safarigirl:
In defense of the pig, we don't know what it predicted for group stage games

The pig only predicted a semi-finals spot for Nigeria. It did not say Nigeria will not lose a game at the group stage

Consolation!

Anything is possible. Teams do qualify with 4 points. In 2010, we needed just 3 point to qualify having lost our first 2 games.

We may not have a Messi or a C Ronaldo, but i hate it when people refer to Super Eagles as underdogs, cuz that is a flat lie. They are not underdogs anything. Please can someone with brains do a good analysis of our players. We are not underdogs, Please.

BascoVanVeli:


Ikr. I am asking for moments that he was exposed and they are speaking in riddles.

That's what you get with dishonest people. They speak as if Ebuehi would have assisted a goal if he started. It's absolute nonsense.

safarigirl:
In defense of the pig, we don't know what it predicted for group stage games

The pig only predicted a semi-finals spot for Nigeria. It did not say Nigeria will not lose a game at the group stage

make una leave that pig biko, he has done its own, make our boys do their part

If mikel play AM again ehn i won't watch our final match against Argentina

All i want to see even if he play his useless 4-2-31

........Uzoho.....

Ebuehi ekong Balogun Idowu

.........Ndidi.....Mikel

Etebo.....iwobi.........musa/moses(so he can always cover up if idowu don dey shake)


...........ighalo/simy......

mank1234:


Consolation!

Anything is possible. Teams do qualify with 4 points. In 2010, we only need 3 point to qualify though failed to get it.

no be 4 points we use qualify in 2014?

Experience together as a unit

Goke7:


Oga forget tournament experience, na lack of tournament experience make moses and, mikel play rubbish today? Has iwobi not played in the champs league? Was ighalo not setting EPL on fire some seasons back with goals, which experience are you talking about?

Watch the highlights Nigeria lost their opener to Croatia (2-0)

Nigeria lost their opener to Croatia


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01s8n66UWHc


Mynd44 Dominique Lalasticlala

Catalyst4real:

Etebo was one of the best things in that midfield. He made a mistake anyone could have made
No one is even blaming ekong for that foolish act

He was the heart of that midfield if not ehn

Africa how market?

safarigirl:
how many goalies save potential own goals?

What did Enyeama do when Yobo helped France score against us?

I have never seen a goalie save an own goal

Stop this u have seen keepers save own goals na, that's just like saying u never see keeper save penalty. The ball did not change trajectory he could have saved it if he dived but the boy froze plain and simple.

goldfish80:

That's what you get with dishonest people. They speak as if Ebuehi would have assisted a goal if he started. It's absolute nonsense.

which one is dishonest people again?

Wetin that one mean? You don't know what Ebuehi would have done because Rohr did not play him. However, Shehu was played and was adjudhed clueless, even by the commentator

The real dishonest people are those who fail to accept that Shehu was ineffective today....then again, what is expected of a make-shift Right Back?

Argue about forcing square pegs in round holes before calling people dishonest because their opinions differ from yours

edi287:

Of course we knew it was not going to be easy. Yes the team picked itself but Rohr did not utilized them to their fullest capacity.
Imagine if Etebo was playing behind Ighalo instead of Mikel and pressing their CBs with Ighalo?
Imagine Etebo closer to the opposition half and swapping position with Iwobi?
Sure you'll say it doesn't matter but trust me little things like this does.
Mikel building from deep with Iwobi and Etebo rounding things off would've been much better than this nonsense we saw.
Starting Ebuehi would've been a good idea.
Starting Nacho would've been a good idea.
It was always 50/50 to get out of the group but we didn't push Croatia enough.
That is all on Rohr. He's the one that stupidly stacked this team with b2b/destroyers instead of looking for creativity.
He's the one that didn't try to do anything when we lost our true natural winger in Moses Simon without doing anything.
Screw Rohr. We gave him the benefit of the doubt and he flopped. Very conservative and inflexible.
All Pinnick's effort has gone to waste because of this fool.

well said

Meliforme:
Can you imagine, just listen to yourself. So a team that has the likes of Victor Moses, Ndidi, Balogun, Iwobi, Simy even Ebuehi has nothing to offer, well, you have freedom of speech and can say whatever comes into your mind. Let us remove sentiments and conduct a reasonable analysis of our players. Tactics and the deployment of personnel at wrong positions is poisoning our play.

