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tbaba1234:
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So based on that table now only those top 3 goalies should have been invited to the CHAN camp?

tbaba1234:
Abegi, How many of these CHAN players have a super eagles future?? Those are the players we should be giving opportunities.

How about, we just select the best performers in the league??

Choosing the best performers is still subjective.
The coach may also have a list of players they feel they could work with. It happens everywhere.

Teams are not selected by robots but by humans. No matter who selects that CHAN list it will still receive criticisms.

Select yours now and see me peep through the loop holes in it.

BascoVanVeli:
Akpeyi has earned his spot, being first choice in the PSL no be beans. I guess Nigerians want god to leave his throne and come play for us because na only perfection go do una. Even Enyeama gifted Pogba a goal in the wc, all this talk is ridiculous. If the coach drops him, fine he is not the worst goalkeeper on earth.

Akas, Aggrey and Ali are servants of the NPFL they have earned a chance for the coach to look at them in closed quarters. After all there were 30 players selected and only 18 will make the match day squad.

God bless you my brother.

Ask them to name one keeper they feel should keep goal against Cameroon now dem no go fit.

They forget also that Akas, Aggrey and Ali all have Super Eagles experience. They think coaches just select players at random from every Conner to put in the national team.

Same Guru that prophesied that Good Luck will win.

tbaba1234:
Nigerian coaches choose their boys.. Keshi, Siasia, Oliseh, Manu

It is simply atrocious that Akpeyi is considered national team material. Look the ridiculous list released by Salisu for CHAN. Again, we will not get the best local players. Rabiu Ali Akas?? Are you kidding me??

A national material in the absence of better options.

Humility017:
I agree with your latter stance...
but from your question..... if they truly follow the league then what rationale is ezenwa picked ahead of other good goalies in the NPFL
same hard pill keshi made for us to swallow and we swallowed it.....

Do you really follow the NPFL?

Humility017:
managing a national Job demands patriotism of which many Nigerians don't have
Sir. ..are you going to tell me that there are no good goal keepers in the league?
and if you're to pick a goalie from the NPFL is he going to be ezenwa....
keshi too keep making same moves and many thinks he knows it better and should not be criticized.... agbim was his best goalie where as in the NPFL that was not the case....
sometimes we talk on these forum as if these coaches are perfect

You think Salisu and Alloy do not follow the league?

As I said before their jobs/careers are tied to the success of the team. So how can you feel they will pick goalies that will fail them.

Yes no coach is perfect but coaches quite often select players to suit their playing style and philosophy.

TheSuperNerd:
Ahmed Musa Dumps Number 7 Jersey, Picks Up New Shirt Number At Leicester City

https://i1.wp.com/owngoalnigeria.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/IMG_3212.jpg

If training pictures picked up by Owngoalnigeria.com is anything to by Leicester City Nigerian forward Ahmed Musa appears to have dropped the number 7 shirt at the club.

Musa picked up the number 7 shirt after his big money move from Russian side CSKA Moscow. A shirt number that happens to be his favourite number due to his idol Cristiano Ronaldo.

The forward has been training in jersey number 13, a shirt number which was worn by Ghanaian midfielder Daniel Amartey last season, who appears to have settled for the vacant jersey number 18 shirt.

Linked with a move away from the King Power Stadium, the forward is among the players been put through their paces by manager Craig Shakespeare in their training camp in Austria.

His fellow Nigeria national team colleague Wilfred Ndidi is also back in training with the Foxes, with a third Nigerian in Kelechi Iheanacho also close to joining the duo at Leicester City from Manchester City.


**Michael James

Source: http://owngoalnigeria.com/2017/07/10/ahmed-musa-dumps-number-7-jersey-picks-up-new-shirt-number-at-leicester-city/

So how would that help his career?

TheSuperNerd:
Not entirely Official "yet" but deal is most likely to be sealed this week.

Iheanacho reported to Training with Man City earlier today I am informed. But I hear speculations of a medical already done or so.... not too sure about that.

But Nacho to Leicester is the next move on the cards this transfer window..... Can't wait for both parties to make it official biko.

Greetings Chief Icon4s.

Greetings to you too my brother it was the guy that posted "it is official" that I was helping to complete the sentence o.

Anyways Leicester would be a fantastic move for the lad. Let's see how things work out in the coming hours.

Humility017:
and you support the invitation of Dele?
why can't alloy agu scout for good goal keepers in the NPFL
or are there no good goal keepers ?
he keep facilitating the invitation of ezenwa not even guaranteed a starting barth for FC Ifeanyiuba

And you think you know better than Alloy Agu whose job is at stake if his selection goes wrong?

hrhjnr:
so?

Haha haha.
Just an observation bro.
I love the cars you market.

daveP:
How can we rally support for Carl 'Maestro' Ikeme? He needs a heavy Nig presence around him.

Meanwhile, Dumb Pep continues to prove that despite what he's achieved,

The best we can do for Carl now is pray for him.


