Rohr does not trust Henry and Ejuke yet! Kalu is tested and trusted at the National level!

do4luv14:



Why not oyekuro or ejuke especially when Kali is just returning from a life threatening fall

BascoVanVeli:


I would never bring down another man to raise Etebo up. The way u act is girlish.

If I ask you were I bring person down to raise person up you go dey yarn opata

Samueldodo781:


He did not

He did not get the memo?

Subzero047:


He did not get the memo?

No, I mean he did not plan ahead because is squard for the two games shows he wasn't prepared

Sainty92:

Thank u my brother. There is virtually not much difference between the both players but the way people criticize Aina even wen he had a good game is uncalled for. Am one of Ebuehi's fan but the way people slander Aina as if Ebuehi will do Almighty work on Rb.
Just imagine how you said the Pk was not Ebuehi's fault which is 100% true and everyone agrees with u. Assuming it was Aina who committed the pk, only few people here will say it was not his fault. Lol

Mr Sainty,

That we prefer Ebuehi in the right-back position, does not in any way insinuate a detest for the versatile Aina. This is a matter of preference. The predilection so expressed is not a blind one as the reasons for such have been supplied.

Samueldodo781:

No, I mean he did not plan ahead because is squard for the two games shows he wasn't prepared

It seems like it isn't his job to be prepared

otokx:
What time is the match and when?

Check the OFFICIAL poster/graphic below.

But the tautology in your post gives me a laugh shaa.

Musa will very likely start. Know this and know peace.

Onuachu won't start. It will likely be Simon, Musa and Kalu behind Osimhen.

Personally I would prefer a trio of Simon, Ejuke and Kalu behind Osimhen because we need as much creativity as we can squeeze out from the available options to support Victor in CV. Musa is more of a runner and Victor doesn't need another runner.
But shaa, we should just get ready to see Musa lead our lads out tomorrow. Almost inevitable.

Midfield will definitely have Shehu pending any last min change. Question is who pairs Shehu? Bonke or Kingsley. Time will tell.

The backline picks itself except that Collins will keep his place at LB. Ebuehi, Awaziem and Omeruo will come in to replace the lads from the first game.

fabyom:
Okoye
Ebuehi Awaziem Omeruo Sanusi

Kalu Bonke Shehu Simon

Onachu Oshimen

andrewbaba44:


Victorien Adebayor scored a brace for niger republic


so naija get player for niger republic

Naija get player for both Niger and Djibouti

nelszx:

Naija get player for both Niger and Djibouti

Wow

Samuel Akinbinu right ?

TheSuperNerd:
Musa will very likely start. Know this and know peace.

Onuachu won't start. It will likely be Simon, Musa and Kalu behind Osimhen.

Personally I would prefer a trio of Simon, Ejuke and Kalu behind Osimhen because we need as much creativity as we can squeeze out from the available options to support Victor in CV. Musa is more of a runner and Victor doesn't need another runner.
But shaa, we should just get ready to see Musa lead our lads out tomorrow. Almost inevitable.

Midfield will definitely have Shehu pending any last min change. Question is who pairs Shehu? Bonke or Kingsley. Time will tell.

The backline picks itself except that Collins will keep his place at LB. Ebuehi, Awaziem and Omeruo will come in to replace the lads from the first game.

According to owngoalnigeria, kalu will play the no 10 attacking midfield role. I have always thought that either ejuke or kalu can play as attacking midfielders but I was not sure but it seems Rohr is seeing things my way.
As per kalu, he is underrated. He can play a lot of posulitions. U remember his performance in afcon qualifiers against south Africa where he played as a wing back. He was imperious in that match. If kalu can at 10 as I have always suspected then it shows why he is such a valuable player.

Opponents Watch: Egypt

Egypt sacks their coach. Looks like the 1-1 draw did him no good at all.

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Yeah, Kalu as a makeshift #10 looks like a fine possibility. I think he has the skillset and technicality to execute the role.
His Wingback Performance vs SA (away) remains fresh in my memories. A truly valuable player.

But imagine what could happen if we had Ejuke on the left, Kalu as the #10 and Simon on the right with Osimhen up top. These four playing together from the start hold more creative and goalscoring potentials for me than a Musa-Kalu-Simon + Osimhen quartet but we hope things can still click.

Philosopher1979:


According to owngoalnigeria, kalu will play the no 10 attacking midfield role. I have always thought that either ejuke or kalu can play as attacking midfielders but I was not sure but it seems Rohr is seeing things my way.
As per kalu, he is underrated. He can play a lot of posulitions. U remember his performance in afcon qualifiers against south Africa where he played as a wing back. He was imperious in that match. If kalu can at 10 as I have always suspected then it shows why he is such a valuable player.

TheSuperNerd:
Yeah, Kalu as a makeshift #10 looks like a fine possibility. I think he has the skillset and technicality to execute the role.
His Wingback Performance vs SA (away) remains fresh in my memories. A truly valuable player.

