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Sunnypa11:
The best formation for the current Super Eagles is 3-5-2!
With the mentioned formation,Super Eagles held their own and looked unbreakable in the second half against a cruising English National team with some unravelled national treasures.
Francis Uzoho is a done deal for goal while expectedly, William Troost-Ekong and Leon Balogun are important to the defence line.
Joining the 'Oyinbo wall’ is a midfielder in John Ogu,It is very important to note that most of the defenders are right-footed including Kenneth Omeruo and the Israeli based Ogu is also as tall as Croatia striker,Mario Manzukic who will be an aerial threat all night.
Balogun will defend from a comfortable right side of the defence alongside a mobile Tyronne Ebuehi just as Ogu who is very calm in possession will be giving Bryan Idowu a needed assurance from the left.
Wilfred Ndidi will be winning the tackles as Oghenekaro Etebo create an industrious midfield zone to neutralize Luca Modric and Ivan Rakitic.
John Obi Mikel big game stability and experience put him in an advanced and familiar position with lesser defensive duty in yet an important position.
And there comes the mysterious dynamites leading the line together.
Kelechi Iheanacho and Alexander Iwobi both ruined Argentina together in an unimaginable manner in the most fruitful Forty-Five minute of Coach Gernot Rohr.
On display in Russia last November was pace,precised attacking passes,chemistry and top-class decision making.
The aging backline of Croatia could suffer same damage and it must be noted that Iheanacho always enjoy a companionship upfront while Iwobi is magical in freedom and the formation gives the Arsenal youngster the popular suggested advance role infront of Mikel.
SWITCH : John Ogu and Kelechi Iheanacho could both be replaced with Victor Moses and Odion Ighalo to switch back to 4-3-3 and 4-2-3-1 as the situation may require.

http://www.nigfooty.com/2018/06/super-eagles-most-underrated-mysterious.html

why start Ogu and keep Omeruo on the bench, is not necessary...this could only happen if the coach switch formation during the game and Ogu started

TheGoodJoe:
Dragging us back by expressing my fear on the current list.

Bia, take ya time.

is true na, nobody here likes Echiejile but no other better option for now. i remember when George abey was our undisputed right back even though he was not that wonderful and plays in the 3rd or 4th league in England

jihday:
I feel he should have strength for the next World Cup, he'll be 35 by then which isn't too old for a midfielder.

i totally won't support that

TheGoodJoe:
As I said, why are you dragging us back. Why are you interested in was your preferred callup in the past. World Cup is few days ahead.

you are the one dragging us back, while complain about Echiejile when we already have the 23 man list, national team sqaud is not a club football were you buy players you need, in national team you use what you have

TheGoodJoe:
Em, Okocha gave the long pass that led to Garba Lawal's goal.

mutui was better than him in the midfield that day

daveP:
I just wish we can try En imitate Brazil for a generation of nexuses.


Marcelo developed himself and no coach or manager can bench him save injury. Coz he changed the LB position till date, he and Alves. That's why I like the idea of Idowu getting to be a dribbler. Elderson may be a minus actually. But I expect he does play to instructions. This is his last and I expect he bows out well also. same for Mikel and Onazi wey dey claim 26years of age.


Put Balogun and Efe Ambrose side by side, abeg who resemble 29years old more

i don't rule out Mikel continuing after worldcup, he might want to pass yobo and enyema record, his on 85 cap

MetalJigsaw:
English 3rd Division Side Plymouth Linked With Efe Ambrose
June 10, 2018 9:09 am

English League One (third division) side Plymouth Argyle are being linked with Nigeria international Efe Ambrose.

According to Plymouth Herald, it is believed the club turned their attention to Ambrose who plays for Scottish Premiership side Hibernian following the possible exit of defender Sonny Bradley.

Bradley announced on his Twitter account on Friday of his intention to reject the Plymouth’s offer of a new contract and find a new club for the forthcoming season.

Luton Town remain the most likely destination for Bradley, but his departure from Plymouth means manager Derek Adams will be looking to sign a new centre half.

Niall Canavan has already arrived, following his release by Rochdale, but with Ryan Edwards the only other centre back for Plymouth right now, it is an area that will need strengthening.

Ambrose, 29, joined Hibernian last summer from Scottish rivals Celtic, and he went on to make 45 appearances last season, scoring three goals.

He has a year remaining on his current contract with the Hibernian.

