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Humility017:
that 3rd points of yours does not hold water...just a fiction of your imagination.

Kog45:
Yes but i can't say much on Aluko but Oyekwuru and Kayode should be making Rohr 23 man list if we are having players like Nwakaeme, Aaron Samuel in d team.

Joebie:
Well done sir! the collation master.
I still hold my believe that na just noise we dey make here. If the NFF has promised not to meddle in Rohr's job. Then that's all they need to do. To think that Rohr will be listening to us .
Anyway no harm in u guys trying

DrKlever:
Welldone Mr Goke7. Please as an example also to point 10, add the incidence when Ighalo revealed Thank you Jesus inscription on his inner shirt after he scored against Cameroon. That fetched him a yellow card, that could jeopardize team effort in world cup in a scenero were he is previously booked.. The guy sef dey follow ref argue not knowing fifa rule has changed.

Kog45:
Godfatherism w continue to exist in Nigeria whether we like it or not,though on a reduce rate now with Rohr in charge but i can still tell u some players are getting invitation through Godfatherism.

If Aluko cannot get invitation after scoring a brace for Nigeria, beg for answer.I watched Oyekwuru against PSG and i said to myself something is wrong somewhere,also watching Kayode against Deportivo i asked again what hell is going on.

PDPGuy:
Of course, I’m expecting 95% of the players, who were called up for the last 3 games, to make the World Cup team. That’s just common sense. If Rohr only takes like 10% of the players who played in the qualifiers, I would immediately call for his sack.

At least, 16 or 17 of them (barring injury) will absolutely be part of the mundial. It is the other 6 or 7 spots that are really up for grabs.

If the likes of Onyekuru, Kayode, Aluko or Uzoho continue having fine performances for most of the remainder of the season, it will be difficult for Rohr not to give them a chance to show what they’ve got.

As for Enyeama, if he barely makes the bench for whatever new team he signs for, then Rohr may just have to drop him. However, it will be also a sad story if that happens, because a part of me wants Enyeama to create history as the first Nigerian (or even African?) to have played in 4 world cups.

TheGoodJoe:
I am not only pointing out to the starting eleven or final squad. I am also talking of a technical shake up. I do not think we have a right balance in the technical crew. Also, we are talking about why we had not succeeded in the past and the lessons learnt.

We must be thorough and not easily satisfied with what we have. Make sure we are going with the very best we can get our hands on.

It falls to the coach being true to himself and doing what he honestly believe is right.

forgiveness:
When Okocha no give em best at em prime? Make una surfre surfre dey yan oo.

komekn:
Even from far away England I feel the impact of Godfatherism in Nigeria. But that's the tip of the ice- berg because you may find it hard to believe, but Egunje is still at work.

To date Aluko has never been recalled, the way Enyeama was treated is still is baffling.

TheGoodJoe:
When you are ready to discuss what is pulling Nigerian football back, give me a call. How can you pretend there is no godfatherism in Nigerian football. That one is not even up for debate.

soetanoreoluwa:
No sir.. I don't think under 17 thread is functioning... I think this Is the best way to monitor the small small children..

Qatar 2022 is our goal...

relevanteism:
I guess you didn't go through all I wrote. Anyway which is no way, the output of the students is always the end product.

lulufaj:
We enjoy deceiving ourselves in this part of the world. The teachers to teach in this school, aren't they the same poorly motivated, training-starved people?

My mother retired in 2012 after teaching for 32 years. Her salary was around half of mine(I got my first pay as a medical doctor that same month). Now she's retired and she's yet to have her monthly pension since June. Her colleagues still in service are suffering same fate. Theirs is even worse.

What mechanism has bin put in place to maintain this structure?

You see why we aren't going anywhere in this country? No headway in view.

