₦airaland Forum

komekn:
Actually he was benched and frozen out of the Chelsea team yet he still ended up being top scorer.

You saying because you rarely watch foot ball

If you do....you'll know that the Chelsea Team creates lot of chances and Tammy is someone that often utilize 1 out of 7 created chances thats why Tuchel dropped him

Any clinical forward can always score bunch of goals weekly for this Chelsea Team the problem we're experiencing now is that we can barely score goals from chances upon chances being created

So the Tammy argument you put up there does not stand

forgiveness:
In comparison with Lookman, Lookman is definitely better but in comparison with some of our wingers, Simon is definitely better.

Very interesting.

But you've been rating Simon here and trying to pass him down our throat whenever we talk about his disastrous outing for the super eagles

Or it because he is not in comparism with Lookman that u now see him as not good enough

oloriooko:
why was Ndidi left on the bench against ManC

Leicester is playing smart
Already declared Patson Daka injured to be out for 5 weeks and rumour of Ndidi injured too

Many clubs will do likewise to their star africa players as afcon draw near

andrewbaba44:
He has already evade ,he wan wait before

Lol

Their hypocrisy is second to none

andrewbaba44:
You have been seeing lookman play in the epl with Fulham and Leicester for the past 2 seasons and you are here asking me what has he done for the past 3 seasons

But I have never seen you ask your self what has nwakali done since he arrived Europe

Smh

The bolded is something nwakali apologist will try evade

Odunayaw:
I'm beginning to like him as a coach

He should be given the under 20 job
I see him walking his way up from there

Hanibal:
It seems Abdullahi Shehu is injured...
Might be an opportunity to replace him with someone more productive.

Please check and let us know bro
An opportunity to call up either of bassey/akpo/ebuehi

Philosopher1979:
With nwakali a 4 4 2 formation may be possible. He and ndidi can Marshall the midfield. Chidera ejuke can play as a false winger who sometimes comes to the middle.
There are many options possible.
Look our lack of tactical depth is why Small teams embarrass us.
We need nwakali skill set.
One small team iwobi a false covid report because they realized that our midfield revolves around him and once he is not there we might struggle to create chances.
Other teams can read us like a book and nullify us and nwakali offers something different.
I'm tired of this.
Club football rating is not everything. Onuachu and Moses Simon made us realize that.
Every great team always has a dark horse or surprise player.
People here should try and see things our way.
Midfield control is fundamental to football and if you can win the midfield you have won 50% of the match. Nwakali offers midfield control and can even make the job easier for iwobi if they play together.
Time will prove me right

Same nwakali that has poor work rate lazy and clumsy off the ball .
Dude is one of the most lazy player I have seen

He needs to be good in ball recovery and driving forward to fair well in a 442 set or else he will be the weak link in the midfield when we get to play an attacking side

TheGoodJoe:

That is why Rohr asked for Ighalo to come back from retirement when we had Dessers. That is why Rohr kept calling Musa even when he did not have a club. That is why Rohr kept Shehu in the team despite Ebuehi doing well. Na wa for this Indigenous Local coach called Rohr.

Rohr was one kind of a coach that would have prefer he was a scout instead.
He is not a good and daring coach

So I won't even rate him as a foreign coach that knows his onions but he did well in getting foreign born players for us which the indigenous coaches will never do because this lads dont understand the protocols of greasing palms to get call ups

TheGoodJoe:

Tell me how many black European born coaches can manage top clubs. It is not ambition. Blacks lack opportunities for football in Europe. That is why the likes of us are supporting Viera to change the narrative. So if Black Europeans find it difficult, how do you think Nigerians can just claim jobs in Europe.

How many blacks do you see in VAR rooms in the EPL? Let alone coaching.

It is possible for a black coach that distinguish himself to coach a European club

If you distinguish yourself you'll climb the ladder there is no hiding place for the gold fish

The truth is Nigeria coaches are not trying and doing well.... they need to be ambitious, get their badges and dream big.

