Judolisco:
kante at Leicester jst intercepts and run around tackling maybe u meant drinkwater

U really didn't watch kante In Leicester. He was more involved than Drinkwater whenever they ran counters.

Loonyy:
It's about time

Iwobi sure was d weak link in d squad
If midfield cannot give accurate passes
Wingers and attackers would be useless

how was he the weak link?

lexy2014:


are you telling me that Iwobi is the reason the eagles lost the final match?

Oga, he might not be the sole reason Nigeria lost, but his performance was way too underwhelming, and that's a fact. Except your sight was blurry whilst watching the final, and the previous games.

And I mean you no disrespect.

Keywords here: his performance.

Iwobi's performance was below average but not the only player that messed up the game yesterday.


The number one person to blame is the coach who refused to make changes and also change tactics.


After coach, the next person to blame is Sola Aina, the guy was a jerk yesterday. Aina made us concede the second goal with his slow pace and poor marking skill.


So if we must blame, we should start from:


Coach
Aina
Chukwueze
Iwobi
Zaidu


The above four persons made SE lose the game yesterday not just Iwobi.


Iwobi wasn't supposed to be invited in the first place, the guy has been underperforming for ages yet they keep inviting him to come and play rubbish

nairamaniac:


Iwobi would have been better off if he had submitted himself as a sacrifice than him making sacrifices.

Over a game of football? I feel pity for you.

magzey:

just because he is your brother?

You mean "Bloda' ? Oniyeye Dem be...

ObaKlaz:
Oga, he might not be the sole reason Nigeria lost, but his performance was way too underwhelming, and that's a fact. Except your sight was blurry whilst watching the final, and the previous games.

And I mean you no disrespect.

Keywords here: his performance.

was Iwobi the reason the eagles lost the match yday?

if he was not, what was responsible for the loss?

Please free the guy

I can bet his uncle Okocha is the one shoving him down our throats!
The national team is not for him. He played woefully!

aswani:


Over a game of football? I feel pity for you.

Over a small little sacrifice of iwobi?
I feel more pity for you.

franchasofficia:
Iwobi's performance was below average but not the only player that messed up the game yesterday.


The number one person to blame is the coach who refused to make changes and also change tactics.


After coach, the next person to blame is Sola Aina, the guy was a jerk yesterday. Aina made us concede the second goal with his slow pace and poor marking skill.


So if we must blame, we should start from:


Coach
Aina
Chukwueze
Iwobi
Zaidu


The above four persons made SE lose the game yesterday not just Iwobi.


Iwobi wasn't supposed to be invited in the first place, the guy has been underperforming for ages yet they keep inviting him to come and play rubbish

The issue is that it wasn't just about yesterday, Iwobi's performance has been consistently below par during the tournament, some very careless passes he lost even in previous matches made me wonder why he was still being fielded in subsequent matches.

nairamaniac:


I want to believe that you are desperately trying to use this opportunity to boast of your high knowledge of football.

Prof. Football



Iwobi messed up more than half of the times he tried to perform all those his tasks you mentioned up there.

I'm sure your tv was showing you xavi/iniesta in place of iwobi.



Rubbish.

Someone that could hardly make accurate short passes.

Atimes he made 3consecutive bad passes.

U must be a self-deciever that also wants others to be in your shoes.


Nonsense

Exactly!

Bliss4Lyfe:



U yoruba entitlement mentality actually needs to be studied to be understood.

yoruba call it emi lokan.

Suddenly, because a yoruba is president, we will kill footballers if the match dont produce the desired result.

Iwobi is now Emefiele, that u go to his page to display your illbred and failed home training?

Iwobi cannot be criticise because he is Igbo?

Iwobi is a poor player

Sleekfingers:




Half caste is a derogatory word......stop calling someone that is biracial such name again.

mullato is derogatory
Halfcaste is derogatory
Colored is derogatory
Mixed race
Abeg what word is not derogatory?

Biracial sef sounds derogatory

abhosts:
This is so unfair. People like Iwobi Play for country out of patriotism not money. He deserves a pat on the back for his effort. People wey no sabi anything about football dey expect cup but we wey sabi small know say anything above quarter-final was a plus for the current crop of players.

I wonder how Nigerians analyse football. So many who have limited knowledge, yet criticise like dey know alot.

The coach's tactics will never favour an attack minded player like Iwobi. Dey are just criticising him unfairly. What did Lookman play yesterday?

GUNITGuy:

Do you know how Saka was criticized by British for loosing Penalty in Euro .....They reminded him that he was not British.....It took the efforts of the coach to encourage him

Yep, some even went as far as calling him a monkey, especially that racist daily mail. They bullied the guy like no man's business. I don't envy these second generation Nigerians/Africans in a foreign land, the day you take a wrong step, it's that day you will know say British passport no mean say you be "British".

HitRun:
I am surprised people are blaming Iwobi, when clearly it was the coach's fault.

It was clear that the coach needed to change tactic or formation as Iwobi and Onyeka were overwhelmed in the midfield by the superior number of Ivorian midfielders in the first half. What did the coach do? Nothing!

