Martz101:


The best form of defense is attack, he needed someone that can holdon to the ball more and not be wasteful when having the ball

Martz101:


what about us?
a point can send us through

Kog45:
Sir playing good at WC does not guarantee a good club for a player,that era has gone except few cases.

chimzyblack:
OMERUO "THE ROCK"

Jarus:


Bro, did you watch Joel in the friendlies?

Icon4s:


Really?

Identify yourself jare.

Did you attend Cardoso? And you stayed in AJ City?

TheGoodJoe:


Omeruo was always a pick of mine. Apart from the little mistakes, he was always a solid player for us.

Fadiga24:


The changes were spot on, Iheanacho was fading in the game so Ighalo was brought in to hold up our long balls

Musa was having the game of his life why change him?

Fadiga24:


The changes were spot on, Iheanacho was fading in the game so Ighalo was brought in to hold up our long balls

Musa was having the game of his life why change him?

darkelf:

Was the maradona pic for real ?

lexyman:


and Omeruo error almost cost us a goal , he forced Ebuehi to commit foul . MY fear for Omeruo is lack of concentration ... sometimes he can just mess up all his effort with just one error .

Martz101:


the key word was COULD . good performance don't guarantee that but it could be a factor

Kog45:
Yes very few of us believe in Omeruo.A lot even rated Awaziem than him.

I remember Omanbala always saying it that Omeruo is better than Ekong and i know Ekong wasn't better though to break the partnership of Balogun and Ekong is not easy

And with Omeruo performance i don't see Ekong starting ahead of him just too glaring he is better and he has experience going for him

enlady:
I am a silent follower of this great thread

TheGoodJoe:


I disagree on the changes. The change pulling out Nacho for Ighalo was awful. Musa was the best option out and bringing in John Ogu. While Etebo pairs with Nacho upfront, contributing a lot to defending.

The Iwobi change was also another poor call. Rohr needs to grow some balls and also make better changes to suit the team. We can do better if Rohr can just take his foot off the brakes.

semid4lyfe:
It seems 3-5-2 or it's variants is the way to go in the modern game.

It puts numbers in defence, midfield and also the attack with marauding & overlapping wing backs.

It's alien to our football culture and Phillipe Troussier was sacked for playing it despite qualifying Nigeria for the world cup.

I hope this formation can be inculcated and drilled into players in the academies and at the grassroot level cos truth is it's not "our thing".

In my amateur football days, I never played in such a formation and no team I played against adopted the formation. The preferred formation for Nigerian coaches is 4-4-2.

Even in my Saturday morning leisure footballs, we always choose players and set up to play 4-4-2.

Our coaches particularly at the grassroot levels and academies need to play 3-5-2 more so they can develop the right personnel and build all round players particularly with wing backs.

Kog45:
Gok man i know if Ighalo start the match instead of Iheanacho and put the same performance of Nacho he will still be blamed.

I remember how Ahmed Musa was rated here and some even called him federal character player but what happened yesterday a blissful performance.

Sir,against Iceland Ighalo with few minutes was not woeful,he had a good game cos Iceland defenders were on their toes.

Pls go and watch the match again may be you get it better

DokitaDave:
Perfectly said.

I was expecting Rohr to substitute Musa after the second goal. Anything could have happened, even aside stabilizing that game defensively; he could have been yellow carded or injured. It wasn't the best gamble by Rohr.

chimzyblack:

That was OMERUO of before, the omeruo I watched against England and iceland is a totally different omeruo.
I was never a fan of omeruo, Especially after he cost us the 2015 afcon ticket but damn the man has improved.
And for that penalty you cannot entirely blame Omeruo, Ebuehi has to take most of the blame, that was a ball Ebuehi should have shielded and allowed to go out of play but instead he allowed the iceland defender get into his front.

do4luv14:



Cardoso high school badia ijora, the mortal enemy of it's sister's school gaskiya, chaiii, I won't forget my time dia, even the teachers, Mr jimoh, Mr, Joseph, both p.e, and there is literature teacher Mr ADENIYI,



Ah bi ABEJE boy den, not far from ECN will ,

TheGoodJoe:


Attack sells ticket, defense wins games. You can not win without spending enough attention on defensive details. The moves we made yesterday could have led to a catastrophe. We need to plug all leaking holes.

Finito.

Martz101:


i repeat Rohr tactics was very good, he needed iceland to continue feeling the presence at the back.

Do you know goals could end up been a factor in this group

Martz101:


Etebo was ahead of mikel, he was the attacking midfielder, he was the 10 yesterday. for Ighalo you guys should watch Nigeria games with clear mind and heart, if ighalo scores you will still jubilate.

Icon4s:


A point can see us through if Croatia beats Icealand, they draw or Iceland does not win by two or more goals margin.

Here also the number of goals we score in that 1point against Argentina could be vital

Icon4s:
Another school boy penalty conceded yesterday.

They are gradually gaining tournament experience.

MetalJigsaw:
By the way, is he still a La Liga player?

tbaba1234:
Even Tammy Abraham celebrated Nigeria's goal on Instagram...

lexyman:


that error came as a result of playing a right full back as a left full back , he went for the ball with the right leg, if he was to be a left footer , he would have controlled used the left foot and that would have saved us from the blunder Omeruo orchestrated. we will do better against Argentina , i hope they will use their 3-5-2 formation against us too . A troubled Argentine team will come out like a wounded lion against , we brighten their hope and we can also make them to experience pain that they have caused us in the past . [code][/code]THEJINXMUSTBEBROKEN

AIG07:

The initial word I used Was PLAY.

One thing you guys don't know is that seconds count in football. If you don't make the right decision at the right time then forget it. He did well to win the ball but spoiled everything by holding longer. Iwobi was already there asking for the pass. But he waited few more seconds which allowed our opponents to fall back and gets into position and that was the end of a potential goal for us and an assist for him.
This he did repeatedly. One was a pass he got at the center circle which he just needed to pass to a running Musa who was trying to get into space as we were 2 against 2. But baba held for so long till he was fouled. That's why we don't score often when he plays.

IIghalo is good at holding up play but his timings are bad and so let the team down. Hope you get it Sir.

Icon4s:
I just re-watched the highlights of the Iceland game for the first Time this morning.

I saw Ighalo asking for Rohr to bring him in

(In Ibu's voice) So na true this thing una dey talk since