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JohnBullMySon:
please oh. tell Musa to stop doing well

Izzy your doing well?

Abeg leave our Capo hand o Jare

smartsmith0907:
dont be suprise if inayo starts ohhh cos he has been good so far even Musa Is doing well... but nothing has been decided yet

Anayo starts in Rohr's team. Wey no be Stephen Keshi be coach ;

This must be the 8th Wonder

AndSunGorilla:
2 things, why would u have time for Liverpool when they are "performing so well".
Secondly, are u saying Liverpool is more important to you than the Super Eagles? Warn yourself o.

You dey mind Daniel?

Before now all those Liverpool fans no gree us hear word. Now that they are fumbling they have suddenly stopped watching TV

AndSunGorilla:
True e get one picture wey your son show of Rohr passionately talking to Iwuala, who knows, maybe baba dey ask Anayo make e organize Aba babes for am whenever he goes to Aba. But I would really like to know how the home guys fared.

Well, it is good he has invited those ones to camp. At least he would have a closer look. But men... Rohr's mind is already made up on the NPFL players
Those ones na just make e be say he listens to critics' advice.

Right from the word "go" I have known the kind of coach he is.

TheSuperNerd:
Ndidi Seniorman Series: Super Eagles' Camp Edition

These Clowns are at it again. Ndidi x Iheanacho.

Go to Ndidi's Instagram Stories for more updates.

#BigWilf #SeniormanKelz

Seniorman

Just come to the party in Porto Novo. That's my own.

We need to secure qualification ahead of the final game in Lagos.

AndSunGorilla:
@Smartsmith, well done o, u just abandon us like that. Abeg how have my NPFL boys been performing so far in the camp? Is Iwuala impressing, tbh I am not expecting much from John Noble and the Adeleke guy, the goalkeeping and defence sectors are somewhat crowded imo.

Knowing Rohr for who he is don't expect any NPFL guys in any of the match day squads.

robosky02:
Welcome to the official 10 days count down to Benin vs Nigeria AFCON Qualifier




Head to Head


Nigeria vs Benin
Games won: 12
Games drawn: 2
Games lost: 1


Date Match Result Score Competition
14 Feb 1977 Nigeria v Benin W 7-0 International Friendly
14 Jan 1978 Benin v Nigeria W 0-7 International Friendly
17 Jan 1978 Nigeria v Benin W 2-0 International Friendly
14 Oct 1979 Benin v Nigeria D 1-1 International Friendly
28 Oct 1979 Nigeria v Benin W 1-0 International Friendly
04 Nov 1979 Nigeria v Benin W 5-0 International Friendly
01 Feb 1987 Nigeria v Benin D 1-1 West Africa Nations Cup
30 Sep 1990 Benin v Nigeria W 0-1 Africa Cup of Nations
27 Apr 1991 Nigeria v Benin W 3-0 Africa Cup of Nations
04 Feb 2004 Benin v Nigeria W 1-2 Africa Cup of Nations
29 Jan 2008 Nigeria v Benin W 2-0 Africa Cup of Nations
16 Jan 2010 Nigeria v Benin W 1-0 Africa Cup of Nations
Aug 2017 Benin v Nigeria L 1-0 African Nations Championship
19 Aug 2017 Nigeria v Benin13 W 2-0 African Nations Championship
13 Nov 2019 Nigeria v Benin W 2-1 Africa Cup of Nations

Our only loss to them was in that CHAN tournament

TheSuperNerd:
Even Icon4s helped bookmarked one of the many "Nacho hate" posts of Curtisaxel7 aka Curtisaxel10 and I wonder why Guangzhou Evergrande never still get Nacho number...

The Shalaye is too much abeg. The hate from this moniker was too strong. The analyses too illogical and full of Bile... Ahn ahn

But I hope he will replicate this form in the SE. Na that one affect me pass

AndSunGorilla:
Ant stand out Enyimba player? Also is the new SE goalie, John Noble from Enyimba too?

Oladapo was a treat all night. Too bad we lost. Enyimba missed good chances earlier in the game. John Noble is of Enyimba.

Icon4s:
Meanwhile Eyimba holding it out against Orlando Pirates.

1:1 with 85mins played.

Eyimba could have easily been ahead. But all the same a good game so far, considering it is an away fixture.

Finished 2:1 for Orlando Pirates.

Meanwhile Eyimba holding it out against Orlando Pirates.

1:1 with 85mins played.

Eyimba could have easily been ahead. But all the same a good game so far, considering it is an away fixture.

BascoVanVeli:
Top 5 goals of the week in the NPFL. Too bad these matches were not televised. So much quality


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLN_NBs0lNg

Beautiful goals.

Abia Warriors have actually been playing good football all season.

And i think the passing game from some of the teams has improved most lately.

seankafor:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSc3xTGuxn8





this pitch is european standard

Nice. We are good to go then.

