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Post-World Cup: Assessing Super Eagles. . .

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The World Cup is over and done. What's next? Time to think about the 2019 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) and the long journey to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Yes, I realize that there would be another Cup of Nations before 2022 but that isn't really as important now as the 2019 version. There are things that we learned from the recent World Cup in Russia that come in handy as we take a look to what's next . For one, Nigeria's midfield commander in the last few years, Mikel Obi, is on a downward trajectory and while we expect him to be at the AFCON in 2019, that may not be the case in Qatar 2022. But this blog piece is not about Mikel but a position-by-position review about the team. The team, in terms of its character and then in terms of its personnel, bears another review. That is what this blog piece is about. So let's get started. The Team: Character As long as Coach Gernot Rohr remains coach it seems Nigeria is married to his much loved 4-2-3-1 as th