andrew444:


Yes Sweden Japan and Russia are average but not Croatia please

Croatia were not average,? Then why did they exceed every expectations and reach the WC final?

andrew444:


And kovacic rakitic mandzukic vrsaljko mandzukic brozovic lovren are average?

You must be one of those petty Epl fan boys

Anyway thanks for watching back of tv for years

how many match kovacic start in Madrid? vrsaljko ,who still remembers the dude? Lovren, why is he not starting for Liverpool?
And thanks for watching the front of TV for years

andrew444:


We where better then Croatia , lol

Joke of the century

So many sentimental super eagles fans

Simple comprehension seems to be your problem. When did I mention we were better than Croatia? SMH

mostob:
how many match kovacic start in Madrid? vrsaljko ,who still remembers the dude? Lovren, why is he not starting for Liverpool?
And thanks for watching the front of TV for years

Is there any player in your first eleven that can bench any of the players you mentioned?

mostob:
how many match kovacic start in Madrid? vrsaljko ,who still remembers the dude? Lovren, why is he not starting for Liverpool?
And thanks for watching the front of TV for years

Is there any player in the SE eleven that can bench any of the players you mentioned?

mostob:
how many match kovacic start in Madrid? vrsaljko ,who still remembers the dude? Lovren, why is he not starting for Liverpool?
And thanks for watching the front of TV for years

You think Madrid is an average team that you expect kovacic to start ? You are just one of those Epl fan boys who think every team is crappy like them ,you expect him to bench Modric abi or world class toni kroos ? What type of weed are you smoking ??

You won't know vrsaljko because you don't watch football and you only check live scores

A first team right back at athletico Madrid is a world class player before his move to inter Milan

Stop saying what you don't know about others player if you want to stick watching Epl only

mostob:
Simple comprehension seems to be your problem. When did I mention we were better than Croatia? SMH

Stop deceiving your self

mostob:
Croatia were not average,? Then why did they exceed every expectations and reach the WC final?

You are not making a single sense okay .

Croatia don't have big names in football like some others team ,but that doesn't means they don't have better players ,from goal keepers to strikers they are complete .



Croatia are average but they can boast of at least 6 world class players

How many world class players can your eagles boast of ? None

andrew444:


You are not making a single sense okay .

Croatia don't have big names in football like some others team ,but that doesn't means they don't have better players ,from goal keepers to strikers they are complete .



Croatia are average but they can boast of at least 6 world class players

How many world class players can your eagles boast of ? None

they don't have big names in football but they are all world class....can you see you are not making sense? As far as football is concern, All big names are world class and all world class have big names. Apart from modric,there is no world class player in that team.

mostob:
they don't have big names in football but they are all world class....can you see you are not making sense? As far as football is concern, All big names are world class and all world class have big names. Apart from modric,there is no world class player in that team.

You can see that you are the one who lack understanding

You can't compare the name of Croatia to Brazil name or even England Argentina ,Croatia can't be a favorite to win a competition where such country is there

Now to make it simple for you ,Modric kovacic mandzukic perisic vrsaljko lovren brozovic rakitic are world class ,you can argue with your key pad .

Stop dreaming okay .

No super eagles player will make Barca first team or even athletico and you see Modric as the only world class

Keep on smoking your weed ,am done with you.

Earthquake1:


Is there any player in the SE eleven that can bench any of the players you mentioned?

He will ignore your question because there is none

EEGA:
We matched the Croatians in the middle.

How does that screen shot support the claim that we matched them in the middle? Do you mean we matched them in numbers? Because we surely didn't when considering the aspects of the game that matter.

Take for example the heat-map showing the areas of the pitch that saw the most action. You will notice that the majority of the red patches (the hottest spots) are in the Nigerian half of the pitch. Also see the red and yellow patches on the right of the Nigeria side (left of Croatia) is evidence of the corporal punishment Krmaric was meting out to our dear Shehu.

