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Danielnino00:
When the desired is unavailable,the available become the desired ..

na so...

Danielnino00:
GK

Balogun
Ajayi
Akpoguma

Aina
Zaidu
Agu
Tijani
Iwobi

Iheanacho
Onuachu


That would make sense..

Correct G! I knew you had a good head on your shoulders...

[quote author=Sportilitica post=94801154]80mins Poor crosses all day has made the Algeria keeper at peace.
Midfield looking more balanced after Agu stepped onto the pitch.[/quote

cc. humility33 , claimed Agu was terrible....

Match wey cool down and watched without sentiment. I know hate when I see one

humility33:
Oga Mazi...Agu played nothing even Tijani showed much brilliance than him... that midfield was a free all for the Algerians for the last 20 mins you watched

The way they pressed wasn't so in the first half because it became weak toward the later part of the match

Bros , there was never a time you had the midfield under complete control. The reason is quite clear, NO CREATIVE MIDFIELDER IN THE PACK!

[quote author=humility33 post=94799816][/quote]Ndidi caused the error that eliminated us from AFCON....come , again ? Ndidi has zero creative play and you thought he woulda saved you yesterday. You are dann funny

humility33:


was it the match I watched yesterday that even play dropped the moment iwobi, onyeka left the pitch we could not even make anything useful anymore from the middle

Agu has never impressed me and yesterday was not different.

No, go back and watch the match again and pay attention to individual play. I have seen it like 3 times since yesterday!

Danielnino00:
I already said Agu was okay...u are saying he was majestic...
Majestic bawo?

U only watched 20 minutes of d game and u are now saying he was majestic...

Ajayi was the one playing DM,Agu came in for Onyeka at CM in the second half..

All this attempt to spite Ndidi in a game u didn't fully watch is comedic....

You have integrity, so , show it! Saying he was "okay" was being economic with the truth. Agu has both creative defensive abilities. The boy rugged ! The boy is a tough nut....you have eyes and I know you saw how he moved with the ball , the confidence , quickness and awareness...lol. I am done. Keep playing tackle and block and see how far.

[quote author=temi1290 post=94799325][/quote]Prove me wrong and stop sweating like a dog...lol

Start watching when Agu joined...my focus is in creativity not block and tackle. After all ,your blocks and tackles didn't help you yesterday. It's very clear to see the team lacked creative players....nobi so ? They totally dominated you in the midfield( the real battle field). You think Iwobi can play that AM in the presence of these brutal desert Amazigh's....they will smoke him alive!

humility33:
If anyone should be asked to be balanced...it has to be you that is even rating agu ahead of Ndidi

Please just leave me ooo the eyesore I watched yesterday from a player wearing the No.9 Jersey is not something I will love to see again.
I hate what I don't like

Forget Ndidi, we all know he hasn't really performed for Eagles....nobi so ? Go back and watch the game again and tell me what you think about Agu's creative and majestic move with the ball...everything is not block and tackle. Football sense must count , too

jihday:
Midfield is the engine room of any team, one of them was a debutant the other one was playing there for the first time for us and the only regular was the one that impressed, Agu who have always been a part of the team came in and impress, do you think it's by coincidence? Kalu/Sanusi and Chuks/Ebuehi don't have any form of chemistry between them, would have been a great miracle if they had managed to do anything worthy. If Rohr had started Kelvin according to many prematch rumor, it would have been a massacre

Another opinion on Agu's performance from yesterday's game. Cc. Danielnino00 has sleekly ignored to comment on Agu's performance. He feared if he said something good about him he would have proven me to be right...lol

[quote author=JohnBullMySon post=94796431]did agu play DM yesterday? [/quo

No , but doesnt that tell you he has more to offer other than tackles and blocks ?

JohnBullMySon:
agu that never played DM is now a better DM?

You don't know the player in question, so forget. What position do you think he plays ? You didn't know if Ndidi and Etebor were fit Rohr wouldn't have invited Agu...smh

humility33:
Just don't wanna see that Paul Onaichu in the starting line up again

Dude can't use his head,
can't use his legs
can't link up play
Can't bully defenders

Sentiments speaking. Be balanced,oga

I started watching the match around when Agu was introduced and I didn't know who had the 10 jersey until after the game...and I thought we had a proper 10! I hope Rohr starts him and Tijani in our next game. Why would a coach play a defender in the position of DM when you are spoiled with players who thrives naturally in that position. It's senseless! Ajayi should have started with Balogun in defence or Akpoguma. Personally, I don't rate Ekong but he is very strong at defending and aerial ability

Danielnino00:
Onuachu isn't the kind of striker that thrives in a team where there is little creativity in midfield and poor crosses from the flank...
He shouldn't have started yesterday...
He is a good player,but in games like this,u need a striker that can drop deep and hustle for the ball and allow your wingers cut in occasionally...
U saw how Osimhen effortlessly provided two assists in his last match against Lesotho?.
Our attack generally was poor yesterday... Iwobi was d only midfider that tried to get the ball forward in the first half... Onyeka and Ajayi were just noddin and kicking the ball around...

