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sweetilicious:
It is not in the bible.

God bless you for this reply....

MetalJigsaw:
So What you're now telling me is that Mikel is still the best as AM?

please ignore that guy....

It seems England....just changed tactics to 3-5-2....formation.

who else is taking notice of these Tunisia Team ball control and well split passes...?

Bolowolowo:
I will not be surprised if he fields the same players and benches the wrong ones. His substitutions scared me. Depending on how the Iceland game goes, we should start calling for his sack.

to be honest that's my fear...he may field same players again....

Oasis007:


You are comfortable with Mikel as an AM instead of Iwobi?! Shehu and Ighalo also to start the Match, though I guess in your favored 3 - 5 - 2 Formation?

Where are you gonna play Moses? Iwobi....??!

mikel in the AM role...depends...I can as well sub him for etebo if there be need for more fluidity in the midfield.....and introduce ogu to take etebo place in the CM role...

Ighalo will be removed for nancho who spear head the attack with nancho....


Moses play the wing back role...on the left and ebuehi play the wing back role from the right.......

achieving results with the super eagles calls for flexibility

Oasis007:


I do not aim to taunt you, but you suggested the Duo of Ndidi and Etebo to form a defensive midfield Pivot and Mikel as an AM against the Croats - yet you keep blaming Rohr for the Loss.

If you are in charge, what would you have done Difference if I may ask pls?! Tweaking the Formation or changing the Personnel?!

I will tweak the formation....later from 60 mins should there be no goals....
I will use simmy or nancho instead of Ighalo....

mowah:
I said it earlier,but guys didn't believe, gernot rohr is overrated, there was a reason average African teams like Gabon, Burkina Fasa and Niger Sacked him quite early while our own late Steven Keshi took Togo to the world cup and improved the Malian team. Rohr needs to change his tactics against Iceland (I won't be surprised if he doesn't) 3-5-2 should have been used against Croatia but we can still try it against Iceland only if our wingbacks are more attacking because we will need a "force de frappe" of attack to crack them, With what I saw on Friday, I think victor moses can play lwb for us (dude has the ginger to play well in this wc) then tyronne should take the right. But let's think of it? We can actually drop Mikel, I hope gernot is bold enough to, (the only game we've won this year, Mikel was absent against Poland while we've lost every game he has played In this year) y'all need to remove that mentality that we can't play well without Mikel, etebo would do well and even ogu sef(I just like this guy cos him no dey do pass himself and does a great job too) my line up against Iceland would be 3-5-2
Uzoho; omeruo,balogun, ekong; moses ndidi etebo iwobi ebuehi; iheanacho, ighalo. Iwobi plays behind the 2 strikers while etebo and ndidi take up the dmf. This should work against Iceland as long as they play like beast with all their hearts, who knows we might even trash them, the only disadvantage of this formation is that it is too dependent on the wingbacks so if they Bleep up, we are dead. I still believe in this boys, hope they make us proud again #Naijaalltheway

please replace Ighalo with simmy....

forgiveness:
My friend, if you are becoulded by emotions to remite judgement, I have gone beyond that.

I don't care about what Ighalo played years ago, I am talking about what I saw yesterday which is fact.

You all shouting Ighalo didn't play well. Ok who will play well in that situation?

Na Iheanacho abi na Simy? Well, maybe simy can do well alone yesterday but I don't think Iheanacho will do nada yesterday. Fact.

Read my lips and na finger again. Iheanacho will do nada if isolated like Ighalo yesterday.

Simy will do little too because he still needs support but Mikel didn't do anything to support or add pressure.

You people should cool down and read match with common sense before you start shouting this player no good.

The ball Ighalo took a weak shot was as a result of no Nigerian player in the box to receive a pass.

Anyway, make Rohr commot Ighalo put the player that rocks your boat so we go get peace for this place. Haba!

abeg try rest...because you need am.

please better stick to scouting...players... because your analysis of the game is watery

Ndonu101:
Gernot Rohr is not very clever

The set pieces were not exclusive events, the corner kicks came about because we did not control the game. May be in a 3-5-2 formation those corner will not have happened at the time they happened

Omeruo played in Middlesbrough and has experience of defending long balls. He is also a World Cup veteran but somehow not good enough to start. Please we need Omeruo in a 3 man back line

Ahmed Musa is a key player for us. We need his pace for 90 minutes, not 20 minutes. Another World Cup veteran sitting on the bench. He scored 2 against almighty Argentina at the last World Cup

Lack of wing play killed us. Iwobi is not a winger

We need Ebuehi, Musa, Moses in the pitch to give us some pace

you see the wisdom you put up there....rohr don't have it...the old man is bald.

