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naijanoni:
Where should Siasia play the following players:-

Wilfred Ndidi:- Originally a CB. He's had a great season with Genk playing as a defensive Midfielder. Even scored a couple of Screamers and provided some assists. He was one of Genk's key players starting almost all their matches. Should he be used in Midfield just like at Genk or his original position which is CB?

Isaac Success:- Granada's player of the season has had a fantastic season tormenting LA liga full backs with his pace and trickery. Originally a CF but now transformed completely into a winger. He was even used more in Right/Left Midfield in a 442. His performance on d wings this seaaon have attracted top clubs like Valencia, A.Madrid and Watford. Should he be used on the wings or his initial position which is CF?
Note:- Success' finishing is now a shadow of his U17 days. He's now a poor finisher. Missed a lot of sitters this season

Kelechi Iheanacho:- A debut season not many predicted. 14 goals and 5 assists in just 11starts for Manchester City playing as a CF. Originally a very creative SS/CAM from his U17 days. So where should he be used? CF, SS, RWF,LWF or CAM?

Chidozie Awaziem:- Another Nigerian teenager that had a break-out season. 19yrs old Chidozie has been a revelation for Porto in d 2nd half of the season and now a regular starter in Central defence for Porto. Originally a Defensive Midfielder. He's very fast for a defender, tough-tackling, good vision and also a very good passer.
He's light weight though and could easily be bullied by huge CFs. Where should he be used? . In Central defence or in Midfield?

naijanoni:
Where should Siasia play the following players:-

Wilfred Ndidi:- Originally a CB. He's had a great season with Genk playing as a defensive Midfielder. Even scored a couple of Screamers and provided some assists. He was one of Genk's key players starting almost all their matches. Should he be used in Midfield just like at Genk or his original position which is CB?

Isaac Success:- Granada's player of the season has had a fantastic season tormenting LA liga full backs with his pace and trickery. Originally a CF but now transformed completely into a winger. He was even used more in Right/Left Midfield in a 442. His performance on d wings this seaaon have attracted top clubs like Valencia, A.Madrid and Watford. Should he be used on the wings or his initial position which is CF?
Note:- Success' finishing is now a shadow of his U17 days. He's now a poor finisher. Missed a lot of sitters this season

Kelechi Iheanacho:- A debut season not many predicted. 14 goals and 5 assists in just 11starts for Manchester City playing as a CF. Originally a very creative SS/CAM from his U17 days. So where should he be used? CF, SS, RWF,LWF or CAM?

Chidozie Awaziem:- Another Nigerian teenager that had a break-out season. 19yrs old Chidozie has been a revelation for Porto in d 2nd half of the season and now a regular starter in Central defence for Porto. Originally a Defensive Midfielder. He's very fast for a defender, tough-tackling, good vision and also a very good passer.
He's light weight though and could easily be bullied by huge CFs. Where should he be used? . In Central defence or in Midfield?

dijon:
Musa is good with the ball and movement if played as a central striker not the wing he has regularly been deployed too by our archaic past national team coaches......i no mention names ooooo[ who have failed to evolve themselves as our players have been evolved tactically and technically by the european coaches. NO Black Nigerian coach is good for the super eagles job.quote author=binhozie post=45134733]But this Musa for Olympics is not right at all, is Victor moses not a better option?

Petrobros:
Maybe binhozie is still a babby.

Emm.. oga binhozie, no be child's play we dey here o. If you have any claim make sure you have your facts ready. Else u no fit sell any arguments here.

We have seasoned analysts here who can take you up on any issues without blinking.

Icon4s:
The Guy is playing an old record.
We have gone pass arguments like that.

Icon4s:
You are obviously living in the past.

Look at Kelechi Iheanacho, Isaac Promise, Moses Simon, Stanley Amuzie, Wilfred Ndidi, Ifeanyi Mathew, Akinjide Idowu, Chdera Ezeh Victor Osimhen, Kelechi Nwakali and tell me they are 30years old.

I cannot vouch for our U17 players before 2011. But since MRI was introduced in 2011, we have been producing players that are U17 or close to that.

TheGoodJoe:

Who told you that our football is going down? So when we won the AFCON, the Age Cheats you claimed Ruined the team.

I will say it again, it is not as people claim. If Kayode was thirty in 2007, so he is 39 now playing in Europe.

It is not as you guys put it. If not the problems with the NFF and National team, we were doing fine and growing.

Even now, our local League is growing and European clubs are hinting for talents here.

It is not as you make it.

TheGoodJoe:

I thought you said our top talents are thirty at a young age. So was Yobo thirty in Nigeria '99 World Youth Championship.

Look at your statement. Age cheats are running our football. Are you their fathers? Or you were the doctor that gave birth to them.

TheGoodJoe:

I thought you said our top talents are thirty at a young age. So was Yobo thirty in Nigeria '99 World Youth Championship.

Look at your statement. Age cheats are running our football. Are you their fathers? Or you were the doctor that gave birth to them.

TheGoodJoe:

When Okocha was at Bolton and Hull, was he second choice.

Please it is a lie if you think Ronaldo would have been first choice at Hull until now.

terzurum5:
A very big one for that matter.

He indirectly wants to say that Querétaro and Fluminense's strike forces are stronger than Bolton or Hull Chaiiiii

TheGoodJoe:

Compare Yobo and Ronaldinho. That thirty years old theory is just fake. We have overage players who cheat but it is not the way people make it.

For you to tag our top talents thirty years old is myopic.

