Originally Posted by paj

...Olboy...Eguavoen was outfoxed,outclassed,outcoached and outwitted in the match against Ghana...and this no be the first time!I have no clue why the EWU is stuck on using 4-2-4.....I managed to watch part of that horrible 2nd half today and honestly....Ghana really didnt do anything special..not to mention the ref gifting them the first two goals.Obodo was fouled right outside the box which led to an immediate counter attack that resulted in a goal(under normal circumstances anything that would have been called cause it gave them advantage) and on the second goal,Muntari outright SHOVED AND PUSHED Abbey out of the way before shooting at goal.Dude..I'm not saying this because I'm Nigerian..but that was a blatant foul!I'll put up the youtube if U wan see am for yasef...I'm not talking of a slight bodycheck,I'm talking about two players facing each other and one stretching both arms out to shove theother to the ground before shooting..and the ref ignored that!
..that aside...Eguavoen is also to blame.His selection was not just poor,it was outright WOEFUL!Everyone plus folks on Mars know Ghana plays 4-4-2,with the midfield being the heart of their team.We were already missing personnel in strategic positions due to both injury and AWOL(Obafemi travelling to Lagos)the most he could've done is to choke the Ghanaian midfield with FOUR Midfielders,with only one of them(Obi) being the offensive midfielder!And with that,he could've let perhaps Utaka and Yakubu start as strikers(or perhaps Yakubu and Aghahowa) so that Obi can feed them.But noooooooooooooooo...the mumu starts THREE strikers(Utaka,Osaze and a hapless,wasteful,out-of-form and goalbarren Makinwa),with Obi as OM,leave Obodo and Olofinjana as the only two DMs.Now,considering how physically unmposing Osaze is and combining that with how useless Makinwa is,all his through passes ended up withthe opponent and ends up in counters.I tell U...this is where man management would've counted a lot..but Egu goofed again.He even played dummy into the hands of the opponent bynot hyping up his boys.The opponent 'played down' the match like it's just another casual friendly,and Egu foolishly bought it.There was no hype in his pre-game press conference,he didnt even appear as if he was either prepared nor look@ this match as a REAL DERBY!He and the boys strolled on to the field 40 minutes late while Ghana team had been warming up 20 minutes before the agreed kick off...Ghana,@ halftime served their players warm tea and gave them replacement jerseys because of the bad weather,Naija had none of that!I'm tired of Nigerian coaches man,except for Siasia.Even Uwua sef get issues..major issues..but I go comot mouth from dat one...
Pa