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ffk no get liver after all

Truidstar:
Our team is set up to counter attack. We struggled against Tanzania cause they sat back. South Africa sat back, played long balls to bypass our midfield coupled with a useless goal keeper we lost. Teams that come out and play get beaten. Algeria, Cameroon And Zambia cane out to play and lost. If Zambia decides to sit back and play long balls and hit us on the counter we will struggle. But if they come out to play, they will be destroyed on the 7th of October.

Zambia has to come out and play if they truly want to qualify cos a draw will see Nigeria thru. The Zambians can't attack and defend at the same time for the whole of 90 mins, they will easily be exposed. Reason they conceded two goals in Ndola.

gemale:
A team that last won a world cup match in 2002 & is currently facing a serious crisis in their FA has a psychological edge over us? Please explain how. I didn't criticize the 1st leg. We did a wonderful job & didn't give them a chance. We made their 2 CBs get booked early thereby pushing them in a tight spot defensively. The 2nd leg however saw us relent a bit & you can't do that in football. The Cameroonians did improve a bit but still they were poor. We should have won them if we were as intense as we were in the 1st leg. Yes we still lead with 3 points but there is a lurking danger. Your confidence in the indomitability of the super eagles is admirable but how indomitable are we? Consistence isn't a word we find associated with Nigeria. Underestimating the zambians is not wise. Did you not watch how the bafana bafana disgraced us in uyo a few months ago? A team we have beaten more times than the zambians. Zambia is not a small team in African football again ever since they won the 2012 afcon. I expect the zambians to bring the best game they have ever played against us because we stand between them & a maiden world cup appearance. All they have do is beat us in uyo & the blow that defeat would give our morale would do the rest of the work for them. They wouldn't be pushovers. So far, i believe they were the only team in the group that gave us a real tough time. If not for their profligacy & Carl ikeme's heroics, it would have been a different story at ndola. Yes we might have big names but they have a squad with a bulk of home based players meaning that there is better familiarity & team chemistry. This also means that they would most likely start preparing earlier than us. They play with pace, can threaten from long range with shots & do not get tired easily. Beating algeria home & away shows they should not be written off.

Nobody is underestimating the Zambians, it's you guys that are underestimating the eagles who perform best when under pressure. There is pressure from Zambia and they will be beaten. There was no pressure from SA and we lost. Check our history we perform best under pressure. There was pressure from Cameroon after they won afcon. No one saw us hitting them 4 nil.their was pressure from Algeria and we hit them 3-1 The mistake the Zambians has made is to beat Algeria and start to brag. The reason the eagles has done well so far is the quality of opposition in this group. This is where the eagles soar. Its easier for Uganda, SA, even Kenya, Congo to beat the eagles than soccer giants like Zambia, Cameroon and Algeria because the eagles play their best against stronger oppositions. You see what I mean?

shilesa:
if Cameroon wins its remaining games, nigeria will qualify. If algeria wins all its remaining games, nigeria still qualifies. But if zambia wins the remaining games nigeria wont go to Russia. So, nigeria has to beat zambia. Its the only threat, right? Thats what i mean.

A draw is what Nigeria really need to qualify

shilesa:
the greater truth is that nigeria's wc destiny is in zambia's hands. How about that?

ok tell FIFA to change the venue of the match back to ndola if what you are saying it's really true.

adegwurulez:
If balogun/ekong gets injured, we have awaziem, Agbo and even Ndidi can play as a CB. And if push comes to shove, we can always fall back on omeruo. Who would you rather have? Yobo? Shittu? I really don't see any problem in that central defence.

I did mention that we need a creative midfielder didn't I? The problem with the Eagles midfield is that thier creativity dies with mikel's substitution. Someone like Aluko would be a good addition, if not, Iwobi can always take that role.

We do not need another goalkeeper, Enyeama is still a member of this team.

Martins will have to do something extraordinary to displace any of our striker.

abeg o, na so dem do Ike shorunmu wey break im hand o. Make martins no go extra ordinary o

adegwurulez:
We barely have a year to the mundial, any coach that doesn't already have 75% of his team has no business in the world Cup. Our main focus now should be team blending and cohesiveness. The areas we need reinforcements are just few. The LB position, A creative midfielder and a winger. I don't think there is anything Martins can bring to the table that Iheanacho, ighalo, kayode, (in all likelihood, these are the three point men we're going to the world Cup with) can't bring.

