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soetanoreoluwa:
Any link or source?

Joebie:
hahaha.. how many players have played in the Brazilian league eh @ forgiveness ?.. Brazilians play almost everywhere.. in fact many relatively unknown Brazilian players are average. oya tell us.. did he play in the 2nd 3rd, 4th tier of the Brazilian league?
or don't it matter? now we don catch u..

terzurum5:
I had to check if you were the one. For sure the Forgiveness I knew has not lost steam.

Icon4s:
The one goalie I am almost certain will make it to Russia is Ikechukwu Ezenwa. He may likely end up as second choice to either Enyeama or Akpeyi. He has always proven to be a good back up goalie.

Recall one of our qualifiers I think Algeria game when Ikeme, Ezenwa and Alampasu were invited. Ikeme got injured and Akpeyi was invited to replace Ikeme while Ezenwa still remained backup.
I think Rohr feels Ezenwa doesn't have the kind of exposure to be a number 1 keeper.

As for the young goalies, I don't see Rohr taking more than one, that is if he takes any of them. So for your second list of goalies one of Uzoho and Alampasu may likely have to drop.

Icon4s:
Boss,
I feel its high time we changed the nomenclature of this thread.

It is no longer a 'New thread' neither is it a 'New Super Eagles'.

I suggest it be altered to 'The Super Eagles Thread:................' Every other thing remaining same.

My people wetin una say?

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PDPGuy:
Rohr may have said Akpeyi is his 3rd choice keeper. But what happens to Ezenwa, who has played 270 minutes of WC qualifiers? I think it will be harsh to drop him, absent a drastic loss in form and/or injury.

tbaba1234:
Akpeyi as number 1

I am more confortable with Ezenwa

soetanoreoluwa:
Congratulations! Thank God you are not the coach..

tbaba1234:
Yes

tbaba1234:
MOTM

Kayode... He needs to score soon though..

tbaba1234:
From what i have seen, certainly... Good fundamentals, confident and decent reflexes.

Alampasu has not done anything professionally. Akpeyi does not inspire confidence. Ajiboye only edges him in experience.

I think, he can get the rookie GK spot for the WC...

soetanoreoluwa:
You play too much

Why did you intend to sacrifice Ezenwa?

PDPGuy:
So, can Uzoho displace anyone of Akpeyi, Alampasu or Ajiboye for one of the 3 GK slots?

Joebie:
lol i'm still safe and sound.. i'm only saying argue with substance.. watch me when I argue, I dig the most credible source first, because the shorter the aguement the quicker we move on.. you can go on and on, but you still hardly win your arguement.

now back to the subject.. research more.. trust me i've found those links even before you.. so im ahead.. did spurs table a bid? how about west brom?

like i said earlier it's one thing to put a price tag, it's yet another for prospective buyers to see it as a reasonable one.

Joebie:
Thanks for the submission.. were other clubs interested as well? Remember, we are speaking of lowly Brighton. oya do another assignment.

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lol.. owngoal reference

Joebie:
Thanks for the submission.. were other clubs interested as well? Remember, we are speaking of lowly Brighton. oya do another assignment.

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lol.. owngoal reference

Joebie:
lol.. u sef when dey reference wikipedia as a credible source haha.. oya why Brighton no up their bid?.. oya do ur homework? It's one thing to put a price tag, it's yet another for people to think the price tag matches the player..

Icon4s:
I am not comparing Onyekuru with Simon. Infact, presently I will pick Simon over Onyekuru for various reasons.

My point is Simon himself is not even supposed to be a starting material for the Super Eagles.

Recall Iwobi was injured ahead of the Cameroon clash which was why Simon Started. And going into the Zambia game, Rohr refused to change a winning team, which I also agreed to.

Go back to the games where Victor Moses and Iwobi were present whether Simon started.

To me he is more of a back up in the absence of Iwobi and V. Moses. And he needs to grow his game and be more versatile. He doesn't play like a modern winger.

