Alex Iwobi and Super Eagles

[Cally]

Is it time to give this player his due flowers?

Did anyone see that equalizer against Sierra Leone? Dude was easily the best player on the pitch today. His passing, high IQ, and energy was at a different level. He's playing like a proper leader now.

Its easy to pile on him when he doesn't play well. He doesn't quite get commensurate credit when deserved.

[Ugbowo]

I’ve been singing it here. As he goes, we go

[Sunset]

That's how we should expect someone with close to 60 caps to be playing for the SE if we're being honest, I'm hoping he stays consistent.

[Cally]

That's how we should expect someone with close to 60 caps to be playing for the SE if we're being honest, I'm hoping he stays consistent.

Give the guy his due credit jare! How many others with that number of caps are playing at the same level?

[maceo4]

Great game from Alex, none of our other players would have been able to finish that chance, love his IQ level, and with the grit and steel he's adding, its only better for SE.

[Sunset]

That's how we should expect someone with close to 60 caps to be playing for the SE if we're being honest, I'm hoping he stays consistent.

Give the guy his due credit jare! How many others with that number of caps are playing at the same level?

Speak for yourself bros, it's not a performance against Sierra Leone that I'd use to give our players Flowers. Them doing well there is simply the expectation so doing anything less than that is where there are issues (Ekong & Ajayi in particular).

[vancity eagle]

Lots of people were hating on him.

In truth he can be frustrating at times with his errant passes but he is ALWAYS amongst our best 2 or 3 players EVERY MATCH he plays.

Repeating myself but the BIGGEST mistake Rohr made in his 6 years was dropping Iwobi from AM position to accommodate Iheanacho in a 442. That's when it went south for Rohr.

Imagine Egu even dropping Iwobi entirely from the starting 11 at afcon. What a fool.

Peseiro get sense.

[waka-man]

Lots of people were hating on him.

In truth he can be frustrating at times with his errant passes but he is ALWAYS amongst our best 2 or 3 players EVERY MATCH he plays.

Repeating myself but the BIGGEST mistake Rohr made in his 6 years was dropping Iwobi from AM position to accommodate Iheanacho in a 442. That's when it went south for Rohr.

Imagine Egu even dropping Iwobi entirely from the starting 11 at afcon. What a fool.

Peseiro get sense.

Very true. And odd. But to be fair, Iwobi’s club form was in the gutter. Still you are right; that decision was the beginning of the end.

[Bigpokey24]

we didn't win AFCON and qualify for the WC because of Alex. his goal also took us to 2018 WC .. kai them do us bad

[maceo4]

Lots of people were hating on him.

In truth he can be frustrating at times with his errant passes but he is ALWAYS amongst our best 2 or 3 players EVERY MATCH he plays.

Repeating myself but the BIGGEST mistake Rohr made in his 6 years was dropping Iwobi from AM position to accommodate Iheanacho in a 442. That's when it went south for Rohr.

Imagine Egu even dropping Iwobi entirely from the starting 11 at afcon. What a fool.

Peseiro get sense.

Bruh, both Iwobi and Iheanacho could have started in today's formation, it doesn't have to be one or the other...

[vancity eagle]

More the reason we NEED TO FIND IWOBIS BACKUP

Instead of calling 10 strikers and defenders who will never play.

Ejaria needs to be looked at. We must have a plan B if Iwobi is injured or suspended. But knowing Nigeria WE NEVER PLAN.

[vancity eagle]

Lots of people were hating on him.

In truth he can be frustrating at times with his errant passes but he is ALWAYS amongst our best 2 or 3 players EVERY MATCH he plays.

Repeating myself but the BIGGEST mistake Rohr made in his 6 years was dropping Iwobi from AM position to accommodate Iheanacho in a 442. That's when it went south for Rohr.

Imagine Egu even dropping Iwobi entirely from the starting 11 at afcon. What a fool.

Peseiro get sense.

Bruh, both Iwobi and Iheanacho could have started in today's formation, it doesn't have to be one or the other...

But the point is Iwobi was playing centrally.

Rohr moved him to the wings to accommodate Nacho.

Egu dropped him entirely.

Iwobi is nowhere near as effective out wide.

[maceo4]

Lots of people were hating on him.

