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jihday:
Rumour says Onuachu has been dropped while Musa makes the list

Also, Umar and Moffi would be invited

https://www.busybuddiesng.com/2021-afconq-rohr-set-to-snub-red-hot-onuachu-with-umar-moffi-to-get-maiden-call-ups/

Rumour says Onuachu has been dropped while Musa makes the list

TheSuperNerd:
In the last Super Eagles list for our Competitive fixtures vs Sierra Leone, we had Osimhen, Iheanacho and Dennis Bonaventure named as the CFs. Onuachu later joined them as a late call up replacement for Simon Moses who was named to the original list before Injury ruled him out.

That left us with Four CF options although Dennis can also play from the wings.


Also, In the last Super Eagles list pre-AfconQ double header with Sierra Leone, we had Iheanacho, Onuachu and Dessers as the Centre forward options for the Algeria and Tunisia friendlies.



Now, You are Gernot Rohr and you have to pick three strikers from among these lots for the March games. Who would make it to your list?


- Terem Moffi (Ligue 1)
- Simy Nwankwo (Serie A)
- Kelechi Iheanacho (EPL)
- Paul Onuachu (Belgian Jupiler Pro)
- Victor Osimhen (Serie A)


I hope you can see that dropping any of them will be tough based on recent forms and happenings.

For Osimhen, it's not even a question of form but the fact that he is Rohr's first choice CF/ST. And he scored yesterday on his return from the head trauma scare which will be great news for the coaching crew.

So you have the floor... Imagine being in the shoes of Rohr and make your choice. It will be respected.

Osimhen, Nacho, Onuachu

andrewbaba44:
Nice analysis and I can’t wait for that sadiq move to happen because that will show his hard work hasn’t gone unnoticed

And I also don’t think simmy will be called he thou I want him to be on the list

I still think these are our 3 strikers

Osimhen
Onauchu
Iheanacho

As it should be

JohnBullMySon:
As far as this season is concerned, Simi has been a better finisher than Osimhen, Should we compare Osimhen's one touch shots to Simy's own this season? If you are interested in painting serie A with goals, then your one touch finishing must be good.

Simi - 6 open play Serie A goals In 26 matches (with an average game play of 72mins). Osimhen 3 in 11 plus he isn't exactly in peak form (average of 66min of football) but go on Simi is more prolific

12large1:
Super eagles number 9 shirt doesn't belong to Anyone. Whoever is in the best Form for his club Must Start. Although I don't rate ("Farmers league" highly but You can't just ignore everyone else scoring and say it's for 1 person. For example, on current form, I will play "iheanacho"in the next game because he is our most inform striker considering the league/minutes/goal ratio.
9 (osimehn) 8 (iheanacho)
But we must stop this nonsense that a player is guaranteed any position irrespective of their club performance.

Na why you no fit ever be coach be that

andrewbaba44:
Maybe because Drogba played for Chelsea and won them some trophies that’s what makes him ahead

Drogba is a finisher but I still wonder why dude cannot 1 goal in every 2 games

Yakubu got 95 epl goals and Drogba got 105

You should know the teams yak played for yo get these goals

There's a reason why Yak never played for a top team, do you think the scouts didn't see him?

kellycute:
exactly. I don't understand some people here. They expect rohr to change his regular players all the time like they dont know rohr at all.. Dem go old!

No real coach go dey change players based on temporary form, you need to have a permanent starting 11 that's how you build a team

zuchyblink:
Onuachu is doing better than what Osimhen did in Belgium league,Iheanacho has scored more goals than him in a better league,Simy Nwankwo has scored more goals than Osimhen in the same league,you think it is going to be easy for Rohr to neglect their performance and hand Osimhen an automatic shirt. Oh! I have forgotten,it is Rohr

No sane coach will drop is number 1 striker who haven't had any bad game for you. Why will he drop Osimhen? If he wants to follow your logic do you think the team will achieve any form of stability?

zuchyblink:
Selection headache for Rohr

No headache, Osimhen is the starting striker he'll be flanked by chuks and either of the Simons

Subzero047:
Simy Nwankwo is a better finisher than Osimhen , Don't let stats fool you o watch matches so you can judge better

This is the type of guy that will tell you Aiyegbeni is better than Drogba

JohnBullMySon:
You should know that 80% of a striker's goals comes from close encounters. Without being a good close range finisher, no matter what you play on the pitch, you will not rack up numbers. Osimhen has more pace, impact and skill than Simy, but the latter is a better finisher IMO. Despite Osimhen's injury excuse, he's blown away quite a number of clear scoring chances, while Simy has done well with less creativity coming from the team.

?? Simi a better finisher? No wonder he's always played for lowly rated teams

Tolulopefinest:
Giving Osimhen a call up in the next Afcon qualifying match and neglecting Simy Nwankwo who had scored 10 goals in the same league would be a great Selection biased. You call his goals defensive mistakes and tap ins, lol

Why is Osimhen not scoring from that?
You guys keeps giving excuses that Seria A defense is very tight, but someone in the same league in one of the worst team in the league scored 10.

Haba!!

Guess this is why some regulars dont really like to visit here again, because what is this that you just typed?

Ppogbae:
Sadiq Umar goal vs Girona (See bend )....

https://streamja.com/GZJVv

In a better league, he may not get that type of space and time

TheGoodJoe:

It is feasible and players have signed contracts with that. It is not that he must play when he loses form but he must have amole time to prove himself.

