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jihday:
eagles will bounce back, players like Musa Balogun Omeruo Ighalo will quit, we just need to add more midfielders and we’ll be fine

the midfielders are already there but they are not been called up....

Bonke
Samson tijani
Alhassan Yusuf
Onyeka
Onyedika
Nwakwali
Iwobi

Nwakwali would have at least kept the ball on the ground , made through passes and taken better corners.

Goke7:
I was one of those who wanted rohr out and I stand by it. But I remember an interview rohr had with a Nigerian journalist just before the Russia world cup, he lamented about the lack in depth and quality of the national team. This has been our bane and it keeps showing all the time.

A typical Nigerian side should have both physicality and technical prowess which you see in other top African sides but missing in our darling super eagles. How can we win big games? I never believed in all these foreign born players. Apart from Victor Moses with his physical prowess which the entire world knows what have these other foreign born offered the National team? It's time we have akpu bred players with skills back in our national sides, unless we are joking

akpu bred players like Moses Simon , Chukwueze and Dennis who always wants to dribble but fails...

modern football is not about skills, its about tactical discipline and controlling the midfield... Once a team masters the midfield then they may not need strikers to score just look at Manchester City or Aubameyang in FC Barcelona and how the midfield feeds him and his scoring goals for fun...

In summary, S.E needs to change from wing play to total football..

even the Falconets played better passing and crossing game than the S.E..

All the funds the S.E is receiving should be reduced and the majority must go to the Women's national teams...

NFF cannot be rewarding mediocrity..

S.E should be dominating the same way the women national teams dominate..

Oasis001:
Learn wetin?

Rohr has to go, there is nothing to regret about it. Rohr tried but he's exhausted tactically. What's the Essence bokoraharam football when we aren't parading Bandits as Players.

We missed out, fine. Let's start afresh with Amuneke. Capital No to foreign Coach.

No local coach again until after the 2026 world cup if S.E qualifies.....

Nigeria needs an above average spanish or german coach because S.E needs to learn how to pass and build up play...

Odunayaw:
Shehu or Semi, same thing: DMs

Stop talking like there was a secret weapon on the bench

Semi Ajayi grew up understanding the basics of football from football academies in England.. he is not the same as Shehu that is in the team based on the amount of northern Nigerians in the team when Alhassan Yussuf is there but wasn't called up...

Joebie:
Can Eguavoen finally give way now? See e head! instead of am to let Amuneke run things

Amuneke won't do anything different...

Local coaches are too sentimental.. he brought on shehu instead of Semi Ajayi.. look at the amount of strikers Eguavoen was throwing in...

football is won in the midfield which means Eguavoen was hoping on luck and doesn't know his best strikers and even wingers..

he has disgraced local coaches...

Goke7:
Coaches need very good materials to work with.

Lampard was messing up as Chelsea's coach but tuchel used that same team to win UCL..

It's not materials it's about tactics.

Goke7:
How many coaches Una wan try before Una go face reality

Changing coaches is also facing reality.

Farzat:
Bringing in Shehu to the midfield is a proof that what we need to win this match is nothing but luck, i pray the luck shines on us

Football is not luck and prayer. It's about hardwork, quality and tactics...

Goke7:
We don't have good players, it's all hype.

We have good players but poor coaches and coaching. Eguavoen thin midfield is his undoing.

safarigirl:
Lol

Is that the deflection?

Then the fingertips of Okoye is also a deflection


If you people did not agree that Okoye's ball deflected, this ball too did not deflect.

Yes you're right.

safarigirl:
Uzoho did not touch that ball

There was no deflection

The ball touched beneath Uzoho elbow then entered.

charlesemeka85:
we will qualify but mk pple eye open say okoye is better than uzoho

Ghana has a disciplined midfield and defense so S.E may not qualify.

Eguavoen has struggled against the top 10 ranked African countries.

safarigirl:
You cannot argue that

The ball did not deflect

This argument did not work for Okoye, so, it cannot work for Uzoho

The tips of Okoye's fingers even touched the ball he conceded, Uzoho did not even touch the ball. He had no chance against that goal.

Uzoho touched ball. He was the one that pushed or deflected it into the net .. at least Okoye didn't deflect his own into the net.

daveP:
This is not looking like Aribo's game mehn

Aribo has always been one of the weak links in the attack.. that's why I said Sadiq or lookman should replace..

Or him and lookman should switch positions because he plays better as a winger.

safarigirl:
Wetin make you dey open teeth?

You're the person that was wrong here, Abi, where is Bonke on that starting lineup?

you again

Bonke is injured naa

you've been wanting to quote me

Is it your teeth

Its my teeth and I will open it

Strugglingman:
I don't see this Ghanaian team scoring a goal from open play sha

don't jinx it...

the S.E must not be over-confident , complacent and arrogant...

this Ghanaian team broke through the S.E defense on multiple occasions in Kumasi and were unlucky not to score especially due to Uzoho's heroics and some defenders covering the mistakes of the other S.E players..

S.E must press especially in the 1st half and let the Ghanaian team make errors... S.E must also keep possession and no showboating or over dribbling...

