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TheGoodJoe:
Wrong how? Who said it is not possible. My point was clearly, it is irregular and uncommon.

It was an absurd suggestion from you and then to try to make it look like a normal tactical move. You said the coach was tactically inept for not doing it.

I am telling you it is very rare. You have seen it is.

Learn and move on.

I have been watching this argument go on and on.

The fact is simple. Eguavoen came up against a team that showed clearly from the early seconds of the game that they knew, understood, practiced, and could counter the game plan he would implement. He didn't need to have wholesale changes in the squad, he didn't even need a single substitution. All he needed was a tactical tweak that would catch the Tunisians off guard. Any of these tweaks may have worked:

1.) Have fullbacks overlap, Ndidi sits along with Ekong and Omeruo for counters while everyone else bombs forward. Our fullbacks are fast enough to repel dangerous counters as long as Ndidi and co. can close up space (which they failed to do for the goal).

2.) Have Simon and Chuks switch wings for 5 - 10 mins, see how the Tunisians react.

3.) Have Nacho drop deep to collect balls, bring Aribo closer to him to make one-twos instead of sending long balls to the wings.

One or a combination of any of the above may have disoriented the Tunisians enough to cause problems and maybe score.

Senegal coach is very tactically bereft. How do you have so many star players and struggle to score goals? It's very simple actually.

You are playing a 4-3-3 with 3 DMs. Liverpool does it with 3 CMs, but creativity comes from fullbacks. Senegal are not even having their fullbacks overlap. As a result, they have a dense defense and an isolated attack. Their formation is basically 6-space-3.

andrewbaba44:
Because they have no striker and when then purchased Osimehn for 80 million he left there for him

Petagna is a striker.

Remind me a Napoli game this year Mertens played where Mertens did not play as a top 9.

We need to go to this WC with Eguavoen. Once he can add dynamism to his coaching plus the return of the Suicide Squad (Osimhen, Dennis and co.) we can reach for the skies.

Also how do we get this Olise boy? That guy is on another level, we may have lost him totally. Another Lamboghini type of player like Aribo and can play RW. Chuks can be helping out from the bench.

TheGoodJoe:

I said they all pass Cavani. I am not comparing Osimhen and Haaland. I am saying all of them are better than Cavani. Cavani is actually washed up. He is now Mpa and we thank him for a brilliant career. He can rest and let the young ones keep it going.

Ordinary Rashford and Greenwood has been benching Cavani since he came to ManU and we are even going far to Osimhen, Haaland and Vlahovic.

andrewbaba44:
So we are saying the same thing that he is not a striker

He has played CF ever since Milik left. Check on Transfermarkt.

andrewbaba44:
Bring out vlahovic and osimhen seria A stats and show me .

Martens is Napoli all time top scorer for sure

Go and check how many years mertens spent at Napoli and compare it to cavani who spent just 3 seasons and tell me who is better

Many of una I don talk say na only super eagles una sabi ,keep on exposing yourself

Because osimhen Dey bench mertens means say e better pass cavani ,as if mertens Na real number 9 ,even milik played there ahead of him

FYI cavani spent 3 seasons at Napoli and scored 104 goals in 134 games ,while mertens has played 382 games and score 144 goals in 9 seasons

Make your research well next time

Mertens played as a winger his first 3 seasons. Sha I won't even go there.

Remember, both are the same age. Mertens has 245 goals, 100 assists in 680 apps and almost half his career played as a winger. Cavani has 372 goals, 62 assists in 639 apps all as a CF.

andrewbaba44:
Even you self you can beat your chest

Remove vlahovic from osimhen their stats are very far apart

Cavani will perform better than Osimehn at seria A

Vlahovic stats is like scoring almost a goal in every game ,but that doesn’t mean he is better than cavani

Vlahovic and Osimhen had similar stats until Osimhen got injured.

Cavani will not perform better than Osimhen or Vlahovic in Serie A, take it anywhere. In fact go and ask the Napoli fans that Cavani is even their club legend. Mertens that is Napoli all time top scorer even ahead of Cavani, Higuain and Maradona, no be the same Osimhen dey bench am before he injure?

Windscribe:
Before you compare your small boy Osimhen with Edinson.

You need to know that Edinson at 34(still playing) has more career goals than.

Thierry henry.
Didier Drogba.
Samuel Eto'o

Oya nah.

Let us settle the matter.

You are playing a crucial game where you need a win. Who would you rather have as your starting 9? Osimhen or Cavani?

Let's even go a step further. Osimhen or Ronaldo?

