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Nice on Casemiro. We needed that luck

Cunha don score . Let us rest now

aieromon:
The issue is that national team camps usually open two weeks to the start of the competition. They would need an exceptional waiver to report late.

Considering that they are key players and the time of the tournament, they will give concessions. Trust me they will both play Villa, Mazraoiu will not though because Morroco is playing on 21/12.

aieromon:
AFCON is 21 December to 18 January
EPL fixtures
20 December - Aston Villa (A)
27 December - Newcastle (H)
30 December - Wolves (H)
3 January - Leeds (A)
7 January - Burnley (A)
17 January - Manchester City (H)

Ivory Coast and Cameroon has their first game on 24 December. Amad and Mbeumo can play away to Villa, then fly that same day. Its Morroco just 3 1/2 hours.

Only if their teams reach Final they should be available for the city game.

Ragingthunder:
Atalanta youngster, Honest Ahanor,the 17-year-old left-back, who only joined Atalanta this summer from Genoa, is now valued at €20 million, a career-high mark.
However, despite his Italian upbringing, he remains eligible to play only for Nigeria, as Italian law no longer grant automatic citizenship to children born in Italy to foreign parents. He can only apply for citizenship after turning 18 and proving continuous residence. For now, Ahanor’s international future lies firmly in Nigerian hands.

Lookman should beg him to play for us. We need to catch these youngsters young.

yinkeys:
We need Ola Aina replacement, a central midfield creator and another centre back

Zachary Athekhame from AC Milan. - CB
Kayode - from Brentford
Nwaneri from Arsenal.

yinkeys:
True
And we need all our players in very high spirits for the play offs
Maybe some of them read comments here to asses their performance & it could be a distraction
I think they (the Federation & technical crew) just need to talk to him, that’s all
Na DRC i dey fear sef, no really big name distraction. They’d just come to play ball

Lol. Dr Congo with
Masuaku - Burnley. Wan Bissaka- west Ham. Tuanzebe - Burnley, Chancel Mbemba - Lille, Yoan Wissa - Newcastle,(Mbeumo brother), Noah Sadiki- Sunderland and Cedric Berkambu- Betis are unknown? These guys are key players in their respective clubs. We should thank our stars we are not meeting them first, they may likely win Cameroon sef. Their defence is Verumy Solid.

This Zachary Atakhame did he really indicate interest to play for Nigeria? If he did them Eric Chelle need to quickly go and convince him immediately, He is clearly the profile of players we need before he blows. Some of all these players the issue is we dont act quick enough.

Morocco is developing their sports yes, but they are mostly depending on foriegn born players, same thing with Cape Verde . Imagine if we go for the likes of Ugochukwu, Atubolu, Atakhame, and Nwaneri.

Odunayaw:
Quick one off my head is the group game against CIv

Another quick memory of wonderful reaction is an Angolan header in the early minutes of the game.

Saying penalties is anybodies game before giving him kudos is disingenuous but go for gold

Those are nor one on one situation.

Odunayaw:
When he was making one on one saves and stopping penalties at AFCON there was no mentality or situational awareness

make e continue

Which one on one saves did he make in Afcon? On 2 rare occasion when our tight defence allowed a one to one agaisnt him versus Guinea bissau and Angola, he was either saved by the bar or the ball went wide. The one on one he faced away to Benin in the world cup qualifiers he conceded.

As for Penalties its anybodies game, evem though i will gove kudos to him

quickberry:
Not few times, it was his major weak point in his early days. It seems you did not watch him in his early days

What do you mean major weak points i cant remember Enyeama costing us games during his early days due to his fumbling of crosses.

Cocony:
Do every one a favour: produce Enyeama's videos of his 1st 4 Super Eagles appearances to prove the truth you think you are telling while I will try to get Ejide's 1st 4matches videos from the match against NAMIBIA in 2001(if I am not mistaken) so as to find out who fumbled with crosses early; since you don't want to agree with what CapitalCe prove to you that where you play matters as well as the quality of opposition you face and I will lastly add the quality of Coaching you receive. The videos can be from today onwards peradventure we have work to attend to. Not a must today alone.