They have limit themselves to think that the best they can ever get is SE job

Equaveon manage a job in Slovenia lately and I am sure he didn't do well..same with amuneke sojourn all over africa he did poorly save for Tanzania he tried qualify them...in a 24 team tournament for the first time...so it was relatively easy to qualify then than before

TheGoodJoe:

God and watch Eguavoen's video and understand his mentality.

I will rather watch how his team play

The sojourn he went in Slovenia/Slovakia lately
How was it

BascoVanVeli:
We love him here in uyo. Probably will be among the most technical defenders in camp. He was a joy to watch.

Bros even if we can make case for Ndah how about Collins,shehu inclusion in that list ahead of Ebuehi and Akpo

I just hate it when Equeavon is repeating same thing rohr was doing

TheGoodJoe:

Kelechi Nwakali offers a skillset all the midfielders you want picked ahead of him can not offer Eguavoen. So what do you want Eguavoen to do? Drop his philosophy to accommodate the players you like?

Does Amoo dictate play from deep with diagonal long balls?

The way u talk on this Equeavon philosophy leaves me laugh

Let's get to see his philosophy soon... God keep us til next year.
How an offensive player with no goal and assist in a full season in Segundo B fit into His philosophy baffles me

I am sure you would have said same with Keshi 2014 world cup list

12large1:
Abeg don’t give me that filmsy excuse.. so, because you don’t want to make drastic change, that’s why you should exclude a superior player at a superior league to an inferior league player?? Does that even make any sense?? The moment Nigerian coaches that selecting players on sentimental reasons, is the moment they have concluded that “winning” isn’t a priority.. A team that has winning DNA doesn’t give a damm what you did 5 years ago. All they’re interested in, is what you’re capable of doing today and in the future… by some of you logic here, we can conclude an Arsenal fan vs a Real Madrid fan… The sad thing about these ordeal is that pinnick has bought the press. They don’t ask valuable questions about his team selections….. how many goals has Ahmed musa scored this season 1. Does he deserves to be included in our squad? No

This is the reason u see us canvass of foreign coaches because the indigenous coaches are barely ambitious and ready to see beyond the super eagles coaching job... they don't even see themselves managing a European club someday...after their sack they keep sticking around, lobbying to get reemployed again and later sacked and the cycle continues. It is shame

I doubt if not for rohr's effort I doubt we would have this large number of fo reign born players play for us at this time because this indigenous coaches will rather want the players to come see them instead of meeting up with the players

I am just not too happy over that list at all

PROVERBZ:
did he not train ??

U people's problem is that I people live half casts even if they are useless. As long as they are just in the teamnits okay with u people. Did u not reason why he was not given any chance ??
If he performed better at training why would he not be given game time ?

Oga rohr is the most conservative coach I have ever seen

He barely utter his starting line up..You can easily predict it and barely makes tactical subs

Rohr call up this boys but rarely play them... if you were the coach I am sure in one of those dead rubber matches you would have played akpos and Awaziem as a CBs to see what pangs out or try something different with the players

Dude was so stagnant...and barely utter his starting line ups so I won't blame this players...some of them were far better than those playing all the time

TheGoodJoe:

I have never hidden my admiration for Ebuehi and I am not supporting injustice in any way. I am just pointing out that tactical preference plays a key role in players choices and as I said, Eguavoen can cause a imbalance in the team if he comes in making complete changes. Give him time to build the team.

Don't think he knows or have any plans to build the team... a man who wants to build the team will understand that there is no need for Ighalo call ups when we have a player who play differently from all the other forward in Dessers

I pray he get replaced after afcon because world cup list would be worst and I don't expect him to recruit foreign born players into the team like Rohr did even though Rohr conservative attitude rarely let him play them in matches...he harnessed talents for us

TheGoodJoe:

Ndah is not mine. I am just explaining reasons why a coach can choose a player from a low-rated team over players playing in popular clubs.

By the way, you are not sure if Bassey and Akpoguma offer the skillset Eguavoen wants over Ndah. You don't know. Remember Yobo and Omeruo. There was no comparison in status but Keshi preferred Omeruo.

