₦airaland Forum

maidaboi:
i think its nairaland that first leaked the starting XI
@Forgiveness you better disturb us now and lets us have a pleasant night ooh....
Hahahahahaha.. LOL

jotey:
yea they are good

I now rate sheyi ojo high

he was the game changer today and his crosses are top notch

tglobal:
Today is the first time I ever saw Solanke play. From the match today, I will submit that there is a LOT LOT MORE to his game than scoring goals. The little I know of him has been largely informed by the comments I read on this thread which made me rate him lowly

kingphilip:
you're giving up already ni

TheSuperNerd:
Hmmmmm...... you gat a point dia finally ooo..... *thinking*


Well.... let's see how things go.

If they all choose to play for England then I can only wish them the best. But England should be thankful to the #PowerOfNaija.... without Naija blood, dem for no near quarters sef....

....more than 90% of their goals and assists have been Nigerian-bloods-inspired....

Where is Forgiveness sef?? It is in moments like this, We see his big grins..... but truly Solanke came to the party today.... really deserving of that no.10 jersey. He is one player I hope will turn out for The Super Eagles and not England.... But beware of Penaranda's Venezuela oooo... England have that big hurdle to cross if they must lift their first Fifa title at any level since 1966.


Forgiveness oooo.... food is ready darling....

jotey:
Chai

forgiveness no go let us hear word for this thread again o

TheSuperNerd:
But why naa?

because of bragging rights? or because of Future reference points to the win in future possible debates by Forgiveness? Looolll

....because of possible statements like, "Wetin Mikel, Iheanacho, Success, Yahaya, Adepoju, Siasia, Odiaka and many more no fit do at Fifa U-20s.. Solanke and co don do am...." Something like that? Loooolllll

Naaah.... if they win... it's cool really....

But That Venezuelan Team is wicked oooo.... It could easily have been Uruguay in the final sef... but the two south american teams have been pretty outstanding that anyone could have won.


England will be playing the best attacking side of the tournament.... so it will be tough. But not impossible for England to win...

Personally.... I see this new wave of Venezuelan football led by penaranda, Cordova, Soteldo and co sweeping to the title.... but never say never with England Nigeria's extension....

TheSuperNerd:
Well said O jare.... ur head dey dia....

This is #PowerOfNaija at work biko.....

Solanke has chosen the most crucial stage of the competition to strike the real blows... he has four goals now at the U-20s.... Fine player indeed.

Ojo impressing... Lookman doing great things...

Tomori rock solid.... Ejaria also when given his chance have done his bits.

Abeg..... England... we say thank you for letting us see these lads in action against their Peers in South Korea... thank you for the sponsorship.....

We will take it from here now.... after the final with that exciting new generation of Venezuelan jogo bonito youngsters....

Ehmmmmm.... True... all will not play for us.... but ehmmmmm... we may yet get two or three of them or maybe just one... anyhow shaa.... time will tell.

chrisooblog:
Solanke for ballon d'or *in forgiveness voice*

PDPGuy:
Solanke makes it 3-1

Badosqi:
Eng 2-1 Italy

Solanke and Lookman

This England team is really good..

jotey:
solanke scores for England

Icon4s:
I am one.

safarigirl:
Ngwa people are short and look like ikpeazu, Arochukwu men are so much better looking

Besides, I have never met one reasonable Ngwa person and I have met more than enough. Only Ngwa people have nice things to say about Ngwa people

History remembers Arochukwu as renowned slave traders and the most formidable opponents the British encountered in the East, nothing much on Ngwa people aside cannibalism.

Now that you know, I suppose we can return to the football.

Humility017:
one will easily guess right on which path you'll belong in a debate like this especially when players like kayode are being discussed.

komekn:
It is better to be in the top team in a supposed lesser league than the in the relegation facing bottom team in a higher league.

If Wolfsburg were to play Austrian Wien what do you think the result will be.

So on what basis can Osimhen be considered above Kayode. Drills by Rohr or past glories or maybe more time spent on the bench.

