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tbaba12345:
Musa Muhammad is not a factor in that team. He does not even make the bench.

Yet someone here once concluded he is our best Right back option for the Super Eagles.

We need to see him start playing games first.

tbaba12345:
Aminu Umar scored a brace in Turkey...

With this guy (we know Siasia has always been chasing after him), Chikatara and Aaron Samuel being U23 plus the inclusion of Odion Ighalo, I am begining to fear for Isaac Success' chance of being in Rio.

Thanks tbaba1234 for the updates.

alaskido:
I wish this car was a V6 engine. V8 is another story in Nigeria with fuel scarcity and traffic jams.

My problem with V8 is nt even d fuel consumption bt d resale value. Ppl run away from it more so when it is naija used.

Air Peace.

Pple can take risk sha. For me it is either Arik, Aero or I hit Iyare or Edegbe line motor park.

I am not an APC supporter. Neither am I a Buhari fan. But if u read those lines very well u will understand Lie Mahammed was misquoted.

Simple and plain truth.

Thisday has just goofed on this one.

forgiveness:
By SL10 - Feb 04, 2015 02:35 PM 0

Barcelona loanee Bobby Adekanye is set to commit his international future to Holland instead of his country of birth, Nigeria.

The Royal Dutch Football Association is in the driving seat to cap the highly-rated winger after he was included by Coach Edwin Petersen on the roster for the upcoming UEFA Development Tournament.

Ademola Adekanye, Bobby's dad, has reiterated that the NFF did not attempt to persuade the PSV Eindhoven starlet to represent any of their youth teams, and it would have been disrespectful to give a negative response to the KNVB.

''Bobby is going with the Dutch under 16 team to Portugal. They are scheduled to play three games, against Spain, Portugal and Deutschland,'' said Ademola Adekanye to SL10.ng.

''The door is not finally shut on Nigeria, nobody knows tomorrow if he will decide to play for Nigeria.

''The truth is that the Nigeria Federation never invited him, but Netherlands did and he needs to respect them.''

According to Fifa rules, the door is still open for Bobby Adekanye to defend the colors of Nigeria until he plays a Fifa-sanctioned competitive game for Het Nederland’s Elftal.

ADO Den Haag winger Segun Owobowale represented Holland at the 2014 European Under-17 Championship, but it has been 'claimed' that he has opted to play for the Super Eagles in future.


http://www.sl10.ng/news/articles/categories/nigeria-players-abroad/barcelona-loanee-bobby-adekanye-set-to-make-international-debut-for-holland/200106


I still don't understand why some players born in abroad get invitation to the National team while some got ignored delibrately. All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others. Na animal Farm thing.

They will say we need home grown players and that we have too much talented players. But when you look at the countries poaching our players, you will begin to wonder if we have more better talented players than them. And you will think they are poaching from our crumbs. Hehehe! Crumbs indeed!

But reverse is the case. With the arrays of stars they have, they still have the quest to accumulate more talented players.

The boy approached Emmanuel Amuneke but Amuneke turned him down without even a trial while Holland had already seen enough of him to give him a call up. Which way naija? Tomorrow dem go say he is not patriotic for chosen Holland because they think the boy no like success.

I talked about Tiago Ilori exploit at Sporting Lisbon and Bordeaux the other day (now playing for Liverpool fc) but someone said na average player. But i was shocked when he started mentioning and Clarmoring for one of our rising star in Porto to be included in the under 23 just because he played only three matches recently. Don't get me wrong. I support his suggestion but i don't support his selective......

I always supported any good player but i don't support......


I am suspecting something and i still dey observe.

I know what u are insinuating. Tribalism abi?

Firstly i can almost tell u with all certainty that this thread is abt d most detribalised of all threads on nairaland. We want d best for our national teams. And to achieve this we need d best players irrespective of ethnicity and religion.

On the issue of Adekanye, the NFF has spelt it out that the U17 team shall b comprised mostly of home grown talent. This I believe would have played a major role in Amuneke ignoring Adekanye. U once raised a related question concerning Funso Bangboye. Funso was spotted when d team took a tour to d Emirates and played a series of friendlies which included d Aspire Academy. Amuneke then was in dire need of strengthening his squad after finishing 4th at CAF U17.

On d issue of peeps fronting Chidozie Awaziem while nt fronting Tiago Ilori. Well, i dnt know for how long u have been a forumite on nairaland bt i can tell that in years past several pple have clamoured for d invitation of Tiago Ilori(I was a front runner) of which Ilori came open to say he wanted to play for Portugal.

