where are the so call mighty Args who score plenty of goals in their verious club.

jay bee:

I am still proud to be a Nigerian
We competed and def more lager beer to lagerback

Bros, it seems you missed the first 70mins of the game or something.  

Thank God say dem no spell Naija.

I still maintain that if we play 4-3-3 with Obasi and Odemwingie running at Gutierrez and Heinze, we could have troubled them.

I tink Lagerback is a good coach. He's done well!

and Vincent saved Eagles from disgrace! What a lacklustre performance!! Clearly, the team lacked urgency, poor link btw d midfield and attack, Eagles, go get a real playmaker, Haruna is good, but plays too much on d defense!!!

we should have equalised,argentina's defence was weak, our players were just psychologically intimated by messi and co.
haba,we couldnt even pass the ball,even the argentines were scared of us,and we didnt even use that to our advantage

Even with the mighty Enyeama, not being able to score is a fatal weakness.

Where are the comments from the 50% who voted in the poll that Naija would discipline Argentina?

Great relief!
loss by only one goal.

for real guys, me i enjoyed the fact that these guys played more purposeful than under amodu.

really am impressed with them especially enyama,the guy need to move out of israel and i think he will after the WC.

Don't blame Largerback.

It is only few amongst coaches who can take players in a short time and win a match like today's.


I expect a win in the rest of the matches in this group stage.

ruba_slipa:

Where are the comments from the 50% who voted in the poll that Naija would discipline Argentina?

We are here. No shame in hoping for the best.

I can't believe saying this but i think Osaze was mediocre today. It lokks like he lost his pace

cultey:

My sister wan kill me for here,

Like say na me play ball, lol!

Chei her eyes don reeeeeeeeeeed!

Tell her to take heart. This is Naija, anything can happen

God pass them . . . we'll win the next match 4shizzy!  

bawomolo:

20 shots on goal for argentina and NL'ers give largerbach a pat on the back.  he did ok with the substitutions but the scoreline was a stroke of luck

Unflipping believeable!

You see what I am talking about?

Please someone tell me if they have seen much difference in this team based on this game from when it was under Amodu.

But when they see white, they give seal of approval.

Unflipping believeable!

Argentina dominate and could easily have scored 4 or 5 or 6. At best we would score 2.

Sagamite:

I laugh.  

Players are giving ball away.

Keeper saved us from about 4 goals.

No one is running into the box.

Players mark from 5 yards away in midfield.

We are playing set pieces like the female team of an Ajegunle primary 3 school.

But you are impressed, Lagerback weldone.

Dude, we are not the happiest people in the world for nothing!

It is still Super Eagles for life!

We just need to learn to respect our own

is anyone suggesting that Siasia would not have played better against this Argentina side.

I honestly believe the Argentina olympic team in 2008 is better than this one and yet we held our own on the day.

bawomolo:

20 shots on goal for argentina and NL'ers give largerbach a pat on the back.  he did ok with the substitutions but the scoreline was a stroke of luck

Our best SE team lost to Argentina in 1994 so Lagerback did well. . . . . .
No one really expected us to beat Argentina with this side - all we asked for was to COMPETE and i think the boys turned it ON late in the game.
It was a LOSS quite alright but i don't think Amodu woulda done better.

A cud-chewing Amodu Shuiabu wouldnt have made the changes that brought the best out of our game.

just one goal na argentina fit score? We Nigerian they bad mouth ourself say dem go slap us like 5-0,
Who say Nigeria nor try na fire go burn for head

I duff my Cap for Enyeama, thumbs Up. Enyeama u need to make a move to Premier League

was  a  nice game there, wish odemwingie and obafemi started the game theres a good chance we wud have stolen it.  Lets see how thursday goes with greece.  

Thank God today is June 12 at least we have something to celebrate

Enyeama for President!!!

Really,If we hadn't conceeded earlier on, it may have ended 0-0.

Let's forget about the Argies and move on
Proud of what I saw!

Lagerback had about a month to put this team together. I think he has done a decent job.

I was never expecting Nigeria to play Arg like this. Anybody doubting Nigeria in this world cup will eat his mouth. Lar is a very good coach. South Korea and Greece can never match Nigeria foot to foot. Despite losing by one zero, I am proud of Nigeria. I was expecting aleast four or five goals from Arg. God be with our goal keeper. For those who doubt Nigeria from day one, may God see you all tru. Nigeria and Arg will go to next round.

NAGODE, THANK, MERCI BEAUCOUP

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gud!!

ok. haruna no show, keita needs to go

Reading some of these replies, I am oustanded and this is the problem with Nigeria today, we always settle for less. We were absolutely shit and another team would have seriously punished Argentina becasue their defence was shit. It was a case of defending and countering simple, but our players are not fit and clearly lack ability.

Lets face the fact we really shit because our goalie was our best player. What did Kaita, Obasi, the guy that played right back, uche and nnsofor offer us, abslolutely nothing but dead brain football. I am really really ticked off.

~Sauron~:

FT. . . . . .


Some of our players are not National Team quality.
Odiah, Kaita and Haruna are useless players.

Osaze and Martins should sort themselves out.
Martins coulda scored if Osaze had passed to him quicker. . . .

The gutless performance wasn't Lagerback's fault.
His structure was alright but some of our players were lethargic.

Lagerback made the changes and you could tell the impact straightaway.
Amodu would wait till the 90th minute, chewing his cud like a ruminant animal.

Sauron, DO NOT EVEN START!  

So the gutless performance now is the fault of the players?  

But under Amodu, it is because he lacked tactics and can not motivate them?

What is different from the structure of Lagerback vs that of Amodu? The same 4-3-3?

When Amodu made subs in 3 vital games that had impact. It is "why did he start Yakubu"?

DON't EVEN START!

In Summary:

ARGENTINA
*Argentina are not the "dreaded side" that we think they are!
*Messi had so many chances (about seven in all, at least in two cases, he had only the Keeper (Enyeama) to beat  but he scoffed the chances.
*If l should rate his performance today, he was just AVERAGE, and to hink he is the World's Best footballer?

Argentina was weak in the defense line but Nigeria failed to exploit their Right and Left full back's weakness.

NIEGRIA.
*Enyeama was fantastic. His performance today could earn him a call-up to Real Madrid or Barccelona. Any world-class team would be proud to have Enyeama within its goal post.

*Yakubu scoffed a few chances, l guess "Age" cannot be cheated! Age has caught up with him. He, like most of his team mates, especially Etuhu, Odia, looked tired just 30mins into the game.

*Nigerian forward-line players lacked imagination and l begin to wonder what input, if anything at all, Mr. LagerBeer has contributed for his colossal Summer Holiday Pay?
*If we had a good forward line, we could have easily beaten Argentina today.
*We are very poor in marking or tackling, when it cones to "set-paces" like corner kicks!
*All Nigeria's corner kicks were absolute waste. Most went from right corner and dropped-down at the left corner! Maybe that was a "new-style", courtesy of Coach LagerBeer


In all, Argentina once again confirmed that when it comes to the National tean, they are not that good but individually at club level, each player except that one that plays for Newcastle (Left full Back), are splendid.

Nigeria's performance lacked purpose, imagination and precision. Most passes we made went to the opposing player. We looked so tired and fagged-out you will wonder whether the players had a party over-night.
It was sheer luck that we lost 1-0, the score line could have been something like 7-1 if Messi and Higuain were on target as expected.
We can still qualify if we win the next two games and that can only happen if our players "get more energy from somewhere/something like a "Nuclear reactor"

Our boys wld hav nicked this one,if they weren't fidgeting in the 1st half.