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maidaboi:
most inform players always makes the se

Really!?

maidaboi:
you have been vindicated bro

Yes ooo

zoboizee:
Guys, should we not be expecting more poor showing from the national teams? Corruption is fighting back at us. Why should players for the national teams not selected on merit rather on "who you know or cash & carry basis". See players protesting seriously over unpaid bonus & allowances. The only country so to speak of all the countries in Poland. It is really a disgrace from our FA! The guys must have seen this as leverage against the FA for the bribes allegedly paid to make the team. Just too sad.

Corruption also exist in the SE.

EEGA:
Super Eagles
Training Report :
Iheanacho
Surprise
Inclusion In Top
Five Performers
The Super Eagles of Nigeria
have been training in Asaba
ahead of their participation at
the next Africa Cup of Nations in
Egypt and Owngoalnigeria.com
picks five players who have so
far impressed in the three
sessions the team have had so
far.
1. Victor Osimhen – He has
carried his form from Belgium to
the camp of the Super Eagles of
Nigeria. In the three training
sessions the team have had so
far, the forward has maintained
his sharpness level which is the
highest among the strikers in
the camp of the team.
2. Moses Simon – No doubt he
is fired up for this one. The way
he was gliding past his markers
with ease was the main
highlight of his game during the
session. He took it a step
forward with his pin point
delivery when in space and even
in tight spaces.
3. Samuel Chukwueze – No way
is he not going to make the
squad for AFCON 2019. He was
not just sharp and lively but
also very decisive with the ball
at his feet. Another side of his
game he appears to have
worked on is defending as he
won so many balls for his team.

4. Leon Balogun – Despite his
limited game time at Brighton
and Hove Albion he looked very
fit and sharp. During the
session he got his interceptions
and tackles right and didn’t tire
out as expected. The personal
training he had has kept him in
shape for this.
5. Kelechi Iheanacho – Many
criticised his inclusion in the
squad of players for the
tournament, no thanks to his
poor form and lack of game time
at English Premier League side
Leicester City. That appears to
have zero effect on his
performance as he was very
clinical during the shooting
drills and the 5-aside game they
played. He scored with almost
all of his efforts.

Iheanacho! I don't know if he should be dropped or not. I am confuse.

oloriooko:
Korea is improving with every passing game
That Soto US guy is on fire!

But someone here said US players can't make Nigeria age grade teams.

If Lateef Omidiji can make US team, he can as well easily make Nigeria's team.

edi287:
Komekn you know this Doherty guy abi?? Can you confirm if this is true

Dis corruption nobi today. I noticed long before now but when I talk people think say I dey lie.

cc12:
Yeah but Awaziem is ahead of Ajayi in the pecking order of the centre backs, Rohr sees Ajayi more as a defensive midfielder

Yeah! But the only available space is the RB position.

bossto:
I see....All things being equal, Awaziem and iheanacho would be dropped

It's not yet certain.

Kalapizim:
Dicey one here as both of them can play CB and RB but Ajayi offers more than Awaziem in midfield and scores too.
But i will personally prefer Awaziem.

You are right but not all can play the RB efficiently.

However, I prefer Aina above all in the RB position.

bossto:
who among the players you mentioned can deputies shehu?

I don't see any except Aina but he is suppose to deputise for Collins.

cc12:
U can't be going to a big tournament with just three centre backs, Awaziem is going to AFCON

There are five CBs on the list. Balogun, Ekong, Omeruo, Awaziem and Ajayi.

One of them have to be dropped and I think it is between Awaziem and Ajayi.

Moreover, I think Rohr prefers the one who can deputise for Shehu and at the same time play the other roles.

bossto:
That's what should happen!!

Rohr, drop Iheanacho? Well, anything can happen.

bossto:
Iheanacho and s.moses/Awaziem to be dropped

How did you know?

AIG07:
How quickly people forget things.

