Bassey and Iwobi start from the bench.Bassey could have done better for two goals concédéd against Palace.

Aina injured. Hoping it's not long term. He fellow down without anyone near him.

Michael Ihiekwe indeed, well it's April 01

AndSunGorilla:
Aina injured. Hoping it's not long term. He fellow down without anyone near him.

I wonder why he didn’t start from the bench like his colleagues in Fulham, the coach should have done better. These boys have been playing too many games in days!

daveP:


😂

All the sport journos on twitter were playing April's Fool Sports Version today na. I didn't fall for all of that. There's even one that Partey tackle Saka and Saka is out for rest of the season. 😂😂😂😂

I expected all that today.

actually this has been news for a while now. https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c05mqne10yeo.amp

9JAMac10:
I disagree about 2013 Afcon. What about Emmanuel emenike and Afcon winning goal scorer Mr Sunday mba

You and Yinkeys should not misunderstand me so it won't seem as if I tried to diminish the efforts of Mba and Emenike.
Emenike,Mba, Onazi,Efe and Ideye were all instrumental for us winning the 2013 AFCONs.
But if I want to single out the 3 most important players that gave our team the edge,that we wouldn't have done without,there were Mikel,Enyeama and Moses.

By the way, the Atlanta '96 and USA '94 teams were full of excellent players but I only tried to pick just 3 or 4.

opes:


Rwanda is in East Africa, not Southern Africa

Noted

Osim-AIR ✈️⚽🇳🇬

Fenerbahçe 🆚 Galatasaray (QF Turkish Cup) tomorrow 🥶🥶

Mujtahida:

You are giving Ekong's statement a wild spin. Go and watch the presser. Communication is more than mere words. I don't think he meant it in the way you have interpreted it.

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Okay, I was just baffled on why he made that statement.

Mujtahida:

Chelle himself should overhaul his thinking. Playing Aina as LB twice shows that he is not flexible.

E be like na wetin pain you for that Zim defeat be that.

You no just wan leave this Aina left back issue at all.

AndSunGorilla:
Aina injured. Hoping it's not long term. He fellow down without anyone near him.

Nottingham 1-Man utd 0...watched the match cuz of Awo and something got cleared to me,scoring or not,only Awoniyi can deputize Osimhen,his pressing damn good and always keep defenders on their toes,reason why we need him to close the game anytime Osimhen is tired.

Hope to see Aina back soon

Mujtahida:

Chelle himself should overhaul his thinking. Playing Aina as LB twice shows that he is not flexible.

Do you want to hear Koko our LBs were very average and to be candid talking modern tactics they are not better than Aina as LB.....the only mistake he made was not substituted tired Osayi for Bruno which would have made Aina to switch but guess what Aina gave us the beautiful assist, meaning he got it right.

Drew that match was just the only minus

Kog45:
Do you want to hear Koko our LBs were very average and to be candid talking modern tactics they are not better than Aina as LB.....the only mistake he made was not substituted tired Osayi for Bruno which would have made Aina to switch but guess what Aina gave us the beautiful assist, meaning he got it right.

Drew that match was just the only minus

It shows chelle doesn’t trust Bruno obviously,hopefully maybe agu and d oda Hausa guy would convince him

Kog45:
Do you want to hear Koko our LBs were very average and to be candid talking modern tactics they are not better than Aina as LB.....the only mistake he made was not substituted tired Osayi for Bruno which would have made Aina to switch but guess what Aina gave us the beautiful assist, meaning he got it right.

Drew that match was just the only minus

Nah
I won't agree with you on this
The few minutes Burno played against Rwanda he was better than Aina at LB
Aina made some defensive errors against Rwanda
But played well against Zimbabwe
I feel Burno would have given us much more at LB
And Aina would also have given us much more at RB

Samueltemi337:


Nah
I won't agree with you on this
The few minutes Burno played against Rwanda he was better than Aina at LB
Aina made some defensive errors against Rwanda
But played well against Zimbabwe
I feel Burno would have given us much more at LB
And Aina would also have given us much more at RB

Well I maybe wrong but I will not pick Bruno,Sanusi and Collins over Aina as LB if I have solid RB...I don't see what Sanusi,Collins and Bruno brought to the table that made them special,fact they are the lowest LBs talking about LBs in eagles history.

As I said that drew against Zimbabwe messed things up

Kog45:
Well I maybe wrong but I will not pick Bruno,Sanusi and Collins over Aina as LB if I have solid RB...I don't see what Sanusi,Collins and Bruno brought to the table that made them special,fact they are the lowest LBs talking about LBs in eagles history.

As I said that drew against Zimbabwe messed things up

Come to think of it.. even with d deduction of 3points ,even if we had won d game against Zimbabwe 🇿🇼,we would still need to win all d remaining games ,to qualify straight as d group winner,at d end of d day,d result against Zimbabwe doesn’t really have much effect

Kog45:
Well I maybe wrong but I will not pick Bruno,Sanusi and Collins over Aina as LB if I have solid RB...I don't see what Sanusi,Collins and Bruno brought to the table that made them special,fact they are the lowest LBs talking about LBs in eagles history.

As I said that drew against Zimbabwe messed things up

Elder, you need to take a dose of nostalgaquine to cure you of your over fondness of the past so you can appreciate the present and the future.

Respectfully sir.

semid4lyfe:


Elder, you need to take a dose of nostalgaquine to cure you of your over fondness of the past so you can appreciate the present and the future.

Respectfully sir.

I watched the past and presently am not satisfied with what we have as LBs,is there anything wrong with it.