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TheGoodJoe:
We were very right.

Food don land

TheSuperNerd:
Iheanacho bagging a hattrick today is no surprise to me at all. It is what he will produce when he gets his run of games in a set-up that suits his play nicely. Playing him alongside Vardy frees him up to be the Alien kid we have always known him to be.

A mega deadly finisher. Knows how to pick up positions between the CBs and DM of the opponents. Also knows how to attack space created by his strike partner.

Iheanacho created 2 big chances today and made 3 key passes. Completed 6 dribbles. And was simply in unplayable form all game.


This further rubbishes the many claims made here by deluded folks who know little or nothing about football on how Iheanacho cannot dribble or beat a man. Such bollocks takes I have had to put up with in the name of freedom of speech. Yuck!!!

A player that cannot dribble completed 6 dribbles today.
Biko... Make those "Iheanacho cannot dribble" gang led by their Clownish Ring-leader, Komekn explain how that is possible. Come and drop charts and graphs sef. We dey wait.

Ghen-ghen

codemaniacs:
its iheanacho that doesn't like celebrating with the team, he always points to the sky and not to his teammates or the person that made the assist..

He likes going spiritual by pointing to heaven, attributing the goal to God.

In today's (Modern day) game, typically scorers point towards or run towards the player that gave the assist.

Oyinbo people no dey spiritual like naija. So they would find Iheanacho's goal celebrations odd.

Akwa United team bus was involved in an accident around Enugu this morning, enroute Kaduna for an NPFL week 15 fixture.

A lot of the players sustained various degrees of injuries with two in critical conditions.

Pray for Akwa United.

TheSuperNerd:
Throwback post.

Was feeling really nostalgic and decided to go through a previous thread from our catalogue of various NT threads.

Then I found this. Gotten from The Flying Eagles Thread (South Korea 2017).

Dated April 26, 2016.

The era that should have seen SADIQ Umar and Osimhen battle it out at U-20 level for the #9 shirt. Chief Icon4s will recall well.

Note: We eventually didn't qualify for the U-20 WC but certain players from that class have gone on to be in positions we hoped they will be in few years down the line.

See how far we have come in our discussions and analytical projections into the future.


I also saw one by Icon4s on same South Korea U-20 thread where he specially picked out SADIQ Umar and Osimhen as "A-Class" level Teen Strikers.

So far so good, they are proving him right today.

Yeah. You are right actually. But I still feel Sadiq Umar has not really progressed as much as expected.

As for Onuachu, he has never really delivered in the national colors. The only thing worthy of note was the goal he scored against Egypt in a friendly, early in 2019.

I have seen comments in several media crucifying Rohr for putting him on standby, Onuachu's club performance has never been in doubt. But he has not been able to hit the right bottons when it comes to the national team.

Some would say Rohr should learn how to use him, but for me he should learn how to play with the other players. 3-4 days camping is not enough to change a whole team's playing stlye just to suit a particular player.

TheSuperNerd:
Maduka Okoye played all 90mins and kept a clean sheet as his sife Sparta Rotterdam secured a 1-0 away win in the Eredivisie over hosts, VVV Venlo.

He had an impressive game making 4 saves. And this was Okoye's 6th clean sheet of the league season.

His league stats read:

- 19 games played (all starts)
- 28 goals conceeded.
- 47 saves made.
- 6 clean sheets.

Maduka and Sparta now sit 12th on the league table.

Well done Maduka.

The boy is improving with every passing season.

edi287:
Abeg can anyone confirm if this Olise on standby is really the one at Reading?? Need to know before I wet myself with excitement for nothing...don't want another Adama Traore situation...

Yes, he is.

forgiveness:
Onuachu dropped for Umar. The coach should tell us why he dropped one of the top highest goalscorer in Europe.

Though I was the first to clamour for Umar's invitation to the SE when he was at Roma... that was in the Seria but I still can't understand why he should be selected ahead of Onuachu. Very funny coach.

However, Osimhen's goal recently was the game changer.

Shehu Abdullahi?

For me that was a fair list.

Onuachu has been consistent in Europe but he has not delivered in the national colors despite several invitations. Club football is different from national team football. Onuachu seems not to have settled down to the SE style of play.
For me, Sadiq Umar is another version of Onuachu in terms of physique but let's see if he will adapt better than Onuachu.

JohnBullMySon:
Lol, , he wasn't that bad na.

Ok I hear you

Alfryd:
Can SUPER EAGLE ever Do what BLACK STAR of GHANA just did.....


VS. SOUTH AFRICA

The China-based duo are confirmed to take part
in the third phase of preparation for the final
hurdles on the road to Cameroon 2021
China duo Mubarak Wakaso and Emmanuel
Boateng have been retained as Ghana coach CK
Akonnor pruned down his camping squad as
preparations continue for their upcoming 2021
Africa Cup of Nations qualifying matches
against South Africa and Sao Tome and
Principe.


