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Liking Rohr more and more these days. Good to see him speak up for his assistants. I'm shocked Agu doesn't have a contract.

ChrisKels:
How many matches did he play for Udinese in 2008?

He was injured that's why.

ChrisKels:
But Etafia and Ikeme of 2008 follow for the depth wey u say na die nah

Enyeama was overly erratic until 2010 worldcup. His heroics against Argentina changed everything about how fans viewed him, and that was majorly what informed Lille's decision to sign him. So Enyeama wasn't really that special, neither was ejide nor Aiyenugba.

Bros I would play Ndidi ahead of Mikel in the defensive midfield position, and shift Mikel to the CM in place of Obodo, who could only play once for Udinese in the season in question, and a total number of 78games from 2005 - 2012. Infact Obodo of 2008 wouldn't make Eagles bench today. Hence, in that midfield, only Mikel can break in to give us an Ndidi DM, Mikel CM and Iwobi AM set up.

Stop oo. Obodo of 06-08 > present Etebo.

MetalJigsaw:
how did you get it

Toto Tamuz.

Starboytwo:
sorry why he wan play for Albania

Albania or you mistaken

National team was interested in capping him back in 07

Danycrusoe:
How many can name the coach who invited these set of players and in what year?

Provisional squad:

Goalkeepers
Greg Etafia (Moroka Swallows, South Africa), Austin Ejide (Bastia, France), Vincent Enyeama (Bnei Yehuda, Israel), Dele Aiyenugba (Enyimba), Carl Ikheme (Wolverhampton Wanderers, England)

Defenders
Celestine Babayaro (Newcastle, England), Ifeanyi Udeze (unattached), Taye Taiwo (Olympique Marseille, France), Isaac Okoronkwo (FC Moscow, Russia), Joseph Enakarhire (Bordeaux, France), Obinna Nwaneri (FC Sion, Switzerland), Joseph Yobo (Everton, England), George Abbey (Port Vale, England), Chidi Odiah (CSKA Moscow, Russia), Nedum Onouha (Manchester City, England), Onyekachi Apam (Nice, France), Bob Osim (Heartlands), Rabiu Afolabi (Sochaux, France)

Midfielders Paul Obiefule (Viborg, Denmark), Mikel Jon Obi (Chelsea, England), Sani Kaita (Sparta Rotterdam, Holland), Yusuf Ayila (Dynamo Kiev, Ukraine), Seyi Olofinjana (Wolverhampton Wanderers, England), Oguchi Uche (Lobi Stars), Christian Obodo (Udinese, Italy)

Strikers Julius Aghahowa (Wigan, England),Martins Obafemi (Newcastle, England), Ayodele Makinwa (Lazio, Italy), Nwankwo Kanu (Portsmouth, England), Ajide Akande (AC Bellinzona, Switzerland), John Utaka (Rennes, France), Osaze Odemwingie (Lille, France), Yakubu Aiyegbeni (Middlesbrough, England), Obinna Nsofor (Chievo Verona, Italy), Toto Tamuz (Beitar Jerusalem, Isreal), Gabriel Agbonlahor (Aston Villa, England), Victor Anichebe (Everton, England)

Toto Tamuz? I'd say 07-08 under Berti Vogts

tbaba1234:
Brazil vs Nigeria

October 13. International friendly

Well done Pinnick. Imagine if Eze makes his debut in this game... Lord!!

Tammy has started his nosense again.

Joebie:
Sadiq is still better than him

Sadiq just shut me up with a goal and assist.

khiaa:
They consider it tribalism, and I don't belong to an African tribe.

Mod needs to be ban himself for that. NL is turning to something else these days.

khiaa:
Hey you. I was here the whole time. Can you believe they banned me for stating "It is more sanitary to wipe your butt with toilet paper and water than with your hand?"

LMFAO!! Seriously? I wonder what rule they say you broke?
Hilarious!!

khiaa:
I don't know how to give a bj but you can teach me considering the fact that you are an expert at performing fell.atio on at least a 100 men. That's why you are headed back to Italy to make that head money. So what is the problem with your cousin in the US?

Someone is back from a ban

charlesemeka85:
Who?

Lookman

jihday:
someone that is warming bench at Leipzig, how do you know he's better than Musa?

Don't worry. Time will prove me right

tbaba1234:
Kalu and Chuks will bench him

Not sure about Kalu. Chuks plays on the other side

tbaba1234:
Lookman will make our team but first 11 might be tricky

Only way Musa is benching him is by the "experience" talk

Odunayaw:
which one is "our arrogance" again. Does he speak for more than himself

I meant people that think like that...

charlesemeka85:
England football have evolved since the coming of southgate and currently one of the best European teams going to the upcoming euro.

What England lacks is that winning mentality in at the big stage.

Yep. The likes of Trevor Brooking deserves all the credit. Dude was amongst the guys that pushed for reforms in the English game. Now England are reaping the benefits.
This is what we should be doing at naija...bring the likes of Kojo Williams and ex internationals like Odegbami, Emenalo, Oliseh, Olofinjana, etc.

OMANBALA1:
I am probably the only poster on this thread that never mentioned Tammy...this is actually the first time I am writing Tammy...I dont respect English players because I know most of them are crap...and these English groomed players you guys keep clamoring for will ruin Super Eagles with their lame English style of play. England stinks!!

