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EEGA:
Iwobi had more tackles,completed more dribbles,Ebuehi had more tackles,completed more dribbles and was named in the Dutch Eredivisie team of the week.Ndidi(tackling machine) Epl's midfield general.

Russia 2018 go hear am.

Bros, some of the countries our boys play in often make you scratch your head


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Kog45:
37 years old Rabiu Ali? this gonna be a record signing.

Kalu Orji-Kazakhstan?better to remain in NPFL

Yea, that's the problem. And I don't think that we'll have the technical discipline to play 3-4-3 either. Anyway, we'll need to watch Ebuehi and Idowu a few more times to decide if they are legit wing backs.

All in all, I think we're frontloaded in certain positions (DM/CM/AM) and drastically lacking in some areas (goalkeeping, CF)


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Icon4s:
On the formation Rohr wants to adopt, let's see the next few friendlies first.

And I still insist that if Rohr wants to fully adopt the 3-5-2 it means a good number of our Full backs and wingers would be surplus to requirements.

Yea, personally, I would prefer to have him as a LWF instead of Simon Moses. He may lack Simon's speed and trickery but he provides a better scoring threat than Simon and he'll provide better defensive cover as well. On current SE form, I think Ndidi and Onazi already have the DM positions under lock for now.


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Danielnino00:
Me thinks Etebo will do better as a CMF or Winger.. he's got a lot of energy and he's a hard tackler...
Rohr is trying to make him Mikel's deputy and that's obviously not working....

I think Rohr would play 3-5-2 in Russia ... at least, against Croatia and Argentina. For some reasons, I think Rohr likes Awazien and he would like to make him a starter. In addition, I think it would make sense to play with two DMs against stronger teams like Croatia and Argentina.


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TheSuperNerd:
Good.... CM (box-to-box) is one of Etebo's best two positions. The other is LM.

You are right that he is not in direct competition with Onazi. But the thing is this. If Mikel and Ndidi are sure starters, then the other third midfield slot (depending on the formation we play) will fall to one of Onazi, Etebo or Ogu.

If Etebo is picked, it means Ndidi plays DM, while Etebo plays CM.

If Onazi is picked, it means Onazi plays DM while Ndidi plays CM.

If Ogu is picked, it means we get to see how they both played against Argentina with Mikel.

It all boils down to Tactics and formation chosen. But in the end, people must remember that Onazi is assistant Super Eagles Captain and is a favorite to start games too.

Our starting WC midfield is still likely to be Mikel-Ndidi-Onazi. Changes will be subject to tactical tweaks and more. Time will tell.

Oh yea, Ndidi started on the bench, right? I can't remember the exact line up in that game ... it's been a while


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tbaba1234:
It is not his favorite role but he is better at it than the attacking roles.

What position did he play in the match against Algeria in Uyo? I am thinking that he played the #8 role or was it 4?

Whatever position he played on that game is probably his best position.


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tbaba1234:
It is not his favorite role but he is better at it than the attacking roles.

And he can even play from the flanks, as a SS. Remember what he did against Japan in Brazil. The guy is a very versatile player. I even like him as a an old fashioned CM (box to box midfielder). But I just don't think that the DM is his favorite position.


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tbaba1234:
I think Etebo's best position is that deep midfield role. He is not creative enough to be a 10. I think, he will do well playing alongside Ndidi.

And you know this because you've seen their hearts, right? Why don't you worry about your own heart and leave other people alone to serve their God the way they see fit

#mugu


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kimbraa:
She's obeying God's commandment indeed. They read the bible, preach the word, act like they're living the life that's expected by God but their heart devise more evil than any other thing.

Forget the U-23, that's too far back. Just check him out in the recent world cup qualifier against Algeria in Uyo - the first leg. Victor Moses, Leon Balogun and Etebo were out best players. The problem with Nigerian fans is that once a player has one bad game, they would write him off completely. And then once he has another good game, everyone would jump back into his bandwagon.

... very fickle fans.


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Truidstar:
Will never forget how he single handedly destroyed Algeria in the final of the U23 African Championship Olympic qualifier. That's the Etebo we are yearning for. Even if he does not fit, there will be a match or two that he will turn up when others don't. Remember Semifinals of France 98, Zidane, Thierry Henry and Patrick Veira did not do so well that day, a defender Lilian Thuram showed up with 2 goals and got them to the final.

I definitely hope so. Arguably, the best Super Eagles kit ever!

I am not a big fan of those all green craps.


