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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by COOL10(m): 8:12am On Jun 17, 2018 |
LieDetector:. Mehn,if Rohr refuses to play Ebuehi,it'll be extremely painful oo let alone if Netherlands call him cos he'll definitely accept. The boy has been patient enough abeg. I like Rohr but truth be told,he's beginning to really vex me. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Sheuns(m): 8:13am On Jun 17, 2018 |
TheSuperNerd: Maybe it'll be better to prepare for Qatar 2022 |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by gloryon(m): 8:13am On Jun 17, 2018 |
Have being a silent reader of this great thread. I know the optimist , pessimist and the opportunists of this thread. At this juncture though,if nigeria fails to qualify from the group, I will stop supporting them because I don't know what else to be done to make the eagles fly. This time around everything was done for them and the boys refuse to fly. Am heartbroken [/quote][quote] |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Martz101: 8:15am On Jun 17, 2018 |
edi287: you and who know?? for me nothing is lost, we lost 3 point out of possible 9 and can still get the remaining 6 or 4 which can take us through |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheLoneCitizen(m): 8:15am On Jun 17, 2018 |
Sheuns: Funny you. Then why don't we "invest more" , are you telling me that the English don't love football? Are you telling me that the love of football is inversely proportional to the profit? |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Martz101: 8:17am On Jun 17, 2018 |
pelezico: as a team we played very well, but we made some mistake, you are sounding this way because you are bitter |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by joseph1013: 8:17am On Jun 17, 2018 |
Bolowolowo:You can't imagine the kind of confidence they will be going with. Croatia that they defeated to qualify first in the group for the World Cup defeated us. They drew with Argentina that has always defeated us in competitive matches. And they've been preparing for this tournament for the past 20 years. I saw this report from The Economist on their foresight concerning football, "Iceland, which has qualified despite having only 330,000 people and 100 full-time professionals, has trained over 600 coaches to work with grassroots clubs. Since 2000 it has built 154 miniature pitches with under-soil heating to give every child a chance to play under supervision." See ehn...let's just enjoy the World Cup. 4 Likes |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Oasis007(m): 8:17am On Jun 17, 2018 |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheSuperNerd(m): 8:20am On Jun 17, 2018 |
Now @first question... that is the big question for our next game. Iceland are a tougher and more disciplined side than Croatia. We would really be up against it in this game. This is the game that will further define and expose the true mental strength of this young team and also the bravery and tactical nous of the technical crew. @second question.... Believe me, ma'am, it depends on that Iceland game. And do try to get some good sleep. Being passionate should not be to the detriment of your own health. nextlevel2222: 1 Like |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Martz101: 8:20am On Jun 17, 2018 |
Icon4s: bros i tire, this is the same mikel they said was the reason why we lost our friendlies because og his absent. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Mujtahida: 8:22am On Jun 17, 2018 |
nextlevel2222:How will people not be sad when football is the only harmless thing that gives us a high and offers us momentary escape from this chain saw called Nigeria. Rohr is beginning to look like APC. So much promise, so much hope and expectation but see what we are getting. I just want this team to do well. And notwithstanding the talk about the average quality of the team I believe they have the capacity to do well. I didn't see any Ronaldo or Busquets or Ramos in the Iceland team but I saw determination, fearlessness and will. This are the things we lack. 5 Likes |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Kog45(m): 8:23am On Jun 17, 2018 |
Oasis007:Don't mind the man Rohr. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by COOL10(m): 8:23am On Jun 17, 2018 |
Oasis007:. Funny enough I said that with a light heart. C'mon it's a Sunday morning. I even liked that your post. Not everyone is out to attack you my brother. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by AIG07: 8:24am On Jun 17, 2018 |
