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i hope he's fit now abi na injured players we dey pack go as Ezenwa is also injured

darkelf:
This cannot be over-emphasized

A lot of monikers here result to tribalism accusations when they can no longer argue intelligently.

This is the SE thread and not a politics thread

this is exactly my point, when someone is trying to defend a player even against logic nobody should bring out the tribal card

edi287:
I heard Osimhen was meant to be dropped and only made the squad because of Ighalo's injury concerns.

200% false, I don't even need anybody to tell me that one no true

Marjoribanks:
Yours truly, triple standard self.
See the ridiculous excuses been given as to why Nacho should have made the team.
It's quite astonishing and eye opening.
Had it been it was Ighalo, you would have seen them calling for Rohr sack.
#absolutelydisgustingbehaviour.

no worry, we'll remind them when the table turn to another player

TheGoodJoe:
Your top rated forwards all play in systems that creates loads for them to shine. You do not find Aubameyang, Lewandowski, CR7, Messi, Suarez, Lacazette, Salah, Mane, Aguero, Gabriel Jesus and a host of others playing in systems they will get a chance per game.

CR7 play for juventus and Portugal both teams are not known for flair tho ororo is a special player

TheGoodJoe:
First of all, Suarez at Liverpool and Barcelona enjoyed similar possessive/offensive brands of football which favours him. His Uruguayan side have always played by keeping the ball on the ground while building up play.

Like the post earlier, Suarez knew the kind of systems that suited him. Keep in mind he played for Ajax before Liverpool who are also masters of possessive attacking play.

He always made moves that suited him and that was why I was critcal in a virulent way against Nacho's move to Leicester City because of their history of not holding on to the ball.

That is why I am optimistic of Nacho now at Leicester City because their brand of play is taking a revamping.

I've seen tabarez Uruguay play several time,his tactics is stay compact and hit on the counter

Icon4s:
I don't think the like for Iheanacho is tribally rooted. Some of Iheanacho's strong lovers right from time are not Igbos: notefully : TheGoodJoe, Bascovanvelli, Humility, Joebie, Tbaba1234, Joseph1034 among other. So there is no basis for you to want to link the call for Iheanacho to tribalism.

And please keep that tribalism talk away.

I know it's not tribal far from it, just trying to let people know that when anybody starts defending their own favorite player they shouldn't be tagged a tribalist too

Icon79:
True. But I still think that the overriding factor in Rohr's decision was due to the fact that KC isn't playing much at LC. But he forgot to ask himself, if the other strikers are in KC's position, would any one them have played more games than KC.

And in addition, I don't like the way Rohr puts KC on the blast by telling the whole world that KC has attitude problems. If a player isn't doing something right, especially such a young player, the coach should call him aside and have a conversation with him. Going public by talking to the media isn't the right approach.


O pari

where did you keep this your energy preworld cup when forgiveness was fighting for Kayode's inclusion, using the same logic most people used to tag forgiveness a tribalist I think I can safely call everybody fighting for Iheanacho's inclusion tribalist. the argument for his inclusion no even make sense, see players like Eleke, Awoniyi, Odey and that one-cap player that used to play in Israel but now in Turkey they all had fine seasons but nobody has even said a word about them but our fellow forumites wants their darling iheanacho with 1 epl goal to be involved, una wicked and don't want the best for Nigeria

TheGoodJoe:
But fans can understand that a striker will not be stellar in such system and does not deserve to shoulder much blame because of limited chances.

Also, we should be bigger than being scared of South Africa to ruin our season to thus outplay them and still win. Docking our tails is sheer cowardice.

which system you like to dey shout sef, only mediocre players can't thrive in any system, because I'm sure no matter the tactics a coach uses he'll always have plan for goals. Suarez in Barça, beast Suarez in Uruguay beast. Giroud in fluid system good player Giroud as point man/police football beast. I can go on and on naming strikers who thrive in any system they find themselves. only an average/below average striker need plenty services to shine

andrew444:
According to news i heard, Aina is first choice right back while awaziem is second choice

and Sheu is what? assistant coach?

Humility017:
you see....... and the problem we have been having with our midfield in time past is not having the link between midfield and attack...

nacho would serve in that role conveniently all Rohr needs do is to have a talk with him and engage him in special training drills
to serve in that role... he still have the mojo in him, he played there years ago

when was the last time he had any impact for us? please let's quit this Nacho this Nacho that no be say we drop Messi na

peacefull:
Ok!
You mean you are looking for Japanese language teacher in Chiba?
Have you check your city hall Home page or Chiba Prefecture Home page?
I think If you go to city hall, they will give you information or introduce you to place if they have.