Omeruo was younger, athletic and energetic

He was still in his prime then and it was understandable

How players like Akpoguma, bassey, Ebuehi and Dessers were left out baffles me

It does not look just and true

It is a shame that we will keep repeating this all the time
Even Amoo playing better with more stats was dropped and Nwakali with no goal and assist all season was called up instead

TheGoodJoe:

We don't know yet. Let them go camping.

Keep shying from reality you hear

You know this truth but u tend to look away

You know that list is not utterly fair and trust and that there exist some better players that ought to be there but you will praise sing the coaching crew

TheGoodJoe:

More reason why he can stake a claim over a known name.

You're just supporting injustice

I expect u to sup port the listing of Collins too over Ebuehi

Wait how did Collins made that list
Can't even think on what that dude brings to the super eagles defensively or offensively that made them drop Ebuehi for him

TheGoodJoe:

Westerhoff brought a 16 years old player from Ranchers Bees to the Super Eagles camp when we had lots of more senior players. The young man became key for the team and later became a top star in England. Later even won a man-of-the-match performance against Manchester United in the FA Cup. His name, Daniel Amokachi.

It is not by club but quality to offer the team.

Is Oliseh Ndah 16 years old?
C'mon we are talking of akpo and bassey who still have like 8 years to give to the super eagles compare to your Ndah

I will research to see if he truly has the featured VILLAGEBUS said he possess if not....

12large1:
Aside of the Akpoguma situation, how come no one is talking about the inclusion of shehu, Ahmed musa ahead of more deserving players like ebuehi, nwakaeme, ejaria, Lookman etc.. some of us were complaining about Rohr horrible selection and eguavoen decided to continue from where Rohr stopped. I’m tired everything in this country is politics and I am glad that, slowly by slowly my interest at SE is decreasing. Eventually, if we continue these nepotism, tribalistic selection, I will totally discontinue and sign off…. Ike agulam

Bro that shehu matter don tire me

Dude is from same state with Dikko NFF vice president and NFF permanent secretary so you can get where his backing comes from....

Even if they're to prune the list to 18 shehu and musa will still make the team

VillageBus:
The only thing Apo does better than Ndah is defending setpieces, Ndah is faster than him, stronger than him and even pass the ball better than him, plus Ndah is very strong in tackle and the times I have watched Hoffenheim he kept on losing ground duel back to back(thou aerially he is god to all our CB)

If all u wrote about ndah is true then it is fine
I really love Apo aerial dominance I won't lie
It is something our CBs lack since the dismiss of Yobo era

It pains me that Ekong and Balogun can't use their head to score goals same with Ndidi despite their height.....saw Apo as someone that can fit this role so well and possibly bench Ekong because he is better

zuchyblink:
My brother,Ndah did well in NPFL,he has played almost every minute for Orlando pirates,his wiki page is not updated. He is currently rated as the best defender in SA and one of the best players in SA. He is talented. Most fans believe he is bigger than the league

Yeah he is better than a player bossing and playing in German top division league and Glasgow rangers

I just pray the injustice you guys support dont return to hurt u someday

When u support mediocrity and injustice do so with shame

hismail1:
I remember how the three were sent packing after a 1-0 loss against Morocco (our opening game in Tunisia), what we currently have shows how low we've gone, the team obviously lacks discipline.

Yeah I remember and Yakubu went back to England and start scoring goals for his club
And Osaze took the chance against SA to clinch his spot. He scored 3 goals in that tourney 2 against south Africa and one against Mali that was the beginning of the reign of the relatively unknow Belgium based forward then

I just can't wait for Pinnick to leave through I will applaud him and rohr for recruiting lot of this foreign born players but instilling discipline and using the coaching roles as gifts to his friends is something that is uncalled for

Well lets support the team...if Coach Austin is fully in charge...I trust him to be a nonsense man he was a member of the coaching crew in 2004 together with Christain Chukwu they took that tough decision

Kog45:
Hmm...do we need to blame Eguavoen for this but Rohr...recalling Ighalo was a big fraud and Shehu making the team on versatility is another tales by moonlight.

