Mujtahida:

Club football vs World Cup.
Which country plays 3-4-3? Just curious. Italy under Conte , Holland under Van Gaal?

You are confusing a moir.

Is 3-4-3 the only attacking formation or are you saying no National team football team plays attacking football? Please explain your point.

Joebie:
jam body goal? haha we go manage am..
Moses cross when Ighalo classily jumped over for Mikel to convert nko. Ighalo is a team player.. I like his all-round play.. if he doesn't score he is very likely to assist. He is our best striker at the moment..The goal Simon scored nko.. he worked so hard for it.. even the one Simon missed with bicycle kick.. Iheanacho can't contribute like that.. That's the kind of strengths Iheanacho don't posses. But Iheanacho also has his that is missing in Ighalo's game. Those calling for his head now forget that Iheanacho also fired blanks for SE sometimes, and they blamed Iheanacho then for this and that. hahaha na wa.. why we like to flip-flop na.

ProfOrlando:
why is everyone just keen on Tammy Abraham, c'mon , we need a keeper now more than a striker.........

Mujtahida:

Please I don't understand this big number nine you talking about. Is it in reference to the physical build of the striker or the importance of the position cos I keep looking for the bigness of Ighalo but ain't seeing it.

femianski:
for me ighalo had a nice game
concerning that counter attack that iwobi set up ighalo shouldn't have cut back he should have tried to use his left foot
am sure kelechi would have converted that chance cos he is a left footer
but if we should take a close look at ighalo performance he did well (a bit above average) cos of his work rate except from the chance he missed from Moses Simon cross
he was too slow to convert that Chance
I am sure kelechi would have converted that chance cos he gets into scoring positions
to crown it all both ighalo and kelechi shouldn't be written off cos they are very good in their own talent
ighalo can bully but his finishing is a bit above average while kelechi is a wonderful finisher but he needs to improve on his strength and first touch

femianski:
for me ighalo had a nice game
concerning that counter attack that iwobi set up ighalo shouldn't have cut back he should have tried to use his left foot
am sure kelechi would have converted that chance cos he is a left footer
but if we should take a close look at ighalo performance he did well (a bit above average) cos of his work rate except from the chance he missed from Moses Simon cross
he was too slow to convert that Chance
I am sure kelechi would have converted that chance cos he gets into scoring positions
to crown it all both ighalo and kelechi shouldn't be written off cos they are very good in their own talent
ighalo can bully but his finishing is a bit above average while kelechi is a wonderful finisher but he needs to improve on his strength and first touch

Joebie:
Hahaha..
I'm sure you see no problem with how Pinnick informed us and everyone.. You do really like to be updated on the pages of papers.. There is another world out there besides the world of a consumer.

blueto:
Moses, Abdullahi Named In World Cup Qualfiers Best XI

Icon4s:


You get the point. That's all.

I am not comfortable with our pool of strikers.

bossto:
why are some people castigating ighalo already??..cos of those chances he missed,??....not even clear chances for that matter!!!....hahaha maybe i would take you guys serious when you name a striker that doesn't/hasn't miss(ed) chances !!!
And to think that you guys are not considering the pressure and tension the players (especially the striker) were under is below the belt..


As for KC,he is so left-footedness that he can't do ANYTHING with the right foot...
though he s very clinical.

adegwurulez:

Ighalo was thinking like me. Slow down, else you get into an offside position.
But just like you and tbaba have pointed out, a run to the left would have solved this little dilemma.
Do I blame him? No, I don't.

TheGoodJoe:


You are confusing a moir.

Is 3-4-3 the only attacking formation or are you saying no National team football team plays attacking football? Please explain your point.

Joebie:
Na because I no list wetin I mean by all-round.. Abi didn't Iheanacho come in against Cameroon in Yaounde?
I don't agree with the bolded though.. I think you are a little extreme with your comparison. As Mujtahida rightly said, there are some gray areas.

Mujtahida:

I saw something in Balogun that made me shiver a bit. I feel we need one or two piece in that defence (not including the GK) one or two in the midfield and one in the attack.

Mujtahida:

That statement was made in reference to your post on Onyekuru and Iheanacho fitting a more offensive set up and Tammy the Conservative set up. I am trying to say that at the World Cup teams are more conservative perhaps because it's tournament football, time is short for experiments. The 3-4-3 is in vogue as in its been reinvented. I wanted to know how many national teams are set up to play that way.

krattoss:
who noticed Moses has made every single worldcup African eleven in every qualifying he has participated. ...

