I can swear that whomever wrote that crap didn't even watch the game he was purportedly reporting on


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EmmGee:

who wrote this trash

Icon79:
I can swear that whomever wrote that crap didn't even watch the game he was purportedly reporting on


O pari

that's a testament of the level of journalism we have in this country

TheSuperNerd:
Super Eagles goalscoring and assists stats: The current forwards and wing forwards/wingers

Ahmed Musa: 17 goals, 11+ assists in 76 appearances.

Odion Jude Ighalo: 10 goals, 2 assists in 25 appearances.

Kelechi Iheanacho: 8 goals, 6 assists in 21 appearances.

Victor Moses (retired): 12 goals, 7+ assists in 38 appearances.

Moses Simon: 4 goals, 2 assists in 21 appearances.

Samuel Kalu: 1 goal, 1 assist in 3 appearances.



Yekini's record: 37 goals, 3+ assists in 57 appearances.

Ighalo's return is the most impressive

Journalism in naija, especially sports journo, has definitely gone into the gutters.


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EmmGee:

that's a testament of the level of journalism we have in this country

Icon79:
Journalism in naija, especially sports journo, has definitely gone into the gutters.


O pari

Check defense journalism in Nigeria! it could get you blind

andrew444:


If there is a camelion in this thread then that should be you and your twin brother

Nahhh.
He is chamelion while the twin brother is a fox.

Danielnino00:



Oga,d way u reply to my mention.dy confuse me at times o... .. But I get this one...

Rohr's stiff-neckness finally paid off...

abeg
the man really need to work on his decisiveness and decision making...
mind you ..had it been it was Egypt or any of the north African power house we played with his poor decisiveness...we could have pay dearly for it.

why delay so long to make sub?
kalu was not really in that match....it was so glaring that he was tired long before the sub.

Kalapizim:
its now becoming clearer why moses might have chosen to retire, he might have received such threats too.

I don't think these acts is peculiar to Nigeria only...
other nations football fans does same...

i know it is not easy but not enough reason to throw in the towel.
young iwobi have gone through numerous criticisms from arsenal fans even mikel had threats from Chelsea fans...
but they never let it ruin them down...

Ighalo choosed to keep playing for super eagles because of the love he has for his country.....

COOL10:
. Sometimes in life,you just need that ONE person to believe in you and everything will fall in place. Kudos to Rohr

I tell you...notwithstanding...should Ighalo play wrongly tomorrow...I will still criticise him.like I do to every other player....

infact he has set a standard he needs to keep up with.

Humility017:


I don't think these acts is peculiar to Nigeria only...
other nations football fans does same...

i know it is not easy but not enough reason to throw in the towel.
young iwobi have gone through numerous criticisms from arsenal fans even mikel had threats from Chelsea fans...
but they never let it ruin them down...

Ighalo choosed to keep playing for super eagles because of the love he has for his country.....

remember there are individual differences.

Humility017:


Nahhh.
He is chamelion while the twin brother is a fox.

Lol

Humility017:


abeg
the man really need to work on his decisiveness and decision making...
mind you ..had it been it was Egypt or any of the north African power house we played with his poor decisiveness...we could have pay dearly for it.

why delay so long to make sub?
kalu was not really in that match....it was so glaring that he was tired long before the sub.

It's normal in some coaches,rohr is doing a wonderful job

The coach of my lovely Barcelona Ernesto velverde is similar to that .

TheSuperNerd:
And look at this pic below.... Look at the Joy on Nacho's face for Ighalo's Hattrick goal. Gosh!!! This is what I mean by a team. This is a lad who wants to play so bad but puts the Joy and success of the team first before personal interests.

I am not just happy Ighalo is truly back as he showed already in Uyo with that Hattrick but I am smiling looking at his goals stats in the GWG again. It is no longer depressing. It now reads 10 goals and 2 assists in 25 appearances

The Kung Fu Master have finally executed his Shadow kicks and Snake-in-the-monkey shadow techniques and translated them into goals. And we hope this continues as this will allow youngsters like Nacho and Success continue to grow into their future roles as the team's attacking arrowheads. But for now, they play back up to the main striker, Iggy and happily so.

