₦airaland Forum

daveP:
Are you insinuating that his confidence is fueled by his arrogance and lack of regard for authority on the field of play? He's meant to do a job and at an emergency time and he's failing woefully at it. Appreciate him? Abeg abeg abeg!!

Your conjecture while watching remotely can be very distant from what really transpired over there.
So do not just conclude.

Please please, please what did he fail woefully at?

TheSuperNerd:
Nwabali is good. But the criticisms over his antics in the last game vs Lesotho are justified. I dont mean over-the-top criticisms but sound criticism. He almost cost us.

But all the same. He is a big presence in the dressing room and still our number 1. Losing both parents is a blow so I can relate from a clinical and psychological POV.

And this is partly why I dont want to hear any funny talks of Aniagboso right now near where we have Nwabali and Okoye.

Nwabali is tested, trusted but needs to be careful going forward. No more unnecessary antics. The cleansheet vs Benin will do good for his proper show of confidence and composure.

Nwabali is not beyond criticism.
But people can be malicious.

GMBOFASIA:
Nwabali just lost both parents he might be going through a lot everyone is just criticizing him and forgetting we are coming from uzoho era lol

Don't mind them.

All these digs at Nwabali should stop.
I don't want his confidence to take a dig.

Someone is already clamoring for Arthur Okonkwo to deliver us from Nwabali.
Is this blindness or just plain ignorance.
How much of Arthur Okonkwo does this person know. (I am not taking anything away from Arthur)

Could it be that Nwabali's composure and confidence is intimidating the timidity of some people.
They cannot just come to grip that someone can be as confident as that.

We have over the years clamored for a goal keeper like Nwabali.
Nwabali is very good.
Please appreciate him.

Mujtahida:
Meli Meli. I am thinking of signing you up as an assistant to elyte89 baba. My only problem with you is that you like Ejuke too much 😂😂

I like Ejuke, he is the reason for my viewership of Sevilla games.

He needs to live up to expectation.
Dude is talented.

CapitalCee:
You feel sorry for Benin, but when they knew it is over for them, they were wasting time and goalkeeper pulling saves all in the bid to deny us the needed goal. Abeg forget that thing abeg. They dont like us as most people here think.

Moreover tgose hyping Gernot Rohr. He tried in Benin but there is nothing spectacular, he got 17 points from 10 matches, Niger got 15 points from just 8 matches.
Little xountries like Madagascar, Mozambique etc got more points. Even Comoros ,Namibia and co got similar points. So whtever he did in Benin is ordinary

Yeah, at this point it is every man for himself.

Meliforme:
Benin might win this game if they mount sufficient pressure on our defense.
If our route to goal is through a patient build up then we need at least two defensive midfielders.

I suggest long passes from the midfield to the forwards, even if the passes miss their intended targets. We will be in position early enough to recover. We don't need counters from the opposition, until some issues are sorted out.

We have very lethal forwards. We just need fewer opposition players in their own box and therefore more spaces to attack. We need the opposition to come out, that's the reason for the long passes from the midfield rather than dillydallying around their box and running the risk of dangerous counters.

I said this before the match.

We had more precision in our final delivery, but we need to improve the more.

lbrichman2:
I see your point, but can you in all honesty say we played exceptionally well?
We had good moments, yes
But we didn't control the game
Benin always looked like they would score anytime
We still need to fix our midfield
We should be controlling games and smashing opponents

Benin did not control anything.
Our conservativeness was intentional.
Was this really difficult to see?

lbrichman2:
That first goal on 3 mins killed them and gave us impetus

Yes.
That first goal did them dirty.

MetalJigsaw:
You Think say them send us? We also had a chance to qualify why should we allow them

We shouldn't have allowed them anyway.

Osimhen gave a resounding NO right from the onset.

lbrichman2:
Well, he got away with what should probably have been a clean goal today
He should be grateful the referee was that lenient
Another referee would have awarded that goal straight up

Did you also notice he dropped the ball again today?
That could have gone anywhere..

I like the guy
But he needs to get himself together

I will wait to get the details of what really transpired.

lbrichman2:
Hmm.. Nwabali still found a way to show himself today..
We still need keeper oh

Nwabali's issue has to do with his attitude and not his skill.
Dude has sharp reflexes.

Bad attitudes can be corrected.

We all have to bear in mind that the game is even more psychological than anything.
Nwabali should not tolerate any bad behaviour around his yard.
He should caution any cautionable, the opposition should not be free to behave as they seem fit around him.
He needs to provoke and frustrate them when possible.

The game is not as clean as you think

lexyman:
na Rohr BENIN we want play , no be Guardiola Benin ..... tactically Rohr is clueless , what has worked for him is the determination of the guys . ones the boys bring their A game today , then the scoreline will be 3:1 or 3:0 ..if If its Rwanda or SA we are playing with Today i would have been more concern , because those guys are fast and discipline ... lets see what the result will be

If our approach was not a bit conservative, we could not have scored up to four goals past a very desperate Benin. They needed to come out to play.

