Icon4s:


Asides the Tanzania game which other games have you seen Rohr's teams play?

TheGoodJoe:


I am tied down, no much time to check but I will research more about. However, I suspect Ikpeba has a hand in our coach pick, Paul Le Guen is a ball playing defending kind of coach and I suspect Rohr who coached in the Ligue 1 when Ikpeba was with Jean Tigana (Another high line ball playing defending coach) might be similar.

Ikpeba is part of the technical committee. That is where I drew my opinion. Not just the last game.

Further games will clarify his style.

Icon4s:

Icon4s:
One of the pix I took when I visited the UJ Esuenne stadium camp of the 2013 Golden Eaglets, just to see my pally Amuneke way back 2012.

chrisooblog:
hi bro yeah i dropped etebo for two main reasons. first i think he's injured secondly etebo is more of an AMF cum striker and for the zambia match i would like someone who can control the tempo of our midfield play. this is where mikel comes in and remember in the olympics he was able to bring some attacking verve into his game. ordinarily if we were playing at home or adopting a more attacking formation then i would drop either of ndidi\onazi for etebo so we would have a midfield three of mikel, etebo and ndidi\onazi. going forward in later matches they could be our default selection but thing is i don't trust onazi to shield the back four on his own since that matuidi challenge in the world cup dude has been off and i haven't seen enough of ndidi to know if he can do the job effectively.

goldfish80:
This formation could be far fetched. Abit alien to our style but I think a 3-5-2 formation could suit our team.
Something like this..
. . . . . . . . Ikeme. . . . . . .
... Omeruo. . . Leon. . . . Troost

.M.mohamed. . . . Onazi. . . Mikel
. . . . . . . . . . . . .iwobi. . . . . . . . . . . . Musa
. . . . . . . . Iheanacho. . . Ighalo

In this formation, Musa Muhammed would be licensed to push high up the field, just like a winger, when in possession, while the over load in midfield and Omeruo covers for him.
At the last AYC, he almost played like a free winger and got about 5goals. Won the player of the tournament I believe. Lichestiner plays this role for juventus.

In attack, Musa should be cutting in from the left. We all know what he did at the last world cup playing that position. Against South Africa in a friendly, he played from this angle and got a goal. He could be more prolific than moses playing there.

Iheanacho will support Odion and drop to the middle to help control the game,while Iwobi plays a free role which is his most natural position although he was trained at arsenal to play any role in attack even as a striker.

The Zambians will struggle to get out of their own half if we play a prototype like this. As they will be strangled to submission right there in Ndola.

Mickael2:


So this means that Troost will be virtually playing as the LB? But he is right footed isn't he? We do not really have the personnel to pursue what you have in mind. When Barca plays a 3 man defence, you usually see Busquets slotting into the central defence when the wing back is away attacking, is it Onazi or Mikel that will cover? So maybe Ndidi comes in handy but still having a right footed CB in the predominant LB position is going to cause a lot of problem. Juventus plays with 2 wing backs which makes it work out well for them, Musa isn't a wing back, we will have issues

goldfish80:


Like I said, this is just a prototype. I don't think Troost will have much problems having watched him at the Olympics, he loved playing in the left side of defence. Alot of time, he doug out Awaziem. Remember, there would be enough security with Omeruo, Mikel and Leon forming a chain in defence when in defence transition.
In this formation, Mikel will drop deep while Onazi bursts forward with his energy and try winning the ball high up the pitch.

tbaba1234:


@ bolded, Awaziem was not at the Olympics. Sincere Seth was Ekong's partner.

tbaba1234:


@ bolded, Awaziem was not at the Olympics. Sincere Seth was Ekong's partner.

terzurum5:

Don't tell me you skipped this portion of the article.....
* This list is by no means official. It is purely the opinion of the writer hence it’s not binding.

Icon4s:


Please direct this question to the author of that publication and not to me.

terzurum5:

Don't tell me you skipped this portion of the article.....
* This list is by no means official. It is purely the opinion of the writer hence it’s not binding.

zuchyblink:
My line up:
--------------------Ikeme--------------------------
/
Onazi--------Ekong---Balogun-----Echiejile
/
--------------Mikel----------Ndidi----------------
/
---------------------Iwobi-------------------------
/
Musa muh'med-----------------------Success
/
---------------------Iheanacho-------------------
/
Rohr should understand that if you are good enough you are old enough. Quartet in our attack can take us to 2018 world cup.let us do away with always starting our expereinced and untalented stars like Ighalo.musa,moses etc. Know that Musa muhammed is more of a winger than a defender,the duo of musa and success can bully any defence. Remember it is African football we are talking about.

goldfish80:
This formation could be far fetched. Abit alien to our style but I think a 3-5-2 formation could suit our team.
Something like this..
. . . . . . . . Ikeme. . . . . . .
... Omeruo. . . Leon. . . . Troost

.M.mohamed. . . . Onazi. . . Mikel
. . . . . . . . . . . . .iwobi. . . . . . . . . . . . Musa
. . . . . . . . Iheanacho. . . Ighalo

In this formation, Musa Muhammed would be licensed to push high up the field, just like a winger, when in possession, while the over load in midfield and Omeruo covers for him.
At the last AYC, he almost played like a free winger and got about 5goals. Won the player of the tournament I believe. Lichestiner plays this role for juventus.