This is what we want for the team. Positive results and not barrenness.

Wait I don't understand the kind of comments I am reading from some people saying people criticised Ighalo because of Iheanacho.

I am one of those that criticized Ighalo and it was simply due to his barren run. No where near "because of Iheanacho". I don't know how a player will continue to hit blank and you expected well meaning Nigerians not to criticise him. I have seen Super Eagles strikers come and go and there is no way I would have been satisfied with Ighalo's poor run of form.

The singular reason why Rohr kept faith with him was because there are no natural number 9 options. If Rohr had better options than he currently has Ighalo would have long been relegated to the bench. Rohr simply made use of what was available to him.

For those shouting Ighalo is back, me I will say this is the first time he has arrived in the GWG.

Bros, did you get F9 in Math or something?
I mean, how is Ighalo's stats:

Odion Jude Ighalo: 10 goals, 2 assists in 25 appearances
More impressive than:
Kelechi Iheanacho: 8 goals, 6 assists in 21 appearances

Or even Yekini's record of 37 goals, 3+ assists in 57 appearances.


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MetalJigsaw:
Ighalo's return is the most impressive

Icon4s:


Wait I don't understand the kind of comments I am reading from some people saying people criticised Ighalo because of Iheanacho.

I am one of those that criticized Ighalo and it was simply due to his barren run. No where near "because of Iheanacho". I don't know how a player will continue to hit blank and you expected well meaning Nigerians not to criticise him. I have seen Super Eagles strikers come and go and there is no way I would have been satisfied with Ighalo's poor run of form.

The singular reason why Rohr kept faith with him was because there are no natural number 9 options. If Rohr had better options than he currently has Ighalo would have long been relegated to the bench. Rohr simply made use of what was available to him.

For those shouting Ighalo is back, me I will say this is the first time he has arrived in the GWG.

Your own was that you never liked Ighalo from the very beginning.

TheSuperNerd:
Just that ONE person.... True words man. Kudos Sir Cool for this truly cool comment. It is GBAM-ish.

.

. I'm flattered. Thanks Nerdy boy

Humility017:


I tell you...notwithstanding...should Ighalo play wrongly tomorrow...I will still criticise him.like I do to every other player....

infact he has set a standard he needs to keep up with.

. Chai Ighalo ooo. Don't worry. He's up to the task

safarigirl:
the last time I posted on this thread was on Saturday, so I don't know how you can say I went on exile since Tuesday. The same Saturday that I said I was still writing my Project, I understand you are suffering selective amnesia and have acute joblessness, that is why you think everyone should live and die on this thread. I have had moments of long absence here and it is not because of anything other than the fact that some people have lives outside NL.

I am still in school, writing my project and contrary to your beliefs, I am glad Ighalo has gotten his scoring boots for now. After all, just last week or so, I was telling AIG that it is not enough to say "drop Ighalo and Kelechi" especially when you have no replacements for them.


I am allowed to have a player I prefer and I am allowed to complain about a player when he is messing up and there is nobody I have not insulted at one time or the other on this thread, even the Kelechi. The difference between me and the Kelechi haters is that I won't wait for Ighalo to have bad game and rise from the ashes and I won't hide when people like you think they can dance on my head. See, I am no coward, which is more than I can say for those who hate on Kelechi.


Ighalo has hit his usual green patch, I hope he retains it and 5 goals is a great boost for his tally. At least everyone can calm down for now.


*goes back to my real life*

Congratulations dear. If you still dey gwags, make we see na.

BascoVanVeli:


Your own was that you never liked Ighalo from the very beginning.

He never Impressed.

I never could have been Happy with a Super Eagles CF that scored only 3 competitive goals in 3 years. Tell me you were satisfied with Ighalo's barren run.

2 other strikers I am not happy with are Brown Ideye and Anthony Ujah. And for no other reasons than their performances.

I can not and will not defend mediocrity.

Let these players start performing and they enter my good books. That's all.

Familiar Rohr mistakes almost sabotage Super Eagles in Sfax


Nigeria came out of the blocks quickly and looked to be cruising, but the German's inability to react to the game's ebb and flow haunts his side

Nigeria may now be in pole position to qualify for the Africa Cup of Nations for the first time since 2013, but they certainly made heavy work of it in Sfax.

