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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by edi287: 8:57pm On Sep 04, 2017 |
Goke7:This dey happen na. The pains of that loss against SA still dey a bit fresh. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by tbaba1234: 8:57pm On Sep 04, 2017 |
TheGoodJoe: Much better than Akpeyi, just had a rush to the head. Otherwise, good performance 1 Like |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheGoodJoe(m): 8:57pm On Sep 04, 2017 |
oloriooko: Actually, he is holding. We needed him between the midfield and the defence. After that, you need a ball handler. For instance, Pirlo and Gatusso (AC Milan) or Mascherano and Xabi Alonso (Liverpool). Out of all the midfielders there, we did not have someone who could read the game and nullify threats. I do not think the blame should fall on Agu but the midfielders as a hole. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Nobody: 8:58pm On Sep 04, 2017 |
kennysville: Very true, the midfield trio of Mikel, Azubuike and Usman Mohammed was good at the olympics. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheSuperNerd(m): 8:58pm On Sep 04, 2017 |
In all..... this is why I was a bit cautious and non-commital on predicting a scoreline.... I did say these Camerounians will give us a good game.... but truth is we were in control and our game plan should have seen us win this game 1-0 easily even though it could have been 3-0 too.... When Mikel left and Agu came in, and time was around 63/64 mins... I was worried because the likes of Siani and his midfield guys started running things in midfield... none of Agu, Onazi, Ndidi can hold the ball.... God!!! Mikel needs a replacement. We cannot always see our Darling team fall apart because of Mikel's absence.... it is disgusting. On the bench.. John Ogu was a better choice to utilize than Mikel Agu who is just a destroyer with limited passing range... But sincerely , Mikel needs a true Apprentice... Kelechi Nwakali is there... Even Abduljaleel Ajagun should be given a look in.... The time is now oooo.... But Good game Super Eagles... and Excellent bravery from Ezenwa to atone for his mistake with that penalty. He made the wrong call by coming out. In the first half he made the right decision in same scenario by not coming out. I expected him to repeat that but his inexperience showed... but it is well. His one stop made him a hero in the end. We got four points out of six from African Champions, Cameroun.... I remember the thread's goal was 3 points in Uyo and "to hell with Yaoundé" .... Looolll.... But we have four points and our WCQs unbeaten run is also intact... so people... let's focus on our next game against Zambia. If Zambia wins tomorrow, they will climb to seven points.... that leaves us still 3 points ahead of them and with them as our next opponents. It seems it is in Uyo we may finally punch our ticket to Russia. So Congrats in Advance Super Eagles... But We need Mikel's apprentice abeg... it is top priority. 3 Likes |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by edi287: 8:59pm On Sep 04, 2017 |
TheGoodJoe:Mikel was getting tired. He always gets subbed around 65 minutes. Maybe he should've left him on for 5 more minutes. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Icon4s(m): 8:59pm On Sep 04, 2017 |
TheGoodJoe: Which negative play? You think we are Spain or Germany? You play against Cameroon in Yaounde and expect to dominate them for 90mins? More so when they are at the verge of crashing out of the WC qualifiers? You think you can attack in a game like this for 90mins? BTW go look at the starts and tell me who had more shots on goal and on target. Nigeria was the better side overall in this particular game. Talking about possible replacement for Mikel. K. Nwakali has not done enough IMO to merit a call-up. Alex Iwobi IMO looks more like a player that is more ready to suit that purpose. Etebo too is available. Talking about Mikel Agu, the way some of you hype players here sef. He was even worse in today's game than the last. 2 Likes |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Mujtahida: 9:00pm On Sep 04, 2017 |
TheGoodJoe:Hahahaha hahahaha. So what if you had not read about the late night out which was carried by just one news outlet out of the so many outlets monitoring our players at this qualifiers. Seems to me you just want to justify your moralising objections raised yesterday. 1 Like |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by goldfish80(m): 9:02pm On Sep 04, 2017 |
