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better link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dqeeadtS6s

shehu in for etebo

rofl

busky007:
Nice chance for Nacho as him and Leone keeper dances Sanko with the ball

Akpos scores a header

better fear catch u hahaha

Subzero047:
I was confused why the commentator was shouting Ahmed He gazillion, I throught he played for Sierra Leone

my belle o!

adrianodiwesco:
I'm definitely sure after watching this thing,I will get a pair of prescription glasses for Chronic eye pain. What sort of joke of a telecast is this?

smh

Lucque:
We can't see shit...Africa is doomed to fail...in 20 30 yrs time...it will b worse...

When Akpoguma returns to Germany he will not stop dreaming about the farms he played football in lately hahaha

one thing is sure we wont be able to criticize Rohr's tactics in this game

lol..

elyte89:
Lol

See you all on Tuesday.

Any coach who does not believe he can take us to the WC Semi Finals and beyond has no business as our coach. We have seen African titles before. We want to break new barriers. We are Nigeria, and we can.

I really don't care what a whiteman says. Countless times I've made suggestions at my job that left whites surprised. I really wonder why they should be surprised. But you know why. God gave us the same brain. I have close relatives who also boss whites. I've seen it all and I know it is the mentality of some of us that limits us. This is why I always believe we can go to the world cup and compete well, but many here want us to settle for an African title.

barackodam:
I'm asking us o, all of us. How it never makes sense until a white man says it

If we are going to beat Sierra Leone we will still need be able to deal with crosses from the wings. If them born Rohr well make he put Akpoguma again for RB, because for he mind his Akpos was outstanding. it's not going to be easy in Freetown, but I believe we can scrape a win. But if we don't win, let me see who will come here and defend Rohr.

Okay, at least Belgium no be beans

Edopesin:
Yes they are and it's not just that, England has one of the most indepth squad at the moment.. their bench is so impressive that they could field two completely different 11 and still stand a good chance of winning with the right coaching

You dey ask me? Ask those who will start to see some sense now in what we have been saying just because a white man said so.

barackodam:
Why do we always seek the validation of white men? Why exactly?

The big question is are Southgate's players so good that he is underutilizing them?

Edopesin:
England is out of the Nation's League

BBC Sports

England’s loss today is their 10th defeat in 48 matches under Gareth Southgate, making him the first manager to lose 10 matches with the Three Lions since Sven-Goran Eriksson, who lost 10 of his 67 games in charge.

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Southgate is just a privileged low budget gernot rohr

That opinion from Ed Dove was written a couple hours ago. He said exactly what some of us here have been saying many months ago and after the Sierra Leone game. Those who have eyes, let them see.

Make white man talk am. maybe na then some of una go listen. lol

Has Gernot Rohr reached the end of the road with the Super Eagles?
Ed Dove
14:06 ET | Nov 15

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The Franco-German coach has a point to prove after one of Nigeria’s worst results during his tenure
Four and a half years after Gernot Rohr was first appointed by Nigeria, the German coach finds himself at a crossroads during his time as Super Eagles head coach.

Friday’s 4-4 draw with Sierra Leone, a defeat in almost everything but name, represented one of the national side’s worst performances in living memory.

Ironically, the first half an hour of that match represented one of their finest spells of football since Rohr took the helm, as the Super Eagles put four past the Leone Stars without response, and appeared on course for a record-breaking victory.

However, the subsequent collapse threatens to become the defining moment of Rohr’s troubled time at the helm.

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Nigeria, their confidence ebbing away with each Sierra Leonean goal, wilted over the next hour of action, with their midfield losing control, their defence flagging under pressure, and the attacking unit increasingly toothless.

Rohr watched on impotently as his side unravelled, ultimately losing two points in the race for Cameroon but, more critically, enduring a hammer-blow to their morale and denting the nation’s fragile confidence in the Super Eagles.

While the players’ professionalism and attitude must be questioned, Rohr must also take a considerable portion of the blame.

Time and again his substitutions have proved ineffective and have too regularly appeared to cost Nigeria momentum and control in a match, rather than helping the Eagles consolidate their authority and continue to take the game to opposition.

It was as clear as day, as Friday’s match swung in the Leone Stars’ favour, that Nigeria’s midfield was labouring, yet Rohr watched on helplessly, making tweaks and cosmetic re-alignments, rather than fixing the gaping hole in the hear of the team.

Certainly, it can be hard to find too much logic in some of Rohr’s substitutions, and sometimes, his changes appear to be made just for the sake of it.

Why, for example, remove the influential Samuel Chukwueze, whose movement and running gave the Leone Stars something to be worried about behind their defence?

Why remove Leon Balogun for Semi Ajayi? Why introduce strikers Paul Onuachu and Kelechi Iheanacho when the midfield requires bolstering?

The substitutions themselves are problematic, as are the timings of the changes…Rohr dithers, watching on as Rome burns, when a proactive approach is required.

Then, the broader squad selection must also be questioned.

In the past, we’ve seen Nigeria setting themselves up to fail, rather than succeed, and it feels as though the same is happening again with Rohr.

Many eyebrows were raised when the German coach named four midfielders—one of whom was right-back Tyronne Ebuehi—in his squad for the double-header against the Leone Stars.

It was hard to see, without injured Wilfried Ndidi, who would offer the defensive rigour in the heart of the park, and there were always going to be a certain issue of the practicality of a Joe Aribo-Oghenkaro Etebo midfield pairing.

Unsurprisingly, both of these two problems—both very predictable—came home to roost for the Super Eagles, as the duo in the centre were targeted and ultimately overrun as the contest went on.

