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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by klexycole(m): 10:46pm On Jun 22, 2019
lexyman:
both Guinea and Madagascar are fast , also they are comfortable playing long ball ... we will need Mikel to slow things down for us in our next game . if not this people will make the super Eagles gas out couple with the Egypt climatic condition

Sir, no game is the same and we will take every match as it comes. I'm pretty sure the boys and the coaching crew are watching closely.

We can only improve - a win in our next match will fire us into the next round - it's achievable. smiley

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Nobody: 10:46pm On Jun 22, 2019
TheGoodJoe:


We are playing more possession based for now and Akpeyi is the best with his feet. Fun watching him though. But, the guy is too nervy. His lob over a forward of Burundi was a joy to watch.

Bro ezenwa is miles better than apkeyi....very composed his major weakness is aerial duels but other factors that a goalkeeper should have he has it all ...rohr should consider this dude he is the best option
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by klexycole(m): 10:47pm On Jun 22, 2019
Earthquake3:


He's two goals shy of beating Aghagowa's record for Nigeria

You mean at the AFCON?
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Nobody: 10:50pm On Jun 22, 2019
TheGoodJoe:


We are playing more possession based for now and Akpeyi is the best with his feet. Fun watching him though. But, the guy is too nervy. His lob over a forward of Burundi was a joy to watch.

Bro ezenwa is miles better than apkeyi this guy is full of blunder he is full of school boys error ezenwa is the best option for now ooo.... rohr should consider this dude

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Joebie: 10:52pm On Jun 22, 2019
Nigeria tops the group after the first round of games.

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Madagascar 2-2 Guinea

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by klexycole(m): 10:54pm On Jun 22, 2019
Post-match...

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Nobody: 10:55pm On Jun 22, 2019
darkelf:
Akpeyi should never be allowed near any of our National teams after this AFCON

In fact, he should just watch the remaining matches from the comfort of the bench

How can one person be so unfortunate

uhmmm I pray rohr listen
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by lexyman(m): 11:03pm On Jun 22, 2019
Joebie:
Nigeria tops the group after the first round of games.

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Madagascar 2-2 Guinea


thigs should continue this way ...we need to be at the top of our game
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by oloriooko(m): 11:03pm On Jun 22, 2019
Lordabas:

Lool i love his stamina. Person wey dey run with cow for North grin
Proper agoi that can run pass cow sef grin
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by oloriooko(m): 11:05pm On Jun 22, 2019
Joebie:
Nigeria tops the group after the first round of games.

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Madagascar 2-2 Guinea
Our next match will be tougher cuz guinea will rush us bad bad
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Icon4s(m): 11:09pm On Jun 22, 2019
klexycole:

Guinea 2 vs 2 Madagascar. FT

This is why a country like Guinea even despite the quality of their players cannot win the AFCON.
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by elyte89: 11:10pm On Jun 22, 2019
oloriooko:

Our next match will be tougher cuz guinea will rush us bad bad


I will bookmark dis post cool
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Icon4s(m): 11:10pm On Jun 22, 2019
oloriooko:

Our next match will be tougher cuz guinea will rush us bad bad

Una don start be that.

Na dem go rush us. We no go rush dem undecided

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Icon4s(m): 11:13pm On Jun 22, 2019
darkelf:
Akpeyi should never be allowed near any of our National teams after this AFCON

In fact, he should just watch the remaining matches from the comfort of the bench

How can one person be so unfortunate

Chai darkelf. undecided
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by klexycole(m): 11:15pm On Jun 22, 2019
Icon4s:


This is why a country like Guinea even despite the quality of their players cannot win the AFCON.

Thoughtful.
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Prectega(m): 11:15pm On Jun 22, 2019
I can bet my balls that we won't loose to guinea ... I watched their game from the first minute till the ending........

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Icon4s(m): 11:16pm On Jun 22, 2019
TheGoodJoe:
I feel Mikel was over worked. Doing a lot of forward plays to assist Onuachu was a bit too tasking. Mikel is best orchestrating with metronomic passes and the role today did not give him much opportunity to create.

I think Mikel should have drifted more back than forward to cause damage. Kudos for his effort.

I don't want to see Mikel in the starting line up for the next game.

That 2nd half team and setup should be our starting 11 going forward.

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Kog45(m): 11:21pm On Jun 22, 2019
andrew444:
Shebi una dey feel ola aina abi ?

League wey player dey play really matters
Ola Aina is a good player cos I knew Idowu,Echijele and Shehu are not better even before WC.

Ola Aina and Ebuehi competing as RB would be like Maicon and Danny Alves then of Brazil.

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by klexycole(m): 11:23pm On Jun 22, 2019
MOTM.

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Icon4s(m): 11:24pm On Jun 22, 2019
Sportilitica:
Why do people hate shehu so much despite the guy putting in a decent shift before he got injured. Not nice at all

To be candid, he is the 2nd most "hated" player in the team, just behind Akpeyi.

I don't know what some people have been tearing their shirts for over Akpeyi's performance tonight.

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by forgiveness: 11:25pm On Jun 22, 2019
TheGoodJoe:
Special praise goes to Ola Aina. He was just too comfortable in his role and made it look too easy. Hardly left gaps in his play and combined well with Omeruo (Young General) in his defensive duties.

I have not seen such comfort at the LB role since Celestine Babayaro and can not wait to see how Ola Aina performs on the right where he can give deadly crosses.

