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BascoVanVeli:
Mehn Enyeama's own was worse oh. I think Yakubu's miss kind of excused him though. Plus he is Vincent freaking Enyeama and his quality was never in doubt.



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forgiveness:
Nigerian army, of course.

darkelf:
You deserve to be caned bro

hardwerk:
Lol....how mouths change ....you was bragging how you will be champion and now this ?

Taliban:
Few more hours to the greatest losers final game. Carthage Eagles vs Super Eagles. Which of the Eagles will get de-winged? All roads leas to thensure epic encounter. Tunisia are not taking the game lightly and may stop at nothing to ensure they defeat Nigeria and win the coveted beautiful bronze medal.

Any feelers from our camp or insight into tomorrow's lineup. Will Osihmen show the coach what he has missed, would Ogu produce another own goal assist?

Waiting earnestly for the game tomorrow so Nigerians could be proud of their team again.

Daninya111:
Coach Rohr will speak about his future with the S. E after our 3rd place match tomorrow.

Assistant coach to late Stephen Keshi at the 2013 Afcon, Sylvan us Okpala says he is available for selection as coach of the super eagles.

We will be putting on our green jersey again tomorrow, should we expect another loss?
Only time will tell.

darkelf:
Chai.

Algeria dey use us play for social media

We live to fight another day sha

Famocious:
Good night everybody ...

andrew444:
Its a waste of time for you and not others, speak for your self okay

Because dem no dey sack the coach wey you no want no mean say na waste of time okay.

elyte89:
Anyway pinnick has spoken,he said d NFF board will stick with rohr @least till Aug 2020,when his contract expires...so peeps,drop dis who will replace rohr or not

BascoVanVeli:
This is the problem when some of you guys hear new phrases you start using them anyhow. Which feelings dey here to catch? We are discussing football and you are talking about catching feelings for what?

Your reasons were baseless. You said he wasn't on form but he barely kicked a ball before being hurt so how do you know? If you don't think the player is good enough that means you don't like the player.

Icon4s:
Rohr should have...Rohr could have...why didn't Rohr start....

Hindsight analysts everywhere.

daveP:
We were just tactically overwhelmed. Thats all. Stop looking for errors in players that took us this far into semis to use as excuse.

The fright of Mahrez is why we need prioritize freekick specialists in SE.

BascoVanVeli:
Stop changing my words I said you don't like the player nothing was mentioned about hate. Nobody asked you to make a call for anybody. Someone else made the call and you were acting like the person was crazy.

Shehu has had more good games than bad. In fact I can't name a bad game he has had apart from maybe the Argentina friendly. All you people said "Shehu never goes forward but Awaziem played basically the same way and you are like what a great player so disciplined.

Taliban:
We desparately need foreign supporters who won't be putting the team under undue pressure.

edi287:
I mean I can understand the logic in bringing Shehu as a CM to free Etebo but Shehu isn't much of a controller and that is what we needed...not just an additional CM.

edi287:
He wasn't disastrous and even at that he would be able to swap position with Etebo further forward. Musa can play on the right if he's there solely for making runs into the box instead of this pseudo playmaking nonsense he's been trying to do lately.

BascoVanVeli:
You don't like Shehu simple and plain. What kind of dirty form are you claiming from a guy who barely played one half?

Odunayaw:
If we had actually wingbacks playing yesterday that'd have eased our middle.

andrew444:
They said he was our best defender when i told them

But balogun didnt do badly sha, forget the error

darkelf:
Joebie FC

BascoVanVeli:
Shehu who has played as RB could also come in in his more natural midfield position is the point he was making.

MetalJigsaw:
Rohr should have switched to 2- 2- 6 formation and move ighalo to the goalpost and move akpeyi forward to confuse the Algerian defenders. nonsense

Danielnino00:
I'm gonna take the defeat in good faith...Algeria were obviously the better team from the blast of the whistle.. they had studied us very well and devised a plan to stop us and it worked..Kudos to them..
Our players gave tried but such things happen in football.. you can't win every time .


But I think after the AFCON, the following players need to join Mikel in retirement...
- Ighalo

- Ogu

- Akpeyi..

- Ezenwa

Musa and Balogun should take a back seat in the team too.. As for Ekong he needs serious competition.. Even Omeruo..

