Nigeria 0 vs CAR 1 FT

[txj]

Like I said, enjoy your day!

I brought up the pitch DURING the game to counter those who were acclaiming a beautiful pitch.

One can comment on the pitch, or even on climate change for that matter, without it being automatically linked to the loss.

We lost BECAUSE WE WERE POOR; ABYSMALLY POOR!

Enjoy my day?

Are you okay? Enjoy my day because the Eagles lost? You must have me confused with someone else. Can't stand you people that are forming surprised.

I wish you had the same passion for Naija as you have for Liverpool.

You won't tolerate such a manager for Liverpool under ANY circumstance. Anyone who points out the fact that he is a poor manager is a hater.

You all bringing up the pitch is pissing me the #@$% off.

You should spend less time on talking even mentioning the pitch and focus squarely on the culprit. If you were near me, I will headbutt your mouth for even mentioning the pitch.

I can bet you anything that not a single player will mention the pitch as contributing to the loss.

I have asked you "HOW EXACTLY DID THE PITCH CONTRIBUTE TO THEIR PERFORMANCE?"

HOW?!

I first wrote about Rohr as an AVERAGE MANAGER 6 fvcking years ago!!!!!

The irony is that the pitch issue was a side comment in response to those acclaiming the quality of the pitch from pictures posted.

IT IS YOU who MADE THE LINK to performance.

YOU, CELLULAR. So SHUT THE FVVCK UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I hope you are enjoying your day...

[Cellular]

Again, watch game and take your silly games and agenda out of it.

Have they been poor? Yes
are they playing on a shitty a$$ pitch? yes
Those two things are not mutually exclusive statements... Its not rocket science

Na folks like you be the problem. You haven't seen the pitch... I have!

There's nothing wrong with the pitch to the point of blaming the pitch for the continued disjointed play of the team. Be it in Uyo or elsewhere.

Poor workman blaming his tools.

Your problem is you people take sides, dig in and get too emotional like PMS'ing women. Who blamed pitch for "continued disjointed play of the team" Someone asked a simple question why they were employing long ball and I mentioned the shitty pitch as a possible reason. Anyone who has played football would recognize a shitty pitch the second you see it. It possible to acknowledge a simple fact. It was a poor pitch. Acknowledging the shitty state of the pitch says nothing about their poor play, and failure of the coaching staff to react to what wasn't working. Those are not mutually exclusive position.

They played poorly and looked clueless about how to break down CAR. I mentioned it in the first half. I've constantly said that we still have zero clue on how to break down team when we are favored, so I'm not sure wth you are on.

Abeg go find someone else to go and debate your juvenile FC vs LC battles...I have zero time for you people

Who is debating anything with you? You think this is about FC vs LC? Negro puhleeze.

The annoying part is you haven't seen the pitch and you are blaming the pitch. You are the only one who has played football... and you can tell from your TV feed how bad or good the pitch is.

You interjected that the pitch contributed...

The evidence abound that regardless of the pitch, the team is a POOR team. What aspect of their play was affect by the pitch?


When they played at Uyo, were they any better?

[maceo4]

Don't blame the loss on anything. We simply honestly have below average players

...if 4th tier players can beat our 'below average players, why don't we use top local league players to prosecute such matches.
(An 18 yr old from their local league was in the starting 11).

One wonders how folks reason...

[Cellular]

Like I said, enjoy your day!

I brought up the pitch DURING the game to counter those who were acclaiming a beautiful pitch.

One can comment on the pitch, or even on climate change for that matter, without it being automatically linked to the loss.

We lost BECAUSE WE WERE POOR; ABYSMALLY POOR!

Enjoy my day?

Are you okay? Enjoy my day because the Eagles lost? You must have me confused with someone else. Can't stand you people that are forming surprised.

I wish you had the same passion for Naija as you have for Liverpool.

You won't tolerate such a manager for Liverpool under ANY circumstance. Anyone who points out the fact that he is a poor manager is a hater.

You all bringing up the pitch is pissing me the #@$% off.

You should spend less time on talking even mentioning the pitch and focus squarely on the culprit. If you were near me, I will headbutt your mouth for even mentioning the pitch.

I can bet you anything that not a single player will mention the pitch as contributing to the loss.

I have asked you "HOW EXACTLY DID THE PITCH CONTRIBUTE TO THEIR PERFORMANCE?"

HOW?!

I first wrote about Rohr as an AVERAGE MANAGER 6 fvcking years ago!!!!!

The irony is that the pitch issue was a side comment in response to those acclaiming the quality of the pitch from pictures posted.

