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We won against Rwanda but let me not lie, from the moment I saw Aina as left back and Chukwueze in midfield, I lost some ounce of faith.

And then to repeat the same thing yesterday is unpardonable. I doubt Chelle's tactical nous.

Aina is the best RB in the EPL. Why manage him as a left back and play a mediocre Osayi as RB? Wouldn't it have been better to play Aina as a RB and enjoy maximum performance from him and then play Bruno who is also good in joining the attack on the left?

As long as we continue to play players out of position, things like these will continue to happen

Goke7:
With which team? Make Una stop that rough play abeg

Did you see that Ndidi miss? 😂 that’s enough for even fifa deduct 3 points. Apologies to Aiyegbeni!

Kanu will not miss that Ndidi opportunity. Laye. Several times in the 18, I saw our players in a rush to shoot. I scratch my head. Player go don block you, you go still shoot. Why not cut and pass to another player or create space for yourself and shoot?

Na coach go come teach them that one again?

Kog45:
Iwobi na my player right from his debut...he need to carry the team like a leader,he is the most senior player....I no dey enjoy him again

That's where the problem lies. But it's not a matter of enjoying him or not. He played well yesterday. If we say we need a better CM, fine. Nobody will oppose that.

do4luv14:
I miss the days of Osaze and co,

Especially Osaze, cit to the left, cut to the right, send ur marker to the market, and let fly at goal a thunderous shot,

But no na to dance Atilogwu and Awilo combine, chaiii, it is well ooo

I tell you. Simon really killed our attack. Too much delay

Kog45:
I will not baba,check out his over 80 caps and tell me what Iwobi bring to the table,we are still remembering Henry Nwosu,Austin Okocha and Mikel Obi not cuz of caps but what they did in some matches.....Iwobi I watched against Zimbabwe,haba no no o

Iwobi has 10 goals. Without him we would not have qualified for the last World Cup we played. Go and watch the last Afcon matches against Cameroun and Angola. Iwobi even though he played deep throughout Afcon, gave the pre-assist to the second goal we scored against Cameroun and then the only goal we scored against Angola. You see I'm talking factually now. Not some bubbly notion about how good he is. I'm giving you facts.

Baba, sorry oo you no watch yesterday match well. Tension color your vision. But more than that you have preconceived notions and you watched Iwobi with that eye.

Iwobi was a standout performer yesterday.

Point is that I'm not saying he should not be criticized. But at the same time, we should be realistic. If a player, plays well. Applaud him. If he does not, criticise him.

The fact of yesterday's match was that apart from Osimhen, Iwobi was the next best player out of our attacking players. Lookman, Simon, Chukwueze were poor. To show how biased you are in your analysis, you have not mentioned how bad these players played yesterday. Na Iwobi shaaaaa. He must be blamed. It's mimetic

The thing with Iwobi is that we want a better creative midfielder. That is a valid point nevertheless we often conflate our desire for a better CM with the match to match performance of Iwobi and then judge him unfairly.

We should separate the conversation: there is the conversation on our need for a better CM. There is also the conversation on the match to match performance of Iwobi. Yesterday oo, he played well.

From Rohr to Eguavoen to Peseiro to Finidi to Eguavoen again and now Chelle, Iwobi continues to feature. Una say he is terrible. Abi him dey use juju confuse the coach?

charlesemeka85:
bro if say i be iwobi I go just retire from the national team cus the insults is becoming unbearable

That person that said iwobi was shit ask him to point a player that would hv done better and see the names he will mention

Wetin Iwobi no do yesterday? He run, he pass, he defend, he cross.

Abeg you guys criticizing him should point out the wrong thing he did yesterday?

ChrisKels:
Moses Simon failed woefully yesterday. Couldn't make any successful dribble to set up any reasonable chance even though we used his side to attack most of the time.

He killed many attacking moves holding on to the ball doing the same thing over and over again

Blueelf:
Sir, till today, it beats me why uche and onyeka were left out

There's no justification at all.

I don't understand why certain elements are he'll bent on imposing their mediocre players on the National Team because of sentiments

Iwobi shouldn't be starting if we had a better option. I haven't seen the hype around that guy and I don't know what he actually contributes to that team. We keep on changing his position to accommodate Jo's strengths when the truth is that the guy is an average midfielder on his best days whose only concern is social media and Snapchat.

