Danielnino00:



Moses on the bench??
u are joking right?

PDPGuy:

Peru is in South America, whilst Costa Rica is in Central America

junnyjake:


But should have been.

forgiveness:



You see why I am angry with Rohr, huh? With just a dead rubber game the man refused to cap Ebuehi once and for all.

komekn:


I am at pains to say this after more than a decade of involvement with British football.

There has been a paradigm shift in English football. For the first time in recorded history England won both the U20 and U17 World cups.

But the most pronounced and dramatically different thing about these teams was Black boys were about 70% of the team. In the Final of the U20 three Nigerian origin players scored all the goals. There is a change of cultural dynamics which includes race hither unknown before.

They made the wrong move in not supporting thier Father Land. However, career wise it's way too early to tell.

Secondly, even if the had come to the SE there's no guarantee they will be in the squad to Russia.

Is that the same welcome that was given to Sone Aluko, Anichebe and Hope Akpan. Considering how they were treated and thier refusal to show loyalty and homage with settlement.

TheGoodJoe:



It is up to Ebuehi. If he wants to play for us, he waits and gets cap. If he wants to play for Netherlands, he has our blessings. We need those who want to represent us and I hope Ebuehi does too.

DrKlever:
It was Spain(Ramos) that scored two penalties not Russia.

Truidstar:


Am not saying we are flattered by the ranking. We deserve it. Just saying we should be humble and keep our head down. Let's fly under the radar. We will surprise a lot of people, even ourselves.

daveP:
lol. Only Tammy I can say looks good. Solanke plays well but I don't see him benching Nada in the English team. That league has a hell of a hype o. If Nacho were English, we for dey hear Neymar comparisms.

Mujtahida:

35 man list would be first invited and then it would be pruned down to 23. How I wish it's 25 not 23

TheGoodJoe:



It is up to Ebuehi. If he wants to play for us, he waits and gets cap. If he wants to play for Netherlands, he has our blessings. We need those who want to represent us and I hope Ebuehi does too.

komekn:


Is Lukaku English yet he is accorded unquestionable respect and accolades as possibly the best striker in the premiership.

Was Drogba English but he is regarded as a legend in the EPL and in Chelsea.

Thierry Henry is not English he even has a statue in his honor at Highbury.

Is Ngolo Kante English voted best player in the EPL by his fellow professionals.

Was JJay Oyibo but they never stop talking about him in the EPL. Was Kanu, Yakubu English or shall we talk of Gabriel, Sana, or Mane & Salah at Liverpool came from the Moon.

Mahrez that Leicester refused to sell is he not Algerian voted best African player in the EPL.

You may need like to be woken up very abruptly from your delusion, KC has not performed in the EPL that's why he is not even in the top 20. Since he left Manchester city his rating has dived. He needs to start performing at Leicester the good thing he is still performing for the SE but in the SE it's a different matter.

As it stands Tammy and Solanke are ahead of him and if they were in the SE there is no guarantee he would have displaced them.

komekn:


Is Lukaku English yet he is accorded unquestionable respect and accolades as possibly the best striker in the premiership.

Was Drogba English but he is regarded as a legend in the EPL and in Chelsea.

Thierry Henry is not English he even has a statue in his honor at Highbury.

Is Ngolo Kante English voted best player in the EPL by his fellow professionals.

Was JJay Oyibo but they never stop talking about him in the EPL. Was Kanu, Yakubu English or shall we talk of Gabriel, Sana, or Mane & Salah at Liverpool came from the Moon.

Mahrez that Leicester refused to sell is he not Algerian voted best African player in the EPL.

You may need like to be woken up very abruptly from your delusion, KC has not performed in the EPL that's why he is not even in the top 20. Since he left Manchester city his rating has dived. He needs to start performing at Leicester the good thing he is still performing for the SE but in the SE it's a different matter.

As it stands Tammy and Solanke are ahead of him and if they were in the SE there is no guarantee he would have displaced them.

Humility017:

what are you saying oga goodjoe...
rohr messed up a little...
why not cap this guy in one of the competitive matches...even against Cameroon first leg match when we already won leading by 4 goals to nil...

Truidstar:
https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2017/nov/16/world-cup-russia-power-rankings-32-qualifiers

Nigeria is ranked 7 out of 32. Na wa o. Let's not get ahead of ourselves here ooo. Let's be humble.

Humility017:

what are you saying oga goodjoe...
rohr messed up a little...
why not cap this guy in one of the competitive matches...even against Cameroon first leg match when we already won leading by 4 goals to nil...

forgiveness:


Abeg, leave Joe alone. One day em go tell him love say, if you want to marry me, marry me but if you want sugar bobi, you have my blessings. Chai!

Na dat day we go know say d goodjoe fit turn badjoe. Chai!

tbaba1234:


Ebuehi will play for Nigeria for many years if fit.

