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forgiveness:
And you need a fatigue player due to jet lag when the chips are down?

goldfish80:
At Standard Liege he was a defender. I believe you watched a lot of Standard liege games to have seen him.
For the Flying Eagles, which I witnessed some of their games live at the stadium. At no point did Yobo play in defence.
Just like a Warri wolves fan would have been surprised seeing Etebor play as a DM against Algeria. Players play different roles for club and country in some cases.

SharpJoe:
Akpeyi looked shaky to me when I watched him play. Reports said he was jittery against Senegal. If Emma Daniel was a better choice in the Olympics, there is no way Akpeyi can be the better reserve Goalkeeper.

I am definitely not confident with him in goal. Looked amateurish in the goal conceded and showed same sign in his other game for the Super Eagles. He can pass though.

forgiveness:
And the same Etebor was considered and later involved in the game.

forgiveness:
I thought you said you are a coach or....

Anyway, Rohr said he considered replacing Onazi with either Ogu or Etebor.

Why did he decide to play Ogu instead of Etebor?

TheSuperNerd:
That is true.... but that is subtly why I no call name naa.... alampasu is not doing well for now.... and I still have high hopes for him.... Nwokolor gets rave review In his league.... but still a greenhorn...

For now... na Ikeme we know....


For the future... the next no.1 will eventually reveal himself... we have never ever been in lack of Great goalies for any generation.... so I have no worries for the future....


My Only worry now is Ikeme's fitness. I hope when cameroun comes calling we won't hear Ikeme is down again...

TheSuperNerd:
@Calvin Emeka.... (Twitter)

Y'all probably know already that the Burkina Faso match is off. Arrangements are being made to find a clubside.

TheSuperNerd:
I think it is because Rohr feels he has no much time anymore.... he just wanna focus and solidify his team for qualification first before bringing in our future no.1s .....

SharpJoe:
That is why I felt this Friendly window was a good try out for our young goal keepers. However, Rohr had a different plan of using it to prepare his team for a physical clash against Cameroon.

goldfish80:
Costa Rica scored a few seconds after this action. Its very clear this is a flat back four, I wonder where the "extra defender" Yobo was.

cc TheGoodJoe, SharpJoe

TheSuperNerd:
But you really think Enyeama will make a u-turn.... it won't be bad having him back shaa ooo.... coz I am tired of all this goalkeeping crisis.


I know we have young Nwokolor and Emma Daniel.... but Rohr haven't given them their debuts yet and he wouldn't do so in a competitive fixture as crucial as the cameroun double header....

We also have Alampasu but he needs to step in his clubside....


I just hope Ikeme is fit when D-day comes calling....

goldfish80:
Your 11-12 minutes does not include stoppage time. How many matches have you watched and the ref called off the game on the dot of 90'?

Yobo maybe listed as a defender at Standard liege but it's very clear the Nigerian coaches still saw him as an attacker which he was known for before signing for Standard liege and he was rightly registered by FIFA as an attacker. Just like Mikel being made to play attacking midfield for the super eagles while he played deeper for Chelsea.

Disu brought Yobo in to shore up the midfield, not to play as a defender. Does it make tactical sense to play 5 man defensive formation to protect a 1 goal lead against Costa Rica of all teams.

goldfish80:
Your 11-12 minutes does not include stoppage time. How many matches have you watched and the ref called off the game on the dot of 90'?

Yobo maybe listed as a defender at Standard liege but it's very clear the Nigerian coaches still saw him as an attacker which he was known for before signing for Standard liege and he was rightly registered by FIFA as an attacker. Just like Mikel being made to play attacking midfield for the super eagles while he played deeper for Chelsea.

Disu brought Yobo in to shore up the midfield, not to play as a defender. Does it make tactical sense to play 5 man defensive formation to protect a 1 goal lead against Costa Rica of all teams.

safarigirl:
I was counting in 90 mins, not 60....my TV has this tag blocking it at the edge, so didn't see the number in front of 9

Mickael2:
On current form, Adi is better than him. On current form, Onyekuru is better than him(though he plays mostly from the wings but still)

safarigirl:
Atletico Madrid win 2-1.

Second goal scored in 89 mins after Nigeria equalized

Atletico take it for the second time in a row.. Good tournament though

TheSuperNerd:
loollll... it is 30mins per half.... 60mins in total... not watching but have been following in the past few days.... thanks To Basco...

SharpJoe:
Probably after the Costa Ricans equalized, Tunde Disu instructed Yobo to join the attack, that was why you saw him attacking. At that time, we went all out in search for a winner. Also this aligns with Icon4s point that Yobo as a defender could progress down the field to join the attack. Also why he could play the right back role.

goldfish80:
http://www.11v11.com/matches/nigeria-v-costa-rica-03-april-1999-266819/

This site gave an account of the Nigeria vs Costa Rica game. They listed Yobo as a Df/ midfielder.
In this particular game, he replaced Eddie Dombraye and played an advanced midfield role. Komekn was actually correct about Yobo playing as an attacking midfielder in 99.

SharpJoe:
Big thanks to Haruna Babangida for uploading this nice clip of his goals and assists. It shows how brilliant he was and it is still shocking one of our youngsters exported at such a young age did not make an impact in the Super Eagles.

cc: Icon4s, Kog45, TheSuperNerd, safarigirl, Joseph1013, lakesidepapa, goldfish80, Xzbit91, terzurum5, Bascovanvelli, lexyman, Humility017, ChrisKels, bigblangston, komekn.

Haruna Babangida Goals, assists and skills in Barcelona B.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kg4t-wEKAdo
Can someone tell Haruna to retitle the video.

SharpJoe:
He did not. Icon4s explained to you that Yobo was converted to a defender when he left for Belgium. We would not drop Aniele to experiment with a defender as a striker. It is too illogical.

SharpJoe:
I knew complete football then and we always looked forward to their last edition before World Cups and World Youth Championships where they profiled players. Much respect. That is remarkable.

SharpJoe:
Impressive. You were a sports writer at that time. No wonder you writing flows with ease.

With respect to Haruna Babangida, in the game against Costa Rica, he played an attacking role. He was a winger who could play as a forward role. Well, I was a bit young and did not know too much on the attacking roles of our players. However, that was a nice attacking team.

That Costa Rica game hurt, with Gen. Abdulsalami in the stadium. We were all over the Costa Ricans looking for a second goal when they scored us towards the end of the game.

Mickael2:
He is the best striker we have in our camp right now, not the best striker we have. I disagree

Humility017:
I really think...Success should be deployed as a CF and Kelechi as SS or AM.... this combo I believe will throw in goals.. still remember their partnership during UAE Under 17 world cup 2013...