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Icon4s:
Good analysis. In fact top notch.

That singular act of keeping Siasia out contributed to we loosing the game. Westerhof was busy packing up the midfield by introducing Oliha and Mutiu. Just one of them could have been OK. And one of Ikpeba and Siasia could have also been introduced.The Italians set a trap for us and we fell into it. That squad did not have alternative wingers. Aside Finidi and Amuneke who were the other wingers? None! Plus also the team did not have much utility players. The only utility players were Mutiu and Siasia. He had dropped Siasia because of the scuffle and then he was left with Mutiu who he threw in to link up play between the midfield and Yekini. I still don't understand why Westerhof would play Okocha, Oliha and Oliseh at once. One DM, two CM and now playing Mutiu as the AM. That was Westerhoff's worst match with Nigeria aside the 5-1 bashing by Algeria in Algiers 90.

Mickael2:
let me ask you a simple question. Which CB should have been invited in place of Yobo and why

tbaba1234:
An unpopular opinion..

Apart from Yakubu terrible miss, he was one of the better players in the 2010 WC.

Mujtahida:
We even played Holland and lost 5-1.

forgiveness:
I want to address the two @bolded


In other national teams, they pick from the best and inform players and not the other way round.


In Europe, as at the time Ikechuckwu Ezenwa was invited to the National team, Enyeama and Dele Aiyenugba were arguably the best but how the former had been overlooked for years is beyond common sense.

Even in the NPFL, is Ikechuckwu Ezenwa the best goalkeeper? I don't think so. How he managed to get the nod over the best in both continents still baffles me.

Therefore, if Dele Aiyenugba is mentioned here, it's very reasonable because he has been consistent in Europe and he's still eligible for the Super Eagles.

Now, to address your the second @bolded.

Soldier come, soldier go barrack remains. There will be a time Mikel Obi services will no longer be needed if he loose form. In this case, if Aluko, Ajagun or any player do well in Europe, they should be given the chance to prove themselves.

Mickael2:
Was Mikel poor in that tournament or not? The question is why did we lose and he was a major reason. For God's sake he was the CMF, the central man in the middle who controls play and he was poor. Simple and short Mikel was poor in the 2010 World Cup.

Yobo had a solid game, I was impressed with his game, he played so well probably because that was his 100th appearance, he scored an OG but that does not mean he was the reason why we lost.

Icon4s:
If may start, let me state the problem I feel the 94 set had.

1. The coach and the whole crew was inexperienced.
They got as far as their experience could carry.

2. The team did not have back-up wingers. It was Amuneke and Finidi standing towers above the rest. Take them out and the Eagles wings were clipped. The Italian technical crew identified Amokachi and Amuneke as two of the key supplier of balls to Yekini and they also scored goals themselves. The other two suppliers were Finidi and Oliseh. They tactically injured Amokachi and Amuneke and Yekini was left stranded.

3. This 3rd point is connected to the first. That team is set up to play attacking football. Just like Arsenal, they don't know how else to play rather than attack. Westerhorf decided to choke up the midfield rather than making at least one like for line substitution for Amuneke or Amokachi. I mean Victor Ikpeba was on the bench. The team became immobile.

4. Oliseh made the wrong choice of trying to disposses Roberto Baggio of the ball rather than a "clear throway".

Icon4s:
Goke7 and realpoacher's posts just sparked some thing off my mind.

Can we do an x-ray of reasons for our failures in our last 5 participations?

Best way to solving a problem is actually to get to the root of the problem.

We as fans will not play for the Super Eagles in Russia. We are not part of the coaching crew. But we can make our own contributions by profiling the reasons for our 5 previous failures to go beyond the second round of the world cup.

As I have always said here, do not underestimate the contributions we make here. They go very far.
To be honest , some times, I feel Rohr and his crew get some things from here because we have seen things play out severally after we discuss them here.
Plus I know a couple of officials visit here. Eg Amuneke's U17 media officer and Siasia's late U23 media officer.

