Oldboss:
Karim Onisiwo: Born in Vienna, Austria,
Karim Onisiwo qualifies to play for
Nigeria through his father, who is a
Nigerian. The 27-year-old started his
career with Favoritner AC Youth, but
currently plays for Bundesliga side, Mainz
05.
He has scored four goals and provided
six assists in 24 appearances for Die
Nullfünfer this season. He plays as a
centre-forward with a height of 1.88m
Onisiwo is a married man and has a
child. Although he has spent all his life in
Austria, he has not featured for the
senior national team which makes him
still eligible for the Super Eagles.

chrisooblog:
Bro like you i agree that Alampasu and Lawal should have been fielded but at the end of the day it's the coaches discretion who he wants to use.

The point about Akatugba is little bit unfair. Oma like any other sports journalist from time immemorial highlighted a talented player it will then be left to the coaching crew to assess if he's good enough.

Alampasu should have been fielded if only for the main fact that he was invited and friendlies are meant to test new players. If Alampasu hadn't been invited i would not have had any issues but his call up is telling me they feel he has some qualities so why not let him showcase it? even if he messed up and we ended up losing isn't it a friendly? anyway what is done is done.

Alampasu himself should continue to improve and get more game time cos playing barely 10 ten games in 5 years for small clubs for that matter is not good enough

ChrisKels:


That is what is called playing to your strength, that shows they have a defined pattern of play and know how to execute it for results. What can you say of Rohr's team? No pattern, no nothing just go in there and expect miracles

komekn:


Balderdash Aina has been playing for Fulham.

Double standard and favoritism, how many games has Tijani and Musa played this season Let's not even question the quality of the league.

IDENNAA:
Omeruo seem a little heavy , though , and the goal was his fault. Ekong is more defensively disciplined. Akpoguma is not quite ready mentally but I believe he can do better.

Omeruo's confidence grew as the game went on but his lack of complete awareness is still his weakness. Omeruo isn't defensively disciplined as Eking and Balogun. Any slick player can easily fool him....same thing happened at the world cup when he gifted Messi an easy goal.

smartsmith0907:


In his last match for Fulham he was a massive flop guess you didn't watch that
I hope you were not blind when musa scored a brace in his first day in training
Akpoguma was the best CB in camp and a makeshift RB he played as a Rb to cover up for semi in the middle thats why in the course of the match he dived to the middle
We need a defensive FB aina won't give us this rather he will expose our RB so what the hell are you talking about
If not for injury Colin won't have played sanusi was not replaced he was displaced as a result of injury.
Awaziem and akpo are the only two defensive fullback we have and awaziem has been awesome for boavista this season.

ChrisKels:


Permit me to copy this verbatim and paste it on on the NFF twitter, this Rohr guy is clueless

elunico:


I still haven't lost hope on him yet.

I saw that moment too, he showed some glimpse of what we should expect. Hopefully he gets back his form before next month games.


Komekn, do you know that Dessers has been opened about his desire to turn up for us even before the last world cup and he's only getting his debut about 3 years later?

ChrisKels:


One of those rare moments we on the same page. Props bro

kentebemoney:

U realize say, na d coach and him assistants dey see these players for training and u only get snippets from unknown sources?

Philosopher1979:


I disagree. Any wide player should be able to cross or "bend it like beckham".

IDENNAA:



Awaziem and Omeruo understanding is top notch. Omeruo has added class to his quality. Nice movement with the ball and confidence. I will play him ahead of Eking for now.

Awaziem is beautiful to watch. He is good with the ball in his feet, give decisive passes and knows exactly when to track back. Right now , he is ahead of all the RB in the team including Ebuehi. It beats my imagination why Rohr started Akpoguma in that position ahead of Awaziem.

What a coach!

chuks404:
. Seriously ooo. There is something special about how ejuke dribbles. He is quite unpredictable.

oloriooko:
Nig vs Tun

1. Okoye showed glimpses of sharpness but needs to be tested with better teams
2. Our back 4 cannot stand the test of slightly above average teams but Balogun came tops of them even though they are all below average
3. Akpoguna is NOT qualified to be in the first team of our below average team so one can imagine how poor he is
4. Playing Semi as DM exposed the below average defence
5. Musa has had his run in the team he should be grounded
6. Alex does not have a commanding influence in the MF but can do damage
7. Chuks has reached his peak, very easily predictable and uneventful but can do better if he gets a better coach in his club
8. Simon showed a little flair on the flanks
9. Kel can be a very dangerous player but he's far from it now
10. Ejuke was all about showboating
Rhor has a whole lot to do for this team to make any meaningful impact in AFCON

kentebemoney:

Wetin semi do wrong? I no understand mana!!!

Danielnino00:


Like somebody said, Right is a manager,not a coach

BascoVanVeli:


Aaron Samuel Emenike won the golden boot at the AFCON, who else would I name?

chrisooblog:
yeah i think Omeruo is almost past it. he shouldn't be starting matches for the national team again once the other German boys join. can still be part of the squad for his experience until the new guys are eased in.

oloriooko:
Nig vs Tun

1. Okoye showed glimpses of sharpness but needs to be tested with better teams
2. Our back 4 cannot stand the test of slightly above average teams but Balogun came tops of them even though they are all below average
3. Akpoguna is NOT qualified to be in the first team of our below average team so one can imagine how poor he is
4. Playing Semi as DM exposed the below average defence
5. Musa has had his run in the team he should be grounded
6. Alex does not have a commanding influence in the MF but can do damage
7. Chuks has reached his peak, very easily predictable and uneventful but can do better if he gets a better coach in his club
8. Simon showed a little flair on the flanks
9. Kel can be a very dangerous player but he's far from it now
10. Ejuke was all about showboating
Rhor has a whole lot to do for this team to make any meaningful impact in AFCON

komekn:


I was initially shocked that ANYBODY with eyes could make this deduction.

