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Oldboss:
Karim Onisiwo: Born in Vienna, Austria,
Karim Onisiwo qualifies to play for
Nigeria through his father, who is a
Nigerian. The 27-year-old started his
career with Favoritner AC Youth, but
currently plays for Bundesliga side, Mainz
05.
He has scored four goals and provided
six assists in 24 appearances for Die
Nullfünfer this season. He plays as a
centre-forward with a height of 1.88m
Onisiwo is a married man and has a
child. Although he has spent all his life in
Austria, he has not featured for the
senior national team which makes him
still eligible for the Super Eagles.

Not eligible to play for SE.

chrisooblog:
Bro like you i agree that Alampasu and Lawal should have been fielded but at the end of the day it's the coaches discretion who he wants to use.

The point about Akatugba is little bit unfair. Oma like any other sports journalist from time immemorial highlighted a talented player it will then be left to the coaching crew to assess if he's good enough.

Alampasu should have been fielded if only for the main fact that he was invited and friendlies are meant to test new players. If Alampasu hadn't been invited i would not have had any issues but his call up is telling me they feel he has some qualities so why not let him showcase it? even if he messed up and we ended up losing isn't it a friendly? anyway what is done is done.

Alampasu himself should continue to improve and get more game time cos playing barely 10 ten games in 5 years for small clubs for that matter is not good enough

Alampasu didn't play 10 games in 5 years. Not true.

IDENNAA:
Awaziem and Omeruo understanding is top notch. Omeruo has added class to his quality. Nice movement with the ball and confidence. I will play him ahead of Eking for now.

Awaziem is beautiful to watch. He is good with the ball in his feet, give decisive passes and knows exactly when to track back. Right now , he is ahead of all the RB in the team including Ebuehi. It beats my imagination why Rohr started Akpoguma in that position ahead of Awaziem.

What a coach!

Awaziem is not better in that RB position.

smartsmith0907:
Okay fine no problem these are negatives and it will be sorted out in the subsequent match remember this is just a friendly and we've been out for months let's just hope for the best. With torun and tosin paring in the defense we should have a strong center halves and ehzibue is coming we have a strong midfield with ndidi and aribo and 80% of those that played yesterday are bench warmers so why you fusing

This is just friendly but Rohr and his cohorts refused to let us see other goalkeepers and players.

Tell him his sack and all his coaching crew is near.

smartsmith0907:
See bro it doesn't matter there are positives in the game we all know now that ekong ,omerou, Ajayi are carpenters. Balogun is back in form, we now have a good GK in maduka I must honestly say am impressed also zaidu will surely nail his spot as a LB...ejuke too is fantastic these are positives. We can be in major tournament and we won't have a CMF probably as a result of injury et al...we are always preparing for the worst.
#soareagles

Are you kidding with the bolded? You don't know anything but speak via sentiment and prejudice.

Ajayi is better as a CB. Rohr should do the needful.


If it was Alampasu that conceded that goal yesterday I am certainly sure tbaba1234 will come here and be talking about how he was out of position but behold his goalkeeper knowledge suddenly vamus because na em favourite. What prejudice.

I don't understand why this coach didn't play Agu instead of Ajayi. Ajayi not good enough for the DMF.

Akpoguma is no good on the RB position. He should fight for the CB but seeing Omeruo and Balogun perform well in that position, I don't think he can start games.

He has to compete with Awaziem, Ajayi etc for that position.

Awaziem is good at passing the ball but not good enough for the RB position, he should bring Aina back. He is far better.

Aina, Ebuehi and Ezihubue should slog it out for the RB position.

Zaibu is not better than Collins. Dude looks ordinary for now.

Omeruo and Balogun na boss. I really enjoyed both yesterday. I think they should be starters.

Wow! Ejuke na baller. We need that kind of player in the national team but how can Rohr bring him in just 19 minutes to the end of the match when some players are obviously tired? We wouldn't have known he add something to the team if Rohr didn't play him. The same way he didn't play the goalkeepers.

Iheanacho has improved. I love almost all he did yesterday. Pressing, defending, joining the mildfield etc. Like I said before, I will use him behind the striker.

He should have passed the ball to Desser instead of shooting the ball.

