I'd rather be on my knees and beg Enyeama to come back than go for Ejide.
But what Enyeama can give at this stage will just be experience. overall, based on current form, he won't be that excellent keeper we are still looking for at this point. Dele won't be excellent either.. the truth is we are just looking for the better devil.

Humility017:

both goal keepers are not needed....
ejide is like akpeyi always scared and shaking in goal...I still remember the goals he gift away to the Scottish in one of our friendlies prior the 2014 world cup...in engalnd...

uzoho will do better than that.....
please I will even prefer we manage Dele...but ejide is a no no for me....

Humility017:

the earlier we tell ourselves the truth...the better for US....we don't need an Ighalo kind of striker at the world cup...
a striker who can miss 7 glaring chances
is not what the super eagles need at this time...
I think nancho we should continue with from now....
i think part of our problem in this team is rohr....his conservative nature is not helping matters....
why invite players to camp and they won't get to play a mere friendly?
why keep inviting them?
now...we don't know how ajayi, Gabriel play...if they are better...no one knows
and thats had...this friendly especaliy against Serbia would have offered him an opportunity to play ajayi and let's see how good he is...likewise Agbo and Gabriel....
so doing we will get to know how good they're and if they can displace Ighalo.
also I think dessers or sadiq umar should have been invited in place of Gabriel.....
rohr is very scared of taking risks or probably he is just too conservative

Rohr is actually very conservative just like many old coaches but there is a method to the madness, i believe. Every coach has his approach. For Rohr, it is slow and deliberate.

guys guys..

It's okay to criticize Rohr. But on the whole Rohr has brought far more positives than negatives to our darling national team. While I must admit that the criticisms of Rohr fielding Ebuehi for 90 minutes and not giving Aina enough time (as a Right-Back option as well) are logical, I think some of us are becoming over emotional because of the loss. All of a sudden Rohr has become the worst thing that has happened to our football. Let's give the coach a break. He learned after the South Africa loss. He will learn a couple lessons again from the friendlies. He wanted to win, and at the same time test different formations and players. In friendlies, coaches must find a good balance between playing to win and playing to test. Over the two friendlies, in my estimation, Rohr didn't do this well enough.

Joebie:
this no be English lecture oh.. a "punny" expression must precede "no pun intended". it is used to draw attention to the pun used, either for humor sake or to prevent confusion. A common example used in my secondary school days: "seven days without water makes one weak".
Can you see the humor in that? What's the humor? Seven days makes one week. Where is the confusion? The statement actually means going without water for seven days will make you WEAK.

So when Mujtahida tells somehow , he is somehow, that's a pun considering that somehow is also his moniker.. it's actually funny, and saying no pun intended is to draw attention to the joke/pun.

In actual sense it is better used in spoken english. in written english, it would be better to just rephrase the statement, unless the intention of course is to draw the reader's attention to the pun for humor sake.

The bottom line, in the absence of pun, you cannot use the expression, "no pun intended".

Thank you so much for this. Cos when they say 'no pun intended' and I search for the word play and can't find none I'm like where's the pun here? Enjoyable clarification from you.

it's never too late to learn anything.. even papas still go for adult education. And we learn everyday

Mujtahida:

Thank you so much for this. Cos when they say 'no pun intended' and I search for the word play and can't find none I'm like where's the pun here? Enjoyable clarification from you.

eterisan:
lol oga joebie just bring 2 bottles of udeme mek person sip, cos this lecture go take me 2 days to digest... No pun intended..... Kikikikkikikiki.

The attached is the meaning of pun as I understand it. I have searched the dictionary. I can't find any meaning that corresponds to what you just said. Perhaps you can attach it for me to read. I wan learn.

Joebie:
it's never too late to learn anything.. even papas still go for adult education. And we learn everyday

To stop learning is to die mentally.

Joebie:
guys guys..

It's okay to criticize Rohr. But on the whole Rohr has brought far more positives than negatives to our darling national team. While I must admit that the criticisms of Rohr fielding Ebuehi for 90 minutes and not giving Aina enough time (as a Right-Back option as well) are logical, I think some of us are becoming over emotional because of the loss. All of a sudden Rohr has become the worst thing that has happened to our football. Let's give the coach a break. He learned after the South Africa loss. He will learn a couple lessons again from the friendlies. He wanted to win, and at the same time test different formations and players. In friendlies, coaches must find a good balance between playing to win and playing to test. Over the two friendlies, in my estimation, Rohr didn't do this well enough.

