TheSuperNerd: I think Lille will keep a majority of their key names. They also lost Pepe and Rafael Leao last summer and brought in Osimhen, Yazici etc while keeping Ikone, Bamba et al. Lille have a good recruitment system especially with a guy with Campos pulling the strings.
It is not a bad idea to stay in Lille one more season if he feels a move should not happen now. I see him consolidating even far greatly on a first season in a top 5 league from the 19/20 campaign. But also, I see nothing bad in a move now to a Napoli side that can also set him up for a much bigger move later into the future.
Both are good options to me but one is my first choice and the other my second. But that's me speaking personally. Eventually, Osimhen will make his choice. Time will tell.
Campos has left. Rumors are he's going to join Mou at Spuds. No surprise where the Osimhen to spuds talks is coming from.
Joebie: I wonder what Yobo is capable of learning under Rohr? I think 6 years is enough for Rohr to prove himself beyond doubt. By then he would have quality players that have also played together for quite a while. If he does well, I don't mind him staying. I'm not even raising the bar too high. Just do better than any coach has done, because he has been given the most support. Give us at LEAST a QF appearance.
Rohr himself might want a change of scenery especially if he does well.
Joebie: He should remain even if we don't win the Nations Cup, but if he no take us to QF at least for WC, bye byee o. But come to think of it Rohr will already have spent more than 6 years at the job... the longest a coach has stayed at the job since Westerhof I believe.
Joebie: Firstly, I’ve never used the word threat here. I’ve only said I expect Billing to compete and not just be a push over. It’s not like Ndidi is miles ahead based on every club stat. So let’s wait and see.
Billing can also play alongside Ndidi when Rohr feels like being hyper conservative. But yeah...Billing will push him for a place.
Ndidi has an edge over Billing in passing and defense, and a slight edge in attack . Both players are at par in vision. While Billing is better in dribbles and physicality.
Cc charlesemeka85
Surprised at passing. I always thought the reverse was the case.
jihday: Largely rumour, never came out to say. Keshi approached him during preparation for 2014 WC he still refused to play for us
SPORTNedum Onuoha ready to play for Nigeria
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September 4, 2016
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Ifreke Inyang
" style="max-width: 100%; display: block !important;">Queens Park Rangers defender, Nedum Onuoha, has said he would love to play for Nigeria, but admits he might not get the opportunity.
The 29-year-old reportedly rejected the chance to feature for the Super Eagles when he was younger, opting to wait for a senior England call.
Onuoha has now denied those rumours and says he is ready whenever he is invited.
“There was a time in the past where I did have the opportunity with Nigeria, it was really on one occasion,” he told getwestlondon.co.uk.
“Since then I’ve had a few false dawns with some people saying they can sort this out and that out, but it has not happened and I’ve enjoyed the club side of football.
“It is not that important to me to be honest. If I was to receive a call-up then that would be great and there would be a decision to make, but I’ve not received one.”
He also confessed that he was supporting the Dream Team VI at the 2016 Olympics and says he is happy to be a fan for now.
“I’m happy to be a fan for now,” Onuoha added.
“I kept an eye on the boys at the Olympics where they always seem to do well.
“For anyone like me who was born there you hold the success of your nation close to your heart and like to see them doing well. Unfortunately, the gold medal was not to be.”
jihday: Don't think so, see players like Ibe and Onuoha they didn't get England shirt and still insisted on not playing for us. That means they don't care about us at all, this one still cares just that he'd have preferred Denmark and that's very normal considering he was born and grew there
Nedum Onuoha eventually tried to slither his way back.
Subzero047: Fast, strong and a good tackler, SE have plenty of them
What we need now is a ball playing defender
Exactly. One of the German boys(Udokhai preferably) will give us that or Awaziem moves to CB. Awaziem - Ekong/Omeruo looks good on paper. Ekong is turning into a leader at the back.
gamaliel9: This Ejaria...what does he bring to super eagles?
We seem to be collecting second class players and rejoicing. Though half bread is.....
Does he bring element of fear on opponents? Some teams then if they are playing against Okocha...hhhmmm.. Everywhere will be pulsating...opposition defenders will be receiving endless tutorials. I am not comparing Ejaria to Okocha but i think he is a low budget Iwobi.
Who is Ejaria? Football sometimes need this fear, I remember that time we use to play Cameroon with Milla,Mfede,Kunde,Bonaventure,Marc Vivien Foe...we normally lose to them due to fear. So there is nothing to excite about Ejaria...why is he not in First team....the guy is average please....his style of play lacks bravery and risk....he cannot even shoot...a midfielder ooooo...that cannot shoot....If he is a striker that cannot shoot but puts the ball in the net..thats ok..like PIPO INZAGHI...But a midfielder not shooting...is that not lack of confidence?
I am not against his coming to the team...may be.. may be... he may improve...but i am not really impressed with his addition..We remain an average team
My opinion...
