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MetalJigsaw:
Joel short small sha

He is not short.

isan:
Okay this is the clearer picture of Joel obi u are looking for and by my info i heard he is already showing his class in training

Yeah! My man don finally show. I no wan hear In... Ju... wetin.. Ehen!

Joel Obi bobo.

Daejoyoung:
You are both right. Rohr said the truth, but he is also trying to downplay his team before the opponents and to reduce the high expectations from Nigerians, it's a way of relieving pressure from the team.

Yes. He is saying the truth as it is for us to know what we are.

Unlike people who thinks a team that won the AFCON and almost reached the quarterfinal is inferior to our present team..

Rohr is correct.

Mujtahida:
Premeditated? How? Jeeeeez what sort of person are you. I guess you are the kind of person who suspects that your neighbour is trying to poison you or bewitch you.

I am not a follow follow person. I always ask questions.

Now, ask why instead of you persuading me to reason the way you reason.

Ask questions... Ask questions and that's how we can change our country for good and not just swallow things hook, line and sinker like fish.

Martz101:
This might not actually prove you right, Rohr is obviously reducing fans expectation and playing the under dog card.

Rohr is wise

So, all he said are not true? Was he lying?

Mujtahida:
It's amazing that he couldn't sniff what Rohr was about with that dissumulative talk. Which mumu coach that doesn't have Messi in his team will start hyping his team. Even Sampaoli plays down Argentina. I guess one see what one wants to see.

Keep deceiving yourself. All he said are the realities on ground.. Stop consoling yourself with 'see through'.


See through ko, see finish ni. Abegi

Mujtahida:
If you can't see through what Rohr is doing na you sabi.

See through fact? Even Abacha for em grave know say na true em talk.

All he said are facts, nothing to read through.

daveP:
Korede Adedoyin of Everton wants to play for Nigeria. Teen talent...

That's a good one. U20 coach, over to you.

Magink:
Just saw this on oluwashina okeleji's twitter. PR STUNT or not
World Cup 2018

EAGLE IBE Bournemouth star Jordon Ibe offered chance to turn back on England and play for Nigeria at World Cup in Russia
Nigerian Football Federation contacted London-born winger just after move to Bournemouth, but Ibe wanted to focus on settling in at new club

EXCLUSIVE
By Warren Haughton
21st March 2018, 9:01 amUpdated: 21st March 2018, 9:01 am
JORDON IBE has been offered the chance to turn his back on England and play for Nigeria at the World Cup.

The London-born winger, who qualifies through his dad, is being eyed by the Super Eagles ahead of the big kick-off in Russia.

Jordon Ibe is wanted by Nigeria for World CupGETTY IMAGES - GETTY
Jordon Ibe is wanted by Nigeria for World Cup
Ibe, 22, was contacted by the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) for an initial conversation about his international prospects while a teenager at Liverpool.

The NFF made contact again shortly after his move from Liverpool to Bournemouth for £15million in 2016.

However, the youngster wanted to fully focus on settling into life under Eddie Howe at the Vitality.

He never closed the door on one day representing Nigeria at senior level.

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Jordon Ibe (far right) has four caps for England under-21'sNIKE/HANDOUT PHOTO/PA WIRE.
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Jordon Ibe could join Alex Iwobi and Nigeria at World CupREUTERS
Jordon Ibe could join Alex Iwobi and Nigeria at World Cup
Ibe has not ruled out forcing his way into Gareth Southgate’s Three Lions set up.

But Nigeria want to fast-track him into their squad.

The attacker has starred for England from Under-18 to Under-21 level.

After a tough first season on the South Coast, Ibe has enjoyed a good run of form recently and starred in the wins against Chelsea and Stoke.

TARGET MEN Arsenal, Bournemouth, Brighton and BurnleYy, players who should be bought in this summer including Alban Lafont and Gary Cahill
Ibe was on target for the Cherries in Saturday’s win at home against West Brom.

But Super Eagles boss Gernot Rohr has dangled the carrot of a World Cup in front of Ibe at the end of the season, and it is an offer being taken seriously.

Ibe has made 27 league appearances scoring two goals with six assists this season and has played a key role in Bournemouth’s charge into the Premier League top ten.

Jordon Ibe enjoying his football under Eddie HowePA:PRESS ASSOCIATION
Jordon Ibe enjoying his football under Eddie Howe
Meanwhile former Manchester United and West Ham midfielder Ravel Morrison is to hold talks about representing Jamaica at senior level.

