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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by kennysville(m): 2:50pm On Nov 11, 2017 |
Friends, Countrymen, Nairalanders, Here is my take on yesterday's match. I will start with individuals 1. Coaching crew......I dont understand what yesterday's match plan was but I do know a few things were wrong. Even though it was a dead rubber match( Gosh! How i hate that slogan...DEAD RUBBER! An excuse for mediocrity?) I still expect the coach to play people according to their areas of strengths. I have always said it. Playing Etebor as the 10 was freaking annoying as he was bereft of ideas moving up front. If we havent noticed, we still are in dire need of a creative midfielder in the absence of Mikel. My fear is this man that has started by fielding players in awkward positions now, what is the guarantee that he will not do same at the world cup? I dont have a problem with Iheanacho being deployed to the wings. He needs it for his speed. So even though we drew the match, I would score the coaching crew a 5.5. Why? The reason we can make all these noise about giving Rohr a break is because we already qualified and we did not lose yesterday's match. Cos if we did, many positives of yesterday's match would have been negatives. .....lessons learnt, play the best in their rightful positions! 2.Ezenwa........ I think the dude is increasingly becoming reckless and swollen headed with confidence. He was found out big time yesterday and I had to tell myself we havent gotten a goalie yet. I hope wework in this area in the coming months.... scored a 5. 3. Ola Aina....... Gave a good shift, confident on the ball, played in the left ba k. One can only wonder what he would be like if he played in his actual confort zone. He left spaces goin forward though but thats the risk in attacking and i feel its worth taking, provided one is not dispossessed. Scored a 7 4. Troost Ekong...... not much to say.... solid all through.very tidy too........scored 8 5. Leon Balogun........Not the best of games for him yesterday. Its not easy to wear a protective mask and still play effectively. He got some decisions wrong yesterday but got into it. Nice and neat tackles as always. Won aerial battles fair and square. And amazing, he didnt pick a yellow card. I cant remember the last time we had that. He scores a 6.5. (Guess he was just being overly careful not to aggravate his injury) 6.Shehu Abdullahi...... Now this is a dude that is really willing to put his all on the line for the right back position. Lemme not dwell too much on him i will easily score him 8.5 (if it were possible, 9.5.....but that makes me bias abi? 7. John Ogu......Slow but measured and thats maturity right there. Needs more game time in the present super eagles setup to really show what he can bring to the table. He kept things short and sweet and thats how it should be. Tackles..... ish! He needs to work on the timing of his tackles. Good with dribbles , confident and not easily muscled out of possession. ..... he gets a gracious 7.5 8. Etebor Oghenekaro.... I still dont know exactly where this dude fits into. But definitely not a 10. I am not sold out on him. For me he works beta as an attacking threat rather than as a 10. A support striker, a winger , a 9, anywhere but 10...... I will blame this on coaching crew who think we dont have eyes to see...... he scores a 5.5 9. Ndidi Wilfred....... needs to work on his passes. Great tackles,timeous use of his long legs . Needs to also play purposeful football...... he scored a 7 10. Alex Iwobi...... played on the wings, could do beta as a 10 if encouraged along those lines. Not so impressed with his crosses on the wings. His passes were great but he also lost ball possession when it mattered most. ... scored a 7 11. Anthony Nwakaeme...... the dude is good but wrongly deployed for the wrong game (Dead rubber or not). He is suitable for games with physicality. He couldnt keep up with a fast break. Not so convincing up front simply because of the aforementioned reasons..... worked well with Kelechi but slow for an attacker..... scored a 6. 12. Kelechi Iheanacho........Well at this moment, the dude needs to get his mojo back. Body language says he is unhappy with himself. Had a good game. Got some invisible tackles from the grass a coupleof occasions and thats worrying. Cos i see that also when he plays for Leicester. Set pieces wise,he was amazing with quality delivery. If he can build on that asa skill, it would be a huge asset for him. Never minding that he played in an unfamiliar zone, he gave a good account of himself in the position. .....Scored 6.5 13. Henry Onyekuru...... Can someone tell me why we keep touting this dude as a 9 when he can be deployed as a winger, support striker or false 9? He is not afraid to take anyone on. Oozes confidence. Neat dribbles. One time that he had a chance, his curler wasnt strong enough. But that would count as an attempt still. He had a goud couple of minutes though not much enough to grade him, but I will still score him a 7. The last culprit in the game yesterday was Mr Referee!..... Haba!!! Conjuring up a penalty was an all time low on the part of african referees. This kind of decisions have a way of changing the direction of a game. Did yall notice how suddenly, the irate and aggressive Brahimi suddenly started smiling and became calmer after his penalty ? Well i guess its the frustration. Yesterday's game just gave more credence to the fact that we need video assistants real time for all to see in as many camera angles. If possible a 360 view. Cos as far as I am concerned, we got robbed yesterday. The grass? Lets not go there......... On a final note, when we criticise Rohr, its not because he isnt good. But can he be trusted with quality decision when fielding his team? If his major players are missing, will we still retain our identity? Or its a case of gambling. I still believe with the same set of players that played yesterday, and the right tinkering, we could do better....Bad pitch or not! Thank you all 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Danielnino00(m): 2:52pm On Nov 11, 2017 |
