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ChrisKels:
How many goals has your Simon this season and what's the position of Gent in the jupiler league? Lol Tammy being a Chelsea player is now a factor? Gael Kakuta was also a Chelsea player bro and he had more hype than Tammy. To me, Tammy is another Yaya Sanogo. Yes Tammy is Swansea' top striker little wonder Swansea is second from the bottom with 8points. If he was worth the hype, Swansea wouldn't be languishing in the relegation dugout. Watch Swansea dump him soon for a better striker to rescue them from the jaws of relegation.

MetalJigsaw:
Moses Simon a whack player? then how come he's a regular starter at his club and even their set piece taker? Hoe come he's constantly invited to SE even before Rohr's appointment?

Tammy is oveehyped, I agree. But at least he's Swansea's number 1 striker and a Chelsea player. So he's not in same class with your Dessers.

ChrisKels:
A team that has a whack player like Moses Simon as a starter in an attacking position and a team that was fighting for an over hyped average striker like Tammy, shouldn't question the abilities of such strikers as Dessers.


BTW, about the other day, my moniker on kickoff was chrisjoe

Kog45:
That's my point.

Alloh Agu is not helping the situation regards our goalkeepers.There is need for him to forget sentiment and give us the best at home or abroad.

I believe Uzoho performance w give Alampasu the opportunity cos the two are in the same category nothing much

Also i want to see Ajiboye in CHAN may be he can do it.

I believe so much in Uzoho, Alampasu and Ajiboye,they can do it.

I don't want to talk on Ezenwa and Akpeyi again

Humility017:
please no need imagine obagoal im Leicester...just take him there...

good you have network of connections in England...you can auction him there...

same Chinese league odion have scored over 15 goals and here one tired leg...scored just a goal and you and forgiveness wont let someone rest...and even call nacho,odion,iwobi and co pretenders......

Humility017:
please don't mind him...
just because Martins scored a goal
he won't allow someone to rest....

even if he choosed to score 5 he is still not good enough for the super eagles...
they can only lament here....and that will be all....


dessers scored today in a Dutch league...that all I see...

Kog45:
Uzoho got his national team opportunity cos he kept in two LA liga matches not cos he was doung well in division 3,meaning he need to force his way back into contention for Deportivo number 1.

I believe he can do it,division 3 might be good for his age but not good for national team.

Remember Alampasu was in division 3 last season and cos of that we believe he was not good enough to keep for Eagles.

I see Uzoho as potential eagles number 1 but keeping in div 3 w not help him,LA liga 2 should be enough for him to develop as eagles number 1 if he can get a loan deal.

Mujtahida:
You misunderstood his point. He's not saying England has no great players. He's saying for all the great players England has they have never had a great team because of constant change. So all your other talk about champions league are by the way yarns.

His emphasis is on the team rather than on players. Having the best players does not necessarily mean having the best team. He is saying it's time for us to optimise what we have and not throw it away just because we want to go with the best. If we follow you and komekn we will have brand new team to go to Russia full of players like Solanke, Ajagun, Azeez, Ryan Sanusi, Onomah, Aneke, Seyi Ojo, Kayode, Iorfa, Thiago Ilori. And this is precisely what cost us in 2002 and 2014 which we took note to warn the NFF about.

Now is the time for cohesion and blending. Pata pata baring injury we would bring in four or five players into the team for the WC.

Our football stretches beyond 2018.They will get their chance post 2018.

Humility017:
everyone knows that....
I will want a fit Joel obi..
but let him be tried first at least 40 minutes of football....and let's see what he has to offer...

kennysville:
Here you are my friend.... Reeling out names like a cinema spool. Question is what have these players you mentioned achieved internationally? I dare say were it not for EPL and media hype, they would not hamd made it big. If you dont believe me, bring Wayne Rooney over to shootin stars and lets see his magic at taking them from lower tier league to upper level.

While we hope for the best, fact is the best may not entirely be in England, so please yall need to stop this stuff about hyping players. There are thousands that are yet to be doscovered, playing their game quietly. With what we have in the national team right now, balance and understanding is paramount to us and not some 3Lions rejects.

You also mentioned that we should name top 5 players in the super eagles and that it would revolve around EPL. The truth is its all about perspectives and opinions. One man's meat is another man's poison. I for one dont like Victor Moses. Quality or not. Oya na? Come and fight me here! What if I list my 5 and your supposed EPL super stars are nowhere to be found? Thank God for TV coverage of EPL where we watch all of them week in, week out. But still that doesnt translate them to the best in the world. We have to understand that it is how the coach chose to deploy them that made things happen. We have watched matches where EPL super eagles stars messed up big. I really wish you didnt get into this. If it were Komekn that said all the points you raised, I wouldnt have responded. That should tell you something.... in other words, I enjoy your discourses but lately you are deviating.