TheSuperNerd:
Some of you guys really are having fun gathering likes over obvious posts hitting on our boys and any slight hint of their social activity as if they just deliberately went there to fail. It is okay... Now is the season.... Have your fun.

But one thing I know is this: Those guys are not jokers. They showed fire and fight in the WC Qualifiers and will hopefully show so again. They just have to look within coz they have it in them. They have only failed to pull it out of themselves and soar. I hope to see a better SE team come Friday.

I think nobody is having fun bro....we are just pained. ...
still haven't gotten over yesterday's loss....
it was so terrible that my friend had to call ne yesterday after the match just to pacify me...she had to talk me up....but still up till now I am still pained....

I just don't under stand why rohr refused do the right thing......now we are all scared come on the 22nd the old man may repeat same mistake....
my heart is heavy....

realpoacher:
Obviously you will need to pass this your message to them before we stop berating them...

Because obviously they seem ignorant of what you just said


I REPEAT... Find a way and Pass this your information to them

Else it won't be funny if they repeat the same lackluster performance against Iceland ��

some peeps sound as if...we are the team with the worst players.... unknow to them that Nigeria players are not as bad as they've been portrayed but rather the naughty coach tactics just giving these lads a bad name...while he try absolve himself of blames....
patiently waiting for his excuse after the Iceland game..... give any intelligent coach this players....he will get some thing reasonable...from them.
even lars lagerback spent just few few weeks with the super eagles prior the 2010 world cup and the super eagles still played better than this rohr team....

edi287:
I swear. I still think it's a bad idea to make him U23 coach. I'd remove the guy and put amunnike or Finidi.

the nff really sabotage the country coaching job because of sentiment and hatred for siasia....
siasia should have been these conservative coach assistant probably he could have add more bite to the team

MetalJigsaw:
Whilesome folks thought it was all mind games. Not knowing that it was mere cowardice and incompetence.

I tell you my brother.....
now he is trying to look for excuses...
I think he still don't know how Nigerians are so quick to forget...the good times when they keep getting served failures....

I expect him to resign honourably should Nigeria fail to grab up to 3 points from this group.....

edi287:
What is Rohr official position? Technical Director or Head Coach?
If he's Technical director, is Salisu head coach? If yes - how much input does Salisu give in terms of tactics?

salisu is another dumb coach....
his likes are often folks who worship Europeans....because of their skin color....

see him sitting on the bench opening his white teeth.... Africans especially Nigerians have so much inferiority complex...it is a serious issue that needs to be solved.

somehow:
Hopefully he will do the right thing come 22nd..

We have no choice but to attack in that match, we dont win, we go home.

to this words to the bank....
some persons here are smarter than rohr...
wisdom is not in age...but in mindset...and attitude...

rohr's attitude shows fear all through starting from his post match conference....
his tactics are all rigid.....
I don't expect much from him...at all.
it will take a miracle for him to do the right thing prior next match....

edi287:
I just hope he and the likes of Ebere Eze don't get dissuaded by Aina getting dropped for WC.
Some might say it's crazy but these guys are young and will think like that

if only our indigenous coaches....can drop this sentiments and corrupt practices in players selection..... I trust siasia and co to be better than rohr tactically....

Mujtahida:
During the WCQ they fought using the same tactics that is now suspect.

Immediately the groupings was done Rohr began to sing a song titled 'we are the underdogs' and the same players who coasted to victory after victory during the WCQ have not been the same again. The coach is singing a song of defeat, the players dance it out on the pitch.

that man has a failure mindset....
he is not a motivator...him and mikel is even worse off.

forgiveness:
Two shots and an header. Watch again.

I no watch what Costa Rica match but if dat what you expected from a lone striker, Ighalo did exactly the same on many occasions.