We have moved on and shifted attention elsewhere ever since.

I am sure u know I am nt one of those clamouring for d inclusion of Awaziem in d Super Eagles. Infact when d argument came up dat he was a best centre back option for d Super Eagles i quickly countered it cos I know starting jst 2 or 3 matches for Porto is nt enough to make such a conclusion.

However, i can tell u that d fronting of Awaziem by some peeps here is nt based on ethnic sentiments. They simply feel for him to break into d FC Porto starting line-up he is good enough for d Eagles (an opinion i dnt share).

I believe this forum is made up of pple from different ethnic grps. There is nothing like selective fronting here. When a player is good we say it and clamour for that player irrespective of his ethnicity.

CFCman:
FT: Nigeria 6-0 South Africa. Captain Rasheedat Ajibade has now scored 7 goals in 3 U-17 WC qualifiers.

Lets recall the previous games:

Nigeria 4-0 Namibia

Namibia 0-5 Nigeria

Nigeria 6-0 South Africa

See a pattern..?

Immediately i saw dat fixrure i knew it was over for South Africa. Nigeria Will go through with nothing less than a 10-0 aggregate

Rewatching that final clip, Amuneke was nt actually off-side though d other players around him were.

Good memories.

Hope we repeat this achievement in Rio Olympics.

TheGoodJoe:
When will Pellegrini learn. Why send in Sterling as replacement when looking for a goal. After Sterling's horrendous misses against Liverpool in the Capital One Cup finals, is he the person to send in search of goals.

Hope Nacho saves the game.

Lamentations chapter 1 verse 2.
Take heart my brother.
The title is coming to London.

joseph1013:

EXCITING! Icon4s, we need Amuneke on this page. Can you make it happen?

Emma, being a very busy person, may not have the time to read through all comments here.
But one thing I know is he knows about this forum. Surprised , surprised? Yes he gets feed-backs from his Team media officer.
I dnt know if a Media officer has been appointed for the U20 Team yet as the technical team is just being assembled.

He had a Team media officer during the U17 WC (Morakinyo Abodunrin) who was following reactions of Nigerians all through the tourney and nairaland was one of the front liners. One thing I must tell you is our comments go beyond here. Some of you with popular monikers here are well known within the NFF quarters. So never see it as a waste of time as important people are reading.

forgiveness:
Yes, they are too many hence we must seperate the wheat from the chaff with the theory of elimination by substitution until we discover the best out of them all.

Ehizibue might be better than all of them but how do we know if we don't give him a trials.

Ok.

TheGoodJoe:

Na Wa O!

The competition in Nigerian football is getting too tough. If only the NFF can reduce their thirst for short term victory and allow the team grow together. We can build a formidable team to give a good Senior World Cup performance.

These talented young lads are just too many. That was the point I was pointing out to Tbaba and forgiveness about Ehizibue who they feel we have lost a lot by allowing Holland to invite him for their U21. I dnt believe Ehizibue is better than Nura Abdullahi, John Lazarus and Sincere Seth. Not to talk of the right back we have in the U23(Seth one of them) and Super Eagles.

TheGoodJoe:

I do not think we should keep it that way. We need players evolving. Look at Gareth Bale for instance. He evolved from a winger back, to a winger and then one of the most exciting forwards in the game.

If Nuru evolves, I do not think we should restrict him.

Although for now, that is thinking too far. He is a wing back and Chukwueze is the winger who is going to get technical experience and knowledge from Arsenal.

The bolded is my point. Chukwueze is being tutored as a winger at Arsenal and it would be counter productive to impose Nura Abdullahi in that wing position. Let Nura compete for the Right back position with Lazarus and let the better player emerge. No big deal if Nura or Lazarus sits on the bench. But remember also that Sincere Seth is also eligible. Seth to me is currently ahead of Lazarus. Sincere Seth will only turn 18 in April this year and he has already played in a CAF U23 tourney which he emerged one of d best defenders. He is currently in the Super Eagles camp.

This Flying Eagles team. When I think about the quality of players that are eligible to play I can't but say wow!
My only wish is that Amuneke should invite all players eligible. And their clubs should equally release them.

