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tbaba1234:
Eagles in Russia

Pictures courtesy: @sportstalkafrica

I do not like the way Ebuehi looks in that picture. Looks like one who has been neglected. Rohr should have played him against Algeria. I am still pained about it because I do not like players ignored even when it is glaring they have something to offer.

Kog45:
OK O I don agree one more trial but when Kayode had 15 mins against SA we all said Rohr have seen him enough,no more invitation, when Osimhen had a comeo appearance we said he was too young

But Nwakaeme need another trial,when Kayode is on the bench looking for another opportunity.Please is Nwakaeme better than Kayode?

Remember Aina came in against Zambia less than 12 mins we all saw what he can do,against Algeria he had a decent game,the same thing Shehu he seized the opportunity when it matter most.Oyekwuru came in against Algeria we all saw the glimpses.Ogu after a long time waiting came in with a goal and MOTM.

Why can't Nwakaeme show his stuff so that we can forget Ighalo,funny enough Iheanacho was pushed to the wing to accommodate him.

Hope he prove me wrong if he had another opportunity against Argentina because guys like Peter Onuachu,Desserts,Osimhen, Awoniyi,Umar Sadiq are waiting to impress.

Hmm! You can say that again. I mean your first and second paragraph. Chai!

Kog45:
Pls where are the tested CF?my point is Nwakaeme i saw against Algeria is not better than Osimhen or Awoniyi.

We still need to see him play once again before passing out final verdict.


However, what have Awoniyi and Osimhen acheived lately than Nwakaeme?

Mujtahida:
Morocco lineup in the crucial WC qualifier in Abidjan:
4 players born in Holland
4 players born in France
2 players born in Spain
Just one born in Morocco - and he grew up in Belgium

If it was Nigeria?

Copied

Wow! Nigerians on nairaland go gree?

sontoly:
with this qualities about onazi doesnt he deserve to play in a better club than turkish league.

Oga dont be deceived that runing around all night is football. onazi do not have an inch talent or work rate ndidi have, am not talking of club but also for country.


get ur facts right

Onazi was stopped by Lazio from going to EPL but he sa limited game time that same search, it was the main reason he lamented against the club after he was sold the next season.

It has nothing to do with his talent.

Mickael2:
there was one glaring difference between Friday's match and other games, none of the players playing the DMF role at any time was EVER caught entirely out of position. It is funny that we all agree that Onazi is always caught out of position but nobody wants to say the truth that this past friday, our DMF always manned his position, the effect was that most(if not all their chances) came from Aina's wing, the middle was well defended. Onazi is not it

If not for incompetency of the Algerian players in front of goal, we for chop pass 5 goals yesterday.

I can still remember the one they stole the ball from Ogu or Etebor that almost led to goal.

lexyman:
INEXPERIENCE AND AMATEURISM ... Where he has failed so far is the bedrock principle of a goal keeper ... he go dey funny dey begin teach a university graduate , the thing wey him suppose done know for jss for secondary school .

Honestly, you have said it all. Alloy Agu must be fired and replaced with a competent one.

Joebie:
@ forgiveness would LOVE this

Why? And what is the problem?

lexyman:
bro ... Onazi of 2013 . not the presently Onazi ... he has dropped in form seriously . i used to think Onazi will play like MiCHEAL Essien , cos of his mobility ... he needs to improve .

Onazi is better choice than Ndidi because he is a better passer than Ndidi and with more better factors.

tbaba1234:
Actually, that was one of the reasons, i prefered him to Akpeyi. At least, he could catch crosses.

I think coaching has a lot to do with keeping. Our keepers lack the foundational knowledge and depend on natural ability. I remember watching Ezenwa during the NPFL tour of spain and noticing all kinds of basic errors. In the 90s, our best keepers kept abroad. Enyeama improved a lot when he went abroad and started working on his weaknesses. Also, Enyeama was fairly young and could learn new things.

Uzoho appears to have good foundations from Aspire academy straight to Deportivo but too young. It takes a bold coach to start him.

Ezenwa was out of position severally against Algeria. He is not a SE material.

Mickael2:
replace Onazi with Ndidi and it would be perfect

No way because Onazi offers more than Ndidi.

Mujtahida:
As a nation, the much I know about our football history tells me that we've never been lacking in the goalkeeping department but I don't understand how we are having this problem since Ikeme became sick.

