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Even Rohr knows we have lots of work to do

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But Azu would have made the 23 if he were given a chance I think.

ChrisKels:
So una eye dun dey open abi, I have always maintained that Azubuike Okechukwu is a better player than those pretenders but tbaba1234 and Icon4s were against me for saying that. Im just Happy u guys are now seeing what Michael and I saw ages ago.

Azubuike made our midfield thick at the Olympics and he has been the best midfielder amongst our midfield contingents that ply their trade in the Turkish league.

Agu and Onazi are bench warmers in this same league, yet they are always picked ahead of Azu Okey by Rohr. For reasons best known to him, he also prefers those two to Esiti and Agbo. Just smh bkus Rohr is gradually losing my confidence KPOM

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Ehen be contributing like this. Keep this up.

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But how many tones did the two DMs find Mikel?

forgiveness:
People are just shouting Onazi no good.. Joel no good like say na only dem go play ball.

The problem was Shehu could not deal with the pacy English forwards and Iwobi didn’t help to defend.

This is because Mikel lost the ball on many occasions and whenever he does that, he added more pressure to the midfield because the wingers which were also part of the midfield had already rushed forward to receive passes when he lost the ball.

This exposed the wing backs and brought confusing to the midfield because when the English won the ball they spread the balls immediately to the wings which stretched our two man midfield.

Remember, Iwobi and Victor are still trying to recover their positions and Mikel is slow to recover too when they began the transition.

These two players played the DMF role and all they need to do was protect back line and find Mikel or the wingers as soon as they get the ball but unfortunately Mikel loosed the ball several times.

Mikel was the biggest culprit in the midfield. He unstabled the team.

Anyway, Shehu has been exposed as a weakling.

Iwobi best position is the AMF but no substitute
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Ebuehi and Brian are better as wing backs.

Ogu can play in a 3 mans defence but somehow we were still exposed from his wing.

Etebo na NEPA. Off and on. Today was his on day

Ahmed has pace but nobody to support him.

We don't have many forward options.

Anyway, with what I see, we go win Iceland. Croatia can be won too but we must play 3-5-2 formation.

i have read it like 3 times already. Still confused

BascoVanVeli:
Which kind of explanation is that one na? How can he push forward when we were always on the back foot and without the ball?

It was a joke. But the forementioned aren’t outstanding either. Not even above average

Martz101:
only this match won't make onazi a bad player

Kai

edi287:
But Ebuehi is too soft na. Na achebo him be. Him resemble person way breeze go blow. Shehu is strong and understands the African game.
Shehu is our best rb. It doesn't matter if Ebuehi played well. He didn't play well against Serbia. Injury is not an excuse.
Rohr will RIGHTLY start Shehu in the WC because Ebuehi is weak. Na technical ability we go chop??

Sincerely I wish we could exchange Aina, Onazi, J. Obi for other players outside the 30. e.g Duru, Azubuike, and Esiti respectively

Jk

Icon79:
Nope. I think the two players to be axed are still Mikel Agu and Ola Aina. Nothing has changed. However, in Russia, I would prefer a DM combo of Ndidi and either Ogu or Etebo. Ogenyi Onazi and J. Obi really failed my hands today.


O pari

I have more faith in 3-5-2. Again we should try Simy and Ighalo in a two-prong attack. Iwobi as AM. Mikel as CM, Ndidi as DM. Idowu and Ebuehi as LWB and RWB respectively. Any 3 of Ogu, Balogun, Ekong and Omeruo as our CBs. And We’d be just fine.

Mujtahida:
That was an experiment oo. And like you said he doesn't have faith in that system. If not for the absence of Ighalo and the two Moses do you think Rohr would have used that 3-5-2? He is stuck in that mantra.

But you know that that mantra can only work if you have all your players having the ability to play all tactical formations well yet you can see that some players flourish in one tactical set up more than the others but if you are stuck with the mantra you will press your players into the tactics rather than match specific players to the tactics.

He changed a wining team na. But he didn’t have faith in that new formula. I’m talking in respect to the Argy game. We should have been building from there.

Mujtahida:
What is killing our coach is not this so called average team bullshyte some trogs are crying up and down here. The coach is damn too conservative. He only tries new things when the situation is gone awry. He did it against Argentina, he was saved. Today again same thing.

Those players that played first half were basically chosen in accordance with the-you never - change - a - winning-team mantra. Winning team bawo?. I say the times have changed. This is not the age for mantras. This is not the age for formulas. You have to think and rethink your strategy.

Even with these set of players if the coach is a bit radical we can hurt teams and win games.

