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Oasis007:


It's too early to lose Hope in him Bro. I hope you remember Rohr is rebuilding a formidable Super Eagles for the Future..... perhaps Qatar 2022?!

I have not lost hope in him...just want him make necessary adjustment..
he is too diplomatic for my liking....some players need to be talked to and benched...

Naughtytboy:
daddy which kalu again?

bro the kalu in belguim

Icon4s:
That is it.

he needs to be humbled....to be honest.

OMANBALA1:
Whenever Moses is with the ball he makes the right run, throw the right leg but he will never put you through with a simple pass. I am re-watching the match again in very little details and you can see why our attack never click when Moses is there...At around 12th minutes there was a simple pass he could have dropped for Iwobi to finish up but he attempted to dribble his grandfathers once more and lost the ball and he Iwobi was so mad and frustrated.

sometimes I think rohr is scared to talk to this guys...or the coach simply don't have eyes....like we have here.

reason why some of us here were clamouring for kalu not necessarily because he is same level with Moses...but someone who plays for the team will always help you win games.....

hardwerk:
Rubbish team ...and modern day Joseph's are dreaming of winning world cup . Let me die if that happens

ghost don't die bro...I think you're not a living being...

Mujtahida:
The consistency you ask from the coach and the players, you too should try do same. You ain't consistent. You are only consistent in being inconsistent. You go from extreme praise to extreme condemnation. Is it the emotions?

bro....when you expect a coach to do the right thing...and he keeps making same mistakes over and over again...
you self know...that you can't be doing same thing over and over again...in same pattern and expect a different result.
a coach shouldn't be scared to drop any player not living up to expectation....

ebuehi by now should be the undisputed RB.
still have reservations on why aina was dropped because he obviously cross better those 2 LB we currently have and as well link up with the attack well....

and why keep up with Ighalo....who last scored for Nigeria since...the Cameroon match in Uyo.

Mujtahida:
Kaiii this guy. I fear you. So if the team does well tomorrow, what would you say? Rohr is king abi(cos you have echoed such sentiments before when the going was good). See the defeat doesn't say anything much to me but I've learnt a whole lot about the consistency of many posters here. Tomorrow if I read them singing praises I'd know best to take it with a pinch of salt.

the coach sticking with players we all know were not supposed to be in the starting 11 annoys me.....
why bench ebuehi for shehu and start Ighalo instead....?
this are glaring happenings we all know any reasonable coach should correct....
it is becoming obvious that the best formation we need adopt is the 3-5-2 formation abit we go with the other...iwobi shouldn't be deployed to the CM role.... or wing role...but the AM role or a free role to roam and team up with the striker when need be...mikel can be allowed play the CM should need be....

rohr players selection is killing this team...
sentiments attached to the old players is not helping matters..... just because some players played the qualifiers does not mean they can't be dropped if they don't measure up....
you saw hw abysmal elderson was today....

I attach so much emotion to football especially when watching the super eagles play.....and errors of this kind is more baffling

AIG07:
*smiles* Rohr confused? I don't think so. I think he is only playing with everyone's mind.

Croatia, Iceland, Argentina, NFF and Nigerians world wide are all confused. But the man is not!

I hope your words proves right....

AIG07:
Those calling for Rohr's head seems to have forgotten where we were coming from.
From a poor team which couldn't qualify for 2 consecutive AFCON.

This man decide to pick the job despite so much hullabaloo then. He came on board and the unexpected happen we were handed the toughest group in worldcup qualification history.

No one gave him a chance not even his employers. But he turned the fortune of the team around and we qualified in style without loosing and with a game to spare.

This same man has only lost 1 single competitive game out of 7. Yet still we want him to be sacked. Can we please cut him some slack?

He might not be having it easy and we rosy but the employers and players are not complaining. The players have not even showed any sign of unhappiness with the result. Maybe there is more to these preparation than we can see.

Me, I still believe in this team, I still trust the boys to deliver when it MATTERS and I'm not going to allow some insignificant matches to change my mind.