Just take a look at the midfield Trio of Azubuike Okechukwu, Kelechi Nwakali and Ifeanyi Mathew.
The wings pair of Musa Yahaya and Samuel Chukwueze. Attacking options of : Victor Osimhen, Taiwo Awoniyi, Sadiq Umar and Chidera Ezeh.
Talking abt the defence, we were jst discussing Nura Abdullahi and John Lazarus, we forget that there is Sincere Seth (another Right back) Chiedozie Awaziem is also eligible,

TheGoodJoe:
Chukwueze also came to my mind before I made the statement. If Nuru will make a better winger than Chukwueze, Chukwueze benches. May the best man win.

Let Nura and Lazarus be our 2 right back options and let Chukwueze do his usually damage from d wing.

TheGoodJoe:
Or we convert one to a winger.

So where do we put Samuel Chukwueze?

If the guy is better than John Lazarus or vice versa no big deal in one of the two sitting on the bench.

BlackAlbino6:
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Arsenal Under -21s maintained their unbeaten run with a 3-0 spanking of Fulham in yesterday U-21 game with Anglo Nigerian Marc Bola grabbing a goal.


The victory extended Arsenal Under-21s unbeaten run to seven game and for Bola his first goal with the U-21 is one that will remain ever green in his memory.


Bola surged forward from his left full back role to smash home a spectacular 25 yard strike which nestled into the net of Fulham to give Arsenal a 2-0 lead.


Aside the goal his already round display was a beauty as he got his side out of jail on two occassion with his incredible pace and neat but hard tackles.


He is heavily tipped to be a part of the club pre season tour next summer as he aims to follow in the footsteps of other Nigerians who have turn out for the gunners in the past.


Presently Alex Iwobi is the only Nigerian in the first team of Arsenal with Bola and Chuba Akpom highly favoured to join him next season base on their performance.
http://owngoalnigeria.com/2016/03/10/bola-on-target-for-arsenal-u-21-against-fulham/
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@ bolded, Kelechi Nwakali and Samuel Chukwueze soon to join. Tell me why I will not love Arsenal.

forgiveness:
Bros, Michael Olaitan was not part of 2009 under 17.

Ok thanks, he joined them at U20.

AIG07:
I said 'MOST' not all of them didn't leave up to expectation.

Playing in europe(lesser leagues) or been capped @ d national team should not be d only yardstick to measure d progress/performance of a whole set f grade teams.

You all know how promising these guys were.
Well since time is still on their side... We all hope de re-invent themselves in d round leather game

In the same way that MOST players from other U17 teams all over the world dnt get to play for their respective senior teams.

@ bolded, tell us the other yardsticks.

forgiveness:
Can you pls kindly remind me of the match he was capped?

Maybe you are not but i have read several articles on that even just today on this forum. Maybe you are not interested in winning World Cup. Believe me with those two lads in our team, we can go places. Like Argentina with Messi is something else.

If Ehizibue is good, we should not wait until he becomes a star before chasing after him. As German, England, France etc with all the arrays of talents at their disposal, still cap players. How come ours is different?

Alex Iwobi featured in the NIG vs DRC and NIG vs CMR friendlies.

Talking abt Alaba and Delle Alli, i can see they have helped Austria and England respectively to win the World Cup.

Is Ehizibue d only young player that has nt been invited? We have youngsters like Awaziem, Success, Odubajo, and a host of others hu are on d waiting line. Is Ehizibue better than them?

AIG07:
The '09 u-17 sets that paraded d likes of Olarewaju Kayode, Edafe Egbedi, Sanni Emmanuel(the super sub), Stanley Okoro(who was den tagged as Nigeria version of Messi), Paul d shot stopper(that dude throws ball n reaches d opponents half wit his hands) onazi(no one ever tot he 'll go far in his career after his lackluster performance against Germany) and d rest were just bunch of flukes who shone and went into oblivion.
Nigerians tot they will be d next generation of a super talented Eagles but most of them failed to live up to expectation just like d 2007 set of Chrisantus n co...

Those years were years of AGE CHEATING, no wonder we've not been able to pull a strong national team till now.

'WHATEVER A MAN SOW; HE SHALL REAP'

In that team were also Kenneth Omeruo, Ramon Azeez, Michael Olaitan, Abdul Ajagun, and Olanrewaju Kayode.

