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forgiveness:
Akpeyi, Ezenwa and Uzoho are all bench warmers. But the goons here will not tell you that.

Well, e don happen and everybody eyes don clear.

I wonder why NFF is not asking questions about the continuous inclusion of these guys in our team.

How come they don't notice that none of our keepers are first choice for their crappy teams? Why would we not have a GK crisis on our hands?

Henceforth, I don't expect to see any of these GKs in the SE. For a country of over 160M people, I have a strong feeling that we have better GKs

mostob:
I remember calling for Alampasu to be invited to at least train with the team.Some goons here said he is not getting playing time. What we don't know is that there are ways clubs and countries benefit from each other concerning a certain player.

Alampasu is not the solution. Simple

I will take a regular playing NPFL GK over Alampasu

How many games has he played since he went to portugal?

Someone that played just 3 games last season?

You people sef

Icon4s:
Did you watch Mikel's form against Burundi and Madagascar? He has lost touch. Even if you play him in the CM position it will still be a problem.

Etebo has been one of our best performing players in the tourney, he has played 90mins of all games. And you get to the semi-final, to play a very tough Algerian side and you bench him for a Mikel who we know has completely lost steam? Who does that?

Na you dey talk this one

Thank God you have finally seen the light

Joebie:
CAF disown Pinnick, NFF on $565,473 spent on congress
by Samm Audu July 14, 2019 6:48 pm

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) have distanced themselves from a claim by the Amaju Pinnick-led Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) that they spent $565,473 ( more than 198 million Naira) to attend a CAF congress in 2015.

This position was in response to an inquiry by the Nigerian anti-corruption agency SPIP, which sought to know if CAF were aware of such expenditure.

The NFF claimed they spent a whopping $565,473 to be part of the CAF Congress in 2015 when facts later emerged that the Nigerian delegation received their flight tickets and their boarding and other expenses were borne by the continental football ruling body.

However, in a letter dated June 30, 2019, and signed by general secretary Mouad Hajji, CAF clearly told SPIP they did not receive the said amount from the NFF.

CAF also made it clear that they take up the expenses of member-associations to their official events like the congress.

“1. Referring to the financial report, it appears that CAF did not receive any payment from the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF).

“2. The participation of all the National Associations in the Congress is free and requires no contribution from the latter to the holding of General Assemblies and these expenses by CAF for all the representatives of the participating federations of these congresses.

“In conclusion, I confirm that no contribution from the NFF has been received by CAF.”

CAF further said they will be available to the anti-corruption agency should they need any more clarifications.

The anti-corruption agency has brought a 17-count charge against Pinnick and four other top NFF officials ranging from embezzlement and corruption to failure to declare their assets.

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has since ordered the arrest of the officials and the matter has been adjourned till September 26.

--ScoreNigeria

It will be a while before we can be world beaters in football. Sad

theButterfly:
You don't beat a little boy who has been molested.

You weren't there to just conclude the girl initiated the molestation.

Even if she is way older than him. A accessory she is, but we can't rule out the fact that the boy could've initiated it all

edi287:
Mikel of course. I said regardless of how he played against Madagascar that they'd come a time we'd need him. That time was yesterday but Rohr was his usual conservative self.
I would started Mikel as a controller with Ndidi and Etebo playing in front of him, Iwobi out wide for Samu and Musa on the left.

Are you guys still touting Mikel?

Mikel has paid his dues and has given us 2013 AFCON.

Mikel has regressed badly. Whether as an AM or CM or DLP, I doubt there's much he can do. Let us look to grooming younger talents. Mikel has little or nothing to offer at this stage of his career.

Please, let us look to the future

mostob:
Bro If Idowu improve,he can be recall.Truly he is offensive but his decision making at the final third is terrible at times..whenever this guy cross,be sure the ball will land at Aso rock. Collins may also be offensive perhaps he was playing to instruction.

If he can't cross, then he is not "offensive"

If he can't make the right decisions, then he isn't "offensive"

"Offensive" and "Bryan Idowu" shouldn't be used in the same sentence until he improves.

EEGA:
Idowu is poor offensively.

Idowu isn't an upgrade on any player in the team currently. Even as a full back, he is comparable to Shehu. I don't see what he offers this tram that others don't do better.

andrew444:
Thats why i said as far as he is playing and doing well he should be called

Hope you saw our 2 central defenders which is mostly omeruo and ekong, those guys are regular in the clubs , infact all the starting 11 are regulars even some players in the bench also

He stayed on the bench for the majority of last season, yet he was invited. One of Rohr's mistakes. Hope he learns from this too

andrew444:
Naija mentality at it once again, you see him as an old man, lol but he is just 31

As far as he is regular for his club and doing well why cant he continue playing?