I was disappointed that players like Agbo never played. Ajayi had a cameo and Aina too. Ebuehi should have been substituted after the first half for Aina so that we see what he has to offer. In that regard I feel the friendlies were wasted opportunities since we didn't try all the new players.

Mujtahida:

I was disappointed that players like Agbo never played. Ajayi had a cameo and Aina too. Ebuehi should have been substituted after the first half for Aina so that we see what he has to offer. In that regard I feel the friendlies were wasted opportunities since we didn't try all the new players.

The coach has no confidence in Agbo. I doubt, he will make the WC.

Rohr appears to be more focused on getting the right tactical formula than getting new players. I see him experimenting more with tactics than with players.

Humility017:

the earlier we tell ourselves the truth...the better for US....we don't need an Ighalo kind of striker at the world cup...
a striker who can miss 7 glaring chances
is not what the super eagles need at this time...
I think nancho we should continue with from now....
i think part of our problem in this team is rohr....his conservative nature is not helping matters....
why invite players to camp and they won't get to play a mere friendly?
why keep inviting them?
now...we don't know how ajayi, Gabriel play...if they are better...no one knows
and thats had...this friendly especaliy against Serbia would have offered him an opportunity to play ajayi and let's see how good he is...likewise Agbo and Gabriel....
so doing we will get to know how good they're and if they can displace Ighalo.
also I think dessers or sadiq umar should have been invited in place of Gabriel.....
rohr is very scared of taking risks or probably he is just too conservative

Bros, no worry.

The best thing is to just reduce your expectations of this team.

I will not let patriotism becloud sound judgement.

The two friendly matches exposed glaring weaknesses that'll be hard to improve on before the WC which is just a little over 2 months away.

Boys that have been together since 2016 can't find each other on the pitch or string 1-2 passes together. Is it the months to WC they'll finally understand each other if they couldn't for nearly two years??

With the exception of Ndidi and Moses (although quite selfish), the rest couldn't live up to expectation.

And Rohr didn't help matters by being too conservative. Playing Claude Puel style of football. If we play Spain, France, or Germany, we may get beaten silly by at least 2 goals. Why? Because they would dominate possession from start to finish and not give us a chance to counter.

Odogwu Mikel will not play everything for us. He'll only bring experience and creativity to the midfield but will not help Onazi, agu, joel et al to pass the ball accurately.

Now, do we have the coach that can improve on the creative side of our midfielders? Seriously, I began to doubt after both friendlies. We now know why majority of our players are not in top clubs. The individual quality just ain't there and with the exception of Ndidi, the other midfielders aren't improving their game.

Okay, come in Ajayi and reuben. You didn't use them. For what reason?. Isn't this a friendly match?

I agree with Oasis who said that if Rohr we're to be a local coach, many of us here would say that he collected bribe or has his own boys. Double standards!!!!

Well, I trust NFF, if we don't give a good outing in the WC (by not making it out of our group), heads will roll and many so called big boy players may never smell the GWG ever again. On the business side, many coporate sponsors may be wary of the SE in the future and doubt their ability to deliver on the global stage when it matters the most.

darkelf:


Bros, no worry.

The best thing is to just reduce your expectations of this team.

I will not let patriotism becloud sound judgement.

The two friendly matches exposed glaring weaknesses that'll be hard to improve on before the WC which is just a little over 2 months away.

Boys that have been together since 2016 can't find each other on the pitch or string 1-2 passes together. Is it the months to WC they'll finally understand each other if they couldn't for nearly two years??

With the exception of Ndidi and Moses (although quite selfish), the rest couldn't live up to expectation.

And Rohr didn't help matters by being too conservative. Playing Claude Puel style of football. If we play Spain, France, or Germany, we may get beaten silly by at least 2 goals. Why? Because they would dominate possession from start to finish and not give us a chance to counter.

Odogwu Mikel will not play everything for us. He'll only bring experience and creativity to the midfield but will not help Onazi, agu, joel et al to pass the ball accurately.

