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komekn:
At U17 talent is simply potential yet to be realised.

At U20 you should be playing first team football, if indeed your exceptional talent has been confirmed to be not just potential.

Exceptional U20 players will not be playing academy football or B team. If they are in a big team they will go on loan and make thier claim for first team football from thier loan time in smaller club.

Classic examples are Rúben Loftus C., Tega Abrahams, Reis Nelson.

Essentially what l am saying is you stake your claim for selection into the national U20 set up not BT past glories. But present continous progression into the first team football. Not academy youth football.

This seems to be the only topic here you and I always agree on

You just posted the truth bro.

tbaba1234:
Simon has been down the pecking order since after the WC. Onyekuru starts ahead of him now.

You saw a resurgent Simon in our last AFCON game right?

That aside, you know how Simon missed the WC despite his immense contributions during the Qualifiers. Sir, team management is important, Simon will make the AFCON.

forgiveness:
Someone wants Onyekuru dropped here.

With our last two games, Onyekuru has made a bold statement as a member of that team.

tbaba1234:
Uzoho, Akpeyi, Ezenwa;

Collins, Ekong, Balogun, Shehu, Aina, Omeruo, Awaziem,

Etebo, Ndidi, Ogu, Mikel, Iwobi, Ajayi,

Musa, Kalu, Onyekuru, Chukwueze, Osimhen, Onuachu, Ighalo.

You dropped Simon for Chukwueze? Simon is even more likely to make AFCON than Onyekuru talkless of Chukwueze.

Earthquake2:
Rohr does not rate Chukwueze better than his current wingers

He going to U20 world cup

Seems Rohr has already made up his mind on his team to the AFCON.

Chukwueze should even feel happier at the U20 WC. An easier team for him to break in, easier opponents to face, better avenue to display his abilities, more viewership all over the world and he can only have this opportunity to play the WYC. But he has so many AFCONs ahead of him by God's grace.

Ozornwafor and Chukwueze(likely) will not be part of the U23 game against Sudan because they would be at the WYC. Awaziem definitely has to play both legs and at least one of Kalu and Onyekuru could replace Chukwueze.

forgiveness:
Hehehehehehe! It is funny one will even drop Onyekuru from the team.

I don't see that coming.

They would not want Rohr to drop Onyekuru either. Ask them which winger Rohr should drop between Kalu,Musa, Onyekuru and Simon
From the 5 wingers in that team Chukwueze is the least likely to make the AFCON
Good enough arrangements are already being made for him to join the Flying Eagles.

Earthquake2:
If Imama still needs the two to beat Sudan while having Dennis and David Okereke I question his ability

Its not like Sudan are better than Libya and this will be his third game in charge

Or you would rather question the abilities of Dennis and Okeleke. Nothing wrong in inviting Kalu and Onyekuru if they are available.

nelszx:
I won't drop let them compete for the spot, that's the reason they go into camping. Whoever is deserved of the spot let him take to AFCON. That he should be dropped because he's young and new holds no merit.
Anthony Martial, Nabil Fekir, Valbuena were all dropped for Mbappe. Show your mettle and let he that wants it more have it.

Unfortunately the U20 WC would have commenced before SE camping begins.

So it is a decision that Rohr and Aigbogun have to make without any SE camping.

Earthquake2:
We don't need Onyekuru and Kalu for Sudan

If Imama can't beat Sudan with the squad he has, he might as well quit the competition

Nops, Football is not like that. That was what we said ahead of the Libya clash only for us to find out it ought not to be treated with kids gloves.

If Onyekuru and Kalu are available, after all it would have been end of season, why not use them?

nelszx:
When France took a teenager to the world cup ahead of already established players who raised brows? Because they have seen the potential of Mbappe and guess what the teenagers contribution helped France become world champions.
We should be playing players based on current form not based on what they have done. Rsshford today starts ahead of Callum Wilson.
To me oo Chukwueze will be our joker going to the AFCON any player who isn't in form should be dropped. Dude play both as RWB and a RW with a left foot. Very scarce entity with Messi and Robben with a better left foot.
My humble opinion

Now let's look at our wings options : Musa, Kalu, Onyekuru, Simon, Iwobi(if Mikel returns) and Chukwueze. Rohr took only 3 wingers to the WC and is likely to take up to 4 to the AFCON. Let's say Iwobi is included as a Midfielder and u are left with the other 5 wingers, who will you drop?