Iwobi hyped? Nope. It has been attack upon attack whenever he plays for Nigeria. If we win oo, Iwobi will be blamed.. If we lose, he will still be blamed.

semid4lyfe:
Elder, with all due respect visit an optician for new glasses.

Iwobi played well and delivered a masterclass of a performance yesterday. He did his job and that of Ndidi. He was always dropping deep to collect the ball from the defenders, a job which ordinarily Ndidi ought to have been doing.

Ndidi was the weak link in that midfield due to his poor positional awareness, lack of anticipation, poor passing, ball-carrying & advancing ability.

Removing Iwobi was a wrong call by the coach. Rather, Ndidi ought to have been removed for Alhassan Yusuf or Onyedika.

Pls dead this talk of home-based players. This foreign-based despite their disappointing results, I still believe are better than the home-based players.

No worry, CHAN no too far so we'll come back to ths issue of home-based players again.

I am genuinely shocked that he said Iwobi was terrible yesterday. Even the commentator said that Iwobi covered every blade of grass yesterday.

He played really well but you see Iwobi has become a meme in the minds of Nigerians. Even if he plays well, they will still blame him.

It's awful.

mekabuachi:
Ooh interesting so their way games na Morocco Dem dey play an too abi
Just dey play

Leave am. Senegalese FB players nko?

Oasis007:


This thread is one of the problems of the Super Eagles. Some of you hype players like Chukwueze as if they were Lionel Messi, raising expectations to unrealistic heights based on false beliefs, only to be disappointed when reality sets in.

To be fair, Chelle seems like a good coach. Tactically, he appears competent enough to take us to the next level. Blaming the NFF? Well, they are always the scapegoats, rather than addressing the overhyped players.

As for the names most of you are mentioning as "missing," they wouldn’t make much of a difference. This is the same way 99% of players were hyped before their invitations and integration into the squad.

Did they play like there was anything at stake? How many clear chances and opportunities were missed? Are we really going to pin all of this on Chelle or the NFF again?

They’ve been tagged as Vibes FC, and they own it with their full chest, yet we somehow want to believe they’re still good enough to represent the Green and White.

It’s time to give local players a chance to shine. Remo Stars or their feeders team, Beyond Limits, would destroy Zimbabwe with ease.

This thread? Problem of the SE? 🤣🤣🤣
Bro, this is really funny.

Make lizard no go dey feel like crocodile oo. So this thread get influence to the extent of being a problem of the SE. I like this

mekabuachi:
Keep making excuses for them ooh
Morocco and Egypt with white players.... Wetin we go talk, no be them dey play like say na life and death

Na to open mouth waaaa talk nonsense

codemaniacs:
It is the coach that has the power to substitute players...

if the coach would rather be stubborn and leave tired players on the pitch to defend when there are fit players on the bench then it is the coach's fault..

Ekong, Iwobi, Bassey, Lookman, Aina are foreign born players which means they cannot handle 90mins of Nigerian heat or African heat on the field so them playing more than 65 - 70 mins should be an abomination...

Nigerian players with the attitude of Onyeka who can run all over field should be the ones getting invited.

Foreign born players are good but they should not be allowed to play full match especially since they will start the next match.

NFF and most Nigerians don't consider players fatigue and tiredness from previous matches can affect their performances..

Na wa. Whenever we lose, one reads all sorts of outlandish, thoughtless comments which provokes one more than the loss suffered.

toluxe0075:
Home based that cannot even make it out of group stage at CAF champions league and CAF confederations cup. Even With their good league, Argentina and Brazil hardly use home based players for international football.

Once we lose you start hearing this talk about home based.

codemaniacs:
home based means players like Osimhen, Awoniyi, Boniface, Onyeka, Onyedika, Nwakali, Sanusi e.t.c..

foreign based means players like Ekong, Iwobi, Bassey, Lookman, Aina, Dessers, Tella, Okoye e.t.c

What kind of forced, baseless distinction is this? Osimhen is home based? Comot here Jare.

Kog45:
Iwobi Alex was terrible yesterday

Baba, this is a terribly false statement.

Iwobi has become the fall guy everytime we lose matches regardless of how much effort he puts in.

How can you say Iwobi was terrible? Please withdraw this statement

yinkeys:
Hats off to Moses Simon
He played really well

How? Person wey go dance tinini tanana every time ball come him side.

