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you know how dynamic and ever changing football can be injury loss of form etc. i mean look at our squad at the last AFCON compared to now barely 3 people made it back and that is just 6 years o

andrew444:
Lol you just dey call many players even the one wey we no need self

my overall assessment of our performance at the AFCON is that we where a quality or half decent central midfielder away from winning the title or at least getting to the final. Mikel who should have played that role was unfortunately injured/off form. unlike other 3rd places finishes i'm left feeling more hopeful about our football future.

going forward at least 2 of our current goalkeepers have to bid the Super Eagles goodbye and one of those should be Akpeyi even though i don't blame him for the goals conceded he doesn't offer that top quality required of someone playing for Nigeria. madu okoye, alampasu? plus any talented home based keeper should be able to fill in

defence looks good in the short to long term. fullbacks were decent Aina came into his own while collins did well also. Awaziem excelled in his makeshift role but obviously he will eventually end up as a CB. ebuehi's return will in the short term settle the issue of the RB. shehu is a decent fallback option but would be surprised if he continues to be a core member of the team. another LB should be scouted to give collins good competition (sorry not idowu). CB is also decent going forward hope tomori or uduokhai can add that distinct quality. valentine also looks a good future prospect

ndidi had an average tournament going by his high standards in the EPL. he needs good competition. As a matter of urgency/emergency we need to get a quality CM hopefully between the nwakali brothers, josh onomah, azubuike okechuckwu, ifeanyi matthew, bashiru, nfoborh etc somebody will step up. iwobi also needs good competition hopefully we can get ebere eze to commit to us. Ogu thank you for your service and sacrifice but time to say goodbye wish you the best in your club career. onazi might still play a limited role but all depends if injury hasn't greatly reduced his form.

attack looks good too we are over blessed right now in the wing position with bonaventure, olayinka, okereke, lookman? waiting in the wings. the striker position needs more understudies to ighalo who has more than proven he's our undisputed number one striker. i'm optimistic between osimhen, KC, Awoniyi, Onuachu, Success at least 2 of them will offer suitable support or back up. musa as a winger cum forward with onyekuru as back up is also tasty.

in an ideal world if i was in charge of the nff and had enough money to spend i would have asked rohr to go and comb the netherlands for a good dutch tactician but the reality is the state of nigerian football administration is less than ideal. will the next coach be mature and calm in working with the nff, players media fans like rohr has? which nigerian coach is ready not just from a tactical angle but is reasonably honest, has emotional intelligence, knows how to motivate? sadly a lot for now may be strong in one area but grossly deficient in the other 2 however we keep searching. speaking realistically i think rohr should stay on but if anyone should be sent on a refresher course/attachment it should be imama amakapabo. he's already a key member of the technical crew, he's nigerian plus in any eventuality that rohr for any reason can't continue he will fit in seamlessly as the next coach having known the players and system.

all told the future is very bright for the Super Eagles

Icon4s:

unfortunately a lot of our fans tend to analyse issues based on hindsight and emotions if we had secured Victory against Algeria they will say the coach deployed spot on tactics.

bro as a matter of urgency have your son tested for STDs so you can have peace of mind that your (should be former by now) housemaid hasn't infected him with anything. Also inform the agent or whoever offered the housemaid to you to work with about what she was up to with your son. she might also be a victim of sexual abuse from wherever she came from and would need counselling.

have that talk with your son let him know you saw what he did and why it's wrong. encourage him to tell you everything that happened between him and your ex-housemaid explaining to him that you will not get angry. his mother your wife has a right to know what has been happening please find a time and place to tell her. pray God will give you wisdom on how to break the news to her so she will not over react and punish your son harshly.

most importantly look for a good therapist your child will also need counselling.

side note if you intend on hiring housemaids in the future please try and hire ones older than 18 years because hiring an underage househelp is also a form of child abuse

wish you all the best and blessings to your family

Timih:
I'm very disturbed now

This might be long

I don't know if he's the one assaulting her or she's the one doing so.. I don't even know what is going on