And also the winning mentality of the team you play.

TheSuperNerd:
Misinformation. The only reason Joseph Wollacott missed the 2022 world cup was a hand injury.
They realised nothing because even recently their 1st choice GK is Benjamin Asare of Accra Hearts of Oaks.

Coach Otto Addo prefers a Local GK ahead of Ati Zigi based in Europe (St Gallen in Switzerland). Also, he still calls Wollacott as one of his 3 GKs.

So again cease the Cho Cho Cho and rest. Let things take shape naturally.

Look at you. Wollacot was the GK for most of the world cup qualifying campaing becauss Richard Ofori of Orlando Pirates was injured in 2021. During the world cup Wollacot was injured but was included in the squad.
By AFCON 2023, he was the 3rd choice GK behind Ofori and Ati Zigi.

As for Benjamin Asare their current Number 1. He has kept record number of clean sheets in Ghannian leagie with Hearts of Oak and they finished 3rd last season. In Heart of Oaks there is winning mentality. If Nwabali is performing for Hearts of Oaks like Asari i wont be worried.

TheSuperNerd:
Oga pls if you dont know something, kindly rest it. Enyeama did struggle with crosses in the GWG.

This is common knowledge.

My point still stands Enyeama might be fumbling crosees a few times but he was solid most times even during his early days in SE.

The mainpoint we are debating here is that Enyeama was in team where winning was the focus. Unlike Nwabali QED.

quickberry:
Comprehension is your problem. Go back and read what I posted. I said as at 2002, shey u get am now?🤣🤣🤣🤣

As at 2002, Enyimba already won back to back leagues in a more competitive Nigerian league. At that time he was not even the first choice. Ike Shorommu was. He only became first choice when his team were dominating Africa

quickberry:
You are the one deviating, because he won the Nigerian league before the world cup, he was good enough to face that England squad?🤣🤣

Thats the same point i was making. So he has the right ingredients to make the SE squad albeit not the first choice. Nwabali lacks that as his team is not competing anywhere near the top

quickberry:
They were not an elite team as at 2002. Stop this misinformation. Their rise actually started in 2002, but they were not already an elite team🙄

A team that won back to back league title in Nigerian league in the early 2000s are not elite? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. Nigerian teams are some of the best in Africa at that time. For Enyimba to win the Nigeriam league that time back to back they are elite. And in any case Enyeama was not the first choice GK in 2002 na. He only became first choice in around 2004 when Enyimba was dominating African football. His fellow Team mates at that time where even Super Eagles players already. So Enyeama wasnt just lifted from No where.

Cocony:
CapitalCe, it seems you are getting the explanation wrong. I corrected the error of the person with my explanation which you quoted and I rightly know Enyeama won 2002 league with Enyimba. Read through the posts that led to my answer.
As per the National Team Enyeama was regarded as a newbie at the time when we had Ndubuisi Egbo, Murphy Akanji and Ike Shorunmu.

My second paragraph was about Ezenwa

quickberry:
Benjamin Frederick says hi😂😂

Fredricks is not a GK, he has a Defensive leaders in Bassey and Ola Aina who who plays in EPL to guide him. And he is only on loan in that team, he only made his debut recently so will definitely move back to his parent EPL club. Nwabali on the other hand got exposure nearly 2 years now, yet hr couldnt get a move to the top 4 teams in SA or even top African teams or Europe.

Cocony:
Enyimba were a force to reckon with before Enyeama's arrival having won the 2001 NIGERIAN PREMIER LEAGUE VIA THE SUPER 4
Where you play for and who you play against matters.

Excellent. Enyimba was an Elite team by the time Enyeama csme to SE. By that time Nigerian league was among the best in Africa. Teams like Julius Berger and 3SC and Kano Pillars were competing very well in CAF competition. If Nwabali was keeping for Al Ahly , Memolodi Sundowns, Orlando Pirates or Experance or any of the Casablanca teams, no one will be worried. A bottom placed team keeper in SA should not be our first choice in SE. Heck even that Rwandan GK is in Keizer Chiefs. Washinton Arubi of Zimbabwe id the GK of a team far higher than Chippa utd.

quickberry:
The Ike Shorunmu you are talking about, go and check the kind of goals he conceded at 2000 AFCON final.