Compared to players from other countries....they simply don't come close.....its the truth

Iwobi...a player English arsenal fans are begging unai emery to offload due to obvious lack of progress.... is our most creative player...also an england reject

Moses......another England reject is dull and one directional....the Nigerian version of Antonio Valencia or Jesus navas....being Nigeria's best player....when he won't even smell the English team....who themselves are not even FAVOURITES to win the competition shows the kind of players on parade for the super eagles

Ndidi is the only consistent player on the list you mentioned....and even he doesn't perform well for Nigeria

I never heard of simy until the last few weeks before the end of the season...where was he all this while?... World class indeed

If carvajal was a Nigerian, if dani alves was a nigerian? Hell...if ordinary kieran trippier was a Nigerian.... Won't he make the Nigeria squad? That's what happened with ebuehi....and voila....he happens to be an upgrade on the right back we had before

Its good to believe in miracles...but they are called miracles....because they RARELY happen

We are simply not good enough compared to the best in the world....maybe Africa....that's the truth...get over it

safarigirl:
which Keshi's team played which tournament?

Team that Keshi turned upside down? How many players from the AFCON and Concede did Keshi take to World Cup? Most of us couldn't even recognize half the team when the 23-man list was released. If we had seen them prior to the World Cup, how come we couldn't recognise them?

Keshi's team did not have any tournament experience as a team. A few individuals yes, but a team? Big no

Look at Keshi's starting backline to the 2013 AFCON, Confed Cup and WC. What changed? The only introductions to Keshi's starting line up were Babatunde and Osaze. That team had some tournament experience.

You may chose to ignore it's importance but I tell you it is a factor.

goldfish80:

That's what you get with dishonest people. They speak as if Ebuehi would have assisted a goal if he started. It's absolute nonsense.

but he would have played better than shehu...
all through the friendlies lately he played better coupled with the fact that he offers more offensively and he is a natural RB.

please tell me about shehu....hope you are aware that the crots first goal which resulted from a corner...really came in from the right wing back....shehu failure to stop the crots birth the corner kick....

BascoVanVeli:


Stop this u have seen keepers save own goals Na, that's just like saying u never see keeper save penalty. The ball did not change trajectory he could have saved it if he dived but the boy froze plain and simple.

if you have seen, tell me

I personally, have not seen an own goal that was saved.

Enyeama was right in front of the ball Yobo shoved in, why e no save am?

I have never seen anyone say that a keeper should have saved an own goal, na you I don see am from first.

I see Oliseh smiling at Ekong

WNRealm:
Watch the highlights Nigeria lost their opener to Croatia (2-0)

Nigeria lost their opener to Croatia


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01s8n66UWHc


Mynd44 Dominique Lalasticlala

safarigirl:
In defense of the pig, we don't know what it predicted for group stage games

The pig only predicted a semi-finals spot for Nigeria. It did not say Nigeria will not lose a game at the group stage

Marcus is dead, roasting over hot grill. I am just crying hoooooooo

safarigirl:
which one is dishonest people again?

Wetin that one mean? You don't know what Ebuehi would have done because Rohr did not play him. However, Shehu was played and was adjudhed clueless, even by the commentator

The real dishonest people are those who fail to accept that Shehu was ineffective today....then again, what is expected of a make-shift Right Back?

Argue about forcing square pegs in round holes before calling people dishonest because their opinions differ from yours

some peeps deserve to be left alone to wallow in sentiments and wayside reasoning....

it is so pathetic to read such words...from someone of his calibre

Mikel that was seen pressing high up the pitch for most of the first half?

He only tired out in the second after that second goal went in... He stayed deep and Etebo was beginning to bomb forward with his driving runs.

No no no... Mikel did enough. Part of the problem was this... Whenever Mikel supported Ighalo with the high press there was no one on the right hand channel to connect with both Mikel and Ighalo to cut out more passing lanes of the Croatians' build up from the back. It was always Mikel and Ighalo pressing high up.... This is because Moses was doing a great Job covering for Shehu.

Now Mikel and Ighalo kinda needed a Victor moses to connect centrally but he was not because he was trying to work his own magic down the right channel... Victor didn't play close enough to the box some tines and this kinda disjointed the flow from our midfield to attack on that side of the pitch. And this should not have happened had Iwobi stepped up to the plate and provided that missing link.