We do not lack goalkeeper. The only problem is Alloy Agu wants to force Ezenwa on us.

Vincent Eyeama, Dele Aiyenugba, Nwofolor, Dele Alampasu, Francis Uzoho, Deji Ajiboye etc are all far better than Ezenwa but somebody's interest is more important than the whole country.

Karlovich:
England call up solanke for their upcoming game against Brazil, forgiveness I hope you can rest now

Na friendly and that's all.

somehow:
Please guys, how many natural LB and RB do we have in camp?

Also apart from Mikel and maybe a makeshift Iwobi, who can play the creative/attacking midfielding position for us currently in camp?

Nobody but dem no wan gree give Abdul Ajagun chance.

Danielnino00:
Do you think the Ndidi-Onazi-Mikel midfield combo should be Rohr first choice in Russia??
If not, who would u rather like to see in the midfield??





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I don't know how it will look if I remove Ndidi for Joel Obi.

Joel-Mikel- Onazi could be perfect. I think I prefer this.

Oasis007:
BBC Best Africa Player Nominees are;

- Aubameyang

- Naby Keita

- Saido Mane

- Victor Moses

- Mo Salah

The same Saido Mane was one time the best player in the Austrian league before he went to EPL.

tbaba1234:
Russia vs Argentina Highlights

If this is anything to go by, Ezenwa could be busy..


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efpUCPITNmw

Hahaha! I hope he doesn't feign injury after seeing this.

Have Found Some Good New Players Ahead Of The World Cup – Rohr Reveals

November 11, 201704

Coach of the Super Eagles of Nigeria Gernot Rohr has praised the performance of the fringe players he played yesterday in Constantine when Nigeria were forced to a 1-1 draw by Argentina.

Rohr praised the attitude of the players who were minutes away from clinching a win before a controversial penalty helped Algeria draw level late into the game.

The performance of the players has convinced Rohr about the depth his team possess as they head out to the World Cup in Russia next year.

“Everybody worked well, they lost the ball and the tried to get it back. They did well which means that the building is starting now and some things are changing. We have the same attitude.

“The game showed us that we have players who can play in different positions. We were searching to find new players and we found good new players but we must wait and the return of some injured players.

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“Some of these players have shown that they can come in with the first team. We saw good competition for some players in some positions”, Rohr was quoted as saying by Completesportsnigeria.com.

Ade Emmanuel

http://c.newsnow.co.uk/A/910327802?-21310:11479:1

I hope he is not deceiving himself.

Dedebanky85:
I'm glad someone noticed that. We now have warriors. To chip in, I also liked how Shehu kicked the ball,in anger and rushed to Brahimi when he should have kicked the ball out for fair play. This was what started the whole headbutting melee. Everyone came around. Before our players used to coward especially in away games. But his new SE team don't give a crap. I sooooo love this mentality a lot.
Someone watching the game yesterday would think the ticket was on the line btw both teams. So much for a dead rubber game.

Make una no encourage those boys start to dey fight Jackie Chan for WC ooo. E no go funny if the nemesis of 2010 WC follow go 2018 with another Sani kaita kun fuu.

First half line up against Argentina

..............................Akpeyi

......Ehuehi....... Awaziem ..........Agbo ......Aina

.....................Nwakali
...................................Ogu.............


......Nwakaeme........Iwobi..............Onyekuru..


.......................Iheanacho............




Second half


...............................Ezenwa......

......Ebuechi.....Awaziem......Omeruo......Brian....

..........................Ndidi
.......................................Ogu

.......Iwobi............Mikel............Etebor

.............................Kayode




On a good day, my starting 11 will be thus against Argentina


...........................Daniel

....Shehu..... Troost..... Leon.....Aina

.................Ndidi...........Mikel.....


Ahmed.............. Iheanacho/Iwobi.........Etebor


............................Kayode

Humility017:
just leave them.......just that goal yesterday have made them to forget all onazi have been doing.....
ogu still deserves to sit on the bench whenever...we have a full house.

that goal can't deceive me...he only now has the opportunity to come in as sub in place of agu....

now ahead of agu in the pecking order...and not onazi or ndidi

I concur with your laststatement.

My Expectations, Observations and Verdicts of Algeria vs Nigeria WC match


Expectations;

My expectations were to see Rohr test new players in a more sensitive roles since it was a dead rubber game and at the same time not expecting a favourable result.

