TheGoodJoe:


Did you see the thread I wrote concerning the formation we should play? I already pointed out that we can not score with long thrust and we need more creativity.

It was the selection of the first eleven and strategy that hurt us.

confun:
Ahhhh.....I still can't believe it

adeyemi2015:
Can NFF afford a foreign Coach at the moment? NO!!!
The last time I checked, Lagerback, Vogtz ain't Nigerians! This is not about hiring a foreign Coach, rather believing in the local ones!
Siasia has done nothing wrong except we wanted to put the blame on him!
We gonna see the best of him in Brazil! He knows the Lads very well, and he's definitely gonna deliver with the Boys!
I stand with Icon4s, Siasia should fully take over of the Super Eagles after the Olympic.
He's the one to lead the Super Eagles to where we honorably belong in the World of Footie!

TheGoodJoe:


Did you see the thread I wrote concerning the formation we should play? I already pointed out that we can not score with long thrust and we need more creativity.

It was the selection of the first eleven and strategy that hurt us.

TheGoodJoe:



Go and check Berti Vogtz line up, you will know our problem is being foriegn coaches.

Against Benin Republic, if I am correct of the team, Yakubu kept on missing chances repeatedly. He missed three sitters and Vogtz left him on.

During the game, Martins went to Kanu, the camera covered it and begged Kanu to talk to Vogtz.

The man refused. Anyone with head knew it was time to let Yakubu bench but they refused.

Remember the famous Yak Attack miss. That was hoe bad Yakubu reached but they left Martins out and played Yakubu until he missed that goal before they knew it was over for him. That was a foreign coach, Lars Lagerback.

forgiveness:


Which Super Eagles? Bros, abeg make em manage the U23. That's portion for nau.

TheSuperNerd:
It was only natural to believe.... I never wish my country bad stuffs but sometimes bad stuffs must happen to clear the way for the emergence of good stuffs waiting in the wings.



On Safarigirl's thread, "Oliseh vs Enyeama and the impending doom", We foresaw this possibility of Nigeria missing the AFCON 2017 and here we are....

The damage was already done before Oliseh "cowardly" threw in the towel yet I just felt I lose nothing by still being positive about our chances.

Just take a look at the midfield combo of Azubuike Okechukwu and Alex Iwobi who both came on................ NOW THAT'S THE FUTURE.

I KNEW NIGERIA COULDN'T WIN THIS GAME WITHOUT PLAYERS LIKE IHEANACHO AND MOSES SIMON...... My jaw almost fell when I saw our starting line-up. But I just stayed calm....

It's really not Siasia's fault. He has a job to do with the U-23.... BUT HE MADE THE WRONG CHOICE IN ATTACK...... WHY START A NON-CREATIVE AMINU AHEAD OF NACHO AND IWOBI?

You dropped a pass master in Iwobi who could have eased the passing responsibilities of Mikel.

Just watch that game again, almost every body on the field was looking to get the ball to Mikel. Will Mikel do everything?? Etebo didn't shine today.. He was also bereft of ideas in the passing game.

When Iwobi and Azubuike came on, we saw fluidity and the beauty of midfield play and the passing game. We saw chances being created.


In the match thread, I opined on the first page that IHEANACHO IS ONE PLAYER THAT JUST HAS TO PLAY. WHY?? No one in the Super Eagles team hit the target more than him. Nacho is a goal-conscious kinda player.... We had no shot on target in the first half.

Victor Moses did his best but Musa was lost. Imagine if Simon Moses and Victor Moses had played at the same time on both wings switching wings at will.... Kaiiii Siasia really missed it here. He really messed up with his starting eleven.


WHY PLAY MUSA AHEAD OF SIMON MOSES?

This talk of experience, experience, experience is really OVERRATED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We needed hunger not experience.... Experience alone can't win games.


Anyway, I'm glad Siasia will now fully face the U-23 team. He better put this behind him and focus on the Olympics.

