eyah taye taiwo is nt in d list,i must definantly mis his power left strike,wen d nid really arises,i always wish he really made it,bt am nt kesh

Well, I don't know some of these guys but it's a good start. I wish them the best. Atleast we have home-base players in the squad.

THE LIST IS NOT IMPRESSIVE.

NO GANGLING STRIKERS IN THIS SQUARD.

WEL IS BETTER THAN NOT QUALIFY.

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THE LIST IS NOT IMPRESSIVE.

NO GANGLING STRIKERS IN THIS SQUARD.

WEL IS BETTER THAN NOT QUALIFY.

But we never had such striker for years now and presently there is no single Nigerian gangling striker any where, just as we don't have any ball juggler like J.J. So no need to cry about what we don't have.

But we do have pacy and potent forward line who may hurry defenders into error.

Let's support this team!

Our "youthful" team of child prodigies.

FULL LIST:

Goalkeepers :
Vincent Enyeama (30) - Started playing professionally in the NPL at 19.

Austin Ejide (28)- Started playing professionally in the NPL at 15.

Chigozie Agbim (28) - Started playing professionally in the NPL at 17.

Defenders :
Elderson Echiejile (24) - Started playing professionally in the NPL at 16.

Juwon Oshaniwa (22) - Started playing professionally in the NPL at 17.

Joseph Yobo (32) - Started playing professionally in the Belgian League at 18.

Efe Ambrose (24) - Started playing professionally in the NPL at 18.

Azubuike Egwuekwe (23) - Started playing professionally in the NPL at 17.

Kenneth Omeruo (19) - Joined Standard Liege's youth team at 13.

Godfrey Oboabona (22) - Started playing professionally in the NPL at 20.

Midfielders :
John Mikel Obi (25) - Started playing professionally in the NPL at 15.

Nosa Igiebor (22) - Started playing professionally at 15.

Ogenyi Onazi (20) - Started playing professionally at 16.

Obiora Nwankwo (21) - Started playing professionally in th NPL at 15.

Fegor Ogude (25) - Started playing professionally in th NPL at 20.

Reuben Gabriel (22) - Started playing professionally in th NPL at 17.

Strikers :
Ahmed Musa (20) - Started playing professionally at 16 and was the highest goalscorer in the NPL at 17.

Emmanuel Emenike (25) - Started playing professionally at 21.

Brown Ideye (24) - Started playing professionally in the NPL at 16.

Victor Moses (22) - Only one I can reasonably trust his age.

Ikechukwu Uche (29) - Started playing professionally in the NPL at 17.

Ejike Uzoenyi (24) - Started playing professionally in the NPL at 17.

Sunday Mba (24) - Started playing professionally in th NPL at 17.


The NPL is the only league in the world that has 15 year olds making up majority of the players.

Add 5 to 8 years to the ages of most of these players and then you have their real ages.

So the average age of our players would be anything from 28 to 31. That can be an asset if the players are ones that have experience. Nah! Majority of ours have little experience and pose like little boys.

akorlade: What is brown ideye doing on this list? A typical misfit.

Guy u speak my mind. I wonder why dem dey call the guy sef na wa o

tonyicez:

Guy u speak my mind. I wonder why dem dey call the guy sef na wa o

why shouldn't he be there?

Sagamite: Our "youthful" team of child prodigies.

FULL LIST:

Goalkeepers :
Vincent Enyeama (30) - Started playing professionally in the NPL at 19.

Austin Ejide (28)- Started playing professionally in the NPL at 15.

Chigozie Agbim (28) - Started playing professionally in the NPL at 17.

Defenders :
Elderson Echiejile (24) - Started playing professionally in the NPL at 16.

Juwon Oshaniwa (22) - Started playing professionally in the NPL at 17.

Joseph Yobo (32) - Started playing professionally in the Belgian League at 18.

Efe Ambrose (24) - Started playing professionally in the NPL at 18.

Azubuike Egwuekwe (23) - Started playing professionally in the NPL at 17.

Kenneth Omeruo (19) - Joined Standard Liege's youth team at 13.

Godfrey Oboabona (22) - Started playing professionally in the NPL at 20.

Midfielders :
John Mikel Obi (25) - Started playing professionally in the NPL at 15.

Nosa Igiebor (22) - Started playing professionally at 15.

Ogenyi Onazi (20) - Started playing professionally at 16.

Obiora Nwankwo (21) - Started playing professionally in th NPL at 15.

Fegor Ogude (25) - Started playing professionally in th NPL at 20.

Reuben Gabriel (22) - Started playing professionally in th NPL at 17.

Strikers :
Ahmed Musa (20) - Started playing professionally at 16 and was the highest goalscorer in the NPL at 17.

Emmanuel Emenike (25) - Started playing professionally at 21.