Icon4s:
Simon does not have the capacity to make those touches and moves Iwobi made.

Simon knows only one way to play: puts his head down, takes on any defender that comes his way and pull out a cross hoping that any of the strikers would be in a position to score.

Wings play has gone beyond that. I am sure you watched the great George Finidi play. Tijani Babangida himself had to adjust to how Finidi played just that TJ was more pacey and more direct.

Simon has the pace but he is not even direct.Always playing himself into tight spaces. Ahmed Musa has the pace and he is direct but some times it will seem he left his brains behind while running.

I am a natural winger. I will know a great winger when I see him.

Iwobi's type of winger/AM will really go places.
Simon's kind of winger will only do well at youths level but will fail to progress as he ages. Have you noticed his current stagnation? To me he has not improved since he graduated to the Super Eagles.

Samuel Chukwueze is another kind of Winger that can be devastating. I hope he is well groomed in a good club. He can be totally unplayable on his good day. He runs very well, takes on defenders, direct and has good eyes for goals.

tbaba1234:
Lol... are you talking of yourself?

safarigirl:
this coming from the person who claimed S. Moses is worth £20 million

tbaba1234:
Simon did excellent in his first year but he has not built on it.

Onyekeru appears to be building his reputation and will cause more ripples in world football today.

By the way, Onyekuru was nominated for the Ebony award. Top 5.

He was also third in the youth player of the year award.

This guy played for a team that was supposed to be relegated.

tbaba1234:
No, they play the same role

that is what i saw from the games, i saw.

tbaba1234:
I watched his games last season and he was mostly on the wings. I am not talking about second hand info.

Even if i entertain such.. As a support striker, he was outscored by a left winger

tbaba1234:
For the Super Eagles, Simon has paid his dues and deserves his position.

At club level, Onyekuru is currently better.

tbaba1234:
You know, i watch many of these games first hand when i have a free weekend. I am not talking from second hand account.

So Simon played as a second striker and still had less goals and assists than a LWF. Just making your case worse.

tbaba1234:
Yes, the style of play is different. Moses is your traditional winger, Henry prefers to come inside. As such, Simon should get more assists and Henry more chances to score.

Simon is not even giving assists. He has one for the season from an indirect freekick but none from open play.


Henry and Simon play exactly the same role in the team. LWF. Henry's goal return gave him more freedom. Not even they coaches thought he will explode, the way he did last year.

Kayode is an out and out striker, henry isn't. He plays primarily from the wings. Simon had a great goals return in his first year from the wings.

Henry is not a number 9 and i do not think he will thrive there. Kayode is a number 9. Totally different.

Icon4s:
Reason why Simon is still in the Super Eagles starting 11 is because we don't have so many wingers better than he is at the moment.

If he Doesn't change his style of play he'll end up like the likes of Pius Ikedia and Ahmed Musa.

Simon has a lot to learn in terms of his final passes.
He works so very hard but the product of all those hardwork is just average or less.

You saw how Iwobi changed things upon his introduction against Zambia? That is how a modern winger plays.

You notice Iwobi didn't run much on the wings which gave Shehu acres to make his runs. Iwobi went deep close to the AM position which was where Shehu's cross came to meet him and the rest is history. Ahmed Musa does that too once in a while but Simon is always on the flanks and doesn't really combine well with the number 10 player. His own is to take on defenders one-on and finally play one way-ward cross. You saw how Iwobi combined well with Mikel and even Ighalo. Same thing in the game in Ndola.

Yes Onyekuru is up and coming but as you rightly said I would like to see him develop as a striker.

We are blessed with wingers in this team but we don't have depth in the striking department.

Rohr should draft in Onyekuru among the CF jare.

joseph1013:
You forget he led them to promotion that year. You think it's easy?

tbaba1234:
See false equivalency..

Simon and Onyekuru play the same position in the same league.

Onyekuru has play half the games of Simon and has more goals already.