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Eizzy003:
Oga Icon dn buy the drinks ,Oya mak wanna come we celebrate.
Happy birthday man

Chei! Eizzy003...

Those men dem fall plenty bottles o

Thanks man.

elunico:
Happy Birthday Egbon Icon4s. I wish you well!

Thanks bro. God bless you

BascoVanVeli:
Happy birthday senior man. Wishing you 600 years of joy and happiness (except when you are watching Enyimba of course)

Thanks Sir Basco.

But Enyimba will continue to dominate, even for 1000years.

charlesemeka85:
hbd boss!

Thanks mekus

do4luv14:
Happy birthday senior man, Age gracefully, as you continue to flourish in Health and Aboundance

Cardoso for life. I am still waiting for u o..
Thanks man.

daveP:
85milla to your account. Happy birthday!!cheers. Coaching badge underway.

Thanks Dave man.
Coaching badge . I have left football coaching o. Thanks for the prayers.

TheSuperNerd:
The Arch-Guardian Elite of the Halls of experience on all our NT threads especially the Super Eagles threads.

The Odogwu and exponent of the theory of "He is not there yet"

A true Super Eagles fan (despite also bring a bonafide Gunners fan) and Super Analyst on football.

A man who won't place his club affiliations above the Super Eagles unlike some others.

A Wonderful football story teller and Historian of Nigerian Football rightly bringing together the past and the present.

And he is also like my Big Dad in here.


I celebrate you today Chief Icon4s... One of the true Ballers in our thread's First XI. Incase you don't know, Icon4s would be one of our defenders if this thread is fashioned into a first XI. He is like a libero. Lol

You shall, in your time, witness the day Nigeria become that African side that will break the WC Semifinals curse. And you shall witness this generation go on to be something really special taking you back to the glories of the 90s being our first Golden Generation. You shall see it and you shall feel alive again when talking Super Eagles matters in this time and age. The heartbreaks the likes of Yakubu and Co gave you in the Mid 2000s to 2010s shall be seen no more.

And I wish you all the best and the finest of everything your heart desires. It is well with you.

Happy Birthday Big Man. Enjoy.

Son o Son. I was just laughing out loud while going through this post.

You made my day. Thanks man.

mkrest:
happy birthday sir ICON

Thanks man

ChrisKels:
Wow Chief, may God's abundant blessings never cease in your life and household. Have a happy birthday.

The very Chris himself. Thanks.

Amen to your prayers.

temi1290:
HBD ��� sir, long life and prosperity IJN

Amen. Thanks Temi.

barackodam:
Happy Birthday grandpa

Long Life and prosperity sir

Grandpa ke?

Are you a son to ThesuperNerd?

Thanks man....

Olulong:
Happy Birthday Sir. Wishing you success in all your endeavors.

Thanks my bro. You are blessed

quickberry:
Happy Birthday.......More Grace.

Thanks man. Much appreciated.

soetanoreoluwa:
Happy Birthday oga Icon4s! God bless your new age... Kindly serve us big cat fish for the celebration

Soetan...

You remember my big cat fish?
Thanks man.

Kog45:
Old boy Happy Birthday but ya face scarce o

Egboon......

I dey. Always reading posts
No worries, let international football resume again.

Thanks for the kind wishes.

sheyishemba:
Happy birthday oga more life in good health and abundant wealth.

Thanks man. God bless you.

chrisooblog:
happy birthday egbon! wish you more years of blessings and success

Thanks bro. I appreciate.

Hello Team, today is my birthday.


Please share me some wishes

IDENNAA:
No , but you guys make it sounded like he is the alpha and omega of Leicester and without him the side will crumble. Also, I never said he will not play his way back but perchance in his absence another players assume the role and sort added more quality then your boy will sit down because he isn't Messi.

Well, I am not one of those that opined that Ndidi is the alpha and omega of the team.

But what I am saying is that based on his qualities, coming back into the team would not be as difficult as you guys are trying to paint it.

I am a positive thinking person. And so I chose to remain positive in this case.

Danielnino00:
Leave that guy and his talk.

Ndidi will be back in Leicester starting eleven when he is fit!
No be the same Rodgers rush am last time?

That is it.

forgiveness:
Who among our players is a lion in their respective leagues?

What is your definition of a "Lion"

forgiveness:
Is Tijani a lion in the Austrian League?

Bros, cool down abeg.

Sampson Tijani is just emerging.

And this is just a list for friendlies.

