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there isn't any U23 tournament in the real sense of it just hastily arranged tournaments to decide olympic qualifiers. CHAN for me is a huge waste of time and money. yes we want players especially homebased ones to get opportunities to show their talent that's nothing specially arranged friendlies or regional tournaments like WAFU, COSAFA cup can't achieve. i think its even more insulting to the locally based player because we dont trust his ability to break into the national team on his own steam abi how many CHANs did sunday mba or oboabona play before breaking into our AFCON winning team?

Joebie:
We already have an U23 tournament. CHAN is a good idea, but it should be stretched to accommodate players playing in Africa and MAYBE as well as uncapped players usually ignored especially because they ply their trades in lower/obscure leagues.

i support increasing the number of teams to 24 would be more interesting to watch. alot of african teams have improved so the competition would be intense you won't see too many scorelines showing the big countries hammering the smaller ones.

june/july date would be ideal for our players but the weather of most african countries during that period would be a huge problem. how many countries can afford to renovate existing stadiums, not to talk of building new ones or constructing retractable roofs? or maybe fixing the competition to late july to early august considering that the AFCON wont be played during a world cup year so the european season won't start until mid to late august and by then the rains should have subsided.

the four year gap is ok. it's just a matter of tweaking our qualifying schedule to accommodate more more matches especially for smaller teams.

CHAN should be rebranded into an U23 tournament

great to see him doing well in pre-season hope he can stake a place in roma this year. i remember how i always defended him during the rio olympics dude has potential

tbaba1234:
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disu made very good points. the part i liked was his opinion that the top 9 doesn't necessarily have to be the goal getter as long as he is keeping opposition defenders occupied and creating openings for teammates to score

last person on the left extreme is uche okechuckwu

WotzupNG:
https://twitter.com/vinpee/status/885815639423688705


Vincent Enyeama Pictured With Super Eagles Legends

This is what I called greatness unfolded in one picture. Former Super Eagles Captain and Goalkeeper who is likely to be recalled into the Super Eagles squad, Vincent Enyeama has shared a picture that shows him and other Nigerian Football Legends together.

From right: Ike Shorunmu, Mutiu Adepoju, Augustine Eguavon, Vincent Enyeama, Kanu Nwankwo, Jay Jay Okocha…

…You can help with the identity of the last person by dropping his name in the comment section below.

http://wotzup.ng/vincent-enyeama-pictured-with-super-eagles-legends/

quite sad reminds me of our own joseph dosu one minute he was super eagles No.1 in line to go to france 98 the next car accident and career ended

tbaba1234:
Today, I learnt that Abdelhak Nouri of Ajax who collapsed days ago has permanent brain damage. Just like that, a young career and life is cut off. Out of the blue, we learn that Ikeme has cancer.

Life can so unpredictable and a person's life can be transformed in an instant.

BascoVanVeli:
U need to show those guys their due respect. These are people like Victor Ikpeba and Mutiu Adepoju. They know more about representing the Super Eagles than u, me and Rohr. They have come out to say they won't select the team so wat seems to be the issue? There is no need to make a mountain out of a mole.

i share goodjoe's mistrust for the technical committee. what is the point of hiring a coach if a group of so called ''experts'' interfere in his job. my idea of a technical committee is one that does deep research and intellectual brain storming to fashion out playing styles for the national team from youth to senior level. this will then guide the nff on the type of coach/coaches who should be hired that share the same philosophies of the technical committee regarding playing styles that have been chosen. the only person the coach should answer to is the board of the nff. if they are dissatisfied with his performance they should let him know or better still sack him. the technical committee as assembled now is a case of too many cooks spoiling the broth.