I am tempted to even say maybe you are doing this just to rile some folks up. . . Try keepin it real bruh! Leave sentiments out of your discussions. Bless up!!!

Napoleon55:
Joel Obi is not going to be invited,i'm very sure of that,he is just a normal footballer,nothing else

komekn:
Someone said they are dead wood.

Not me.

Are the current new pretenders better than them. Imagine you put Obagoal in Leicester I wonder if they will not rate him higher than Defoe his senior brother.

Famocious:
Obagoàl doing what he knows how to do best..

He is likely going to make it to Russia

Kog45:
OK but many players in the midfield? Why Nwakili invited?

Mujtahida:
Both stability and continous improvement in good measure. An English idiom says a rolling Stone gathers no Moss. You cannot in the name of improvement keep changing the team in such a way that the team acquires no tone or rhythm. If stability overrides continous development there's the risk of complacency setting in. If new additions are made at blistering pace there's the risk of having players but no team. Balance is the key word and I think Rohr is moving at a steady pace on both indices. Uzoho, Onyekuru, Nwakali, Ebuehi, Agu were not there in the beginning but there are in the frame now.

@the bolded: you need not hear it. How many players did Chelsea bring into the first team this season? Why didn't they overhaul the whole team. I hope you know that there are players better than each of the Chelsea players.

I repeat: everything in good measure. Seems to me as if you are not concerned about the SE per se. As I've said before your concern is to get the SE chock full of FB players in the UK.

realpoacher:
Exactly, the guy has a soft spot for the English league and all players playing there... I don't have a problem with that, but downplaying other leagues and forcing English groomed players down our throats is what I can not take. He and his partner in crime @forgiveness must think that we are clueless about football and these players simply because we are not close up to them as much as they do forgetting that the world does not revolve around UK and English football alone.

I dare say that football exist outside England and very good football too. Having a preconceived notion about other country leagues purely based on statistics is hogwash. I mean if stats play football then there is no need for predictions and analyses anymore, let's all close shop and go home since we already know every competition's winner.

To me, having a preconceived prejudice is being high handed and sitting on a false glorified high stool which wouldn't make you see beyond your nose. The same mistake England keep making over and over.

There is a big difference between the English league and the English team. Take away all the foreign players from the English league and tell me what will be left of it. The best of the world's players make the English league thick and that's why when it comes to the 3 lions, they are a shadow of themselves.

Therefore it will be too erroneous judging football from only the English perspective, we have had a fair share of our SE players from the English league, let's blend them with players from other leagues, we have the advantage of variety, so let's use it. Enough of clamoring for 22/11 players all from the English leagues.

Also we should be done testing new or fringe players, no time anymore for that. We only 4-5 matches to play before the world Cup, let's use it to blend and gel the already available players.

At this stage, so long as you are not a Messi or a Ronaldo, please stay far away from our team.

Thank you

terzurum5:
You can lie for Africa enh. Eniola started playing for England in 2004 while his younger brother started with Eagles Flying in 2009.


So how is your statement above on point?

How did Eniola turn down the chance to play for Nigeria on the bases that Sone was badly treated by Nigeria? Abi she sees things in the future


You don't have to window dress facts to pass your message. Please be factual and truthful in your opinions/analysis.


Eniola Aluko
Eniola Aluko (born 21 February 1987) is an English footballer who plays for Chelsea Ladies of the FA WSL as a forward. She made 102 appearances for the England national team from 2004–2016 and competed at the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup in China, 2009 UEFA Women's Euro, 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup in Germany, 2013 UEFA Women's Euro, and 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, she represented Great Britain.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eniola_Aluko



Aluko was named in the squad for the Nigeria under 20 national football team for the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Egypt. He played in games against Venezuela, Spain and Tahiti.


Aluko was called up to the Nigerian national team for a friendly against the Republic of Ireland on 29 May 2009, an offer which with the support of his family he chose to accept.

He made his full international debut in the starting eleven, forcing the Irish goalkeeper to save his 40-yard lobbed free kick and playing the first 61 minutes of the game.


In April 2010, he was named in the provisional Nigeria squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, but failed to make the final cut.


He was finally called up by former Nigerian coach Stephen Keshi and therefore has a chance to add to his one cap against Republic of Ireland in May 2009 after he represented England at various age-group levels.