#SOAR EAGLES

and so what...because he qualified us means we should stick to clueless abi?
though zidane won 3 champions league in a row...he would have been sacked still if now fails to deliver...

consistency is the key....mere looking at rohr shows he needs help...the old man has lost it.....
and sanusi and co...still haven't gotten over the euphoria of the world biggest football tourney few days time....

Oasis007:


Guess our Eyes are clear now....... that Iwobi is a monumental Waste on the Wing?! Our problem is very simple to solve;

A - Play 3 - 4 - 1 - 2 Formation.

B - start Ebuehi as a RWB not Shehu

C - Play Moses as LWB, I've seen him played there at Chelsea more than once.

D - play a Pivot of Ndidi and Mikel as DMs - Ndidi doing the Tackles and Interceptions while Mikel plays as a deep-lying Playmaker.

E - Play Iwobi as a No. 10.

F - Pair Ighalo and Iheanacho upfront - Ighalo will play more inside the Box, while Iheanacho plays as SS, combining with Iwobi to dig out positive Results.

to be honest with you...
rohr don't think this way...the old man is still confused...

Oasis007:

Pls can someone helps me to locate Echiejile on the left Wing?!

and to think that was the player we dropped aina for leave me baffled

Panther7:
calm down it just a friendly

bro...this may end up be our starting line up against the crots

tbaba1234:
Most Likely starting Line-up based on last training

Uzoho
Abdullahi Shehu
Troost-Ekong
Leon Balogun
Brian Idowu
John Ogu
Obi Mikel
Wilfred Ndidi
Victor Moses
Odion Ighalo
Alex Iwobi

Source: ANS

shehu and Ighalo again....
it is becoming obvious that rohr may just orchestrate his own failure...

safarigirl:
this line no get weight.

I remember saying Rohr should start Aina against England, because he will die on the pitch against England. People always do extra when they play against an opposition that is 'personal'.....ask Adebayor against Arsenal.

it has to do with mental edge....
same could have been said of mikel...at least to prove the English press wrong in their opinion of him...also the likes of troost ekong at least to showcase his abilities and prove doubters wrong and lots more....

you just can't give what you don't have....it shows iwobi has that attitude...it is a positive one...a very agile and imposing player... someone that can't be intimidated.

Martz101:
mehn e come be like say na iwobi be captain...i hardly see mikel talking to the boys during the match and the corner incident

we were making thesame mistake in the defending of corner and no one could change things up there.

one of the foremost qualities of a captain is to able to motivate his wards....and spur them to success.....
but
he really do lack this...a decent player though.

ChrisKels:
I concur wholeheartedly, Iwobi is exactly what we need behind our strikers and the strikers should be players who play for the team and not one smelly rat urine that thinks he's bigger than the team.


Left for me I would drop that vicmo boy

emphasis should be placed on the kind ot striker to play upfront...not Ighalo kind of striker....but someone like nancho who can link up well with the lad...with good positional sense and good finishing.....

nancho and simmy should be tried against Czech...we have had enough of Ighalo.....

Martz101:
every ship need a captain to sail, mikel was suppose to be the captain...i was expecting some level of urgency.

mikel and rohr should have fired them on

was it not same mikel that have been tipping in the English team to win the world cup...

mikel really suffering from inferiority complex...still remember his reaction after he was elbowed by Giroud against France...something that would have Fetch the French man a card...he took it for fun.

mikel is not an aggressive captain. iwobi reaction that day...made me think twice...same player who has an affinity with England....could mean business when both teams played each other.....

that's the kind of player you need walk through tight rope

MetalJigsaw:
Lots of people have gone so negative about the probability of our dear SEs performance in Russia. Should one blame them? No!

But I one thing I know for sure is if this team fails to win a game in the mundial Rohr should be sacked ASAP.

Believe it or not, this team possesses enough personnel to achieve a second round place in the WC despite the 'toughness' of the group, or even surpass it. But over- conservation on the current managers part is pulling things backward for the team. And this should be a certain fact if both flops in the last game get to start against Czech Republic.


