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Englandboy:
Hope he will be available for the playoff

andrewbaba44:
Playoff still far

something is swelling in his eyes, so he may be out for long.... wait for feedback from Napoli...

Subzero047:
Wow, that is a bad injury

How did he hit his eyes

drDoom3:
Rohr wants us to give Ighalo time to adapt but he didn’t give Dennis, Moffi, Awoniyi or Dessers time to adapt.

SMH

Nigeria's strike force

Osimhen, Sadiq, Ihenacho, Onuachu, Awoniyi, Moffi, Olayinka, Dessers, Dennis, okereke and maybe ejuke , chukwueze but I feel ejuke, dennis and chukwueze can play as wide midfielders..

PROVERBZ:
I have 500k now that I'm not using I'm willing to bet it with any body that is ready to wager.
This person is an igbo person. I'm also Igbo mind you.

Since nnamdi cownu became a thing many Igbo people lost brain cells. Now any stupid comment in the Nigerian internet space is probably from an igbo person.

I am not Igbo.. Many Igbo people didn't lose brain cells...

N:namdi K:anu is not the first, K:aduna N:zeogwu was the first and was worse than N:namdi K:anu because he went on a killing spree, killing non-igbos from the other major tribes but his fellow igbos ironsi , Azikwe, Ojukwu e.t.c stood by him instead of condemning him and publicly executing him...

Humans naturally can easily follow the bandwagon and its worse when they share the same ethnicity and defend criminal behavior or toxic behavior that's why I'm trying to make a point that highly rated, exceptional and positive minded people who share the same ethnicity and must want to see other ethnicities succeed should be the ones who are chosen because humans naturally only want to see people from their own ethnicity succeed and seeing other ethnicities succeeding can give them sleepness nights and they can plot to wipe out and take that other ethnicities indigenous lands and change their culture and politics..

this is a sports thread so I'll stop here...

2lola:
You opinions has a bias view in it with respect to what this thread stands for

you're correct..

Everyone is bias one way or the other...

I don't like pretending and I don't hide the fact that I have bias views... and its because of these "bias views" that we must ensure highly rated people are picked from the different ethnicities in Nigeria to represent and not mediocre people or people past their prime...

If it was left to a lot of people on this thread no northern Nigerian will make the team... because southern Nigeria has a depth of talent that is mouth watering...

GMB in my books is not highly rated but his the president and over 190 million Nigerians are suffering from the fact that his not highly rated and his bias protection towards criminals who share the same ethnicity as him instead of having bias towards graduates and intellectuals who share the same ethnicity as him.

In life you're free to support whoever you want but its foolishness to intentionally support criminals and 3rd class graduates of the same ethnicity as you when there are exceptional people and first class graduates who share the same ethnicity as you.

safarigirl:
Amuneke cannot do worse than Rohr, even if they give him 11 Ahmed Musa's, so, allow me to assume that

Plus oil minus oil, NFF has a history of not paying coaches, so, oil boom has little to nothing to do with our unfortunate position now, there are better coaches out there than Rohr that will not charge more than NFF can afford, the problem is not the funds, the problem is whether NFF will pay it or just steal it.

You cannot convince me that the price of oil is the reason we are stuck with a Rohr.

u're right.. because employing Rohr was and is expensive and sacking him will also be expensive unlike if the coach was Nigerian....

and 11 prime Ahmed Musa is a very good team.

2lola:
Enough of this your tribal talks.
Go and continue it in the political section
Kindly go to

I don't comment in the politics section....

Nigeria is a multi ethnic country and anyone who considers my comments as "tribal talks" is a disaster waiting to happen especially if that person gets to a position where they have to manage people from different ethnicities...

safarigirl:
GEJ being President and Oil have little to do with this scenario.

GMB no too send sports in Nigeria, y'all make it look like he cares that much and he doesn't, not enough to intervene in anything.

They simply will not hire Amuneke because he will do good, act however he pleases, gain favour from Nigerians, and then they will have to fire him because he no dey play ball.

GMB or no GMB.

Oil determines the amount of money Nigeria makes so that it can operate annually..

GEJ was more approachable and will obviously give more free hand to the coach...

when GMB watches a match the first thing he will notice is the ethnicity of the players... its not about "sending sports" its about the representation in the team..

Let Amuneke get the job first, don't just assume he will do good...

joelsteron:
ROHR MUST GO.

As long as GMB or his likes remains your president, Rohr is not going anywhere....

