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Joebie:
No player should be GUARANTEED a spot just by allegiance switch. I'm against that. If he commits to Nigeria early, and shows that he deserves a spot. Why not? He has to demonstrate that he is good enough, regardless.

what is your definition of 'early'? I mean we literally went to him with a bottle of wine and he literally called our NFF president a liar! I mean Amaju finished meeting with him and said he will switch, dude went to twitter and said he never said something like that, if Peterside Idah is still in the NFF that boy won't come close to our camp ever again and I will approve

AIG07:
the window is between 9-10days. You can play two matches within that period. Like in Europe all their qualifiers has always been double header in each windows. So it's possible only if it well plan. A friendly can be schedule two days after our qualifiers- don't forget the aim is to test other players. So different sets of players can prosecute these matches

it can only be possible if our opponents will agree to come to Africa because FIFA rules does not support a team playing two games in two separate continents during one particular FIFA free window

Mujtahida:
Where we gon find such a striker? Does Tammy offer all this in one package?

tammy wont play for us QED

Humility017:
I agree wit you bro...
you nailed it...
so unfortunate that Tammy of a guy choosed to look the other way...

i just pray rohr take the risks you profered up there...that man is no risk taker...
don't be surprised if he play same starting line up against the Algerians

if he does me I will be suprised honestly. We need to keep building, if na so Germany dey do Isco and Draxler would still be bench warmers for Torres and Gomez

komekn:
Have you watched Tega who is on loan at Villa I would implore you too.

I want the best possible player's to go to Russia.

Is Tega a SE player? No, no and No and we won't beg him when we already have enough

Humility017:
disagree what...?
sir you're talking as if you've not been watching SUPER EAGLES matches...

between nacho and ighalo who is more clinical in front of goals?

Javier Hernandez is more clinical than a lot of Epl strikers but where is he? West Ham. Clinicality isn't everything. I for one believe that if Ighalo and Iheanacho are the two main strikers we have going to the world cup then we have a problem, a serious one. We need strikers who can combine what Ighalo and Nacho provide all in one. This is the world cup not nations cup and we know our defence will provide the opposing teams with bonafide chances(it is not a thing of shame, we are African teams, we always concede) so we have to look to outscore the opponents. Going to the world cup with a striker who can hold up play and ruffle defenders while missing open tapins and other easier to score chances OR going to the world cup with a 'supposedly' clinical striker who cannot hold up play or who goes missing when opposing defenders man-mark him is not the way forward. We need to see what Nwakeme brings, if I say Martins now nsogbu. We also need to check this Cyril guy, check Onyekuru in the CF position, maybe try a false nine position for him and Kayode etc etc but currently what we have now in the CF department is not good

For me he remains our third choice CB. And his inclusion in the world cup squad will be vital. Let's assume that Aina starts playing the LB position, we only have Shehu and Ebuehi who is not that high up Rohr's ladder, Omeruo can do more than a decent job at RB as well, he is a good ball player not just a tackler

Kog45:
Yea u are right,Rohr has said it,Omeruo is still part of d team and we cannot discard him like that,against Zambia d guy was OK if not for that stupid error.I still rate him highly.

tbaba1234:
I do not want to be too critical, going round in circles but your initial comment was false. Omeruo has not been better than Ekong this season so far.

Hopefully, he gets better.

yes this season he hasn't. I was caught between his rating for last season and this season

tbaba1234:
6.6 is not a solid rating... neither is 7.08 for one game.

Perfomances are averaged so less appearances should be beneficial. Omeruo playing less games should be an advantage. An average performance of less than 7 is poor.

Omeruo could not make the reserve team of Chelsea and was compelled to train with the under 23. This is an experienced international .

let's put this into context here. 6.6 means you are at 3.4 away from a perfect performance, this was Omeruo's first game of the season(he hardly played any preseason with his teammates) but he got 6.6 in his first match and 7.08 in the next which is a steady rise. He was subbed in with 24mins to go in his last game and he wasn't great but this guy missed preseason as well, I mean we excuse Iheanacho because he missed preseason with Leicester but same can't be applied to Omeruo?

How 6.75 is poor and 7.04 is good sure beats me. Not to mention that Omeruo has played lesser games and one of those games was a stinker but somehow he still has 6.75, shouldn't that tell you that his other performances have been solid?

tbaba1234:
Omeruo at his best is not bad but he is on a decline and needs to buckle up. His ratng on Whoscored.com is 6.75.. That is poor... He has not had a good season.

Ekong's rating is 7.04. Right now, Ekong is better than him. That is just facts.

the last two games he started he had two solid ratings, 7.08 and 6.6, how that is a decline sure beats me

TheGoodJoe:
Agreed with the bolded. Mikel in the CMF role with Ndidi shielding will make a lethal combination. Mikel will get more room to dictate tempo with the ball and play like a deep lying playmaker.