Ighalo played highest up the pitch... Followed by Mikel who some times was seen falling back to help build up plays in that first half. Mikel and his midfield lieutenants actually matched the Croatians in midfield.. You cannot dent that fact despite the loss. It is just that Alex Iwobi was not in his usual A Form of drifting centrally to effortlessly help Mikel and Ighalo upfront with Moses doing his things on the wings.

So trying to blame Mikel just because it seems nobody is talking about him is not right. It is not like we are scared to call him out.. It is actually just that Mikel did enough. I recall a fine pass he created through the middle for Moses which was blown away because Moses was looking for a PK. Sad.

charlesemeka85:
why are you guys excluding mikel from any blame. to be he is the chief culprit. ighalo can never function well if he is starved. mikel was too lazy going forward and dropping deep. rohr would have subbed him after the first half. his laziness made etebo and ndidi to over work themselves. he hardly hustle for the ball nor press when the opponent is trying to play out from the back. the defence line for me were rarely threatened that was why the croats had to rely of dead balls and croses. if rohr is man enough he should deploy the teams best formation which is playing three at the back or drop mikel from the first 11.for christ sake mikel dosnt have the lungs to run tro and fro as a number 10 is ought to do. so many times he was caught trecking when the team losses possession

Etebo didn't make any mistake, the ball came to touch him, wasn't like he played the ball into the net.

Ekong was the culprit of the word "mistake", wore seatbelt for Manduzic. hadly contest for airballs. i don't even know why he benches Omeruo.

Catalyst4real:

Etebo was one of the best things in that midfield. He made a mistake anyone could have made
No one is even blaming ekong for that foolish act

Meliforme:
We are always having problems with our fullbacks. While won't Rohr play 3 at the back, there is something fishy somewhere.

Cuz we don't have any...left back especially

Icon4s:


Look at Keshi's starting backline to the 2013 AFCON, Confed Cup and WC. What changed? The only introductions to Keshi's starting line up were Babatunde and Osaze. That team had some tournament experience.

You may chose to ignore it's importance but I tell you it is a factor.

If not for onazi that flopped, both Mikel and onazi would have made the midfield of this present team an experienced one considering your criteria

safarigirl:
which one is dishonest people again?

Wetin that one mean? You don't know what Ebuehi would have done because Rohr did not play him. However, Shehu was played and was adjudhed clueless, even by the commentator

The real dishonest people are those who fail to accept that Shehu was ineffective today....then again, what is expected of a make-shift Right Back?

Argue about forcing square pegs in round holes before calling people dishonest because their opinions differ from yours

Shehu didn't do any worse than Mikel.
By the way is it just now you people are realizing Shehu offers nothing up front. Some of us called for changes in that area since last year after the the South African match.

goldfish80:

That's what you get with dishonest people. They speak as if Ebuehi would have assisted a goal if he started. It's absolute nonsense.

I do not know whether it is Shehu or our right back( to the extent that Ebuehi would have made no difference) that the Croats targeted but lots of their attacks were initiated through that position.

goldfish80:

That's what you get with dishonest people. They speak as if Ebuehi would have assisted a goal if he started. It's absolute nonsense.

Exactly Shehu clearly showed he deserved the nod but yet I am still waiting for someone to tell me what part of the match that he put a foot wrong.

Humility017:

but he would have played better than shehu...
all through the friendlies lately he played better coupled with the fact that he offers more offensively and he is a natural RB.

please tell me about shehu....hope you are aware that the crots first goal which resulted from a corner...really came in from the right wing back....shehu failure to stop the crots birth the corner kick....

Are you suggesting the missing link for Nigeria in this game was Ebuehi? Nawa for una oh

Yesterday I said we ain't ready for the world cup, people came for my head, Today some of those people are indirectly saying we ain't ready but with a different tone #tournamentExperience


Sometimes I just look you guys I smh

Joebie:
Africa how market?

Na Afobear and hardwerk work you dey do for them so oo

Mujtahida:

I do not know whether it is Shehu or our right back( to the extent that Ebuehi would have made no difference) that the Croats targeted but lots of their attacks were initiated through that position.

Because their key man, Perisic plays on the left. I can't even recall at anytime Perisic got the better of Shehu. Honestly, the Shehu witch hunt is becoming embarrassing.

BascoVanVeli:


Exactly Shehu clearly showed he deserved the nod but yet I am still waiting for someone to tell me what part of the match that he put a foot wrong.

So Shehu did not put a foot wrong but Uzoho did. Fear God oo, abeg fear God