But I am not understanding your second sentence o.

Lordabas:
Its official

Iheanacho to Leicester.

kjhova:
Blacks? Is this self hate or something else??

Have we not seen Paul Gascoigne do worse than this? Or didn't we all see how Diego Maradona wasted much of his final football days?

Why do some people want blame all Africans for the misdemeanor of single individuals yet don't treat white people with the same standard?

My brother. I know what I am talking about.

BLACKS.

Our major obstacle to our next Success is our current Success.

Imagine Pogba and Lukaku. Na him be say people like Messi and Ronaldo go dey close the whole of California down.

wayodude:
Alloy Agu is a square peg in a round hole? Oh my God!

Leave them, they think national team players selection is like selecting what to eat for lunch.

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So you now market for the dealer opposite IDSL filling station along Sapele road, close to winners church.

170 Million Nigerians are praying for you Carl. God will see you through.

walter315:
so if u have reached him why ask me? call them yourself..you have no manners
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I called him after I didn't get a response from you.
You don't talk to people like that.

walter315:
2.5M

lies!

I have reached the MD of ARC. he told me 2.0M for commercial plots

I lost an uncle on that same road to Armed robbers bullets on the 1st of June.

Too bad

komekn:
Just shocking news.

It's baffling beyond all reason a guy in the Peak of health and fitness. My heart and prayers goes out to him. I cannot imagine what he must be going through.

It tells us all we live by grace alone.

It could have been anybody my brother.

Some things happen in this life and ........ well we can't blame God.

Daninya11:
It's devastating to hear from the radio this evening that Carl Ikeme has been retired abruptly from football due to Acute Leukemia..

I pray for his quick recovery IJN.

As the search for safe hands is being unearthed by our goal keeper trainer,Alloy Agu who has finally seen the urgent need for one or two quality Gks.I know for sure that Akpeyi has played his last game for the Super Eagles as Rohr has stated that he ( Akpeyi) has failed to cover himself in glory.




1.I dont want to see Akpeyi near my darling team the Super Eagles.I have never seen a so called professional GK looking so jittery with zero confidence all my life.

2.I suggest that Enyeama be recalled to the team ASAP.

3.Any player who is not ready to sweat,break bone,bleed for 9 ja must stay away from the team.

4.Rohr assistants are lazy to work.You will soon understand what i mean.

5.Rohr is not working with the best.Coaches like Bamboye,Maikaba,Amunike should be the ones to work with him.

6.As we prepare for Chan,the best must be selected.It is sad to say that the best are not in the NPL but in academies and on the streets.

7.We need to invite new goalkeepers.Akpeyi and Ezenwa must be dropped.Plateau utd ( Ajiboye ) gk,Akwa United gk and Remo stars gk are better shot stoppers.

8.Over confidence is fast becoming a norm for our players.Who told them that Cameroun is a walkover.it looks as if they hv nt learnt from their defeat to S/A.

9.Our local champions should please excuse themselves from participating in Continental tourneys be it Caf confed etc.

10.Our sport governing body be it LMC,NFF,NRF,Shakeholder must go back to the drawing board and proffer solutions to move our sports forward.

11.We must go back to the grass root,unearth players,blend time with time bfr we get our ready products.see the success of Germany.

12.God fatherism,Juju,Nepotism,Bribery/Corruption must stop in every facet of our nations.Only the best must be selected inrespective of tribe,religion etc.

Wetin i day type sef,gibberish??..

One Nation.

This is a very terrible news and a big blow for Nigeria.

May God help him through this.

TheGoodJoe:
Thanks for the info. I will watch the video later. If you notice any old tape with Etim Esin, please do let me know.

You are welcome.

On Etim, i have never come across any video of any sort.

Other videos available on YouTube are:

Nigeria Vs Algeria,1980 AFCON final
Nigeria Vs Cameroon, 1984 AFCON final
Nigeria Vs Algeria, 1982 AFCON qualifiers.
Here you will get to see a lot of those 1980s players we have always discussed. They are mostly highlights though.

TheGoodJoe:
The only time I got to watch Etim Esin was when he played for Eagle Cement in Port Harcourt coached by Coach Monday Sinclair. Honestly, Kelechi Nwakali is not close to what I saw. There were repeated incidences where Etim Esin dribbled players and his teammates we falling.

Glad for your input to our young players. You guys were lucky to see greats like Etim Esin and Nwosu play.

Haha haha. Of course Etim was a lot more skillful than Kelechi Nwakali. But he is the closest current generation CM I can compare him with.

At a point in
Okocha's early career a lot of people were of the opinion that Etim was better and hence there was the clamour for Etim to be given another chance.

Let me analyse the two of them. Etim was better than Okocha in terms of one on one encounter with opponents. But he usually does it the hard way. IE shaking off the player while putting the ball on the run in the form of what we used to call "show your number. but Okocha does it more easy with his trickery.

