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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheSuperNerd(m): 6:31pm On Jun 19, 2018 |
Well, Senegal's next game is against the Japanese Samurai lords. Uruguay will have to face Poland for their own redemption. asha80: 1 Like |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by forgiveness: 6:31pm On Jun 19, 2018 |
EEGA: Na lie. Iwobi was never the first choice ahead of Simon Moses from the start of the qualifiers before or after Rohr came. Fact Look at the snapshot of both players. 1.Iwobi stats showed he was on the bench against Swaziland while Simon Moses played both legs. He didn't start against Zambia in the second leg which was a very crucial match. 2. Simon Moses stats showed he started all the matches after and before Rohr came if available. The only matches he didn't play was against Algeria. Looking at the stats, Moses Simon is not behind Iwobi in the National team. Fact 2 Likes
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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheLoneCitizen(m): 6:32pm On Jun 19, 2018 |
Do you guys realize that ALL the goals that African teams have conceded have come from set pieces? 4 Likes |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by kennysville(m): 6:34pm On Jun 19, 2018 |
Sportilitica: I think i disagree..... its all about playing philosophy of our boys. If they wanna be physical, we have equally physical players and if you ask me, between physicality and technique, I will choose technique. Look at Ebuehi. The dude is a lil skinny but he has a way of disposessing any player. I dont know how he does it, in my language they say Fìrìgbòn kò s'ílèkùn... Eni tó bá ní kókóró ló nwolé. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheSuperNerd(m): 6:34pm On Jun 19, 2018 |
You are actually very correct. He was there in Senegal 2015 U-23 Afcon. He wore no.11. He and Wague too were there and here they are at the World cup. isan: |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by forgiveness: 6:36pm On Jun 19, 2018 |
jieta: Yes! He handled forgiveness in a very simple and respectable way by calling him Amala and ewedu stew eater. Hmmmmm! How simple and respectable indeed! 1 Like |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Spy360(m): 6:38pm On Jun 19, 2018 |
phreakabit:Sorry for late reply, since I love such convo as this. First of all, in a double pivot there are no DM. Instead you have 2 Box to box CM. Wenger once used it when he had Vieira and Petit. A lot of people mix up the b2b and the Dm. Both are different. Yet for all I know about Xhaka, he is not a typical DM. He is a playmaker who controls the game from deep. Common sense tells us that Xhaka is terrible at most skills associated with the DM position- the tackling, the energy, the pace, etc. While his best skill is passing and shooting from range. Read what Xhaka himself says about his position. https://www.football365.com/news/xhaka-describes-his-perfect-position-fake-no-10 |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by forgiveness: 6:41pm On Jun 19, 2018 |
TheSuperNerd: Today Salah will start a match after he was out for weeks. Now, what stops Rohr from keeping Simon Moses in the team when he knew by this time he will be 100% fit? Or why didn't he bring in one of those fit and inform wingers from the Belgium pro league? Anyway, We know Simon Moses is FULLY FIT now. 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by mumemma: 6:43pm On Jun 19, 2018 |
Odunayaw: Tot only me noticed dis .....d senegalese were not fantastic |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by isan(m): 6:44pm On Jun 19, 2018 |
He ,etebo and ferhat of Algeria were very impressive in that tournament( TheSuperNerd: |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheSuperNerd(m): 6:47pm On Jun 19, 2018 |
Uhmmm... Cool down because I know where you are going with this. Egbon see ehn... I know the report that reported him being Fully Fit, and I honestly cannot vouch for that. But all the same it is strange. I miss Simon. But he will be back. forgiveness: 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by ChrisKels: 6:47pm On Jun 19, 2018 |
Mbaye Niang is everything Vicmo thought he was. That guy is truly a lion, he moves his body like Simmy, Chai if only Simmy was half as good. I hope our full backs saw this match to see how those little boys were bombing forward, yet defending with grit. Senegal really made me proud from the defense to the midfield and the attack, they were simply superb. Boys played with passion and the hunger for success in them was so vissible. We made this same Poland team look world class when we played them in the friendly, but Senegal just dumped them to where they truly belong, right before our very eyes. Oh Rohr why? 1 Like |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheSuperNerd(m): 6:48pm On Jun 19, 2018 |
Russia 2018 WC Updates Russia vs Egypt (the formation lineups) #RUSEGY 2 Likes