One player I won't like to see miss out of this tournament is Moses Simon. Dude has been underrated recently. He is a balanced player. His ability to track back to help the fullbacks puts him ahead of others.

If I'm to select our flank players, I'll have them ranked in this order

Musa, (VC)
Moses Simon
Henry,
Chukwueze
Samuel Kalu.

The abundance of talents covering this position has made everyone forget about V. Moses.

+

I agree with you on Simon. However, the outcome of AFCON will determine if Vicmo has been forgotten.

sontoly:
Trybe apart, I think he was overhyped before the tournament, they were saying he play exactly like chukwueze, to me I had high expectations to see him play, but my brother what I saw was a scam.

Scam don't win motm.

iSlayer:
But Kalu is not a midfielder and to be frank, I don't think he should be used in the midfield.

cc Forgiveness

He can play as a RWB. He did well when he was played there.

The only advantage he and Simon have over other wingers.

lexyman:
what is the importance of players with little or no individual brilliance that is limited to Africa alone ? i want a SE that can beat the world and If we must achieve that we should stop celebrating mediocre , i reiterate that he is not a team player . Winning the AFCON is part of the achievement but after winning the cup the team went into an Oblivion .

Victor Moses is not limited to Africa alone neither is he a mediocre player.

If Victor Moses isn't a team player there was no way you will win the AFCON.

The team went into oblivion due to my brother selective selections. It has nothing to do with Victor Moses.

lexyman:
we need a better player in the super Eagle ... if we must win , we must also play together as a team ...


no one is bigger than the team

I agree but some players are very important in some teams.

Clementoke:
That's true. I absolutely agree.
Just as Nigeria would not have won AFCON without Mba, Emenike, Omeruo and the other squad players.

Nigeria was very poor in those matches without Moses.

When he came on everything changed.

bataderemi:
It is people like you that are problematic. He has been defending Okon all day here, you didn't remember tribe, he mentioned Makanjuola and boom 'The TRIBALIST has come again'. smh

Once you mention Ayo, Segun or Gbanga you will be attacked from left, right and centre because they feel such players are not good enough but em tribe men are Ronaldo and Messi even when the world don't rate them.

Very pathetic fellow.

lexyman:
Its not so , Moses is not a team player its so glaring . and when God want to help him , he blessed us with options in his department ... Moses has gone gone for good

Without Moses Nigeria could not have won AFCON.

People like you are the reason he retired from the SE.

Curtisaxel7:
Let's just say I by a stroke of luck i got to meet a couple of people who are close to him and a few other players personally, from Akwa Ibom....

I don't want to go into specifics for fear of betraying my sources, but just know that Aniekeme Okon is in his early thirties, or late twenties at most.

If you're still not precise after the several sources close to him then you can't be taken seriously because people close to him should be able to disclose his real age.

iSlayer:
They all play wide. They all bring flair. Not too different imo. And yes I think Samuel Kalu has the potential to rival players like Onyekuru and Chukwueze.

Samuel Kalu can hold onto the ball and work as a mildfielder. Something Onyekuru and Chukwueze can't do.

BascoVanVeli:
He was being played as a DMF which pass did you expect him to pick? Dele-Bashiru did absolutely nothing when he came on the pitch. What meaningful pass did he make?

Tijani helped us more than say Success who could not beat a single marker. Utin, Rabiu, Success and Sor were all worse than Tijani yesterday so that statement is clearly false.

That's right. I agree he could have done better as a CMF.

However, Dele brought flow into the game. Go and watch the match again.

Tijani was the worst player on the pitch. That's the pure undiluted truth.

Lucque:
So d motm against ukraine is d criteria to call him d bright spark in a game dat he didnt play well abi..?.. continue... Makanjuola na which tribe again?

If your tribe where the judges, I know he wouldn't have won the MOTM but unfortunately they are people that matters and neutral in judgement. Your opinion is inconsequential

Against the Senegalese he created a goal. What else do you want?