But imagine what could happen if we had Ejuke on the left, Kalu as the #10 and Simon on the right with Osimhen up top. These four playing together from the start hold more creative and goalscoring potentials for me than a Musa-Kalu-Simon + Osimhen quartet but we hope things can still click.

Who defends?

zuchyblink:
Imagine two rookies in our midfield ( Bonke and Michael)

Yes also imagine them stringing defence splitting passes....una no dey tire?

TheSuperNerd:
Opponents Watch: Egypt

Egypt sacks their coach. Looks like the 1-1 draw did him no good at all.

With 10 men. I guess they might have been looking at Algeria

Unconfirmed reports out of Cape Verde are saying Kalu and Ebuehi tested positive for Covid.

Are we sure this isn't another one of those "Lori iro" moments just to weaken our lineup ahead of Tomorrow? Time will tell if this report stands.

In a front 4?

You mean who tracks back. Simon and Kalu are adept at tracking back. So it won't be a problem. Osimhen himself is a workaholic and helps out too off the ball. Ejuke tracking back is W.I.P.

Sportilitica:

Who defends?

TheSuperNerd:
In a front 4?

You mean who tracks back. Simon and Kalu are adept at tracking back. So it won't be a problem. Osimhen himself is a workaholic and helps out too off the ball. Ejuke tracking back is W.I.P.

To execute such a nice formation, it must have been tried in the past to adjust weaknesses

Ghana concede. Attack has been none existent

Well, that's down to Rohr. Baba slept while circumstances came upon us. The actual Chemistry isn't there yet but that front 4 hold huge potentials if given the chance. Or do you think we have tried Kalu behind Osimhen before? Yet Rohr plans to do just that tomorrow pending confirmation of the covid news.

Also, we would be pairing Shehu with a new midfielder tomorrow. Are we going to pull back and wait until we have "perfected" things? So you see. We have no choice.

Sportilitica:

To execute such a nice formation, it must have been tried in the past to adjust weaknesses

chrisooblog:
Ghana concede. Attack has been none existent

They have been really poor. Poor touches, no runs , little energy. Team is not on the same wavelength

TheSuperNerd:
Well, that's down to Rohr. Baba slept while circumstances came upon us. The actual Chemistry isn't there yet but that front 4 hold huge potentials if given the chance. Or do you think we have tried Kalu behind Osimhen before? Yet Rohr plans to do just that tomorrow pending confirmation of the covid news.

Also, we would be pairing Shehu with a new midfielder tomorrow. Are we going to pull back and wait until we have "perfected" things? So you see. We have no choice.

Hopefully we can pull it off. I am a bit worried about the defensive part of the midfield

I think we can cope on the defensive side bonnke and shehu are natural DMs it's the creativity that has me worried with the potential unavailability of Samuel Kalu that further degrades our offensive weaponry. Maybe Simon or Onyekuru will have to do a job for us tomorrow.

Sportilitica:

Hopefully we can pull it off. I am a bit worried about the defensive part of the midfield

Hi Doc you sure it's 2 PM tomorrow cos I just checked the schedule and its showing 5 PM

TheSuperNerd:


Check the OFFICIAL poster/graphic below.

But the tautology in your post gives me a laugh shaa.

He use to play for my Club 3SC of Ibadan

andrewbaba44:


Wow

Samuel Akinbinu right ?

C.A.R 0-1 Liberia..
The heat has jus begun
Nigeria 3pts (1 game)
Liberia 3pts(2games)
CPV 1pt(1game)
C.A.R 1pt(2games)
The Liberia mean business ooo, we must not loose to Cape Verde tomorrow oo

na wa o how he take waka reach Djibouti?

jargooflife912:
He use to play for my Club 3SC of Ibadan

minfelix:
C.A.R 0-1 Liberia..
The heat has jus begun
Nigeria 3pts (1 game)
Liberia 3pts(2games)
CPV 1pt(1game)
C.A.R 1pt(2games)
The Liberia mean business ooo, we must not loose to Cape Verde tomorrow oo

Wahala don dey. Imagine an away win for Liberia. We must not lose 2morrow o

TheSuperNerd:
Unconfirmed reports out of Cape Verde are saying Kalu and Ebuehi tested positive for Covid.

Are we sure this isn't another one of those "Lori iro" moments just to weaken our lineup ahead of Tomorrow? Time will tell if this report stands.

If the test is false and it is proved they are trying to weaponize the covid tests, there should be an automatic 3 point deduction for them

Yeah, same thing it's showing too when I made a few checks but I decided to drop the Official graphic shown by the Super Eagles official handle themselves because they indicated that it's 4pm but 2pm Naija time.

So it's one of 2 things.

Perhaps the 5pm we see is the local time in CV which would mean 3pm Naija time.

Or the 5pm could just be a mistake and it's actually 4pm meaning 2pm Naija time.

In the end, we know say we get game for afternoon.

chrisooblog:
Hi Doc you sure it's 2 PM tomorrow cos I just checked the schedule and its showing 5 PM