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TheGoodJoe:
Merit based how again.

We should force Ademola Lookman to play without clearance or what?

Let them declare their interest then the coach will select those he feels can make the team. Ask Iwobi.

To komekn only foreign born and groomed are merit based while Nigeria born and groomed are sh*t and trash and are only playing for the national team due to bias and corruption of the NFF...

That's why I'm always attacking komekn even when he is quoting comments from nairalanders who defend Nigeria born and groomed players he is always condescending, abusive and demeaning towards them.

benji93:
His point is rather quite simple. Nigeria doesn't do much in identifying foreign-born talents when they are still in diapers. You cannot wait until they start making waves and hope that by some dumb luck they will look your way. You will have to settle for the average ones.

it is not wise to reach out to foreign born talents...

it is better for them to be the ones to reach out same way Ashleigh Plumptre reached out, not all foreign borns identify with the country of their parents.

Nigeria also has a huge number of Nigerian born players to choose from...

the inferiority complex that made you say "You cannot wait until they start making waves and hope that by some dumb luck they will look your way. You will have to settle for the average ones."...

why can't they be "making waves" and still express their desire to play for the SE

why aren't Nigeria born players that are making waves like Samuel Adegbenro, Emmnuel Bonke, Simy and Akinkunmi Amoo called to the S.E

andrewbaba44:
Nobody destroyed uzoho career

Uzoho is still young and the best is yet to come

His best can only come with SE and he has other GKs to compete in the SE..

jihday:
Errrmmm….. but…. Never mind

You guys want to destroy Moses Simon's career same way you did to uzoho... When you see posts like that just report the post and the user whether the information is true or not ....

komekn:
Sorry but in this occasion your taking Absolutely utter dross.

In the EPL many teams have fielded teams with sometimes not a single English players.

Indeed most of the teams in the EPL are dominated by Foreign players.

Nwakali was at Arsenal with probably more Nigerian origin players than most club's barring Chelsea.

I went to an U18 match years ago with Chelsea and Reading some of the players were barking out instructions in Igbo. I nearly fell over in shock

That's U18 not the senior teams...

How many of them get professional contracts and how many of them get released by the clubs..

jihday:
make una dey decent unasef, football is big business and these clubs just want to make money they don’t care about your skin color

The clubs don't but the FA and other government bodies will care..

safarigirl:
Why are you people making excuses for an average player?

If he was as brilliant as you claim, he would not be wallowing where he is wallowing at his age. He cannot even stand out in the Segunda B wey he dey, na so you dey know brilliant players. Even when they are languishing in mediocre leagues, they will shine.

Una dey overhype this boy, he no gbam like that, that is just the reality of things, everything else is excuses.

He's not the first African in Europe, people have been going and making it. He even went through age grade football, so, ideally, he should be close to the top of his game. Chukwueze and Osimhen no be him mate dem be?

Osimhen and chukwueze are not CAMs or CMs..

List African CAMS or CMs that have played or are playing the number 10 for the super teams...

andrewbaba44:
All teams are not top team
Watford is not a top team
Elche is not a top team
Venezia is not a top team
Lorient is not a top team

They are top teams for the season they spend in their elite division...

andrewbaba44:
You saw where I said I didn’t even need to see him at a top team ?

All teams in a elite division of a league can be classified as top teams...

There are top teams and there are super teams...

andrewbaba44:
Nwakali hasn’t done badly

But I will only rate Nwakali when he joins a decent club

I once rated Billings ahead of onyeka ,but reverse is the case now

Nwakali is the luckiest naija player at the afcon

It’s just a normal performance and nothing much

andrewbaba44:
Nwakali has played at Laliga and that’s where such players are being appreciated ,now what’s stopping him from bossing the midfield at Osasuna Elche and co ?

Trust me I don’t even need him at a big club ,I even praised his first half performance against Real Madrid last season before he was subbed out

Jorginho Issa snail aka IGBIN but he is accepted in Europe

You're not realizing what 12large1 is just realizing about Nwakali.. another thing most of you forget is that football is a job and most countries will want a quota of their indigenous players playing for the top teams and earning a big paycheck.

They will protect the top teams for their indigenes and other Europe:and..

Another thing is they have a perception or stereotype of African footballers especially CAM African players. They convert most of our CAMs to DMs or FBs or WBs.. e.t.c..

DarkJeddi:
This your Conspiracy theory gets as it be..