Hmmmm, I know coaches give players oral agreement but to insert it into contract? Never heard of that

Icon4s:
You can see the spread across different zones. That is what those CAF Officials want, rather than having Nigeria, Ghana, CIV and Senegal representing Africa It is a pitty the word would have to chose one from Nigeria, Ghana and CIV.

This system of qualification can never give Africa the best.

On a very good day Uganda have no business attending a FIFA tournament

12large1:
Sacking a coach for not winning the ANC and worse of all in the same year as the world cup is the height of MADNESS and going by history, that project always end up in abysmal FAILURE i.e 2002, 2010. The best time to have sacked Rohr was not to extend his contract but to sack him in a world cup year assuming we qualify is MADNESS

Exactly, the best time to sack him is now and if we can't do it now just leave him till after WC unless we struggle during qualifiers

smartsmith0907:
I didnt say he should be sacked try to understand me I only pointed out the fact our chances to qualify for the WC is very slim just like Andrew pointed let's see how things unfold if rohr no win the next AFCON then he will surely sack cos of the clause on his contract to win AFCON and qualify for the WC.

If he's on the path to qualifying for the WC then sacking him for not winning Afcon would be an idiotic decision especially if we make the semis, because the WC play off starts few weeks after Afcon

andrewbaba44:
Instead of you guys to be praying for the sack or rohr ,you are more concerned about ighalo

With rohr Nigeria qualifying for the next world up will be 50/50

Unless he resign himself, he can't be sacked

andrewbaba44:
Don’t wish him bad he is a naija player bros

Ousmane dembele injury was worst and he came back stronger

I'm not wishing him bad, diaby Wilshire even dembele na so them be

smartsmith0907:
Youve been screaming ANCQ and ANC as if he was the highest goal scorer in WC and EPL ighalo invitation to the SE shows the fact Rohr has no project for the SE i mean he should be breeding and nurturing team for the AFCON and WC not bringing one old cargo because he is scoring for a middle east team rubbish balderdash.....we tend to promote mediocrity and hope you don't foget the fact osihmen is AFCONQ highest goal scorer...as a matter of fact the likes of sadiq,moffi,onuachu,Tolu,maja have more to offer SE than ighalo

Ighalo is good but not special, bringing him out of retirement is very unnecessary

andrewbaba44:
Isaac success is back for watford as he makes the bench while ekong starts

Mtcheeew, he'll soon get injured again

forgiveness:
5. Taiwo Awoniyi - The most underrated of all. But he was ahead of number 2 to 4 with 9 goals (5 goals and 4 assists) contributed already before dropping to the 5th position due to injury just 2 weeks ago.


I believe the coach should choose from these set of players if fit for the upcoming games.

Osimhem, Maja and co should keep working hard.

Sadiq should work very hard to play in a first division before he should be considered for the national team ahead of the aforementioned players.

Lol, thank God most of you aren't sport analyst

andrewbaba44:
Mancity 14 points gap

Competitive EPL I hail ooo

I wonder how a team that’s coached by a Spanish fraudster is topping the table with 14 points

Because he has the most expensive squad, his second team is good enough to beat anybody

Warripikine:
Can't quite put my finger on what the issue is between kel and Brendan. I'm absolutely convinced that over a full season playing regularly he's a 30 goal a season striker. Yes, he doesn't do the running of Vardy but there's no denying he knows how to find the back of the net. Weirdly there's an argument that the fact his only contribution in some games is a goal it's actually a good thing as it means his goals are evenly distributed which is a positive if you're a team like us that doesn't concede a huge amount as you'll likely pick up more points.

I know some might say he's been here a while and hasn't cemented his place in the starting XI under various managers which is a valid point but conversely the form Vardy has been in the past few year's very few striker's in world football would have dislodged him from the team.

What I don't get is that now Vardy is clearly struggling (albeit due to injury) why he's not being given a fair chance. It's one of the things that frustrates me with Brendan at times. Despite being a very good coach he has the DNA of an England manager selecting players based on personal preference rather than form or merit.
He'd obviously argue it works and it's difficult to dispute that given that we're sat 3rd in the league but it begs the question of whether leicester could achieve more if he wasn't so stubborn at times. As Nigel Pearson used to say 'it's a game of fine margins' .

30 goals? Easy bro

In today's training Victor Osimhen spent part of the session with the group and part of it training alone. Culled from Napoli's official website

zuchyblink:
I disagree with Rohr on his notion that playing in big leagues determine success in National teams. Brazil has won world cups with more home base players than foreign based players and are the most successful national team in FIFA world cup. Egypt the most successful national team in Africa achieved that feat with almost home based players.

Your point is?

Tolulopefinest:
Your opinion.

He's right, he had an awful game

Adama Traore, 0 goals 0 assists in 25 EPL games, and this one wan play for Spain. These players no get better advisers

andrewbaba44:
Lol no mind me oo

But meaning kalu can play 20 games and score 1 goal

You dig ?

Lol, I understand now. His 4 goals this season is more than he has scored in the past two seasons

andrewbaba44:
Wow good one for kalu

So kalu have 5 goals from 16 league games

I must say his stats of a central defender have improved

central defender ke? And it's 4 goals

Osimhen resumes training