NIGERIA(2) VS ANGOLA(1) FT

[DIMKA76]

Coach Salisu speaking now

[truetalk]

Poor awareness from our players. You have the ball in your half with no pressure and you blast the ball into nowhere as if cleared under pressure.

POOR decision-making runs through the entire team...
Especially disappointed in a supposedly wily veteran like Rabiu Ali.

I'll give them the benefit of the doubt. It was supposedly very cold, windy & later it started raining.

I've seen Ali play better. The 2 full backs are good (better than what Kwambe and Francis served up in previous HB Eagles in my opinion). Eze and Ezenwa are the class of the team. So the team is mostly solid at the back and tough to score against.

Okpotu is Agricultural up front, but he actually has some skill running with the ball and with the ball on his feet (maybe he should become a midfielder). There are a couple of other decent players here and there.

It is definitely several notches from watching the main SE, but these players from our supposedly bad NPFL have dominated every game so far, and if they had better finishing (Stephen Odey, who started with this team b4 moving to Europe for example), they would have been putting teams away.

Actually, Ikouwem was impressive particularly in the second half, IMHO. Of all the defenders he seems to me to be the one currently able to play at SE lovel. Yea, I see Eze dominating but he has a long way to go with playing possession soccer and bring the ball up via midfield. For me only Ikouwem and Ezenwa belong at the SE level. The rest, no.

The shooting up front is absurd. Just very bad to state the least. But I think this team is notches improved from what I saw in that opening game against Rwanda.

I disagree Prof.

If that is the 2nd CD, he is poor, & the team is suffering from Adeleye's injury.

He padded a defensive header nicely in the path of an Angolan forward, but the guy blasted the ball over. He created moments of panic for us at various points during the game. You might have seen him a few times to see this potential, but based on what I have seen, he is the weakest link in the defence at the moment.

[1naija]

This thread is a cesspool of agents!

[1naija]

Superb performance by our team even though I did not see the game

[100%Naija]

Too mush grammar being hammered here... Winner o o o, winner. Winner o o o, winner. 9ja you don win o, winner. Kpata kpata you go win again o, winner.

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[YUJAM]

Nigeria has some talent but team-wise it is horrible. The big CD is solid. Atoluma has potential but rather clueless. Left back has potential. No 10 also

Ezenwa is world class

In relation to CHAN? Or world class in relation to De Gea, Courtois?

By any standard. He is a very good goalie. Whoever helped him get to this point deserves a lot of credit.

[Gotti]

I disagree Prof.

If that is the 2nd CD, he is poor, & the team is suffering from Adeleye's injury.

He padded a defensive header nicely in the path of an Angolan forward, but the guy blasted the ball over. He created moments of panic for us at various points during the game. You might have seen him a few times to see this potential, but based on what I have seen, he is the weakest link in the defence at the moment.

The substitute CD is not Ikouwem. That's Timothy...
Ikouwem is the LB, and he was quite good (though not SE-good IMHO).

[truetalk]

I disagree Prof.

If that is the 2nd CD, he is poor, & the team is suffering from Adeleye's injury.

He padded a defensive header nicely in the path of an Angolan forward, but the guy blasted the ball over. He created moments of panic for us at various points during the game. You might have seen him a few times to see this potential, but based on what I have seen, he is the weakest link in the defence at the moment.

The substitute CD is not Ikouwem. That's Timothy...
Ikouwem is the LB, and he was quite good (though not SE-good IMHO).

OK. Thanks. Noted.

[Odas]

Superb performance by our team even though I did not see the game

Not bad. Another opinion indeed

[Cito]

Nigeria has some talent but team-wise it is horrible. The big CD is solid. Atoluma has potential but rather clueless. Left back has potential. No 10 also

Ezenwa is world class

He is almost 40...

[truetalk]

Nigeria has some talent but team-wise it is horrible. The big CD is solid. Atoluma has potential but rather clueless. Left back has potential. No 10 also

Ezenwa is world class

In relation to CHAN? Or world class in relation to De Gea, Courtois?

By any standard. He is a very good goalie. Whoever helped him get to this point deserves a lot of credit.

He is certainly redeeming himself after the Nightmare vs. Algeria.

He was very good today.

[paj]

Ok..Pa Jimoh...U've earned it...Free roll of Sunday Weed for U...take marwa down to Bariga junction and see my Ganjaman..he knows U coming..just mention my name and U're good..it's on me!

Good. I hope he has proper Rizla as well?

everything...only thing he can't provide U na lungs..

