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TheGoodJoe:
Will Oliseh in his life time as a professional footballer ever run out of his position repeatedly in that manner?

football is not one way traffic,some situation may warant a defensive midfielder defending high up.

and yes i have seen sunday come up and even beating players with skills

Joebie:
oga this is exactly the reason why I don't think one way. The club you play or league you play only tells one thing. But it does not mean that you are better than those who didn't get that opportunity. Even at club level, it's still has to do with opportunity to some extent.

yes true especially for African players, i use to use brown ideye foe example...better players than him can't even near clubs he has played for

OMANBALA1:
Please, Agu didn't have a bad game against Zambia. He had a shaky start that lasted for few minutes and after that it was smooth sailing. Agu is a fine player and you will see more if him.

I'm not saying his bad, he didn't have a good game, he was dropped against Algeria and Argentina.

go back and watch his game against Cameroon and tgen zambia

tbaba1234:
John Ogu just gave his whole biography on social media.

Footballers go through a lot. He talked about everything from start to finish.

At academica, he was told not to go for the Mandela challenge and to tell Keshi that he was injured. He refused and traveled. After he got back, he was benched. The coach refused to play him. He missed the 2014 WC and refused to sign an extension with Academica. After contract expired, he was out of a club, finished his money and even had to be getting money from his mum in Nigeria to get by. He got support from players like Onazi who housed him in Rome. Eventually, he got the offer from Israel.

The guy should consider writing a book.. There are some inspiring ups and downs.

compare a john ogu and Aina

There is so many challenges for African footballers, Aina can't even get enyimba job.

my only regret is Ogu is 30 already.

when you look at Ogu you wonder how did bakayoko get to chelsea and ogu is in israel

forgiveness:
Olodo rabater wants me to believe falsehood.

Mikel Agu – Came on for the injured Onazi but it took him time to get into the game. He was booked for dangerous play but the moment he got into his strides, he settled down and combined well with Ndidi to provide cover for the back-four. Also cut off the attacking threat of Zambia on more than a few occasions. 6/10

https://www.completesportsnigeria.com/nigeria-1-0-zambia-solid-super-eagles-players-rated/amp/

Rohr Defends Agu, Praises Aina After Nigeria Win Vs Zambia

Peter Oriaku
8 months ago
By Nurudeen Obalola:
Nigeria coach Gernot Rohr has refused to condemn Mikel Agu after the midfielder’s shocking performance in the 1-0 victory over Zambia in Uyo on Saturday that sealed the Super Eagles’ spot at the Russia 2018 World Cup, Completesportsnigeria.com reports.

Rohr was however pleased with the contribution of Hull City defender Ola Aina, who made his Nigeria debut as a second-half substitute on Saturday.

Turkey-based Agu came on in the first half for the injured Ogenyi Onazi and put up a performance full of poor touches and misplaced passes that put his teammates under unnecessary pressure.
“It’s not easy to come into such an important game for a young player,” Rohr said in Uyo. “Agu did his best and he’ll learn from the experience. This is not the time to criticise him; we should encourage him.
“He had a difficult game but he will learn.”

Unlike Agu, Aina had an impressive game after replacing the injured left-back Elderson Echiejile.


“Aina did very well and I’m happy for him,” Rohr praised the young defender who is on loan at Hull City from Chelsea.

“When Elderson got injured we felt it was time to give Aina his chance. Aina is a very good young player; he did quite well against Zambia. He defended well and got forward when he had to.

“It’s great to have good young players for the future of the team.”

https://www.completesportsnigeria.com/rohr-defends-agu-praises-aina/amp/

Agu improved in the second half. Despite the big occasion in a very important match that determined our qualification, Agu did well as a young boy.

Match wey I still watched yesterday.

Why Rohr no use Ogu since he is better?

you dey fear to quote me??

check the bolded, Agu was on unnecessary pressure and misplacing pass, so much pressure was on us. you are just full of trouble

BascoVanVeli:
Why didn't people say he wasn't playing to instructions against Cameroon? He played in the exact same fashion. People are running away from the obvious and making up things. First I hear he was pushing forward and now this. Onazi's passing was poor and that was the key to his bad game. He gave away the ball in dangerous positions and one led to a goal.

baba free this people

TheGoodJoe:

He will help the team perform better by shielding the defence. It is as simple as that. When he is not, we are exposed at the back.