Should i remind you that a 33 year old championship player bossed the midfield vs eagles yesterday?

Unless Balogun starts playing regularly for his club or gets a new club, he shouldn't be invited again. No room for bench warmers

andrew444:
As for isaac success i disagree as you said he is not playing regularly, just say he is not getting the goals

Success started more than 10 epl games this season and he played better minutes from the bench so how is that not regularly ?

Success played 30 epl games from the 38 and the minutes was much, so you want him to play the whole 38 abi?

Just say success is not scoring goals, because the watford coach is giving that dude enough minutes

Okay. Success isn't scoring goals. Thus, including him is not a good idea. Message Delivered

Problemkid1:
What's the difference between tribalism and Nigeria

Please hide this post.

It is sickening. These guys are stark illiterates.

Musa had no qualms playing with guys from other ethnic groups yet this tribalists are killing themselves over it

Earthquake2:
Once we change the goalkeeper add a striker and a midfielder the team will get better

You're right

We need 3 creatve MFs

2 CBs and 2 fullbacks

3 GKs

2 strikers. Not make shift. Natural Strikers

Continous improvement is key. We need to stimulate more competition in the team

gamaliel9:
Rohr should continue but...we need to dig deep for more CREATIVE footballers...defenders,midfielders and attackers....creativity is what we lack and clear leader...w need MORE COMPETITION...

For me the following should go...All the goalkeepers,Shehu,Ogu,Onuachu--he did not bring anything to the party this Onuachu

Kalu should join the Olympic team...

Collins well...he came up against a better player that Percy Tau....i hope Bundesliga 1 toughens him more...

As always,we had the youngest team...we need more experience...we are becoming battle-tested. It took Westerhof four years to have a winning team. And Rohr[though limited] is in the right track..

Collins will get better. He will be playing in the bundesliga. Better competition grooms a player

Earthquake2:
All these fair weather fans that wait five matches before shouting, Sack him! Sack him!

Algeria and Senegal are two of the most talented squads in this tournament, and they deserved to reach the finals

Gbam Jare.

We need a sound tactical assistant. That's all.

We can't give what we don't have (creative juice). To me, Rohr did well. Got to the Semi-finals of a 24 team AFCON without a creative MF and made Algeria sweat. If this team keeps improving in all aspects, I forsee us winning the 2021 AFCON.

elyte89:
None can be employed... If we re not employing a top grade A coach, in d class of pochetinno and d likes...den let's stick with rohr, or any decent Nigeria ex international like siasia,enough of dis journey-man job hustlers

I meant as tactical assistant to Rohr and not coach. I wrote that up there na

BascoVanVeli:
He is injured ooo. Career threatening Achilles injury but that was never my point. I am talking about when healthy

Okay, you may have a point there. We will wait till after his recovery.

I apologize for the no-sane-person comment made earlier

BascoVanVeli:
Onazi suffered from lack of game time going into the world cup. No sane person will judge a player going off one match.

Onazi wasn't even included in the tentative AFCON list after the WC 2018. This shows how much he has regressed

Can we lure the following Technical assistants to the Super Eagles to assist Rohr:

Peter Krawietz (Jurgen Klopp's assistant)

Marco Van Basten is currently unemployed

Marco Landucci is Juve's assistant

I know they are a long shot but we can always try. Especially for Marco

BascoVanVeli:
Was lack of creativity responsible for that ridiculous foul he conceded? That was lack of experience.

The same Onazi that I saw winning tackle after tackle in Uyo against Algeria. Well we don't know how he will come back from his latest injury so I am not trying to get him back into the team.

I am not singling out Ndidi but he misses too many tackles. Ball that are there to be won are missed

Was that the same Onazi you saw at the pre-WC friendlies or at the WC proper?

Oga, no sane person would argue for Onazi in place of Ndidi whether as a starter or on the bench

forgiveness:
I still wonder who does the selection in the national team.

We need to reinforce the mildfield with fresh players. The likes of Eberechi Eze, Tega Onomah, Ovie, Semi Ajayi (if he moves away from league one), Joe Aribo (if his team gets to play in Europa League and he performs), Ramon Azeez (if he gets to play in the la Liga this season), Abdul Ajagun (if he gets to play in the Belgium Pro League or a better league this season), Azubike Okechukwu (if he gets to play), Nnamdi Ofoborh (if he gets game time in EPL), Dele Bashiru (if he gets to play in a decent league), Aniekeme Okon (he should be given the chance), Kingsley Michael etc.


We should draft in more players in the attack to make it competitive.

Lookman Ademola, Issac Success and Noah Bazee should slog it out for the wings position.

We should watch out for Sheyi Ojo (fc Rangers) and Bobby Adekanye (Lazio). They can be a good addition for the RW position alongside with Noah Bazee and Isaac Success. Chukwueze should be given the competition to bring out the best in him.

