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tbaba1234:
The team ended the game quite strongly and could have won... There are lots of positives.. Your breakdown looked at negatives which i do not necessarily agree with. With Mikel and Victor Moses, that is a completely different game.. Isaac Success looked very good.

Opponents will always focus at the negative to do the damages.

What are the negatives you don't agree with?

Of course, I never said Isaac Success was bad but I said people exaggerated his game.

What are the positives you saw?

tbaba1234:
Ogu is good when you are controlling the ball like in the first half not when you are defending.

You are right on point.

tbaba1234:
Yea, there was also a cross from iheanacho, someone headed over from a few yards off. Not sure who did that..

It was Omeruo.

Joebie:
The ball was pretty fast.. but a clever forward would deflect it in. It takes some pretty good reflex though.

The ball was played to the hand. Except hand of God is allowed.

tbaba1234:
Kayode missed a clear chance fro Isaac Success cross

That was no clear cut chance because the ball was played to his hand and not the feet.

In short, it became a foul when he tried to do the hand of God.

Isaac Success didn't cross well.

Humility017:
bro...I used to be an ardent follower of the npl...
right from it's inception.... during the stint of obaseki as league chairman
haven't u asked despite the triumph of kano pillars in d npl fr three seasons still could not achieve anything in the continental level...
despite posing a ten years unbeaten home record then....

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Na wa ooooooo.

Ten years what!?

Nobody wan die b dat na.

I think government is the problem. They don't want to privatize the league and club.

Humility017:
abeg..may we just drop this..I nor fit argue this night
I make mention of Mikel trophies with his team...silver medal at under 20 world cup, uefa champion, EPL champion, Europa champion etc
and you posted this empty screen shots for me to see

You said at U20 and I replied...

Remember, he is just 20.

Empty screen shots!? .
You funny.

Humility017:
bro...abeg nor go there
you have not seen anything yet
I got tired of Nigeria league...years ago.. during one of pillars match in kano when a spectator jumped out from the crowd and slapped the referee... demanding kano pillars be given a penalty... and the referee for fear of his life obliged... and kano pillars equalised

Are you serious?

ChrisKels:
Yea dats kul. Nura Abdullahi is about the best teen right back in Europe now and he only missed this friendly by a whisker. His coach asked that he be excused to gain fitness.

Having Aina makes sense as he is a versatile player, hence can be a worthy back up to Echiejile. Then Omeruo and Ebuehi can continue with the right back position pending when odubajo and Nura join the team.

This team is taking strong shape by the day chai!!

Sirforgiveness I knw say body go dey sweet u now?

Yes oh!

ChrisKels:
Sir u just made sense. I rate that boy highly and he has been pulling it dis season. Bar injuries, I see him unseating Danilo in that Porto midfield come next season.

I don't know why our coaches don't like rewarding hard works because if it is based on that Agu suppose dey camp na na.

jerryclinton:
We keep fumbling when it comes to selecting the kind of goalkeepers we can really bank on for the national team. That's how Keshi continued to use that short keeper, Agbim even when we had the best hands in Nigeria.
Now we have a good keeper which everyone had seen his performance at the olympics, Emmanuel Daniel, yet we are still forcing ourselves on a shaky and jittery Akpeyi. This is the same guy, Daniel completely benched at the olympics.
What is a short Ezenwa doing at the super eagles team when we have a tall, confident and agile Emmanuel Daniel? At the olympics, I saw Emmanuel in the moulds of Patrick okala and Peter Rufai. Most countries like to use taller keepers because most players talk about how they dread them. Someone may say Enyeama is not tall and intimidating but Enyeama is quite exceptional with his skill and that's what Ezenwa lacks. I'm happy Emmanuel Daniel has now moved to a foreign club, it's now time to really look his way. The 3 keepers i will recommend for super eagles are
1. Carl Ikeme
2. Emmanuel Daniel
3. Daniel Akpeyi.

1000000000000000000 likesssssssssss

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jotey:
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forgiveness right now

Hehehehe!

Joebie:
I agree with many of your judgements. Reason why we should not make judgements just off online reports.