The 25-year-old currently with Mexican outfit Atlas was capped by England at several youth levels and won four Under-21 caps.

Hmmmmm! That's a good one.

soetanoreoluwa:
According to Toyin Ibitoye

Gabriel and Akpeyi might miss the Poland friendly due to visa issues..

5 players to miss the Poland friendly

Mikel (work permit issues) to join then in London
Gabriel (visa issues) to join them in London
Junior Ajayi (visa issues) to join them in London
Akpeyi (visa issues) to join them in London
Etebo (injury to join them in London)


Now we have 23 players with 2 goalkeepers inclusive.

#Soarsupereagle

Suspicious. It seems like a premeditated move.

tbaba1234:
Rohr Interview in Poland

MACIEJ KALISZUK: What is the meaning of a meeting with the Polish national team for you?

GERNOT ROHR: For us this is a very important match. We have not played since November. There were two meetings in March to test the players. During the world championship our rivals will be Croatia and Iceland, that's why we wanted to play with a team from Europe. In turn, Poland went to Senegal, and our team is somewhat similar physically to this rival. This match is therefore the interest of both teams. A moment after the draw, I talked to your trainer and we agreed that we should face.

Will you play in the strongest team or do you intend to experiment a bit?

We will start with Poland in the strongest position. I do not know yet what I will do before the next meeting, with Serbia.

How do you assess our team?

It is a very strong team, well-trained technically, playing fast, well-organized tactically and at the same time effective, with one fantastic striker Robert Lewandowski.

Do you want him to appear on Friday? In social games he often rested.

I hope that your team will go to the field in the strongest lineup. I am counting on Lewandowski's performance. Fighting with such an attacker is to prepare my players to be able to face Messi and Agüero during the World Cup. Besides, I do not hide that I like him a lot, because he plays in Bayern, and I also performed in this band.

In your opinion, he should leave, or stay in Bayern?

I support Bayern so I want him to stay. It's still a big club.

Do you have any idea how to stop him on Friday?

This can not be done. We can only make him score as few goals as possible. With him is like with Messi, they just can not be excluded from the game. Lewandowski, next to Messi and Ronaldo, is one of the three best players in the world. Among the central attackers number one.

In the Golden Ball plebiscite, however, he was never higher than the fourth. In the last edition he finished ninth. Earlier, sixteenth.

I think it's too low. He deserves the podium. To be fully appreciated, he lacks great success with Poland at the World Cup or the European Championships.

Can he reach him in Russia?

Poland was drawn from the first basket, which shows that it belongs to the best teams in the world. Stand you on the semi-finals.

Are not you exaggerating? Germany, Spain, Brazil, France, Belgium, Argentina and probably a few more teams have better chances.

They will eliminate each other, and Poland can benefit from it. Of course, during such tournaments you must have some luck not to fall into the early stages of the championships in Germany. Another advantage of Poland over other teams will be that the championships will be played in Russia. Your supporters will have close.

And maybe you will say that he did not want to come across our team? I suspect that everyone from the first basket wanted to draw Poland or Russia.

I do not.

And what can your team do during the World Cup?

We have a difficult group with Argentina, Croatia and Iceland, to which we came from the fourth basket. This shows that he is considered to be the weakest team in the field. Leaving the group will be a miracle. You can not expect the 52nd team in the FIFA ranking to win against the top teams.

Are not you exaggerating? You have better players than Iceland.

To get out of the group, you need to overtake not just one team, but two.

Of course, but Croatia and Argentina were tough enough in the qualifying rounds, and you've probably won a difficult group - with Cameroon and Algeria.

In November, we defeated Argentina in a sparring and everyone in the country fell into euphoria. But you have to remember that rivals played without Messi. And it's like winning with Poland without Lewandowski. On the other hand, we have the youngest team at the World Cup and you can do a lot with this youth. The outsider's role suits us.

Is your team as strong as the one from the 90s? At that time Nigeria came out of the group twice in a row, defeated Spain and was a step away from eliminating Italy.

We do not have such great players as Kanu or Okocha, who then shone, but the strength of this team is the collective. Our captain Obi Mikel or Victor Moses are not the players who will decide the fate of the match themselves, like the stars from the 90s.

Are your goal now the casting position? You do not have a golkiper playing in a nice European club.

It is true. Our problem is Ikieme disease (he was diagnosed with leukemia - note ed.).

