How Nigeria might look against scotland

In a few hours the super eagles will lock horns with the tartan army

and yours truly will be there front row by the corner flag so look out for me if you are watching the game

So kickoff has produced a potential line-up

and i am liking the intention but i wonder how they will function

Ejide
odunlami yobo egwueke elderson
ejike joel obi rueben babatunde

uchebo Ameobi


off the bat i want to bring this up in the previous post
i questioned will keshi look to make uchebo the new dance partner to ameobi

To have a plan b and to see how it works will they compliment each other


and you remember how they gave trouble to Italy with both forwards scoring.

"Sad to see dike miss out"
But does this give a chance for uchebo to drop deep and link up attack with midfield.







So glad with the idea of trying the backup defence


and to see how good yobo is
and can he handle not being the captain and all eyes will be on him
he has to be flawless or he will be dropped.

He has his detractors have hope
believes he should be nowhere near the team and will he prove him wrong or right?
I am not sold on yobo.
Yes he has experience but how much stock is in his experience and if you get turnt out by scotland i am sorry yobo just feign injury if you have to and leave the world cup alone.


Joel obi

I have spoke about this guy alot and like i said he has to start. All eyes will be on him and yobo and can he deliver. Will he be given the license that Moses gets to drift and let the football muse take him. Somebody said that he is better down the flanks than the middle and if so he may have the option to either swap with ejike or uchebo.

Ejike
This coulI d be the first time in awhile that ejike gets a starting berth.
It will also be the first time i get to see him stretch his legs. Though he is one of the few homegrown players and a surprise package he may need to cement his place with a really good game.

Babatunde
He needs to grasp this with two hand and with his teeth
Because not many fans are on his side unlike other players such as osaze.
I think that the midfield is a place he can fight for and with a potential "third man" role if he can
switch around potentially with joel obi and he gets a good half before osaze and co comes on.

Gabriel
This is his only and last chance to impress and i saw a video on youtube calling him the nigerian yaya.
He needs to play like that and work his socks off and play with hear a bit like balogun but not get injured after 5 minutes.
I look forward to seeing his contribution and he also has one half with azeez coming on for sure second half.


Conclusion,

I think we will win this game at worse draw and we will be dazzled by someone and despondent by others.
So my prediction for players to make an impact: Joel obi, Ejike, Ameobi,Uchebo,Odunlami,Osaze.
Mba and oduamadi i think have shot themselves out of a cannon out of contention for the world cup because in reality they both should be starting.