I got back from work, went to the bathroom and when I came out, I saw my son entering a room. He was calling her name and entered. I've been suspecting something like this so I used the opportunity to peep. I saw my son sitting close to her, putting his hand across her neck, this time she was giving a faint smile while putting her palms on her face. Later the boy went to her back and started squeezing her breast from behind. Mehn.. I'm sad, shocked, bad.. Everything. I called him and I pretended not to see anything, why? I know if I react, I'll severely deal with him and that won't change anything because he's been poisoned already. I feel like I've failed as a father already.

He's 7 turning to 8,the girl is 14. I seriously don't know what to do about my son, in fact I can't eat to think well. I'll be sending away the girl though but I'm sure that won't stop my son from doing things. Especially in his school. I'm afraid of anything that may happen.

First time I noticed a strange relationship between them, i called him, talked to him about not showing his pen.is to anyone, to keep himself covered and all sort, asked him questions about anyone touching him in any manner and he said no. I asked him about his friends in school.. He named 8 of dem and 2 of them are girls.

I've failed as a father. My wife is not yet back but when I tell her, she will beat the boy and that won't change anything. I don't know where I went wrong. The maid bathes the boy, dresses for him too. Maybe that's where the issue lies. My wife just gave birth and that's why we employed a maid to help her and take care of the house till the baby is old enough.

I don't know where he got it from, I've stopped my wife from watching movies on dstv anytime he's with her.. She only watches redeemed channel and maybe news then when he's asleep, she face her movies. She asked why and i said there was a day I came back from work, and the way he greeted me was very strange... Normally, I relate with him as if we are age mates.. I can say my guy, how u dey na and he replies with daddy, I just gentle... Just normal guyman things but this one is totally different and no one needs to tell me he got it from the movies.. No one.

Maybe I have to take charge of bathing him

He's a very smart boy.. Very very smart and that's my fear.. And for him to be exposed to this has duely affected me.

Please help me.. Abuse me, curse me.. I don't have a choice.. Just help me

Pardon my English pls.. Just help

Tough luck to the team yes disappointed in the loss but we gave our all I can live with that. I'm not a fan of the goalkeeper but let's not blame him the free kick was well struck taken from an absolutely dangerous Spot. The algerians came with a good game plan and their quality players executed their plan well sometimes you just have to hold your hand up and say you lost to a better team.

Only criticism I will say is we still lack game management.

Should the coach go I think so I think he has taken us as far as we can go under him and I commend him for his effort but the nff should know it's not just about getting the right coach but ensuring they implement a system for bringing out top talents for our national teams.

Kudos to the boys for some good memories from this tournament the future is bright super Eagles forever

darkelf:
Gbam

Most of the pundits have reaciat bias written all over their predictions. Man for man, we have a better team. Mahrez isn't even a starter for Man city. And he isn't world class

let's not disrespect the algerians they're a good team it's not for nothing that they are unbeaten the only reason I'm really confident of Victory is because I feel we have the personnel to nullify them and score against them hopefully if we play a disciplined defensive game like we did against Guinea I don't see how the Algerian defence won't concede

So it's game day I'm quietly confident I have no doubt that with the right formation we will beat them even though betting pundits have the algerians odd favourite to win but I think the players can get the job done.

The algerians are coming to the game with a lot of tension angst and Vengeance on their mind which I think might play into our hands if we stay calm.

I will stick out my neck and predict 3- 1 in favour of Nigeria let's back them with all all support.

Let's go super Eagles!

lol anytime i remember that jist i just shake my head in laughter. even the original solanke proponent has denied him. do you remember the "iheanacho cannot sign for another EPL because he hasn't scored many goals" bla bla but forgot conveniently his MCM scored only once for liverpool was super glued to the bench before signing for bournemouth

ChrisKels:
But Solanke aint one of those better players

this is where rohr is a bit underestimated and underappreciated. give it to gernot he knows how to set up the eagles for any particular opposition. my only issue with him is he doesn't react on time to seeming danger in game unless the worst happens eg opponents score first, equalize

charlesemeka85:
Tactics to be deployed in a match determines the players to selected who are better suited for it.