Iwobi, Joel Obi and to some extent, Iheanacho can battle for the ten role. Also with Osimhen hopefully developing at an exponential rate can compete with Nacho, Ighalo for the nine role.

people do not want to see that Onazi's inclusion means we are settling for the average instead of taking that bold leap and gathering the best. I mean Ndidi-Mikel-Joel combo will totally dominate many teams even the Portugese team. There is a reason why Onazi is playing for Trabzonspor and he is wanted by Birmingham, a championship team? But here we have the best young player in Leicester(and arguably the best young midfielder in the EPL), a national team great and a quality Torino player or a top Arsenal star, I mean who gives up this kind of combo for a Trabzonspor player?

tbaba1234:
Go and watch Omeruo's last game and report here. He was not great.

Ekong has been better than Omeruo this season, so far.

Last game, that is the point, last game. Check Omeruo's whoscored rating for the season, he isn't bad at all. Personally I believe that Omeruo is a better ball playing CB than Ekong for sure and Balogun to some extent, he makes mistakes and has a few bad games every now and then but who doesn't?

TheGoodJoe:
Doing nothing special is the special thing Agu did in the second half. As I keep hammering (well Mickael2 also does hammer it too), just shield the defence. Stay with them and protect them. That Agu did well in that second half.

to dey talk the same thing over and over again don tire me

BascoVanVeli:
Omeruo is not on a downward anything. He is still a regular in the same league he was last year. Agu plays in the same team with Ekong and he is also a super regular.

the negative comments Omeruo receives here shows that people have not been watching his recent games. Dude is still a solid footballer, I think he is rated better than Ekong in the same league

Kog45:
Oh wasn't fantastic for that little period on d field?but Ndidi better as CMF in d second half?and Agu better as DMF?meaning Agu can replace Ndidi as DMF and Ndidi move to CMF and Onazi to d bench.

Onazi was very OK as CMF yesterday even better than Ndidi before injury set in,hope u see how Ndidi almost gives Zambia d first goal,am not here to nail Ndidi or to compare but i want u to always put good judgement to your analysis, u always shield Ndidi and always ready to expose Onazi even when unnecessary.

Mikel Agu played better yesterday in d second half?oh he should have played worse as he was in d first half.I can tell u Rohr was sweating seeing very horrific displayed by Agu in d 1st half,pls go and watch d match again and tell me any special thing Agu did in d second half.

Rohr should thank his star that Ndidi was on d field to cover up for Agu,pls go and ask Ndidi may be he w work like he did in d second half if Onazi was on d field.

you shot yourself there. You said Onazi played better as a CMF than Ndidi but somehow you said Ndidi covered for Agu while also playing his CMF position and everyone saw that we played better in the second half, so how did Onazi play better than Ndidi as CMF? Food for thought.

Agu did nothing fantastic except 5 interceptions which is what he was there to do. A dmf should not be doing anything fantastic, just sit in front of the defence and shield and Agu wasn't caught out of position

On the contrary, you think the game is just remove defender A because Defender A isn't performing and replace him with defender B because defender B looks better.


See the thing, a team isn't outstanding entirely because of the DMF, no, the CMF as well is very important. When Onazi was playing as the CMF at the start of the game he was leaving pockets of space, this drawing Ndidi out of position, in that case you as a coach might decide to just change Onazi and Ndidi since both aren't performing. But then Mikel Agu came in and continued where Onazi left-leaving spaces for the Zambians. Then a simple switch, Ndidi to CMF and Agu to DMF balanced everything. So you see that the CMF is as important as the DMF, Ndidi is an average or slightly above average CMF, he is an excellent DMF on the other hand but an average CMF(Onazi) made him look bad. Agu too is not a good DMF but a slightly above average CMF(Ndidi) made him look awesome. So let's try this out, Ndidi, who is a good, very good DMF plus Etebo/Joel/Ajagun/Mikel Obi who are equally good CMFs equals midfield dominance. If Mikel is the CMF, put Iwobi as the Amf and you have a potentially destructive midfield combo or if Joel Obi is the CMF put in Mikel as the AMF and the potential is too mouth-watering and will send cold shivers down the spine of opposing teams anyday of the week and twice on matchdays

Kog45:
Oh wasn't fantastic for that little period on d field?but Ndidi better as CMF in d second half?and Agu better as DMF?meaning Agu can replace Ndidi as DMF and Ndidi move to CMF and Onazi to d bench.

Double post sorry

Kog45:
Oh wasn't fantastic for that little period on d field?but Ndidi better as CMF in d second half?and Agu better as DMF?meaning Agu can replace Ndidi as DMF and Ndidi move to CMF and Onazi to d bench.