No wonder Chinonso is the best player in this tournament according to some hypocrite here.

BascoVanVeli:
How are you sure when he never saw the ball? Poor touches and bad passing are the hallmarks of fatigue but we never saw that because he didn't see the ball. Eletu was ok but I would never have taken the lad of instead I would have played him closer to goal because he is the only one that could pick a pass.

Tijani had some bad touches but he did better than the other 2 attackers who offered nothing.

How can you say he did not see the ball?

Why didn't he pick a pass throughout his stay on the pitch?

Dele Bashiru is a better passer in the team. It was very glaring when he came on.

Tijani was the worst player on the field. Nothing to write home about.

Danielnino00:
Aigbhoun problem wasn't just players selection.. the man is tactically clueless... Give Manu that Aigboun team and he would give us a better performance even if the result are the same...

And talking about Amunieke and the u-20, don't pretend as if you don't know the poor treatment the NFF gave him and his team during the qualifiers .. The same Amunike has qualified Tanzania for the AFCON...

both Manu and Amunike are a hundred times better than the fraud called Aigboun..

U can attack Manu all u like.. it won't stop him from producing another set of talented players for the national team.. even if it excludes some of your precious players...

What did Manu achieve with Iheanacho, Simon, Success, Awoniyi, Ndidi, Nwakali etcetera at the U20 world cup?

Abi, you wan make I believe this team has better talent than Manu Garba team?

Amunike failed at the U-20 level. I knew he was going to fail with that his one way tiki taka style of play.

Amunike quantifying Tanzania over Lesotho and Cape Verde Islands is what you want to boast about? Bhuhahahaha!

Let him face good teams before you begin to boast.

Amunike and Manu are only better in your dreams. As far as I am concern, they are all not good enough as long as their selection is controversial. EOD

Manu selection is not different from Aigbogun. He is also a fraud.

But you hypocrite wanted Aigbogun to play YOUR precious players. Hypocrites everywhere.

iSlayer:
Injury marred the 2nd half of the season for this young man and made folks stop looking his way.

Still a player that has the potential to rival Onyekuru and Chukwueze, by my evaluation. And I'm expecting a lot from him at AFCON.

Good to see he's back.

Samuel rival Onyekuru and Chukwueze?

They are all different players entirely.

Don't expect anything from Onyekuru expect goals though he has improved alot.

Danielnino00:
Because a certain Lateef Omidiji was dropped abi??


I wonder how much criticism u threw at Amunike after the u-17 AFCON. .

Why are you criticizing Aigbogun? Is it not because of poor selection?

Manu is not different from Aigbogun. EOD

Did Amunike even qualify us for U-20? He failed woefully. Didn't he?

What are you talking about?

Danielnino00:
Now the table has shifted to Manu...
Because he failed to win the AFCON doesn't mean he picked the wrong players..
last time I checked,we didn't win the 2013 and 2015 u-17 AFCON either . but ended up winning the world cup.

As far as u-17 is concerned, you need not worry about Nigeria or Manu ..

Double standard. Manu selection was poo.

Lucque:
In d land of d blind d one eyed man is king... Dat makanjuola dat had half of his crosses eida going out of play or being under wighted is now a bright spark... We celebrate mediocrity too much... I tot they said makanjuola was a faster chukwueze?... Bunch of idieeeets.... ...

Is the crosses the only thing you saw? He won the motm against Ukraine and I hope you understand 24 players were on the field then.

The Senegalese never gave him breathing space.

BascoVanVeli:
He didn't show any signs of fatigue IMO just that they didn't give him the ball. We didn't have an attack so how could we have had a missing link? At least Tijani was pressing, what did the other 2 do?

He was obviously fatigue and rightly sub. Eletu stabilised the mildfield better.

Tijani was a waste of space. He was meant to hold on play from a long pass and pass the ball quickly to the players behind or beside him but he was very poor at ball control and could not pass the ball.