I hope Joel obi and onazi don pack their bag already

Belgium vs Portugal still goalless...highly contested match

samtol4:
Shehu played most of our qualifiers he was not bad but Ebuehi is better and faster with good crosses ,hence should sit on the bench

shehu did well in our qualifiers because he was playing with some tactical inept teams. I'm not taking anything away from shehu, his a good player but i think his better in the midfield

samtol4:
if the midfielders perform it will reduce the work load of defenders ...but with Onazi and jOEL on the field am afraid how the first match will be if any of them play

Getting clearer now... That onazi n Joel cant help the midfield. Before we think the problem is Mikel.. But now Mikel was involved still didn't gel...

Definitely Joel sit on bench and Ndidi will take the spot...

As Rohr will be thinking he will definitely try Ndidi, onazi n Mikel again to know how far... If that doesn't work out...
Onazi to bench...

Just about tactics Aint bother about our striking position Cos if the midfield gel well goals will come..
Come June 16.
Nigeria will suprise everyone

tbaba1234:


I stand by my statement by the way. The team today showed that it can play. Watch our game vs Argentina in 2002. It was worse than our first half today but it was throughout the match

I remember the 2002 game vs Argentina very well.

Yes, the Argies dominated from start to finish, but they only got away with a solitary goal - a respectable scoreline.

I know 2-1 vs England today was also respectable going by scoreline, but both teams didn't play like a team that could pull a victory, so they were at best bopth average.

Norway 1-0 up against Iceland.

samtol4:
HAHAHA Opabunmi attendance at 2002 was a shame to football

Bigger shame

isan:
I hope Joel obi and onazi don pack their bag already

Onazi will go world cup but coach shpuld repeat the mistake of playing him

Humility017:

Babe to be honest...I eat my words on ogu.
ogu deserve to be in this team.....
I also noticed iwobi feel so comfortable play from the middle...

You notice? Have you not been one of those saying iwobi is more effective from the middle than from the wings?

Oga Martz101 come explain wetin we see from Iwobi today ooo

Mujtahida:

It has come to the point where even if Balogun is playing well, fear go still dey catch me. I don't know why I no longer have confidence in him.

One thing you should observe about him is his calmness and ability to easily correct his mistake fast
Is not error prone...
His jittery hasn't cost us if I can't remember

Or you remember any?
Do you see his recovery When he was dribbled in box 18...

Think sterling did that mojo...

Just need to free him

Mujtahida:

You notice? Have you not been one of those saying iwobi is more effective from the middle than from the wings?

Oga Martz101 come explain wetin we see from Iwobi today ooo

Even Arsene Wenger made this error at times.
He's obviously more effective playing through the middle.

isan:
I hope Joel obi and onazi don pack their bag already

Those two are old and can't play against fast mid-fielders.

Mujtahida:
What I like about Ogu is that he's never pressured.

very under rated...wish he was younger

That is why it is called a friendly match. It helps to separate pretenders from Koko. Tyrone Ebeuhi come marry my daughter abeg. You too much

chrisooblog:
Onazi was utterly rubbish truth be told that matuidi tackle four years ago did him in. Joel has finally shown that he's not it. Honestly those 2 deserve to be dropped for such a shambolic first half. Victor moses also needs to be brought down to earth all this prima donna rubbish is irritating. Yes Francis uzoho should have done better with harry kane's goal but after all the pressure he was under from the english attack I think we can cut him some slack.

Overall a disastrous game was redeemed with a good performance in the second half team still needs serious work. As for rohr as much as I commend him for making the tactical switch and enforcing personal changes he can't honestly tell me that he sees onazi And joel in training and still thinks they deserved a starting place really poor decision from him.

Haven't lost hope in the team come rain come sunshine I will still back them but at least one good outcome from this game is that we can all now calm down and manage our expectations.

Let's go super eagles

EEGA:
Bro na the same match wey I watch you watch.Balogun cleared a lot of balls in the first-half.Ekoong was just averag

If not for their long Oyibo wall partnership, I will prefer Omeruo and Balogun to start.

Ekong was porus in first half.. Very porus him and shehu... England just used the right back and CB as home

EEGA:
Those two are old and can't play against fast mid-fielders.

...... at what Age pls?

Onazi be like; sho mo Age mi ni?! Lol.

EEGA:
Bro na the same match wey I watch you watch.Balogun cleared a lot of balls in the first-half.Ekoong was just averag

If not for their long Oyibo wall partnership, I will prefer Omeruo and Balogun to start.

you are the one that didnt watch the game

BascoVanVeli:


Bros u are free to tell us his flaws but Rohr will start him against Croatia barring injury(Knock on wood).

God willing and hope we all know that the croatia game is key to our moving forward. There will be no more excuse for any flop from any player. That game will decide the future of all those who will play in that game

Oasis007:


Bro.... perhaps you need to re-watch the Match. How many successful Crosses did he make?! How many tackles did he won, how many play was he able to break or initiate?! Do I need to tell you he was caught out of Position more than once?!

