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safarigirl:
lol.

You just took me down memory lane.
This was my article on Oliseh vs Enyeama back in 2015

OK.
What of the one to the Plastic fans just before Brazil 2014?

safarigirl:
dem get excuse. Mo Salah no play

Na Mo Salah go come defend goal for them.

OK o. This WC will be interesting sha.

Safari abeg you still have that article you wrote to plastic fans ahead of the last WC?We would be needing it again ASAP.

mank1234:
Lolz.
The lion is not the biggest animal in the jungle.
Real Madrid won previous UCL and current one not because they were the best team.
We may not be the best, I just have this conviction that it's our time.

We'll become world beaters when we scale through the French team.

Bros your own Dreaming pass Joseph own o.

I believe in this team but not to the level of winning the World Cup o.

mank1234:
But barca and some club almost always field same 11 barring injury. If the coach had been fielding different players and we loose, you'll be the first to say he keeps changing players.

He's been introducing players one or two at a time and that's the way to go.

The coach is not clueless as some people think. The result is not also deliberate. We simply couldn't win the matches not that we didn't want to win as some would make us believe. I still however believe that the cup is coming down here whether we play well or not

Bros I was nodding in agreement with everything you posted here until you mentioned that Cup part. If na play stop am abeg.

AIG07:
and some people want me to believe that the man is confused...

Rohr wey nack Hugo Broos mind game jazz na im you say is confused.

The man be like Croatia, all my 21players don play now, go figure out my plan. Hahaha... Oga TheSuperNerd. Abeg help me with a meme.

U know u have a point here.

Bolowolowo:
The Pharoahs lose 3 - 0 to Belgium.

Let's imagine if it was Nigeria that lost 3-0 like that. By now the wailing on this thread would be deafening.

TheSuperNerd:
Just when you thought you can outshine your father's savagery only to be reminded that he is still on form... Chaaaiiiiii...

And even worst still, some respected regulars here have joined in.

Have they forgotten we are NIGERIA!!!!!? A country known for creating upsets and shocking results. We fit reach that day now beat Croatia 4-0.

Mujtahida:
You be weak troll. I even thought you are an adept in savagery. I am disappointed. So in all your trolling, na woof woof full your belle?. Odunayaw don finish you with soft blows. Oya go rest, Agyemang. You don try today. Ka chifo.

I don't know why you guys respond to those kids.

TheSuperNerd:
Anyone who sounds pessimistic now as a means of gauging against disappointment just in case it happens but will begin showing apparent and bold faith in the team again when we win or do well instead of losing/disappointing is to me not an Eagle..... Person's more like a vulture or maybe a sparrow hawk.. Lol

Eagles don't gauge against anything... They are all in or not. They have a stand and do not stagger.

Vulture, Sparrow or hawk?

Me I will call them Pigeons.

krattoss:
I haved coped cos the tendency they re gonna disappoint is up to 80

Kai... na wa o.

Goke7:
do we see enough quality and ability in this team?

Yes. At least to qualify from that group.

krattoss:
it's just same dreams bro, same dreams..

Abi their fans no dey dream to lift the worldcup?

Same Iran we played out a goalless draw in 2014?
Nigeria is no more than Iran and Saudi Arabia..

Its the hardest truth I have to accept, before I die in my dreamland

Compare the WC pedigree of Nigeria Vs Iran and Saudi Arabia. How many times have they qualified from the group stage? How many of their players play in top leagues in Europe?

Well, if you choose to lower your expectations on the team so as to avoid heart breaks , no wahala. I see it as a means of coping in the case they disappoint.

Mujtahida:
Every defeat is painful but one who has been brushed many times reacts better in times of defeat. You criticise but you never wail or cry and no matter the defeat I know your is entirely for the team.

My brother, those of us that have followed football since in the 80s would never be moved again by any form of defeat we see today.

See, World Cup preparation matches most times do not determine how well a team will perform. Trust me on this. This has been a common reoccurence over the decades.

What you just need to look at is the quality you have in your team. The ability of the team.

I am telling you I am not moved. I have seen enough of this team to rate them. The issue is if they can bring their "A" game.

krattoss:
I duff cap for u.. Father of trolling

But why can't you guys just ignore those kids?

krattoss:
Laugh no go kill me for this thread

But like seriously,, if we re hoping for naija to go far, it's just like Panama, Iran or Saudi Arabia hoping for their own country to go far??

I guess this czech that beat us isn't as hopeful to go far as some folks here

You cannot classify us with likes of Panama, Iran and Saudi Arabia. You and I know we have better quality than they do.

Mujtahida:
Is that the does he does?

We didn't see him here when we beat Argentina and Poland.
Na only when we lose him dey get mouth

Martz101:
Mr Mujtahida no be false hope, we will go far in the worldcup

Gbam!

GOFRONT:
I nor no why women footbal dey sweet me pass men

Chai! How people will want to associate themselves with success.

I no wan see you watch Russia 2018 o.

Mujtahida:
Ogbono abi edikaikong soup.
This thread funny I swear.