Surely, Gernot Rohr seemingly lacks pragmatic thinking.

I repeat, if any of the fat guy or the clueless Torino man start next game, then we only have a half-execrable coach in charge.

spot on bro...add the attack to it...
that man from China should not man our attack......

safarigirl:
we for drop Joel to accommodate Aina, because that one is only good at bumping into his team mates like a blind bat.

Lol...this girl you are wicked....

Icon4s:
Oga, calm down.

There is no cause for alarm.

Were you expecting us to beat England at Wembley?

You think we are on the same level as Brazil, Spain or Germany? Cos it is only such countries that can get a result against England at Wembley. Brazil even played a draw there. So relax.

That England game was as tough as it can get.

Playing Croatia in Russia cannot be as difficult as playing England at Wembley. Take that from me.

And let me encourage you not to lose hope in these guys. I have seen so many Nigerian teams at the WC and I have seen so many of Nigeria's preparatory games for the WC. I know what I am talking about.

A lot of people here know me as very conservative with my expectations on our players. So when I say "I have hope on these guys" I must have seen enough to have hopes on them.

oga icon..... from what you wrote I see wisdom and reason to keep up with this team....
I sincerely believe how far we will go in the world cup largely depends on rohr first 11 selection during the world cup matches....

you saw yesterday that players like onazi shouldn't be starting super eagles matches...but all because of sentiments he will still get to start ahead of better technical players.....

klexycole:
Sir, this is utterly unnecessary! I detest reading lines or statements like this, not really good enough to be honest. Not trying to defend the coach, but when the going was good, nothing like this was uttered.

I thought we are all supporting this team irrespective of the flaws. We are two weeks into the tournament but you've started saying something like this. What if we excel at the world cup? You will retract your statement or what?

We should be cautious of what we say, we are always too quick to pass judgement.


**Back to reading mode**

just the conservative attitude of the coach offends me......
well your advise was reasonable will take held....
thanks

Kog45:
Let's hope for good outing but tactically we have a lot to do.

that coach really annoys me...
even the 3-5-2 formation the team has practised with so much success...the coach is still scared to make it one of the main formation for the team.... all because he don't wanna drop his old fashioned strategy. ....
we can't keep absorbing pressure whenever we play non-Africa teams..... had it been we played a very clinical team yesterday it would have been so disastrous....

let's all attack and defend as a unit...with that we may always get something positive...

zuchyblink:
good one but I believe moses will do better than Idowu

is Moses really willing to play?
is he ready to play for nigeria same way he play in chealsea.....?
dude is now too big to play for the super eagles......

ChrisKels:
That's the reason I said those signing his praises for dropping Aina for Shehu instead of shifting Shehu to the middle to drop either Onazi or Joel, should watch it, because I will come for them. Lol and TheGoodJoe said I was rejoicing over Shehu's failure? smh

what do you expect from a very conservative coach.....
he appears too predictable....

zuchyblink:
good one but I believe moses will do better than Idowu

Moses feel he is indispensable to this team...he should be made sit on the bench... from the second half yesterday and also against Argentina it goes to show that our performance on the 3-5-2 formation is no fluke....it works well against non-African oppositions....
when adopting that Moses can as well sit on the bench....... he rarely release the ball and play a bit too selfish.

Kog45:
Oh i did not bet with you but telling you performance should do it for Echiejile but you kept on hammering is a must for Echiejile to make it,NO my man.

But fact still remain Echiejile has lost it,hope he prove me wrong at WC.

prove you wrong ke. .....
someone who can't manage control his areas and offer anything offensively during the world cup qualifiers...will now go to the gathering of the best teams (world cup) and showcase a wonderful performance....

football is not magic....no player can give what they don't have.....so don't expect any miracle from him.

it is so painful that our indigenous coaches just can't do away with their negative attitude and biased/fraudulent team selection.... Siasia is someone who could have done better than even rohr....

