Okay, So Lets Do A SWOT Analysis on Rohr...

[fabio]

Strength -

1. Good man manager
2. Picked his squad on merit.

Weakness -

1. Set in his ways, we used same system all tournament long - even against Madagascar- .
2. Slow to react even to the point of freezing. No changes against Algeria even when we were down. Most coaches would have done something different.
3. Plays it too safe. Like my oga will say, overcarefullness when driving na bad driving. To scared to give new players Chances. Seems to stumble into his team list and not well thought out.

Opportunity-

1. He has helped established a pool to pick from

He picked 4 Midfielders in a squad of 22, that's merit.

[Cellular]

...if we are sincere and want to be objective - a tall order if you ask me.
Too much oestrogen and testosterone flowing up and down whenever his name is mentioned.

So what do you see as his:
Strengths
1. He is Oyibo.
2. He doesn't rock the boat.
3. He likes being owed.
4. He tells his team that they are not good enough and plays that way.
5. He does his spiving very well. Hides it very well that no one questions why he remains loyal to certain players.
6. He maintains a loyal camp and team.
7. He doesn't like change.


Weaknesses.
1. He is Oyibo.
2. He doesn't rock the boat.
3. Knows nothing about offensive football.
4. His bench are always top heavy and scanty.
5. Slow in making changes and reading the game.
6. In game adjustment in strategy and tactics is like pulling teeth.
7. He really doesn't have any discernible offensive pattern other than setting up his team to be a counter-attacking team.
8. He is somewhat rigid when it comes to swapping personnel or using them differently.
9. He is loyal to players.

Opportunities.
1. Has the ability to entice our foreign born players into playing for us.

Threats
1. Psychophant WOWOs
2. The NFF
3. Sports writers

Maybe we can reach some kind of consensus?

[fabio]

Threats This should be ENABLERS
1. Psychophant WOWOs
2. The NFF
3. Sports writers

Maybe we can reach some kind of consensus?

[imehjunior]

Strength -

1. Good man manager
2. Picked his squad on merit.

Weakness -

1. Set in his ways, we used same system all tournament long - even against Madagascar- .
2. Slow to react even to the point of freezing. No changes against Algeria even when we were down. Most coaches would have done something different.
3. Plays it too safe. Like my oga will say, overcarefullness when driving na bad driving. To scared to give new players Chances. Seems to stumble into his team list and not well thought out.

Opportunity-

1. He has helped established a pool to pick from

He picked 4 Midfielders in a squad of 22, that's merit.

What I mean is those he picked are based on merit. We hardly argue he should have picked A or why is B there .

[AreaDaddy]

They should have sacked this journeyman after the World Cup.

He has the mentality of a community school librarian.

[zee]

They should have sacked this journeyman after the World Cup.

He has the mentality of a community school librarian.

[Bigpokey24]

They should have sacked this journeyman after the World Cup.

He has the mentality of a community school librarian.

chei

[cchinukw]

They should have sacked this journeyman after the World Cup.

He has the mentality of a community school librarian.

Wow! Xeroxed!

[cchinukw]

When the SE played against Three Lions at Wembley, I had a seat at the top area where I had a vantage view of what was going on below.

I could see a pattern to the Three Lions. There was absolutely none to the SE. At one point when SE were trying to play through the middle, the English wingers threw bodies to one side of the pitch unsettling the SE defenders. This same pattern of attacking SE was used by Algeria.

It wasn't until Rohr switched to an attacking formation in the second half that England was put on the back foot.

What this tells me is that Rohr's approach and tactics are emasculating this teams and keeping them from performing at the levels they need to be on the pitch.

I could care less what happens off the pitch if it does not translate to results on the pitch.

[fabio]

When the SE played against Three Lions at Wembley, I had a seat at the top area where I had a vantage view of what was going on below.

I could see a pattern to the Three Lions. There was absolutely none to the SE. At one point when SE were trying to play through the middle, the English wingers threw bodies to one side of the pitch unsettling the SE defenders. This same pattern of attacking SE was used by Algeria.

It wasn't until Rohr switched to an attacking formation in the second half that England was put on the back foot.

What this tells me is that Rohr's approach and tactics are emasculating this teams and keeping them from performing at the levels they need to be on the pitch.

I could care less what happens off the pitch if it does not translate to results on the pitch.

