MetalJigsaw:
They have their reasons.

¹Algeria are still yet to lose a game, beating a highly rated Senegal along the line-. they've won four out of their five games- a sensational and impressive run of form.

² they are the highest in terms of goals scored and in just five games and conceded just once after scoring nine.

³they have a very deadly, tricky and established winger in their fold ( no need to mention)

But that Super Eagles team we saw against SA is more than capable of brushing them aside.

Danielnino00:


People like Emeka from some godforsaken slum thinks Rohr is the best thing to happen to our football since Okocha..

How many super eagles coaches have actually enjoyed the financial support and patience Rohr has enjoined in the super eagles?
Shuaibu Amodu qualified us for the world cup and also reached the AFCON semi final but we saw how he was treated. Keshi won us the AFCON and reached the world cup round of 16 with a far less talented squad and amidst several fight with his employees but he was sacked...
Who is Rohr compared to them??
Some folks here like Mr Emeka obviously like licking the an*s of everything white...

edi287:
Honestly guys - in as much as we don't have great players and all - I don't think Rohr is getting the best out of this team attacking wise.
I feel there is latent attacking potential that could be unlocked with the players we have. Rohr is too Conservative for me.
I'll give him till 2022 but the way his fanboys are defending him is getting frustrating. My guy is not the new Westerhof and never will be.
Let's see what will change in the next two years.

komekn:


With your approach we would have been flogged comprehensively.

The best part of our gam was the midfield.

This game was lost from the wing back positions. They
by passed our midfield and almost similar to what we did to Cameroon. And there was no service to our wingers

However, wing play is not just about dribbling but the final quality ball. Chukwueze and Musa thier final balls were far from accurate and precise.

The situation was further compounded because Algeria had studied Chukwueze in depth. On the occasion he tried to dribble past or outpace them he was neutralised and caged.

Musa actually using raw pace had more successful runs but very poor end product.

But they started defence with attack and attacking our RB and LB. I knew that Awaziem was always the weakest link. To play the wing back position you need pace, intelligence and technical ability.

Awaziem has no pace although he is intelligent with limited technical ability. Did anybody see Awaziem go 1 on 1 and beat anybody

Collins is very limited technically but l assumed he had pace. He is fast but not fast enough.

All the Algerian players were beating our fullbacks for fun all the time and anytime. I was afraid that Awaziem would get sent off because he was getting overrun all the time. He eventually got a yellow.

This was the first area we lost the game. Our full backs could not connect with our wingers. From the beginning they were under pressure and that caused our CB'S to be jittery how we survived the first half and conceding only one goal was a miracle.

I would have played Simon and Aina playing as wingbacks they have better football intelligence and Simon has pace to burn. Aina may not have blistering pace but he better football intelligence than Collins.

My view the game was lost mainly from our wingbacks positions IMO.

AIG07:
First of all, Congratulations to Algeria.
It's a well deserved victory. they did it in style and inflicted pain on 180 million people.
They edged us out not because they have better players but A BETTER COACH.

I can't believe we still have folks who still want Rohr to stay. Rohr staying is more or else being satisfied with Mediocrity.

Are you not tired with all this Make shift approach. Deploying personel to wrong positions. I knew it was going to backfire. Awaziem has been solid all through but against weaker sides.

I have always said this. Balogun remains our best defender. Rohr axed him without a replacement. He sets up his defense without a ball playing CB.

He and Alloy Chose a comic goalkeeper in Akpeyi (don't even know what to say about this guy). Akpeyi will always be Akpeyi... He went and hide himself behind the wall and couldn't jump/fly.

Rohr had 3years to assemble a team, yet he gave us this shit. I don't know why many celebrate him?
He experimented for 3years with no result. I think we deserve More.

As I have always said, we will never see the true potential of this team under Gernot Rohr.

Well done guys. We live to fight another day.

Danielnino00:


I'll always appreciate Rohr for the good things he has done for our football.. He took us back to the AFCON after 2 failed attempt. He has brought unity into the team, such that hasn't been seen in a while..

But after 3 heatsink charge and considering how much support he has received, we deserve better than this... there's nothing he has achieved that some other coaches haven't..
we have a talented squad on our hand.. A tactically astute coach is needed to help us move forward ...

AIG07:
We see things differently and this is not the first time I'm stating g this...
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Awaziem might not be weak but wasn't solid. He was caught out of position few times. Hardly won ariel duels. He was a makeshift and there is not emotional in that. It was Shehu @the world cu[/b]p.

He has done well to bring stability to the team. But if we must progress we must do so with someone else not Rohr.

Joebie:
Someone who is in the contention for the top scorer in this AFCON should retire. Ighalo is not one of my fav players but lets call a spade a spade. He remains relevant.

realpoacher:

Why are you contradicting yourself?


You said we lost the game from our wingbacks because they provided no cover for our Fullbacks FB. How is that different from my proposal of 352, playing a 5-man midfield to provide enough cover for the defense?

Did you check their formation at all? They played a 442. Which translates to a 4-man midfield and that explained why they outplayed us in the middle because we played with a 3-man midfield. That is we played a man less. Etebo and Ndidi were completely overworked and by extension our fullbacks too in Awaziem and Collins.

How else do you intend to curtail such lapse if not by crowding the midfield to provide a fighting chance for players?

Switching to a 352 will give us 3 important advantage.

1. Naturally a 352 formation is a mass-attack, mass-defending formation without all the players particularly running the length and bredth of the field.

2. Your right wing backs and left wing backs will provide excellent support to your defense, midfield and attack at the same time. Aina is perfect for RWB, while either of Musa/Moses is perfect for LWB.

