adegwurulez:
One other thing I noticed in the Cameroon matches was that, ighalo most times drifts with the ball to the right when the middle is choked. This movement draws a central defender with him to the side leaving space behind. Now ighalo sees this space and intends to drop a pass only to notice there is no Nigerian player there. What does he do? He holds the ball a little while, waiting for a green Jersey, but by the time one gets there, the defence has already regrouped.

I believe if we were playing with a typical SS, we would have seen lots of goals. But our formation doesn't allow this so it therefore lies on either the AM or the Right winger to take up this space.

Mikel is slow and won't get there on time, it therefore falls on Simon to take up these spaces and free up for a pass.

A case in point is our world Cup match versus Bosnia. Emenike drifted to the right, received a pass, bullied the Bosnian defender, and osaze was there to receive his pass.

Ighalo also for all his energy is surprisingly deficient in pressing. This is one area he should learn from iheanacho.

I believe this team just needs some few tweaks and we'll be good for Russia.

pyrex23:
The dream i had yesterday.....
We qualified buh we were drawn in another group of death
Belgium
Brazil
Germany
Nigeria...


Na dream sha...but e fit happen

jotey:
"We are working on getting Abraham," said Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) president Amaju Pinnick

Kog45:
Hope u remember that Sunday Olishe came into Super Eagles as a newbie and walked straight into d XI of super eagles till he left d stage.

Aina is a highly talented defender which I believe has it all to break into present eagles team that is having average fullbacks.

Thanks for Shehu yeoman job against Cameroon and should thank his star for late paper switched of Aina,ask anybody in camp,Rohr was ready to start Aina against Cameroon.When u see rookie that's good and ready to go u don't mind playing him.

As people are suggesting is better to leave Shehu in that role coz he had a good match against Cameroon but Ola should slug it out against Echiejele and let see better player.

Pls go and watch Echiejele against Zambia or against Cameroon and u w know that Echiejele needs to buckle up.

Kog45:
As at now no replacement for Leon and Ekong,Awaziem need to improve his game,hope he learn fast at Nice.Ndidi remain our best DM now so forget him in that position.Uche Agbo not really material for Super Eagles coz he failed to grab d opportunity,he always in camp.Omeruo,honestly I don't how highly rated defender turned himself to.mediocre.

pyrex23:
The dream i had yesterday.....
We qualified buh we were drawn in another group of death
Belgium
Brazil
Germany
Nigeria...


Na dream sha...but e fit happen

forgiveness:


I understand your point or mindset before the second match against Cameroon but now wey sand sand wan enter garri na nko!

We can't handle this game with kids gloves.

However, I noticed that this Zambians carried out the replica of our plan against Cameroon in the second match. They were just defended and luckily they had a goal.

It's not as if I am scared of them but I don't want us to start for the world cup when we have not finished the job.

On thing about the Zambians is that they are very inexperience but youthful, and I hope we use their offside traps against them.

Kog45:
It is simple,where are we having problem RB or LB?

nelszx:
Zambians trolling us everywhere even on Super Eagles official Facebook page they are spitting and promising us hell in Uyo . One can't read news without seeing their boasting.
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1309124809196542&id=587631111345919

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1309350385840651&id=587631111345919

October 7 please come fast and our team should remain injury free particularly to key players so we can chase these guys and quash that illusion they are in.

nelszx:


It can't happen cos the first 3 teams in your dreams will be seeded i.e top 8 so it will continue to remain a dream

pyrex23:
The dream i had yesterday.....
We qualified buh we were drawn in another group of death
Belgium
Brazil
Germany
Nigeria...


Na dream sha...but e fit happen

forgiveness:


Na wa ooooooo! Where dis kin mental dey come from? I hope say..... dem never qualify dem don dey look down on Zambia as if say dem come watch fine stadium for Uyo.

Ok, na.

pyrex23:
The dream i had yesterday..... We qualified buh we were drawn in another group of death Belgium Brazil Germany Nigeria...

Na dream sha...but e fit happen

somehow:
You said Rohr would have started Aina bar the late clearance right? Please boomark this chat, come October 7th, Ederson and Shehu won't be replaced by anyone. At least for the Zambian game.

Oliseh walked in you say? Which match did he walk into? Was there a void he walked into or he displaced someone already mounting that position?

For all I care, Aina wouldn't displace Ederson come Oct 7 except illness or injury happens or maybe sudden drop of form.

I am not saying Aina is bad so no need telling me about his prowess.

jotey:
"We are working on getting Abraham," said Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) president Amaju Pinnick

AIG07:
these pages look like a zambian fan pages. Well I no blame them. It's good to have hope. Cos Hope keeps the spirit alive and gives it strength to push on.
Though me no fancy any online arguements on supremacy with other african countries.

Goke7:


I don't agree with this, the last match against algeria even if we win in uyo, should be used as a warm up game for team blending ahead of the world cup which is less than a year away. It can also be used to boost our FIFA rankings so we can get Grade A friendly games ahead of the world cup. NFF ought to know better nah

quickly:
In U.K. Super eagles can produce at least 2 teams of players that can trash this current se team.

forgiveness:


To them once you are 30 you are not good even if you score 100 goals per seconds.

