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oloriooko:
Iwobi has moved, Arsenal remains Arsenal, enough of the emotional tantrums
Iwobi has so much to improve on so he should buckle up and face his career. If he improves, Arsenal will come back begging with more bucks
Life is all about changes, nothing is permanent.

I believe he has what it takes to do well at Everton especially if he is played in a central role.

safarigirl:
Thank God he has gone, it will be so much funnier watching Arsenal crash and burn without worrying about their ungrateful fans dragging innocent Iwobi

Asko jare.

safarigirl:
LOL.

My prayer point is the opposite. They just sold Iwobi, I wish Arsenal a trophiless season. The fans can enjoy beautiful football from their new signings

I cancel your prayer point by fire!!!!!

For Iwobi's sake I wish for Everton to finish in top 6. They have a descent squad though that can cause trouble for the top6.

Honestly, going to Everton was the right choice for him because of the new Arsenal acquisitions. He for get permanent seat belt

safarigirl:
he can't be happy leaving his boyhood club. Only last month, he had shut down rumours of his possible transfer.

Arsenal is all he has known since he was a child, so, leaving such a familiar place that holds such great memories will be difficult. I hope he pulls himself together fast enough to start running on all cylinders, because he has no time to mourn his loss


The EPL Begins today guys. After such a busy transfer period, I can't wait to see what the new signings will bring to the game. I'm looking forward to an upset of one or two of the big six, by Leicester, Everton or Watford.

What are you guys looking forward to?

Looking forward to Arsenal taking the EPL by fire and winning the title.

Eartquake1:
https://twitter.com/AFCComps/status/1159559621843062784?s=19

This video got me crying, Byebye Iwobi

We will miss Iwobi Sha.
Hope I will still have the heart to support Arsenal when they play Everton with Iwobi on the pitch.

Danielnino00:
Football at the African games is now an u-20 tournament o..

I have gotten that clarification thanks

isan:
Why don't u read latest news and stop jumping to conclusion and confusing people CAF requested for the under 20 for this year all Africa games for both male and female football events

Ow really? For the males too?

I only knew of the females.

My source of the info stated that "the NFF are planning to send..." and not "CAF had requested for ....."

Well, thanks for the info.

jihday:
If they can meet arsenal 40mill evaluation arsenal will play ball

I think considering the way Iwobi plays and the wings options at Everton this would be a good move if it actually sails through.

MetalJigsaw:
Does anyone know about Noah Okafor who plays for Basel in Switzerland? Just saw him as he was introduced in their Champions league match yesterday... A good payer in MF
He's about 20 years old- A midfielder. And has only represented Switzerland in junior levels. Elidible to play for Nigeria as his father is Nigerian.

I'm amazed he's never been mentioned here


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noah_Okafor

Nearly every regular knows him here

charlesemeka85:
Top officials of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) have disclosed that the Super Eagles will host Benin Republic in an opening 2021 AFCON qualifier in Benin City.

The Super Eagles host Benin on November 11.

The three-time African champions are drawn in a qualifying group, which also has Lesotho and Sierra Leone, with the top two teams advancing to the tournament proper in Cameroon.



The Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin City was the home ground for the country’s U20 women’s team to qualify for last year’s U20 Women’s World Cup in France.

It has an artificial pitch.

The Eagles have recently played their home games in Asaba and Uyo.

Welcome to my humble home Super Eagles
Benin must fall in Benin
Let's go there.

Danielnino00:
Even the Olympics isn't in the FIFA calendar... there's no cheating here. the game was postponed so it won't clash with the AFCON.. Even European u-21 tournaments aren't in the FIFA calendar though it takes place when club football is on break but that's because it's convenient for the Europeans...

We won the last u-23 AFCON with a squad filled with home based players so I don't see why we can't qualify for the next one...and if our local players can't beat Sudan,then we have no business calling ourselves Africa's football powerhouse.

But now the NFF is planning using the U20 team for the All African Games. This ought to have been the building ground for the home based U23 team.

When that qualifiers against Sudan draws near now they will hurriedly assemble a group of homebased U23 players and expect a miracle from them.

What is the rationale behind using an U20 team to prosecute an U23 competition? Not even that the team is that talented.

forgiveness:
How old is Simy NWANKWO? 27 years

How old is Anthony UJAH? 28 Years

Too much double standard and hypocrisy here.

When last did you see me mention Simeon Nwankwo in any discussions here?

You have started again with your diversionary tactics.

forgiveness:
Oga! Spare of building with bang average players.

We have been building since time immemorial.

You build with emerging players, even if u say they are average, they still have a chance to make it big. Not someone like Anthony Ujah who is a confirmed flop and has nothing to offer the team going forward.

TheSuperNerd:
Yet Ujah came into the GWG and played crap. While Simy and Onuachu even did better.
Simy and Onuachu never collect MOTM award before naa abi... Thank you Mr.MOTM. .

And never you compare Iheanacho and Ujah. Nacho have produced the goods in the GWG. Ujah failed to do same. Nacho has earned his mention in GWG colors.

