HAS THIS BEEN DISCUSSED ANYWHERE? WILLIAM TROOST EKONG

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What was he doing openly grabbing a player in the box? I'm one who maintains that 85% of penalties are unwarranted but the one by Ekong is one that was well earned. What a boneheaded play? Any chance of staging a comeback ended right there.
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They've been working on set pieces...thats what Rohr taught them to do...
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maceo4 wrote:They've been working on set pieces...thats what Rohr taught them to do...
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Bell wrote:What was he doing openly grabbing a player in the box? I'm one who maintains that 85% of penalties are unwarranted but the one by Ekong is one that was well earned. What a boneheaded play? Any chance of staging a comeback ended right there.
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Grabbing and holding occurs in every corner kick. This one was just a bit too blatant that the ref was unfortunately positioned well to spot it.

My own question is why we didn't have a man covering the back post for the first own goal? We didn't cover the back post on a couple of the corners i saw.
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You have to have some sense to know how to contain a man ... This is not WWF. Besides that we had ZERO shots on goal.
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Everybody does it. Peru were far worse against Denmark. The African ref would just warn them before hand. I hated the way the ref blew the game. He didn't really do anything blatantly wrong but all the 50/50s went against us.
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joao wrote:
maceo4 wrote:They've been working on set pieces...thats what Rohr taught them to do...
After one games loss, is your sanity failing?
How else do you explain it? Its not like its something new, its an issue they've known about and Rohr said prior to the game they were working on it, and this is what we got, so must be what Rohr was teaching Ekong to do.
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metalalloy wrote:
Bell wrote:What was he doing openly grabbing a player in the box? I'm one who maintains that 85% of penalties are unwarranted but the one by Ekong is one that was well earned. What a boneheaded play? Any chance of staging a comeback ended right there.
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Grabbing and holding occurs in every corner kick. This one was just a bit too blatant that the ref was unfortunately positioned well to spot it.

My own question is why we didn't have a man covering the back post for the first own goal? We didn't cover the back post on a couple of the corners i saw.
I thought Etebo was the man covering the post and he left it to come out and confront the two Croatians who were ready to stab the ball in? But on other corners I did see we didn't have someone on the far post.
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maceo4 wrote:
metalalloy wrote:Grabbing and holding occurs in every corner kick. This one was just a bit too blatant that the ref was unfortunately positioned well to spot it.

My own question is why we didn't have a man covering the back post for the first own goal? We didn't cover the back post on a couple of the corners i saw.
I thought Etebo was the man covering the post and he left it to come out and confront the two Croatians who were ready to stab the ball in? But on other corners I did see we didn't have someone on the far post.
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Gotti wrote:
maceo4 wrote:
metalalloy wrote:Grabbing and holding occurs in every corner kick. This one was just a bit too blatant that the ref was unfortunately positioned well to spot it.

My own question is why we didn't have a man covering the back post for the first own goal? We didn't cover the back post on a couple of the corners i saw.
I thought Etebo was the man covering the post and he left it to come out and confront the two Croatians who were ready to stab the ball in? But on other corners I did see we didn't have someone on the far post.
He was, and he did...

Look at the goal again. Before Modric kicks the ball, unless glaucoma don cover my eye finish, there is no one standing at the post behind Uzoho, unlike the near post where (idowu i presume) is standing there. Etebo is the closest, but def not covering the post. He started in the middle and tracked his man behind Balogun to end up where he did.

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We need Nigerian born defenders. These guys in our dance are too European, don't understand how to defend the African way.
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osita wrote:We need Nigerian born defenders. These guys in our dance are too European, don't understand how to defend the African way.
Ahh yes! the African way that stopped Denmark from puttin 4 past us? Or all the set pieces that Argentina has scored on us? :)
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He was obviously wrong for going all UFC in the penalty box but I hope referees are consistent with this because this shiiiit goes on all the time and rarely gets punished.
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metalalloy wrote:
osita wrote:We need Nigerian born defenders. These guys in our dance are too European, don't understand how to defend the African way.
Ahh yes! the African way that stopped Denmark from puttin 4 past us? Or all the set pieces that Argentina has scored on us? :)
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everyone go rewatch france vs nigeria in brazil and see how osaze was held just like that in front of the ref. this is an infraction you see 70% of the time in corner kicks
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Damunk wrote:
metalalloy wrote:
osita wrote:We need Nigerian born defenders. These guys in our dance are too European, don't understand how to defend the African way.
Ahh yes! the African way that stopped Denmark from puttin 4 past us? Or all the set pieces that Argentina has scored on us? :)
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jette1 wrote:everyone go rewatch france vs nigeria in brazil and see how osaze was held just like that in front of the ref. this is an infraction you see 70% of the time in corner kicks
It is not. Not a bear hug.

That one was just as much a stonewall penalty as Ekong's.

The fact that the US referee in 2014 screwed us over is no justification for what Ekong did. Yes, Nigeria were cheated out of a 1/4 final slot in 2014.
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I saw one move Mikel made in the middle of the field when Etebo was bringing the ball out of defense. He stood still and right in Etebo's way. Etebo had to direct the ball to the flank so as to avoid a collision. Mikel is on his last legs, never been a high energy player nor possesses a change of gear.

Lastly, I hate to harp on rumors but if his influences on where he plays in the team are true, then he imbalances the whole team. Time to go?
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DIMKA76 wrote:I saw one move Mikel made in the middle of the field when Etebo was bringing the ball out of defense. He stood still and right in Etebo's way. Etebo had to direct the ball to the flank so as to avoid a collision. Mikel is on his last legs, never been a high energy player nor possesses a change of gear.

Lastly, I hate to harp on rumors but if his influences on where he plays in the team are true, then he imbalances the whole team. Time to go?

where u hear that one?
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Damunk wrote:
metalalloy wrote:
osita wrote:We need Nigerian born defenders. These guys in our dance are too European, don't understand how to defend the African way.
Ahh yes! the African way that stopped Denmark from puttin 4 past us? Or all the set pieces that Argentina has scored on us? :)
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Its the same indiscipline that Rohrs team always displays after a while. Its what got him fired at Etiole in Tunisia.
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ANC wrote:
DIMKA76 wrote:I saw one move Mikel made in the middle of the field when Etebo was bringing the ball out of defense. He stood still and right in Etebo's way. Etebo had to direct the ball to the flank so as to avoid a collision. Mikel is on his last legs, never been a high energy player nor possesses a change of gear.

Lastly, I hate to harp on rumors but if his influences on where he plays in the team are true, then he imbalances the whole team. Time to go?

where u hear that one?
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