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Icon4s:
I read this post and laughed.
Boys wey dey play safe.
Una go see naa.

boss they go see

Icon79:
Nne, thank you for breaking it down much better than I can ever do.

And you can just add - make Iwobi your creative midfielder. Mikel is too sluggish to be effective in the AM role in Russia. He slows our game down. Make it our deep lying playmaker (Pirlo role) and this team would change.


O pari

few weeks ago, everyone said mikel is the only AM in our team and we just need another just incase his injured, now let's push him back

Sir, against Croatia we will chase the game, playing mikel and Ndidi deep won't be nice.

Ndidi and another DM behind mikel...mikel will end up coming deep to help. Rakitic,Modric,kovacic and co are handfull in that the midfield.

Our problem is not the players or formation, our problem is in the players head, they just need to be psych up.

we go do well for Russia

austenite:
The coach is making some tactical mistakes,iwobi shouldn't have played deeper owing to the fact that he is more creative than Mikel. Moses should be benched his impact is zero. Shehu should be relegated to the bench for ebuehi. Finally, Mikel obi offers nothing to this team.

in conclusion we should bench moses and mikel.

last 2 months everyone agreed that they are our best player but now they don't over anything to the team.

safarigirl:
this is the only real positive I'm taking away

That someone is going to feel like we don't offer much and may decide to not take us too seriously, only to be shocked on match day the way Algeria was shocked

we lost against germany and was beating well by holland in 1994 and Spain thought it will be smooth ride and got the shock of there life in 1998.

hopeful we can beat croatia on 16th

Mujtahida:
i believe in this team. i can do no less.

the cry now is lower your hopes, lower your expectations. its the trumpet blast from just about everyone

my hopes and my expectations remain steady

semper fidelis- always faithful.

so help me God

I'm with the team too...the boys will shock the boys in Russia, Rohr need to help him self. some position don't need debate.

Ebuehi vs shehu should not be a headache

ChrisKels:
I hope Rohr gets his sack letter ASAP

for losing a friendly?

Oasis007:
Fellow Eagulians.

I assure you all - we gonna see a different Eagle at the Mundial. We are able to keep our Tactics away from the Oppositions.

The Oppositions are as confused as the Fans. They don't know what's gonna happen at the Mundial, kinda difficult for the Scouts spying on us to analyze the Team credibly.

Kudos to Rohr, and I'm kinda satisfied with the 2nd Half Display.

some how I'm happy for this results...the team will be underrated by Croatia.

i still have high hope on the team, we will fly in russia

safarigirl:
so, Onazi did not merit the bashing he got?

As if na only on this thread dem insult am.

he messed up against England accepted, Czech is far lesser team and we still did nothing good.

Mujtahida:
I am just surprised at the bitterness and pain on this thread.
Last time it was Onazi, now it's Ighalo.

last time it was joel and onazi but now is ighalo and moses

goldfish80:
Poor freekick by iheanacho. Didn't even beat the first man.

if na Moses now dey go bury am

goldfish80:
Another corner and Czech nearly scored. Nawao

other teams are watching, is obvious we cant score a corner and we can't defend one

Bolowolowo:
Ebuehi is coming in

I'm tires of seeing him come on in second half,he should start

safarigirl:
Ighalo has done NOTHING in four games or so.

We played our best game without him and Victor Moses, two of them have been useless.

The sooner Rohr drops them to the bench, the easier we can work on a PROVEN formation.

I'm sick and tired of hearing this excuse about lack of service. If dem no pass am ball, make he go find am the way Iwobi dey find ball.

that same best game was played by the same midfielders on the pitch now, I'm yet to see coordinated pass between them talkess of forward pass to the striker

safarigirl:
na him fault wey dem never score. What kind of CF is he? Aside his goal against Cameroon, what has he done to merit a starting berth?

Even Kelechi as a lone striker would do better given all the chances Ighalo has had

He is part of the reason we are a goal down

name 2 chances ighalo got?

Eleniyan15:
Some people use sentiment to comment here. That why am asking the lady among us, how many passes did he get

baba...ighalo has been unfairly judge, Our midfield is the problem...see experience Mikel spoiling our couter attack by giving a player in an offside position the ball

some people are allowed to mess up

asha80:
wonder what happened to ighalo of watford

did ighalo miss any goal he should have scored, how many times did the midfielders find him in the right position??

safarigirl:
Thank you! Thank you very much!


And Moses is just falling everywhere

Ighalo should be confined to the bench, please, can we see Simy in the second half? Or revert to 3-5-2, with Kelechi coming on for Ighalo

ndidi is there now, ogu started now na nacho hold the goal...

is not about tweaking players up and down.

ighalo has done nothing wrong, no clear cut chance to him

tbaba1234:
Ighalo offers nothing...zilch!!

baba how many pass dey don give that guy??
how many??
our midfield is disjointed

ChrisKels:
What a poor team, the full backs are non-existent going forward. Uncordinated midfield, no link between midfield and attack because we have none mobile striker and iwobi out wide instead of the middle.

