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Cocony:
I love your analysis with exceptions of NWABALI, OSAYI AND AWAZIEM ON THE BASIS OF PERFORMANCES IN THEIR LAST 4 NATIONAL TEAM AND CLUBSIDE INPUT.
EJUKE MIGHT BE AN UNKNOWN ACE UP OUR SLEEVES FOR BETTER SPLIT ACCURATE PASSES TO DELIVER GOALS.

Lol this is the wrong time to change a goalkeeper. Psych up Nwabali and we are good. If we qualify, then during the scrimmages or world cup preparations you introduce Okoye.

Osayi though clueless will do better in the RB position than the now very slow Ekong would as a CB.

Unless I'm playing 3 at the back, Ekong won't start for me.

Cocony:
My probable line up against Gabon if the players are invited

Gk Maduka Okoye
Df Benjamin Fredrick
Df William Troost Ekong
Df Calvin Bassey
Df Zaidu Sanusi
Mf Fred Onyeka or Raphael Onyedika
Mf Chidera Ejuke
Mf Fisayo D.Bashiru
Fw Samuel Chukwueze
Fw Victor Osimhen
Fw Jerome Akor Adams

I believe Gabon can be beaten with this or 75% of this as starting lineup by 3 or 4 goals margin.

Nwabali ahead of Okoye who just came back from a ban

Keep Ekong away from the team. Play Bassey and Frederick.

Give the RB position to Osayi or Awaziem - I don't rate either of them though.

Ejuke plays football like a secondary school boy. Discard him for Lookman and warn Lookman sternly to stop trying to be the hero.

Dele Bashiru goes to the Bench for Iwobi.

If Lookman fails to heed to the advice, pull him out after the first 45minutes and push Iwobi to the left and introduce Bashiru.

Allow Chuks to roam between RW and AM

Truidstarr:
There is no contradiction, From U17 level Men and Women, they poach them from academies and clubs scattered all over Europe. These clubs and academies developed these players.

Okay

Cocony:
My probable line up against Gabon if the players are invited

Gk Maduka Okoye
Df Benjamin Fredrick
Df William Troost Ekong
Df Calvin Bassey
Df Zaidu Sanusi
Mf Fred Onyeka or Raphael Onyedika
Mf Chidera Ejuke
Mf Fisayo D.Bashiru
Fw Samuel Chukwueze
Fw Victor Osimhen
Fw Jerome Akor Adams

I believe Gabon can be beaten with this or 75% of this as starting lineup by 3 or 4 goals margin.

You are alone on this one oo

Truidstarr:
Morocco's only plan is to reap where they did not sow. Convince Foreign Born players to play for them from age grade to National team level.

Reaping where they didn't sow yet you ended up contradicting yourself with the bolded?

Getting talents from their offshore banks and nurturing the players through their age grade system is the total opposite of reaping where one didn't sow.

Your country waits until the other countries build the players completely, then pounce like criminals.

Cocony:
Tolu Arokodare will improve with time but Gift Orban should be a necessary option.

Arokodare is better suited to our system(barren midfield) than Orban.

BankyGee:
Osimhen has started just 3 matches out of 6 and has 2 goals. E no go far like that.

Someone like Forgiveness wouldn't see it this way if Awoniyi was the one scoring those goals in the same Turkish league where Osimhen plays.

Kog45:
VICTOR OSIMHEN IN NIGERIA LEAGUE WILL START AHEAD OF Europe based Onuachu,Awoniyi,Moffi, Arokodare,Sadiq and Akor...abi Nwakaeme no shine for Turkish league,rating Osimhen no be league o the boy is extremely good

You are right but the tribal bigots wouldn't agree with you if Awoniyi was the one banging in those goals Onuachu is banging in the Turkish league.

Onuachu is outscoring Osimhen in the same league and no one is moved. Even MkpuOgaliga(Idenna) isn't complaining.

Imagine, if the name wasn't Onuachu but Awoniyi, one tribal bigot would have been here displaying his madness.

Mujtahida:
Guys, elyte89, ChrisKels, chrisooblog, kennysville, TheSuperNerd, Kog45, Charlesemeka85, Odunayaw, Cocony, mekabuachi, QueenJazz, mostob, BankyGee, MetalJigsaw, forgiveness, solonnachi, Truidstarr, Joebie, COOL10, Meliforme and others too numerous to mention

Make una watch this podcast by Oliseh discussing some salient issues in relation to the playoffs. Interesting conversation featuring Edafe Elegbete


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnN5GMzgc5A?si=CKIPPQxyY7udleas

Good points

Ragingthunder:
He isn't better than what we have rn, plus the guy's injury problem is severe

I would sacrifice one DM for him if he was fit

Mujtahida:
We always have Victors in our team
Victor Igbinoba
Victor Ikpeba
Victor Agali
Victor Moses
Victor Osimhen


Toh Boniface I dey contemplate whether to add your name.

Kog45 any more names?

