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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Icon79(m): 5:22pm On Oct 17, 2018 |
I can swear that whomever wrote that crap didn't even watch the game he was purportedly reporting on ![]() ![]() ![]() O pari EmmGee: |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by EmmGee: 5:25pm On Oct 17, 2018 |
Icon79:that's a testament of the level of journalism we have in this country |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by MetalJigsaw(m): 5:26pm On Oct 17, 2018 |
TheSuperNerd:Ighalo's return is the most impressive |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Icon79(m): 5:48pm On Oct 17, 2018 |
Journalism in naija, especially sports journo, has definitely gone into the gutters. O pari EmmGee: 1 Like |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Odunayaw(m): 6:19pm On Oct 17, 2018 |
Icon79:Check defense journalism in Nigeria! it could get you blind 1 Like |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Humility017(m): 6:27pm On Oct 17, 2018 |
andrew444: Nahhh. He is chamelion while the twin brother is a fox. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Humility017(m): 6:30pm On Oct 17, 2018 |
Danielnino00: 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. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Humility017(m): 6:33pm On Oct 17, 2018 |
Kalapizim: 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..... 3 Likes |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Humility017(m): 6:34pm On Oct 17, 2018 |
COOL10: 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. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Kalapizim(m): 6:49pm On Oct 17, 2018 |
Humility017:remember there are individual differences. 1 Like |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by andrew444(m): 6:51pm On Oct 17, 2018 |
Humility017: Lol |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by andrew444(m): 6:53pm On Oct 17, 2018 |
Humility017: It's normal in some coaches,rohr is doing a wonderful job The coach of my lovely Barcelona Ernesto velverde is similar to that . |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Icon4s(m): 7:10pm On Oct 17, 2018 |
TheSuperNerd: 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. 2 Likes |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Icon79(m): 7:25pm On Oct 17, 2018 |
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. O pari MetalJigsaw: 1 Like |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by BascoVanVeli(m): 7:31pm On Oct 17, 2018 |
Icon4s: Your own was that you never liked Ighalo from the very beginning. 1 Like |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by COOL10(m): 7:41pm On Oct 17, 2018 |
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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by COOL10(m): 7:44pm On Oct 17, 2018 |
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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Certitude(m): 7:50pm On Oct 17, 2018 |
safarigirl:Congratulations dear. If you still dey gwags, make we see na. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Icon4s(m): 7:58pm On Oct 17, 2018 |
BascoVanVeli: 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. 5 Likes |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Clementoke(m): 8:08pm On Oct 17, 2018 |
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 3 Likes 3 Shares |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by BascoVanVeli(m): 8:11pm On Oct 17, 2018 |
Icon4s: 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. 7 Likes 1 Share |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by BascoVanVeli(m): 8:14pm On Oct 17, 2018 |
Our wingers should stop condemning the fullbacks when they make runs. Those are goals if played right.. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by forgiveness: 8:15pm On Oct 17, 2018 |
SlayerForever: He is just like Ndidi but more attack minded. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Icon4s(m): 8:21pm On Oct 17, 2018 |
BascoVanVeli: 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. 2 Likes |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by tbaba1234: 8:21pm On Oct 17, 2018 |
Icon4s: Spot on.. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by BascoVanVeli(m): 8:21pm On Oct 17, 2018 |
andrew444: Good example that man drives me nuts but he gets results |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by tbaba1234: 8:23pm On Oct 17, 2018 |
Criticism of a player's performance does not mean you hate the player. There is nothing personal here. 2 Likes |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by forgiveness: 8:26pm On Oct 17, 2018 |
BascoVanVeli: Gbam. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by BascoVanVeli(m): 8:29pm On Oct 17, 2018 |
Icon4s: 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 2 Likes |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheSuperNerd(m): 8:33pm On Oct 17, 2018 |
Certitude: **Whispers** Carry a ring too, to pop that "queshun" My good man... ![]() 2 Likes
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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheSuperNerd(m): 8:45pm On Oct 17, 2018 |
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). 4 Likes 1 Share
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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by BascoVanVeli(m): 8:46pm On Oct 17, 2018 |
tbaba1234: 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. 3 Likes 1 Share |
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