You may also be concerned about the lack of an effective attacker. Your best scorer in the eliminations was Victor Moses with just three goals. Of the players in the attack, Kelechi Iheanacho scored the most goals - two.

We really do not have an effective striker, but we have other good players like - Iwobi, Kelechi, Obi Mikel, Ighalo - they are also able to score goals.

Another problem may be the departure of the band star John Obi Mikel to China for you.

It might be a problem once, but the level has risen there. Before the championships there will be a break to bring the players to a good physical disposition.

Before you took over the representation of Nigeria, you ran the staffs of Gabon, Niger and Burkina Faso. So you like working in Africa?

I like working in Africa. I ran teams in France for many years and in each of them I had a good relationship with Africans. Then I left for Tunisia until I started leading the African team. I enjoyed it because I was doing well.

But work there is not easy in terms of organization.

It does not stand at the same level as in Europe, but it has its own charm.

Where was the hardest job for you?

In Niger, because it is a very poor country. In Burkina Faso, there were many political problems, there were assassinations.

The specificity of running teams in Africa are also politicians who interfere with the work of the coach.

Of course it happens, but the trainer can not agree to let someone else decide on the composition.

Hope Rohr is not going to make history of 'the youngest team in the world cup'?

Ok na.

tbaba1234:
Best under 23 players in belgium based on stats...

Agbo
Awoniyi
Olayinka

Is it official?

Clementoke:
You have a point but I think he was trying to downplay the expectation and cautious about going overboard regarding the SE Performance at the WC

The fact still remains valid expectation or not.

Martz101:
Nigeria manager Gernot Rohr has argued that two of the most influential players in his squad, John Obi Mikel and Victor Moses, cannot single-handedly decide the outcome of matches at the World Cup as they are not in the same category as Super Eagles stars of the 90s.
The German coach admitted that the current squad is not as strong as the 90s team, who qualified for the second round of the World Cup twice in a row, defeated Spain and was close to eliminating Italy at USA 1994.
''We do not have such great players as Kanu or Okocha, who then shone, but the strength of this team is the team work,'' said Rohr to
Przegląd Sportowy.
''Our captain Obi Mikel or Victor Moses are not the players who will decide the fate of the game themselves, like the stars from the 90s.''
Victor Moses was Nigeria's top scorer with three goals during the 2018 World Cup qualifiers, followed by Kelechi Iheanacho and Alex Iwobi with two goals each, and Rohr says he is concerned about the absence of a top finisher in the team ahead of the mundial.
He said : ''We really do not have an effective striker, but we have other good players like - Iwobi, Kelechi, Obi Mikel, Ighalo - they are also able to score goals.''

source allnigeriasoccer.com

When I dey talk for here people think say I dey talk rubbish. Now, we are hearing from the horses mouth that the 90s set no dey d same level with dis set. They were better than this set but some people here wan blind eyes with mago mago sentiment. Here we are, Rohr has confirmed it. Hehehehe!

The second bolded is what I don dey hammer since but people here are too sentimental to see we don't have a striker in Kelechi Iheanacho and Ighalo(though I think he's).

Icon79:
Hmmm. So you think that Ndidi, Onazi, Agu, Etebo, and Ogu can go mano-a-mano with Rakitić, Kovačić, Marko Rog, Pašalić, and Modrić huh?
Hmmm. That's all I gotta say for now


O pari

I think so. Ndidi is in the form of his life.

TheSuperNerd:
And you left out Odogwu Mikel?

Dat one na permanent chairman na. Hahahaha!

Just figure out he is already in.

kennysville:
Abegi go siddon jor! You will goof and still brazenly defend yourself. When you are wrong, admit you are wrong. Your attempts at defending your previous posts are so lame, they cant even use crutches for support.

I hope you even know what all this is about before jumping into it because this is not making sense to me..

Kog45:
Impressed with who,so they think Ezenwa is better than Fatauo Dauda,they must be on long thing.

I can tell anyone who care to listen that Ezenwa is not better than Ajiboye,Olorunleke Ojo and Femi Thomas but still have Cameroon and Zambia match going for him in the national team,nothing more.

Hope Uzoho nail it and Shaking Akpeyi shrug off field fright but am seeing a keeper gatecrashed into the team and likely home based.

They don't rate Ezenwa.

Icon79:
gosh! This Croatian team is loaded, yo. And we have to beat them


O pari

With Ndidi and Onazi/Ogu we match dem in the midfield.

TheSuperNerd:
And they rightly should. He conceeded a direct freekick from that beninoise team and was quite unconvincing.