Rohr, with his history of coaching continental minnows such as Gabon, Niger and Burkina Faso, has brought a “small team” mentality to coaching Nigeria. He regularly treats his team as underdogs, talking down their chances, and this has led to approaching games with the negligent mindset of playing on the counter. Nigeria clearly doesn’t have the type of defensive concentration and a goalie to invite pressure and the majority of their counter-attacks fizzle out because of a poor final ball. "


Rohr is a Niger Republic, Gabon, Burkina Faso etc kind of coach... his mentality suits teams like that, Nigeria has way too much pedigree and ambition to limit ourselves to now playing the underdog tag to literally any team we meet, courtesy of our small minded coach. We should just stick to our own, ride or die with our own, fail with our own, and succeed with our own- a Nigerian coach.
Source Naijiant

[cchinukw]

When the SE played against Three Lions at Wembley, I had a seat at the top area where I had a vantage view of what was going on below.

I could see a pattern to the Three Lions. There was absolutely none to the SE. At one point when SE were trying to play through the middle, the English wingers threw bodies to one side of the pitch unsettling the SE defenders. This same pattern of attacking SE was used by Algeria.

It wasn't until Rohr switched to an attacking formation in the second half that England was put on the back foot.

What this tells me is that Rohr's approach and tactics are emasculating this teams and keeping them from performing at the levels they need to be on the pitch.

I could care less what happens off the pitch if it does not translate to results on the pitch.

Rohr, with his history of coaching continental minnows such as Gabon, Niger and Burkina Faso, has brought a “small team” mentality to coaching Nigeria. He regularly treats his team as underdogs, talking down their chances, and this has led to approaching games with the negligent mindset of playing on the counter. Nigeria clearly doesn’t have the type of defensive concentration and a goalie to invite pressure and the majority of their counter-attacks fizzle out because of a poor final ball. "


Rohr is a Niger Republic, Gabon, Burkina Faso etc kind of coach... his mentality suits teams like that, Nigeria has way too much pedigree and ambition to limit ourselves to now playing the underdog tag to literally any team we meet, courtesy of our small minded coach. We should just stick to our own, ride or die with our own, fail with our own, and succeed with our own- a Nigerian coach.
Source Naijiant

Very much agree with you Fabio.

Our expectations are extremely low at the moment. I can't believe we are elated at AFCON and WC qualification just because we'd been out for a while.

For the avoidance of doubt to anyone unfamiliar with Nigerian football beyond the last 15 years, WC/AFCON qualification is the very least expected of Nigeria.

The world expect Nigeria to be at every major competition. At this point in our history, we should be aiming to win the damn thing. If we have that as our focus and transmit that to the coach with the necessary support, we'd be aiming for the finals.

Enough of this we haven't qualified for the last 2 AFCONs BS already!

[zee]

When the SE played against Three Lions at Wembley, I had a seat at the top area where I had a vantage view of what was going on below.

I could see a pattern to the Three Lions. There was absolutely none to the SE. At one point when SE were trying to play through the middle, the English wingers threw bodies to one side of the pitch unsettling the SE defenders. This same pattern of attacking SE was used by Algeria.

It wasn't until Rohr switched to an attacking formation in the second half that England was put on the back foot.

What this tells me is that Rohr's approach and tactics are emasculating this teams and keeping them from performing at the levels they need to be on the pitch.

I could care less what happens off the pitch if it does not translate to results on the pitch.

Rohr, with his history of coaching continental minnows such as Gabon, Niger and Burkina Faso, has brought a “small team” mentality to coaching Nigeria. He regularly treats his team as underdogs, talking down their chances, and this has led to approaching games with the negligent mindset of playing on the counter. Nigeria clearly doesn’t have the type of defensive concentration and a goalie to invite pressure and the majority of their counter-attacks fizzle out because of a poor final ball. "


Rohr is a Niger Republic, Gabon, Burkina Faso etc kind of coach... his mentality suits teams like that, Nigeria has way too much pedigree and ambition to limit ourselves to now playing the underdog tag to literally any team we meet, courtesy of our small minded coach. We should just stick to our own, ride or die with our own, fail with our own, and succeed with our own- a Nigerian coach.
Source Naijiant

I can only kpom your post...............

