Ola Aina is one of the best players not only for Nigeria but in the whole of this tournament but the moment he was moved to the left wing back due to Zaidu's absence, he struggled a bit in our last game. The day I feared the young lad was the day Nottingham Forest, his club in England faced Manchester United. He showed them pepper.

If Zaidu is fit, he should start. At least, the number one job of a defender is to stop the opponent and in that aspect, you can't fault him; it is just that modern football also demands wing backs or full backs, depending on the team set up, to also be attack minded and players like Roberto Carlos are responsible for that. Lol

The nucleus three of Semi Ajayi, Calvin Bassey and Troost-Ekong have proven to be a very solid shield for the goalkeeper and the goalkeeper himself whenever he is exposed which has been rare, he never disappoint. So the backline is settled.

The trio of Osimhen, Lookman and Simon upfront have been giving every team we have played serious headache and Cote D'Ivoire will not be an exception.

Nine out of eleven positions have been taken care of so far with two positions left: DM and CM, defensive midfielder and central or attacking midfielder which have been manned by Frank Onyeka and Alex Iwobi respectively. And while I rate the Brentford of England player 8/10 so far in his DM role for the Eagles, I rate the Fulham man, Iwobi 5.5/10.

And I think that Peseiro and his team of coaches understand this and that is the reason Super Eagles creativity has been from the wings especially through Aina and Simon while Lookman has emerged as the talisman with Osimhen dragging opposing defenders with his runs there by creating space for Eluku.

If therefore, there will be any change at all in the starting 11, I will like to see only Yusuf Alhassan take the place of Iwobi. He will make the midfield a bit more solid and his passes are more accurate.

The Ivorians rely a lot on the midfield and we must not allow them take charge. Iwobi is the reason Osimhen overworks. I love him but let's leave sentiment.

Over all, I don't see their luck carrying them beyond silver medals tomorrow.

#SWA

adefitim:
Ola Aina is one of the best players not only for Nigeria but in the whole of this tournament but the moment he was moved to the left wing back due to Zaidu's absence, he struggled a bit in our last game. The day I feared the young lad was the day Nottingham Forest, his club in England faced Manchester United. He showed them pepper.

If Zaidu is fit, he should start. At least, the number one job of a defender is to stop the opponent and in that aspect, you can't fault him; it is just that modern football also demands wing backs or full backs, depending on the team set up, to also be attack minded and players like Roberto Carlos are responsible for that. Lol

The nucleus three of Semi Ajayi, Calvin Bassey and Troost-Ekong have proven to be a very solid shield for the goalkeeper and the goalkeeper himself whenever he is exposed which has been rare, he never disappoint. So the backline is settled.

The trio of Osimhen, Lookman and Simon upfront have been giving every team we have played serious headache and Cote D'Ivoire will not be an exception.

Nine out of eleven positions have been taken care of so far with two positions left: DM and CM, defensive midfielder and central or attacking midfielder which have been manned by Frank Onyeka and Alex Iwobi respectively. And while I rate the Brentford of England player 8/10 so far in his DM role for the Eagles, I rate the Fulham man, Iwobi 5.5/10.

And I think that Peseiro and his team of coaches understand this and that is the reason Super Eagles creativity has been from the wings especially through Aina and Simon while Lookman has emerged as the talisman with Osimhen dragging opposing defenders with his runs there by creating space for Eluku.

If therefore, there will be any change at all in the starting 11, I will like to see only Yusuf Alhassan take the place of Iwobi. He will make the midfield a bit more solid and his passes are more accurate.

The Ivorians rely a lot on the midfield and we must not allow them take charge. Iwobi is the reason Osimhen overworks. I love him but let's leave sentiment.

Over all, I don't see their luck carrying them beyond silver medals tomorrow.

#SWA

Lalasticlala
Seun
Obinoscopy
Mynd44
Nlfpmod

Garbage. . . !

JealousCobra:




Garbage. . . !

Supported with one crate of beer

Nonsense! The truth is we're bringing home the moda fucking trophy !

Lol. You don't see their luck carrying them beyond silver ware tommorow.

You call the victories recorded luck? I think you are watching the back of your television set.

The ivorians won't survive beyond 90mins. You don't change a winning team

Pierohandsome:
Lol. You don't see their luck carrying them beyond silver ware tommorow.

You call the victories recorded luck? I think you are watching the back of your television set.

The ivorians won't survive beyond 90mins. You don't change a winning team

The thing is, whatever you do as long as u have results, you are doing well. If the coach likes let him use Uzoho as the main striker and put Osimhen as the goal keeper.

Deogratiasfx:


The thing is, whatever you do as long as u have results, you are doing well. If the coach likes let him use Uzoho as the main striker and put Osimhen as the goal keeper.

Na why Dem say " your story dey only make sense when you are winning"

........................Osimhen.......................

..............Lookman...........Iheanacho............

Aina.........Onyeka.........Iwobi...........Osayi

..........Bassey.......Troost.......Ajayi..........

.........................Nwabali.........................

VeryWickedMan:
........................Osimhen.......................

Simon...........Iheanacho.......Chukwueze

Aina.........Onyeka.........Iwobi...........Osayi

..........Bassey.......Troost.......Ajayi..........

.........................Nwabali.........................

Oga how we wan take start 12 players na?
You're really a very wicked coach o

adefitim:
Ola Aina is one of the best players not only for Nigeria but in the whole of this tournament but the moment he was moved to the left wing back due to Zaidu's absence, he struggled a bit in our last game. The day I feared the young lad was the day Nottingham Forest, his club in England faced Manchester United. He showed them pepper.

