Mujtahida:

Me I think Rohr has to approach this WC with some flexibility. Each opponent might require a different tactical set up and different players. Different players does not mean he should change the team so much. Just throw in one, two, three players to start certain games and that might do the magic. But if we stick to this idea that you never change a winning team, toh, it's a double edged sword. The winning team of yesterday might continue to win or it might lose. All na risk.

Goke7:


But this was what keshi was doing then and we accused him of not having a starting 11 if you remember very well. I agree with you though, football has gone so dynamic that it took a Gareth bale to introduced as a sub for real Madrid to win that champs league for a third time in a row. Rohr needs to be flexible. There are matches iheanacho or even a musa should start while folks like moses can come in the second half. For Cameroon to win afcon, even a whole abubakar was coming in as a sub. That's how dynamic football is. Onazi today was not a regular until he came to replace a fegor ogude in the quarter final against civ when ogude was suspended for the match so why can't onazi be benched now if we have better options

Joebie:
It was a joke. But the forementioned aren’t outstanding either. Not even above average

BascoVanVeli:


Which kind of explanation is that one na? How can he push forward when we were always on the back foot and without the ball?

ChrisKels:
Michael please where are you? Those who called us clueless and haters have finally been treated to a sweet dinner by their Onazi

ChrisKels:




So una eye dun dey open abi, I have always maintained that Azubuike Okechukwu is a better player than those pretenders but tbaba1234 and Icon4s were against me for saying that. Im just Happy u guys are now seeing what Michael and I saw ages ago.

Azubuike made our midfield thick at the Olympics and he has been the best midfielder amongst our midfield contingents that ply their trade in the Turkish league.

Agu and Onazi are bench warmers in this same league, yet they are always picked ahead of Azu Okey by Rohr. For reasons best known to him, he also prefers those two to Esiti and Agbo. Just smh bkus Rohr is gradually losing my confidence KPOM

Martz101:

Onazi is not a bench warmer in turkey

AIG07:
SARCASM!

edi287:

Gbam!! Ighalo today surprising lacked mobility. His movement was disappointing.
Mikel playing deep helped big time. It goes back to what i, Icon79, Oasis007, etc have been saying - PLAY MIKEL A BIT DEEPER. Ogu playing as a CB helped too as he's better than all our CBs on the ball.

Martz101:


i actually predicted it, Ebuehi vs shehu is like comparing Range Rover with keke napep

Mujtahida:

I've never been involved in this Onazi argument but I think you should consider that Onazi is not in form.

Oasis007:
Ekong, Balogun and Ogu should be tried out as the 3 CBs in a 3 - 5 - 2 Formation. I really enjoy the Calmness of Ogu on the Ball. He's a class I must admit. Balogun gets the Height to deal with aerial Threats, also he can be a Leader, coordinating the Defence.

I really can't blame him for his Performance Today, coz I guess he suffered a Concussion after the Heads Collision with Joel. I hope to see him once again with aforementioned Players.

Mujtahida:

The bolded made me laugh.

This kind football analysis na im we want Bro. Nice one.

Joebie:
When someone agrees with your joke
But Azu would have made the 23 if he were given a chance I think.

Joebie:
Ehen be contributing like this. Keep this up.

Modified
But how many tones did the two DMs find Mikel?

soetanoreoluwa:



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

forgiveness:


Well, I think Ighalo was a little bit isolated. He can better than that.

Mikel Obi playing is better because he is will be defensively minded though he can still dictate the attack from deep.

Ogu playing as a defender CB came as a surprise to me. This is not a good signal for Awaziem because he might be dropped.

Let us see the friendly and see if we can improve the frontline.

Mujtahida:

Let's not be carried away with Ogu as a LB. He should play as LMF. there we can maximise his strength and minimise the damage teams will likely inflict if he plays as a LB.

MetalJigsaw:
The issue now is can he be consistent for once?

PDPGuy:
Would this formation work?

————————Uzoho——————-

——-Omeruo——Ekong—-Balogun———-

—Ebuehi——-Mikel——Ndidi——-V. Moses——-

—————————-Iwobi————————

——————-A. Musa——S. Nwankwo———

I feel that Ahmed Musa, given the way his pace and trickery bamboozled the Congolese and English defenders, should be given a starting spot on Wednesday. Then, in the 2nd half, either Iheanacho or Ighalo could sub-in for him.

Or is Musa better utilized as a second half substitute?

Joebie:
Even Rohr knows we have lots of work to do

Martz101:


when i see comment like this, i start to dey wonder how some people watch ball

edi287:

Iheanacho for Simy or Musa in second half. The front 2 needs to be very fluid and mobile so I wouldn't start Simy

kennysville:
Friends, countrymen, Nairalanders.....

#EngNig...

Watching the first half got me soooo annoyed at our reactionary approach to games and I fear this is a serious problem. Whatever happened to us actually playing our own game? What is it with sitting down and waiting for our opponents to show us their hand before we deal? My stomach was really turning when I saw them English take over the midfield. We couldnt string 3passes together without them interrupted. Did we also have to wait till 2nd half to do the needful changes?

5 friendlies and we are yet to sort out a workin and meaningful midfield and yet we keep talking goalkeeper. Even if Rohr is trying sooo much not to reveal his game plan to opponents watching,... any fool already knows that his ultimate pattern is 3-5-2. Who is he kidding? I am not gonna talk about players who goofes today because right abt nw is not the time for any experimentation. The whole reason why we are in this mess, if truth be told is Rorh's conservative approach. The moment he noticed us losing the battle in the midfield, he shd have drafted Mikel to the deep to shut down things.

Waiting till 2nd half to do necessary changes might be too late in some games. We might not be sooo lucky to recover. I hear a lot of people saying we seem intimidated in the first 30 minutes. But the question I have is does it mean we cant at least string accurate passes just to kill the time and pressure? We dont need to even try and score... at least boss the midfield .... frustrate the opponent a little. I dont think that should be too hard? If pressure is what is the problem, then we have to devise a means of soaking that up. Learn to pass accurately and keep it tight. No need goin forward! Shikena.

The earlier our gaffer starts playing accordin to his team's strength, the beta. Enough of this player cannot be benched for that player. Oh... and one more thing.... if reactionary tactics is how Rorh gets his results, then we gotts be ready to be coming from behind a lot at the mundial. I hope it works

edi287:

LCB you mean