Earthquake2:
Playing in the U20 won't be redundant

If we win that competition majority of the players will be picked up by decent clubs in Europe

He's not even 'needed' in the SE

Let Chukwueze join the U20 and let Henry Onyekuru and Samuel Kalu join the U23 against Sudan.

Sudan go hear hwen.

cc12:
OWNGOALNIGERIA


Spanish La Liga side Villarreal has told rave of the moment Samuel Chukwueze to pick between representing Nigeria at the U20 World Youth Championship or the Africa Cup of Nations ‎as they will only allow him play in one of the two tournaments, Owngoalnigeria.com understands.

Chukwueze has played for the Nigeria senior national team and also the U23s but also submitted his credentials to be registered by Nigeria U20 ahead of their campaign at the World Youth Championship.

As expected Villarreal have categorically communicated to the representatives of the 19 year old that he can only play in one of the tournaments because of the closeness of the dates between both tournaments.

This same year he will likely be pushing to represent the Nigeria U23 team in November if they are able to scale through Sudan in the final round of qualifiers for the U23 Africa Cup of Nations.

The likelihood of all of this happening plus the fact that he is expected to resume early for pre season training has made Villarreal to stand their ground leaving the decision in the hands of the Nigerian coaches to determine the team that need him most.

Abeg give me Chukwueze for the U20 WC Jare. The SE has lots of wings options.

tbaba1234:
5 players that won the WAFU under 17 have failed MRI for the African tournament.

Well, not surprised cos such is the sensitivity of that MRI. When u see obvious kids failing this test and someone will say men in their 20s can scale through it.

The bone structure of those boys have obviously developed more from then to now. Some of them will still fail again after the CAF U17, before the FIFA U17 WC. That is why Manu has a large pool of players to chose from.

I really feel for those boys that failed the test. Anyways, they will have another opportunity of teaming up with the other players at the U20 level.

cc12:


Kelechi Nwakali has a very poor work rate, if he continues like this is the might find himself in the level of his brother Chidiebere Nwakali very soon

Very good point. He is a talented player no doubt but he doesn't seem to give his all on the pitch

gamaliel9:
Great submission you have there Sir...So many big names today played u20 as YOUNG PROFESSIONALS...Not as academy players. On Aigbogun,we are stuck with him...he cannot be sacked now..he needs help...Which is coming through this synergy that is existing between our coaches...we see that in u23....Ozorwnafor of u20 even played for u23....thats the help i mean...Hopefully.Osimhen,Orji,Samu,et al will join them...later join up u23...there is nothing wrong in shifting them...Nigeria is reaping from her pool of players...Manu has kept the production line working...right now Manu Garba has sixty players in his pool...

God bless you bro. You are always on point.

gamaliel9:
U20 is for young professionals...Messi was already signed and playing for Barcelona yet beat us in the final....Chukwueze is playing for a smaller club compared to Barcelona...ARGENTINA s Correa,Aguero,Columbia s Rodriguez,Quintero,etc were already first team players sef yet played in u20...


We need to win this u20 willy nilly...

Chukwueze is not the first to be shifted like that...i remember Kanu Nwankwo...after 1993 u17 triumph..Westerhof invited him to Super Eagles...then he went sent to u20...at a time Ajax blocked him from going to Mauritius 93...i think so..another player sent to u20 was Celestine Babayaro but Anderlect blocked him..If Samu can help us win the cup...why not? It is not an insult...look at the current german u20...they are all first team players in their Bundesliga clubs...playing for two to three season now while Samu just started playing la Liga this season...Samu has just played one friendly match for us..not even competitive game...HE MUST WIN U20 FOR US BEFORE WE CAN CALL HIM GREAT...

Maradona played u20
Messi played u20
Raul played u20
Mbappe played u20
why not Samu?
Even Rodriguez of Columbia played u20...

Good one bro.

