junnyjake:


Wow! That's great.

Nice meeting you Bro. From your name I had concluded that you're Yoruba.

Orkpekyandega:

This one na serious rowcall now

mumemma:
My Fears as Eagles-Zambia Clash
I will not mince words in saying I am not comfortable with the feeling about Saturday’s game. We all are so relaxed and at ease. I am worried,really worried. It will be tasking on Saturday and we cannot just make an easy win. I can bet on that.
We all got excited after the Cameroun win but hey, football can be funny sometimes. If we are all sincere, we had a below par performance at Yaounde and mother luck sailed us through with a draw. Then look closely at the Uyo encounter, I can say I am not convinced yet. For a while Cameorun had some good play over us.
Saturday will not be easy. The Zambians are red hot….They were quite unlucky at Ndola. This is ganna be more difficult that Cameroun clash. I warned you all. We may not get more than a draw…..
The South Africa game experience lingers…….
Just a little out of the box….Abeg where Efe Sodje and Furo Iyenemi dey sef? We need them to back up our defence o..lol

Humility017:

you and pessimism na 5&6
abeg....next time keep opinion of this kind outside the thread....it spoil eyes...
I really need to sanitize my eyes after reading this....

Icon79:
And that's my sentiments, exactly! When folks keep saying that this is not the same Zambian team we beat last year. My response: is this the same Nigerian team that beat them last year?

Our team is definitely stronger. Not only are we fielding a much stronger squad (except for the goalkeeper) but most importantly the coach, Gernot Rohr, understands his team much better than he did last year. I expect a good win on Saturday. But that's not so say that I am not worried.


O pari

mumemma:


I expressed truth....not pessimism...I am a realist...

tbaba1234:


Cameroon came to Uyo with a similar strategy but were surprised by Nigeria's willingness to sit back and hit them on the counter. Basically turning their strategy against them

mumemma:


I expressed truth....not pessimism...I am a realist...

mumemma:


I expressed truth....not pessimism...I am a realist...

Orkpekyandega:

TheGoodJoe must surely like this news just like others.
One word










**DRILLS**

forgiveness:



Gbenga Okunowo didn't fizzled out quickly, he was ignored for long despite been a Barcelona player.

He got his invitation when he was at Benfica.

I don talk before and I go still dey talk, some players will still be ignored even if they play for holy Angeles club of heaven.

komekn:


Gbenga was then and still is an enigma too me, how on earth did he make it into Barca. In that class of players in the 1999 U20 Flying Eagles, he was not the cream of the crop, but far from it.

He had nothing that was exceptional that made him stand out. The NFF were so bamboozled if I am right made him captain.

Mujtahida:

Some just want to be afraid cos fear is sweeter for them than having faith in our team. They don't want to believe and be disappointed. I believe we will win. Let the worse happen

zuchyblink:
How to beat Nigeria : defend and counter attack. Ghana knows how to do it. Am afraid, Zambia may adopt that

tbaba1234:


Barca thought they bought a prospect in Okunowo but he failed to improve and was shipped out.

jihday:
bros this one no be realist you talking like we want to play Spain, it's just Zambia for fuq sake, if we can't beat them then we don't deserve a World Cup ticket

mumemma:


I expressed truth....not pessimism...I am a realist...

komekn:


Having a healthy fear and caution of your opponent is not a sign of weakness but wisdom.

Be cautious but not terrified.

Let's not underestimate them.

mumemma:


I expressed truth....not pessimism...I am a realist...

Mujtahida:

Couple with the fact that Rohr was appointed barely more than a month before the match and the Super Eagles too touched down and went to play and still defeated Zambia. It was a feat. Today Nigerians are shiitting in their pants saying Zambia ooo, Zambia ooo despite our comparative qualitative advantage over the Zambians while Zambians with their Zesco players are brimming with confidence. It's ironic.

From my readings on the Zambian page I just concluded this is a nation of positive minded people. Thank God it's not fans but the players who will play the match. Moreover the worse that can happen is we lose(God forbid) but that doesn't mean we won't still qualify.

nelszx:


I tell you, Zambia with has more of Zesco and Zanaco players yet you can still feel the optimism from their fans but we still do not believe in our Eagles well I don't blame most sha sometimes when you put your hope that they win convincingly they quash and lose (God forbid we won't lose this). But all in all we wish the Eagles well and hope they seal this ticket for the fans and Nigerians as a whole.