Genilufoye:
I know it is not for the poor sha

relevanteism:
I like your pattern of reasoning. Once people see structure they believe all is well. At an economic summit around 2015, a question was put forward to the deputy on what mechanism had been put in place for teachers to teach in those schools and the answer was they have training for the teachers, they are motivating them in term of pay bla bla bla talk. I later had a discussion with someone from there and the response was shocking. Instead of sending these guys on training they send their cronies. Also the remuneration is very poor to say the least and those still doing the good work are doing for conscience sake and the mentality of if it's my child, won't I do better. Though this is worth commending but at the same time, it has been proven that it is not a function of good buildings but the quality of the staff strength.

Alexk2:
For me oo., i'll always love, celeberate and appreciate good things no matter where it's coming from.
Aregbe., i doff my hat for you!

Humility017:
so let us allow uzoho to prove his worth...
everyone should be given a chance...
what's wrong in testing his prowess wit the Algeria match...and let ezenwa or anyone else man the post in the Argentina's match...

ajiboye will have the Chan to prove his worth too....

let the best be taken for the world cup...
there should be no sentiment towards any player just because they played a role in Nigeria's qualification...

anyone else amongst those we clamouring for...could have done that...
it's a privilege..after all they were paid match bonus...I remember the likes of ideye who played out his sweat prior the 2014 world cup...later he wasn't picked in the 24 man list...
keshi reason was...the need to score goals..

so every players should be know that....the list for the world cup....still fresh and any capable player can get their name in there...

Humility017:
neither has the home based...won mere Chan for us...

the npfl league you've been watching how many players from there can compete wit Aina, Iwobi etal...

Mickael2:
Do you think Ezenwa will make it into Deportivo's B team?

tbaba1234:
Kayode and Onyekuru contributed nothing to qualification and are just on the fringes of the team.

How many times has Alampasu represented Feirense in the league? Zero. How many invites does he have?

No one is saying Uzoho should be number 1 or that Ezenwa should be replaced.
Are they the only ones on the fringes of the team? One of the coaches have already said they are monitoring uzoho, so na by force? If they don't get invited now they will get their chances later, but to say that their invitation will boost our chances in the wc are mere assumptions. We've had high hopes on such players in the past and our hopes were dashed into pieces

tbaba1234:
We do not need to transform the team. We already know the first 11 and the regular subs. However, We need to ensure that everyone is chosen on merit. You can not just pick an imaginary % of those who should make it because they were part of the campaign but contributed nothing on the pitch.

There are players on the fringes who can be of more value. Onyekuru, Esiti, Kayode, Uzoho, etc... These players should get their shot to prove themselves.

tbaba1234:
I disagree with 3. 90% is too high... Instead, go with the core of the team that won the ticket. 70-75 percent is good enough as long as the most important players are there.

Rohr's team is fairly new. The USA 94 team took years to grow and we had seen all the players play. We knew what everyone could offer. We knew what Agu, Wilfred and Rufai could offer. We had already seen them several times. Right now, we do not know what an Alampasu or Ajiboye can offer.

There is still question marks over some players in Rohr's set-up especially those on the bench. Nwakeame, Ogu, Alampasu, Agbo, Ebuehi, etc.. Even players like Musa and Omeruo have question marks.

In USA 94, we were coming off the back of a nations cup triumph, the team was settled.. It is not the same here.

OMANBALA1:
I have said it times without numbers here ,Victor Moses's biggest failure in Nigerian jersey is his selfish play but guess what NIGGA doesnt do that in his club. He do it with super eagles because we know he will get away with it.

Goke7:
Some lessons so far on our failed world cup attempts from responses so far include

1. Stick to the coach that qualifies you for the world cup cos you you need that strong bond between the coach and the players who have been working tirelessly together.
2. Do not discard half or majority of the players that qualified you for the world cup as it affects team spirit and you end up with players in the world cup who are strange bed fellows. Case in point keshi despite qualifying for the world cup and going to the world cup ended up with players who were not really used to each other. This may be the reason Mikel rejected the inclusion of ramon azeez in the game against France.
3. Go with at least 90% of your players who qualified you for the world cup. case in point USA 94 team. If you must bring in new players, very very few.
4. Nff need to sort out issues of bonus and players welfare on time. I heard before the end of this year, Nff will meet with the players to tell them how much they will earn during the world cup next year. Good one I must say.
5. Quality warm up games for the team, perhaps warm up games against Germany and Yugoslavia brought out the best of Nigeria against Spain in France 98.

