gustav25:
The Wailing here on the return date would be Massive. I thought you'll said you will defeat Ghana ? Una eyes go clear next week when you will be bundled away from the world cup. Perennial Group stage visitors

Come, GFA dey pay you? You no dey tire? Rest Na... Las las, we beat una comot, u go rest till world cup proper, then barge in the forum as usual to cap � rubbish. Please please, jikwa nwayo puo

TheGoodJoe:


I agree with most but I disagree on Iheanacho. Among the forwards, Chukwueze, Osimhen, Simon and Iheanacho, Iheanacho was the only one working with the midfield.

He was the only one dropping deep to help build play, keep possession and give us numerical strength in the midfield. I value these over most attacking qualities because it ties with the basic principle of keeping the ball.

Also, Iheanacho is the only forward we have that can keep his head up to see a team mate in space and he also had the passing ability.

What affected Iheanacho yesterday was our poor to non existent possessive play but from that angle he did a good job.

Iheanacho was the weak link in the first half though he somehow came to the party in the second half.

forgiveness:


Iheanacho was the weak link in the first half though he somehow came to the party in the second half.

Bassey too should take a short nap....

Joezinho:
Is this how we want to play at the world cup?

Playing like an average team with no tactics. Anywhere belle face kinda football.

Eguavoen is a mistake and he shouldn't be allowed near that team again.

Eguavoen brought a surprised old tactic to afcon to defeat Egypt, repeated it again against Sudan and Guinea Bissau. Unfortunately, technical coaches discovered he did not have more than one tactic in his chest. Tunisia punished him, Ghana that was below par at afcon had also successfully caged his tactic.
Tuesday match would be a disaster because eguavoen has nothing new to bring to the table.
1st 41 minutes of the match against Ghana, the possession of Ghana was 70% against 30% of Nigeria.
The last time I saw that against Nigeria was when we played Denmark at the world cup.
If we qualify for Qatar by mistake, this team will not get a point in the group stages because eguavoen is predictable

eddie7:


Bassey too should take a short nap....

I agree.

Pls how can we get ticket for the return legs. I mean where can one buy It? Any idea plss

femicyrus:


Eguavoen brought a surprised old tactic to afcon to defeat Egypt, repeated it again against Sudan and Guinea Bissau. Unfortunately, technical coaches discovered he did not have more than one tactic in his chest. Tunisia published him, Ghana that was below par at afcon had also successfully caged his tactic.
Tuesday match would be a disaster because eguavoen has nothing new to bring to the table.
1st 41 minutes of the match against Ghana, the possession of Ghana was 70% against 30% of Nigeria.
The last time I saw that against Nigeria was when we played Denmark at the world cup.
If we qualify for Qatar by mistake, this team will not get a point in the group stages because eguavoen is predictable

I knew we were never gonna win that match even days before we played it.

Eguavoen is either naive or just dumb but any amateur coach would tell him that you can only start three of out of Simon, Osimhen, Iheanacho and Chukwueze in the modern game.

He keeps on playing outdated 442 knowing fully well we don't have the right personnel for it. This isn't 1994 . In 94, we had proper wingers like Amuneke and finidi ..

chukwueze and Simon are not wingers. They are wide forwards and they need to be closer to goal rather than on the touchlines..

JohnBullMySon:


Also remember that his team almost always plays much better on the second fixture of an international break. You guys seem to forget that part.

I expect our team to be better in Abuja...but listening to Otto Addo's post match press conference I can almost tell they will adopt a low block putting many men behind the ball just hoping for a fluke goal since a scoring draw will be just fine for them. We were unable to string 5 to 6 passes in our buildup play without losing possession.. .it will be interesting to see how we get the breakthrough.
If we were facing any of these Mahgreb teams...it would have been a lot more difficult.

JohnBullMySon:
For real? I don't think so.

Tell me the robot that has grabbed a stinger with his hands, una go just dey say anything for slander

Joezinho:


I knew we were never gonna win that match even days before we played it.

Eguavoen is either naive or just dumb but any amateur coach would tell him that you can only start three of out of Simon, Osimhen, Iheanacho and Chukwueze in the modern game.