In truth he can be frustrating at times with his errant passes but he is ALWAYS amongst our best 2 or 3 players EVERY MATCH he plays.

Repeating myself but the BIGGEST mistake Rohr made in his 6 years was dropping Iwobi from AM position to accommodate Iheanacho in a 442. That's when it went south for Rohr.

Imagine Egu even dropping Iwobi entirely from the starting 11 at afcon. What a fool.

Peseiro get sense.

Bruh, both Iwobi and Iheanacho could have started in today's formation, it doesn't have to be one or the other...

But the point is Iwobi was playing centrally.

Rohr moved him to the wings to accommodate Nacho.

Egu dropped him entirely.

Iwobi is nowhere near as effective out wide.

But you keep making it about Iheanacho, its not his fault and its not like he didn't create quite a number of assists/goals from that position both in qualifiers and at the ANC. If those coaches were braver they wouldn't have sacrificed Iwobi, but both could have played centrally like they had done in the past to good effect (Argentina friendly etc). The thing is this is just part of your new 'bash Iheanacho' campaign.

[vancity eagle]

Lots of people were hating on him.

In truth he can be frustrating at times with his errant passes but he is ALWAYS amongst our best 2 or 3 players EVERY MATCH he plays.

Repeating myself but the BIGGEST mistake Rohr made in his 6 years was dropping Iwobi from AM position to accommodate Iheanacho in a 442. That's when it went south for Rohr.

Imagine Egu even dropping Iwobi entirely from the starting 11 at afcon. What a fool.

Peseiro get sense.

Bruh, both Iwobi and Iheanacho could have started in today's formation, it doesn't have to be one or the other...

But the point is Iwobi was playing centrally.

Rohr moved him to the wings to accommodate Nacho.

Egu dropped him entirely.

Iwobi is nowhere near as effective out wide.

But you keep making it about Iheanacho, its not his fault and its not like he didn't create quite a number of assists/goals from that position both in qualifiers and at the ANC. If those coaches were braver they wouldn't have sacrificed Iwobi, but both could have played centrally like they had done in the past to good effect (Argentina friendly etc). The thing is this is just part of your new 'bash Iheanacho' campaign.

IMO Rohr decided he could not play both Nacho and Iwobi centrally. So it was one or the other, and he chose Nacho. That was a mistake.

Iwobi centrally Nigeria was playing well.

When he was removed centrally for Nacho we lacked creativity.

That's just a fact, it's not about "hating on Nacho"

By the way I doubt we can play both Nacho and Iwobi centrally against better teams.

[EMIR KONGI JAFFI JOFFA]

Mek we hia wod joor. He scores the 1 goal he scores yearly and we nonfat hia again. He's doing well but we need to see more.

[maceo4]

Lots of people were hating on him.

In truth he can be frustrating at times with his errant passes but he is ALWAYS amongst our best 2 or 3 players EVERY MATCH he plays.

Repeating myself but the BIGGEST mistake Rohr made in his 6 years was dropping Iwobi from AM position to accommodate Iheanacho in a 442. That's when it went south for Rohr.

Imagine Egu even dropping Iwobi entirely from the starting 11 at afcon. What a fool.

Peseiro get sense.

Bruh, both Iwobi and Iheanacho could have started in today's formation, it doesn't have to be one or the other...

But the point is Iwobi was playing centrally.

Rohr moved him to the wings to accommodate Nacho.

Egu dropped him entirely.

Iwobi is nowhere near as effective out wide.

But you keep making it about Iheanacho, its not his fault and its not like he didn't create quite a number of assists/goals from that position both in qualifiers and at the ANC. If those coaches were braver they wouldn't have sacrificed Iwobi, but both could have played centrally like they had done in the past to good effect (Argentina friendly etc). The thing is this is just part of your new 'bash Iheanacho' campaign.

IMO Rohr decided he could not play both Nacho and Iwobi centrally. So it was one or the other, and he chose Nacho. That was a mistake.

Iwobi centrally Nigeria was playing well.

When he was removed centrally for Nacho we lacked creativity.

That's just a fact, it's not about "hating on Nacho"

By the way I doubt we can play both Nacho and Iwobi centrally against better teams.

