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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Stormtrooper11(m): 1:43am On Jan 24, 2022
safarigirl:


Just lie down and count the sheep
Thanks. Appreciate.
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Nobody: 1:58am On Jan 24, 2022
CitynewsNG:
Watch the Red Card that finished our eagle



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54PkZe9XQ3Y

Red card didn't finish the eagles....gabon nearly won with 10 men.



OKOYE the fine boy finished the eagles...he's still an amateur.

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by 12large1: 2:02am On Jan 24, 2022
I didn’t expect Eguavoen to win this tournament considering the fact that we’re not the best on paper. But, to lose to a team with a 12 record. (1 win and 2 loss record) and had over 6 first team players unavailable is just shocking. I didn’t see this one coming at all and I am very disappointed. This is a lesson to never sack coaches that meets their status quo

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Meliforme: 2:35am On Jan 24, 2022
I don't want to call Eguavoen a very poor coach.

Our winning streak was down to what i term the new coach syndrome. When i saw our starting lineup against Egypt, that was when it dawned on me that we wont go far. You guys should have noticed that i was among the few that wasn't singing Eguavoen's praises.
I don't want to call Eguavoen a very poor coach, because he seemed to be getting it right until what i don't know started getting into his interpretations.

I said earlier that a 4-4-2 tactical setup is never the way forward, but it appeared to be the setup that Eguavoen will likely employ. When he touted Ejuke and Nwakali as key to his intents and purposes, i was alit with some glimmer of hope for the following reasons:

Ejuke is a winger that can drop deep to collect the ball, do some playmaking with the ball or run with the ball towards the opposition given his insane speed, This is one the reasons why he can also and rightly be termed a midfielder, he is a midfielder in his own rights. He is a winger that slots well as a midfielder. He has the passing accuracy, and good with long balls

Nwakali is a midfielder who can dictates play and creates chances.

I thought he understood the importance of these players in his proposed tactical setup, but i was very wrong.
Those players have no business sitting on the bench.

What Eguavoen could have done.
Start Ndidi and Nwakali in central midfield, Ejuke (or even Olayninka) and Aribo on the left and right midfield in a little more advanced positions. Aribo will do better when closer to the opponent's 18 yard box than he will in central midfield.

Ejuke is more tactical than Moses Simon and Chukwueze and therefore a better fit for Eguavoen's tactical formation. Good tactics is one the major attributes of a midfielder.

It is very glaring than Eguavoen sacrificed the midfield, that he needed the most. The midfield that is supposed to be the strength, the fulcrum and the engine that should drive his ideas.

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Nobody: 2:53am On Jan 24, 2022
safarigirl:
Nigerians are wishing Okoye death on his page?

Death?


Because of nonsense football?

E no better to go play for where dem born you than to come and play for Nigeria? At least, if na England, worst comes to worst, dem go call you monkey, but wishing death on someone?


People in this country are very sick and they sadly, cannot afford therapy. Just wild animals everywhere

Shut up your smelling mouth there...


Though am not in support of cyber bully.



BUT DID YOU WATCH THE GOAL STRIKED FROM A DISTANCE NOT EVEN ON THE BOX 18.


EVEN MY GRANDMA COULD CATCH THAT, TALKLESS LETTING IT SLIP THROUGH HER HAND.



WHOSE FAULT WAS IT?




YEN YEN YEN, WHEN WE DEY COMPLAIN THAT TIME, YOU CARRY YOUR SMELLING MOUTH DEY TALK SAY BECAUSE WE ARE UGLY AND JEALOUS THAT'S WHY.

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by 12large1: 2:56am On Jan 24, 2022
Our fit/playing experienced players like victor Moses, ighalo, dennis all has to be recalled. At this time, it’s not a negotiation, but a MUST
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by 12large1: 2:58am On Jan 24, 2022
Barrister026:


Shut up your smelling mouth there...


Though am not in support of cyber bully.



BUT DID YOU WATCH THE GOAL STRIKED FROM A DISTANCE NOT EVEN ON THE BOX 18.


