₦airaland Forum

MetalJigsaw:
What do you mean by "we will be on same points with SA"? Are SA not going to play their own matches?

Kog45:
Uche Christanus is the key

Meliforme:
We should have waited for Nwabali to join Barcelona.

Meliforme:
He is yet to show it, but i have my eyes on him.

Meliforme:
He is yet to show it, but i have my eyes on him.

Mujtahida:
Terrible. In the first match when Osayi was subbed, guess who was slotted at RB? Yusuf! Can you imagine. When naturally Osayi should come in for Aina. I really wish I can understand his thinking. Is Bruno that bad at LB?

I doubt Chelle is a good tactician oo. I doubt it. To do the same dumb thing twice in such high stake matches? Mbanu especially with almost three months of preparation? Something is wrong oo

Mujtahida:
Mad people dey Nigeria. We dey complain say Ekong lacks pace. Now see suggestion that we should bring back Balogun who when the Oyibo wall was in place was slower than Ekong.

daveP:
Finidi
Eguavoen
Chelle


If they had just gotten a permanent manager after Peseiro, like Herve Renard, we would be top of that group by now. Mtchew.


No coach for Falcons o. If they have s terrible outing in the wafcon they'll begin to run helter skelter, talking to the press asif dem sabi better thing. Incompetent lots.

BankyGee:
I remember writing it here that in our first four World Cup qualifying games without Osimhen, it was only in ONE game a forward scored, which was Kelechi Iheanacho 🆚 Lesotho.

The remaining three goals were one from a defender and two from midfielders, Osimhen played just two games and is just three goals from the highest goal scorer on the chart... No be juju be that? 😡

Meliforme:
Chelle invited four wingers and fielded them all at once.

Kog45:
Slower but better than Ekong with his feet on the ball...Osas Obayiuwana is a respectable sports journal man with stint in CAF and FIFA so he sabi wetin he dey talk.....fact,eagles need ball playing CB to compliment Bassey and I don't mind having Olisa Ndah or any ball playing CB,I don't know much of Ogbu.

Going into archive....Christian Chuckwu a libero with Tunde Bamidele a stopper...Keshi/Eboigbe...Uche Ikechuckwu/Chidi Nwanu....Uche Okechukwu/Taribo West....Yobo/Danny Shittu...Omeruo/Oboboana....Balogun/Ekong

Last Afcon we have 3 brawlers as CBs in Ekong,Ajayi and Bassey in 3-5-2 and reason why our possessive football was poor even against weaker opponents

Chelle 4 at the back need ball playing CB to connect the middle not two raw CBs

Goke7:
After two matches, you can't conclude. He didn't even lose any of the matches. It's funny that I, who never supported Chelle in getting the job, have to defend him from you people who celebrated his appointment all over the place.

Odunayaw:
Ball playing CB does not mean we over look quickness and defensive ability o.

daveP:
Finidi
Eguavoen
Chelle


If they had just gotten a permanent manager after Peseiro, like Herve Renard, we would be top of that group by now. Mtchew.


No coach for Falcons o. If they have s terrible outing in the wafcon they'll begin to run helter skelter, talking to the press asif dem sabi better thing. Incompetent lots.

lovewins:
Exactly. I was indifferent about his appointment, and acknowledge that he made some mistakes, some of which the poster highlighted, but any sincere person can see what the coach was trying to do tactically.

I sincerely see his vision and what he's trying to do with the team, I however think he has a personnel problem as some of the boys in the team can't bring that vision to fruition. It's hope to him now to go scorched earth, scout and select the right players who fit his model instead of making accomodations for some while playing his best players out of position.

I look forward to how he addresses this in the next games become drawing conclusions, but if he gets personnel right, he sincerely is on the right track.

Kog45:
Uche Christanus is the key

TheSuperNerd:
U20 Afcon Update

Egypt are confirmed as new hosts for the U20 Afcon after CIV's withdrawal.

U20 afcon takes place from April 26 to May 18.

Egypt are grouped alongside our Flying Eagles, South Africa a Morocco.

Kog45:
If Ogbu is a ball playing CB but if he is not,forget the balance with Bassey,all we need is good ball playing CB to compliment dirty job of Bassey,reason why I keep on mentioning Olisa Ndah but to some he is playing in SA but Mamelodi Sundown are leading our group comfortably 😊

CornOak:
Nothing is guaranteed. There's no assurance that Herve would have secured the top spot for the SE with these crop of players.

Goke7:
The result will be same with your pedestrian players. Every coach that has coached the eagles cannot be bad

daveP:
Na lie. This one we went through was a stronger guarantee of failure than lack of guarantee on this Renard one.

Daejumong:
Mistakes Eric Chelle made with the Eagles that cost us victory against Zimbabwe!

1- Moses Simon is a good dribbler But his final ball is always a problem. His crosses are not always good and he doesn’t score too many goals. He wasted so many opportunities on the left side trying to dribble everyone. He deprived Osimhen and Arokodare of good crosses.

2- Not inviting Frank the tank Onyeka. That guy protected our defence and especially Ekong at the Afcon. The guy no Dey tire. He mops up all the loose balls. He should have played in a 2 man pivot with Ndidi with Iwobi in front.

3- You played the current best player in Africa and one of the best 20 in the world out of position in 2 matches just to satisfy your fantasy of playing your French speaking friend ,Moses Simon with the hope of giving crosses to Osimhen. You tried playing to Osimhen’s strength at the expense of Lookman. That was a big mistake. Lookman is in red hot form like Osimhen and you should have played him in his natural position where he guarantees goals and good crosses for Osimhen. Look at how they combined at Afcon. I would have played Simon on the right.

4. When Osimhen got injured, it should have been a defender or a defensive midfielder like Alhassan and not an out of form Boniface who could hardly run on the pitch.

5: The high pressing style of the coach made our boys tire on time. Hence you need a strong bench to play like that for 90mins. The bench wasn’t rich enough and you could see the coach was not keen on making substitutions.

6: Ekong is no longer very fast. He is a good defender but would struggle against a fast attacker and I understand that was the reason you played Samuel Osayi close to him to protect him. Our opponent understood this and that was why they kept attacking from that side which sadly paid off for them. Always protect him with Onyeka.

All in all, Eric is an above average,decent and passionate coach who I believe would achieve great things with the team.He needs to work well in conjunction with his Nigerian assistants and ensures he invites only the best players for the team.

Daejumong 28/03/2025

daveP:
Finidi
Eguavoen
Chelle


If they had just gotten a permanent manager after Peseiro, like Herve Renard, we would be top of that group by now. Mtchew.


No coach for Falcons o. If they have s terrible outing in the wafcon they'll begin to run helter skelter, talking to the press asif dem sabi better thing. Incompetent lots.

BankyGee:
This man played two games and got more points than Finidi, Peseiro and Eguavoen combined in that group. Make una rest abeg.

You think if we stuck with Peseiro after AFCON or we had this man from the beginning of this WCQ we'll be in the situation we are now?

Toylove:
Which kind devilish group be this

Samueltemi337:
Eguavoen didn't play world cup qualifiers na

do4luv14:
He still had his hand in the mix