Even the comments by the the team reporters mentioned each of the short comings which we have also stated here.

My only surprise about this is that we were surprised they were better than us and now we even think we are their mate in football. lol Wonderful

Earthquake1:


Is there any player in your first eleven that can bench any of the players you mentioned?

Ndidi,Mikel and even Kalu

mostob:
Ndidi,Mikel and even Kalu

Ok am done with you

mostob:
Ndidi,Mikel and even Kalu

hahahaha no be lie

andrew444:


You can see that you are the one who lack understanding

You can't compare the name of Croatia to Brazil name or even England Argentina ,Croatia can't be a favorite to win a competition where such country is there

Now to make it simple for you ,Modric kovacic mandzukic perisic vrsaljko lovren brozovic rakitic are world class ,you can argue with your key pad .

Stop dreaming okay .

No super eagles player will make Barca first team or even athletico and you see Modric as the only world class

Keep on smoking your weed ,am done with you.

can't just stop laughing... why are Croatia not favourite to win such a competition? You can see you are the one smoking here.You keep contradicting yourself. I will just stop arguing with you,you don't deserve the honour. No sane naija born will keep running down the SE players.

mostob:
Ndidi,Mikel and even Kalu

,Ndidi will.bench rakitic


Mikel will bench modric


Kalu will bench perisic ,nothing wey we no go c for this thread

mostob:
Ndidi,Mikel and even Kalu

Hahaha... Stop being delusional bro.
This is the type of comment that makes people dig in and bring cold hard facts about Nigerian players that will be miss interpreted for hatred.
Nigerian players are world class yet, the last time a Nigerian won APOTY was Kanu Nwankwo in 1999/2000

Mickael2:



Bros not to argue anything at all as I won't be available to reply but you need to go and watch that game again. If you say we matched the Croatians then....well then I guess I now see why you are an Arsenal fan

What is the correlation?

Stop saying nonsense biko.

wayodude:


https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/match/300331523/#match-summary

Without going to the length of watching the entire match again, the highlights on fifa.com only include one attacking move by Nigeria and the shot at the end of it wasn't worthy of any description.

I will clarify what i meant. I wont say they totally dominated Nigeria but what i will say is that they were NEVER in danger in that game, we were on numerous occasions. In the end they did what they had to do to get the win and I think had they needed to step up their game they would have been able to do so. Yea?

So we lacked fight and attacking invention. That is correct.

But at no time were we dominated by Croatia. We were never really in danger in that game either. They did not create anything.

We stifled them. We just did not have the firepower going forward.

bazooka1:

Hahaha... Stop being delusional bro.
This is the type of comment that makes people dig in and bring cold hard facts about Nigerian players that will be miss interpreted for hatred.
Nigerian players are world class yet, the last time a Nigerian won APOTY was Kanu Nwankwo in 1999/2000

You dey mind them ?

They always say I am sentimental because of saying the truth in their face

Earthquake1:


Oasis what do you think?

I used to be active until I realize Patriotism is rather understood as Fanaticism on this Thread..... To some extent - its becoming Extremism.

It does baffle me when having a contrary Views is tantamount to hating, critiquing national Players is rather believed to be; bringing them down.

Most times, you gonna need to re-watch a Match cos Comments here would make you think - you are seeing a different Match that nigerian Player(s) is involved. You will be completely marvelled with the Updates; if you ain't seeing the Game.

Every time, we must dig out Beer-Palour Stats from lame Sites to prove our Players are as performing as Messi and the Ilks. Every time..... Our Players must be the standout Performers on the Pitch. Why do we feel happy from feeding ourselves with Lies, unverifiable Facts?!

Ain't it too lame comparing Mbappe with any of our present young Guns?! Ain't it a peak of foolery thinking Onyekuru will bench Mbappe at PSG?!

I saw the Arsenal last Match and wasn't impressed with Iwobi's Performance at all. Wanted to call him out for squaring a Pass to Laca instead of shooting on Goal for a Rebound - but the fear of being tagged an Hater who wanna bring him down made me to desist.

