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Kog45:
Nwakaeme?pls what can u say so far on his performance this season coz is not encouraging especially in a very average Isreali league,no goal just one assist and surprisingly some are still rating him as a player to break into Eagles XI.

Pls i need your inputs.

tbaba1234:
I never said Efe should not play for Nigeria. He could very well be younger than Balogun.

However, Komekn always talks about the lack of records in Nigeria when discrediting players ages but he ignored it here because he is an advocate of Efe.

That was the point, i was driving at.

komekn:
You have shown your unmitigated prejudice and dislike for Efe Ambrose. Because Balogun is actually older than him.

tbaba1234:
Chidozie Awaziem scores, great header

Icon4s:
I was surprised this morning when I started seeing Awaziem-Ekong pairing here.

Is it that people are wishing Balogun ill so that Awaziem will get to play against Algeria?

Kog45:
Thank u.The issue here is this,am always agape sometimes when people always contradict themselves,i don't expect anyone that go against IK Uche, Martins to support Efe Ambrose invitation.

Honestly they are Nigerian and eligible for invitation, if Rohr believe in them no issue but d question is do we need them in d national team.

Mujtahida:
Reading through I noticed that there are two camps as regards the old players /new players debate. komekn, mickael2 are in the forefront calling for players like Obafemi Martins, Ike Uche, Efe to be recalled, Humility017 firmly leads the camp for the newbies to drive us into the future. Personally I wish Martins and co happy retirement. The only old player I'd love to see recalled is Enyeama and among the new players I'd definitely love to see Onyekuru, Dessers, Bazee, Tammy and either Uduokhai or Torunarigha in the mix. Once we have Enyeama, Mikel, Echiejile, Onazi and Ighalo that would complete the 'experienced players' plank at strategic points in the team.
Martins and the rest have become fans like the rest of us and they should be wishing the team success just as I saw Efe doing before our Match against Zambia. Soja come, Soja go, barrack still dey

Mujtahida:
Reading through I noticed that there are two camps as regards the old players /new players debate. komekn, mickael2 are in the forefront calling for players like Obafemi Martins, Ike Uche, Efe to be recalled, Humility017 firmly leads the camp for the newbies to drive us into the future. Personally I wish Martins and co happy retirement. The only old player I'd love to see recalled is Enyeama and among the new players I'd definitely love to see Onyekuru, Dessers, Bazee, Tammy and either Uduokhai or Torunarigha in the mix. Once we have Enyeama, Mikel, Echiejile, Onazi and Ighalo that would complete the 'experienced players' plank at strategic points in the team.
Martins and the rest have become fans like the rest of us and they should be wishing the team success just as I saw Efe doing before our Match against Zambia. Soja come, Soja go, barrack still dey

komekn:
These are incredible assumption with multiple variables to make any kind of futuristic projection is entirely flawed.

If Awoniyi had not been born in Nigeria and played U17 he would not have been known.

If he was born in England he may have chosen, athletics, basketball, rugby, cycling, boxing, etc etc.and not football.

If he chose football who says he would have made the cut. Let's say he was born in Dalston Hackney and decided to be a drug dealer, and gun totting gangster. Or in the alternative be a musician.

Or study and become a Doctor, accountant or lawyer.

You simply cannot make those kind of futuristic assumptions because you are born in England. Was it not that idiot Michael Adebanjo that in his misguided fanaticism beheaded a off duty soldier in broad day light in London. He was born in London if he was born in Nigeria that would never have happened.

So you see using futuristic probables based on location of birth is simply not feasible.

BascoVanVeli:
Missed 2 sitters today.

Kog45:
Yea Jobie with Awaziem, Ekong,Balogun even Omeruo and Agbo,no need for Ambrose.

komekn:
He has played 5 games and how many did he start He is not the first choice CB with those stats if the truth must be told.

Mickael2:
Again you still do not want to learn. I do not care about your opinion as regards to Ambrose and Awaziem, it's your opinion and should be respected. Why I said you should keep quiet was because you wanted to reduce Hibernian to a low-level, relegation contender which is false, they are 6th and they held Celtic..


PSG beat Bayern by....4? That means Bayern isn't any better than the mid table teams in the Ligue1 I guess.

Mickael2:
I saw your first reply before you modified it and wanted to ignore, but you changed it so let me make some things clear.