There may well be a lesson here, in rising from adversity, in eking it out in a fashion that had not been done previously under this management. However, it was an unnecessary toil, one which might have been quite easily avoided.

It had all started so well, and by the time Ahmed Musa danced through the flimsy curtain of red in the Libyan penalty area to squeeze the second home, it seemed another pasting was on the cards.

The Super Eagles were soaring early on, buoyed by Alex Iwobi’s excellence, Odion Ighalo’s energy and a commonsense approach to self-preservation: the ball zipped across the turf, players dropped into pockets of space intelligently, and picked the right moments to vary the tempo of the passing.

Yet, after the opening 25 minutes, it all came a cropper. A two-goal lead may be notoriously treacherous, but even beyond the evanescence of that margin, there were deep fissures within the team, both in terms of composition and technical input, that meant that door was always ajar.



THE NDIDI-ETEBO DOUBLE PIVOT

The consequence of injury to Ogenyi Onazi was the use of Oghenekaro Etebo in a deep-lying midfield role.

There are, of course, many strings to the Stoke City player’s bow, but he simply is not this type of player.

Etebo is in his element when carrying the ball into the final third, and lacks the vision and discipline required to play a holding role. Invariably, and unsurprisingly, the Super Eagles gave up a ton of chances, and were slowly pegged back.


Often in the second half, Libya had space in behind the Nigeria midfield to run at the backline, and both Leon Balogun and William Troost-Ekong had their most uncertain showings in a long time with little cover in front of them.

Even more remarkably, there was a specialist holding midfielder, in the form of John Ogu, on the bench, but he would only be introduced after Libya’s comeback was complete.



FAILING TO STEM THE LIBYA TIDE

For all that Gernot Rohr’s reign as Super Eagles boss has been productive results-wise, his ability to influence the game as it goes on has been consistently the weakest aspect of his work.

Time and again, he has found himself out-managed by his opposite number, and at a loss as to what to do to stem the tide. The debacle against Argentina, where he failed to address the Albiceleste’s rising menace through the second half, still rankles.

In Sfax again, he was again caught out. As Nigeria lost control of the game toward the end of the first half and into the second, it was obvious that there needed to be reinforcement in the middle of the park to act as a breakwater. With Samuel Kalu struggling to fulfil any sort of responsibility, either defensively or offensively, he ought to have been sacrificed earlier for Ogu to come on.

Instead, it was only after Libya had found a leveller that Rohr shook himself out of his daze to make a sub.

By this point, the Super Eagles had been under the cosh for over 20 minutes in the second period.



INDULGING POOR PERFORMANCE

One of the cornerstones of behavioural training is the incentivization of good behaviour/performance, as well as punishment of bad. Rohr, over the two legs against Libya, and over the course of his time in charge of the Super Eagles, has failed to grasp this.

Case in point: Samuel Kalu.

For the second game running, the Bordeaux winger put up a weak showing. However, while, in the first leg, it was mainly about his poor decision-making in positions of promise, in Sfax it was a complete lack of tactical awareness and discipline.

His unwillingness to stick to the right side of the pitch and take advantage of potential overloads robbed the teams of other avenues of attack. While it could be chalked up to the impatience of youth and wanting to join in on the fun on the left-hand side, Rohr ought to impressed upon him what was required.

More worryingly, it exposed Ola Aina quite a bit in defensive transitions.

In spite of these, Rohr left Kalu on till very late on, when the team would clearly have been better served with a more disciplined player, especially in the second half. There is even an argument to be made that, on his performance in the first leg, he ought to have been dropped altogether.

Culled from goal.com

Icon4s:


He never Impressed.

I never could have been Happy with a Super Eagles CF that scored only 3 competitive goals in 3 years. Tell me you were satisfied with Ighalo's barren run.

2 other strikers I am not happy with are Brown Ideye and Anthony Ujah. And for no other reasons than their performances.

I can not and will not defend mediocrity.

Let these players start performing and they enter my good books. That's all.

