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Icon4s:
I am not defending Rohr

You guys think to become a Super power in football is a one year's work?

I knew we were the underdogs going into that game. And I had always said it. I was just hoping our team could create an upset.

any reasonable coach should have been able to draw sense from the friendlies....
he keeps repeating same mistakes...

what's the hope that he would have learn anything from.the tourney had it been there was any....

a man who never learns from his mistakes...

somehow:
A simple 3,5,2 would have saved us from losing the match, but what do i know? Rohr knows it all.

An Ighalo that has not scored in 6 matches, even in friendlies is expected to be the savior? half shot at goal from him we didn't see.

This man is too rigid to be a good coach.

Playing Iwobi as LW killed me, Mikel as AM?

Etebo playing as LW and Mikel partnering Ndidi would have saved our faces from this embarrassment.

Too bad we lost Moses Simon to injury, just too bad.

If the rigid coach likes, let him use the same deadwood Ighalo in the next match.

If he likes oh, he shouldn't use 3,5,2

Uzoho
Ekong, Balogun, Omeruo
Ebuehi, Mikel, Iwobi, Ndidi, Moses

Iheanacho, Simy

Or

Uzoho
Omeruo, Balogun, Ogu

Ebuehi, Mikel, Iwobi, Ndidi, Etebo

Iheanacho Moses

Iwobi in both formation should be higher up than the other 4 midfielders.

Simple!

cc: Icons4
please sir pass this to rohr.....

Icon4s:
I am not defending Rohr

You guys think to become a Super power in football is a one year's work?

I knew we were the underdogs going into that game. And I had always said it. I was just hoping our team could create an upset.

his tactics and player selection was poor....and that cost us this match...
had it been it was the other way round...even if we get to loose the guys would have still fought better like a lion

TheSuperNerd:
Firstly I will call out Rohr.

Rohr did make some silly decisions.

After we fell a goal down, you know we needed goals and you had a goalscorer on the bench in Iheanacho. Why wait till we conceded a second off an Ekong error before doing the needful. We needed more movements upfront... We needed a player who can shoot even with a half chance. Nacho came in and did more in those 20mins than what Ighalo offered throughout the time he was on.

To be fair, Ighalo did make some nice touches in the first half but mehn... He didn't threaten enough. We needed more menaching movement. Nacho came on and alongside Musa we saw some better urgency. Even Etebo at a point started outshining Odogwu Mikel.



To the errors....

1. Yes, Etebo cause us an own goal but it was really an unlucky event. It was hard on the young man. He was one of our best players on the pitch today and did almost everything right save for that costly error which was not deliberate.

How did it happen? He left the post he was supposed to guard and went in early to try stop a mandzukic header that was already going wide off the mark. If only he had been slow to react... But how was he to do that? What if he didn't react and the header went in... Won't we all still be calling him out for not charging his man down?? See? So I won't blame Etebo much coz he put in a string shift in midfield today and gets my nod to keep benching Onazi.

We should try clearing those aerial balls at first sight... And not allowing it to cause mayhem which can lead to mistakes within the 18 yard box. Balogun, Ekong and Mikel even Ndidi should be first to those aerials from set pieces with also about two of them super alert for second balls after first aerial challenges.

Set pieces was our biggest undoing today again but I saw a few improvements to have hope. But mehn... Iceland are set piece and long throw kings too... We will face hell on Wednesday trust me... A hell we must try walk out if unscathed. But I still stand by this team. It is not over yet.


2. The fear of conceding another set piece goal made Ekong wrestle Mandzukic to the ground and sadly the ref spotted it and viola, that was the moment we lost the game.
Ekong knew that he should have done better. It is sad. The boys matched the Croatians but were undone by two errors which killed off our chances... We cannot afford any more of those against the Might of the Vikings

It was always gonna be hard coming back against the Croatians from 2 goals down. This is a game we could have drawn or even won but that second goal killed our changes big time.
Just minutes before that second goal I was desperately hoping Rohr brings in an Ebuehi for Shehu, and Iheanacho for Ighalo. Etebo was still ballling and Mikel and Ndidi still gave us a fighting chance in midfield. We needed those changes to push our adventure further and try nick that goal to get back on level terms but lo and behold, it was not to be until another error buried us for good.
Nacho came in immediately after that goal went in but it was already too late. Etebo kept fighting... His driving runs, skills and ball winning saw us win more freekicks in midfield but we needed that killer touch upfront... Nacho did spark some fires upfront a bit with Musa but it was already too late.