If you are good, you are good.

You are diviating. The point you are making is that Enyeama never had winning mentality and elite attitude when he debuted in 2002 world cup.
It has been proven to you thst he has it.
His team had won the Nigerian league which at that time was really good, and was competing in CAF Champions lesgue.

And it has slso been proven to you thst he was not the first choice at that time. He only became first choice when he wn 2 CAF champions league titles and multiple league titles in Nigeria. The mistakes of Shorommu in 2000 is ot the discussion here

Cocony:
False they never lost 7:1. It was 6:1 and Enyeama did not feign injury. They later beat the same ISMAILY 4:2 in the same group phase

The Season Enyimba lost to Ismaily 6-1. The later top that group and met tge same Ismaily in the final and won the trophy and that didnt have anything to do with Enyeama or winning mentality. That Enyimba team with Enyeama is among the greatest if not the greatest team the Nigerian league has seen

quickberry:
Enyeama was fumbling with crosses in his early stage. He was always having problem dealing with crosses, he improved on it later.

Enyeama waz never fumbling crossess in SE shirt. He was solid throughout his time in SE.

Cocony:
My brother, Ezenwa was not a newbie going into the game against Cameroun in 2017 on our way to 2018 WORLD CUP. After being part of the 2007 U20 TEAM BOTH AFCON AND THE WORLD CUP FOR U20s HE HAD BEEN A REGULAR IN THE NPFL.
YES ENYEAMA WAS NEW BUT NOT JITTERY AND WAS ALREADY TESTED IN A FRIENDLY AGAINST KENYA AND HAVING LOST OUT ON QUALIFICATION, THE RIGHT THING ANY COACH WILL DO IN HIS 3RD MATCH THAT WILL NOT CHANGE THE TURN OF EVENTS AS PER QUALIFICATION IS TO GRANT APPEARANCES TO SOME OF HIS PLAYERS. ENYEAMA WAS NOT JITTERY, COCKY NOR DID HE DISPLAY ARROGANCE TOWARDS ANY OF HIS CAPTAINS IN THE SUPER EAGLES.

Enyeama was a calm head and he has already won the league with Enyimba, you cant call him a nee bee.

The Ezenwa he was mentioning was one of the most experienced GKs in the league at that time and was a first choice for Ifeanyi Ubah FC, at thst time are plsying Confredration cup

quickberry:
What I am trying to tell you is, Nwabali playing at Chippa Utd does not mean he is not good enough.

He might be good, but his mentality and situational awareness is poor, as evidenced by his errors and attutude in the recent rounds of qualifiers. Football is not about ability you need the right mentality and awareness especially for a GK.

quickberry:
Nigeria vs England(2002)

I watched the match, Enyeama did well, but like I said it was a dead rubber game. If we had drew or won Sweden in the previous match, and needed a result against England, Ike Shorommu would have been in goal. That match was not a pressure cooker match, so no need to panic and England only needed a draw.

In any case Enyimba has already won the league in NPFL in 2002, so Enyeama was coming from a team with winning mentlity, not relegation fodders

quickberry:
Talking about winning mentality, Enyimba did not really have that as at 2002. Infact, they were beaten 7-1 in the CAF champions league, Enyeama had to feign injury after conceding four goals, Aiyenugba conceded the remaining three.

Note: My argument is, the club a goalkeeper is playing does not really determine how good he is.

Enyeama was not the first choice GK in 2002, it was Ike Shoronmu. The match Enyeama played was a dead rubber game, if we needed that game, Ike Shoronmu would have been in goal. By the time Enyimba won 2 CAF champions league in 2004, he(Enyeama) , became the undisputed number 1.
Enyimba won the league in 2002. What are you talking about? That they lost 7-1 in CAF champions league does not mean he doesnt have winning mentality. When Aston Villa beat Liverpool 7-2, or Liverpool beat Man Utd 7-0, does it mean DeGea and Allison doesnt have winning mentality? So AthleticoMadrid beating Madrid 5-2 means Courtious dont have winning mentality? The issue is Nwabali is playing bu default to reduce damaging scoreline or preserve a draw. Enyeama was at that time playing to win and win the league.

