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Fair enough. On current form, Daniel Amartey, even though he’s a natural DM, will definitely start ahead of Ekong. But it’s still advantage: Nigeria. This will be your new starting 11.


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AndSunGorilla:
Amartey over Ekong definitely.

KPOM! Forget what happened in Kumasi, I know we’ll flog the ghananese tomorrow.

Coach Eguaveon is not my favorite technician but I think he’s still got what it takes to soundly beat this mediocre Black Stars at home.


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andrewbaba44:
Even Ghanaians will agree with you

Partey is the only Ghanian that would make our team

Even many players from Mali and Congo will bench almost all of them apart from Party and maybe 2 others

Folks, I did a combined Nigeria-Ghana team, and here’s what I came up with. Do you agree?


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I totally concur with you but, just like Ekong, I think Egu likes him. Anyway, let’s hope he’ll recover his form before the World Cup because we gonna need him at his best.


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Kog45:
Sir i will not start Chuckwueze.I will.rather go for Simon.

True. I don’t think that Samu has fully recovered from injury. He’s been poor since the AFCON.


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nelszx:
I'll just sub Chukwueze (he hadn't played well in 3 games now) for Amoo
Nothing to lose, let the kid prove his invite

Yup. Bassey was solid. I hope he starts on Tuesday. Same with Frank Onyeka. Here’s my line up for Tuesday - 4-3-3:

Uzohor
Aina
Bassey
Balogun
Ekong (honestly, I will start Omeruo but I am � sure that Egu ain’t gonna do that)

Onyeka
Etebo
Aribo

Dennis
Osihmen
Chukwueze


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Kog45:
Honestly our backline did a yeoman job even Bassey that was sub in did well .

What game were you watching, temi? Aside from the goalkeeper, Leon Balogun and Ola Aina were our best players on Friday.


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Samueltemi337:
I'm a girl sir

Willie Obiano would’ve been a good governor but his wife became the Jezebel who succeeded in corrupting him. I don’t think he’ll escape justice.


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Cyntie55:
No politicians is a Saint here in Nigeria but Obiano really worked as a Governor.

EFCC thought Obiano was going to squander his Loot not knowing he was only going for his medical appointments to see his specialist doctor.

I can't blame EFCC, they were only doing there job.

Hahaha!!! That’s exactly the way I see it myself. Anyway, let that not surprise you because I heard that Ghanaian girls are something else. I mean, who am I to judge the poor refs


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Cocking:
I was baffled also...they want another version of Ghana vs south Africa Ojoro that night but the referee was just looking for soft spot that wasn't forthcoming bcoz he had been bribed in cash and in kind with those big black tempting bombom

John, did you realize that most of the 50-50 calls went to Ghana? How do you explain that?


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JohnBullMySon:
Make una calm down. There was nothing like ojoro or whatever in that game. The referee was just moved by light shoves. Even Ghana were looking for something in the box. The referee didn't listen to them as well.

Modified: I meant to say not moved.

You and I both, broda. In fact, I was asking on Twitter how much Ghana paid those officials to control that game for them. And I would like to know whether the payment was made in cash or in kind

I am not speaking from experience here, but I heard it on good authority that Ghana has some of the best oloshos in the business


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Cocking:
Oga mi, the tin tire me too.... I don argue for obi the newspaper vendor place today my voice don crack, I need ur help pls to continue my argument on this penalty saga

You’re correct. In real time, I thought that was Kelechi but that’s definitely Dennis. A pretty poor decision by Dennis on that particular play, but other than that he had a great game.

As per the penalty call back, I still insist that the foul wasn’t clear and obvious enough to overturn that call. There would’ve been no call if that “foul” was committed at any other part of the field. Football is a contact sport.


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nelszx:
It was Dennis not Iheanacho, he was the player on 20 (picture attached).

That was a right call, Iheanacho dragged the players feet and he fell. That's a foul not a PK

Omo, when did we start rating individual player performance based solely on the caliber of the football club they play for?


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forgiveness:
So, Rangers is bigger than FC Porto, abi?

OK, I have one question for you, who performed better between the two players yesterday? Point is, given a choice between Sanusi and Collins, I will take Sanusi all day.

But I have watched both Sanusi and Bassey in the Champions League and in the Europa League, and there’s no doubt in my mind that Bassey is an upgrade on Sanusi. And you can take that to the bank. If we ever hire a real coach, Bassey will be our first choice on LWB. Mark my words!


