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jihday:
Joe after reading this

Hehehe! The meme dey make me laugh.

Sportilitica:
You fell for it after giving him the response

Big time.

safarigirl:
Yes, we have learnt......that Ebuehi is the best RB we have right now.

See how Aina has been misplacing passes sef.....anybody that is not Ebuehi na scam.

Who doesn't misplace passes?

Even the suppose playmaker Iwobi dey misplace passes upandan.

Find better thing talk.

safarigirl:
what is done is done.

No! We must learn from what is wrongly done.

Danielnino00:
Please give Awazeim what credit is due to him.. he tried his best while playing in an unfamiliar position..

I hope this game will finally convince Rohr that Aina is good enough to hold the RB position in the team

Where did I discredit Awaziem?

safarigirl:
Both players contributed when they needed to.

They are useful and skilkful in theirbown rights, many have tagged Awaziem the revelation of the tournament,and he has done his bit playing in an unnatural position.

This comment is uncalled for, after all, Aina has had his hare of gaffes in this tournament

Awaziem didn't play badly against Algeria but he ought to have been substituted in that game after Chukwueze was isolated. That remains my point.

Sportilitica:
We always like comparing players all the time. Awaziem has contributed his quota and he did it so well

The coach ought to have brought in Aina for Awaziem when it was obvious Chukwueze was marked out.

See goal.

See the difference between Aina and Awaziem.

Humility017:
easier said than done.
who will pick Nigeria army at this time when the next point you will be assigned to is boko haram stronghold.

I for dey army by now if say my parents no block road when I be won join.

Barryseal:
Who is not after their pockets? If you were offered a job in the US army and Nigerian army, which would you go for with all your patriotism?

Nigerian army, of course.

Barryseal:
In a nutshell you're saying it is easier to getthe commitment of foreign born players (the top prospects) than the local street boys, because they are more patriotic?

No! Most Nigerians are not patriotic. They are after their pockets.

BascoVanVeli:
Mehn Enyeama's own was worse oh. I think Yakubu's miss kind of excused him though. Plus he is Vincent freaking Enyeama and his quality was never in doubt.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8yoblanjis

Are you looking for ways to exonerate mediocre?

Barryseal:
What are you saying? Lookman have turned Nigeria down, Jordan Ibe, Nnedum Onuoha, Agbonlahor, Chucks Aneke, Tammy Abraham, Shola Ameobi (when he was good), Charlton Cole, Ugo Ehiogu, Chuba Akpom ( when he was a top prospect), I can name more.

Bros true Nigerians don't wait for a special invitation to represent Nigeria. You don't wait for red carpet IVs. Read the story about Nduka Ugbade and even Isaac Success. These guys used to sneak into the camp of the U17s uninvited, repeatedly they were asked to go home but they refused until they were given a chance.

How on earth can you compare these guys to the example I cited. I feel insulted reading these fBs are more Nigerian than the average street kid in Lagos. Just because they can say a few lines in pigin and dance azonto very well at parties.

Average kids in Nigeria are looking for opportunities to butter their bread. It doesn't tantamount to being more or less a Nigerian.

Many of these kids are ready to give up citizenship of this country for another.

What do you say of Mikel and Obafemi who dey make us do yanga whenever they were invited for National duties?

They hardly honour invitations during the early stage of their career.

The point is most Nigerians will make decisions that will butter their bread before thinking of Nigeria.

Besides, I don't think Lookman and Chuks Aneke turned us down.

Can you show me where you got that from?

However, there are also good numbers of them that wants to play for Nigeria.

Hmmm!

Onigbinde Makes Big Claim Some Prominent Nigerians Bought 1984 AFCON Final

Published: July 16, 2019

Onigbinde Makes Big Claim Some Prominent Nigerians Bought 1984 AFCON Final
Respected Nigerian coach Festus Onigbinde has suggested that the 1984 Africa Cup of Nations final between Cameroon and Nigeria was fixed, saying that some prominent Nigerians wanted the Super Eagles to lose the game.

Onigbinde, who was in the dugout for the showpiece at the Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, feels he is being sidelined by the Nigeria Football Federation despite his contributions to Nigerian football in the past.

''I sympathize with Nigeria, I had been to this competition before but now I am not relevant with Nigerian football, they have declared me irrelevant and I'm enjoying my rest,'' Onigbinde told Cool FM Abuja.

''In 1984 Nigeria placed second under my control and that was as a result of intrigues and sabotage by Nigerians so I wish Nigeria the best of luck.

''Certainly I would have won in 1984, at the right time I will reveal the secret to Nigerians, the final match was bought by some prominent Nigerians.''

Onigbinde refused to comment on whether more local based players should have made the Super Eagles roster to Egypt and appeared to aim a dig at manager Gernot Rohr, who wrote off the country's chances of winning the Africa Cup of Nations even before the competition started.

