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forgiveness:
Add 8 to the 3 goalkeepers and you will get 11. How do you pick the remaining 12 players?

7 defenders 5 midfielders

mister man stop spreading false information i've attached samuel's stats for this season which deflates your ''This is a guy who has not played 10 top flight matches'' narrative

anyway i don't do hype just calling it as i see

Earthquake2:
This is a guy who has not played 10 top flight matches

I refuse to be dragged into your hype

i disagree chukwueze looks an upgrade on some of this underlisted players in some aspects

he's a better dribbler than onyekuru, a bit faster only thing henry has over him is an eye for goals which samuel is steadily improving on

better dribbler than musa but not yet as prolific as alhaji musa in terms of goals.

at per if not better than kalu in terms of dribbles, more direct and business minded than kalu, looks to have better goal sense than him too. only thing kalu surpasses chukwueze in is crosses

Earthquake2:
'Left footed offensive players' as if that is in the Fifa rules

Chukweze is not an upgrade on Onyekuru, Musa, Kalu so where is the neededness

hmmm tough call but who says anyone has to be dropped? rohr could easily go with ighalo, onuachu, osimhen/iheanacho, musa, simon, onyekuru, kalu, chukwueze (iwobi listed as a midfielder) that's 8 strikers good to go

forgiveness:
Ah! If that be the case, he should join the U-20 world cup team. The dream team has more players in that category.

Who should Rohr drop for him on the RW?

well i don't think going to the U20 world cup is redundant. personally i would want him at the AFCON but playing at the world cup would afford him less pressurized surroundings to probably flourish. realistically how many games would he get at AFCON at best bench role coming on as an impact sub. like i said before let's see what rohr decides

Bolowolowo:
He is needed in AFCON. We need to use the U20 as platform to launch and discover unknown, hidden talents. Samuels success at Villarreal is enough to propel him to greater heights. Playing in U20 would be redundant.

there's a small window of him joining the U-20s the la liga season will finish days before the commencement of the world cup but i think he will be more useful with the U-23 dream team.

as for AFCON i will just trust rohr's judgment on if chukwueze should go. let's however take it easy with putting to much expectations on the lad remember this is his first full season of top flight league football

forgiveness:
Exactly! But I don't think he will be squeezed into the team. However, if there's still opportunity for him to prove himself in the camp, why not?

Him going to U-20 world cup is a mission impossible because I don't see Villarreal releasing him.

Anyway, let us see what happens at the end.

the point i'm still making is on a good day a lesser team can beat or trouble better teams remember 2 or 3 seasons how celtic gave man city a run for their money drawing 3-3 with them? villarreal excluding this season have shown consistent performances in la liga so it's really mind boggling thinking a team that went almost toe to toe with barca will somehow struggle against burnley, brighton, even A.villa really? Komekn are you taking the piss derby of all teams?

the truth is outside the top 6 the EPL is quite poor compared to la liga if villarreal was is in the EPL now they will comfortably be battling for top 7

komekn:
I disagree, l think it's very apt.

The style of play of Rangers mimicks the Championship but not as good as that more reflective of league one.

These leagues are very fast, non stop intensity and physically taxing.

It is these attributes that the top level of La Liga can contend with and overcome possibly without too much trouble.

However, the lower half of La Liga will struggle with the physicality they simply don't have the quality of technicality to overcome the physicality.

You must have watched how many EPL clubs fell to the hand of Championship clubs and even league one.That should tell you something.

I am not looking at individual clubs but style of play and ethos. Technical football vs physicality and sheer brutish physical blood and guts football mixed with speed and s bit of technicality.

If Villareal struggled to keep pace with Rangers what do you think Derby County, Middlesbrough, and Aston Villa will do to them.

my guy wetin pesin no go read

andrew444:
Did they mean abbey George ?

lol abbey that asamoah gyan dealt with so mercilessly that his career with the super eagles ended that night in the terrible friendly loss to ghana ?