EVEN MY GRANDMA COULD CATCH THAT, TALKLESS LETTING IT SLIP THROUGH HER HAND.



WHOSE FAULT WAS IT?




YEN YEN YEN, WHEN WE DEY COMPLAIN THAT TIME, YOU CARRY YOUR SMELLING MOUTH DEY TALK SAY BECAUSE WE ARE UGLY AND JEALOUS THAT'S WHY.

Don’t mind that small girl. On a normal circumstance, she should be preparing dinner or giving Backshots. Very clueless individual in football analysis because she would consider looks before competency. Uzoho never deserved to lose his position because of such injuries
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Nobody: 3:02am On Jan 24, 2022
12large1:


Don’t mind that small girl. On a normal circumstance, she should be preparing dinner or giving Backshots. Very clueless individual in football analysis because she would consider looks before competency. Uzoho never deserved to lose his position because of such injuries

OKOYE is an Amateur

EVERYONE KNOWS, BUT CHOSED TO IGNORE.




TUNISIA REALIZE WE HAD NO GOAL KEEPER, AFTER THE GOAL, THEY KEPT ON FIRING SHOT TO OUR GOAL POST FROM A DISTANCE




TRUTH IS WE were playing with NO GOAL KEEPER, JUST DEFENSE cheesy

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by 12large1: 3:06am On Jan 24, 2022
Na ogun go hammer anyone wet dey against Victor Moses, dennis, ighalo, recall
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Meliforme: 3:20am On Jan 24, 2022
12large1:
As for iheanacho, if coaches cannot play him as a Top 9, let him be benched. Coaches trying fit iheanacho on the team has resulted in us having an imbalanced squad. Iheanacho you’re now competing for a position with Osimehn. You’re not a midfilder

You just read my mind.
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by jihday(m): 4:29am On Jan 24, 2022
TheLoneCitizen:
Love the ruthlessness of the manager's sub, though.
do you think we should stick with him or we should go ahead with Mr Paseiro
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by jihday(m): 4:31am On Jan 24, 2022
mostob:

God bless you. When we said Uzoho should become our number 1 that Maduka is shaky, they said Uzoho dey play in Cyprus that Maduka na world number 1 grin
little difference between them, we need to keep scouting for GKs

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by jihday(m): 4:33am On Jan 24, 2022
elyte89:


Anybody dt want to try and clear okoyes name would end up looking stupid.. He Bleep up,he Bleep up..forget one moment brilliance... U guys roasted akpeyi d last nations cup with a more difficult ball situation..but una dey try defend dis man grin
the Akpeyi own no even make sense, how can you criticize a keeper for not saving a freekick?
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Zanistico: 4:34am On Jan 24, 2022
12large1:


Don’t mind that small girl. On a normal circumstance, she should be preparing dinner or giving Backshots. Very clueless individual in football analysis because she would consider looks before competency. Uzoho never deserved to lose his position because of such injuries
We all know that's all your mom amounts for but lay off that girl.

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Barryseal: 4:37am On Jan 24, 2022
Joebie:
To tell you how handicap Ghana is
Nigerians sabi make mouth sha. If na by mouth, we would have won 16 cup of nations and 4 world cups.

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Barryseal: 4:52am On Jan 24, 2022
drDoom3:
There was something Eguavoen said in the post-match interview that made me realise that he is a good coach, but not an excellent one.

He said that you cannot change your playing style in the middle of a tournament.

Every excellent coach changes their playing style IN THE MIDDLE OF GAMES THEY ARE NOT PERFORMING IN, let alone in the middle of a month-long tournament.

Football is like chess. I am participating in a chess tournament. I have a specific opening sequence I used to win my first three games. In my fourth game, my opponent who is higher ranked plays a move right off the bat that shows he knows what my opening sequence is and he is ready to counter it. What do I do? If I continue with my sequence, I will be at a disadvantage because my opponent knows what I will play and is prepared. Every good chess player will IMMEDIATELY improvise.