Archangel15:
Where was Aina when Shehu and Ebuehi were putting up man of the match performances on the RB position

He didn't struggle enough for the RB position and messed up in the LB position

Why do you think Fabian Delph is in the world cup because he performed in an unfavorable position and was noticed to play in his preferred position.

we all know elderson is heading to the world cup because of the role he played during the world cup qualifiers and a very useless experience they claim he has....not necessarily because he is a better player compare to aina.

ChrisKels:
I dont care how you lot see this but Rohr's over conservatism and rigidness might cost us a fortune at the long run.

No matter how u guys paint it, he goofed with the judgement of Aina's position in the team. Why not give the boy as much chances in the RB which is his main position, he instead preferred a make shift in Shehu.

Aina should have been giving as much opportunity to see if he could replicate his Hull showings on the RB position, he should have been the one fighting it out with Ebuehi while Shehu fights for his place in the midfield with Agu, Agbo, Onazi and Joel.

If Ebuehi and Shehu had played on the left side, would they have done better than Aina did? If Rohr was honest with his judgement and wants to accommodate Shehu, the either of Onazi and Joel would have joined Agu so that Shehu shifts to the middle while Aina slogs it out with Ebuehi.

As bad as Joel and Onazi are they are headed for Russia ahead of Aina, Agbo, Azu and Esiti yet someone wanna make me believe Rohr is an honest man? Smh

I'm not pro innit boys but Aina was treated unfairly

Bro....I have reduced my expectation on this team.....
let it know.....that the coaches poor judgement cost us should we fail @ the mundial.....

the kind of coach rohr is....is a kind of manager that will see club all through from championship to the epl and refuse to get in New players into his squad all because of loyalty...he will stick to the old boys who brought the club out from relegation...even when some of them have lost it...and that will eventually cost him his job.....

I just feel for him...probably these was abit reasons why he has never been too successful as a manager....and even the Nigeria coaches working with him have little reasonable input.

KK555:
I will support Nigeria henceforth.

Simi Nwankwo will be Nigeria's joker in the world cup. I believe he will do well for the team. Onazi killed Nigeria yesterday. I have watched that match again. Shehu was not very composed, i think he should start again for Nigeria. Nigeria should keep possession like they have always done during the African qualifying. Keep the passes short if possible, most of the long passes were intercepted. Onazi is strong but very poor concentration in yesterday's match cost Nigeria a lot. He was not moving or positioning himself well. His awkward and pass pass resulted in the free kick which Uzoho parried to corner, the resultant corner kick was badly defended by Ekong and Mikel gifting Cahill the liberty to nod home.

I pray Ndidi recovers soon enough. Overall it was not a bad game for Nigeria. It would have been very disastrous in the first half. Etebo did well linking up the midfield with his tackles, runs and short beautiful passes. They need to work on their shooting as well. Coordination, cohesion, communication especially in the midfield are vital. They were lacking in the first half.

I think Nigeria will surprise the world.

thanks bro....
I really liked your analysis.
our only prayer is for rohr to have his first 11 selection right.....
with no sentiments attached.

chilex9:
He virtually got the goal...
With no balla from midfield...what could he do

Ighalo needs 10 chances to get a goal....
that's him.... not a proficient striker..
he should be made to sit on the bench...for someone more productive...simmy should be tested in the next match...

tbaba1234:
From the press conference, i think Aina will be dropped.
The last player is between Joel Obi and Agu

that's very sad.... well he knows what he wants.... but I see first 11 selection gonna be this team problem.....@the world cup.

kellycute:
this your post is reek of emotive prejudice. Ebuehi is mile ahead of shehu, forget about physicality aspect Who e epp? You can not tell me that you prefer shehu to be starting ahead of ebuehi despite clear evidence of ebuehi superiority, Guy fear God. I don’t know why some people like to encourage mediocrity.

don't mind him....
someone who knows rohr should tell him...
better we play that 3-5-2 formation.... because all the time we have played it we play better...even England was lost in it during the early part of the 2nd half likewise Argentina.