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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Melvinity: 12:48pm On Oct 08, 2021 |
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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by kingphilip(m): 12:58pm On Oct 08, 2021 |
JohnBullMySon:Score them four goals without shot on target? The chance they scored yesterday, they had that same kind of opportunities over twice and they were not coordinated enough to get it done and they would have missed the last too but for some stroke of luck. They were in a position to win us with more than a goal margin yesterday. 4 Likes |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Nobody: 12:58pm On Oct 08, 2021 |
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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by andrewbaba44: 1:01pm On Oct 08, 2021 |
humility33: 17 years old Gavi has only played 7 senior games and I believe amoo will be more experienced than him because amoo has been playing first team football since ,forget say na Sweden league sha You said the Spanish youngsters is expose to big players in Spain ,but our naija players aren’t also bad ,amoo self will be exposed to ndidi osimhen and co who aren’t bad players either I will only agree with you because you can’t compare the brilliance of Enrique to Ekuke rohr 1 Like |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by kingphilip(m): 1:07pm On Oct 08, 2021 |
Central African Republic head coach Raoul Savoy is delighted with his side’s historic victory over the Super Eagles in FIFA World Cup qualifiers on Thursday. A coach that had strategy, knew how we played and adopted a strategy that will minimise our advantages against them but we had a strategy to only hoof the ball. If hoofing the ball strategy wasn't working as seen in the first half, why not change or tweak the strategy to see if you can get a result. 1 Like |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by andrewbaba44: 1:09pm On Oct 08, 2021 |
humility33: You are right about ekong and balogun Nigeria missed ndidi iwobi And etebo 1 Like |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by MetalJigsaw(m): 1:10pm On Oct 08, 2021 |
Nigeria 0-1 CAR: 2 Errors Gernot Rohr Committed Against The Central African Republic Super Eagles of Nigeria suffered their first defeat in their 2022 World Cup Qualifying campaign against the Central African Republic this evening. The three times African champions lost 1-0 in the match that was played at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos. Karl Namganda scored the only goal of the game in the 90th minutetime to seal the win for the Central African Republic The victory also ended Nigeria's unbeaten run in the qualification stage of the qualifiers. Meanwhile we would be looking at three mistakes the Technical Adviser of the Super Eagles committed that resulted in the defeat against the low rated side. 1. Inability to read his opponent tactics: from what we have seen in the game, it appears the coach didn't have a clear understanding of the Central African Republic side. Perhaps he might have thought his team would have the game easy. 2. Late introduction of Ahmed Musa: The team's captain was introduced into the game less than 20 before before the end of the match. Musa came on to replace Joe Aribo who was ineffective at the front. Immediately Musa came on board, we saw how he caused a lot of troubles for the Central African Republic defense. Early introduction of Musa would have changed the story. What other error do you think the coach made that caused the defeat? Kindly share your thoughts below the comments section. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Odunayaw(m): 1:18pm On Oct 08, 2021 |
TheGoodJoe:The bolded Joe. Negative football affects both sides. That's the truth no? |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Odunayaw(m): 1:19pm On Oct 08, 2021 |
humility33:Understand that creativity isn't always "defence splitting pass" and stop feeling attacked. Kilode |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheGoodJoe(m): 1:22pm On Oct 08, 2021 |
Reasons why we found it difficult against Central African Republic We played to their strategic strength. Their plan was to keep it compact at the back and cut off our comfort on the ball on the middle. Unfortunately, Rhor set up the team to play a direct pattern which favored their strategy. The direct pattern meant we committed more players forward, with few players to help build. What this meant is that our direct play was to their brick wall and when they pressed the middle, we had few players for coordinated build up play. 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Odunayaw(m): 1:23pm On Oct 08, 2021 |
MetalJigsaw:The same Musa they're saying is being invited based on Federal Character is the one they're saying was introduced late ![]() Wetin wan surprise me ![]() 1 Like |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by kennysville(m): 1:23pm On Oct 08, 2021 |
MetalJigsaw: Weren't Iwobi and Ndidi there when we drew 4-4 in Lagos? The guy always clutches to excuses. We say somebody is a mediocre and has no ambition. What I realize is this is his philosophy : "if you can't win, don't lose. And if you do lose, not more than 1 odd goal. That way I can keep my excuses alive" 2 Likes |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Odunayaw(m): 1:24pm On Oct 08, 2021 |
TheGoodJoe:So Joe had this simple analysis since yesterday ![]() 2 Likes |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheGoodJoe(m): 1:25pm On Oct 08, 2021 |
Going forward Rohr should work on the midfield. You cannot force good performance. It takes time and a lot lies in the midfield. Even if he wants to play a direct pattern, he needs to set it up in a way the wide forwards and full backs can support the midfield during build up. We we're so bare yesterday. On numerous occasions we lost the ball unnecessarily in the middle. Let us hope the team plays better next time. 1 Like |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheGoodJoe(m): 1:27pm On Oct 08, 2021 |
Odunayaw: If you go back to my posts, I have pointed it out repeatedly and TheSuperNerd exhausted it with his detailed analysis. Our long balls was a detriment to the team. 3 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Odunayaw(m): 1:30pm On Oct 08, 2021 |
Did anyone notice the poor combinations by the FBs and WF? That's if there was any. How is it that most crosses were by Simon. Could it have been Rohr's instruction? 4231 or 352. Rohr should get out of the accommodation business |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheGoodJoe(m): 1:32pm On Oct 08, 2021 |
