₦airaland Forum

LoverOfEvil:
Napoli wanna hire Lille coach

No, he has joined Nice already

TheSuperNerd:
Time will tell. The Villarreal medics have been working round the clock on him ahead of this Final so we will see. My guess is he starts from the bench. I don't expect he plays from the start.

it's now official, he is still injured so he won't play any part

TheSuperNerd:
That's what the Docs at Villarreal are doing their best to ensure hence he was rested against Real Madrid.
But I cannot give a sure answer because his injury (rectus femoris injury - Quads strain) comes in grades.
If Chuks suffered Level 1 Quadriceps strain then I expect he could make the bench (at best) tomorrow. But if he suffered Level two or three, then he could be ruled out tomorrow.

Time will tell.

He travelled with the team so I guess he should be able to play a part

Subzero047:
How can you test the strikers when there is no midfield to create

Iwobi? Iheanacho? Wingers? Creativity doesn't always have to be from the midfield, scoring goals have never been a problem for us under Rohr

isan:
Wan bissaka should better have sense and play for Congo

Same as inaki Williams for Ghana

JohnBullMySon:
All of you shouting Rohr this and that, make una calm down use head small. the logic is clear, we have five strikers performing. Rohr is simply trying to find the best combination of strikers for the upcoming qualifers. Aribo is already a solid team member, he will definitely be part of our qualifers. We need to use this friendly opportunity to test the strikers and determine who will not follow into the qualifiers, simple. If Rohr no give Simmy chance now, you people will still cry.

Talmabout 'we need midfielders who can supply killer passes', if I say mention 1 now they won't be able to mention any better name

Kog45:
Some don't know that Keshi gave Amokachie a lot of freedom in picking player,reason why we have player like Fegor Ogude in afcon 2013 even starting ahead of Onazi until he got injured and Onazi proved to be a better player.

Did you guys knew that Keshi later fell out with Amokachie when allegations of Amo collecting wristwatches from players and Amokachie working behind the scene with Nff to nail Keshi to the extent that IK Uche openly went against Keshi tactics and it cost him his place in 2014 WC

On Ozase allegation that Keshi was agent and coach. Ozase talks anyhow when he is having issues.He had the same issue at Olympic 2008, telling the press men that Siasia was not ripe as a coach.He labelled Libreght as incompetent for starting Chinedu Ogbuke ahead of him and of recent he almost ruined Kanu Nwankwo marriage.

A lot of things are happening in national team even under foreign coaches regards player invitations but all we need is positive result.

Stephen Keshi has done his best as a coach and player for Nigeria and those who are keen followers of Nigeria football in the 80s can say much... Keshi was banned from Nigeria football by Antony Ikhazobor for coming late to camp after helping NNB during WAFU Cup.He left Nigeria and travelled to Ivory Coast to play for stade of Abidjan from their to Europe. Despite this maltreatment Keshi never turned his back against Nigeria.

Keshi deserve respect.

The older folks love keshi so much and I don't know why, no way Amokachi will be committing so much atrocities under him that he'll know little or nothing about

andrewbaba44:


Okay morata is average at best

I'll only agree because he has played for several big clubs

Philosopher1979:
Maybe that is why Sunday MBA and miss igiebor were dropped. When onazi got injui against France there was no midfielder to replace him. I'm sure they were dropped for some selfish reasons. That world cup squad was suspect. Dropping your best players for no sensible reason. I believe him

Mba's problem was in two folds, he had a public fall out with a lot of powerful football people including keshi when he wanted to join the French club then his form dropped off badly remember he was poor at the confederations cup in 2013

Subzero047:
Good Napoli need a tactical coach, not some Italian passion merchant

Gattuso isn't a bad coach sha, a team that just want to stay in the top division and not fight for any trophy or European slot will suit him better

AndSunGorilla:
Na Amokachi b coach or Keshi, the thing confuse me small. E come do like say he dey praise coach wey don kpai but yab the two ones alive, Ike and Amotaxi. No be all the coaching crew suppose dey in his bad books?

Guess he followed the don't speak I'll of the dead rule. This just confirmed all we've heard about Keshi's tenure as coach, an ex-player too said something similar (I think Osaze) he said Keshi's biggest problem was that he was an agent and also a coach

chrisooblog:
Yes you are right Belgium skipped my mind.

I've learned not to underestimate Germany since I started watching football. Sometimes they might have the talent level of Lesotho but the next thing you know they are playing in the finals of a major tournament.

Just like in 2002, nobody gave them a chance but somehow they made the final

andrewbaba44:
That’s how the squad have been since after the 2018 World Cup

Adama Traore even made the squad , thanks to ansu fati injury

But the squad is not that average,just the newbies on the squad

Alba ,Busquets ,Thiago ,azpilicueta,Rodri ,Gerard Moreno ,laporte ,Pau Torres ,morata ,olmo,Koke,Fabian Ruiz

None of these are average players

Morata olmo Ruiz bang average, Morata is poor sef

andrewbaba44:
Napoli has sacked gattuso ,but he was likely to leave before nah

He wasn't sacked, he left on his own

The fans now booing Enyimba while cheering the Egyptians, totally deserved after this terrible performance

Philosopher1979:
Egwuekwe was a horrible player. He cannot read the movement of a striker. Very unintelligent defender. No European team will take such a carpenter seriously

Anything wey go make this guy criticize a local player just know that true true that player is horrible

BascoVanVeli:
Call me crazy but I still believe it can happen

If Enyimba see one more goal it will either be a gift or something special

andrewbaba44:
To which league?

