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Anyway he came to win AFCON. Let’s hope we achieve that. After that we need to qualify for WC and represent Very well. The bar is
now set at semi finals for Africa.

lbrichman2:
Leave long-term
This is tournament football
You do what you need to win
Leave matter for Mathias!

You sabi. Charles no dey watch matches haha

Goke7:
that's why it's difficult for any Eagles coach to drop Simon, his defensive abilities is a big plus, I saw him break off threats from Angola today

I have praised this same team in this tourney. You want make I curse u?

charlesemeka85:
long run ko, hide as the goodjoe don hide then crawl out when the team loses to criticize them for been too defensive

Moses Simon has always had a defensive side. Follow SE history.

charlesemeka85:
and he added more defensively to his game

You going by your narrative because we are winning. I’m rather being objective. Not carried away by the moment. I’m thinking in the long run.

Mujtahida:
Bro you are not seeing black and calling it black. Na defeat go satisfy una.

And by the way I was referring to Onuachu (player just to hold)

Odunayaw:
Yes Osimhen is not there to just hold but you can't deny the fact that he is not our only scoring outlet.

The number of times our defenders (Zaidu, Bassey, Aina, Bright) have gotten into scoring chances is proof of that.

So scoring outlet is not limited. But you see that pressing that is part of Osimhen's game? Can you boldly say we have anyone who can offer that?

However, VO gassed out today and should have been pulled off much earlier.

You saw it!

omotola90:
way much earlier

I pray this man lasts as coach. U go rest lol

isan:
You don't know better than the psychologist in the team . Rest

He made research based on how they play at their clubs abi? Na scientific research be that. E didn’t utilize that and deploy 3-4-3 in important WC qualifiers. Interesting!

Mod
The fact is Lookman is very comfortable coming inwards. He’s always played like that for us prior to this AFCOn

charlesemeka85:
in my opinion super eagles is the best team tactical wise in this afcon

I believe Jpes made out time to research more on the ability of our players and found out the best tactics to bring out their best

If u follow Lookman in Atalanta u will notice that in a two man striking tactics he is very potent. The way jpes hv set up his team especially in attack is deceptive. From the beginning you will think lookman is operation as a winger but in the actual sense him and osimhen is deployed as a two man attacking force while Simon is more of crossing and delivering of passes in the final 3rd to the attacking duo

Iwobi plays as a deep lying player maker who is expected to keep the flow of the game as well as to play it simple while Onyeka is the destroyer who runs around to harass the opponent’s midfield as well as serve as a pressing machine

Jpes for bench Awo steady vs Osimhen!

Kog45:
Availability of Awoniyi would have given Osimhen some kinda rest....like 75-85 minutes on the field and Awo in to do the running for 10 to 15 minutes.....Peseiro no rate Onuachu and Moffi,seems Osimhen and Awoniyi na him kind of CF.

O pari

COOL10:
He has been a very good and passionate hard worker for the team, all tournament, and I appreciate that, but he's also been a very very poor finisher, for a striker of his calibre. The truth has to be said.

I just hope he scores in the Semi Final because at this rate, I doubt he's even going to make the lineup for the team of the tournament.

Look there is a psychology to subbing off ur best player. Watch them in their next game…

isan:
Why not ? He was cleared for 90 minutes by the backroom staff do you know better than them ?

Effective? Yes. Yet ineffective in his primary role. How to find a balance? Me I can never see black and call it white. No matter the player. Nwakali that I praise today, go to many pages before u will see the opposite.

Mujtahida:
In JPes system the attackers are the first defenders. That's why he likes Osimhen cos Osimhen keeps the opposite defense busy thereby taking the pressure off our own defense

We Dey say am for Napoli and heavens will not fall. Even Osimhen knows it’s all about the team.

Goke7:
All are assumptions, it's difficult to remove your danger man except he says he cannot continue, ask any coach, na wetin dey cause fight between big players and coaches.

Look at the Angolan captain today, he was shocked to see the coach removing and replacing him

That’s the problem, I knew people will come for me if I criticized this but I will always spit facts. Osimhen’s name is written in almost all our goals but he has wasted quite a bunch all the same. He is our top striker. And it’s okay for him to be subbed for a player given the role to score and not just to hold.

COOL10:
If you check, Osimhen has missed up to, or even more than 50% of those chances. I wonder when he's going to find his scoring boots, because na Semi Final we don enter so oo.

He can't afford to miss such chances in the Semi final.