And you think the addition of a player with near zero creativity will fix the problem. Put Ndidi in a game like that and he will turn carpenter. These Algerians are not to be toyed with ooo

Danielnino00:
Agu was okay, but is nowhere a competitor to Ndidi...

Nidid as at now,has no real competition in the team...

No, Agu is a better DM when it comes to creative play. You watched the match with a lot of emotions and soon as the game was over you started started writing a lot of things without calming down to gradually study the match. Ndidi is a defender. Agu is a pure gold in the midfield....club dey confuse una

Melvinity:
I wonder the match some people watch o... Onyeka was the weak link in that midfield. Agu was so composed and he can carry d ball well

Anybody who said Agu was awful didn't watch the match. The boy moves with so much confidence on the ball...again , Agu is a natural DM/CM. People screaming Ndidi as if he wasn't there when they ousted us from the AFCON.

Danielnino00:
Regardless of how much some of us don't like Etebo,we can't deny that he is still very useful to this team!!

Ndidi still has no real competition as far as I'm concerned,abi Idenna,how u see am?

Energy is not everything. Let proper player fill the appropriate positions. Etebor is a forward NOT a DM. He is chaotic there.

Philosopher1979:
That is it. Big club or league mentality is overrated. We should try and see how players fit into our game plan. Iheanacho despite his strughles in leicester adds something to our attack.
Ohanachu should be dropped for someone else. All this dem Terem mofffi arokodare eyc deserve a chance

Honestly, I dont see any sense in starting Onyeka and Ajayi ahead of Agu who is a natural CM/DM. Rohr is just too tactically poor. He is spoiled with talented players yet he doesn't how to play them. Also , Tijani is almost ripe for SE and that boy is soon gonna steal somebody's shirt. He is a natural midfield baller much like Agu. The little boy also got courage and unleashed a shot that missed target...thats a sign of a player who is ready to ball.

Indeed, Iheanacho was very lively but still Rohr is still trying to use him as a 9 and I disagree with that. Iheanacho should be played as a pseudo 9. His set pieces were also very dangerous. I wonder how it will turn out if we play him next to Onuachu as a SS cum AM.

Onuachu should not be dropped but he doesn't have to start the matches and as per here and now , he is in good form and you cant ignore that.

Philosopher1979:
Apart from Ramin Azeez Rohr should try Samson Tijani in the next friendly. He is a natural midfielder. He should try some radicalism in his selection

In fact, I think Tijani and Agu should start from the middle...they are both natural midfielders who can hold the ball and play good passes.

And , anybody that says Agu played badly yesterday needs to go back and pay attention whenever the number ten held the ball. He was playing like an attacking midfielder. Just because Agu is not playing for a top club does not remove his qualities.

Olulong:
mehn an eyesore of a match
My observations:
Ndidi, Etebo and Osimhen don't have able replacement. Will love to see Dessers tho. Agu and Onuachu should just take this match as a testimonial. Azeez is miles ahead of whoever we paraded in the middle today

Ebuehi and Sanusi were very good. Chukwueze and Kalu probably had their worse performance in a Nigerian jersey so far. But then, after they were substituted we had zero goal threat. Their poor performance could be because there was no striker they could link up with.

Ekong was probably the worst of any of our player who played as a defender today. Balogun was really impressive

Okoye was very solid and confident

Gernot Rohr has to be the biggest flop today. Zero reading of the game, zero tactical input. Poor substitutions.

Tunisia has to be better and hope we see more of the new guys as well so we'll know who are the quality ones and who are the pretenders

Agu had a very decent outing, oga Long. Which match did you watch ?

Danielnino00:
Regardless of how much some of us don't like Etebo,we can't deny that he is still very useful to this team!!

Ndidi still has no real competition as far as I'm concerned,abi Idenna,how u see am?

Agu was monstrous and assured on the ball...He is a better ball player and showed he can play centrally. Go watch the game again.

Icon4s:
The team started poorly(Typical of this team). And Algeria did their homework on that and capitalized on it well.

Except for the shaky start, and early goal, the defense did creditably well. Balogun was my man of the match. The duo of Ekong and Ajayi also did ok. Sanusi did creditably well. Is he better than Aina? Too early to call, but now we know we have an extra man there. Ebuehi looked match rusty as he was mostly on the back foot against the Algerian number 20. Plus his crosses were poor. Akpoguma, looked overwhelmed. Looked like he had stage fright

Our Midfield was the weakest link, especially in the first half. Mikel Agu looked an improved player. Frank Onyeka did just fairly well in the first half, for a debutant but we really missed an Ndidi. Most of Iwobi's passes were not actually the best but his work rate was awesome. Samson Tijani Showed some little sparks of promise.