You've forgotten the words of A:hmadu B:ello, Its better to give a foreigner ( preferably european ) a job before he would consider an Igbo person ( replace Igbo person with southern Nigerian )...

If Rohr goes, NFF must get an European that's much better than Rohr, but we know that might be impossible..

safarigirl:
Amuneke is a stubborn guy, but he is so much better at man managing than Oliseh can ever hope to be.

Amuneke would be more dangerous to NFF than Oliseh ever was, because he dey follow their madness very well. NFF don't like to work with coaches that understand their madness.

Amuneke will be another Keshi if they give him work.

When Keshi was there, GEJ was the president and Oil was selling over $100 per barrel and GEJ was not an ethnic supremacist unlike GMB, If Amuneke gets the job under GMB or his likes and acts the way you describe then he will not last on the job...

Icon79:
Emmanuel Amuneke is 10x better than Gernot Rohr as a coach.

If we have problems playing against the likes of Central African Republic, Liberia, and Cape Verde; how are we going to compete against the likes of CIV, Ghana, Tunisia, or Cameron?

And he barely makes any changes during the course of the game. Strange!

O pari

Amuneke will also have to play according to the instructions of the NFF and what part of Nigeria the president is from matters a lot in Nigeria.... Oliseh is also a good coach but he also had to play according to the NFF and that disrupted and disorganized the team coupled with Oliseh's behavior towards the players..

Sportilitica:
Please shy away from this tribal rants

its not tribal rants...

its how Nigeria is made up...

You don't understand that in a country like Nigeria , you must carry every major ethnic nation along or you're going to have issues...

Ppogbae:
Shehu on? Rohr is playing for a draw!

you don't understand.

Rohr is playing according to instruction of NFF... at least one northern Nigerian must start or be subbed in whether they're world class or not... that's one of the reasons I will say Umar sadiq and Alhassan Yussuf must be getting call ups so that there are highly rated northern Nigerians on the team..

OkpaNsukkaisBae:
Rohr is a big scam. With d players we have dis man don't ve any excuse ...his ultra defense style is boring, no b say he sabi keep clean sheet. Our defensive make-up is a sham. Too bad we ve failed to replace enyeama. #RohrOut

Enyeama was a highly rated keeper...

Uzoho should not be forgotten but he and none of the current keepers are not close Enyeama's level...

Dannyxy:
Cape Verde plan, remain in the game till second half, mount pressure on the defence with long balls, with a player run at ekong every single, have wide runner running at the defence on each wing...

Hope our coaches see this, every easy to snuff out this play, don't give spaces in behind for them to run to, we would get chances, we would score a lot after aimless running from them.

then Ekong should not start the 2nd half..

drDoom3:
At least he is better than Ighalo. Which player has Ighalo closed down today? No press, static, now wasting chances on top. At least, even if Onuachu doesn't press and is static, he won't miss chances and he is strong and dangerous in the air.

you're right...

Ighalo should have never gotten a call up and even if he did Ighalo should have respectfully rejected the call up...

drDoom3:
Can we try an Osimhen and Onuachu combo like we did against Benin? onuachu as the static man like Ighalo is in this game, the Osimhen as the mobile guy? Onuachu will not miss the chances Ighalo has missed so far, that I am sure of.

Osimhen, Sadiq, Ihenacho, Onuachu, Awoniyi, Moffi, Olayinka, Dessers, okereke.. these are the strikers that should always receive call-up letter until they lose form...

After watching Onuachu against West Ham, I would prefer Osimhen Sadiq or Osimhen Dessers or Osimhen Moffi or Osimhen Ihenacho or Osimhen Olayinka, Osimhen Okereke.

Onuachu can finish but his slow and doesn't close down players..

Philosopher1979:
I think they are forcing players on Rohr and he is too gentle
There is a conspiracy to remove good young players from the team for some sellfish reason.
Rohr was not like this before. He introduced Osimhen and Chukwueze when they were teenagers
and brought in other young players.
some people have hijacked the team from rohr and he seems to cowardly to stop it.
The sellfish interest of some politicians is at work.
They could not do that to Westerhoof.
Time will tell the truth.
some of those players will tell the truth a few years from now.
The conspiracy to put mediocres in the team is looking untenable by the day.
We keep having good players all over Europe and the world and they cant keep on
with their bias.
I KNOW BELIEVE THIS IS pOLITICS AND BIAS AT WORK.

you now believe this is politics and bias at work after how many years

Since B:uhari's tenure started they have always made sure there are mediocre northern footballers in the team. ( Umar Sadiq is the only northern player that's not mediocre and that should make the team )..

