Joebie:
And what will the new players be doing? Sitting on the bench? Coming in late? Failing to hold possession with neat interchange of passes? What will Rohr do differently with new players?

A team that has been together for 3years yet still struggle to string passes together.

No wonder a news media used the word 'Limp' to describe our team at the World Cup.

We were out played by the SAs. How does that sound to the ear sef? We need to be thinking big and set examples for other African countries to follow.

ChrisKels:


There is what is called pride bro. I guide mine with my life, hence I never settle for less. One thing I believe in, stay away from a fight that doesnt worth it buh whenever a minor tries to rise above his level in disrespect to his superiors, beat him to stupor to serve as a deterrent to others. We have everything in our Arsenal, why should we be so soft on opponents like SA. No disrespect to SA buh if they had the quality we had, they would mop the floor with us. The had more injury worries and withdrawals, yet they looked more coordinated with their play than us that have had majority of our players playing together for more than 3years now. If we played good football and ended up wt the score he got, I wouldn't mind, buh fvck it, we were damne poor like a cow dung

Rohr is a disgrace. I want him gone for a coach who understands what it means to protect the pride of a nation.

you can say that all over again!

I don't know why our people are been conservative with the truth.

Well, me o. I'm not impressed one bit about this man called Rohr and his results. The truth of the matter is that we are not progressing as a team. One needs to separate RESULTS from PROGRESS.

I watched Holland play yesterday and I marveled. They are rebuilding after they missed out in this year's world cup. Their new team is less than 2years (post Robben Era) but it is more obvious that they are on the rise. Sense of purpose in their play, clear cut pattern of football, the boys are getting better with each match. They defeated the World Champions yesterday with a team with average players just like ours(cos Aside Van dyke others are just average too). They qualified from a group that has Germany and France.

But ask these Rohr's defenders that aside qualification for the World Cup and AFCON what else can we say about his team.
No improvement in pattern of playe. No winning mentality in the boys. Na to de experiment up and down.

A lowly SA are even calling us their rivals. What an insult! We went out against them today seeking for a draw. It's like Wales calling Germany their football rival.

Something needs to be done asap. Else we will just waste this pool of talent at our disposal. It's so sad.

Curtisaxel7:


I noticed it too. Everything Rohr said there is what any layman would say. No comment on tactics and strategy. No in-depth game analysis, nothing. Just rambling about nothing.....

In many ways Rohr reminds me of Buhari. Old, dull, slow to react, unintellectual, incoherent of speech and seemingly unaware of events happening around them.

Had Rohr lodge a complaint to the fourth official or better still vent his anger on the first disallowed goal, I don't think the ref and linesman would have been more cautious with their calls.

Joebie:
The point is in the absence of Mikel you should have a solid alternative to Iwobi regardless. Eze comes to mind. Even Mikel will not give you 100% every matchday. You always need to have a solid replacement in every department. That’s our problem.

Anybody who still defends Rohr is simply blind. At the end of the 1st half I already knew it was not a good day for Iwobi and KC. But Baxter was still the first to make the first sub. What bothers me about this team is that Rohr have kept most of the players together for about 3 years now, but we cannot still string good passes consistently. On the other hand, SA have brought On several new names but you can always count on them to give u a good game regardless of the result.

IMO this team will not win the AFCON.

Spot on. But does Rohr know this.

krattoss:
Thank God south Africa next game is away to libya. I don't see them robbing libya over there in North Africa.

I can bet my left balls that south Africa bribed those lines men.
Wait, isn this Same southies that robbed Senegal on worldcup qualifying in this Same FNB.?
Latter after replay Senegal won them on replay and the Ref fired.

See am vexed right now, if pinnick doesn't exercise his authority as caf vice president and investigate this match, I wont be happy with him atall.
And anyway south Africa can never win this Libyan national team.

Thanks for this.

elyte89:
We all can c ighalo and Mikel.is still very much relevant to dis team,most especially mikel

when I said the difference between this match and the previous one is Balogun, I was almost stone to death.

We scored Seychelles 3 and we were singing our players to high heaven and excusing them for poor performance attributing it to the poor pitch wasn't it the same pitch Libya walloped them by 7 good goals?

One thing is very sure. These boys won't realise their potential under Rohr's tutelage.

soetanoreoluwa:
Isn't possible to probe this match?

I'll like us to probe else they repeat it next time and it might hurt.

Aside the ref, we were piss poor for the last 70mins of this encounter. We'll I wasn't surprised as I wasn't expecting anything spectacular from our boys.
Congrats as we are back in AFCON after two consecutive miss.

I have never seen a poor ref like this in a while and our coach continues to baffle me with his decision making

Where is the second group match holding cos this scoreline I'm seeing is outta here.

