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ThunderFireAgba:
Even Arthur Okonkwo will catch that ball.
Okoye is another Undercover Francis Uzoho.

Yes, he is, and this is why he is a first-choice goalkeeper in a midtable Serie A team, and big Serie A teams are making moves for him. He is worse than Uzoho, and a white man is paying him millions of dollars because he loved how terrible this Black African goalkeeper is, so he decided out of his good heart to be paying him millions of dollars a year to be terrible. I just showed the goal to a lot of my non-Nigerian friends, and not a single one blamed Maduka Okoye for that goal. They all agreed it would have taken an absolute world-class save, a save of the month/season contender, to have been able to save that bullet. Maduka Okoye is a very good, highly rated goalkeeper who kept us in the lead with the double world-class saves he made prior to conceding that late equalizer. Some people have an agenda towards this young man, and it is irritating. There is not a goalkeeper coach or person that watches football and understands football that will be blaming Maduka Okoye for that goal.

A lot of people here are so emotional. If Nwabili, who by the way I love, is so special and you are guaranteed he would have 100 percent saved that rocket, then why is he not at Bayern Munich, Liverpool, Real Madrid, Barcelona, or Manchester City? Was it savable? Yes, but that strike will constantly beat the best goalkeepers in the world 70 to 80 percent of the time. Give the dude that strike that ball credit and let Maduka Okoye be.

Whoever is blaming Okoye for that second goal knows nothing about football. That was a wonderful strike. The ball swerved to the left midway, and Okoye needed to adjust mid-motion and was just beaten by the velocity of the strike.

I just finished watching the Eric Chelle interview, and he confirmed that Akinsamiro was sick, so he could not make it. Ebenezer Akinsamiro has all the tools to be a world-class midfielder, and this is why his absence in this Unity Cup got me pissed off all week. If you love Naija football, you should root for and demand more from this boy because he is the closest thing we have got in that midfield department to John Mikel Obi. His development and maturity will be the key to the transformation of the Nigerian midfield. He is a ball carrier, tempo dictator, technical and has unlimited passing range.

junnyjake:
I doubt if Akinsanmiro will ever get any call from Chelle again.

I know how coaches think. Eric Chelle's mind has been sealed about him, and it will take Ebenezer Akinsamiro moving to a top 5 league and putting up world-class performances for his club next season for him to receive another chance. Coaches expect young talents like him to be extremely hungry and eager to go when an opportunity presents itself, and his lack of hunger has sealed his fate with Eric Chelle. If Akinsamiro was hungry enough for this opportunity, this unit cup was a golden opportunity that was presented to him. His main competitors in the Super Eagles were not there, and this would have been an opportunity for him to come in, ball out, and show the coach he is ready for the big-time games for the main Super Eagles. He played his last game for Pisa on Friday and should have been in camp by Saturday evening at the latest. I told you guys a couple of days ago that I would be shocked if he saw a minute of action in this Unit Cup again. Tochukwu Nnadi and Yusuf seized their opportunities and are now clearly ahead of Akinsamiro in the packing order. It is really irritating because I think Akinsamiro is really talented and has the potential to be a world-class midfielder. I really have the hope that Tochukwu Nnadi and Akinsamiro will marshal the Super Eagles midfield in the next 10 years, and I was eager to see their play in this unit cup. Tochukwu Nnadi is really evolving, and dude is going places if he keeps his head down, stays humble, and continues working on his game. That boy is a proper baller.

I will take my humble pie and say that I was very impressed with Femi Azeez's play today. I love it when a player is given an opportunity and he grabs it with both hands. He was fantastic today, and he will definitely be promoted to the Super Eagles' team list for the Poland and Portugal games. The left back, who I believe was a home base player, also did himself a whole bunch of good today with his performance. Tochukwu Nnadi was everywhere, and his quality was glaring to everyone. He has established his stay in the super eagles. I really wanted to see Akinsamiro and Nnadi playing together in the midfield today, and this is why I was very mad at Ebenezer Akinsamiro for not making the match day squad due to coming to camp late. Yusuf was fantastic today. This is the best I have seen him play for the Super Eagles in a very long time. Chibuike Nwaiwu was immense today; what a beast of a player. He is definitely leaving Trabzonspor in the summer. Fulham is really pushing for him this summer. Igor Ogbu is a very solid player that I will always have in the Super Eagles. All in all, a good performance for the Super Eagles, and you can see that Eric Chelle is building a deep Super Eagles team. If NFF doesn't Bleep shit up, we should be a formidable team in the coming years.