Look at Onazi's positioning here. He is marked in red.

it was obvious he went to double back with idowu in thw left and the ball came from there, but the qiestion you should ask is where is mikel

yes where is mikel,i can see iwobi...where is the president Mikel

forgiveness:
Is the technical Committee not part of NFF, his employer?

in your plan to distrupt everything, you tend to contradict your self, were you not the one that said Rohr was largely influence by big wings in NFF.

Why did garuba and NFF employ Rohr if they don't trust him to invite the right players..

TheGoodJoe:
Look at this picture and see Onazi's positioning. Do you think it is healthy for the team? Interceptions is a big part of the defensive midfield role. Call a spade a spade than defending incompetence. Onazi is the one with a band on his hand.

they played doubke 4, joel should be in his back, what was Mikel doing there too abi no be mikel near ighalo??

Goke7:
that's not professional from the players, what if injuries knock off anyone from the 23 man list, won't they hop into the squad? they guys need to grow up abeg. This is always my issues with Nigerian players and what did they even play before now anyway.

keeping them there was not necessary, other team are training with 23.

TheGoodJoe:

There is a reason why the term defensive comes before the midfielder. This is due to his primary role being a defensive one. When once a defensive midfielder is not being defensive majority of the time the team is under attack, then the team has a problem.

you choose to close your heart to the truth, when madrid was under pressure from liverpool in the first 20 minute, every one including ronaldo were doing the defensive job, they didnt let casemerio do it alone

it different when a team is hit on a break then the DM need to help the defense before the ball get to them.

England were allover us and 2 DM can't shield that alone, were onazi and noel were even poor was distributing of balls, misplaced pass...they were not out of position.

if you are talking of primary duties, how many Nigeria player did there primary job well in first half...how man forward pass did mikel make, how many crosses did moses make, i didn't see moses in the first 20 minutes, shehu was shaking like he wanna pee, idowu was exposing Balogun, ighalo never did anything positive

Uzoho and Iwobi were the only rare light

forgiveness:
Is Sone Aluko a DMF?

It seems you are not thinking straight.

Agu had a bad game against Zambia! And we still went ahead to win the match without conceeding a goal!?

Bloody lies everywhere.

Why Rohr no put Ogu since he is better in that match.

My point is drop Awaziem and leave Agu since he doesn't have confidence in him to have converted Ogu CB.

Besides, who was the first person to boldly clamour for Agu to invited to the National team?

Do your research.

Don't bother, I will not respond to your post.

you are just a fault finder, for the record Agu had a bad game after replacing onazi...the pressure was much from the Zambians

it will be appreciated if you don't quote me.

forgiveness:
Is Sone Aluko a DMF?

It seems you are not thinking straight.

Agu had a bad game against Zambia! And we still went ahead to win the match without conceeding a goal!?

Bloody lies everywhere.

Why Rohr no put Ogu since he is better in that match.

My point is drop Awaziem and leave Agu since he doesn't have confidence in him to have converted Ogu CB.

Besides, who was the first person to boldly clamour for Agu to invited to the National team?

Do your research.

Don't bother, I will not respond to your post.

you are just a fault finder, for the record Agu had a bad game after replacing onazi...the pressure was much from the Zambians

it will be appreciated if you don't quote me

forgiveness:
Is Sone Aluko a DMF?

It seems you are not thinking straight.

Agu had a bad game against Zambia! And we still went ahead to win the match without conceeding a goal!?

Bloody lies everywhere.

Why Rohr no put Ogu since he is better in that match.

My point is drop Awaziem and leave Agu since he doesn't have confidence in him to have converted Ogu CB.

Besides, who was the first person to boldly clamour for Agu to invited to the National team?

Do your research.

Don't bother, I will not respond to your post.

you are just a fault finder, for the record Agu had a bad game after replacing onazi...the pressure was much from the Zambians

forgiveness:
Monkey dey work Baboon dey chop.

Poor Agu. I feel for the boy the most. It was a very bad decision to drop him.

Since, Rohr wasn't confident enough to play Awaziem in the last 2 friendlies and even showed it by ignoring him for Ogu who he has converted to a CB, he should have been dropped for Agu.

The boy effort was just in vain. He's the monkey here. Yet Rohr wan use him as an object of mockery by turning him to training material and ball boy in camp.

Awaziem didn't contribute nada in the friendlies and qualifiers yet he's on the plane to Russia. Na wa ooooooo.



2018 World Cup: Ola Aina, Mikel refuse to be standby players in Super Eagles’ squad

The duo of Mikel Agu and Ola Aina have left the Super Eagles’ camp for their respective bases after they were dropped from Gernot Rohr’s final 23-man squad for the 2018 World Cup.


