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andrewbaba44:
Ighalo is not needed because of our young players for sure

But you mentioning retired players makes no single sense

My guy, you need a balanced Squad and it's high time that we practice continuity. You need a balanced squad mixed with youth and experience

mostob:
But come o... is Ighalo a proven experienced player? Don't come here and tell me he is proven because he played for Man U o.

For Nigeria standard, he is a proven player.
Presently our top scorer 16 in 35
Top scorer at the last ANC 5 goals. The guy is a Late bloomer just like yekini was a late bloomer. People don't realize that yekini didn't score any goal for Nigeria for almost 7 years after making his debut and he ended as our all time top scorer. Players peak differently

mostob:
Wow.. don't you think we need Emenike and Sunday Mba too? Infact Igiebor should be called back to partner Ndidi.

Evening, Sunday MBA doesn't play professionally for any club so your point Is invalid

Seriously, with the plethora of talents available at Nigeria disposal, I think that we should schedule few games aside of our ANCQ against African minows at the season ending just to see and navigate their talents. Maybe get against moi moi teams Latvia, Macedonia to test our players

Arabiandude:
I wish you well! Hehehehe

I wish you well too but ighalo can still contribute to super eagles team in my opinion

Arabiandude:
I reiterate, thank your stars this is online, it's only God that would have saved you. You lack manners and ants like you ends up pleading with their knees on the ground after vomiting nonsense.
I don't have the time to judge what happened, but it seems you also have short memories, else how would you say I insulted you first.
I spoke about Rohr who by virtue of his Job is responsible to all Nigerians, just as Nigeria politicians, but you jump at my mention calling me a mad man.
Whatever your name is, you need to go to your church or wherever you worship and thank your stars that this is online, you wouldn't have gone unpunished for all the insults you poured at me.

Read your posts and see how you are directly insulting everyone whose opinions differs from yours and you didn't started this today, that's how you have been ever since you graced this noble thread.

Take your time once again, not everyone have conscience or human sympathy.
If you have ear, hear, if you don't or want to continue proven stubborn, continue...one day be one day, monkey go enter market, e nor go return

Where you not the one that said that only a "stupid" person will suggest ighalo return? Like I said, you insulted and started calling me derogatory names all because I had a different opinion than you and is now claiming to be the victim. Respect is reciprocal my Guy

Arabiandude:
You are always referring to was and 2019, are we still in 2019? Or maybe you are still in 2019, not definitely others.
And Ighalo became the first Nigerian to play for MU, how does that become an achievement? Amunike that played for Barcelona who is a bigger club than MU till this very moment, has he been given a national honor because of it?
Yeah, Ighalo played for MU, what was his contribution other than chasing him and replacing him with an older Cavani who is scoring goals aplenty for MU, same thing Ighalo couldn't do.
I reteirate my earlier stand, there is nothing special about Ighalo and I would rather recall Okocha to the SE than recall Ighalo

I'm referring to 2019 because that was the last concluded ANC and the last time that ighalo played for us. Although, I think an experienced ighalo can still contribute to SE I won't advise our coach to beg anyone because Nigeria is bigger than any player. Ighalo willingly retired and he must willingly rescind that decision

mostob:
Bro... ANC was 3 years ago. Be like you just dey watch ball.

That was the last immediate ANC. Even Victor Moses is also needed. He won ANC on his 1st try and defeated Algeria for us while these new guys has lost to Algeria twice

Arabiandude:
I will leave you because indeed this is online, where cats equates lions.
SMH...who nor go nor know.