Big advice to Onyeka is that he should work more with the defenders. He should understand the defenders are his primary duty. Although I can't blame him too much because it seems he played to instructions. However, going forward, I hope he can add a different dimension to the team. Onyeka should keep in mind when the defenders are with the ball, his primary function at that time is to create passing options for them. When the ball gets to him, his primary function is not to lose the ball. How does he not lose the ball? Watch, watch, watch. If you are close to an opposing player, don't hold the ball. Pass back to either the defender or keeper. As soon as he does that, the role changes to creating passing line. When not marked, find the most free player in space and deliver the ball. 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Odunayaw(m): 1:32pm On Oct 08, 2021 |
TheGoodJoe:Yes, everyone can see the long balls. But the reason for the long balls is what you just described. 1 Like |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheGoodJoe(m): 1:39pm On Oct 08, 2021 |
Advice for Aribo. He is the eyes of the midfield and his primary duty is to dictate play, not break down opposition midfield There was a big miscommunication between Aribo and Onyeka bad I hope in the coming games, he sorts it out. Yes he is good running at the opposition defence and creating passing lines for the defenders and defensive midfielder. What is the need for all the talent if we are not exploiting opposition gaps. There were times we could have switched play to run down a free flank but we opted to go at tighter sections. Aribo should work with Onyeka to create room for fluid buildup, watch out for free sections and quickly transition play towards the gaps. He needs to make it a big part of his game going forward. Especially when they are just two Manning the midfield. 1 Like |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by JohnBullMySon: 1:43pm On Oct 08, 2021 |
Odunayaw:Exactly. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheGoodJoe(m): 1:43pm On Oct 08, 2021 |
Our full backs should know they are a big part of the build up. They don't need to push up the pitch too much during build up plays. Outnumbering the opposition in different zones of the field is important to keep control and dominance. We totally neglected that aspect, that is why I still feel instructions affected the team. The full backs should move a bit closer to the midfield and push forward only after the ball has transitioned from midfield to attacking areas. This kind of play would have kept the CAR players back and the defensive setup safe. 2 Likes |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by JohnBullMySon: 1:50pm On Oct 08, 2021 |
TheGoodJoe:You're right. That's the point I was trying to make earlier that we sort of become agitated when facing an African team that came to defend. Instead of calming down to spot the gaps, we become too eager to score and make very wrong decisions when attacking. In spite of their defending, so many more chances would have been created had we made some better passing decisions. 1 Like |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by codemaniacs: 1:55pm On Oct 08, 2021 |
humility33: Gavi ( 17 ) only has 5 appearances for FCB while Amoo ( 19 ) has 27 appearances for Hammarby while Nwakali ( 23 ) has 104 appearances in his club career. Amoo and Nwakali should start games the same way Gavi started a semi-final game that's how you prepare players for the future and expose them to more scouts and people who watch international football, before that semi-final game I didn't know of any player called Gavi since I don't watch FCB matches... but because they're Nigerian born and bred you want to treat them like they are Amateur footballers who only started playing professional football last week... I hope Nigeria doesn't get banned in future because this match and the one against siera-leone are suspicious.... its like England losing to Andorra or San marino.. 2 Likes |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheGoodJoe(m): 1:58pm On Oct 08, 2021 |
JohnBullMySon: Very accurate and I hope the coaching crew sort this out soon. Playing an offensive setup doesn't mean neglecting the midfield control, especially when you are up against a compact side that are pressing efficiently with some forward players. We got it tactically wrong and need to sort that out fast. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheLoneCitizen(m): 2:01pm On Oct 08, 2021 |
Mascherano on Nigeria's playing style in 2018. "Nigeria are quite well known to us, we’ve always met in the last World Cups. "They’re tough, not just because of their physical power, but because their disorganisation has the effect of disorganizing you as a rival. "And that’s when teams like ours suffer the most – in disorder." Admittedly, I didn't watch the match from scratch, due to other obligations. Began at the 60th minute. But what I saw was abhorrent: Nigeria, against a team of part-time farmers, part-time construction workers, were spamming long balls forward. Whatever happened to short passes. Secondly the movement was absolutely horrendous. There were some times when the ball was swung into the box and all the players were camped in one zone attacking one another, rather than attacking the spaces. Like the nation itself, complete disorder. 7 Likes |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by JohnBullMySon: 2:09pm On Oct 08, 2021 |
TheGoodJoe:Yeah. Funny enough, the CAR coach also knew that slowing us down will make us confused and frustrated. Look at what he said “We stood by them and know that if we cut them off and don’t allow them to be quick then we’ve got a chance. It’s a very great result for us. “I’m very happy because we put in a strategy and it worked. And when you put in a strategy and have young players, because we have young players in our team, who listen and put their heart in, they can beat anyone.” 2 Likes |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by humility33(m): 2:23pm On Oct 08, 2021 |
andrewbaba44:Thanks bro You got my point from your last paragraph |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Nobody: 2:33pm On Oct 08, 2021 |
SlayerForever:I hate long balls with passion ![]() 2 Likes |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Nobody: 2:35pm On Oct 08, 2021 |
COOL10: One would think they won the world cup in their time ![]() |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Joebie: 2:53pm On Oct 08, 2021 |
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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Joebie: 2:58pm On Oct 08, 2021 |
![]() The one CAR scored came from defense splitting pass. What happened to trying to pull your opponent from the defense? Let your opponents grow in confidence then hit them. A good tactician should be able to change strategy as the game progresses. If they are sitting deep, just kick the ball around and give them a sense of security, that you cannot bite. Odunayaw: |
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