The thing is majority of U17 graduates dnt end up playing for d senior national team. I think so far d Japan 93 set had d highest number of players hu later played for d Super Eagles:just 5players out of 18 in dat squad. They are closely followed by that 2009 set that u are talking down. Yes 4players: Kennth Omeruo, Ogenyi Onazi, Ramon Azeez & Stanley Okoro have played for d Super Eagles. Bt for ill health Michael Olaitan i blieve would have featured for d Super Eagles by now. Now remember those boys are still below 24 , there is a possibility dat players like Abdul Ajagun, Mike Olaitan and Olanrewaju Kayode can get to feature for d eagles.

When dat crop progressed to d U20s in 2011 & 2013 they were jouned by players like: Ahmed Musa, Uche Nwofor, Shehu Abdullahi, Usman Mohammed, Wilfred Ndidi, Moses Simon, Aminu Umar, Emem Eduok and Kingsley Madu all of whom u know are Super Eagles players today. They are also known as d John Obu's boys; jst like how we have d Yemi Tela's boys, Manu's boys and Amuneke's boys.

Permit me to say that d John Obu's boys: 2009 U17, 2011 U20 & 2013 U20 dominate d Super Eagles and Olympic teams today. That production line to me did nt turn out badly.

forgiveness:
So that in the future when he turns out to become another David Alaba and Dele Ali, we will start bitting our fingers and saying had we known...... ok na!

I have my reasons for not criticizing Iwobi's inclusion on the list cos i think dey just want to cap him which is good for us.

Let me start with ur last sentence. Iwobi was nt jst invited bc he is abt to b capped. He has been capped already . I am surprised u dnt know dat.

Then to ur other statement; nobody is bitting any finger bc of Alaba or Dele Alli. U cannot b capping every d!ck and harry player u see in Europe jst bc u dnt want dem to play for d other country. So we should ignore d already identified and established players and start chasing after players hu probably have nt even shown interest to play for Nigeria?

I am nt saying we should nt go after such players bt as i said before we cannot cap all of them all at once even if we parade four Super Eagles teams. After all in d last 1-2 years we have capped players like Leone Balogun, William Troost-Ekong, Steven Ukoh and Alex Iwobi. In more distant past we also converted Sola Ameobi, Victor Moses and Victor Anichebe.

Such players are many and can only b introduced bit by bit.

Orkpekyandega:
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Osadiaye (right) scored for Nigeria U23s against Super Eagles on Wednesday

by Samm Audu

Nigeria caretaker coach Samson Siasia has expressed displeasure with the home-based Super Eagles loss to the country’s Olympic team in a training game on Wednesday.


The Nigeria U23s avenged a 2-0 defeat they suffered on Tuesday with goals from Joseph Osadiaye and Usman Mohammed.

Eagles stop U23s 2-0


“The coach was not happy with the result and he told us we did not play according to instructions,” disclosed Bright Onyedikachi, who scored one of the goals for the Eagles in the first training game on Tuesday.


“We still can’t understand what happened to us, it was like a dream.”


U23 defender Erhun Obanor said it is now all-square between the two teams.


“They beat us on Tuesday and we won on Wednesday. It’s 50-50 now,” said the big defender.


“We will have a final replay on Thursday before we leave to play for our various league clubs,” said Eagles defender Chibuzor Okonkwo.


The home-based Eagles are building up for AFCON qualifiers against Egypt, while the Olympic team will face Brazil in a friendly, all to be played later this month.
http://africanfootball.com/news/617904/Siasia-displeased-with-Eagles-loss
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Is it nt those bunch of imposters dat wore and disgraced our national colours at CHAN?
I said it that d U23 team is better dan that Home based Eagles team. If a player like Ifeanyi Mathew couldn't break into d U23 team and became d midfield marshal at d CHAN team. That speaks volume.

Orkpekyandega:
Am so surprised that most stakeholders kept quite over this issue of venue up till now.

Same here. Ok if it must b in d North, y nt Abuja stadium?

A stdium dat will make u drop ur most in-form defender in a very crutial tie. Must u play in dat stadium.Pple like Iheanacho and Iwobi dat give sleek passes will really find it difficult on such a pitch. Yet u still want to play on dat pitch.
I tire for these our NFF guys o.

TheGoodJoe:

I believe it was a stunt to sabotage Coach Oliseh. I for one do not understand the logic.

The Governor of Rivers State, Wike does a fine job with the Welfare of players and Cash Motivation. The Port-Harcourt sports facility is top standard. The footballers are familiar with the services of Presidential Hotel.

The climate of Port-Harcourt favors our foreign pros.

The Coach then, Oliseh wanted Port-Harcourt.