Against Cameroon Simon started because Rohr tried to be cautious knowing that the rb position is unfamiliar to awaziem and deemed it reasonable to start a more defensive disciplined player with better work rate to help out awaziem in the position.

Against SA the game plan was to take them unawares with a fast, skillful and lethal player in chukwueze who they knew nothing about and their main focus was on Ighalo and Musa. The plan was to attack them as the game starts so we can get an early goal which will unsettle them and it worked out if not for the dubious goal we conceded.

The match I blamed Rohr was against Madagascar cus I expected onyekuru to start or atleast come in as a sub instead of fielding unfit kalu. All the same he is human and prone to mistakes

the same man city with strength in depth that sane could barely get a game in this past. mahrez hasn't really changed much from his leicester days

charlesemeka85:
For ur information Mahrez best form was when he was in leicester. How many matches did he play for city since he joined?

is there really a difference between mahrez of leicester city and mancity? he's just playing with more commited and talented algerian players plus they have gotten rid of the clowns who used to coach them

darkelf:
Thanks mahrez shehu faced isn't the Man city mahrez.

I'm banking on Rohr to make adequate prep against them but I doubt awaziem would be enough. My opinion please. No insults

i see what you mean about odion's poor first touches. i noticed each time he's pressured by the opposition defender his poor touch sometimes leads to turnovers which results in fast counters. problem is it seems onuachu is even worse in that regard and we haven't seen enough of osimhen in the GWG to form a proper picture of his ability

darkelf:
Ighalo has poor touches when he isn't backing a player.

He thrives on being marked by bodily contact when trapping a ball

yeah i agree osimhen could turn out to be our amunike moment

darkelf:
I still feel rohr should try Osimhen.

We never know what the cat may let in.

Rohr may have said the guy falls in training but o feel he is eager to get the praises that Chukwueze has been getting. Same as Onyekuru and Kalu.

As at 65mins yesterday when we were still leading, Rohr should have subbed in Osimhen for Ighalo and see what happens. Ighalo is too inconsistent and predictable. Osimhen offers a bit of an unknown guile/trickery that may confound opposition defences while Ighalo has limited ability to get past his man..

Rohr ought to give this young ones a chance. We can't let the AFCON pass by without seeing them in action even if for 5 mins

Massive win yesterday though we made it harder for ourselves than it should have actually been. Awaziem and Collins great defensive performances. Iwobi best game of the tournament so far. Chukwueze what can i say about this starboy? nigeria is blessed to have such a talent pray he stays free from any serious injury and stays humble has potential to be one of our best wingers ever. kudos to alhaji musa pity his final ball often let him down. ighalo had an off day rohr shouldn't be scared to try other striking options if odion is not working out. makes us more unpredictable. shout out to king kong ekong too.

really pitied percy tau yesterday. like a snooker ball he was just entering one corner POCKET to the other

still on course game by game, match by match unto the next one.

Thank you God.

LET'S GO SUPER EAGLES!

Happy Birthday Bro blessings

edi287:
Thanks man.

