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terzurum5:
Who would you have invited in place of Isaac Success and Jamiu Alimi

TheGoodJoe:
I propose we go with a 4-3-3 formation. An attacking line up with three forwards.

----------------------------------Carl Ikeme(GK)----------------------------------------
---------------------Ekong(CB)----------------Balogun(CB)------------------
M. Mohammed(RB)----------------------------------------------------Echiejile(LB)
----------------------------------------Onazi(DMF)----------------------------------------------
-------------------Iwobi(CMF/AMF)-------------Mikel(CMF/AMF)-----------------
---------------V. Moses(SS)-------------------------------------------Success(SS)
-------------------------------------------Iheanacho(CF)----------------------------------

Left back is a challenge for me because I do not trust Echiejile's crosses and tracking back. I put his name there because of his experience and I have not watched much of Madu's defending.

A lot of us hurled criticism at V. Moses because of his stingy play. However, he can become an asset with more license to attack. Instead of sticking to the flanks to cross and pass, a combination of three skillful strikers will bring out the best in Moses. We will see them exchange brilliantly close to goal and cause Zambia problems.

Mikel and Iwobi have the duty of disciplined play and key passes to unlock the opponents defence.

Onazi must stick to his disciplined play as he did against Tanzania. The setup is offensive and a stable defensive midfielder is crucial to prevent counter attacks.

Rohr should reduce the forward play of Echiejile to reduce the work he does to track back. Onazi should fill gaps.

cc: Icon4s, tbaba1234, TheSuperNerd, lakesidepapa, safarigirl, Joseph1013, confun, goldfish80, Mickael2, forgiveness, chrisooblog, lexyman, amagunnerfan, zicky, HZwriters, bigblangston etc.

Danycrusoe:
I don't know y just seeing d names of d clubs most of our players now play for makes me smile.
Back den our players were playing for some virtually unknown club sides in mid Europe (and dey were always seating on d bench), d only stand-out was Mikel(Chelsea) and Yobo.
Thank God Success finally gets d call up. I hope d achievements of sum of d 2013 u17 stars with d various national teams will make ppl realize dat age cheating in our football has finally reduced.
Good job to d Babas n d mama on the thread: Icon4s, Thesupernerd, Thegoodjoe, Joseph, forgiveness, terzerum, confun, Safarigirl and the rest, I hail u all.

Mybettingtips:
ALL THE INVITED PLAYERS



Goalkeepers: Carl Ikeme (Wolverhampton Wanderers, England); Emmanuel Daniel (Enugu Rangers); Ikechukwu Ezenwa (FC IfeanyiUbah)



Defenders: Leon Balogun (FSV Mainz 05, Germany); William Paul Ekong (Haugesund FC, Norway); Kenneth Omeruo (Alanyaspor FC, Turkey); Jamiu Alimi (Kano Pillars); Abdullahi Shehu (Anorthosis Famagusta, Cyprus); Musa Muhammed (Istanbul Basaksehir, Turkey); Elderson Echiejile (Standard Liege, Belgium), Kingsley Madu (SV Zulte Waregem, Belgium)



Midfielders: Mikel John Obi (Chelsea FC, England); Ogenyi Onazi (Trabzonspor, Turkey); Wilfred Ndidi (KRC Genk, Belgium); Nosa Igiebor (Maccabi Tel Aviv, Israel); Anderson Esiti (KAA Gent, Belgium)



Forwards: Ahmed Musa (Leicester City, England); Kelechi Iheanacho (Manchester City, England); Moses Simon (KAA Gent, Belgium); Victor Moses (Chelsea FC, England); Isaac Success (Watford FC, England); Brown Ideye (Olympiacos FC, Greece); Alex Iwobi (Arsenal FC, England)

Sportsration:
Imoh Friday, Kelechi Iheanacho and Leon Balogun were on the winning sides in mid-week actions across Europe but Abdul Ajagun, Taiwo Awoniyi, Uche Agbo were unlucky as their clubs suffered defeats.

About five Nigerian were in action for their clubs in the Netherlands – KNVB Beker and only Imoh Friday was lucky to be on the winning side.

Here is the report card of Nigerian players across Europe in Wednesday’s mid-week actions.