I'd rather we spend that time trying to get tammy Abraham. If not, a LB, a creative midfielder, a winger(if bazee comes good he'll be a great addition), with 1-2 months extensive training camp and quality friendly games, then we'll be ready for the world Cup.

This has always been my point, we don't really have much time on our hands for newcomers.

shilesa:
zambia is coming to uyo with one thing in mind-"to crush the spirit of nigerian football lovers". Those who know zambia well, must live with fear! For zambia fears no giants.

Zambians themselves know the truth that their destiny as far as the wcq is concerned is not even in their hands, day dreaming is allowed though

Mickael2:
Maybe someone vexed you, after you must have calmed down, go and read that post again. I clearly stated that Ndidi wasn't contributing anything attack-wise or you also want me to blame Ndidi for Onazi's mistake before I make you happy?


Tell me how we qualified for 98 world cup, I think with a game to spare. Stop the hype, this team might be good but they are not close to it. Telling me you fancy your chances against Spain in the round of 16 is biased sentiment at best

oga go and sit down, no matter how the eagles play some of you will never be impressed. Even when we won the afcon in 2013, some fellows said we were just lucky. The fact that this team can even qualify with one game to spare shows how good they are whether you are impressed or not.

They are the ones going to russia not you, biko leave them alone

enimooko:
No he thinks Aiyegbeni is our main striker

aiyegbeni don suffer

forgiveness:
Oga! Busicat abi na Busqshirt is only good for Barcelona style of play.

During Guardiola's era his dirty antics was always to get sympathy from players by falling at the slightest touch.


Ok! Where was Busicat or Busqshirt when Barcelona dey chop sand for Chelsea hand? Was he not in the midfield when Chelsea players ghost passed him with him sisi style of play?

Who was in the midfield for Chelsea?

No tell me say na King Mikel Obi ooooooo.

make una no make laugh fall person for ground morning o! Busi wetin

gemale:
More like 60% loading. Not to sound like a wet blanket but the 2nd leg against Cameroon exposed the mediocrity that is very prevalent & celebrated among Nigerians. We went to Yaoundé to achieve a draw not bothering to aim higher for a win. We could have beaten the Cameroonians in Yaoundé the way they played. If we were half as sharp as we were in front of goal as in the first leg, we could have scored a 2nd goal. The midfield (especially mikel) went on break for most of the 2nd half leaving the wingers to bear the brunt of initiating attacks. Our profligacy was punished when the referee gifted them a penalty (which IMO was unwarranted) which they converted to level the score. We were fortunate that the referee became vigilant afterwards because the Cameroonians started diving in an attempt to win another spot kick. What would have been our fate if he was deceived? Yes, a draw wasn't a bad result but we could have done better because the Cameroonians didn't exactly step up to give us a really tough time. We should have punished them. That is what separates the top teams from others. They are ruthless and offer their opponents no quarters. They don't rest on their oars. They rest when the job is done. Yes, we currently lead our group but that is no excuse to think we have already qualified for the world cup. If we lose our next 2 matches & zambia wins theirs, we wouldn't qualify. Yes, it's highly unlikely but it's possible in the realm of football. If we won at Yaoundé, we would have been 5 points up, thereby making it more difficult for Zambia to try & mount a comeback. Now, Zambia are 3 points adrift & we play them next. Imagine if they beat us at uyo. They would be equal on points with us. It's possible after all, we did beat them at ndola. Didn't south africa beat us in uyo? Playing at home is no guarantee of a victory for us. It is not over until it's over. Can you remember how we qualified for the 2010 world cup? Tunisia led the group until the very last match day when they slipped up. We need to guard against complacency & thinking we have already arrived. That's the reason why since 1999,no Nigerian player has won the african player of the year. Even top teams & players challenge themselves to do more.

Cameroon was the strongest team in this group and they always have psychological edge when they play Nigeria, they were so confident beating the eagles in uyo which they showed for the first 15 mins. I took a lot of maturity and experience from the eagles to trounce them and draw them away and you call that complacency? You guys should stop all this over analysis. The team is on course, the zambians don't have that maturity and experience to beat the eagles whether home or away.

safarigirl:
haba! You can't invite people repeatedly and you never play them.