Brown Ideye (24) - Started playing professionally in the NPL at 16.

Victor Moses (22) - Only one I can reasonably trust his age.

Ikechukwu Uche (29) - Started playing professionally in the NPL at 17.

Ejike Uzoenyi (24) - Started playing professionally in the NPL at 17.

Sunday Mba (24) - Started playing professionally in th NPL at 17.


The NPL is the only league in the world that has 15 year olds making up majority of the players.

Add 5 to 8 years to the ages of most of these players and then you have their real ages.

So the average age of our players would be anything from 28 to 31. That can be an asset if the players are ones that have experience. Nah! Majority of ours have little experience and pose like little boys.

GBAM. TRUE TALK. A COUNTRY of corrupt values; we can't even put up a honest team with at least 50% stating their true age, that shows how terrible we are as a nation

^^^
I thought Enyeama is 33/34?

Now I know why Osaze is bitter. The team is an issue. Fingercrossed for the Eagles @ AFCON as I see no future in this team.
Old cargos and tired legs!!!! I pray there is a miracle for Nigerian Eagles to make headway in this tourney. Goodluck.

JaaizTech:

GBAM. TRUE TALK. A COUNTRY of corrupt values; we can't even put up a honest team with at least 50% stating their true age, that shows how terrible we are as a nation

Abi.

When we were celebrating useless u-17 and u-20 glories with players all of us know where blatant cheats, we did not know one day it will come and bite us (a country morally bankrupt) in the butt. Some were rejoicing and even willing to argue the unarguable on NL. They called it "patriotism".

I have stopped watching or supporting Nigerian u-17 and u-20 teams for some years now because I am sick of seeing old men like Stanley Okoro parading themselves as 15. Where is the great Stanley Okoro now? How come Rabiu (the 17 year old next Okocha) can not even get a single game in any club?

I only support SE where we cannot cheat and u-23 where our cheating is really insignificant.

CFCfan: ^^^
I thought Enyeama is 33/34?

I am surprised he is still not only 26.

@Sagamite

I actually think the lack of any developmental plans for the kids is hurting us. Imagine if our players actually get better at 20, they can play on till 35. Drogba, Yakubu, Kanu, Weah, Song etc all played till their mid-30s (projected real ages) at the top.

The sad part of this lies is that our players don't learn anything when they are young and we get average stars. Imagine if Kanu or even Weah were raised in the Netherlands!

I still like our Super Eagles but I have noticed a new trend. . . Those guys raised outside Nigeria (Shittu, Dike, Moses, Aluko, Anichebe) play with a lot more zeal than the other 'home-grown' talent.

ow11: @Sagamite

I actually think the lack of any developmental plans for the kids is hurting us. Imagine if our players actually get better at 20, they can play on till 35. Drogba, Yakubu, Kanu, Weah, Song etc all played till their mid-30s (projected real ages) at the top.

The sad part of this lies is that our players don't learn anything when they are young and we get average stars. Imagine if Kanu or even Weah were raised in the Netherlands!

I still like our Super Eagles but I have noticed a new trend. . . Those guys raised outside Nigeria (Shittu, Dike, Moses, Aluko, Anichebe) play with a lot more zeal than the other 'home-grown' talent.

The current U-17 male squad are someworth very young (can't vouch for them sha), you need to watch their matches to see what i am saying.

^^^

Even if they are 19 (3 years older), These guys can potentially play till 35-38. That's a plus unlike Mikel and Taiwo that were probably in their mid-20s when they played for under 17.

ow11: ^^^

Even if they are 19 (3 years older), These guys can potentially play till 35-38. That's a plus unlike Mikel and Taiwo that were probably in their mid-20s when they played for under 17.

LOL 35-38 in 2005? abeg na lol.


Those guys scored tens of goals during their qualifiers and if you see their game-play, you'd fall in love with anything Nigeria again.

Nduka Ugbade is really trying with the rest of the coaching crew.

Hmmm interesting point u raised. Agree generally with your points though I think guys like yobo omeruo mikel onazi are give or take 2 years their true ages but agree any one who started in the NPL add 5-10 max

Sagamite: Our "youthful" team of child prodigies.

FULL LIST:

Goalkeepers :
Vincent Enyeama (30) - Started playing professionally in the NPL at 19.

Austin Ejide (28)- Started playing professionally in the NPL at 15.

Chigozie Agbim (28) - Started playing professionally in the NPL at 17.

Defenders :
Elderson Echiejile (24) - Started playing professionally in the NPL at 16.

Juwon Oshaniwa (22) - Started playing professionally in the NPL at 17.

Joseph Yobo (32) - Started playing professionally in the Belgian League at 18.

Efe Ambrose (24) - Started playing professionally in the NPL at 18.

Azubuike Egwuekwe (23) - Started playing professionally in the NPL at 17.