Lookman Ademola can slog it out with Simon Moses and Henry Onyekuru on the LW. Enough of makeshift players.

Ahmed Musa should be moved to SS or S position.

In the striker position, Olanrewaju Kayode, Taiwo Awoniyi and Sunday Odey should be given the chance to prove themselves. They should slog it out with Osimhen and Ighalo.

We can watch out Josh Maja and David Okereke.

Onuachu!?

In the defence, we need to bring back Idowu to slog it out with Collins on the LB.

Ebuehi and Aina should slog it out for the RB position. Then, Tomori should be chased after to represent us. Uduokhia should be added into the team.

The goalkeeper department is one the problems we have. The goalkeeper trainer should be sacked and replaced with a more competent one. Then, we are good to go.

Isaac Success is a No, No for me. Not playing regularly (not even on loan in a championship club) and not disciplined.

Bryan Idowu is not different from what we have now. I am not keen on having him back unless he improves drastically.

Taiwo Awoniyi needs to play for the U-23 team to show what he can do for the SE.

Olanrewaju Kayode: I don't want to argue this one with you because I am not theGoodJoe an lengthy arguments are draining for me.

The only players (to add) for me include:

Fikayo and Uduokhai for CB. The current ones are very inconsistent

Ebuehi as a wing back/full back

Eberechi Eze and Joe Aribo (and maybe Nnamdi Oforborh) as creative central midfielders: Using Ndidi and Etebo won't cut it. We were exposed by Algeria

For attack, we may need Odey and Okereke; I will wait until their first full season in Belgium and I hope they impress.

mostob:
On Rohr,I support you. Sacking the man might be fatal. It has been long since we have a team as organized as this. Instead of sacking him and rebuilding against., why not complement his shortcomings

Gbam.

People comparing him to erstwhile local coaches should remember that this is a 24 team tournament and not a 16 team tournament. So, 8 more teams were added. In summary, more challenging

forgiveness:
Lack of coaching philosophy though we lacked quality in the mildfield.

Player selection was at the root of our MF troubles in the AFCON

How can you invite just 4 MFs with a regressing Mikel as the only playmaker among them. Rohr takes the wrong kind of risks. Yet you invited as many as 7 (or is it 8 attackers) and started just 4 for almost the entire duration of the tourney.

Now, the creative force got injured and we had to rely on long balls to our wingers to create chances. Cut that long ball supply and Baba Rohr ran out of Ideas.

I don't expect Rohr to make the same mistakes with player selection again for our next challenge (qualifiers). If not, we get same results. An old man ought to be wiser

TheSuperNerd:
If Rohr doesn't play Osimhen ehn!!!

Be ready to use that cutlass because I doubt he will.

Even if Osimhen plays, he will be limited to just 20mins or less.

Rohr is a good man-manager and he knows Ighalo is on the verge of winning the Golden boot. Even Ighalo may want to destabilize the peace once he is dropped from the first team

BascoVanVeli:
Honestly IMO Ndidi is not better than Onazi at the DMF position. At least at international level. He can barely win the ball back at times. Onazi would have bossed that midfield.

Which Onazi are you refering to?

2013 Onazi; maybe but not the current Onazi.

Ndidi tried but lack of creativity in the entire team killed us. It will be unfair to single him out

forgiveness:
Be rest assured that many unknown players will find their way into the National team with Amunike and co as the coach.

I am equally not in support of Amuneke as the Head coach of Super Eagles. Not with the current scandal involving his AFCON outing with Tanzania's Senior team. Neither am I in support of our local coaches getting the Job. They would be owed salaries and would resort to unscrupulous means to get money.

I even have mixed feelings on using a local coach as a technical assistant. Look at Alloy Agu and the GK dept. We don't want another Mohammed Gambo, Azubuike Egwueke or Flavor in the team. Hence my mixed feelings. The only person I would allow near the team is Finidi George who currently coaches Mallorca u-18 team and had initially offered to coach one of our youth teams for free.

I would actually prefer a foreign technical assistant with a proven track record. None comes of the top of my head for now but I would do my research and post names here.

MetalJigsaw:
EPL: Pep Guardiola Includes Nigerian Goalkeeper In Man City Squad


EPL: Pep Guardiola Includes Nigerian Goalkeeper In Man City Squad
Gavin Bazunu/Manchester Evening News
Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola, has called up a goalkeeper of Nigerian descent, Gavin Bazunu, for the Citizens’ 2019 Asia pre-season tour this week.

Bazunu is in line to make his first-team debut for the Premier League champions when Man City face West Ham United in their first pre-season game on Wednesday, according to Allnigeriasoccer.