This is a very tough game to analyse to be honest. I felt the team played a very tactical game, following a well laid out plan from the bench. They played like a team who was set up not to loose. The first 20 minutes was to avoid conceeding and try to keep the Camerounians at bay, the next phase of the game was to excert pressure on their defence. Solid game management I must say based on the circumstance we found our selves needing just a Point from the encounter. We got a goal and waited for the Camerounians to react so we can get the ball behind their defence with our pacey strikers when they committed players forward. To execute this sort of game plan required zero margin for errors but unfortunately, we conceeded a penalty. On the part of the Camerounians, they frustrated our engine room (Mikel) by allowing him no room to dictate the tempo of the game. They tried to cut off passing lanes from the defence to the midfield as much as possible which resulted in the Super Eagles launching balls up front. I will rate Victor Moses, Balogun, Alhaji Shehu and Odion as our best performers. All the same, I would have bitten off the fingers of anyone who offered me 4points out available 6 against Cameroon when the seeding was made. Not a bad result at all. Best Zambia and qualify with a game to spare. This was our wish when the seeding was made. We are well on course. 2 Likes |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheGoodJoe(m): 9:03pm On Sep 04, 2017 |
Mujtahida: I do not want to justify it but like I said the last time, I have watched Nigerian football for so long. Let the young men learn from it. I doubt any is glad we did not win. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by BascoVanVeli(m): 9:05pm On Sep 04, 2017 |
TheGoodJoe: How do u know this is what was going on? Lack of stamina could come from playing 2 matches in 4 days against Cameroon. 1 Like |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by forgiveness: 9:05pm On Sep 04, 2017 |
The boys were obviously exhausted and the Cameroonians knew this, that was why they reserved some of their best players for the second half,and as soon as they came in they caused our wing backs problems, even the wingers on our side did nothing to help out because they were tired. ![]() The Friday night enjoyment really told on them perhaps. ![]() Thank God we had a draw. The game is still on. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by AndreTAyodeji(m): 9:06pm On Sep 04, 2017 |
Joebie:Too leaky,Echiejile was just shifting back whenever Bassogog tries to take him on expecting Balogun to come and bail him out when Balogun has his hands full with those giant cameroon center backs,if not for Bassogog's poor decision making we might have conceeded more goals in that second half. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheGoodJoe(m): 9:07pm On Sep 04, 2017 |
Icon4s: For Christ sake, we are Nigeria and we are a great footballing Nation. We have quality talents that we could set up and give the Camerounians a run for their money. We were very negative. We could play better than that. Concerning Nwakali, the call-up is not based on merit alone but training with the team. I think in 2014, Juan Manuel Iturbe had not merited a call-up for Argentina but was training with the team and even followed the team to camp in Brazil for the World Cup. We must not always wait for the sun to shine on player before calling them up. Cameroon that played us with bravery, are they Spain? |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheSuperNerd(m): 9:07pm On Sep 04, 2017 |
We Got What We Wanted From The Games Against Cameroon – Rohr Okays Draw In Yaounde ![]() The Super Eagles 1-1 draw against Cameroon is a result that coach of the Nigerian team says fulfilled his target of four points from the back to back games against Cameroon in the World Cup 2018 Qualifiers. Speaking at the post match conference, Rohr said Cameroon played better than they did in the first leg, which made it difficult for Nigeria especially as they introduced three new players into the team that played on Friday in Uyo. ” It was a different Cameroon team from the one in Uyo on Friday. It’s natural to put up a fight when you lose away and you have a chance to play at home next. They had three fresh players, while we started the game with same players”, Rohr said ” Before the game against Cameroon our target was four points from the two games, we are happy with the one point picked up here in Yaounde. My goal is to lead the team to the World Cup, we are on a good run because we still have more points to play for”. **Patrick Joel LIVE in Yaoundé Source: http://owngoalnigeria.com/2017/09/04/we-got-what-we-wanted-from-the-games-against-cameroon-rohr-okays-draw-in-yaounde/ 2 Likes |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by oloriooko(m): 9:08pm On Sep 04, 2017 |