Are you not the one that insulted and called me names first? Respect my friend is reciprocal. Don't go calling people Stupid or throw bottle on them for having a different opinion

mostob:
I don't even understand you again. You're the one leading the anti-farmers league protest here yet you want us to recall someone playing in Saudi Arabia, in a league that doesn't even qualified to be called farmers' league. To top it all, we don't even know the last time he scored and you want us to recall him in expense of red hot strikers. chai.... Go sit down for bush

My friend farmers league doesn't apply to "Proven experienced players" mind you, he was just at the biggest club in EPL history as early as 2021 and could had signed to a bigger team. Yes, I am 100% against Farmers league players but when it comes to Proven experienced players, their league is irrelevant. All we require them.is to be fit/playing

Olulong:
The reason is simple, Zlatan at 39 is Sweden's Highest goal scorer this season. Ighalo on the other hand has barely played all season and has 3 goals all season so based on form, he doesn't deserve to called up. EOD

And BTW we recently played a qualifier where we scored 14 goals in 6 games so we don't have issues scoring goals hence I see no reason dragging him out of retirement

Ighalo was Nigeria top scorer in the last ANC and is still Nigeria top scorer presently playing. My friend I don't understand you. At 31, you can still give 4 more years to your national team but Nigerians like retiring their legend early. The same nonsense happened in 2002 all because we lost to a world class Senegal team

Arabiandude:
This Rohr of a man is mentally sick and should be repatriated back to his country before he runs mad on Nigeria soul.

Imagine the mad man still talking about Ighalo when he has Osimhen, Iheanacho, Onuachu, Moffi, Sadiq, Simy and Ugbo all in red hot form.

I dont understand you guys here. A 32 year proven and fit experienced player that was recently the top scorer at ANCQ and ANC in 2019 and became the first Nigerian to play for Manchester United isn't good enough to be recalled because we have many youngsters? You my friend is the Mad one. I still don't know why Nigerians love to retire its players early while other countries legend are playing even at 36, 37. Ibrahimovich just got recalled back to sweden

kennysville:
Y'know its a wonder how people say weird stuffs about Austin Okocha. They look at the dude through the lens of "today's football". We seem to forget that football has evolved. First of all, whatever dribbles okocha came up with at that time is what an average fan paid for and wanted to see. It is what drew people to whatever club he played for. So in that regard, he was really successful. Pele of 1966, 1970 in today's football is at best an iniesta and not even close to messi if we want to judge it that way. But shouldnt we ask "were they in the same era?"

Okocha was bought for 12 million pounds as far back as 1998. How many african players got that as transfer fee? Respect what the man has done in football. He is an Afcon winner, an olympic gold medallist, a midfield maestro and a dribbling wizard. He has left the scene and we are yet to see anyone as creative as he is till date!
Best part, he is a Nigerian! What more can yall ask for?

I taya O!

You get time to explain to the slowpoke. It's only Nigeria that don't like celebrating its legend while hailing a foreigner for doing the same thing as his legend. Any person that watched okocha and say he wasn't a playmaker is obviously an slowpoke

kentebemoney:
Abegi !!!!!!!
Plenty dribble isn'nt play making

Typical African man they will talk down on their own and hail the white or foreign black man. When Ronaldinho and Maradona do it, it's playmaker but an African man dribbling is noisemaking

VillageBus:
u go give big club 150m wey Leicester dey ask for, so them go fit afford am

His price tag isn't 150M also the guy has served leicester excellently for 5 years and if he is really interested in signing for a bigger team, they will let him go. A player like ndidi with all his stats should be at a bigger team competing for champions league

Golden generation on average usually lasts for few years and SE must capitalize and maximize our golden generation or else we will regret. The last time SE had a golden generation was in the 1990's. Imagjne a player like okocha never played for a big club despite being one of the most gifted playmaker of his generation

JohnBullMySon:
Let me ask you, is Koulibaly overrated?

Nope, also in koulibaly case, his owner has failed to sanction or sell him to a bigger club than Napoli and even Napoli is a big club in their own right. A team that featured Diego Maradona in his prime

Seriously, After this season Ndidi has to transfer to a bigger team than leicester City. It is high time that Nigeria have our players at the best clubs in the world especially as super eagles is enjoying a medium Golden generation. We need to produce our own Essien, Drogba, Etoo, mane, salah, Or even Mikel obi. After this season, if ndidi is still at leicester, it means that his overrated. I don tok my own. Say whatever you want to say about osimehn, but give him that credit for being ambitious. He could had been a local champion at lique 1 but he took that risk and signed for a big club. Ndidi needs to take the same risk and sign for a Winning club that's expected to challenge for trophies on a year by year basis

andrewbaba44:
Napoli is a big team but not a big 3 in seria A

Big 3 as in Seria a, LA liga and Epl not napoli as a tram

andrewbaba44:
Do you mean Napoli is a big 3 in seria A ?

