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Croatia beat us with luck, forget what you guys are saying about 3-5-2 formaton, will you play 3-5-2 against 3 attackers, we played well don't be deceived, Argentina are gonna expose the Croats

100% correct

BlackManta:
I blame the coach 100%.

He got everything wrong. From formation to team selection.

1. He benched Iheanacho and started a lacklustre Ighalo.
Ighalo is slow and lacks composure. His decision making in the final third is wack.
He was very wasteful.

I dont need to talk too much about Nacho.
Everybody saw the impact he made and he made his presence felt within the few minutes he played.

2. Playing Iwobi on the wing.
A costly mistake. Iwobi is not a winger. He's an attacking midfielder. A no 10.
Why play Iwobi on the wing when you got a natural winger like Musa

3. Playing Mikel as a no 10.
Mikel is not an attacking midfielder. The no 10 spot belongs to Iwobi.
Mikel was slow and lacklustre.
He was one of the worst players on the pitch.
He should have played his natural position as a CDM or rather sit on the bench.
Mikel was the worst mid fielder on the pitch.
Etebo and Ndidi played better than him.
So much for being a captain huh

4. Benching Tyronne Ebuehi.
Tyronne is our best right back. He got pace. He can attack well and with his speed, he can quickly back track when Croatia start a counter or those annoying long balls.
Shehu was slow.
Moses had to back track and play wing back just to cover Shehu's ass.
Croatia targeted Shehu's wing many times.
Modric was always crossing long balls to the right wing and Perisic always gets the ball leaving Shehu on the back foot.
Next time play Ebuehi and bench Shehu.

6. Set Peice.

Nigeria is weak at set peice.
Our first goal was conceded from a set peice and the second goal (a penalty) was conceded after Croatia took a another set peice.

This is not the first time Nigeria is conceeding from set peice.
They did it against England.
Nigeria should work at defending set peices.
It is their major weak spot.

7. Lack of pace.
Our players are slow.
Ighalo is slow as a snail.
Moses was back tracking to cover Shehu's ass.
Iwobi played out of position.
There is ZERO pace in that team.
Our pacey players like Ebuehi and Musa were on the bench and that constributed to our failure as there was no one to inject speed to the attack.

We can only win our next match playing 352
Was thinking he was gonna adapt to it in d second half. He should henceforth play omerou, ekong & balogun as 3 @ d back. Ndidi Mikel & iwobi @ d midfield (iwobi as ten, Mikel should support ndidi at blocking 4 to protect d back 3). Y ebuehi plays right wing back & moses plays left wing back. Nwankwo & iheanacho should play alternately upfront like dey did against Argentina in d friendly. Den change Nwankwo with musa & ogu with Mikel. Bring in Bryan for moses y musa plays left wing back & etebo play s ten den iheanacho & iwobi plays alternate 9 2geda

Senselin:
To me, Etebo did not play his usual wing. I don't blame his own goal.. Coach Rohr follow kill us. Why a lone striker (Ighalo) when we needed two?

Mikel, what happened?

I think etebo should have played behind ighalo because he seems to have the flare to move the ball forward rather than Mikel that kept passing the ball back.

felixomor:
In october 2017, I wrote this on this forum.


Many picked it. A particular Ranchhoddas said I was saying nonsense.
Here we are today. We dont learn. Do we?

What removes you from world cups is your lack of quality. There is nothing to learn. We don't have players.

Ranchhoddas:
What removes you from world cups is your lack of quality.
There is nothing to learn. We don't have players.

Iwobi plays for Arsenal
Moses plays for Chelsea
Etebo played la liga last season
And others play in top leagues....

Sorry we have players.
You seem to lack the ability to break football down further.
If that advice was heeded, Croatia wont have won us

Football is not just players.
Many things make up a football match.
Set pieces is a vital part of any world cup.

BlackManta:
I blame the coach 100%.

He got everything wrong. From formation to team selection.

1. He benched Iheanacho and started a lacklustre Ighalo.
Ighalo is slow and lacks composure. His decision making in the final third is wack.
He was very wasteful.

I dont need to talk too much about Nacho.
Everybody saw the impact he made and he made his presence felt within the few minutes he played.

2. Playing Iwobi on the wing.
A costly mistake. Iwobi is not a winger. He's an attacking midfielder. A no 10.
Why play Iwobi on the wing when you got a natural winger like Musa

3. Playing Mikel as a no 10.
Mikel is not an attacking midfielder. The no 10 spot belongs to Iwobi.
Mikel was slow and lacklustre.
He was one of the worst players on the pitch.
He should have played his natural position as a CDM or rather sit on the bench.
Mikel was the worst mid fielder on the pitch.
Etebo and Ndidi played better than him.
So much for being a captain huh

4. Benching Tyronne Ebuehi.
Tyronne is our best right back. He got pace. He can attack well and with his speed, he can quickly back track when Croatia start a counter or those annoying long balls.
Shehu was slow.
Moses had to back track and play wing back just to cover Shehu's ass.
Croatia targeted Shehu's wing many times.
Modric was always crossing long balls to the right wing and Perisic always gets the ball leaving Shehu on the back foot.
Next time play Ebuehi and bench Shehu.