From the first ten minutes, it was clear these Tunisians knew exactly what we planned to do and they were ready for it. A simple move Eguavoen could have made could have been to tell Chuks and Simon to switch wings. Very simple move and it could have messed up the Tunisians gameplan because the 3 guys marking Simon would immediately be confused and have to switch responsibilities to other guys unprepared for it.
The Tunisians didn't do anything extra ordinary to win. We basically gave them this win. In the first half I was screaming that we were giving them too much space and respect. We backed off Tunisia, no high pressing. Aribo said it in the post match interview that we gave them too much respect. We did not play like this against Egypt.

The Tunisians were surprised the way we played because they came in to the game with a mindset not to loose by a wide margin only to see us backing off and respecting them, this gave them courage. We were the hot favorites to win this tournament, that's how highly rated we were. If they lost by 2/0 they would have been happy but we kept backing off I don't know why. If we played Egypt like that, no way we would have beaten them.

I don't know if Eguavoen asked them not to press the scared Tunisians. We only came out to play after conceeding and with 10 men you could see the Tunisians were scared and played like they were the ones with red card. Imagine if we played the first half with that much pressure. They would have been pinned to their 18. It was that first half disaster class that caused this loss.

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by zuchyblink(m): 5:31am On Jan 24, 2022
Barrister026:


Red card didn't finish the eagles....gabon nearly won with 10 men.



OKOYE the fine boy finished the eagles...he's still an amateur.
Okoye didn't finish alone,how shots on target did we get? If I say field experience players people will see me as a trouble Maker. Even Akpeyi would have been better. Uzoho and Okoye are not ripped to be in the national team when you have players like Theophilus Afelokhai and Olorunleke Ojo doing well at home. Good players are not only in Europe. How many professional matches have Uzoho and Okoye played? Rohr saw what we didn't see even though he has his short comings too
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Joebie: 5:48am On Jan 24, 2022
if person mouth no sharp nak am something

Barryseal:

Nigerians sabi make mouth sha. If na by mouth, we would have won 16 cup of nations and 4 world cups.
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by kingphilip(m): 6:24am On Jan 24, 2022
forgiveness:


I don't know how they didn't see that space. Too much.
I was seeing that space in the first half alot but because our defenders feel they won't take a shot at goal that's why I think they were not closing them down quickly.

And that was what actually what caused the goal.
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by darkelf: 6:24am On Jan 24, 2022
Mujtahida:

Get some strength, man. You are too weak. Small poking, you a certified, self acclaimed troll begin misspell words cos you have no core, failure and constant pessimism don chew out your soul, leaving only a dark hollow chamber of negativity. I'd have wept for you but it's a waste cos even God cannot save you from the dark energy you have given yourself over to. Darkelf indeed.

We lost. Tunisia won. Deal with it

If you like, speak all the English till tomorrow, the scoreline won't change.

If you like, insult me till tomorrow, scoreline won't change

Don't face reality, keep talking like a he-goat

Ode
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by darkelf: 6:30am On Jan 24, 2022
12large1:


Don’t mind that small girl. On a normal circumstance, she should be preparing dinner or giving Backshots. Very clueless individual in football analysis because she would consider looks before competency. Uzoho never deserved to lose his position because of such injuries

Bros, na the simps wey plenty for this thread dey hype that drool-mistress

Any thing she says is so correct to those sex-starved guys here.

People think bagging a law degree and using big words equals correct analysis. Na ogi dey their head.

We warned them, them say our heart dark

Simps no dey get brain. Shebi they came for your head when you called her out on drooling over a fine player. I remember how she did same first time Ebuehi played and called him the best full back in the national team.

Many guys here na simp aswear

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by darkelf: 6:33am On Jan 24, 2022
12large1:


You this small girl, I have forgiven you enough control your forking mouth

Bros, I will advise you to give it to her hot.

you see say na the weak men wey dey this thread dey give am small liver

Na nkita the girl be. Something wey she no fit talk to my last born for real life.