ENGLAND

Manchester City

Kelechi Iheanacho failed to score in Manchester City’s 2-1 victory of Swansea in the League cup but the Nigerian will be pleased with his display on the night.

Swansea City v Manchester City - Barclays Premier League

SPAIN

Granada

Uche Henry Agbo played for the entire duration as Granada lost at home to Athletic club 2-1. The Watford loanee shone again in his side’s defeat.
CHECK OUT THE COMPLETE LIST HERE https://sportsration.com/21624-2errt/

TheGoodJoe:

How can you ask that? One of the criticism I had was the AFCON did not produced stats result. That is something we as Africans can look into.

If you feel other defenders did better than Omeruo does not change my point.

I said, it is hard to say Moses is the best when I feel other players contributed more defensively.

I listed Onazi, Oboabona and Omeruo.

So hanging on Omeruo to compare with other defenders dodges my point.

My point is, I do not place Victor Moses contributions oger players like Mikel, Omeruo, Oboabona and Onazi.

TheGoodJoe:

That is like saying Mourinho is racist. The coach explained to her that he wants to play physical players. It is his style. We can not force him to change.

goldfish80:
I agree with you, on a second thought, Kingsley Madu will slot in and replace Ahmed Musa.
Madu I believe will offer more verve and energy than Elderson playing as a left wing back not a left back. Joel Obi is another good option.
Most people don't realise alot of teams which play a high pressing kind of system employ 3 defenders at the back when in possession while switching to a standard 4 at the back when defending.

Pep Guardiola's Barcelona and Marcelo Bielsa's teams usually set up like this.

TheGoodJoe:

It is his choice. That is like telling Mourinho to buy the likes of Kevin De Bruyne and Mata over Drogba and Essien.

The Nigerian coach likes physical players and preferred bigger players. That does not mean he is racist or bigoted.

Lateef should make his choice based on what he wants, not based on the decision of one man.

If he does not want to represent us, I wish him the best.

TheSuperNerd:
Is Simon Moses not in the national team??

Did pius ikedia and tijani babangida not make it??

TheSuperNerd:
Messi is even taller..... Messi is 5ft 5 or 7inches.

But like I said, she should have been invited among the 30 coz she's indeed technically sound.

TheSuperNerd:
USA-Born Superkid Omidiji To Reconsider
International Future Over Racist Treatment
Of White Sister By Nigeria Coach

https://allnigeriasoccer.com/football_pics/57678Sophia.jpg








FC Dordrecht superkid Lateef Omidiji Jr is crushed and devastated, and will reconsider his decision to pledge his international future to


Source: http://allnigeriasoccer.com/read_news.php?nid=20516

TheGoodJoe:

Very tough. We had the likes of Omeruo, Oboabona and Victor Moses. I will go for Onazi because he was behind most of the weight behind Mikel. He gave Mikel the liberty to express himself.

However, this is a personal choice. A lot felt Moses was instrumental to our win.

TheSuperNerd:
Peter Dedevbo is male, mister.... Not "female"

TheGoodJoe:

John Mikel Obi aka Obi Kererenke. He was not just our best player at the AFCON but the best player of the competition.

zuchyblink:
Moses brings which fear factor? U see we can't continue using Ighalo,moses,musa etc and wxpect to achieve different result from wwhat we used to get from these guys

TheSuperNerd:
USA-Born Superkid Omidiji To Reconsider
International Future Over Racist Treatment
Of White Sister By Nigeria Coach

https://allnigeriasoccer.com/football_pics/57678Sophia.jpg








FC Dordrecht superkid Lateef Omidiji Jr is crushed and devastated, and will reconsider his decision to pledge his international future to Nigeria ahead of Netherlands and United
States after his white sister, Sophia, was
unceremoniously dropped by Nigeria U20 coach Peter Dedevbo ahead of the World Cup.


In truth, Dedevbo informed Sophia Omidiji before announcing his provisional roster that he is not planning to take her to the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Papua New Guinea, citing that she is not as big and strong as the black girls in the team.


But Sophia’s minders argued that she has more
technique and tactical awareness than the
domestic-based players, has a proven track
record of scoring goals, creating assists and
working hard on the pitch for the team.


Allnigeriasoccer.com understands that Lateef
Omidiji Jr is disgusted that his elder sister came to Nigeria for four months amidst fear of Boko Haram (there were two explosions) 30 minutes from her when she was in camp against advice from everyone, and lost her place with the United States youth team because she declared loyalty to her fatherland.


