safarigirl:
the guy did not leal anything the opposition wouldn't have seen coming from conservative Rohr

He kuku did not pull any shock moves. Tomorrow, Ann Braun will predict first XI and she sef will be spot on.

Thank you my sister, even here some of us got the starting lineup against Croatia perfectly.

TheSuperNerd:


I suppose going by your logic that Germany, WORLD CHAMPIONS, is not good too. Ohhh wait... Even Colombia is not good for losing to Japan.

An assignment for you. Arrange the three nations according to their strength. There u go.

No sir. When you conquer Africa, you are the best in Africa. When you take first position in class. You are the best in that class. It is that simple.

For 2018, no Afcon naa, it is a world cup year. Even the African champs are not here thanks to Nigeria. So anyone here that does well the most will nail CAF Team of the year without question or else Na Morocco go collect am for CHAN. Lol. But this tag, "Best team in Africa" falls to who occupies the throne of African football right now. Answer is Cameroon. So it belongs to them until Afcon 2019 reaffirms their status or gives us a new best/Champion.

None of the Current sides in Russia conquered Africa. They did not even play in the FIFA confederations cup which is the Gathering of the Best and the Champions in World football from all continents. Cameroon still holds that title as Champion and by extension are the best team in Africa.

Joebie:
Which is why I said the best and African champs a are two different things.

African champs is not open to debate. The best is subjective. Even what you just said is an opinion. Among us Africans if you asked “who is the best” after this WC, many would respect nd with the WC in view. Cameroon won’t even be on he lips of many, especially looking at it from a global perspective since their presence want felt in Russia.

African champs is a title not open to debate, however the best is subjective especially in non AFCON years. At the CAF awards the verdict will be out for 2018 — this is where my opinion lies.

Mujtahida:

habaaaaaaa, sir. so you still want mikel to play AM? has this thing not sunk in that Mikel has neither the lungs nor the legs to be our AM? lawd.

we have a winger in musa, etebo can also play there. please let iwobi play where he most fits. he is the nearest we have to a creative outlet in the team.
mikel can pair etebo, or ndidi or ogu as a deep lyinng playmaker.

mikel is a good no 6 but bad no 10- Mourinho

Chai guy you sabi. Infact your nick name should be Mr Sabinus.

You are still hinging on the best of both worlds. I’ve never disagreed with you on that.
But we can’t brag about that today, can we? Everything is timing.
You could still win the AFCON and not qualify for the WC. You won’t be seen as the best. You can only claim to be, but you would hardly win an award for missing out on the all important global fiesta.

TheSuperNerd:
Lol... okay so that is just your personal projection now. Okay I understand. Lol... I suppose Both Nigeria and Algeria were Joint-Best in Africa then for their Brazil 2014 Finish abi.
Mind you, Nigeria had conquered Africa in 2013 and went in there as African Kings and still did well reaching the round of 16. Now that is what you call Africa's Best.

MetalJigsaw:
An assignment for you. Arrange the three nations according to their strength. There u go.

Look at this Drunken master giving me assignment... Will you commot for hia and go and sober up...

Look atew...

TheSuperNerd:


Look at this Drunken master giving me assignment... Will you commot for hia and go and sober up...

Look atew...

Lool..

Just say reigning African champs and there will be no debate. If u say “best”, it becomes a subjective matter. And please don’t say the most unfortunate go the farthest. Because if naija ends up going the farthest u go change tune.

TheSuperNerd:

No sir. When you conquer Africa, you are the best in Africa. When you take first position in class. You are the best in that class. It is that simple.

For 2018, no Afcon naa, it is a world cup year. Even the African champs are not here thanks to Nigeria. So anyone here that does well the most will nail CAF Team of the year without question or else Na Morocco go collect am for CHAN. Lol. But this tag, "Best team in Africa" falls to who occupies the throne of African football right now. Answer is Cameroon. So it belongs to them until Afcon 2019 reaffirms their status or gives us a new best/Champion.

None of the Current sides in Russia conquered Africa. They did not even play in the FIFA confederations cup which is the Gathering of the Best and the Champions in World football from all continents. Cameroon still holds that title as Champion and by extension are the best team in Africa.

On a lighter note, we should pray for God to forgive Buhari and not use his sins to reward SE's. Lol

Sure, just like Cameroon being African Champs will miss out on the Team of the year prize this year. No question about it. But it doesn't reduce their status as African Kings.

It is just like in high school for instance, me taking first term, first second term but second third term but on the overall, I am crowned the best. Not on current form but on overall class ratings for the three terms.

I may not even be crowned best in Agric, or best in Economics but being best overall in the class is what matters. That big guy at that top right now is Cameroun.

Joebie:
You are still hinging on the best of both worlds. I’ve never disagreed with you on that.
But we can’t brag about that today, can we? Everything is timing.
You could still win the AFCON and not qualify for the WC. You won’t be seen as the best. You can only claim to be, but you would hardly win an award for missing out on the all important global fiesta.

Believe me, I change not. Even if we reach the Final of the World cup, we are not the best in Africa. We are only the best performing side at that WC tournament... We are the most fortunate of the lot. It is that simple. Cameroon remains the Champions and Kings of the continent until they are dethroned.

Joebie:
Just say reigning African champs and there will be no debate. If u say “best”, it becomes a subjective matter. And please don’t say the most unfortunate go the farthest. Because if naija ends up going the farthest u go change tune.