Humility017:
you guys are funny... the only partnership that came close to
ekong and leon partnership is omeruo and obaobona partnership.

tell me something else, i can't remember a partnership like that of the two light guys
ever in Nigeria...all through the world cup qualifications this guys conceded least number
of goals..i have ever witnessed. if you mention odia and abbey self i go hear not one shittu
guy running like a wolf

nobody is saying shittu is the second coming of baresi just appreciate the man for his small contributions

Earthquake2:
People will say Oboabona is better than Balogun because he is no longer playing, Shittu that brought fear to our minds whenever he was playing is now Sergio Ramos

guy it shouldn't be hard for you to pull up examples of this ''terrible tackles'' na

instead of all this ''subjective bias'' you are peddling

Earthquake2:
Shittu was synonymous to bad tackles

Is nostalgia messing with your memory?

terrible tackles where?

Earthquake2:
He sure made up for it in mistakes and terrible tackles, there is always uneasiness when he was in our defense

more like 7th to 20th

andrew444:
You must agree

Daniel is not the bias type ,thou I don't agree with him

Teams from 11th to 20th in the Epl won't make it to the Europa league last 8th

Even my Sevilla didn't survive Sparta Prague that olayinka club ,na those Epl small team go come survive am abi? I never wan even add teams like Frankfurt and co

Thou Chelsea Arsenal Napoli remains Europa league winners favorites

Danny was great for us. might not have been the most astute defender technically but he made up for it with determination, grit and passion

Earthquake2:
Danny Shittu was terrible for Nigeria miskicks and own goals

Don't ever compare him to Balogun/Ekong

using the rangers game is a bad example. it's like saying because real madrid were knocked out by ajax in the UCL then the dutch league is better than la liga

komekn:
Fulham and the English championship are far better than the Scottish premier league. Which like Seria A and La Liga is essentially a 1or 2 club league.

Rangers will not survive in the Championship they would be in league one.

Over two legs Villareal struggled with Rangers.

I know players who struggled in non league and found it easy to walk into Seria C.

Seria B is FAR BEHIND the championship financially speaking. It's more on the level of League one.

Players follow the £££ not just the style of play. And the more money the mire quality you can attract to suit the rigours and demands if your particular league.

A class example Sadiq Umar TOTAL and COMPLETE quintessential " Wasteman " in Glasgow Rangers but now according to many here " balling " in Perugia.

I rest my case.

yeah was really disgusted with what they did to darren moore. watched a video on twitter of a sports radio presenter doing a breakdown of moore's time at the helm of west brom compared to tony pulis and alan pardew no surprises he out performed two of them but at the first sign of a run of bad results they axed really terrible but sadly i'm not surprised

komekn:
Welcome to Europe.

If you cannot take the heat don't go in the kitchen.

Leonardo Bonucci is a RACIST BIGOT, it's not what they say in public that matters it's what they think and do.

Out of the depths of the heart the mouth � speaks.

Because they don't call you names doesn't mean they aren't racist.

Darren Moore former manager of West Bromwich was sacked with the club in fourth position in the Championship. And his white inexperienced unqualified assistant given the job, what do you think is going on.

In England children of West African origin have a higher educational achievement and grading than white middle to upper class children.

At university level our children are top of the scale at all levels as soon as they leave and assessment is no longer substantive and objective. They drop to the bottom and with thier first class degrees are unable to secure employment commensurate with thier qualifications.

After a few years the white guys at the bottom of the class are now your bosses.


This behaviour transcends football it's just that in football people can express verbally what they think and believe on the terraces.

pot and kettle forum the day we remove the shackles of religiosity from our shoulders as a people that is the day half of our problems will be solved in this country

faaz24:
http://muslimrightsmuric..com/2019/04/demand-for-christians-as-leaders-in.html?m=1

exactly boy would be just unplayable once he masters the use of his right foot. a lot of defenders monitoring him will always want to mark him by pushing him on his right leg thinking it's weaker but that could turn out to be samu's deadliest weapon

gamaliel9:
CHUKWUEZE...in my opinion should alternate between u23 and Super Eagles....He has shown consistency so far and he is FEARLESS....