However, I think Success would have done more if he had more time.

Ndidi stood out! Ogu, to me is not a starting material -- yet.

I think we actually felt Onazi's departure. And indeed, we did miss Mikel in this game.

Iheanacho scored our own goal, but who could have easily been named along the flops if not for that penalty -- owing to the chances he missed.

Our entire defense line need more competition. Can we have Mikel Agu now tested?

I think Mikel Agu should be tested to see if he can deputiz Ndidi. The boy is good. He deserves a call-up.

SharpJoe:
Precisely. The discussion was who is more needed in the Super Eagles, not Tottenham. Alli or Mikel. Clearly it is Mikel because he has the ability to make the team play better and he creates loads of chances for the forwards.

What a team needs is a champion.

ChrisKels:
Someone should plz confirm the authenticity of this news from completesportsnigeria.com



Rohr Calls Up Chelsea's Aina, Sunderland's
Maja To Super Eagles


Chelsea FC and England U-20 defender Ola
Aina has joined up with the Super Eagles
squad for a training match with an unnamed
side on Monday,
Completesportsnigeria.com can report.
Aina, 20, was handed a late invitation by
coach Gernot Rohr for the training match
billed for the Hive stadium on Monday. He
was joined by Sunderland's 18-year-old
forward Joshua Maja and Queens Park
Rangers' Scottish born forward Eberechi
Eze.
Aina has made six appearances for Chelsea
this term in all competitions.
Josh has made five appearances for the
Black cats with four of the coming in the
Football League Trophy tournament (U23s)
and one in the English Football league
game against QPR where he came on in the
68th minute for Lynden Gooch.
Eze's only appearance for QPR this season
was in the English FA Cup. He featured for
18 minutes in QPR's 2-1 loss to Blackburn on
the 7th of January, 2017.
The trio will be assessed by the Super
Eagles technical crew it was gathered from
a media release made available to
Completesportsnigeria.com.

Hehehehe!

E remain Dominic Solanke, Tammy Abraham, Onomah, Sheyi Ojo, Onyedima etc.

TheSuperNerd:
Link to full game...(very very clear with commentary sef but no replays) Nigeria vs Senegal... courtesy of the NFF...

wonder why they can't just give us the highlights....




https://player.vimeo.com/video/209998668



note: if it doesn't work.... then access it thru the @NGSuperEagles twitter handle... click on it and view with a string browser like UC browser.... been enjoying the game like this.


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I successfully downloaded it thru same Link using my UC browser.... it is now on my laptop... will watch the match more critically later on.... at least for future references on discussions on our Eagles.

Hehehehe! I don watch the match and I can give a sane judgment.

Michael2 can you now understand the problem of the team after watching the match and listening to the commentator?

I told you there was no harmony and cohesion due to the inability of the players to spring a simple pass.

You said John Ogu brought stability but how come the Senegalese overran the midfield in the second half?

Let me drop my observations.

This team is not ready to play Cameroon with the way they played.

From the defense to the attack na wark.

Let me start with the the keeper, he is not qualified to be a member of the Super Eagles. Very poor in positioning himself during set pieces though possess sharp reflexes.


Leon Balogun lacks fitness and confidence. We need to start thinking of a better replacement in case he doesn't improve.

Troost Ekong got talent but in this game, he was below average. Very guilty of giving away the ball when pressed.

Rohr needs to school these defenders on how to soak pressure and control the game from the back.


Omeruo fumbled as a right back. He should be left alone to manage the defense or DMF.

Echiejile needs a good deputy.

We should be looking out for a equally good or better replacement for Ndidi because he will become the target of vultures in a very important match. I remember what Italy and France did to us. We should not allow that repeat itself again.

The boy is obviously very very good. That's why I want Shehu Abdullahi out of the team. We don't need players that can't add value to the team.

Raheem Lawal should be drafted in place of him.

John Ogu is good for the team.

Onazi is a leader and equally good for the team.

Alex Iwobi shouldn't be giving automatic shirt, he is not taking his career seriously.

How can we be relying on such inconsistent player?