Kenneth Omeruo (19) - Joined Standard Liege's youth team at 13.

Godfrey Oboabona (22) - Started playing professionally in the NPL at 20.

Midfielders :
John Mikel Obi (25) - Started playing professionally in the NPL at 15.

Nosa Igiebor (22) - Started playing professionally at 15.

Ogenyi Onazi (20) - Started playing professionally at 16.

Obiora Nwankwo (21) - Started playing professionally in th NPL at 15.

Fegor Ogude (25) - Started playing professionally in th NPL at 20.

Reuben Gabriel (22) - Started playing professionally in th NPL at 17.

Strikers :
Ahmed Musa (20) - Started playing professionally at 16 and was the highest goalscorer in the NPL at 17.

Emmanuel Emenike (25) - Started playing professionally at 21.

Brown Ideye (24) - Started playing professionally in the NPL at 16.

Victor Moses (22) - Only one I can reasonably trust his age.

Ikechukwu Uche (29) - Started playing professionally in the NPL at 17.

Ejike Uzoenyi (24) - Started playing professionally in the NPL at 17.

Sunday Mba (24) - Started playing professionally in th NPL at 17.


The NPL is the only league in the world that has 15 year olds making up majority of the players.

Add 5 to 8 years to the ages of most of these players and then you have their real ages.

So the average age of our players would be anything from 28 to 31. That can be an asset if the players are ones that have experience. Nah! Majority of ours have little experience and pose like little boys.

Where on earth is odemwingie

ow11: @Sagamite

I actually think the lack of any developmental plans for the kids is hurting us. Imagine if our players actually get better at 20, they can play on till 35. Drogba, Yakubu, Kanu, Weah, Song etc all played till their mid-30s (projected real ages) at the top.

The sad part of this lies is that our players don't learn anything when they are young and we get average stars. Imagine if Kanu or even Weah were raised in the Netherlands!

I still like our Super Eagles but I have noticed a new trend. . . Those guys raised outside Nigeria (Shittu, Dike, Moses, Aluko, Anichebe) play with a lot more zeal than the other 'home-grown' talent.

How can our players learn something when young if they cannot get on learning programmes because fathers like us are claiming 15 and taking all the spots?

Of course we would end up with average stars, that is what people like me have been screaming for years and people would say "you are not patriotic" for not joining in the national lie.

honeric01:

The current U-17 male squad are someworth very young (can't vouch for them sha), you need to watch their matches to see what i am saying.

Well it appears the moorons running Nigerian football are finally deciding to clampdown on this age-cheating.

honeric01:

And these players are to replace who?

Bros don't start, Joel Obi can bench anybody in the midfield today. I get that he isn't available and I wasn't questioning Keshi's judgement. And bro, Reuben Gabriel is not better than Lawal, not even if he dreamed it

Parnassuss:

Bros don't start, Joel Obi can bench anybody in the midfield today. I get that he isn't available and I wasn't questioning Keshi's judgement. And bro, Reuben Gabriel is not better than Lawal, not even if he dreamed it

Then why name someone that's not available? i can see how he's benching everyone in Inter.

Which of the Lawal are you talking about? do you mean Lawan? if yes, then can you help us with some clips of Lawan games?

Sagamite:

Well it appears the moorons running Nigerian football are finally deciding to clampdown on this age-cheating.

You need to see how these boys rained in goals during the qualifiers, they conceded only 3 goals i think and scored more than 21 goals in the process. just look for some of their clips on youtube.

One of the basic things I would use to judge this SE team in the ANC is their set-pieces.

The depth our level of football fell to in the last few years was reflected in how poor we were in things like taking a mere corner kick.

Sagamite: One of the basic things I would use to judge this SE team in the ANC is their set-pieces.

The depth our level of football fell to in the last few years was reflected in how poor we were in things like taking a mere corner kick.

Do we have any competent player to do justice to set-pieces? Nosa and Mikel are the only 2 players fit for taking set pieces, how many goals have we been able to convert for a long time now from free-kicks, corner kicks and throw-ins?

honeric01:

Do we have any competent player to do justice to set-pieces? Nosa and Mikel are the only 2 players fit for taking set pieces, how many goals have we been able to convert for a long time now from free-kicks, corner kicks and throw-ins?

Persin no need special legs to take set-pieces especially corner kicks. It can be learnt and a coach should be able to get focus on it in training.

I learnt it and started taking them (corner kicks especially), so I don't see why professionals cannot.

Sagamite:

Persin no need special legs to take set-pieces especially corner kicks. It can be learnt and a coach should be able to get focus on it in training.

I learnt it and started taking them (corner kicks especially), so I don't see why professionals cannot.

Well sha, not every player can do justice to set-pieces especially free-kicks, we haven't really had [b]exceptional [/b]free kick taker, not even Jay Jay.

