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Earthquake2:
One of the best thing about English game is the commentators

Jon Champion, Jim Beglin, Martin Tyler, Peter Drury

Such class

Anytime I see Jon Champion pair Jim Beglin, I adjust my seat, grab the remote and increase the volume of the TV set. Their combo is Bae anytime anyday...

What do you think of Ikpeba and his partner?

Rohr does not rate Henry as we do here.

Our attack is ok for now. Ighalo, Success, Iheanacho Osimhen in that order can serve us for now.
We are also spoilt with options too on the flanks. Musa, Simon Moses, Kalu, Henry, Chukwueze in that order too.

Our defense is okay for now. I don't see us having a problem if they are all fit. Balogun, Ekong, Omuero, Awaziem, Ajayi, Ebuehi, Collins, Aina, Idowu. We are well covered here too.

Areas that need urgent fixing are
GOALKEEPING DEPARTMENT.
A young 3rd choice Goalkeeper is needed. Shouldn't be older than 24years.

MIDFIELD DEPARTMENT.
We need to recruit solid midfielders to be a backup to these guys. (Suggestions in the bracket)
Iwobi(Eze)
Ndidi(Philip Billing)
Mikel(will be hard to replace - Rohr and his scouts should widen their net)
Ogu-desent but aged
Etebo-epileptic player(today he is good, tomorrow he is a passenger)

The following players should either sit up or be excused from the team.
Iheanacho
Etebo
Idowu

Excusing them might do them a lot of good as they will see more reasons to sit up. Pampering them by handing them callups based on ancient time performance will not bring the best out of them.

It is so sad that these guys see the national team as their birthright. This will not only affect their international football output but it will turn them to lazy players at their respective clubs too. Imagine Rohr dropping Nacho. That boy will do anything possible to find his mojo back so as not to miss AFCON 19.

But Baba Rohr no de reason like that. He is a loyalist. Idowu's goal and performance against Argentina last year November is still the reason he is invited.

The National team should be competitive in all areas and no player should be indispensable. The 3named players have been given enough time and repetitive chances to redeem themselves but they have failed to do the needful and they don't seem worried.

I was opportuned to watch the first half before I abandoned the match.
Here are my deductions:
Samuel Chukwueze is a quality player with potential. He possess skills needed in a winger. He played like a professional. No jittering. He is one for the future.

Osimhen has improved.

Our Midfield still needs strengthning. We need a regista who can control play from deep.

Finally, Rohr did not disappoint once again. *smiles*

Of a truth SA are now our football rival.

Our pride is gone.

SMH.

Mourinho's first season in Manchester United was a success as it was full of trophies. But do you know what, Man U fans weren't satisfied with his style of football. They were complaining despite him getting results for them. They knew they were in a rebuilding stage but they understood the difference between Results and Progress. He was getting results but his team wasn't progressing... Guadiola on the other hand struggled to get result at first but his team was progressing... Today both sides are miles apart.

Recently Paul Scholes and other ex-manchester players have been complaining about same... I don't blame them. They are only demanding for more! The more some here think is too much to demand from Rohr and his team.

Sooner or later Rohr's results will vanish and we will be back to the drawing board as usual... We are no football minnows on the continent and if we must win or loose against any African sides we should do so with class and pride.

Was able to catch up with the last 10mins of the Super Falcons match this evening. But I was disappointed with what I saw. They played like their male counterparts (SEs) the difference was that they didn't get the result this time around.

Our national teams have been dishing out crappy football in recent time. The u-20women have been the worst so far.

I hope the pro-Rohr group enjoyed the match.

Me I'm allergic to crappy soccer.

Note: I was a staunch Rohr's supporter during the World Cup Qualifiers. I have castigated folks like Mikael2 and Goldfish80 in the past in his defense. But during the pre-world cup friendlies and the tournament proper my eyes were open. I know the man for who he is.

You guys can go on to say whatever you like, but one thing I'm so sure of is that, sooner or later you will agree with us.

Joebie:
And what will the new players be doing? Sitting on the bench? Coming in late? Failing to hold possession with neat interchange of passes? What will Rohr do differently with new players?

A team that has been together for 3years yet still struggle to string passes together.

No wonder a news media used the word 'Limp' to describe our team at the World Cup.

We were out played by the SAs. How does that sound to the ear sef? We need to be thinking big and set examples for other African countries to follow.

ChrisKels:
There is what is called pride bro. I guide mine with my life, hence I never settle for less. One thing I believe in, stay away from a fight that doesnt worth it buh whenever a minor tries to rise above his level in disrespect to his superiors, beat him to stupor to serve as a deterrent to others. We have everything in our Arsenal, why should we be so soft on opponents like SA. No disrespect to SA buh if they had the quality we had, they would mop the floor with us. The had more injury worries and withdrawals, yet they looked more coordinated with their play than us that have had majority of our players playing together for more than 3years now. If we played good football and ended up wt the score he got, I wouldn't mind, buh fvck it, we were damne poor like a cow dung

Rohr is a disgrace. I want him gone for a coach who understands what it means to protect the pride of a nation.

you can say that all over again!

I don't know why our people are been conservative with the truth.

Well, me o. I'm not impressed one bit about this man called Rohr and his results. The truth of the matter is that we are not progressing as a team. One needs to separate RESULTS from PROGRESS.

I watched Holland play yesterday and I marveled. They are rebuilding after they missed out in this year's world cup. Their new team is less than 2years (post Robben Era) but it is more obvious that they are on the rise. Sense of purpose in their play, clear cut pattern of football, the boys are getting better with each match. They defeated the World Champions yesterday with a team with average players just like ours(cos Aside Van dyke others are just average too). They qualified from a group that has Germany and France.

