COOL10:
I finally watched the match this morning and I must say that I was impressed. I still am . It could have been worse. About Joel,it's now so obvious that he's proven he deserves a place in the WC bound team. At least if not for anything,for his determination. Despite his seemingly unending fight against injuries,he was one of the boldest if not the boldest and fearless SE player on the pitch. That deserves an applause. U needed to have felt my fast paced heartbeats everytime he fell to the ground . I would prefer though,for him to be played in a more attacking form. Maybe an AMF so as to see that side of him more cos we definitely lacked those cutting edge passes. Well,that's why Mikel is Mikel. No one can replace him. We can only get a good enough or even better substitute but to replace him? Impossible. The time no even dey sef.

Ebuehi needs to start abeg. Shehu messed up yesterday with the defense(most of the time but made an incredible 2nd half block in the box). Victor Moses' new role at CHE also helped us as he sometimes covered up for Shehu in the first half,so that's a good thing. Bryan was definitely better than Echiejile. No doubt. I want to see Aina come in for Ebuehi as a RB against Serbia. Let Shehu rest small and let's see what Aina can do in his natural position.

All in all,it was a good game. I'm happy. Poland weren't so friendly after all. Not even a usual 'sorry' to our players after a bad tackle. But who cares? We beat them in their backyard in front of a 42k filled stadium in which 98% were white. I could only count about 4 Nigerians excluding the NFF so yes it was a big victory . Anyone who believes otherwise can kiss a skunk's butt for all I care.

UPSUPEREAGLES
UPNAIJA

gamaliel9:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iM7EIVs2MxI.. this youtube video is clip of Mexico vs Iceland....hmmm Those icelandians....hmmm i dey fear oooo...so compact...so fast...packed with shots....Mercie Seigneur[Lord have mercy]!

BascoVanVeli:

Moses has really suffered I tell u.

MetalJigsaw:
Bros, send me your account details sharp sharp. See as u make my head swell with this writeup.

AllforJesus7:
Guys the full match is available. As a matter of fact any Nigerian match you want to rewatch or download go to Facebook.

Search for 'green eagles hq'

Select ' Nigeria football highlights'

There you go. Dudes has got all our games including against Cameron, Zambia, CHAN etc.

Happy viewing and thank me later

tbaba1234:


Does Hope Akpan perfomance this season warrant a national team call up? I don't think so..

Omeruo has been very good at club level.. Besides Iorfa has played primarily as a right back this season. The right back position is saturated.

komekn:


Where does Ajayi play? Egyptian league? Voted best African midfielder in which league

ykalhaji:


I can't agree less.. How many shots on goal did Ighalo get ?

For the Serbia game, the coach should go back to how we played Argentina up front, start Iwobi as the leading striker, Mosses and Iheanacho as supporting strikers. And at the break substitute Iwobi for Ajayi. I love Ighalo's strength and determination, but with the type of game him and Moses plays, it affects the free flowing game, the rest of the team played when they beat Argentina.

TheGoodJoe:
Chill with the harsh words. Please.

TheGoodJoe:
Chill with the harsh words. Please.

safarigirl:
in the last CAF awards, Ajayi was voted as the best Offensive Midfielder for CAF first XI, he beat Sadio Mane to the list.

Abi, you no see am?

realpoacher:


Bros abeg tell them....

Rookie this, rookie that,.....

This same Rookie kept Lewandoski at bay yet they are still finding faults. This same Lewandoski many here said that will score a dozen against us. Abi they are disappointed we were not decimated ni? because honestly me I no understand again o!

mank1234:


You're right. My choice of words were wrong. Wanted to point out that it wasn't until Onazi came in that it collapsed. Right from the start of the game our midfield was poor.

tbaba1234:


Ajayi is already in London

Ajayi is more of a support skriker not a point man.. He does not score many goals

elyte89:





Baba na u dey stress ursef,if we re to go by d names mentioned by some monikers here daily,den some players should always make d list most esp martins,ajagun,onyedima, et al...but unfortunately, its not by aw often we yearn for their invitation here,but d decision solely lyes with d technical crew.so keep mentioning ur favorite players on dis thread till thy kingdom come if dey won't make d list,dey wont

AllforJesus7:
Guys the full match is available. As a matter of fact any Nigerian match you want to rewatch or download go to Facebook.

Search for 'green eagles hq'

Select ' Nigeria football highlights'

There you go. Dudes has got all our games including against Cameron, Zambia, CHAN etc.