Expectedly, it must be in all the departments of the team because there is no quality or equivalent of the starting eleven on the bench so far.

The reason I wanted to see these untested players was because it would afford me the opportunity to know who Rohr really trust/trusted. And he can only demonstrate this trust if he started them in a dead rubber game which is at the same time was important. Important in the sense that our records of unbeaten runs for donkey years was at stake but Rohr was not ready to be the one to break that record hence the need to keep it save.


Observations;

DF

Since, Rohr was never ready to tarnish the unbroken record, he decided to play his strongest defence line to see how they would react hence the reason he played Shehu instead of Ebuehi, Balogun instead of Awaziem and Ekong instead of Agbo but I don't think he trusted them in that crucial match to save records else he would have played them. Or does he have the balls to play them against one of the best attacks in the world if he didn't trust them for this little task? Rohr's lack of confidence was so glaring that he couldn't even give Ebuehi 5 minutes debut like he did for Aina in a more tensed and important game.

I hope Rohr doesn't want to sneak some players into the WC without ascertaining their capabilities for the roles backedup for. I see it in two ways; don't play him since you don't want him in to take the shine out of your preferred boys( you don't want him in the WC) or you want to sneak your boys in through the back door since you know he is not good and trustable enough to play but you are under obligations to take him to the WC.

Anyway, I give Rohr pass mark for trying out the back four of Balogun, Troost, Shehu and Aina, since I assumed he wanted to see how they will cope. Good one but sad he didn't trust Ebuehi for 4 or 2 minutes. Haba!

Moreover, after close observations of each players at the the back. I found Balogun a big suspect. May be I should spare him the slack because of the slippery pitch else he deserves it. He was too cautious and clumsy for my likening. I think the dude doesn't want to miss the WC this time around due to injury or he is not in form right now. Although he later picked up as the game progressed which ought not to be so because we might get purnished by early starter teams that love to score and sit back to hit on counter attacks.

Troost Ekong was excellent today from start to finish. It think he has gathered liver these days. Bravo


I had my reservations about Aina defensive attributes and capabilities prior to this match though his attacking attributes and capabilities are unquestionably, but he surpassed my expectations with his splendid defensive awareness, positioning and physicality. Especially when he kicked the play away when he saw Ezenwa lackadaisical and clumsy reactions in regards to the ball contested by a fast approaching Algerian. Ezenwa wey just open hand as if he wan cash fowl. Good one from him. He needs to improve his game. With a natural LW he will thrive better.


Shehu Abudul left me amazed with his confident display with splendid and jaw dropping movement across the field from the defence to the mildfield and attack. He was apparently and obviously one of the most noticeable individual on the pitch. That was his second best games in the green and white. Hopefully, he takes this kind of performance to the world cup. This is one of those players that found their way into the nation team through the back door. What will happen if those doing better than him are given the chance to prove themselves? .

However, Shehu and the other boys don't know how to gesticulate and they do not know what befell us after Sani kieta wan do bruce lee. They want to show their Africam power hence the headbutts yet still standing firmly on the ground with the intention of retaliating. If na Kayode he go roll for ground as if train jam am and that would have been enough to had earned the Algerian player red card which i believe is part of the game.

Verdict; over all the defence is almost in shape. Save for the lack of equivalent replacement for the CB. I will not recommend until I see the ones on the bench play against Argentina else i will conclude they ain't good enough.



MF

I was surprised and shocked to see Ogu screened the back four instead of his preferred CM or AM role. This summarised his ineffectiveness and confusion in the first half. I noticed he was too slow and looses the ball easily. However, he showed his worth when he was allowed to roam near the post. Maybe the pitch didn't allow him bring forth his best game but I believe he was played out of position.

Etebor is not an AM. Period. He is better a SS or a LM.

Ndid was arguably one of the most outstanding and noticeable individual on the pitch.Though i noticed he can not play the CM role effectively.


verdict; we don't have an equivalent replacement for Mikel and Onazi. The earlier the better Rohr drop his sentiments in selection of players and look for better CM, DM and AM for trials. He should stop collecting list of useless recommendations from agents. Where is Nwakali the like for like replacement for onazi, huh?

Players were wrongly played out of position but it is better he confirms now than gambling at the WC. But how come Rohr doesn't know this after watching them closely for a year or more?

Recommendations; Joel Obi, Raheem Lawal, Josh Onomah, Abdul Ajagun, Hope Akpan and Ryan Sanusi.