The only foreign-based players participating in
the exercise, the two men, who are currently on
holiday in Ghana owing to a recess of the
Chinese Super League, joined up with 24 home-
based players for the second phase of training
last week.


An all-home-based contingent of 32 players
was called up for the first phase last month.
Editors' Picks


The third phase of camp commences on
Monday with 24 players, the Ghana FA has
announced on their official website .
Currently top the table in Group C, Ghana are
set to take on South Africa away on March 25
and Sao Tome and Principe at home three days
later to wrap up their qualifying series.
The West African, whose main Black Stars team
is virtually made of foreign-based players, are
undertaking the camping programme as a
proactive measure, amid concerns about the
release of their foreign legion for the upcoming
games.
Owing to the outbreak of the coronavirus
pandemic, foreign clubs have safety and health
concerns in relation to the international travel of
players.

Some clubs, particularly in England, are also
worried about having to do without players even
on their return from international duty because
of mandatory quarantine protocols.
Arsenal midfielder Thomas Partey, Crystal
Palace duo Jeffrey Schlupp and Jordan Ayew,
Swansea City attacker Andre Ayew, Leicester
City defender Daniel Amartey, Southampton
centre-back Mohammed Salisu and Reading
full-back Andy Yiadom will have to undertake
mandatory quarantine should they travel to
South Africa.


Full Squad:
Goalkeepers: Joseph Addo (Aduana FC), Razak
Abalorah (Asante Kotoko), Eric Ofori Antwi
(Medeama SC)


Defenders: Ganiyu Ismail (Asante Kotoko),
Yusif Mubarik (Asante Kotoko), Konadu Yiadom
(WAFA), Ibrahim Moro (Asante Kotoko), Haruna
Jamal Deen (Great Olympics), Christopher
Nettey (Asante Kotoko) Joseph Agyei (Legon
Cities), Dennis Korsah (Ebusua Dwarfs)


Midfielders: Gladson Awako (Great Olympics),
Justice Blay (Medeama SC), Michel Otou (Great
Olympics), Yaw Annor (Ashanti Gold SC),
Rashid Nortey (Medeama SC), Maxwell Abbey
(Great Olympics), Salifu Moro (Bechem United),
Mubarak Wakaso (Jiangsu Suning), Joseph
Esso (Dreams SC)


Forwards: Emmanuel Boateng (Dalian Pro),
Kwame Peprah (King Faisal), Kwame Opoku
(Asante Kotoko), Diawusie Taylor (Karela
United)
.
.

From experience, project like this is usually not sustainable and las-las, the team will start struggling and the nation will start clamoring for the recall of most of the foreign based players.
It can only pay long term dividends where the league is of high standards.

Except they are just doing this due to COVID-19 induced travel restriction and quarantine protocols.

JohnBullMySon:
how come no one mentions torunarigha here again? Seems people are loosing interest in prospective FB players.

Akpoguma's display has poured cold water on people's body.

BascoVanVeli:
Iwobi can only do what his coach tells him to do. Today he was very defensive helping out with Hudson Odoi.

I do wonder why the tactics always change when Iwobi is in the front 3 because u never see James playing that deep he was basically another fullback

For a team like Everton playing against Chelsea at Stanford bridge they needed to play wingers who also have defensive abilities, to support the full backs, and can also join or initiate attacks when on the offensive. That was the strategy for Everton last night.

BascoVanVeli:
Where were you at the end of last season when Rodgers threw top 4 away by removing Iheanacho from games he was the only viable option in?

Or not playing him in the league eary this season even though he was killing Europa.

So, that was why they didn't make top4?

TheGoodJoe:

I think Rodger knows Nacho is good but he does not like him for whatever reason best known to him.


I hope this is Nacho's last season there and also hopes Ndidi leaves that club.

Nacho's handlers must seek a team that will sign on paper they will give Nacho playing time.

Bros, Iheanacho's form has not been consistent and Rodgers has other options. No sane coach would drop a player who consistently gives in "A" Performances.

jihday:
On a very good day Uganda have no business attending a FIFA tournament

This is their first ever appearance at any FIFA organized tournament.
All thanks to CAF's zoning formula

Icon4s:
Ghana, yesterday, won the CAF U20 AFCON beating Uganda 2:0 in the final.

Africa's Representatives to the next U20 WC:
Ghana (1st)
Uganda (2nd)
Gambia (3rd)
Tunisia (4th)

You can see the spread across different zones. That is what those CAF Officials want, rather than having Nigeria, Ghana, CIV and Senegal representing Africa It is a pitty the word would have to chose one from Nigeria, Ghana and CIV.

This system of qualification can never give Africa the best.