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tbaba1234:
With the exception of Sincere Seth, the others should be invited.

Nura and Lazarus can play RB.

jieta:
icon, did u type dis?

tbaba1234:
For the qualifying stage, it is not bad but as competition stiffens in the AFCON and hopefully the world cup, the coach should certainly look at options to improve the team. Yahaya, Ezeh, Bello, Alfa, etc.. And other new players.

tbaba1234:
56 mins:

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forgiveness:
Do you mean Awoniyi was their top scorer prior to the CAF U17 tournament?

Bro, don't give false information.

Isaac Success and Ibrahim Alhassan were the top joint goal scorers with 5 goals apiece. Isaac Success was already a full member of that same foundation.

Ibrahim Alhassan was the lad benching Kelechi Iheanacho in that team. It was when he left Iheanacho started shining. Although, Kelechi Iheanacho was the top goal scorer in the friendlies, he was still not a starter in that team when Ibrahim Alhassan was there.


It was wen Alhassan left he became a starter in important games.


Such is life. But he came in and gave Nigerians a cause to smile and forgot about Isaac Success.


Awoniyi proved himself for the World to see. He scored 4 goals and assisted 5 times.

Statistics don't lie.

Napoleon55:
Prior to the commencement of that tournament,there were so much talk about Mikel,everyone was eager to watch him and what he could do n he did deliver,his best performance was against Argentina,the final match,what happened in that match is 3 things,1-the referee was against us,2-we didn't play with in and out striker,a top 9 like Martins would have helped us but he was not invited by siasia,though Martins thought he was too big to play in that tournament,he was demanding to be made the captain or something like that. And 3-the magic of Lionel Messi,the nigerian team didn't know he was that too good otherwise they would have been more extra careful against him. But with Messi or no Messi,if had gone with a better striker than Ogbuke,we would have won even with the referee bias officiating. Ogbuke is more of winger and support striker than a top 9

Godwineze652:
Hnw much is tokumbo talkless of fairly used

TheGoodJoe:

As I said, that is all you know about 2005 tournament. Yet you want to argue 2005 WYC with those of us who watched Silva, Llorente and Fabregas lie and role on the pitch after Spain was eliminated.

You want to argue with us who watched Zuiverloon of Holland attempt multiple times to injure Mikel out of the Nigeria vs Netherland game. Mikel later walked to our medics and they slipped Ice cubes into his socks because of the hurting ankle.

You want to argue with us that watched in fright as the Moroccan side with one of the best strikers of the competition, Iajour were going to face us. Then we put up a good game and eliminated them. We cheered when Iajour got a red card and he spat on one of our players.

Or when we watched in eagerness the match between Spain and Argentina and Messi scoring one of the best goals of the competition, if not the best goal.

I watched 2005, it was amazing and we still see signs of their players, including those from Argentina like the Zabaletta, Silva and Aguero who all were part of the City revolution.

Taiwo was a good player in that competition. They were far better players. The awards do not tell the full story.

terzurum5:
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AF Nigeria 2016 Olympics - Men Football Belgium
Mikel confirmed for Rio may force Belgian club to stop Ndidi
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by Samm Audu

Thursday Jul 07, 2016. 15:24

Mikel Obi’s confirmation for the Rio Olympics may force Belgian club Genk to stop Wilfred Ndidi from next month’s summer games as they insist on guarantees from coach Samson Siasia their player will see first-team action in Brazil.


Ndidi, 19, is one of several foreign-based stars Siasia is banking on to shore up his team for the Olympics after several other players were stopped by their European clubs.


Siasia has already announced that Chelsea star Mikel has confirmed his participation for Rio, which means he is guaranteed first-team place and with Ndidi also now playing a defensive midfielder, his club do not wish to release him only for him to be warming the bench in Brazil when he could be earning his keep in Belgium.


“Genk want assurances Siasia will use their player, if not they do not see the rationale for him to be at Rio Olympics,” a source told AfricanFootball.com


But an official has reasoned that room could be created for Watford target Ndidi to revert to his old position in central defence particularly as Siasia is rebuilding that position following the long-term injury of Segun Oduduwa.
africanfootball.com/news/633097/Mikel-confirmed-for-Rio-may-force-Belgian-club-to-stop-Ndidi
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terzurum5:
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Chelsea Talent Ola Aina Turned Down Opportunity To Represent Nigeria At Olympics
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Allnigeriasoccer.com understands that Chelsea defender Ola Aina was sounded out about the possibility of represent Nigeria at the 2016 Olympic Games by emissaries sent by the Nigeria Football Federation.