''That is left to the administrators, don't forget that before the competition started our coach rated Nigeria out of prominence,'' he concluded.

The 81-year-old Onigbinde coached the Super Eagles at the 2002 World Cup and is an advocate on local based players being part of the senior national team.

Ifeanyi Emmanuel


https://www.allnigeriasoccer.com/read_news.php?nid=32931

Mickael2:
EOD. Looking for who to blame for another players poor showing is just the height of it.

Nobody is blaming the players. Rohr is the major problem.

darkelf:
Alampasu is not the solution. Simple

I will take a regular playing NPFL GK over Alampasu

How many games has he played since he went to portugal?

Someone that played just 3 games last season?

You people sef

But the trio are bench warmers but the coach kept given them chance.

Alampasu and co should be given the chance to prove themselves.

Taliban:
Let's move forward now. We have an important game tomorrow. I haven't seen any formations from you guys. No analysis of Tunisia and their strengths and weaknesses.
Who starts in goal, who flanks Odion etc, let the talk begin abeg.

My mind no dey that game. Maybe, I fit get interest tomorrow.

jihday:
here you are

Ekpe!

darkelf:
I wonder why NFF is not asking questions about the continuous inclusion of these guys in our team.

How come they don't notice that none of our keepers are first choice for their crappy teams? Why would we not have a GK crisis on our hands?

Henceforth, I don't expect to see any of these GKs in the SE. For a country of over 160M people, I have a strong feeling that we have better GKs

Hehehe! As long as that goalkeeper coach is still there, we are in for a long thing.

Mickael2:
Awaziem does not pass better than Shehu, not even close. I mean for goodness sake Shehu is a midfielder. Passing is already implied. Y'all just do not like the fella

Awaziem can give long pass though. Shehu is not good at all as a RB. We should try him in the DMF position.

Don't forget Awaziem was a DMF too.

jihday:
Baba no even wan see any made in Naija coach

Those coaches are not there for the good of the nation but for their own belly.

Icon4s:
Oga, Mikel played against Burundi and Madasgar. Why are you talking as if he was not played at all?

Why did you ask me this question then?

Icon4s:
Didn't he play Mikel at all?

Icon4s:
Mtchew, you no get talk abeg.

Is that not fact? Stick to your Arsenal that is one way traffic in tactics. No wonder nothing comes off it.

Icon4s:
Firstly, the primary duty of a defender is to defend. Did you also consider whether Chukwueze also did enough to support Awaziem? Look you played Algeria who are the best attacking team in this tournament.

A full back should be more engaged in checking the advancement of the opposing wingers than adventuring forward. Chukwueze not living up to expectations in that game cannot be attributed to Awaziem. The Algerians just pocketed him. Simple. SA did not know how lethal Chukwueze was. His introduction into that game was the joker Rohr used to beat SA.

Was he even defending well in that game?

We needed a RB that has both ability to engage in checking the advancement of the opposing winger and at the same time adventure forward. Awaziem lacked one of these abilities but Aina is equipped with both.

Chukwueze was pocketed because no player to support him one the flank for a one two pass or to make him drift away from his marker.

Chukwueze was marked out with just one defender. A adventuring forward RB will double it to 2 against one. That would have caused them a lot of problem.

Chukwueze supported Awaziem in that game but Awaziem as usual is never adventurous and that his why he relied more one his long balls.

Icon4s:
Didn't he play Mikel at all?

you watch the tournament at all?

Icon4s:
You cannot get to the semi-final of a competition and chose to change the set-up that has brought you that far. This is basic coaching rudiment.

Na lie. Chelsea won the UEFA Champions league after they changed the tactics to park the bus against Barcelona and Bayern Munich.

You can start with the set up but you must have plan B if it doesn't work. That level is beyond the rudiment of coaching.

Icon4s:
We are talking about the AFCON you are talking about one friendly we played against Zimbabwe.
Do you know what is called tournament form? Sorry, Balogun, just like Mikel did not have it in this AFCON. Forget about previous competitions.

At the semi-final stage players are fielded based on how they had performed up till that moment in the tournament.

So, Balogun didn't play well against Guinea?

I don't think one match was enough to crucify Mikel and Balogun.

Icon4s:
Sorry bro. I don't think you have been watching this AFCON.

Why take Mikel Obi to the tournament if he can't find a way to use him?

I am not saying he should have started Mikel oooo.

Icon4s:
You would prefer 3-5-2 from the start of the game or as a tactical switch to salvage the situation in the game?

As a plan B from the start of the game.

Icon4s:
You should decide, because the comment came from you.

Of course, Aina and Ebuehi are better than Shehu and Awaziem in the RB position.