That’s a good catch. I was wondering when I saw their names on their shirts today.

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Well Nike can always get them new ones.

eterisan:
Aina and Agu are the players to be dropped. Check their jersey numbers.

You cannot support what you don’t believe in. We have lots of work to do no doubt. How you express your opinion would easily give u away.

neezar:
I haven't given up

I am just stating the obvious

Why are u even here since U have given up?

neezar:
we would be lucky if we can beat Iceland

As for Croatia and Argentina....Lemme not talk before dey will start saying I am from Ghana

There are people who believe that where u play determines your quality. But there remains another challenge. Translating it to national assignments. Football no be 1+1. Ogu from a backwater league have been in good form for us since his return to SE.

realpoacher:
Right from day that Joel Obi to this team, I have been shouting here that the guy is CRAP. No one believed me. Because of him now Ogu is one the bench. Ogu is slow but he is a very calculaive player.


Ogu has so many advantages than that empty Joel obi. Ogu brings stability to the team in the middle.


Don't even get me started on Onazi, left to me Onazi and Joel obi should stay far away from this team.

Look at how the game changed in the second half after Iwobi and Etebo took over from those two clowns in Onazi and Joel.

Iwobi has shown that he is born for the middle. See the way he took complete control of that midfield. He literally stole it from the English.. He brought Nigeria back into contention. What he did today is what we expected from Joel Obi all along. Thats how a CM play.

Iwobi became the cement between the defence and the attack. He showed today that he can dribble, he can assist, he can play deep, and he can singlehandedly change the course of a game.


Nigeria now has 3 standard game changers. Mikel, Iwobi and V. Moses....

Anyone of them is a game changer peradventure the others doesn't come to party.

Mikel destroyed Argentina, Moses destroyed Algeria and Cameroon, today Iwobi changed this England game.


Lets pray that 2/3 of them comes to party in our matches in the world cup at the same time.

Una wan blame Uzoho? Why didn’t we score more than 1 goal. I said pages back that our problem will not be in the gk department, but our forwards will need to deliver.
Uzoho had an above average game. And that’s great for an opponent like England playing at home. He will get even better before the WC.
Expect him again in goal for the full 90 mins against Czech

Icon79:
Bros, calm down. Uzoho impressed me today actually. Frankly, I wouldn't blame him for any of the goals. The second goal was a bullet shot from a top striker, not many keepers can keep that out. Personally, Uzoho wouldn't be my preferred keeper if we have lots of options, but right now he's the best man for the job.


O pari

We’ve been saying this

Icon79:
Oh, Ebuehi is a no brainer now. I will cry blue murder if Rohr starts Shehu ahead of Ebuehi in Russia. The differences in quality is not even close.


O pari

I think our passing game improved dramatically in the second half. Hence I won’t be giving the team some knocks. We learnt two or more things from this friendly that would help us tremendously going forward.

Now we know the two players that will be dropped will not be Ogu or Etebo in midfield. Ogu has played as a CB in training so o wasn’t surprised. Joel Obi or Onazi should be axed.
Of course the other is a no brainer. Rohr will not pick Aina over Echiejile. Now u know

Kai Nepa! As Mikel carry that ball

Iheanacho for Ighalo

Iwobi as AM.. Mikel go back

Iwobi

First-Half Analysis

1. As a unit we have been poor in cohesion
2. Iwobi has been Nigeria’s best on the pitch. Playing like a playmaker.
3. Uzoho needs to iron out one or two things and he’d be ready for the biggest stage when the WC begins.
4. Onazi has been poor.
5. Still waiting for an above average game from Joel since his return.
6. Our fullbacks have been okay.
7. We’ve not really been missing Mikel all this while.
8. Now u know why I never wanted to start Ighalo in all my lineups.

Thumbs up Iwobi, Balogun and Uzoho

Make una chill. It’s just about 30 mins into the game

Go read the post U posted I replied to, if that’s a sensible thing anybody watching this game should be saying this moment

forgiveness:
Are you sure you are really really really ok?

Make una relax.

Moses Simon is injured.. what are u crying for? Who’s fault is it?

forgiveness:
Wetin concern Kayode for this matter?

You see am for dream?

Tmake una dey look am oh. Mark the enemies of super eagles. They will show themselves today IF we lose

Yea and Kayode..

forgiveness:
This is why Simon Moses is a big disaster.

He will never expose Shehu like we are seeing now.

Midfield is not functioning.

B4

Eleniyan15:
Walahi shehu cross is jaga jaga

England scores