Rohr had given both players permission to stay and train with the team as standy players, but they turned down the option.

Mikel Agu has flown back to Turkey, where he spent last season on loan to Bursaspor from FC Porto.


Aina, who knew about his fate even before the team departed England, decided to stay behind in London, instead of following the Eagles to their training camp in Austria.

Rohr has, however, assured the duo about their future with the national team.

http://dailypost.ng/2018/06/04/2018-world-cup-ola-aina-mikel-refuse-standby-players-super-eagles-squad/amp/

Bros you never liked Agu, why so much love now??

edi287:
Aina is a regular at Hull and had an above average season. Echiejile wasn't even getting starts at a second division Belgian side. How many opportunities did Aina get if we're being real?? Yes I know people will point to Ebuehi and talk about how he came and played well against Argentina but he was a bit shaky in his first game for us too.
Yes Aina hasn't killed it but neither did Echiejile. If we all agree Idowu is first choice LB at the moment, why not take a younger Aina to gain experience? His versatility might have come in handy.

sentiment all over, Echiejile didn't play any match after Aina replaced him in Zambia match untill congo match

Aina was there before Idowu, but he was there untill idowu overtook him, Ebuehi never gotta chance until Argentina, he didn't even start couple with injury challenges.

Rohr was very fair to Aina, Aina was rather not fair to him self.

That LB was his but he messed it up

edi287:
Wait - are we talking about the same Musa Rohr invited in his early days?? The same Musa Rohr organized private training sessions for?? The same Musa Rohr spoke about and encouraged him to leave his club to get regular playing time??
Musa was invited before Ebuehi if I'm not mistaken. Rohr probably didn't pay attention to him after he moved and still couldn't nail down a starting spot.
If we're being honest, apart from Echiejile and say Mikel when he was still at Chelsea, how many non starters at club level makes/made our first 11??(Uzoho is one but he plays regularly for the reserves I guess)

Musa Mohammad play regularly in Bulgaria, we are not asking him to starr but his an better option than Aina, Musa struggled in Leicester but was still in Super eagles then, same with iheanacho.

tbaba1234:
My line-up for Czech
Uzoho Ebuehi Idowu Balogun Ekong Omeruo Etebo Ndidi Mikel Iwobi Victor Moses

it looks blunt

OMANBALA1:
Joel Obi was trying to give a 100% when his body was saying NO, he is not sharp/inform as opposed to being fit. Fitness precedes form. A player can be fit as a fiddle yet out of form. Form has to do with your brain and body getting in tune with the rhythm of the game.

When Joel's mind synchronizes with the tune of the game you will see a monster.

Ogu is calm but he can be a little sluggish but I guess he makes up for that with his positioning. The man is hardly out of position....very smart

this una joel excuse dey irritating

Mujtahida:
Ogu brings a passive Feminine kind of energy that calms and stabilises the team. He's like a glue. Go watch our match against Argentina. Even when we were on the back foot, the whole team was calm. Joel Obi has negative erratic energy. Destabilizes the team. He's like a transformer that needs a step down if not na so bulbs and appliances go dey blow pow pow. Ask Balogun. Joel Obi off something inside Balogun brain with him gri gri.

lol you be electrician, you analysis be like Nepa own

OMANBALA1:
My favourite midfield combo is Mikel, Ndidi and Ogu...Ogu is very calm and intelligent but the guy head big nobi small

My starting 11 against Czeck republic.

Uzoho
Ekong
Omeruo
Awaziem
Ogu
Ndidi
Mikel
Iwobi
Moses
Iheanacho
Nwankwo

so balogun should be on the bench evem when you are playing 3CB

Mujtahida:
Aina come do dance than play football. He should get serious. He doesn't merit the hoopla created on this thread.

when i said if Aina grew up in naija he won't smell England talkless of Chelsea, infact he wont make it as a professional footballer.

some people said his jovial, they for come carry Alibaba and basket mouth

Mujtahida:
I strongly doubt Ebuehi ever said that. Only his agent said he (Ebuehi ) was not yet ready for international football and would like to focus on his club. How can a player, even a whack player say that he's not good enough for international football. Abeg show me the link from where you got the bolded

you are saying same thing with goldfish80, his Agent can't say such thing then without his consent

forgiveness:
Honestly, I am not happy both Agu and Aina were dropped after watching the match we played against Zambia in Uyo just now.