How can you say you have not seen when Taiwo Taye was miles better than Celestine Babayaro?
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by jihday(m): 11:27pm On Jun 22, 2019
Icon4s:


This is why a country like Guinea even despite the quality of their players cannot win the AFCON.
Boss, I dey wait your analysis o
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by nelszx: 11:31pm On Jun 22, 2019
krattoss:
Learnt our next match will be by 3:30..under the sun and heat of Cairo embarassed
Alexandria and it'd be 4:30pm Egyptian time
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by soetanoreoluwa(m): 11:31pm On Jun 22, 2019
Check these

Check the recovery n attacking third pass of both Etebo n Ndidi...

It is going to be a tough call for Rohr to drop Mikel on bench then like I said earlier iwobi might not last the whole duration cos of the weather.. He almost gas out at the last mins of the encounter...

I have said it before don't expect many goals at the beginning... Our second game might produced two goals...


I'm very pleased with this game, now we can have a free ride to last 16.

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by nelszx: 11:35pm On Jun 22, 2019
Joebie:
WAtch our future group opponents play on the same link:

http://www.hesgoal.com/news/48762/Guinea_vs_Madagascar_----_ENG.html

You can watch any live stream game on that site provided it'd be broadcasted they'd stream it.
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Kog45(m): 11:38pm On Jun 22, 2019
Icon4s:


To be candid, he is the 2nd most "hated" player in the team, just behind Akpeyi.

I don't know what some people have been tearing their shirts for over Akpeyi's performance tonight.
Chief I think we all have our choice players.

Hope you remember some want Echijele over Aina even in this Afcon.

A nervous Akpeyi is better than Ezenwa and Uzoho.

It's a pity some players scammed us making last WC team.

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Kog45(m): 11:47pm On Jun 22, 2019
forgiveness:


How can you say you have not seen when Taiwo Taye was miles better than Celestine Babayaro?
Thegoodjoe vs forgiveness argument looming on Celestine Babayaro and Taiye Taiwo.

The two masterstrokes when it comes to lengthy discussion.

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by darkelf: 11:49pm On Jun 22, 2019
Icon4s:


I don't want to see Mikel in the starting line up for the next game.

That 2nd half team and setup should be our starting 11 going forward.

WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE?

shocked shocked shocked shocked shocked shocked

Did Darkelf say so or not

Didn't he say we would play better without him

Okay ooooo
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Lordabas: 11:52pm On Jun 22, 2019
klexycole:
7 goals in the last 8 games for Odion Ighalo.

What do you think? cool
Ighalo is a legend. Man doesn't get enough respect sha

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by tbaba1234: 11:54pm On Jun 22, 2019
Kog45:
Chief I think we all have our choice players.

Hope you remember some want Echijele over Aina even in this Afcon.

A nervous Akpeyi is better than Ezenwa and Uzoho.

It's a pity some players scammed us making last WC team.

We need a lot of improvement in the goalkeeping area. Akpeyi should have grown past all the nerves by now..

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Kog45(m): 11:57pm On Jun 22, 2019
darkelf:


WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE?

shocked shocked shocked shocked shocked shocked
Nothing happen my man.

Mikel had a woeful performance today and if icon baba said he don't want to see Mikel,no issue.That's football talk.

Do not be surprised if the same Icon4s rooted again for Mikel base on his performance.

Oh Darkeff my man you want to justify your earlier stand on Mikel.

Oh just our first match,let see may be Mikel would convince you or not.Remember he was man of the match against Zimbabwe and 2nd best rated player against Senegal.

Truly Mikel i saw today was damn woeful.

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Icon4s(m): 11:59pm On Jun 22, 2019
It was a good game overall for Nigeria.

There are no more minows in African football. We have all seen what Zimbabwe, Uganda, Burundi and Madagascar can do. This to me this will be one of the most keenly contested AFCONs ever.

Back to our game.
The defense had some shaky moments particularly in the first half. But they grew in confidence as the game progressed. The Ekong-Omeruo CB was just a delight to watch. I am not an Apostle of throwing in too many new players in CB positions. And we have seen how Balogun, Ekong and Omeruo have developed a strong chemistry at the back over the years.

Our Full backs too did well. Aina was a delight to watch, Shehu until his injury also did ok. Awaziem came in to prove why Rohr picked him and not Semi Ajayi.

In the middle Etebor and Ndidi combined well, though Etebor had some few Crazy moments. Mikel didn't particularly have a good game. I have never seen Mikel being this poor in so many years. He didn't do enough to link up play with the attackers.

When I saw Iwobi starting from wings I was like "why crowd your team with natural wingers when u will still play Iwobi from the wings"?. Musa for Mikel's substitution was expected. Musa brought pace and more attacking flair but his final balls were mostly disappointing. Chukwueze had a great game but he needs to learn to play more with his AM and CF. He was often isolated. Iwobi's move to the AM role brought spark to our attack and we dominated play more. Rohr should please keep playing Iwobi in the AM role.

I was particularly disappointed seeing Onuachu in the starting line up. I am still not completely sold on that guy. He struggled with his positioning but the lack of quality balls from the midfield obviously affected him. Ighalo, got the job done. He was at the right place at the right time. And remained calm enough to make the right decision. And eaqully worthy of mention was the sexy pass from Aina. Games like this requires a moment of brilliance to break the ice and that was it.

Akpeyi, in my opinion had one of his best games in the GWG. Though he had one or two lapses, particularly when he dropped a ball in the 18yards box that almost caused an equalizer. And another harmless goal kick he was supposed to guide costing us a corner. He didn't have a great game but he was very much ok.

I particularly liked the intensity with which we played the second half. And I also like the fact that we were able make good passes together.

Rohr please our start 11 should be the team that ended that game. If Shehu recorvers well enough he can start else Awaziem can start at RB. Aina should be maintained in the LB position.

We take it a game at a time.

Bring on Guinea.

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