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forgiveness:
The same Saido Mane was one time the best player in the Austrian league before he went to EPL.

Naby Keita as well. Kayode needs to do well in LA liga then Rohr will have no excuse to drop him

tbaba1234:
What are your thoughts about our WC jersey? So disappointing.

Nike never takes us seriously

I missed most of the second half. That Ref needs to be suspended for that decision alone.
Anyway, Rohr for the love of God should NEVER play Etebo as a AM/CM unless both Mikel and Iwobi are playing.
Rohr makes suspect subs at times...he brought on Musa for the our only creative outlet. We had Onyekuru, Musa, Nacho, Etebo and Ndidi on the pitch...how do you expect to keep the ball with those guys on?? We need more creativity in this team.
Nacho looked quite mobile today sha.

All in all, not a bad way to end the qualifiers. If you had told anyone last year we would have topped this group without losing a game, they would've laughed at you. Well done Rohr...lots to work on though.

Napoleon55:
which formation are we playing with this line up?
is it 4-3-3?

4-3-3

Abusule007:
Nigeria line up for today's game as released by nff on their twitter handle

Onyekuru should've started. Guess Ogu is going to dictate play from deep. Front 4 looks fluid. They all should be able to interchange easily.
Not the lineup I'd have liked..

isan:
Assuming Nigeria need a result in today's match tension will be everywhere tactics will be flying up and down on nairaland ,many Nigerians will be busy with their calculator, the ex -internationals will be ready to pounce on rohr and also rohr sack letter will be on NFf table by now but will don't need a result so nobody cares.

More credit to Rohr. He achieved this in the group of death...probably the toughest WCQ group we've ever been in.

forgiveness:
NFF will not approach him now until he comes super star finish.

Were are those so called scouts going about their scouting in one lowly Norwegian league, huh?

This guy will never play for Nigeria even if he never gets called up to England. I don't know why you keep insisting on this. He has absolutely no interest. I doubt he has eaten Garri before sef

Loogan:
It's high time we get over this Tammy breakup, I don't understand why the nnf dont scout these guys before they get into limelight, there some bright enobhakare playing for a highly rated wolves where he is impressing , there Maja who if not for inguries would have arguably been Sunderland first team striker, there Ike ugbo, ebere eze whO are open to playing for us, we really need to follow up these players coz all they need is to feel wanted. Iwobi, Moses, Ola aina, ebuehi, ekong let's not decieve ourselves if thier bi country called them into thier respective national team they would gladly want represent them because they are a big footballing nation. Nigeria showed more desire and got them you can't expect players born In England to Nigeria parents behaving like Nigerians it's rare, except those who parents had a lot of influence on his love for Nigeria like ainas father. The problem is that Nigerians are one of the most sentimental and proud country, but will now for a boy to play for you who was born in Britain and totally British, let's not deceive our self the pinnick boasting on Tammy turns out to backfire to show that thier Nigerian mothers/fathers have little or no influence on thier international career decisions.
To be sincere Tammy is a very talented player, but he's not the only one. Umar Sodiq of Torino is almost a carbon copy of Tammy, he was the lead striker for the under 23, so what's the hype we have capable strikers when are hungry with quality just believe in them, instead we want Tammy It's not like we don't have excellent talent for the future so why the hurt shey nah all thier top young stars una wan steal finish..we have hungry talented strikers In my opinion Tammy will not be missed.

Tammy is FAR better than Sadiq Umar. The only similarities they have is height.

OMANBALA1:
Be very careful bros, that might not be the real story. I heard the said girl Godwin rapped was not underage afteral. She was using a made up age to pass her as underage. On getting to France chica cleaned up and oga find better food for backyard....Madam flipped and called eke. Okpara couldnt prove she wasnt underage na there kasala burst.

Why then did the girl also accuse his wife of sexual and physical assault?? I heard she released a book about it.

junnyjake:
If them headbutt you with that kind head ehn? Jesus!


Looks don't play football though.


Ngolo Kante

Lmaoooooo I tell you...hammer head things...

jotey:
I swear I love the team spirit die

Whose snap is this?

People saying his story is a lie need to bring valid proof or shut up.

jotey:
Camp

Nwakeme head get as e be...

kennysville:
I second that whole heartedly. He gets into shooting positions a lot but rather than shoot, he passes. I dont know whether its Wenger's instruction or what. Playing both Iwobi and Oezil yesterday clearly shows that if given a chance to express , Iwobi will permanently retire Oezil( that's sentiments apart). I still maintain that Oezil is the weak link. But we know wenger na. E no get Balls!!

His final ball is a long way from being on Ozil's level. He played well yesterday sha

Mujtahida:
He has four goals in 7 appearances. Whoscored.com rates his finishing as one of his key strengths. Joebie please do a comparison of Dessers and Awoniyi let's see.

Oh I agree he's better than Awoniyi. His finishing is not consistent sha.

elyte89:
Even C.RONALDO doesn't av all dis qualities



Nairaland scouts and packaging,na was o

He didn't say he was perfect at all of it

Mujtahida:
I've not done any comparison to determine but I like what I see in Dessers: he's quick, good with both feet, good in the air, is instinctive in his movement

Reminds me a bit of Suarez...finishing can be a bit iffy. It's his movement that I like the most.

Iwobi did ok...nerves and lack of confidence messed him up at times. He needs to work on his confidence...looking psychologically suspect.

