₦airaland Forum

Toylove:
It is what it is

right from the qualifiers that has been my issue with this team, you can't control game even against lowly rayed teams.

ChrisKels:
At the end, football won against anti football

But ena no talk this thing since the tournament started 😂 😂. I actually was not comfortable with the fact that we play team like GB, Angola and have less possession to this teams, but it we talk Charlsemeka go say people with good midfield don go house. 😂

Blueelf:
We had a good tournament

We will come back better, no doubt

that's if we work on our midfield

elyte89:
Dere was neva a midfield battle as far as I am concerned…. For larger part of d game, our middle was nonexistent till Dey scored d 2nd goal , to be sincere dis was our worst match today .we played poorly…Aina was cooked by that andriga guy…

we did not come to this Afcon with midfielders, we did not win possession over any team even GB

TheGoodJoe:
We can attack them and play well if we want to. This is not an excuse.

Bro we don't have the midfield to attack any team.

We seriously need good midfielders, we can't go far with this midfield.

Zellas:
Remove Chukwueze and iwobi for simon and yusuf. This is a very easy match to win

Abeg make yusuf no come cos penalty

Worst officiating of this tournament

charlesemeka85:
I won’t blame iwobi because the southies knew that everything going forward in our team came through him so they worked hard closing him down whenever he had the ball which made Alex to resort to simple side ways passes

They knew if givin space that Alex has the ability to easily link up our midfield and attack to create chances and they seriously worked hard in denying him that space

You see the way they mark out moses making ineffective

Goke7:
Blame Iwobi and be grateful that Jpes removed him on time else SA would have opened scoring before us

Our midfield still remains our weakest area, not because of iwobi but because it's too lean. Watch most times yesterday when SA is with the ball we play 3-2-5

Stillwater10:
You say we did not miss him and yet his absence was enough to alter the position of Aina. It's obvious the coach does not trust others to play that position and the I believe the coach must have a cogent reason.
Our wingers were caged yesterday because the wing backs could not easily go forward. This was what Zaidu was doing although with poor final balls

Jpes is very rigid hard trust his bench, with the absence of zaidu, he just went back to what he already know, switch back to what he used against GB. SA was breaking through the middle and not through the wings.

Barryseal:
I dont know if anyone in our technical area noticed the South African GK had a shoulder injury. He was in pains on his right shoulder. I was screaming that our pk takers should place balls to his right.
I think Omeruo was the only player who seemed to take advantage of this information. Williams almost caught Iheanacho's pk because he placed it on his good side. He dived to his left most of the time.
These minor things can make a difference. Our bench should take note.

If that Nacho pk is replayed the same way, William still won't catch it. It was very precise, the worst that will happen is for the ball to hit the bar.

ChrisKels:
An epitome of confidence. This guy handles his defenders and encourages his players as though he was their guardian. Well, yea he guards their post. Dude acts so mature and he is full of presence. His aura is so superb and it is hard to believe he is just a new member of the team.

He act like he has been with the team for a very long time.

ChrisKels:
Those of you saying we missed Zaidu yesterday I guess you guys were watching the back of your TV sets. How was he missed? Did the SA threaten through our left or were we found wanting defending from our left side? What was that that was missed about Zaidu, his crosses? Did you guys see how delicious Aina crosses were and his neat tackles inside our box? We didn’t miss him. We only missed Aina on the RWB position. SA attacked more through the middle with long balls trying to catch our centre backs flat footed.

Guy you dey watch ball, I was wondering when they say we miss Zaidu, he was not missed at all, just like you said we only miss Aina at RWB, I was really wished he was left at RWB while Bruno was brought in or maybe Bassey.

comodo:
But moffi looks like he is heavy. Moffi I know is faster than the one I saw today. But please who sent that pass?? That was tailor made. Osimhen will be licking his lips if na him get that kind pass.

Nacho boy

Tinneh:
Loved the way terem moffi timed his run brilliantly in the build up to that red card, excellent offside awareness

And good pass from Nacho

Nice pk from our boys, I wanted them to score the 5pk to prove a point. Na CV no sabi play pk

mostob:
Sadiq has the better chance.

time will tell, with the number of strickers coming up every day

Joebie:
If Osimhen had scored 3 our 6 big chances, he’d have 4 goals now. So Osimhen could excel in this set up. He’s just missed some chances.

