somehow:


Ebuehi will commit alot of fouls and even PK playing as a LWB. If we are wise, we bench him or use him as RWB.

He cant use a makeshift right legged player as Left back against a team like Argentina looking all out for goals.

I repeat we will chop goals if Ehuehi is used as LWB.

Don't mind all these people calling for Ebuehi to start at LWB, as if he was so spectacular in that position against iceland.
The reason Rohr brought on Ebuehi,was because Idowu was on a yellow card.

Well, i know Rohr will not make that mistake of starting Ebuehi at LWB on Tuesday.

jihday:
my Oga, we'll be under pressure throughout the game, this match will test our defensive organization I'm suspecting Dybala and Di Maria will start along with Messi and Aguero. that match na die

What about Higuain

diadem10:

Banega, Lo celso are good midfielders. Dimaria is also a good boxbox CM.
I think the best way Argentina can utilise their best players is to deploy a 442 diamond with Messi at the tip of the diamond behind Dybala and Aguero as the forwards. Get in Dimaria and Banega behind Messi with either Lo Celso or Mascherano anchoring the base of the midfield. If I were the coach, I would pick Lo Celso and move Mascherano to the CB position or even bench him.

For where? Forget that thought. Argentina wont even try to control the midfield. I think they will just want to throw the kitchen sink at us. 6 strikers and 4 defenders. Moses and Musa must be licking their lips.

olapluto:
Is it just me or VAR decisions seem to favour European teams more? Officiating generally has favoured European teams.

VAR is a very good outlet to fix matches and ensure the big teams make it far in the tournament. Yesterday the Swedes had a stone wall penalty denied and VAR wasn't even called into use because that would mean a penalty against Germany. They would have had to play almost 80 minutes a man down too.

Seems very easy to call for VAR against teams like Nigeria, Panama, Tunisia etc.

BascoVanVeli:


Argentina no get midfield. Unless Name their world class midfielder? Their only edge is in attack.

Because we always associate World class with Argentina doesn't mean thier midfielders are carpenters.

One of the many reasons we won against Iceland was Ebeuhi. He opened up the left channel for us and freed up Musa and also vicmo on the right channel as they began to commit more men to mark him, Musa and Etebo. The only error was the penalty and anybody can make such mistake. Practically our wing back shut down the Icelandic attackers in the 2nd half due to Ebehuis presence.

olapluto:

For where? Forget that thought. Argentina wont even try to control the midfield. I think they will just want to throw the kitchen sink at us. 6 strikers and 4 defenders. Moses and Musa must be licking their lips.

No coach whether sane or insane would start 6 strikers in a match. Haba.

If you want to know how useless an African team can be, watch Tunisia against Panama and see how they would only salvage a draw against Panama.

Until they do that 1994 squad is still the best

elyte89:



Ogbeni,forget all dis 94 set stuff

If dis present squad qualifies and go beyond 2nd round

Maybe to quarter or semifinals... Dey would b regarded as d best

somehow:


Aina plays as LB for his club unlike Ebuehi so i wouldn't say such.

Aina wouldnt have faired better. Not like Ebuehi is totally bad in that Iceland game but against a team like Argentina with wicked wingers. Its best we don't take that risk.

Shehu was never bad, was just attack minded enough.

Aina has been playing RB and or RWB since he was 15 even at Chelsea he combined with V.Moses as a RB.

It was only when he went to Hull on loan that he was called on to play LB and on right side of midfield.

Coming on as a sub is a lot easier to make an impression.

But that's old news now and the matter is over. hopefully lessons have been learned. Was Aina given a fair chance to prove himself, it's open to debate.

KevinDein:

VAR is a very good outlet to fix matches and ensure the big teams make it far in the tournament. Yesterday the Swedes had a stone wall penalty denied and VAR wasn't even called into use because that would mean a penalty against Germany. They would have had to play almost 80 minutes a man down too.

Seems very easy to call for VAR against teams like Nigeria, Panama, Tunisia etc.

Why would you need VAR to fix matches when you have the referee to do so? VAR does not make decisions, referees do.

England flogged Panama 6-1

It's on this forum that it was stated Kane is over hyped by quite a few.

The England team is rubbish, English players are not good just media hype .

Well I wonder what they will say now.

Shukusheka:
No coach whether sane or insane would start 6 strikers in a match. Haba.

Sanity is not prevailing in the Argentine camp at the moment. Apparently the players are to pick the starting 11, while the coach just siddon look.

Going by history, Argentina vs Nigeria has always been tough, and usually seperated by a moment of lapse by Nigeria. We sure can change that on Tuesday.

olapluto:

For where? Forget that thought. Argentina wont even try to control the midfield. I think they will just want to throw the kitchen sink at us. 6 strikers and 4 defenders. Moses and Musa must be licking their lips.

Did you watch Di Maria performance as a box-box CM for Madrid, albeit for 6 months? As a matter of fact he's more consistent as a box-box than as a winger.
Anyway, I doubt Argentina would employ a wise route against us. There are in disarray already but one fact is Musa will be marked out 'cos all eyes is already on him.

komekn:
England flogged Panama 6-1

It's on this forum that it was stated Kane is over hyped by quite a few.

The England team is rubbish, English players are not good just media hype .

Well I wonder what they will say now.

Harry Kane so far. 2 tap ins (vs Tunisia), 2 Penalties (Panama), One deflection (panama).