1000 career goals doesn't win you games, if you think so go and call Pele to play for your team then. A whole Messi in PSG, if not for Hakimi and Mbappe do you think they will even be near the top of the table? Abeg leave that talk. Legends are legends but on the pitch na who get power pass dey win game, especially now that nobody respects anybody on the pitch again.

andrewbaba44:
Cavani is better than osimhen and vlahovic ,abeg No bring cavani come here as example

Put current cavani for seria A with regular game time e go guarantee you 20 goals at worst at his old age ooo

Please which higher ranked league has sadiq played in ?

So you can beat your chest in public and say that Cavani will perform better in Serie A than Osimhen and Vlahovic right now? Bro.

andrewbaba44:
Awoniyi and sadiq are not better than ighalo .

Yes they are better. How do you want to argue it? Statistics? Both have more goals in higher ranked leagues. Qualities? Both are taller, more physical, more technical, younger, and they prove it everyday by scoring in more competitive leagues. How else?

The only thing working in Ighalo's favour is history, and these are young players so it doesn't fly. This is just like saying Cavani is better than Osimhen or Vlahovic.

komekn:
I disagree ,

Probably the lowest ranked player in the squad is Nwakali, playing for Huesca in the Segunda Division.

He selected him over and above proven and tested EPL players in the midfield like Iwobi and Onyeka.

When I mean big name players I don't mean by popularity, I mean by consensus and local support.

komekn:
Awoniyi is better than Sadiq but none of them are better than Ighalo, Victor and or Dennis.

If any of these players were playing it would have been different.

Yes, they are better than Ighalo. Dennis is a winger who can fill in at CF so you can't compare.

JohnBullMySon:
I can still remember some of Uzoho's "saves" at the 2018 WC. Even a guy beside me then remarked that it would take the grace of God for him not to concede. Maduka isn't reliable. He is mistake prone. I wanted to recommend Akpeyi but I watched one of the training videos, and what I saw from Akpeyi!!!, lemme just leave it cos he never featured. Make l drag only those wey play.

Right now the position is very open. I still believe in Maduka though. I've seen some of his saves. He has talent but lacks confidence.

Sincerely though I have not seen an eagles game where Maduka showed that he has what it takes. 60% of his games, he hasn't touched ball. The remaining 40%, every two shots they have scored him one.

Remember, we had two defensive off the line clearances yesterday where Maduka looked totally lost (cc early first half, Ndidi off the line).

For Uzoho, I can remember at least 3 games where he gave off prime Alisson vibes. Against Brazil, the guy looked untouchable. Tunisia at AFCON 2019, we were bashing Rohr for not playing him throughout. There are more but this is just off the top of my head.

zuchyblink:
The culture of disrespecting our experienced players should stop forthwith.

Oga even with Ighalo and Moses nothing would have happened in that game... We didn't lose the game for a dearth of talent or experience. We lost because players got lazy (probably because of Rohr syndrome where everybody knows who is gonna play) and poor coaching anticipation and flexibility.

Las las Musa wey get experience pass everybody you see him contribution for the game?

JohnBullMySon:
The players themselves said it that he gave them freedom, meaning that there was little guidance coming from him, only first eleven, position and substitution.

Nothing is wrong with that. After all, Nigeria has always played with vibes.

The problem is when there are flaws in the positions themselves. Not being flexible enough to change them when necessary too.

drDoom3:
How many chances did we create self? We lost because Eguavoen stuck to a tactic the whole world had dissected and laid bare, and he was too inflexible to adapt, the same problem we complained Rohr had. It was an open secret Simon was our talisman, I wonder why he didn't change things up.

BTW, leaving Ejuke out of the matchday squad for players like Musa and Iwobi is really a war crime that deserves flogging. At least a consolation is that yesterday Eguavoen was shown why he should never make such blunders again.

It was glaring Eguavoen fell for the trap of big-name players rather than who can get the job done. Else why did Chuks start so many games?

TheGoodJoe:

We did not lose because of 3 or 2 CMs. We lost because we did not take our chances, a red card, and a goal keeping error.

How many chances did we create self? We lost because Eguavoen stuck to a tactic the whole world had dissected and laid bare, and he was too inflexible to adapt, the same problem we complained Rohr had. It was an open secret Simon was our talisman, I wonder why he didn't change things up.

BTW, leaving Ejuke out of the matchday squad for players like Musa and Iwobi is really a war crime that deserves flogging. At least a consolation is that yesterday Eguavoen was shown why he should never make such blunders again.

JohnBullMySon:
He did well obviously for his capacity. But I'm very concerned now about his style of allowing players do what they want. We became too predictable after the new coach syndrome had worn off. It was obvious yesterday.

In contrast, his style of caging his players cost him the game.

Chuks needs to take a break from the National team walahi. I can't remember the last time he played well for us. I wonder how he regressed so much from the delight he was in 2019 AFCON.

