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How I see our World Cup odysey panning out
Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2017 5:56 pm
by Ayo Akinfe
We can get nine points from this group:
Argentina - We just proved we can beat them, albeit without Messi. However, coming from two down to score four shows they can be beaten
Croatia - They have some good players like Modric and Rakatic but they are an ageing side and will struggle to cope with our pace
Iceland - They had a great Euro 2016 and are very hardworking but I believe they will always struggle against guile, flair and pace
Group stages
June 16: Nigeria 2-0 Croatia
June 22: Nigeria 4-1 Iceland
June 26: Nigeria 2-1 Argentina
Round of 16
July 1: Nigeria 2-0 Peru
Quarter finals
July 7: Nigeria 1-1 Spain (Nigeria wins on penalties)
Semi finals
July 11: Nigeria 0-1 Germany
Third place game
July 14: Nigeria 1-0 France
We will come back with the bronze medal!
Re: How I see our World Cup odysey panning out
Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2017 6:01 pm
by SylverEagles
Re: How I see our World Cup odysey panning out
Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2017 6:25 pm
by Ayo Akinfe
Super Eagles drawn against Perennial rivals Argentina alongside Croatia and Iceland in Russia 2018 - See more at:
https://goo.gl/QBTU4e
Re: How I see our World Cup odysey panning out
Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2017 6:28 pm
by Undertaker
Re: How I see our World Cup odysey panning out
Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2017 6:30 pm
by charlie
For once, no 10 pointer
Seriously though, nothing wrong with positive minded prognostics.
Its not impossible that the draw works out as Ayo predicted.
I'm just excited that we have a good competitive squad to truly compete at this world cup with anyone!
I dont think I have felt this way about the Super Eagles since 1998, and even then I knew we had serious flaws in defense which we just dont have anymore.
Re: How I see our World Cup odysey panning out
Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2017 6:30 pm
by ANC
Ayo Akinfe wrote:Super Eagles drawn against
Perennial rivals Argentina alongside Croatia and Iceland in Russia 2018 - See more at:
https://goo.gl/QBTU4e
who dash you?
Re: How I see our World Cup odysey panning out
Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2017 6:34 pm
by EMIR KONGI JAFFI JOFFA
Re: How I see our World Cup odysey panning out
Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2017 6:34 pm
by Waffiman
Ayo Akinfe wrote:We can get nine points from this group:
Argentina - We just proved we can beat them, albeit without Messi. However, coming from two down to score four shows they can be beaten
Croatia - They have some good players like Modric and Rakatic but they are an ageing side and will struggle to cope with our pace
Iceland - They had a great Euro 2016 and are very hardworking but I believe they will always struggle against guile, flair and pace
Group stages
June 16: Nigeria 2-0 Croatia
June 22: Nigeria 4-1 Iceland
June 26: Nigeria 2-1 Argentina
Round of 16
July 1: Nigeria 2-0 Peru
Quarter finals
July 7: Nigeria 1-1 Spain (Nigeria wins on penalties)
Semi finals
July 11: Nigeria 0-1 Germany
Third place game
July 14: Nigeria 1-0 France
We will come back with the bronze medal!
Why bronze? The cup my fren.
Re: How I see our World Cup odysey panning out
Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2017 6:47 pm
by Ayo Akinfe
Waffiman wrote:Ayo Akinfe wrote:We can get nine points from this group:
Argentina - We just proved we can beat them, albeit without Messi. However, coming from two down to score four shows they can be beaten
Croatia - They have some good players like Modric and Rakatic but they are an ageing side and will struggle to cope with our pace
Iceland - They had a great Euro 2016 and are very hardworking but I believe they will always struggle against guile, flair and pace
Group stages
June 16: Nigeria 2-0 Croatia
June 22: Nigeria 4-1 Iceland
June 26: Nigeria 2-1 Argentina
Round of 16
July 1: Nigeria 2-0 Peru
Quarter finals
July 7: Nigeria 1-1 Spain (Nigeria wins on penalties)
Semi finals
July 11: Nigeria 0-1 Germany
Third place game
July 14: Nigeria 1-0 France
We will come back with the bronze medal!
Why bronze? The cup my fren.
See this greedy Warri man. You think say all the others come there come sell groundnuts?
Re: How I see our World Cup odysey panning out
Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2017 6:52 pm
by Tobi17
Deluded typical thinking, Croatia packs alot of very technical players, no be only pace dey win games, maybe that worked against a tired and average Argentina defense, but we have our work cut out against arguably the team with the best midfield in the world, I mean Croatia... the search for serious play makers for the SE now begins in earnest... Iwobi, Mikel, Moses and Nacho can't do it alone
Re: How I see our World Cup odysey panning out
Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2017 7:27 pm
by Ayo Akinfe
Tobi17 wrote:Deluded typical thinking, Croatia packs alot of very technical players, no be only pace dey win games, maybe that worked against a tired and average Argentina defense, but we have our work cut out against arguably the team with the best midfield in the world, I mean Croatia... the search for serious play makers for the SE now begins in earnest... Iwobi, Mikel, Moses and Nacho can't do it alone
Modric is way past it. Watch him get done for legs. As per Rakatic, I am not sold on him and fail to see how he is better than Ndidi for instance.