Your distaste for the striker goes back to his U20 playing days right or wrong? You kicked against him in the super eagles from the beginning that I know.

You cannot give a man one half chance per match and start crying goal drought all about. The fact is that your dislike for him made you overlook the truth sir.

Our wingers should stop condemning the fullbacks when they make runs. Those are goals if played right..

SlayerForever:



It's looking likely we'll need the young man. Though I don't know how good the guy is in certain qualities e.g playmaking, ball carrying, distributing passes, breaking opposition play, creativeness etc.

He is just like Ndidi but more attack minded.

BascoVanVeli:


Your distaste for the striker goes back to his U20 playing days right or wrong? You kicked against him in the super eagles from the beginning that I know.

You cannot give a man one half chance per match and start crying goal drought all about. The fact is that your dislike for him made you overlook the truth sir.

Which truth?

Odion Ighalo disappointed at the U20 and U23, how would I expect much from him?

Now, get it right, I do not have anything personal against Ighalo. There is no way I would have been happy with a striker that has consistently underperformed in the GWG.

See, I am very Happy he scored 5 goals this weekend because he did it for Nigeria. And I sincerely hope and he continues scoring.

But I still wouldn't be surprised if he falls back to default mode.

Icon4s:


Wait I don't understand the kind of comments I am reading from some people saying people criticised Ighalo because of Iheanacho.

I am one of those that criticized Ighalo and it was simply due to his barren run. No where near "because of Iheanacho". I don't know how a player will continue to hit blank and you expected well meaning Nigerians not to criticise him. I have seen Super Eagles strikers come and go and there is no way I would have been satisfied with Ighalo's poor run of form.

The singular reason why Rohr kept faith with him was because there are no natural number 9 options. If Rohr had better options than he currently has Ighalo would have long been relegated to the bench. Rohr simply made use of what was available to him.

For those shouting Ighalo is back, me I will say this is the first time he has arrived in the GWG.

Spot on..

andrew444:


It's normal in some coaches,rohr is doing a wonderful job

The coach of my lovely Barcelona Ernesto velverde is similar to that .

Good example that man drives me nuts but he gets results

Criticism of a player's performance does not mean you hate the player. There is nothing personal here.

BascoVanVeli:


I am not against Collins but what telling cross has he made? What contributions offensively apart from shooting a ball he should have passed? Nobody has given me any valid reasons why a guy who starts at left fullback in the champions league can't play for Nigeria in the same position

Gbam.

Icon4s:


Which truth?

Odion Ighalo disappointed at the U20 and U23, how would I expect much from him?

Now, get it right, I do not have anything personal against Ighalo. There is no way I would have been happy with a striker that has consistently underperformed in the GWG.

See, I am very Happy he scored 5 goals this weekend because he did it for Nigeria. And I sincerely hope and he continues scoring.

But I still wouldn't be surprised if he falls back to default mode.

How many clear chances were created for him? That is the truth I am asking for. You are a giant when it comes to knowledge of football so how could you miss that if your mind was not clouded by something else? If he offered nothing like you say the coach would never invite him.


Ighalo was scoring goals and you asked me why I liked the mediocre striker? You disowned him from his area in Lagos which you are from. Flash in the pan was what you called him at Watford

Certitude:

Congratulations dear. If you still dey gwags, make we see na.

**Whispers** Carry a ring too, to pop that "queshun" My good man... The time could never be more right...

2019 AfconQ Top Scorers

6 goals: Odion Jude Ighalo (Nigeria).


4 goals: El Fardou Ben Nabouhane (Comoros), Knowledge Musona (Zimbabwe).

3 goals: Gelson (Angola), Mohamed Salah (Egypt), Faneva Imà Andriatsima (Madagascar), Paulin Voavy (Madagascar), Farouk Miya (Uganda), Justin Shonga (Zambia).

tbaba1234:
Criticism of a player's performance does not mean you hate the player. There is nothing personal here.

Using his stats against him while turning a blind eye to what goes on in the pitch with the exception of a miss that even Ronaldo and Messi will not convert 10 times out of 10. When your criticism is not adding up.

Btw it took Giroud over 30 matches to reach 10 goals but Ighalo has it in 25.