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nelszx:
Might this be our WC kit for Russia
Classic USA '94 design
[img]https://thisisfootballislife.files./2014/06/nigeria-94.jpg?w=300&h=168[/img]

If the info is anything to go by, TheNFF are planning on bringing back the classic design
[img]https://thisisfootballislife.files./2014/06/nigeria-home-and-away-kits-world-cup-1994.jpg?w=300&h=267[/img]

https://www.branchofscience.com/wp-content/uploads/nigeriahome-shirt-e1401452394812.jpg

Bros, don't mind them. With Nigerians, it's always a zero sum game: if one player is doing well then the other player gotta lose. Why can't we just praise God that our boys are doing well and just leave it at that? Must everything be turned into this useless rat race of who's in who's out

And in addition, Etebo isn't even a direct opposition to Onazi either. Eddy Onazi is DM. Although Etebo is a utility player who can play most positions on the pitch, his favorite position is AM. Hence, this head to head comparison is uncalled for. Bottom line, I see both of them making the team.

Take it from someone who knows, Onazi is gonna make the team even if ends up sitting on the bench. Do you know why? First, Onazi is the vice captain. Secondly and most importantly, Onazi is important for the locker room. If you watch most Super Eagles locker room clips, you'll see players like Onazi and Kelechi leading the chants ... such players are leaders and they are very important for the locker room. Most coaches would make room for players like them purely for their leadership qualities even if they are not good enough to start; especially taking cognizance of the fact that your skipper, Mikel, is very reserved and quiet.

As regards to Etebo, like I have said several times before, he's gonna make the team because he's a utility player. You need such players on the bench.


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Kog45:
I thought Etebo was a super regular in Portuguese league before moving to Spanish league but still find it difficult to break into Eagles starting eleven despite Onazi indifferent form in Turkish league.

It seems Rohr rate Onazi highly cos if we want to go by club performance Onazi shouldn't have been making eagles starting eleven.

Sometimes only coach can tell us why his preference for some players and i will not deceive you player like Mikel ObiMoses,Ndidi,Balogun, Ekong,Onazi,Ighalo,Iheanacho and Alex Iwobi,no matter their form at their club,it would be hard for Rohr to drop them to the bench unless they failed to impress in eagles colour.

Etebo just need to work hard to make the team not even Onazi cos Onazi is a trusted boy and has never failed Rohr in eagles colour though not good not to be playing regularly cos it affects.

Word!

In fact, we'll ban the North Africans from repping Africa if Egypt fails to qualify out of that moi moi group.


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safarigirl:
he better show up in that useless group Egypt was slotted into, who even dey there?

So I do err because I do not know the scripture, eh? OK then, maybe I don't know the scripture. But please do know that the scriptures you cited, some of them out of context I might add, do not in any way, shape or form justify the love of money that you are trying to defend.

Deut. 8:18 - To get the context, you gotta start from verse 16. Here's the full quotes IN CONTEXT:

He gave you manna to eat in the wilderness, something your ancestors had never known, to humble and test you so that in the end it might go well with you. You may say to yourself, “My power and the strength of my hands have produced this wealth for me.” But remember the LORD your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth, and so confirms his covenant, which he swore to your ancestors, as it is today. (Deut 8: 16-18).

So tell me, how could you use the above citation to justify the accumulation of wealth we see amongst some pastors today?

2 Corin. 8:9 - For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, though He was rich, but for your sake became poor, so that you may become rich.

Again, this citation stated that Jesus Christ was rich (and yes, he was because he created everything in Heaven and on earth), but I am clueless how this verse justifies the accumulation of wealth? If anything, it actually taught against such behavior. If we are followers of Jesus then we should emulate him ... even when we are "rich", we should try to become poor by using our wealth to serve others and assist the poor and not by buying private jets that we don't need.

2 Corin. 9:11 You, who have been enriched in all things.

Again, it beats me how the above scripture justifies accumulation of wealth!

3John2 I wish you above all things that thou may be prospereth and in good health

Again, the apostle John said 'I wish above all things that you prosper even as your soul prospers'. Again, this scripture in no way justifies accumulation of wealth. The emphasis is on the prosperity of the soul. And in addition, scriptural prosperity doesn't always speaks to material prosperity.


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Johncuppa:
You err because you do not know the scripture and the power of God.

You are quoting a verse you do not understand.
The love of money is a sin, agreed. But the *having of it is not.

Deut. 8:18, for I'm your God who giveth thee power to make WEALTH

2 Corin. 8:9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, though He was rich, but for your sake became poor, so that you may become rich

2 Corin. 9:11 You, who have been enriched in all things.

3John2 I wish you above all things that thou may be prospereth and in good health

All scriptures paraphrased.

You don't know half of the scripture these men know and you are neither hearing nor close to God than them for God's sake

Now, ask yourself, how many phone did Jesus use, so you good disciple of Jesus, why are you using phone.
Bro, pray to God to bless you. Jesus did not call anyone to be poor. You can't be praying to be rich while expecting men of God to be poor.

Like he's gonna show up in Russia? Abeg, forget those North Africans, jare!


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Icon4s:
This 2018 WC will be bloody.