He was brought into the squad to face Namibia and Malawi in the World Cup Qualifiers in the month of June 2012, but was an unused sub for both games.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigeria_national_under-20_football_team

Joebie:
lol.. was NFF also full of propaganda before they named the national U17 coaches?
komekn did not say the said player has played in the EPL. And that's the reason why I did not quote that post. He just said he has played 10 games for a team in the EPL. That COULD ALSO mean PREMIER LEAGUE 2 (U23 league).

edi287:
Does Sone Aluko mostly play as a CF, Yes or No?? Na simple question oga. His last game for us - did he play as a CF?? How many times has he played as a CF in his career??

komekn:
I'll tell you directly but will leave you to guess.

Two weeks ago I spoke to a Nigerian origin teenager who plays in midfield for a premiership team has played near 10 games. He was undecided but felt no formal commitment had been made by Nigeria.

Abou the same time I had contact with the agent of a young Nigerian defender in the championship he explained no formal invitation received. Fred Onyedinma if invited will be on the plane same say day. Seyi Ojo will require clearance buy is ready to play for Nigeria from what gather.

I have said it before will say it again. If you are a stand out player in your lower league team then you could be considered. For instance Dele Alli, Gomez, Ademola, left league one straight to the premiership as teenagers.

I mentioned MK Dons player Chuks Aneke from leagues one as a good quality option in midfield.

I'm not just a football fan. But I have some limited involvement with football. So I do talk about English football from first hand experience with coach,players, agents, hod of recruitment, a few managers, etc. If you call that bias I am very guilty.

Joebie:
You will know when the time comes..


By the way Salah's chance of winning the APOTY is getting higher and higher.
He's just scored twice for Liverpool

Joebie:
The possibility of Aluko or any championship player for that matter getting a look in by Rohr is quite slim. Generally, the league is seen for what it is -- second tier.

Joebie:
foreign-born

edi287:
Are you mistaken me for someone else?? I said the excuse that Jelavic and Long were the main reason Hull "moved on" from Aluko can't be true because they are both strikers while Aluko mostly plays as a AM or on the wings.
Aluko RARELY plays as a CF - FACT!
Aluko would not get into SE 11 as a CF - FACT!
That's the point I'm making.

Joebie:
Leon Balogun is unlisted.
Rohr got it right with the latest FB chase

Humility017:
please stop talking what you don't know...
even Scotland rarely call up players from their league for the national...team.
most of their players are mainly from the English championship just to tell you...how they lowly rate their league...and you now expects England to go after aluko all because he plays for rangers....


and for that taiwo and celestine....sometimes i just don't understand you....what made you say that?

because it is glaring to all who knows football that celestine is quite ahead of taiwo....
notwithstanding taiwo did well too.....

edi287:
What is Sone Aluko's main position??

edi287:
Long and Jelavic are strikers. Aluko mostly plays as a winger/AM. He rarely plays as a 9 and let's be honest, he isn't making our first 11 as one considering he can't bench Shane Long and Jelavic.

Chrismario:
Cool down. Don't be in haste to forget so easily that 2008 is not yesterday and 2002 was the year Enyeama debuted for SE. As far as football is concerned, 2 years is like 100 years not to talk about 9 or 15. It is also good to remember that Ukrainian team did not just made the final but won it in 2008. Who knows where and how you would rate them compared to Scottish.

Many 18s had been putting on good performances so I'm not a bit surprised. I'm just wondering what made Aberdeen not to renew his contract unless he turned it down but if not, it supports my earlier comments that he may not be so good.

He single handedly promoted them to EPL but he couldn't sustain himself to play for any kick and rush EPL teams. I Dare say that he lacks consistency.

Had fashamu, Agbonlahor or nedu onuoha played for us, you may be blaming SE for making them not to play dem Madrid, bayern and barca.

Irrespective of country he chose, a star is a star!

ykalhaji:
Oga leave story... Na your opinion. Numbers don't lie. Goals per minute ratio, them no reach, Market Value them no reach, so you see your opinion is just your opinion, there is no actual statistical qualifier that backs your opinion oga.

goldfish80:
My apologies for jumping into your discussion. I feel Aluko switched to Nigeria for political reasons.
Sone's dad being a senator from Ogun state, must have thought it wise for his political ambitions to have Sone play for Nigeria. He cannot afford to have his 2 kids represent England, could be a nail on his political career.
His opponents will use it heavily against him.

Secondly, we know how patriarchal the African political climate is. It won't be out of question that the Aluko political dynasty could be eyeing up Sone as a replacement for his father's seat in the future. The Nigerian constitution restricts dual nationals political office.
It could be a political chess move.
I say this because Eniola blatantly refused to play for Nigeria. Being female, she could get away with it.

For me, that is what I can make out of the situation. Not for a fact though, just my thoughts.