Hahahaha! That's Nigeria for you ooo. Past youthful glories.


You have said it very well.

quickly:
In U.K. Super eagles can produce at least 2 teams of players that can trash this current se team.

quickly:
In U.K. Super eagles can produce at least 2 teams of players that can trash this current se team.

Mujtahida:

Would it not be better for Aina to play on the right and so bring competition to the team so much so that with Aina and Shehu as players for the right we will be rest assured. The challenge, real hard challenge is to find a left back.

quickly:
In U.K. Super eagles can produce at least 2 teams of players that can trash this current se team.

kennysville:


God bless you sir for that post! I dont know when we as Nigerians will start to strive for excellence and demand it in every of our endeavor. I hear a lot o people say stuffs like we wanted 4 points from the game against cameroon and that 4 points will suffice. This same attitude is what we will carry to the world cup. One win and 2 draws.

The match against cameroon was ours for the taking. We were busy wasting chances. Chances that victor moses dare not miss in his club. Moses can be excused of course. He has done well for the team but let us ask the question, is that the best he could muster? Really let us ask ourselves. Could we have beaten Cameroon @ their home? I leave us to answer that.

As per the final match against Algeria, i think the starting 11 over the past 2 games are our team and it should remain so for blending purposes. That way there is the understanding amongst the team members. Sorry for those of us that have our favorite players on the bench but the fact is.... it is what it is

AndreTAyodeji:
Wow,another super suggestion from The GOODJOE.Totally agree we can do it,just imagine players like Dennis Bonaventure,Onyekuru,Olayinka even Dessers in the team.It will also help us cap some of our foreign born players who's been playing with English youth teams like Seyi Ojo,Ejaria,Tomori e.t.c.But the big question now is the company to sponsor such?

kennysville:


God bless you sir for that post! I dont know when we as Nigerians will start to strive for excellence and demand it in every of our endeavor. I hear a lot o people say stuffs like we wanted 4 points from the game against cameroon and that 4 points will suffice. This same attitude is what we will carry to the world cup. One win and 2 draws.

The match against cameroon was ours for the taking. We were busy wasting chances. Chances that victor moses dare not miss in his club. Moses can be excused of course. He has done well for the team but let us ask the question, is that the best he could muster? Really let us ask ourselves. Could we have beaten Cameroon @ their home? I leave us to answer that.

As per the final match against Algeria, i think the starting 11 over the past 2 games are our team and it should remain so for blending purposes. That way there is the understanding amongst the team members. Sorry for those of us that have our favorite players on the bench but the fact is.... it is what it is

Joebie:
And that is the reason for my earlier disappointment -- we had the chance to beat Cameroon by at least two goals, and at worst protect that one goal.

However as regards the use of 'fringe' players, I'd rather keep the core of the team say 5 or 6 indispensable players against Algeria. It's part of the team building process. To support Komekn 's idea of finding our actual best players, blending our presumed best XI is not enough with the long term in view. We need to try some players who do not only deserve tje invite but have already demonstrated they can add value to our team e.g Joel Obi etc

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pyrex23:
The dream i had yesterday.....
We qualified buh we were drawn in another group of death
Belgium
Brazil
Germany
Nigeria...


Na dream sha...but e fit happen

pyrex23:
true buh there would be a top seed in our group ryt?

safarigirl:
we could have....but did we? No, should we cry over that? No.

You can strive for better, but when you keep crying over what was not to be, it's more of a distraction.

The starting XI will still be tweaked, after all, this starting XI could have done a double on Cameroon, but you and many others have admitted their failure to do so.....imagine if we had tweaked the team, maybe we would have done better, abi?After all Cameroon tweaked theirs and gave us a battle

Le the coach try others, maybe some are better than what we fielded against Cameroon.... Maybe, a couple of players from that team will be injured weeks to the world cup, what will then happen to the team you've been training all that time? Now, the coach will have to go back to those bench boys and find some way to help them gel into the team.

A good team does this thing called ROTATION. Rotation allows for every member of the team to be great when called upon. You see what Manu Garba's team achieved in U17? Such pristine cohesion even with the bench boys was achieved because of rotation, other top teams do it as well.Our team is so dependent on some key members that we crash if they are removed, look at us against France in 2014 when Onazi picked an injury....imagine we go to Russia and Ekong picks a knock, what will happen to our defense since other players just sat on the bench since? On the other hand, Success was injured in the U17, but Awoniyi filled in so brilliantly, there was no gap.

You cannot have a fixed starting XI lest you promote laziness with others, after all, why will I have to be great when the coach won't ever pick me anyways?

We should rotate that team, like I said, nobody should go to Russia without contributing to the team. You cannot chop bench and go to Russia off the back of others

You talk about striving for excellence, bit you are fine with a great first XI and a largely untested bench, how is that excellence?