Mujtahida:
It's like modern football hard SE to grasp ooo. If not how is it that for five years we've not been able to fix issues with the midfield and our attacking set up?

Red hot at club level does not often translate into swell performance at national team level ooo. Fact is that club football and national team football is not the same.

Joebie:
Thanks mods for putting me in jail because of my 4-0 “prediction”.

7 things:

1. What happened to that team that flogged São Tomé ?
2. Bright Osayi performed so badly compared to Aina’s SE debut.
3. Onyeka brought his Man City A game.
4. Dennis should be our designated PK taker
5. Moses Simon should get the captains arm band
6. Etebo was so damn confident on the ball that he was spraying passes near the goal post.
7. We improved as the game wore on. We would have gotten back into the game had the PARTIAL ref not ended the game prematurely

Bonus: Peseiro is the best thing to have happened to SE since Rohr

andrewbaba44:
Una go don wail tire for here yesterday

Omo una sure say this paseiro sabi anything ?

Una go see Wetin Ghana go play against Portugal then you all will admit the fact that they deserves to be at the World Cup

do4luv14:
Now Joebie, bros prophhad come to pass6, Finally Portugal had won us 4 zero,

And Wonders Am Surprised nobody is saying anything about Uzoho chopping 4, And of its Maduka the Drums of Attack would had been sounding long after the match

elyte89:



Ghana is better Dan dis present eagles team

andrewbaba44:


Portugal winning naija 4-0 ?

Sure they are better than us but they aren’t that good ,their coach self issa tactical Dinosaur,but naija worst

andrewbaba44:
Una go don wail tire for here yesterday

Omo una sure say this paseiro sabi anything ?

Una go see Wetin Ghana go play against Portugal then you all will admit the fact that they deserves to be at the World Cup

andrewbaba44:


Portugal winning naija 4-0 ?

Sure they are better than us but they aren’t that good ,their coach self issa tactical Dinosaur,but naija worst

minfelix:


It is u ppl that tag it negative football, a pattern is grinding results for u, u tag it negative... wether negative or not, rohr kept Nigeria's status on top from start of his appointment till his sack...our rank remained African top 3best teams..strikers,defenders,midfielders were all shining under him...we defended against SA and still beat them, wat den do u want .....is SA a baby football nation? This is not 90's where u run over them with the likes of okocha,rashidi,amokachi....bro wake up whay we have now is what rohr utilized to grind out results

ABIODUN105:
If you too have forgotten let me remind you.

Before Genort Rohr came on board in 2016 Super Eagles could not qualified for two nations cup back to back

Super eagles is ranked 69th in the world.

Super eagles is on the verge of going back to that era

Mujtahida:
It's like modern football hard SE to grasp ooo. If not how is it that for five years we've not been able to fix issues with the midfield and our attacking set up?

Red hot at club level does not often translate into swell performance at national team level ooo. Fact is that club football and national team football is not the same.

komekn:


Look at bitter leaf Soup rancourous venom based analysis.

You need redemption.

wayodude:


You saw the game right?

Now let us know which of the goals he was at fault for.

Over to you. Thanks

TheGoodJoe:


Before Rohr came on board, we won the AFCON, beating some tough sides in African football.

Odunayaw:
Bassey had a poor performance

Poor ball progression
Dirty defensive awareness

You forgot to praise Chukwueze. That directness is what I want to see consistently

TheGoodJoe:


After five years, we did not grow an inch under Rohr. We did not build a solid team. We were never a convincing side. If that is how you want us to play for the next 20 - 30 years, you are free to enjoy that.

Even under Keshi where I was still critical, we could meet France and give them a game. France resorted to injuring Ambrose and Onazi to have an edge. We played the Catalonia team and matched them. We lost to Spain but we gave them a match. We played Italy and left them by two goals in the first half. They had to bring in Pirlo to reclaim the midfield.

We ripped Mali by 4 goals at the AFCON. It was not all good but were were a good side. All of a sudden, you guys want us to park bus and grind football.

I wonder why I even bother. People want us to play Rohr way.

Joebie:
Thanks mods for putting me in jail because of my 4-0 “prediction”.