Moses has improved greatly. Obviously the best winger we have now.

Chuks!? I think that coach in Villarreal has brainwashed his brain from taking a shoot. I think Rohr should advise him to try score sometimes when he has the opportunity.

Okoye is a good addition to the team but I don't believe he's better than Alampasu and Yakubu. All I see here is favouritism.

Iwobi was good yesterday. Love the way he tried to protect his mate and make the Tunisian got a yellow.

I don't know why Rohr refused to entrust the DM position to Agu instead of Ajayi. Is Rohr insinuating Ajayi is better in that position? I disagree. Rohr is just biased and prejudice.

Musa. Hmmm

Dessers showed an instinct of a striker with the way he turned and created goal scoring chance out of nothing.

Bring Azeez back to the team.

Presenters in Brilla Fm said he doesn't understand why Rohr didn't give other goalkeepers to prove themselves.

Rohr is a sentimental coach. Imagine trying to retain some players in the national team because their place are under threat. He then start converting them to makeshift players.

What a joke of a coach.

It's good he experimented with them and we can see they are not good enough.

smartsmith0907:
In his last match for Fulham he was a massive flop guess you didn't watch that
I hope you were not blind when musa scored a brace in his first day in training
Akpoguma was the best CB in camp and a makeshift RB he played as a Rb to cover up for semi in the middle thats why in the course of the match he dived to the middle
We need a defensive FB aina won't give us this rather he will expose our RB so what the hell are you talking about
If not for injury Colin won't have played sanusi was not replaced he was displaced as a result of injury.
Awaziem and akpo are the only two defensive fullback we have and awaziem has been awesome for boavista this season.

Aina didn't flop in that match. Stop lying.

BascoVanVeli:
Okoye was decent but I honestly felt your plight more than ever this international break. Let me leave it at that.

Of course, he was but I still disagree he is better until we see those play.

smartsmith0907:
I feel your plight but remember we didnt have a CMF he needs to improvise a formation that won't be much need for a CMF and the improvisation worked out well ...no caps

Whose fault was it not inviting Azeez a CMF to the team?

smartsmith0907:
For people criticizing rohr; it not easy like you guys thought they was huge mistake in the team selection we needed a CMF but didnt go to the friendly CMF we told the likes of onyeka could play makeshift CMF but fumbled so we had to improvise to a new formation we only tried out once in training and decided to go for it ...like I said Semi is the backbone of the formation thats why his mistake was glaring apko was started to dive to the middle and support ajayi while chuks track back at first it wasnt really working coz they were pressing hard and we needed to get hold of the possession to play our style. But we thank God we played partially well with our team maduka was fantabulous now youve seen why yakubu and alampasu is not needed
Overall we were average there are positives for the game so 4-1-4-1 is the official second formation of the team ...it worked very well we couldn't have done any better ....till we meet again in November friedden to y'all

As far as I am concerned, Okoye is not better until we see dem play. So, stop fooling yourself.

smartsmith0907:
lemme give you an indepth analysis of these players

1. Uzoho ( APOEL) plays in Cyprus which is rated 16 by UEFA league rating:- uzoho came to the limelight in 2017 after becoming the youngest foreign Goalkeeper in LA liga and he consistent over the years from his move from deportivo to Elche to anorthosis and now APOEL he has been playing continuously have never heard Uzoho been out for months without playing unless he is injured

2. Okoye (Sparta Rotterdam) plays in Netherlands which is rated 10 according to UEFA league ranking ...okoye is the most undermined player here and damn underrated who ever says Okoye was invited coz he was commenting of NFF post that person is a nonentity and he is BALNTANT liars coz Okoye earned his invitation and was merited
lemme give his synopsis He started in Bayern Leverkusen and moved to Fortuna in 2017 he came to the limelight whe he SINGLE HANDEDLY save his team from relegation( oberliga ) making 5 appearances with 4 clean sheet and conceding just a goal who ever follow regionaliga will tell you how difficult it is to concede a goal in 4 matches vonsidering the scoring spree in the league this was when rohr discovered him In the 2018/2019 season, he became the club regular goalkeeper. He finished the season with 15 appearances, conceding 25 goals and keeping 3 clean sheets. this stat is very impressive considering his age and exposure at that time now he is in Sparta Rotterdam pushing for a No.1 spot