Waiting for Japan vs Senegal.

diadem10:


Did you watch Di Maria performance as a box-box CM for Madrid, albeit for 6 months? As a matter of fact he's more consistent as a box-box than as a winger.
Anyway, I doubt Argentina would employ a wise route against us. There are in disarray already but one fact is Musa will be marked out 'cos all eyes is already on him.

Iheanacho will be happy about that. I am hearing Rojo will be deployed to partner Otamendi in central defence.

komekn:


In this formation we have Zero AERIAL THREAT and no Physicality up front which means no HOLD UP PLAY.

You have a very young inexperienced goalkeeper who his first option is to kick the ball out. Who will pick up the ball and hold it up?

aerial duels so far have not been our forte. We play a low passing counter attacking football. What have Ighalo's aerial battles yielded in the matches we've lost? If quick counter attacking is our weapon, we have to make optimum use of it hence my suggested line up.

Who tops the group if the game between England vs Belgium ends in a draw?
GD same and goals scored same, would it go down to fair play?

M7even:
If you want to know how useless an African team can be, watch Tunisia against Panama and see how they would only salvage a draw against Panama.

African teams beat Iceland and Poland not long ago.

Ighalo DID NOT BEG ROHR TO COME IN.
After rewatching our win against Iceland many times, especially FIFA.com highlight, I can safely say Ighalo was not begging to come on. He was already warming up before the goal. After the goal, he asked if he was still NEEDED or if the coach wanted to defend the 2 goals, in which case he wouldnt need to increase his warm up tempo.

TheGoodJoe:


If that was Iheanacho with the ball, I would have preferred him to pass than shoot or dribble keeper. The team winning is more important than individual glory.

Jesus,musa Zap.in scored it.he didnt miss it for God sake.its not even up for debate at all.wot if he passed to nacho and somehow failed to score? u guys will still drag musa that y did he pass d ball. we av an important match against Argentina,but all u do is debate a Zap.e.d idea of passing d ball to nacho.SMH

komekn:


Aina has been playing RB and or RWB since he was 15 even at Chelsea he combined with V.Moses as a RB.

It was only when he went to Hull on loan that he was called on to play LB and on right side of midfield.

Coming on as a sub is a lot easier to make an impression.

But that's old news now and the matter is over. hopefully lessons have been learned. Was Aina given a fair chance to prove himself, it's open to debate.

He was called to the Nigerian camp because of the LB role he played at hull nothing else.

goldfish80:
Who tops the group if the game between England vs Belgium ends in a draw?
GD same and goals scored same, would it go down to fair play?

Belgium will beat England.

komekn:
England flogged Panama 6-1

It's on this forum that it was stated Kane is over hyped by quite a few.

The England team is rubbish, English players are not good just media hype .

Well I wonder what they will say now.

Kane is doing well to pad up his goal stats against weak sides.
Although, I think England are in for a jolt of quality shake when they face a half decent team next round

Mickael2:



this one is not about balls, its about how we defend. See the criminal spaces we were giving to the Iceland midfield, we were well aware that Sirgudsson is a set piece master yet we kept on dashing them over and again, thankfully they kept on missing and since we won we are going to leave those spaces again against Argentina. Now if you leave that kinda space against teams who have a player that deals with small small pockets of space like Argentina or Brazil or Belgium it will not work because their best player will keep on getting on the ball allowing him more time to do damage. If we leave half as much space as we did against Iceland for Messi and co we will regret it that's for sure

true talk but I would say different teams will mean different tactics and approaches.

The kind of space you can afford to give Iceland you don't need a football analyst to tell you would be suicidal if given to argentina I expect us to be more compact but we have to find a way to ensure we have some possession to ease the expected attacking bursts from them

olapluto:
Ighalo DID NOT BEG ROHR TO COME IN.
After rewatching our win against Iceland many times, especially FIFA.com highlight, I can safely say Ighalo was not begging to come on. He was already warming up before the goal. After the goal, he asked if he was still NEEDED or if the coach wanted to defend the 2 goals, in which case he wouldnt need to increase his warm up tempo.

Lol where you there?

goldfish80:
Who tops the group if the game between England vs Belgium ends in a draw?
GD same and goals scored same, would it go down to fair play?

Yes, It would go down to fair play. The team with less cards will top the group.

olapluto:
Ighalo DID NOT BEG ROHR TO COME IN.
After rewatching our win against Iceland many times, especially FIFA.com highlight, I can safely say Ighalo was not begging to come on. He was already warming up before the goal. After the goal, he asked if he was still NEEDED or if the coach wanted to defend the 2 goals, in which case he wouldnt need to increase his warm up tempo.

Oh Lord of Abraham..... how did you know what he said to the Coach?!

Salisu Yusuf....... is that you?!

komekn:
England flogged Panama 6-1

It's on this forum that it was stated Kane is over hyped by quite a few.

The England team is rubbish, English players are not good just media hype .

Well I wonder what they will say now.

Lol panama? If super eagles get panama for their group na sure 3 point.

You really have nothing to say,see as you talk like say na Brazil England win 6-1

Even Zambia national team will beat panama

Shukusheka:
Yes, It would go down to fair play. The team with less cards will top the group.

It's going to be a cracking game to see who gets the least yellows. Lol

if both are paired then the duo of iheanacho and musa will deal with them mercilessly

olapluto:

Iheanacho will be happy about that. I am hearing Rojo will be deployed to partner Otamendi in central defence.