Kog45:
I disagree totally....Ezenwa was not even regular in NPFL he faced Cameroon during 2018 WC qualifiers...Enyeama a rookie in NPFL was in goal against good shooters Paul Scholes and David Beckham...yes Nwabali is messing up of late but the same Nwabali of Chippa was great during last Afcon.

I will only bench Nwabali now for his attitudes not cuz of Mbeumo or Aubameyang

I lived at Nnewi during that World cup qualifiers. Ezenwa was the first choice Goal keeper at Ifeanyi Ubah unuted. They won FA cup the previous season and were playing Confederation cup by that time. Infact Ezenwa was in goal when Ifeanyi Ubah FC defeated Almasry if Egypt 1-0 at Nnewi. I watched the game live.

quickberry:
Did you watch the match?

Which Match?

forgiveness:
Have you watched Chukwuemeka played? If you did, you will agree he is a better CMF than Iwobi. Iwobi is only better at SS.

I have watched Chukwuemeka, he is not better than Iwobi

QueenJazz:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVgZgg8BpMQ&pp=ugUHEgVlbi1HQg%3D%3D

Either this Nwabali goes to therapy or Chelle replaces him with Okoye for the time being. He's a ticking time bomb waiting to happen. I just pray that the day he finally blows up, it won't be during competitive games like the playoffs, AFCON, or in a World Cup game (if we make it).

For those of you cstigating me for being critical of Nwabali, you guys are just being emotions not realistic. The truth is that any top level manager will not play Nwabali as his first choice GK with his performance and attitude within the last year.

1. Against Lesotho in the penultimate game, players like Lookman, Osihmen, Ndidi and I think Moses knew we needed more goals and were playing to that target. But once we scored that penalty you see Osihmen going to pick the ball to quickly restart, but Nwabali was wasting time. Even when Akor scored the second goal you can see these players baying for another goal. Nwabali instead gave away a goal and almost gifted them the equaliser.

2. Versus Benin, at 2-0, Nwabali was not aware that we needed 4 goals. He was already delaying the game and showboating. Infact they had to send someone from the bench to warn him to stop wasting time at 3-0. He repeatwd this delay tactics in our home game against Rwanda when we scored.

MY CONCERNS: A footballer who is unware of the position of his team is very dangerous on international stage. Someone like nwabali may not have known the tiebraker rules and that might cost us at crucial stage. Now even if we do not necesarily need goals to progress. A home game agaisnt teams like Benin, Rwanda and co. 1-0 is never enough. Infact 1-0 versus these teams at home is a poor result normally for tthe SE. But when you hve a keeper from bottom based Chippa united, 1-0 is always enough.

3. In our game against Rwanda at home, Nwabali commited 3 red card offenses, and 2 penalty offences, unprovoked, in a FIFA organised match. Lol. In our game against Benin, he was harrasing a Benin player who just challenged for the ball and finally dropped the ball which based on the rule of the game it is a goal, in a match where the margin of error is very slim.
Like in this video in the unity cup when he commited an error, and also the error that led to the Lesotho goal, he was blaming others refusing to take responsibility.

MY CONCERNS: The attitude of violence agaisnt opponents need to be eradicated completely from the SE, Sani Kaita cost us in 2010 due to this. Nwabali is a ticking time bomb, he is always unaware of the situation and importance of occasions, he just acts out of place no matter the situation. And when the leader on the pitch Ndidi cautioned him on 3 ocxasions, in 3 different matches he disrespected Ndidi. We need to eradicate that attitude too.

Given all thses, he doesnt need to be the first choice.

forgiveness:
I don't think so if CMF in regards to cmf position.

Iwobi is better than him, in whatever position in Midfield