Most of us here know the history of Super Eagles participation and performances better than Rohr. So he may just learn a thing or two from us.

I expect opinions and counter opinions. All the same we can keep the discussion or arguments constructive.

To discuss this issue I need enough elders in the house as we may need to go back in time to address issues even from 1990 when Westerhof took over.
The younger generation too can equally contribute as a lot of those old games are available on YouTube.

enomakos, Kog45, forgiveness, tbaba1234, TheGoodJoe, Goldfish80, Michael2, Joseph1013, joebie, komekn, safarigirl, mujtahid, terzurum5, icon79, do4luv14, omanbala1, Chriskel, Chrisoblog, Orkpekyandega, Humility017, elyte89, Dedebanky85, soetanoreoluwa and many others.

It must not be in any order. Discuss any one you followed from 2014 to 1994.

elyte89:
One billion like for dis post.do u knw y I don't take most of our unofficial scout serious here is DT,dey re not ROHR,all what dey say on dis forum,is just for dem to make demselves happy and wyle away time


Rohr av made it clear countless times in his interviews of his recent dt he would consider majorly those who were called up against Cameroon and zambia,barring no injuries to dem,

Peeps here,don't realise d importance of team chemistry and bonding, I just laff when some persons here will suggest an ogu to be dropped for ajagun or ezenwa to b dropped for AIYENUGBA and so on

Compiling of list goes beyond " FOOTBALL REASON",for example let us assume A Mikel obi loses form and its obvious,he would never b dropped for An AJAGUN/ALUKO,even if d later scores 100goals for deir teams respectively.


Mikels presence alone in d team goes beyond his performance on d pitch of play,its present in d team also lift d psyche of d young players around,Mikel is d PSEUDO assistant coach of our team. also some persons mite not b too gud eg echiejile,but if u ask me,God forbid,na Only DEATH fit stop echiejile from been on d plane to Russia,not even bad form.he would b rewarded for his commitment and also being a nucleus of d team who worked tirelessly for us to qualify, though he may not b a starter when d tournament starts,but he's going.

Having said DT,Rohr knows 90 percent of his team going to world cup,we shld only expect a lil change from his defence/striking dept of d team

Icon4s:
Another beating say wetin?

In football there are certain names you see or hear that bring back memories whether good or bad ones.

Like each time English football faithfuls see or hear the name Marodona the next thing that comes to their mind is 'the hand of God' episode.

Each time the Egyptian fans here the name Beloumi the incident that led to the blinding of an Egyptian player comes to their mind.

Each time you see or hear the name Escoba, the Colombian player that got shot by his country men for scoring an own goal in the 1994 WC comes to mind.

Each time you hear the name Rodger Miller, his heroics at Italia 90 quickly comes to mind.

Each time you hear Platini and Tigana, Euro 84 comes to mind.

So na so e be me for Rabah Madjer.

Nigeria really needs to win this Algeria game. We have qualified yes but it is also important we end the race unbeaten. And I think this would be an all time record for any Nigerian team to the world cup.
Not like those days when due to unseriousness we will be losing away to teams like Liberia, Sudan, Gabon, Angola, Guinea etc.

realpoacher:
Please tell them o! It's obvious many of them will make terrible coaches. Imagine changing 60% of your team who qualified you for the world cup. To them every new player is to be played as if SE is a training ground. SMH!

I bet if these guys were to coach Man U, Dortmund, or Chelsea, they will change the whole squad after their loses last weekend.

Imagine fa, everyday change this person, bring this player, I will remove this person and replace him with this person... Bla bla bla... Inexperience, ignorance and short memory in full display.

You all should remember 1998- Peter Rufai, 2002- Opabunmi, Ogbeche, 2014- Uchebo, and Co!

Make una carry una shortsightedness comot from our SE body because whether you like it or not 80-90% of this qualifying squad members will make the world cup.

To be forewarned is to be fore hand!

I rest my case

Icon4s:
Each time I hear that name Rabah Madjer, the first thing that still comes to my mind is that 5-1 thumping of Nigeria by Algeria at Algiers 90 opening game.