Now, do we have the coach that can improve on the creative side of our midfielders? Seriously, I began to doubt after both friendlies. We now know why majority of our players are not in top clubs. The individual quality just ain't there and with the exception of Ndidi, the other midfielders aren't improving their game.

Okay, come in Ajayi and reuben. You didn't use them. For what reason?. Isn't this a friendly match?

I agree with Oasis who said that if Rohr we're to be a local coach, many of us here would say that he collected bribe or has his own boys. Double standards!!!!

Well, I trust NFF, if we don't give a good outing in the WC (by not making it out of our group), heads will roll and many so called big boy players may never smell the GWG ever again. On the business side, many coporate sponsors may be wary of the SE in the future and doubt their ability to deliver on the global stage when it matters the most.

so annoying.....you wrote true...
the problem of this team you just highlighted.

you see I am not sparing rohr....at all.
I believe we would been better...had it been he lets other players get to play...
I am surprised to read here...that Agbo is a better passer of the ball...then why should rohr continue to keep him on the bench...?

rohr is not acting like a German at all...may be he is more French than German...
you see Germany national team...in the last confederations cup...they went to that tournament with young guns...that's what they call gradual progression
they may not win this world cup...but expect them to win the next one.....

we are walking on a tight robe...

Ighalo gonna keep missing sitters for us...let's make that striker role competitive...
play any of the likes of ajayi, Gabriel, dessers, Henry and even umar...
let's see if they offer something different...
I have watched Henry...enough and I know he is more a better finisher than Ighalo...

i am not comfortable with onazi in that midfied...any more...what's the use of an assistant captain who can't make a simple pass upfront...?
let's make this guys believe that their positions are up for grab...and see how they will.improve...
I remember Ighalo starts playing better shortly after warming the bench in the super eagles for sometime...prior the Cameroon game......

tbaba1234:


The coach has no confidence in Agbo. I doubt, he will make the WC.

Rohr appears to be more focused on getting the right tactical formula than getting new players. I see him experimenting more with tactics than with players.

then rohr has a problem...
why keep inviting players you have no confidence on...little wonder he failed in those Africa countries he managed...

even keshi....used the Mexico, Scotland friendlies prior the 2014 world cup to try new players.....

we need good legs in that midfield who can pass the ball well....and also a hungry striker...Ighalo i repeat is not good enough.

darkelf:


Bros, no worry.

The best thing is to just reduce your expectations of this team.

I will not let patriotism becloud sound judgement.

The two friendly matches exposed glaring weaknesses that'll be hard to improve on before the WC which is just a little over 2 months away.

Boys that have been together since 2016 can't find each other on the pitch or string 1-2 passes together. Is it the months to WC they'll finally understand each other if they couldn't for nearly two years??

With the exception of Ndidi and Moses (although quite selfish), the rest couldn't live up to expectation.

And Rohr didn't help matters by being too conservative. Playing Claude Puel style of football. If we play Spain, France, or Germany, we may get beaten silly by at least 2 goals. Why? Because they would dominate possession from start to finish and not give us a chance to counter.

Odogwu Mikel will not play everything for us. He'll only bring experience and creativity to the midfield but will not help Onazi, agu, joel et al to pass the ball accurately.

Now, do we have the coach that can improve on the creative side of our midfielders? Seriously, I began to doubt after both friendlies. We now know why majority of our players are not in top clubs. The individual quality just ain't there and with the exception of Ndidi, the other midfielders aren't improving their game.

Okay, come in Ajayi and reuben. You didn't use them. For what reason?. Isn't this a friendly match?

I agree with Oasis who said that if Rohr we're to be a local coach, many of us here would say that he collected bribe or has his own boys. Double standards!!!!

Well, I trust NFF, if we don't give a good outing in the WC (by not making it out of our group), heads will roll and many so called big boy players may never smell the GWG ever again. On the business side, many coporate sponsors may be wary of the SE in the future and doubt their ability to deliver on the global stage when it matters the most.

Just one match. Are we in 2014@bolded?

Joebie:
guys guys..