I looked up and saw it was you.

And l thought NO WONDER.

komekn:


I was initially shocked that ANYBODY with eyes could make this deduction.

I looked up and saw it was you.

And l thought NO WONDER.

IDENNAA:



Awaziem and Omeruo understanding is top notch. Omeruo has added class to his quality. Nice movement with the ball and confidence. I will play him ahead of Eking for now.

Awaziem is beautiful to watch. He is good with the ball in his feet, give decisive passes and knows exactly when to track back. Right now , he is ahead of all the RB in the team including Ebuehi. It beats my imagination why Rohr started Akpoguma in that position ahead of Awaziem.

What a coach!

BascoVanVeli:


So in your footballing mind the goal Messi scored and the one the Tunisian scored were the same type of goals?

Omeruo's performance was head and shoulders above that of Ekong. Simple and plain

charlesemeka85:
the 2 games showed that balogun is our best CB till date and it seem the main reason rohr refused to give up on the pursuit of akpoguma,uduokhai and torunarigha.

ekong against algeria looked lost and shaky while omeruo was a disaster against the cartage eagles.

akpoguma looked comfortable on the ball so i think rohr should experiment combining him with balogun


saw aina in the colors of fulham a week ago and he was off it, dude needs to sit up if not the duo of ehizibue and fit again ebeuehi will drop him to the bench

chukwueze needs to change the dynamism of his game because he is becoming predictable and easy to shut out by the opposition. he should learn to play the simple pass and also put in crosses to the box often.

zaidu have locked down the leftback position because he is miles better than Collins. he joins the attack with ease and returns when needed to carry our his primary responsibility which is to defend. i noticed something in his game against algeria and tunisia which i love so much, he can easily switch play from his position to the right side of the pitch with lovely long passes

moses simon have improved a lot while alex iwobi remains the most classy player in our ranks currently. ademola lookman which i saw a week ago in the epl will be a great addition to the team.

maduka okoye was decent and more games both for club and country will equip him with the needed confidence and exposure to get better


in the case of semi ajayi i do not blame him for his bad outing in the games but rohr who had the luxury of a natural dm in mikel agu but instead preferred fielding ajayi who was a liability all through the games. since he doesn't fancy agu why invite him at the first place?

mostob:
Azeez

there is also one Alhassan. .leicester is monitoring him,

Also, all those MFs in championship,we can still find 2 decent CMs there.

oloriooko:
Nig vs Tun

1. Okoye showed glimpses of sharpness but needs to be tested with better teams
2. Our back 4 cannot stand the test of slightly above average teams but Balogun came tops of them even though they are all below average
3. Akpoguna is NOT qualified to be in the first team of our below average team so one can imagine how poor he is
4. Playing Semi as DM exposed the below average defence
5. Musa has had his run in the team he should be grounded
6. Alex does not have a commanding influence in the MF but can do damage
7. Chuks has reached his peak, very easily predictable and uneventful but can do better if he gets a better coach in his club
8. Simon showed a little flair on the flanks
9. Kel can be a very dangerous player but he's far from it now
10. Ejuke was all about showboating
Rhor has a whole lot to do for this team to make any meaningful impact in AFCON

benji93:
I dey boil right now. Make no body kon tell me say Okoye better pass Yakubu and Alampasu. Cos at different times all these goalkeepers have either not been playing consistently or have been completing in lowly rated leagues. On one hand Alampasu had not been playing consistently for Feirense, but he was playing for their reserves. On the other hand Maduka was competing in the German 4th tier. For some, playing for the reserve team of a team competing in the portuguese premier league is better than competing in the 4th level of German football. Besides i remember clearly that, Maduka wasn't always in goal at Dusseldorf. He warmed the bench some of the time. . I still wonder how he got his first call-up. Either Rohr's searchlights are more intensely beamed onto the German stage or Maduka advertised himself one way or another. I can see one Okatugba(verified twitter account), who claims he's a UEFA certified sports journalist wrote that he told him to create a twitter account, i suppose subsequent to an interview.In the tweet he touted him as Nigeria's next first choice goalkeeper. I suppose some of these posts, with pictures of course could have gotten several retweets until, well the Oyinbo coach couldn't resist it(close to home). . I will count on the latter to have been the major reason for his call-up, cos i don't know who looks beyond Bundesliga 2. Perhaps the perennial crisis in our goalkeeping department is a reason for casting a wider net. Yakubu, another one is the first goalkeeper for SKF Sered in the slovakian league. I would think this should count as something. At least try him. Meanwhile remember that Maduka was substituted in against Brazil, i mean if you can do that in such a high profile match, why not substitute these other goalkeepers in after about 60 minutes or so. It's not as if the goalkeeper would disrupt the game of play that much. Not that he has any plan anyway. . I do think Rohr made a mistake in this regard. What is good for the goose is good for the gander. The scenario that just played out over 2 games reeks of favouritism. Tactics aside, i am quite dissapointed in this singular action. He could easily polarize the team because of this. People talk. Chukwueze, Iheanacho and Alampasu are member of the same under 17 class. They'll probably sympathize with their brother, moreso Maduka is partly German. Hmmm. This guy is definitely inching towards an imminent sack, probably not because of tactics, cos his employers are as clueless as he is.

Subzero047:


Awaziem I watched was poor yesterday, almost got a red card despite playing less than 15 minutes