Icon4s:
They are playing Morocco and not Mali or Guinea.

The CIV I saw in their last 2 games do not have what it takes to get to Russia.

in this last game they were missing like 4 starters. The match against Morocco is a home again, CIV has already qualified, bookmark this comment

Kog45:
Pls who is our DMF and CMF today

depends on the period of the game. When Onazi was on he was the CMF and he, like I expected, wasn't fantastic there. When Agu came on he went in straight as the CMF and we were still having the same issues but once Agu shifted to DMF and Ndidi moved to CMF in the second half/ending of the first half we were sure of our game and they hardly created another chance

Icon4s:
CIV at the verge of missing out of the WC as Morocco hammered Gabon 3nil.

CIV must now beat Morocco in their last encounter to qualify.

Obviously they will, na home game na. Just like Senegal will qualify too

Danielnino00:
They can complain....

Why do people think its only African referees that are whack??
I'm not defending the referee at all but unless somebody manipulated the game or something, the referee isn't to be blamed....

I think that ball was CLEARLY offside

Kog45:
In d second half Mikel Agu should just thank Ndidi and Mikel nothing more and Onazi should have add more to d team than Agu in d second half.

My man Rohr should look for a better player to complement Ndidi as DM not Agu for God sake,against Cameroon he was below par,today d same thing,we need better players not shaking ones.

Tor, Onazi is far better than Agu no doubt, but the point is that in the second half, Agu replaced Onazi very well(despite Agu being a very poor player), so I think we should get a top top DMF better than Onazi or put Ndidi in that DMF role and look for a classy CMF, we have a lot; Ajagun, Joel Obi even Rabiu Ibrahim to a lesser degree

Taliban:
At least I gave one chance and you changed the goal post by saying be was still settling. How many years he wan take settle.
Yes he improved as the game wore on but based on the performance we saw, Onazi is still ahead of him head and shoulders which was why even when it was obvious Onazi couldn't continue, Rohr still hesitated to take him out.
Let's give Onazi the respect he deserves and no one should say Rohr isn't a top coach. He isn't a top coach yet he qualified us from a group including Cameroun and Algeria with their better rates coaches with a game to spare.
Winner oooooo, eagles you don win o., winner ,,,,,,,??,,,,

right from the start I said two good chances and you gave only one which was a fortunate shot from distance but still no problem. I also gave much respect to Onazi when I said he is better than Mikel Agu but the simple truth is that in the second half Mikel Agu totally replaced Onazi without any difficulties

AIG07:
EH man. Take your time o o o. You almost cost us that match. Your analysis was top notch. it exposed our team in the first half. I kept remembering your post/comment While watching the game. Nyirenda executed it perfectly and we almost paid for it.

let's just thank God they weren't clinical. When people were saying 8-0 I dey laugh

forgiveness:
What position did Onazi played today?

he started out as the CMF. We were talking about the game against CMR

Omo see all the people viewing this thread, they want to associate with success. You are all welcome sha

Humility017:
let me leave you...don't have time to talk this evening... I remember you don't like that dude

here we go, hate don come again

Mujtahida:
Yes but you know they tired out. Their plan was to score in the first half and then possibly park the bus and if they had scored ehn they would have had opportunity to hit us again on the counter cos omo our guys were under serious pressure and they would have surged forward.

you are talking as if we could have lost by 10-0 because Onazi wasn't there which isn't true

Taliban:
The shot saves by Ezenwa.

that was in the first half when he was settling. Besides I said two

Humility017:
I was expecting you to reply this...
may be you never saw that attack he inniated that led to his substitution.

yeah etebo will offer more offensively but definetely not defensively.
so far so good...onazi has made more interceptions than even ndidi...
you can go replay our Cameroon match
so throwing in etebo in his place..will likely expose the midfield for the Zambians to explore...

prior his removal...he lived up to expectation.

Onazi made more interceptions than Ndidi in the game because he was the last midfielder, no brainer there.


Etebo in that middle would have gone straight into the CMF role and Ndidi would move into the DMF role and we won't know Onazi was subbed except for his hair color that would go missing.


Which attack are you talking about anyways?

Mujtahida:
Onazi is the turbo of that midfield. We were lucky to escape with a victory in his absence.

can you name just two chances that Zambia created after Agu came on? We hardly gave much away in the second half, in fact they didn't have a single clear cut chance in the second half. This wasn't a lucky win

Humility017:
those underrating onazi own him an apology....
that guy is one of the best Midfielder we currently have in the SE presently

so does that mean Onazi was sublime when he was playing? With Etebo in that middle we would have played a lot better, forget the Onazi talk