IT IS YOU who MADE THE LINK to performance.

YOU, CELLULAR. So SHUT THE FVVCK UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I hope you are enjoying your day...

Good!

Focus on the person responsible for the loss.

Still forming shocked?!

What pretentious universe do you live in?

[olu]

Rohr has played 4-4-2 in about 8 or so games now and we've either struggled to create chances or had slow laboring buildup play in most of those games. He needs to bury that formation once and for all.

If we had a capable AM behind Osimhen and Nacho our play would look different. Nacho needs to be in the box and drop deep occasionally, while Osimhen should have freedom to run the channels and drift to the wings. Nacho should never be your primary creative player.

[Bigpokey24]

Don't blame the loss on anything. We simply honestly have below average players

...if 4th tier players can beat our 'below average players, why don't we use top local league players to prosecute such matches.
(An 18 yr old from their local league was in the starting 11).

One wonders how folks reason...

the guy refuses to blame the coach and blames the players for losing to trash players... trash vs trash no ring for bobo head

[OJI]

This is what happens when we overhype players, and watch matches with too much emotion.
Where is the coordination, and disciplined team approach? You have players missing simple passes,
dribbling excessively, playing the long pass that gives away the ball instead of a short one to keep
possession, and worse bunching up instead of spreading the field.

Our players' problems are between the ears, and not being able to stick to fundamentals.

Hmmm...funny how they are somehow able to do it at their clubs...wonder what the difference is...

Essentially took the game as a practice match. Underestimated the CAR team. FIFA rankings. NIG (34) , CAR (124)

[vancity eagle]

Rohr has played 4-4-2 in about 8 or so games now and we've either struggled to create chances or had slow laboring buildup play in most of those games. He needs to bury that formation once and for all.

If we had a capable AM behind Osimhen and Nacho our play would look different. Nacho needs to be in the box and drop deep occasionally, while Osimhen should have freedom to run the channels and drift to the wings. Nacho should never be your primary creative player.

somebody finally gets it

I said 442 was a no no long ago.

It worked for a while against minnows when we got lucky to score early.

It is a poor formation for the players at our disposal but Rohr wants to play Nacho.

either 433 or 352 (if we must play Nacho)

[oloye]

This awa coach na Olodo. Someone please pay him off before he messes up these bunch of talents coming through. We have no business huffing and puffing against the teams we have played in the last 4 games. This is all down to nothing but bad coaching.

[Cellular]

Again, watch game and take your silly games and agenda out of it.

Have they been poor? Yes
are they playing on a shitty a$$ pitch? yes
Those two things are not mutually exclusive statements... Its not rocket science

Na folks like you be the problem. You haven't seen the pitch... I have!

There's nothing wrong with the pitch to the point of blaming the pitch for the continued disjointed play of the team. Be it in Uyo or elsewhere.

Poor workman blaming his tools.

Your problem is you people take sides, dig in and get too emotional like PMS'ing women. Who blamed pitch for "continued disjointed play of the team" Someone asked a simple question why they were employing long ball and I mentioned the shitty pitch as a possible reason. Anyone who has played football would recognize a shitty pitch the second you see it. It possible to acknowledge a simple fact. It was a poor pitch. Acknowledging the shitty state of the pitch says nothing about their poor play, and failure of the coaching staff to react to what wasn't working. Those are not mutually exclusive position.

They played poorly and looked clueless about how to break down CAR. I mentioned it in the first half. I've constantly said that we still have zero clue on how to break down team when we are favored, so I'm not sure wth you are on.

Abeg go find someone else to go and debate your juvenile FC vs LC battles...I have zero time for you people

Its very hard to remain a member of this forum tbh.

You cannot have a serious football discussion anymore...

There is a reason why I really haven't been on here for the past year or so..

Anyway, on to Sunday.

I get ya...

You are watching a game with a team that hasn't shown any improvement and the pitch is a contributory factor and someone points out that regardless of where they have played, the team plays the same and you raise shoulder to say that's the reason why you haven't been contributing? SMDH! You negroes really think you are that important...

Listen dude, this ain't your local beer parlour where you can just say stuff and not be challenged. I have asked you direct questions and you and ATF danced around it. How did the pitch affect the team? How did it stop them from playing any different than they used to play? Did the field account for them not forcing the opposing keeper to make a save? Did the field cause CAR to have the best chances in the game?

You can go back to not contributing to the forum because you are tired of folks challenging your jagbajantis.



PS. Even the ESPN+ feed couldn't have captured how good/bad the pitch was.