I can only think of Sabotage for the reason because Climate wise, Kaduna favors Egypt more than us.

Last year I was on one of our field locations and was watching one of our earlier qualifying matches. I think the Chad game. It was played in Kaduna. Though there was a TV in my office and personal room but I preferred watching in the general room with the other workers. Earlier before that game we watched a match involving I think Zambia or Uganda or so. We enjoyed the game as the stadium had a quality pitch. When It was time for the Nigeria game, everything changed. The stadium looked like below standard, the pitch was an embarrassment for a great country like Nigeria.
There was a Northerner by my side and he was also watching the game. (Without any ethnic sentiments) I asked why this Kaduna stadium of all places, National stadium Abuja is there, the Nest of Champions Uyo is there and the New Port Harcourt stadium all of which have natural grasses. Like-Play, like-play, this man saw it as an attack on the North o. If no be say I be him oga him for slap me sef. He even went as far as telling me we people from the South especially the SE don't always say anything good about the North.

I was like
For football matter again. I just concentrated on my match and ignored him.

What I am pointing out here is the choice of Kaduna is most likely to be politically generated. A certain section of the country also want a fair share of the games even though the weather and other conditions are nt favorable to our foreign players.

chrisooblog:
hi house i don't think there's any controversy as such in sia1's list. IMHO he has called a mixture of players he trust plus old reliables and ones in form. for me when a team list is dodgy is when most players that should have been included are missing. for siasia this list for me is 85% ok the only thing that raised eyebrows is leon balogun's exclusion and that has been rectified. no list can please everybody anyway.

Good point bro.!

TheGoodJoe:
“Leon could struggle in those situations. You remember, we had similar problems with Reuben Agboola back in the days.

“This is a crucial match where circumstances beyond the game proper could be decisive, so we need players who will be comfortable within our environment."

Icon4s

Thanks for the link. I do not know how I missed that one but the quote echos my point. There is no time for risk. If Coach Siasia feels the conditions of Kaduna will affect Balogun, we should not force Coach Siasia to test him in the conditions where there is no time.

Others in the list like Adi is to take a close look at them. Some not playing regularly might be those Coach Siasia feels can contribute some way or the other and wants to work with them.

This is like employing an expert in a field to do a job an we are hounding him with our ideas. He is the expert, let him work.

This takes us back to the question: WHY KADUNA?

Oliseh wanted Port-Harcourt but that created a rift between him and the NFF board.
Port-Harcourt is a cooler city and most of our foreign based players can easily adjust.

The Egyptians are coming with 80% locally based players. Egypt is within the hot Arid region. I hope taking them to a hot city like Kaduna would not bring out the best in them.

You remember why we could not qualify for the 2006 world Cup? Nig 1-1 Angola; venue: Sani Abacha stadium Kano. The players after the game complained of immense hot and humid weather.
Most of the Angolan players were locally based. There is a current called "the benguela current" that blows along the coast of Angola. It is a cool current that is responsible for the Aridity(dry weather) being experienced in the most part of Angola. The NFA took the game to Kano that has arid weather conditions. Most of our players played in Europe under a different weather condition. Most of the Angolan players played in Angola that predominantly experiences that arid weather condition. And you know the result as the rest is history.
Nigeria finished on 20pts same with Angola. We even had a superior goals difference bt head to head counted against us. We lost 1-0 in Luanda and then that silly 1-1 draw in Kano.

I DON'T LIKE THE CHOICE OF KADUNA AS THE VENUE FOR THAT GAME.

TheGoodJoe:


I did not come across that article. Please if you see the article, help me point it out.

Why-Siasia-left-out-Leon-Balogun-Ideye-Success-Official

Eagles caretaker coach Samson Siasia 42-man squad list for a double-header against Egypt reflected the current form of Nigeria players, but the likes of Leon Balogun, Brown Ideye and Isaac Success were some worthy omissions with reasons too.

A top member of the NFF technical committee, who pleaded anonymity, spoke specially on these players who should have been there, but are not there.

Here are the reasons Siasia proffered for omitting these players when he defended his list before the committee.

LEON BALOGUN (DEFENDER/MAINZ, GERMANY)

Form guide: Leon is arguably, Nigeria’s most in-form defender in Europe. He has been largely used at right back in the national team, but has been deployed at the heart of Mainz defence in the Bundesliga this season.

He has made 18 appearances for Mainz in all competitions, the last being the 2-1 defeat of Bayern Munich on Wednesday.