Are you insinuating that CAF calls in Refs as the tournament progresses?

These Refs were already called up before the tournament started..

I didn't know the refs were already called up before the tournament started...

the other continental football organisations will never ever allow an African officiate any of their competitions ( unless I'm ignorant of the any African referee officiating outside Africa )... so CAF should never ever allow non-Africans officiate in CAF because they are taking jobs away from Africans..

Danielnino00:
If we make it to the AFCON final, whether we win or loss, it's very likely we take the number one spot on the FIFA ranking for Africa..All the teams above us in the ranking have dropped points to weaker oppositions...that works to our advantage... Tunisia are another strong opposition ranked above us.. If we beat them, it's more points for us

The only thing that can make Tunisia strong is the referee, penalties for tunisia and red cards...

North African teams are no where near West African teams level ( Nigeria Senegal and Ivory coast) and west African teams are young so west African dominance is going to last for at least the next 8 years

andrewbaba44:


I like this your response Walai

As long as Tunisia doesn't beat Nigeria especially the way they're giving out cheap penalties against west African countries..

isan:
Maybe the Arab cup has burnt out these North Africans ?

Stop creating excuses for the underperformance of the north African teams...

North African teams have been schooled and flogged in this competition.

elyte89:
A quick question

Y is a Mexican referee officiating an afcon match?...

because the globalists used the ref that blew whistle before 90mins to penetrate CAF and control the officiating of some matches.

If you question them they'll use that referee that blew before 90 mins to say Africans can't officiate a competitive match.

komekn:
Why is that you always change the narrative instead of having a intelligent fact based discussion.

But you then get all deranged and incoherent with your irrational narrative.

We are talking about Nwakali not Osimhen , I don't know if you haven't noticed.

I was quite specific and clear with clear cut key performance indicators. But you are being in evasive and not contending with my deductions.

Well I will leave to keep singing your praise songs albeit it out of tune with REALITY

You're the one that gets all deranged and incoherent with your irrational narrative.

Now you're insulting thesupernerd saying he can't have an intelligent discussion when in reality it's you that can't make an intelligent discussion.

As long as someone's shares a different opinion from you then that person's opinion is not intelligent to you..

Then you denigrate the person just to make it seem like your own opinion is better when in truth your own opinion is worse.

Curtisaxel10:
How on earth Rohr was able to imprison Simon Moses on the pitch for five years needs to be studied in universities. How can a player go from a bang average defensive fullback to prime Neymar with just a change of coach? What the heck was Gernot doing to Simon?!

I'm not even angry with Rohr. I'm astounded.

Rohr was encouraging mediocrity and downgrading Nigerians expectations and downgrading Super Eagles ambitions and targets... He didn't believe Nigerian born and grown players are good enough just like many people on this thread especially komekn.

Danielnino00:
About Jibola Adebola...
Truth be told, he did well.. His passing and set piece were on point... He could have had an assist from that beautiful ball to Sadiq...His main problem was his work rate off the ball... I think going forward, Eguavon shouldn't bring him on for games that are too physical...But when we need somebody to stabilize the midfield, he's definitely the man for the job..

As for Sadiq, the goal won't take off the fact that he was poor today..he's been poor all tournament... Seriously,he has disappointed those of us that clamoured for his call up..The knockout stage is serious business...he should remain on the bench .I'll prefer Olayinka in his place...

Nwakali did well off the ball... Winning tackles is not his strong point but he was closing down players and doing his defensive duties.

drDoom3:
Haba... His poor game wasn't even due to his misses. It was due to his playing style and poor decision making. He only had two big misses, one was the one-on-one. It was clear the guy was nervous, let's cut him some slack. I've gone in-depth to analyze his game and how he's a confidence player. His gameplay is not sleek or flashy like Awo or Osimhen, but he had presence (which was something Olayinka lacked) and was very unselfish. If he can calm his nerves and sort himself out, he'll come out good.

Awoniyi , olayinka and osimhen are not sleek or flashy they are direct players.

Olayinka had more presence than Sadiq and he doesn't hold on to the ball for long like Sadiq and brings other attackers into the game unlike sadiq..

TheGoodJoe:
Good result from the team but for the first time, we saw real weaknesses a good side can exploit. The Guinea Bissau team was well-coached for the game. They studied our strategy and exploited some weaknesses.