Why hasn't this guy been invited to the SE camp? He's been literally setting the Egyptian league on fire over the past 2 years.


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TheSuperNerd:
Ajayi Wins Al Ahly MOTM Award In Win Vs Al-Ittihad
By James Agberebi

https://www.completesportsnigeria.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/IMG_20180204_204930_533x400.jpg

Nigeria striker, Junior Ajayi, was voted Al Ahly’s Man Of The Match (MOTM)in their 3-0 away win against Al-Ittihad in the Egyptian top flight on Sunday, Completesportsnigeria.com reports.
Ajayi was in scintillating form for Ahly as he provided an assist and also scored in the convincing win against Al-Ittihad.
The Nigerian put Abdalla El Said through on goal to make it 2-0 for Al Ahly in the 77th minute.
Then in the 82nd minute, Ajayi got on the score sheet to make it 3-0.
He has now scored five league goals for Ahly so far in the current campaign.
The win means Ahly has now won eight straight league games this season.


Source: https://www.completesportsnigeria.com/ajayi-wins-al-ahly-motm-award-in-win-vs-al-ittihad/

Russia 2018 WC Countdown: 128 days to go

Thank you!


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Larasisi:
This girl is not innocent
If she was she would have told her sister and even when she changed location why give in again?

According to my bible, the love of money is the ROOT of all evil.

I've always asked myself how many private jets that the saints of the old - the apostles: Peter, John, Paul, etc. possessed during their time?
Were all those giants of the faith not blessed? I am not in position to criticize anybody but everybody needs to be very careful and that includes all those so called mighty men of God. Some of y'all are worshipping men thinking that you're worshipping God. Listen, pastor Adeboye is NOT my example. Pastor Oyedepo is NOT my example. I have only one example and His Name is Jesus Christ!


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Johncuppa:
Job was a Holy and righteous man yet the greatest of all men of the east in his days.
My prayer is to have the grace these men are carrying.

They are just breaking grounds everywhere.

Poverty is not a measure of holiness.
And wealth is not a criteria to missing heaven.

What about politics?

Do you know how much money your LG Chairmen are making? And you don't even want me to talk about the SINators and House members or even the governors and the ministers. Ol' boy, leave that thing abeg!


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AnodaIT:
Top 3 profitable ventures in the world

Drugs
Women
Church business

Word right out of my mouth!


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SalamRushdie:
Where is the blasphemy ?

Who's IBB to advice Nigerians on whom to vote in or whom to vote out? The evil genius, IBB, was the Most corrupt leader to ever rule Nigeria. It was IBB who institutionalized corruption in Nigeria!

Nigeria must be an accursed country to always rehabilitate evil and corrupt leaders like OBJ, IBB, GEJ, and PMB. The country is definitely suffering under a curse.


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Now, that's a better argument ... a much stronger argument.

I was just stunned that the original poster based all his argument merely by looking at the photos ... especially considering that the photo didn't even show the entire building sef. Now, I wouldn't have a problem if he had based his argument on the dimensions and measurements.


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manny4life:
But he's right.. The article says it's about 11,000 Square Meters or about 120,000 Square Foot which is about the size of a Walmart Store. This is barely a store, let a lone a mall... As he rightly put, it's not up to the size of West Hills Mall in Ghana that has a size of 27,000 Square Meters... That's 2.5x size this store, not mall.

So you reached that conclusions by viewing 3 photo clips that only showed a selected sections of the proposed mall, eh? Wow, clap for yourself .... you're a super smart!


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justscorchone:
If that's the mall in that pic then they should just go back to the drawing board or someone should collect change.cos that is not as big as west hills mall in Ghana.

Nerdie, no one is doubting Uduokahi's quality. You don't play CB in Bundesliga without being a top quality player. But that's not the point tho.

The million dollar question is, does he want to play for us? Is he willing to commit to us? If the young man has committed to us then case closed, he should get an invite asap. He's better, or at least on par, with any one of our Center Backs right now.


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TheSuperNerd:
Come on guys... chillax... The German national team got lots of quality in their defence. Check these out,

Nicklas Sulé, Antonio Rudiger, Willi Orban, Mathias Ginter, Skodran Mustafi, Jonathan Tah.... etc are all quality CB options for Germany.

The first choice CBs are Jerome Boateng and Mats Hummels.

Now ask yourself... compared to our own defensive options, does Uduokahi's quality stand a chance of breaking in ahead of even Rudiger, Sulé, Tah or Mustafi??!!! That is four bad-ass options here and there is still Hummels and Boateng at the very top of the pile... Holy Moses!!!!


Nigeria boasts of only Balogun, Ekong, Awaziem and Omeruo as Fine Quality... who else do we have as Fine quality? Efe Ambrose?? Uche Agbo? Abeg who? Do you see the issue here?