His partnership with Stefan Bell in Mainz central defense has been largely the reason the team is in the hunt for a Champions League play-off spot.

Why he is not on the list: Our source said: “We raised this with Siasia but his reason is cogent - You don’t invite players for the fun of it. We agree that he is having a good season but this is Africa and not Europe. You can see how hot the weather is in Abuja. So imagine how it will be in Kaduna when we play Egypt.

“Leon could struggle in those situations. You remember, we had similar problems with Reuben Agboola back in the days.

“This is a crucial match where circumstances beyond the game proper could be decisive, so we need players who will be comfortable within our environment.

“Leon is still part of the team and will be invited for future games, but we had to leave him out for this one.”

ISAAC SUCCESS (STRIKER/GRANADA, SPAIN)

Form guide: Success has been an ever-present in the Granada starting 11 this season. He has played 28 times in all competitions for Granada this season scoring five goals with three assists.

He was on target in Granada’s 2-0 defeat of Sporting Gijon in Spanish La Liga this week.

Naturally a striker, he has been deployed more from the left flank this season.

Why he is not on the list: Our source further explained: “Success was equally mentioned, but the main snag is his goal conversion rate.

“His work rate is commendable but for a striker, he needs to score more goals. Against Egypt, we will need more potent strikers in front of goal. We will need strikers who will take the opportunities when they come.

“He is quite a young chap who will be very useful to the national team in future but such a crucial game might not actually be the right time to blood him. Remember he is yet to make his full international debut.

“In future, it will be interesting to see how he links up with the likes of Ighalo in the attack”.

BROWN IDEYE (STRIKER/OLYMPIACOS, GREECE)

Form guide: Brown played 28 matches in all competitions for Greek champions Olympiacos this season (20 in Greek Super League, 6 in UEFA Champions League and 2 in Europa League).

The last of these performances was against Anderlecht in the Europa league on February 25. On the whole, Olympiacos’s number 99 scored eight goals with one assist.

The move to Olympiacos saw a rejuvenation of his career after the lull at West Bromwich Albion.

Why he is not on the list: Our source; “The idea of having Ideye serve as a foil for Ighalo is appetising. We all know what Troy Deneey does for Ighalo at Watford. He will need such a player in the national team.

“But while you have to note that Brown also has a low goal conversion rate, his usefulness in a 4-4-2 situation cannot be ignored.

“But we have players like Victor Moses returning to the national team.

“Brown should return soon but not for this game. We cannot invite all the players at the same time”.

DELE AJIBOYE (GOALKEEPER/WARRI WOLVES)

Form guide: Dele’s form at Warri Wolves has caught the attention of NPFL observers. Not a few believe he is the most in-form keeper in the domestic scene.

He has started and finished all Wolves four games this season and kept three clean sheets. He was the stand-out keeper at the Super 4 and has kept a below-par Wolves side afloat this season.

Why he is not on the list: Our source; “We invited two foreign-based keepers, Carl Ikeme and Dan Akpeyi. The three home-based keepers who should open the camp are national team ‘keepers at different levels.

“Ajiboye’s form has been noted but you know that the goalkeeping career is a bit more exclusive than the out-field players, the choices are limited.

“I have no doubt that Dele will get his chance after the Egypt games. We have also noted his good form.”



http://mtnfootball.com/news/616487/Why-Siasia-left-out-Leon-Balogun-Ideye-Success-Official

cruzita:
very old pic.see flavour face like person wey just dey escape poverty

Looks more like pesin wey still dey poverty

TheGoodJoe:
I did not say better. Leon Balogun's experience and exposure to tough opponents as for me males him a better player.

I am talking with respect to tactics. If Okonkwo is faster than Balogun, Coach Siasia might decide to use him based on his pace.

Look at yesterday's game, Baba Rahman is a better defender than Kennedy but Hiddink picked Kennedy because Kennedy is faster and more skillful on the ball.

I do not think it has to do with weather.

Yeah, but Siasia cited weather as reason for not initially inviting him.

TheGoodJoe:

I think it has to do with considering Balogun for the Right back role. Maybe Coach Siasia feels he is not fast enough for his approach. I doubt Balogun will make the Central defensive pair. I doubt he will make the right back position.

I am waiting to see.

So Chibuzor Okonkwo is now the better option?

Will the return leg in Egypt also be as hot and humid as the first leg in Kaduna?