Chukwueze was our greatest threat going forward in the first half. Samuel Kalu was not his usual self, wasting chances all over. Simon brought in more pace and direct play but Musa looked like a player on the verge of retirement.

Onuachu, due to lack of good balls from the midfield struggled to make impact. Chances were few for him. Iheanacho came in an added more sense of urgency in the attack but the Algerian defense did a good job on him.

Maduka Okoye, started shaky, but improved as the game progressed.

We lost but there are some take homes from this game. Remember we played against the African champions.

We look forward to the Tunisia game.

I said Michael Agu looked confident on the ball and somebody said he was poor

eazyjakes:
Maenwhile Ekong fidgets like a toddler with a ball on his feet....so much for a vice captain!

Was there ever a time Ekong could play good passes. His nightmare is giving him ball in the box 18

MetalJigsaw:
Rohr is just an average coach at best. He lacks a lot of qualities and it was so glaring today. He only knows how to recruit players but doesn't know how to use them.
I honestly expected him to have improved .


Onuachu is a scam. He only came to embarrassed himself more. Very slow and he can't press. Who says he can hold up play . Always afraid to do so.


Chukwuweze is not only an average player but he lacks common intelligence. He's soo predictable. Always trying to dribble even though he's facing thousands of opponents Why not be unpredictable for once. Anytime he's with the ball his marker knows what's he's going to do. Such an annoying one-way player.


Semi Ajayi is not a midfielder. He put every foot wrong. He was crap!

Onyeka is nothing. A disappointment. He was no where to be found.


Ekong doesn't deserve to be assistant captain. I've never seen such a flop wearing a captain band in my life. I'm sure he felt the embarrassment.

Ebuehi is good.

Balogun still has it.


Agu is below average.

Akpo hmmmm seems like a ridiculously overrated player. But I won't conclude yet. Need to see him again.

Onuachu staying too long on the pitch gave us no hope of equalizing.

Iwobi is a baller.

Chukwueze had a bad day, so , chill. Your emotions got better of you, sir

Karlovich:
Its really a big shame that our wingers can't deliver decent crossings, one begins to wonder what they do in training, it's so bad that our CF is the one taking corner kicks, it's so appalling, smh
Samuel kalu and Chukwueze were a big disappointment in this game

Those Algerians will not give you room to operate...they are ffucking aggressive and tough to play. We need to play them very physical...dem nobi Oyibo...blacks in oyibo skin. Cant you see Ajayi was getting frustrated, so was Balogun but Akpoguma na tough guy and he remained discipline , checking their speedy runs and intrusions. You need a 100% disciplined Nigerian side to put these Amazigh in their place. If you play cool with them they will bloody you up while screaming pains!

This Algerians are very aggressive and they put their life in line....that much is obvious. I only saw like 18 minutes and they totally dominated the midfield with aggression and quickness. Set piece let us down again but I am more impressed with the composure of our backline...Balogun is still a badaass player and Akpoguma played with that Germain discipline. Agu should have started...dude has massive confidence on the ball and Tijani get liver. The boy will be good in few years. Iwobi ? He was not terrible and I am surprised his confidence is getting better and Nacho still got those good long range.

Una don leave midfield dey beef your most inform striker...

Utonwanne:
Onuachu is nothing anything do far. He's not even helping the midfield ...just walking up and down

But you have a world class attacking midfield in Iwobi, nobi so ? Let him ball and anchor the midfield...Leave Onuachu alone , after all he deserve to be there.

smartsmith0907:
Wow that says alot about a man who can spelt curse for cause
I have known the kind of person you're so you don't deserve my time at all.

You should not have quoted if you didn't have the decency to type a civil response. Next time , start a discussion with a proper communicative approach. Canceling my post and calling it trash makes you look stupiddd , intolerant trashy. Abeg , move along.

smartsmith0907:
All these are trash,gibberish
So because all the English players dont talk about their ordeals means they made it on bed of roses.
It obvious you know absolutely about UK football so just sit and learn about it before you make comparism between the duo
I once heard about aina's story how his father sold his car to make sure he gets to training
All these UK footballer you mentioned how many of them have you had any interviews with to come up with those trash up there. Stop being ignorant

You have very little exposure, little boy ! Getting all angry and emotional starts you off as as a man who has no self control. Now , I have been around the world and mingled with different persons from all walks of life and I know what is obtainable in these countries. Stop the beefing me , Nigga, I am not the curse of your problems. Stop being a little sad bbiitch!

smartsmith0907:
same way ignorance is a very big disease ....stop being ignorant

But I don't think you should speak on what is ignorance if you aren't mentally stable to compose a decent argument devoid of trash talk. You get it ?