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Re: NIGERIA V CROATIA 0-2 (match thread) - Links/Lineup

Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2018 10:05 pm
by tolahs
analyzer wrote:Need to move Mikel back to deep CM and have a runner next to him. Give somebody else the AM task. Mikel should be doing for us what Modric was doing for Croatia. Dictate from deep
He does what he likes & holds sway - that's a huge problem.

Re: NIGERIA V CROATIA 0-2 (match thread) - Links/Lineup

Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2018 10:05 pm
by 100%Naija
Gooner1 wrote:so glad I have not invested any emotions into football.......wenger's arsenal has a knack for doing that
To be honest this game was supposed to whip me into the emotional bandwagon but alas, I was right all along.

Anyway, they tried, me I dey go back to selling sweet and nzu for ma-Kate.

Re: NIGERIA V CROATIA 0-2 (match thread) - Links/Lineup

Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2018 10:05 pm
by Dr. Sabinus Okoro Phd
Coach wrote:“We weren’t troubled whatsoever” - Slaven Bilic.
Oh, I could have him told him that.

Re: NIGERIA V CROATIA 0-2 (match thread) - Links/Lineup

Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2018 10:06 pm
by oloye
I dont even know why the boys are getting all these insults, player for player Croatia parades a better team.

Re: NIGERIA V CROATIA 0-2 (match thread) - Links/Lineup

Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2018 10:06 pm
by joao
oloye wrote:I dont even know why the boys are getting all these insults, player for player Croatia parades a better team.
As usual, commentary herein is different from what is transpiring on the field.
Only football 'know nothings' will say the SE played a bad game. Yes we did not win,
but we put in a great effort and the goals were circumstantial.
GO Super Eagles!!!

Re: NIGERIA V CROATIA 0-2 (match thread) - Links/Lineup

Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2018 10:07 pm
by mutiman
analyzer wrote:Need to move Mikel back to deep CM and have a runner next to him. Give somebody else the AM task. Mikel should be doing for us what Modric was doing for Croatia. Dictate from deep
:clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:
That is the only role left for Mikel in the team.

Re: NIGERIA V CROATIA 0-2 (match thread) - Links/Lineup

Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2018 10:07 pm
by Ipe Grams
oloye wrote:You all can hyperventilate all evening....we lost to a better team period. They were better than us in every aspect of the game, that we came off with only 2 goals for me was a surprise because they have a team that can do us 4 without breaking a sweat. How many did Denmark do our so called JJ and the so called great team for? 4 goals under 30mins.

We conceded two avoidable goals and if Moses was a Croatian he would have gotten a penalty from that obnoxious ref. Yes that was a penalty but I want someone to swear Ekong was the first person in this world cup to wrap his hands against his opponent.

Its not that we lost that's painful, it the way we played and likely play the same way in the next 2 matches. Even Peru today played much better and still lost.
Moses was the one tripping himself at most time and they were not penalties at all.

Re: NIGERIA V CROATIA 0-2 (match thread) - Links/Lineup

Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2018 10:07 pm
by niyi
oloye wrote:I dont even know why the boys are getting all these insults, player for player Croatia parades a better team.
Because they didn't try...

Re: NIGERIA V CROATIA 0-2 (match thread) - Links/Lineup

Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2018 10:07 pm
by asabe
Only player who put in work was Moses..The 2 central defenders were not so bad, aaprt from the peneralty.

Re: NIGERIA V CROATIA 0-2 (match thread) - Links/Lineup

Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2018 10:08 pm
by Molue Conductor
asabe wrote:Only player who put in work was Moses..The 2 central defenders were not so bad, aaprt from the peneralty.
Moses was killing out attack by falling down all over the place

Re: NIGERIA V CROATIA 0-1 (match thread) - Links/Lineup

Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2018 10:08 pm
by truetalk
theYemster wrote:
Spicyee wrote:
amafolas wrote:
zee wrote:
elerineye wrote:We were supposed to be burning up their backline with pace, where is it?
Fooking cowardly German ..killed the pace.
Bloody mickey mouse coach.............let me see the next imbecile that insults the LEGENDARY KESHI :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:
keshi is 10 times the coach Rohr is. For one Keshi knows how to motivate Nigerians. and he didn't throw away Naija style soccer and turn us to robots.
The same Keshi who took Ameobi, Uchebo and Nwofor to Brazil 2014? :shock:
...and yet managed to get to the second round and if not for three dodgy calls could've had a decent shot at beating France.

Wouldn't it be trip if he ends up doing more with arguably less talented players hmm?

That is why I said this team is better, but Keshi believed in the players & the Nigerian Spirit.

This daft clown genuinely does not believe. It is a big problem.

I'm all for firing him on the spot to salvage the WC. Sometimes you need to shake things up.

Re: NIGERIA V CROATIA 0-2 (match thread) - Links/Lineup

Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2018 10:09 pm
by Odas
oloye wrote:You all can hyperventilate all evening....we lost to a better team period. They were better than us in every aspect of the game, that we came off with only 2 goals for me was a surprise because they have a team that can do us 4 without breaking a sweat. How many did Denmark do our so called JJ and the so called great team for? 4 goals under 30mins.