Re: How I see our World Cup odysey panning out
Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2017 8:18 pm
by Odas
Well, you might think Chief Ayo is a "joker", but you never know because anything thing can happen in the field. Thus, while I applaud Ayo's prediction, let's remember it is just that - a PREDICTION.
Re: How I see our World Cup odysey panning out
Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2017 8:23 pm
by Odas
Ayo Akinfe wrote:Waffiman wrote:Ayo Akinfe wrote:We can get nine points from this group:
Argentina - We just proved we can beat them, albeit without Messi. However, coming from two down to score four shows they can be beaten
Croatia - They have some good players like Modric and Rakatic but they are an ageing side and will struggle to cope with our pace
Iceland - They had a great Euro 2016 and are very hardworking but I believe they will always struggle against guile, flair and pace
Group stages
June 16: Nigeria 2-0 Croatia
June 22: Nigeria 4-1 Iceland
June 26: Nigeria 2-1 Argentina
Round of 16
July 1: Nigeria 2-0 Peru
Quarter finals
July 7: Nigeria 1-1 Spain (Nigeria wins on penalties)
Semi finals
July 11: Nigeria 0-1 Germany
Third place game
July 14: Nigeria 1-0 France
We will come back with the bronze medal!
Why bronze? The cup my fren.
See this greedy Warri man. You think say all the others come there come sell groundnuts?
Ayo, what are you talking about? Yes other teams didn't come to sell groundnut, but neither did we. Thus, like Waffiman suggested, we might as well go for the TROPHY (the Cup!)
Re: How I see our World Cup odysey panning out
Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2017 8:26 pm
by Coach
It is highly unlikely though not impossible that Nigeria will escape the group stages unscathed. Argentina will be a very different proposition, Croatia are technically astute and Iceland consummate work horses. It would come as no surprise were Iceland to finish the group stage unbeaten.
Re: How I see our World Cup odysey panning out
Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2017 8:32 pm
by Ayo Akinfe
Coach wrote:It is highly unlikely though not impossible that Nigeria will escape the group stages unscathed. Argentina will be a very different proposition, Croatia are technically astute and Iceland consummate work horses. It would come as no surprise were Iceland to finish the group stage unbeaten.
If by "unscathed" you mean not conceding a goal, I agree.
Re: How I see our World Cup odysey panning out
Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2017 8:34 pm
by marko
Lets put it this way, 4 points will qualify anyone in that group
Re: How I see our World Cup odysey panning out
Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2017 8:34 pm
by marko
If iceland creates an upset and beats argentina, nigeria are in trouble
Re: How I see our World Cup odysey panning out
Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2017 8:40 pm
by chendosplastic
Ayo Akinfe wrote:We can get nine points from this group:
Argentina - We just proved we can beat them, albeit without Messi. However, coming from two down to score four shows they can be beaten
Croatia - They have some good players like Modric and Rakatic but they are an ageing side and will struggle to cope with our pace
Iceland - They had a great Euro 2016 and are very hardworking but I believe they will always struggle against guile, flair and pace
Group stages
June 16: Nigeria 2-0 Croatia
June 22: Nigeria 4-1 Iceland
June 26: Nigeria 2-1 Argentina
Round of 16
July 1: Nigeria 2-0 Peru
Quarter finals
July 7: Nigeria 1-1 Spain (Nigeria wins on penalties)
Semi finals
July 11: Nigeria 0-1 Germany
Third place game
July 14: Nigeria 1-0 France
We will come back with the bronze medal!
Why stop there?
We would draw 1-1 with Germany and win on PSO. By a referee's error in the 90th minute of the final match, we would be awarded a penalty which Mikel would coolly put away. We then successfully park the bus for the duration of the added time and piooooooommmmm, we pick the trophy!
Re: How I see our World Cup odysey panning out
Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2017 8:41 pm
by Robbynice
Re: How I see our World Cup odysey panning out
Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2017 8:44 pm
by Ayo Akinfe
marko wrote:If iceland creates an upset and beats argentina, nigeria are in trouble
Not if we win all our games. Zambia created an upset and beat Algeria in Algiers but it did not land us in trouble because we did our bit.
Re: How I see our World Cup odysey panning out
Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2017 8:50 pm
by marko
There will be surprises in that group, everyone writing of iceland, how did they qualify if they were not good enough? Nigeria better not take that 1998 mentality to the world cup, iceland are more than capable of beating nigeria who struggles against highly organised european sides
Re: How I see our World Cup odysey panning out
Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2017 8:51 pm
by ANC
Croatia 1 Nigeria 1
Iceland 0 Nigeria 0
Argentina 2 Nigeria 3
Re: How I see our World Cup odysey panning out
Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2017 8:53 pm
by vancity eagle
we are overdue a result against Argentina.
We would never have had a better opportunity than now to get a result against them
Our thrashing of them would be on their minds and they may not attack as much and play more cautious, which would be good for us, or they may want to attack and finish us for revenge, which IMO would also be good for us as it would leave them weak to the counter.
Obviously the first 2 matches and the amount of points each team has by the time we meet will play significantly in how this match takes place.
Hopefully it will be like last WC where the match is a glorified friendly.
