All is not well with our strike force

eru.bugzy · Post by **eru.bugzy** » Wed Feb 04, 2004 9:27 pm

Guys, no worry....e better as our goals dey spread around, becos dem no fit mark one player out of the game to prevent us scoring. The critical thing is taking those chances when they come. Wastefulness against strong teams would prove disastrous. As for Benin, they came out to defend, as you guys know, breaking down a team in such a manner is difficult. This Benin team was miles better than the one that faced Maroc, especially as today's keeper was decent! We should be happy that we are in the last 8 after a terrible start and prepare to "do-or-die" against Cameroun. Provided we play a solid game defensively and don't give away an early goal, we can beat these guys. Cameroon was a better team in 2000, and hopefully, we would field a team that is balanced, especially on the left side. In 2000, Geremi, Eto'o and Etame laurent had Babayaro like sweet pepper soup, becos we no det midfield cover for am. Also, Ike made some big errors early on in that game. This time Udeze (provided he keeps his head and doesn't get sent off) and lawal can provide defensive cover on that side. Still don't think we can expect kanu to score, but maybe create a chance for someone else.This game don already dey give man-pikin heart ache, but come Sunday, we go see if sey Eagus dey ready for the big-time!!

Jimi · Post by **Jimi** » Wed Feb 04, 2004 9:31 pm

eru.bugzy wrote:Guys, no worry....e better as our goals dey spread around, becos dem no fit mark one player out of the game to prevent us scoring. The critical thing is taking those chances when they come. Wastefulness against strong teams would prove disastrous. As for Benin, they came out to defend, as you guys know, breaking down a team in such a manner is difficult. This Benin team was miles better than the one that faced Maroc, especially as today's keeper was decent! We should be happy that we are in the last 8 after a terrible start and prepare to "do-or-die" against Cameroun. Provided we play a solid game defensively and don't give away an early goal, we can beat these guys. Cameroon was a better team in 2000, and hopefully, we would field a team that is balanced, especially on the left side. In 2000, Geremi, Eto'o and Etame laurent had Babayaro like sweet pepper soup, becos we no det midfield cover for am. Also, Ike made some big errors early on in that game. This time Udeze (provided he keeps his head and doesn't get sent off) and lawal can provide defensive cover on that side. Still don't think we can expect kanu to score, but maybe create a chance for someone else.This game don already dey give man-pikin heart ache, but come Sunday, we go see if sey Eagus dey ready for the big-time!!

Well said my guy, but I think Kanu and Agahowa will finally get on the scoresheet on Saturday. We can do this y'all.

omotori · Post by **omotori** » Wed Feb 04, 2004 9:33 pm

Cameroons is a more physical team than us and given their history, we can expect them to come out very conservatively.

Kanu should not even be in the picture against Cameoons because our only hope is to beat them with pace. Playing Kanu means PLAYING ONE MAN SHORT. He may play well & look good but we need more than that.

Cameoons will take their time & look to beat us 1-0 or 2-1. So we need to come out with the players who can give them problesm & disrupt them - JAg, Utaka, Osaze & Yak, not Kanu.

Stopyra10 · Post by **Stopyra10** » Wed Feb 04, 2004 9:38 pm

my friend Aga i sstill the best we have but when you have the likes of Utaka who is more interested in scoring than feeding the run of Aga and kanu holding the ball too long and being stagnent... what do you expect??? his team has to look for him instead of looking for personal glory!!!