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tbaba1234:
Opponent Watch

Tanzania Under 17 drew 3:3 with Rwanda under 17 in their last friendly game.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WZCkhVTsSg

did we even play any friendly game?

Icon4s:
My analyses:

Overall, good draws. And I think the FIFA ranking did justice to the placement of teams into pots as this actually represents the recent forms of the teams.

Note that 2 teams will qualify automatically from each group and 4 best 3rd placed teams will join them in the second round.

Group A: Egypt are hosts in this group and likely to be one of two automatic qualfiers. DR Congo are likely to be the other team but Uganda and Zimbabwe also have an outside chance to finish among the top 2. If Uganda can wrestle out a draw against DR Congo and beat Zimbabwe, they are good to go. I see this group producing 3 qualfiers.
Prediction: Egypt, DR Congo and Uganda to go through.

Group B: Nigeria are overwhelming favorites here. Guinea comes second. Madagascar were excellent in their qualfiers but I don't think they have what it takes to get points against Nigeria and Guinea. Their best chance is to beat Burundi and hope 3pts will take them to the next round. As for Burundi, they have the least chance in this group. I predict only 2 to advance from the group. However if Madagascar can upset either Nigeria or Guinea will a draw, a win against Burundi may see them through.
Prediction: Nigeria and Guinea go through.

Group C: Senegal and Algeria are likely to claim the top spots here. However, if one of Kenya and Tanzania can raise their game they may pick a point from either Senegal or Algeria and so the game between Tanzania and Kenya will determine if a 3rd team will advance from this group. I predict 3 teams will make it from this group.
Prediction: Senegal, Algeria and Tanzania

Group D: Morocco and Ivory Coast maybe favorites to go through but South Africa has what it takes to give them a running for their money. This is the very group of death. As for Namibia they have the least chance here. I predict 3 teams to qualify from here as even if South Africa loses to Morocco and Ivory Coast they can beat Namibia with a fairly good merging and 3pts with good GD may see them through.
Prediction: Morocco, Ivory Coast and South Africa go through.

Group E: Tunisia and Mali will go through. I don't see Mauritania and Angola giving much of a fight here. I predict 2 teams to advance from this group but this also depends on the outcome of the game between Mauritania and Angola as a win for any of the two will earn them 3pts which may also be enough to see the 3rd team through. But I recon the relatively wide margin defeats from Tunisia and or Mali may negate any GD they earn from winning their last game. I see only 2 teams qualifying from here.
Prediction: Tunisia and Mali qualify.

Group F: I call this group a mini WAFU competition. Ghana and Cameroon are overwhelming favorites but I recon Benin (especially) and Guinea Bissau to give Cameroon (in particular) a running for their money. I see 3 teams advancing from here. And just like in the other groups the game involving Benin and Guinea Bissau will determine if a 3rd team will advance from here.
Prediction: Ghana, Cameroon and Benin.

Note that my analysis have been done based on pedigree on the continent, however tournaments are not without upsets. Teams from East Africa are having their highest representation ever. If there are any teams poised to create upsets I look forward to 2 teams from that Region: Uganda and Tanzania as Dark horses. One or both of these two teams may actually prove book makers wrong and finish among the top 2 in their respective groups.

By and large, we look forward to a very exciting AFCON. June please come quickly

I just hope all these minnows won't come and be packing bus against the big boys

ChrisKels:
I dont wanna be a kill joy, buh I would advise u lot celebrating this draw to pipe low for now. Remember Rohr is the kinda coach that goes to tournaments to experiment, rather than participate, on the false pretense that "my team is young and this is just a learning curve for them". Brace up for more excuses in Egypt. He did it Russia.

Na he already said Semifinal

do4luv14:
chill sis, you know Madagascar is there,
caf presido country,

but others are no push over, lets see how it goes

I don't understand this Madagascar wey una dey shout, so CAF president will import Messi and Ronaldo for them?

Bolowolowo:
Algeria Kenya Tanazania Senegal- Group of death

how na, I only see Algeria and Senegal here the rest are waka pass

tbaba1234:
Group B
Nigeria Guinea Madagascar Burundi

this should be 9 easy points

Danielnino00:
It all start here today!

Time?

Rotherham United's Semi Ajayi crowned Championship Player of the Month

Icon4s:
Tell me why I would not Love this man called Rohr.

because he won't play tikitaka which means he'll only give us small gains

forgiveness:
We heard the same thing. The English U -20 team is weaker side but they won the trophy. The English U-17 team is weaker but they won the world cup trophy. The English national is weaker side but went ahead of Nigeria's 'stronger' team to finish fourth place.

Nigerians are just too arrogant but empty. I am sorry to say this.

but it's the truth, in age grade competition we are stronger than both countries, Greece have won the euros but England have never won it, does it mean Greece is stronger than England?

elyte89:
I don't knw y we are laying much emphasis on omidijis drop from d final 23,if he's better dan d 23,am sure he would av been included,what abt d home grown lads who impressed d coach, but fail d MRI test, aw do u want dem to feel,
Anyway any nation he opts for in d future is his choice,like I av always said we re doing him favour not vice versa

on point, can we say he only gave us his allegiance because he want to play and not because he loves Nigeria

Icon4s:
Very good.