On Ujah, I hear u... Hahahahahahahahahaha... Keep crying Ujah u hear... all this fake righteous talk to throw a mediocre Ujah in our faces. At least the cry has changed from Kayode to Ujah. That's an improvement...

We are talking about building for the 2021 AFCON and 2022 WC and someone is drawing us back with the mention of Anthony Ujah.

Earthquake1:
Pepe is overrated

You heard it here first

I agree

tbaba1234:
I hope Awoniyi and Osimhen perform in the French league and Iheanacho finds his feet in England.

Very good league for them to play competitive football and develop. Also an opportunity for us to really evaluate them.

forgiveness:
Players form prior to the Olympics should determine players selections.

Is this year still not prio to the Olympics? We have a two-legged clash against Sudan in a few months and that falls within the FIFA window. We have a team for the qualifiers and any other player can break in as the team evolves.

TheSuperNerd:
Our Eagles @Club Brugges


David Okereke "The Poacher and NEW Auba" and Emmanuel Dennis Bonaventure "The Dancing Dazzler"

Dennis: David abeg pass me that ball....

Okereke: **okay naa..**

Dennis: Chinekeeee... *Ducks for cover*

If we can get it right with players selection and availability, this crop of our U23s will definitely be a team to watch in the next Olympics. Just the thought of also having Samuel Kalu, Samuel Chukwueze, Henry Onyekuru and Victor Osimhen in the attack of this Dream Team makes you wonder how delightful it will be to watch them against other U23 teams. The Libya return leg was just a case in study

ChrisKels:
Ofoborh has been doing well for Bournemouth, so far in this preseason, same thing with Kingsley Michael for Bologna

Our U23 Eagles taking shape

Terzurum5 you don let TheSuperNerd confuse you

Which one be Tokyo 2022 again?

TheSuperNerd:
Thank you Sir Terzurum5.

But you see this dawn begins now and even precedes Afcon 2021.

By Afcon 2021, we will be witnessing most likely a higher metamorphosis of the team into a stronger force if the key things go well.


I think it should be,

"The Super Eagles Thread: The Dawn of a New Era and Roads to Afcon 2021 & Qatar 2022."



Also, we should create an Olympics thread as we did before... Unless the house wants us to include discussions on the Dream Team VII (U-23 Dream Team Eagles) here meaning we have to add Tokyo 2020 too.

Creating and visiting a separate thread for the Olympics team may not be so convenient. You saw how the Last Flying Eagles thread just died. People prefered discussing their matches here. Same goes for the Eaglets and even Falcons thread.

For me the Olympics team is a mini-Super Eagles team and so we should discuss Tokyo 2020 qualifiers here.

And finally I think the current title by terzurum5 is ok.

safarigirl:
sadly, such a piece will not reach the people it is meant for, it will remain on this thread, rather than be a Front Page topic

When the story is not about how Tiwa Savage Kissed Wizkid at Eko Hotel.

Seriously, Seun needs to review his moderators list.

TheGoodJoe:
"The Super Eagles Thread: The Dawn Of A New Era"


This should be the title of the thread. No need adding tourneys. Thus the name stays for a longer period. We are in the dawn of a new era.

Good but some will still argue the New era has not dawned yet. TheSuperNerd how far?

Joebie:
Just add Post to the front.
The Super Eagles Thread: POST-RUSSIA 2018/AFCON 2019: THE DAWN OF A NEW ERA

Which Kain?

So we will be playing 2021 AFCON qualifiers and 2022 WC and still be Carrying Russia and 2019 AFCON.

Emmm... Terzurum5, come and change the title of this thread jare. Russia and 2019 AFCON have come and gone. Or we create an entirely new thread.

ChrisKels:
Brendan Rodgers:“What (Kelechi) has to do, and I’m sure he will, is take his training form into the games,”
Rodgers told LeicestershireLive.


"He’s been absolutely top class in training over pre-season, he’s been amazing. When were away in Evian and he played in the practice
game, he scored four goals out of five. He was
sensational.


“He needs to take that into games. That’s key
for him and I’m sure he’ll do that.


“It’s difficult. You have to respect his position.
He’s a support striker for one of the best
strikers in the Premier League. It’s not easy.


“All he can do is continue to work and work
well and when the opportunities come, he’s got
to take them.


“Once they start to go in, he’ll gain more
confidence from that.”

CC goodJoe

Has he improved on his first touch? Cos that was one of his major lows last season

The 2018 WC has come and gone and so also is the 2019 AFCON. Are we still maintaining the same title for this tread going forward?

Or are we probably waiting for the 3rd item their: "Dawning of a new era" to materialise before we change the nomenclature of the thread?

tbaba1234:
Many league stakeholders do not agree with what Colin has written. You can't giving solutions when they do not agree.

Then they must be living in self deceit and the reason for the problems we have in the league. Let them continue to sleep. When a Man wakes up is his own morning

tbaba1234:
I have been saying this for years here. I have even been tagged a local league player hater. This article from Colin Udoh is brilliant.