Oga must he play 80+ mins all the time? Na common sense thing na.

isan:
Tell us the match osihmen should have been bench

I’m not implying that. But we’ve seen
Situations when the main striker is replaced and the sub scores. Doesn’t make the latter better. Damn utilize ur bench for a better outcome.

Goke7:
are you sure the boys on the bench are better? nobody is sure o. Can Iheaancho and Moffi stand those tackles Oshinmen has been getting from defenders in this competition?

Bro. I’m not speaking of this match alone. Osimhen should have chopped bech at some point. We have a Moffi that can also score. I already made my point that he is a big influence in almost all our goals. But he has missed so much chances all the same.

charlesemeka85:
how una Dey reason self? A coach should rest his most important player in the knock out phase of a competition?

Osimhen tell u say em don tire to start games? Do I know that only osimhen’s presence do distabilize opponents defense line?

Nawaooo

Omo!!!

My sister na all the defenders o except Zaidu. Make dem dey front row when/if that trophy is lifted.

safarigirl:
Imma say it now.


Ekong deserves to lift that trophy as the Super Eagles captain.

Please, whatever happens, if we do win that trophy, they should make sure he's the one doing the lifting. He has done a madness in defence in this tournament, a true rock of Gibraltar.

Zaidu when don dey fumble since. Na him dey force himself to start match.

Osimhen suppose don chop bench small though his name is written in most of our goals. Doesn’t mean Moffi, Iheanacho cannot do a thing. Maybe Osimhen needs a little reset.

Goke7:
the coach can't borrow his legs to the boys to score na, see the wasted chance by Zaidu in the first half. It would have ended 2-0 in the first half. The same position Oshimen gave Lukman to score against Cameroon. can we blame the coach for that haba.

We are becoming too critical of the coach, we should criticize the players more for blowing chances, we should have sealed the game more in the early part of the second half when the Angolans were clueless. How good is our bench sef, are we so sure of those boys on the bench? This Afcon rugged o

I don’t know what to think. We have been wasting chances from match 1. The buck stop at the coach’s table because he has a bench. If we are still asking the question bench who for who, then we have a problem.

Marjoribanks:
Tactically, I have no problem with JP!

He has done a good job!!

Our players should stop wasting chances.

Zaiddduuu! behave yourself going forward!

Angola is a very good team! We need to stop disrespecting opponents.

With a group that has EG and GB?
You no rate Nigerians be that lol

forgiveness:
Ndidi no dey. Wetin you wan mo we play without him? Tik taka?

We for don commot since group stages.

What I feared may happen unless Peseiro disagrees to sign a new contract. I hope we go for someone who can build from where Jpes stopped, and not start all over.

Well for now, let’s focus on the two remaining matches, though I always have my mind set on the highest prize — the World Cup of course

It’s not sustainable in the long run. He is already demonstrating his lack of adaptability

drDoom3:
We will probably keep shithousing our way to win games like this.

It is not sustainable though, and if it fails, the team will look like farmers.

Yea that’s the quality we have. I knew that they had changed something formation wise.

Marjoribanks:
Angola switched to 334 to overload our wing backs. There is no better formation to deal with that. He should have just added some pace off front to kill the game off on counter. Nevertheless, we should have actually killed the game with those chances we created!

You guys don’t understand the potential of the players we have. This coach is benefiting from the quality of the payers and tubu tubu mess am tactics and subs. He has found something that works and is sticking to it come rain come sunshine.

forgiveness:
Where is the Angola coach now? E don dey park em load. Off to Angola.

That’s the point. Angola were growing into the game from those changes they made. Granted we have the players to still kill the game. But we needed to switch things tactically earlier. Joes played the usual script regardless. Reeks of cluelessness. Different situations calls for different reactions

Marjoribanks:
This is a quarter final match!

I believe Chukweze and Osayi should have been on early for Simon and Lookman.

You must not run your best players aground!!

The coach subs is too late for my liking!

Angola hit bar na! That was tactical masterclass from Angola coach

forgiveness:
The one that hit the bar.

I dey collect better harmattan for here.

Facts

humility33:
Aribo has no business in this game....Onyedika would've been substituted in instead

Which goal u dey talk?

Make winter freeze u for dia!

forgiveness:
Which better coach? If say that Angola goal enter and eventually scratched out, wetin you 4 talk?

We don win. Players don tire. You no know how weather hot for here. You dey yanki dey collect natural a/c. Abeg make you rest.

Because Angola were making changes progressively why Jpes kept watching. This kind coaching will make us pay dearly in future. We have seen this before.

forgiveness:
We dominated the game until 20minutes into the second half.