You want to keep using your main players for a dead rubber game and you think they won't burn out? It's a given

After the Zambian game, it won't be hard to get Grade A friendlies, not like the fringe players will go and collect eight goals from Algeria. You can work on team blending with friendlies later on. It will be unwise to keep playing the likes of Moses, Mikel and Leon over and over without rest

I support this move wholeheartedly and it will most likely turn out better than you're anticipating

National teams don't play week in and week out. Its a FIFA window that must be well utilised in my opinion, if you say bring in few new players to play with the established ones, Its fine by me but should not be a match for complete rookies. We don't really have much time for experimenting as some of us think. Rohr knows most of the world cup bound players if we qualify. Why not use it as an opportunity for the team to play more together to form a stronger unit. That's my point.

Joebie:
7 SEPTEMBER 2017
The Guardian (Lagos)
Nigeria: Super Eagles' Fringe Players to Face Algeria After Zambia Clash
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By Christian Okpara
The Super Eagles' technical crew will give players, who have not had the opportunity to play for the country in the on-going Russia 2018 World Cup qualifying series to feature in the last game against Algeria. That is, if the Eagles beat Zambia next month to confirm Nigeria's qualification for the Copa du Mondo.

Zambia surprised bookmakers on Tuesday when they went to Algiers to beat Algeria in their matchday four game. That victory took Zambia seven points, three lower than Nigeria, who will host them in Uyo on October 7.

A win in that game guarantees Nigeria the ticket to Russia 2018 World Cup. The Guardian learnt that fringe players, including home-based stars and some based in Europe were originally billed to take on Zambia until the Chipolopolo took the decision out Coach Gernot Rohr's hands in Algiers.

One of the officials, who pleaded anonymity, said in Yaoundé on Monday that the qualifiers also serves as preparation for the World Cup, adding that it has given the coaches the opportunity to assess the mentality of the players that have featured in the series.

"The coaches know what the players in the CHAN team can do, but they also want to see them in grade A games. "If as expected We beat Zambia to qualify for the World Cup, there will be no need to play against Algeria with the players in the main team," he said.

I don't agree with this, the last match against algeria even if we win in uyo, should be used as a warm up game for team blending ahead of the world cup which is less than a year away. It can also be used to boost our FIFA rankings so we can get Grade A friendly games ahead of the world cup. NFF ought to know better nah

Mickael2:
and ever since we started making a case for Sone Aluko has he been invited?

We will keep pushing until he is invited though we've got a very large pool of younger players now making selection tougher.

safarigirl:
my dear, preach.

A lot of people on NL think none of these footballers are here, but I bet you not only footballers, sports writers, foreigners and co are here. NL is a top site for people lookign to see thoughts of Nigerians, so we should be cautious of our words here

Our confidence will reflect on the players confidence, I am sure some of them read the comments here. Even the technical staff, we have all seen the coach make decisions that looked like he just ripped of people's comments on this thread and went with it

The importance of NL and this thread particularly to the Super Eagles should not be laughed at

a strong case has been made here for Joel obi if he is injury free and I won't be surprised if he gets a call up for our next match. Another strong case has been made for sone aluko here. This is the power of nairaland website on our social space.

Joebie:
Lol.. So you expect players and coaches come here to feed off of what we are typing here?

Oga leave that matter. We are just internet warriors. I can assure you we will not influence the outcome of the game one bit, just as we never have.

I stand by what am saying, it's a make or break tie

safarigirl:
lol...those Algerians lacked motivation. They should expel Mahrez from their national team, that guy is like a virus to them

Honestly those algerians are little boys, before last nite game, they still had the chance for 10 points knowing that the last game will be against Nigeria in their backyard, they are not adventurous at all, look at Ghana they drew at home and went away to congo to score five. The next time I hear anyone mention Algeria as a soccer giant, I go lash that person plenty strokes. They made Zambia feel like soccer giants which they are not.

safarigirl:
lol...a repeat of youth versus experience perhaps?

We kuku have our own young players too, so what is the fuss about?

Did we not also win this useless Algerian team? When we won them, they were even better than this excuse of a team Zambia won....Algeria just dwindled in months. Disgraceful I tell you

Anyway, like you said, the world cup is not more important to us than the players whose careers this thing hinges upon

me think the Algerians never bothered about the game last nite cos they knew the Zambians will still chop in uyo like themselves and Cameroon. The Algerians still had a chance if they won last nite, but why will they bother when they know something dey inside uyo wey dey kill person

wayodude:
I am going to add to all your concerns here regarding our LB position. Trust me this is a very serious concern.

