joelsteron:


What qualifies all these names you mentioned to be assigned eagles job.? Be like say failure no dey tire some people shaa

I’m tired, e be like some people have some form of orgasm when the team fail. We about to waste these wonderful bunch of players just like we wasted the Osazes Martins Yakubu Utaka Uche brothers etc

Amunike's impact was clearly seen in the 2013 team. And 2 yrs later we saw him handle the team WITHOUT Manu, and with new talents and we still triumphed.

Manu went solo without Amunike in 2019 and failed.

So EA under Manu is sooo unlike what we saw with him under Eguavoen. Amunike will not pick the same 442/424-like setup we executed in Kumasi with only boring long balls and wingplays as the strategy. That was still Eguavoen. So don't act blind.

And you asked for why Amunike should be in the discussion. I gave you beyond a mouthful. Mentioning he should have beaten Kenya is funny because Tanzania isn't better than Kenya talents wise. Even by Ratings, Kenya clearly trumped Tanzania then (and still trumps now) in the world game.
Both are possibly at par or Tanzania just slightly inferior team-quality wise so it was a 50-50 game or 55-45 game. You cannot use that to write off what Amu achieved with a clearly talentless Tanzanian team.

jihday:
you tried to give him some credit for 2013 U-17 victory but absolving him from the Ghana failure and he was assistant in both instances, no be juju be that? Besides U-17 doesn’t count, youth tournament no be ball. At the Afcon he lost to a beatable Kenya side. Since 2019 his career have grounded to a halt. He should go and find success elsewhere we’ll call him when we are satisfied, there are better coaches on the local scene (even though I don’t want us to go local)

BascoVanVeli:


Sabi-nwam I love that guy. Good afternoon how is your family?

Good afternoon too my brother. We are well, thank you

Kog45:
Shehu sub should be investigated...okay wetin u wan talk with Onazi on standby...injury to Ndidi na Bonnke wey no dey list replaced Ndidi and started Kumasi match then why faded Onazi on standby....what of John Noble a bench warmer in NPFL who replaced Maduka....Oga Basco you see sey wahala dey.

Onazi was at the request of the assistant coaches who had him in the list they submitted to Eguavoen. Bonke coming straight into the team was an indictment of how much we depended on Wilfred Ndidi.

John Noble won the number 1 shirt and started 4 straight matches for Enyimba before the match.

BascoVanVeli:


Onazi was at the request of the assistant coaches who had him in the list they submitted to Eguavoen. Bonke coming straight into the team was an indictment of how much we depended on Wilfred Ndidi.

John Noble won the number 1 shirt and started 4 straight matches for Enyimba before the match.

Thanks for the clarification.

Hi everyone how are u guys doing.

TheSuperNerd:
Amunike's impact was clearly seen in the 2013 team. And 2 yrs later we saw him handle the team WITHOUT Manu, and with new talents and we still triumphed.

Manu went solo without Amunike in 2019 and failed.

So EA under Manu is sooo unlike what we saw with him under Eguavoen. Amunike will not pick the same 442/424-like setup we executed in Kumasi with only boring long balls and wingplays as the strategy. That was still Eguavoen. So don't act blind.

And you asked for why Amunike should be in the discussion. I gave you beyond a mouthful. Mentioning he should have beaten Kenya is funny because Tanzania isn't better than Kenya talents wise. Even by Ratings, Kenya clearly trumped Tanzania then (and still trumps now) in the world game.
Both are possibly at par or Tanzania just slightly inferior team-quality wise so it was a 50-50 game or 55-45 game. You cannot use that to write off what Amu achieved with a clearly talentless Tanzanian team.

All I knw is amunike won't be employed ,at least for now... I am sure dey re looking at a foreigner, dts certain

jihday:
Noble isn’t a bench warmer sha, he played the weekend before the Ghana games

Okay

We have until June to appoint a manager. The Afcon Qualifiers are upon us already. If we must go foreign, I want a sound tactical mind and not another Journeyman edition. If they cannot get us a quality foreigner blessed with sound tactical nous, then they should give the reins to Amunike and even add Ndubuisi Egbo to the mix.

elyte89:



All I knw is amunike won't be employed ,at least for now... I am sure dey re looking at a foreigner, dts certain

TheSuperNerd:
The Midfield is a much bigger issue for me than the GK dept.

Uzoho in Kumasi - The Epitome of Calm.

Uzoho in Abuja - The Epitome of Calamity.

And guess what... the Men who attacked Okoye so vehemently after our Afcon ouster kinda went soft on Uzoho by ignoring the blooper he committed in Abuja. This is because they all know that attacking Uzoho will absolutely cancel their attack on Okoye earlier in the year and make them all look stupid.


Fact still remains Uzoho have had better performances in the GWG compared to Okoye but both are really not reliable right now. We don't even know what to expect anymore. But I believe Okoye's recent form in Holland and potential to keep improving will make him better. Uzoho too can get better. Both are still young but need fiercer competition.


