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Subzero047:
The guy didn't touch him na

didn’t have to, it’s the intention that matters not the end result. It’s an old EPL law anyway, two footed challenge earns you a red card

andrew444:
Baba na lie ooo ,not because of hakimi

Conte needed money for some transfer and inter where having some financial issues so they had to sell hakimi who they taught was their most priced asset ,they later ended up selling lukaku also

inter needed to sell hakimi to raise money and conte didn’t want hakimi sold

Onyeka neither starts nor made the bench because of COVID, which means he won’t be available for our game against Liberia

andrew444:
Conte wey leave inter because them no drop money to purchase some players Na arsenal e go come go coach with their useless team ?

he left because they wanted to sell hakimi not because they didn’t drop money to buy players

Akpors had an assist in his team’s 3-2 defeat to Dortmund

David okereke was venezia highest rated player while Ebuehi was an unused sub in their 3-0 defeat to udinese with Isaac success on the bench

humility33:
But he takes words from any of his fellow hausa fulanis seriously....let someone from his clans or cabals go tell him now that the north i mean hausa fulanis is been marginalised from team invitees and see if he will not react

But notwithstanding i think shehu is veru well connected i suspect NFF vice president qnd permanent sec sha since them and shehu all hail from sokoto state

keep creating conspiracy theories, as for me there’s no northern interference until you people can prove beyond any doubt that it exist

humility33:
In all honesty u can never tell what buhari can do

Same man asked a man o war leader who came ask for his favour from OAU in 1980s how many northerners are in his university.... that was the first question he asked the man

It seems you have no idea that the cabals cut across all sectors

Oga leave all these hearsay buhari doesn’t care about sport, if he does do you think that’s the basketball team we would have presented at the Olympics?

TheSuperNerd:
Why didn't the same fed character slot in Alhassan Yusuf? Abi does his name sound Igbo to you?

that federal character talk have never made sense to me. NFF president, 1st VP and sport minister are southerners abi does Buhari look like someone who cares about football?

TheSuperNerd:
Okay, It's not Rohr but 100% "someone else" and then he couldn't convince them to invite Alhassan abi?? He didn't see Alhassan to use on their "small minds" manipulatively?

We keep talking about Northern influences and all that, so what stops Rohr from dangling the "northern flavor" of an Alhassan on the list?

Still think Rohr doesn't also have a say no matter if it's a 50-50 say? Like I said before, it's on Rohr as much as it's on the NFF and the so called "Someone else". They all have their percentage responsibilities in this nonsense.

it is 100% on the coach if he feel there’s external influence then he should quit

Tolulopefinest:
The list
Same old story.

Nothing new

why is Tyrone on the reserve list while shehu and Collins are on the mainlist? Na these otu we go pack go Afcon?

Tolulopefinest:
The list
Same old story.

Nothing new

is it genuine?

Tolulopefinest:
The list
Same old story.

Nothing new

you wanted 23 new faces?

TheSuperNerd:
I have a feeling some of you guys are not keen on seeing what the other lads have to offer.

Well, as for whether we will struggle or not, let time tell.

New players in the middle are inevitable this time so Brace up.

on the other hand I’m looking forward to the new guys but I’m not looking forward to the lack of cohesion in midfield

NFF can surprise no one

fabyom:
Then CAF should take the game away from Cape Verde!
Football is not table tennis, you can't expect the players that have never played together before to beat a team like Cape Verde on astroturf in Cape Verde with just 3 days of training.
This is how we underestimated Angola away from home in 2005 and lost by a single goal which eventually cost us the 2006 world cup ticket.
The NFF needs to put pressure on CAF to take the game to a COVID-free country.
We will lose scandalously without our EPL boys!

very valid

Meliforme:
We will not

we’ll be playing new guys in the midfield, some of them could be earning their first cap sef don’t see us not struggling

AndSunGorilla:
Several players that can be used. In my opinion there's no point having two different sets of players execute the games. It would be costly and no time for the players to really gel and apply lessons from one game to the next. My recommendation is to get the new boy in Belgium Alhassan, extend invitations to Nwobodo and Zuby and as many guys as we can get from the non-EPL leagues. Maybe even Igbekeme, if Ndidi, Iwobi, Karo and Onyeka won't be available then we have to deal with it.

no matter who we invite we’ll struggle badly.

nelszx:
Nigeria is not on UK red list for COVID-19. Why would clubs hold on to players when they/we are on Amber list. The clubs unequivocal said "Red list".

Hopefully we'll have a good crop of our players

we’ll be playing in capeverde and they are on the red list

IDENNAA:
Awaziem was better than Aina at the last AFCON, init.

