tbaba1234:


Why not omeruo at RB? I think he is more pacy than Balogun.

TheSuperNerd:
When you add leon Balogun.... We have two tall mighty towers...

Ekong won almost every aerial battle... What a performance!!!!!!

Omeruo was also great minus that "mistake"

zicky:
Thank you Enyeama for leaving, you serve Nigeria well. Carl Ikeme is a world class keeper, my Man of the match

TheGoodJoe:
What an amazing aerial performance from Ekong. My fear for long balls from the Zambians reduced with the way Ekong cleared off everything. His aerial presence is a big asset to the team. He made some nice interceptions and blocks.

Overall, he was tidy.

Icon4s:


Musa Mohammed never faced this kind of opposition.

And u are leading Zambia 2-0 in Ndola and u dnt expect them to come all over you like a swam of bees?

I personally expected that kind of pressure on our defense in the second half. But for Omeruo's error, the boys coped well.

Icon4s:


The last Recognized Natural RB we had in the Super Eagles was Chidi Odiah.

Ambrose tried. He did creditably well but he was converted RB.

Ndidi started out as a CB in his early career. This could be y Rohr started him instead of Shehu Abdulahi(who i feel would have coped better) @ RB.

I once suggested Leon Balogun at RB but that suggestion didnt go down well with analysts here.

The truth is we dont have a RB in this team.
For the next game I would still suggest Balogun as the RB while Ekong and Omeruo play CB.
We have Mahrez and Slimani for our LB and RB to deal with in that game.

tbaba1234:


Echiejiele was ok.. made one obvious error when he lost his man but ndidi was shaky all game.

Perhaps a home game would have been better to introduce Ndidi.

joseph1013:
It's a shame bigger clubs have not come for him. He's a very good defender.

tbaba1234:


I don't think Shehu is a flash in the pan. I argue, he would have performed better than Ndidi today but we need a natural right back.

TheSuperNerd:
Loooolllll.... Sir Joseph just dropped a bomb... Loollll.... Fire in the hole!!!!!!!!

dkay51:
24' Congo 1-0 Egypt

joseph1013:
It's a shame bigger clubs have not come for him. He's a very good defender.

joseph1013:
You think Musa is not ripe?

daveP:
Which we already have in Musa Mohammed, dunno why he didn't play today. Shehu doesn't have the pace of a RB. but he connects well. I Just need that pace for that RB spot and Musa en Ndidi have that above him. Mind you, I want a RB that can start an attack with pace thus my selection.

joseph1013:
LOL. Na true. I wont mind a visionary German as the Nigerian President sef.

AIG07:
3 points secured!

D team is improving and progressing gradually.

Did any see d shot mikel took? mikel of old could have ballooned t up. Thats d essence of drills. The shooting drills has improved d over all ability of our team-no more wayward shots.

Can't wait to have Leon, Moses, Success and Ighalo back in d team.

Finally, We need to look out for better fullbacks. Ndidi(though played out of position) and Echiejile were too vulnerable and were easily beaten by pace. Lest we forget north african teams are pacey. Hope d coach looks into this.

Congratulations to all sport loving Nigerians. D unbeaten run continues.

daveP:



Well, I'm glad the mind games which I sense Rohr is playing worked. Ndidi was/is an experiment to me after I discovered that Rohr can't be that stupid.


Algerians will watch this game and try to exploit that angle, Musa Mohammed would be back I pray by then cos Slimani...., Mahrez. .....


Glad no goals came from Ndidi's mistakes though.


You're right on that Chidi Odiah stuff. we've been using makeshift, but Musa played that role@ u17 and won the title so I can reason his intor right into that position. Enough of makeshift defenders. He's our Bellerin; pace, strength, crosses!



Besides, Mweene the pitch dancer should go and retire.

Icon4s:


If Rohr thought he was ripe he wouldnt have fielded a DMF at RB.
I love Rohr's players selections. Just perfect.

TheGoodJoe:


I agree with you. Ekong is top quality and deserves a big club. I see the Super Eagles growing and Ekong breaking into a bigger team.

I asked someone today how come Ekong plays in Norway and Cahill plays for Chelsea? The guy laughed.

tbaba1234:
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In the Olympics , shehu showed pace and delivered quality crosses.

TheGoodJoe:
Ndidi started brilliantly. I was over the moon with his performance but then.. ...

He got tired and the Zambians took advantage of it. I lost count how many times he was skinned but I can hail his effort to fight back. He fought to help the team.

When it comes to his positioning, he was good. He was in position most times and help the defence clear the ball.

He made some passes to the midfield and forward players that help build up play and won some aerial battles. Drop to Central defence when we were under pressure.

The coach might have something with Ndidi at right back but the qualifiers is too risky to play him there if he will cause the team problems.

Icon4s:


If Rohr thought he was ripe he wouldnt have fielded a DMF at RB.
I love Rohr's players selections. Just perfect.

tbaba1234:


He was shaky from the first half. He was not just under too much pressure.

TheGoodJoe:
Ndidi started brilliantly. I was over the moon with his performance but then.. ...

He got tired and the Zambians took advantage of it. I lost count how many times he was skinned but I can hail his effort to fight back. He fought to help the team.

When it comes to his positioning, he was good. He was in position most times and help the defence clear the ball.

He made some passes to the midfield and forward players that help build up play and won some aerial battles. Drop to Central defence when we were under pressure.

The coach might have something with Ndidi at right back but the qualifiers is too risky to play him there if he will cause the team problems.

TheGoodJoe:


This is telepathic. I thought of the same thing after the game. I wondered why can't the head coach share administrative roles when it comes to the team's organization. The managers of top clubs play a big part in administration and preparations.

joseph1013:
LOL. Na true. I wont mind a visionary German as the Nigerian President sef.

Icon4s:
Did anyone notice Brown Ideye never had a single shot on goal today?

Even the one he was set up to score, that was rules offside, he missed and started blaming the ref for ruling offside.

Thank God Ighalo has successfuly buried his Dad yesterday.

tbaba1234:


If it was a home game, rohr might have started Musa but we needed solidity in the defense today.