7 things:

1. What happened to that team that flogged São Tomé ?
2. Bright Osayi performed so badly compared to Aina’s SE debut.
3. Onyeka brought his Man City A game.
4. Dennis should be our designated PK taker
5. Moses Simon should get the captains arm band
6. Etebo was so damn confident on the ball that he was spraying passes near the goal post.
7. We improved as the game wore on. We would have gotten back into the game had the PARTIAL ref not ended the game prematurely

Bonus: Peseiro is the best thing to have happened to SE since Rohr

TheGoodJoe:


After five years, we did not grow an inch under Rohr. We did not build a solid team. We were never a convincing side. If that is how you want us to play for the next 20 - 30 years, you are free to enjoy that.

Even under Keshi where I was still critical, we could meet France and give them a game. France resorted to injuring Ambrose and Onazi to have an edge. We played the Catalonia team and matched them. We lost to Spain but we gave them a match. We played Italy and left them by two goals in the first half. They had to bring in Pirlo to reclaim the midfield.

We ripped Mali by 4 goals at the AFCON. It was not all good but were were a good side. All of a sudden, you guys want us to park bus and grind football.

I wonder why I even bother. People want us to play Rohr way.

caprikon:
The Eguavoen led technical Dept. has a lot of questions to answer....but they can't give what they don't have.

Peseiro from indications likes to set up his team primarily for counters. Funnily, the team's shape and sync isn't up to the level to implement quick transitions when there is a chance to catch the opposition on the break.

minfelix:


Anytime he wins convincingly by playing creative attacking football they will say it's individual brilliance from talented players.... I don't see any negatives in the man...he coached us 5years and he earned some respectable feats for us...he is a type of coach that will surely drag your team to a medal and put your name on history book of tournaments..he can't come back again, but he wasn't a bad coach

TheSuperNerd:
Onyeka was a better performer today than Aribo. No caps.

Infact I am almost tempted to say he even did better than Ndidi. But that can be debated.

His passing was decent although most of them in the defensive half and were back/sideway passes but he lost all his duels and that wasn't pleasing at all.

In all, he was calmer in the middle and he made more passes into the final third than Ndidi and Aribo combined all game. Shocking!

Onyeka is surely one of the midfielders I consider as an option when talking midfield options for the Super Eagles but not as a starter.

minfelix:


Anytime he wins convincingly by playing creative attacking football they will say it's individual brilliance from talented players.... I don't see any negatives in the man...he coached us 5years and he earned some respectable feats for us...he is a type of coach that will surely drag your team to a medal and put your name on history book of tournaments..he can't come back again, but he wasn't a bad coach

TheGoodJoe:


We did not grow. He did not do things that we had not done before. In the end we played dross footie under him and we did not grow as a team.

Danielnino00:


All these things some of you are praising Rohr for,making him look like some sort of genius were accomplished by many previous coaches before him... Keshi and Amodu achieved all that...they were still sacked.. Berti Vogts had a good CV before he was appointed our coach,but after the shambolic display at the AFCON,he was fired...
What's so special about Rohr? If he is that good,why is he yet to get another coaching job?

TheSuperNerd:
Frank "The Tank" Onyeka vs Portugal yesterday:

45mins played.
32 touches.
25/28 accurate passes.
2 pass entries into Final third.
1 interception.
2 recoveries.
2 fouls committed.
0/3 ground duels won (only minus which is even unusual because he excels naturally in duels. He is "the Tank" for good reasons).



Onyeka registered more pass entries into the final third than Ndidi and Aribo combined in the game.
*Ndidi played 45 mins. Aribo played 69mins.





I have my criticism of Onyeka's game observed overtime and it still stands but truth be told he did better than Ndidi and Aribo yesterday and it won't be the first time too that he trumps both in terms of SE Performances.

Onyeka's limited ball playing is still an issue in the long run but I will rather have him in my Midfield for his box-to-box plays and vertical driving traits than a Joe Aribo whose role just has to be redefined in our Super Eagles.

Aribo is no bonafide midfielder. We have to move forward with the truth

And mind you, this ball playing deficiency is not just a midfield problem. It is also a defence problem. Ekong on the ball too is quite under average. Akpoguma is not convincing. We need good ball playing CBs who also excel in the dirty aspects (or some) of the role. CBs who are also quite mobile. We looked too rigid at the center in defensive transtions.