Btw please someone should help me get a clip of that epic Sadiq dribble that almost twisted that defender's destiny. I need to rewatch it while reading the comments of Komekn and safarigirl about how Sadiq should have been herding cows instead of playing football. Forget we lost o, I am so happy for that guy because he proved everything I said right about him being a confidence player. With what I saw in those 15 mins he was on, he can give Osimhen a run for his money in that first striker spot self. Guy played like exactly like Isak of Sociedad does.

solonnachi:
It's better to lose now than lose against Ghana in March. That would be more painful.

We restrategize.
Up Super Eagles!

Jose Peseiro, over to you

Peseiro is even worse tbh.

There was something Eguavoen said in the post-match interview that made me realise that he is a good coach, but not an excellent one.

He said that you cannot change your playing style in the middle of a tournament.

Every excellent coach changes their playing style IN THE MIDDLE OF GAMES THEY ARE NOT PERFORMING IN, let alone in the middle of a month-long tournament.

Football is like chess. I am participating in a chess tournament. I have a specific opening sequence I used to win my first three games. In my fourth game, my opponent who is higher ranked plays a move right off the bat that shows he knows what my opening sequence is and he is ready to counter it. What do I do? If I continue with my sequence, I will be at a disadvantage because my opponent knows what I will play and is prepared. Every good chess player will IMMEDIATELY improvise.

From the first ten minutes, it was clear these Tunisians knew exactly what we planned to do and they were ready for it. A simple move Eguavoen could have made could have been to tell Chuks and Simon to switch wings. Very simple move and it could have messed up the Tunisians gameplan because the 3 guys marking Simon would immediately be confused and have to switch responsibilities to other guys unprepared for it.

Odunayaw:
If I ask who should have been subbed out and for whom now you go de stutter

I will help you.

Half-time changes:

Onyeka in, Iheanacho out. Switch to 4-3-3, Aribo as AM.

Ejuke in, Chuks out. As Ejuke was not in matchday squad, Olayinka or Onyekuru in.

These two changes would have soliified our midfield and helped us close the gaps that led to a player having so much space to hit a screamer that close to our penalty area.

TheGoodJoe:

You do not make changes like that. When Tunisia scored, the commentator said against the run of play. We were working on breaking the organization of the defense of the Tunisians before the goal came in.

No coach will make an early change when his team is in control of the game.

Depends on what you define as control.

drDoom3:
There is no way we are underestimating any team. We have a team that is grounded, a solid coach who knows what he's doing, no star player stealing the show, and no COVID scares so far. We will go far.

Turns out our coach got exposed once he met a better coach who could neutralize his main tactic (and he had no backup).

Odunayaw:
Particular formations limit your strategies. Make una no de talk like there are 1000 moves one can make.

But at least a good coach has to have 2 practiced with the team. Even Rohr had 4-3-3 and 3-5-2 then.

TheGoodJoe:

The coach made two early changes. So how was that too late?

It was too late.

Chuks should not have started that second half. The midfield had been overrun a long time ago, it was glaring to the eyes.

When you see your tactics neutralized in the first half, you change them at half time and come in with new tactics. We came into that second half with the same "long ball to Simon and inshallah" strategy and got punished for it. As a coach if you see your strategy being neutralized on pitch you change it there and then self, you don't wait until half time.

Famocious:
Sadly, Nigerians are on Maduka Okoye's Instagram page trolling him..

That is international football for you... Same issue Sadiq and co. faced. If you don't perform with the opportunity you have, you get trolled.

Chuks should drop to the bench after this. Dennis and Ejuke should be tried there and compete.

dkay51:
Lol, rest abeg...Maduka is pipe, and showed exactly that today, we've been saying it since but nooo, we dont like fine boys.

Maduka made only one save in that game... The low curler. The other shot was blocked by Omeruo onto a Tunisia player from where offside was blown.

forgiveness:
Either ways, the coach messed up big time.

Chuks didn’t live up to expectations due to how we played. No support from the midfield. Iheanacho ought to have been doing that but Aribo would have done better if he was allowed to play and Onyeka takes his place in the midfield.

The coach is tactically inept.

I wouldn't say the coach is tactically inept. More like the coach did not recognize when his tactics expired and when he needed to change up things here and there. He got a good tactic, but he was too rigid with him and the Tunisians capitalized on it to bite us.

safarigirl:
Thank you for this.

Safarigirl hope you saw the Sadiq you said should take bus back home after the Bissau game? See the way my guy played like prime Benzema combined with a touch of Ibrahimovic today. There was one dribble he did today that made me stand up from my seat.

I told you the guy is a confidence player, that once he gets his confidence his real talent will show.