And i saw a new development in him yesterday...HE WAS USING HIS RIGHT FOOT...Even took a shot with it

really disheartening the stupid coach allegri also repeated bonucci's vile response. smh for two of them

Bolowolowo:
Since when does celebrating on your own justify racist chants? Blacks seriously need to think long and hard before dedicating their international careers to these Caucasian nations. Imagine sweating it out week in and out just for your fellow countrymen to hurl racist chants at you

you sha wan start controversy i mention anybody name?

andrew444:
You said that in komekn voice

yes you are right

andrew444:
Yes they will

I remember a certain Wigan playing in the Europa league from the championship

Someone should correct me if am wrong concerning Wigan

agreed without any iota of hesitation or reservation

Joebie:
Let me hear somekne say Samu na academy player for here. I go find that person house.

Tbaba i agree with you on most things boss but i have to disagree with you on this issue. the 1994 squad was/is still the best most balanced team we have ever taken to the world cup.

the 1994 team at the world cup stood toe to toe with the best in the competition. for me a combination of tactical naivety, indiscipline and lack of belief/appreciation of what they were capable of cost them. almost all the goals we conceded at USA 94 were due to little mistakes here and loss of concentration at crucial periods. the 1998 squad though talented was horribly imbalanced. defence conceded goals for fun. that team just relied solely on talent.

agree mostly about the fullbacks eguavoen was just there iroha didn't bomb forward much but i appreciated his defensive solidity unfortunately when ben got injured there was no proper back up.

tbaba1234:
Iroha was never an attacking left back biko. That ivory coast goal was once in a blue moon venture forward. Iroha was a hard tackling defender.

The Italy we faced just finished from a disastrous group outing where they finished third. Beating us gave them the boost to reach the final.

The 1998 team was better than 1994 in terms of quality.

can everyone see how he maturely answered the question? he may or may not play for nigeria in the future but he at least has the sense not to burn bridges (looking at you akpoguma) by labelling playing for nigeria as a fallback option

charlesemeka85:
Felix Uduokhai has refused to rule out committing his international future to Nigeria in the near future but is focused on this summer's European U21 Championship in Italy and San Marino.

There had been talk that the Wolfsburg defender was in contention to be included in the Super Eagles squad for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations but Nigeria manager Gernot Rohr later changed his mind after admitting that brand new players will not be considered in the group.

Uduokhai continues to flirt with the Nigeria National Team unlike 1899 Hoffenheim's Kevin Akpoguma and Hertha Berlin's Jordan Torunarigha, and this time he has suggested that he still has time on his hands to make a decision on his international future.

''I have heard nothing (from Rohr). My focus is on the European Championships in the summer, I want to be there,'' said Uduokhai to sportbuzzer.de.

''I still have time for everything else."

The 21-year-old Uduokhai popped up with the match-winning goal in stoppage time as Germany U21s beat England 2-1 in a friendly on Tuesday.

The Annaberg-Buchholz native has ten caps in total for Germany's U19, U20 and U21 teams.

this is what always confuses me about all nigerian coaches this penchant for choosing players with no logical criteria for choosing them.

keshi: gabriel rueben, agbim, the then unknown guy who wore the number 10 shirt, uchebo

Siasia: umar, okoronkwo, ajilore etc

Oliseh: bringing players that his brother churchill manages like igbuon into the national team

Onigbinde taking an obviously past it adepoju to korea/japan 2002

too many ? marks with nigerian coaches and team selection

Icon4s:
Players selection was my major Headache with Keshi, Oliseh and Siasia. They will be looking for replacement for players who are still very much in form all in the name of building for the Future.

They will be benching Star players and be fielding armatures

well i see it as rohr giving KC time to adjust since that hasn't worked time for some tough love.

fair enough each coach has his reasons for favouring certain players over others. i like omeruo as well but i think unfortunately (for kenneth) the oyinbo wall has been solid hence him missing out

BascoVanVeli:
Brother even robbers and kidnappers say sorry when they are caught but the fact still remains that an infringement has been committed. He was in hot form but punishment is part of learning. If you let that go and then clamp down on him for something that technically not his fault then that can have the opposite effect. It is like giving a ticket for murder but the firing squad for driving too fast.