Half time in Ndola.. Zambia-1 vs Cameroon-1 I really hope Cameroon win..at least to shut up the lousy Zambians who won't stop accusing us of bribing the referee to beat them last month... 1 Like |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by komekn(m): 2:54pm On Nov 11, 2017 |
Toylove: Friendly games for not count as full international caps. As a consequence he was able to change his allegiance much to the indignation of the English FA. 1 Like |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Icon4s(m): 2:57pm On Nov 11, 2017 |
Mujtahida: When Michael2 and I were saying we may not win the game we sounded like aliens. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Icon4s(m): 2:59pm On Nov 11, 2017 |
Danielnino00: If they sabi play like us make dem too beat Cameroon 4-0. 4 Likes |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Joebie: 3:04pm On Nov 11, 2017 |
Baxter logic..lol 1 Like
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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Dedebanky85: 3:05pm On Nov 11, 2017 |
This is not our WC jersey. Nike has just upgraded our jersey to what European countries already have. Compare England's, Portugal's etc existing jerseys. tbaba1234: |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by PDPGuy: 3:06pm On Nov 11, 2017 |
somehow:Yes My mistake |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by somehow: 3:08pm On Nov 11, 2017 |
Aina wasn't fantastic yesterday, he was just average bro, he needs to do more if he wants to send Ederson permanently to the bench. Can't really say he did badly cos the pitch surface made a mess for some of them. Icon79: |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by somehow: 3:09pm On Nov 11, 2017 |
He's yet to understand PLAYING with his defence partner. With time he should. Gave too much work to Balogun. TheGoodJoe: 2 Likes |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by tbaba1234: 3:09pm On Nov 11, 2017 |
Dedebanky85: Lets hope so... I saw that explanation online... |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by somehow: 3:24pm On Nov 11, 2017 |
Ok. PDPGuy: Between Agu and Ogu, I rather go with Ogu. Ogu can do everything Agu can do but Agu can't do all that Ogu can do. We all saw this. Rohr, please if you are to use any of the 2, please go with Ogu. We need midifielders who aren't shy of shooting and who can gladly cover all spaces available. 2 Likes |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Dedebanky85: 3:24pm On Nov 11, 2017 |
Just angry Algeria started using Constantine instead of Blida. Blida's pitch is almost like European pitches. Hard to string 3 passes without a bubble. Happened to Balogun and Ezenwa a lot. TheGoodJoe: 3 Likes |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by tbaba1234: 3:25pm On Nov 11, 2017 |
Zambia take the lead in Ndola.. 2:1 1 Like |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by BascoVanVeli(m): 3:32pm On Nov 11, 2017 |
tbaba1234: Lovely worked goal. 1 Like |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by BascoVanVeli(m): 3:35pm On Nov 11, 2017 |
Icon4s: How? Why? No two matches can ever be the same. This isn't mathematics were 1 plus 1 is 2. 1 Like |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by komekn(m): 3:39pm On Nov 11, 2017 |
Joebie: Corruption in the UK is subtle and once on the inside it becomes quite obvious. I will give you some indicative pointers you can fill in the blanks. But first check this link below http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/premier-league-managers-accused-of-taking-transfer-bungs-by-football-agents-a7333941.html Then consider this 1. Alex Fergus and Sam Allardyce both have sons who are agents. Moyes and Pep have brother who are agents. I could give personal specific examples. What do you thinks going on clear conflict of interest and undue favour. 2. Each player is somebody's meal ticket better new player comes in his meal ticket goes out. Therefore meal ticket must be protected. 3. Unholy alliances which means recruitment manager's are linked with particular agents. So once a player comes in the agent makes sure that everyone will have reason to smile. 4. Manager sells player he gets his cut offshore or any other clandestine arrangement. Dele Alli agents when he was sold to Tottenham were the same agents of his Manager plus he get shares in the company. See below http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-4138156/MK-Dons-didn-t-know-former-boss-shares-agent.html 5. Top player in Manchester city youth academy needs to make way for expensive import. In contrived practice game academy strikers told, "Mate we know what you can do, so today your job is to give the ball to Enrico" (for example) . Obviously Enrico looks great scores goals and they then justify paying £1million for a 15/16 year old. Recruitment team are appeased by agent after hefty unjustified transfer fee. 6. Championship team in the Midlands see video of prospective striker. Tell his representative, can't bring him in, he's going to prevent our two England youths from progressing. In other words he is better than our strikers and what's in it for me if we sign him. 7. Premiership team player goes on trial after various attempts prevent player from coming in. Finally plays in one game scores a hatrick and two assists contract offered under public duress. But later withdrawn on break down of communication. I could go on and on and Onazi that's a small glimpse from mainly personal experiences. With national team set up its very difficult to manipulate the system without a players meeting the required standards. Particularly with all the structured academy games and statistics there for all to see week in week out. