AndSunGorilla:

Oga mi, Nedu don talk plenty time say the golden midfield na trio of Iwobi, Nwakali and Onyedika. For coach, look no further than Emma Amuneke.

My own stance, slightly different, I think on current form with the players in camp, Onyeka and Iwobi would play better in the midfield deux of Paseiro. As per future coach, we could find the Saintlet or whatever the name of the guy is. Perhaps we should allo Emma Amuneke to try, we won't play worse than we are playing now. I honestly don't think we can afford any decent foreign coach now.

who is this?

codemaniacs:


Play Ejuke or Aribo on the left and play Chukwueze or Lookman on the right.

Lookman plays from the right for Atlanta.

If Aina was playing he would have made more crosses than Osayi. Osayi plays safe football and that's good when you're leading but troubling when you're losing.

Aribo still dey the matter? Na wah O

Q1. ANSWER: Obviously Emmanuel Amunike for his tactical understanding of the game and his already grounded knowledge on the core of the Super Eagles main team. He knows our core players inside and out and their tactical/technical qualities. He and Morocco's Walid Regragui share a common theme tactically but both are even different in their applications across various phases of gameplays.

OR. A Cost-effective Tactically Sound Foreign Coach who can come in, pick right and get the ground rolling without the silly excuses of time.



Q2. Answer: I have done rigorous and extensive analyses personally on our team and midfield options and how their individual qualities from technical and tactical POVs can synchronise with one another and I reached this conclusion.

A midfield 3 of Ndidi/Onyedika-Nwakali-Iwobi should be the starting midfield 3 for Nigeria's Super Eagles if we are serious about fixing and upgrading the quality of our middle game dynamics.

I am non-committal for now on Ndidi/Onyedika because Ndidi is still a very experienced and effective ball winner with average passing ability and can still thrive alongside Nwakali and Iwobi but in the long run, and with Onyedika getting more caps off the bench, Ndidi would have to make way for his upgrade in Raphael Onyedika from the start.

Onyedika is not just a ball winner like Ndidi. He is also adept in ball playing sequences and would help us immensely in smoothening the rough edges of our 1st and 2nd phase build up plays. Especially the 2nd phase and its corresponding Recycling plays.


MF Options to back up the starting 3 are: Alhassan Yusuf, Frank Onyeka, Oghenekaro Etebo, Abbas Ibrahim, Joe Aribo (pseudo MF who's more of a hybrid direct forward across the final third), etc.



Q3. I won't answer this because obviously I would be misunderstood. I wish not to stir up any issues so I skip this. And by the way, Musa is still Skipper. Lol

Blueelf:


OKay bro

Now I'm gonna ask you some honest questions

Please which coach did you think will be the best fit for the SE?

Which midfielders do you think should be starting?

Apart from Ahmed Musa, which players shouldn't be invited again to the SE?

TheSuperNerd:
Q1. ANSWER: Obviously Emmanuel Amunike for his tactical understanding of the game and his already grounded knowledge on the core of the Super Eagles main team. He knows our core players inside and out and their tactical/technical qualities. He and Morocco's Walid Regragui share a common theme tactically but both are even different in their applications across various phases of gameplays.

OR. A Cost-effective Tactically Sound Foreign Coach who can come in, pick right and get the ground rolling without the silly excuses of time.



Q2. Answer: I have done rigorous and extensive analyses personally on our team and midfield options and how their individual qualities from technical and tactical POVs can synchronise with one another and I reached this conclusion.

A midfield 3 of Ndidi/Onyedika-Nwakali-Iwobi should be the starting midfield 3 for Nigeria's Super Eagles if we are serious about fixing and upgrading the quality of our middle game dynamics.

I am non-committal for now on Ndidi/Onyedika because Ndidi is still a very experienced and effective ball winner with average passing ability and can still thrive alongside Nwakali and Iwobi but in the long run, and with Onyedika getting more caps off the bench, Ndidi would have to make way for his upgrade in Raphael Onyedika from the start.

Onyedika is not just a ball winner like Ndidi. He is also adept in ball playing sequences and would help us immensely in smoothening the rough edges of our 1st and 2nd phase build up plays. Especially the 2nd phase and its corresponding Recycling plays.


MF Options to back up the starting 3 are: Alhassan Yusuf, Frank Onyeka, Oghenekaro Etebo, Abbas Ibrahim, Joe Aribo (pseudo MF who's more of a hybrid direct forward across the final third), etc.