My 35 man squad

GK
- Enyeama
- Uzoho
- Akpeyi
- Ezenwa
- Aiyenugba

DF
- Leon Balogun
- Troost Ekong
- Awaziem
- Uche Agbo
- Ola Aina
- Shehu Abdullahi
- Elderson Echiejile
- Brian Idowu
- Nura Abdullahi
- Dominic Iorfa

MF
- Mikel Obi
- Joel Obi
- Onazi
- Wilfred Ndidi
- John Ogu
- Azubuike
- Aluko
- Esiti
- Mikel Agu
- Muazam

FW
- Ighalo
- Iheanacho
- Kayode
- Dessers
- Onyekuru
- Moses Simon
- Iwobi
- Nwakaeme
- Bonaventure
- Bazee

komekn:
That's not true.

Playing as a AM gets you headlines however, I have watched him play DM. Very good distributor of the ball too and commands the air.

Did you know that Ibe played right back at Liverpool under Brendan quite often.

Yobo played his first ever game as a defender at RB for Nigeria. He was a RW at Marseille.

Not all players can be pigeonholed some are equally proficient in two or three roles.

He's too slow to play as a DM. I watched him constantly when he was on loan at Crewe. He scored 16 goals that season playing as a AM. Arsenal let him leave because they was too much competition at the AM spot and he was too slow to play as a DM.

komekn:
Is he better than Hope Akpan, Chuks Aneke,
Tega Onomah, Seyi Ojo, to start with I could have added Oviemuno Ejaria but he is undecided as far as I am concerned. But could be convinced.

That's just a few in England.

Chuks Aneke is not a DM...his best position is as an AM.

Leicester fans are complaining about Nacho's performance...the same "poor ball control" mantra.

TheGoodJoe:
The possibility means nothing if he has no interest whatsoever in playing for us. Dele does not feel Nigerian. He does not and never wanted to play for us. So he is not a big loss.

That is like crying over a chick who has zero interest in you. Iyama.

The fact that there was a possibility makes it a loss. No one is crying over Messi not being nigerian.

aodis:
Forget that my friend! They have Rashford , Vardy, even lalana , sturridge, sterling, kane, and so on. Tell me who he will bench. Someone that has no experience. He is a training material abegi

Like I said, we said the same thing about Alli when he was coming up. See where he is. Of all the names you mentioned, Kane is the only long term future threat. Sturridge is injury prone, Rashford, Sterling and Lallana play out wide or behind the striker and Vardy is in his 30s.

TheGoodJoe:
Lots of Nigerian players we overlook home and abroad are the true losses. If Pepe Mel did not give Uzoho the chance, we would not be talking about him here. People will not even rate him.

By the way, Alli is not a loss in any way. His allegiance and loyalty does not lie with us. He is English finish. Saying Alli is a big loss is like saying Messi is a big loss to us. Alli's loyalty lies with the Queen.

Same with Tammy Abraham. Finito.

Dele is half Nigerian meaning there was always a possibility for him to play us. He would've been a massive asset in this team. He is close to being a world class player (that is if he isn't).

forgiveness:
Don't deceive yourself the Onyekuru I saw against PSG is very poor technically and if he doesn't improve can't stay long in limelights.

However, he is not in the same league with Kayode. Kayode is far better than Onyekuru.

How many times have you watched him?

aodis:
Another John Fashanu , Carlton cole, training material imagine louts cheek who dat one wan bench? Thats how in Germany they did sam sidney , patrick Owomoyela. Even Italy did Angelo Ogbonna. Msscheww

Didn't we say the same thing with Dele Alli?? Look at him now. Bros, this is a massive loss. Tammy is very talented. Let's just hope one of our young strikers explode because I honestly don't think we have a striker in his age range that is better.

aodis:
I wont oh, cos even if he was in Afcon team of tournament , they didnt win it. Roma, what is Roma? Why did he leave Roma if it was such a big team. For W/C qualification , Moses played a big part and nailed it for Nigeria Against the mighty Algeria last year. And mind that we are talking abt year in review Which was last year, this year's performance will be judged next year. If is for Afcon winning, then one of the super eagles players in Mikel or moses would have won it cos the both won Afcon and the Europa league for chelsea in 2013. Or even Enyama the Goal keeper!

Salah has also played well in this WCQ. Anyhow we'll know soon enough.

aodis:
Did Salah win Anything? No! You will say Abumayang but but which players competed with him closely . Salah mane? My question again is What did these guys do for club and country in the year in review?

15 goals in 31 matches for Roma
2017 afcon team of the tournament
Has had a great world cup qualification
Has been in greater form than Moses since the season started.
Salah, Naby Keita and Aubamayeng or Mane will make the final 3. Vic MO at best might make the top 3 but he isn't winning it. Bookmark this post.

aodis:
Victor Moses will win it! He lifted the EPL trophy last season and this is only based on last season. If this season was included Messi would have won Ronaldo looking at form this season. What did Salah do last season? Even mane? Going to world cup qualification based on last year, Moses performed better assisting and scoring goals. My 2cent

Did you honestly ask what Salah did last season? You think liverpool spent 35m on him for doing nothing?? The award covers the whole year. I'd be surprised if Moses won.

Famocious:
But I think one of the major consideration for picking the African best player of the year is the player's performance for both country and club.
Agree that Keita was hot for Napoli last season but won nothing for both club and country.
Aubamayeng was very hot for his club last season evidenced by being top goal scorer in the Bundesliga but achieved little for his country.

Victor Moses was very consistent with Chelsea in the year under review, he won Premiership with Chelsea, he also helped his country, Nigeria to be first African nation to qualify for Russia 2018.

Like I said, he has an outside chance. He isn't favorite to win it

Famocious:
Why not Victor Moses ?

Keita made the Bundesliga team of the season, Aubamayeng was top goal scorer in Bundesliga while Salah and Mane have been hot for a while. Vic Moses might sneak into the top 3 with his SE performances, but I don't really see him winning. I hope he does though.