But you see that our midfield.... tufiakwa!!!! A midfield that cannot string even 7 Decent passes at once. 5 sef dey hard!!!! Our sequence of plays in the middle is just terrible and even when we try to bypass the middle, we don't execute the bypass well at all!!!

We need to stop calling up players only based on the fact that they feature in Top 5 leagues. We need to have a mix of doing just that for the sake of merit and also inviting midfield lads that carry actual tactical solutions for our Middle game.

For instance, based on top 5 leagues ratings, we call up Ndidi, Bonke, Onyeka and Etebo. All of which are Defensive minded MF juggernauts. All we have here is more brawns and imposing physicality but Little brains and deficient technical quality.

We need to address our midfield call ups from a tactical angle majorly before even considering where they play, if not we would only be calling up DMs upon DMs that give us Zero breakthrough via middle plays.

WA GBAYI

Francis Momoh with an assist for Grasshopper Club Zurich in the Swiss Super League vs Tosin Aiyegun's FC Zurich.


Note: Tosin Aiyegun is now a Benin International. Has two caps for them now albeit in friendlies.

TheSuperNerd:
Francis Momoh with an assist for Grasshopper Club Zurich in the Swiss Super League vs Tosin Aiyegun's FC Zurich.


Note: Tosin Aiyegun is now a Benin International. Has two caps for them now albeit in friendlies.

Good he is representing Benin republic his mother land just like we had Ghanian like John Orlando and Leotis Boateng in eagles in the 80s and we nearly cap Edward Ansah who later kept for Ghana in Senegal 92.

TheSuperNerd:
Francis Momoh with an assist for Grasshopper Club Zurich in the Swiss Super League vs Tosin Aiyegun's FC Zurich.


Note: Tosin Aiyegun is now a Benin International. Has two caps for them now albeit in friendlies.

bye Tosin

TheSuperNerd:
Francis Momoh with an assist for Grasshopper Club Zurich in the Swiss Super League vs Tosin Aiyegun's FC Zurich.


Note: Tosin Aiyegun is now a Benin International. Has two caps for them now albeit in friendlies.

Yeah, I think he scored on his debut for benin.

leathalbeast:
andre ayew will be playing 60-65 mins in WC matches, i think Gyan is lazy coz even muntari is still in good shape playing for hearts of oak so gyan can also do it.... Btw chelsea is being cooked oo brentford 1-4 now.

So Ghana want to carry Gyan and muntari to the World Cup

Karlovych:
Ebuehi in action against Spezia

This is another player i want back in eagles ASAP.

Ebuehi cannot be worse than Calvin Bssaey even as LB against Ghana......Ebuehi to RB/RWB and versatile Aina to LB/LWB cos Aina is better.than Sanusi,Bassey and Collins.

Ebuehi and Aina as fullbacks will give us real tactical football not all these one way left backs.

Iheanacho delivers again

Fine header

TheSuperNerd:
The Midfield is a much bigger issue for me than the GK dept.

Uzoho in Kumasi - The Epitome of Calm.

Uzoho in Abuja - The Epitome of Calamity.

And guess what... the Men who attacked Okoye so vehemently after our Afcon ouster kinda went soft on Uzoho by ignoring the blooper he committed in Abuja. This is because they all know that attacking Uzoho will absolutely cancel their attack on Okoye earlier in the year and make them all look stupid.


Fact still remains Uzoho have had better performances in the GWG compared to Okoye but both are really not reliable right now. We don't even know what to expect anymore. But I believe Okoye's recent form in Holland and potential to keep improving will make him better. Uzoho too can get better. Both are still young but need fiercer competition.


But you see that our midfield.... tufiakwa!!!! A midfield that cannot string even 7 Decent passes at once. 5 sef dey hard!!!! Our sequence of plays in the middle is just terrible and even when we try to bypass the middle, we don't execute the bypass well at all!!!

We need to stop calling up players only based on the fact that they feature in Top 5 leagues. We need to have a mix of doing just that for the sake of merit and also inviting midfield lads that carry actual tactical solutions for our Middle game.

For instance, based on top 5 leagues ratings, we call up Ndidi, Bonke, Onyeka and Etebo. All of which are Defensive minded MF juggernauts. All we have here is more brawns and imposing physicality but Little brains and deficient technical quality.

We need to address our midfield call ups from a tactical angle majorly before even considering where they play, if not we would only be calling up DMs upon DMs that give us Zero breakthrough via middle plays.

Lol but they are all we have. Is there any outstanding midfielder out there that has been overlooked?

Meliforme:


Take it or leave it we might lose, i saw that in this game, but this is not what i want. Football is a game of tactics. It is understanding your weaknesses and the opponent's weakness.