TheGoodJoe has always been right. Iheanacho would have done better and offer more if played in Ighalo's position. Ighalo is not mobile. He can't press. His movements off the ball is wack. We just keep blaming the midfielders for lack of supplies but they ain't the problem but Ighalo himself. He does not know how to open up for passes. Or is it not the same midfield that was behind Nacho and Musa? Well, here I know it is over. Rohr is stubborn. Salisu is clueless. But wait I thought there was suppose to be a video assistant in the stands. Oh no! We went to the World Cup at the wrong time. 5 Likes |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Mujtahida: 8:26am On Jun 17, 2018 |
We didn't play badly and we didn't play well. My pain is that Croatia with all their above average, star studded team didn't do anything magical, nothing whatsoever. We made it too easy for them. 5 Likes |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by obaaderemi: 8:26am On Jun 17, 2018 |
Oasis007:See exposure! |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Martz101: 8:27am On Jun 17, 2018 |
Mujtahida: prior to this worldcup you keep saying keep iwobi on the bench, bring him on when mikel is tired, me and some people here asked you what if mikel don't get tired? you people should quit the i told you so game, we are not out yet....i still believe |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by ChrisKels: 8:28am On Jun 17, 2018 |
Icon4s: Like we predicted, we are back to the "we played well but we lost" talk. Man this is what we hear every tournament and you guys ain't tired of that line alrdy? 1 Like |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by ChrisKels: 8:30am On Jun 17, 2018 |
solonnachi: I actually thought the calculator days were long behind us, this is painful. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by AIG07: 8:31am On Jun 17, 2018 |
gloryon:No be only you. Us loosing is not the problem but How we lost. It was a game we could have convincingly! |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Martz101: 8:32am On Jun 17, 2018 |
kennysville: you sound like an over grown baby, i don't even know you are the same kid i quoted earlier, but if you think you can bring your face me and face me attitude of don't quote me again....then you can quit the thread. overgrown baby |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Martz101: 8:34am On Jun 17, 2018 |
Goke7: is a match and we lost, we can't win it all. we all including me is not happy but calling for the coach head will be too fast. We can still qualify from these group |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by elyte89: 8:36am On Jun 17, 2018 |
Let's hope DT rohr is still hiding/faking his tactics from his opponents |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Martz101: 8:39am On Jun 17, 2018 |
TheSuperNerd: you should have asked him how many iceland players are home base, is Nigeria league better than the iceland league. 1 Like |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Mickael2(m): 8:41am On Jun 17, 2018 |
Oasis007: That's not what matters now but how the team will move forward, they are representing Nigeria anyways. But there are some issues here First of all Mikel was poor, very very poor. There was only one reasonable chance that Mikel created, the one he gave to Nacho which Nacho should have dropped back for him because Mikel was in a better position yet he choose to shoot, looking for the glory for himself. Mikel dispossessed Modric by the corner flag and he just passed the ball to Subasic, is that a chance created? Mikel was supposed to do a 1-2 with Moses but passed the ball far ahead of Moses and there was no way Moses was going to get that ball so he dived, is that a chance created? Modric was easily the best player on the pitch followed by Rakitic why? Whenever Modric had the ball no Nigerian player bothered to press him, and that was supposed to be the work of Mikel and since nobody was pressuring him he had enough time to pick his passes precisely. In fact from the 52-78 minutes Modric was not dispossessed even once because nobody dared to mark him. Even when Rakitic also dropped into Modrics role towards the end of the game nobody was marking him either. Mikel was bad, let us not hide that fact but to me he remains our best bet in the AMF role, there is no assurance that Iwobi would have done better. All the blames on Shehu are all pointless. Two seasons ago at Barca, Alba was very very poor because he was playing on the same wing with Neymar but last season he was a totally different beast. When you play on the same wing with a player who likes to dribble so much, you as a fullback will be reluctant to attack knowing fully well that any mistake and you would be out of position badly and that was what clearly restricted Shehu. There were times when Moses had better options yet he choose to beat his man, after seeing that will you still want to attack knowing fully well that the person you are living behind is Perisic, a quick winger? Also, the lack of press on Modric by Mikel was easily the reason why Perisic kept on receiving accurate long balls but instead of blaming Mikel we