Anyway we just need to support the team but post Afcon we will surely see new players coming into the fold.

The world cup will be worst
Many agents and players will be willing to pay any sum to get on the list and trust this home groomed players...they know the nook and crannies better except a foreign coach is appointed before then

Kog45:
Sir,no need to sugarcoat anything.....Kelechi Nwakili and Olisa Ndah didn't deserve to be in Afcon list but time will tell maybe it is SENTIMENTAL or TACTICAL reasoning.....hope to see the duo turning to Oboboana and Mba of 2013 Afcon.

It is purely sentimental .add to Shehu
I have always hear them say he is versatile

Versatile my foot
Take Awaziem to the DM role he plays it better
Take Awaziem to that RB/CB role he plays it better

Same with Aina And Ndidi

We don't need the so claimed versatility of a Cyprus based player not even bossing the league sef

Same with Ighalo who brings nothing new to the team.. I blame rohr for his inclusion... Dessers deserve that spot

hismail1:
So Iheanacho and his gang will get away with bringing women to team camp? Omo

If this set of NFF were in charge in 2004 I doubt Yakubu, Agali and Celestine Babayaro would have been sent out from camp for breaking camp rules

Sometimes when we berate Pinnick here we so do so because of how some of the previous FA president acted and we expect Pinnick led team to do better and not worse

andrewbaba44:
You don’t even know anything about nwakali and yet you won’t let us hear word ,I doubt you even watch nwakali

Nwakali has played more as an AM this season more than any position ,there was a time he even played as a winger and even a CF ,nwakali has only played as a DM once but you said more entire CM and DM ,the other position he played was CM but he has played more games as an AM

Don't mind him...I pray his kids don't get the same treatment and scorn he melts out on foreign born players here that if he is truly domicile abroad

Someone that is truly based and groomed in America lets say for like 10 years won't have this mindset he displays here

Moreover bro... how many assist and goals has Nwakali this season where he played as an AM/CF/winger

I won't doubt it if i hear tomorrow palms were greased to get some names on this list

The problem with indigenous coaches is that they always treat foreign born players badly and sometimes snub them for call ups reason being this guys are not used to bribery for call ups remember Aluko and late Stephen keshi prior the world cup

Danielnino00:
Amaju no send una o

My guy dey chill

The guy blood strong oo
See how e children all resemble am

jihday:
lol, it’s just Rohr that’s keeping him, his versatility gives him an edge too

Baba that guy is from same state with the NFF VP2 Dikko and NFF permanent secretary... that really give him an edge can't say if he is closed to the sultan I do know he do visit the palace

Shehu is not just there based on versatility but strong connection

IDENNAA:
Cc. PurpleHouse

Trying to explain , understand and accept certain situations could be a tough task.

But , get this ; there are many players who had the talent and drive but luck never shined on them.

Additionally , you don't live with Nwakali to learn he is not ambitious. This is actually an ignorant comment.

Leave Nwakali alone , for once. You have been playing without Nwakali , yet , your SE aren't able to play simple passes to impress and entertain their hungry fans.


Rohr was fired for a reason and it's not because we are losing matches but the team has no style , no consistently and no vitality.

Many crappy foreign born has been lifted through SE ; examples are Okoye , Ekong, Iwobi. Also, some players who doesn't have any business being there have also been helped to revive their career , main culprit is Ahmed Musa and Shehu but you want to die on top of Nwakali's case.

You guys are hypocritical and it's shameful. I have kept quiet here while you lots continue to eviscerate the youngs man's reputation. This is a Nigerian boy for Christ sake. A player who has brought glory to this country and its not even like he sits on the bench and doesn't play. This is nothing but hate at play here. He is a Nigerian who plays regularly for his club, and , yes , I still maintain he is the most gifted midfielder we have.

I read people mentioned Aribo a couple of times as if he is a competition to Nwakali. What quality has Aribo added to SE ? ZERO! Una rush carry number 10 give a player who could not control a midfield.

Never disappoints