3. okiki LASK playing in Austria Ranked 12 according to UEFA league ranking :- I have a kinda close link with him coz have been following him since age 8 during his days in Asko donau linz
he came to the limelight in 2017 when he broke into LASK junior he went on 46 game spree and went to wels having 8games on his belt now he is in LASK first team playing a UEFA Competition and he will soon be their first choice considering his performance in his last match

now compare these players with alampasu who has played a total sum of 6 games since December 30 2015 till date international match included
https://www.footballcritic.com/dele-alampasu/profile/65554
and played for ventspils which is currently 36 according to UEFA league ranking so my broda the trio has been consistent over the years and are playing right now in a better league than alampasu I understand you're a fan but his time will surely come

You are a bloody liar.

jihday:
Hmmmm na cup game, I'll love to see the team Porto used that day

The Dortmund match Okoye played, was it UEFA Champion league final?

barackodam:
Bring SS that Aina was our best defender at AFCON naa.

You've dropped like 5 SS today already. You're a master of receipt, why can't you bring that one?

Because I need to search for it.

jihday:
But if they tell you to backup your claim that Aina was our best defender at the last Afcon you go dey dodge, see as you rush drop screenshots here

I will drop it when I am ready to search. Not now.

jihday:
There's nothing to assess in Alampasu, this isn't the first time he's getting an invite under Rohr he even played against Togo. Whether he uses those guys or not it doesn't change the fact that they won't be invited for next month games as he already has his top 3 even 4 keepers (Akpeyi, Maduka, Uzoho, Ezenwa)

Imagine, Ezenwa among the top 4. Wetin Musa no go see for gate.

chrisooblog:
for once i agree with you but which report said they performed better than Okoye in training? any link to that report?

Na the smarthssmith guy dey yan like that though I don't know if it's true.

elunico:
8 games in 5 years isn't that still poor?

Does it change the fact that he lied?

smartsmith0907:
Baba bring out alampasu stat in your transfer market
Alampasu has played in the top flight 6 times in 5 years international match included
The link is in my match previous abi wiki dey lie too niiii

smartsmith0907:
why you dey reason like this
i said 6 games with a span of five years
since 2015 how many game has he played I mentioned all the game he played they were 6 in number

Liar.

smartsmith0907:
Baba bring out alampasu stat in your transfer market
Alampasu has played in the top flight 6 times in 5 years international match included
The link is in my match previous abi wiki dey lie too niiii

smartsmith0907:
okoye played all the preseason game even played against Dortmund so what are we talking about
basco show where alampasu made 20 apperances alampasu only made 6 appearances in 5 years do he even merit a call up

Keep quiet. Alampasu played for his youth team. Except you are not here when they made jest of him because he played in Portuguese youth team. Tbaba was one of them. He gave account here but unfortunately, he is nowhere to be found.

jihday:
The coach who is supposed to see them have seen them and he has made his pick

The way he saw Ezenwa and kept him in the team for years, right!?

smartsmith0907:
oga forgiveness ya a clown stat doesn't lie
I said he played 6 games in 5 years I stated counting december 27 huh ??
for ventspil this year he started two europa qualifiers and conceded 6 goals that says alot
he played recently in the Latvia cup and got a clean sheet
back to his days in feirense he played allainz cup he was in goal for 2 games and conceded two goals
he also played in liga NOS for feirense with a clean sheet according to transfer market. apart from these games tell me other games alampasu has started in the last five years

You are the clown here. Just admit you lied and move on.

What a joke. You started counting from December. December of which year?

How many games have you counted? Is it not more than 5 games?

That's enough to debunk your lie.

JohnBullMySon:
let me assure you. Noatter what you say, you won't change the fact that okoye will be at the post, alampasu won't, okoye will be in the squad in November, with Akpeyi back and uzoho, alampasu will still go.

We want to see other goalkeepers to ascertain if they are better. All these grammar don't add up.

smartsmith0907:
Oga between Dortmund and Porto which one decent pass

Who played against Dortmund? How many did he concede?