Q3. I won't answer this because obviously I would be misunderstood. I wish not to stir up any issues so I skip this. And by the way, Musa is still Skipper. Lol

Do you think Aribo will be a good supporting striker or winger in a 4 4 2.
Aribo is another attacking weapon we do not know how to use.
He can try Aribo as a winger or supporting striker in the next match and see how it goes
I think playing Aribo in central midfield is like telling a fish to climb a tree.
Its not really his strength.
Aribo's impotency for us i believe is not his fault but that of his coaches in the national team.
This is what IDENNA doesn't understand when he criticizes him.
We simply don't know how to get the best of him
This is my opinion

TheSuperNerd:
"Bendel Insurance will beat Ponferradina COMPREHENSIVELY" has got to be the biggest statement of football ignorance made as we approach the end of the year's first quarter. Where is the brilliance in such statement? Where is the truth? Where is the sense of research thinking done to reach such obviously absurd conclusion?


What a load of garbage that is. Uttered all in a bid to talk down on a midfielder that he is obviously miffed to see make TEAM OF THE WEEK in La Liga Smartbank 🤣🤣🤣

Dread it, run from it... But the Super Eagles midfield need Kelechi Nwakali. His combination with Alex Iwobi in the middle will bring delight to our middle game plays and extra smoothness to our playing dynamics. All they need behind them is a ball playing, ball winning CDM. We can manage Ndidi with Nwakali and Iwobi paired but the Truth is with/in time, Onyedika would have to step in alongside the Nwakali-Iwobi duo to upgrade that midfield in the 2nd phase of build up plays in addition to the defensive steel he is expected to provide.

Enough of this hiding from the truth all in the name of agenda. Agenda that doesn't add anything to you and certainly doesn't help the team.

We have a midfield problem and we need the right personnel to come in and fix things. From Kelechi Nwakali to Alhassan Yusuf to Raphael Onyedika, we have the pieces to upgrading our middle game structure to masterpiece level alongside the pieces already there in Iwobi, Ndidi, Onyeka and co.


Think Brilliance. Think Unbiased Solutions. We are talking about the Super Eagles here. So you are happy a player based in Iran, in the bloody persian gulf pro league, came to Abuja and outmuscled/outclassed our EPL-based midfielders in several phases of plays? Na wa.

The Bendel Insurance that will beat Ponferradina is currently losing 1-0 to Enyimba which simply means Enyimba will annihilate Ponferradina😂.

What a goal from Benin gunners!!!!!

Kelechi Nwakali just dropped another Midfield Clinic Madness today.

96 touches.
17/21 accurate long balls😲😲🙆🏾🙆🏾🔥🔥
18 recoveries.😳
17 pass entries into Final third.🥵
100% ground duels won (6/6).
100% dribbling success (2/2).
75 accurate passes (highest in the game)
3 interceptions.
2 tackles.


The lad is not relenting.

How I wish chukwueze can cross like saka. Saka definition of wing play is just beautiful to watch. The guy knows when to cross, dribble, shot etc.

jihday:
I see you people are not ready, you don’t even know anything about these coaches. The less said about Cerezo the better, Amunike isn’t pulling trees in Zambia, since Egbo was fired in Armenia? We’ve not seen him again, Finidi can’t even win anything with Enyimba, Emenalo won’t come plus he’s not a coach, God forbid Oliseh

With Finidi I think You're right, watching Enyimba and Bendel insurance and it's hard point out what his tactics is. Might be wrong sha

Tessyy1701:


The Bendel Insurance that will beat Ponferradina is currently losing 1-0 to Enyimba which simply means Enyimba will annihilate Ponferradina😂.

yes na enyimba go win dem wella

TheSuperNerd:
Kelechi Nwakali just dropped another Midfield Clinic Madness today.

96 touches.
17/21 accurate long balls😲😲🙆🏾🙆🏾🔥🔥
18 recoveries.😳
17 pass entries into Final third.🥵
100% ground duels won (6/6).
100% dribbling success (2/2).
75 accurate passes (highest in the game)
3 interceptions.
2 tackles.


The lad is not relenting.

Apparently your coach, the NFF and a section of Nigerian fans think Nwakali isn't good enough to walk into that midfield, but Aribo,Ndidi,and Onyeka are world class enough to be starters smh

Bring Saka to Abuja stadium and he will become useless! Rest Oga!

chuks404:
How I wish chukwueze can cross like saka. Saka definition of wing play is just beautiful to watch. The guy knows when to cross, dribble, shot etc.

Blueelf:
charlesemeka85, them still dey wail

lollll

at least, blueelf is not the cause of SE defeat

Our underpar team and stinkingly corrupt NFF has disgraced themselves yet again

NOthing good can come out of SE

I will advise you all to save yourself the trouble and not wach the return leg because SE will surely loose.