It's okay to criticize Rohr. But on the whole Rohr has brought far more positives than negatives to our darling national team. While I must admit that the criticisms of Rohr fielding Ebuehi for 90 minutes and not giving Aina enough time (as a Right-Back option as well) are logical, I think some of us are becoming over emotional because of the loss. All of a sudden Rohr has become the worst thing that has happened to our football. Let's give the coach a break. He learned after the South Africa loss. He will learn a couple lessons again from the friendlies. He wanted to win, and at the same time test different formations and players. In friendlies, coaches must find a good balance between playing to win and playing to test. /b]Over the two friendlies, in my estimation, Rohr didn't do this well enough. [/b]

i so much agree with your last sentence...
I am not calling a rohr a bad coach...in fact I do much appreciates the improvement he has made on our football...

but we Nigerians expect better things from him as regard this last two friendlies...
had it been the new invited players or those who have not been playing gets to play this two matches or even the Serbian match and lost....it won't have made much noise....
at least it would have the team and him rohr know better the calibre of this players and also we Nigerians..know as regard players selection and whom to be on the plane to Russia....

but right now...i still believe one of those guys like agbo, ajayi,Gabriel and even Aina would have done better in that match..

Cyril Dessers is the answer to our striker problem. Na my turn to hype a player. CYRIL DESSERS!!!!

She's a woman but her heart is more sturdy than that of most guys here. I'm amazed at how fickle we are.


Hosanna in the highest they screamed and shouted in pure adulation. A week later he was hung on a cross.


Never trust human beings when they hail you.

Mujtahida:

Just one match. Are we in 2014@bolded?

Sorry bro. I meant Gabriel.

Mujtahida:

I was disappointed that players like Agbo never played. Ajayi had a cameo and Aina too. Ebuehi should have been substituted after the first half for Aina so that we see what he has to offer. In that regard I feel the friendlies were wasted opportunities since we didn't try all the new players.

3 players were actually supposed to be subbed out at HT
Ebuehi, Onazi and Musa
I think I know why Moses was subbed out incase of injury in the tourny how well can the eagles cope in his absence (one of the positives that day and the result was instant).
I'd have loved to see what Agbo could have offered as well

tbaba1234:


The coach has no confidence in Agbo. I doubt, he will make the WC.

Rohr appears to be more focused on getting the right tactical formula than getting new players. I see him experimenting more with tactics than with players.

Agbo may just be the missing part of the puzzle
He's not a training material he should have game time as well
He's not pushing his course well too, he should fight and fight (one day I believe he'd prove Rohr wrong)

bengine:


I disagree, go watch those games again..you will notice he offers next to nothing going forward, his passing is not good, always passing backwards, can't advance play...he lacks speed now..the only thing he is good at currently is tackling!!!, put a good winger on him and we are in trouble..

Someone posted a facebook link fee pages ago where you can watch all of super eagles game in the last one year..I had to take time to watch most of our wcq again..bros echiejile is on a downward spiral with his game now...anyone clamouring for echiejile should take their time and watch those games and u would notice right away this is not the echiejile of 2014..

Please share the link too for me. I need to download some of our matches

Thanks

When I use sarcasm or try to mock/tease you before using the word, that's why I use the statement. Now that someone has explained to you in layman's English, you can reread my comments to get the gist lol.

Mujtahida:

Thank you so much for this. Cos when they say 'no pun intended' and I search for the word play and can't find none I'm like where's the pun here? Enjoyable clarification from you.

Humility017:

the earlier we tell ourselves the truth...the better for US....we don't need an Ighalo kind of striker at the world cup...
a striker who can miss 7 glaring chances
is not what the super eagles need at this time...
I think nancho we should continue with from now....
i think part of our problem in this team is rohr....his conservative nature is not helping matters....
why invite players to camp and they won't get to play a mere friendly?
why keep inviting them?
now...we don't know how ajayi, Gabriel play...if they are better...no one knows
and thats had...this friendly especaliy against Serbia would have offered him an opportunity to play ajayi and let's see how good he is...likewise Agbo and Gabriel....
so doing we will get to know how good they're and if they can displace Ighalo.
also I think dessers or sadiq umar should have been invited in place of Gabriel.....
rohr is very scared of taking risks or probably he is just too conservative

Dessers will be better,Did he agree to play for naija?

andrew444:

Dessers will be better,Did he agree to play for naija?

yes sure...he has since agree to play for nigeria. just to invite him...

darkelf:


Bros, no worry.

The best thing is to just reduce your expectations of this team.

I will not let patriotism becloud sound judgement.

The two friendly matches exposed glaring weaknesses that'll be hard to improve on before the WC which is just a little over 2 months away.