In attack, Musa should be cutting in from the left. We all know what he did at the last world cup playing that position. Against South Africa in a friendly, he played from this angle and got a goal. He could be more prolific than moses playing there.

Iheanacho will support Odion and drop to the middle to help control the game,while Iwobi plays a free role which is his most natural position although he was trained at arsenal to play any role in attack even as a striker.

The Zambians will struggle to get out of their own half if we play a prototype like this. As they will be strangled to submission right there in Ndola.

zuchyblink:
My line up:
--------------------Ikeme--------------------------
/
Onazi--------Ekong---Balogun-----Echiejile
/
--------------Mikel----------Ndidi----------------
/
---------------------Iwobi-------------------------
/
Musa muh'med-----------------------Success
/
---------------------Iheanacho-------------------
/
Rohr should understand that if you are good enough you are old enough. Quartet in our attack can take us to 2018 world cup.let us do away with always starting our expereinced and untalented stars like Ighalo.musa,moses etc. Know that Musa muhammed is more of a winger than a defender,the duo of musa and success can bully any defence. Remember it is African football we are talking about.

forgiveness:


Hmm! You prefer Ndidi to Onazi and Musa to Moses.

I think Onazi is better than Ndidi in that position while Moses is better than Musa Mohammed in that position.

If we can think of using Musa Mohammed who is finding it difficult to play for his team then it is better we bring Daniel Adejo who plays regularly as a RB in the Serie B.

zuchyblink:
Moses is better than musa M. How? Well is not about who is better but who can deliver results,for the facts he is not playing in his club doesn't make him a bad player,it could the coache's decision. Musa M can make those explosive runs annd also track back and support the defence which moses cannot do

forgiveness:


Because Moses bring fear factor, he can create chances from nothing, he can score and he can pass better than Musa Mohammed.

There is difference between playing from the back and playing from the wing.

Moses can make explosive runs too but he can't defend. That is where the job of a DM comes in.

zuchyblink:
Moses brings which fear factor? U see we can't continue using Ighalo,moses,musa etc and wxpect to achieve different result from wwhat we used to get from these guys

TheSuperNerd:
I am impressed with the fact that a few people here actually understand that Musa Mohammed is not just a Right fullback but a flying wing-back based on his playing style and Energy up and down the right wing. He even started off in the U-17s as a Centre-back....



In Sir Goldfish80's 3-5-2, Musa Mohammed will strive as Right wing back... I have no doubt about it.

But all the same shaa..... This is the World Cup Qualifiers, NO TIME FOR "HEAVY" EXPERIMENTATION THAT WILL COST US POINTS.


Musa Mohammed won't be played as a right winger no matter how physical he is. A right winger requires more than physicality to execute his role. Besides, A Victor Moses will be better off in that role and yep, he was fantastic last night against a very physical Leicester City.

Musa Mohammed may have to man the R.B. role but then I hope Moses Odubajo's switch is completed soon so that he can stake a claim also.... Leon is also an option there but I won't play our best CB as a right back... Now way!!!!

Also, Shehu Abdullahi's performance at Rio in that Right back role was impressive. He's also an option although he is naturally a DMF.





Success... Success... Success... I expect him to make Rohr's list for the battle of Ndola. Simon Moses is out with an injury. Etebo "may" also miss out.

We have a rising super bunch of top young starlets but we gotta get the formation right fpr every game based on the opposition in view.

If we wanna be in Russia by the summer of 2018. We gotta avoid "heavy" experimentation and go for what will kill off our opponents game-by-game.

forgiveness:



I wan ask you one question. Which player played a major part in our conquest to win the Nations Cup?

TheGoodJoe:


John Mikel Obi aka Obi Kererenke. He was not just our best player at the AFCON but the best player of the competition.

TheGoodJoe:


John Mikel Obi aka Obi Kererenke. He was not just our best player at the AFCON but the best player of the competition.

forgiveness:



Hmm! Ok, who was the next after him?

TheGoodJoe:


Very tough. We had the likes of Omeruo, Oboabona and Victor Moses. I will go for Onazi because he was behind most of the weight behind Mikel. He gave Mikel the liberty to express himself.

However, this is a personal choice. A lot felt Moses was instrumental to our win.

forgiveness:

Very simple to choose. Victor Moses was next to Mikel.

forgiveness:


Very simple to choose. Victor Moses was next to Mikel.