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Joezinho:
Eguavoen is a very unserious coach. Imagine taking 10 attackers and putting Calamity onazi on standby..

It's obvious Eguaveon is stuck on playing 442. God help us, he hasn't learned a thing from our AFCON debacle.

I am on record for disapproving the appointment of Eguavoen. Never like him as a player either..

I agree 100% with this post.

Eguavoen..... typical indigenous coaches playbook.

Invite the regular squad members with a few new players fans are clamouring for (Amoo, Calvin Bassey, Ademola Lookman, Dennis etc) hoping fans are excited/elated by the new invitees that the questionable and unmerited invitees will be overlooked.

Its a very attack heavy and midfield thin list. From the list, I surmise Eguavoen's is a tactically limited coach who is incapable of switching things up and will rather die on the hill of wingplay even when it's not working. I doubt he knows more than 4-4-2 formation sef.

I am not impressed.

JohnBullMySon:
he's just making a fool of himself.

I banned him for flouting rule 8. Posting false information on Nairaland

Kog45:
Maduka Okoye agent really tried.Imagine not talented div 4 keeper gotten a national team invitation and a young world cup keeoer(Uzoho)got relegated to the bench without any cutting edge from Okoye....Okoye elevation was a scam and good enough it skyrocket his club career...Rohr and Agu need to be investigated cos I saw business between Okoye agent and Rohr or Agu....but Eguavoen showed that he doesn't have the ball when it comes to certain decisions,it was glaring against GB that Uzoho was better.....anyone can bookmarks this....with Okoye in goal Ghana match would be very difficult to win.

Super eagles deserve solid Keeper.

Maduka Okoye has Oma Akatugba to thank for the endless PR & promotion he got that lead to his invitation to the national team

caprikon:
NFF needs to improve their timelines in taking key decisions...

With WCQ in March, it only makes sense that the position of Head coach for the team is clarified quickly. A new coach needs some time to hit the ground running...

Waiting up till the eleventh hour to make such a decision is a recipe for disaster..

Eguavoen should be allowed to continue

Nomyth:
I'm sorry, but Eguaveon to go!

I hate to see it when a coach has no plan B at all, just looked so clueless when his initial plan was not working.

Even me that knows nothing about football tactic saw it that the moment Simon is caged, we may be rendered ineffective. I mentioned this yesterday.

A tactically savvy coach should be able to come up with something when ur initial plan does not work.

Plus , he is too predictable sef.

And to think this man was a student of westerhoof.

Total disappointment.

You're in your feelings.

Eguavoen has to stay. He'll learn from this and will get better.

Meanwhile, there's nothing wrong in making substitutions in the first half.

It only means you are adapting to counter the tactics of the opposition having seen how they set up to play.

Eguavoen should have shored up the midfield right from the 1st half.

drDoom3:
This was the major problem we had.

Why did Onyeka not have more gametime? Our midfield was clearly overrun.

Aribo was almost playing as a defensive midfielder today. Someone that plays as a winger sometimes for his club.

Irrespective of the result I think we should keep Eguavoen. He looks like someone that can learn from mistakes and the football was good despite the costly mistakes we made here and there.

Exactly!

Tunisia played close and compact and their players were always within a short passing range to each other. This ensured they beat us to all the second balls and won the midfield battle.

They also neutralized the Simon Moses attacking route by double teaming him at all times. Same for Chukwueze.

This was obvious from the first half and what Eguavoen ought to have done was sub in Onyeka for Iheanacho to shore up the midfield.

His failure to do this bottled the match.

fabyom:
Musa for Aribo was the silliest substitution in football history! How I wishUmar scored that goal? Umar is a baller!

Sadiq Umar impressed me today, make I no lie.

Sadiq played well and impressed me today.

Despite

The

LOSS

I do not like this.

Tunisia is winning all the second balls cos they're playing more compact and have more numbers in the midfield

Thst Simon route dey too tight. We need other channels of attack

Tunisia waiting to hit us on counters and lock up

Omanambala:
Big fat lie , oga. You sound like a blind man. Go and watch again....Ndidi became electrifying when Nwakali was subbed in.

Again, what do I expect from an incompetent MODERATOR! Yapping rubbish he cant prove....seun should give you better remuneration....

I have sent you to cool off for a while.

Enjoy.

I don't put much stock on statistics.

The opinion I have formed from watching Nwakali in this competition is that he's just okay and not exceptional.

He's a midfielder with limited attributes and not versatile enough for the modern game.

He substracts more from our game than adds to it.

Omanambala:
I sort of agree with you , but Ndidi was only impressive in Nwakali's presence. Against Sudan when Nwakali came in and against GB....those were his best games so far.

If anything, Nwakali's presence overburdened Ndidi and made him work more.

If that's what you mean by "impressive in Nwakali's presence", then I agree with you.

Cheers

My pick for our best player so far is

WILFRED NDIDI

He's been massive in our three group games.

He maintained the same intensity/consistency for 90 minutes in all the matches and did not drop off at any point during the games.

kingphilip:
Is it that we can't get the referees that can handle AFCON within Africa or what?

Baba, drop the agenda.

They are guest referees from CONCACAF, the continental football authority for North, Central America and the Caribbean region and are present in the AFCON as part of an inter-confederation skills exchange program between CAF & CONCACAF.

I see nothing wrong in it.

I want AFCON to develop to the level where teams from other confederations are invited to participate just like is obtainable in the Copa America & Gold Cup.

Gambia 1 Tunisia 0

North African teams just dey collect anyhow in this AFCON

Subzero and andrew, e don do.

Any further insults, I go send both of una to cool off.

Make common sense prevail...

EgusiShankly:
Huge disrespect to onigbinde

That baba deserves even more disrespect.

He criticized and sabotaged Amodu Shuaibu just to become coach and made a fiasco of our 2002 World Cup campaign with the junk players he took to the mundial.

I no rate that baba at all.

9 maximum points

Way to go.

Amaju Pinnick/NFF, thank you for sacking the white Onigbihinde

See as Colin chop legover

Ndidi is a national asset. What a player!

GOAL!

EKONG

Why ref no dey check VAR himself?

Finally, our most overrated player is subbed offf.

Nwakali still dey game so....

No be na wa, na real wa

Subzero047:
Uzoho gives me confidence in goal

True, he inspires more confidence than than that oyinbo

TheLoneCitizen:
Ekong handball. Clear penalty for Guinea-Bissau

You too dey cap

Colins no be player, na farmer him be

Sadiq thank you for the goal but still pack your kaya dey go

See Sadiq o