yes we respect our ex internationals but if they are wrong on certain issues we can call them out for instance i respect and admire segun odegbami but its not everything he says i agree with

so sad to hear about ikeme's diagnosis. wish him healing and full recovery

#GETWELLSOONCARL

Icon4s:
[s quote author=chrisooblog post=58159812] yes I saw your points raised during the striker debate of the 2000s and are duly noted. Yes taribo was a good defender at his peak better than shittu but by the early 2000s he was experiencing diminishing returns. I feel shittu's optimal performance slightly surpassed West's for that era

Taribo west was Nigeria's best defender at the 2002 WC. He was also outstanding at the 2000 and 2002 AFCON. That was when he earned the nick name 'dependable defender'. Shittu's impact from the late 2000s cannot be compared with that of Taribo West of the early 2000s. Recall Shittu's nightmarish 2010 WC.

Well like I said before I'm not saying west wasn't the better defender but if his output for that era was more than shittu's. West was the best defender at 2002 WC yet the two matches he played we conceded the one he missed clean sheet. Anyway we all have our preferences great work with the list

Icon4s:
firstly for the Aghahowa, Martins, Yakubu debate we have gone through it all night till today. You may just do a simple read up of my points on that.

And Replacement of Taribo West with Danny Shittu, did you guys watch Taribo West play at all?

yes I saw your points raised during the striker debate of the 2000s and are duly noted. Yes taribo was a good defender at his peak better than shittu but by the early 2000s he was experiencing diminishing returns. I feel shittu's optimal performance slightly surpassed West's for that era

Icon79:
Obviously, like most of us, you started following Super Eagles in late '90s judging by your post. I have warned you guys before not to make these comparison across different eras post without watch the tapes of the eras you wanna compare.

First of all, you can't include both Segun Odegbami and Finidi George on the same team because they played the same position (7).
Secondly, it's absurd not to include the legendary Chairman Christian Chukwu on your all time list. Absolutely absurd!
Thirdly, to select Chidi Odiah ahead of Dean of Defence, Yisa Shofoluwe is a crime!
Fourthly, any Nigerian all time selection that omits names like (either as starters or on the bench): Henry Nwosu, Adokiye Amasiemeka, Okey Isima, and Emmanuel Okala is boshit!


O pari

bro with due respect I'm aware of the exploits of the ex players you mentioned but most of them shined in the 70s and early 80s. If there was a list for 70s players all of the guys you mentioned would dominate it. Like I told supernerd finidi Could play the left wing role while odegbami as good as he was on the left wing was even better as a forward in the Ronaldo mode.

Another major points is that a lot of those players you mentioned didn't qualify Nigeria for the World Cup but most of the ones on my list won the AFCON and qualified Nigeria for the World Cup

true but finidi could also operate from the left. remember france 98 the only goal we scored against denmark finidi assisted babangida from the left side. i just think the dribbling skills, finishing and speed of the front three will be too much to handle but if i'm forced to drop someone i will reluctantly drop odegbami for amunike

TheSuperNerd:
In your first XI 4-3-3.... you have to choose between Finidi and Odegbami....

Both are predominantly right wingers/RWFs.

You have no left winger/LWF in that team lineup.

Hope you get me Sir....

nice one boss taking us down memory lane now down to business.

your generation of 80s and 90s super eagles best XI is spot on.

for the 2000s i would go for martins, utaka, aghahowa, danny shittu to replace yakubu, osaze, taribo west and tijani babangida

for 2010 till present i would replace musa with sunday mba. sadly i would retain your backline. so we can't find anyone better than elderson?shout out to ambrose was really good as a makeshift right back. think balogun and ndidi will soon overtake oboabona and onazi respectively.

my composite greatest super eagles from all the generations mentioned would be as follows

vincent enyeama
ben iroha
chidi odiah
uche okechukwu
stephen keshi
sunday oliseh
john obi mikel
jay jay okocha
finidi george
segun odegbami
rashidi yekini


bench: rufai, taribo west, yobo, chidi nwanu, celestine babayaro, muda lawal, mutiu adepoju, sam okwaraji, amokachi, kanu, martins, amunike, victor moses

formation: 4-3-3

coach: westerhof

Icon4s:
4 Generations of the Green Eagles/Super Eagles from the 1980s to present.