[maceo4]

This is what happens when we overhype players, and watch matches with too much emotion.
Where is the coordination, and disciplined team approach? You have players missing simple passes,
dribbling excessively, playing the long pass that gives away the ball instead of a short one to keep
possession, and worse bunching up instead of spreading the field.

Our players' problems are between the ears, and not being able to stick to fundamentals.

Hmmm...funny how they are somehow able to do it at their clubs...wonder what the difference is...

Essentially took the game as a practice match. Underestimated the CAR team. FIFA rankings. NIG (34) , CAR (124)

Interesting, I wonder who's job it is to prepare the players physically and mentally for the task ahead so that they take these matches seriously?

[Lolly]

Don't blame the loss on anything. We simply honestly have below average players

Same with our opponents. Though we have some good players and some average players. We have lacked creativity in the third half of the pitch and have been relying on Osimhen and Kelechi to get us goals out of nothing.

I believe we still qualify from the group but we might struggle against our opponent on the last group of matches.

[Ezesportsworld]

I don't see any talent in this team

[OJI]

This is what happens when we overhype players, and watch matches with too much emotion.
Where is the coordination, and disciplined team approach? You have players missing simple passes,
dribbling excessively, playing the long pass that gives away the ball instead of a short one to keep
possession, and worse bunching up instead of spreading the field.

Our players' problems are between the ears, and not being able to stick to fundamentals.

Hmmm...funny how they are somehow able to do it at their clubs...wonder what the difference is...

Essentially took the game as a practice match. Underestimated the CAR team. FIFA rankings. NIG (34) , CAR (124)

Interesting, I wonder who's job it is to prepare the players physically and mentally for the task ahead so that they take these matches seriously?

Don't ever expect mental preparation from we-are-here-to-learn Rohr. His defeatist, defensive mentality is rubbing off. I know if we play San Marino (FIFA ranking 210), he would still set the team to play defensive.

[oloye]

Don't blame the loss on anything. We simply honestly have below average players

Same with our opponents. Though we have some good players and some average players. We have lacked creativity in the third half of the pitch and have been relying on Osimhen and Kelechi to get us goals out of nothing.

I believe we still qualify from the group but we might struggle against our opponent on the last group of matches.

I will be willing to entertain the discussion about having average players when we come against teams like Algeria,Egypt,Cameroon or Tunisia,but not.against Cape Verde,Sierra Leone,Liberia or even CAR,never!

[maceo4]

Rohr has played 4-4-2 in about 8 or so games now and we've either struggled to create chances or had slow laboring buildup play in most of those games. He needs to bury that formation once and for all.

If we had a capable AM behind Osimhen and Nacho our play would look different. Nacho needs to be in the box and drop deep occasionally, while Osimhen should have freedom to run the channels and drift to the wings. Nacho should never be your primary creative player.

somebody finally gets it

I said 442 was a no no long ago.

It worked for a while against minnows when we got lucky to score early.

It is a poor formation for the players at our disposal but Rohr wants to play Nacho.

either 433 or 352 (if we must play Nacho)

If we were doing great playing 4-3-3 I don't think **** would have changed things, so I don't think going back is necessarily the answer...regardless of formation we've not been great shakes for a long time...but this is a real low...

[tedder89]

Ok…..

I don't see any talent in this team

[Cellular]

This is what happens when we overhype players, and watch matches with too much emotion.
Where is the coordination, and disciplined team approach? You have players missing simple passes,
dribbling excessively, playing the long pass that gives away the ball instead of a short one to keep
possession, and worse bunching up instead of spreading the field.

Our players' problems are between the ears, and not being able to stick to fundamentals.

Hmmm...funny how they are somehow able to do it at their clubs...wonder what the difference is...

Essentially took the game as a practice match. Underestimated the CAR team. FIFA rankings. NIG (34) , CAR (124)

Interesting, I wonder who's job it is to prepare the players physically and mentally for the task ahead so that they take these matches seriously?

Don't ever expect mental preparation from we-are-here-to-learn Rohr. His defeatist, defensive mentality is rubbing off. I know if we play San Marino (FIFA ranking 210), he would still set the team to play defensive.

The earlier version of **** experimented with a 3-5-2. I thought he had something there.

I thought now having Akpogouma in the mix will allow him to play with 3 man backline and have wingbacks to help flood the midfield and give us width.

[txj]

I don't see any talent in this team

You have to first have sight, to be able to see!

[txj]

Like I said, enjoy your day!

I brought up the pitch DURING the game to counter those who were acclaiming a beautiful pitch.