I hope Rohr understands that with two games left, now is the time for rugged and brave decisions to salvage our World cup. We have the players to thrive in a formation that can hurt teams but our conservative approach by accomodatijg Ighalo's goal drought and Shehu's non-adventurous style is seriously holding us back. We need our very best... Not our most capped players in the WCQs... Our very best to get the job done is what we need.






[b]At least Rohr was brave enough on this one count to bench Onazi... But Rohr should have taken his bravery further by also realising that an Attack being led by Ighalo won't yield much goals compared to a twin attack led by both Nacho and Iwobi... See how quiet Iwobi was in the game save for a few moments he got on the ball and had his goalbound shot blocked. Iwobi didn't show up today as he did against England and Czech and we needed that Monster Iwobi version. Maybe the occasion overwhelmed him a bit.. His first world cup game but mehn.. Those Icelandic Norse lords didn't give a sh*t and gave their all. It will be hard against them... Really really hard. That is a tougher game than the Argentina game.

Also, Rohr should have gone with an Ebuehi but started Shehu. Now Shehu put in a decent shift but offensively he was as flat as a concrete floor. On few occasions when he joined the attack to offer us outlets of penetration, he was not adventurous enough. On two occasions he could have easily crossed or ran into the right channel as an overlapping fullback will do, he hesisaltated and chose to turn and pass... He was scared to cross and be adventurous. YOU DON'T WIN WC GAMES NY BEING TOO CAREFUL ALL THE TIME. THERE ARE TIMES FOR MAD ADVENTURE. I need Ebuehi in this team. We need results... No more time to honor or play loyalty or longevity. This is the time to honor and play THE BEST and MOST GOALS-ORIENTED EFFECTIVE Talents FOR EACH ROLE.[/b]


I will surely tip us to cause another twist in this group against Iceland but we (Rohr actually) must be brave in our selections and be ready to stand up against those giants called the Vikings and their defensive DOOR (Halldorsson).

I could say so much but fact is we have lost and it is time to move on to the next game. Whinning and lamenting for so long is for wimps.... We don't have much time. We must rise from this. After all, we are not out just yet. Our destiny in Russia still rests in our hands.


#SoarSuperEagles

my brother take it from me...
rohr killed this team....he is definitely not a smart coach.....
very conservative...watch him repeat same mistakes against Iceland and Argentina

Icon4s:
That is the tournament experience I am talking about.

This Rohr's team as a unit does not have a tournament experience.

please stop trying to create excuses for that rohr ineptitude and cluelessness...
you have no point to start lingering....on..
so because we have not been assembled to play any tourney prior now is a justification for the team loss tonight?

Martz101:
moses was our best player today, how do you watch your own football

hope it has down on you...that rohr is a very smart coach....?
sometimes you guys think every light skin person is in the calibre of being a god and all knowing....

nextlevel2222:
They said is hiding his tactics during the friendlies, now it has revealed to us the hidden tactics.. mtcheeww. That Rohr is not a good coach. We have personnel to execute this match but Rohr didn't select right personnel. I dnt think we can beat Iceland and Argentina with the way we played today. Rohr shld be blamed for this poor outing today

Am sad right now... But all hope is not lost yet.

right where I was watching the match...I expressed my reservation that the line up and tactics was wrong....

the only miracle we need right now is for the German to come to his sense...which i don't happening in Russia...

even his substitute was wrong...should quickly revert to the 3-5-2 in the 2nd half...fielding in nancho remove Ighalo or maintain the 4-3-3 remove Ighalo and etebo put in musa and nancho...drift iwobi to the AM role and drop mikel to CM role...and massively attack the crots...

but the German remain clueless...well i have given up...will rather just keep an eye on Germany and Portugal as my 2 adopted nations to win the tourney.

kennysville:
The pig could still be right.... cos frankly it is a very open group

open where?
don't tell me you wrote that?
with Ighalo upfront and shehu in the RB role...and iwobi playing the wing role instead of the AM...role..
you mean the round of 16 dream still lives.
it could only be possible if rohr come to his senses...which i don't see happening in Russia....

kennysville:
This isnt a case of confidence. It is a case of wrong tactics on the part of our coach

exactly...the coach never learn....

please who know the whereabout of that famous match predicting pig in England...that pig deserve to killed in cold blood...

mumemma:
I am tactically better than Rohr....Croatia nor even ball...we just gift then soft win

when some of us here said...rohr was not a smart coach...some persons came for our head...now it has occured to us now that some peeps here are even more tactical sound than the German.

omar22:
If Sallah hits a hatrick against Saudi Arabia does that push him up the order?

the calibre of the opposition matters...
should any of messi and sallah get to score an hatrick against Germany,France...fine but against a team like Saudi...that's not in same level.

