safarigirl:


In this case, NO.

A very resounding NO

The only reason you are saying this now, is because we conceded early and eventually lost. So, clearly, it is not even a logical statement.

TheGoodJoe:


“When you don’t have the players in fantastic clubs, playing the semi-finals or quarter-finals of the Champions League all the time, you cannot pretend to be better than Algeria or Egypt...Rohr

Mujtahida:

It's ridiculous that some couldn't see that we were declining with every game we played under Rohr. Right after we qualified for Russia, I sensed a shift and from then on, I knew Rohr wasn't good for us. Let Eguavoen fail a thousand times, I'd still support Rohr's sack

safarigirl:


The people doing this are particularly mad, especially the ones trolling Iwobi.

They should drop their phones and go and sleep. Work dey tomorrow

12large1:


The same coach that already defeated cameroun, Tunisia, and South Africa to reach 3rd place. Nigerians problem is our boastful attitude

daveP:
If Yobo is is the team already,then they should get Ejide and Enyeama to help find great GKs to me. These things seem like rocket science to NFF peeps sha.

daveP:


Maduka should deactivate for now.


The ladies went ballistics before this game. Now add insults to the missiles from the sex starved ladies.... Mehn.


Some are also pained he didn't show remorse like Ekong and Omeruo after the match. My my. Rudeboy made it worse. He for just leave matter alone.


I don't like this one bit.

Odunayaw:
If I ask who should have been subbed out and for whom now you go de stutter

forgiveness:


It is not logical to you but it's to me even when we were not a goal down.

On the 36 minutes, I already suggested we change Iheanacho.

See my post below. So you are totally wrong.

drDoom3:


I will help you.

Half-time changes:

Onyeka in, Iheanacho out. Switch to 4-3-3, Aribo as AM.

Ejuke in, Chuks out. As Ejuke was not in matchday squad, Olayinka or Onyekuru in.

These two changes would have soliified our midfield and helped us close the[b] gaps that led to a player having so much space to hit a screame[/b]r that close to our penalty area.

safarigirl:


Okay now, we change to Iwobi, na Iwobi come chop red, shebi that one follow for the game plan.

Mujtahida:

Do curb your failures in life cos if you succeed you'd see less of the need to tell people to curb their enthusiasm.

forgiveness:


Exactly! This NFF peeps term should end as quickly as possible.

I don't know what Alloy Agu has been doing there for 5 years without giving us a good goalkeeper. Na Ejunje dey worry our people.

safarigirl:


He actually should deactivate

Rudeboy sef go talk?

I have been on NL since, I no go check anything, so, I really don't even know what is happening

daveP:
Rewarding Incompetence.

drDoom3:


I will help you.

Half-time changes:

Onyeka in, Iheanacho out. Switch to 4-3-3, Aribo as AM.

Ejuke in, Chuks out. As Ejuke was not in matchday squad, Olayinka or Onyekuru in.

These two changes would have soliified our midfield and helped us close the gaps that led to a player having so much space to hit a screamer that close to our penalty area.

forgiveness:


The point remains the changes ought to have been done before the second half commenced.

That's exactly my point.

mostob:
you have no point man...you have no point.
All I see here na ranting.
Talk better thing abeg

forgiveness:


Honestly speaking. He is truly incompetent.

daveP:
He wanted to do Father Theresa and defend our boy. It only skyrocketed the backlash. Okoye family things i think.

COOL10:


He has a point oo. He has A VERY BIG POINT.
It's up to you to decide if you want to see it or not.

Rohr was not a bad coach. Yes his football was drab and uninspiring but in the grand scheme of things he got us results. He was no where near a failure.

How many Nigerians expected us to qualify the way we did against Cameroon, Algeria and Zambia?

How many Nigerians expected us to do well at the 2019 AFCON considering our absence from the previous editions? He still took us to third place

At the World Cup,we lost 2:0 to a Croatia who ended up being World Cup finalists and 2:1 to an Argentina who needed a World Class French team to eliminate them. France also made it to the final.

Some had issues with how he always downplayed his players' capabilities. They called it a defeatist mindset. Shebi we've seen the one with Lion and Wolf mindset. Where did we end up? Round of 16

If you try to make a case for Eguavoen using Maduka's error, a case could also be made for Rohr using Akpeyi's error in the dying minutes.

I was in support of Rohr's sack but I wanted us to wait till after the AFCON. You don't sack a coach few weeks to a major tournament. The results would most likely be damning. We just experienced it.

We can placate ourselves all we want but that's the harsh truth. We should have waited till after the AFCON to sack him. I would have even preferred us to sack him after that 2018 World Cup but we didn't.

Wohh, I'm so emotionally distraught right now. I'm off to the gym. I need somewhere to pour out all this anger in me. Una goodnight.

solonnachi:
It's better to lose now than lose against Ghana in March. That would be more painful.

We restrategize.
Up Super Eagles!

Jose Peseiro, over to you

daveP:
That department needs overhaul. I really miss Carl Ikeme. That was where the continuity ended.

daveP:
That department needs overhaul. I really miss Carl Ikeme. That was where the continuity ended.

forgiveness:


Honestly! We don't need incompetent peeps around.

If Carl was okay, we go do well.

I don't know why NFF retained him till now. I don't understand.

Hopefully, he is kicked out an replaced with Enyeama

lloydtruth:

We all know how Osihmen plays, he helps the midfield, bullies the opposing defenders, and takes his chances. Awoniyi was nothing of such and brought absolutely nothing to the team. Even the only goal he scored in the tournament na fluke.

drDoom3:
There was something Eguavoen said in the post-match interview that made me realise that he is a good coach, but not an excellent one.

He said that you cannot change your playing style in the middle of a tournament.

Every excellent coach changes their playing style IN THE MIDDLE OF GAMES THEY ARE NOT PERFORMING IN, let alone in the middle of a month-long tournament.

Football is like chess. I am participating in a chess tournament. I have a specific opening sequence I used to win my first three games. In my fourth game, my opponent who is higher ranked plays a move right off the bat that shows he knows what my opening sequence is and he is ready to counter it. What do I do? If I continue with my sequence, I will be at a disadvantage because my opponent knows what I will play and is prepared. Every good chess player will IMMEDIATELY improvise.

From the first ten minutes, it was clear these Tunisians knew exactly what we planned to do and they were ready for it. A simple move Eguavoen could have made could have been to tell Chuks and Simon to switch wings. Very simple move and it could have messed up the Tunisians gameplan because the 3 guys marking Simon would immediately be confused and have to switch responsibilities to other guys unprepared for it.

daveP:
in the sense that they saw a chance took it and got a goal, albeit cheap. Yes, outsmarted. We weren't smart with our dominance. So I can't call that outsmarting.