He was a member of the Super Eagles squad to the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.


https://www.completesportsnigeria.com/english-3rd-division-side-plymouth-linked-with-efe-ambrose/

Ambrose want to get a UK citizen so he might go there

kabrudrapist:
It will take a miracle for Rohr's boys to qualify if we are to go by the friendlies.

if you go by the friendly then Germany won't make it out of there group

Rockyrascal:
oh this match comes back to mind; mutiu adepoju was my man of the match that day. we weren't formidable against that Spanish side they hard more possesion and controlled the game than we did. our saving grace was that we had a formidable midfield, all thanks to oliseh and mutiu adepoju. okocha troubled my nerves that day for he didn't live up to expectations, he was always making unnecessary dribbles and in so doing lost possesion of the ball cheaply. he couldn't even string successful long passes. Spain also fielded an agein team, the likes for hiero, zubizretta,Nadal e.t.c were in their late 30s I think only Raul and campo were the young guns then.

the Spanish national team as blossomed in football today because they made sport and industry there, while its a ministry here.

Adepoju was wonderful in that match, recently i had garuba lawal saying we played 4-4-2 though the coach ask them to play 4-5-1 though i disagree...the formation was obviously 4-5-1, with finidi and lawal always joining the defense when they are on pressure.

forgiveness:
LMAO. hahahahhahha!

Abeg no kill me here.

I was never against the invitation of any FB including Iwobi and I can boldly tell you that 98% of monikers in this thread and the other thread BOLDLY AGAINST the idea of FB players who have not distinguished themselves in their clubs be given a call to the National team which I agured against.

That was where I started having arguments and disputes against majority of them here.

Ebuehi and Brian where players 98% of this monikers fought against me when I first brought them to the attention of this thread.

So, why should I against what I fought for?

Maybe this days, I don tire for such scouting because I can see some doing the good job hence my retirement from scouting FB.

i usually confuse you both,is not you but your brother

Oasis007:


This is becoming Drama...... LOL! You volunteer yourself as a Witness, he asked for the Evidence, you couldn't present the Evidence coz you are too lazy to dig out for it.

Alas! You come into Conclusion that he's a Liar - another Allegation?! LMAO!

You know in a competent Court of Law, your Testimony is DOA?! Besides you've committed Perjury?!

did i quote you?? was i referring to you?? why do you choose to just be an ass licker??

TheGoodJoe:
Simple. Same player made two rash tackles to injure a particular player.

Finito.

oga france beat Nigeria fairly

tglobal:
How did Di Mateo win the champions league? Negative football

How did Keshi win AFCON 2013? You know the answer

Still waiting for you to tell me why he is not the most successful Nigerian coach yet?

who are you to determine what is negative and positive in football??

since you were looking at keshi from were he got in a competition but you choose to tell me di mateo was negative, oga go rest abeg.

tglobal:
Actually, you should be the one getting your facts right. We didnt lose to Zambia. and he started the next match against Ethiopia

sorry thw draw, but that was were the problem started

tglobal:
Keshi wasn't losing when he said it. No general will go to battle with an insurbodinate soldier, no matter how good they are

he was no dey argue, the rift started after zambia lost

forgiveness:
Show me where I was against the invitation of Iwobi. Simple

this guy go sabi lie o

forgiveness:
Oya! show me. Osisio!

it won't be easy to dig that out

tglobal:
Only two coaches in the in the history of Nigerian football have won both the nations cup and taken us to the second round of the world cup FACT (as forgiveness will say)

One took five years to achieve the feat, the other took 2. FACT

One had the support of the 2nd citizen of the land, the other achieved his feat despite limited support from his employers,sometimes without pay. FACT!

One did it with the best African players on Europe, the other did it with relatively unknown players (definitely not the best in Africa and not the best in Nigeria as you are quick to point out). FACT!

Which one of the two was the better coach? EOD

Please tell us why this coach should not be revered and give us the names of those who have achieved more for the national team with the same resources at their disposal? FACT

cc:forgiveness

so because di mateo won the champions league, he becomes a good coach??

let's respect keshi, his dead

Certitude:
He wasn't losing before he dropped Uche. Gerrit?

get your fact right, he was dropped after zambia match

forgiveness:
What did I say?

iwobi didnt merit getting a nigeria cap and through nepotism okocha brought him on

forgiveness:
Can you show me where I was against Iwobi's invitation to the national team to confirm that you are not as well mentally deranged too Osisio!

i saw it, you said it.