God bless you. People just talk without even understanding what they talk about. How can you blame a creative player like Iwobi when the coach played a completely defensive tactics that gave too much ball to the opponent and made Nigeria the weaker team?

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9jatriot:
Very unfair to criticised him, he actually played well in the tournament. This is what I wrote about him.

https://www.nairaland.com/7997465/only-one-appreciates-role-alex

My brother, God will bless you, you've said it alllll
I don't know how people don't notice it. I just think that His pattern of playing will not be appreciated in Africa, Nigeria especially, since he isn't aggressive like the rest.

Nigerian youths are cowards and are not smart.

Instead of venting your frustration on Iwobi.

The Senate are there sharing largesse daily while you are languishing.

The house of Rep is there sharing billions monthly.

Tinubu is gallivanting around Europe you don't use same data you use to attack someone who earns milions in euro legitimately to let your EMILOKAN know you are hungry.

BUNCH OF Fools

Beggars of Tomorrow acting like
Leaders of tomorrow

Iwobi played football ⚽ without Brain 🧠
His passes was never accurate.
Reason teams are turning him over !!

nairamaniac:


Over a small little sacrifice of iwobi?
I feel more pity for you.

Ah I thought you were serious. Nutin spoil.

Ibrahimcoomasie:
Super Eagles midfielder, Alex Iwobi has removed all photos on his official Instagram page.



https://www.vanguardngr.com/2024/02/afcon-2023-iwobi-deletes-all-pictures-on-instagram-account-amid-criticisms/amp/

The tactics from the coach is so bad. Is it not the same iwobi that plays in Fulham week in week out. The coach was playing 2 midfielders, no option and no one to pass to. What do you expect? Sily people

Hypocritical Nigerians, rather than face Buhari and a plunging economy they face an irrelevant issue.

OmoFiditi:
The guy had a terrible tournament. He really made Onyeka the DM suffer.

Before the finals, I advised Iwobi to train alone and learn proper offensive passes. He was the weakest link in the midfield, hardly gives accurate offensive passes and easily lost the ball to the opposition, it happened against South Africa. It was just a matter of time before he got a thorough lashout from Nigerians if he did not improve before the finals.

Alas, he was too lazy to take the advise. Coaches should tell players who do not do well the truth. Tell them they played shiit, and should go for extra training, even when the team wins.

The boy was playing as if his two legs were tied together. To even stretch for a pass is wahala for him not to talk of tackling.

No accurate pass , no tackle, no pressure on opponent, he won't even show up for passes so he can receive and drive forward. Often times he was not aware of opponents around him.

For those who know football, he was pathetic to watch.

He had no business benching Iheanacho and the coach should have listened to Nigerians.

Samuel Chukwueze was another stupid player. Walking around the field the whole day. Selfisshness and Jealousy for Oshimen fame no let am see road.

For that attack only Oshimen and Lookman were playing with passion.

Victor Moses sef will simply refuse to pass to Oshimen.

It was an eyesore

The ronu tunde ednut Instead of blaming the coach seized the moment to exhibit his long hate for ndigbo and iwobi was his victim.

otipoju:


The boy was playing as if his two legs were tied together. To even stretch for a pass is wahala for him not to talk of tackling.

No accurate pass , no tackle, no pressure on opponent, he won't even show up for passes so he can receive and drive forward. Often times he was not aware of opponents around him.

For those who know football, he was pathetic to watch.

He had no business benching Iheanacho and the coach should have listened to Nigerians.

Samuel Chukwueze was another stupid player. Walking around the field the whole day. Selfisshness and Jealousy for Oshimen fame no let am see road.

For that attack only Oshimen and Lookman were playing with passion.

Victor Moses sef will simply refuse to pass to Oshimen.

It was an eyesore

It's not his fault! Pussyero is the main culprit and should be blamed and dragged very well. Our players were already exhausted because pussyero refused to rotate players or formation. It was glaring iwobi, Aina Bassey, lookman were tired. He refused to change formation after 1st half when he could clearly see his wing-backs were sandwiched by ivc midfield or make any change. I thought he would have put at least 5 people in the midfield or 4 defenders after halftime. He even made changes when it was already late while IVC made 5! Changes when it was just 1-1.

I blame the coaching staff for employing a dead weight and sluggish feet for a job that is not his.

Pussyero is a pussy and was bleeped up for using a pussy player. Doesn't know when to make changes. He just believed all is well despite seeing that his team needed fresh substitutes. He couldn't see the fatigue and need for changes until it was too late to do so.

Ballmer:
Say a clown that inherited foolishness as most priced possession. Stay there be wailing over Tinubu that will rule your Igbo soul for rock solid 8 years.

Hahahaha hahahaha!

See mumu, why are you mentioning Obident after election if you are not in pains?

Come and buy fuel and foodstuff cheap let me see you,

Olodo in high places.

MUMU personified instead of attacking the man suffering you, you will start attacking people who are over a million miles away from you.

MrProlific95:
Jajy Jay Okocha is the one forcing Iwobi on us

Same way they force Tinubu on Nigeria