BascoVanVeli:
Spain drew once the Governor was taken off. Ighalo can have a similar performance he just needs to be loved and supported.

Ighalo...?
please say something else...

Icon4s:
Write any team off due to results from friendlies at your own peril.

I tell you especially that Germany.... they're very crafty.

OfficialAwol:
What if the referee is pan-South American?

A European ref would have been better.

and you're playing a European nation...
hope you're thinking well?

Icon4s:
Just like Germany won only one out of their last 4 friendlies. And the only one they won was 2-1 against same Saudi Arabia. They are defending champions o.

take the Germans friendlies serious at your own peril....
I remember they had Similiar ride prior last world cup during the pre-world cup friendlies.

Mujtahida:
Na wa

abeg bro .nor be my fault.. my heart skip when I saw that line up.... I have never been so optimistic like this when it comes to Nigeria football... same optimism I had in 2013 afcon... just want the team to do well that's all......

Mujtahida:
Na wa

abeg bro .nor be my fault.. my heart skip when I saw that line up.... I have never been so optimistic like this when it comes to Nigeria football... same optimism I had in 2013 afcon... just want the team to do well that's all......

Mujtahida:
Na wa

abeg bro .nor be my fault.. my heart skip when I saw that line up.... I have never been so optimistic like this when it comes to Nigeria football... same optimism I had in 2013 afcon... just want the team to do well that's all...

tbaba1234:
That is not the official line up.. That is a projected lineup.. guess work
Wait for the official lineup to come out.

okay better bro... my heart skips fast...when i saw that line up....

Dannyxy:
take a chill pill bra.. At least the man's selection has not failed us when it really matters yet.. So what are you saying? ..

If he fields those players, so be it, after 90min, we can then judge...

he keeps repeating same line up even when circumstances proves that it is not working....
better....for what I saw up there to be guess work/projected line up...
because I just can't wait for Saturday's match...against crots with a good line up and strategy we will have them for dinner....

thanks bro...

safarigirl:
this better not be it.
Kini?

Unlucky Ighalo again?

Somebody tell him he cannot make 6 subs this time oh. This better be the A-team

when I said...rohr is not too a smart coach some peeps tackled me...

don't be surprised the dude fields this players tomoro.
we loosing out of the group stage gonna be rohr's fault because we have the players to spring surprise but rohr selection is damn stupid.

safarigirl:
A 'psychic' pig that predicted Trump's victory has picked Nigeria for a semi-finals spot in Russia 2018

Forget the Falcon, the Pig is obviously a smarter animal

when I wrote that bird in far away UAE was an ugly bird...many think I was lying....
ugly birds see ugly....

please share the link Dear...

cenaman:
my question is, are the three nations going to have free ticket to the world cup come 2016 or they will still play qualify as every other national team? because ayam not understanding why three nation will have joint bid not two like korea-japan 2002, this pure ojoro.

especially Canada...they need this hosting more than any other country...because that's their only hope of qualifying for the world cup....

TheSuperNerd:
Really? So you marked all the faces at the stadium that day?

Lol....I trust metaljisaw to do so...

Certitude:
Oga but why? My position doesn't require physical fitness.

my brother....that backroom staff don't really mean well for us.
na to come camp with medical report....
I can't kill myself...

Icon79:
Good one bro. I will reserve Messi's the iconic #10 jersey


O pari

and sit on the bench with it...abi?
I will doubt your concentration level being that safari made the list as well.....

come on relax that Jersey belongs to me...

MetalJigsaw:
So he tips Nigeria to make second round?

what do you expect. ..?
hazard is a very reasonable player...unlike one ugly bird and her followers in far away Dubai...
so I wasn't surprised when I read that from him...Hazard forever remain blessed...

CaptainStephen:
yes boss we need to drill them to proper shape. Deport style.

how will lazy players like me survive..?
hope you guys didn't include me in that list to get me killed?

hardwerk:
lol...I'm 6 2 and on the fat side of anatomy.....just left University 2017 and waiting November for my Clarion call. In the mean time ,I need a job from any of you here and I will duly support Nigeria

and the few times you have dropped comments you have not given a good impression of yourself...
many see you here as rude and arrogant because of the kind of words you pull out...
what makes you think same folks you've insulted will refer you for a job?

anyway no one need bribe you with a job to support the super eagles...because it is not necessary...you can choose to support the opposing team...it's your choice....

TheGoodJoe:
Forget long story and focus on your drills.
Oya, push 1........

oga football is not that hard... we were not drafted to come build muscles...... allow some flexing and relaxation please