This isn't the 90s. England are producing players on par with their euro counterparts in terms of technical ability, quality on the ball, etc.
A guy like Lookman would make our first 11 easily. England have players in their u21/23 that would make our first team easily.
This our arrogance don dey too much.

All you guys slagging Tammy off don mute. This is the guy who Sadiq Umar is better than...

elyte89:
NFF tried na..at least dey suspended him for a year, wc I think its OK..now d searchlight is on him,any oda mistake from him,will.lead to outright dismissal... We can't throw d baby out with d bathwater.. At least its under pinnick we got to knw coaches/officials take kickbacks,back in d days,wey we no dey c evidence nko,

SMH. That's like England hiring Big Sam again after he messed up.
How can anyone trust the guy to be fair and transparent? Is Salisu the only qualified home based coach around?

Rohr's mom just passed away... #RIP

tbaba1234:
NFF announces return of Salisu Yusuf, thanks Imama for services as Olympic Eagles Coach

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) have announced the return of suspended Coach Salisu Yusuf, who served a one-year ban for receiving bribe while in-charge of the Home based Eagles.

Yusuf was laid off for a year and fined US$5000 for accepting a “cash gift” of $1000 to select and field two players during Nigeria’s 2018 African Nations Championship in Morocco.

The 57 year-old served his suspension between September 2018 and 2019.

In a statement on Thursday, the NFF confirmed the Coach’s return.

Previously, Yusuf was in charge of the Home Eagles and also the Head Coach of the Olympic Eagles.

During the period of his ban, Imama Amapakabo served in his stead as Head Coach and assistant to Gernot Rohr in the senior men’s national team.

The NFF statement reads:

Meanwhile, the Nigeria Football Federation has noted that the Chief Coach of the Super Eagles, Salisu Yusuf has now fully served the one –year suspension clamped on him last year.

The Federation thanked Coach Imama Amapakabo for his sterling efforts while in charge of the U23 National Team in the absence of the suspended Yusuf, and for eventually seeing to the team’s qualification for the U23 AFCON.

Although the NFF is yet to confirm Yusuf will return to all his previous roles, besides as Super Eagles Chief Coach, it is believed he will take over Nigeria’s preparation for the Africa U23 Cup of Nations.

Source:BrilaFM

Disgraceful from NFF. Salisu should never be allowed to coach again for this nonsense.
Pinnick can be so annoying at times. He should've made an example out of Salisu.
One year suspension only to return to his 2m a month job. Seriously??

timay:
in all sincerity, not that it concerns me though, but won't you bring down hell on Rohr if he looses to an inferior African side like Sudan or Djibouti , even if it's away game?

You mean like against Madagascar?

Danielnino00:
Aribo is good but I don't think he will displace Etebo any time soon.. Etebo is well suited for Africa football.. Pace,stamina,power.. He has it all...

I think Rohr will be tempted to field both alongside Ndidi from time to time. It'll be difficult with Iwobi new found form as 10.
Good headache to have.

benji93:
Honestly, although i maintain my stand that the "saviour coach" is mostly clueless . I am not holding the ukrainian match against him. He was experimenting, and some of the specimens in the experiment just didn't fit in. I am refusing to comment on the "saviour coach" cos i am on the fence with respect to the opinion that the deterioration of our play against Ukriane was his fault. We will see if he has repented from his cluelessness under pressure when he decides on a more or less constant crop of players.

I haven't watch the game properly in full but for once I find it hard to blame Rohr.
He made the right subs but timing might have been a lil bit wrong.
Nothing wrong with bringing on Esiti and pushing Etebo to CM. It's not his fault Esiti was disappointing.

Etebo and Aribo are similar players. Both are two way box to box central midfielders.
I don't understand why people think Etebo is competing with Ndidi.
Anyhow Na Rohr I blame for this. I don't understand why he'd be playing him as the deepest midfielder.
This is why being versatile can sometimes be a curse.

Kenturkey048:
chairmo forget GEJ and face more important things...what about the ones that saw Buhari as Jesus Christ reincarnated...

They are all foolish. I blame GEJ the more because he's the reason why that loser Buhari got to power.

Funny how we Nigerians are supposedly amongst the smartest, most hardworking, intelligent folks on this planet yet we are ruled by a bloody illiterate.
It's so bad that people like GEJ are seen as Abraham Lincoln reincarnated by some people.
Only God knows why he's cursed this country.

Earthquake1:
Rohr respects him as the team's captain

Dassall

Yep and even before that, didn't drop him when he was on a terrible run of form at Leicester.

tbaba1234:
Does the super eagles still need Ahmed Musa?

If we can Lookman, no. But we all know Rohr will keep playing till he leaves.
Rohr is clearly a fan.

darkelf:
Mikel wasn't the best we had Nerdy. Its not about negatives. Its the truth nobody choose to admit because we looked to his past glories.

Aribo would have done better than Mikel as a CM at the AFCON. I would've even taken Ebere Eze in place of Mikel. Mikel was invited on pure sentiments. He wasn't even the best or most important player in his championship team.

Mikel had a great end to the season with Boro therefore he deserved to go to the AFCON.
Yeah he didn't play well but he was the only DLP we had. In a way, his poor form coincidenced with Iwobi finally making the 10 spot his.
Like a said time and time again, on paper the Mikel - Ndidi - Etebo mid was balanced on paper.
I personally feel we might have beaten Algeria if Mikel was on form.
Nothing like sentiments. Dude captained Boro a few times at the end of last season.