I don't have Faith in Rohr anymore, he is too inept to lead this team

you say??

uncordinated midfield??

no link??

i thought Ndidi and ogu started with mikel??

our problem was never did personnel but system and psyching

our team always start relaxed, they need some stick during match from coach or captain or someone

TheGoodJoe:
You can ask the winger to track back and help the wing back. Not the defensive midfielder pushing forward. The point is so simple. Onazi pushing up repeatedly exposed us. Finito.

Gerrit?

I'm done with that onazi talk

ChrisKels:
When Mikel was displaying such attitude, I was one of those championing for Femi Ajilore to replace him. In fact I wanted Mikel ground in a grinding machine for biting the finger that fed him.

Dude I spare no one I dont bleeping care what your opinion is over how I feel. So bleep off

your opinion don't count too you know...so shove your opinion up your ass

krattoss:
u don't have the right over ur mentions as no one has right over ur comments..
Gerrit

tell the kid in a man body

kennysville:
I dont know where you are from, but kindly stay off my mentions and I will do the same for yours....
If you must know why, then lemme spell it out. At the rate u going, its a matter of time before insults start flying.... I have answers for every thing you have to say. Trust me.

God bless

Hehehehe

Cry baby

Goke7:
and how many has victor moses scored, by the time that guy will finally fall our hand eh, you guys supporting him will be the one to finally tear him to shreds like the way onazi and joel obi has dymystified

his the top scorer in our qualifiers even though he miss some about 3 matches

daveP:
Lol. Make we just dey look.


We need tough discipline and teamwork versus Croats or else, they'll have is for dinner. Almighty Brazil had to wait till 60mins to crack their resolute defence. I hope it's easier for us. But team work will calm hot nerves in the Russian cold.

i had to watch that game, Croatia is not that wonderful, they don't seem to understand them self that much. they will rely more on individual brilliance

EEGA:
The probability that we will play 4-2-3-1 against Croatia is now high since this is our last friendly.

My problem is not even Shehu, but Ighalo starting.

i see nothing wrong with ighalo...even the goal against England he hit the bar from a difficult angle before iwobi scored.

with the 4-2-3-1...i have a feeling Mr rohr is playing mind game with our opponent scout.

gamaliel9:
Lets see how this midfield will perform today...that was the combo against Algeria away..but it was not really a fierce battle...Happy to see What Ogu can add more to the team...I will like to see him take long range shots,lets see how it goes

Mikel didn't play the away game...this was the midfield combo against Argentina

kennysville:
Moses can be dropped! U have 2 choices here.... either to take it or leave it. It is these kind of assurances that makes a player do his own thing at the expense of the good of the team. If moses can learn how to cooperate with team mates, i have no problem with it. But at the rate he is going, i sincerely hope over reliance on his style of play will not cost us at the world cup.

I personally dont hate Moses. What I dont like is his seeming arrogance, lack of will to play with team mates and also lack of passion. He can get it right a few times but he gets it wrong most of the time with his selfish play. End of story!

moses is not arrogant, stop reading meaning to people body language and facial expressions.

Kog45:
It seem you guys find it difficult to understand Rohr philosophy.

Do you think Simy would have make it with the presence of Simon Moses.

Do you think Rohr rate Ebuehi as we do?No.Hope you remember Ebuehi was dropped from the team against Cameroon,recalled for Algeria match but was on on the bench for a match that we don't need and suspended Shehu was used and it cost us three points.

Ebuehi should thank his star that Argentina 45 mins was his saving grace till today.

So don't be surprised seeing Ebuehi on the bench despite his performance.


Ogu waited till Algeria match to make the team and later had a good performance against Argentina but invitation to Joel Obi put Ogu back to the bench.

Akpeyi really meassed up but Rohr still stick to him.Don't be deceived Rohr rate Akpeyi than Ezenwa,Uzoho was just the face saving,likely Akpeyi would have been number one despite his flaws.

Idowu should count himself lucky that Echiejile had abysmal season he would have been on the bench for Echiejile.

If we want to base it on performance Shehu should be on the bench today.

when i told people that i notice Rohr still rate shehu higher they said is a lie, i heard him say shehu was fasting and ebuehi was not having same problem with shehu.

or maybe his resting him for the first game

forgiveness:
Oga! Agu just came back from one month serious injury. Olodo

now is not after coming back from suspection but serious injury...

Bros you just like the devil, walking around seeking who to devour. no go commit suicide because you really sound like some one that needs love.

Icon4s:
Rohr has the final say.

I think when he starts with a 4 backline he prefers Shehu but when he switches to 3 backline he prefers Ebuehi.

Seems Rohr has decided to stick to the 4 back and keeps switching to 3 back when the need arises.

Idowu copes well with both set up and that is a plus for both him and the team as no substitution of him is needed to switch tactics.

But Rohr would have to substitute Shehu for Ebuehi to switch tactics.

It is obvious Rohr is not comfortable starting games with 3-5-2.

Let's just watch and see how today's game will play out.

Ebuehi can play in both setup, shehu is a defensive midfielder

tbaba1234:
Nigeria XI vs Czech Republic:
Uzoho; Shehu, Ekong, Balogun, Idowu; Ndidi, Ogu, Mikel; Iwobi; Moses, Ighalo.

Rohr should not come back and tell us shehu was fasting again o.