He keeps on playing outdated 442 knowing fully well we don't have the right personnel for it. This isn't 1994 . In 94, we had proper wingers like Amuneke and finidi ..

chukwueze and Simon are not wingers. They are wide forwards and they need to be closer to goal rather than on the touchlines..

Are you on Cybereagles?

Dannyxy:
the wingback would draft into midfield most times though if executed well.

And who polices the wide areas?

Mujtahida:

Are you on Cybereagles?

Yes.

ChrisKels:
The only reasonable thing I saw Onyeka do was that faint which he even outdid himself by ending it with a poor decision, otherwise, dude was a real carpenter.

I don't know why odas c him better Dan bonke

Bonke to me was better

Subzero47:


And who polices the wide areas?

midfield is not just the center circle, you know right?

Dannyxy:
midfield is not just the center circle, you know right?

The point is in 3-4-3 the wide midfielders basically function as wingbacks so the two central midfielders have to do the job themselves

chuks404:
. This is why I like iwobi. Iwobi is far better. Its quite unfortunate he is on red card

Iwobi doesn't do all that unnecessary dribbling on the pitch... And he doesn't hug the touchline much... If he was available I would have preferred him to start on that right wing.. He and Aina have a good chemistry there... Chukwueze style doesn't allow Aina overlap much...

Subzero47:


The point is in 3-4-3 the wide midfielders basically function as wingbacks so the two central midfielders have to do the job themselves

assuming osimhen is the 9, iheanacho and Dennis will always drop in field and choke up the midfield, putting pressure on the defensive midfield box, the d.m will most likely throw a long huff aimless pass or pass back to the goalie, and the goalie huff a pass too, and if we can win balls in that d.m box of Ghana, we will thrash them, it's just about tactics and tactical awareness.

semid4lyfe:
It's 2022.

Our wing forwards Chukwueze and Simon were having a horrid game and Eguavoen's solution was for them to swap wings?

Just Comical!

Eguaveon is a carpenter coach stuck with the philosophy of old school 90's football.

He shouldn't be coaching any team in this modern era.

Why are u running the coach down unnecessarily? None of the players had a good game apart from maybe Ekong and definitely Uzoho. How can u blame him for the nonsense they played individually? Even most the subs outside of Frank and Etebo didn't cover themselves in Glory. Ademola was falling left and right, Dennis could barely hold on to the ball and Bassey was suspect in some moments. I believe they will all improve but to tear AE down after he got a result even though his team was clearly not at their best is just ridiculous. Nigeria played this same way and lost to Central African Republic.

caprikon:


I expect our team to be better in Abuja...but listening to Otto Addo's post match press conference I can almost tell they will adopt a low block putting many men behind the ball just hoping for a fluke goal since a scoring draw will be just fine for them. We were unable to string 5 to 6 passes in our buildup play without losing possession.. .it will be interesting to see how we get the breakthrough.
If we were facing any of these Mahgreb teams...it would have been a lot more difficult.

The problem is not that we can't string passes. We didn't try to. Our attackers held the ball for too long and were loose.

ChrisKels:
The only reasonable thing I saw Onyeka do was that faint which he even outdid himself by ending it with a poor decision, otherwise, dude was a real carpenter.

Definitely, you watched the back of your TV.

femicyrus:


Eguavoen brought a surprised old tactic to afcon to defeat Egypt, repeated it again against Sudan and Guinea Bissau. Unfortunately, technical coaches discovered he did not have more than one tactic in his chest. Tunisia published him, Ghana that was below par at afcon had also successfully caged his tactic.
Tuesday match would be a disaster because eguavoen has nothing new to bring to the table.
1st 41 minutes of the match against Ghana, the possession of Ghana was 70% against 30% of Nigeria.
The last time I saw that against Nigeria was when we played Denmark at the world cup.
If we qualify for Qatar by mistake, this team will not get a point in the group stages because eguavoen is predictable

And why did you avoid mentioning the possession at full time? 48 to 52. Meaning we did get back in the second half. And stop saying Eguavoen has an old tactic. Their defenders didn't really mark us down. We were just too loose and slow in decision making. It improved close to dying minutes but time wasn't on our side.

