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Is this the in-thing among leaders now

I hope Icon79 is okay ooo?

charlesemeka85:
he is a winger and used mainly as a wing back last season

Ohh. I did not know

In that case, him try well, well

Abeg, any news about David Okereke

10 goals and 12 assists in 33 appearances in Serie B is not bad at all

charlesemeka85:
Arsenal makes bid of 12m euros to sign Bonaventure Dennis, lyon also very interested

7 goals and 3 assists in 32 appearances.

Him try sha but he can do way better (since he is a striker)

safarigirl:
we know who is missing on this lineup.

The other 3 are just too hot to be dropped. The records speak

As in, it's quite obvious

andrew444:
Okay no vex

No wahala. We learn from each other here and we're one family

andrew444:
Comparing game time of someone that played 30 epl games and even started about 10 of them to someone that played just 13?

Why you go even compare striker and defender stats?

Who dey follow you argue?

smh

Just what I just said. You're too insular.

I actually talked about both of them deserving the axe but apparently, you just want to attack and you didn't see that part.

Good luck to you

andrew444:
Make we hear world about okocha abeg, dribble this dribble that, upon all the dribble common african player of the year e no win

There is nothing to learn from jay jay abeg, football now no be football then

Please reread my second paragraph carefully this time. Okay....I said learn something from him...okay and I added the showboating disclaimer. You're too belligerent. You have already decided to attack the other person's opinion and thus you fail to read with an open mind. Life isn't like that......

Danielnino00:
Assuming Iheanacho scores a goal or does something really magnificent on Saturday to secure a ticket to Egypt then who gets dropped for him?

At least one player from the attackers list would be dropped for sure...


Musa, Ighalo and Iwobi are guaranteed spots...

Kalu and Simon are one of Rohr favorites due to their ability to play on either sides of the wing and wingback plus their ability to track back and defend..

Onyekuru and Onauchu already proved themselves in the last games and they offer something better than their competitors (Musa and Ighalo)

Chukwueze and Osimhen are untested at national level and young but they have been one of our best players this season..two super talented players that any serious coach would integrate into his team early to build their experience and confidence .(like what England did with Sancho, Rashford and Arnold)

So who exactly will be dropped for Iheanacho..

Make we reason am abeg..

Guy, you talk too much here, na hater some go tag you

Thank God others are seeing what I've been seeing

andrew444:
13 games in about 32 games is regular abi?

Dude was injured almost half of the season

I'm not here to argue.

I was comparing the game time of both players. At least he was even injured while the other was on poor form.

chrisooblog:
nothing pesin no go read for this place simon moses to play AM? john ogu sef should play as false 9

That's how someone said that Moses Simon should start playing AM.

These roles are for highly intelligent players with good vision on the pitch and intelligent passing skills. I watched JJ Okocha play for Zidane in a charity match of recent and I was still awed at what he could do. There is no active player in our present Squad that could pass or dribble like JJ. He looked so fit like he could still play. I would like our CMs to watch JJ clips and see what they can learn from him (apart from his show boating)

Danielnino00:
I really don't get what's giving some people the idea that Balogun would be dropped..
Seriously I find it hilarious that a lot of people here who follow the beautiful game so well still don't know how the national team is different from club..

Balogun despite having limited game time at his club has always delivered in the GWG... I really can't remember the last time he had a bad game in the GWG.. when we played South Africa last year I was against him starting ahead of Omeruo due to his lack of game time but he ended up surprising me!
Dude is still very much useful to the SE and will always get called up!
Mikel had his a*s glued to the Chelsea bench by Conte but was still called up,started games and delivered in the colours of the GWG..
Its the same everywhere.. once a player has lasted long and proved himself in the national team colours, the club he plays for or his current form won't prevent him from getting call ups.. I mean countries like Belgium and Brazil took players from the Chinese league to the world cup!

Sadly,the same can't be said of Iheanacho.. he has regressed badly... all this excuse of him being backup to vardy and Leicester changing coaches doesn't add up...He got plenty chance at Leicester to prove himself..
Luckily,another chance awaits him on Saturday..If he doesn't score or at least put in a good performance, Rohr will be doing us a great disservice not to drop him....

Why Balogun is benched at Brighton beats me. Even for cup games where the erstwhe coach Chris Houghton could have rotated his squad.

The guy is very dedicated and committed. I hope he comes good. At least he didn't miss sitters

safarigirl:
everybody is shouting Balogun, when we should be asking about Shehu that has failed to distinguish himself in the RB role

Shehu and Iheanacho should be left behind, Iheanacho especially, to prove that you can't just laze around an entire season, then jump inside the Super Eagles. We aren't a confidence-building team.

You just made an outstanding point here. Especially nacho. At least Shehu has been playing regularly for his club

Earthquake2:
I have one Stat for you

Iheanacho is playing behind James Maddison who has created the most goal scoring chances in Europe

His inability to score goals is not about system or Vardy, Ndidi has 3 goals already this season from DM

God bless you richly!!!

ABC's of driving.

Nice write up. Keep it up sir. Truly illuminating

clara990:
Who leaves early for his destination??

Sensible and time conscious people do

OMANBALA1:
Simon Moses excelled as a wing forward in training. Until they play him as a AM I think he will never achieve his full potentials. Simon Moses is not a traditional winger , I think he was born to play in the middle due to his ability to operate in small spaces, energy and discipline....Everything Iwobi lacks!