The half-space gaps were exploited and this happened due to the midfielders pushing forward. The coaching crew will need to sort that out fast. If the midfielders push, a full-back must sit. It should be systematic. We need to keep covering gaps as we exploit our opposition with our attacking play.

We are also vulnerable to long balls. I think the Guinea Bissau team reflected what Eguavoen wants to achieve with our team. I believe unlike us, the Guinea Bissau team has been working on it for some years while we are just a few weeks in.

So our weak point remains defensive gaps and I believe by going through the tape, the coaching crew can spot it and come up with a better routine for our attacking play.

Guinea Bissau wasn't a well coached team if you really and honestly watched the match you'll have noticed it was the Guinea Bissau players that were coaching themselves and sometimes they were coaching their own coach and giving him instructions..

Joebie:
Besides the wins, we have played well. I give it to Eguavoen.

Super Eagles have not played against a strong team especially a team with a strong attack..

It's normal to play well against teams like sudan, equatorial guinea, an underperforming Egypt..

Eguavoen major advantage for now is the fact that he is playing attacking football if Super Eagles concedes first and changes to a defensive pattern then SE will be in trouble.

Hopefully eguavoen doesn't change his attacking game.

komekn:
You are right about the through ball to Sadiq to and the other pass. But that's about it

A Midfielder job is very simple when you have the ball you attack when you don't have the ball you defend.

Under these key performance indicators he was very poor .

Work rate - very very poor.
Backtracking - very poor
Tackles - very poor
Blocks - very poor
Closing down space - oor
Interception- poor
Passing - below average
Physicality - very poor

This is where he fails woefully.

If not for Ndidi and Ajayi covering for him he was essentially a liability in midfield.

Stop saying rubbish...

JohnBullMySon:
Whenever you analyse football, try not to be biased. It's not everytime you keep saying that the player you love more is better without any evidence.

The gospel truth is that both Uzoho and Maduka have hardly been tested in this tournament to know who is better. Only Maduka has has had a save against Salah, but still not enough to make a judgement.

My assessment of Maduka is mostly based on club performance.

Uzoho just made a good save.

safarigirl:
They should please remove him at HT

I have seen enough. I never want to see him again, except during praise and worship in the bus

His musa's replacement in the national team... You'll continue to see him until he reaches 100 caps for the Super Eagles.

komekn:
One of things we teach young players is versatility and you will find players taking on board several different positions. That means two footed proficiency as well.

That means even in the game you can switch from attack to defence and vice Versa. What makes Ngole Kante the best is his ability to switch roles in a second turning attack to defence in seconds.

Trent Alexander was predominantly a Midfielder at Liverpool, but opportunity came at RB and he has redefined the role, arguably the best RB in the world. He has the most assists in the EPL. That not withstanding a little drop in form and he lost his position in the England team.

You are trying to pidgin hole him into one role. The reality is he isn't good enough for the SE, there is reason he has kept dropping club and league to end up anonymous in the Segunda Division.

It can't be dressed up.

Trent is a pacy player which makes him versatile and a completely different player from Nwakali so it's not wise to compare them . Kante is a multi talented midfielder that can make tackles, interceptions, dribbling, runs with the ball e.t.c

Nigeria has aribo, Aina, ihenacho e.t.c who make runs with the ball and if nwakali plays that way often Nigeria's defense will be broken up easily.

komekn:
Nwakali came to England on the exception allowed for work permit, which is exceptional talent. He was supposedly the best in the world from the U17 world cup.

Nwakali came on the same framework as KC. However, Arsenal discovered he was not as good as they had speculated. I mean they signed him on a 5 year contract.

When he arrived Saka, Smith Row, Falorin were 12/13 Willock and Maitland were his age group and he wasn't better or up to thier level.

Nwakali needs to first of show quality in his club and league he has played in Europe for five years plus and nobody has considered him good enough. That's why he has remained in the Segunda even his stats are not encouraging. What is surprising is how he got into the SE.

I don't know a Championship side that will take him even league one it will not be easy for him.

So he needs to really up his game, you don't come to the SE to learn football you come to showcase it.

From what I've seen Nwakali is a central midfielder not an attacking midfielder and a Mikel obi type of a player --- a player who was an attacking midfielder in his youth but has become more of a central midfielder..

At least he was making runs with the ball and playing for the team and also maybe playing too safe for some people on this thread.

jihday:
If anything happen to Taiwo we are fuqd, because who be this Sadiq guy?

