₦airaland Forum

Danielnino00:
If Musa doesn't announce his retirement after AFCON, then forget it...The man will be at Qatar... I think Balogun might retire... Or probably Qatar would be the last bus stop...
But seriously,after AFCON I'll be quite glad it Musa, Shehu, Collins,Ighalo, Omeruo and Balogun quit the team.. The likes of Iwobi, Iheanacho, Simon and Ekong should also get restricted minutes... We need to rebuild properly...

andrewbaba44:
So rohr messed up players and it had to affect their club form ?

Clint02:
Because he already knows how to shine in international competitions.

Danielnino00:
I dropped you the post from Jhiday were it's been alleged that the list is 90% from Rohr... U still dey yarn

Rohr didn't find Bassey worthy enough to play under him, but u wan dey blame Eguavon..

So pathetic

charlesemeka85:
I am not surprised with the way Austin twisted the list just to accommodate few of his Favourites or I will say those that their agents were able to play along the 9ja way because no right thinking coach will include a nwakali who’s last official assist and goal in Europe was last season also dropping an ever present akpoguma in the bundesliga for ndah abi Idah that plays in South Africa

I can’t wait for the afcon to start I swear

Oldboss:
Balogun only has experience going for him
Ndah is faster and has good tactical awareness

andrewbaba44:
No eguavoen slander will be accepted here for now

He is not my favorite but make una Dey cool down

Na rohr get hand for 90 percent of that list ,Na akpoguma own just surprise me sha .

Danielnino00:
Please share me the link...

Danielnino00:
Somebody posted the list here before and I don't think Bassey name was there..
But trust Nigerians to try to place accusations on Eguavon in the name of " local coaches are corrupt"

andrewbaba44:
Is akpoguma injured ?

TheGoodJoe:
Bad tackles are not the point. I am talking of tactical defending nullifying the speed and skills of players. I am talking of a whole team filled with fit players. It is not easy today as it was in the past.

Subzero047:
They didn't even wait before trimming all the foreign born from the list, Aribo is even lucky he is an integrated member of the squad

TheGoodJoe:

You can not say the skill rate of the players of the past are miles ahead of the current set because they did not deal with the kind of intensity we are seeing in football today. Now almost all teams are serious with nutrition, fitness, tactics etc. It is more difficult now.

So those guys could be sublime then but it will not be that easy today.

Mujtahida:
When I saw that it was ikedia he mentioned, I just let it slide. Wingers have the ability to do all that running with the ball. Players play within a football philosophy that de-emphasizes that kind of football as most of the coaches view such runs as time wasting
This limits the players from making those kind of runs.
Anthony of Ajax can do it
Foden can do it
Salah can so it (and does it)
Leroy Sane can do it
Denis Emmanuel can do it.
Mbappe can do it

chrisooblog:
This is where I've constantly disagreed with Goodjoe. You can interrogate the work rate of players like Zidane, Maradona, Ronaldo el fenomeno, Socrates in comparison to today's generation but for their skill, football intelligence and technical ability is still miles ahead of this current bunch for me.

TheGoodJoe:


You can call Ikedia a poor player but please don't doubt his running with the ball ability.

Ikedia was good at it that when he broke into the Super Eagles, the likes of Okocha, Oliseh and co used to feed him the ball to make the runs.

He was very good at that. I think one of his runs made CNN goal of the week when he was Ajax.

By the way, I wonder how it was easier in the past means ball watch.

The point is simple, it was easier in the past.

stevemarkdangot:
Who should be our number one? Maduka seems to be having a good season but he's sometimes shaky. I haven't seen the Eyimba goalkeeper in action.

TheGoodJoe:

It is not as easy as before. Pius Ikedia used to do it three to four times in a match. It was easy for the likes of Overmars. Ronald de Boer will soon three defenders and wait for them to do it again.

It is not as easy as before.

Danielnino00:
I wonder what we will be doing with 4 goalkeepers.
That slot should have been used for an extra midfielder instead ..
Them say na Rohr submit the list...

Danielnino00:
Akpogunma replaced with Ndah.. Midfield still very lean...

TheGoodJoe:

The discussion is about skipping past players with ease. It is easier to even score now due to high fluidity of play and use of space.

However, it is far difficult to fall deep, pick the ball and skip past players to get to the end of the field and cross. They way Pius Ikedia used to do.

Samueltemi337:
Now it's Mourinho they want to employ

lovewins:
OJB sports just confirmed that none of the players have received invitation for the tourney. Apparently none is aware of they are going for AFCON, at best all they have is assumption. To think they'll still need to go through the hurdle of clearing with clubs, this shows how unprepared the NFF is.

List likely to be released tomorrow though

Danielnino00:
Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen.
Sequel to my post yesterday where I expressed my intention to take over the responsibility of organising the annual Nairaland Nigeria Football award as requested by Icon4s this year, I'm glad to announce that the award would go ahead as planned, and I'll be coordinating it with Drklever.

Four people from this thread will join the nomination committee alongside me and Drklever, with icon4s being a honorary member.

On this note, members of the thread are to nominate 3 monikers they wish to be part of the committee. Unlike how it was previously done where we would nominate only one moniker, I suggest we nominate 3 each so as to make it more flexible and have more people nominated.
Here's how the nomination selection will be sorted;
3 points would be awarded to the first name nominated, 2 points to the second and 1 point to the last.
Example: I nominate Danielnino00, Drklever and icon4s. in this case, Danielnino00 will have 3 nomination point, Drklever will have 2 and icon4s will have 1.
At the close of the nomination process, the 4 monikers with the most points will be added to the committee. Any moniker that's selected to the committee but doesn't wish to participate for any reason whatsoever will be replaced by the another one from below the top 4.
Nomination starts now and close on Monday, December 27th 2021.

Thank you.

Ppogbae:
Morocco has also released their final 28. A somewhat controversial list...

TheGoodJoe:
Someone please call 911.

andrewbaba44:
Morocco don list squad for afcon and naija still Dey wait to kill cow for a tournament that’s already close

Hakim ziyech was dropped from the squad because of bad behavior or so

I am sure if it was naija and it where to be ndidi and osimhen In ziyech shoes they will surely not be dropped ,even many monikers here will not want them to be dropped

Kudos to Morocco ,a no nonsense national team

Awaziem ,iheanacho might even make it to the afcon after organizing a sex party with olosho

komekn:
You should learn civility first before making a contribution.

You are not in Mile 2 Motorpark.

Danielnino00:
Meanwhile, the ministry of sports have said that the super eagles will camp at Abuja not Uyo has earlier reported...

Still no info on camping date and possible friendlies....

komekn:
He had a fractured eye socket and cheek bone.

This is not just a simple bruise.

There is a need for physical recovery, then mental and then he has to get match fit.

He would have been told to take it easy on those aggressive and sometimes reckless do or die challenges.

However, this is intrinsic to his game AGGRESSION is his DNA , he may have to find another way to express himself.

Its not just about a medical diagnosis that says his bones are healed. If that fracture had healed so well.

WHY ON EARTH IS HE WEARING A PROTECTIVE MASK❓❓ fashion

He is not the only striker in the SE and furthermore he is not necessarily the best in the HERE and NOW.

The most in form striker as it stands, as we speak are Awoniyi and Dennis that's the fact of the matter.

Many here will not like that.

komekn:
I don't think so.

9 goals in the EPL this season is not Dodo and Beans.