We conceded two avoidable goals and if Moses was a Croatian he would have gotten a penalty from that obnoxious ref. Yes that was a penalty but I want someone to swear Ekong was the first person in this world cup to wrap his hands against his opponent.
Thanks Chief Oloye! Those are some of my annoyance as well. When are these referees going to officiate games fairly when African teams are playing? When? Of all the roughness the Croatians used, nothing was called against them, except few

Re: NIGERIA V CROATIA 0-2 (match thread) - Links/Lineup

Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2018 10:09 pm
by zee
Molue Conductor wrote:
Odas wrote:I wonder what happened to our RAMPAGING 3-5-2 format. Why didn't we deploy it today?

We were tearing England apart with that formation. If you cannot defend, limit the opportunities the other team has to attack.
Kpom................................Keshi understands that but Germans don't. Every German attacker from childhood is taught how to 'manmark' the opposition when their team loses possession.
That is the German way of Football-LIFE ..............ours is our pace and unpredictability.

Re: NIGERIA V CROATIA 0-2 (match thread) - Links/Lineup

Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2018 10:09 pm
by ogiso
The coach should just let these players off the leash and let them play the Nigerian way. If we lose, we lose. At least it would be better than this impotent pseudo European approach.

Re: NIGERIA V CROATIA 0-2 (match thread) - Links/Lineup

Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2018 10:09 pm
by DIMKA76
Someone said Rohr is a bit like Berti. I can see similarities. Pedantic not proactive. For one, he has never taken a team to the World Cup. He has reached his level. Never thought I'd say this. Rohr thinks Nigeria should be satisfied to be at the WC but Nigeria is ambitious. We have gone beyond the group stages.

Never thought I'd say this. Rohr should be sacked after this World Cup. We need a coach either from Nigeria or someone with more tactical Nuance.

Re: NIGERIA V CROATIA 0-2 (match thread) - Links/Lineup

Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2018 10:09 pm
by airwolex
The problem is that Iceland are also good at set pieces and Argentina have Messi. This was actually our easiest match based on how we stack up.

Re: NIGERIA V CROATIA 0-2 (match thread) - Links/Lineup

Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2018 10:10 pm
by fledy
Oloye you speak the truth. Croatia was clearly better with better players. I love my country & will support our guys but we have no quality at all. And please folks stop blamimg the Coach. When he got SE to WC we were all over how special he was.
We are just a ok team. No greatness here.

Re: NIGERIA V CROATIA 0-2 (match thread) - Links/Lineup

Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2018 10:10 pm
by Cellular
oloye wrote:I dont even know why the boys are getting all these insults, player for player Croatia parades a better team.
Dean, this game was for the taking.
Croatia was playing us very cautiously.
We were not aggressive enough.
The tactics for the line up just didn't jive.

Re: NIGERIA V CROATIA 0-2 (match thread) - Links/Lineup

Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2018 10:10 pm
by Coach
Dogsh*t.

Re: NIGERIA V CROATIA 0-2 (match thread) - Links/Lineup

Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2018 10:10 pm
by Molue Conductor
Odas wrote:
oloye wrote:You all can hyperventilate all evening....we lost to a better team period. They were better than us in every aspect of the game, that we came off with only 2 goals for me was a surprise because they have a team that can do us 4 without breaking a sweat. How many did Denmark do our so called JJ and the so called great team for? 4 goals under 30mins.

We conceded two avoidable goals and if Moses was a Croatian he would have gotten a penalty from that obnoxious ref. Yes that was a penalty but I want someone to swear Ekong was the first person in this world cup to wrap his hands against his opponent.
Thanks Chief Oloye! Those are some of my annoyance as well. When are these referees going to officiate games fairly when African teams are playing? When? Of all the roughness the Croatians used, nothing was called against them, except few
Most of the roughness was called. The problem was that he didn't brandish cards.

Re: NIGERIA V CROATIA 0-2 (match thread) - Links/Lineup

Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2018 10:10 pm
by asabe
Molue Conductor wrote:
asabe wrote:Only player who put in work was Moses..The 2 central defenders were not so bad, aaprt from the peneralty.
Moses was killing out attack by falling down all over the place
Which attack? He was the ATTACK!!

Re: NIGERIA V CROATIA 0-2 (match thread) - Links/Lineup

Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2018 10:11 pm
by uglyoneiamagain
We should have made earlier changes'
Croatia 2-0 Nigeria
Former Nigeria forward Peter Odemwingie told BBC Radio 5 live: "It's a disappointing result and performance, and we only had one effort on goal which was a looping header. Mikel needs to play deeper in the role he is used to with Chelsea and Iwobi needs to play in the middle.

"I understand the team selection in the first half but we should have changed it when we went 1-0 down. I don't expect to win the World Cup with this young squad but we can improve."

gucci slippers talking

Re: NIGERIA V CROATIA 0-1 (match thread) - Links/Lineup

Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2018 10:11 pm
by theYemster
9jaMan wrote:Rohr told y'all, he came to learn, una nor believe
Nonsense. Then why not bring players like Kelechi Nwakali, Victor Osimhen and Ola Aina instead of players on their last legs?