If we have fought for every ball without being laid back a little. Benin would have been more defensively aware.
They needed only a draw.

We served Gernot Rohr his own medicine.
We just told him we have not forgotten his recipe.

I feel very sorry for Benin, we could have let them qualify, but in this case it is every man for himself.

TheLoneCitizen:
What's the purpose of Chelle if Nigeria are playing counter-attacking football against Benin, at home, in a must win match.

Relax.

Dannyxy:
Midfield I don’t how it will work.

We need a new midfield combination without ndidi, and if Iwobi must play he should pivot

Ndidi is still our best DM.
He reads the game well.

Benin might win this game if they mount sufficient pressure on our defense.
If our route to goal is through a patient build up then we need at least two defensive midfielders.

I suggest long passes from the midfield to the forwards, even if the passes miss their intended targets. We will be in position early enough to recover. We don't need counters from the opposition, until some issues are sorted out.

We have very lethal forwards. We just need fewer opposition players in their own box and therefore more spaces to attack. We need the opposition to come out, that's the reason for the long passes from the midfield rather than dillydallying around their box and running the risk of dangerous counters.

Chelle please speak to this players

This is looking like a fest.

Damiana5248:
No vision, no mission.
They don't play with the same tenacity as players who want to play in the World Cup.
If they fail in their quest to qualify for the World Cup, they should blame themselves.
They don't even play like professionals.

I recall that in the qualification series for the 2006 World Cup, our players turned up after the 1-0 loss to Angola and went on to defeat Algeria in Algiers and Zimbabwe at home. Still, it was not enough, as the head-to-head rule gave Angola the edge over us.
However, this group of boys has not shown the resilience and determination to achieve results against countries we have no business struggling against.


I don't trust them to get favourable results in their last two games in October.
I wish them all the luck, though.

I wonder how someone watching our boys play, will dare say that the boys haven't shown enough determination.
The boys played on a bumpy surface, and under very wet conditions and you still find them running and chasing the ball with grit.
Many of these guys picked up injuries of varying degrees puting their bodies in line, risking their careers.

And someone has the heart to say that they did not play with determination.
It is very clear you did not watch them.

elyte89:
I won’t be surprised if he doesn’t make d team list

There is not a single reason why he should not be invited, none.

Ebenezer Akinsanmiro should be starting in our midfield.

QueenJazz:
Babe rest. You will still go to the World Cup and finish in Round of 32. No be South Africa again? 🤣🤣🤣

Super Eagles are massive underachievers, but we dey learn work for where una dey. With the nonsense and confusion surrounding our own football federation, it's a miracle how we consistently manage to get good results like getting to the AFCON finals or winning the WAFCON.

You guys, with all your development and team cohesiveness, the best result you can get after all these years against a trashy Nigeria is measly draw, and you are coming here to shine your brown teeth? 🤣🤣🤣

Congratulations on making it to the World Cup. But we all know you will still come back empty handed, that is if you are lucky enough to pass the group stage. 😭😭

How sure are you that South Africa will qualify.
Do not congratulate them yet.

elyte89:
Anybody calling for chelle sack is not medically okay 😎

CIV are not medically ok, yet they won the the last AFCON.

We deserve better, please.

Anyways, I am not calling for anybody to be sacked please.
Let him run out his contract. If he improves then a contract renewal can happen.

I rest my case and my contributions to the Super Eagles for now.

lbrichman2:
Lookman was made to look ordinary today.
I was almost embarrassed!!

You don't play a big gun like Lookman out of position.

Goke7:
Draws at home o lest we forget!

We have the players.
Our coaching problems persists.

We should be flogging these teams.

Goke7:
I hope you know today’s result is not bad actually, it’s previous games that led us to where we are today.

It is the draws we kept getting that led us to where we are now.

Goke7:
Which players are you taking about? Folks who can’t take enough responsibility on the pitch abeg make Una no vex person for here.

Those guys played their hearts out.
The threw themselves into tackles, fought well for the ball.

mekabuachi:
Do you know a block with his leg would have probably taken that ball to a corner rather than trying to kick it off which caused an owngoal
Plus we are talking of someone who has 10 freaking years of experience in super eagles
Omo

Ekong can be erratic sometimes and he has given us his goal contributions as a result.
Balogun was more astute and has always my commendation.

Peseiro's ultra defensive approach during that AFCON tourney that he held sway was largely due to Wilfred Ndidi's absence.

I don't know why many fail to see Ndidi's impact in our midfield.

Ndidi's EPL numbers then, were no fluke.

I lamented Ndidi's absence.

Diavolo:
so you can't figure out that putting a right footed slow Cb on the left side of the defence carries the risk that he can do an own goal when dealing with low crosses coming in from the left?. It's basic principle. If bassey was in Ekong position,he would have cleared it with his left leg rather than Ekong having to awkwardly position his body to clear with his right leg leading to the own goal

Tell them.

Bad coaching.

They won't still get it.