AT

As soon as I saw the positioning of our players in the front i knew nothing good will come out from the wrong positioning of these players. Though i was skeptical to know why Rohr decided this way.

How on earth will he drop wingers for a striker on the wing?

I expected to see them play their usual roles. Like Iheanacho ST, Nwakaeme RW and Iwobi AM( i expected Etebor to move to the LW) but that was not the case. Though Iwobi impressed me on the RW in the second half but he is not as effective as Simon or Victor on the wing, one the other hand Anthony and Iheanacho were clueless on that new but strange roles. No thanks to the bad pitch.

When they later changed to their preferred roles nothing happened because noboby to dictate the play or should i say the task was too much of a burden for Etebor to carry.



Verdict; Rohr should start them against Argentina in those strange role, mo we see if they have anything to offer in those strange roles. That is if he thinks they are better in there else he should forget it and face the reality. There are many better players in those roles waiting in line to grab the chance if afforded them. We saw what Onyekuru brought to the table immediately he was deployed to the LW. He was more effective with the little time given him than all the wasted time Iheanacho, Nwakaeme and Iwobi played on the wings. We don't have strikers yet but Rohr is preventing us from seeing others like Kayode and Dressers.



Submission; He should consider Sone Aluko if he is looking for a better replacement for the LW role. The coach should pls start Onyekuru and Kayode against Argentina because this is what friendlies are meant for, which has been the norms and best practices all over the world. Why is Nigeria different? This is where you see unwanted player never given the chance to prove themselves or given 30 minutes game time due to reasons best known to them.

I know it will become very difficult to drop a player you don't want peradventure he performances better than your preferred boys hence the need not to play them at all or you don't play them because dem be ya boys but you are under obligation to sneak them into the WC list since he knew dem go fumble if you play dem.



Gk

Ikechukwu Ezenwa na calamity waited to happen. He should be dropped with immediate effect. I don't understand how selections of players are made in Nigeria national team. We have Dele Aiyenugba who is currently playing in Isreal two four seven but Alloy Agu prefers this yeye goalkeeper who is not even the best in the local league. How did he get there in the first place if no be through mago mago way?

Dele and Vincent should be drafted into the team with immediate effect.

Mujtahida:
If I were the one I'd be utterly crushed. Is it against Argentina that he would now play him? Let's free the boy abeg.

May be Rohr is not sold on him. Even with one substitution left he can't bring the boy in on the 85 minutes. Poor boy.

TheGoodJoe:
My Super Eagles starting eleven.
https://img.startingeleven.co.uk/usr/a/5a06a3b1d3f49.jpg

Without Onazi the team is not complete.

Orkpekyandega:
It is too early to judge Nwakaeme's stay in the fold. Do you know how long it took Emmanuel Emenike to stamp his authority in the CF position in Eagles? Give him time. He may come good.

Emmanuel Emenike at least showed promises.

BascoVanVeli:
Nwakaeme was not so bad tbh. Yes he missed some chances but his hold up was good and he can also play on the flanks which is a plus.

Holistically speaking, Kayode is better than Nwakaeme but I still want to see him tried once again.

Napoleon55:
would u still prefers a local coach even if he fails to qualify us? and which coach would u recommend us that is not corrupt and a suspect?
and finally,name a coach that u want us to hire that will be ready to work and performs to ur bidding?
pls if u are unable to answer me,i don't think u have the right to complain about Rohr anymore

Rohr is a big time suspect.

TheGoodJoe:
Few players that really stood out for me despite the atrocious conditions the players played on where

John Ogu
Balogun
Shehu Abdullahi
Iwobi
Ekong to some extent

Balogun was obviously not in that game initially.

Humility017:
I wont really blame the players but the coach we played them wrongly.......

besides it also shows that salisu yusuf is bereft of ideas.....
what is his role as an assitant?

I am not blaming the players but Rohr.

Mickael2:
the Nwakali I know would have offered more than Ndidi and Ogu combined. I love Ndidi but this wasn't his best match. This was a dead rubber match anyways, let's not judge Rohr yet

Then Rohr must prove us wrong by starting him against Argentina.

Daejoyoung:
Ebuehi's time would come, there are many games to play, even cup of nations qualifiers. Ebuehi is young, and definitely for the future.

It is very humiliating to be ignored continuously. If he can't play him today against Algeria na against Argentina he wan play am?