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andrewbaba44:
And sanusi is not doing anything at Porto ? At times I wonder if most of you even watch football

You think bassey is better than sanusi ? He isn’t ,I like bassey and I have no problem if the coach plays him ,but he is not better than sanusi

Yup. Moses Simon should’ve buried that one, for sure. Gosh, even my grandma would’ve scored there.

But that was Kelechi, not Dennis, that Frank Onyeka should’ve passed to … unless we’re talking about a different chance.

But then, you guys are forgetting that Ghana missed some clear cut chances as well. So it all balances out. On the balance of play, I think that a draw was a fair result.

I am surprised that you guys are not complaining more about the non-called penalty. That was a clear penalty. There was absolutely no foul on Kelechi on play. Football is a contact sport.


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nelszx:
Everything no be shot, placing or looping the keeper would have sufficed. Keeper was already stretching on the ground.

Another decision gotten wrong was Onyeka, after he sent 2 players out rather than play inside the congested third, he'd have just passed to Dennis who was closer to him and free to score.

Word! The man is definitely stuck in the’90s football, for sure. I mean, who still uses wing plays in modern game? You use wingbacks and converts your wingers to a midfielder and a third striker.


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do4luv14:
you expect somebody who is being sucked in 1994 to learn something in 2022,

all his interviews, had been heaped on that 94 squard , how then can he learnt something?

Bros, do you remember that common South Africa played Ghana out of the park in the same Kumasi. In fact, South Africa should’ve won that game if not for the shananigans by the referee. The officiating was so poor that South African FA lodged a formal protest.

Bottom line, this Ghanaian team is piss poor and we should’ve won that game easily if coach Egu had a game plan. God has given us the World Cup on a platter but Egu wants to bottle it for us. We’ll never forgive him or Pinnick if we fail to qualify for Qatar 2022.


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Beloved03:
Lol baba Icon, you no give credit to Ghana at all. They are no push-over either. They have one of the best midfielders in Partey and a solid No. 10 in Kudus. Even Afena Gyan troubled our attack.

Beating them in Kumasi was never going to come easy. We look forward to the Abuja encounter. I really do hope Eguavon starts a midfield trio of Etebo, Onyeka and Aribo. Onyeka came in and did more in few minutes than Iheanacho did the 90 minutes.

Cheers.

Nna, count me in the camp of anyone but Eguaveon. I can do better with that team than Egu!

Kenneth Omeruo was our best defender at the AFCON, so why leave him on the bench yesterday? Instead he selected a Center Back both of whom don’t have pace and are not good passers of the ball …. against a very fast and energetic Ghanaian team!

How can you play an archaic 424 formation when you don’t have good ball handlers and good passers in midfield?

After watching what Calvin Bassey is doing at Rangers, how can any serious coach starts Sanusi ahead of him?
Furthermore, Kelechi Iheanacho was played out of position yesterday. And it became apparent within the first few minutes that he wasn’t gonna have a good game. So the options are to either change the system or change the player. But coach Egu kept him for 90 mins playing out of position and totally ineffective.

Eguaveon must go!


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Supersunny2:
ThankGod you are not the one making decisions for us o
You own worse abeg!!!
U want sack coach 4 days to a crucial game like this
That Ghana stadium was suppose to hold 40k fans @ maximum, but Ghana FA allowed 70k fans just to create a hostile atmosphere for us!
Take it or leave it, we did well!!!
Italy lost yesterday to a less fancy team!
Even Rohr's team that defied the odds back in 2018 did not win Cameroon away (1:1) and still could not beat Algeria away (1:1) before FIFA awarded 3:0 last, last.
The boys try abeg!!!
And this Amunike you're banking on, I hope it's not based on his under 17 exploits Because we all know that if caf did not increase the nations from 16-24 he will not have qualified his team to nations cup. He did not win his group! He qualified as runners up!!!

Bros, the team can do better with anyone but Egu. The man is so clueless it’s annoying. He has never successfully handled any national team Nigeria but they kept recycling him due to godfatherism.

The last time Egu coached the Super Eagles, he cost us an AFCON qualification. It was after he had messed up against Guinea that Siasia was brought in to cleanup his mess and we didn’t qualify. Let’s hope he doesn’t cost us the World Cup qualification this time.