Mikel not working as a DM is not because he can't do it but for some unexplainable reason he feels too big to play that role in the Super Eagles remember against argentina in the world cup rohr had to beg him to play that role.

yeah Iwobi should start he stills brings that creative instinct even though it hasn't come to the fore so far at the AFCON

Danielnino00:
Mikel has DM won't work. Etebo as AM will turn out worse. .
We are up against a South Africa team that are fast. maybe not faster than us but definitely fast. Mikel's legs are gone bro.. Its better he comes in the second half to stabilize the midfield (depending on the scoreline)..
Iwobi despite his inconsistency remains our best bet at AM this AFCON

game day expect the southies to be brimming with confidence and arrogance to attack us. don't know why but i have this feeling Musa will be the difference between us. southy defence will be stingy so we need to maximize the few chances that will fall to us.

very hopeful of victory

LET'S GO SUPER EAGLES

hi Charlee tough luck yesterday. it will surely happen one day very soon for your black stars. yes we might troll and tease you guys but from me personally i respect you guys and wish you success in the future (except against us ) peace

bingbagbo:
And I hope you win it

i'm a big fan of mathematical but this is wrong especially at this time when we are in the thick of competition. ok what if rohr coaches the team to victory what will he now say?

everyone has different temperaments and coaching styles if big Seg were a coach he would know this

darkelf:
I’ll sack Rohr if I were NFF boss – Odegbami

Sodiq Oyeleke

Former national team captain, Segun Odegbami, says he would have sacked Gernot Rohr after Nigeria’s 2-0 defeat to Madagascar at the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations if he were the Nigeria Football Federation boss.

Odegbami, a guest on Channels TV programme, Sunrise Daily, on Monday faulted Rohr’s attitude during Nigeria’s matches, saying the coach was “too relaxed” even when the Nigerian team were losing.

The ‘Mathematical’ Odegbami advised the NFF to consider a vocal coach in their next appointment.
“If I was in charge of Nigerian football, Gernot Rohr would have been on his way home,” Odegbami said during the interview.

“I’m sorry that is a bit harsh, but you could see how he selected players, particularly in that match against Madagascar. We could have been out of this competition now, because of his selection of players for that match.

“See coaches like Jurgen Klopp, Jose Mourinho, they are the 12th players. They are by the side of the field, they are directing their players.


They are shouting on referees, they are doing things. That is the sort of thing Nigerian players need.

“Nigerian players don’t want somebody who will just sit quietly and not say a word. They won’t hear his voice. You won’t help them with difficulty.

“Our nature is to be loud, to be compelled and driven to the wall. Our nature is not to just relax.”

They are shouting on referees, they are doing things. That is the sort of thing Nigerian players need.

“Nigerian players don’t want somebody who will just sit quietly and not say a word. They won’t hear his voice. You won’t help them with difficulty.
https://punchng.com/ill-sack-rohr-if-i-were-nff-boss-odegbami/amp/

komekn:
I watched and l found him to be OK but that's all.

His lack of pace for a RB or RWB add to that his limited technical ability leaves a lot to be desired. In the past two games he has-been the WEAKEST LINK.

Quality doesn't hide cream will always rise to the top. If he was exceptional then PSG and other clubs would have been fighting to sign him. But nobody in the end. na TURKEY he find himself.

That in itself tells the story.

I think you are being a bit too harsh on the young man don't forget he is just a makeshift right back which he has performed creditably well.

He hasn't really been poor against winger's so far in this tournament except for his first-half display against Cameroon he has more than held his own.

Yes he should have done better trying to keep out the cross but let's be fair the cameronian delivered a very good Cross that would beat a lot of decent right-backs

for me personally I think Moses Simon was one of our better players before he got substituted on many occasions he had the beating of the cameroonian left back but unfortunately his final balls weather shots or crosses were off the Mark.

Samuel when he came on was also very good put the cameroonian defenders on edge like super nerd said his excellent movement created space 4 Awaziem to deliver that excellent Cross which resulted in the equaliser.