TheGoodJoe:I believe Rohr's sub was for Agu to do same as Mikel but the guy vaporized though not blaming him but he has a lot of work to do to remain in the team. We need a commanding CM ball holder and distributor |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Goke7: 9:08pm On Sep 04, 2017 |
edi287: So you think moses, Mikel, balogun, ighalo and the rest don't want to go to the world cup? You know what it means for their careers? I don't even see us loosing in Algiers talkless of Zambia in uyo. Na we de worry, those boys already know they are in Russia already, do you not see them rejoicing after tonight's game? 1 Like |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheGoodJoe(m): 9:08pm On Sep 04, 2017 |
BascoVanVeli: The Camerounians played the first leg with more intensity than us. They trained harder than us due to the loss and still played today with more intensity. I doubt we can use 2 matches as an excuse against the same team. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheGoodJoe(m): 9:10pm On Sep 04, 2017 |
TheSuperNerd: In short, you parked the bus. ![]() 1 Like |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Mujtahida: 9:11pm On Sep 04, 2017 |
edi287:I'm not really at ease with them breathing down our backs but we do well under pressure though it would have been better to kill this thing now and use our remaining games for testing some players. 1 Like |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheGoodJoe(m): 9:11pm On Sep 04, 2017 |
oloriooko: I wonder why, if it is true. Why do that when Onazi is a more a central midfielder than Agu. I will not lie, the midfielders were all over the place without organization. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Icon79(m): 9:11pm On Sep 04, 2017 |
Thank you, bro. You just spoke my mind. I think the best replacement for Mikel would be Etebo. He may not have all of Mikel's defensive abilities but he's got the playmaking skills and the high work rate. I will definitely anoint him for the Mikel role. O pari Icon4s: |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by AIG07: 9:12pm On Sep 04, 2017 |
Good game all the way. Kudos to the guys. 4 points against CMR in 4days is not easy. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Nobody: 9:12pm On Sep 04, 2017 |
Sir Icon4s, you are absolutely right about the facts you reeled out not attacking Cameroun for the whole 90mins and yes Mikel Agu didn't show much promise. But I think he was played out of position though, his speciality is sitting infront of the defence, Makalele type kind of player not a creative force. Asides the fact that the Lions are no pushovers, we could actually have won the game to be honest but in order to fully realize our potentials as a team so weaknesses have to be plugged. Since the time of Keshi, remember a friendly against US where Mikel lashed out at Onazi and Keshi replaced Mikel, our midfield totally collapsed. A recurring theme has been that once Mikel goes off, it becomes police ball for us, we need to be able to address this. IMO, Nwakali isn't too young to be invited, obviously he's not a teenager let's be honest and all he needs is an opportunity, where is Sokari sef, now is the to start thinking of those who can take over from Mikel, Ekong couldn't secure a place in Gent yet he keeps playing well for us, other guys need to be given a run-in to see who can act as good cover for Mikel obi (the real mikel). Let Rohr try John Ogu as a replacement for Mikel Obi. Also it's about time Ebuehi and aina are given a chance to replace echejile, they can't perform worse than uwa is already doing. And sometimes, some players have to be given an opportunity to showcase what they have, before the Afcon 2013, who knew Oboboana, Omeruo wasn't established, same with Onazi. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Joebie: 9:13pm On Sep 04, 2017 |
I agree 100% with what you just said Modified In fact let me say you are very much on point. I had to think over all you said again goldfish80: |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheGoodJoe(m): 9:13pm On Sep 04, 2017 |
Icon79: Etebo!? ![]() The same one that came in today and still could not solve the problem. The same one who could not orchestrate the midfield in the match against South Africa. Or are you talking of another Etebo? 1 Like |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheSuperNerd(m): 9:14pm On Sep 04, 2017 |