IDENNAA:
We know what is eased in means but you don't "ease in" when your position has been filled...does it take a genius to understand that ?

Has there ever been a situation where a position is left unfilled? A player will definitely have to fill that space.

I don't think there has ever been any player that has never been left out of a team due to injury.
It is only normal for a player returning from injury to be eased in.

I don't know why all this talks about Ndidi not getting back his starting position.
The Ndidi that I know, with the quality he posseses, will play his way back into the starting line up.

IDENNAA:
Did you say "eased in"? Not when you have a flying side with a midfield that's is not just about tackles and blocks.

You don't understand the "eased in" here?
Ok, let me use another word: Gradually introduced.

komekn:
I absolutely agree with you.

But a note of caution, other players will be upping thier game to claim your position. This is football.

Yes, definitely.

But like I said, for a player of Ndidi's quality, we should expect him to work his way back as quickly as possible.

komekn:
This could be a big problem for Ndidi.

Don't know how long Ndidi will be out for but speculation is at least 6/8 weeks. That means he will have to fight to claim his position back.

Add to that Rogers had played him as a CB, nonetheless, this is the nature of football. I do see Ndidi claiming his position but he will have to UP his game.

Vardy is looking injured why have they not called in KC, why ❓

Oh my goodness Maddison has just scored a SCREAMER.

Chairman, I don't see any problem here. When Ndidi returns, it is only expected that he would be gradually eased in.
And for a player of such quality I expect him to find back his footing in not too distant a time.

BascoVanVeli:
That's how u told me to give John Obuh a chance with Akwa United and next thing u know he started accusing our boys of playing bet with our games

A coach should carry some type of clout into the job. If nobody heard of u for 5 years prior to your appointment then it's not even good enough for an NPFL club side talkless a national team.

Gbenga Ogunbote has achieved year after year yet his name is not even whispered. We need a hiring that gives confidence

@ the bolded. With what I see these days from Nigerian youths as per betting, I no trust those Akwa boys. Anything is possible

John Obuh is a coach I still respect for unearthing of so many Young players, a lot of who later played for the Super Eagles. The Akwa united system probably didn't really favor him.

You see U17 coaches still barking instructions at the boys despite all the team talks. At that level the kids easily get carried away so the coaches need to keep shouting at them

daveP:
Im not so sure about this, but the fact that they aren't high in demand is what i hinge my opinion on. After many many years. And if they actually are, we'd simply hear about it regularly. I might be proven wrong, but that's my stance.

Well, I wish you really know what coaching is all about especially at Youth stage.

For those age grade categories you don't need coaches who are "In high demand"(or whatever description you give it).

Scouting and coaching players at cadet level is different from Coaching at Senior level, be it Club or country. Why do you think most if not all our former youth coaches have never done well when they coach the Super Eagles? They are two different ball games.

We have certain coaches that specialize in coaching at Youth level. In Nigeria some of them also coach NPFL teams just to keep going.

Likewise ask Rohr to assemble for us our next U17 team and watch how he will fail woefully.

I know a lot of peeps were hoping to see likes Finidi George and or Joseph Yobo on the list of our new Youth coaches. For those ones, time will tell.

Coaches Bosso and Amao are no new comers to coaching at youth level. Let's give them this chance.

daveP:
Their style and tactical approach will definitely not be the modern way. And that alone is.....

How are you so sure of this? Which of their teams have you watched lately?

tbaba1234:
Ladan Bosso and Fatai Amoo as coaches in the year 2020.

Do we not have competent people to take over at this level?

Well, these two lads are not new to our youths system especially Ladan Bosso.

I think the NFF have, this time around, chosen to stick with those they know already.

Another opportunity for our locally based coaches to prove their worth. Let's see how it goes.

Well, for me, it is a fair list considering that it is for the two friendlies.

Good also to note that the new invitees are mostly young players. Way to go for Sustainability.

On Samson Tijani, well, it may seem too early for his invite but I must also say that Tijani is a huge potential. His style of play at that U17 was ahead of his age. Well I am not too surprised about his invite. Rohr knows best.

Some have complained about Azeez being put on standby rather than making the main squad. This is just a friendly. Some older players had to be put aside so as to able to accommodate the new invites. Azeez will likely make the AFCON qualifiers squad.

For the Goalies section, hmmm......I don't see Okoye as much of a good goalie. A Chance for Alampasu to prove his worth. Yakubu also has a chance if he can live up to expectations.