That list is endless, Pogba, Ronaldinho, Lacazzette, Kaka, Saviola, Kun Aguero, Fabregas, Iniesta, Xavi etc.

This is where Stars are made and not even the U17.
In as much as I would wish us to win the U20 but what I count as more important is the addition to the pool of players we can promote to the U23 and Super Eagles.

U17 is for wide chase of talents but for U20 u need to be specific with those that are already performing at club level.

To those that are preaching Aigbogun should go and discover his own new talents. So what do we do with the already discovered talents from the previous U17s? Discard them and be chasing nonentities who are already 20years olds?

And who says Aigbogun has not unearthed some new players? Who knew Oremade and Ozornwafor before the AYC?

There is a very good synergy between our national team coaches which has never happened before. And this should be commended.

Humility017:
Today is friday, i wanna have a cool weekend please, odn't wanna have any e-fight today.
but still from my post/comment what was my offence Mr. Fighter?

if you are employed for the Job you will do better because that will be your means of livelihood.

you will put in so much commitment into it, many in the academics are still within the age of 18-19 years old. michael just called into the team was discovered in like manner, can't he do same ?

This man is a round peg in a square hole, it won't fit

Chairman make una no fight Abeg.

The U20 is not for academy players. It is mostly for young senior team professionals. However, highly talented academy players that can compete well at this age grade can be included.

forgiveness:
It could be difficult to take him to AFCON. Kalu Samuel, Onyekuru, Simon Moses and Ahmed Musa will be hard to be dropped for him.

That is one thing they fail to understand. Even if they manage to squeeze him in he will spend most of the AFCON on the bench.

I have kukuma said my own about Chukwueze and the U20 WC and AFCON. The major challenge is if Villa Real can release him for the U20WC because the La liga season will be at the critical tail end when the WYC will be commencing.

Humility017:
the only problem and cog in the wheel of our football progress now...Is the lazy under 20 coach..... who is so lazy in scouting for talents.
someone like Samuel ought not to be in that team that slot should have been used to unearth another player of unique qualities...by so doing creating for us a pool of players....

Paul is also scouting for U20 players and in due time u will see them. Also it hasn't been confirmed whether Chukwueze will be part of the U20 or AFCON yet.

Let's just observe the trend of things for the next few weeks.

terzurum5:
30-Goal Chelsea Winger Commits International Future To Nigeria Over England

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Chelsea prodigy Adrian Akande has committed his international future to Nigeria despite being courted by the English Football Association, allnigeriasoccer.com
can exclusively report.


Golden Eaglets coach, Manu Garba closely monitored the highly-rated winger in Abuja for about one week, with a view to naming him on the roster for the upcoming Africa U17 Cup of Nations in Tanzania.


Akande arrived the Nigeria U17s camp with a huge reputation, having netted an impressive 30 goals in 42 games for Chelsea's youth teams this season, while providing 22 assists.


''Adrian has been called for five England camps and has rejected all of them in hope of playing for Nigeria,'' Adrian's agent, Tobi Alabi who used to play for Millwall, told allnigeriasoccer.com.


Akande has certainly shown signs that he could cut it as a professional footballer as he has drawn comparisons to Chelsea superstar Eden Hazard and Barcelona's Ousmane Dembélé.


''He plays like Hazard and Barcelona's Dembele. He is two-footed, very quick and strong on the ball. He can score the same, with both right foot and left foot and he is a hard worker.


''He has no weaknesses. I saw a mention that defensively he isn’t strong but he’s not a defender, he’s an attacker so his defensive capabilities aren’t important, of course he will work hard for his team but he’s not a defender, '' added Alabi.


Adrian Akande played for the youth team of Crystal Palace before transferring to Chelsea at the age of twelve.

Ifeanyi Emmanuel.

http://news-af.dailyadvent.com/news/detail/cb631ed764ec95550ac1263b28b02b8d_ng?features=171&like_count=5&client=opera&like_list=like-laugh

Bravo!! This is the kind of commitment we need from those Foreign born players. Not all those ones that will be embarrassing the country up and down. Imagine rejecting English call up 5times because of naija.