I do not have thick skin like Mickael2, Forgiveness, elyte89, Komekn, Curtisaxel7....... Hence I decide watching from the Sideline but never abandon like goldfish80 or Mujtahida.

bazooka1:


Well, the game didn't end 0-0. We were a goal down in the first half, showed no fight in the second half to get back in the game. Went 2-0 down, still showed no fighting spirit or will to get a goal back, no real chances created.

My brother, don't get caught up in the illusion that we kept Croatia at bay because we made errors.
When you are a goal down, you fight to bounce back in the game. You don't play to cancel out the opposition at 2 goals down. That is small team mentality.

We lacked attacking invention, no creativity. That was the problem. You don't score when you don't make chances.

No one is saying, we are a world class team but at no time, were we dominated by Croatia.On another day, that was a drab draw.

Watch the game again with no commentary. We were solid for most of it.

bazooka1:

Hahaha... Stop being delusional bro.
This is the type of comment that makes people dig in and bring cold hard facts about Nigerian players that will be miss interpreted for hatred.
Nigerian players are world class yet, the last time a Nigerian won APOTY was Kanu Nwankwo in 1999/2000

nobody is delusional here bro...it is a fact,those SE players I mentioned are capable if given the chance.
And am not opining that SE are world class, my main point is they are not average as some people here made us to believe. No be the same SE qualify from the group that consist of Algeria, Cameroon and Zambia to bag a WC spot and some people are demoting them for some overrated Europeans. SMH

mostob:
nobody is delusional here bro...it is a fact,those SE players I mentioned are capable if given the chance.
And am not opining that SE are world class, my main point is they are not average as some people here made us to believe. No be the same SE qualify from the group that consist of Algeria, Cameroon and Zambia to bag a WC spot and some people are demoting them for some overrated Europeans. SMH

Your statement was very bogus. You just implied that Mikel Obi, Ndidi and Samuel Kalu can walk straight into Real Madrid, Barcelona and Inter Milan respectively, and bench Modric, Rakitic and Ivan Perisic.
You don't have to go overboard and make ridiculous statements just to counter arguments,especially online in a forum where people from all works of life and background visit.
You can say stuff like this when you're addressing your friends who can tolorate you, but not in public.

Has your world class mandzukic ever score 30 goals in a season?...
Naija players are trying, they are not class but calling them average is just over the board.
As a true fan,we ought to keep supporting them through thick and thin and not bashing and trashing them. We are Nigerians for God's sake.

bazooka1:

Your statement was very bogus. You just implied that Mikel Obi, Ndidi and Samuel Kalu can walk straight into Real Madrid, Barcelona and Inter Milan respectively, and bench Modric, Rakitic and Ivan Perisic.
You don't have to go overboard and make ridiculous statements just to counter arguments,especially online in a forum where people from all works of life and background visit.
You can say stuff like this when you're addressing your friends who can tolorate you, but not in public.

what are you even saying? We are talking of national team and you are mentioning barca,Madrid..et al. Na people like you dey chase away people from this thread. Somebody will say something, you will twist it and say something else.

Oasis007:




I used to be active until I realize Patriotism is rather understood as Fanaticism on this Thread..... To some extent - its becoming Extremism.

It does baffle me when having a contrary Views is tantamount to hating, critiquing national Players is rather believed to be; bringing them down.

Most times, you gonna need to re-watch a Match cos Comments here would make you think - you are seeing a different Match that nigerian Player(s) is involved. You will be completely marvelled with the Updates; if you ain't seeing the Game.

Every time, we must dig out Beer-Palour Stats from lame Sites to prove our Players are as performing as Messi and the Ilks. Every time..... Our Players must be the standout Performers on the Pitch. Why do we feel happy from feeding ourselves with Lies, unverifiable Facts?!

Ain't it too lame comparing Mbappe with any of our present young Guns?! Ain't it a peak of foolery thinking Onyekuru will bench Mbappe at PSG?!