If Zaidu is fit, he should start. At least, the number one job of a defender is to stop the opponent and in that aspect, you can't fault him; it is just that modern football also demands wing backs or full backs, depending on the team set up, to also be attack minded and players like Roberto Carlos are responsible for that. Lol

The nucleus three of Semi Ajayi, Calvin Bassey and Troost-Ekong have proven to be a very solid shield for the goalkeeper and the goalkeeper himself whenever he is exposed which has been rare, he never disappoint. So the backline is settled.

The trio of Osimhen, Lookman and Simon upfront have been giving every team we have played serious headache and Cote D'Ivoire will not be an exception.

Nine out of eleven positions have been taken care of so far with two positions left: DM and CM, defensive midfielder and central or attacking midfielder which have been manned by Frank Onyeka and Alex Iwobi respectively. And while I rate the Brentford of England player 8/10 so far in his DM role for the Eagles, I rate the Fulham man, Iwobi 5.5/10.

And I think that Peseiro and his team of coaches understand this and that is the reason Super Eagles creativity has been from the wings especially through Aina and Simon while Lookman has emerged as the talisman with Osimhen dragging opposing defenders with his runs there by creating space for Eluku.

If therefore, there will be any change at all in the starting 11, I will like to see only Yusuf Alhassan take the place of Iwobi. He will make the midfield a bit more solid and his passes are more accurate.

The Ivorians rely a lot on the midfield and we must not allow them take charge. Iwobi is the reason Osimhen overworks. I love him but let's leave sentiment.

Over all, I don't see their luck carrying them beyond silver medals tomorrow.

#SWA

Lalasticlala
Seun
Obinoscopy
Mynd44
Nlfpmod

normally u blind

chicfarmer:

Oga how we wan take start 12 players na?
You're really a very wicked coach o

You must lack respect to be correcting your elders in public.

Make we dey manage am like that you feel go start another person go spoil the team spirit

Ok

Very true. That guy has been playing rubbish.

Mk we go manage the Zaidu guy with him injury...


And to people still shouting luck if his easy you sef try am...

Just because you followed a ZigZag line and another person followed a Parallel line don't call it Lazy or luck..

The same way you can fall from your ZigZag line is the same way someone else can fall on a Parallel line...

I didn't believe in the eagles from the beginning buh they humbled me so I prefer this than the days of calculator....


Iwobi is bad iwobi is bad is replacement Yusuf first dash SA free kick near the Box before he dash SA Penalty that took away Alot of people's life in that Semi Final....

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You people disrespect Iwobi too much.
Anybody who cannot see how instrumental Iwobi has been in maintaining our midfield shouldn't be giving their opinions on the squad.
You people always see him as an easy target. You think the coach who made him a starter in almost every match doesn't know what he's doing?
The Yusuf you people have been calling for finally entered the game and delivered an unnecessary penalty to South Africa, nearly jeopardizing our chances at the finals. If that was Iwobi, you guys would have been calling him unprintable names.
"Iwobi is the reason Osimhen overworks", but the same Iwobi has directly granted Osimhen 2 key passes in this tournament, and Osimhen wasted them. If Osimhen was converting the easy chances, he wouldn't need to overwork.

I think we need a change in Iwobi. He's really not good in the last match but he's still a good fit.

I don't think he has done that bad. Although sometimes he tend to disappear from the field and passes rubbish but we should keep our winning team and not change it at the dying minute. How are we sure the person who will come in for him will do better.

chicfarmer:

Oga how we wan take start 12 players na?
You're really a very wicked coach o

I Sabi football na be this, see line up 12 players since when FIFA change the numbers of players? 😂😅😅

Yes, iwobi was very terrible in that midfield.

He gifts the opposition easy balls and put his own team in emergency mode.

Iwobi should start from the bench.

Honestly, Iwobi plays like a woman seeing her period and my stomach hurts everytime he loses the ball, and he loses the ball too much 😤

I'm starting to wonder if he is indeed related to the Austin JayJay Okocha family cos he doesn't seem to possess those sharp Okocha football IQ 😷

Iwobi was missing in our last game

Iwobi plays a silent role people don't see.

Take him out and see how we get some pressure and error from the substitutes replacing him who are to better the game.

He might be lazy but he has accurate passes.
So far he's been doing what he's asked to do but needs to add energy and mark the ball a little more and most importantly stop loosing the ball at dangerous places and giving the defence task of covering his mess. Otherwise he has good passes.
The coach sure knows what to do.
There is a reason he keeps using Iwobi.

Check his replacements.
They caused us problems whenever they came on the pitch.
Aribo has been useless.
Yusuf caused a penalty.
I didn't see any significant improvement brining Yusuf or Aribo.

What have they done differently and where are the results to show for their performances?

We just do not have the right replacement for iwobi at the moment.
Lets keep him on the pitch. At least he won't cause us penalties, he just has to stop loosing the ball and we will be fine as his passes are fine.

We need Yusuf Alhassan in tomorrow's game, we must not allow the ivorian to control the midfield.

JealousCobra:




Garbage. . . !

Hahahaha, Jealous Cobra, jealous python, jealous rattle snake, hahahaha

chicfarmer:

Oga how we wan take start 12 players na?
You're really a very wicked coach o

Lol😆 Every body don turn coach for naija

Iwobi is too sluggish. He loses possession easily.