He needs someone to challenge his position to make em head correct.

Iheanacho is not a striker, he is SS but from what I am seeing, Manchester City has destroyed his ability to give a through pass. Now, he is even missing tap in. Geees! He needs to move out from that club else.....


Simon Moses will play under Rohr because he played many roles in the match. He can play as a midfielder, winger and SS. And contributed alot to the defense.

Ahmed Musa.... I just don't know what to say about him.

Isaac Success didn't really impressed me as many people exaggerated here but he is needed for such kind of game.

Etebo na fine player. He is good for a CMF.

Kayode was played out of position. He didn't miss any chance as speculated. I didn't notice him until he gave Iheanacho the pass that led to the penalty.

whizola:
NIGERIA - Saturday 25 March 2017
Rohr goofed with unnecessary Musa humiliation
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By Colin Udoh
West African Editor | @ColinUdoh
Gernot Rohr’s decision to not name Ahmed Musa as captain for Nigeria’s game against Senegal was as farcical as it was unnecessary.
There. That needed to be said.

While it is a coach’s prerogative to name who captains his team, it is also worth taking into consideration the circumstances and possible consequences.

Musa is, or was, assistant captain to John Obi Mikel and rightfully should have been named match-day captain in the absence of the former Chelsea man.

ALSO READ: Iheanacho rescues point against Senegal
The reason is that not doing so raises more issues than it solves. To start with, when Vincent Enyeama retired prematurely from the national team in the wake of his highly-publicised spat with Sunday Oliseh, most of the senior players declined the opportunity to step into the breach. Musa was the only one who agreed to do so.

But within one match of Samson Siasia taking over as Super Eagles coach, and with the dust sufficiently cleared, Musa was deposed.

As a committed, non-confrontational person, Musa accepted the decision in the interest of team unity, and agreed to serve as vice-captain, along with Ogenyi Onazi.

With Mikel excused, Musa acted out the role of captain when the team reported for camp, until Rohr informed him that Onazi would lead the team out for the first game, and Elderson Echiejile would do the honors in the second game [which has since been called off].

Rohr’s explanation, according to a very credible team official, was that he wanted to team to be led out by a player who plays regularly.

Bollocks! Absolute bollocks!

First, if that was his sole reason, why chose to do it on a day in which he started the Leicester forward when he didn’t have to? There were alternatives. Oghenekaro Etebo could have played in midfield with Alex Iwobi starting in his usual wide left position and Moses Simon wide right.

Second, Nigeria have a long history of non-playing captains, going back to Christian Chukwu, Stephen Keshi and, more recently, Nwankwo Kanu and Joseph Yobo.

Keshi, in particular, was a non-playing captain for most of the 1994 Nations Cup and still lifted the trophy, and certainly nobody expected him to play any part of significance at the World Cup months later.

In any case, Must is not the substitute captain, so he could have led the team out, especially sine Rohr chose to start him. This was humiliation for Musa and it need not have happened. Period.

ALSO READ: Rohr praise for brave young Eagles

Sources close to Musa said he considered retiring from the national team after the armband was handed over to Mikel, but was talked out of it.

With this latest humiliation, he has decided to save himself from further embarrassment by giving up the entire thing.

It is the wrongest possible way to treat a player who has always put the team first. And, for once, I am not with Rohr. Musa should have been treated better. He has earned the right to be treated better

Rohr didn't handle this thing well. This move will bring bad blood among the players and fans.

Rohr should give it to Ahmed Musa whenever invited.

Humility017:
what does one have to show as an achievement after his retirement from the round leather game? if not medals won..
I have never doubted kelechi's potential the young man is where he is today as a result of hardwork..he has made a mark in EPL(striker with the highest number of goals per minute ratio) despite the limited time and opportunities he gets
I know deeply what's hindering us from seeing more of his potentials is lack of play time...
i still remember the Israeli scout that rubbish the media claiming that in the streets of kano, Lagos there lies lot of youngsters who could kick the ball better than Dembele...
I doubt dele would have made it so easy if he had grown in the streets of Nigeria

There is difference between a talent and a champion.

