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TheGoodJoe:
Amunike remains my pick. If he has the kind of support and time Rohr had, I have no doubt he will build a phenomenal team for us that will play in a brilliant tactical fashion.

Tactics rule the game now and with the talents at our disposal, we can achieve it.

What if he(Amunike) starts having problem with some key players?

We missed Ebuehi on the right.

It will also be nice to consider Moses Odubajo.

Tactically the Algerian team were better yesterday.

1.They did their homework well.Caged both Musa and Chukwueze and stopped Ighalo from getting into the box.

I expected the coach to instruct his wingers to play through the middle since the Algerians have blocked the wings.

2.Wrong Sub:Musa was very poor today and should've been subbed b4 Chukwueze but the coach left him because he was the captain.

Onyekuru for Chukwueze was wrong because Onyekuru is a LW not a RW.Most of his goals for Galatasaray came from the left.

3.Prior to the match the coach told his players not to foul anyone close to the box but they failed as the Algerians got the winner from a foul close to the box.

4.Ighalo is poor aerially and not a 9 for counter attack because he is heavy and lacks pace.He is mainly good inside the box as in more of a poacher as most of his goals have been scored from the box.

5.Immobility of full-backs:J.Collins and Awaziem were solid in defence offered very little in attack.One would have expected that since Musa and Chukwueze were caged that the full-backs will start attacking through the flanks.

In our last 2 games we tend to score first then sit back to use counter-attacks which have failed twice as our opponents equalized.

We might not get away with it if we try it against Algeria.

AFCON 2019: Has Chukwueze
Done Enough To Oust Moses
Simon From Super Eagles
Starting XI?
Published: July 08, 2019
The Super Eagles of Nigeria
will battle the Bafana Bafana
of South Africa in the quarter-
final round of the ongoing
AFCON tournament after
defeating Cameroon 3-2 last
weekend.
Apart from having difficulty in
coming up with a winning
strategy, Super Eagles
manager Gernot Rohr will face
a slight headache as regards
to who should be in his
starting lineup between
Samuel Chukwueze and Simon
Moses.
The 20-year-old Villarreal
winger stared in the team's
1-0 victory over Burundi as he
was included in the starting
lineup by the gaffer.
Despite his fine display
against the AFCON debutants,
the left-footed winger lost his
shirt to Moses Simon in
subsequent matches.
Moses Simon is defensively
important to the team but his
offensive display has left so
much to be desired.
He was far from impressive in
Saturday's game against
Cameroon as he made way for
the Villarreal man in the 60th
minute.
Though Odion Ighalo was the
hero of the night, the spark
and grit that Samuel
Chukwueze brought into the
team at the far end of the
pitch can't be overlooked.
Immediately after his
introduction into the
encounter, Nigeria's attackers
were brought back to life.
The Villarreal youngster wasn't
afraid to take on the Cameroon
defenders in one-on-one
situations.
He drew many defenders to
himself with his dribbling
skills, thereby, creating much
space for Ighalo and Iwobi to
wreck havoc to the Cameroon
defence.
Giving his wonderful display
throughout the time he spent
on the field of play, it won't be
too much to admit that
Chukwueze has done enough
to earn a spot in Rohr's
Starting XI against Bafana
Bafana on Wednesday, July
10.
Ibukun Italoye -

Allnigeriansoccer.com

Rohr kept on starting Shehu ahead of Ebuehi in both the pre-WC and WC.
I hope he doesn't do so with Simon and Chuks because it might back-fire.

Some want Rohr to start Simon, but the truth is if we are to play SA the same way we played Cameroon we will lose.

If SA scores first it is over for the team.We all know Baxter is a good tactician.

The defence was not solid against Cameroon because Balogun didn't start.

Balo brings calmness to eagles defence.

Barryseal:
For real? Do you really belive he freed up Musa and Odion? How did he manage to do that? How many successful dribbles did he complete that caused Musa and Odion to be free? Odion tried to be in the box at all times, what does Chukwueze have to do with that?

My last question, how could Chukwueze have freed up Musa who was operating on the opposite flank?
How is that even possible judging by the geometry and size of a normal pitch?

Before Chukwueze's introduction the RB cut-off all balls from and to Musa with good marking.

But Chukwueze introduction disorganized them as they focused more on him.

You could recall that in 2018 WC the introduction of Aguero disorganized our defence as both Balo and Ekoong focused on him which freed Rojo for their second goal.

Barryseal:
You're so on point. Watching a game under pressure and re watching at later time is not the same.
The game didn't change as a result of Chukwueze's influence on the right side of the pitch. If anything else, it was Musa's left side that we looked threatening, sometimes I wish Musa was a bit selfish and quit trying to cut back at all times. On two occasions, he tried to cut back instead of going solo, twice those cut backs were cut off..