Victor Obinna Nsofor and Victor Anichebe.

There has been more Uches than Victors though.

ChrisKels:
Besides the name "Victor", it seems the name "Uche" has appeared the most in eagles shirt.


Uche Okechukwu
Uche Okafor
Kalu Uche
Uche Kalu
Ikechukwu Uche
Uche Agbo Henry
Uche Nwofor
Uche Chrisantus
Henry Uche
Michael Uchebo.

The ones I can recall

Mujtahida:
That's true perhaps as chrisooblog just said it's due to the style of play we have now

Yes, we haven't been that ultra defensive. That was the system that made Onyeka shine.

Ihenzy:
Because of Awoniyi 4 goals na him you type this long epistle?

I'm speaking as regards general play and impact on the pitch

None of those players he mentioned have wasted more unforgiving begging chances than Awoniyi. No disrespect to the guy and his craft but he is a rope of sand.

elyte89:
That’s true o …at some point we heard he was already switching..wetin kan stop am

Dude hasn't even played a single minute for Torino since joining them in the summer, and I doubt he is injured.

TheSuperNerd what's up with Tino Anjorin? What's going on with him at Torino? We need creativity in that midfield. It hurts me watching Osimhen being starved of better services.

chrisooblog:
What do you think about Awaziem being invited at least to cover RB?

He was decent in that position at the 2019 AFCON admittedly that was a long time ago.

I hear Olisa Ndah is back to fitness but the coaching crew might not want to take a risk on him.

I don't rate Awaziem highly but you are right, he can be a cover in that position. I have even totally forgotten about that one.

BTW, I suspect he was the player that was alleged to have rejected an invite because he was angry that he wasn't featured against Rwanda and SA.

Mujtahida:
I say Onyeka but peeps here say Ndidi is better than him. Frank carried the full burden of defending from our midfield during the last Afcon and he was awesome - energetic and mobile.

Onyeka hasn't been giving us that display since the AfCoN ended. He was so poor in his last 4 games. The bulala 3 days ago was just a redemption.

It seems Onyedika, FDB, Osayi and Okoye would be the only players to come back to the team from the list that didn't partake in this window.

We need a right back so that Fredrick can move back to partner Bassey in the CB. I don't trust Osayi, neither do I trust Ekong anymore.

Agu and Aina are out till next year.

This one is asking that Ghana gives him a chance to join their team to USA, but this was his response when Ghana called him in 2022.

This is the kind of humiliation some people want us to subject ourselves to because of some craps that have been rejected by England and co.

Cocony:
Cleared by whom if I might ask?

Some time ago I read that Togo FA refused to submit his clearance papers or something.

Cocony:
We pray, hope and believe so. However if he doesn't, Akor Adams and Ademola Lookman would fit in. Tolu still needs time to gel with the team and I believe he will have a good AFCON if makes the cut. Gift Orban (The Tiv/Togolese) of Hellas Verona has been consistent over the years in all the clubs he played for and should be given a call-up. We want a situation where a suitable backup is readily available for all positions.

Thanks man but I don't rate Orban. I'm not even sure he's been totally cleared to represent Nigeria.

Lest I forget, I won't be fooled by Simon's two lucky assists yesterday. Dude was crap all game, and should not be anywhere near eagles' starting line up.

What Chuks did yesterday is what I have been expecting from Lookman since he joined the super eagles, but the guy is always looking to be the hero. To pass ball to the better positioned player, na wahala for him.

ChrisKels:
The invitational tourney in England provided us with an avenue to improvise and look for solutions to our creativity problem, you tried out Chukwueze and it was a success, then suddenly you relegated him to the bench for some clueless Simon that can neither complete a take-on nor make a single decent cross to save his life? Aswear this Chelle na confirm tozo.

Chelle read my take, and sat up.

Chuks is the only ball carrier we have in this team. Allow him to roam or commute between AM and the RW and Osimhen will always get services.

My major concern now is, will Osimhen remain fit for the entirety of the playoffs?

This is clearly a fixed match.

Fiacre Ntwari should be ashamed of himself.

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1Cm86g5MN2/

ChrisKels:
As crazy as it may sound, I'm glad Lookman is out. He hasn't been effective.

Since Simon has the coach's nude, play him on the left and Chuks from the right.

This was my take after Lookman was red carded against Lesotho.

Odunayaw:
Bruhhhh
I can only pray he is always fit and that he wins the AFCON to cement his legacy.

I think Akor and Tolu will do fine.

That should be a fight between Moffi, Akor and Tolu.

I put Tolu last in the list because dude seems like another social media guy that cares so much about his looks.

Mujtahida:
Na real swegbe. Good thing is that he will never be invited again

Don't be surprised when Chelle invites him in November.

charlesemeka85:
Players that really impressed me against Benin

Samu
Zaidu
Osimhen
Bassey
Fredricks

Not a big fan of Sanusi but I will take him over Bruno, any time any day.

Odunayaw:
One

Oboy the road still tough oo.