Him dey ask say wetin Rohr is doing? Hahaha.

goldfish80:
What is Rohr doing?

He is cooking a kind of food that the Croats cannot eat.

Unlimited22:
I don't understand. What's there to forgive?

Hahaha, e don do abeg.
Let's forge ahead jare

Unlimited22:
I swear, I haven't lost hope. The hopeful feeling is reinforced whenever I see the second d half performances, but I detest having my hopes dashed.
I don't want it to come to us throwing the kitchen sink at teams and having to wait for a statistician to press his calculator to know how we'll be able to scrape through.
Our coach is a tad too rigid, our starts are too poor, our best formation isn't used till too late, and some big names aren't delivering.
It's a cause for alarm.
Let's all have faith, but with realism and caution.

I perfectly understand how you feel and your fears. But o boy wetin you for talk if you followed our build up to France 98 WC 3-0 and 5-1 defeats. Yet we beat Spain and Bulgaria to book our second round place early enough.

Let's just keep the faith alive bro.

Mujtahida:
I'm not even perturbed one bit. You see the slyness of the unlimited dude. I never stopped him from criticizing the team. He insulted the posters on this thread. Na im I give am back.

I get you bro.

Just forgive him abeg.

Unlimited22:
After looking at your first paragraph Mujtahida will still insult my entire generations if I so much as dare to say something that resembles the truth.

Sir you are free to say the truth.

The team deserves every criticism it gets.

But we shouldn't just lose hope and dump our expectations into a trash bin. I have seen so many WC preparations. Henn.. when the main games start u will see a different approach . Na so Naija be o.

Goke7:
We played safe against Serbia, right?

Goke, mo ni pe ke ma worry se. Awon boys kan play safe ni. Haha haha

I think Nigerian fans all over the World have cause to worry. And the team deserves all what critisms it will receive from now till 16th June.

Areas to worry about:

The front line is still blunt. Ighalo has underlined his inability to effectively lead the attack. His positioning has always let him down plus he does too much outside the dangerous areas. Nwankwo is like a fresh breath of Air. We need to see more of him. Also Rohr needs to find how to effectively utilize Iheanacho. He also is key to our campaign

The backline is still shaky. There have been occasional moments of indecisions especially between the CBs and also wrong/misplaced passes.Conceding goals in almost every game says alot about the defense.

The midfield is not doing enough to support the attack. Mikel is yet to hit gear.

Rohr feels more comfortable with a back 4 formation but his team seems to play better with the formation that has a back 3. He needs to decide from now till June 16 which he will adopt as the baseline setup as limited number of substitutions affects your tactical switch.


Some positives:

Iwobi: He, and not Mikel or Moses, seem to be the main actor on the pitch. He is the New orchestra leader. His switch from LAM to RAM to CAM and to CM underlines his status as a Super utility player to this team. My hope here may just be that his high work rate does not lead to us losing him to injury.

Ogu: He is a player that can easily switch positions (from DM to CB) when we switch tactics. He spares Rohr one substitution spot. Players like this are always so valuable to a team.

Uzoho: He has continued to grow in confidence and made some important saves in our last few games. His positioning has been his major strength. He, however, needs to do more in commanding his area.

The last 3 results do not look good for us as a team that wants to take the world by storm. But, I still have hopes in this team.

We are Nigeria! And we rise to the occasion when the need arises. That is the naija spirit.

goldfish80:
Poland, Serbia, Congo, England, Czech. Its been pure poverty football this team have served up. Icon4s was so convinced this people would have outplayed and beaten Athletico Madrid.

Haha, make sure you don't go your usual way of staying away when we start winning games at the WC o.

Goke7:
our last two matches before the world cup are a true reflection of what we will play at the world cup.

I read this post and laughed.

Boys wey dey play safe.

Una go see naa.

tbaba1234:
Ighalo offers nothing...zilch!!

Needs to make way for Nwankwo now.

We are defending too deep.

Uzoho needs to be in command of his area. He doesn't seem to be.

We need to hold on to the ball more. Ball possession has been our major strength in years past especially against European oppositions.

Kog45:
Pls has Moses failed Nigeria?

It seems it's only on this thread am seeing us bashing Moses

Pls can you explain deeply why all of a sudden Moses is now a stumbling block to eagle's progress.

Abi not the same Moses of WC qualifier and Moses of Chelsea of just concluded season.

So many here rate players based ONLY on his last match. Let Moses put in a wonderful performance today now they will remember he deserved the APOTY and not Mohammed Sallah.

Kog45:
Chief icon4s let's be realistic at this point. Against Congo Ebuehi fit in perfectly into 4 at the back and Shehu was below par when he came in for Ebuehi,pls go and watch the match again.

My submission is Rohr doesn't rate Ebuehi cos he deserves the starting lineup in any formation based on his performance so far,hope you know i rate Shehu highly but with Congo and England match,Ebuehi should start.

Well, we only watch the team for 90mins. Rohr watches the team for several hours everyday. He knows his players better than we do.

No WC coach will purposely setup his team to fail.

That's all I have to say