[The YeyeMan]

They should have sacked this journeyman after the World Cup.

He has the mentality of a community school librarian.

Nna, I said this a year ago...

He gives the impression of someone who should be sipping wine in a chateau on the Swiss Alps instead of coaching at an elite football tournament.

I have serious reservations about his competence.

Nothing has changed except I now see him as the friendly and accommodating head waiter who serves wine to guests on the Swiss Alps. Imagine being coached by a guy who normally spends his day asking diners if they'd like to sample the Cabernet Sauvignon. Odiegwu.

[john12]

Do you think winning a game at the World cup is even easy? You were the lowest ranked team at your group and lowest rated players at your group but you think you should be beating Argentina and Croatia with WORLDCLASS players MENTAL illness. Now, you lost to a QUALITY goal instead of congratulating your opponents you're finding who to blame

[joao]

I can't wait for his replacement to be announced.
But wait o! Too many pages of complaining, still nobody is suggesting a new coach.
Instead, we are hearing the names of the same coaches they ran out of town the last time around.

[green4life]

Only Nigerians want to sack coaches for accomplishing their preontractual GOAL. Imagine your employers treating you in such manner

Chelsea FC begs to disagree. Dial up Sarri, Benitez, Hiddink, Conte, etc as CFC managers who were disengaged after accomplishing their goals and being released from their job at the end of the season even as they were still lifting trophies .... talkless of a golden bronze.

[Damunk]

I can't wait for his replacement to be announced.
But wait o! Too many pages of complaining, still nobody is suggesting a new coach.
Instead, we are hearing the names of the same coaches they ran out of town the last time around.

[Tobi17]

I can't wait for his replacement to be announced.
But wait o! Too many pages of complaining, still nobody is suggesting a new coach.
Instead, we are hearing the names of the same coaches they ran out of town the last time around.

Any coach at these point, is better than Rohr.

[Damunk]

I can't wait for his replacement to be announced.
But wait o! Too many pages of complaining, still nobody is suggesting a new coach.
Instead, we are hearing the names of the same coaches they ran out of town the last time around.

Any coach at these point, is better than Rohr.

"Dem go dey parambulate but go still dey..."

[K]

Strengths: Good man manager, consistent level of performances and results, provides stability (very important in the Nigerian environment).

Weaknesses: Rigid thinking, uninspiring subs, tactically average, poor attacking coordination

Opportunities: Don't really see any

Threats: None

After the Madagascar game, I knew Nigeria couldn't win this ANC. Truth be told, Nigeria based on play quality would rank about 4th in this tournament but I felt good tactics could take us all the way. The Madagascar game surprised me in terms of the tactics displayed by Rohr. I've left this tournament having less confidence in him personally.

Nice analysis. I will also mention his negative uninspiring pessimistic "we are here to learn" outlook to life. Even if he is good tactically, such thinking cannot take you far. Not a leadership material!

[Prince]

I can't wait for his replacement to be announced.
But wait o! Too many pages of complaining, still nobody is suggesting a new coach.
Instead, we are hearing the names of the same coaches they ran out of town the last time around.

Consedering we didnt even qualify for the last 2 tournaments.

[slyk]

...if we are sincere and want to be objective - a tall order if you ask me.
Too much oestrogen and testosterone flowing up and down whenever his name is mentioned.

So what do you see as his:
Strengths : He knows how to organize a team to be defensively solid. Arguably, none of the goals we conceded at the AFCON was as a result of defensive disorganisation. All were due to individual lapses.

Weaknesses: His side lacks flair. The Eagles played largely route one football and were painful to watch. In the Algeria game, the best moments for Nigeria came in the second half when we started playing out from the back albeit because the Algerians went into defensive mode.

Opportunities: There is still a lot of improvement that can be achieved in making the Eagles a better possession based team. This is something that can be achieved even with his current roaster. The Eagles need to be able to play through or past the press. The addition of players like Ademola Lookman will improve the squad significantly

, and
Threats: Nigerian fans and their biases, impatience and penchant to wring the changes. Their criticisms are not unfounded though.

Maybe we can reach some kind of consensus?

[cchinukw]

Watch us revisit this thread in 2022 and be discussing the coach's tactics or lack thereof.

Goodluck to anyone who thinks that Rohr will magically transform the SE beyond an undergraduate team of perennial learners.