How come Ighalo and Musa were free from their markers after his introduction?

darkelf:
Rohr will still start Simon Moses and bring in Chukwueze as his Joker

I was opinion that Chukwueze should start but having him on the bench as a player that can turn things around isn't bad

It worked against Cameroon doesn't mean it will work against South Africa. Let's wait till match day.

andrew444:
Moses Simon is a winger and not a wing back ,so because he played as wing back in levante this season you don turn am to wing back abi ?

Moses Simon will start next game ,I don't know why that's a problem to most of you guys

He was poor in attack ,but shebi we win guinea ?

Una self

Let's wait till Wednesday and see if Rohr will really bench Chukwueze.

Mujtahida:
Stop this thing na. He changed the dynamics of the game even though he had no hand in the two goals. He created two clear chances which were wasted. All of these unsettled the camerounian defense ,put them under pressure and stemmed the tide of their attacking forays.

Simon Moses on the other hand wasn't just on the top of his game today. No need to press the point. E no go enter.

It's not only today.Even against Guinea he was poor in attack bar his free-kick and his defensive contribution.

Simon is a WB, suitable for 3-5-2 and 3-4-3 not 4-2-3-1.

Barryseal:
One of the chances he created was as a result of the short comings of his weaker foot, he was in a position to hit the ball with his right but instead tried to cut to his left, the defence recovered and he had to square to Musa. He had higher chance of scoring if he took the shot himself, albeit using his weaker foot.

That is why stats don't usually tell the full story.
Secondly I don't think 2 players were outrightly marking him. He more or less ran into traffic when he tried dribbling. Chucks had a decent game but I agree with Rohr, the goals came inspite of him not because of him. He wasn't the game changer.

''I don't believe that it changed
the result but it helped us to
win and to score the two
goals.''-Rohr.

Chukwueze's introduction disorganized their defence.

Immediately Chukwueze came on he distracted them as they left both Musa and Ighalo free.

Prior to his introduction they were seriously marking Ighalo and never gave Musa any space to wreck havoc.

Ighalo was free,Musa was free also.

Creative/technical wingers draw opponents to themselves thereby leaving their teammates free to score.

darkelf:
Yes.
This makes sense. I would go with Ezenwa

He might still start Akpeyi.
Don't forget, he is conservative.

Starboytwo:
Good morning all, I dare say any team that comes out to play open and expansive football in this afcon go chop am....we have enough fire power to do damage even on the bench...


Sit back and employ Madagascan defensive style, if you even wanna try....but if you come out like Cameroon did and wants to score more goals my friend you go CHOP AM...

You dey talk like this because we later won.

We got the first goal because we attacked them first.

But after the first goal our guys wanted to defend till halftime which gave Cameroon chance to equalize.

It's attacking football that won us this game not some defensive football.

Egypt lost yesterday because there coach in a bid for defensive solidity opted for a 4-2-3-1 instead of his 4-3-3 flat which has been winning him games.

Oasis007:
''The question is easy to answer, you know when you have some offensive players like Oyongo, the left-back from Cameroon, who is coming forward all the time and you have an offensive strong player like Chukwueze but defensively not so good like Simon Moses, who plays in his club a more defensive position because they play 3-5-2.

''He's playing on the right or the left side, so we decided to start like this to have stability in the team and to bring in Chukwueze in the good moment. He came in after 16 minutes in the second half.

'"I don't believe that it changed the result but it helped us to win and to score the two goals.''

- Gernot Rohr

Cc ChrisKels, SuperNerd, Humility017, Forgiveness, Charlesemeka85.

Bro, don't be carried away.

Rohr just wanted to justify his starting line-up.

Should he start Moses Simon against South Africa and get knocked out.He will be sacked.

Iwobi for the 80mins he spent on the pitch produced only 3 key passes while Chukwueze produced same 3 key passes in just 30 mins.

You can't set up your team defensively and still tell us we don't have good strikers.

Start creative wingers like Onyekuru and Chukwueze and see a poor 9 net a hat-trick.

Barryseal:
Chukwueze didn't change the game. We have Odion Ighalo to thank, having learnt from his mistake earlier in the tournament where he tried trapping the ball in the penalty box instead of hitting the ball one time.

Yesterday, Omeruo's mis hit shot fell to him and he hit it one time, goal! Musa's chest pass, he hit one time, Goal!
Chukwueze had nothing to do with any of the goals. He didn't even have a shot on target.

Chukwueze created 3 clear cut chances within the 30mins he spent on the pitch.

TheSuperNerd:
Note: I still want Rohr gone in the long run. It had to take a HT loss to make him see that Simon adds little to our attack. He is always more defensive and less creative. Chukwueze is a game changer and a threat any coach will put two or three players on. Anyway... More on my analyses later....


Back to the matter you raised my good man.....



I am coming... Just putting finishing touches to the list... Sir Joebie is their chairman.


I dey come... I dey number 7

NFF should just get a tactician to work with Rohr.Rohr should stay.

somehow:
Can someone please beg Rohr to use 2 strikers tomorrow?