A fully fit Kayode top goal scorer verses a confirmed bench warmer recovering from Injury with just 45 minutes of football over a whole season.

The comparison makes a mockery of common sense.

goldfish80:
Ighalo only had one good season,same as Emenike. Kayode have been prolific for 2 seasons in a row and he's younger than both of them., hence my submission that his celine is quite high.

Jay254:
You followed it with one eye... All the souce he quorted showed Nairobi with more Highrise and skyscrapers.. Then he ended up adding more manually for Nija and reduced for Nairobi...

Honestly I will never want to argue with Forgiveness again... How can someone quort a souce and change details to suit himself and takes it as the correct source...

If you do not believe me check Emporis which was brought by Forgiveness himself.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.emporis.com/country/100079/kenya&ved=0ahUKEwiq7_bK9qvUAhWDJ8AKHUNyDa8QFggkMAI&usg=AFQjCNGpWq9kE3nifRnnR2jL_GI65XiBpQ&sig2=kpgT1vlBBVMbv6AP3r6PcQ

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.emporis.com/country/100120/nigeria&ved=0ahUKEwi5wNjb9qvUAhWkHsAKHR6dASgQFggcMAA&usg=AFQjCNGU-2B3MOq0dB77DlRVOhSDyiszBg&sig2=lzDUPbsLyzmrmHC0umjlsw

genieluv:
Holly With all these beautiful n numerous sky scrappers am seeing in your Nairobi pictures, how come forgiveness was still able to disprove Nairobi having more sky scrappers than Lagos? Or are u just posting different views of same Nairobi sky scrappers?

shervydman:
Nairobi is actually developed and beautiful than Lagos........... I've done a research on that.

TheGoodJoe:
Pass which point?

He said because Austria Vienna beat Roma, we should take the league seriously. I disagree because the point is that the competition in the league for the top goal scoring position is weak. So a team doing well does not change the fact.

So please, tell me the point he was passing across that changes the fact that the Austrian leagueis weak.

chrisooblog:
dude are you for real? Someone wasn't scoring regularly for the national team for almost 6 years yet he was constantly being invited and you're comfortable with that? Ok o kanu was still up and coming but westerhof called him up how many minutes and how many goals had he scored before he was invited?

chrisooblog:
what was yekini's goal record between 84 and 89 for the national team? In the build up to USA 94 Nigeria played against Sweden in a friendly kanu featured after the world cup we played against England kanu also played. I'm tired of giving you free history lessons. You claim to be smart the least you could have done was check Google or YouTube before branding me a lie

tglobal:
Kanu wasn't an Ajax regular in 1994. He played about 5 or 6 matches all season. I will submit that it is legitimate to conclude the basis for his invitation was the interaction Westerhof had with him when he was working the U17 team prior to their final qualifiers against Algeria a year earlier.

chrisooblog:
well only time can tell if he will become just as good as them. yekini was not an instant hit with the national team but the coaches kept calling him up. kanu fresh off his u17 exploits was invited by westerhof to camp before usa 94. he had barely played professional senior football but clemens saw his potential and wanted to see him up close so brother beg for forgiveness and stop crying wolf where there is none

Kog45:
Yea i read a comment on Onigbinde sometimes ago on this thread and i was wondering coz he was tagged a tribalism man for taken Opadiran to world cup

A lot forget that d same Onigbinde made young Stephen Keshi his captain in Afcon 84 over Muda Lawal a yoruba man who was making 5th Afcon appearance at Afcon 84.

