Mickael2:



you do remember that Silva plays as a wide man for Spain and he provides width there, the guy can play as a true winger so he keeps the width, I am glad you noticed that Iwobi wasn't providing width as much as we needed. Now we are not just talking about a headless winger, we are talking about a winger that is not just dangerous but can keep possession too, Victor Moses plays as an AMF for chelsea these days and his slick combination play with Costa was beautiful, I think he can do thesame cutting in from the wing

TheGoodJoe:


V. Moses can play as an AMF, but his style is different from the possessive play. When Spain plays the likes of Isco, Silva, Iniesta or Sarabia on the wings, they do not play like Overmars or Tijani.

The play a coordinated passing style of play. That is what he is pointing out with a player like Nwobodo combining with Mikel, Iheanacho, and Iwobi in midfield.

Mickael2:


Yes, he is not tasked with possessive play hence he doesn't use it. I thought we were talking about a player that can play one touch football with Iheanacho and the likes? Not a possessive style so to sau, so when you talk about one two touches, Moses can do it while also driving straight at defenders hence I'd pick him over another true midfielder, don't forget that this is Africa anyways, European football is different

forgiveness:
Although, I didn't have the opportunity to see the first half but I was able to see 40 minutes before the end of the second half.

I think we have dwelt much on the first eleven without considering their replacement in case of any eventuality.

First of all, I noticed the defence could not withstand countless waves of attacks. Especially from the wing backs.

It seems we depend too much on Mikel Obi and Onazi in the midfield.

I don't understand why our coaches don't like doing the right thing.

Why use a defender/defensive midfield as a wing back when we have Brain Idowu and Tyrone Ebuechi who plays regularly for their teams?

Moses Odubanjo and Ola Aina dey dere too but dem go wan squeeze dem players into the team.

I think it is high time we look for credible left back too. Elderson Echiejile seems to be another weak link at the back.

Taye Taiwo still plays better than all the players tested so far and he is the only left back playing regularly. But he must be tried in a friendly before the qualifiers.


Kenneth Otigba must be called.

Who can replace/substitute Iheanacho and Iwobi should be the next thing a reasonable coach should think of.

joseph1013:


Ah...you can lie o. Most of the Zambian attack came from Echiejile? Haba. Did you watch the match?

Ndidi that was being beaten to the point that he started falling kept Kalaba in position? LOL If not that Kalaba has poor delivery, we would have been roasted. Imagine Mahrez roasting Ndidi like that. You go hear am.

TheGoodJoe:


That is why I earlier pointed that I look at overall contributions and not only errors. If any wants to give Ndidi low marks, it is okay because people have their opinions. Some coaches like Mourinho or Westerhof can bench a player doing well because of an error.

Some like Wenger and Guardiola will praise the work put in by the player.

The critique of Ndidi is that he was skinned. Apart from that, positioning, he did well. Interceptions, he did well. He did not misplace much passes. Helped in build-up play. Supported the central defence.

forgiveness:
Although, I didn't have the opportunity to see the first half but I was able to see 40 minutes before the end of the second half.

I think we have dwelt much on the first eleven without considering their replacement in case of any eventuality.

First of all, I noticed the defence could not withstand countless waves of attacks. Especially from the wing backs.

It seems we depend too much on Mikel Obi and Onazi in the midfield.

I don't understand why our coaches don't like doing the right thing.

Why use a defender/defensive midfield as a wing back when we have Brain Idowu and Tyrone Ebuechi who plays regularly for their teams?

Moses Odubanjo and Ola Aina dey dere too but dem go wan squeeze dem players into the team.

I think it is high time we look for credible left back too. Elderson Echiejile seems to be another weak link at the back.

Taye Taiwo still plays better than all the players tested so far and he is the only left back playing regularly. But he must be tried in a friendly before the qualifiers.


Kenneth Otigba must be called.

Who can replace/substitute Iheanacho and Iwobi should be the next thing a reasonable coach should think of.

TheSuperNerd:
I agree. I absolutely agree. It's just that his primary duty was as a right back yesterday and based on that, he was our weakest link especially in the second half.