Yes, all we are saying give us GHANA all we are saying give us MIDGETS Omo A whole generational talent

Wait next season Nigeria can possibly have

1) Osimehn - Seria A Big 3
2) Simy - Seria A big 3
3) Awoniyi - Bundesliga Big 5
4) Moffi - Lique 1 big 5
5) Iheanacho - Epl Big 3
6) Sadiq- la liga big 3

All our 6 strikers playing at the big 3 or big 5 Coach Rohr must be a Good scout.. My question is why aren't we producing enough attacking midfielders aka playmaker? Please, young Nigerians advise your younger siblings to aspire to become like Okocha, Xavi etc everyone just want to be like yekini, martins

PetroDolla2020:
Rubbish Nigerians never learn All you guys do is boast. Boast upanddown Na today! Bros, just chill.

I don't give fvck what team Nigeria presents and what team Ghana presents, the result will be the same you nigerians don't and wont understand football is not played with mouth, its played on the field, over 90 minutes. Nigerians can win on nairaland and with their mouths, while Ghana wins on the field na today?

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Then why are you guys dodging us even in a friendly game??

elyte89:
U better knw what to wish for.... Anytime we face Ghana..my mind no dey dey @ ease...Ghana vs Nigeria tie is always explosive and very unpredictable

Ghana right now is in one of their lowest point if we cannot defeat them with our generational talent, do we really deserve to attend the world cup??

PetroDolla2020:
when was the last time you beat them? By the way, Nigerians are no taller than Ghanaians. Ghanaians are not midgets

It's actually a big shame that the "midget" has been beating the "giant" since

Very laughable and pathetic

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We had the 1990's and early 2000's while you guys had late 2000's but now, Nigeria is experiencing a generational Talent that I'm confident we will beat Midgets home and away to avail super chickens Era. My wish is for Nigeria to draw Ghana in the final qualifying stage

PetroDolla2020:
You think Nigeria can beat Ghana? Fuckedness Trust me, it will end in tears for Nigeria

We will beat the midgets home and away

I want us to draw Ghana in the final round of world cup qualifying. It's time to repay them for that Brentford massacre

Danielnino00:
Onuachu isn't in the big 3 but you have always advocated for him to be a starter in the GWG..
Now,isn't that both ironic and hypocritical?

I'm an advocate for inviting inform players but I won't use my mouth and say an unproven player at farmers league is better than a player that the big 3 or should start ahead of proven players. Just advocating for inform players to be given a chance.

ChrisKels:
Who do you consider the most dynamic and why?

Sadiq has to prove himself at the Big 3 before I can even have a conversation with you regarding that versus. I keep telling you guys that league levels is very important when comparing players. For example, you cannot compare a player scoring goals at Farmers or backwater leagues vs The Big 3. NEVER! For now, Sadiq is a Top Talent

forgiveness:
That has always been my stance here and I hope when you can maintain your stance when dem begin call you names.

I look like person wey send anybody papa if dem call me names?? OG like me for here. When we start eagles matter for this place, most of these new kids still dey chop agidi. Go and ask semid and honeric

forgiveness:
His consistency in the Denmark league made me ignore his performance in the SE hence never criticized his performance for once in the gwg.

However, seeing the way he scores goals with easy and replicating it in the gwg, there’s no doubt he has improved and has got confidence.

Like you rightly said, players should be invited to the national team based on current form.

That has always been my philosophy and stance here from the inception of this thread but some people just believe in calling players into the national team based on man no man.

Yap, that's exact how it should be done. So when people are suggesting that inform players should be selected we aren't trying to be biased it's just how it's done elsewhere. Just because you're invited to compete for a shirt doesn't mean that you deserve to be a starter

forgiveness:
Well, I don’t see Rohr dropping him from the team. That’s enough.

Whatsoever people say is inconsequential.

Why should he drop a player that's picture perfect made for Nigeria Style and has scored 5 in 10 goals? My only grouse is that I believe coaches should invite inform players and give them a chance