If a coach has natural LB but played right footed player twice in the same position, meaning what?can Aina as LB bench Iroha,Babayaro,Taiwo,Echiejele and even Udeze?

I should not be fondness of the past that gave us 3 Afcons and 6 WC appearances.

Pls who told I don't appreciate the present....okay rate our LBs in eagles past and presently.

elyte89:



Come to think of it.. even with d deduction of 3points ,even if we had won d game against Zimbabwe 🇿🇼,we would still need to win all d remaining games ,to qualify straight as d group winner,at d end of d day,d result against Zimbabwe doesn’t really have much effect

Meaning SA on 10 points and Nigeria 9 points and compare to what we have now

Kog45:
Meaning SA on 10 points and Nigeria 9 points and compare to what we have now

Dts what I am saying dt we still need to beat dem win SA if we want to qualify as the top team of d group

elyte89:


Dts what I am saying dt we still need to beat dem win SA if we want to qualify as the top team of d group

Hmm you are right but with our displays so far,beating SA is difficult

elyte89:



Come to think of it.. even with d deduction of 3points ,even if we had won d game against Zimbabwe 🇿🇼,we would still need to win all d remaining games ,to qualify straight as d group winner,at d end of d day,d result against Zimbabwe doesn’t really have much effect

Not only about winning the group. If we had won against Zimbabwe, we would have moved to second place in the group table, putting us in contention for the best four runners-up.

elyte89:



Come to think of it.. even with d deduction of 3points ,even if we had won d game against Zimbabwe 🇿🇼,we would still need to win all d remaining games ,to qualify straight as d group winner,at d end of d day,d result against Zimbabwe doesn’t really have much effect

look at this situation. If we had won against Zimbabwe, we would have been on 9 points. 4 more matches will bring the total to 21 points taking us straight above south Africa who will have 19 points. Right now we are on 7 points add 12 points we would have 19 points. South Africa winning 3 of their 4 games with the deduction of points will put them also at 19 points. Would you prefer a scenario where you qualify based on points or the one where you qualify based on goals. We don't even know if south Africa won't turn to barca and start scoring 4+ goals in their remaining matches. If we had won the last match, even just a draw against south Africa would have been enough.

opes:


Not only about winning the group. If we had won against Zimbabwe, we would have moved to second place in the group table, putting us in contention for the best four runners-up.

I don’t want us to go thru dt stress .right now I feel topping d group is a more easier route Dan d 2nd place route going by d technicalities on ground

Kog45:
Hmm you are right but with our displays so far,beating SA is difficult

Presently ….i fear our fixture against Rwanda 🇷🇼 and Benin 🇧🇯 at home Dan our away fixtures (SA AND LESOTHO 🇱🇸) …I even feel SA would be our easiest fixture out of d four

Kog45:
Well I maybe wrong but I will not pick Bruno,Sanusi and Collins over Aina as LB if I have solid RB...I don't see what Sanusi,Collins and Bruno brought to the table that made them special,fact they are the lowest LBs talking about LBs in eagles history.

As I said that drew against Zimbabwe messed things up

The only reason people are complaining is because we lost,if not they would have overlooked it.
As for me,I don't trust Bruno as our left back,I don't know what some fans saw in his performances why they keep hailing him.
I don't mind the coach playing Aina there over Bruno while he sort out his left back problem though Aina at right back would be more utilized .

My problem with the coach is playing only Ndidi and Iwobi in our midfield, two players that are no longer what they use to be ,and again playing all our wingers all at once.

He should find a way to accommodate other midfielders and balance the team,he should not let our history with 442 blinds him,Ndidi is no Oliseh, nor Iwobi Okocha.

Napoleon55:

The only reason people are complaining is because we lost,if not they would have overlooked it.
As for me,I don't trust Bruno as our left back,I don't know what some fans saw in his performances why they keep hailing him.
I don't mind the coach playing Aina there over Bruno while he sort out his left back problem though Aina at right back would be more utilized .

My problem with the coach is playing only Ndidi and Iwobi in our midfield, two players that are no longer what they use to be ,and again playing all our wingers all at once.

He should find a way to accommodate other midfielders and balance the team,he should not let our history with 442 blinds him,Ndidi is no Oliseh, nor Iwobi Okocha.

And you trust Osayi at RB?

Kog45:
I watched the past and presently am not satisfied with what we have as LBs,is there anything wrong with it.

If a coach has natural LB but played right footed player twice in the same position, meaning what?can Aina as LB bench Iroha,Babayaro,Taiwo,Echiejele and even Udeze?

I should not be fondness of the past that gave us 3 Afcons and 6 WC appearances.

Pls who told I don't appreciate the present....okay rate our LBs in eagles past and presently.

Taiwo,Echiejene to an extent were the last super eagles left back we had.
Having two reliable wing backs are always crucial to any successful team,the coach should keep scouting for a better left back

This is enuf for chelle to experiment

elyte89:
This is enuf for chelle to experiment

why green eagles? These Ghanaians ehn

Samueltemi337:


And you trust Osayi at RB?

Not that much,but still manageable.
Aina is better.

AndSunGorilla:
Bassey and Iwobi start from the bench.Bassey could have done better for two goals concédéd against Palace.

Bassey & Ekong make a lot of mistakes though
Either Eric Chelle changes the both of them by trying out new personnels like Igoh Ogbu, Ifeanyi, Ndah etc since he likes 4-4-2 or we switch to 3-4-3. The formation that hides our defensive lapses

I’m okay with the wingbacks though
Aina, Osayi, Zaidu, Bruno