Ndidi just did best... I know Rohr have seen what he wants to see with the risk he took. The Algeria game will see an even better Super Eagles in defence. Our technical bench will see to that.

TheSuperNerd:
Go and watch the first half for yourself so that your Analysis will be better shaped.

And yeah.... We need quality reinforcements in both fullback roles.

I have always been crying this out since time immemorial. Our focus in luring the foreign born talents we have and other uncapped players should be primarily on "Quality Defensive Reinforcements" like Odubajo, Ehizibue, Ebuehi, Aina, Adarabioyo, Kigbu, Iorfa Jnr, etc.... We can get two or three of them.

Abeg... We need "more" in defence esp. at Fullback roles. NO BE TODAY I START TO DEY TALK AM.

Kog45:
Joe my guy i always respect u for being good analysis but on Ndidi performance yesterday,i beg to differs.The guy got it wronged and i told a guy sitting beside what a hell is this bcs d guy was too amateurish in his game.

zicky:
I wonder why someone keep saying Ndidi was fantastic, do you know hw many times kalaba drive into our 18yard box, I kept defending guy where I was watching tell whoever care to hear that the is a dm not a RB. And for Omeruo, he should be kept far from the 18yard box right full back will be better if not Nigeria will always concede from his error.

forgiveness:
Although, I didn't have the opportunity to see the first half but I was able to see 40 minutes before the end of the second half.

I think we have dwelt much on the first eleven without considering their replacement in case of any eventuality.

First of all, I noticed the defence could not withstand countless waves of attacks. Especially from the wing backs.

It seems we depend too much on Mikel Obi and Onazi in the midfield.

I don't understand why our coaches don't like doing the right thing.

Why use a defender/defensive midfield as a wing back when we have Brain Idowu and Tyrone Ebuechi who plays regularly for their teams?

Moses Odubanjo and Ola Aina dey dere too but dem go wan squeeze dem players into the team.

I think it is high time we look for credible left back too. Elderson Echiejile seems to be another weak link at the back.

Taye Taiwo still plays better than all the players tested so far and he is the only left back playing regularly. But he must be tried in a friendly before the qualifiers.


Kenneth Otigba must be called.

Who can replace/substitute Iheanacho and Iwobi should be the next thing a reasonable coach should think of.

Mickael2:


My brother, take a bottle of beer.

Taiwo and Oshaniwa should be ahead of Echejile, Taiwo is playing in the finnish league I know, but he has been consistent atleast, their top scorer for that matter, I don't know why he is benched for Echejile a bench warmer.

We don't really depend on Mikel on Onazi, Mikel maybe but we have credible replacements for Onazi. Ndidi, Azubuike, Ogu and Esiti can all play there, Iwobi can easily replace Mikel and make way for a true winger. We only have a shortage of supply when it comes to defenders. You are saying that Otigba should be invited but to replace who? You can only invite 23-26 players and you can only have room for 4 CBs, we have Leon, Omeruo, Ekong and Awaziem then two RBs and LBs, that makes it a total of 8 already so we can't invite everybody. We have quality backup for our midfielders and strikers

lexyman:


You are correct about the analysis you gave but , I think Ogeyi Onazi lead to that pressure , he was enjoying the party in front (tiki-takes ) between Iwobi , iheanacho and Mikel , he came to join them and he exposed the back line to unecessary pressure , I think Onazi should be discipline and must play to instructions . As time goes on the team will get better , Leon will join them , I really pity oboabona , his days are numbered .

princesuko:
Its Funny how people are suggesting Nwobodo who Is a deep-lying Playmaker should be used as a winger. Its like saying Pirlo or a Regista like Busquets should play as a winger.
This a Youtube Video of him.
[url=
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw89rh_cVqI][/url]

forgiveness:



Hehehe! Beer! Sorry, God don deliver me from beer since 2001.

Anyway, I don't agree Oshaniwa is ahead of Echiejile now because Oshaniwa has not played a single game since August while Echiejile is still playing some games.