If we are serious about building a better team for the future, then we need to let go of some old players .the Dutch did it and now their football is back on track... we can do it too..
The believe some people on this thread have that we don't have good players is a lie!! We have a lot of good players out there...talented players who are doing well at their clubs..both home and foreign born... they just need to be integrated into the team slowly.. We have limited time to start preparing for 2021 AFCONQ and Qatar 2022


As for Rohr, I can't totally support the calls to sack him now cus I tells can't think of any capable replacement available... the man has tried for put football no doubt but his conservative style is holding this team back...Poor tactical decisions and his inability to make daring changes into the team...
If a capable replacement is available he should please go.. Nobody knew his when he was coaching Niger republic back then... the national team has boosted his CV

AIG07:
*smiles* I knew we had a problem when folks started celebrating AFCON QUALIFICATION as if we are some sort of Burundi, Madagascar, or Somalia. Our absence in the last two editions has really damaged people's psyche.

Rohr is Average @ best... No doubt about that. His team reflects everything about him. Rigid, timid,...we've seen the best of him and that was in 2017 during world cup qualifiers. After then, he has shown us a limp Eagle, uncoordinated side, tactless team.,etc.

Still someone somewhere wants him to stay. The team hasn't improved one bit since 2017.

darkelf:
Things we can take away from this AFCON:

1 The Algerians were/are the better team. We underrated them here and i am envious at how much they have improved from 2016 till now. We stand to gain if we learn from them.

2 The Goal keeping department needs serious overhaul. I don't blame the GKs..really I don't. They won't feature if they don't keep getting call-ups. We need to scout for 3 quality keepers because none of our current 3 inspire confidence

3 Rohr tried his best. Our team has not made it to the AFCON in 6 years. We got so far by a mix of ingenuity, grit and luck. Rohr needs a really good tactical assistant (or technical assistant).

4 Our two central midfielders should be applauded for giving a good fight in this match and in the entire tourney. You can't give what you don't have. Neither Ndidi nor Etebo are creative midfielders/playmakers. So, it shouldn't come as a surprise that we couldn't create enough chances. Tackling is important but doesn't score goals. Excellent passing and ingenuity does.

5 We need to scout for more consistent strikers. Ighalo is so inconsistent, it can be annoying. Same goes a good creative central midfielder(s).
One wonders the idea behind taking four midfielders to a major tourney without any marshal among them.

6 Mikel should honorably bow out. Knowing Rohr, Mikel would keep getting call-ups if he doesn't retire. Rohr is very conservative and prefers to stick to known players. This can backfire.

7 Osimhen and Onyekuru need to step up. If Rohr kept on benching them for almost the entire duration of the tournament, there must be good reason. Mbappe is in their age grade and has done wonders that belie his age. They should aim for such. Had they been reliable, I am sure Rohr would have no qualms subbing out a Misfiring Ighalo.

8 Ogu should also just retire. If he hardly features in the entire tourney even when we were quite shorthanded, I wonder at his importance to this team. I also wonder at what unique footballing attribute he possesses that keeps earning him invites.

9 Chukwueze is one thing we can take away from this tourney. He is still very young and can improve if he keeps his head down and doesn't let praises get to his head (like nacho, success). If any new club cannot guarantee him first team soccer, he should remain at Villareal and improve.

10 A moniker commented at the inconsistency of our players. This much is true though I would single out Ndidi and Etebo as our only consistent players throughout this AFCON. Our players may need counselling. Consistency is what sets apart ancestors from men from boys in football If you can't be consistent, then you may stagnate your career. You get paid big bucks for showing up at every game, no matter how many games you have to play. They need to groom themselves to be consistent.

11 Our defence isn't as solid as we are made to believe. We conceded in every match right from the second round. I thought Rohr was a good defensive coach? Two or more good defensive additions won't be bad. Balogun should find a new club and bench warmers shouldn't be tolerated.

All in All, we gave our best and fought hard but at the end of the day, the best team won. Up Super Eagles. We live to fight another day

BascoVanVeli:
Forget that one. For most his career he has been a midfielder. If that's the case Iwobi should be on the wings since he has played like 30 consecutive matches for his club on the wings.

lexyman:
Our technical department need to be reinforced , get a better goal keep ...scout more midfielders we re good to go

BascoVanVeli:
He is a midfielder at club level. He did not say Rohr should put him at right back.