Echiejile simply is not up to it. Let me take you back to our first game against Zambia. Omeruo has been hung out to dry for not dealing with a VERY SIMPLE cross which led to Collins Mbesuma muscling him out and firing at goal. I think the bigger issue not discussed at the time was what the Zambian winger Fwayo Tembo was doing to Echiejile. He was literally molesting the guy, dribbling past him repeatedly like he was a training cone!

Tembo had the freedom and space to had put a couple beautiful of crosses in our box because Echiejile was too scared to close him down. Why? Because anytime he tried to go in and win the ball, Tembo just knocked it past him and that was it Echiejile was behind him and he could run clean into our box and pick his options! By being scared of closing him down the guy was able to keep putting balls in dangerous areas within our box and that's how the Zambians got a goal.

Stupidly but favorably for us, the Zambian coach substituted Tembo just after the goal, not sure why, he must have been injured because if he wasn't that would surely rank as one of the most shocking substitutions I have ever seen in football. Tembo was having a free ride and if he had stayed on Zambia will certainly have created more chances and perhaps scored more goals!

We must get a replacement before the Zambia game or I predict a rough ride.

Who else noticed that the Zambian players who scored the goals to knock out star studded Algeria have barely left their teenage years? We must be very very careful. I am worried.

You guys are just having headaches which are not yours in the first place, the the wcq means more to the players, coach and nff. Do you know what it means to their careers? abeg make una chill, we don't have a bad case here. The zambians need to come out to attack in uyo and that's where they will chop it. They can't defend and attack at the same time for whole of 90 mins. Pls you guys should stop psyching the zambians up, they themselves know inside that beating the eagles in uyo is a tall dream, haba wetin.

Suprnov3r:
I don't blame EFCC. I blame our people from down south supporting this military jihadist dictator and his kangaroo junta. Buhari has shown that he is an unrepentant ethnic bigot with no shred of human sympathy.

The God that removed Abacha will remove him. So many millions of people are praying for a sudden exit and these prayers will be answered


The only reason why he has not slaughtered everyone of his vocal opposition is because he wants to be able to enter UK and get treated.


IPOB AND SHIITE SHOULD TAKE THEIR GENOCIDE CASE TO A UK COURT. WHEN HE LOSES, HE WON'T BE ABLE TO ENTER UK AGAIN

are you God? with all those foolish prayers so far, the man is still alive!

Danielnino00:
Those Zambians weren't bragging on Facebook for nothing.. They were true to their words..
But I'm confident we will beat them..The coach and players know what's at stake..I mean which of the players won't wanna go to the world biggest sport event??

They should just approach the game with caution cus the Zambians are coming to Uyo to hurt us.

same thing the Cameroonians said and they still chop am

Zambia will be beaten, you guys should go and sleep jare as tonight's result is a blessing in disguise as our coach and his boys will know there are room for excuses. The Eagles play better when the stakes are higher and we know it. Good night folks

Sainty92:
Assuming we won yesterday, we jst needed a draw to qualify in uyo. Bt since tins turned out like dis, a draw in uyo wil stil mean game on heading into last group games.

sorry for my error, we truly need two more points

PDPGuy:
Realistically, you are right. But mathematically, it a draw won't be enough.

with a draw in uyo, zambia can't have more than 10 points and Nigeria will already be on 11 points

jerrythafinisher:
how much is zambia FA worth? lemme tell you they broke as fvck. mayb foxes probably helping em since they out of the race

if algeria is winning this game, they will be on four points at par with zambia, so they would have had a slim chance

PDPGuy:
Well, well, well Some people are already sweating

Now, the Super Eagles NEED to beat Zambia to clinch qualification.

even if we had won yesterday, we still need to hammer them in uyo to qualify with the result in algeria so far

Sainty92:
. Algerian team are bunch of fools...They jst want 9ja to suffer to qualify....We wil roast Zambia in Uyo

they too had a slim chance to qualify, why are they not adventurous?

sure this algerians are not selling this match?

TheGoodJoe:
High BP, does not mean we were parking bus.

I think this is just one of your off days and we all understand

TheGoodJoe:

Have you watched Nigeria play with such fright in your life? If I am wrong, correct me.

At least you now know I detest parked bus with a passion.

Nigeria has played so many high tension games like this nah, you know how many people don die cos of high bp on top of eagles' matter?