Good Rohr is not a Ibo man,he could have been tagged a tribalism for inviting Osimieh to camp.

eterisan:
On the Osihmen debate! Here is my take. Please before you criticize Rohr's decision put yourself in his shoes. This is what I feel he is doing. He is building the team for the now with an eye on the future. Osihmen is our 3rd choice striker now n my guess is that slot is reserved for our best youth team striker. Awoniyi and orji will come to mind but osihmen is at a higher playing level than both coupled with the fact that he is the poster boy of the nff thus he will always get the call up to train with the team. That is what he is there for..for drills..it is a no brainer. You can't call up an ideye or ighalo or a newbie to sit as 3rd choice striker in a lone striker system when you are still running the rule over a top potential like osihmen. Same idea goes for alampasu and awaziem. They are been eased into d nt environment gently. So please do not expect them to start yet. I just love this Rohr.
For the ajagun matter I got no comments abeg. That one na mumu debate. You want to call up an old man to replace who? Who is he better than? Keshi 2014 all over again abi? You want questionable team selections abi? Rohr has a master plan for Nigeria nd he will implement to the fullest. Sorry if you can't see it. You go just they shout up nd down. It won't change anything.

goldfish80:
Those invites haven't been coming on a platter of gold. Kayode have had to work twice as hard as anyone to get any form of attention.



Speaking to LIB, he said:
'For a long time now, I have not been invited to the National Team, maybe due to politics'
"But I know very soon, Coach Rohr would look in my direction because my position remains vacant.
I'm ready to score for Nigeria, I am ready to score for Rohr but all can come through only if I am invited.
Some people said I play in a far league, some said I play in the cold, some said I play in Austria and Austria is not English premier league , but I will tell you, football in La-Liga is the same in Austria.
I played in the Europa league last season, so what experience do i need again, I have represented Nigeria at youth levels and my mates like Onazi , and Omeruo are the ones playing currently for now.''

cc:Linda ikeji 03/2017

goldfish80:
So Osimhen was invited to camp because of what Rohr saw of him last year?
He was invited on the back of his form in training last year?

This is exactly the reason why I said some players have cult followership on this thread.
At the mention of the name Osimhen, common sense fly out of the window.

ChrisKels:
Maybe a few people think through this line with me, but I think it is worth the mention. To the powers that be, the bigwigs in here, I direct this question, please why don't we read of NFF's push to cap Manuel Akanji as much as we read of their pushes for other guys his age? I have seen him play severally and from my own standards, he is okay. He just won his place as a starter with Basel and I think we should have arms round his neck as we do Awaziem now because we don't have that much options at the back and Balogun ain't getting any younger. The boy doesn't hide his Nigerian heritage, evident is the presence of Nigerian flag on his instagram handle (I guess). He might love the prospect of playing with this young, vibrant Eagles team. They(Awaziem and Akanji) wouldn't make bad partners *future wise* in eagle's defense if we got him in the fold.

Mickael2:
Quoting him out of context is quite wrong. He didn't say he is better, he said he can be more effective in 5 roles and that he can also play the no 10 better. Ok name Iwobi's 5 positions

Joebie:
The problem is when we think a player has done better at the club level and should be considered ahead of another right away. Guys there are several factors in play. Invitation and dropping of a player is not based SOLELY on club performance.

Personally as a coach, if Osimhen impresses me in camp, the likelihood of me inviting him again is higher than inviting someone who JUST STARTED shining at club level. Coaches know that club form does not automatically translate internationally, which is why they give it time, until they are convinced they should give a new player a chance. Guys lets not forget that Mikel Agu has been in form all season. He just got his chance. But Orji just started shining..

If some of us here were coaches our player invitation list will change drastically every time because we go by the players performance after every club match. na wa oh.

And to the Ajagun matter. It is one thing to say he deserves a call up. It's yet another to say he is better than someone who have been flawless for SE, just because he seems more versatile. If Okocha were playing today will you say Ajagun is better because he is more versatile? Rohr may not need that versatility in the team at the moment. A jack of all trade is not necessarily a master of any. Versatility does not always mean better. Yes Ajagun could be an option in the future. I'm not saying he is not good enough. Just because he is #10 in his club does not mean if he were in SE right now he will be considered ahead of Mikel, Iwobi, or Etebo in that role. We are talking about Roda JC for God sake. Can you name another player in that team? Are they even still in the Eredivisie?