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by goldfish80(m): 3:43pm On Nov 11, 2017 |
tbaba1234: If only Ndidi can improve on his passing. There was an incident in the first half where he led a 3 v 2 counter. He totally wasted the goal bound counter with an erroneous pass straight to a surprised Algerian defender. If he doesn't improve on his pass accuracy, he will always be stuck playing for a mid table club. No elite team can pardon such wasteful passes. 2 Likes |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Icon4s(m): 3:45pm On Nov 11, 2017 |
BascoVanVeli: I was just being sarcastic. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Icon4s(m): 3:48pm On Nov 11, 2017 |
tbaba1234: Thank God we did our work ourselves. No be say we for go dey pray for one Cameroon to win or draw for us to have a chance of qualifying. 3 Likes |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheGoodJoe(m): 3:50pm On Nov 11, 2017 |
goldfish80: Poor pitch. 2 Likes |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by mank1234(m): 3:51pm On Nov 11, 2017 |
had it come to that, we would've the won Algeria in their home as well. Meanwhile, it's ending 2:2 Icon4s: 3 Likes |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Joebie: 3:57pm On Nov 11, 2017 |
4 beautiful goals. Nice game Cameroon and Zambia 3 Likes |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by somehow: 3:59pm On Nov 11, 2017 |
Ogu actually do not have issues with precision and accuracy. Just that he doesn't get to take much of it based on where he's mostly played (when he was constant in the SE). realpoacher: |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Humility017(m): 3:59pm On Nov 11, 2017 |
komekn:in other words corruption there is a bit complex...and not too obvious.. I doubt if we will call that corruption here in Nigeria....that's like a normal way of life over here.... corruption in Nigeria stems from that gratification quest...where everyone believes they ought to be given token after doing their job... no one does things for free.... you give a man a loan he will use 20% appreciate the bank manager...10% for wide parties and the remaining 70% he will now channel into the purpose of the loan... tell how he will meet up... mind you many jostling for cadet team jobs here in Nigeria are doing so....because of the gratification token they gonna get from players signings..... corruption in the uk is light but here in Nigeria it is heavy and visible for all to see and live wit... 3 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by goldfish80(m): 4:06pm On Nov 11, 2017 |
TheGoodJoe:No point defending him. I've followed him closely enough to make this observation. His pass accuracy accuracy in Genk was very low (64% at some point), now in Leicester he's clocking 70%.... He should to be in the 85- 90% average to be considered elite. 2 Likes |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by PDPGuy: 4:06pm On Nov 11, 2017 |
somehow: But the worry is that if both Mikel and Ogu start at the same time, the midfield will be to slow and could be overrun by the opposition midfield that has lots of pace. 1 Like |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by komekn(m): 4:06pm On Nov 11, 2017 |
Oasis007: Pogba no get pace Go and watch him again https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVMKXZ_OL1s |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheGoodJoe(m): 4:11pm On Nov 11, 2017 |
Nice one from Ogu. 1 Like
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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheGoodJoe(m): 4:14pm On Nov 11, 2017 |
goldfish80: This is not about defending Ndidi. All our players had trouble stringing simple passes. This was due to the poor pitch. You can not use such condition to run down Ndidi. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by forgiveness: 4:24pm On Nov 11, 2017 |
First half line up against Argentina ..............................Akpeyi ......Ehuehi....... Awaziem ..........Agbo ......Aina .....................Nwakali ...................................Ogu............. ......Nwakaeme........Iwobi..............Onyekuru.. .......................Iheanacho............ Second half ...............................Ezenwa...... ......Ebuechi.....Awaziem......Omeruo......Brian.... ..........................Ndidi .......................................Ogu .......Iwobi............Mikel............Etebor .............................Kayode On a good day, my starting 11 will be thus against Argentina ...........................Daniel ....Shehu..... Troost..... Leon.....Aina .................Ndidi...........Mikel..... Ahmed.............. Iheanacho/Iwobi.........Etebor ............................Kayode 1 Like |
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