Sometimes we don't need to knock somebody else to appreciate someone else's game for me Simon had a good game it's just that Samuel was better and carried more threat

Sainty92:
Forget this "South Africa are good" talk. Super eagles are clear favorite for that tie. We are their nemesis in football. Always!

bro stay Humble the same South Africans beat us 2 0 in our backyard we are only going to prove we are better on the pitch on Wednesday

Let's go super Eagles

Joebie:
when it comes to beautiful football, Nigeria no near SA oh.. but let's not forget we were in the same qualifying group. Familiar opponents.We have another chance to avenge that 2-0 home loss.

you are right we are not the favorites based on our past recent results super Eagles you have to double your efforts

wow the South Africans have only gone and beat The Host super Eagles get ready for a battle is going to be epic against this great South African team I won't lie I didn't think they could overcome the Egyptians but they gone and done it

bingbagbo:
I can see you are so excited,


Egypt awaits you

Tunisia fall on you

bingbagbo:
1. Cameroon haven't conceded a goal yet

2. The Nigeria team lacks cordinatiton , cohesion and telepathy

3. The Madagascar defeat will haunt the Nigerian team and boost the confidence of Cameroon that even if Madagascar beat them, why can't us

4.Cameroon will dominate the midfield like they have done so far in the group stages,

5. The desire and anger the Cameroonians will have to avenge the 4-0 defeat they suffered at the hands of their arch-rivals

6. Nigeria have no playmaker, Mikel Obi has been a failure so far at this role, and the younger Alex Iwobi has been unimpressive

7. The Nigeria team has no African class goalkeeper, both Akpeyi and Ezenwa can hardly stand the firepower of Stephanie Bakohen, Christian Basagog, Clinton Njie and Maxim Chupo. Moting

8. The Nigeria team has too many tired legs, Ahmed Musah, Obi Mikel, Odion Ighalo , Leon Balogun , Samuel Kalu etc are all poor quality players

9. Clarence Seedorf and Patrick Kluivert have so far proven they are more tactically astute than the oldman Gernot Rohr

10. Nigeria has not been properly tested yet since they were in a relatively easier group that housed Madagascar, Burundi and a Naby-Keitaless Guinea as against Cameroon that has played Ghana and an inform Benin managed by the experienced Michel Dussuyer .


But inspite of the enumerated facts, this is football, a game full of surprises. Nigeria can Still beat Cameroon if they properly strategize, this I will enumerate in my next thread dubbed How Nigeria can beat Cameroon


I don't hate Nigeria


Hmmmm, it's sad those bashing me are pretending they didn't read the bolded,

Why should I hate Nigeria? For what? We all know Ghana beats Nigeria, so why should I hate them?

lol all this story just to receive a massive L

congratulations everyone what a hard-fought win ighalo you legend what a clutch player.

I always felt we had enough to beat the cameronians but the truth is the coach almost lost it before he came to his senses in the second half.

No sentiments a more clinical and tactical discipline side would have beaten us today but thank God we won. What makes me so happy is that we are not yet playing the very best of football yet we are getting wins room for more improvements.

Let's go super Eagles

Jarus:
I'm actually expectant (or at least hopeful) of victory purely on the ground that we have a team of players that if they turn up, can stop Cameroun. Cameroun is not Brazil or Spain. We are at best mates.

But I don't believe in unscientific pattern (eg every 20 years XYZ wins World Cup, Nigeria has never lost to defending champions etc).

lol like I said every fan uses different things to boost their belief for some it might be unscientific patterns anyway we hope for the best

Jarus:
Exactly.

I would not like to use the word deceive every football fan always expect his team to win regardless of the opposition we are no different some might find comfort in patterns some in items of superstition all to boost belief of our team success. So don't begrudge them that just because you want to be cautiously optimistic shouldn't bar anybody else from being widely expectant of Victory. I've been watching football for so many years 2 outrightly dismiss someone's wild expectations the success of Leicester City Greece just to mention a few has taught me always to have hope even when the odds I'm not great.

Anyway at the end of the day it's football we win we are happy to celebrate we lose we are sad get trolled we move on EOD

Icon was so right about this Moroccan side always flatter to deceive

Nigerians in badagry stay calm is not an earthquake you are experiencing it's just millions of beninious Across the Border jumping for joy

Earthquake3:
Win or not Benin have proven themselves

yes I agree they have acquitted themselves admirably