Think about it, Nigeria has the easiest draw in this final qualifications but Egu might bottle it if care is not taken. This Ghana team we played yesterday was even worse than their AFCON team that lost against Comoros Island!


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benji93:
You think firing Eguaveon and replacing him with Amuneke and Samson Siasia, less than a week before the return leg would be the best decision for us? Please think again.

Eleyi ga gan.

Bros, granted that he just got the job but there are basic mistakes he keeps making. As I posted on Twitter:

Eguaveon didn’t learn anything from the Tunisian game. To play 4-2-4 in modern game,your midfielders must be excellent ball carriers & excellent passers (else you’ll be overrun in the midfield). Think about Oliseh/Okocha combo or Onazi/Mikel combo. We didn’t have that yesterday in Bonke/Aribo, that’s why Ghana was in total control of the game in the first half. Bonke and Aribo weren’t bad but the system failed them. What was needed was a another man in the middle to create passing lanes for them to release the ball.


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jihday:
because this is just his 5th game as the coach. In club football some coaches spend almost half a season trying to figure out their best team. Y’all should easy on the harsh words

Actually, Rohr started very well but got frustrated after the NFF burned him during his contract renewal.


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benji93:
Which foreign coach have you ever hired in the last 20 years that had a game plan? Rohr? Please stop this bullshit.

Nope. I am sure Amuneke will get the job done if he’s given total control. As for Egu, he’s just Gernot Rohr 2.0


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JohnBullMySon:
Then after Tuesday you shift your blames to Amuneke and Siasia.

Like I posted on Twitter, the Super Eagles would have won the game if the team that ended the game had started. That tells you how clueless Eguaveon is, he doesn’t even know his best team yet.


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Joebie:
It would have been great with Ndidi.. But Etebo and Onyeka held their own

Here’s what I just posted on Twitter:

Quick question for @thenff and @PinnickAmaju: can Eguaveon be taken off this team before the return leg on Tuesday? Hand the team over to Amuneke and Samson Siasia to complete the job.

That’ll be the best decision for us, if we really want to win on Tuesday.


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For the Second half: Iheanacho and Simon should give way for Dennis and Lookman. And I’d like to see Bassey come on for Sanusi as well.



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The first thing the NFF should do, if we’re lucky to qualify, is get a real coach. Eguaveon is useless and clueless as a coach. No game pla, no tactic no system. Just keep pumping balls forward and hope for the best�


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LOL. Is that really a rice stew?

To me, that looks more like an egusi or okra soup than a rice stew. But as long as you like it that way.


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So did you fancy Congo DR to defeat Morocco, because I didn’t until I started watching this game.

I honestly can’t explain what happened to Algeria and Morocco since the AFCON. Anyway, I will even prefer an all the African reps this time to be Black Africans. Those Arab countries tend to do well in Africa but underachieve once they get on the world stage.


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JayromWrites:
I don't really think it's a shock

Gotcha! I didn’t know that sha.


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TFLASHOGEE:
he is correct with him calling him Ike anobi that his nickname, even udeze called him that today on his show on brila FM and asked him how he got that name Ike said dey name him ike anobi after his father's mosque

Oh, I see. You’re almost perfect then. Strange we can’t figure out whom that #16 is.


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AndSunGorilla:
Ike Anobi is his nickname sir and I forgot to add Okocha.

Guys can we stop all these noise about Partey this and Partey that!!! Apples to apples, is Partey better than anyone of our midfielders? Is it because he plays for Arsenal?

Where was Partey when Ghana was collecting from Morocco and losing to Comoros Island? Abeg, gimme a break, jare!

Point is, if our players give us a � percent effort today, there’s no way Ghana wouldn’t collect. The only way we don’t win this game today is if our boys start playing big man football and don’t win 50-50 challenges. Another reason why I am happy that Amuneke is among the coaching crew …. Because he’ll demand an effort and half from each player, that’s if Egu doesn’t monopolize everything tho.


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drDoom3:
You guys are funny.

You don’t mark a defensive midfielder. Forget how good Partey seems to be at Arsenal, he is still basically a destroyer/box to box, not a playmaker. That’s like saying you want to mark Ndidi out of a game or put extra midfielders to counter Ndidi, it is unwise.

What you do is to play to your strengths. Since you know Partey is good in midfield, avoid going through his lanes. Bypass him, easy. Make him as less involved in the game as possible.

OK, they actually scored in the 12th min but still a shock tho


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