Man City will also play either Wolves or Newcastle United in the Premier League Asia Trophy play-off game on Saturday.

Bazunu joined Man City in the January transfer window this year from Shamrock Rovers.


The young goalkeeper made his debut for City Under18s in an Under18 Premier League clash against Stoke City in February this year.

Other goalkeepers included in the squad are experienced shot-stopper, Claudio Bravo and second choice goalkeeper Daniel Grimshaw.

Our scouts shouldn't say they missed this guy

treasurevee9:
Cdss ikeja. I can never forget the flogging and punishment. I chop cane for head and waist die or is it to walk using your knee. God will still punish mr ige our maths teacher for me. Stupid man gave the whole ss1 silver students over 20 strokes of cane on our back and bum on a Saturday. Oloriburuku somebody. Good old days mehn. CDSS ikeja our dear school.

CDSS ex-student I sight thee

Mr Ige was as cruel as the word "Cruelty"

If you pass through CDSS Ikeja, you learn to be disciplined and timely. All this ones in the video are just bread

Joebie:
OYA LETS STOP CRYING. WHO IS NIGERIA PLAYING NEXT AFTER TUNISIA MATCH?

Joebie FC

I copied this comment from somewhere else on Nairaland:

I have been saying this:

Genot Rorh plays an obsolete brand of football.

In this modern age hardly do you see teams withdrawing into their own half of the pitch when the opposition defenders are bringing it forward. You have to PRESS the defenders and block every expected passing option. Pep Guardiola made this "modern tactics" popular. And many teams use it now.

Madagascar used it against us and we saw the result.

Today, the Algerians did the same thing.

Since the first day of the tournament I watched out football and was immediately unimpressed. Even against Burundi we were playing this kind of obsolete football.

They play like this waiting to counter without any meaningful passing triangles. Once the opposition score, they get out of their shell and start to press. Then once they get a goal, they sit back and start to invite pressure again.

We need a coach that is up to date with modern football... And more importantly can blend our team together as a unit.

Things we can take away from this AFCON:

1 The Algerians were/are the better team. We underrated them here and i am envious at how much they have improved from 2016 till now. We stand to gain if we learn from them.

2 The Goal keeping department needs serious overhaul. I don't blame the GKs..really I don't. They won't feature if they don't keep getting call-ups. We need to scout for 3 quality keepers because none of our current 3 inspire confidence

3 Rohr tried his best. Our team has not made it to the AFCON in 6 years. We got so far by a mix of ingenuity, grit and luck. Rohr needs a really good tactical assistant (or technical assistant).

4 Our two central midfielders should be applauded for giving a good fight in this match and in the entire tourney. You can't give what you don't have. Neither Ndidi nor Etebo are creative midfielders/playmakers. So, it shouldn't come as a surprise that we couldn't create enough chances. Tackling is important but doesn't score goals. Excellent passing and ingenuity does.

5 We need to scout for more consistent strikers. Ighalo is so inconsistent, it can be annoying. Same goes a good creative central midfielder(s).
One wonders the idea behind taking four midfielders to a major tourney without any marshal among them.

6 Mikel should honorably bow out. Knowing Rohr, Mikel would keep getting call-ups if he doesn't retire. Rohr is very conservative and prefers to stick to known players. This can backfire.

7 Osimhen and Onyekuru need to step up. If Rohr kept on benching them for almost the entire duration of the tournament, there must be good reason. Mbappe is in their age grade and has done wonders that belie his age. They should aim for such. Had they been reliable, I am sure Rohr would have no qualms subbing out a Misfiring Ighalo.

8 Ogu should also just retire. If he hardly features in the entire tourney even when we were quite shorthanded, I wonder at his importance to this team. I also wonder at what unique footballing attribute he possesses that keeps earning him invites.

9 Chukwueze is one thing we can take away from this tourney. He is still very young and can improve if he keeps his head down and doesn't let praises get to his head (like nacho, success). If any new club cannot guarantee him first team soccer, he should remain at Villareal and improve.

10 A moniker commented at the inconsistency of our players. This much is true though I would single out Ndidi and Etebo as our only consistent players throughout this AFCON. Our players may need counselling. Consistency is what sets apart ancestors from men from boys in football If you can't be consistent, then you may stagnate your career. You get paid big bucks for showing up at every game, no matter how many games you have to play. They need to groom themselves to be consistent.

11 Our defence isn't as solid as we are made to believe. We conceded in every match right from the second round. I thought Rohr was a good defensive coach? Two or more good defensive additions won't be bad. Balogun should find a new club and bench warmers shouldn't be tolerated.

All in All, we gave our best and fought hard but at the end of the day, the best team won. Up Super Eagles. We live to fight another day

The FIFA ranking ranked us third in Africa

Seems they aren't far from the truth