I hate this inverted winger shyte

Goke7:
No we can’t and never bury the home based talk if our foreign based players can’t win matches at home. Far from it, we keep using the excuse of how poor our league is to justify the invitation of foreign based players who we keep shifting the time of our matches at home to 5pm or 6pm so they can cope with our weather and still they can’t carry their legs to get us 3 points. It’s a mess but let’s continue to live in denial sha

This talk of home based no be am ooo

9JAMac10:
Last time iwobi had a good game was at Afcon 2019 vs Cameroon. He and 85% of the team should be forced fully retired after the Afcon in December

Iwobi that had a blast of a game today? Abeg oo. This cheap shots always aimed at Iwobi should stop!!

Make una no transfer aggression on each other. It's painful. When hopes are high, we always get disappointed. E dey pain

Abeg this idea of you never change a winning team requires re-examination. Cos this slavish adherence to that philosophy can be costly sometimes.

What’s the essence of inviting 23 players and you use the first eleven twice?

This is what cost us the last Afcon. Our players were jaded. Peseiro stuck to the philosophy of never changing a winning team. Well, winning team was defeated.

Meanwhile in Afcon 94, Westerhof brought in Amunike in the final when he hadn't featured in any match previously. Guess what? Amunike scored twice.

Ire oo

Samueltemi337:
I am not attacking Lookman
And we shouldn't praise him either
You singled Lookman and Osimhen saying they are more deserving
If you are more deserving then show it on the pitch
Simple
Lookman has played all the qualifiers match and only had a good game against Rwanda
Someone you said is deserving
If Osimhen had a bad game I will come here and say it too
Stop trying to paint things

Lookman was poor today but when players are played out of position, their effectiveness is compromised.

TheSuperNerd:
When I saw Chelle stick to Osayi at LB, I was not pleased and I was not feeling good somewhat. Aina may be ambipedal, yes... but he is most effective as a RB all day!!!

Chelle made his point with Osayi as RB vs Rwanda but repeating such for Zimbabwe tells me he may have tactical personnel stiffness tendencies.

Bruno is a better LB than Osayi yet Chellechukwu did what he did.

That it worked against Rwanda is no guarantee that it would work subsequently. It's awful.

Odunayaw:
Missing chances upon chances. Okay at least defend!

Mo tired menn

Na the first sign I saw and knew it was not going to be a good day for us

TheGoodJoe:

I don't but it is not over until it is over.

What is more important is for us to keep improving in our play. Chelle's tactics will need time to sink in. However, there are signs of improvement.

I don't understand the thinking of this coaches. Use players in their natural positions. All this woke football, I no dey. At least 5 players were played out of position.

How can you have the best right back in the EPL and you decide to play him as a left back twice. It's unpardonable. Is Bruno that bad?

The entire right hand side of our attack was flat. Aina, Lookman, Iwobi, Simon, all of them concentrated on the left hand side of attack.

His tactics was just horrible.

minfelix:
SA 13
Rwa 8
Ben 8
Nig 7
Les 6
Zim 4
omo super eagles na una kno oooo…lets start preparing for Afcon, i still support chelle to continue jare….ehnn na wa oo see game wey una go just win stay on 9points as second una go dey draw…oga ooo

He's playing woke football. You can't just go gong ho every time na. His tactics from the beginning was off.

And I don't subscribe to this idea that you never change a winning team.

Diavolo:
The guys really tried but this is all on the coach. The starting formation,tactics and personnel choice were wrong. Then also when we finally scored,wrong substitutions,wrong instructions. Osayi,lookman and ndid should have been taking out as they were all exhausted but instead he brought in Boniface to do what exactly,when a more defensive sub and game plan should have been used. Hopefully this is a learning curve for him and he realizes his mistakes and doesn't stubbornly want to keep with this stupid formation,if not we are in for a long ride. World cup dream is officially over,we can move on to other things.

Once I saw Aina on the left and Osayi on the right again, I just became cold. I was never comfortable all through the match.

Clint02:
To many missed chances

From the moment we started missing wave after wave of attacks, I knew we were toast.

Too many players played out of position

End of the road. We didn't play well at all. When you play Osayi as right back, this is what you get

Our players lack some kind footballing intelligence. If it were Kanu that found himself with that Ndidi ball, forget na goal.

I don't see us scoring