TheGoodJoe:
Anyone that says cheating and injuring players is part of the game does not understand the game of football at all.

Cheating is doing something that is not right to win.

In football, it is doing something that is not part of the game to win.

So calling it part of football is nothing but a joke.

Gerrit?

do you have any evidence that the onazi injury was preplanned?

TheGoodJoe:
The French resorted to underhand tactics to get leverage. It is not even up for debate self.

they won no matter what you think

TheGoodJoe:

A coach is telling you that a player is not playing to his instructions and you are calling it allegation.

Okay, then no coach should ever say a player is not playing to instructions, because they are all allegations.

Gerrit?

that's a hall mark of a bad manager, you don't come out after losing and say to the media that one player didn't play to instruction.

you think all players have been playing to Rohr instructions??

TheGoodJoe:
Story. Destroyed what?

We won the AFCON, Qualified for the World Cup, Reached the knockout phase of the World Cup and the French had to cheat to win us. Keshi did us proud, rebuilt the National team and deserves...

Some accolades.

he rebuild the national team??

TheGoodJoe:
“His problem is that he wants to dictate how we play in Super Eagles, he wants to tell us the system we’re playing is not good.

"Uche he has a very bad habit, that if you put him in the game he is not playing to instructions and he did that in the final of AFCON against Burkina Faso, he almost cost us.

“Again he did that against Zambia, in the second match when (Efe) Ambrose was given a red card. What we told him to do, he was doing the opposite."

Keshi added: "And if you don't respect your team mates and you don't respect the team, then there is no point. I know he cannot do that in his club, then why do it in the national team?

"I don't think I need a player like that in the team."


http://www..com/talk/topic,194944.0.html

is still an allegation, Ik uche never had that kinda problem with another coach, but keshi was always found in a log ahead with different players.

TheSuperNerd:
Wow.... Lol.... You actually took MetalJigsaw's comment that seriously? Woah... Na wa oooo... Come on, you really give too much importance to that simple expression of his. And so the comment of just one moniker will make this thread a joke right? So in a sea of top comments, it is just one from one moniker that will make people call this place a joke? Lol...

Loosen up a bit man... We have heard far worse hyberbole... Trust me.

we are together, cheers my man

forgiveness:
Ramon Azeez had a good season in la Liga. He should have been in the team even before the world cup because he did well then in the La Liga but he was ignored. When it was to obvious that he was ignored Keshi decided to call him.

Besides him the rest na po-oh.

yea Ramon try

Humility017:
what's the big deal....should someone say a fellow mate is better than rohr..
the comparism he drew up here is not in person but in tactics and team formation....
moreover it is just an opinion...I still don't understand why he should be called out for his opinion.....

mind you not everyone you see in too positions have the knowledge to cope in such role...reason why many do have special advisers etc... no man has the monopoly of wisdom....

some of US here know somethings that many top heads don't even know....
so that keyboard coach of yours wasn't necessary....

and be better than Rohr was necessary??

let's talk football and forget who is better than our coach.

intelligence is not about what you know but the ability to apply the knowledge you have. if we have not been given opportunity to apply what we know about football then we remain an analyst and not a coach and can't know more than our coach.

is very easy to understand

TheSuperNerd:
That was the Guy's opinion... His expression... Did you see me reply such comment? I ignored it... And he even quoted me.

But you had to insensibly quote the guy and drop a comment down playing what we all do here... Why didn't you just address what he said instead of throwing silly jabs at the house.

Honestly Martz... You are the one who seriously needs to use more of his cerebral cortex to first understand before typing some stuffs. Weigh your comments before unleashing them. That is how to use your head more and by extension your fingers.

No if you don't correct such people they will think they are actually right, do you know Nairaland materials can be seen just through google and when one see such thing they will think we are actually a joke here

Kog45:
Yes I love Keshi cos i know his contribution to Nigeria football as a player and coach.He deserves little respect even in death.

yes he deserve some respect, he did a lot for the country but the truth remaim the truth

andrew444:
Bros that keshi team no b small bias oo

Uche nwafor has returned to naija league,odunlami in morocco club.egwuekwe could only get a move to finland and has ended up in south africa league,to be sincere keshi didnt take our best players to the world cup,i still wonder how brown ideye didnt make that team

oboabona don't even have a club, Uzoenyi don loss,Reuben is in Finland