CAR 0 vs Nigeria 2

[Lolly]

We are not an elite African team anymore with Coach Rorh. No style, and even the tactic is suspect. The players are there, but the team play leaves a lot to be desired.

So painful to watch.

The boys were also under pressure. But good result after Thursday’s disaster

[Siddonlook11]

This guy again!! Look at your mate. He is free. You did well to draw the defender to you. Selfish git!!

he did not have a clear pass to Osimehn.

Like I said with Napoli, Osimehn needs to improve his movement, sometimes he is too static, just waiting for the ball.

You keep defending him. .. the whole aim of the dribble is to create space for your teammates by drawing defenders to yourself abi ? Ok o.

Lets keep praising him , he did better than musa and nacho - that should now be a yard stick.

Knowing the way Rohr is conservative Ejuke will be starting on the bench more as long as Musa and Nacho are healthy , moreso when Iwobi is available.

An dthe reason will be this ball hugging

[Enyi]

Good result......More importantly...... How come Cameroun can provide a better pitch than the rubbish we served up in Lagos

[waka-man]

I get why coaches pick Simon. Very disciplined performance. Perfect for a wingback.

This man, you sabi bolu

I alwayd liked him

Yimu. Wingback, you guys can have him if you like. But as an attacking player/winger? He's a complete zero. Cannot run fast, cannot cross, cannot cut in, cannot dribble, cannot score. All he has is effort.

I actually agree. As part of a front three, he’s not good enough. But I’m the system we played today, he’s the best we have, and he’s pretty good.

[okidoki]

This team is poor. We need a new coach with radical new ideas. There’s simply nothing awe inspiring about the way we play.

Continue blaming the coach when you have sub standard eggs. This match - what I have seen is poor decisions from the forwards.

If you don’t see it many do, even the ESPN commentator in few words said Rorh had underachieved considering the team he had. 5 years later when we are supposed to be able to present at least two solid eleven’s, we can hardly boast of one.
For the life of me, I can hardly say what the man football philosophy is. He brought stability but short of that he’s been wack tactic wise.

[Lolly]

MoM for me was Aribo. He played a mature game today.

[chif456]

His team mates will want to have his head. If he goes on the end of mazy runs and puts the ball in the back of the net or gets penalties, they will tolerate it but he will be very frustrating to play with. Supremely skilled plater, low center of gravity, pace and power but if he can learn to look for the pass, develop a more strategic football mind - we have a potential ballon d'or on our hands.

Ejuke is going to divide opinion. That's what players like him do. He may also not be a very popular figure among his teammates, but for my money, the coach needs to protect his place and keep him in the team.

Should he always start? I think he's one good developmental season away from being ready for primetime. BUT the boy is goooooddd. What he has, you cannot learn if you ain't got it already. He will cause debates, etc. He's an excellent talent

[Siddonlook11]

But for that nonsense in Lagos, we would virtually have qualified today.

[wanaj0]

WELL DONE LADS...

Congrats to the SE. A win as predicted

[Gotti]

Ejuke did exactly what he was brought on to do...help us retain possession!
The CAR players could not get the ball off him, in contrast to Musa who kept losing possession L and R!

[Siddonlook11]

MoM for me was Aribo. He played a mature game today.

Its a hard one between he and Balogun.

Even Simon rarely put a foot wrong.

[Oguleftie]

This guy again!! Look at your mate. He is free. You did well to draw the defender to you. Selfish git!!

he did not have a clear pass to Osimehn.

Like I said with Napoli, Osimehn needs to improve his movement, sometimes he is too static, just waiting for the ball.

You keep defending him. .. the whole aim of the dribble is to create space for your teammates by drawing defenders to yourself abi ? Ok o.

Lets keep praising him , he did better than musa and nacho - that should now be a yard stick.

Knowing the way Rohr is conservative Ejuke will be starting on the bench more as long as Musa and Nacho are healthy , moreso when Iwobi is available.

An dthe reason will be this ball hugging

The 1st time he should pass to Osimhen, Osimhen was at least shoulder offside.
The 2nd time he should pass to Osimhen, Osimhen was at least feet offside.

[DIMKA76]

His team mates will want to have his head. If he goes on the end of mazy runs and puts the ball in the back of the net or gets penalties, they will tolerate it but he will be very frustrating to play with. Supremely skilled plater, low center of gravity, pace and power but if he can learn to look for the pass, develop a more strategic football mind - we have a potential ballon d'or on our hands.

Ejuke is going to divide opinion. That's what players like him do. He may also not be a very popular figure among his teammates, but for my money, the coach needs to protect his place and keep him in the team.

Should he always start? I think he's one good developmental season away from being ready for primetime. BUT the boy is goooooddd. What he has, you cannot learn if you ain't got it already. He will cause debates, etc. He's an excellent talent

Wow like you read my mind. Poise, balance, skill - Nigerian Messi to be.

[maceo4]

look at all the chances Ejuke is creating.

the dummy will start Musa in the next match.

Did Ejuke not play the whole match in Nigeria? How many did he create?

...too many short-sighted folks. He forgot Ejuke just came late taking on tired defenders.

Oh shut up.