But ask these Rohr's defenders that aside qualification for the World Cup and AFCON what else can we say about his team.
No improvement in pattern of playe. No winning mentality in the boys. Na to de experiment up and down.

A lowly SA are even calling us their rivals. What an insult! We went out against them today seeking for a draw. It's like Wales calling Germany their football rival.

Something needs to be done asap. Else we will just waste this pool of talent at our disposal. It's so sad.

Curtisaxel7:
I noticed it too. Everything Rohr said there is what any layman would say. No comment on tactics and strategy. No in-depth game analysis, nothing. Just rambling about nothing.....

In many ways Rohr reminds me of Buhari. Old, dull, slow to react, unintellectual, incoherent of speech and seemingly unaware of events happening around them.

Had Rohr lodge a complaint to the fourth official or better still vent his anger on the first disallowed goal, I don't think the ref and linesman would have been more cautious with their calls.

Joebie:
The point is in the absence of Mikel you should have a solid alternative to Iwobi regardless. Eze comes to mind. Even Mikel will not give you 100% every matchday. You always need to have a solid replacement in every department. That’s our problem.

Anybody who still defends Rohr is simply blind. At the end of the 1st half I already knew it was not a good day for Iwobi and KC. But Baxter was still the first to make the first sub. What bothers me about this team is that Rohr have kept most of the players together for about 3 years now, but we cannot still string good passes consistently. On the other hand, SA have brought On several new names but you can always count on them to give u a good game regardless of the result.

IMO this team will not win the AFCON.

Spot on. But does Rohr know this.

krattoss:
Thank God south Africa next game is away to libya. I don't see them robbing libya over there in North Africa.

I can bet my left balls that south Africa bribed those lines men.
Wait, isn this Same southies that robbed Senegal on worldcup qualifying in this Same FNB.?
Latter after replay Senegal won them on replay and the Ref fired.

See am vexed right now, if pinnick doesn't exercise his authority as caf vice president and investigate this match, I wont be happy with him atall.
And anyway south Africa can never win this Libyan national team.

Thanks for this.

elyte89:
We all can c ighalo and Mikel.is still very much relevant to dis team,most especially mikel

when I said the difference between this match and the previous one is Balogun, I was almost stone to death.

We scored Seychelles 3 and we were singing our players to high heaven and excusing them for poor performance attributing it to the poor pitch wasn't it the same pitch Libya walloped them by 7 good goals?

One thing is very sure. These boys won't realise their potential under Rohr's tutelage.

soetanoreoluwa:
Isn't possible to probe this match?

I'll like us to probe else they repeat it next time and it might hurt.

Aside the ref, we were piss poor for the last 70mins of this encounter. We'll I wasn't surprised as I wasn't expecting anything spectacular from our boys.
Congrats as we are back in AFCON after two consecutive miss.

I have never seen a poor ref like this in a while and our coach continues to baffle me with his decision making

Where is the second group match holding cos this scoreline I'm seeing is outta here.

Kalu has been average too.

Earthquake2:
I don't think the wingbacks we have ever played in a 3-5-2 before

Why drop Aina?

WBs are average so far

We have always struggle against any long balls and the Southies are using it to their favour.

Midfield is non existence!

Goal

A clean Goal ruled offside!

That combo at the right side was beautiful

This looks 3-5-2. Kalu as wingback.

What is wrong with this Supersport?
South Africa vs Nigeria in SD while Uganda and Cape Verde in HD. What kain thing be this.

Why is the stadium half full?

Abusule007:
Super eagles starting 11 out

Is Aina injured or not match fit.

Hmmm... Make I wait to see Rohr's formation.
Ezenwa a player who hasn't played in 6 months starts...
Kelechi has been given a lifeline to redeem himself. Hope he grabs it with his both hands.

Did anyone watch Netherland vs France yesterday?

Hugo Lloris is the example of what we need in Goal.

All this talk of Kalu at RWB should not be real o.

Netherlands are in a rebuilding process... Good for their football. Watch out for them. They will soon be world super team again.

Just imagine us not capping Ebuehi in a competitive match. The boy would have done a u-turn on us now.

TheSuperNerd:
Chaaaiiii... One glass of choice wine for you Sir AIG.... Your memory is superb!!!!

Indeed I spoke about our very own ISIS (Iheanacho, Success, Iwobi, Simon M.) when the world was talking of terrorism in the middle East thanks to the original ISIS... Now time has brought it to pass. Funnily Samuel Chukwueze or even Samuel Kalu can be an alternative "S" in that ISIS formation... Lol...

Then the talks evolved between TheGoodJoe and I into the league of Extraordinary Hitmen, a gathering of the best and finest lethal attacking and creative talents for our Super Eagles' Big evolution and that is here too already and beginning to take firm shape and hopefully with time it will mature and bear thousands of fruits...


In fact... That memory of yours is blessed.... Cheers my good man...

Let's fantasize small, how will you line up these Football Terrorists group.?

Mickael2:
I was called a hater for pointing this out. Our midfield already lacked pace and now it has even reduced further.

So we have to first analyse how these guys will play, I don't know if you watched the game between Real Betis and Barcelona, Busquets was reduced to a ballbl boy, Betis moved through the side of the pitch that is what I think the South Africans will do, and if they do can Agu be the guy that will run around the entire midfield to win balls? We know Iwobi cannot control the game so this will be a fast paced game all through. Can Agu and Ogu cope with all that? It remains to be seen though, but for me I doubt we will win this game with this midfield we have now

The bolded is my major concern...

Having a slow Ogu in the Middle paired by a tactically indiscipline player in Agu is nothing but a recipe for.......

How I wish Shehu is around. He would have been a better option in front of the back four.

On paper, we don't stand a chance...