I saw the Arsenal last Match and wasn't impressed with Iwobi's Performance at all. Wanted to call him out for squaring a Pass to Laca instead of shooting on Goal for a Rebound - but the fear of being tagged an Hater who wanna bring him down made me to desist.

I do not have thick skin like Mickael2, Forgiveness, elyte89, Komekn, Curtisaxel7....... Hence I decide watching from the Sideline but never abandon like goldfish80 or Mujtahida.

Chief...u dey dissapoint me I swear


We need ur contribution on dis.thread die.so don't b cowered based on what someone else think abt ur pragmatic opinion on our players.Nobody is responsible for anyone mood,just say it d way u feel

This year would b different, Am hell bent on 'say it d way i feel it is(no more sugarcoating,)if una like tag me hater,me no send.so chief, come out of ur shell and dish out ur mind

tbaba1234:


We lacked attacking invention, no creativity. That was the problem. You don't score when you don't make chances.

No one is saying, we are a world class team but at no time, were we dominated by Croatia.On another day, that was a drab draw.

Watch the game again with no commentary. We were solid for most of it.

You know Seychelles can also say this. They can make claims that they were up to par with the Super Eagles, after all, we didn't score them from open play.
The first goal credited to Musa by some was actually an own goal from their goalkeeper and the other 2 goals were from set pieces.
Deep down, we know Nigeria was never in trouble in that game, at no point did we feel under pressure.

Now let's apply this same sense to the Croatia match. You feel we nullified them when in reality we offered nothing and at no point did the Croatians feel the game was swinging in our direction.
We played with no urgency, Mikel Obi who most people thought was the creative hub of the Eagles couldn't orchestrate anything. We offered no threat from open play nor from set pieces.
I have never seen a good team go a goal or 2 down and they aren't throwing the kitchen sink at the opponent to salvage something.

It felt as if our game plan was to loose 2-0.

bazooka1:

You know Seychelles can also say this. They can make claims that they were up to par with the Super Eagles, after all, we didn't score them from open play.
The first goal credited to Musa by some was actually an own goal from their goalkeeper and the other 2 goals were from set pieces.
Deep down, we know Nigeria was never in trouble in that game, at no point did we feel under pressure.

Now let's apply this same sense to the Croatia match. You feel we nullified them when in reality we offered nothing and at no point did the Croatians feel the game was swinging in our direction.
We played with no urgency, Mikel Obi who most people thought was the creative hub of the Eagles couldn't orchestrate anything. We offered no threat from open play nor from set pieces.
I have never seen a good team go a goal or 2 down and they aren't throwing the kitchen sink at the opponent to salvage something.

It felt as if our game plan was to loose 2-0.

Dis last statement got me cracking

mostob:
what are you even saying? We are talking of national team and you are mentioning barca,Madrid..et al. Na people like you dey chase away people from this thread. Somebody will say something, you will twist it and say something else.

Are you sure you read your own comment? Someone asked do have Nigerian players who can bench the Croatians, you replied Samuel Kalu, Ndidi and Mikel.
Why did you bring up Kovacic, Vrjlasko and Loveren ( asking about his Liverpool form) and their clubs respectively, if you didn't mean actually mean “club“?
You don't have to run from pillar to post. Just admit you were wrong and move on.

Nawao

andrew444:


Bros why you dey lie ?

So if them call top club you for each leagues you go call Leicester udinese leganes ?

Lol

You tell me... when did playing for a top club become an indication of being world class?
When your darling Claudio Bravo was at barca,he was hyped as the best goalkeeper in the world severally .He joined man city and became bang average!. Thibaut Courtois has moved from being the world best goalkeeper at Chelsea to being bang average at Madrid.. Radamel Falcao went from being world class at athletico to bang average at man utd and Chelsea...There are several other examples...

Those players aren't playing at top clubs but they are playing at a top league and based on current performance, they are well above average...