Did Ejuke not do the same when he started against Cape Verde.

He created the only chance in the last match.

How did Musa do ? How many goals ? How many assists ? How many chances created ? How many passes completed ?

Do you have to lie just to score points? Kelechi created a very similar chance earlier in that game, the difference is Osimhen just inexplicably rushed a shot, but on Ejukes pass he tried to square it with his left which ended up hitting the post and creating that chance for Awoniyi. Musa is crap we all know it, but you keep pushing your Ejuke agenda in an emotional manner…

[vancity eagle]

Ejuke did exactly what he was brought on to do...help us retain possession!
The CAR players could not get the ball off him, in contrast to Musa who kept losing possession L and R!

you must have an anti-Musa agenda to be telling the truth !!

[Gotti]

MoM for me was Aribo. He played a mature game today.

Meh...
In a game in which no one player really stood out, I'll tab Balogun by default.

[deanotito]

I get why coaches pick Simon. Very disciplined performance. Perfect for a wingback.

This man, you sabi bolu

I alwayd liked him

Yimu. Wingback, you guys can have him if you like. But as an attacking player/winger? He's a complete zero. Cannot run fast, cannot cross, cannot cut in, cannot dribble, cannot score. All he has is effort.

I actually agree. As part of a front three, he’s not good enough. But I’m the system we played today, he’s the best we have, and he’s pretty good.

Ok, but tell me this. I'm not super sure what formation Rohr was playing, because with Collins and Omeruo both present, I wasn't sure who the 3rd center back was- Collins or Omeruo. If Collins was the 3rd center back, then it means that Omeruo was the wingback and thus Simon spent 90 minutes giving him defensive cover, and producing nothing offensively.

Me ehn, I think one has to construct a team in a way that gives you advantages. Don't waste spots. Are there some things Simon does well? Yes, but he's so limited offensively that he hurts the team.

[Cellular]

MoM for me was Aribo. He played a mature game today.

Meh...
In a game in which no one player really stood out, I'll tab Balogun by default.

Balogun for me.

[Siddonlook11]

This guy again!! Look at your mate. He is free. You did well to draw the defender to you. Selfish git!!

he did not have a clear pass to Osimehn.

Like I said with Napoli, Osimehn needs to improve his movement, sometimes he is too static, just waiting for the ball.

You keep defending him. .. the whole aim of the dribble is to create space for your teammates by drawing defenders to yourself abi ? Ok o.

Lets keep praising him , he did better than musa and nacho - that should now be a yard stick.

Knowing the way Rohr is conservative Ejuke will be starting on the bench more as long as Musa and Nacho are healthy , moreso when Iwobi is available.

An dthe reason will be this ball hugging

The 1st time he should pass to Osimhen, Osimhen was at least shoulder offside.
The 2nd time he should pass to Osimhen, Osimhen was at least feet offside.

Oshimen has his faults - one is being static ( i think he was tired ) and the other is being level headed.

BUT if Ejuke has passed the first and OShimen was off - Oshimen would have learned and be ready for the second , He like everyone else did not know what Ejuke was going to do !

Trust this - as long as Rohr is coach and Iwobi is available Ejuke will be benched. I will take bets on that all day.

[tedder89]

Define “better”? Even in Lagos we had enough chances to win with the poor pitch

I didn’t see much of a difference pitch wise, we played better because we had a tactical plan for a packed defense that worked and players who were brave and stood up

Good result......More importantly...... How come Cameroun can provide a better pitch than the rubbish we served up in Lagos

[Oguleftie]

Ejuke did exactly what he was brought on to do...help us retain possession!
The CAR players could not get the ball off him, in contrast to Musa who kept losing possession L and R!

you must have an anti-Musa agenda to be telling the truth !!
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There is no Musa agenda.
Must is preventing us from injecting young players for the near future into the team.
Just give him 200 caps & let us move on.

[vancity eagle]

Define “better”? Even in Lagos we had enough chances to win with the poor pitch

I didn’t see much of a difference pitch wise, we played better because we had a tactical plan for a packed defense that worked and players who were brave and stood up

Good result......More importantly...... How come Cameroun can provide a better pitch than the rubbish we served up in Lagos

we definately had a better plan, and the boys were more motivated and not trying to sleepwalk through the game.

But the pitch WAS BETTER, and it showed in our play.

[TonyTheTigerKiller]

His team mates will want to have his head. If he goes on the end of mazy runs and puts the ball in the back of the net or gets penalties, they will tolerate it but he will be very frustrating to play with. Supremely skilled plater, low center of gravity, pace and power but if he can learn to look for the pass, develop a more strategic football mind - we have a potential ballon d'or on our hands.

Ejuke is going to divide opinion. That's what players like him do. He may also not be a very popular figure among his teammates, but for my money, the coach needs to protect his place and keep him in the team.

Should he always start? I think he's one good developmental season away from being ready for primetime. BUT the boy is goooooddd. What he has, you cannot learn if you ain't got it already. He will cause debates, etc. He's an excellent talent

Ejuke is not very productive with his wayward dribbling. He simply has to learn to pass the ball. We could have won 4 - 0 if only he’d have looked up and spotted wide open players


Cheers.