I can come to an engineering gathering and start saying things that are not accurate and an engineer will tell me to keep quiet that I do not know what I am saying, it is not an insult just the truth, I said keep quiet not shut up, if you took it as an insult then sorry.

Has Nantes played against PSG? Monaco? No. Has Hibernian played against Celtic? Yes. The outcome? A draw? The hero? Ambrose.

What position does Nantes currently occupy?

Mickael2:
they are currently 6th in their league, they just came back from relegation and are in the 6th position, next time if you don't know about something kindly keep quiet

Davindal:
She couldn't alter a coherent speech. She could not say something meaningful enough. I just got infuriated and slapped her mercilessly, and bundled her out of my compound.

Mickael2:
Are they better than Ambrose currently? Ambrose is the best player at Hibernian

chrisooblog:
big commendations to the nff for making this happen the Argentinians will definitely test us and expose our weaknesses for us to improve on. If Leon doesn't recover on time kenneth or Ambrose to replace him. Uzoho if he continues to start in goal for derpotivo. Henry to come in too

forgiveness:
I think it has to do with the Argentina FA demanding we field our first team because left to Rohr he wants to try new players.

Icon4s:
Why would Leon not be available?

And what makes so sure that Aina would cope with the 'pace' more than Echiejile?

forgiveness:
This match is right after Algeria. I don't think Rohr will invite new players. Let us wait and see.


Official : Argentina FA Announce Pre-World Cup Friendly With Nigeria In Krasnodar

Published: October 21, 2017

Official : Argentina FA Announce Pre-World Cup Friendly With Nigeria In Krasnodar
The Argentine Football Association have announced a pre-World Cup friendly with three-time African champions Nigeria, ahead of the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

The South American powerhouse will start their preparations for next summer's showpiece with a high-profile exhibition match against the Super Eagles in the Arena of FC Krasnodar on November 14.

The stadium, owned by FC Krasnodar of the Russian Premier League, has a capacity of 34,291 spectators.

Nigeria have met Argentina four times at the World Cup, losing by the odd goal in each of the matches.

In USA 94, Argentina, who were inspired by Diego Maradona, beat Nigeria 2-1 with Samson Siasia on target for the Africans, Argentina won their opening game in the 2002 World Cup 1–0 against Nigeria thanks to a second-half goal by Gabriel Batistuta.

Seven years ago in South Africa, Heinze's sixth minute goal proved to be the winner in their opener against Nigeria, while Ahmed Musa bagged a brace in a 3-2 loss to the two-time world champions at Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre in 2014.

Nigeria's last competitive match of 2017 comes away at Algeria on November 10.

Ifeanyi Emmanuel

http://www.allnigeriasoccer.com/read_news.php?nid=25100

TheGoodJoe:
Ian Wright got to be kidding me. He is talking about fitting the system. The system is the problem. Not the players. Even Jamie Vardy, Mahrez and Albrighton are struggling with the system. Not only new signings.

Icon4s:
Why would Leon not be available?

elyte89:
So if dey struggled to qualify does dt make dem a weak team overnight? Besides d oppositions dey struggled against with re not d same per at Zambians,cameroonians and co

For d records,Brazil struggled to qualify for 2002 world cup, yet dey came to d tournament and won it

Icon4s:
Not trying to rubbish your list. But we must understand the purpose for which some of these friendlies are played.

Firstly, it is not every time you get the opportunity to face an Argentine team that has the likes of Leonel Messi, Di Maria and co. Let us have the opportunity of testing our "Oyinbo wall" against these top players. If they can handle Messi, Dybala and Di Maria effectively that could give them the mental strength to face other attackers in the world cup.

We should focus more on exposing our 'A' team more than the fringe players. Only 3 of the whole sqaud have played in the world cup. It basically means over 70% of the 'A' team are green horns as far as facing opponents of that calibre is concerned.

We need our 'A' team to play more together. Thank God there are rooms for 6 substations we can be introducing those fringe players little by little.

So for that Argentina friendly we must start our best.

Icon4s:
Nothing like that. This kind of friendly is to test the strength of your 'A' team. It should be an insight as per how our team would fair against an 'A' opponent. This could give us the mental strength to face big teams in the world cup.

If we want to test the fringe players we play against an average opposition.

Icon4s:
There is allowance for 6 substitutions. So more opportunities for upcoming players.

tbaba1234:
Awoniyi's goal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBQp4e7c5EE