BUT WOW!!! IT WILL FOREVER BE SAID THAT SIASIA WAS THE MAN IN THE DUGOUT WHEN NIGERIA MISSED THE AFCON IN 2012 FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1982...... AND WAS IN THE DUGOUT AGAIN WHEN NIGERIA'S SUPER EAGLES MISSED AN AFCON FOR THE FIRST TIME CONSECUTIVELY..... This is a big blemish added to Siasia's CV but I hope he redeems himself with the U-23 Dream Team Eagles.


Our Golden Generation is rising fast and powerful. I smile about that because I know Nigerian football can't be down for too long......

Amuneke also has a job to do with our U-20s.

Manu Garba is already on the job with our U-17s.

And we have a large pool of top quality super talents rising rapidly.... Nigeria has never had it this dark in our football but we all know that when faced with the darkest of nights, it means the breaking of a new dawn is very near.

Nigeria's GENERATION NEXT is the the dawn of a new era..... Now that's what I look forward to starting with Rio 2016. #smiles

Cheer up Nigeria..... #BigSmiles

confun:
Ahhhh.....I still can't believe it

joseph1013:


Okay 1 Foreign coach who messed up vs 3 Indigenous coaches who messed up. Tell me something else...

What was Aminu doing on that field today, tell me. Iwobi is good enough to start against Barcelona, but not good enough for Egypt. Iheanacho rattled the bar in the first leg but was not even qualified to warm up today. Is that merit?

joseph1013:


Okay 1 Foreign coach who messed up vs 3 Indigenous coaches who messed up. Tell me something else...

What was Aminu doing on that field today, tell me. Iwobi is good enough to start against Barcelona, but not good enough for Egypt. Iheanacho rattled the bar in the first leg but was not even qualified to warm up today. Is that merit?

Icon4s:


Calm down Sisi.

Wholistically Siasia did well with d team. His greatest undoings has always been choice of players. I think d NFF technical committee would would do their job in that regards.

I wouldn't b suprised if for instance Siasia takes Awoniyi and Osimhen to Rio ahead of the more lethal and experienced U23 strikers. That is him for u.

Bt sis u need to calm down. I know u are really very hurt. Lets look at d brighter side of things.
The future of Nigerian football is bright.

TheGoodJoe:



I already highlighted why that was not a good idea. Saying foreign coaches will do better is what I am pointing out. Over the past, they did the same thing.

I bet, most foreign coaches will pick Ighalo because of his reputation. You are seeing Pellegrini repeatedly picking up Bony over Iheanacho, when it is clear Iheanacho offers more goal threats, Lethal Shot Power and makes Aguero play Better.

onyeomaonyeoma:
Bros I dey tell uuuu dis indigenous coaches Na yawa dem bi.......chai Siasia

TheGoodJoe:
Is there anyone on this thread who still thinks Echiejile was a better option than Amuzie. Please let that person identify himself.

Did you see how free Salah became as soon as Amuzie went off? Did you see Echiejile's woeful cross?

That guy is not close to the level a lot of people put him.

Icon4s:


Bros abeg do u have any insight as to y Musa started ahead of Simon?

TheGoodJoe:



I already highlighted why that was not a good idea. Saying foreign coaches will do better is what I am pointing out. Over the past, they did the same thing.

I bet, most foreign coaches will pick Ighalo because of his reputation. You are seeing Pellegrini repeatedly picking up Bony over Iheanacho, when it is clear Iheanacho offers more goal threats, Lethal Shot Power and makes Aguero play Better.

forgiveness:



It seems you don't know how to read football.

The reason Amuzie was removed was because he can't read the movement of the Egyptians, he gave away alots of passes, his wing was the weakling, he doesn't add anything to the attack, he was rough and above all we had to defend with two players which rendered our attack impotent. But when Echijiele came in, the winger doesn't need to think of defending because they trusted Echijiele could do the work hence the created chances from the wings.

lakesidepapa:
Thou am not in support of foreign coach but if they truly want to employ a foreign coach, they should go for first world class coach that's technically and tactical okay not all those foreign coaches they listed earlier.

Icon4s:


Exactly. The team as a whole played very well. Jst that Siasia needs to work on his teams selection. The NFF technical committee needs to supervise him closely on dat one.