Porto is bigger than Dortmund.

smartsmith0907:
Baba bring out alampasu stat in your transfer market
Alampasu has played in the top flight 6 times in 5 years international match included
The link is in my match previous abi wiki dey lie too niiii

You lied. In 2016, he played two matches and he was the second choice goalkeeper of his team in Portuguese first division.

You said 5 games in 5 years but if we add the two games he played to the 6 games he played this year, it is already more than 5 games. I will not count the ones he played in 2017, 2018 etc.

You are a bloody liar.

Subzero047:
That's the first decent team he met

I see. FC Porto is not a decent team. Are you shocked he kept a clean sheet?

smartsmith0907:
My Broda as a matter of fact sentiment should be your second name
Rohr is very prejudicial and a bad coach if not alampasu shouldnt be in the squad sef
Alampasu has played 6 games in the space of 5 years 5 years gbako!!! yet he is still invited after conceding 5 goals in the last match ...he doesn't deserve to be in the squad by your logic. And las las nah Latvia e dey play for
Why Una dey analyze ball like Chelsea fan like this

He played only 5 games in 5 years indeed.

I am certain you are Rohr are myopia and ignorant.

You went to search Wikipedia and you think you are making sense.

Stop fooling yourself.

smartsmith0907:
okoye played a huge role for his team during his first spell in the Regionaliga was fantastic during his days in regionaliga
and okoye not starting yet for his team means nothing am sure ya not blind when he played all the pre season games huh?? GK is always about trust he needs to earn the coach trust this international break will EPP him a lot when he get back to the team so just calm down for him.

Chaiiiii! Fantastic!? Why you think say I go swallow that hook line and sinker when transfermkt dey?

What was the huge role he played?

See his last three seasons in four tier of German football and 5 or 6 tier of German football. He wasn't a starter. Stop. Lying here.

smartsmith0907:
all your argument is sentimental
alampasu has been in team since pre WC during all the WCQ he was with the team so what's the impetus from this I guess it was sentimental too ba??
go siddon for bush in Andrew's voice

Did it change the fact that you gave wrong information here?

You are the sentimental one here.

Some people lied to us Alampasu was dropped because he was not featuring in the Portuguese league and was advised to do so before he can be called.

To my surprise, a German four tier league player was called and now that he is just a second choice goalkeeper in his club as the case was with Alampasu then, they want to use he plays at the top club to discredit a player even when they set the standard by themselves.

The situation was not different from that of Alampasu and Uzoho. Alampasu was the second choice goalkeeper in a Portuguese league while Uzoho was playing in the Spanish third tier league then but Alampasu was dropped because he was not having game time while Uzoho was having game time.

Game time was emphasized but what changed suddenly?

Fast forward. Game time is no longer important but being a second choice goalkeeper in a top league is now the criterion.

What double standard!?

benji93:
Oga no dey speak big big English abeg. Na simple minds dey here. . The last time i checked Maduka is yet to feature for even a cup game. Even when first keeper dey concede 4 goals, dem no gree put am inside. . The only thing that's for sure is that Maduka started a significant portion of Dusseldorf II's matches, which competes as as a 3rd-tier German league, before his move to Eredivisie.

Maduka Okoye last played in fourth tier of German football. He is yet to play any game in the Eredivisie.

mostob:
My brother, you're right.
Give the other two 45minutes, let's access them too.
simple !

Exactly! If Rohr didn't give them chance it simply means he is blocked them from proving themselves.

smartsmith0907:
hope you're not talking about okiki
okiki has nailed his spot in LASK who are competing in the europa league he is only in the reserve team so as to make him fit and not match rusty in the coming weeks there is high probability he will be their No.1
2. okoye might be struggling in Sparta Rotterdam I mean this is first season he is the second choice goalkeeper he plays in all the pre season games and was fantabulous and as it stands now he will likely be their No.1 coz they are having GK issues and suré his coach will be happy with his performance against Algeria

You and coaches should stop deceiving yourselves.

Are Okoye and Okiki the first choice goalkeeper in their respective clubs?

When Alampasu was the second choice goalkeeper in the Portuguese league, he was not preferred neither was he called because they claimed he was not playing but fast forward, Okoye who is a second choice goalkeeper is preferred to a goalkeeper who is starting for his club.

I have said before that selection of players into the national team is based on sentiment. Double standard is all I see.