However Okocha's long passes or connecting plays were better than those of Etim. Something Okocha actually improved on over the years.

No coach wanted Etim again after he messed up his career.

On Henry Nwosu, he was a quick and very precise AM. Very skillful and with very fanciful foot-work. very comfortable on the ball and very direct in his plays. His major downside could be his height.

1988 AFCON final Nigeria Vs Cameroon full 90mins video is available on YouTube. There you'll see Henry Nwosu, Sam Okwaraji, Yisa Shofoluwe, Rasheed Yekini, Bright Omokaro, Stephen Keshi, Peter Rufai and others in full 90mins action . And on the Cameroonian side you'll see greats like Rodger Miller, Omam and Kana Biyik, Makanaki, Emmanuel Kunde, Emile Mbou Mbou and Co.

And for the young players, that is what we owe them. Guidance.

walter315:
yes

At what price?

Bad news:
Carl Ikeme diagnosed of acute Leukaemia.
To commence chemotherapy soon.

do4luv14:
oh ma badt, JONNY was a STUGARTTIAN in Germany then

Yeah. You are right.

No wahala it is a long time ago so we are all battling to remember these things.

Icon79:
You're absolutely correct! Word is that his controversial personality prevented him from reaching his potential. He was always been mentioned along side Etim Esin as two great talents who wasted their potential due to attitude problems.

O pari

Yeah.

That aside. The midfield combo of Muda Lawal and Henry Nwosu was difficult to break into for the most part of the early to mid 80s. Etim Esin got a couple of games between 1986-87. But Muda Lawal had retired then. Etim was a Central Midfielder Nwosu was more of an AM.

The way Kelechi Nwakali plays is similar to the way Etim played. Very skillful and comfortable on the ball with very good passing ability. Etim was part of the Chile U20 set. He was the most experienced of that crop, already playing for Gent of Belgium. But las-las Indiscipline finished him.

I shared Etim and Okoronwanta's stories with the Manu boys of 2013. (winks).
At least Ihenacho and Co would have learned at least one major lesson in football.

Icon79:
Bros, did you watch Tarila Okoronwanta play? If so, should I believe the hype?

O pari

Tarila Okoronwanta. I know him more as a former junior international. He was part of the 1983 Flying Eagles that featured at the 1983 WYC in Mexico alongside Wilfred Agbonavbare, Taju Disu, Yisa Shofoluwe, Humfrey Edobor and others.
That team was the first ever Nigerian team to compete in any FIFA organized competition.

I am struggling to recall his senior international career level because he was not much successful as a senior player (just like most of the other youth players of the 80s).

I knew him for his flamboyance both on and off the pitch. Very controversial also Just like Balotelli.He was really very skillful and would always pull stunts especially when we were leading in a game.

The then Radio Nigeria football commentator, late Ernest Okonkwo, had a special way of pronouncing that name. Still echos in my memory: " Tarila Okoronwanta..!" with the stress on the "nwanta...".

Golden memories.

do4luv14:
what about our " INFANT TERRIBLE " of the 80s or is it 90s
ETIM ESIM, not forgetting, our prince of Monaco, JONATHAN AKPOBORIE

Etim Esin featured for the Green Eagles around 1986-87.
Bros "Prince of Monaco" was Victor Ikpeba. And not Jonny Akpoborie.

forgiveness:
Updated Fifa Ranking: Super Eagles 39th In The World, Drop Out Of Africa Top Five

Published: July 06, 2017

Football governing body, Fifa, on Thursday morning published its latest ranking of National Teams.

Compared to their position the previous month, the Super Eagles have dropped one place, and now occupy the 39th position, while they are sixth in the continental ranking.

During the period under review, the national team contested two games, bearing it in mind that the friendly versus Corsica was not recognized by Fifa.

The Super Eagles first beat Togo 3-0 in Paris on June 1, before losing 2-0 to South Africa in a crucial African Cup of Nations qualifier in Uyo.

Egypt, Senegal, Congo DR, Tunisia and Cameroon are the top five teams in Africa in that order.

Our other two rivals to book a ticket to the 2018 World Cup - Algeria and Zambia - sit in the 48th and 92nd place respectively in the updated ranking.

Our main African Nations Cup qualifying foes South Africa and Libya occupy the 64th and 87th position in the global ranking while the last opponent Seychelles are ranked 194th.

Germany, Brazil, Argentina are the top three teams in the world, followed by Portugal and Switzerland.

The next ranking will be published by the official website of Fifa, fifa.com, on 10 August 2017.

Top Ten African Teams

1) Egypt
2) Senegal
3) Congo DR
4) Tunisia
5) Cameroon
6) Nigeria
7) Burkina Faso
Algeria
9) Ghana
10) Ivory Coast

Ifeanyi Emmanuel

http://allnigeriasoccer.com/read_news.php?nid=23662

Just a momentary set back I hope.

The Eagles will continue in their flight again.