tbaba1234:
With omeruo, troost and Mikel. The defence might be better.

Aminu Umar will help the attack.

Joniboi:
Barring any last minute change, head coach of the Nigeria U-23s Samson Siasia has submitted a list of 19 players that will represent Nigeria at the Rio 2016 Olympics.

The list of 19 players has one player in as standby although the name of the player wasn’t mentioned but the move we gathered was done by the coach to make up for any disappointment that could come from any of the expected foreign based in the team.

Daniel Akpeyi
Emmanuel Daniel
Sincere Seth
Kenneth Omeruo
Stanley Amuzie
William Troost Ekong
Saturday Keigo Erimuya
Erhun Obanor
Mikel Obi
Azubuike Okechukwu
Ogenekaro Etebo
Usman Mohammed
Shehu Abdullahi
Stanley Dimgba
Aminu Umar
Imoh Ezekiel
Taiwo Awoniyi
Junior Ajayi
Sadiq Umar

lakesidepapa:


The attack is what is baffling me,,, have'nt seen much of Umar, Ajayi is a slowpoke i dont like him, Awoniyi is a disaster.

Chai.. Aron samuel, chikatara et .al should have made it into this team, they would nourish the attack...all is well sha

TheGoodJoe:


Sad that at the end, we would not get to see Popoola at the Olympics. Wish the young man Goodluck and the best in his future.

TheGoodJoe:


I am also surprised Godwin Saviour did not make the list. Since he was part of the team for long and creating chances has not been the team's problem.

I expected Coach Siasia to do something about the team's finishing but it is definitely the same strike force. Maybe Coach Siasia feels Sadiq Umar can salvage the goal drought.

joseph1013:


Do you know the reason Popoola and Saviour were dropped?

TheGoodJoe:
[b]jon stakes:

F%&^ me!!!

Watch the highlights from yesterday's game vs Molde.
http://www.ikstart.no/

Nwakali with two splendid assists:

First one he wins the ball twice in one fluid move, dribbles it into the penalty area, then squares off the ball for basically a tap-in without even looking.

Second one is a counterattack, Nwakali get a ball off a corner, runs half the field then does a perfect through ball between two defenders for a one-on-one and a goal.

He also had one great play, where he won the ball, dribbled through two players and then made a through ball pass between three players to create a one-on-one opportunity, only for the striker to mess up a one of one.

Honestly... Haven't seen such a talented box-to-box midfielder since Essien. But Essien's passing was never this good.

Sure... maybe a lucky game... but I've seen a few highlights and he seems the real deal. 6 MOTM performances in 16 games for the youngster...

You guys and the club really need to take more interest in Nwakali. He may just turn out to be you best on-loan player.[/b]
http://forums.bluemoon-mcfc.co.uk/threads/chidi-nwakali.322725/

TheGoodJoe:
Coach Siasia must do his best to avoid Brazil and give our team a chance to grow with the tournament.

Brazil has a beast player, tagged the new Ronaldinho by no other than the great Ronaldo De Lima coming to the Olympics. Manchester City is fighting hard to secure the signature of this Wonderkid.

The Wonder kid is Skillful and is a goo finisher.

Palmeiras FC of Brazil have already rejected a bid from Barcelona and Real Madrid is preparing a better bid for him.

With Neymar and Renato Augusto, I hate to see us take a whooping in front of Millions of fans.

I hope we do our best to top our group.

Icon4s:


Bros u have written a lot here but proper indentation and spacing would really do readers good. Thanks.

Joniboi:
Barring any last minute change, head coach of the Nigeria U-23s Samson Siasia has submitted a list of 19 players that will represent Nigeria at the Rio 2016 Olympics.

The list of 19 players has one player in as standby although the name of the player wasn’t mentioned but the move we gathered was done by the coach to make up for any disappointment that could come from any of the expected foreign based in the team.