I wept uncontrollably.
Madger scored 2 goals and gave like 2 assists.

Prior to that game I had never seen Nigeria so beaten and humiliated.

That game till date is still our worst AFCON result and our worst defeat to any African side in modern day football history.

forgiveness:
NFF board members are fighting hard to stop Rohr from inviting Vincent Enyeama to the National team because they perceived Rohr is not disposed in taking Ezenwa to the World Cup.

They even threatened to terminate his appointment if he insist on bringing back Enyeama from retirement.

They don't want any retired Super Eagles players in the world cup except those who participated in the world cup qualifiers. Opening the door for players like Ambrose and Obafemi Martins are exempted because they participated in the world cup.

My point is, if Rohr have is way, Ikechuckwu Ezenwa should kiss the world cup, good bye. This is going by the report I read on newspaper.

PierreDeFermath:
don't sound ridiculous,Falana's wife is an attorney and her law practise is her source of income unlike your Adeboyes and Oyedepos that only survive on tithe

erunz:
your hate for Gej have taken over your good sense of reasoning

Bizibi:
useless apc sycophant......

luvinhubby:
Oga keep quiet and stop rehearsing what you saw on facebook.
Where you have huge potholes is between Tin-can first gate and second gate.

father01:
Last admin is far better than what we have today.

engineerboat:
What is the current power output and generation

obailala:
Lol... achievements on paper right?.... I can see most of the projects having something to do with electricity, but as at the last week of May 2015 (week of handover), Nigeria's power generation crashed to less than 1500mw. From that list I can also see countless mushroom projects which one cant even confirm if they were accomplished or not. I can bet you, if APC decides to publish a similar list of it's so called mushroom achievements, the list will also be as populated; and of course it would be welcomed with the very typical response - 'propaganda'


A second look at that list, I just sighted PH - Owerri road listed as an achievement, Lawd av merci! A road which as at last year was still one of the worst roads in the country is listed as an achievement of GEJ. I can bet you that 90% of those projects on those lists were only awarded but no money released. Payment of debts owed to contractors for the little bit of the work they did is the main thing that has swallowed most of the capital budget of since the current admin took over. Yet someone still comes in 2017 to campaign for 2015 elections. Owing to the fact that this admin has had to finance/continue financing most of those projects mentioned, we can be safe to also list all these prijects again as the achievements of Buhari

luvinhubby:
I passed there yesterday, the road was rebuilt from Coconut to Ijesha, stop lying.

amerlino:
can u compare life under GEJ and life under Buhari or Jubril? Can answer dat question honestly if u dont have any atom of lie mohammed spirit in u?

erunz:
*Lagos – Sagamu road rehabilitated

ivandragon:
on the contrary, GEJ is far more refined than PMB.

people who belittle personal achievements are those who are jealous. GEJ has his PhD & that's that. its his personal achievement.


you keep mentioning reckless people in PDP, so those in APC are not reckless?


PMB's 'regime' is recklessly arrogant & that's a fact.

SalamRushdie:
Why don't you provide just one capital project Buhari has initiated since 1984 ..Just one and I will apologise to U

father01:
Jonathan have done the little he can do on that road, Your son and the former governor of Lagos is the current minister for works, ask him why Tincan port is yet to be fixed.

Basic123:
90% OF ABOVE LISTED ACHIEVEMENTS ARE LIES!

THIS PEOPLE ARE EVEN WOSE THE THE GREAT LIAR MOHAMMED#

father01:
GEj built the road, but today he's not longer the president. It is the work of the current Administration to manage the road and its maintenance

erunz:
Nice one, GEJ really tried his best even if he had some flaws. Buharideen over to you, show us project executed by this government in the North.

father01:
Whats fake here

Lagosians can testify to this[b] *Apapa – Orile – Mile 2 – Cele, Oshodi road rehabilitated[/b]

*The Federal Government under writes a ₦40B loan for infrastructural and educational development in Lagos (2014)