I think both Taiwo and Echiejile are good for the National team.

Remove Mikel and Onazi from that team and the midfield will collapse.

We saw it against France when Onazi was substituted and we also saw it against Tanzania when Mikel was substituted.

We need central midfielders in the mold of Mikel and Onazi but I don't think Ndidi and Azubuike are natural central midfielders.

Esiti and Ogu must be tried and tested in a friendly.

Iwobi is not a central midfielder. he is either a winger or an attacking midfielder.

Kenneth Otigba can replace Jamiu Alimi.

Awaziem is not qualified to play in the National team as at now because he has been demoted to Porto's second team.

We need first team with regular playing time.

chrisooblog:
hello everyone first of thank God for the moral boosting away win didn't get to watch the match live (nepa things) but watched the full game later on here are my observations.

men nigeria is extremely blessed to have two supremely talented youngsters in iwobi and iheanacho. the fact that they can get better must be terrifying to our opponents right now. iwobi oozed class. did you see his pass to ideye that was ruled offside? dude has vision abeg. he took his goal well too nice volley. anytime he was on the ball near the zambians 18 he always looked a threat. only aspect of his game he needs to really work on is tracking back to help his fullback defend. to be fair he did try to help elderson a couple of times but he wasn't consistent enough. you will notice were under pressure on that wing in the middle of the second half before musa come on and pegged the zambian fullback back.

iheanacho men that boy is stone cold. ice water must run through his veins. the way he took out mweene and still have the presence of mind to calmly pick his spot with three onrushing zambian defenders was out of this world almost ALIEN like (abi supernerd ) his vision is not too shabby either. did you see his lofted ball to ideye in the second half? pity ideye could not make the best of it and mikel's shot of that chance couldn't go in.

not too surprised by ideye's performance. his sharpness in front of goal isn't exactly earth shattering but what i always appreciate about him is his dynamism and movement which creates space for other attackers to strike.

simon moses really needs to work on his decision making. several times he was in good attacking positions but he failed to optimally use such opportunities.

don't have too many complaints about our midfield. mikel was a real generalisimmo. onazi was more disciplined but was caught out a few times especially in the first half. anderson esiti looked good too impressed with the way he helped to snuff out the life out of the zambian attack when he came on. him and ndidi should push onazi for that dmf spot.

the fullbacks really worried me. ndidi even though he tried his best was out of his element in this makeshift role for him. echejiele wasn't much better. the zambians exploited his wing to the fullest thankfully ekong, omeruo and ikeme were always there to clear his mess. the CB pairing of ekong and omeruo did very well. pity the latter's error which gifted zambia their only goal overshadowed his good performance. ikeme was imperious. he's fast making us forget enyeama

thumbs up to rohr was quick to make changes when necessary but if i'm being hyper critical his fielding of ndidi in the RB role was a risk we luckily got away with.

unto algeria next and we really have to press home our advantage and win that match. oshaniwa plus any other capable LB should be invited ASAP to give elderson serious competition if not even benching him because i don't trust echejiele against the algerians. if musa or shehu can't man the RB and we have to draft in a makeshift RB then i prefer omeruo or even onazi man that area. both have played that role before and done credibility. i know a lot of analysts here are pushing for balogun to play RB but his lack of pace for me doesn't make him suited to that role. CB is where he's best at and where he belongs.

on the issue of victor moses and success the NFF should handle the matter carefully. you don't use decapitation to cure headache. for now the purported fake withdrawal by the duo is just a mere rumour. even if there are elements of truth to the whole matter i think leniency would be required. like a poster suggested let the technical crew led by rohr have the final say on future invitations for the duo after due consultations and discussions with both of them.

all hands should be on deck to give super eagles maximum support.

p.s hope we play our matches in PH and uyo and not calabar o!

TheGoodJoe:


That was before Obinna Nwobodo joined Rangers. He plays a more creative role now.

princesuko:


That still doesn't mean we shoe-horn him into the wings when we have Better Options.