Moses Simon Goal Maintains Super Eagles Unbeaten Run In World Cup 2018 Qualifiers ![]() The Super Eagles of Nigeria maintained their unbeaten run in the World Cup 2018 Qualifiers despite drawing 1-1 against Cameroon in Yaounde. Moses Simon opened scoring for Nigeria, and the Super Eagles hanged on to the scoreline until Cameroon were awarded a controversial penalty in the second half. Goalkeeper Ikechukwu Ezenwa raced to meet a ball into the box, but clattered into Cameroonian forward Vincent Aboubakar, who stepped up to convert the resultant spot kick awarded by the referee. Nigeria hanged on to pivk a vital point from a difficult ground to further pull away from the chaisng pack as they now have ten points, and effectively kick Cameroon out of the race to be at the World Cup in Russia. The Super Eagles could qualify as early as tomorrow if Zambia lose to Algeria in Algiers as that will give them an unassailable lead, with Zambia who are presently second on four points the next opponent for the high flying Nigerian team. **Osas Mahawi Source: http://owngoalnigeria.com/2017/09/04/moses-simon-goal-maintains-super-eagles-unbeaten-run-in-world-cup-2018-qualifiers/ |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Goke7: 9:14pm On Sep 04, 2017 |
TheSuperNerd: Correct coach, that is the hallmark of a coach who know what he wants. Reminds me of mourinho last season who focussed on winning Europa rather than fighting for a fourth place in the epl to qualify for uefa champ league. The coach targeted four points against Cameroon and he got it. He knows he cant loose the next two games as he is done with the strongest team in the group so far. Na we dey worry, the coach and the players already know qualification is sealed 2 Likes |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by oloriooko(m): 9:15pm On Sep 04, 2017 |
TheGoodJoe:Yea I think Mikel has a commanding presence that puts the boys in their positions even Ndidi was a ghost today while Onazi was more involved. Mikel's replacement is proving more difficult than we thought |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by soetanoreoluwa(m): 9:17pm On Sep 04, 2017 |
Nice match.. Very solid defence, Ekong Balogun partnership working magic... Sheu very underrated but hold his own and show class today ... Coming out with some crosses... Echijele... Baba experience... The coach knew he's the weakest link... Manage him till we qualify... Moses.. Look good on ball but careful and discipline... Simeon... Aside the goal... I don't see much Mikel don't have too much to do today.. Cos it's was all attack from the Cameroonians Mikel is a rare germ... Maybe one day he will last the entire duration... I don't see him fizzle out of the team soon... He's a midfielder.... They last long... Barring any injuries palava Onazi... Put up a good fight with great tackle also help echijiele at LB and Ndidi shielding the back four... Ighalo really impressed I was nervous before the first leg... But with 4points against Africa champion... That's very impressive... They played according the plan... And I guess Rohr is being careful about he's decision...no more experiment for him until he get the job done... Kudos to NFF !kudos to the coaching crew ! Kudos to Nigeria fans #Soarsupereagle |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Danielnino00(m): 9:17pm On Sep 04, 2017 |
What more can I say?? The boys did what they could.. We could have won the game if Ezenwa hadn't concede the penalty and if ighalo and Moses hadn't missed their chances. But its all good. We are still very much in pole position to qualify cus I don't see Algeria losing to Zambia tomorrow. Our draw has given them (Algeria) some hope and what more,they have their pride to protect. North Africans don't lose that easily at home.. We shall host the boastful Chipolopolo on independence day and we shall complete the job. In the meantime, Rohr should shop for a replacement for Echijele.. He is very very annoying. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheGoodJoe(m): 9:19pm On Sep 04, 2017 |
Taliban: It is a mystery how Mikel in the side holds the team. In 2005 World Youth Championship, we were dominating South Korea, took the lead and Siasia towards the end decided to pull off Mikel. As soon as Mikel went off, the high Flying Eagles midfield collapsed. South Korea scored two goals and we lost the game. It is really a mystery. |
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