Icon4s:


You know they definitely have to be naa.

Ranka dede things.

Hahaha.

soetanoreoluwa:

I won talk am too am afraid of being tag tribalist

Icon4s:


Afraid ke?

Dem for come beat you for your house?

somehow:
water and levels thing.
BTW, has anyone noticed that we don't warm up into games on time? We take time to stable up and a tactical team would have put 2 goals into our net within the first 20 mins.

I have been noticing this for a while now, everyone should watch our first 20 mins again to confirm what I'm saying.

SerVik:

I disagree that Ighalo's pressing won us the Cameroon game. The highlight of his game was his link-up, his hold-up, his drifting runs.

He did little pressing and it was even more evident in the 2nd leg.

I however agree that Ighalo should retain the CF role.

Icon4s:


Rohr seems to have settled for Shehu at RB.
Where he is looking for space for Aina is at LB. Simple.

And if Shehu gets injured we have players who can also play RB in the team.

tbaba1234:
Please vote Victor Moses for BBC African Footballer of the Year... Forget your club side and vote for Moses..


http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/41890718

We have the numbers advantage, let us take advantage of it..

kingphilip:
you'll have to tell us how many of them are starters for Brasil


Hulk had one appearance as a starter and 2 substitute appearances and that was as far back as 2015

Paulinho only started having a call from Oct 2016 which is safe to say he started getting a look in and have started since then when he left the Chinese league to Barcelona

Your Tardelli just got one call up which he lasted the entire duration on the bench

Oscar started the qualifiers with them as far back as 2015 when he was at Chelsea but haven't gotten any call up since he left to the Chinese league


The comment above is based solely on the world cup qualifiers alone

soetanoreoluwa:


I know he won't quote it ... I have replied alot of his comments and still he avoided reply... I will keep asking those questions if he keeps downgrading certain players to elevate his...

komekn:


You qualify my observation by your response the fact that they were considered good enough in a team like Brazil arguably the best in the world. Says something in itself,l about the Chinese league. We do know what the final selection will be for Russia but they were actually considered enough to be invited.

In this regard if Brazil can consider players in China why not Nigeria.

Kaka the forgotten man was considered.

I am saying I see no reason why Obagoal can not be invited even Obasi, Efe. keep an open mind let's see if they have something bto offer.

If Osimhen, Nwakali and other can be considered why not them. They are still playing competitive football and giving a good account of themselves.

I do not see any problem.

Are they older than Defoe, Alves, Robben, Evra, etc

soetanoreoluwa:


I won talk am too am afraid of being tag tribalist

komekn:


You qualify my observation by your response the fact that they were considered good enough in a team like Brazil arguably the best in the world. Says something in itself,l about the Chinese league. We do know what the final selection will be for Russia but they were actually considered enough to be invited.

In this regard if Brazil can consider players in China why not Nigeria.

Kaka the forgotten man was considered.

I am saying I see no reason why Obagoal can not be invited even Obasi, Efe. keep an open mind let's see if they have something bto offer.

If Osimhen, Nwakali and other can be considered why not them. They are still playing competitive football and giving a good account of themselves.

I do not see any problem.

Are they older than Defoe, Alves, Robben, Evra, etc

Mickael2:



Nacho is not fast, high intensity MAYBE but not high velocity and I don't see the relationship between intensity and falling on the pitch

somehow:
water and levels thing.
BTW, has anyone noticed that we don't warm up into games on time? We take time to stable up and a tactical team would have put 2 goals into our net within the first 20 mins.

I have been noticing this for a while now, everyone should watch our first 20 mins again to confirm what I'm saying.

soetanoreoluwa:


How many MOTM Awards obagoal won? Is obagoal the best player in his team?

Mujtahida:

Balogun especially.

komekn:


Every position in a team should have competition

Aina is not a left back but he can play the position because he is a very good player. His best position is RB why would a manager not want to have competition That I find baffling.

In football anything can happen so you always have a back up plan. If Rohr as you put has settled for Shehu that's his choice I don't necessarily have to agree with it. What I am saying it would be beneficial for Aina and for the team for Aina to also play that position so both thier qualities can be assessed.

Training shows you some qualities but also so does match time. How is Aina supposed to build confidence if he can't compete to show his ability.

Very few players play one game and completely claim the position. The only player who did that in my opinion was Yobo. He was a right winger at Marseille then played right back at Afcon 2002 and totally claimed the position no contest. The rest as we say is history.

What other players do we have that can play RB competently against top players?

Icon4s:


But has this team ever conceded within 20mins?

In fact in all the qualifier games, we scored first. We were never behind in any encounter.