Happy viewing and thank me later

fabyom:
This is Nigerian team has a making of a champion. First half we were in the heart of their defence, 1st ighalo shot that went way over the bar, then ighalo shot that was blocked and nacho cldnt control in the 6yard box. Then iwobis dummy dribble, then ighalos. We matched them in the midfield with just two midfields. Joel fought, ndidi fought like a tiger. Nacho hussled, ighalo persevered. Whenever we break on the counter they hack us down. In a world cup game, the poles will receive nothing less than 2 red cards yesterday. Immediately Onazi came in for Joel our midfield collapse and Ogu was brought in to stabilize things, which he did and we had some few chances to kill the game. The only mistake Joel made was shooting on goal instead of releasing a free striker on the counter.
I look in awe a midfield combo of Joel, Mikel and ndidi. Joel, onazi and etebo. Mikel, ndidi and onazi. Ogu, joel and etebo. Ogu, joel and ndidi. Joel, onazi and ndidi. On Tuesday, start ndidi, ogu and onazi bring Joel in the second half and see.
These team will shock the world mark this space.
@ tbaba 1234, I sight you bro.

fabyom:
This is Nigerian team has a making of a champion. First half we were in the heart of their defence, 1st ighalo shot that went way over the bar, then ighalo shot that was blocked and nacho cldnt control in the 6yard box. Then iwobis dummy dribble, then ighalos. We matched them in the midfield with just two midfields. Joel fought, ndidi fought like a tiger. Nacho hussled, ighalo persevered. Whenever we break on the counter they hack us down. In a world cup game, the poles will receive nothing less than 2 red cards yesterday. Immediately Onazi came in for Joel our midfield collapse and Ogu was brought in to stabilize things, which he did and we had some few chances to kill the game. The only mistake Joel made was shooting on goal instead of releasing a free striker on the counter.
I look in awe a midfield combo of Joel, Mikel and ndidi. Joel, onazi and etebo. Mikel, ndidi and onazi. Ogu, joel and etebo. Ogu, joel and ndidi. Joel, onazi and ndidi. On Tuesday, start ndidi, ogu and onazi bring Joel in the second half and see.
These team will shock the world mark this space.
@ tbaba 1234, I sight you bro.

Mickael2:



I apologise for that but he is getting way way out of hand

femianski:
lol Zambia is being whooped in their backyard by South Africa

komekn:


This is why you test players and bring in new players to compare against existing ones.

We look at players progression in thier clubs we do not rely on past glories.

There are too many players who should have been tested but have been excluded. As it stands Aina is yet to be tested do we can make some deductions about his true quality.

That's why I asked for Obagoal to be tested is he past it His club form statistics are better than Ighalo's.

Can Omeruo be considered better than Dominic Iorfa we simply do not know. Why he has never been tested.

Is Agu better than Hope Akpan We will never know.

Is Aluko still quality is he a better AM than Iwobi he has been excluded by the powers that be, once again we will never know.

The question ❓ can we improve on what we have

Icon79:
First of all, everything you said is debatable but over and above that; a football team is not necessarily a collection of best individual players but a combination of the best team. Like I had said several times, if we don't do well in Russia it isn't gonna be because we missed any individual player. Fact is: I cannot think of any player who isn't invited that could offer something SIGNIFICANTLY better than the players currently in the team. The keyword being significantly.


O pari

MetalJigsaw:
Nice writeup. But all your midfield combos are better off with Mikel included. He's simply irreplaceable at the moment.

The aformentioned combos without Mikel only look good on paper

Kog45:
It was a match that gave us the opportunity to have closer look of what we are expecting at WC and i will say not bad match but we still have a lot to do, no sentiment or emotive,the team need to tell us that they can do it without Mikel but just too obvious Mikel was a missing link yesterday.

RATING

5.Shehu Abdullahi was average and a little bit exposed and find it difficult to read the game and committed unnecessary foul which was avoidable but good Balogun and Ekong always on the rescued.

I think Ebuhei deserves to start Serbia match and let see him in 90 minutes cos Idowu performance was way below his Argentina rating, so better to see Ebuhei starting and let have good comparison but the moment he came in i saw a tactical awareness of good RB and am suspecting Ola Aina might even gives us better options but definitely am seeing Ebuhei and Aina good options than Shehu,a makeshift player cannot be better than natural player in his position.

junnyjake:
Shehu is not a RB, he's just a makeshift RB. Ndidi also played there once and if not for just one blunder that almost led to a goal against Zambia, He had a great game as a RB.

Before the double header against Cameroon, Shehu didn't impress most of us as a RB, as he hardly contributed anything to the attack in our game against SA thereby leaving the Simon stranded most of the time.

And till date he's not the perfect RB.

I've seen some analysts come up with analysis that makes me wonder. Shehu is best suited for a 4-man defence and Ebuehi is better off with a 3-man defence. NONSENSE!

Ebuehi at his club plays at the right side of a 4-man defence week in week out for his club. He adds more to the team attackwise not forgetting his primary responsibility as a defender.

I'd definitely go with the full package if presented with a choice, giving no space for sentiments.

Humility017:


Lol...he rarely watch matches don't be surprised he has little idea of the players currently in the super eagles camp....all he cares about is to call for the inclusion o English kids....in the super eagles set up.
I was so angry this evening when he does not even know who is Gabriel and he will boldly start questioning his invitation sayn one of the borough player is better off...

someone he has not even watch play.

SerVik:

na throwing una wan give vicmo now. Even Ndidi is good at long throws

junnyjake:


Nice submission, meanwhile, pls read what I said about Shehu earlier this month.

Joebie:
Taiwo has always been more of a LWB.
I would have called for his invite (considering that we have Echiejile in our midst) but for fear of multitudes descending on me. Hahaha
I think he can compete with Echiejile but Amokachi may want to come back from retirement if we look Taiwo's way lol

Mujtahida:

Shehu makeshift days are over. It's time for the owners of the RB to take it. Either Aina or Ebuehi.