blame Shehu? The young guy contained Perisic which nobody can really guarantee that Ebuehi could have done especially since we were a goal down and the onus would have been on Ebuehi to attack leaving gaps for Perisic. Cut Shehu some slack, he was not bad today. not outstanding but absolutely solid. we really need to tell our GK that there is a difference between winning and losing. even when we were losing it took him hours to get the ball back in play allowing the Croatians to regroup and easily counter our long balls. this one is going to create serious controversy but I wasn't overly impressed with Etebo. too many back passes, just too many. too much ball hogging, just too much. he pressed well, won the ball back well but did absolutely nothing with it except the driving runs that he made once or twice which all happened in the middle of the pitch which really didn't matter. Now peeps want him to play as the 10 after that performance against Algeria and SA in that role? that should not happen any time soon. Ndidi was anonymous in this match, he was not the deepest midfielder so I would have guessed that it was his work to carry the ball forward which he absolutely did not do all game long. 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Mujtahida: 8:42am On Jun 17, 2018 |
Martz101:Ohhhhhh abeg stop cranking this same point. I explained to you why I said Iwobi should play as a sub. It was a concession to those who always said Iwobi must play on the wings cos Mikel is the best AM. I opined that Iwobi is useless on the wings(and all Nigeria including his experienced uncle except you say same) but since you guys said no, he must play on the wings and as a starter, I said no - wing play is not good for him at all, OK pata pata we use him as a sub for Mikel. Wetin una talk? Una say what if Mikel doesn't get tired? That's to show how rigid you guys were in sticking to your view(and you still do even though the whole nation and Iwobi himself say he's better as an AM) I challenged you to point out one post where I said Mikel is our best AM as you asserrted. You couldn't do so. now you have gone back to saying I said he should be a sub even though I have explained to you a million times the reason for saying so. I detest roundabout arguments. If you can't say something new on this point, then fashi. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by ChrisKels: 8:42am On Jun 17, 2018 |
Sheuns: God have mercy, where this one from come out? Nwakali left out because he was a home based player? And our crap league better than the Chinese league? Calm down bro, our problem wasn't lack of personnel rather it was a poor formation from an inept coach. A coach that benches and plays his best players out of their positions, that one na coach? 1 Like |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by eph12(m): 8:42am On Jun 17, 2018 |
Oasis007:Of course we will. We just need to win our next two matches. Easy! |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Mickael2(m): 8:44am On Jun 17, 2018 |
Martz101: If you said something and it actually happens, wouldn't it be grammatically correct to say 'I told you so'? |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Martz101: 8:45am On Jun 17, 2018 |
Sheuns: how can our league be the solution when the best players go on trial even before the season end, lokosa went on trial in Bulgaria how can our league be more competitive when we no longer go beyond group stage in caf competition how can our league be good when almost all refree blow for the home team win or draw How can the league be the solution when the pitch and stadium they are used to is so different from what is obtainable in most world cup stadiums |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by ChrisKels: 8:47am On Jun 17, 2018 |
Oasis007: I never criticized any player neither did I criticise the team rather I criticised the coach. The boys didn't fail me, the coach did with his stupid formation. For this reason, I am not going no where because my team was not defeated by their opponent, they were rather defeated by their coach. Finito |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Mickael2(m): 8:51am On Jun 17, 2018 |
Mujtahida: who said they didn't do anything? If you were busy preparing for a serious mathematics exam and you are served primary school mathematics won't you just drop your calculator and start solving manually? They didn't need to get out of first gear because what we were playing wasn't even close to their own gear1 so why exert energy too much when your next match is against Argentina? For the record the only shot on goal we had was Ighalo's tame header, if we had brought our A game they would have played a lot better than they did. watch their performance against Senegal, an African team that actually came to play football 3 Likes |
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