So Felix Uduokahi's inability to break into the Germany squad will not be based on his potentials, quality or abilty because those are not in doubt. It will rather be based on the guys already ahead of him who also boast similar potentials and abilities like him. Guys like Tah, Sulé, and co for instance.


So biko... let us not use that "let him break into Germany squad first if he is that good" mentality to rate him because truth is even our own Awaziem will not find it funny breaking into that same German side.

That is all I wanna say to set matters straight here. Uduokhai is a top quality young CB and that cannot be taken away from him. Period.

Omo, don't mind me ....I was in a hurry to catch my cab. That won't happen again, I promise


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M7even:
so u could write without the "o pari"

Yea, those "machineries" don't yet count in my books right now ... until they formally declare their allegiance and receive Naija passports.


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elyte89:
What about those German/english guys d media are tauting to make d worldcup list,at times I wonder if Nigeria is taking 45players to world cup

Yea, I listed Joel Obi. And I deliberately decided to leave out those German-Nigeria guys until they officially commit to us.


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Truidstar:
My brother, let's not get ahead of ourselves here, your ranking is good but there is a certain Uduokhai, Akpoguma and Joel Obi that will be invited in March. The picture will become clearer after that. Too early to say who will go or not make it. Wish Rohr all the best.

I agree with the asterisk. I have never been a big fan of Simon Moses. I have never been impressed with his football IQ, so to say. But he works hard.
Jude Odion Ighalo. Again, I am not a big fan, but he seems to be the only out and out striker we have in the team right now. And in addition, Rohr seems to like big and strong target men.
John Ogu - I agree. he doesn't have it in the bag yet. But I think he did himself a big favor on his two last outings.
Etebo - Again, I agree. He really went down the perking order with the stinker he had in our last game against Algeria; but I still believe in him. He was arguably our best player in the game against Algeria in Uyo. And I think Rohr would strongly consider him because he's one of the few utility players we have in the team.


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AIG07:
Great compilation!

But I want you to note the asterisk* still have much to prove and they can easily be unsettled by any in Group B, C or D(the ones you've failed to list. The Uduohkai, Akpoguma etc...)

Barring any unforeseen circumstance, the Group A players are definitely going to Russia:

Group A
1. Victor Moses
2. Obi Mikel
3. Wilfred Ndidi
4. Kelechi Iheanacho (will definitely make the team. Aside from being one of our best strikers, he's also great for team unity)
5. Alex Iwobi
6. Eddy Onazi
7. Leon Balogun
8. Troost Ekong
9. Moses Simon
10. Chidozie Awaziem
11. Shehu Abdullahi
12. Odion Ighalo
13. John Ogu
14. Oghenekaro Etebo (likely to make it because he's a utility player)

Group B - Very likely to make the list - 90% chance
1. Brian Idowu
2. Tyronne Ebuehi
3. Ahmed Musa
5. Kenneth Omeruo
6. Francis Uzoho
7. Mikel Agu
8. Ola Aina
9. Elderson Echiejile (his experience might help him make team, if Aina fails to excel)
10. Joel Obi (most likely to make team if fully fit)
11. Ikechukwu Ezenwa

Group C - still on the outside looking in - less than 50% chance:
1. Anthony Nwakaeme
2. Olarenwaju Kayode
3. Henry Onyekuru
4. Sarenren Bazee
5. Isaac Success (supposed to be in group B but his attitude might cost him)
6. Dele Alampasu
7. Ajiboye (the new CHAN guy. Having seen him play though but I wanna go by all the commentaries here and elsewhere)

AIG07:
i'll like to see your list of the 85-90%

Good point. Except for certain positions where we still lack quality (goalkeeper in particular), I don't see Rohr making any drastic changes to the current squad. In fact, it would take a clear outstanding performance for any player, currently on the outside, to displace a member of the current team.

Let me put it this way: 85-90 percent of the team is already set, so we're only talking about less than 15% (3 or 4 new additions max).


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Icon4s:
I don't think there would be any selection headache here. on that list we have those that have inside chance while some have outside chance. March is not like 8months time, it is next month and as from 3 weeks time we should be expecting the list of invitees. So anybody that wants to impress Rohr should have already commenced doing that now.

Osimhen, Success, and Ideye are NOT making the team. Mark my words.

As for Musa, his chances are 50-50. The next few months is going to determine his fate.


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tbaba1234:
If Osimhen Ideye, Success, and Musa start firing on all cylinders, Rohr will have a major selection headache.

Isn't this Daily Post supposed to be a reputable national newspaper? So what with all the grammatical errors: eminent attack? What's Nigeria turning to? Don't they have editors any more


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BeeBeeOoh:
http://dailypost.ng/2018/02/01/fulani-herdsmen-planning-attack-taraba-reps-raise-alarm/