₦airaland Forum

goldfish80:
This lethargy started from the qualifiers, especially within the first 20mins of matches.
It must have something to do with lack of belief and not being properly psyched up.

Hold it there before I do something silly.

Joebie:
That’s a whole different argument.

Yes, Moses played very well. Lovely assist by the way. Musa’s first touch was top notch.

So are we still going to lose to Argentina or not?

WHO SAY WE NO GO WIN O ANINI CATAPULT FIRE HIM MAMA!
WHO SAY WE NO GO WIN O ANINI CATAPULT FIRE HIM MAMA!

jliusadura:
Textbook factors.

Nigerian factors bro

ChrisKels:
It's so baffling that the first time we tried out the 352 formation, iwobi and ebuehi were our stand out players, yet they are getting benched today we wanna play it?

#sidondeylook

I thought you guys said Rohr is too conservative?

He comes up with something New and different today and you are still complaining.

PatrickOkunima:
If you know any other cause of business failure, please add.

1. Inadequate Infrastructure including Power Supply and good road network.

2. Poor Economic climate.

3. Political instability.

4. Insecurity issues.

M7even:
Have you guys noticed that teams that lost their first game have not been able to win their second games. Teams that drew their first game are equally following the same route. Save Iran, who won and lost to Spain

Eh but neither of Iceland and Nigeria won their first games.

Nigeria can break that trend.

ykalhaji:
Abeg ooo... make him wait till after Nigeria's game before him pick himself commot for floor ooo.

You dey mind TheGoodJoe? Instead him to worry about Uzoho he is busy worrying about Caballero.

In fact he should wait till he resumes next season before picking up, no be for naija match.

M7even:
Sir he is talking about Nigeria shrugging the fear and pressure off and you are quick to judge him based on that.

So it is Iceland that will not need to shrug the fear and pressure off? Eh?

Joebie:
Argentina is now the new benchmark eh. How dem do for friendlies — even qualifiers — until now? We dey console ourselves because of one whack team. Let me say it again, Nigeria will not beat this Argentina, mark my words.

Joebie, I thought you were a patriot. I keep checking over and over again who made this type of comment.
What went wrong my guy?

ChrisKels:
Your coach is a coward and he believes his team isn't ready for the world cup. He already down played ur win against Argentina saying Messi wasn't there. The latest now is telling us we are in top 50 while our opponents have better ratings, hence we should lose without shame.

That Rohr guy is a big failure, dont expect anything positive from him. If we scaled through, na miracle and all praises should go to the fans for proving the negative coach wrong.

Eh thank you. He is "our" coach and not your coach also.

Joebie:
Ok na.. like say football na maths.. when the deed is done some people go commot here.

Who is talking about maths here?

Have you not watched the 3 games in this group?

mank1234:
Croatia against us us different from the one against Argentina.

They played very relaxed today because they had 3 points while Argentina played with much pressure because they bungled in their first game. This explains why the keeper made that error and that was the turning point of this game.

Tomorrow Nigeria will be under tremendous pressure while Iceland won't be. This is their maiden tournament - they have already exceeded expectations. A win will be a plus for them while a loss won't be fatal. I hope Nigeria will be able to shrug off the *fear of not making it and play their normal game.

Who told you Iceland would not be under pressure to win? Oga they only have 1 point and need the 3 points as much as we do.

You people that will never see anything good about your country.

I don't understand the point you are trying to make here.

Joebie:
Argentina is now the new benchmark eh. How dem do for friendlies — even qualifiers — until now? We dey console ourselves because of one whack team. Let me say it again, Nigeria will not beat this Argentina, mark my words.

Oga Comot here jare!!!

tbaba1234:
Yet, they had only one shot on target against us. We played well defensively. Both teams cancelled each other out. If not for our error, it could have been a dull 0:0 draw

God bless you tbaba. These are the exact points I have been making all day to my pals.

LieDetector:
Croatia isn't as bad as we thought. They've maintained balance so far.

All those Croatia was bad talk was just to reduce our Super Eagles.

adetoya234:
Our roosters will follow suit tomorrow.

Ta!!

MetalJigsaw:
Shehu again?

Oga, you are like 20 pages behind.

And Peru joins the party going home.

eterisan:
Chief the Police is investigating. Abeg mek dem nr kill person cos of ball o. Nawa...

I pray o

eterisan:
Death threats for Colombia's Sanchez all because of the handball and redcard... Guess that guy's family will be living in fear right now...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-5869925/Carlos-Sanchez-receives-death-threats-Colombia-red-card-chilling-echoes-Andres-Escobar.htm

Those guys are serious o. Which kain thing �.

Pablo Escobar comes to mind.

Colombians show no mercy.

They mean every threat.

BascoVanVeli:
We dey talk Lokosa u dey yan Okpotu.

Okpotu last season, Lokosa this season, next Season maybe na Lacasera. Na so the NPFL be.