One can comment on the pitch, or even on climate change for that matter, without it being automatically linked to the loss.

We lost BECAUSE WE WERE POOR; ABYSMALLY POOR!

Enjoy my day?

Are you okay? Enjoy my day because the Eagles lost? You must have me confused with someone else. Can't stand you people that are forming surprised.

I wish you had the same passion for Naija as you have for Liverpool.

You won't tolerate such a manager for Liverpool under ANY circumstance. Anyone who points out the fact that he is a poor manager is a hater.

You all bringing up the pitch is pissing me the #@$% off.

You should spend less time on talking even mentioning the pitch and focus squarely on the culprit. If you were near me, I will headbutt your mouth for even mentioning the pitch.

I can bet you anything that not a single player will mention the pitch as contributing to the loss.

I have asked you "HOW EXACTLY DID THE PITCH CONTRIBUTE TO THEIR PERFORMANCE?"

HOW?!

I first wrote about Rohr as an AVERAGE MANAGER 6 fvcking years ago!!!!!

The irony is that the pitch issue was a side comment in response to those acclaiming the quality of the pitch from pictures posted.

IT IS YOU who MADE THE LINK to performance.

YOU, CELLULAR. So SHUT THE FVVCK UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I hope you are enjoying your day...

Good!

Focus on the person responsible for the loss.

Still forming shocked?!

What pretentious universe do you live in?

I have no patience for the childishness of folks like you and Bigpokey.

If you want to talk football, then lets talk football.

And I'll never tire of pointing out the fact we have poor pitches in Nigeria. Why?

B/c it affects our players and our performance. That is a fact. Just look at Oshimen and his attempts to control the ball for the SE vs his games at Napoli...

Admitting that cannot be automatically equated with it being a reason for our loss or over 5yrs of everage performance...

[Cellular]

Don't blame the loss on anything. We simply honestly have below average players

Same with our opponents. Though we have some good players and some average players. We have lacked creativity in the third half of the pitch and have been relying on Osimhen and Kelechi to get us goals out of nothing.

I believe we still qualify from the group but we might struggle against our opponent on the last group of matches.

I will be willing to entertain the discussion about having average players when we come against teams like Algeria,Egypt,Cameroon or Tunisia,but not.against Cape Verde,Sierra Leone,Liberia or even CAR,never!

**** mantra has always been that we lost because the other team had better players and play in better leagues. The natives buy that excuse because they too believe that Naija has average players. But it is not about the quality of the players as we have seen repeatedly. We saw it against SA in Uyo, against Might Mada$#%^ingascar, against Sierra Leone, struggling against Liberia and now losing to CAR.

You ask fans of the Eagles if they can describe the tactics and/or strategy of the Eagles under Rohr, you will come up empty.

We have continuously struggled to create chances or retain possession. We lack tactical discipline. We are not that difficult to breakdown so you can even hold your head about that either. Players continuously make poor decisions despite him having the team for 6 years and counting.

[vancity eagle]

Rohr has played 4-4-2 in about 8 or so games now and we've either struggled to create chances or had slow laboring buildup play in most of those games. He needs to bury that formation once and for all.

If we had a capable AM behind Osimhen and Nacho our play would look different. Nacho needs to be in the box and drop deep occasionally, while Osimhen should have freedom to run the channels and drift to the wings. Nacho should never be your primary creative player.

somebody finally gets it

I said 442 was a no no long ago.

It worked for a while against minnows when we got lucky to score early.

It is a poor formation for the players at our disposal but Rohr wants to play Nacho.

either 433 or 352 (if we must play Nacho)

If we were doing great playing 4-3-3 I don't think **** would have changed things, so I don't think going back is necessarily the answer...regardless of formation we've not been great shakes for a long time...but this is a real low...

The 433 got us the bronze at afcon, losing to algeria in the last minute

The 433 showed us great matches against Brazil and Ukraine

The 433 was deployed against the first Lesotho match and Sierra Leone. The Lesotho match and first 70 of Sierra Leone match, were our best games in terms of chance creation.

The 442 started in the return match to Sierra Leone which we were scoreless

it then continued against Benin, where again we struggled to score and depended on the basketballer in the last minute.

Against Lesotho at home we were lucky to score early and the game was over

Liberia same thing, and again a lot of luck against Cape Verde (they scored for us)

today again struggle to create chances.

I tell you our misfortune is directly related to the 442. We never struggled like this before with Iwobi in the middle conducting things.

Anybody who tells you otherwise has an agenda.

[Tobi17]

Rohr should be prosecuted for football terrorism...