After Taiwo there's still ihenacho, olayinka, Musa, even though they are wingers ejuke, chukwueze, Moses Simon can also play CF and even iwobi and aribo..

Joebie:
We miss Osimhen. His directness and ruggedness would keep opposing defenders really busy. The tactics of trying to close down our winger will fail woefully should Osimhen be here.

That ruggedness caused led to his injury..

Fabuloski:
Chief this is cap, Nwakali played nonsense. For all the talk about him being creative, he’s probably should the last person killing attacking moves. I have sense enough of the guy and the coach should stop playing him. He’s just not good enough, I’m sorry

Nwakali played very well..

TheSuperNerd:
All these Nwakali slander. Is it not the lad that had given 3 accurate long balls in this same half and even had a driving move just now setting up iwobi on the wings?

His distribution was very tidy and he alongside Iwobi made us keep the ball more in the middle.

We struggled to do this in the first half. Iwobi and Nwakali steps in and we were neat in pass recyles but ofcos people that don't know ball must slander.

Superficial observers.

Nwakali also needs international caps for countries like England that have laws in place against players who don't have international caps. Sadiq , olayinka also needs international caps.

BoBiafra:
If you know what kind of sacrifices that Igbos have given to there southern brothers ;including the Yorubas ;you wount say all this;without Ndigbo resistance according to Obasanjo Nigeria would have been Islamitzed long time ago by the Fulanis;reason why they hate Ndigbo so much;
AD party (Action Group) was not even a strong national political party; prior to 2015; an Igbo man Ogbonaya Onu stepped down; a strong Igbo national party to help ;pilot AD to form APC to help the Yoruba race.the Igbo and Yoruba have a magic synergy that appears not to exist among any other nationality in Nigeria: in the work places, in housing estates, in shanties, in schools, market places, beer parlours, face-me-I-face-you and above all in the spiritual realm, mainly churches. Material and cosmic relations bring them together and even bind them almost in ways inseparable.

In the past few years, the number of inter-marriages between Igbo and Yoruba have tripled. The third generation of Igbo in Yoruba territories speaks Yoruba as their first language. Many of them when they travel to the East and are to return would say they were ‘going back home’. Even if Biafra emerges today I do not see how the cordial relationship between Igbo and Yoruba would be a minus. In Yoruba villages, Igbo have remarkable dominion.

To upturn this amazing cobweb for any reason is tactless, reckless and irresponsible. On both sides, there are extremists, . It is the responsibility of leaders on both sides, young and old, men and women, armed and defenseless people alike, to exterminate base instincts and advance values that protect and glorify the lowest and highest common factors of unity and prosperity between the two great empires.

This should be the stand of any responsible people or individuals. This is the position that will advance humanity and protect the heritage of the two great nations

Fula:nis hide behind is:lam they worship c:ows which means c:ow is their g:od...

Obj was only massaging the ego of igbos.

was it the north that told K:aduna Nzeogwu to do the below ( gotten from wi:ki ):

"According to a Nigerian Police Special Branch Report, Nzeogwu executed at least 4 army and police security personnel including one of the men on his team (Sergeant Daramola Oyegoke). Nzeogwu also participated in the execution of Col. Raph Shodeinde, his superior officer at the Nigerian Military Training College and is reported to have shot indiscriminately at fleeing women and children.."..

the statement above shows pure hatred for Yorubas and a lot of igbos all have this similar behavior towards Yorubas..

BoBiafra:
My friend (1+1=2) ;
Think about the economic strength ,wealth and employments that a railway line; from Lagos to Onitsha; will create; and calculate, the profit and employments opportunities, that a railway line, from Kano to Maradi ,will create;then you have your answer.
Thank you.

this is your own thinking...

the reason for my first comment is people from different ethnic nations usually want to dominate the other ethnic nation so unless there is a signed agreement between the SW and SE on how it will be operated and how revenue will be shared then it's okay... but normally one ethnic nation will want to gain more than the other..

Another reason for my comment is Igbo have never partnered with the SW and when they had the opportunity in the 1960s they wanted to take control of the western region through been premier and when that didn't work out they attacked the SW... the same thing happened with the Ijaws after oil was discovered in Bayelsa, all the igbo leaders had to do was give the ijaws more control and percentage of the oil but they wanted it for Igbos only.

In summary, Igbos when they are trying to be in a business relationship with other southern ethnic nations including the Yoruba the Igbos will always want total control over such business relationship and subjugate non-igbos...