And if they are not careful, they will miss out on qualification

Nigerian football is so rotten that it will take 8yrs of consistent work to restore it

cc thesupernerd, andrewbaba4

typicalgamer, keep it up. You are doing the Lord's work

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Marjoribanks:
Are you saying Morocco will trash South Africa? If you think so then you need serious football teaching! Nigeria defeated France the same week we struggled to beat Kenya at home. Cameroon defeated Brazil at 2003 Fifa Confed cup but were defeated by the Super Eagles at the 2004 Nations cup quarter final. If football is maths there won't be sport betting, my guy!

Keep shut and stop being emotional

Appreciate morrocco

South Africa is crap compared to them

My words are final

Blueelf:
charlesemeka85, them still dey wail

lollll

at least, blueelf is not the cause of SE defeat

Our underpar team and stinkingly corrupt NFF has disgraced themselves yet again

NOthing good can come out of SE

I will advise you all to save yourself the trouble and not wach the return leg because SE will surely loose.

And if they are not careful, they will miss out on qualification

Nigerian football is so rotten that it will take 8yrs of consistent work to restore it

cc thesupernerd, andrewbaba4

typicalgamer, keep it up. You are doing the Lord's work

Do it your usual ways and remove "if they are not careful"

andrew444:


Keep shut and stop being emotional

Appreciate morrocco

South Africa is crap compared to them

My words are final

na pepper eye dey worry am 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣


Meanwhile I hear say uefa don Dey investigate una matter 🤣🤣🤣🤣

charlesemeka85:
na pepper eye dey worry am 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣


Meanwhile I hear say uefa don Dey investigate una matter 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Uefa don reopen their case again 😂

Afobear:
If I talk , I will be banned into the future

Talk my dear Afobear. We will bear it or forebear it.

kennysville:


Aribo still dey the matter? Na wah O

Aribo can cross.. S.E needs wingers that can cross. Play Aribo on the left wing and play Ejuke or lookman or Iwobi in the right wing.

If Iwobi is playing right wing then more midfielders have to be called up.

I want to see what a right wing of Iwobi and midfield of Nwakali, Onyeka and Onyedika will play Ndidi can be subbed in the 2nd half.

Kazakhstan beat Denmark 3-2. This is football, stuff happens.

Saka's sense of wing play is one I admire so much. Knows when to execute all these offensive actions with a sweet sense of near spotless timing.

A delightful two way winger who can go on the inside and on the outside. He just knows "WHEN".

La fixer and La Pausa qualities are additional traits he has that enable him easily beat markers on the run or in normal pace transitions.

chuks404:
How I wish chukwueze can cross like saka. Saka definition of wing play is just beautiful to watch. The guy knows when to cross, dribble, shot etc.

charlesemeka85:
na pepper eye dey worry am 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣


Meanwhile I hear say uefa don Dey investigate una matter 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Tebas Laliga president hates Barcelona with all his life ,he is a Madrid fan

Once uefa investigate finish e go sit down one place ,dem no see evidence for Spain na Uefa go come see evidence

TheSuperNerd:
Kelechi Nwakali just dropped another Midfield Clinic Madness today.

96 touches.
17/21 accurate long balls😲😲🙆🏾🙆🏾🔥🔥
18 recoveries.😳
17 pass entries into Final third.🥵
100% ground duels won (6/6).
100% dribbling success (2/2).
75 accurate passes (highest in the game)
3 interceptions.
2 tackles.


The lad is not relenting.

Very nice. If keeps his head down his time will come.

TheSuperNerd:
Q1. ANSWER: Obviously Emmanuel Amunike for his tactical understanding of the game and his already grounded knowledge on the core of the Super Eagles main team. He knows our core players inside and out and their tactical/technical qualities. He and Morocco's Walid Regragui share a common theme tactically but both are even different in their applications across various phases of gameplays.

OR. A Cost-effective Tactically Sound Foreign Coach who can come in, pick right and get the ground rolling without the silly excuses of time.



Q2. Answer: I have done rigorous and extensive analyses personally on our team and midfield options and how their individual qualities from technical and tactical POVs can synchronise with one another and I reached this conclusion.

A midfield 3 of Ndidi/Onyedika-Nwakali-Iwobi should be the starting midfield 3 for Nigeria's Super Eagles if we are serious about fixing and upgrading the quality of our middle game dynamics.

I am non-committal for now on Ndidi/Onyedika because Ndidi is still a very experienced and effective ball winner with average passing ability and can still thrive alongside Nwakali and Iwobi but in the long run, and with Onyedika getting more caps off the bench, Ndidi would have to make way for his upgrade in Raphael Onyedika from the start.