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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by AIG07: 6:50pm On Jun 19, 2018 |
asha80:those songs helps remind our players who they are. There is no way you ll be hearing... Obi where you de. Victor Moses tell me where una de and you won't know that the fans are demanding more. But everywhere was silent. Our fans sat dispersely. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheSuperNerd(m): 6:50pm On Jun 19, 2018 |
Ahhhh... Yes... Zinedine Ferhat too was very very good. Etebo and Ismaila were also really really outstanding and are now in Russia doing their thing. That is indeed growth. isan: 1 Like |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by tbaba1234: 6:50pm On Jun 19, 2018 |
The difference between Nigeria and Senegal was simply the fight.. Fight for every ball.. It is not tactics. Look at the hard work by the players. We need to impose ourselves in games. Croatia were not that good. 4 Likes 1 Share |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Famocious(m): 6:51pm On Jun 19, 2018 |
Whoscored : Stat leaders from the first round of group games at the 2018 #WorldCup Full player statistics: https:///aNBPx0d146 https:///8sSXsjX0bs 6 Likes 1 Share
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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Icon79(m): 6:55pm On Jun 19, 2018 |
Good point. That Colombian team is pretty good. They were just so unlucky with the early red card today. I expect them to win the next two matches, but I still expect Senegal to make the round of 16. I believe that Senegal will beat Japan. O pari asha80: |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by MetalJigsaw(m): 6:56pm On Jun 19, 2018 |
fabyom:You watched a different match oga. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheSuperNerd(m): 6:57pm On Jun 19, 2018 |
Well said. I agree whole heartedly especially with the bolded. Hopefully, we see a bolder, far more daring and fearless Super Eagles on Friday. Playing like wimps is not gonna take us anywhere. tbaba1234: 1 Like |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Famocious(m): 6:57pm On Jun 19, 2018 |
Team of the week 9 Likes 2 Shares
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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Icon79(m): 7:01pm On Jun 19, 2018 |
Actually, that could be a double edged sword. I am a big believer in talking up your opponent in the media, to make them overconfident and complacent. However, a good coach shouldn't overplay that card the way Rohr did before the match against Croatia. It created fear in our players and made them play with timidity. They showed too much respect to Croatia and that's exactly why they lost the match. Being the underdog should make you play without fear because you have nothing to lose. But in this case, it had the opposite effect. Talking from personal experience here, I would rather have my coach instill in me that I can beat my opponent. That works ALL the time. O pari BascoVanVeli: |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Certitude(m): 7:03pm On Jun 19, 2018 |
It seems everyone is playing 4-2-3-1 |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by forgiveness: 7:04pm On Jun 19, 2018 |
TheSuperNerd: It's a very simple arithmetic. I don't need any report to tell me that, and I expressed my curiousity emphatically even before that report, after I calculated from the day the scan showed he will be out for 3-4 weeks. I deciphered he will be fit even before the first game but Rohr excuse was he feared it may relapse. Simon Moses is FULLY FIT. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by BascoVanVeli(m): 7:04pm On Jun 19, 2018 |
Famocious: Pepper soup analyst would have us believe Etebo was average. 1 Like |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by forgiveness: 7:11pm On Jun 19, 2018 |
John Fashanu Advises Rohr : Go And Find More Victor Moses' In The English Premier League Published: June 19, 2018 Wimbledon legend John Fashanu has noted that the Nigeria squad at the 2018 World Cup is not balanced as they have too many youthful and inexperienced players which could lead to their downfall during the tournament. The former England international has advised Gernot Rohr to go in search of more Victor Moses to bolster his squad after the World Cup, if he remains the coach of the national team, adding that there are some players of Nigerian descent plying their trade in the English Premier League the manager is unaware of. Fashanu has expressed regret that he chose to represent England internationally over Nigeria, and has advised the likes of Tammy Abraham, Fikayo Tomori, Dominic Solanke and Philip Billing not to follow in his footsteps. ''Even myself, I had the opportunity, sadly I couldn't get the opportunity as much as I wanted to play for Nigeria, so I opted to play for England, became the first Nigerian to play for England which is great,'' Fashanu told