Is he en route to his first AFPOTY

TheGoodJoe:


Most teams that excel at the World Cup are more offensive teams. We have played offensive systems under Rohr and did well too. Playing offensively for the Super Eagles can not equate to experiment.

ProfOrlando:
why is everyone just keen on Tammy Abraham, c'mon , we need a keeper now more than a striker.........

TheGoodJoe:


How can you disagree with Iheanacho pressing better than Ighalo? It was so obvious in the last game. Mikel had to do it. Ighalo could not. If Nacho was there, we would have pressed with more intensity. Nacho trumps in that.

TheGoodJoe:


How can you disagree with Iheanacho pressing better than Ighalo? It was so obvious in the last game. Mikel had to do it. Ighalo could not. If Nacho was there, we would have pressed with more intensity. Nacho trumps in that.

bossto:
why are some people castigating ighalo already??..cos of those chances he missed,??....not even clear chances for that matter!!!....hahaha maybe i would take you guys serious when you name a striker that doesn't/hasn't miss(ed) chances !!!
And to think that you guys are not considering the pressure and tension the players (especially the striker) were under is below the belt..


As for KC,he is so left-footedness that he can't do ANYTHING with the right foot...
though he s very clinical.

tbaba1234:
Weaknesses in our team

Alternatives to the Oyibo Wall..
A new left back
Limited Striking Options

Potential Solutions

I. Awaziem is 3rd choice but he is very green. Omeruo can be decent on his day but does not always inspire confidence. I think both players can do the job but i 'd like to see us chase Felix Udoukhai. That boy has been outstanding in the bundesliga, also a green horn but it is only a matter of time before Germany come calling. He is that good.

2. Elderson has sometimes been unfairly targeted but it is obvious that the Zambian team saw his wing as the weak point. He needs to be replaced. Ola Aina can certainly do a great job there. No one is displacing Shehu at RB, he has been world class. Needs to move out of cyprus.


3. Ighalo can blow hot and cold. Dessers is an exciting option to me. He has declared for Nigeria so why not? If Tammy is willing, he should also be invited.

krattoss:
the way u guys go around telling the coach what to do is so annoying...as If y all will be there when it all backfires. .

Rohr knows best and he should be left to worry about selections..

Icon4s:


Yeah, Balogun, particularly in that first half.

Pace is his challenge. Rohr needs to work on that.
It means he has to work on his positioning to compensate of that lack of pace. Uche Okechukwu was not the quickest of defenders but he made up for it with his excellent positional abilities. Same goes for Martesacker of Arsenal.

Our midfield remains our major strength. Rohr just made a wrong choice of introducing Agu instead of Etebo. He have depth in that midfield. Though introduction of quality new blood will further boost that department.

Mujtahida:
I think Rohr is grooming Agu to take over from Onazi and that's good because apart from going to the World Cup let's keep our eyes on building for the future. And the young man just needs encouragement which is what the coach is giving to him. That's even the meaning of a coach. You've not even really coached if you cannot turn a mediocre into a success.

Icon4s:


Good points.

Let me just touch on the onyibo wall. The Zambians have really helped us by exposing that weakness.

They are still our best CB pairing. I don't think we have alternatives yet.As Awaziem is not ready and Omeruo's career has seen it's better days.

The two weaknesses: Balogun is a slow player and Ekong is not much of a good ball passer. Balogun's case can be solved by excellent positioning. Uche Okechukwu and Yobo had that issue but made up for it with positioning. It is an early warning signal to us. Age is no longer on Balogun's side.

In Ekong's occasional wrong passes, such happens mostly due to two reasons: 1. Over confidence. 2. Lack of confidence. The team's psychologist needs to help us out here. Cos we know Ekong is better than those errors.

Mujtahida:

I posted before how a Zambian with one deft touch put Echiejile behind him. I was wrong. It was Balogun and he couldn't catch up with the guy. But this emphasises why we need a very good left back cos where that guy beat Balogun was where Echiejile was supposed to be. Since he lacks pace then the left back has to be excellent. So that Balogun will be rarely drawn out. He's quite good with making interceptions and anticipating danger. Notice we ain't saying the same thing to Ekong(except his pssses) and the reason is because Abdullahi is posting peak performances. Echiejile did good but at the World Cup we want and should have the best.

Let dem Odegbami talk to Ojokojo to release that his son Jordan Torunarigha.