Maybe Nosa and some other midfielders can take that up.

Or even free kicks I find it disappointing that in all our national teams age grade and female teams included we have no specialist free kick taker I'm not talking beckham henry level just a descent bend it over the wall near the post type but no all we have is shoot to the heavens hit it against the wall

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Eagles Pip Rotterdam In Friendly
…Dutch Coach Hails Mikel, Omeruo

The Super Eagles continued its buildup for the Afcon 2013 Nations Cup in South Africa later this month with an amazing display of attacking football to overwhelm Dutch side, Sparta Rotterdam 1-0, in Faro, Portugal on Saturday afternoon.
The game which was played at the Browns Sports and Leisure Club, where the Eagles are presently camped for the SA 2013 championship started on a cautious not for both sides, but it was the Eagles which featured Skipper Joseph Yobo pairing youthful Kenneth Omeruo, who was impressive in the heart of the defence, that seized the initiatives just five minutes into the encounter.

A combination of Efe Ambrose and Ahmed Musa found Nosa Igiebor at the edge of the box, but he blasted wide. In the 10th minute, Mikel Obi combined beautifully with Igiebor to free Emenike, but his shot was again wasted. Mikel again did a yeoman’s job in the 14th minute to send Emenike clear and he promptly tucked the ball into the net but Dutch referee for the game Wim Bronsvoort ruled it offside.

From then on it was one way traffic as the Eagles seized control of the game but Igiebor, Moses, Emenike and Musa somehow managed not to score and the half thus ended goalless, to the chagrin of Stephen Keshi, who thought his wards should have at least been two goals up by then.
The Eagles continued from where they stopped in the second stanza and in the 55thminute, Ambrose Efe combined beautifully with Musa, who dribbled his way into the vital area before laying the ball for bulky Emenike to riffle home for what turned out the only goal of the encounter.

After the goal Keshi made eight changes to his team with Ejike Uzoenyi coming in for Victor Moses, Gabriel Reuben for Mikel, Ike Uche for Emenike, Sunday Mba for Nosa Igiebor, Brown Ideye for Musa, Ogenyi Onazi for Yobo, Nwankwo Obiorah for Ogude Fegor and goalkeeper Chigozie Agbim for Vincent Enyeama.
The Dutch side did threaten a couple of times through dangerman, Donovan Deekman spotting number 11 jersey, but it was dealt by Enyeama and later by Agbim. Infact, they took only one straight shot at goal that was easily pick up by Enyeama at the start of the second half.
The Eagles continued their dominant play even with the changes but Ideye, Uche, Reuben and Mba failed to increase the tally, to keep the scoreline at only 1-0, after 90minutes.

Rotterdam coach, Michel Vonk, said he was delighted with the robust, attacking play of the Eagles, adding that if they keep it up they will go far at the Nations Cup. “Your team play physical and quick and at times they slow it down and before you know it they are all over you. I told my players that is what to expect and we were not disappointed. Their quality is very good”, he said.
The coach singled out Mikel Obi and Kenneth Omeruo for special mention. “Your number 10 (Mikel), is very good, creative and has good vision, then Omeruo, very good aerially and gives good cover to the keeper. Your team wasted a lot of chances, they must learn to take them at the Nations Cup and I wish them good luck”, he concluded.

honeric01:

Well sha, not every player can do justice to set-pieces especially free-kicks, we haven't really had [b]exceptional [/b]free kick taker, not even Jay Jay.

Maybe Nosa and some other midfielders can take that up.

Yeah, I am not saying after training, they would wake up and be David Beckham.

But selecting 5 players and teaching them the art of free-kicks, you might get one that would come close, in free-kicks, to Rooney.

We can't continue being a team that cannot capitalise on set-pieces like we have become and a good coach should know that.

Sagamite:

Yeah, I am not saying after training, they would wake up and be David Beckham.

But selecting 5 players and teaching them the art of free-kicks, you might get one that would come close, in free-kicks, to Rooney.

We can't continue being a team that cannot capitalise on set-pieces like we have become and a good coach should know that.

But then, we can't be so sure that they are not made to do these in training, even at their various club sites, i just believe we do not have players cut out for stuffs like free-kicks.

Maybe corner kicks, but for free kicks, we haven't been lucky at all.

@honeric01

That's something Mikel should have incorporated into his game to get the goals. The guy is so comfortable with his achievements. I can't say I blame him.

ow11: @honeric01

That's something Mikel should have incorporated into his game to get the goals. The guy is so comfortable with his achievements. I can't say I blame him.

Most of our players we have presently play football to make money, nothing else. if you're doing what you love, you'd want to keep improving.

Yvete: Used to have a crush on Joseph Yobo. Back when I was younger.

Now, what has changed?