Channels Television. ''Now we are trying to persuade many of our players who are abroad to come back home and play for their fatherland. The mistakes that we elders made have gone and past, now let's start building. ''It is not enough to get Victor Moses and maybe Mikel Obi, we need a few more solid, older experienced players. ''Obviously, Victor Moses is an all-rounder, there is nothing he can't do, as long as that is the first name any manager should start up with, obviously Mikel Obi because he is experienced. ''That is our captain, he is an experienced man, he has played over the world, he knows what he is doing but we need more.'' Fashanu continued : ''We have them everywhere, it was difficult for people to know John Fashanu was a Nigerian when I was playing in England. ''We have wonderful players playing in the English Premier League who are of Nigerian descent. It is for the coach to do his work, go and find these players. ''The English Premier League and playing in Europe gives you an experience you cannot find anywhere else. ''Playing against Manchester United, Arsenal, Tottenham is different from playing in the local league, so it gives you an advantage. It is for the coach to go out there and start looking, so we have a nice balance.'' Brian Idowu, William Troost-Ekong, Leon Balogun and Tyronne Ebuehi are the foreign-born players in the Nigeria squad for the 2018 World Cup. Ifeanyi Emmanuel http://www.allnigeriasoccer.com/read_news.php?nid=28213 |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by KevinDein: 7:20pm On Jun 19, 2018 |
I believe the performance of the African teams would improve markedly in these second round of games. They seem to underrate their talents and capabilities during the first round of games, giving too much respect to their opponents. They played not to lose instead of playing to win. Now that they do not have anything to lose, they'll give it their all and go toe to toe with their opponents. The results would be positive because the teams are littered with genuinely talented players |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by tbaba1234: 7:22pm On Jun 19, 2018 |
Look at how the senegalese striker, Niang chased the ball for the second goal.. Do you know how many of such 50-50 balls, Ighalo did not chase? 6 Likes |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheSuperNerd(m): 7:23pm On Jun 19, 2018 |
He is not fully fit Egbon. From the day he was adjudged to be carrying a thigh injury (May 27 I think) till June 16, that is 20 days gone. June 17 makes it three weeks out for him. Today is June 19, he cannot possibly just be ready to jump unto the field and play at 100%. Remember his injury duration was put at 3-4 weeks. So he cannot be 100% fully fit but he is getting there. Also, you mentioned Salah I think in an earlier post. The truth is that I have had Salah's kind of shoulder injury (a dislocation of the shoulder joint) myself and it took me two weeks+ to get my shoulder/arm back to full function. Salah's shoulder injury is not in the same league as Simon's thigh injury. forgiveness: 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by forgiveness: 7:31pm On Jun 19, 2018 |
BascoVanVeli: Hahahahahaha! Some peeps are not here for the good of the team. Na to park players wey dem familiar with put field and dem go feel cool. 1 Like |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheSuperNerd(m): 7:32pm On Jun 19, 2018 |
That Tomori kid is ready. I believe we should move in on him soon. Fikayo Tomori also identifies with us through Ola Aina thanks to their time together at Hull last season. Also, Philip Billing for sure. He already sent us a kinda signal by wishing our team the best in Russia. We must not miss out in him. On Solanke, I hope we can get him. Really don't know where we are on his case. On Tammy, well you know the story. On others, Lookman... Get him in by all f**king means! Abeg! Onomah Josh... Chaaaiii... We cannot lose this kid too. Same with Ovie Ejaria. On other Naija foreign-borns outside the UK, Arnaut Groeneveld Danjuma is also there for the taking... Noah okafor too. All these are off the top of my head, I have a full list of these guys. We need to increase our pool of quality talents across all departments of the team with time Post-Russia. We must also not forget the likes of Samuel Kalu, Peter Olayinka, Dennis Bonaventure, Samuel Adegbenro, Paul Onuachu Ebere, etc who belong to Naija players who are non-foreign borns. It is all about time and action (Super proactive action). We will get there. This generation is still emerging. We are not the finished article just yet. Give it time. forgiveness: 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by goldfish80(m): 7:33pm On Jun 19, 2018 |
I'm watching Russia VS Egypt and thinking Mikel should be playing the Elneny role, where he will be the spare man in midfield and not the no8 role or SS he played against Croatia. |
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