Boys that have been together since 2016 can't find each other on the pitch or string 1-2 passes together. Is it the months to WC they'll finally understand each other if they couldn't for nearly two years??

With the exception of Ndidi and Moses (although quite selfish), the rest couldn't live up to expectation.

And Rohr didn't help matters by being too conservative. Playing Claude Puel style of football. If we play Spain, France, or Germany, we may get beaten silly by at least 2 goals. Why? Because they would dominate possession from start to finish and not give us a chance to counter.

Odogwu Mikel will not play everything for us. He'll only bring experience and creativity to the midfield but will not help Onazi, agu, joel et al to pass the ball accurately.

Now, do we have the coach that can improve on the creative side of our midfielders? Seriously, I began to doubt after both friendlies. We now know why majority of our players are not in top clubs. The individual quality just ain't there and with the exception of Ndidi, the other midfielders aren't improving their game.

Okay, come in Ajayi and reuben. You didn't use them. For what reason?. Isn't this a friendly match?

I agree with Oasis who said that if Rohr we're to be a local coach, many of us here would say that he collected bribe or has his own boys. Double standards!!!!

Well, I trust NFF, if we don't give a good outing in the WC (by not making it out of our group), heads will roll and many so called big boy players may never smell the GWG ever again. On the business side, many coporate sponsors may be wary of the SE in the future and doubt their ability to deliver on the global stage when it matters the most.

God bless you immensely for this post. At the bolded is what I felt all through the two friendlies. I wonder how we lost our touch of ball jogging, possessive football that we are used to as Africans and by and large Nigerians.

We were was our possessive play?... Where was our ball controls.?... Our midfielders couldn't string 2-3 passes together. Very terrible from us.

Big question is , how is it possible to learn in 2 months what we didn't learn in two years of playing together?... It beats me honestly. Germans hold up play a lot. Why then isn't Rohr transferring such to our players?...

I am a very patriotic fan but we must say the truth. We will not go anywhere if we can't keep possession. Many teams will starve us of the ball while nullifying our attempts at any form of counter attack... I believe that they have gotten that figured out already.


Honestly, except Rohr performs a miracle at the Mundial,... I don't see us improving on our possession and ball distribution. And if we don't improve, I'm sorry, we will be in for a long ride!!!

Humility017:

yes sure...he has since agree to play for nigeria.
just to invite him...

Rohr for try the guy b dat,I just check his stats and they are not bad,rohr for invite the guy than Gabriel okechukwu

andrew444:


Rohr for try the guy b dat,I just check his stats and they are not bad,rohr for invite the guy than Gabriel okechukwu

invite him to come sit on the bench?
rohr get small problem....to be honest.
I am too happy with him inviting players only to use them as training materials...at all.

Humility017:

invite him to come sit on the bench?
rohr get small problem....to be honest.
I am too happy with him inviting players only to use them as training materials...at all.

He might play na if he proves him self,make dem first invite am before we reason weda dem go bench am

Rohr should PLEASE call Dessers

Humility017:

invite him to come sit on the bench?
rohr get small problem....to be honest.
I am too happy with him inviting players only to use them as training materials...at all.

but he invited Joel and played Joel in a span of two games.

He won't have to sit on the bench if he is exceptional in training

somehow:
When I use sarcasm or try to mock/tease you before using the word, that's why I use the statement. Now that someone has explained to you in layman's English, you can reread my comments to get the gist lol.

It's obvious that you don't understand what a pun means. A pun is playing on words. Not sarcasm or teasing. If that's your definition of a pun or when to say 'no pun intended' you've got wrong bra. Check your dictionary for the meaning of a pun. Or show me dictionary meaning of a pun that corresponds with the way you used it. No need for argument. Just show me dictionary meaning.

Mujtahida:
She's a woman but her heart is more sturdy than that of most guys here. I'm amazed at how fickle we are.


Hosanna in the highest they screamed and shouted in pure adulation. A week later he was hung on a cross.


Never trust human beings when they hail you.

the time u start giving a flying fvck about what every d*ck and harry thinks... then ur doom is near..

Focus more and give less fvcks

krattoss:
the time u start giving a flying fvck about what every d*ck and harry thinks... then ur doom is near..

Focus more and give less fvcks

True that.