Aina played LB tho

Ike Ugbo will finally join Genk

IDENNAA:
The honest and truthful analyst here like SuperNerd and Icons4 can fill you in on Azubike skill set. I am not calling for his invitation but merely pointing out a talented almost gone to waste.

if he had said that about Ndidi or Iwobi your penis for don strong

maidaboi:
OwnGoal has quoted Rohr saying "no new players for
qualifiers"

Even though OG has a shaky record, they do get it right
at times, and this is a quote that has constantly been
attributed to Rohr, so I am inclined to believe it.
I am getting sick and tired of Rohr using this stupid "no
new players" excuse every time we play a competitive
match. Citing the whole "we cannot try new players in a
competitive match" This to me just seems like lazy
scouting, and a complete lack of forward thinking. This
also shows to me that Rohr does not see any problems
with our team and is not trying to improve the team,
especially in problem areas.
The idea that you cannot call up new players, (nobody
said wholesale changes) to replace ones who are
clearly dead woods, or not really offering much, simply
because you are playing a competitive match is
ridiculous and just a lazy excuse.
Is Rohr to tell me that were Messi suddenly ready to
wear SE shirt, Rohr would ignore him, because he has
not played before. That is a crappy coach who does
not know how to adapt to situations. Any coach worth
his salt will be able to put a new player into a system
if he can bring more to that system than the previous
players. To top it off nobody said that the "new" player
has to start, but they could easily make an impact off
the bench.
We just witnessed a US team, THAT HAS NEVER
BEFORE PLAYED TOGETHER, win the Gold Cup,
beating out a Mexican team that has played together
since the previous World Cup. So this idea that "new
players" is somehow detrimental, is complete hogwash
and the utterances of a lazy and conservative coach
who has absolutely no imagination at all.
It is clear that SE needs to be improved in certain
areas, and the fact that Rohr continues to ignore this
and keep things "as they are" is not a good sign for SE
if you ask me.
It also is not as if Rohr uses friendlies to address these
issues. He never likes to try new players, unless injuries
or withdrawls forces his hand, so frankly I dont know
when his time to experiment would be.
We still have not solved these problem areas.
1. Who is Osimehn's backup ? Should Osimehn be
unavailable SE will struggle to score. Onuachu is not
Osimehn's backup. He CANNOT start matches and
have SE play our usual style. If Rohr has not figured
this out, he is a completely useless coach.
2. Who is Ndidi's backup ? I hope Rohr is not telling
me that he is happy to have Shehu Abdullahi step in
for Ndidi.
3. Who are our top wingers in Chukwueze's absense ?
Rohr still does not know. He is still wasting time
calling up junks like Musa and Iwuala, who have
NOTHING to offer SE. How can calling up "new" players
be any worse than parading these junks. They cannot.
I have sounded the warning before and I am doing it
again, but I will tell you all that a disaster will befall SE
so long as Rohr continues this lazy approach to
coaching.
We are a few injuries or suspensions away from having
a really tough time in World Cup Qualifying and also at
the AFCON.
and speaking of AFCON, Is Rohr trying to say that there
will be no new players at AFCON, since I dont believe
there will be any more occasions to try out new
players.
We still have not looked at

AlHassan Yusuf

Kelechi Nwakali

Obinna Nwobodo

Sadiq Umar

Ovie Ejaria

Ademola Lookman

Paul Mukairu

Taiwo Awoniyi

How can any sane coach who regularly parades junks
like Shehu Abdullahi, Ahmed Musa, Anayo Iwuala, and
a Basketball player who cannot keep up with the pace
of the game be happy and have no wish to look at the
above players. It is pure idiocy to be honest.

Copied cc Vancity eagle

Pure truth

let the list come out first

TheLoneCitizen:
Since football began, no winger in Nigerian history is more efficient than Onyekuru for the Super Eagles. He guarantees over 1 goal contribution per game when wearing green.

Victor Moses doesn't come close.

let him have over 20caps before you start talking him up like this

TheLoneCitizen:
Bro, I think you used the word 'efficiency' very loosely here, Victor Moses and that word aren't synonymous at club level or in the national team.

In the history of Nigerian football, only Osimhen and Onuachu have better goal contribution per game than Henry Onyekuru (in competitive matches) in the national team.

Since you mentioned assists, Moses has 7 assists for Nigeria in 6 years, while Osimhen in just 7 competitive appearances has 6A.

Let's not touch club level, as in truth, Onyekuru is not yet tested at the highest level.

how osimhen take enter this discussion? Is he a winger?

andrew444:
If onyekuru was playing games every week with poor performance I would have agree with you

as a player with a lot to prove a coach who is eager to succeed won’t give you plenty games to prove yourself, 2-3 games and if he’s not convinced he’ll seek better options

typicalgamer:
It pains me how attacker’s and midfielders are springing out from every corner.

But not much central defenders are listed here, and it’s bad.

Going into another competition with the usual suspects, balogun, ekong, and the likes.

our center back is very weak, we need to test akpors there if he’ll be an upgrade on these bunch of carpenters we parade

typicalgamer:
He can’t move with the ball for Christ sake.


And folks here say he got skill set of ss /am

whoever said he can play ss/am either have amnesia or haven’t watched enough of our games. Rohr tried him there in one or two games and he played very poorly

typicalgamer:
Simple as ABC.

Etebo and Ekong are clearly what we don’t need going forward.

unfortunately I think you’ll have to manage Ekong, he’s our highest rated defender

TheLoneCitizen:
Agreed, Chukwueze is our only natural right winger at the top level. But he is a little too predictable.

Moses, our most efficient winger?

for the SE, I think so

PurpleHouse:
Nobody has said he's a superstar. We only say when it comes to super eagles, him supposed dey bench Simon and even Musa. It was his desperation to please Rohr that made him made many wrong choices in picking his club. Cut the dude some slack. Simon's career has benefitted greatly from his romance (preference) with Rohr, you can't say that about Henry or Ejuke.

so you’ll blame rohr for a player’s choices?

Subzero047:
What has he done to make you know that he is a forward?

he scored plenty goals for Warri wolves