Omidiji Jr is scared that he might be humiliated
by the Nigerian coaches if he continues flirting
with the Nigeria setup .



To cut a long story short, Sophia has concluded
that she would have gotten better treatment
from Peter Dedevbo if she was dark skinned, big, Ibo and a Christian, but she is white, Yoruba and a proud Muslim.



Source: http://allnigeriasoccer.com/read_news.php?nid=20516

zuchyblink:
Moses is better than musa M. How? Well is not about who is better but who can deliver results,for the facts he is not playing in his club doesn't make him a bad player,it could the coache's decision. Musa M can make those explosive runs annd also track back and support the defence which moses cannot do

zuchyblink:
My line up:
--------------------Ikeme--------------------------
/
Onazi--------Ekong---Balogun-----Echiejile
/
--------------Mikel----------Ndidi----------------
/
---------------------Iwobi-------------------------
/
Musa muh'med-----------------------Success
/
---------------------Iheanacho-------------------
/
Rohr should understand that if you are good enough you are old enough. Quartet in our attack can take us to 2018 world cup.let us do away with always starting our expereinced and untalented stars like Ighalo.musa,moses etc. Know that Musa muhammed is more of a winger than a defender,the duo of musa and success can bully any defence. Remember it is African football we are talking about.

goldfish80:
This formation could be far fetched. Abit alien to our style but I think a 3-5-2 formation could suit our team.
Something like this..
. . . . . . . . Ikeme. . . . . . .
... Omeruo. . . Leon. . . . Troost

.M.mohamed. . . . Onazi. . . Mikel
. . . . . . . . . . . . .iwobi. . . . . . . . . . . . Musa
. . . . . . . . Iheanacho. . . Ighalo

In this formation, Musa Muhammed would be licensed to push high up the field, just like a winger, when in possession, while the over load in midfield and Omeruo covers for him.
At the last AYC, he almost played like a free winger and got about 5goals. Won the player of the tournament I believe. Lichestiner plays this role for juventus.

In attack, Musa should be cutting in from the left. We all know what he did at the last world cup playing that position. Against South Africa in a friendly, he played from this angle and got a goal. He could be more prolific than moses playing there.

Iheanacho will support Odion and drop to the middle to help control the game,while Iwobi plays a free role which is his most natural position although he was trained at arsenal to play any role in attack even as a striker.

The Zambians will struggle to get out of their own half if we play a prototype like this. As they will be strangled to submission right there in Ndola.

terzurum5:
Don't tell me you skipped this portion of the article.....
* This list is by no means official. It is purely the opinion of the writer hence it’s not binding.

Icon4s:
Please direct this question to the author of that publication and not to me.

Icon4s:
Kai! why not Egypt so they qualify as hosts and we take the group's ticket.

CFCman:
How will the starting line up below fare against Zambia and Algeria?

-----------------------Ikeme---------------------------

---Shehu------Ekong----Omeruo------Oshaniwa---

----------------R.Lawal--Mikel-------------------

---Victor Moses----Iheanacho-------Iwobi--------

--------------------Ighalo--------------------

Note that Mikel would be a deep-lying playmaker in this system in the mould of Albertini or Xabi Alonso.

tbaba1234:
Onazi, Ndidi, Mikel are better than Azubuike.

Raheem Lawal can be invited.

Icon4s:
see, I am indiffent about whether Raheem Lawal is invited or not. You can go all the way to dig up statistics or reasons why he should be included. That publication is just the author's opinion


I had to single out Azubuike bc he is the youngest on that list and just starting a career. He is just 19yrs old.

It is just like you including Taiwo Awoniyi, and Kelechi Nwakali on that list bc dey play for second division teams.

Remember I said "he may be out for now but not for long".

zoboizee:
I must confess only two box to box or defensive midfielder have impressed me so much playing for Nigeria. Raheem Lawal & Azubuike Okechukwu. For their tenacity, skill & football sense. Its obvious he has issue with someone in the federation or some journalists. They always slain him. And never judged for football reasons.

PS:
I hope one day our journalists will not say Adeoti- Caen, babatounde, imoru and other beninoise footballers like jonathan ligali are also Nigerians to be called.