Like my city have many type of assist for foreigners who live in my city. They have free Japanese lesson.
So Please check your city hall Home page or go there and ask them.
Even if your city hall have English support, You can call them and ask them.
If they have kind of assist like my city, you can learn Japanese free or cheap.
If your city don't have it, Please check Chiba Prefecture Home page. Maybe you can find it close to your city.

gone to the city office but they didn't have any available will keep track on their home page, thanks

peacefull:
Hi.
I'm sorry. I can't answer this question
I can't write about where I live.
I'm sorry. I just can say I live in Japan.
How can I help you about Chiba?

I need a Japanese teacher close to where I live, don't know if you can help

tbaba1234:
2-5 years?? That is retirement. Rabiu is already in his 40s.

who cares, did he not know that when he went about harassing ref, you can't try that in Europe na. UEFA and FIFA like their ref pass anything

DrLikita12:
Rabiu Ali banned for 12 games
Kano Pillars fined N8m, to play 3 matches behind closed doors in the new season, risk a further 3 point deduction if it happens again

https://npfl.ng/npfl-playoffs-kano-pillars-fined-rabiu-ali-banned/

very light sentence, we all know pillars won't pay the money, Rabiu should have been banned for 2 to 5yrs, the NPFL need to start protecting referee, they need to start coming hard on individuals we know these clubs don't pay the money fines, banning teams for one year, suspending players/coaches for a very long time should serve as appropriate punishment

peacefull:
No.
I'm Japanese married with Nigerian man

hi, please do you stay anywhere near Chiba?

nelszx:
I feel that game will be behind closed doors for tactical reasons

maybe, but journalists will surely be allowed in so we'll certainly gets updates and match report

Jarus:
I am a blogger, and very close to the media as well, that title is very misleading. It was not Manu Garba that was what was attributed to him in the title. But I think it was a mistake from a careless journalist.

solace was just trying to sensationalize the story, it's what journalist and media houses do

Oasis007:
....... Didn't know there are many Forgiveness on this Thread until Iheanacho Omission from the List?!

Whenever Forgiveness wails..... Tah he's a Tribalist; he wants his Tribesmen in the Squad; we should respect Rohr, coz he's white and knows the best.

....... But to my Surprise, Joe is aligning with Forgiveness' Conspiracy Theories and Allegations?! Well..... I should not be amazed coz this is Nigeria!

So many Entities are gangling up against Iheanacho?! They don't want him to succeed as a Player?! NFF?! Media?! Even Nigerian Football Lovers?!

We need to stop being emotional. We should learn to respect certain Decisions favorable or unfavorable, instead of looking for Loopholes and get confused, lost in the Process.

abi o, forgiveness is even better at least when he advocates for players, he has statistics to back it up and admittedly once the player loose form you won't see him mention the player's name again but somehow someone wants a striker who last scored for us in 2017 to represent us in afcon

gensteejay:
Pretty sure he won't be missed.

he's not scored since 2017,I'm sure we won't even notice he should go and sort his form

TheGoodJoe:
We have bloggers on this thread. Some of them of very high quality and reputation. Let any of them tell us that the Headline of the article is not a big part of the whole message.

There was no relation between the article and the headline. Meanwhile Solace chose that headline for a deliberate reason.

You think it is a mistake? Solace is a very knowledgeable writer. His intentions were clear. You think Ndukka Ugbade did not have clear intention in releasing that message.

Please, people are not stupid. This was clearly crafted and orchestrated like a script. Talking about Iheanacho's character has no role in it. It is about a devious plan laid. Invited Iheanacho, dropped him, Rohr talking that he made up his mind before camping, then played Balogun, then Ugbade, then Solace.

Men, Iheanacho should leave that team for them. Focus on where he is seeing love.

Finito.

LMAO, 1 goal in 30 games but he's been cheated isokay

forgiveness:
Is shorts on target the prerequisite for dominant in a football game?

