joseph1013:
#Yinmu

We stiffled them so much that all they could do was start shooting from the distance.

There was a time I saw some comments against Balogun on this page about how he is not our best CB, I just shook my head. This game is another confirmation of why he is unplayable in our defence. There was a time he took the ball from defense and took the ball all the way to the final third.

He often drops to the midfield to get take balls from the Algerian midfielders. Chai...that guy can play!

TheGoodJoe:


Caught out of position when he pressed in the middle. I think it was two or three. However, his brilliance and hardwork kept us in the game. He was outstanding even after we conceded.

Note, I said my man of the match. I know many will pick Victor Moses. Most writers will give it to Moses. But, Balogun was my man of the match.

Mickael2:

Nah, I saw him caught out of position a couple of times. My MOM is obviously Moses, followed by ETEBO!!! The guy was running for 90 mins, marking, fighting, pressing, hassling, everything! Echejile was ok, but Omeruo comes next for me before Balogun

TheGoodJoe:
Etebo:

What an ox. After today's performance, Rohr will have a tough time dropping him. That guy ran like he had an oxygen tank on his back.

Frightening that he did not tire. Looked as if he could go another 90 minutes. He took so much pressure off Mikel with his running and gave Mikel the liberty to take risk.

Amazing talent.

(Guardiola - Another Marathon runner here)

Napoleon55:
Stop calling him fool,He tried his best,he conceded just one goal,what would u say about the algerian goal keeper that conceded 3. Though the goal was clearly his lack of credibility as a good goal keeper.

Not like I know alot about Algerian football,but for Brahimi, Mahrez, Slimani the rest from midfield to attack are bang average players.
In defence, Ghulam the left back is the only top talent in the defence. Although he is prone to being erratic and yellow carded. Moses should be instructed to attack him with pace, within the first 20mins he will be yellow carded. This I belive will slow him down.

I don't think there is anything to fear about these Algerians, infact only Mahrez, Brahimi and Ghulam can make our starting 11....
We should be spanking these guys 4:1 or 3:1 in all honesty. https://www.nairaland.com/3018619/new-super-eagles-thread-russia/232#50681281

joseph1013:
Those were the times he was helping out the defensive midfield. Did you notice that the midfield sort of collapse around the 55' to the time Ndidi came in, that was the time Leon was putting in that shift. Seriously, Onazi needs to help our game more. He lacks that urgency to mark out the opposition.

BascoVanVeli:
To be honest the ref was poor. I'm so glad it didn't affect us.

Oasis007:




How many Shots did the Algerians have on Target?!

His Look on the Pitch shows he's really what I called him. The Match is over already, I'm ain't panicking anymore hence I have no reason to be angry at him and calling him a Fool again!

I pray we have a fit, injury free, Carl Ikeme for our next Game, otherwise I would prefer Alampasu to him.

joseph1013:
You've given them too much applause. We annihilated them. It could easily have been 5 - 0. If Onazi has provided cover and Akpeyi had not been dull, they'd not have scored.

If Kelechi had scored that tap in and Musa had given a better cross in injury time, we'd have scored 5 goals.

They were no match for us. Moses owned their defense. Balogun killed their offense.

#GreatSuperEagles

OdenigboAroli:
Hopefully he will watch from the bench next time we play,talking about Onazi. We have John Ogu,Ndidi and Uche Agbo.

joseph1013:
What we need to do now is simple: start calling Alampasu for all our games. Make him play in our friendly matches for at least 45 minutes. That's the way to groom him as second choice. All these Akpeyi, Ezenwa will not help our ministry.

BascoVanVeli:
To be honest the ref was poor. I'm so glad it didn't affect us.

goldfish80:


Posted this on Nov 1st.... If only Iheanacho tapped in the last minute cut back by Musa, it would have been spot on 4:1... But still got it right at 3:1... A man is allowed to gloat

Slimydude49:
Antidoping agency should check moses.. The way he played today I suspect he's on some anabolic steroids.. Choi.. Leon balogun won all his aerial duels.. Pure class.. I see this team going places

TheGoodJoe:
Victor Moses:

What a hero today. Target of most tackles. A masterstroke by Rohr, playing him on the left to help deal with the pressure on Echiejile. Ran miles today and was determined in the first goal. His second goal was a result of nice positioning and great running speed.

Definitely, one of the best players on the field. Another confident display from him.

TheGoodJoe:
Mikel:

What an amazing lesson from the veteran in the art of possession football. So much class in his touches and his confidence in attracting players to him when he shields the ball is impressive. Chuckled when, Mikel guided the ball until an Algerian player through him on the ball.

He is developing a brilliant understanding with Iwobi and I bet Mikel is the happiest with the addition of Etebo.

His goal was sweet because, I shouted offside when he got the ball. He glanced at the linesman before a clever trick finish.

Oasis007:




Yet...... you think the Ref was poor?!

*sigh*

TheSuperNerd:
Balogun was dominant today... But Moses is my man of the match. Minus his two goals, he was everywhere up and down his channel and helped Echiejile greatly....... Mahrez no see ball play sef like that...


AFRICA IS LUCKY WE ARENT COMING FOR AFCON 2017..... DEM FOR HEAR AM!!!!!

Meanwhile, Iheanacho as a no.9 didnt work out well today. His only shot was that late chance he missed after fine pass from musa from the right wing.

Iheanacho strives more as "the-man-behind-the-striker", no.10/no.8 for Nigeria.

The false 9 attempt by Rohr didnt work as he was isolated oftentimes and was only involved in the build-up to our second goal....

He can play the false 9 but it's strange to Nigeria right now... So he was isolated.

THIS SUPER EAGLES TEAM JUST SENT A MESSAGE TO THE REST OF AFRICA... AFTER RUSSIA 2018. WE ARE COMING IN FULL FORCE FROM AFCON 2019... A NEW GOLDEN ERA IS HERE INDEED. That's the name of the thread afterall...

shogz89:
Moses - that guy smoke weed
Leon - that guy tall men.. All aerial balls won
Etebo - a beast of a player
Ndidi and Musa - those guyz reduced algeria's pressure to the minimum when we seem to be loosing confidence
Akpeyi - omo that guy no get confidence at all, should have done better with the goal
Mikel - he's got something to take back to Conte
Rohr - that man is a sub genius.. My heart was in my mouth before he made those game changing sub
Cameroun next........
But let analyse that mikel goal.. Was it an offside or not? Cos first time I saw an onside but second look got me thinking otherwise

TheGoodJoe:


Offside calls are done by linemen, not referees.

joseph1013:
It was not offside. There was a defender keeping him on on his right. That's one of the reasons why I said the referee was superb. Some would not have given the goal.