jp philips:

truth is; it is the strikers that Initiate counters not the coach,a fast paced striker will initiate a counter by default as soon as the opponent is dispossessed in his half.

what i think keshi is avoiding is a counter attack from the opposition in case our boys are dispossessed and his strategy is fair if i must say.
we can make our runs through the flanks and Ambrose overlap and perhaps Echiejile or so isn't bad. also, you must note that keshi positions players in the midfield who has the ability to make defense splitting passes (Mikel and Moses does it very well for eagles and recently ideye).

what is the point asking for a counter attack and leaving your back vulnerable to fast paced attackers (forlan, suarez and Cavani) when you can split the defense with a killer pass from your controlled midfield? same opportunity for the strikers to score (if you have one).

Spot kick is a natural talent, i doubt if one can be trained to do that, if you are lucky to put together a team where one person has the Ability, then your are good, if not you cant destabilize your team for a spot kick taker.

since the days of Okocha (who happens to be a lucky dube for spot kicks, ) we haven't been that lucky anymore, even the so called big teams just manage with a few of them. our famous 94 squad hadn't a perfect one either, save for a few lucky ones.

Since Beckham and perhaps lucky lampard, England hadn't much, for over a decade, it was a Juninho and ronaldinho for a whole Brazilian team, rem. that it didn't stop scolari from dropping Dinho, when he dropped form.

most teams are like that, a 100capped pirlo does it so well for italy, whoelse? so at the exit of pirlo, no more for Italy, at least for now.
Most good teams in the world dont have spot kick takers except when they are lucky.
the truth is, there are a billion and one opportunities that can be created from skillful players, Spot kick is just a jara. i tell you what, if you have strikers that can bury any defense any day, you may not need good penalty takers.

oluwafemi113:


Why from bench ?
Is Musa your relative?

We don't need him finish




Next !!!!!!

seyi360: Will love to massage those hot laps u got

oluwafemi113:


Yes and never should he be call back in to the team

bakynes:

Broda Mr Miracle is sleeping.At this point Nigeria can only Qualify by beating spain and expecting Uruguay to beat Tahiti with just few goals like 2-0,3-0 which is impossible.First,Nigeria can't beat spain and second,Uruguay will beat Tahiti wit a lot of goals so definitely we are out.But I see a future for this team under Keshi, all he needs is to call back a few prolific players like Martins,Osaze and d Uche brothers and the world shd watch out for Nigeria @ Brazil 2014 world cup.

Jarus:

Brilliant analysis.

Deadballs have never been our strenght, and there is hardly anything we can do about it.

Jarus:

Brilliant analysis.

Deadballs have never been our strenght, and there is hardly anything we can do about it.

Zona.com:

Jarus pls post ur normal player ratings.
The super eagles lost but somehow i'm happy with their performance. Echiejile and ambrose did very well, they were very composed and overlap when needed.

jp philips: why was Mba not pushed forward when the strikers went on strike?

Ajibel: So Enyeama is Nigeria's new villain Enyeama stays, what we need nau is prolific goal-unfearing strikers to make SE the team to beat!

jp philips: why was Mba not pushed forward when the strikers went on strike?

info.fta:
Musa is a good winger not finisher. He has good pace. Keshi needs quality strikers like Emenike. Such as Ik Uche, Kalu Uche,and Osazee. We have good midfielders and defenders. When you are playing against a good team you don't expect them not to score, your ability to also score is what matters.

cman77: D reason y nig has struggled to score or perhaps put up a draw in d qualifiers is because keshi keeps invitin 'dead strikers' like ideye.d fact dat sm1 is a top scorer in his club doesn't translate smtimes dat u will do well in d natl team.4 example,u will rememba makinwa of palermo in italy who neva had an impressive perfrmance wif d SE.luck smtimes plays a role.ideye has bin tryd several tymns nd he is a bigtime flop.if we r to defeat spain(which is possible)we must do away wif dos ideye,babatunde,akpala.I hope oduamadi recovers soon,cos u don't have 5 goalscorin chances as a striker and miss all.

Nomski0:
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#confused

achi4u: lets go to drawing board and plan hw to unstage Spain.

cman77: D reason y nig has struggled to score or perhaps put up a draw in d qualifiers is because keshi keeps invitin 'dead strikers' like ideye.d fact dat sm1 is a top scorer in his club doesn't translate smtimes dat u will do well in d natl team.4 example,u will rememba makinwa of palermo in italy who neva had an impressive perfrmance wif d SE.luck smtimes plays a role.ideye has bin tryd several tymns nd he is a bigtime flop.if we r to defeat spain(which is possible)we must do away wif dos ideye,babatunde,akpala.I hope oduamadi recovers soon,cos u don't have 5 goalscorin chances as a striker and miss all.

Zona.com:

Dont worry, mba scores on sundays for the SE. Cant wait to watch the match against spain, though we might not qualify for the semis, but i want to see a beautiful game from our boys come sunday. This team seem to play better against difficult opponents.

texaco1:
how the hell will this make ahmed musa score against spain

texaco1:
see nairaland technical adviser.smh

texaco1:
how the hell will this make ahmed musa score against spain