Bayern Munich dominated Real Madrid but them chop 4-0, you never hear of controlled football? getting your opponent where you want them to be, where they can't cause you any harm guess that's what Ukraine did

Earthquake2:
Is that not Colin Udoh?
Cc Tbaba1234

nope, he's no more with the super eagles

safarigirl:
we don't know what Rohr has his mind set on, what we have is media speculation.

Let him field players first

like I said earlier, the Senegal friendly will give us a clearer picture

TheGoodJoe:
If there is an advice I will give Iheanacho, it is that he should focus on his club career and forget the Super Eagles for now. Take a break off the team.

I am noticing something dark and sinister going on in the team, NFF and media that do not look okay to me.

Shocking but forgiveness might be right after all.

since its about iheanacho something dark might be going on, when Aina was dropped for the clueless Echejile it was Rhor knows best but now that it hit home it is forgiveness might be right

Mickael2:
If Keshi attempts something like this, Egunje will fill this thread by now. Who takes an injured player to a tournament when other GKs are available? Corruption

Lol, nobody is even saying anything about it, our eyes go clear when we jam better team

andrew444:
Did joel obi have any game time at the World Cup ?

going by the pretournament games, that guy was a calamity waiting to happen

drDoom3:
Cornet is better than all three. Watch Lyon in Ligue One and you'll understand.

with his 7goals 5 assist in farmers league, well he try

forgiveness:
It's not better than Nigeria's team.

I swear, so this is the Ivorian team Andrew and co no go allow us rest, so tey they even carry a clubless player go

charlesemeka85:
Per the numerous training session of the Super Eagles of Nigeria Owngoalnigeria.com can exclusively reveal that some players have already seal their position in the starting eleven.

Newly signed Torino defender Ola Aina has dust himself up from the disappointment of missing out in the squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia ‎by making the right back spot his own.

Same can be said about Jamilu Collins at left back, a role Aina can also play. However in the absence of Tyrone Ebuehi it’s Aina that has won the battle to be first choice right back ahead of Shehu Abdullahi.

Samuel Chukwueze has also picked up the role of one of the three players in attack where he will likely play with the duo of Ahmed Musa who will operate from the left with Odion Ighalo as top striker despite the fine form of Paul Onuachu in training.

In goal is where the biggest shock has been noticed by our correspondent as former number one Daniel Akpeyi who dropped to third choice during the World Cup in Russia appears to have displaced Francis Uzoho as first choice.

Uzoho’s lack of game time has somehow affected his sharpness leaving coach Gernot Rohr with ‎no option but drop him as number one and when the number two Ikechukwu Ezenwa picked up an injury, Akpeyi seized the chance.

So far Akpeyi has impressed in training and would likely be in goal at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations unless something happen in the next few days, which is highly unlikely considering the fact that Ezenwa won’t take part in the friendly game against Senegal.

why go with an injured keeper? goalkeeper don finish? is it that bad that we can't get a replacement for ezenwa, cos i understand he's been nursing the injury before the end of the NPFL season. Akpeyi is a calamity waiting to happen

Mickael2:
Bro, the talk here tire me oh. Like seriously, weeks to Afcon and with the coach confirming that we will be playing a 3-5-2 formation all them still dey talk here na Senegal get better players pass Ivory Coast, are you for real?

By now we should be deep into analysis, playing a 3-5-2 formation does it not automatically mean that Samu will sit on the bench through the tournament? Because I don't see where he fits. Playing a 3-5-2 also means either Ighalo or Oshimen will start and not both, Rohr will favour Ighalo, does that leave Oshimen on the bench? Should Iwobi start in our midfield since we have seen that a 3-5-2 needs plenty of runners, ball carriers/shuttlers and energy in the middle and Mikel will not bring any, do we play Iwobi too who is also not an engine room nor a ball carrier? If it will be a 3-5-2 what exactly is Shehu doing in the Afcon? There are only 4 CBs in the team and the formation requires 3 CBs at a time, given Leon's injury record was it wise dropping Ajayi for Shehu? Who will play in the hole right behind the striker? Apart from Musa, who else can comfortably play there? These are some of the tactical discussions we used to have back then, now it is just rape talk and which team has the better players as if that will help us win any trophy or improve our chances.


Anyways Bro, I dey just dey wait for Afcon proper and Copa America

did the coach confirm 3-5-2 or just some newspaper talk? anyway we'll know better by this weekend when we play Senegal

Hey guys, now that AFCON is around the corner. which is your best AFCON tournament? mine is Gha/Nig 2000