A stark warning letter to Ebenezer Akinsamiro. I really hate when talented young men begin to feel entitled and big when they have actually not achieved anything in their craft. You were signed by Inter Milan, and that demonstrated your quality, but so far your career has not progressed and translated to the player everybody thought you were two years ago. You went on loan to the Serie B team Sampdoria, and you failed to establish yourself in the first team. You have now failed to establish yourself on the first team of what is essentially a Serie B team in Pisa. You were called to the AFCON, and you failed to get a single minute at the actual competition, and the time has come when somebody needs to tell you the truth. You need to sit up, reevaluate yourself, humble yourself, and start to take your career seriously. You are as talented a player as Mikel, and whether you come anywhere close to the achievements of Mikel Obi will be down to your attitude. I love you as a player, and I want the best for you, but you are fucking up big time. Pisa played their Serie A game on Friday; you should have been in the Super Eagles camp on Saturday morning, willing to bust your ass and earn the respect of Eric Chelle. Your teammate Rafiu Durosinmi was in camp days before you. You have once again been omitted from today's squad, and I will be shocked if you see another minute of action for the Super Eagles in this Unity Cup. What exactly is wrong with you? Dude, you need to sit up and start taking your career seriously. I am really pissed because I know how talented you are, and it really pisses me off seeing you essentially self-destructing yourself out of the Super Eagles setup. The next time you are given an opportunity to come and represent Nigeria under Eric Chelle, be the first dude in camp.

zuchyblink:
Oseni Owen is an English division three player

Good list; the goalkeeping department is as strong as it has been in years. Maduka Okoye, Author Okoronkwo, and Stanley Nwabili are the best trio I have seen since I started following the Super Eagles in the early '90s. The CD positions are very strong too. Emmanuel Fernandez, Calvin Bassey, Chibuike Nwaiwu, Benjamin Fedricks, and Vince Osuji are the strongest we have been in the CD position since our golden generation of the 90s. The right-back position is very good when Ola Aina becomes available. The left-back position needs improvement. I don't really think that Eric Chelle sees both Bruno Onyemachi and Sanusi as starters in the Super Eagles he is trying to build. Both of them are really backups, and I know he is desperately looking for a starter in that left-back position. The midfield is getting really strong and promising. Tochukwu Nnadi, Ebenezer Akinsamiro, Victor Eletu, and Israel Isaac Ayuma's development will take that midfield to another level. I don't really understand what Victor Eletu is doing in AC Milan's U23. He needs to go out on loan to the Netherlands, Belgium, or even Switzerland to continue on his football development. Suleman Sani and Ademola Lookman on the left and Zadok Yohanna and Chuwueze on the right will give the Super Eagles a devastating wing play in the coming years. The strikers' position is very strong. The future looks bright. NFF Please, in the name of God, allow this man to mold this team into a formidable force in world football.