Why replace injured winger Moses Simon with Onuachu?

Why replace Frank Onyeka with Shehu Abdullahi?

Why invite two right-backs and then play centre-back Kevin Akpoguma in that position?

Was there no place for Ramon Azeez, Kelechi Nwakali, Mikel Agu, Uche Agbo, Anderson Esiti or Okechukwu Azubuike?

Perhaps they haven’t always impressed with the national side, but any of them should be a competent option—should Etebo tire or get injured, say—against a side ranked 120th in the world.

These are all questions, perhaps, that the NFF and Amaju Pinnick should have been asking Rohr and his team when federation officials called for a summit on Saturday morning to understand what went wrong in the 4-4 draw.

The federation also have some questions to answer, specifically about the decision to offer Rohr a new contract in May 2020—ahead of the World Cup, before the Eagles’ underwhelming performance and first-round exit at the grandest stage of all.

While Rohr’s handling of the 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign—after being drawn with 2012, 2017 and 2019 Africa Cup of Nations champions Zambia, Cameroon and Algeria—was a fine achievement for a progressive, adventurous side, the West African giants haven’t built on the promise of those years.

The coach’s desire to constantly cut the average age of the side, and oversee consistent influxes of new faces may have resulted in Nigeria being the youngest squad at the 2018 World Cup, but has it also denied the Eagles of some critical experience and calming older heads who can help the team get through difficult periods.

Introducing youth around a spine of Ndidi, John Obi Mikel and Odion Ighalo was one thing, but with the three of them absent, Rohr’s Super Eagles project may be entering it’s terminal phase.

Frohrd said Akpos is better in the air. Why so much emphasis on air for a RB when we needed a CB with air prowess? Why Akpos no use he head prevent those crosses? Lol

Kog45:
Hmmm,Aina on the bench against Algeria,Tunisia and funny enough him and Ebuehi on the bench against Sierra Leone...
Walahi Rohr dey craze.

I can saying it anywhere that Sanusi is not better than Aina.

Ebuehi as RB and Aina LB! Shikena..

No team in Africa will ever respect this team. And when small teams don't respect you, na so so struggle struggle o.

It was against Croatia I knew it. Croatia was a big team granted. But I could see then handwriting on the wall.

Karlovich:
I agree with you that Rohr is not a good tactician, our game against Argentina in the world cup was where I realized it.

obvious to who? lol

Mujtahida:
You put your finger right where the decline or ineptitude became obvious.

white man no get sentiments. wetin u dey talk?

forgiveness:
Are you not one of them? Dem dey use national team do business!?

Sentiment no dey play football. I don talk tey tey but una no wan hear word.

If he do dat same selection for Sierra Leone, na go count goals tire because this Sierra Leone get stamina and tactics.

if this team go world cup commot Ndidi and Osimhen, e don finish o.
Now I am seeing the importance of Ndidi to this team. But a team without good back up is spineless.

elunico:
Without Osimhen on Tuesday, where are the goals gonna come from? Dude has got like 4 goals 4 assists in the qualifiers already.

fROHRd

finding a solid assistant is very hard for us to do. By the time we realize it will be too late. We will have wasted years with the potential at our disposal. I don't think our players are great, but a coach that knows what he is doing can achieve a lot with this set of players.

Karlovich:
I mean subsequently, WC qualifiers start in May 2021. I don't think we can afford to sack him now. We still have some games before then.

For one thing, this team under Rohr will not be able to compete well globally. There is more science to the game at that level than just pulling a string of players and waiting for them to gel and start playing with a style.

andrewbaba44:
Lol you said let’s see

I don talk am yesterday say if rohr win next 2 games una go change una mind

We will beat Sierra Leone at their home but that one no mean anything

of course Akpoguma was outstanding! this guy is now behaving like our home based coaches in this regard lol

fabyom:
I just listened to Rohr interview. Osigoal is out with a shoulder injury, Dennis with ankle, and Chukweze with groin (He might recover before the next match). Balogun is fine now. He was substituted for Ajayi cos of injury. Akpoguna will start again at freetown, according to Rohr he was outstanding on friday. Lesson learnt. #Wemove. Failure is an opportunity to begin again more intelligently.

Even if we had managed a 4-3 win I will have still abused this team. But at least if we saw Rohr make a couple changes that helped us manage a slim win, we go manage am. But those Sierra Leoneans exploited Akpoguma's wing. I don't know who the Sierra Leonean coach is, but by that single feat he has shown he is a better match reader than Rohr lol

MetalJigsaw:
To a lowly Siera Loene oo

At least let me not take that aspect away from him. You and many others know I have been singing this tune for long. I've figured him out long. But there is something new I have noticed about him that a few here have also noticed. We saw in the friendlies that Akpoguma was not effective as a RB. Why not let the guy fight for a place in CB? Is Akpoguma better than Aina or Ebuehi at RB? They have all been tested there and we know the answer.

And to Okoye (and other new players especially MODIFIED), let's not get carried away about European football. Your performance in Europe earns you a call up. But when you come to SE, you have to be judged by your performance in the Green White Green alone. It's either you are not good enough or the coach simply does not know how to utilize you.

Someone here was still trying to excuse Rohr for the Benin disaster, tying to blame the players alone. If you are a coach and your opponent pulls 1 goal back. 2 goals and then 3, and you still cannot make changes that shows that you know what you are doing, is it the players to blame?

Mujtahida:
Rohr has nothing to redeem him. He wasn't hired to manage players but to win games.

they are kicking well. Thanks for asking!

DrLikita12:
I know. Comedy of errors
Hope the little one and madam are doing well.