This write up is aimed at selecting the best 11 from each of the generations of Eagles.

I have grouped the 4 generations into 4 different decades: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s(present)

Taking our minds down Memory Lane a bit, some may have to cast our minds farther than others. But which ever generation you belong your team will be captured.

With the emergence of Enugu Rangers and IICC as formidable forces in the mid to late 70s both in Nigeria and Africa, Nigeria was able to produce a formidable team that finished 3rd at the 1978 AFCON and ended up with a crescendo by winning the 1980 AFCON (then called the African Cup of Unity). That was the birth of Nigeria's dominance of football in Africa.

From 1980 to 1989 this is my first 11:

Peter Rufai
Bright Omokaro
Christian Chukwu
Stephen Keshi
Yisa Shofoluwe
Muda Lawal
Henry Nwosu
Samuel Okwaraji
Segun Odegbami
Adokiye Amiesimaka
Rashidi Yekini

With the Green Eagles of Algiers 90 nations cup came a new era of Nigerian football. Some of the players in the team of the 80s had become the senior players of the team. This era saw us dominate football in Africa and at a time ranked 5th in the world, highest for any African team ever. Also winning the AFCON in 1994.

My first 11 from the 1990 to 1999:

Peter Rufai
Ben Iroha
Uche Okechukwu
Stephen Keshi
Augustine Eguavoen
Sunday Oliseh
Austin Okocha
Emmanuel Amuneke
Finidi George
Daniel Amokachi
Rashidi Yekini

With Nigeria producing so many quality youth players in the 1990s both at the U17 and U20. Including winning the Olympics in 1996 and a q/final showing in 2000. A new generation of Eagles emerged. Some others joined from the 2003 U17 and 2005 U20. Some of the players from the 90s had become senior players in the team.

My first 11 for 2000 to 2009:

Vincent Enyeama
Taye Taiwo
Joseph Yobo
Taribo West
Chidi Odiah
Garba Lawal
Austin Okocha
Osaze Odemwingie
Tijani Babangida
Nwankwo Kanu
Yakubu Ayegbeni

The 2010 WC saw the end of a good number of the players of the 2000s. Some retired even before then.
The super eagles would had to depend mostly on the players who featured at the 2003 U17, 2005 U20, 2007 U20, 2008 U23 and 2009 U17 to carry the team further. This culminated in the team wining the AFCON in 2013. Nigeria continued to turn out quality youth players from the 2011 U20, 2013 U20, 2013 U17, 2015 U20 and 2015 U17.

My first 11 from 2010 to date:

Vincent Enyeama
Elderson Echiejile
Kenneth Omeruo
Godfrey Obaobona
Efe Ambrose
Ogenyi Onazi
John Obi Mikel
Victor Moses
Ahmed Musa
Ikechukwu Uche
Emmanuel Emenike

These are strictly my opinion. You are free to criticize or agree on any generation. Who is on my side on this one?

cc: enomakos, Kog45, komekn, forgiveness, TheGoodjoe, Michael2, Goldfish80, tbaba1234, Joseph1013, petrobros, Bascovanveli, safarigirl, TheSuperNerd, Joebie, chrisoblog, loogan, do4luv14, icon79 etc.

martins at his best i'm not too sure can play centre forward on his own i think he works best with a strike partner. not seen kayode play the sole forward role before but if he can cope have no qualms trying him out. adi's goal record at club level is decent but not earth shattering haven't seen him play but haven't heard any football analyst really make a case for him. other options we can assess for the point man role anichebe, ideye, osimhen and sadiq umar( ) mikael5 na play i play o

forgiveness:
Did I suggest Etebor? No

I will rather play a natural CF like Martins, Kayode and Adi against Cameroon. EOD.