Mujtahida:
As painful as the loss to South Africa was it taught us a very important building lesson: it taught us how not to build- don't build exclusively with youth. There must be a mix of youth and experience. And we are no longer at the point we were in the building process as at the SA match because since then we have played three very important matches.

This issue of 80-90% of the team is sound reasoning methinks. Yet it is not cast in stone- this is evident. Of the 90% we talking about(and I think they amount to 15-17 players according to projections by many even on this thread) they must be fit and in fine form. 6-7 slots remain open and this is fair for reinforcements and fine performers to make the cut. But to bring in every talented goalscorer, every good DM, every good winger in the name of building a team, won't do it. We will end up having talented individuals without a team. We will go slow on the picking and dropping, build on the momentum we have now and continue building after the WC.

Mickael2:
I think it is up to the coach. Contrary to what most say, I do not believe that anybody 'deserves' anything, you earn it. Going by this 'player A deserves the slot' theory, Kayode and Tammy/Onuachu should go back to bed because they have done nothing to 'deserve' it.

Now we are still building not the finished article we want yet and one of the features of such a team is the picking and dropping of players. If I say this now people will say we already have a team(and 80-90%) of a squad then if I pinpoint the fact that we lost to South Africa they will come back again and say we are still building, double standards(you are guilty as well ). So I believe we all have to acknowledge that we are still building, as at now any player can be the difference between a groupstage exit and a semifinal berth.

edi287:
Yak's miss at 2010 seems to be the theme of our world cup that year, but let's not forget Martins miss in that game as well where he tried to go for the fancy chip instead of placing it. Osaze(or was it Obasi??)messed up too against Argentina when they went for glory instead of simply passing for a tap in. That 2010 WC was so frustrating to watch for me.

Mickael2:
should I reply or should I just laugh? Here is a guy that wants to collate points and pass on to NFF but you do not even believe the players' ages? The problem isn't the NFF, it's everybody.

Anyways Yobo played the first game of the Afcon and the second. I remember he came in against Ivory Coast and provided a calming influence and also the final so yeah he contributed

Mickael2:
There is nothing I won't hear. These guys are all below 26 and this is their last world cup?! Make I no talk.


I asked you who should be invited ahead of Yobo? Yobo was not the first choice CB, he was the backup and(except you know someone that deserved the spot more than him) he deserved the spot. He played the role to perfection at the Afcon as well.

terzurum5:
Teenage Nigerian GK Highly Rated By Wenger Trains Again With Arsenal First Team

https://www.allnigeriasoccer.com/football_pics/39652Okonkwo.jpg

Promising Nigerian goalkeeper Arthur Okonkwo participated in Arsenal's final workout ahead of Tuesday night's League Cup tie against Norwich City at the Emirates Stadium.


Arsenal youth-team expert Jeorge Bird has reported that the recently turned 16-year-old schoolboy trained with the Gunners first-teamers on Monday, October 23.


Okonkwo is highly rated by manager Arsene Wenger and had first trained with the main team before the League Cup match against Doncaster Rovers in September.


However, the England youth-teamer is unlikely to get the Frenchman's nod to be in goal against the Canaries tonight, with Matt Macey the most preferred option following the injury sustained by David Ospina.


Okonkwo made his competitive debut for the Arsenal U18s in their 2-0 loss to Leicester City in the U18 Premier League on Saturday.

Hale End Academy products Alex Iwobi and Chuba Akpom are in line to feature against Norwich City.

Igho Kingsley

http://www.allnigeriasoccer.com/read_news.php?nid=25143