Everyone starts from somewhere. What matters is the attributes he possess - not big name. The likes of Maddison, Zaha, Vardy, etc started off at the championship or lower before they got to the level they are presently. Bet you would've turned your nose up at them because they don't "possess" fear factor? Ejaria is talented and a modern day CM. Yes he can improve on his end product but he is fast, strong and extremely skillful. He is definitely a solid addition and will prove that eventually.
charlesemeka85: I guess man untd, newcastle or napoli. Milan, leicester and liverpool can't afford such fee unless they sell while chelsea hv tammy and giroud
Nah not Napoli. I don't want Osimhen there sef or he'll rot there. De Laurentiis will go and put a 200m release clause on his contract and take all his image rights. Very difficult guy to negotiate with.
charlesemeka85: yes but on the flank he is not the fastest and doesnt track back to help defensively.
If i were to be rohr i can only risk starting him if the team is facing a lesser and more defensive opposition.
Coaches of nowadays prefer AMs who also operate more like CMs which is the reason the likes of fenandes, de bryne, grealish etc are on high demand. AMs who can track back to defend as well as keep the middle tick and also bump forward when the need arises. Nowadays AM are more like box2box midfielders
Yeah exactly. He's still young so there's room for improvement. I mean look how Eriksen's workrate improved massively under Pochettino. Maybe we'll see that with Eze.
charlesemeka85: the only advantage eze has over alex is goal scoring, aside the latter is a far better team player with more work rate.
Eze is still young and with a move to the epl i believe that saspect of his game will improve. Eze is a typical coutinho n jay jay type of player, moreso the role is almost going to extinct which is the reason players like coutinho, ozil and a few more others are over looked of late
Correct. I think he'll start playing outwide more like Coutinho.
solonnachi: Iwobi is good but Eze will beat him to the midfield role in shooting at goal. My problem with Eze is that he seems to me as lazy. I pray when he finally plays for SE, he won't be selecting matches to play like VicMo
Rohr is probably not too bothered about Eze at the moment with the addition of Ejaria. Ejaria gives us more power and skill in the middle. With Iwobi, he can play outwide while we field a midfield 3 of Ndidi - Etebo - Aribo/Ejaria. Rohr would love that midfield. I'm starting to think that article about Rohr saying he prefers Ejaria over Eze might not be fake lol
andrewbaba44: Ajayi and ekong have been playing well ,stop twisting things by talking about balance
Even at afcon Balogun was benched and our defense was balanced with omeruo and ekong
So what are you saying?
It’s not compulsory you must see your preferred oyinbo wall
What wrong have ajayi do ? Because a player have played 5 games then he should start ,omeruo is also there
Na rohr kuku be coach and not me and you ,the man has been using ekong and ajayi and they are okay but you guys must look for something to talk ,you are already using balance as your own excuse
Balance is important especially in defence. I know you no too like dey watch full game so I understand. Why did i say Ajayi has done anything wrong? I just said his pairing with Ekong is not balanced enough. As usual, you go ahead and make up ridiculous assumptions when someone counters your point. My "oyinbo wall"? When i praised Omeruo for his WC performance - shey he's "oyinbo" too? Balance matters. The day we find a better ball playing CB, one of Ekong and Ajayi will drop out of the starting 11. You think having 2 CBs, a full back and your DM not being comfortable on the ball is feasible long term??
andrewbaba44: Football is not all about past glories
Balogun did well in the eagles no doubt and he joined Brighton on a free transfer and was glued to the bench ,but yet some of you want him to always be playing ,suddenly he joined Wigan on loan to get game time then he should start ahead of ajayi ,same person omeruo benched during the afcon
Don’t be surprise to see omeruo playing after ajayi and not even the Balogun I hope Wigan signs him permanently unless na another wahala for am
Dude is 31 and injury prone to even rely on him for long is a no no
Oga the team you are playing matters Abeg ,don’t come and use that as an excuse to me
Even the ajayi I am supporting is a championship player ,if super eagles get better players who go Dey look championship let alone the one wey Dey 20th place Wigan
Ajayi Is a sure epl bound if not for this pandemic that stopped football
You guys are just after oyinbo wall rather than football ,I am glad omeruo and Ekong did well in the afcon ,many of you even turned blind eyes to Balogun school boy error ,if to say na omeruo do that thing una no go ever forget
They will always be space for an inform Balogun because he is experienced and our best ball playing CB. He brings balance to our backline. I'm not feeling that Ajayi - Ekong pairing as i feel it's not that balanced on paper but it's understandable as they are our most inform defenders.
https://twitter.com/KelvinAmata/status/1256222734717259780?s=19[/quote]Another solid addition to our central midfield. Etebo, Iwobi, Aribo and Ejaria. Pace, Power and Skill. Shows you Rohr knows what he's doing. Get Eze to add that extra bit of creativity and we're set. Shame Nwakali isn't at the level we thought he'd be at right now...
TheGoodJoe: I think Okocha's tactical intelligence was highly unappreciated due to his insane magical technical abilities on the ball. If you watch out for Okocha's passing abilities and how on many occasions he created scoring chances for us, he will get more respect.
Watch the pass Okocha gave to Garba Lawal at 1:34 of this clip in the match between Nigeria and Spain in our opener in France 98 World Cup. He pulled of a trick to draw the attention of the Spaniards to him and in a split second saw the wide space Garba was in and then a very brilliant pass. So insane.
jimmyiovine: NFF cannot afford Renard. Back when he was Morocco coach in 2019, he was on around $100k monthly. Now he is Saudi coach, he is probably on more than that