Daniel Akpeyi
Emmanuel Daniel
Sincere Seth
Kenneth Omeruo
Stanley Amuzie
William Troost Ekong
Saturday Keigo Erimuya
Erhun Obanor
Mikel Obi
Azubuike Okechukwu
Ogenekaro Etebo
Usman Mohammed
Shehu Abdullahi
Stanley Dimgba
Aminu Umar
Imoh Ezekiel
Taiwo Awoniyi
Junior Ajayi
Sadiq Umar

BascoVanVeli:


I am relaxed and i still feel mistakes can happen, u don't always win by being the best. I for one am with these guys till the end. I will give them what i have always given any man or woman that i have ever witnessed play for Nigeria and that is support, u don't get to pick when to be a fan it is through good and bad. I don't hope they lose infact i hope they prove me wrong like they did in Senegal, i don't see why not it's not like anyone else besides Neymar is going to be there.

tbaba1234:
Even when we complain, it is because we want the team to do well. Maybe Mikel and etebo will improve the side but as it stands, the results and performances are discouraging.

TheGoodJoe:


Sad that at the end, we would not get to see Popoola at the Olympics. Wish the young man Goodluck and the best in his future.

TheGoodJoe:


I am also surprised Godwin Saviour did not make the list. Since he was part of the team for long and creating chances has not been the team's problem.

I expected Coach Siasia to do something about the team's finishing but it is definitely the same strike force. Maybe Coach Siasia feels Sadiq Umar can salvage the goal drought.

joseph1013:


LOL. I hope we do our best to qualify from the group.

forgiveness:


Shey na my eyes no see well abi na wetin? E bi like say I no see Madu for that list.

adrainuche:


We would have taken Papoolo to the Olympic instead of mikel obi let Chelsea not release him abeg !!! Chelsea will do us a very good favour if they can hold him up and say they are no longer releasing him ... for Umeruo we need him with troost but for mikel hell No Papoolo is 10 times a better player ....

TheGoodJoe:



“John Obi can be one of the key figures,” Guus Hiddink explained.

“He can recover, he knows the league and the game very well. He knows where the strengths of the opponents are and how to cope with that. He has a very good eye and sense and he is very elegant. It is beautiful to see.

“He doesn’t lose many balls. I don’t expect and ask for decisive final passes, even though he can.

"He played very well but also in previous games. He is the ideal player in my opinion to bring balance to the team.

“If you see the previous time Chelsea conceded a lot of goals. If the team is not willing to defend well or not have the right balance then you’ll concede them.”

adrainuche:


We would have taken Papoolo to the Olympic instead of mikel obi let Chelsea not release him abeg !!! Chelsea will do us a very good favour if they can hold him up and say they are no longer releasing him ... for Umeruo we need him with troost but for mikel hell No Papoolo is 10 times a better player ....

adrainuche:

adrainuche:


Siasia don't want competition for his boys I am very happy Godwin dint make the list am surprised that Papoolo dint make the list ... for awoniyi I hope he's the stand by player he should go and look for a club abeg he has lost it even AjayI should go and find something ...

TheGoodJoe:



It is more than a coincidence Mikel has reigned so long during the most successful spell of Chelsea. Most times Mikel is not with Chelsea, they lose the steel they have.

Mikel is the most important player we need in that squad. He has something no other midfielder can bring to the Nigerian midfield.

How to spot attacking strengths of opponents. Just as Hiddink pointed out, watching Mikel effortlessly take out the strength of opponents.

It looks as if he is doing nothing. It looks as if other players can bring more. But, you can not argue with the brilliant experience of Guus Hiddink. This is a man who coached greats like Edgar Davids, Seedorf and Cocu.

He is pointing out how brilliant Mikel is. Our Dream Team is disorganized and the balance Mikel brings when he plays will make the dream team more organized. Mikel's presence will help reduce us leaking goals.

TheGoodJoe:


You are happy no Godwin? So, in that list, how many natural wingers do we have that are better than Godwin?

Napoleon55:

No matter how hard u may try,with proof and evidence,,to convince people to accept certain facts,u won't succeed,some peoples minds are biased against certain players. If u remove Mikel from that team,they will be beaten black n blue.

adrainuche:


Mikel cannot improve any team even I'd it's enyimba mikel is not impact player he is already old ... instead of mikel I would a prefer a micheal babtunde people can take on players and can cause surprises mikel is not capable of causing surprises he has no reason to be there he is just taking of us featuring musa yahaya or batunde or even ifeanyi Matthew ... who takes mikel and expect and impact imoh Ezekiel or nwaka li will more impact than I can swear with my life for that I disagree on this one mikel is a waste of space .... let them take Papoolo instead if mikel ...