On his feat, Nacho can but on the air, I am sorry he is not good enough.

forgiveness:
I thought na only Chelsea you talk? Now, you don see another club you dey shift goal post.

no be you dey carry goalpost upandan I talk say no better club dey find am you say Na lie say him tell you personally say him wan go alt. Madrid even though he was crying days ago like a jilted ex say conte no luff am again. A hot in demand striker yet Na Chinko club nearly buy am

forgiveness:
Answer to the @bolded

But the 28-year-old will refuse to be forced out unless he can secure a dream return to Atletico, according to the Daily Star.

Clubs in Italy have expressed interest in Costa but it is claimed the talisman does not want to join Serie A and may instead spend the first half of next season at Chelsea.

it's only serie a that has top clubs and?

forgiveness:
Diego Costa doesn't want to go to any other club apart from Athletico Madrid else e for go bigger clubs. Facts.

Besides, what type of striker is Bayern Munich using?

if you read my posts which you clearly didn't you would have seen the parts where I supported using a big Point man I was just suggesting that a lot of clubs don't prefer big Strikers like Costa and Lukaku because it doesn't fit their Style of play

Guy you are funny when did Costa personally tell you that he wanted to go to Atletico Madrid only?

forgiveness:
Lukaku - Juventus, PSG and Manchester United. Are these small clubs?

any rumor can be started about a club being interested in a player was it not here we read that Arsenal was interested in onyekuru? The report you posted how many months ago was that since then have you heard any news about lukaku besides Chelsea?

forgiveness:
*clear throat* is Chelsea not a big Club? Is Athletico Madrid not a big Club?

apart from those two how many clubs do you know are chasing after their signatures? Besides both clubs have history with the players in question

naptu2:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRcMjMmk4LM

funmi Adams damn memories she had such a unique voice her songs could be corny but mheen give me corny music with coconuts all day

komekn:
The words you use most lethal finisher I agree with.

However, we need more unfortunately we do not have a Balotelli or a Lukaku, who can hold up play and bring others into the game or single handedly run the game and score.

Anichebe has an abysmal scoring record and Ideye has a better scoring record at club level. However, I would have Anichebe because he is just beast of a player to play against.

I actually think he may be able to do more at National team level than club level without the restrictions of Sunderland team strategy.

Optimistically I am waiting for the EPL to start and watching out for some Nigerian origin strikers hitherto unknown to announce thier presence.

yes I share your admiration for anichebe really selfless player and team player too just wish he was more ruthless in front of goal

gabriel jesus is already an established brazilian international who has performed creditably at club level. this is the first break out season for onyekuru and he only just got invited to the national team

Icon79:
And what about Gabriel Jesus who isn't an EU citizen? How was he able to secure work permit?

O pari

the players you listed below are no doubt exceptional. reminds me of the great rashidi yekini. that said what some commentators might have been trying to express is the fact that most of these target men might struggle based on the formation some coaches might deploy. ibra as great as he is/was couldn't quite cut it at pep's barcelona team. same for benteke who could not cope with klopp's intense movement centric tactics at liverpool. with due respect to costa and lukaku top clubs haven't exactly been falling over themselves to sign them. the big point man in all fairness is my ideal kind of striker cos in tight games where tikitaka might be failing you the big striker could manufacture a miracle.
the reason why i think people might not prefer the big striker option is that once service is cut of the guy might become a lame duck. talking specifically about the super eagles i also share the opinion that based on the players we have now and the best tactic that suits us (4-2-3-1)
we need a point man who can bring other players into action. iheanacho yes for now is our most lethal finisher but i feel he will be at his most dangerous in the AM/SS role . so who will play the point man role for us? ighalo beside the fact that his goal scoring record of recent has been poor his hold up play is not there. osimhen has showed promise let's see how he does at the beginning of the bundesliga season. anichebe i like has good hold up play will be an asset to his fellow striker but i have questions about his fitness (injury problems), goal convertion rate and his movement let's be honest victor is not the quickest or sharpest. ideye i like he ticks all the boxes for me except the goal scoring aspect but he could be a vital tool in our tactical setup

komekn:
Tell me which defenders will not describe playing against any of these players as a nightmare.