6. Set Peice.

Nigeria is weak at set peice.
Our first goal was conceded from a set peice and the second goal (a penalty) was conceded after Croatia took a another set peice.

This is not the first time Nigeria is conceeding from set peice.
They did it against England.
Nigeria should work at defending set peices.
It is their major weak spot.

7. Lack of pace.
Our players are slow.
Ighalo is slow as a snail.
Moses was back tracking to cover Shehu's ass.
Iwobi played out of position.
There is ZERO pace in that team.
Our pacey players like Ebuehi and Musa were on the bench and that constributed to our failure as there was no one to inject speed to the attack.

My own view after super eagles defeat. Yes, I will give man of match to v. Moses and seconded by etebo.
Our problem in DAT match is formation. He played many player out dear good position. It seems DAT our couche is still testing players becos he keep on changing players. Poor performers in DAT match are
Odion,Mikel,Idowu.
I advice him to player 4-4-2 formation. Starting from defence is
omeru, ekong,balong, ebuhi
Moses, ndidi, Mikel,iwobi
Ihenanacho, igalo.
Ihenancho should play behind igalo.

felixomor:
Iwobi plays for Arsenal
Moses plays for Chelsea
Etebo played la liga last season
And others play in top leagues....

Sorry we have players.
You seem to lack the ability to break football down further.
If that advice was heeded, Croatia wont have won us

Football is not just players.
Many things make up a football match.
Set pieces is a vital part of any world cup.

Iwobi is not a guaranteed starter at a mediocre Arsenal. Moses plays at right back for Chelsea. Etebo was given a Six-month contract at Las Palmas and relegated. He just signed a new contract with relegated Stoke City.
Mikel plays mostly central defence in the Chinese league but you expect him to function against the classico duo of Modric and Rakitic.
Lovren plays for Liverpool and Mandzukic plays for Juve. Other players like Perisic and Kramaric are top tier players.

They are far better than you. Even the bookmakers odds will attest to this. The only way you can win is if you have an extreme case of good fortune.
Even Iceland has better players. Na last una go carry for this group.
Deal with it.

Ranchhoddas:
Iwobi is not a guaranteed starter at a mediocre Arsenal. Moses plays at right back for Chelsea. Etebo was given a Six-month contract at Las Palmas and relegated. He just signed a new contract with relegated Stoke City.
Mikel plays mostly central defence in the Chinese league but you expect him to function against the classico duo of Modric and Rakitic.
Lovren plays for Liverpool and Mandzukic plays for Juve. Other players like Perisic and Kramaric are top tier players.

They are far better than you. Even the bookmakers odds will attest to this. The only way you can win is if you have an extreme case of good fortune.
Even Iceland has better players. Na last una go carry for this group.
Deal with it.

Iceland players have many semi professionals who dont even play at the top level.
You are even defeating your own point.
Iceland have perfected set pieces.
Thats why they proved difficult for even Argentina yesterday, coupled with their height.
Even Argentina coach said that.
So Your point is even further defeated

Asides 2 poorly defended corners yesterday.
The match would have been a different story.

And it was well predicted

So why hire a foreign coach if he can't make the team better than average ?

Jarus:
Nothing wrong. We just dont have the material to win. You cant play beyond your quality.

We are an average team.

felixomor:
Iceland players have many semi professionals who dont even play at the top level.
You are even defeating your own point.
Iceland have perfected set pieces.
Thats why they proved difficult for even Argentina yesterday, coupled with their height
Your point is even further defeated

Asides 2 poorly defended corners yesterday.
The match would have been a different story.
Face the facts

Their semiprofessionals still have more quality than your professionals that warm benches at clubs like Mainz and Bursaspor.
It was you who started the talk about clubs.
Watch the quality on display and compare the two.
Iceland were in the same qualifying group as Croatia and they came first.
Even against a Czech Republic that I could not name any player, your team still could not string five passes together.
Una no sabi anything.
Una just go complete number. Pack your load and come back.

Jarus:
Nothing wrong. We just dont have the material to win. You cant play beyond your quality.

We are an average team.

This is what I have been trying to tell Felixomor.

Felix read this comment and meditate on it. It is the summary of the whole issue. You can't give what you don't have.

Ranchhoddas:
Their semiprofessionals still have more quality than your professionals that warm benches at clubs like Mainz and Bursaspor.
It was you who started the talk about clubs.
Watch the quality on display and compare the two.
Iceland were in the same qualifying group as Croatia and they came first.
Even against a Czech Republic that I could not name any player, your team still could not string five passes together.
Una no sabi anything.
Una just go complete number. Pack your load and come back.

U used club to judge our players
But use sentiments to judge iceland players
Be stable in your life.

If the iceland players were good individually
They would be in laliga and EpL too.

England scored us via CK
Czech republic scored uz via CK
Croatia scored us via CK
In a row

Stop denying the obvious

felixomor:
U used club to judge our players
But use sentiments to judge iceland players
Be stable.

Iceland scored against Argentina and missed chances. You could not muster a single shot on target against Croatia. Stop looking for an argument where there is none. Nigeria is the worst team in that group and they will finish last. Maybe you don't know the meaning of sentiments.

