up of academicals,amuzie,sincere,ndifreke,all an average of 18 years old.Siasia always sticks to his boys.You wont wonder why they lost scandalously to average teams in suwon and even to th flying eagles academicals.If mikel and sadiq can come,i wonder why NFF didnt play their cards well concerning bringing in musa,omeruo,ndidi or even ganiyu ogungbe,oluwasemilogo ajayi?. Meanwhile,mikel just came to add the olympics to his CV.That littleman,popoola is better though highly underrated by many teams due to his size.Though our midfield is packed with great players,i believe an addition of obinna nwobodo or ifeanyi Mathew would have been valuable.These guys and young,skillful and experienced

Thank You see Nigerian Football analyst people who know the game not all those ones coming here to say poo...

elfakkawy:
Em I d only 1 that think Onazi or Some1 should be there instead of Mikel

Have been saying g this Siasia has this is players selection monopoly, he would rather select his players based on his preference than form, ifeanyi Matthew or even nwobodo or perhaps onazi would do well in the team settings. Instead he say na mikel for experience let's hope we see the experience sha because the last game he lost more balls than he won apart from the last goal ...

tbaba1234:


Mikel has been a leader throughout the difficult time. They needed a mature mind to help them through the difficult time.

A leader yes, matured yes but he shouldn't be starting the game... mikel should be used when nigeria are winning the game to calm the tempo spread passes and then intercept ... I don't hate mikel am just saying the truth ...

I dey complain about mikel person say mikel better pass pogba for this thread ... Thank God !!!

We have nwobodo Babatunde we also have Ifeanyi Matthew that just signed for lille storm mikel is a joke

Have been saying this mikel shouldn't have gone I say ba mikel go spoil their ball them say I be mikel hater ..

We have nwobodo, micheal the guy that signed for
lillestorm they would have been better

phamarsenal:
don't knw why everybody is lashing out on mikel, dis guy is one of Nigeria most technically gifted players and we should learn to appreciate him, take ur mind bk to Nigeria vs Spain even though we lost d match u all could see hw he single handedly marshalled our midfield. d guy is more or less a defensive midfielder nw and our success in dis tournament would depend on hw siasia uses him and put him in is preferred position which is d central r defensive midfield position where he can protect d defense and pik out passes both long and short ones.

God forbid mikel Nigeria most technically gifted what ?? Boys that where suppose to use this tournament and shine mikel obi go take their spot... have you seen nwobodo play Have u seen Kingsley Micheal play abeg these boys are better than mikel including nwakali mikel has lost it... Mikel doesn't he a single technic they should be introducing mikel at 75 mins to calm the ball down mikel is no longer it ...

Mikel has always been our worst player on the pitch, you know why we where able to win Mali and Luxemburg in our previous friendly is because mikel obi dint play..

Ever since the world cup in brasil have said it mikel is just a waste of space etebo would play a better 10 than mikel etebo is even a better player than mikel obi ...

have said it mikel should not be in this team ... you lots imagine a babtunde micheal in that number 10 I swear the Japanese would have gave 3 or more penalties today ... babtunde may even be too far ordinary yahaya would play a better 10 than mikel obi ...

the reason japan could even play us is because we dint have skillfull players brasil beat japan 2-0 the same brasil that couldn't beat South-Africa... you know if Nigeria meets south Africa no how dem for collect lol... mikel should be rested


Shehu played out of position Amuzie needs competition I dunno why musa Muhammed club dint release him amuzie for nor even go brasil ... etebo has been the one carrying this team all along I want Emmanuel Daniel to do well but after conceding 4 goals it seems unlikely he's a very good goal keeper on his day but bad on a bad day ...

Sadiq Umar excellent
Imoh Ezekiel it seems he was played out of position today

Azubuike wasn't too good today tho

So aminu Umar would join up with the team am sure we would likely see a better squad ...

Seth and Ekong they played well but it's very funny since they are defenders and they conceded 4 goals ...

Mikel needs to rest abeg...

Nigerians suffering and smiling but mikel is still shit sha

Nathanieloo7:
Mikel is minus one in dis match he is playing a
beautiful nonesense football

Have been saying this mikel obi shouldn't be in this tournament ...

The worst player in this team is mikel obi I do not know what u lot are watching ...

drnairalov:
mikel needs to retire from football

Have been saying this mikel shouldn't be in this team shey have been saying it ...

It's almost time guyz !!! Starting 11 coming soon ...

They are already in brasil stop arguing with me ...