I noticed it in the U17 world cup when they kept on starting a northern player that obviously couldn't finish..

Humility called me a tribalist

Philosopher1979:
Rohr should be sacked immediately after the match.
I dont care if we win or not.
He has lost it and that is all
It is as if he is trying to sabotage our chances of been succesful.
I forsee that rohr may not take us to the world cup.
A few months to the world cup, and nff might decide to sack him as they would only have a few months to go.
I mean it. Around August next year they can afford to pay the few months that are left.
Rohr is simply a horrible coach without any concrete plan.
I forsee this match might end in a draw with the nonsense we are going to play.
If we win it will be by luck or some momment of individual brillliance and thats all.
Is ROHR DELIBRATELY TRYING TO MAKE US LOOSE OR INFERIOR.
THE AVERAGE NIGERIAN CANNOT CONNECT WITH OUT NATIONAL TEAM AGAIN
IT DOES NOT LOOK AS IF NIGERIA IS pLAYING.
IT IS AS IF NIGERIA IS NOW TOGO THAT WILL BE HAppY WITH A QUATER FINAL AppEARANCE IN THE NATIONS CUp
AND WORLD CUp GROUp STAGE EXIT.
ROHR SHOULD LEAVE NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111

MetalJigsaw:
Is your coach going to start All those players you mentioned? No

That is what is bringing about pessimism from some folks (not bad wishing).

Our coach is Underutilizing our squad's strength and its becoming a public notice.

The important thing is that you guys have noticed it and are voicing out.....

I quoted your comments because I saw a similar word to sabotage ( under-utilizing )... I think Rohr should take the most of the blame but the NFF are also responsible because we don't know the politics going on in the team selection...

yorubakid:
IGR that cannot reflect on the it's citizens They should use it and better the lives of ogun state indegenes and make life easier for them instead of torturing them.. crime rate in ogun state is very high,from bank robberies to organ harvesting to ritual killings to different rape cases all in one state alone..With the high IGR the governor still borrows money to pay ordinary salaries..

You mean the osun state in America or the one useless one in Nigeria where nothing is working.. the only news that comes out of the state is rape cases and ritual killings. The airport they started since ,they are yet to even finish up the fencing

Abeg go and find some ewedu and gbegiri soup to eat..

like I told another NL user some days ago:

IGR reflects in the lives of people working for the state government and it's agencies not the lives of people in the private sector, unemployed ( most states in Nigeria don't pay unemployment ) and sole proprietorships e.t.c

In summary
IGR will reflect in the lives of state government employees and infrastructure in the state, In Ogun state case, Ogun state doesn't spend on infrastructure so the infrastructure is one of the worst in Nigeria.

t2luv1:
I wonder how many are politicians? Big difference in one being rich and one being wealthy. Nigerians may be rich but they so ain't wealthy. Common investment in Nigeria tends be land speculations. Still baffles the minds how a simple plot of land in Nigeria manages to be more expensive that an acre of land in Hawaii. Mind you Hawaii has the most expensive real estate among all the 50 states for obvious reason. It's an island

Which states in Nigeria have land that are more expensive than Hawaii

Oasis001:
I swear.... I hate what football is becoming. I am a United Fan and really dislike Bruno. Stats-wise he's doing fine for United, but guess what he loses possession anyhow.

He would make countless risky passes, and at least 1 or 2 gonna end as Assist. He barely dribbles despite playing as No. 10 for United. He barely supports the Pivot for transition from defense to attack.

He's either competing with No. 9 for Goal or trying as much as possible passes to get at least an Assist. That's not what I subscribed for in football.

When we were young, everyone wanna be called Jay Jay Okocha, only few wanna be called Rashidi Yekini. In fact number of football lovers that would prefer being called Siasia exceed those that wanna be known as Rashidi.

As I pointed out earlier, football is moving away from Hawthorn Effect to Frederick Winslow Taylor's Theory. Players are now robotic - they follow Instructions strictly. Positioning, Movement, Passing, even shooting Range.

Entertainment part of football is fading away. Guess what? Anytime I feel like getting entertained football-wise, I do make use of YouTube to see Clips of De Lima, Gaucho and Okocha.

E dey sweet my belle....

Also ensure you watch clips of Ben Arfa who is probably the best dribbler of the Messi, Cr7 and Neymar era just that he mostly played for smaller teams and his finishing wasn't at Messi, Cr7 and Neymar level.

Oasis001:



Andrew...... Ronaldinho was an Entertainer, also a great footballer. He saw football an Art and so well he entertained the World.

