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tbaba1234:
Yes, he is still there.

EmmGee:
He could be very fast off the ball, but not necessarily with the ball

TheGoodJoe:
Have you watched Isco and Pastore? Neymar, Hazard etc. We got lots of players today with loads of tricks.

TheGoodJoe:
Funny. Obodo and Rabiu are not fit enough to polish Jay-Jay's boot. Oruma pass them wella. Simple, great players are hard to replace. Spain producing another Xavi will take time.

England producing another Scholes might take another fifty years.

Mujtahida:
The painful truth is that some players no matter how good they perform will simply by the nature of things not feature for the Eagles. I might love such a player to my teeth, desire such a player, to be part of our team, clamour for him, display his stats, raise dust if he's not invited but still he will not just be invited or even if he's invited he'd be nothing but a fringe player. I feel for such players but it happens. Oruma's star was eclipsed by the mercurial quality of Jay Jay. Sometimes it's just badluck. Shikena.

But we should relax. It's not like Rohr gathered a bunch of efulefu players like them Dada (Michael Uchebo,) Reuben Gabriel, Oduamadi and left out the pick of the pack. Like you said we are heading in the right direction and indeed we are.

Mujtahida:
That unit of unknown is called instincts. It cannot be measured. Not everything in life yields to the drabness of scientific measurement and empirical evidence. Too much emphasis on what can be measured in modern day football is what is gradually turning this beautiful artistic game into a cold thing full of numbers, statistics and measurements.

Joebie:
If your figure is accurate, does it follow that the other 30% fail?

Joebie:
Well, that's for you as a coach.

Icon4s:
Again you use club examples for national team selection.

Joebie:
I'm not questioning Iwobi's class as you put it. My question is if Iwobi is out of form as we saw him at a point in time recently will you rather start ahead of an in-form Moses Simon on LW. Both players play that position. We have seen an in-form Moses Simon. Many of our forwards are versatile. Even Ahmed Musa has played LW for us many times in the past.

Experiencing a deep = out of form

Icon4s:
We for also invite Mutiu Adepoju, Ayo Makinwa , even Seyi Olofinjana.

Joebie:
So you will start an out of form Iwobi ahead of an in-form Moses Simon as Left Winger?

I'm using Iwobi as an example because we have seen him in that state in the recent past.

tbaba1234:
In my opinion, that is a wastage of two subs and reduces the coach's flexibility to make tactical changes.

tbaba1234:
Shehu and Musa will be fasting, that might reduce the number of minutes the coach will give them. I do not expect either to start.

eterisan:
And for those thinking omeruo will play right back..I can only but smile...please look at the list again we got only 3 central defenders there..shehu has d rb spot on lock down..ebuehi as back up..only d goalkeeper spot m not sure off but I guess we have
Akpeyi
Shehu ekong omeruo echeijile
Ndidi onazi
Etebo
Musa iheanacho iwobi
That is d team I feel rohr will play against sa..barring any last hiccups

Joebie:
Thank you. The context is SE. Please can you list the classy ones in our fold?

Joebie:
firstly, what is even class to you?
I'm assuming you mean proven.

Is the argument proven vs unproven at international level?

Mujtahida:
You know when you pummel a team it creates that fear factor and helps to sustain your reputation. Brazil and Germany know how to do that very well. If Brazil catches you on your weak day, they'd finish you, both then and for posterity. Remember at the last world cup Brazil v Germany, even when Germany had finished dancing 7 step atilogu on top Brazil, when Neuer conceded just one goal against Brazil he was furious. I say oh oh oh. If na Nigeria, no such reaction. That shows how thorough we should be.

Joebie:
Sir, Class without form is Wetin? You cannot show class when you are not in form. Granted I will always start a player that has class(which has been proven over time) and is in form, ahead of an unproven player though also in form.

GoodBuhari:
The answer to this question dey my mind but I no go talk am. You can go find out

Joebie:
Team building is continuous. Else Rohr would have focused only on our full backs for options. Besides the so called back up player is not meant as a replacement only when the starter is injured or absent. The regular starter may either drop in form or his inferior may become the superior. These things are not permanent.

Mujtahida:
If only they don't take their feet off the gear as they often do in the second half. And they should learn to be ruthless, like continue hitting your opponent even when he's down.

GoodBuhari:
Good observation anyway.

I can bet with my last Kobo that a good number of Sports Journalists always follow some of our arguments in here.

forgiveness:
Are you being mischievous or what?

Where on this thread did I clamour for Ramon Azeez, Babatunde Michael, Sammy Ameobi and Michael Olaitan?

Maybe when Ramon Azeez was still in the La Liga and Olaitan playing for Olympicus in the Champions League which was reasonable as at then.

I remembered I clamored for them in the Olympic thread.

I never fancied Michael Babatunde because I knew Keshi brought him through the back door, d magogo way.

Sammy Ameobi, what? When did I clamor for this one? Maybe when he was playing with Newcastle in the Premier League.

Yes! Ajagun Abdul, Raheem Lawal and Solanke were/are regularly mentioned by me here. Why? Because I believe they deserve to be called.

I am not even done with the role call, they are many, based on their current form.

I know where you are going but... Make I no talk.

Joebie:
Are you being sarcastic?

Every player untested have to be tested regardless of how good they are at club level. Their ability to imbibe the coach's playing philosophy and ease at which they can blend into the team is paramount. Hence we have friendlies and training camps. However, sometimes you have to start from somewhere like Rohr did. I remember Bryan Efe of spotkik mentioned luck as one of the reasons for Rohr's success. yes every coach need some amount of luck. Bryan Efe said our early opponents failed to exploit our weaknesses at the full back positions. That's one area if we dont fix well before Cameroon, we will be made to pay dearly. I've studied Cameroon, and noticed they like wing play and they come with power. The likes of Ebuehi have no business in that tie.

Icon4s:
Better replacement for each position?

As if you replace players as easily as you replace bed sheets on your bed.

You think if we have players better than Iheanacho, Moses, Iwobi, Ndidi, Mikel, Echiejile, Etebo, Balogun, Omeruo, Ekong any where in the world we will not field them?

You think the coaching crew are not interested in improving the standards of the team?

What do you think team building is all about?
You wake up and overhaul a whole team when you have crucial matches all because you are searching for better players?

As far as I am concerned I will give this current coaching crew Excellent in terms of scouting for players for the national team. We had crucial games against Zambia and Algeria that could not be toiled with. With the little time he had after his appointment he maximised the established potentials in the team and came out tops.

We organized a friendly against Senegal of which a couple of players had their debutes.

We organized a France camp and so many untested players were featured in the two friendlies.
I am sure from the 3 games we have played this year the coaching crew has assessed a lot of these players and know which ones are ready for the Super Eagles.

Forgiveness I dare you to mention any player or players playing in any league(s) in this Universe that are better than the ones Rohr is likely to start against South Africa.