A great future awaits you Adrian Akande Jare . Welcome to the Green White Green.

andrew444:
Wait o Na true o

Na celta vigo dey their back and celta have and Villarreal have played one game more than them

It will be hard sha

In fact Villa Real have played one game more than the two teams above and the three teams below them. They are in a very dicey situation

andrew444:
Those players wey I mention na bench dem go make o ,not starting

The question says "starting 11".

Danielnino00:
The class of '94

RIP Keshi, Yekini ,Oliha,Agbonvare ....



Who,in your own opinion among the current super eagles (let's say from 2013 to now) has the quality to play with the class of ’94 and who would he bench in the first eleven??


icon4s. tbaba1234 thegoodjoe chriskels kog45. Andrew444 . humility017, Bascovanveli, forgiveness,komekn and other distinguished members of this thread...

In fact not more than 2 would even make the starting 11 of the mid 2000s set e come be 1994. Shuooo

Danielnino00:
The class of '94

RIP Keshi, Yekini ,Oliha,Agbonvare ....



Who,in your own opinion among the current super eagles (let's say from 2013 to now) has the quality to play with the class of ’94 and who would he bench in the first eleven??


icon4s. tbaba1234 thegoodjoe chriskels kog45. Andrew444 . humility017, Bascovanveli, forgiveness,komekn and other distinguished members of this thread...

The only player that would have made the starting 11 of the 94 Team was Vincent Enyeama. I see people mentioning Mikel and Victor Moses. Who Moses wan bench? Finidi or Amuneke? Even the Maestro Okocha did not get his starting position on a platter of Gold, due to the presence of Thompson Oliha, e come be Mikel?

safarigirl:
even if Etebo and Lokosa join, they still cannot put a dent to the number of fine boys.

There will always be a few people in a team spoiling group picture . Nefore, the entire team na zero, but at least now, for every one facially challenged player, there are five making up for it. This is the progress I speak of, so plus Etebo and Lokosa (even if he isn't on the team, and I personally don't think he's even ugly to begin with), the baby boy swag remains intact

What of this ma guy?

Rockyrascal:
"Barcelona is the biggest club in the world and I am looking forward to working with Ernesto Valverde, Lionel Messi and contributing to the team’s success at this very exciting period in the club’s history."

"I am delighted to be joining Barcelona this season," Iwobi told media.

The 22-year-old joins the elusive list of Africans to join the Catalans after Emmanuel Amuneke, Samuel Eto’o, Alexander Song, Gbenga Okunowo, Yaya Toure and Seydou Keita.

source goal.com

source: Aprilfool.com

gamaliel9:
May be..it is the same tendency that makes NFF to pay NIGERIAN COACHES LESS THAN FOREIGN ONES...Even if the family of the Nigerian coach is living abroad..and generally most blacks are like that...may be inferiority complex is at work

No this is a different case. There are people here that are ready to raise other African countries to high heavens and underrate Nigeria. See how they painted Cameroon ahead of the WCQ . O boy nothing wey we no hear for here.

For instance also the way Nigerians that have visited Ghana painted the country you will think it is another England . Lo and behold on my first visit there I found out that Accra is not much different from some of our state capitals. If you listen to some people you will think Nigeria is the worst place on Earth. We have this terrible habit of not appreciating our own.

tbaba1234:
We love to underrate our players. First, they said when Wenger leaves, Iwobu will see less time. Then it was when Suarez came but Iwobi is still playing.

....... under the cover of "we are not showing blind patriotism"

Earthquake2:
Dennis was brought in as a midfielder, Iwobi plays in the wings

But it was said here by some that Iwobi will start seeing less game time once Dennis Suarez arrived.

Sometimes I wonder if some people here are really Nigerians.

Dennis Suarez has been deployed both in the wings position and AM by Emery in the few games he has played.

jihday:
Andrew is the biggest culprit, he's still the one that will come and call him overage in the near future

You get the point

BascoVanVeli:
No u guys are the one to defend because you wanted Pinnick to stay in office.

Na Chris Giwa you been dey back?

Besides, this is not the NFF. It is the NPFL.

isan:
Under FIFA rules is this legal ? has it ever happen in any other country?

You nova see anything.

Watch Bascovanveli come and defend this Joke