With the exception of the last 2 games we were usually 1 or 2 goals up at half time. In our first 3 games we led 2-0 at half time.

Your observation is quite valid but I don't see it as much of a problem. It has even worked in our favor a couple of times as we hit our opponents on the counter when they were pressing.

Mickael2:



before today I am sure you could have named five players that should be tested before Martins with Nwakaeme joining your list, but we have seen that he isn't good enough. This now begs the question, why keep on trying to jump over the fence when the gate is wide open and nobody shot you the last time you used it? These guys(Martins and Uche) have done it for us before, I am pretty sure we don't need to 'test' them, but y'all want us to keep 'testing' greenhorns that may not come good until the world cup proper when we only have two(?) international windows before the World Cup

Mujtahida:

The essence of friendly matches is to increase chemistry and mutual understanding of the team as well as looking for viable options. Now as per his performances, Shehu has shown that he is a formidable RB. But we need to see what his competitors can do. Are they good enough even for the bench? What specific quality do they have?
I don't understand the reluctance to test for options. What happens in case of injury, loss of form etc? Is it that time we would now throw a player into the thick of things? What if he turns out to be baroof? So that's when we would discover that we've had a low quality player on our bench.
I just pray Rohr throws caution to the wind against Argentina. Try Uzoho, try others. Let Argentina beat us sef. We will learn a thing or two.
Two things are in contention now: results and performance. For friendly matches I chose performance.

Icon4s:


But has this team ever conceded within 20mins?

In fact in all the qualifier games, we scored first. We were never behind in any encounter.

With the exception of the last 2 games we were usually 1 or 2 goals up at half time. In our first 3 games we led 2-0 at half time.

Your observation is quite valid but I don't see it as much of a problem. It has even worked in our favor a couple of times as we hit our opponents on the counter when they were pressing.

komekn:


You qualify my observation by your response the fact that they were considered good enough in a team like Brazil arguably the best in the world. Says something in itself,l about the Chinese league. We do know what the final selection will be for Russia but they were actually considered enough to be invited.

In this regard if Brazil can consider players in China why not Nigeria.

Kaka the forgotten man was considered.

I am saying I see no reason why Obagoal can not be invited even Obasi, Efe. keep an open mind let's see if they have something bto offer.

If Osimhen, Nwakali and other can be considered why not them. They are still playing competitive football and giving a good account of themselves.

I do not see any problem.

Are they older than Defoe, Alves, Robben, Evra, etc

Mujtahida:

We are trying those in the front, not those in the back. Exception can be made for Enyeama and Joel Obi.

komekn:


Eeee be like say u deh mind.


I find it incomprehensible that we refuse to test new player. Ok Shehu is marvellousmarvellous, but how marvellous is he Let's test other RB's including Ebuehi let's see. Friendly matches are for testing players winning is not that important.

We are still keeping faith with a limited set of players are we afraid of testing players that might displace those who are there. What's the problem.

In reality we have looked in a very small and limited pool of players look at the number of players in contention in England probably near 40+

This is replicated across a lot of top performing countries across the World. Brazil may select up to 50 players both old and young but will select only 23. Best players go.

komekn:


What qualifies a player to be in front

What qualifies a player to be in back

Can you please give the measurements of competence so I can understand and appreciate your position and view please.

Mujtahida:

At the last World Cup Argentina said they noticed it and tailored their strategy to exploit that 'slow warming up' of ours. Remember at the World Cup you'd face different countries from different continents with different footballing philosophies. Look at what Zambia did. They charged at us. We were ragged in the first half. A better team will nail us. We need to take the game by the scruff of the neck from the blast of the whistle. We might even use it to surprise teams who expect us to warm up slowly.

Chrismario:


It is surprising that you are saying this. We don't have a good left back and only Aina & Ebuehi* can cover that to some extent for now. The coach wants to utilize the few at his disposal until able left back emerge. Aina's versatility handed the position to him.

This is not just Rohr, coaches always do that and I can give thousands of example.

kingphilip:
like safarigirl too i don tire to de ask o

there sure will be no answers coming our way

komekn:


Eeee be like say u deh mind.


I find it incomprehensible that we refuse to test new player. Ok Shehu is marvellousmarvellous, but how marvellous is he Let's test other RB's including Ebuehi let's see. Friendly matches are for testing players winning is not that important.

We are still keeping faith with a limited set of players are we afraid of testing players that might displace those who are there. What's the problem.

In reality we have looked in a very small and limited pool of players look at the number of players in contention in England probably near 40+

This is replicated across a lot of top performing countries across the World. Brazil may select up to 50 players both old and young but will select only 23. Best players go.