I have been talking so much about our poor decision making and poor composition of play. Eguavoen's system made it worse The Ghanaian coach probably knew this and used high pressing to force us into errors. For instance, how can Ekong deliver his long balls when he is under pressure. But i tell you this, this Ghanaian squad are poor tools for high pressing.
A sound coach will deal with them.

I said this before the second tie in Abuja.

Life is in many ways predictable.

BascoVanVeli:
Iheanacho delivers again

Fine header

Na to dey deliver for their clubs but when it comes to eagles na issue...sorry Oga Basco,our boys dey vex me.

elyte89:



All I knw is amunike won't be employed ,at least for now... I am sure dey re looking at a foreigner, dts certain

True. Nigeria is too corrupt and the setting is such as to prevent local coaches from excelling. We just saw an hint in Eguavon adding Onazi to the stand by list.

We went from Rohr to Eguavon and suddenly shifted from the disciplined atmosphere to having politicians crash the dressing room at half time and all sorts of distractions. And it's the same story from Oliseh to Keshi to Amodu etc.

Until we fix Nigeria perhaps its best we stick to foreign coaches.

BascoVanVeli:
Iheanacho delivers again

Fine header

Iheanacho should be played as a CF in G.W.G.

TheSuperNerd:
Amunike's impact was clearly seen in the 2013 team. And 2 yrs later we saw him handle the team WITHOUT Manu, and with new talents and we still triumphed.

Manu went solo without Amunike in 2019 and failed.

So EA under Manu is sooo unlike what we saw with him under Eguavoen. Amunike will not pick the same 442/424-like setup we executed in Kumasi with only boring long balls and wingplays as the strategy. That was still Eguavoen. So don't act blind.

And you asked for why Amunike should be in the discussion. I gave you beyond a mouthful. Mentioning he should have beaten Kenya is funny because Tanzania isn't better than Kenya talents wise. Even by Ratings, Kenya clearly trumped Tanzania then (and still trumps now) in the world game.
Both are possibly at par or Tanzania just slightly inferior team-quality wise so it was a 50-50 game or 55-45 game. You cannot use that to write off what Amu achieved with a clearly talentless Tanzanian team.

I buy your explanation, but it’s unlikely that the NFF would hire Amunike so soon after firing him alongside other members of Eguavoen’s technical crew

Kog45:
Na to dey deliver for their clubs but when it comes to eagles na issue...sorry Oga Basco,our boys dey vex me.

No be him fault say dem no dey give am the kind correct cross wey he dey see for Leicester

The midfield was not working, no be Kelechi fault. Wingers were not winging either

It is not that these boys are bad players. A player that is bad, will not work anywhere you put them, but these boys work somewhere. Na just the system wey no favour them.

Beloved03:


True. Nigeria is too corrupt and the setting is such as to prevent local coaches from excelling. We just saw an hint in Eguavon adding Onazi to the stand by list.

We went from Rohr to Eguavon and suddenly shifted from the disciplined atmosphere to having politicians crash the dressing room at half time and all sorts of distractions. And it's the same story from Oliseh to Keshi to Amodu etc.

Until we fix Nigeria perhaps its best we stick to foreign coaches.

Just admit Egu was clueless and leave corruption alone abeg

We had our best legs and failed.

Iheanacho assist

BascoVanVeli:
Iheanacho assist

Called off for a foul similar to the one he committed in Kumasi

Meliforme:


Iheanacho should be played as a CF in G.W.G.

Sadiq is more technical and sleek, so play ahead of him

Meliforme:

Iheanacho should be played as a CF in G.W.G.

Simpu sturv.

Iheanacho sef

TheSuperNerd:
Amunike's impact was clearly seen in the 2013 team. And 2 yrs later we saw him handle the team WITHOUT Manu, and with new talents and we still triumphed.

Manu went solo without Amunike in 2019 and failed.

So EA under Manu is sooo unlike what we saw with him under Eguavoen. Amunike will not pick the same 442/424-like setup we executed in Kumasi with only boring long balls and wingplays as the strategy. That was still Eguavoen. So don't act blind.

And you asked for why Amunike should be in the discussion. I gave you beyond a mouthful. Mentioning he should have beaten Kenya is funny because Tanzania isn't better than Kenya talents wise. Even by Ratings, Kenya clearly trumped Tanzania then (and still trumps now) in the world game.
Both are possibly at par or Tanzania just slightly inferior team-quality wise so it was a 50-50 game or 55-45 game. You cannot use that to write off what Amu achieved with a clearly talentless Tanzanian team.

As it is now, over 90% of Nigerian fans don't want another local coach. In fact, President Buhari himself won't allow it.

Odunayaw:
Just admit Egu was clueless and leave corruption alone abeg

We had our best legs and failed.

To be fair, Eguavon never had the best legs both in the Afcon and the qualifiers.

Nevertheless I agree with you. He was clueless.