4:1:3:2, 4:4:2 or 3:5:2.

If he fails to do anything out of these 3, he should be hunted down and made to cough all the salaries paid to him this year.

Ighalo Musa upfront

Or Ighalo Onuachu upfront
Simon and Chukwueze need to start too.

If Colons is fit, Awaziem should kiss the bench, Aina for 2 and colins for 3

Troosk and Omeruo at the center.

Ndidi and Etebo in the middle.


Iwobi should start from the bench.

Musa is a poor crosser of the ball.

The mid-field feeds Ighalo but his immobility is what stops him from scoring.He(Ighalo) keeps on standing in front of (very close to) the CBs.

Kalu is not fit.

Simon contributes well defensively but loses the ball most times while attacking.

Mybettingtips:
The team hardly create any meaningful chance in 90mins. Gonna be hard for any striker to score goals with the way the team plays. They play a defensive game and send long balls to the striker. What do you expect a striker to do with long balls when marked by two jam body defenders. You are marked out before you even get chance to nod or control the ball. We need to play attacking football and open up defenses with trickery and accurate passes not those annoying long balls

Ighalo should also know that his call-ups will end if Rohr gets sacked.

I don't think he is better than Osimhen or Odey.

Mybettingtips:
The team hardly create any meaningful chance in 90mins. Gonna be hard for any striker to score goals with the way the team plays. They play a defensive game and send long balls to the striker. What do you expect a striker to do with long balls when marked by two jam body defenders. You are marked out before you even get chance to nod or control the ball. We need to play attacking football and open up defenses with trickery and accurate passes not those annoying long balls

To do all this ,you need a pacy 9(Osimhen) with pacy and technical wingers(Chukwueze and Onyekuru not Musa and Simon).

Awaziem is not a RB.

This match would have been the right match to start Osimhen.Against a team like Madagascar you need a fast striker like Osimhen.

Onyekuru should have started as LWF.

I just hope Rohr will be brave enough to give Osimhen and Onyekuru a chance.

Ezenwa,Ogu and Kalu in starting line-up,Iwobi and Ndidi rested.

rabzy:
Now if you put that bowl of soup in a thoroughfare where hungry people pass and thieves pass, your bowl is gonna get eaten for sure. The thief should and must be punished for his crimes but I will tell you, you have acted naively for not taking adequate precautions in protecting your possessions.

Every rapist should be punished.There is no justification for rape.

Icon4s:
25 mins after this comment was posted and there was no single "like" . Well, i gave the only like it has thus far.

Go Super Eagles!!!

Good evening house and thanks for the kind wishes and prayers.

Quick recovery Sir.

Super Eagles Training Report : Iheanacho Surprise Inclusion In Top Five Performers The Super Eagles of Nigeria have been training in Asaba ahead of their participation at the next Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt and Owngoalnigeria.com picks five players who have so far impressed in the three sessions the team have had so far. 1. Victor Osimhen – He has carried his form from Belgium to the camp of the Super Eagles of Nigeria. In the three training sessions the team have had so far, the forward has maintained his sharpness level which is the highest among the strikers in the camp of the team. 2. Moses Simon – No doubt he is fired up for this one. The way he was gliding past his markers with ease was the main highlight of his game during the session. He took it a step forward with his pin point delivery when in space and even in tight spaces. 3. Samuel Chukwueze – No way is he not going to make the squad for AFCON 2019. He was not just sharp and lively but also very decisive with the ball at his feet. Another side of his game he appears to have worked on is defending as he won so many balls for his team.
4. Leon Balogun – Despite his limited game time at Brighton and Hove Albion he looked very fit and sharp. During the session he got his interceptions and tackles right and didn’t tire out as expected. The personal training he had has kept him in shape for this. 5. Kelechi Iheanacho – Many criticised his inclusion in the squad of players for the tournament, no thanks to his poor form and lack of game time at English Premier League side Leicester City. That appears to have zero effect on his performance as he was very clinical during the shooting drills and the 5-aside game they played. He scored with almost all of his efforts.

Chukwueze makes U-turn on representing Nigeria at U20WC.He will now focus in preparing for AFCON.

Uzoho,Ozornwafor,Awaziem and Osimhen to join U23's.Onyekuru to remain with the Super Eagles as Imama has good options in attack-Owngoal.

Awaziem,Ozornwafor,Osimhen and Onyekuru to join the U23's for tie against Libya-Owngoal.

isan:
ajayi committed more fouls than his complete passes komekn was right he is best suited to jam body football

Iwobi and Musa were also poor in this same pitch.It's the pitch not the players.

Earthquake2:
I think Ighalo's injury means that Onuachu will start against Egypt

With Osimhen on the bench, good

Osimhen should start in the absence of Ighalo.Osimhen did better in the same pitch against Uganda.

What's the time for the match?

[quote author=nelszx post=76886641][/quote]What's the time for the match?