BlackManta:
I blame the coach 100%.

He got everything wrong. From formation to team selection.

1. He benched Iheanacho and started a lacklustre Ighalo.
Ighalo is slow and lacks composure. His decision making in the final third is wack.
He was very wasteful.

I dont need to talk too much about Nacho.
Everybody saw the impact he made and he made his presence felt within the few minutes he played.

2. Playing Iwobi on the wing.
A costly mistake. Iwobi is not a winger. He's an attacking midfielder. A no 10.
Why play Iwobi on the wing when you got a natural winger like Musa

3. Playing Mikel as a no 10.
Mikel is not an attacking midfielder. The no 10 spot belongs to Iwobi.
Mikel was slow and lacklustre.
He was one of the worst players on the pitch.
He should have played his natural position as a CDM or rather sit on the bench.
Mikel was the worst mid fielder on the pitch.
Etebo and Ndidi played better than him.
So much for being a captain huh

4. Benching Tyronne Ebuehi.
Tyronne is our best right back. He got pace. He can attack well and with his speed, he can quickly back track when Croatia start a counter or those annoying long balls.
Shehu was slow.
Moses had to back track and play wing back just to cover Shehu's ass.
Croatia targeted Shehu's wing many times.
Modric was always crossing long balls to the right wing and Perisic always gets the ball leaving Shehu on the back foot.
Next time play Ebuehi and bench Shehu.

6. Set Peice.

Nigeria is weak at set peice.
Our first goal was conceded from a set peice and the second goal (a penalty) was conceded after Croatia took a another set peice.

This is not the first time Nigeria is conceeding from set peice.
They did it against England.
Nigeria should work at defending set peices.
It is their major weak spot.

7. Lack of pace.
Our players are slow.
Ighalo is slow as a snail.
Moses was back tracking to cover Shehu's ass.
Iwobi played out of position.
There is ZERO pace in that team.
Our pacey players like Ebuehi and Musa were on the bench and that constributed to our failure as there was no one to inject speed to the attack.

Ranchhoddas come and read number 6 very well.

We all know the truth.our super chickens comprises of average and below average players.I can't blame the coach or his tactics.in the end the onus rests on the players to deliver results.shame our golden era in football has long eluded us! Maybe the next generation can produce world class players as time past.

felixomor:
Ranchhoddas come and read number 6 very well.

Is that also the reason they could not muster a shot on target?

Ranchhoddas:
Is that alslo the reason they could not muster a shot on target?

You didn't even watch the match

Ngeria had more shots
And both teams had equal number of shots on target.
Possession was even almost equal.

Face the Truth, dude

felixomor:
You didn't even watch the match
Ngeria had more shots And both teams had equal number of shots on target. Possession was even almost equal.
Face the Truth, dude

E don do. Bye bye.

itsmeurLady:
We overhyped the Super Eagles

Count me out Mz

Only this line up can save us

BlackManta:
I blame the coach 100%.

He got everything wrong. From formation to team selection.

1. He benched Iheanacho and started a lacklustre Ighalo.
Ighalo is slow and lacks composure. His decision making in the final third is wack.
He was very wasteful.

I dont need to talk too much about Nacho.
Everybody saw the impact he made and he made his presence felt within the few minutes he played.

2. Playing Iwobi on the wing.
A costly mistake. Iwobi is not a winger. He's an attacking midfielder. A no 10.
Why play Iwobi on the wing when you got a natural winger like Musa

3. Playing Mikel as a no 10.
Mikel is not an attacking midfielder. The no 10 spot belongs to Iwobi.
Mikel was slow and lacklustre.
He was one of the worst players on the pitch.
He should have played his natural position as a CDM or rather sit on the bench.
Mikel was the worst mid fielder on the pitch.
Etebo and Ndidi played better than him.
So much for being a captain huh

4. Benching Tyronne Ebuehi.
Tyronne is our best right back. He got pace. He can attack well and with his speed, he can quickly back track when Croatia start a counter or those annoying long balls.
Shehu was slow.
Moses had to back track and play wing back just to cover Shehu's ass.
Croatia targeted Shehu's wing many times.
Modric was always crossing long balls to the right wing and Perisic always gets the ball leaving Shehu on the back foot.
Next time play Ebuehi and bench Shehu.

6. Set Peice.

Nigeria is weak at set peice.
Our first goal was conceded from a set peice and the second goal (a penalty) was conceded after Croatia took a another set peice.

This is not the first time Nigeria is conceeding from set peice.
They did it against England.
Nigeria should work at defending set peices.
It is their major weak spot.

7. Lack of pace.
Our players are slow.
Ighalo is slow as a snail.
Moses was back tracking to cover Shehu's ass.
Iwobi played out of position.
There is ZERO pace in that team.
Our pacey players like Ebuehi and Musa were on the bench and that constributed to our failure as there was no one to inject speed to the attack.

I agree with most of what you said. I am very disappointed in Rohr. They should sack him after World Cup. We need a coach that wants to win.

The team is lacking width and pace. We need changes at the next match