1. If Ighalo is Available he Starts though his Link-up play is Top Notch.
2. Any of The Moses Will do.
3. I dont see Mikel getting benched but he isnt getting required minutes to stay match fit for Club.
4. Onazi has Merrited a starting Place.
5. Ndidi haven't seen much of him apart from that Game yesterday so can't say much.
6. Wouldn't bench Ikeme even if Enyeama was available on Current Form.

TheGoodJoe:


Impressive, brilliant and educating. Enjoyed every bit of it.

chrisooblog:
hello everyone first of thank God for the moral boosting away win didn't get to watch the match live (nepa things) but watched the full game later on here are my observations.

men nigeria is extremely blessed to have two supremely talented youngsters in iwobi and iheanacho. the fact that they can get better must be terrifying to our opponents right now. iwobi oozed class. did you see his pass to ideye that was ruled offside? dude has vision abeg. he took his goal well too nice volley. anytime he was on the ball near the zambians 18 he always looked a threat. only aspect of his game he needs to really work on is tracking back to help his fullback defend. to be fair he did try to help elderson a couple of times but he wasn't consistent enough. you will notice were under pressure on that wing in the middle of the second half before musa come on and pegged the zambian fullback back.

iheanacho men that boy is stone cold. ice water must run through his veins. the way he took out mweene and still have the presence of mind to calmly pick his spot with three onrushing zambian defenders was out of this world almost ALIEN like (abi supernerd ) his vision is not too shabby either. did you see his lofted ball to ideye in the second half? pity ideye could not make the best of it and mikel's shot of that chance couldn't go in.

not too surprised by ideye's performance. his sharpness in front of goal isn't exactly earth shattering but what i always appreciate about him is his dynamism and movement which creates space for other attackers to strike.

simon moses really needs to work on his decision making. several times he was in good attacking positions but he failed to optimally use such opportunities.

don't have too many complaints about our midfield. mikel was a real generalisimmo. onazi was more disciplined but was caught out a few times especially in the first half. anderson esiti looked good too impressed with the way he helped to snuff out the life out of the zambian attack when he came on. him and ndidi should push onazi for that dmf spot.

the fullbacks really worried me. ndidi even though he tried his best was out of his element in this makeshift role for him. echejiele wasn't much better. the zambians exploited his wing to the fullest thankfully ekong, omeruo and ikeme were always there to clear his mess. the CB pairing of ekong and omeruo did very well. pity the latter's error which gifted zambia their only goal overshadowed his good performance. ikeme was imperious. he's fast making us forget enyeama

thumbs up to rohr was quick to make changes when necessary but if i'm being hyper critical his fielding of ndidi in the RB role was a risk we luckily got away with.

unto algeria next and we really have to press home our advantage and win that match. oshaniwa plus any other capable LB should be invited ASAP to give elderson serious competition if not even benching him because i don't trust echejiele against the algerians. if musa or shehu can't man the RB and we have to draft in a makeshift RB then i prefer omeruo or even onazi man that area. both have played that role before and done credibility. i know a lot of analysts here are pushing for balogun to play RB but his lack of pace for me doesn't make him suited to that role. CB is where he's best at and where he belongs.

on the issue of victor moses and success the NFF should handle the matter carefully. you don't use decapitation to cure headache. for now the purported fake withdrawal by the duo is just a mere rumour. even if there are elements of truth to the whole matter i think leniency would be required. like a poster suggested let the technical crew led by rohr have the final say on future invitations for the duo after due consultations and discussions with both of them.

all hands should be on deck to give super eagles maximum support.

p.s hope we play our matches in PH and uyo and not calabar o!

princesuko:
Its Funny how people are suggesting Nwobodo who Is a deep-lying Playmaker should be used as a winger. Its like saying Pirlo or a Regista like Busquets should play as a winger.
This a Youtube Video of him.
[url=
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw89rh_cVqI][/url]

Oasis007:




Are you really surprised or just kidding?! LOL! I think you didn't see the one asking for Etebo to be leading the striking and Onazi to be deployed against Mahrez as a LB?!