Been following the discussion since yesterday and I had a few laughs , the match for me, shows who the enemies of Nigerian football really are, if they had gone ahead to appoint a foreign coach , we would have avoided some of these things. I don't really know though, probably my pessimistic nature, I have a feeling we will miss the ticket, probably for the best, though that would hurt some players who are deserving . AE just ain't it.

Danielnino00:
The boys are already back to Abuja...

Please help us check how they climbed the plane.

Nff better throw the gates open and have a full stadium, because Nigeria go dey do one nonsense na.

Pack students from gwags, secondary school, zuba kubwa nyanya to full that place, if dem like make dey dull. Intimidating and deafening noise of the extra man would be key.

Dannyxy:
assuming osimhen is the 9, iheanacho and Dennis will always drop in field and choke up the midfield, putting pressure on the defensive midfield box, the d.m will most likely throw a long huff aimless pass or pass back to the goalie, and the goalie huff a pass too, and if we can win balls in that d.m box of Ghana, we will thrash them, it's just about tactics and tactical awareness.

If they drop into midfield how will they sustain pressure upfront and even if they go upfront to join the attack won't it be the same 2 man midfield that will be left vulnerable to the counterattack, see tactics is good but sometimes the simple equation is the best equation, 3 man midfield is better than a 2 man midfield

jasena:

When I say world class (thank you for the emphasis- technical advisor ) im not comparing him to guardiola, tuchel, mohrino, etc but he has played and coached at the highest leagues as far as the sport is concerned. He is one of the few blacks to have coached in the premier league. He was the caretaker coach of Tottenham at a time. He has been voted Championship Manager of the Year twice: in 2010 while at Newcastle and in 2016 for his work at Brighton. I think the has a lot of experience about the game.
Compare him to Eguavon, eguavon apart from coaching one south African club has been coaching gombe utd, enyimba etc. He has never played or coached in a top 5 league. Is this the resume needed for Nigeria to make an impact at the world cup? So I was calling Chris world class when compared to eguavon.
Why doesn't Nff hite a coach that has coached in thr top 5 leagues likewise?

Are people just beginning to realize that eguavon isn't the right coach to lead Nigeria to the world cup?

Why did they invite akinkunmi amoo if they weren't going to use by him? Not ready to take risk?

jasena:
Why did they invite akinkunmi amoo if they weren't going to use by him? Not ready to take risk?

No be everybody dem go use oga sir

Amoo can still play a part at Abuja ,so make una calm down

COOL10:


Rohr had just two major trophies to compete for during his time : AFCON and WC. He took us to third at the AFCON after years of missing out under local coaches. Of course no one expected him to win the WC. We never had issues qualifying for any competition under Rohr.

The only thing that makes Keshi's tenure better than Rohr's is that AFCON trophy in 2013.

Keshi got us to Round of 16 in the World Cup though, Rohr could not.

Even Amodu took us to third in AFCON, nobody has bronze medal more than us in that AFCON for a reason, so, like someone else said, Rohr did not do anything local coaches have not done before in lesser time.

mkrest:
Been following the discussion since yesterday and I had a few laughs , the match for me, shows who the enemies of Nigerian football really are, if they had gone ahead to appoint a foreign coach , we would have avoided some of these things. I don't really know though, probably my pessimistic nature, I have a feeling we will miss the ticket, probably for the best, though that would hurt some players who are deserving . AE just ain't it.

You don dey show defeatist mentality again


Small thing, una go dey get feeling wey dey useless. Nothing concern us with your feelings, you're just scared.

Please, we need positive vibes going into Tuesday, no be your feelings dem dey use play ball.

Aribo works best in a 3 midfield where 2 defensive or box to box players are behind him and he plays as an attacking midfielder with licence to roam and attack.

Iheanacho is best as a supporting striker.
Put aribo in a 3 man midfield and iheanacho behind osimhen and then use only one winger and we have a dangerous attack.
Eguavon is wasting aribo and iheanacho talent.
Rodgers who we criticize so much knows how to get the best out of iheanacho