Mujtahida:

Shebi you always say he's not matured. Him no show you today. The boy has it in him. He's not the kind of midfielder that would give you long swinging passes. He's one that will give short crisp passes and needs a mobile CM to play with him.

EEGA:
It's not booting.

It's just that Rohr didn't select his best XI.

If Ebuehi,Etebo and Ogu started the game we would have controlled the midfield.

So,it was a problem of choice of players not booting.

If you say booting, how come three introduced players didn't take time to boot or gel?

kennysville:


No let Oga Icons4s cat h you with that statement o! Drop our only "weapon of mass destruction"? For what na?

No be all of una dey talk say him be the only attacking threat una get?

Goke7:

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!

klexycole:


He seemed to me that he appeared rude to our players. Might be the reason for the "booing."

lexyman:



he should be on the bench for tactical reasons ... so many times he has perfomed below average for a player of his pedigree , in GWG ... He only knows how to mesmerise african opponents .

EEGA:
After the Dr Congo game you still went on to type this.

Is it not crystal clear that Ebuehi is miles ahead of Shehu?

Toylove:
And am I the only one who noticed the super Eagles were a suspect defending set piece today

Mujtahida:

What is killing our coach is not this so called average team bullshyte some trogs are crying up and down here. The coach is damn too conservative. He only tries new things when the situation is gone awry. He did it against Argentina, he was saved. Today again same thing.

Those players that played first half were basically chosen in accordance with the-you never - change - a - winning-team mantra. Winning team bawo?. I say the times have changed. This is not the age for mantras. This is not the age for formulas. You have to think and rethink your strategy.

Even with these set of players if the coach is a bit radical we can hurt teams and win games.

Toylove:
And am I the only one who noticed the super Eagles were a suspect defending set piece today

Martz101:


mr Mujtahida, if you have dignity you wont even talk about this...you said we should keep moses on the bench until mikel get injured that he can't play from the wings

i told you 4-2-3-1 formation don't need the wingers to play as orthodox winger and can actually contain 3 number 10, i sighted arsenal and iwobi,ozil,mihkh.

iwobi proved me right today, because he played from the right and drift in, you lost my respect for going back to this today

Mikel played 10 today and was bellow par, mikel covered his ass and that was what me and icon04 was talking about

AIG07:
these were the posts I made 3 days ago on our midfield generally. That some folks here came for my head. Hope una don see am for yourself.

and finally, Ebuehi has finally silenced all nay sayers. Dude is shoulder above Shehu. Clean Tackles, well timed Interceptions, excellent positioning, good crossing and finally pace. It doesn't take so much time to Identify a gem.

Joebie:
He changed a wining team na. But he didn’t have faith in that new formula. I’m talking in respect to the Argy game. We should have been building from there.

Icon4s:

Oga, I am icon4s and not icon04.
Your analysis is spot on.

kennysville:


Playin mikel as a forward backfired. I think we got carried away because he did well with cameroon game in Uyo. Mikel needs to be restored to the deep lying playmaker he has always been for the last 15 years courtesy Mourinho. You cant teach an old dog new tricks.

I wouldnt say Mikel was poor in the first half. He was played wrongly tactically speaking. We can see that all the whatever stopped in the second half and we saw a more meaningful and purposeful ball distribution

joseph1013:


I remember vividly when tbaba was saying all these. Tyrone is a well-schooled footballer.

Joebie:
He changed a wining team na. But he didn’t have faith in that new formula. I’m talking in respect to the Argy game. We should have been building from there.

BascoVanVeli:


Which wing did u see Sterling playing? Sterling that was always body to body with the CBs.

Martz101:


mikel was played wrongly?? really?

Martz101:


mr Mujtahida, if you have dignity you wont even talk about this...you said we should keep moses on the bench until mikel get injured that he can't play from the wings

i told you 4-2-3-1 formation don't need the wingers to play as orthodox winger and can actually contain 3 number 10, i sighted arsenal and iwobi,ozil,mihkh.

iwobi proved me right today, because he played from the right and drift in, you lost my respect for going back to this today

Mikel played 10 today and was bellow par, mikel covered his ass and that was what me and icon04 was talking about

Joebie:
Una wan blame Uzoho? Why didn’t we score more than 1 goal. I said pages back that our problem will not be in the gk department, but our forwards will need to deliver.
Uzoho had an above average game. And that’s great for an opponent like England playing at home. He will get even better before the WC.
Expect him again in goal for the full 90 mins against Czech

Mujtahida:

That was an experiment oo. And like you said he doesn't have faith in that system. If not for the absence of Ighalo and the two Moses do you think Rohr would have used that 3-5-2? He is stuck in that mantra.

But you know that that mantra can only work if you have all your players having the ability to play all tactical formations well yet you can see that some players flourish in one tactical set up more than the others but if you are stuck with the mantra you will press your players into the tactics rather than match specific players to the tactics.

mank1234:


When it comes to reading games and statistics you're spot on.

AIG07:
these were the posts I made 3 days ago on our midfield generally. That some folks here came for my head. Hope una don see am for yourself.

and finally, Ebuehi has finally silenced all nay sayers. Dude is shoulder above Shehu. Clean Tackles, well timed Interceptions, excellent positioning, good crossing and finally pace. It doesn't take so much time to Identify a gem.

EEGA:
It's not booting.

It's just that Rohr didn't select his best XI.

If Ebuehi,Etebo and Ogu started the game we would have controlled the midfield.

So,it was a problem of choice of players not booting.

If you say booting, how come three introduced players didn't take time to boot or gel?

Mujtahida:

Shebi you always say he's not matured. Him no show you today. The boy has it in him. He's not the kind of midfielder that would give you long swinging passes. He's one that will give short crisp passes and needs a mobile CM to play with him.

Odunayaw:
Would you have said so if it was Ezenwa? I remember he saved something of this sort against Cameroon @ uyo

Icon79:
Nope. I think the two players to be axed are still Mikel Agu and Ola Aina. Nothing has changed. However, in Russia, I would prefer a DM combo of Ndidi and either Ogu or Etebo. Ogenyi Onazi and J. Obi really failed my hands today.


O pari

edi287:

But Ebuehi is too soft na. Na achebo him be. Him resemble person way breeze go blow. Shehu is strong and understands the African game.
Shehu is our best rb. It doesn't matter if Ebuehi played well. He didn't play well against Serbia. Injury is not an excuse.
Rohr will RIGHTLY start Shehu in the WC because Ebuehi is weak. Na technical ability we go chop??

Joebie:
Sincerely I wish we could exchange Aina, Onazi, J. Obi for other players outside the 30. e.g Duru, Azubuike, and Esiti respectively

Jk