But the Londoner rejected the Nigerian Federation’s proposal as he is focused on representing the youth teams of his country of birth, England.


At this stage, Ola Aina is not considering switching his international allegiance from England to Nigeria just like that, and it is has been suggested that he might consider the prospect of turning out for the Super Eagles.


At international level, the 19-year-old’s future has been the subject of intense speculation, and his father Olufemi Aina has said that he can’t force him to represent Nigeria as the player is now an adult and can make his own decisions.


The promising youngster recently sorted out his future at Chelsea by putting pen to paper on a new four-year contract.
Ifeanyi Emmanuel
www.allnigeriasoccer.com/read_news.php?nid=19688
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evaonuegbu90:
I wish u Goodluck guys. don't come back without d trophy!

TheGoodJoe:

Stop arguing pure facts. He is a striker and had the most chances to score among all the team mates. There are highlights of this to show how poor Awoniyi was. Awoniyi was not fantastic. A better striker would have done more. Game after game, Awoniyi fluffed and missed Chances. If it was under Westerhoff, that guy will not play another game in that tournament.

Yahaya would have recorded a higher assist figure if Awoniyi would just finish. One in one chances. Tap in chances he missed. You are here talking of him being better than one of the top promising talents in the game.

Just as I told you about Solanke, I will tell you the same about Awoniyi. To play upfront and get to the top, you need high conversion rate. Awoniyi's conversion rate from the U17 till now has been poor. He has to step up. Breathing facts fire does not change it. He was not awesome at the U17. If you like point assist. He is a point man with poor conversion rate.

Awo should hit the field and improve his conversion rate.

joseph1013:
Taye Taiwo...best left back we ever produced? Bros, you dey fall hand walahi. Shebi you talk say you dey follow Palle go watch ball. Why you no con know Benedict Iroha. Yisa Sofoluwe nko? Babayaro nko?

icon4s, see Nigeria life outside.

forgiveness:
Hmm! You mean a player who came to replace Success and still went ahead to score 4 goals and 3 - 4 assist is lesser than Yahaya who started the tournament from start to finish but scored only 4 goals and 3 assist at the U17. Erh! Awoniyi outclassed him because he saved us in many games and single handedly won matches.

At the U20 tournament, Yahaya was outclassed by Awoniyi by miles. Scored two goals and 2 assist(thereabout) while Yahaya scored only 1 goal.


Now, see the statistics with your eyes. Who better?

forgiveness:
No no no no. I no gree. From the centre backs to the wing backs, to the Milfield( Azubuike and Etebor are exceptional) and to the wingers na.....


So, you can't put all the blame on Awoniyi. That one I no gree.

I saw the match, all flopped. That's all.

forgiveness:
No no no no. I no gree. From the centre backs to the wing backs, to the Milfield( Azubuike and Etebor are exceptional) and to the wingers na.....


So, you can't put all the blame on Awoniyi. That one I no gree.

I saw the match, all flopped. That's all.

forgiveness:
Bros, I know na. When I see a talented player I know.

Nwakali is not ahead of Awoniyi. You just wait for the U20 tournament then you will know.

Tolexander:
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Federal character, not even a single Yoruba or someone from the SW on the list!

forgiveness:
I saw Awoniyi at the Africa Olympics football qualifiers. The team was bad I mean very bad. So, how do you expect him to shine without a good passer?

Yes, he was very porous in that match and recently but talent na talent and you can't just loose it in a day.

How did he stall? He saw more games in a better league than Musa Yahaya last season.

So, how did he stall? Siasia just wan destroy that boy career by forcing him into the Olympic Football team.

The boy na small boy compare to his peers. He lacks confidence and he is too weak to face tough defenders but that doesn't remove an atom of talent from him.


He needs to chop akpu and carry weight for his stamina.

forgiveness:
Yahaya is no where near potentially world class talents.

Where did he play last season? How many matches did he play?

I rate Osimhen higher than all on your list.

Nwakali? I still dey observe the boy.

forgiveness:
So, is he better than Awoniyi who signed for Liverpool?

Remember, Liverpool is rated higher than all the clubs the top players on your list play for?