I am not surprised that a team like Bayer Leverkusen is interested in Chibuike Nwaiwu. Some credible outlets have already reported that Bayer Leverkusen made a bid of 20 million euros for Chibuike Nwaiwu, but it was turned down. I have watched Chibuike Nwaiwu a couple of times at Trapzanpour, and he is a skilled technical ball-playing centerback. He is still a little bit rough on the edges, but those things can be coached out of him and, as he gets older and more experienced, will be eliminated completely. Currently, unlike in the last 10 years, we are actually putting together good technical ball-playing centerbacks. Calvin Bassy, Emmanuel Fernandez, Benjamin Federicks, and Chibuile Nwaiwu can carry the ball comfortably and break a pressing front with a line-breaking pass without just booting an aimless ball down the field, something Troost Ekong, Leon Balogun, Seyi Ajayi, and Kenneth Omeruo could not do. If the NFF just doesn't Bleep shit up, if you are a Super Eagles fan, you should actually be excited about what this team can become. In the last 8 years, the Super Eagle was very good at the striker's position, average at wingers' positions, below average in the midfield, below average in defense, and very poor in the goalkeeping department. This team is getting really good in all departments, with some exciting talents on the horizon. If the NFF doesn't Bleep shit up, we will have the most talented Super Eagles team going into the 2030 World Cup cycle since the 1994 and 1998 cycles.

Napoleon55:
Why not?
It's only premier league you should advice him against.
Our young players can flourish in Ligue 1,LA Liga and Bundesliga.

Even though you would the opportunity of champions league football,but breaking into XI of some of those table toppers teams are not as easy as you think.
He would have more playing chances in a mid table club in Ligue 1 or La Liga than clubs like Ajax you were suggesting.

I will use a player I really like as an example for you, buddy. Let's look at Akinsamiro. Akinsimiro would have been better off going on a loan to a technical ball-playing team in Holland, Belgium, or Portugal, where more of his technical skills would have been seen than going to Pisa. Pisa is a Serie A team, but the players around him are poor, and situations like this can make a very good technical player look average or underwhelming. Pisa is a poor side, and everybody knows the vast majority of the time will be spent defending, and a young, technical player being on a team full of hustlers that loses week in and week out is psychologically draining. Akinsamiro should avoid going to a team that will be fighting for relegation in the big 5 league; go to a ball-playing team in Belgium, Holland, or Portugal, establish yourself, and the big boys will come calling.

Zadok Yohanna should forget about going to the top 5 leagues in the world in the next 2 to 3 years. Go to a top team in Belgium, Austria, or Holland that will grant you the opportunity to play in European club competitions like the UEFA Champions League, Europa League, or Europa Conference League. I would recommend teams like Ajax, PSV, Feyenoord, Club Brugge, Anderlecht, and RB Salzburg. Stay there for at least 2 seasons and then make a move to the top 6 teams in the top 3 leagues in the world, being ready and mature enough to handle the requirements. Be patient and don't be in a rush.

Chuwueze on his day is a game changer and should always be on the team until better alternatives emerge. Alex Iwobi can play on the right wing. Nathan Tella is a better player than Azeez. He can also play on the right wing. Dele Bashiru can also play there. Chidera Ejuke is a street baller, and if the Super Eagles are serious about improving, he should be nowhere near the Super Eagles. Nothing personal against Chidera, but he just kills off play with his unnecessary dribbling that leads to nothing. I watched the young kid Zadok Yohanna. He has technicality, comfort on the ball, and close control in tight corners. If the kid remains focused, ignores the hype, and carefully selects clubs that will foster his growth and development, we could potentially have a world-class player in our midst. His ceiling is very high. I personally believe that if everything goes according to plan, the names mentioned above are merely temporarily occupying that position for the kid in the next couple of years.

Samuel Chukwueze is a frustrating player, but he is very talented. I really understand why so many Super Eagles fans have grown tired and frustrated about his hot and cold performances for Nigeria. I am certainly one of those fans that have been on a lookout for a prospect for that right-winger position for Nigeria but having watched Azeez for two matches in a row now, I am not seeing that quality. Football is not rocket science. When you see a quality player, it will flash. A couple of years ago when I was watching the Nigeria U20 team, it took me about 20 mins to completely identify Benjamin Frederick. After watching him for 90 minutes, I turned around and told my friend that this boy will be marshalling the Super Eagles' defense in two to three years. I am just not sold on this Azeez dude. I have absolutely no problem with the young man as a person, but from what I have seen, he is not better than the options we currently have.

I am not impressed with what am seeing from Azeez. He is no where near chukwueze quality.