After u go international competition with the runner up for your school the guy did even better than you. He came second overall. now let’s ask ourselves, who is best?

TheSuperNerd:
Sure, just like Cameroon being African Champs will miss out on the Team of the year prize this year. No question about it. But it doesn't reduce their status as African Kings.

It is just like in high school for instance, me taking first term, first second term but second third term but on the overall, I am crowned the best. Not on current form but on overall class ratings for the three terms.

I may not even be crowned best in Agric, or best in Economics but being best overall in the class is what matters. That bug guy at that tip right now is Cameroun.

Bolowolowo:
Fellow Eagalians, tomorrow, Argentina will face Croatia. What result can we realistically hope for. An Argentian win?

I'd prefer Croatia to win so that even if we win Iceland and draw Argentina(or vice versa), we'd be through

All because of Senegal. Abeg no lie. Have faith naija May still do better than them in Russia

TheSuperNerd:
Believe me, I change not. Even if we reach the Final of the World cup, we are not the best in Africa. We are only the best performing side at that WC tournament... We are the most fortunate of the lot. It is that simple. Cameroon remains the Champions and Kings of the continent until they are dethroned.

The real question is who did better in class and school with you both in it?

After all, I was in high school and while in SS 1 I recall our head boy having 284 in jamb while a guy in his science class called Malik had 296.

But in school, The Head boy dusted this guy for all awards and finished as the best overall student in his class and in the whole school and in his WAEC too but Malik beat am for Jamb in same grad year.. Who is the best?

Answer is the head boy.

Joebie:
After u go international competition with the runner up for your school the guy did even better than you. He came second overall. now let’s ask ourselves, who is best?

Should I show you an earlier comment I made that shows I am not just saying this?

Joebie:
All because of Senegal. Abeg no lie. Have faith naija May still do better than them in Russia

Icon4s:


My brother it is not likely that Saudi beats Uruguay, but the chances are still there.
Something weird can happen like Uruguay collecting an early red card and conceding an early penalty too. Just like the case of Colombia vs Japan. You never can tell.

Egypt are not out yet.

Have u been smoking herbs?

Mujtahida:

did you see the comparison between mikel and modric? iwobi should be the one playing behind the strikers not Mikel

He was making comparisons between Mikel and Iwobi, you talking of Modric. Is Modric going to play for us?

We rather not play and get the job done

Icon4s:


And so we rather not play against Iceland. When we need to fire from all cylinders to overturn our deficit?

i heard that one ''pig'' predicted that we will reach semi finals, hmm,all these animals sha,

i heard that one ''pig'' predicted that we will reach semi finals, hmm,all these animals sha,

If Iceland decides to play like Iran,it will be difficult for Nigeria cos we are poor at opening up defence. See how Spain is struggling!

Iran has parked an A380

Humility017:


oga icon...are we still in the qualifiers...?
sometimes you make me fear and see you as a very conservative and analog kind of coach....

you have tried something and it is not working....common sense expect you to make changes....
you can't keep doing somethin same way and expect an improved results.....
it seems you are still in the euphoria of the world cup qualifers..... where we played weaklings.
now is the gathering of world best teams..

we have played mikel as AM for something now...but still.no results...so let's try iwobi there while mikel provide support from the CM role....
etebo or musa can be deployed to wings.....

It is your same kind of person that will be quick to jump and say "why didn't Rohr play Mikel where he has been playing before"?

You think players selection for the world cup is like what you do on your PES?

I don't think anyone here in time past has defended Iwobi's abilities as a central AM in the team like I have done.

Some people here have tipped Iheanacho and Etebo as being ahead of Iwobi in that AM role but I argued in favor of Iwobi as second best behind Mikel for that role.

Was it not here we agreed that Mikel has the best killer pass instinct in this whole team?

Let everybody say what ever they want to say. I am not everybody.

Rohr can chose to play Mikel at CM and Iwobi at AM. Or still play Iwobi at the Left or Right AM positions so be it. That doesn't make him analog. He knows the team better than anyone of us here.

Icon4s:
I laugh when people say Iwobi is not effective from the wings so put him on the bench.

The alternative should be assigning him a more central role.

You cannot have a player with Iwobi's abilities in this kind of Super Eagles team and you start him on the bench.

Bench Iwobi and start Musa Kwa?

exactly my view

isan:
We rather not play and get the job done

You don't want to play yet you want to get the job done.

Mujtahida:

instead of playing him on the wings let him seat on the bench. it depresses me to see that boy go anonymous in matches he plays from the wings. etebo can play there. iwobi should never be deployed to the wings again abeg!

the wings and the middle, where had iwobi played more in his career??

we know his best in the middle, but even in his club he plays by the side so what's wrong in deploying hin in the same place he plays for his club?

MetalJigsaw:
Have u been smoking herbs?

Meaning what?

Kog45:
Thank you my sister, even here some of us got the starting lineup against Croatia perfectly.

Really?

Did anyone see Rohr starting Shehu ahead of Ebuehi?

Most also predicted Ogu to start.

Mouribho is a learner for parking bus..

Iran is parking armored tanks and air Defence systems

TheSuperNerd:


Look at this Drunken master giving me assignment... Will you commot for hia and go and sober up...

Look atew...

me drunken master.. u are not being civilized u know

Spain can't score in 45min? Those Iran will frustrate their life in second half