Please, watch the match again.

please bro...with all due respect....
keep quiet...
what are you saying that Ighalo did same?
i have been reading your comments since yesterday....all watery with no reason in it..

it is not a must you comment to defend mediocrity.... when last did Ighalo scored for the super eagles...?
after 7 matches still on goal drought and the foolish excuse we keep getting is that he was being played as a lone striker...
is he the only lone striker played in the world...?
same goal drought he had in Watford prior his departure...maybe we should blame that on him being starved of balls upfront...

please I am sorry if my response look abusive...

somehow:
You're getting worked up already, it's just a friendly conversation.

Lets end everything here then.

Enjoy your day bro.

every one is angry bro...including me...
I don't mind canvass for the sack of rohr should he make same line up in our next two match and we get to loose....

don't wanna call him a serial failure not until then...

edi287:
Mikel should have been deployed deeper yesterday. I don't understand why people aren't seeing this. We got away with it at the WCQs but I always knew it'd be difficult in the WC proper.
We needed Iwobi and Etebo ahead with Ighalo to press while Mikel dictates from deep. We know Mikel's stamina is poor so why make him have to drop back deep anyways when he can start from deep, save his energy from running up and down and dictate??

not with Ighalo again please...
why can't you guys see that...the dude is a clueless when it comes to goal scoring...

AIG07:
AMAJU HAS DONE SO MUCH FOR THIS BOYS.

He will be the most disappointed.

I was hoping we go far. Just to pass the message of how important preparation and planning is to achieving goals to the entire nation. But the team and coaches are hell bent on sabotaging Pinnick's efforts.

If we fail again. We are back to square 1. Poor fans turn out at our stadias. Neglect of the team by the populace. Poor or no sponsorship deals. So much headache for AMAJU. This is heart breaking.

I still think rohr really wanna sabotage the interest of Nigeria ...
no longer trust him at all.....
if we the fans could notice alot from the friendlies and even okocha yesterday talked on his expectation for rohr to have change tactics and draft iwobi to the midfield.... but instead choosed to play a traitor. ...

I am really hurt....very hurt...
that a man we all trust to do the needful failed us...even SIASIA would have done better.....

It seems the old coach still havent learn from his mistakes...always looking for an excuse to give for his incompetence

Rohr Explains Why He Didn't Employ 3-5-2 Formation Vs Croatia

Nigeria manager Gernot Rohr has explained why he played four at the back for the entirety of the Super Eagles 2-0 loss to Croatia, discarding the 3-5-2 formation that worked well for him, especially in the second half, during the pre-World Cup friendlies.

The former Bayern Munich defender has pointed out that the loss to the Balkans was not as a result of the formation but due to the inability of the team to defend set-pieces.

''I think the organization was okay, we didn't concede the goal in normal play, we conceded the two goals from set-pieces and it is not a question of tactics or system,'' Rohr said at the post-match press conference.
''Our system was okay, we cannot play with three (defenders) when there is only one center forward, so we played with four because they were three strikers and the Croatian strikers are very strong and I was satisfied about the organization of the team.
''What we are missing today is to be more professional with set-pieces to avoid the two goals coming from these situations.
''Each game is different, we know we can play with three center-backs but it was not a good day to do that today.''
Rohr added that the young players in the team, thought to be Oghenekaro Etebo and William Troost-Ekong, made mistakes which led to the two goals conceded by the Super Eagles.

''We are disappointed, when you lose a match it is not a good thing for us but we must recognize Croatia had the better team tonight.
''My young players made some mistakes especially from the corners we worked so much. The first goal came from a corner, the second one also from a corner, a penalty.

''There were also so many fouls in the other box that could have been a penalty for us. but we have to accept this defeat and now we have to win against Iceland.
''All is possible still because we have only one point to win to win against the two other teams. If we win the next game, all is possible for the qualification.''

Ifeanyi Emmanuel

source : ANS

sontoly:
I totally support you sir, and I dont know why the coach doesnt see it, the truth is Ighalo has more supporters than Iheanacho thats why no one sees his flaws.

Ighalo position skill is so poor, not good in air
poor decision making, give him ten chance he wont score one, infact you wont even find he to give a chance sef.
He is always with a defender and doesnt lose his marker, slow to react and we call that one a striker, we are deceiving ourself, it will take a miracle for him to score most of his shots are week. Abeg i don tire to see am for pitch, person wey get 5 goals since he started playing for us.
The only lethal striker is iheanacho unfortunately the coach no like am just same way he prefers shehu to ebuehi.
I dont have anyhope in rohr at all.

Ighalo not good enough.