[danfo driver]

Nigeria has some talent but team-wise it is horrible. The big CD is solid. Atoluma has potential but rather clueless. Left back has potential. No 10 also

Ezenwa is world class

In relation to CHAN? Or world class in relation to De Gea, Courtois?

By any standard. He is a very good goalie. Whoever helped him get to this point deserves a lot of credit.

There are probably only 3 world class goal keepers in the world. If Ezenwa is one of them, then thats amazing stuff!

p.s-- I agree that he has improved.

[truetalk]

Nigeria has some talent but team-wise it is horrible. The big CD is solid. Atoluma has potential but rather clueless. Left back has potential. No 10 also

Ezenwa is world class

He is almost 40...

But he is a good player (did not show it today), & deserves to be on the team. That has been my point to those hampering on his age. This is not an age grade tournament.

[Gotti]

Actually, Ikouwem was impressive particularly in the second half, IMHO. Of all the defenders he seems to me to be the one currently able to play at SE lovel. Yea, I see Eze dominating but he has a long way to go with playing possession soccer and bring the ball up via midfield. For me only Ikouwem and Ezenwa belong at the SE level. The rest, no.

The shooting up front is absurd. Just very bad to state the least. But I think this team is notches improved from what I saw in that opening game against Rwanda.

Eze is head-and-shoulders above every outfield player on this team...
He is the sole player to consistently acquit himself in EVERY game thus far (but not quite SE level IMHO).

[Cito]

Nigeria has some talent but team-wise it is horrible. The big CD is solid. Atoluma has potential but rather clueless. Left back has potential. No 10 also

Ezenwa is world class

He is almost 40...

But he is a good player (did not show it today), & deserves to be on the team. That has been my point to those hampering on his age. This is not an age grade tournament.

I am having issues with the nearly 40 year old player and potential in the same sentence.

[Gotti]

Nigeria has some talent but team-wise it is horrible. The big CD is solid. Atoluma has potential but rather clueless. Left back has potential. No 10 also

Ezenwa is world class

He is almost 40...

Forget his age (he's impressively fit)...
His decision-making today was HORRIBLE!

[Cito]

Nigeria has some talent but team-wise it is horrible. The big CD is solid. Atoluma has potential but rather clueless. Left back has potential. No 10 also

Ezenwa is world class

In relation to CHAN? Or world class in relation to De Gea, Courtois?

By any standard. He is a very good goalie. Whoever helped him get to this point deserves a lot of credit.

There are probably only 3 world class goal keepers in the world. If Ezenwa is one of them, then thats amazing stuff!

p.s-- I agree that he has improved.

Da Gea, Manuel Neuer, Lloris, Buffon, Navas, Courtois in same class as Ezenwa? I have heared it all.

[Cito]

Nigeria has some talent but team-wise it is horrible. The big CD is solid. Atoluma has potential but rather clueless. Left back has potential. No 10 also

Ezenwa is world class

He is almost 40...

Forget his age (he's impressively fit)...
His decision-making today was HORRIBLE!

When he played 3-5 corners within a short time of each other and all were not so good, I just thought this team really lacks the necessary ingredient to be good.

Good win though, I hope we see a better performance in the semis.

[Gotti]

Btw, I am not as down on Okpotu today as some other CEs (or as my previous poor ratings of him)...

While he has not thrived as the lone/top striker (or designated primary goal-scorer) on this team (even though he's the leading scorer with 2 goals), his all-around game is not that bad at all (except for the occasional blooper). Dude works hard, tracks back, harries defenders, puts tackles in and actually tries to hit the occasional shot. However, he plays way too DEEP for a lone (or top) striker - either because he is not getting good service and has to fall back DEEP to pick up the ball or perhaps that's just his natural instincts (I have not really seen him play at club level at Lobi Stars). What he ideally needs is another striker besides him and perhaps play a deeper lying role as support striker - in other words, the formation that thrived somewhat upon Okechukwu's introduction.

[Robbynice]

Too mush grammar being hammered here... Winner o o o, winner. Winner o o o, winner. 9ja you don win o, winner. Kpata kpata you go win again o, winner.

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I mean...lmao

Congratulations to the boys

[asabatex]

Uncle Gotti don tire.

Such a truly USELESS Naija team...

No. 14 ranks as one of the worst-ever player to wear a GWG shirt...
And the rest of them (apart from perhaps Eze and Ezenwa) are not far behind.

[Cellular]

So are you guys saying this team is worth my data?