You are making small sense but the problem is creativity....create goal-scoring chances via passing

Simon doesn't have that yet

andrew444:
Which kind conference be this one ?

No beer for table ?

. Na so

M7even:
Three major ethnic groups.

Abi oo

Yet many fight themselves on Nairaland daily. Such tomfoolery

OMANBALA1:
You are crazy....Most people think I have no emotion. 90% of the people on this thread know[b] Iwobi has not solve our midfielder problems.[/b] EOD.

You are partly right but there are no alternatives.

Earthquake2:
I think Simon Moses should transfer to midfield he has the energy and can pass the ball better than Etebo

Cc Omabala being able to pass and having the creativity to split defences are two different things and Moses is not blessed with such

I would prefer him in midfield to Etebo though

If Moses can't pass, I see no reason why he should be drafted to the midfield

We need him more as a winger ecause he knows how to track back to support the defence

OMANBALA1:
So, because he scored one or two goals we should fry water? As far as GWG is concerned Alexander Iwobi is a fraud. And if he continue to be unserious like his uncle he will end up worse.

AFCON would really reveal a lot to we the fans bro

The pretenders will be separated from the performers. I hope they all rise to the occasion though

OMANBALA1:
Firstly, I dont like the country called england and queen eliza and their over-hyped players that never worth a sshhit. But I am neither sentimental nor bias....I am yet to see an English groomed player that blew my mind. I meant those who have played for Nigeria. From Abbey George, Sodje , Ekoku, etc.

Maybe except for danny shittu. Dude always played his heart out

TheGoodJoe:
Very distasteful for you to refer to Iheanacho as a scammer. He has done nothing to deserve such remark. I doubt Osimhen will get dropped.

Then who?

Humility017:
cc: safarigirl

thank you..same thing we heard about ETEBO not until he was played in the role severally and he fails to deliver...
against RSA and Algeria.

many of these SE guys can rarely give defensive split passes like iwobi and Mikel

Common pass ooo

jerry447:
We will still blame the devil as usual

Its the sad black mentality bro.

They will refuse to avert but would rather hope it doesn't happen to them as it has happened end to others.

Nonsense

iSlayer:
Sir Alex Ferguson is not English..

He's from the UK at least.

Icon4s:
It is not about ancient history. Osimhen, Chukwueze and Nwakali's set didn't even qualify for the AYC have they not made the SE?

[b]BTW if 90% don't make it that means10% of the 23 man squad will make it which means 2 or 3 players [/b]that's ok. After all how many of the Iheanacho's 2015 U20 are in the SE today? The AYC/WYC is every 2yrs so if we pick 2-4 top players from each set we are good.

I am not expecting up 50% of them to make the Super Eagles.

Good then. We are on the same page

andrew444:
Rodgers is an average coach what else do you expect from him ?

I guess you're right about this.

Look at the coaches of club sides that made top 6 this season. Nome of them are English coaches. Even for previous seasons. Except for Ferguson, no other English coach commands my respect (southgate is getting there sha).

They are overhyped by the media. My verdict on Rodgers will wait till the end of next season because when a new coach is just hired, they tend to do well in the first few matches, good or not.

Icon4s:
Believe it or leave it. Some of those Flying Eagles players will still graduate to the Super Eagles. Foreign born or Nigerian born.

Like I said before, there is no Flying Eagles set that has not produced players for the national team.

People have been tagging Aigbogun's Flying Eagles as the worst. I see them as people who are either miopic, mischievous, sentimental or a two young to have followed the Flying Eagles from decade to decade.

Do you know that JJ Okocha and Tijani Babangida's set of 1993 Flying Eagles did not even qualify out of their AYC Group? I don't even want to mention the 87 Flying Eagles that got whipped by Brazil 4:0, Italy 2:0 and played 2:2 with Canada. That team which is the worst Nigerian team to any FIFA tournament had likes of Siasia, Etim Esin, Okosieme, Odiaka, Ugbade, Willie Opara all of who progressed to play for the Super Eagles.
The 1997 Flying Eagles could not even qualify for the AYC as they lost on away goals rule to Sudan. That team had a certain Gbenga Okunowo who later played as a RB in Barcelona FC.
What of the 2001 Flying Eagles that had Batholomew Ogbeche, Christian Obodo and Justice Christopher? They could not qualify from the 2001 AYC Group. They even lost 4:1 to Ghana in their last group game.A year after Ogbeche and Christopher were in the WC. I can go on and on.
Every Flying Eagles set has always produced SE players. So please don't be so quick to write the 2019 Flying Eagles off.

Icon4s. It isn't about just graduating to the Senior team. Its about playing excellently when they get there. Besides, you're quoting from ancient history. Times have changed and with the kind of coach we have in Rohr, 90% of those guys may not make the SE.

TheGoodJoe:
I can tell you the good things Sterling said about Rodgers too.

No one can deny the impact of Rodgers at Celtics and now at Leicester City. He was also amazing at Swansea. They played one of the best brands in the EPL when he was there.

I will definitely listen to Brendan Rodgers because he has first hand information.

But I still don't understand why he couldn't succeed after Suarez left