So in your mind we were creating tons of chances before then inexplicably coaches decided to just change things around? Because why exactly? Then we created nothing after that change right? Didn't score any single goals, didn't create any opportunities? Your hyperbole is too much abeg...stop trying to pawn it off as fact...

[vancity eagle]

Mek we hia wod joor. He scores the 1 goal he scores yearly and we nonfat hia again. He's doing well but we need to see more.

Bro other than Nacho and Osimehn, none of our players have scored more goals.

I am not counting Musa who has played twice as many matches and should not be on the team.

[vancity eagle]

Lots of people were hating on him.

In truth he can be frustrating at times with his errant passes but he is ALWAYS amongst our best 2 or 3 players EVERY MATCH he plays.

Repeating myself but the BIGGEST mistake Rohr made in his 6 years was dropping Iwobi from AM position to accommodate Iheanacho in a 442. That's when it went south for Rohr.

Imagine Egu even dropping Iwobi entirely from the starting 11 at afcon. What a fool.

Peseiro get sense.

Bruh, both Iwobi and Iheanacho could have started in today's formation, it doesn't have to be one or the other...

But the point is Iwobi was playing centrally.

Rohr moved him to the wings to accommodate Nacho.

Egu dropped him entirely.

Iwobi is nowhere near as effective out wide.

But you keep making it about Iheanacho, its not his fault and its not like he didn't create quite a number of assists/goals from that position both in qualifiers and at the ANC. If those coaches were braver they wouldn't have sacrificed Iwobi, but both could have played centrally like they had done in the past to good effect (Argentina friendly etc). The thing is this is just part of your new 'bash Iheanacho' campaign.

IMO Rohr decided he could not play both Nacho and Iwobi centrally. So it was one or the other, and he chose Nacho. That was a mistake.

Iwobi centrally Nigeria was playing well.

When he was removed centrally for Nacho we lacked creativity.

That's just a fact, it's not about "hating on Nacho"

By the way I doubt we can play both Nacho and Iwobi centrally against better teams.

So in your mind we were creating tons of chances before then inexplicably coaches decided to just change things around? Because why exactly? Then we created nothing after that change right? Didn't score any single goals, didn't create any opportunities? Your hyperbole is too much abeg...stop trying to pawn it off as fact...

Yes

We scored 4 against Sierra Leone, also missing many chances

We scored 4 against Lesotho

We scored 2 against Ukraine and missed a ton of chances.

WHEN LAST DID WE SCORE SO MANY GOALS ?

post Nacho for Iwobi

0-0 vs Sierra Leone
1-0 vs Benin (last minute goal)

One exception Nigeria 3 Lesotho 0 (albeit Iwobi often drifted centrally)

Nigeria 2 Liberia 0
Cape Verde 1 Nigeria 2 (Neither played and we got own goal)
Nigeria 0 CAR 1
CAR 0 Nigeria 1
Nigeria 1 Cape Verde 1

The evidence is clear to see.

[airwolex]

Please give me my flowers as well, by and large, I have always been a believer. The dude balled.

[EMIR KONGI JAFFI JOFFA]

Mek we hia wod joor. He scores the 1 goal he scores yearly and we nonfat hia again. He's doing well but we need to see more.

Bro other than Nacho and Osimehn, none of our players have scored more goals.

I am not counting Musa who has played twice as many matches and should not be on the team.

Every coach that has coached SE has had Musa on his team since he turned pro. Leaving Musa out is just to suit your own irrelevant narrative. Musa is the top SE goal scorer over the last 10yrs. He earned it

[Cally]

Mek we hia wod joor. He scores the 1 goal he scores yearly and we nonfat hia again. He's doing well but we need to see more.

Bro other than Nacho and Osimehn, none of our players have scored more goals.

I am not counting Musa who has played twice as many matches and should not be on the team.

That Emir dude is a confirmed hater. I can tell he's in so much pain watching the Iwobi that he's bad-mouthed for the last few months, running the show. You need to see more my foot.

[Tobi17]

He now has 10 international goals for Nigeria as a midfielder,, surely one of our highest scoring midfielders?

Where are our statisticians

[1naija]

He is out looking for players exploding with one assist.

He now has 10 international goals for Nigeria as a midfielder,, surely one of our highest scoring midfielders?

Where are our statisticians