MetalJigsaw:
Without a striker? please explain further.
Their precise roles, like Iwobia as CM or AM or both him and MIKEL as AM?

Icon4s:


Ok. Decided to wait till tomorrow before taking it to NFF and Ibitoye's handle just in case some late suggestions would fly in.

But I will create a thread for it on nairaland now. We may also get more suggestions from the wider generality.

Thanks for your inputs

forgiveness:


bros, forget. A fit MOses Odubanjo is number one on my list. He is too good.

TheGoodJoe:


Actually, I dated a lovely and pretty lady who came to me and told me she wanted to leave me for another guy. I kissed her forehead and gave her my blessings. "I hope he does make you happy." Then I left her house.

Months later, she called me asking why despite of my deep love for her, I did not fight to keep her. My reply was simple. "I wanted someone who wants to stay with me with all her heart. Not someone I will fight to keep her love."

Mujtahida:

I'll look for this Billions. I like it already. Sounds like Any given Sunday starring Al Pacino (one of my favourite. Not watched the movie sha but I've read reviews and it's an old movie too)

SerVik:

Haha.. See set up na, an English media outlet ranking SE as the 7th strongest team heading to the world Cup, ahead of England?

Can't be arsed though, this is all just a ploy to take away the underdog tag from us, everyteam will face us with the utmost level of seriousness now.

Mujtahida:
My brothers, I just watched the match again for the third time. See, I know we've hammered this issue before but forget it:this FB have added their own uniqueness to our game which is sharpness. The Nigerian guys bring the flair and African rhythm.

Iwobi's passing is deadly, very deadly.
Abeg, all those who say Iheanacho has no speed have been unfair to him. Dude has good pace. Not blistering as goodjoe would say but very good pace.

Ogu played as the LMF and brought a lot of balance in the midfield with his tackling, aerial clearances and passes. We really need Joel Obi who is left footed. Our strength lies too much on the right hand side and it's not good enough. We must develop the left side of our game.

Apart from his goals Idowu didn't add much to the attack but he shut down Pavon unlike Ebuehi who was moving back and forth with Di Maria inside his pocket. I doubt if he can keep up the energy that such hardwork requires for 90 minutes.

Finally here's a piece from the commentator after Iwobi scored the fourth goal.
Iwobiiiiiiiii, through the legs of Mascherano - what an outstanding goal that is. He's got a second and Nigeria got a fourth. What a touch of genius from the Arsenal many. Astonishing scoreline, from two goals down now it's four two. Ahmed Musa with the pass and look at this from Iwobi, nutmegging Mascherano and firing high up into the net. Outstanding individual goal

tbaba1234:


Did you see how high up, Idowu was for the Second and 3rd goal? His willingness to go forward helped the attack. Iheanacho miscontrolled the ball for the 3rd goal but he was there in a flash.

We were not really attacking from the left. Ogu did not offer the kind of energy that ndidi was offering on the right. Ogu did very well though. Kept things simple.

Argentina also seemed to focus a lot of their attacks on Ebuehi. He was just keeping everyone in his pocket.

Mujtahida:
My brothers, I just watched the match again for the third time. See, I know we've hammered this issue before but forget it:this FB have added their own uniqueness to our game which is sharpness. The Nigerian guys bring the flair and African rhythm.

Iwobi's passing is deadly, very deadly.
Abeg, all those who say Iheanacho has no speed have been unfair to him. Dude has good pace. Not blistering as goodjoe would say but very good pace.

Ogu played as the LMF and brought a lot of balance in the midfield with his tackling, aerial clearances and passes. We really need Joel Obi who is left footed. Our strength lies too much on the right hand side and it's not good enough. We must develop the left side of our game.

Apart from his goals Idowu didn't add much to the attack but he shut down Pavon unlike Ebuehi who was moving back and forth with Di Maria inside his pocket. I doubt if he can keep up the energy that such hardwork requires for 90 minutes.

Finally here's a piece from the commentator after Iwobi scored the fourth goal.
Iwobiiiiiiiii, through the legs of Mascherano - what an outstanding goal that is. He's got a second and Nigeria got a fourth. What a touch of genius from the Arsenal many. Astonishing scoreline, from two goals down now it's four two. Ahmed Musa with the pass and look at this from Iwobi, nutmegging Mascherano and firing high up into the net. Outstanding individual goal

forgiveness:


Thegoodjoe baba, I throway salute ooo.

Em but em. Sorry, to say dis, you don't love her as Christ love the church and gave his life. Gbam!

Make dat girl run throway for you else, em go regret.

Anyway, we love Ebuehi and we must demonstrate that love to him, which in turn will be reciprocated by him after he perceives.

Christ love for us is not boyfriend and girlfriend love. Who loves a girl like Jesus Christ loves us? Lol. Do not break my ribs with laugh. The kind of love you are talking about is Sister in the Lord love.

MetalJigsaw:
please how can I get the video from you. I didn't watch the match from the start.