Icon4s:
Rather, it is only a foolish coach that will start all of Dennis, Lookman, Onyeka and Bonke

mostob Icon4s come and see starting lineup

forgiveness:
My preferred starting 11


...............,,..................Uzoho...........

Aina...........Balogun........Ekong........Zaidu.......

................Etebor...................Onyeka..........

................................Aribo...................

Moses.......................Osimhen...................Dennis

moses and dennis attempts dribbles a lot and will lose the ball.. and your formation puts them as wide forwards which means they won't really drop deep to help the midfield and defense... Aribo struggles when playing as a 10 for S.E so he should be moved to the wings..

it's either

...............,,..................Uzoho...........

Aina...........Balogun........Ekong........Zaidu.......

................Etebor/Bonke...................Onyeka/Bonke..........

Dennis/Amoo................Sadiq..........................Aribo/Lookman

...............................Osimhen...................


or

...............,,..................Uzoho...........

...........Balogun...............Ajayi.....................Ekong.......

Aina.................Etebor/Bonke...................Onyeka/Bonke...........Zaidu.......

................................Dennis/Lookman...................

................Sadiq/Dennis...................Osimhen.........


Aina and Zaidu have proven to play the wings better than our wingers so let them play the wings..
Etebor and Onyeka like going forward and will make the defense weak on a counter. Bonke is needed...

justvictor57:
Well, I will assume they were under pressure playing away. I just hope that won't be the case here in Abuja.

The pressure will be worse at home so it would have been better if they had won the 1st leg.

justvictor57:
It has to be extra time but we no want am. Why are our players too sluggish with little or no pace when with the ball? No quick decision, always confused when approaching the 18 yard box. Confusion everywhere. What is it na

they didn't call up some of the players with pace the only one that has pace was on the bench... according to some people on this thread they are rookies and this match is too big for them...

some of the players aren't sluggish, they just want to try dribbles so they intentionally slow down for the defenders to catch up with them..

Kog45:
Oga,you mean he is playing safe in world cup play off...Chuckwueze is off form period.

I'm just been soft on chukwueze. Sportilitica is right but I won't say he has regressed. His performance for the S.E is below par and shambolic.

He is not off form.. his not putting in the high performance for the S.E as compared to when his playing for Villarreal.

He is probably one of Eguavoen's favorites and it's Eguavoen's favorites that are messing Eguavoen up..

Subzero47:
What do you think he is playing for Villarreal, when last did he score a goal for them?

good question that I don't know the answer to

mostob:


You should just stick to argument within your IQ.
Have a nice day

You're talking about IQ but the time is 11:30pm and you're saying have a nice "day" instead of night.

Go and update your IQ

daveP:
let's be factual. You're right. But did you notice there was barely any green shirt available to do something tangible when attacking? Aina crossed to one player in box 18. I know he was doing his part but if bodies aren't where they should be, na horror. And that's what happened tonight.

In that situation, I expected chukwueze Ihenacho aribo and Simon to all start running towards box so that at least if they defend it then S.E players can recover the ball and shoot..

That's how s.e scored against Egypt.

13large:
You’re a bastaard ewu. What did your boyfriend iheanacho do today? He shouldn’t be on the first team ahead of any midfielders. A team need a dm, CM and AM to function properly and you shouldn’t compromise your midfield or defense

That's what I've been saying.

Where's semid4lyfe or any mod..

See abuses ...

Rule 2 and rule 3

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charlesemeka85:
If em easy to score wetin mk Ghana no score?

Uzoho

13large:
Thunder fire you. Ighalo would had done much better today but the main problem was the midfield. We need 3 midfielders on the pitch

Thunder is the roar from lightning Sparks. Lightning is the one that can fire people not thunder..

Lightning fire you � � more. The main problem was the wingers..

midfield was too thin unless you expected Bonke to play DM, CM and AM at the same time

Icon4s:
Sorry, I don't discuss with disrespectful people like you.

I'm disrespectful to people who are disrespectful to me..

13large:
Ighalo should start next game

Heaven and hell forbid..

Osimhen and Sadiq should start.. Ihenacho doesn't press and an old Ighalo will definitely never press.

When I said s.e needs it's fast players people were saying their careers are just starting that it's too early to call them up.

daveP:
The wing is easily locked up. Modern approach has made such a style so so outdated. Nowadays, if the fullbacks aren't getting opened space by midfield play to run in, it's nothing valuable to the team. We missed Ndidi definitely. I also noticed the lockdowns once the wingers received a pass. They just can't move. Nobody is opening up any space, so they pass right back to the defenders. How is AE seeing this repeatedly and not exasperated??

One of the things wrong with Eguavoen wingers is his over reliance on Simon and chukwueze..

They will receive pass with clear space ahead of them and instead of them to run and pass or cross into the box or run and cut in then pass or shoot they will wait for the defender to catch up then try to dribble. Simon was very guilty of doing this in tonights match.

Sportilitica:
Chukwueze has really regressed. Is he injured or has lost confidence?

That's how he plays for Nigeria.. he is playing safe so that he doesn't get injured so that he can return to his villar:eal duties..

He hasn't regressed per se..

mostob:
Which of your Moses and Simon?

Stop trying to deflect...

Defend your Simon and chukwueze ..