Not that he will use desperation and go and end up in Latvia

Belgium should be the minimum anything lower than that then he's not a serious footballer

Anayo na fine player sha, he needs to leave this league asap

jihday:
I didn't say he is o but if he can score 20-25 consistently for about 5 years then he can enter that discussion

y'all always shouting 'play homegrown players' can you see how Enyimba defenders dey do giveaway? Imagine we carry these ones go play Senegal or Algeria for afcon, SMH

Enyimba's defenders are very poor, can't even string passes together

Blueelf:
I beg to disagree...

Osimhen is close but he isn't world class yet..

I have nothing against him at all..He is our finest striker

Although it's my opinion . I may be wrong by other people's standards

I didn't say he is o but if he can score 20-25 consistently for about 5 years then he can enter that discussion

codemaniacs:
someone named jihday should be more worried of the lack of Nigerian born and bred yoruba players in the national team..

No dey talk nonsense

temi1290:
Believe you me, onyekuru no get ambition, afraid of challenges, monaco have become stable now,he's no where to be found, when he could have fought for a shirt,by now he'll probably be one of their key players,the monaco he's running from is the one small kreptin diatta just signed for,I won't be happy with onyekuru if diatta turns out very good for monaco.

Onyekuru is ambitious but he wasn't good enough with Monaco, even his loan with Gala wasn't good though that they opted against signing him

codemaniacs:
Omanambala is right, the best players born and trained in Nigeria ( e.g. Iheanacho, osimhen, uzoho e.t.c. ) should be favored... Nigeria needs a lot of Nigerian born people sending money back to Nigeria and improving the lives of their families which will indirectly improve the economy of the states their relatives are in...

A lot of the foreign born players are of no economic benefit to Nigeria and their ethnic regions.. A lot of them end up marrying whyte women and this removes money from the African/Nigerian community and encourages symbolic progress.

Remember it was local players like odegbami, okocha, kanu, yekini e.t.c that gave Super Eagles the good reputation and high rankings..

if Nigeria was ranked 98 in FIFA rankings and qualified for world cup once in a while would the foreign born players want to represent Nigeria

look at basketball, how many born and bred in Nigeria players are in the B'ball team How many of the foreign born Nigeria basketball players have basketball academies and families in Nigeria that they send money to How many foreign born players have houses in Nigeria

Every single day I just hope and pray people like you will never find their way to our football affairs

Omanambala:
That average player was the livewire of our attack in our most recent games. If he was a foreigner he would be playing in Europe top clubs and ignorant Nigerians like some of us here would worship him. Look at how poorly Iheanacho is being treated just because he was a Nigerian.

Choose what is important to you and I have no qualms , but I will staunchly protect my black African populace.

Goodnight, sir.

What is this?? Don't even know I dey engage you

Omanambala:
They were "crap" according to you. So , Onyekuru was also crap when Rohr nearly frustrated him out , Nwakali is currently crap. They were crap but they kept good ratings with their clubs. So , if a midfielder didn't impress during training we should just convert a defender to play there....i hail Naija.

Do you ever wonder why your country is so backward ?

Onyekuru is proving to us that he's an average player

mank1234:
It's still subjective.
Was Aboutrika of Egypt world class?
Is it only in Europe they make world class players?
If one decides to start and finish his career in South American league that is equally competitive does it mean the player cannot be world class?
Does it mean, no matter your input to the game, if you're from Liberia that cannot qualify fo world cup or you play for a modest team in Europe you cannot be world class?
Is Europe the only footballing destination?

Abou was good but not world class he couldn't proove himself at the highest level, Riquelme was good but not world class he destroyed the South American league but not so much in Europe (tho his time at Villareal really helped put him in good light), Europe is where the highest quality of competition is, players from all continent play there not just Europeans that's why it's the best platform to tell the world how good you are

Omanambala:
He is not irreplaceable because he is so great , but because you dont have anybody else readily available to fill that spot.

Why did Rohr invited the U17 lad and Mikel Agu but started a defender in that position ?

Does he respect our home grown players ?

Why is Nwakali still missing in the invited list when we are in desperate need of an AM ?

I doubt Rohr respect our home grown talents. He just put up with them because he has no choice.

You are stuck with Ndidi because Rohr made it like that not because in the over 180 million population of Nigeria we can't find a better player.

First bolded: because they were crap in training and Semi isn't new to playing DM he's done it several times at club level
Brazil a country with over 200mill people but their coach still can't find a better and younger CB to replace Thiago Silva

Beloved3:
Ok so what does Osimhen have to achieve before you can label him a world class player?

Consistency Bro, you have to rake in high numbers consistently not just a flash in the pan. I won't judge him if he doesn't shine much at the world cup because I know Nigeria isn't a big team neither will I expect him to start banging in 7-10 goals in the champions league as Napoli aren't expected to go far but if he can hit 20-25 Serie A goals for consecutive 3-5 years then you won't be wrong to say he's world class

forgiveness:
That's it. He is a world class player.

Because of World Cup? Lots of players have had fantastic World Cup performances but that doesn't mean they are world class. World cup is just a game of 5-7 games

andrewbaba44:
A decent career with 7 league games in a season ?

Even that Leverkusen I'm sure he spent most times on the bench, because I remember he wasn't part of the squad that played that 2002 champions league final