God bless the Super Eagles
God bless Nigeria
#SoarEaglesSoar

cicero13:
Nigeria starting eleven against Zambia last year.... a lot has really changed...I can't believe ndidi played as a right back..

Mujtahida:
Mickael2 light or darkness? What are you seeing? At least yours comes with analysis not just fear mongering. So what do you see?

Mujtahida:

Of course you surely must have read Rohr repeatedly saying this is a different Zambian team than the one we beat last year. Mikel said we respect Zambia but it's time we wrap this up and the team as a whole has refused to be drawn into low mind games with Zambia with several players including Mikel saying they will do their talking on the pitch. So you see they know how to gauge things.

It's different from fans who from the get go in the name of reality show so much fear so that when we win they'd be happy, if we are defeated they'd have the morbid pleasure of saying 'shebi I tell una' . That's the perspective I find difficult to swallow. Believe in your team to the hilt!! That's what the Zambians are doing. Go to their page and sample comments.

nelszx:


I tell you, Zambia with has more of Zesco and Zanaco players yet you can still feel the optimism from their fans but we still do not believe in our Eagles well I don't blame most sha sometimes when you put your hope that they win convincingly they quash and lose (God forbid we won't lose this). But all in all we wish the Eagles well and hope they seal this ticket for the fans and Nigerians as a whole.

God bless the Super Eagles

God bless Nigeria
#SoarEaglesSoar

Mickael2:


but the scoreline some are seeing in their dreams certainly means they are underestimating the Zambians(the dream,scientifically, is a mere extension of the subconscious mind). I mean when was the last time Zambia collected 3 goals without reply?

Mickael2:


but the scoreline some are seeing in their dreams certainly means they are underestimating the Zambians(the dream,scientifically, is a mere extension of the subconscious mind). I mean when was the last time Zambia collected 3 goals without reply?

Mickael2:



I see light, well MAINLY light but some darkness still and I will explain why.

I have seen some people saying we can sit back if the Zambians sit back forcing them to come out and play, home ground does not support that. If I pay 5k to sit in the VIP corner and you are playing 0-0(plus a boring game) after 60mins, I will join and start chanting 'all we are saying...' and if you have been in that situation before you will run mad, and go all out attack forgetting what the coach said, this is what happens to Madrid, once it's 60mins and they are yet to score, the boos start ringing and the players get disorganised and become easy picking. If Zambia can withstand our attack till the 60th minute mark we are in trouble.


Another point, the coach is going to show them some clips of that first leg. Trust me the Zambians had 3-4 very good chances that should be put away, if they have a proper team psychologist he will point out the fact that they have become more clinical since that match(I think they beat Algeria with only 2 shots on target), that is a nitro-level confidence booster. There mindset will be if we can create just that same number of chances like we did in the first leg, considering the fact that we are more clinical now and their gk is worse than ever, we may be able to put one away and hold out for the remainder of the game. If they score the first goal we have a big problem, I am not sure we have won a game that we conceded first under Rohr, he is not a tactical genius.


Also, they may watch our clips from their first match against us down to our last match and notice one thing, our midfielders(Mikel is included) all take atleast 20mins to settle into any game and that is a bad omen. If they can take advantage of that by attacking through the middle instead of the wings in the first twenty minutes then they are sure of two good chances, that is assuming Onazi remains Onazi and is caught out of position a lot of times in the first half and Ndidi remains Ndidi who would rather concentrate on attack rather than defence.


Finally they will watch that first leg again and discover that their lord and saviour(Echejile) who provided them with 3 good chances in the first leg is still our LB. Now Leon is a good CB, but he is different from Omeruo in the sense that he is always quick to rush out whenever a player beats his LB, now this is not really a bad thing but with proper tactics it becomes a bad thing. Create an overload and Leon is dinner, that is let the RW beat Echejile and while Leon comes out to mark the RB runs past Leon and receives a pass, that means Leon is out of the equation and assuming Onazi isn't back covering they have a safe passage to our 18.

Now they have to pray that all these things go according to plan and they must remain clinical. If after the first twenty minutes they haven't scored then they should pull back and choke every attack and wait patiently for that 60-70th minute mark. All in all this will not be a blowout, quote me anywhere. You do not destroy Zambia, it is impossible, highest two goals, you do not see them at the wrong end of a proper hiding