Agu was everywhere and did a very good job in that match after he came on for Onazi. This boy even played against Cameroun and still did well yet he was dropped. Na wa ooo.

Before Aina came on for Elderson the Zambians had a field day in his position. They exposed him so badly that hr had to feign injury to avoid been disgraced.

When Aina came on the right wing of the Zambians, they could no longer penetrate that side of our defense and he offered more in the attack.

He combined well with Victor and at one point, they exchanged passes before he beat his marker on the run to lay a beautiful pass to Victor but Victor messed up the chance.

How come nobody saw that?

Anyway, Rohr don put himself for tight corner with his selection and nothing less than a good outing will save his job.

Many Nigeria fans are not happy these two players were dropped and they will hold him responsible for bad performance which nobody is praying for.

NFF nogo fit save dem job not to talk of Rohr.

Besides, Mikel was a beauty to behold in the second half against England.

I noticed Iwobi dropped deep to help dictate play and both he and Mikel were the anchor of the team. Wow! I just love watching my Mikel.

Ogu was exposed big time at the back when we were attacked. Na Troost saved him.

you be trouble maker, i bet you if agu maked tgat team we for no hear word here... you would have started aluko and co comparison.

Agu had a bad game against zambia after replacing Onazi, you are just causing a stir, you only care about Aina.

Ogu no play well for your eyes, oga speak for your self, Agu was not people favourite and Aina was neither here no there

Mujtahida:
I posted his interview with Okocha done by supersports as recently as April. He said the same thing. He said he prefers to play as a SS, a false 9 or 10. Anyway it's good he's also trying on the wings but he's more effective playing from the middle.

iwobi position is the least of our problem, he perfrom against England along side mikel, he didnt start in the middle and effected the game very well

goldfish80:
Hopefully the team's video analyst is doing his job. I re watched the game against England this evening and to be honest, Mikel Obi looked heavy, the guy was immobile and he let players go through him on multiple occasions when England attacked from corner kicks.

England nearly scored a 3rd goal when he was out jumped by Stones in the second half while the first goal was due to poor man marking between him and Ekong.

Looks like Rohr has set up the team to defend set pieces using the zonal marking method. The problem with zone marking is that if one player slacks in his duty, the cookie could crumble. No 2nd chances

Obi need to wake and i mean mikel obi, alot is expected of him, he was always found ahead of ighalo wasting his energy chasing down keeper and CD...and for the corner, after the first mistake, i thought he should have been vocal to get the players to concentrate.

thanks for the courage to state what many people don't want to

TheGoodJoe:
If Onazi left no gaps, why does he need cover?

marking is not the soul job of a DM, especially when the team is on pressure

Mujtahida:
Counter attack is negative football. I feel cheated when I hear or read this team being described as a counter attacking team. Counter attack means you are attacked first and you wait to hit back. If I'm a coach I will never play this kind of game. If you pass me, you pass me but I go attack oo, I will attack. Once you have a good midfield and defence why wait to be attacked before you attack?

bruh football no be fight, no be by if you go beat me but i go still attack, is tactics and not weakness

tbaba1234:
No one is saying, Onazi is better but he is not a bad player.

baba this onazi matter has been over flogged, leave them to think what they want. i point out how Mikel failed in different angle, no one is talking about it because they need to put the blame on onazi

If you want to win the world cup then you need players like Onazi around

Mujtahida:
Iwobi played as the captain. Mikel failed in leadership. Rouse your men. Shout at them. Speak to the warrior inside of them.

Bros he did fail and need to improve on that aspect...a very good team can score 6 in that First half

TheGoodJoe:

Good teams cover when it is their roles to do so. Not for someone to get erratic and run off his position and want others to cover. Maybe you do not get it. Onazi wants to play against Instruction and play another role. Expecting another to play his role. He is being childish. Do his job or get out. He wants to run off his role and another play it. Is that the game plan? It is gross indiscipline and his comment shows he consciously exposes us.

oga your rant don do, were you the one that assign instructions to onazi??which other position did he play??

BascoVanVeli:
They ask him to sit back but expect people to be forming Messi. If everybody is working defensively it would allow him the opportunity to sit back but as it is now the guy is expected to win back every single ball. There were balls that all our players needed to do was stretch out a leg but that just lazily watched them go by. Nobody can hide from the fact that Onazi was poor yesterday but to ignore common logic just to prove that point can be deadly.

my brother dey say common sense is not common