I rate Awoniyi higher than Yahaya.

Although, I don't want him to be selected for the Olympics because he is too timid, fragile, young, inexperience and out of form but nevertheless you cannot take away his talent from him.


My top 5 potentially world class talents from the U17 are.

1, Osimhen
2, Success
3, Iheanacho
4, Awoniyi
5, Nwakali

tbaba1234:
In terms of talent, the last couple of under 17 tournaments has produced 5 potentially world class talents.

1. Isaac Success
2. Iheanacho
3. Osimhen
4. Yahaya
5. Nwakali

semid4lyfe:
Seems I'm the only one who thinks Iheanacho is overhyped. . . . .

TheGoodJoe:

As for me, a player who can not hack it in the training ground, can not hack it in match situation. Iheanacho in scrimmage matches in America pulled wonderful stats. In training games with the EDS pulled wonderful stats. In the training games with he main squad, we heard of Iheanacho scoring a lot of goals and doing funny celebrations.

Doing well for City and Nigeria was bound to happen because he was doing it.

There was no exciting report of Ighalo in training. Why start him ahead of an Obaje who was convincing and good. It does not add up. Ighalo not doing well in those qualifiers would have been averted if Coach Siasia stuck to those doing well in training.

There are no strikers in Portugal now that will do better than Nani and CR7. That is why they start. Not because of experience and number of games. No midfielder better than Renato Sanches. So he starts.

There is no way Deschamps will tell us that he has better players Greizmann and Pogba. That is why the should start. In training and on the pitch, these two will outperform any French player. That was why it was crazy leaving them on the bench.

The experience thing is just a theory to excuse mediocrity. Just as I pointed in Pellegrini leaving Bony and Demeichelis longer than necessary. In training, he would have seen they won't cut it. Leaving Adarabioyo, Iheanacho and Denayer out due to lack of experience gave mediocrity room to breathe in the squad.

If they are better they should do it in training. If they can not then, Coach Siasia will be giving mediocrity room.

That coach should still explain why he left Obaje out.

TheGoodJoe:

I put Sadiq there because I believe he will do better than the other strikers in camp. That I believe should be the selection criteria. Not who is most experienced.

Demeichelis had a massive wealth of experience last season but he was one of the culprits of our poor performances last season.

If Pellegrini was through to himself and form in training, Denayer and Adarabioyo should have been ahead of Demeichelis. Sticking to experience led us to a bad run.

TheGoodJoe:

I put Sadiq there because I believe he will do better than the other strikers in camp. That I believe should be the selection criteria. Not who is most experienced.

Demeichelis had a massive wealth of experience last season but he was one of the culprits of our poor performances last season.

If Pellegrini was through to himself and form in training, Denayer and Adarabioyo should have been ahead of Demeichelis. Sticking to experience led us to a bad run.

TheGoodJoe:
What use is their experience if they can not outclass an inexperienced attacker in training. I agree Sadiq Umar is inexperienced and unexposed. I agree he has years ahead of him. If he can outclass and outperform the others in training, they have no business starting ahead of him.

TheGoodJoe:

No matter how we look at it, Omeruo's experience was no way near Yobo. Yet Omeruo was the better defender. Then ended up one of the best of the AFCON.

TheGoodJoe:
Omeruo became a regular in a major tournament. Michael Owen became a regular by the second round in France '98. Played along side Shearer against Argentina.

In cases like Owen and Shearer, at that time, Owen could never outshine Shearer.

If Owen could outshine Shearer repeatedly, then Owen deserves to lead the line.

In the case of Ighalo and Sadiq. If Sadiq repeatedly outclasses Ighalo in training, he will be a better option to start the game.

TheGoodJoe:

Different philosophies. As for me, age is not a barrier. I remember a young teenage Michael Owen scoring over and over again to save Liverpool.

Pele was Seventeen when he rattled the World.

I remember Omeruo for Yobo. With little professional experience becoming one of the best players of the AFCON even though he was a teenager.

It happens over and over again.

As for me, if a player can not hack it in training, he is not the best to start the game.

TheGoodJoe:

Note, I said if they lose three times to the same team. We did not lose three times to Togo.

In training, the competing players get many chances to prove themselves. It is not a one chance thing.

Note my term. Outclass.

If Sadiq Umar Outclasses Odion Ighalo in training, then he must start.