TheGoodJoe:

Early career Edit
Martins joined the local football club F.C. Ebedei, having been scouted by manager Churchill Oliseh while playing on the streets of his hometown. After a year with the club, Italian Serie C side A.C. Reggiana made a move for the player. After a two-month trial, Martins and fellow Ebedei teammate Stephen Makinwa signed youth contracts with the club in 2000. His first season in Italy saw Martins break into the first team squad, and later in the year Serie A sides Perugia and Inter made offers for the forward.[7]
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obafemi_Martins


That thirty years old theory is not the way people make it look. If not our age grade football would have crumbled with the introduction of the MRI scan.

TheGoodJoe:

OH please, go and rest with your ridiculous ridicule. Go and Support England if you do not want to support us.

Go and look at the Longevity of the Careers of African players and compare them to the Europeans and tell me if it is as bad as you guys make it.

Compare Kanu's career to the likes of Crespo and Claudio Lopez.

Compare Okocha with that of Ronaldo De Lima who was younger.

Compare the young players who were with Martins Obafemi when he burst into the scene in 2000, that is sixteen years and still counting.

When people make joke of us as age cheats, it is not as they make it. How long did Michael Owen last?


The Iheanacho, Osimhen, Yahaya, Awaziem, Ezeh, Simon Moses, Kelechi Nwakali, Chidebere Nwakali, Chukwueze, Sadiq Umar, Nura, Ndidi will be here for a long time.

Icon4s:
So who among the Olympics bound players is your uncle's mate?

TheGoodJoe:

You made my ribs crack with laughter. I now get it.

No matter how much devotion we show our clubs, we still need our National Teams to succeed and give our Nation a better image.

I hope these guys get it.

TheSuperNerd:
You saw that too? #smiles

Well, I just had to ignore it. Probably, he was just trying to "emphasize". Does not make him less Nigerian.... #smiles

TheSuperNerd:
Laugh you can.... but it changes not the fact that we do have top talents.

And by that I refer to rising top talents. What proof do you wanna bring on board to show that the likes of Musa Yahaya, Sadiq Umar, Imoh Ezekiel, Chidera Ezeh, Moses Simon, Chidozie Awaziem, Wilfred Ndidi, and a couple of Nigeria's rising top talents are in their 30s?

Never use the past or the experience of some others to judge all and the present.

And you mistake pride for the points raised. We don't want players "forced" to commit. That's theGoodJoe's point.

is it a crime to say we have enough when indeed we have enough? Not withstanding, we can only get as much as we attempt. I've already outlined talents out there we should be aiming for and not just inviting for invitation's sake.

When you look at our senior national team, we lack enough defensive options at right back, left backs and even good center back backups. This should guide our players search among the foreign-borns.

As for Iwobi, sorry he never played for the U-23s. He was with the team in Gabon for one of the qualifiers but didn't feature. Also, Siasia has already convinced Iwobi hence his willingness to travel down to Nigeria and to Gabon with the team.

All the news of England's pursuit only popped up days to Nigeria's Afcon qualifiers against Egypt. WHERE WAS THE ENGLISH MEDIA ALL THE WHILE IWOBI WAS WITH NIGERIA'S U-23s, Oliseh's Eagles for the Cameroon and DR Congo friendlies?? Where were they??

In case you don't know the English, I'll let you know they were only trying to keep Iwobi from Nigeria like they did with Agbonlahor. England never monitored Iwobi genuinely if not why pop up close to Nigeria's afcon qualifiers when iwobi declared for Nigeria since last year?

Abeg, I'm very conversant with the English media's style of communicating news and matters. England was just being a pest as regards Iwobi. Iwobi was already ours even before his competitive debut.

TheSuperNerd:
Like l've always said, not all these foreign-borns will play for us (and not all are even Super eagles materials in the long run) and when we have super options in a department, then we must focus on only the exceptional or potentially exceptional.

Ibe has already made his choice so why are we still talking "Ibe" ??

Forget Ibe.... even Akpom is not that spectacular. Why waste time on these when we have Sheyi Ojo, Ola Aina, Ehizibue, Ebuehi, Adarabioyo, Solanke, and a couple of other super talented Nigerian foreign-borns we should really focus on? Some have already declared for Nigeria like Nathaniel Oduwa for our U-23s for instance.

We can't approach and get all. We will just do the best we can. Our central and primary bank of top talents have always been players born in Nigeria. The foreign-borns are just our secondary channel of top talents and yeah... a very important secondary channel that is too (Leon Balogun, Troost Ekong, Etc).




So I'm with you Sir GoodJoe.....I TOO WILL NOT MISS IBE. Besides we have a plethora of top talents on that left wing rising through also.

TheGoodJoe:
I believe Musa Yahaya will give Jordan Ibe a run for his money. I believe that guy scatter and I will take Simon Moses over Ibe.

Jordan Ibe was already in Liverpool when LFC came looking for Simon Moses Signature.

I think Victor Moses is a better player.

Among the English boys, I will take Zaha over him.

TheGoodJoe:
Yes, Leonardo played in France '98. He wore ten shirt. His style of football is amazing. His time at Inter Milan made me appreciate the power of flicks. He coached Inter Milan to a great run where they moved from the middle table to the second position.

After that, fatigued kicked in, because it was an aging squad and they fell.

Either way, the run was amazing and PSG snatched Leonardo from Inter Milan and made him their technical director.

TheGoodJoe:

Time is going and the NFF should know their problems disrupt the coach's plans.

We need the camping preparations sorted out and we need the Technical committee to go through his plans, give him feedback and endorse him to start working.

That is actually what causes us to leave talents behind. Lack of time. From one problem to another.

TheGoodJoe:
Talents are plenty. I believe in Establishing contacts but not begging.

Mfon Udoh and Emem Eduok are yet to be capped in a Super Eagles competitive game, to the best of my knowledge.

That is how difficult it is here. It is just this NFF mismanagement that is making people feel we do not have talents.

Last year we were talking of how talented Joseph Nathaniel is, today no one even mentions his name.