Goke7:


You believe Zambia can come to uyo to upset the eagles? Haba, some of us no get liver sef

TheGoodJoe:
Impressed with Ezenwa. Liked his commanding presence in the box. Dealt well with aerial threats. Timed most of his runs. In the case of the penalty, he was right coming out but should not have committed. Making himself big in the box and waiting for cover.

Highlight of the day was the save of a powerful shot and then putting himself on the line. He was good. More confident in him any day than Akpeyi.

oloriooko:

Mikel Agu has a lot of work to do to justify his inclusion in the team
Echiejile got moses overworking instead of tormenting the Cams.

kennysville:
When I said we needed Azubuike in the midfield, i know what I was talking about. He is the only player in my view that can hold a midfield together almost as well as mikel does. Forget backwater league, if its in you, its in you! And notice this too. Each time the dude gets suspended or something, Nigeria team always struggled. Check u23 nations cup semifinal and the semi final at the Olympics. Seriously, a serious manhunt needs to be done for Mikel's replacement

TheGoodJoe:
I hope I never watch Nigeria play this negative. We are bigger and better than that. I believe the late Night out on Friday affected the concentration of the team. Rohr took out the Mikel too early and he gets to learn like other Nigerian coaches. Mikel is the thread that holds that team together.

We need to work on having a replacement for Mikel. Someone with intelligence both on and off the ball. Someone who can see gaps in the field and help plug them.

I feel K. Nwakali should be training with the team. Even if he is not making the final squad. We need him studying Mikel closely.

Grateful to Ezenwa for putting his body on the line to save that goal. That was courageous and earned my respect. Glad he did not injure.

TheGoodJoe:
I hope I never watch Nigeria play this negative. We are bigger and better than that. I believe the late Night out on Friday affected the concentration of the team. Rohr took out the Mikel too early and he gets to learn like other Nigerian coaches. Mikel is the thread that holds that team together.

We need to work on having a replacement for Mikel. Someone with intelligence both on and off the ball. Someone who can see gaps in the field and help plug them.

I feel K. Nwakali should be training with the team. Even if he is not making the final squad. We need him studying Mikel closely.

Grateful to Ezenwa for putting his body on the line to save that goal. That was courageous and earned my respect. Glad he did not injure.

TheGoodJoe:
I hope I never watch Nigeria play this negative. We are bigger and better than that. I believe the late Night out on Friday affected the concentration of the team. Rohr took out the Mikel too early and he gets to learn like other Nigerian coaches. Mikel is the thread that holds that team together.

We need to work on having a replacement for Mikel. Someone with intelligence both on and off the ball. Someone who can see gaps in the field and help plug them.

I feel K. Nwakali should be training with the team. Even if he is not making the final squad. We need him studying Mikel closely.

Grateful to Ezenwa for putting his body on the line to save that goal. That was courageous and earned my respect. Glad he did not injure.

Mujtahida:

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.

TheGoodJoe:
I hope the players learn from this. When there is an important game ahead, ditch the grooving. There are times for that. Not when you have an important game ahead. It was clear they lacked the stamina from the game. All in all, I would have gladly taken for points before the two games. Okay with the result.

Joebie:
Echiejile's wing was badly leaky

Icon4s:


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.

TheGoodJoe:


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.

edi287:

This dey happen na. The pains of that loss against SA still dey a bit fresh.

BascoVanVeli:


How do u know this is what was going on? Lack of stamina could come from playing 2 matches in 4 days against Cameroon.

TheSuperNerd:
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/

In short, you parked the bus.

edi287:

Zambia for some reason are making me nervous. Hopefully they can lose tommorow to ease tension.

oloriooko:

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

Icon4s:


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.

goldfish80:
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.

Icon79:
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

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?

TheSuperNerd:
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/

TheGoodJoe:


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.

Taliban:
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.