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marko wrote:Even if Nigeria got the 2nd round, that would have been the end of that journey, at best Nigeria is a 2nd round team and nothing more, they dont have the qualities needed to go far in competitions

Ayo Akinfe wrote:I take the view that Henry Onyekuru and Kelechi Nwakali would have made a huge difference to our team. My biggest criticism of Rohr was his refusal to drop certain players despite it being obvious they were not good enough and him having better alternatives.

Does anyone here really think Shehu Abdullahi is good enough for instance? Does anyone here believe Uwua Echiejile has any business in the Super Eagles? I am still waiting for someone to explain to me why Joel Obi was not tried at leftback.

Eaglezbeak wrote:Right tactics wrong personnel,Ighalo was never going to score and that was clear a few weeks before the tournament at Wembley against England,no matter what he does even in a one on one with the keeper he just fails, Rohr had ample time to realise Ighalo should never had been a regular.

Komani wrote:Oh please. We lost that game when Pavon came in and Rohr didn't make a sub to counter it. Idowu was being double teamed and the guy just chilled and didn't do anything. Mikel and Etebo were tired...he should've brought on either Ebuehi to play in front of Idowu or Onazi/Joel Obi to bring energy.
Rohr is an average tactician. He got exposed.

Ayo Akinfe wrote:

marko wrote:Even if Nigeria got the 2nd round, that would have been the end of that journey, at best Nigeria is a 2nd round team and nothing more, they dont have the qualities needed to go far in competitions

I agree that at best, this current team could not have gone beyond the quarter finals. For starters, it had no playmaker, no overlapping fullbacks, the centrebacks were not comfortable on the ball and did not have a clinical finisher.

I just hope Rohr realises that we expect him to fill all these loopholes by 2022. He needs to start searching for players now!

ohenhen1 wrote:It was the right tactical move to solidify the defense when all you needed was a draw. Can still set up the team for counter attack football. Also should have made his substitutions earlier, remove tired players. He made his changes late. He removed Ahmed Musa in the 90th minute.

Only a fool will not make a change to match Argentina bringing in Aguero.

Rohr cost us the game. Stop making excuses for him.

Chief Ogbunigwe wrote:

john12 wrote:I have rewatched that match against Argentina and I can’t seem to phantom how people are blaming rohr. First and foremost, we didn’t play “anti football” or even “football coward” we played a 352 formation (attacking) and 532 (defending) 2 strikers and football coward cannot be mentioned in the same sentence. Again, I have looked at Argentina 11 vs Nigeria 11
Armani (river plate) vs
Macardo (sevilla)
Roho (Manchester)
Biglia (ac Milan)
Tagliafico (ajax)
Mascherano (backwater)
Hinguain (Juventus)
Messi (Barcelona)
De Maria (psg)

Basically, this was Argentina team against us and our team consisted of many BACKWATER players. Infact, between Messi, demaria, hinguain and Aguero, ARGENTINA Forward scored 100 goals for their club sides and were the highest scoring forwards going to the World Cup. So, please tell me what rohr did wrong? You want rohr to ATTACK Argentina and be punished mercilessly like in 2010, 14? Infact, our last game against Argentina was our best ever in the WC and this includes 1994, 2002, 2010, and 2014 and in addition to it, They have higher rated players, they will beat our 1994 Team. We should stop blaming Rohr because he didn’t do anything wrong. I believe that his tactics, team List were all spot on and at the highest level you must take your CHANCES or be PUNISHED.The difference between Argentina game vs us Wasn’t ROhR but was QUALITY and CHANCES. Argentina have a higher rated team/players than us and they capitalize on their CHANCES while we didn’t. Shikena

ohsee wrote:

ohenhen1 wrote:It was the right tactical move to solidify the defense when all you needed was a draw. Can still set up the team for counter attack football. Also should have made his substitutions earlier, remove tired players. He made his changes late. He removed Ahmed Musa in the 90th minute.

Only a fool will not make a change to match Argentina bringing in Aguero.

Rohr cost us the game. Stop making excuses for him.

Was Rohr coaching when Argentina beat us in four previous meetings? You cannot recognize man pass man when you see it?

ohsee wrote:

ohenhen1 wrote:It was the right tactical move to solidify the defense when all you needed was a draw. Can still set up the team for counter attack football. Also should have made his substitutions earlier, remove tired players. He made his changes late. He removed Ahmed Musa in the 90th minute.

Only a fool will not make a change to match Argentina bringing in Aguero.

Rohr cost us the game. Stop making excuses for him.

Was Rohr coaching when Argentina beat us in four previous meetings? You cannot recognize man pass man when you see it?