Onyedika is not just a ball winner like Ndidi. He is also adept in ball playing sequences and would help us immensely in smoothening the rough edges of our 1st and 2nd phase build up plays. Especially the 2nd phase and its corresponding Recycling plays.


MF Options to back up the starting 3 are: Alhassan Yusuf, Frank Onyeka, Oghenekaro Etebo, Abbas Ibrahim, Joe Aribo (pseudo MF who's more of a hybrid direct forward across the final third), etc.



Q3. I won't answer this because obviously I would be misunderstood. I wish not to stir up any issues so I skip this. And by the way, Musa is still Skipper. Lol

Tactically sound response as always.

I understand your hesitation about the third question.

However, which budget friendly foreign coach do you think can handle the SE?

The truth is, you can't give what you don't have. Nigerian local coaches are inept tactically. When last were they trained on foreign courses? How many were trained by the NFF in the past decade? How many of them have a continental pro license or even if it's the low tier ones?

So, Nigeria needs local capacity development

andrew444:


Keep shut and stop being emotional

Appreciate morrocco

South Africa is crap compared to them

My words are final

As in ehn

Trying to downplay the efforts of a country that is serious about their citizens and governance

Lollll

Thank God the SE never made it to Qatar. It would've been a disgrace to West Africa

JohnBullMySon:


FR was the midfield our problem yesterday? IMO, a flat-foot mistake from the defense cost us a goal and the lack of synergy in the attack prevented us from scoring. We dominated the middle from the beginning of the game till the end.

One serious problem I notice in our team is how going behind puts our attackers in so much tension that they begin to lose the ability to work together, They become impatient, agitated and end up not scoring.

Going behind is normal, we need to take things easily and calmly so that we nip our chances. Nobody will beat them even if they lose a hundred matches.

The team lacks confidence and self belief. Once they are a goal down, they become tetchy, raggedy and botched up in their play.

Philosopher1979:


Eguavon actually did 2 things right

1. Improve the creativity of our midfield
2. Bring in more creative players and passers into the team
However, he cannot read a game on time and make tactical changes
and that was his downfall
Also, against ghana he allowed himself to be confused and drop Nwakali
when we needed him in midfield.
Someone convinced him to try iheanacho in midfield and the stuff did not work
He could have continued with what he did in the afcon and stuck with nwakali given
iwobi was not available
FOR ALL HIS TACTICAL SHORT COMMINGS HE DID SOME BASIC THINGS RIGHT
I THINK AS USUAL BEFORE THE GAME AGAINST GHANA SOME PEOPLE WERE
INFLUENCING HIM TO MAKE FOOLISH DECISIONS LIKE TRYING TO
USE OGENYI ONAZI OR LOOKING FOR MUSA AND IGHALO UP AND DOWN
IF HE HAD DONE THE RIGHT THING AND NICKED THAT WORLD CUP
QUALIFIER, THE TEAM WILL AT LEAST BE BETTER THAN NOW IN TERMS OF MIDFIELD PLAY
HE EVEN SEEMS BETTER THAN POSEIRO
AS AVERAGE AS EGUAVON IS HE MAY BE BETTER THAN POSEIRO
AT LEAST 55% IS BETTER THAN 41% EVEN THOUGH IT IS NOT EXCELLENCE
AS EGUAVON CANNOT READ A GAME AND HAS SOME DEFICIENCIES
AS PER POSEIRO I HOPE HE PROVES ME WRONG WITH TIME
IF HE DOES NOT WIN AGAINST GUINEA BUSAU AWAY THEN
HE WILL HAVE SERIOUS PROBLEMS

Sincerely I felt that we should have been patient with Eguavoen

This guy don run enter market ooo. "Your words are final"? Mumu slowpoke! Werey seee ota ee! You can't even comprehend simple analogy. So many morons on here! Oga ooo!

andrew444:


Keep shut and stop being emotional

Appreciate morrocco

South Africa is crap compared to them

My words are final

zoboizee:
Akpoguma & Bassey as Centre Bacck is a recipe for defeat. These two are so poor watching them play together. The only place for bassey should be Leftback while zaidu sit on the bench. Uzoho is a damn too poor a goalkeeper. Lately, i will rate Agbim better than him.

More than 5 years we've had an intractable goalkeeping problem. Goalkeeping has now become like pothole on the road called national team.

Sierra Leone leading 2nil.
That will take them to 5 points and potentially eliminate Sao Tome.
We need at least two away draws and a Sao Tome win to qualify! No need to panick!

This set back came at the right time. Who knows if we had won maybe they would have told Peserio to be inviting only home-based players going forward. lol!