Icon4s:
I’m ready to sacrifice myself for the team – Captain
The Super Eagles’ coach, Gernot Rohr, has stated that the position that Mikel Obi plays was not the reason Nigeria lost its match against Croatia.
Following the 2-nill drubbing of Nigeria by Croatia, many soccer loving Nigerians have reserved the harshest remarks for the Super Eagles and their handlers.
Many sports analysts believed that Nigeria lost the match from the bench rather than the pitch and blamed the head coach for some glaring technical mistakes.
Rohr said, “There should be sacrifice. Etebo playing number 6 doing very well. There was Ndidi playing number 6, doing very very well. Do you want us to play with 3 number 6?”
While defending the position that Mikel played in the match against Croatia, Rohr said, “We’ve won all our games in Nigeria in the last two years. This Obi Mikel in this attacking position is giving the size of passes. Remember against Cameroon, we won 4-0.
“It was exactly the same organisation. So, if you had played with Mikel as number 6, and another one, number 10, and you lost the game, you would ask the same question, ‘Why did you change now and you make him play number 6? You won all the games with him in number 10.

Source: https://www.makeitglobal.biz/mikels-playin/

The last paragraph is exactly typical of what most peeps that were against Mikel playing the AM role would have said.

Rohr really knows Nigerians now.

I’m ready to sacrifice myself for the team – Captain
The Super Eagles’ coach, Gernot Rohr, has stated that the position that Mikel Obi plays was not the reason Nigeria lost its match against Croatia.
Following the 2-nill drubbing of Nigeria by Croatia, many soccer loving Nigerians have reserved the harshest remarks for the Super Eagles and their handlers.
Many sports analysts believed that Nigeria lost the match from the bench rather than the pitch and blamed the head coach for some glaring technical mistakes.
Rohr said, “There should be sacrifice. Etebo playing number 6 doing very well. There was Ndidi playing number 6, doing very very well. Do you want us to play with 3 number 6?”
While defending the position that Mikel played in the match against Croatia, Rohr said, “We’ve won all our games in Nigeria in the last two years. This Obi Mikel in this attacking position is giving the size of passes. Remember against Cameroon, we won 4-0.
“It was exactly the same organisation. So, if you had played with Mikel as number 6, and another one, number 10, and you lost the game, you would ask the same question, ‘Why did you change now and you make him play number 6? You won all the games with him in number 10.

Source: https://www.makeitglobal.biz/mikels-playin/

MistadeRegal:
Who are the Mamuzee twins?

I ask same here o

andrew444:
3-5-2 is not bad but the coach knows better,Just because nairalanders says 3-5-2 is the way doesn't means the coach should use it,rohr is not here on nairaland to copy ideas

You get it.

TheSuperNerd:
Yes it was. Really, it was.

Holy moses!!! You mean you actually were that close to being watched on TV playing for the Super Eagles??! Wow. There's quite a lot about your life I still have to learn about Dad.

No wonder you always mentioned that you played with Amuneke at some point. Wow!

Yeah I played alongside Amuneke and Taribo West.

They made names for themselves at young age. But I still thank God for where I am today.

darkelf:
Mehn I'm worried about Onazi and echiejile starting.

At least going by what I saw from them during the friiendlies and some of the qualifying games.

Would have wanted idowu and ndidi instead

By choosing Onazi and Echiejile over Ndidi and Idowu, Rohr seems to have fallen back on experience.

soetanoreoluwa:
442 formation... Surprise surprise...


Heart racing

This selection get as e be o

soetanoreoluwa:
Baba wont play back 3.

442...
Ebuehi Balogun Ekong Elderson

Vic Moses onazi Mikel etebo

Simy ighalo

Honestly, In terms of formation to adopt I think this is the most uncertain Super Eagles team I have ever seen.

The coach is playing something else the fans are asking him to play all forms of diverse formations.

TheSuperNerd:
What?!!! That again?!

The one that pitched an unusual debate matchup having The great Chief Icon4s, TheGoodJoe and Safarigirl in one corner and just Marvellous Bascovanveli and me in the other corner?! No abeg... Not again... That long debate... Haba..

In fact... Me right now... "I'm outta here"

But that debate was interesting sha.

One major reason I took that debate personal was because I was a victim of "You cannot combine football and your studies".

I chose studies and left football and the rest is history. Some of my team members went ahead to play for the Super Eagles while I watched them from my TV room and school hostels.

MEDICPATH:
THE referee in the Portugal vs Morocco match has been allegedly accused of asking for Cristiano Ronaldo’s shirt at half-time.

Watford ace Nordin Amrabat supposedly made the startling claim about American ref Mark Geiger, having spoken to Portuguese star Pepe.
Speaking to Dutch TV, Amrabat was quoted as saying: "I do not know what he [the referee] is used to, but he was very impressed by Cristiano Ronaldo.

“And I hear from Pepe that he asked in the first half if he should have his shirt.



“What are we talking about? At the World Cup, it's not a circus here."

Meanwhile, Ronaldo became Europe’s all-time leading international goalscorer with his fourth-minute strike in the game.
The Real Madrid star, 33, nodded home early in the clash as his side hung on to a 1-0 victory.

It was Ronaldo's fourth goal of the tournament and 85th for Portugal... breaking Hungary legend Ferenc Puskas' 62-year record.



It's taken Ronaldo 151 caps to surpass that long-time tally... and he'll now have his eye on the world record, rather than just European.

Ronaldo is already No2 on the global list - trailing Iran's Ali Daei, who scored a mind-boggling 109 goals in just 149 games between 1993 and 2006.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/world-cup-2018/6584535/world-cup-2018-portugal-morocco-ref-ronaldo-shirt/

Thank God the Ref is not an African else they will say it is inferiority complex.