I am yet to be convinced that the super eagle coach is the messiah,
will you rate his performance in the last 2 matches above that of
Coach Amoud Shaibu?
I think If shaibu was still there Nigerians would have asked for his removal!
Please prove me wrong

toycoach to add salt to injury nigerians yesterday were prasing the performance in quote saying "we have not seen eagles play this good in months" what kind of rubbish is that, i don't even know who is better between the two coaches both of tem are rubbish. imagine lars starting with 3 defensive midfilders, taking fat yak, lazy kanu and utaka all in the name of experience. for me eagles is still the same. people forgot that we won france 1-0 and that performance was 20 times better than yesterday. then again it is nigerians for you just too fickle

No matter what we achieve I believe we could have achieved the same at this world cup with Siasia.

The only way Largerback can justify his salary is if he wins the world cup.

@12large
good talk,but do other Nigerians share your view,okay lets ask them;
HOW is Lagerbeer (dont know if he drinks oo) better than Nigeria's AMOUDU SHAIBU

Make una wait until una go see the pro-tactics NL crusaders telling you they have been playing with tactics since Amodu left, what i have seen so far is individual brilliance just like the days of Amodu as we were made to believe.

C'mon men, its just 2 games. You cant tell how good a coach is from just 2 games. Friendly games for that matter. Do you think they'll play like this in the w/c.
Look at Ranieri for instance. He inherited the same team from Spalleti. He led them to runners up both in the league and cup. Same thing goes for Van gaal. If the team flops in SA then we can rightfully behead Lagerback but criticising him after 2 friendly games is not fair.

medjai:

C'mon men, its just 2 games. You cant tell how good a coach is from just 2 games. Friendly games for that matter. Do you think they'll play like this in the w/c.
Look at Ranieri for instance. He inherited the same team from Spalleti. He led them to runners up both in the league and cup. Same thing goes for Van gaal. If the team flops in SA then we can rightfully behead Lagerback but criticising him after 2 friendly games is not fair.

Well, he certainly made the wrong decision by putting Kalu Uche and John Utaka ahead of Victor Anichebe, who has worked much harder than those two.

Not to mention he didn't even wait until the last friendly to make his decision. What if somebody on his list gets injured before the next friendly match?


Pathetic.

@ Poster, you're totally right man.  9ja is spending a lot on the guy yet so far hs has not been impressive. I hope he leads those guys to a gud performance in the  world cup if not Amodu should just continue cos he doesn't collect upto 1/3 of what dat dude is collecting.

@blood shed
the deadline for submission of the team list is tomorrow, 1st of June so he can not wait to pick the squad after a friendly game coming up on the 6th of June. He knows why he selected these boys. He assessed them in training, which you didnt see, he assessed their performance in the last 2 games and made his selection. I was disappointed when I saw Etuhu, Shittu, Yobo, John Utaka and Ayila but he is the coach, he knows why. Another thing I'm sure of is that there was no NFF inteference so he selected them based on his set standard. Let's see how they perform at the mundial before we judge Lagerback.

medjai:

@blood shed
the deadline for submission of the team list is tomorrow, 1st of June so he can not wait to pick the squad after a friendly game coming up on the 6th of June. He knows why he selected these boys. He assessed them in training, which you didnt see, he assessed their performance in the last 2 games and made his selection. I was disappointed when I saw Etuhu, Shittu, Yobo, John Utaka and Ayila but he is the coach, he knows. Another thing I'm sure of is that there was no NFF inteference so he selected them based on his set standard. Let's see how they perform at the mundial before we judge Lagerback.

Alright, the deadline is tomorrow. But even then,

Victor Anichebe has performed better than Kalu Uche, Kanu Nwankwo AND John Utaka in the friendly against Saudi Arabia than those 3 put together.
So friendlies where their skills are put to the test don't count as much? They count as much, if not more than training. Anichebe has shown he can deliver more than them, yet he's dropped, , And its because of this I believe the NFF DID interfere.

FVCK OUTTA HERE!!!

^ Just one friendly match played for about 55 minutes cannot justify the inclusion of a player, especially when he is in competition with others (exceptions being the likes of Mikel, Osaze and Enyeama).

Anichebe was probably the best Naijaman against the Saudi but Lars also got to judge him in the 7 training sessions they have had. It's better to wait for Lars' official explanation and in the mean time give him the benefit of the doubt.
I too was EXTREMELY disappointed by Anichebe's exclusion. . .

Iyineda:

^ Just one friendly match played for about 55 minutes cannot justify the inclusion of a player, especially when he is in competition with others (exceptions being the likes of Mikel, Osaze and Enyeama).