3. The midfield of Etebo and Ndidi will not be overworked and also our attack will have two potent people to disturb their 4-man defense rather than having only Ighalo upfront.



Rohr bottled this match last night.

He should go, and taking Mikel, Ogu, Akpeyi, Ezenwa with him

MetalJigsaw:
Rohr has tried for our football but he needs to be dismissed for a younger and more tactically sound and brave coach. This team with its array of very talented, young, promising and exciting players is being underutilized by the coach as far as I'm concerned. Rohr is a good coach but he's too rigid, and outdated in his tactical approach. praising your opposing team and their payers before a game does not always pan out well for the psychology and mentality of your own players. It it causes your players give unnecessary amount of respect their opponents and it also triggers fear and lack of confidence to the less experienced players of your team.

Yes it's a good thing for a coach to be humble and show respect to his opponents but the magnitude at which our dear coach dispenses it to his opponents without measure is a very bad idea. it threatens our jeopardizes any form of morale and confidence that exists in some of your players especially the less inexperienced ones. A team where you have an already jittery Akpeyi. That would surely worsen his situation.

But the problem is the new coach would most likely restart the team back to square one just like a newly refurbished laptop. I don't pray for such.

MetalJigsaw:
Rohr has tried for our football but he needs to be dismissed for a younger and more tactically sound and brave coach. This team with its array of very talented, young, promising and exciting players is being underutilized by the coach as far as I'm concerned. Rohr is a good coach but he's too rigid, and outdated in his tactical approach. praising your opposing team and their payers before a game does not always pan out well for the psychology and mentality of your own players. It it causes your players give unnecessary amount of respect their opponents and it also triggers fear and lack of confidence to the less experienced players of your team.

Yes it's a good thing for a coach to be humble and show respect to his opponents but the magnitude at which our dear coach dispenses it to his opponents without measure is a very bad idea. it threatens our jeopardizes any form of morale and confidence that exists in some of your players especially the less inexperienced ones. A team where you have an already jittery Akpeyi. That would surely worsen his situation good


But the problem is the new coach would most likely restart the team back to square one just like a newly refurbished laptop. I don't pray for such.

EEGA:
Tactically the Algerian team were better yesterday.

1.They did their homework well.Caged both Musa and Chukwueze and stopped Ighalo from getting into the box.

I expected the coach to instruct his wingers to play through the middle since the Algerians have blocked the wings.

2.Wrong Sub:Musa was very poor today and should've been subbed b4 Chukwueze but the coach left him because he was the captain.

Onyekuru for Chukwueze was wrong because Onyekuru is a LW not a RW.Most of his goals for Galatasaray came from the left.

3.Prior to the match the coach told his players not to foul anyone close to the box but they failed as the Algerians got the winner from a foul close to the box.

4.Ighalo is poor aerially and not a 9 for counter attack because he is heavy and lacks pace.He is mainly good inside the box as in more of a poacher as most of his goals have been scored from the box.

5.Immobility of full-backs:J.Collins and Awaziem were solid in defence offered very little in attack.One would have expected that since Musa and Chukwueze were caged that the full-backs will start attacking through the flanks which back-fired.

Carbon2Oxide:
Tunisia next


Can S.E finish third

MetalJigsaw:
Rohr has tried for our football but he needs to be dismissed for a younger and more tactically sound and brave coach. This team with its array of very talented, young, promising and exciting players is being underutilized by the coach as far as I'm concerned. Rohr is a good coach but he's too rigid, and outdated in his tactical approach. praising your opposing team and their payers before a game does not always pan out well for the psychology and mentality of your own players. It it causes your players give unnecessary amount of respect their opponents and it also triggers fear and lack of confidence to the less experienced players of your team.

Yes it's a good thing for a coach to be humble and show respect to his opponents but the magnitude at which our dear coach dispenses it to his opponents without measure is a very bad idea. it threatens our jeopardizes any form of morale and confidence that exists in some of your players especially the less inexperienced ones. A team where you have an already jittery Akpeyi. That would surely worsen his situation.

But the problem is the new coach would most likely restart the team back to square one just like a newly refurbished laptop. I don't pray for such.

komekn:


When l called Awaziem the weakest link some described me as being biased and negatively prejudiced towards Nigerian born players.

How can you play wing back and have no pace, that's why he plays in Turkey.

komekn:


You use the term array of top young top quality players implied.

Outside of Chukwueze who are you talking about are you comparing them to the players in the NPFL.

Or is it in comparison to the top young talents in Europe what's your unit of measurement for top talent.

Even Chukwueze l have always said we should be very cautious with him and not put too much expectation on him. He has played one season of professional football that's all. Give him time to develop he has long way to go. Because in this match his blistering pace did not work his skills did not work and his end product and service piece delivery was non existent. The Algerians studied him in depth and completely neutralised him.

Now some will say to ask that question means Hate and negative prejudice. No not all you must compare them to too the top young talent in Europe. And add the question from that perspective.

So apart from him who are our top talented exciting young players.

nairalandankrah:

Do we go local or international...

komekn:


I don't completely agree with you.

I think until we find a better replacement we should still persevere with Rohr.

What we don't know is the extent to which his hands were tied when it came too scouting and player selection. There are and continue to be other influences.

He is not stupid he knew we had handicaps in midfield and defence. But did we invite enough players to be tested to consider other options, CAPITAL NO.

He did the best with what he had albeit with some very stupid mistakes. Knowing fully well the kind of team Algeria is his selection was not the best. IMO.

drDoom3:
Rohr is too conservative. He has a squad that can actually poach at least 3 goals in every match against even the tightest defenses. He doesn't take risks. Prefers to pack bus from when the whistle is blown. If SE played all our matches the way we played when we were a goal down against Cameroon and Algeria, we should win this tournament.