I will appreciate it for rohr to be sacked...if we get to loose against Iceland..and he repeats same line up....
he should be fired immediately....

TheGoodJoe:
Hang in there. Rohr might adopt a more adventurous pattern in the next game.

oga joe...you and I knows that the German will never change....
he is stuck to his conservative approach to games...watch him repeat same mistakes against Iceland....
his line up and tactics against the Iceland will tell me how the match will go.....
rather not waste my time...

ChrisKels:
From someone who once wore the shoe and knows where it pinches, Okocha ;


“It was a decent first half but maturity was the edge the Croatian team had over the Nigerian team,” Okocha said on SuperSport, where he was a guest analyst, after the game.

“The Super Eagles got done by the movements of the Croatian team in their box. The Super Eagles midfielders were not doing their best both in defending and in attack.

“Eagles didn’t get the best out of Alex Iwobi and Victor Moses because the manager was trying to accommodate Mikel Obi in the team.

“The manager didn’t earn his money today. We were not a threat in the first half and I was expecting him to play three at the back, five players in the midfield and two strikers to the team a chance to get back into the game.

“It is sad because I know we can do better than this. Of course there is still hope but we have to do it the hard way now.

“These (Croatians) are world class players who know how to win by exploiting little details.”
Okocha also blamed Rohr for deploying Mikel in the creative role.

“We didn’t have a creative player today,” the former Nigeria No.10 added. “Mikel has been a good servant to the national team. His best position is playing in front of the defence. We saw what he did playing for Chelsea where he had a glorious career.

“The most creative player in that team is Alex Iwobi but he was played on the flanks. He (Iwobi) can play on the flanks at Arsenal because they had better players in that role like Mesut Ozil.

“The reason why we lost was because we played our best players out of their positions.

“Playing Mikel in that position didn’t help Moses and Iwobi on the flanks.”

when I said rohr was not a smart coach...some peeps came for my head....

he deserve coach the likes of Madagascar because that's the best he deserves...so annoying his cluelessness gonna cost us good outing in this world cup

Eleniyan15:
Sentiment go kill some people here today favouritism no go make this country move forward

don't mind them....
I hate when peeps are not being truthful...
I told someone today when I was talking on Ighalo being unable to make the difference....
that I don't hate him...even from same state with Ighalo...but still the truth needs to be aired.... he is a very average striker with poor positioning...only good when we play Africa oppositions and he needs like 8 goal scoring opportunities to score a goal...

Mujtahida:
Bros, I'm I like Ebuehi but this reasoning that Ebuehi would have salvaged the situation is too simplistic to me.

he would have offered more offensively....
that's what I meant....
I don't buy the idea of sit back to defend...I believe in massive attack...had it been we really attack these crots with a 3-5-2 formation it would been better

goldfish80:
Are you suggesting the missing link for Nigeria in this game was Ebuehi? Nawa for una oh

you're begging the question trying to create an easy route for yourself...
it's like you've no idea...how much role the lad would have played to help salvage the situation...if any of his offensive contributions would have birth goals...you don't know...but like rohr you choose think through the prism of impossibilities and fear....
you should direct your last sentence to yourself...because a broad and holistic reasoning would have prevented such words....

an Iwobi in the AM role and nancho upfront would have been more productive than the trash he served us in this match....

safarigirl:
which one is dishonest people again?

Wetin that one mean? You don't know what Ebuehi would have done because Rohr did not play him. However, Shehu was played and was adjudhed clueless, even by the commentator

The real dishonest people are those who fail to accept that Shehu was ineffective today....then again, what is expected of a make-shift Right Back?

Argue about forcing square pegs in round holes before calling people dishonest because their opinions differ from yours

some peeps deserve to be left alone to wallow in sentiments and wayside reasoning....

it is so pathetic to read such words...from someone of his calibre

goldfish80:
That's what you get with dishonest people. They speak as if Ebuehi would have assisted a goal if he started. It's absolute nonsense.

but he would have played better than shehu...
all through the friendlies lately he played better coupled with the fact that he offers more offensively and he is a natural RB.

please tell me about shehu....hope you are aware that the crots first goal which resulted from a corner...really came in from the right wing back....shehu failure to stop the crots birth the corner kick....

Eleniyan15:
Don't mind that Man , he doesn't call a spade a spade too bias

he is a very conservative person... I see him in same category with rohr...