Likewise Moffi. All this set up talk. In a 3-4-3 you have a point man. Moffi has played in a variety of formations in Nice. As a RF/RW in a 4-3-3. As a CF in a 4-3-3 and even as a CF in a 3-4-3 (where he also scored). See below their game vs Lyon

Yea you are right, I was just irritated with his statement that kc and moffi cannot score in this setup like are they amateur players

EEGA:
95% of Onyeka's game for Brentford has been as a CM/box 2 box midfielder.He even has assists and goals in that role.You can use sofascore.

Yusuf can also fit in as a DM.

Our current mid-field set-up requires one CM/DLP and one box 2 box midfielder/CM or rather 2 CMs.

This is why Raph Onyedika couldn't come on against Angola. Yusuf who is a box 2 box midfielder replaced Iwobi and Aribo another box 2 box midfielder replaced Frank Onyeka.

Aribo another box2box midfielder 🤦‍♂️ ena dy cap oh

bisqit:
this tells you we have a bunch of mediocre backup strikers and pes don't believe in them

How do you guys come up with such conclusion, because Osimhen was cleared to play means out backup strickers are mediocres, like how how do you guys reason

mostob:
And you think Onuachu's inclusion wouldn't have generated an uproar? Onuachu has been part of this team for years yet couldn't get a permanent shirt.

And you think Sadiq will get a permanent shirt?

mostob:
You seem to forget that Onuachu is in Ivory coast due to injury Sadiq sustained before the tourney. I think you have your answer already

You forget that Sadiq inclusion generated debate among fans

BascoVanVeli:
This is unfair. U don't have to do Sadiq like that.

😂 😂 😂 😂

EEGA:
No no no, if you are removing Onyeka the best bet is Yusuf.

Bro yusuf was already in that game against Angola, he came in for iwobi.

EEGA:
Aribo has been on the bench for most games this season.

He only started the 4 games b4 the AFCON.

In the last AFCON, he assisted Iheanacho's goal against Egypt.

Peseiro while defending the performance of his players said"Iheanacho and Aribo have not had enough game time this season".

You can check the link below

https://owngoalnigeria.com/2024/02/06/peseiro-admits-super-eagles-not-creating-enough-chances-without-iheanacho/

so why play him ahead of Onyedika, that my ish

EEGA:
I disagree.

Tell us why he is preferred to Raph.

Bro go watch our match against GB and last minute against Angola, you see Aribo is wash. That's why many fans complained, if you are removing Onyeka the best bet is onyedika except he's injured or you want a change of formation which was not what jpes was doing. Our midfield was cease to exist in both occasion.

EEGA:
Back to the origin of our argument,Osimhen is the only Striker who can get us the trophy.

You want to start 2 strikers who have not played even a minute since the beginning of the tournament in a semi-final game.

Have you coached a club side b4?

If you haven't try coaching a local side in your area, it will help you understand the game better.Also Enrol your team into intra state tournaments.

I just don't know how some of you think football.

Case closed.

Uncle 😂 how many times will you close this case 😂 😂 😂

EEGA:
Aribo started along side Ndidi in the last edition benching Nwakali and even Etebo post AFCON.

this same last edition that ended in R16, you have now shift to Nwakali Abeg Aribo and Onyedika who has a higher workrate.

EEGA:
This is the AFCON where Morocco who were better than SA got defeated by them.

Aribo has been struggling for game time this season.

Yes,an in form Aribo, works harder than Raph Onyedika.

Aribo has never had a higher workrate to Onyedika inform or no inform.

Amedino99:
it's so funny you can't even use stats to prove it.

As in this guy argument weak me, an inform Aribo mbok is Aribo inform now according to you since he's coming in ahead of Onyedika. EEGA

EEGA:
"The best way to defend is to attack".

No team will win a tournament without a good Striker.

Remember Giroud of France in 2018 WC?How many goals did he score?Were there no back up Strikers on the bench?

Giroud started all games in the WC because he was better than other Strikers and suits the coach's playing philosophy.

Have you noticed something with Peseiro's Philosophy of recent?

It's all about high work rate.This is the reason he prefers Frank Onyeka(The tank) to Raph Onyedika.He prefers Yusuf or Aribo as sub for this same reason.

Iheanacho and Moffi lacks the work rate of Osimhen.

Uncle your write up is neither here nor there, Aribo has a better work rate than Onyedika
At bold no body is saying otherwise, what we have in our bench are not poor strickers. I don't have any issue with Osimhen biko, he's a fantastic player, but what I'll not agree is you saying without Osimhen, Nigeria will lose against southy. Nigeria have good stricker to defeat southy any day