Na the weak men wey dey here I blame

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by kingphilip(m): 6:37am On Jan 24, 2022
12large1:
Our fit/playing experienced players like victor Moses, ighalo, dennis all has to be recalled. At this time, it’s not a negotiation, but a MUST
We called the last two but they didn't show up should we have go to Saudi and England respectively to yank them off from their clubs?
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by darkelf: 6:37am On Jan 24, 2022
12large1:
Our fit/playing experienced players like victor Moses, ighalo, dennis all has to be recalled. At this time, it’s not a negotiation, but a MUST

Bros before this tourney, Vicmo was our most in-form winger. I shouted and shouted for his inclusion. Why can't NFF let bygone be bygones. The same Chukwueze that was starting was a bench warmer in Villarreal. So I'm not surprised he played like a pregnant cow. grin

You are, sentiments go kill our football
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by darkelf: 6:51am On Jan 24, 2022
grin grin

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Joezinho: 6:56am On Jan 24, 2022
Woke up feeling numb... My afcon don finish.

Eguaveon is a great guy and he tried his best but he's not a great tactician... Why bring in Olayinka for Awo? Olayinka is a left winger for Prague and not a striker ; how come chuks stayed on for so long? Tactically, Iwobi should have been brought on at half time for an ineffective Chuks, who was struggling.
Eguaveon knew the Tunisians had checkmated his 1st half strategy and did nothing about it till we went a goal down.

And not once did he think the formation isn't working. I laughed when some peeps wrote off the Tunisians..

Amaju should gtfo abeg ...This defeat hurts

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheGoodJoe(m): 7:02am On Jan 24, 2022
Joezinho:
Woke up feeling numb... My afcon don finish.

Eguaveon is a great guy and he tried his best but he's not a great tactician... Why bring in Olayinka for Awo? Olayinka is a left winger for Prague and not a striker ; how come chuks stayed on for so long? Tactically, Iwobi should have been brought on at half time for an ineffective Chuks, who was struggling.
Eguaveon knew the Tunisians had checkmated his 1st half strategy and did nothing about it till we went a goal down.

And not once did he think the formation isn't working. I laughed when some peeps wrote off the Tunisians..

Amaju should gtfo abeg ...This defeat hurts

Na wa.

Olayinka's change was brilliant. He injected pace into the side. He helped reduce the build up play. The sub was right. I wonder how you watched it and concluded that was wrong.

The red card spoilt the tactical switch.

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by darkelf: 7:02am On Jan 24, 2022
grin

Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheGoodJoe(m): 7:05am On Jan 24, 2022
safarigirl, I apologise on behalf of some members of this thread who made distasteful remarks against you. Do not take it to heart.

As for those guys trying to cyber bully her, I am ashamed of you all. You guys should even be the ones to protect her from such but you chose to do the opposite.

You can make your points without stooping so low to make such remarks. I guess attacking a woman automatically makes you not simps.

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by CaptainStephen(m): 7:08am On Jan 24, 2022
To be fair on okoye, defender failed to close down that shot on time.

I don't understand why are dropping all blames on him.

Aina and Ndidi should be getting the stick for failing to close down too.

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheGoodJoe(m): 7:10am On Jan 24, 2022
CaptainStephen:
To be fair on okoye, defender failed to close down that shot on time.

I don't understand why are dropping all blames on him.

Aina and Ndidi should be getting the stick for failing to close down too.


I agree that the shot could have been prevented but Okoye takes the stick due to the distance and time to deal with the ball. It was close to him.
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by zuchyblink(m): 7:12am On Jan 24, 2022
You see why I refused to criticize Rohr the way some people do,Rohr can decide to play attacking football if he wants but he knows that when it matters the attacking football will fail him because he knew the quality of the players at his disposal. He knew what he was doing when he benched Chukwueze and converted S. Moses to a wing back. The target in football is to get results not to play attractive football. Rohr met us when we were ranked 16th and left us at 4th position. We were gradually and consistently moving forward until we decided to play like Man City with Ekuke players

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