The next Mikel or Ighalo isn't going to come from Nigeria's league

While Cup Final weekend is upon Nigeria, as Kano Pillars go up against Niger Tornadoes to determine who wins the 2019 Aiteo Cup on Sunday, the talk is still on the Super Eagles' Afcon campaign.

Conversation in Nigeria remains centred on the future of coach Gernot Rohr as the team's failure to reach the continental final continues to enrage, but little has been said about the team itself. Specifically, the loss of key personnel.

And therein lies the crux of the matter. The Aiteo final, and the domestic season as a whole, has done little to showcase new talent, so where will Rohr, or the next coach, find players to replace the likes of John Obi Mikel and Odion Ighalo?

The combined retirements of captain Mikel and forward Ighalo have left two huge voids in the team. John Ogu is bound to follow suit soon, and it is possible that, being on the other side of 30, Leon Balogun is not far off. Surely there must be some concern about finding replacements?

Fans and media never seem to let up with telling Super Eagles coaches to pick players from the domestic league, with goalkeeper Ikechukwu Ezenwa the only regular home-based player in the side. But the fact remains that the NPFL has no real talent of international quality, and there is a huge body of evidence to support this.

Two wins in the CAF Champions League (both by Enyimba in 2003 and 2004) are a far cry from other top African nations. The CAF Confederation Cup (including its previous two-competition iterations) offer a slightly better picture, but the wins there came at a time when Nigerian domestic football was on a high and players from local clubs represented the country.

In recent years, performances at continental club competitions have been woeful. Lobi Stars, Nigeria's CAF Champions League representatives last season, travelled to South Africa and were soundly beaten by Mamelodi Sundowns.

It was not just about the result, but the disjointed and predictable play of the Nigerian team that left heads and fists shaking.

Then, CAF's African Nations Championship (CHAN), which offers a barometer of the strength of national teams sans Europe-based players, provides a clear-eyed metric. It is not one that flatters Nigeria.

The Super Eagles B-side failed to qualify for the first two tournaments, and then at the most recent final in 2018, were thrashed 4-0 by Morocco.

They also shipped four goals against rivals Ghana in the regional WAFU Cup of Nations final in 2017, and will hope to do much better this September at the event in Senegal.

Any manner of spin may be put on these results and performances, but the bottom line is that the players are simply not good enough until they move to Europe and have all their accumulated bad habits trained out of them.

On Sunday, Pillars and Tornadoes will square up in the aforementioned Aiteo Cup final. There will be further examples of this lack of formal football education, guaranteed. Anyone even suggesting the national team coach should be there, for anything other than ceremonial reasons, probably needs to rethink some life choices.

At the moment, what the Super Eagles need are two goalkeepers, one right back, one additional centreback and at least two midfielders. None of those who will be on show on Sunday can fill those gaps.

Prime Mikel on the ball was a wonderful sight to behold. Difficult, one might even say impossible, to shake off the ball and could ping passes with the precision of a German-engineered machine. No player in the domestic league comes close. Ighalo did not have the best first touch in the world, but as a cold-blooded goalscoring forward, his numbers speak for him.

The late Stephen Keshi spent over six months in camp with domestic players and ended up taking just six to the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, so it isn't for lack of effort on the coaches' parts. Of that number, only two - Godfrey Oboabona and Sunday Mba - played significant minutes. A mere six years later, none are currently anywhere near the Super Eagles team sheet.

Rohr - if he stays - or his replacement, are better served scouting for players already in Europe to fill those gaps. At least for now.

But suggesting that Rohr, or whomever the coach may be in the coming months, picks from the teams involved in the Final is a line few are brave, or stupid, enough to venture across.

https://africa.espn.com/football/club/nigeria/657/blog/post/3906752/the-next-mikel-or-ighalo-isnt-going-to-come-from-nigerias-league

I do not expect an article of this sort from a respected journalist like Colin Udoh.

We all know these issues exist. Nothing new in what he has written. He should be proffering solutions instead.

Joebie:
Rohr is a good player manager. He can manage Enyeama's ego. Has Alloy Agu undergone any coaching training?
Enyeama will be in a better position to know who is ready or to scout for more GKs. If he is better than the younger goalies, there should be no room for sentiments. The younger goalies have been there and we still have the gk problem. Well, let's see what will come of the Dijon story.

At the bolded, do you know whether he has or not?

elyte89:
I disagree with d last statement... If a Buffon can still b playing ,@ d top level, y should enyeama case b diff, if he still want to play for Nigeria, den he shld b given a chance

Buffon has been consistent and plays at a very high level. Enyeama is not at that level.

Joebie:
Goalkeeper trainer AND player

The team already has Goalkeeper trainers. Remember also that Carl Ikeme was appointed as one of the keeper trainers but is still undergoing training.

Enyeama will be a surplus requirement. He hasn't even undergone any coaching training.

And as a player, we don't need him either. This the time to give the young goalies game time but Enyeama will always want to be first choice

Joebie:
Enyeama has already retired. But I think will do us some good if we have him in the fold just to help with the young keepers, Okoye, Alampasu, Uzoho, and Nwokolor

In the fold as a what?
Goalkeeper trainer or a Player Goalkeeper?