Fine, if we must play Leon(who I love btw) then drop Ekong. This should have been a special match for Omeruo. He should have been the captain and that was a slick way of avoiding the question of why Ekong should get the band over Kenneth. Omeruo is a national hero and his treatment under Rohr has left alot to be desired for me. I have watched both players and Kenneth is having the better season in every aspect.

you are still making excuses for siasia. amodu came in during our 2002 world cup qualification with 3 matches to go we were on the brink of not qualifying he bailed us out. blaming backroom staff for siasia's inability to qualify nigeria for common AFCON (twice!) is the height of clutching at straws

Icon79:
Please address these two pertinent questions for me:
1. Has Siasia ever been given enough time to tinker with the team. Has he even stayed with the team for more than a few games? That's definitely not enough time to do something with a national team.
2. Why didn't the NFF allow Siasia to select his own backroom staff and then hold him accountable for results?


O pari

sorry which sinking ship? first scenario we were still in a healthy position won 1 lost 1 but blew it by drawing with ethiopia away and guinea at home. second scenario also took over team in a healthy position won 1 drew 1 blew it against the egyptians. amodu shaibu who is not everybody's favourite coach achieved far more but even he is not getting the hype you keep giving siasia

Icon79:
Omo, Siasia was brought in to salvage a sinking ship. Each time they call on him, it's always after the qualification had already started and going back: either against Guinea or against Egypt. Let them give the job and leave him alone for about 2 years then we'll be in a better position to assess him. And by the way, they should also give him freehand to select his backroom staff just as they are doing with Rohr. When Siasia asked for Simon Kalika to assist him, the NFF denied his request but the same NFF has allowed Rohr to work his foreign assistants!

Talk about double standards!


O pari

chief i don't understand your position. the SA match in uyo was well over a year and a half when KC was still red hot. remember after KC's infraction he apologized so it would have been harsh to still discipline your best striker (at the time)after he had said sorry.

on your second paragraph balogun has arguably been our best CB since rohr's tenure began. gernot has never questioned his professionalism only tasked him to try and get more playing time. even leon's harshest critic were saying he didn't look match rusty against the egyptians. i think it's abit over the top that rohr has an unfair consideration for balogun over omeruo.

BascoVanVeli:
My problem with Rohr on this Iheanacho matter is that he had the perfect chance to send a message after the Sa match in uyo. Right now there is absolutely no reason to call the lad unprofessional.

I think all this is a way of making us forget that German born Leon Balogun is in an even worse self imposed position than Nacho and that Omerio is being treated like a step child even though he is our best performing defender in Europe.

your positioning increasing or reducing your impact is different from the argument of you having no impact whatsoever

komekn:
You are getting imbroiled into semantics and loosing the substance of the discourse. Things are NEVER so specific here.

Effectiveness and positioning in the context of football are symbiotic and not separate.

it goes beyond constructive criticism when the short comings of one are no different from the other you are trying to differentiate with.

maybe i missed something but the KC Solanke debate was never about field positioning rather effectiveness

komekn:
You are moving into the realm of subjectivity.

What someone will call constructive criticism another will call HATE and running down other players.

An age ago, I used Solanke in comparison too KC to show the difference between a true No. 9 i.e. an out and out striker and assumed one. To highlight that difference and said in that respect SOLANKE is far better than KC as a striker.

That argument is still ongoing, what is KC a AM, SS RW, etc.❓

fair enough that he's not keen on playing for nigeria but why was his name always coming as an alternative when running down other players?

komekn:
I am befuddled why there is even discussion of Solanke in the first place.

I will admit I have met him and l find no IOTA of affinity for anything Nigerian.

He is a player with huge amounts of potential that's yet to be seen, after one season of continuous consistent first team football. We may then understand why Bournemouth payed £20 million for him, l still think it's a big gamble.

But him playing for Nigeria l just really can not see it happening.

There is a better chance of Tega Abrahams switching allegiance in my opinion.