As per the Wing more penetrated by the English Team in the first Half, my Brother it's the Midfield. They murdered, no massacred our Midfield in the first Half.

You have nailed it with your last paragraph... When you are under attack what can you at forward.. At you need is to defend your home.. And that's exactly what happen..

How many crosses did we have today?

Danielnino00:
My verdict after today's game

1) Joel Obi is useless: whatever story we read on this thread that Joel was impressive in camp or he is doing well in SerieA are nothing but load of hogwash. he is very useless. I'll take Agu ahead of him any time. his fans are just hyping him unnecessary here since . they said he could play DM, CM,AM,LB... They said he could play better with Mikel.. it's been 4 games now and he hasn't done sh*t.. he should be dropped..

2) Iwobi isn't a winger: I don't think we need to deliberate on this any more... its been proven already that he is ineffective from the wings...

3) 3-5-2 is the real thing: the loss of Moses Simeon is the major reason I think this formation should b our main one at d WC..

4) Ogu is a huge asset: need I say more?? sorry for those who were saying he would b dropped yesterday

5) Odogwu Mikel is still the boss...



The first half of d game was very frustrating.. When Ndidi returns,I expect to see Onazi back on the bench.


And finally,Rohr should pls drop Joel obi

Mikel Obi was the biggest culprist in the first half.

guys review this write up
http://myballerz.sportsontheweb.net/the-super-eagles/

Oasis007:


The same Omeruo that head-butted Etebo?! Well,he seemed improved but I ain't sold on him yet. I will rather go with Ekong than him at the moment.

Who head butted Balogun?

Is funny though

BascoVanVeli:


Ebuehi was good but let's not lie about Shehu's performance to credit the guy. Shehu had nothing to do with the English targeting Ekong with pace. The left fullback was the only place being taken advantage of time and time again.

mehn sterling did Ekong a big blow in the first half, at a time I started pitying him because of the numerous runs he was submitting him to

kennysville:


There goes the reason why we lost to SA and Serbia. When you trust onazi to do ur holding midfielder job and he wants to go forward

Boss, just what I was about to type. Gbam.
We had the most cohesive midfield I had seen in a very long while when Onazi was injured against Argentina.

EEGA:
Bro na the same match wey I watch you watch.Balogun cleared a lot of balls in the first-half.Ekoong was just averag

If not for their long Oyibo wall partnership, I will prefer Omeruo and Balogun to start.

Get my point - with Balogun I've formed an impression. Even if he performs I go still dey fear. I didn't watch the first half fully cos of the rain. But I watched the second half

Martz101:


not true, Shehu exposed the central defenders too much and he never pressed forward

Sterling exposed Ekong, Shehu had nothing to do with that. He had his hands full with Young and Delli and he didn't embarrass himself.

Mujtahida:

Didn't you see how Iwobi was rousing after he scored. This team can do it if they believe. Iwobi had believe, it showed in his efforts, in his movements, he played with urgency and determination. He stood out of the pack. Imagine if all of them rose up to the challenge as he did.

During the WCQ the team used to boot for 20 minutes now it's 45 minutes. Too bad.

mr Mujtahida i believe you should commend me and mr icon04 after you maintain mikel and iwobi could start and perform...also will you still maintain that iwobi should be on the bench until Mikel get tired?

Triniti:
mehn sterling did Ekong a big blow in the first half, at a time I started pitying him because of the numerous runs he was submitting him to

At least it wasn't only me who saw that. Sterling was just wasteful if not the score line would have been rough.

isan:
I hope Joel obi and onazi don pack their bag already

if Joel and onazi read this thread today, dem go cry chai even their family members when they read this thread, na to declare fasting and prayer against village people things o!

Loogan:
Hope you guys can see what etebo brought today, he’s the most flexible cm we have, impacted the game very well, gets my nod over onazi....pity we lost, we have sorted our midfield issues to some extent good cohesion and link up passes.
But it’s all the more dissatisfing that if we completed half of our passes in the final third we would have scored more, still an issues we always seem clueless and unsettled in front of goal.
But I was absolutely proud of our second half, ebuehi is our RB, no doubts, idowus game was the most pleasant feeling for me, he has adapted and has pretty much won his spot.
Ogu is class, that guy will play anywhere, was smooth and commanding when he played center defence, balogun I’m sure impressed his new suitors. We played England’s first team and our performance especially in the second half got southgate and those English boys nervous!

Etebo na NEPA. Off and on.

Only the highlights on YouTube no full game

BascoVanVeli:


Sterling exposed Ekong, Shehu had nothing to do with that. He had his hands full with Young and Delli and he didn't embarrass himself.

how do you watch football, sterling a winger exposed the CD, he had his hand full with young because he refused to push...shehu was very poor