This is Era of Stats, you know I don't like Bruno despite his rich Stats for United so far. If we are being honest, Gaucho gonna find it difficult to play for any top team presently.

He must showboat, you can't take that away from him. He's artistic with ball at his feet, you think Tuchel or Klopp gonna appreciate that?!

Every top Manager wanna play swift football from Defence to Attack. They want their players mastering off ball movements and decisive passes..... can Gaucho function in that kinda setup?!

Football is no more Art but Science.... following Frederick Winslow Taylor's Theory. Hawthorn Effect is what make Players like Gaucho succeed.

Ronaldinho doesn't showboat often he dribbles..

showboating means showing off and in football it means doing feints and staying in the same spot.

You don't know the difference between dribbling and showboating.

meccuno:
And like I said. IGR doesn't reflect in the lives of average Nigerians. How is that difficult to understand? You gloat about igr and the whole country is a mess. Even the almighty Lagos that has the backing of the FG for several years which to me generates an artificial IGR cannot compete with it's mates infrastructure wise in Africa. A state that generates IGR using thugs? Abeg....

IGR reflects in the lives of people working for the state government and it's agencies not the lives of people in the private sector, unemployed ( most states in Nigeria don't pay unemployment ) and sole proprietorships e.t.c

State housing is been built, state hospitals are been built, bridges are been built, state primary and secondary schools are been built and renovated, children hospitals are been built. State recreational parks and centers are been built.e.t.c

In summary
IGR will reflect in the lives of state government employees and infrastructure in the state.

HarryDuce:
Nigeria has never been "prosperous", "on the right path" or "organised" in her life time. When talking about oil curse, note that without the oil, things would've taken a sinister path instead. Crude oil has been more of a blessing than a curse regardless of the present situation of things.

Nigeria is also not petrol dollar "rich". Compare the population of countries feeding off crude oil to that of Nigeria and you'll notice that crude oil has been our life line for a little over 50 years. The question is what has the hardworking North, West and East been doing all these years?

List of countries by Revenue from crude oil below

The population of people where Nigeria's oil is located is not more than 30 million but when you add the population of north, SW , middlebelt , some SE states then the revenue that was originally meant for at most 40 million people is now shared with over 180 million people then there will be issues.

Litmus:
A Nigerian Vloger used to finding faults in Everything Nigeria, including the usual finger pointing at corruption at Nigeria airports and overblown negative comparison of Nigeria airports with the glorious honesty found at Airports everywhere not Nigeria had nothing to say for herself when her suitcase containing her expensive camera where stolen by Mauritius Airport officials.

Which vlogger?

Subzero047:
Awoniyi has both Nigerian parents and was born in Nigeria, I don't think he is eligible for Germany

Germany can offer him citizenship and cap him...

Subzero047:
Leon Balogun has a Nigerian father, besides Awoniyi has already been 'cap tied'

correct me if I'm wrong but Awoniyi has less than 5 caps for Nigeria and under the new FIFA rule players who have less than 5 caps can represent other countries..

Subzero047:
Cap tie kwa? Was Awoniyi born in Germany

Was Leon balogun born in Nigeria

ybalogs:
What will Taiwo Awoniyi do to get an invite? Why call a player playing in an unknown league and leaving a young and very hungry Eagle rubbing shoulders with the best in Germany?

Profayo:
This current NFF and coach are the worst. They have no vision.
Nigeria's fortunately has vert good strikers inform this period but you decided to ditch our top scorer in Europe,Taiwo Awoniyi for someone that already retired.Maybe he should recall victor Moses too

Also they ignored our brightest talents like Karim Adeyemi and Arnaut Danjuma to be chasing average players like Lookman.

They're frustrating

paulolee:
e time dey come. I think its better not invited than being called up n still end up for bench without game time

Mraphel:
Where's Taiwo Awoniyi

robosky02:
Even the game he was invited, he sat all through on the bençh



But I know that guy is soo good

rohr and pinnick wants Awoniyi to represent Germany because I don't see any reason why Awoniyi in his current form should be omitted and why pinnick can't ensure Awoniyi is cap tied to Nigeria.

2lola:

rohr and pinnick wants Awoniyi to represent Germany because I don't see any reason why Awoniyi in his current form should be omitted and why pinnick can't ensure Awoniyi is cap tied to Nigeria.

Surebaba01:
Napoli without osimhen is trash

Unless you're under the age of 15 never ever in your life say or make this comment anywhere in public whether it's about you or someone else especially in a place where the you or the person is not an indigene..