Dele Alli plays like a champion.

Humility017:
seriously...it is funny seeing Mikel being compared to alli....both are not mates
Mikel even before 21 already won a medal at under 20 world cup...with many trooping in later as he aged..

Dele Alli....

Icon4s:
I guess i was the one who made this statement.

Please, read carefully.

Humility017:
one thing I noticed here...amongst us.
just because we hate one player...we will do all in our writings to ridicule such player...to the point we will see nothing good in him.

Na true you talk.

Icon4s:
No need going back and forth.

I believe i have given u answers to that question.

U brought Iwobi into it.

Me! Talk about Iwobi!?

Subject of the matter is Onazi.

Humility017:
Enyeama coming to do what? after this guys have put in their best we qualify especially akpeyi then...someone from somewhere will come to reap where he has never sow
please if he must go to the world cup...tell him to rescind his decision and come now...

Ok na, you can rely on Akpeyi and Ikechuwu but you go you regret.

Rohr never shut the door on him.

Icon4s:
Iwobi was not impossing enough on the game. The only other player on the bench from the match day list that can play that position was Etebo plus Etebo has the ability to find the back of the net even from the unlikeliest of chances.

Besides, the jet lag issue is just a probability.
It may or may nt have affected him. So why not throw Etebo in when u depirately needed that goal.

This discussion has nothing to do with Iwobi. We were discussing why Rohr replaced Onazi with Ogu instead of Etebor.

Mickael2:
Go back to what I said, I said he was PRIMARILY deployed as a DMF, that means his main position was as a DMF. He played as a box to box CMF once in a while and even in those games he was the destroyer kinda CMF, and in many of those games he came in as a sub to sure up the game, you can't even describe that as a CMF. AMF?! No way!!! It was from you that I learnt that he played as an AMF during HIS DAYS IN THEIR ACADEMY OR SO.

His position chances according to the coach tactics.

He was registered as an attacking midfielder.

Na me tell you sa em dey play as AMF in the academy, the main reason he was drafted into the main team.

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TheSuperNerd:
Okay oooo....

Better oooo... this coming from you in this manner makes me smile now..... Thank you for your honest remarks.

No wahala.

goldfish80:
I watched live not in TV the Nigeria vs Mali quater finals in Enugu. I was still to gain access to the jam packed Nnamdi Azikiwe stadium when fans screamed Goal! Those of us outside started jubilanting,we thought Nigeria scored only to gain access into the stadium and saw a different thing in the score board.
Ikedia was the only Nigerian player who came to the party. He was so good that one Hausa man sitting in front of me wrote on a white handkerchief "I love Ikedia" we all cheered.

One player who who had a very bad game was Musa. We were all screaming to the bench "change Musa put Shittu". The Malians were just too good on the day. Diarra and Seydou Keita. We just couldn't handle Seydou Keita on the day. There was visible panick whenever Keita was in the ball. Lots of locals nicknamed him Ogbete because of a market in Enugu called Kenyatta,it was like a funny way they could connect to him.

After the tournament, Ikenna Eneh bought a blue Mercedes-Benz flat boot. We stayed in the same neighborhood at the time. When he fought with his elder brother Ziko, he used to run to my house and hide.
I followed Nigeria 99 bumper to bumper. Ikenna Eneh's mother used to come to our house to watch her son on TV.

I repeat, Yobo did not smell the pitch as a right back in 99.

I also watched some of the matches at the National stadium Lagos.

TheSuperNerd:
Chelsea is your club ooo...... Mikel made great impact there ooo.... shevchencko, crespo, Torres, and even De bruyne and Lukaku all flopped there ooo....

haba!!! because you wan raise up Alli naa... u wanna talk down on Mikel... okay naa.... feel free....

No way I talk down my Mikel but the obvious is, Mikel will not be rated above AMF and attacker in this era.

Everybody is taking about Drogba and Lampard at Chelsea but they have forgotten without Mikel no champions League trophy.

You can see my point.

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Icon4s:
When the chips were down. With a goal down you need to thrown in all u've got.

And you need a fatigue player due to jet lag when the chips are down?