Kalu has been average too.

Earthquake2:


I don't think the wingbacks we have ever played in a 3-5-2 before

Why drop Aina?

WBs are average so far

We have always struggle against any long balls and the Southies are using it to their favour.

Midfield is non existence!

Goal

A clean Goal ruled offside!

That combo at the right side was beautiful

This looks 3-5-2. Kalu as wingback.

What is wrong with this Supersport?
South Africa vs Nigeria in SD while Uganda and Cape Verde in HD. What kain thing be this.

Why is the stadium half full?

Abusule007:
Super eagles starting 11 out

Is Aina injured or not match fit.

Hmmm... Make I wait to see Rohr's formation.
Ezenwa a player who hasn't played in 6 months starts...
Kelechi has been given a lifeline to redeem himself. Hope he grabs it with his both hands.

Did anyone watch Netherland vs France yesterday?

Hugo Lloris is the example of what we need in Goal.

All this talk of Kalu at RWB should not be real o.

Netherlands are in a rebuilding process... Good for their football. Watch out for them. They will soon be world super team again.

Just imagine us not capping Ebuehi in a competitive match. The boy would have done a u-turn on us now.

TheSuperNerd:




Chaaaiiii... One glass of choice wine for you Sir AIG.... Your memory is superb!!!!

Indeed I spoke about our very own ISIS (Iheanacho, Success, Iwobi, Simon M.) when the world was talking of terrorism in the middle East thanks to the original ISIS... Now time has brought it to pass. Funnily Samuel Chukwueze or even Samuel Kalu can be an alternative "S" in that ISIS formation... Lol...

Then the talks evolved between TheGoodJoe and I into the league of Extraordinary Hitmen, a gathering of the best and finest lethal attacking and creative talents for our Super Eagles' Big evolution and that is here too already and beginning to take firm shape and hopefully with time it will mature and bear thousands of fruits...


In fact... That memory of yours is blessed.... Cheers my good man...

Let's fantasize small, how will you line up these Football Terrorists group.?

Mickael2:


I was called a hater for pointing this out. Our midfield already lacked pace and now it has even reduced further.

So we have to first analyse how these guys will play, I don't know if you watched the game between Real Betis and Barcelona, Busquets was reduced to a ballbl boy, Betis moved through the side of the pitch that is what I think the South Africans will do, and if they do can Agu be the guy that will run around the entire midfield to win balls? We know Iwobi cannot control the game so this will be a fast paced game all through. Can Agu and Ogu cope with all that? It remains to be seen though, but for me I doubt we will win this game with this midfield we have now

The bolded is my major concern...

Having a slow Ogu in the Middle paired by a tactically indiscipline player in Agu is nothing but a recipe for.......

How I wish Shehu is around. He would have been a better option in front of the back four.

On paper, we don't stand a chance...

Here is what my team will look like if I were to line the players up.

-------Akpeyi-----
Aina-Ekong-Balogun-Collins
---Agu----Ogu----
Musa-Iwobi-Simon
------Success------

Hmmm...

Where is TheSuperNerd?
His dream of having Iheanacho, Success, Iwobi and Simon Moses(ISIS) in the Super Eagles at the same time has come true. Added to the above players are Osimhen, Samuel Chukwueze, Henry Onyekuru, Samuel Kalu... O boy, this calls for celebration. Who would have thought it will come so soon?

I'm only afraid of the caretaker in charge of these lads...

E be like se the dawn of a new Era is already knocking on our door.

Cc:Icon4s.

With Etebo's injury, Agu and Ogu will likely start.

This is what our Midfield is reduced to. Who do we bring on to replace this guys if the need arises?

Well, what do I know. I just hope our Midfield is not over run by the Southies.

What do you think Mikael2?

One person have missed here is Sir blueto. Abeg where you de?


@Sir eterisan good to see you again Just saw your post post now. But I wan beg you not to vex and so overlook that post from our guy. He sometimes gets emotional on irrelevancies. I hope you understand.

It's been a while here.

So sad we will miss Ighalo... Hope Success will live up to the expectations and deliver goals.

Iwobi is our only hope in the middle.

Rohr's conservativeness is holding this team back. We are in this state of dilemma at the goalkeeping department because of him. Now that Uzoho is out, we are left with no other choice than to anchor our last line of defense on Akpeyi, Ezenwa, Afelokhai...

The difference between this team and the one that faced the Southies last year is Balogun. This match will be a real test for the boys and will help us in measuring the teams growth.

Learnt that Baxter has recalled Tau (their talisman). Hmmm...

Qualification na im be koko. Make we sha qualify.