People shouting foreign coach, foreign coach. Quote me anywhere No top class foreign coach can work with d NFF except we are going for one low class Stankovic or Milosovic from one Eastern European country.

adeyemi2015:

On point!
We shouldn't be promoting neo-colonialism. Are we saying Foreign (White) Coaches are better than the indigenous (Black) Coaches?! Keshi (Indigenous Coach) defeated many Nations that paraded foreign Coaches to win the Nations Cup!

joseph1013:


If it was a Nigerian coach at Man City, he would not even promote Kelechi to the first team. At least Manuel promoted him from the U-18. Did you see what Hector Cuper did at Egypt. He selected on merit and used his best players. ElNeny that is Iwobi's teammate played, Iwobi was not good enough.

Foreign coaches are better, abeg.

safarigirl:
make una no dey yarn that "future is bright" tori for here.

See as Siasia and his foolishness just disgraced poor Iwobi, na him I pity pass sef. Drops England for Nigeria, only for England to win Germany and Nigeria to fail to qualify for AFCON within the five days. Poor kid.

If NFF cannot respect the local coaches, then let them get a foreign coach. For all of Maigari's ineptitude, he didn't fail as much as this daft Pinnick, if the cow hadn't given Oliseh coaching contract and driven Keshi out with his pettiness, we wouldn't be here

joseph1013:


Neocolonialism is Hector Cuper, an Italian, coaching Egypt to the Nation's Cup?

What about Bernd Storck, a German, coaching HUngary?

What about Vladimir Petković, from Bosnia, coaching Switzerland?

What about Marcel Koller, from Switzerland, coaching Austria?

Let's stop deceiving ourselves, desperate times call for desperate actions.

Icon4s:


To tell d truth in dat first leg Aminu as AM/SS made more impact than Iheanacho. The only highlight of Iheanacho's game was d rattling of d wood work which is d only thing every1 here seems to b hinging on. So i would nt fault Siasia's choice of Aminu starting d AM position today.

I would personally have played Iheanacho at a more forward role with Iwobi behind him.

Siasia did nt trust d abilities of d young forwards bt ironically trusted d abilities of a young defender. I would have done d reverse if I was in dat position.

adeyemi2015:

On point!
We shouldn't be promoting neo-colonialism. Are we saying Foreign (White) Coaches are better than the indigenous (Black) Coaches?! Keshi (Indigenous Coach) defeated many Nations that paraded foreign Coaches to win the Nations Cup!

TheGoodJoe:



I do not know my brother. It was so clear to any focused analyst. Hector Cuper trained to boy on defending and a direct approach won't work. Musa offered a direct approach, so did Aminu.

It was never going to work. Coach Siasia brought Echiejile in to continue the direct approach. My heart skipped as soon as he made that change.

This was just a nightmare.

Icon4s:


To tell d truth in dat first leg Aminu as AM/SS made more impact than Iheanacho. The only highlight of Iheanacho's game was d rattling of d wood work which is d only thing every1 here seems to b hinging on. So i would nt fault Siasia's choice of Aminu starting d AM position today.

I would personally have played Iheanacho at a more forward role with Iwobi behind him.

Siasia did nt trust d abilities of d young forwards bt ironically trusted d abilities of a young defender. I would have done d reverse if I was in dat position.

forgiveness:


Echijiele brought confidence to his team mates and that was why you saw them pouring forward in search of goal living three defenders at the back.

TheGoodJoe:


Hector Cuper is Argentine.

There is something wrong with our football, it is not coaching.

Our change should start from the NFF. Pinnick should go.

That was an unexpected list and some forces were behind it. Why bring in Echiejile when we needed creativity upfront. There is no way Coach Siasia did not know that we needed Iwobi and Iheanacho on the filled but he chose Echiejile for Amuzie.

TheGoodJoe:


You that knows how to read football, tell me which one Echiejile passed.

Echiejile could not read the Egyptians movement -
Echiejile gave away passes -
Echiejile was rough, fouled Salah repeatedly -
Oboabona had to cover for Echiejile on many occasions and unlike with Amuzie, Salah had chances to get into our 18 yard box.
Which chance did Echiejile get? Is it that woeful cross that made Echiejile shout.