Players listed below are a defenders worst nightmare first of all they do not need a lot of support on thier own they can unsettle, disrupt and dismantle am entire defensive line up.

Kane
Ibrahimovic
Benteke
Lukaku
Conte
Balotelli
Drogba (in his prime)

I would consider your proposition as being without any substance what so ever.

You suggest that target men are devoid of skill, speed, vision and lack creativity. The opposite is the case the best of them simply bring everything to the table.

hi bro guy you are mistaken o! i checked out the branch you spoke about recently and i know for a fact that the place is under renovation. i also know that union bank is doing a lot in that area for instance you can check out their ariaria branch in aba. their service is really fast now sef i can testify to that

swiz123:
If only this will help the union bank at ngwa road,Aba,Abia state to renovate their branch and get rid of all those rats running around there.. That rat stuff they vex me die and stupid phcn have an account with them so if you don't want your power supply to be disconnected,you will need to pay up at the said union bank

shout out to super nerd, joebie for their balanced write ups. in my humble estimation if we are going to get anything against the cameroonians in september we would really need to find a player with that creative spark to undue them. it would be fool hardy to say it will be enough matching them in their physical play. i think we have better technical players and that's the kind of play we should impose and not gidigbo football. we should take a cue from okocha and kanu's performances against them in the 2000 and 2004 AFCON. plus we need to be strategic if getting two draws is the best we can get against them then so be it we would still be leading our group no matter how the matches between zambia and algeria pan out. the cameroonians need the win more than we do.

another side note from the south africa game is our failure to utilize set pieces especially corner kicks even though we created a gazillion of them this is not good enough since we are blessed with big guys. coach rohr earn your pay on this regard

Congrats to the southies Good discipline game execution on their part. As for us What a bad Loss but this is no time to panic just to note our mistakes and learn from them.

My observations I hope the technical crew will finally look for a reliable back up for ikeme. Akpeyi without a shadow of a doubt is not super Eagles material.
Iheanacho can't play the sole 9 role. I feel if he plays slightly behind the main striker his good passing range will help unlock teams that park the bus.
Iwobi hasn't been effective in the wing role since the Zambia match. It's either we try him in the 10 role or he drops to the bench.
Like others have said onazi/Ndidi combo can't work. Frankly Speaking Wilfred bring more to the table than onazi who is nowadays more hustle and bustle than end product.

confun:
Rejoice with me my people, i have a bouncing baby gal.....

congratulations

Today is game day calling on all of us fans to give the super Eagles total unconditional support let's go Nigeria

Was shocked when I heard shaibu had died especially as we were just coming to terms with losing keshi. I first remember how he coached bcc lions To continental glory but my fondest memories of him was his rescue mission with keshi ironically enough to qualify us for the 2002 world cup in Japan and Korea. I wont lie didn't always agree with his decisions as coach but I appreciated his patriotism and love for the national team especially as he wasn't well-treated by the fans and nff alike. Thank you for your service rest well amodu

militant

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my possible XI akpeyi, shehu, ekong, omeruo, elderson, onazi, ndidi, etebo, kayode, iwobi, iheanacho

if things are going very well eg. 3 or 4 goals up before 2nd half then tyrone for shehu, muazzem for etebo, osimhen for iwobi to come on and score his debut goal

if we are leading by a slim margin with a few minutes to go ogu for onazi , musa for kayode, mikel or maroof for iwobi

if God forbid we are trailing then muazzem for onazi, onyekuru for iwobi, musa for shehu to throw everything and the kitchen sink at them

Solanke for ballon d'or *in forgiveness voice*