No wonder dey said if na Messi em face, na so em go dey chop free kick goals left right and center.

Me no watch the match ooo. So, I don't know if it's true or not.

Na now wey you talk na em I know say he was dat bad.

Na siddon look I dey so.

tbaba1234:
Onazi and Mike Agu in the Turkish team of the week

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DYqIbhJU0AAqlq_.jpg

Nobody dey see dis one na. Tomorrow somebody go come dey tell us Agu na useless player.

TheSuperNerd:
Ezenwa in Eagles second batch out to Poland today


Goalkeeper Ikechukwu Ezenwa and some other officials including assistant coach Imama Amapakabo will fly out this night for a World Cup warm-up in Poland.

Ezenwa was in goal for Enyimba in a CAF Confederation Cup clash against Energie FC of Benin Republic in Calabar Sunday.

The first batch of officials flew out from Abuja on board Luftansa Sunday and they included coach Salisu Yusuf and team administrator Dayo Enebi.

The Super Eagles will take on fellow World Cup qualifiers Poland on Friday in Wroclaw as part of their preparations for the World cup in Russia in June.

They also face another World Cup-bound team Serbia in London four days later.


Source: http://googleweblight.com/i?u=http://scorenigeria.com.ng/2018/03/19/ezenwa-in-eagles-second-batch-out-to-poland-today/&hl=en-NG&tg=206&tk=1022093089814578888


Russia 2018 WC Countdown: 86 days 23 hours 39 mins to go

Enyimba fans were not impressed with his performance against the Benin Republic side. They are doubting his abilities..

kennysville:
Epic! No be him post am o! Na im alias....

Ask yourself, is what is written there true? Answer yes or no

SerVik:
You want us to believe solanke chased origi out of Liverpool but don't want to believe iheanacho chased bony out of city

Well, I used their words against them. I think it is the other way round.

Why are not believing it?

TheSuperNerd:
What do you mean by "not near Kante"?

The game I watched yesterday? I guess even Whoscored.com saw the wrong game too to rate Ndidi ahead of Kante abi? Una too funny ooo

I think Kante was adjoured MOTM.

TheSuperNerd:
Bia this man!!! Just commot for hia.... Egbon take ya time... because una survive Leicester scare yesterday...

Hahahahahah! It wasn't easy but it was worth it.

This meme.

chrisooblog:
please quote me where I said such besides sey Na lie? Abi Wetin wilfred bony don achieve since kc chase am comot for manchester city

That's it.

Mujtahida:
Does Agbo have automatic slot? Answer yes or no. Your question is not within the context of the issue I raise. It's irrelevant. I never wrote about being in the national team. The crucial point is having an automatic slot.

Has he being making the 23 man list?

eterisan:
I nr sure say space de dere for am. ... Liverpool better.... If the rumours are true. ... The thing is Liverpool nor de win trophy.... Lolz... Liverpool fans will come for my head now.

Wetin Babayoko dey add to the team?

Well, Liverpool better for now.

Icon79:
Definitely not a great pass by Nacho but you're right, Mahrez was at a greater fault for dilly dallying with the ball for too long. I mean, he still had plenty of time after receiving the ball to do something good with it but he decided to dilly dally. Unfortunately, the clueless British commentators would lay all the blame on Kelechi


O pari

As soon as Iheanacho was on the break, my heart cut (as Chelsea fan) but I was relieved as soon as Iheanacho put the ball behind Mahrez because Chelsea players were able to quickly recover and close in on Mahrez, and eventually crowded him like ants.

In that case,Mahrez option was either to stretch to the right or release the ball but he choosed to to do the Messi style. Hahahaha! Menh.... As a Chelsea fan, I was relieved.


I thank both of them anyway.

1. because Iheanacho pass killed the flow of the attack and prevented Leicester city from scoring.

2. Because Mahrez decision to dribble instead of passing the ball gifted the ball to Chelsea's players who eventually led to the goal.

I Congratulate both of em for a Job well done though I wished Iheanacho scored a consolation goal only.

tbaba1234:
I fear Leicester might demand too much for Ndidi..

That's a good one.

eterisan:
yes klopp with his ghen ghen pressing or pep at city with his tika tika.... Ndidi needs a coach who will greatly improve him... Who else but those two.... He's next move is gonna be really critical in his development as a player.... One to watch out for.... Boss tbaba1234 what do you think.. One is allowed to dream Àbí..

Make Chelsea buy am!?