Anichebe was probably the best Naijaman against the Saudi but Lars also got to judge him in the 7 training sessions they have had. It's better to wait for Lars' official explanation and in the mean time give him the benefit of the doubt.
I too was EXTREMELY disappointed by Anichebe's exclusion. . .

well, Utaka played twice in the last 2 friendlies and there was nothing he did anyone remembered or did you see any sign of doing well in training from j.utaka when he played against Saudi and Colombia? my mind is telling me that Largerbeer was not the only one that picked this list, i think he was really influenced just as Amodu was influenced, if not, why would any sane coach to J utaka ahead of Ideyen, I.K Uche, Anichebe or even his younger brother?

people are just shoutin ideye brown, peter utaka bla bla bla but i can guarantee that 90% of you have never watched either player play. apparently Anichebe is injured. if you cant see the difference between Shuabu Amodu's team and Las Lagebacks team then something is wrong with you.

honeric01:

Make una wait until una go see the pro-tactics NL crusaders telling you they have been playing with tactics since Amodu left, what i have seen so far[b] is individual brilliance just like the days of Amodu as we were made to believe[/b].

so you honestly have not seen any difference between Amodu's team and Lagerbacks team? pls tell the truth and shame the devil

@Kgdavid "so you honestly have not seen any difference between Amodu's team and Lagerbacks team? pls tell the truth and shame the devil"

Please we are waiting,for you,we want to put the devil to shame.
Give us the highlights and compare it to Super Eagles of Angola
2010

I said in one em threads that this is Amodu's team but doesnt mean they'll produce the same result.

^ 100% agreed.

honeric01:

why would any sane coach to J utaka ahead of Ideyen, I.K Uche, Anichebe or even his younger brother?

For reasons related to (match) fitness and expectations not being met during certain tasks done in training.

lagerback was pressurized and arm-twisted into taking kanu and utaka.

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if the truth has t be said amodu was never good enuff for eagles as far as playing in the internatioal stage is concern

he is just like obj

Kgdavid:

people are just shoutin ideye brown, peter utaka bla bla bla but i can guarantee that 90% of you have never watched either player play. apparently Anichebe is injured. if you cant see the difference between Shuabu Amodu's team and Las Lagebacks team then something is wrong with you.

so you honestly have not seen any difference between Amodu's team and Lagerbacks team? pls tell the truth and shame the devil

oya, tell us the difference you have spotted in the play pattern or the technical/tactical no how we were told amodu lacked that largerback has. we are waiting,

virtually the players are still making the same mistakes they were making under amodu, all the same, i still want to give largerback time before he's finally judged, his last friendly is the last I'm going to judge him with.

Iyineda:

^ 100% agreed.

For reasons related to (match) fitness and expectations not being met during certain tasks done in training.

What on earth did j. Utaka do on the training pitch that has never been seen on the main field of play from him? i have watched j. utaka play twice now and nothing, i mean nothing is extra-ordinary from an alleged winger to write home about.

Has Lagerback finally proves us wrong?Now he plays 3 games,win 1 and draw 2
i think he will perform than amodu shaibu

I am yet to be convinced that the super eagle coach is the messiah,
will you rate his performance in the last 2 matches above that of
Coach Amoud Shaibu?
I think If shaibu was still there Nigerians would have asked for his removal!
Please prove me wrong

@toyecoach,
if u are waiting to be convienced, it means u have to wait forever.
no matter what larger does, u will never see the difference.
amodu was not, is not and will never be a coach.
look at him, he is just hanging arround.he can't get himself job anywhere. he is only trained for the super eagles. he will wait to largerback leave and he will come back.
he works like a pipeline through which those in the football association draw funds from the govt.
someone who hides while a match is on.
just let me know any coach in this world who sits while a match is on even when his team is loosing.
so get urself a job and stop waiting because u have eyes and cannot see and that is nobody's fault.
those who kept amodu know too well that he is not the type to take the eagles to the world cup.
the poorman is out to get whatever he can lay his hands on. he was taken to sa on sympathy and he foolishly followed because he is jobless.
like i said, he was not, he is not and will not be a coach otherwise let him get out there and get himself a job like other coaches do and we have seen keshi do that times.

Is Amodu on Nairaland?

Guys cool down for your lives now? When did Largerback start to coach the Eagles?
At least their last 3 matches have not been heart-attack filled ones like Amodu's uninspiring and 'predictable eagles' quoting Osaze Odem

They would give any excuse to defend coaching tactics when they see white messiah.

Imagine it was Amodu that:

- Is playing Kaita as a right midfielder in WORLD CUP

- Brought on a striker to DEFEND a 1 goal lead after going a man down

- Is benching our best and most hard-working player (Odems)

- His team played so lamely his keeper has to make 7 world class saves to not be embarassed

- Selected an injured player for WORLD CUP that the player himself had to pull out as he does not see himself fit enough

- Selected Utaka for world cup and dropped future players like Anichebe or Ideye

- Had a game to play in high altitude but did not take the team to train in high altitude and then lost a game with a player (Etuhu) complaining about lack of training which led to running out of breath too quickly

They would come and talk thrash.

Taking players he was never going to use to the worldcup, 30% of the players he took to the worldcup are there not to play football.

He didn't even use 2 out of the players since he picked them, players like Aiyenugba and Ideyen haven't seen anything like 2 minutes football, one begin to wonder why he chose Ideyen when he was never going to use him, not even in a friendly.