Now 5years from now, after seeing these kids today, tell me why you won't defend their ages when those usual "age cheat" detectors come around. Infact, don't be shocked when people start calling them "men" right from this weekend's CAF U17.

The reason why some of us defend those Manu and Amuneke's boys ages is because we saw them just like you are seeing this set now.

Na this thread some people accuse Iheanacho and Co of age cheat

junnyjake:
To each his own.

That boy does not look younger than 10 to me.

Na you sabi, Mr Human MRI, Mr analogue age detector,

andrew444:
Dude was average at Lille

he wasn't, he was very good. won French league player of the season I think twice sef he also led Lille to the league

TheGoodJoe:
Kaka can debate with the Ballon D'Or. To me, two or three sails but the Ballon D'Or can be the debate. However, he does not fit my criteria. However, six years in the highest stage plus the Ballon D'Or can sail.

However, the likes of Mane, Salah, Mbappe are far from it.

Van Dijk. At all. He still has a long way to go to be tagged World class. High quality.

@ 2/3 ballon d'or, how many players can boast of 2? the way I see it the Messi/Ronaldo have gotten people to forget how it used to be in football. I think 10 is too much maybe 5yrs consistency at the top level and winning laurels along the way should mean you are world class

Bolowolowo:
House, is he right? Are we over dependent on foreign tacticians



Sodje raises alarm over influx of foreign coaches to Super Eagles


By Alex Monye | 08 April 2019 | 4:08 am



Former Super Eagles defender, Sam Sodje has raised the alarm over the influx of foreign coaches to the national team’s coaching crew.
He is worried that the large number of foreign coaches working with Coach Gernot Rohr is ridiculing Nigerian coaches, adding that it is denying trained and qualified local coaches the opportunity to get the necessary experience.

Sodje said he is worried that the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) keeps spending money on foreign coaches without getting the desired results, stressing that the Eagles posted the worst result in its World Cup history in 2018. Nigeria, he said, was kicked out of the competition in the group stage despite the presence of foreign coaches on its bench.

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On the chances of the Super Eagles in this year’s Nations Cup, the former Leeds United of England player said Nigeria would only excel in Egypt if the coach worked hard to build a formidable team.

He noted that Nigeria has what it takes to be champions of Africa owing to the young and committed players in the squad, adding, however, that the Eagles coaches must fashion out a distinct playing pattern for the team.

“I am worried that in the Super Eagles team we have about five foreign coaches working with Gernot Rohr. This is slavery.

“When Westerhof was the Eagles coach, he only had one assistant. I see no reason the Nigerian team will have more foreign assistants when there are a lot of top coaches in Nigeria who don’t have jobs.

“The NFF claims they don’t have money, but they can afford to pay these expatriate coaches with foreign currencies, while abandoning the domestic ones.

“The foreign coaches’ impact has not been felt since Rohr took charge of the team. How can Nigerian coaches grow? The foreign coaches working in Nigeria collect the money and leave the country with nothing to show for it,” he said.

The Guardian recalls that last week, the NFF appointed more foreign assistants in the Super Falcons set up ahead of the France 2019 Women World Cup.

Sodje says the influx of the foreign coaches has not given Nigeria a playing pattern.

“In modern coaching, a team must be known for a pattern. What I think the Eagles need now is to have a solid defence. A good defensive coach will solve this problem. If you have a good defence and an organised attack, your team will excel.

“Nigerian defenders played well against Egypt in the international friendly, but you will also understand that the early goal affected Egypt players’ psyche. They almost dominated the game. Looking at the current Eagles defenders, for me Leon Balogun is a good defender, but you will observe that he cannot play two straight games because he is injury prone.

“The Nations Cup is tough due to the display of power by African teams. So can he withstand the pressure.” These are qualities the coach should be looking out for in Balogun and other Super Eagles players,”

all these ex-players don start again

andrew444:
The things wey you write too long

Slimani played in Portugal and Epl is better than Portugal so no big deal he didn't score much in Leicester .

Should I bring list of players from Spain that tore the Epl apart ? I don't as it's not needed na Portugal league power you go get

Tammy Abraham is good and he is Epl standard ,na him know why him go Aston villa

Paul onuachu will not go to a championship club unless money is involved ,just as Ruben neves joined wolves from Porto

Now salah didn't score for fun in Italy but he is scoring for fun in England ,so is Italian league better than the Epl ?

Benteke tore Epl apart should I remind you ?

You are so bias ,as you has to use slimani as your example ,why didn't you use a player from laliga that flopped in the Epl ? You had to use slimani as the scape goat

and surprisingly he forgot to say anything about Solanke

TheGoodJoe:
I do not want Iheanacho in the AFCON squad because I am not a fan of Rohr’s system and I do not think Rohr has what it takes to keep on improving Nacho. Nacho is better off without the AFCON distraction focusing on improving his game and soaking information from Rodgers. Thus training in a more offensive system.

lol, Suarez is Uruguay top scorer and he's played under Tabarez all through his career, Rohr and Tabarez play almost the same style of defence first football, abeg carry your otu Nacho comot. no be say he get weytin he wan do for us sef

Icon4s:
How do you know he is not working hard?

Rohr said so

Icon4s:
Please save that Picture for 5years from now when he would have been labeled a 30years old.

Sebi na here we dey.

Andrew is the biggest culprit, he's still the one that will come and call him overage in the near future

Earthquake2:
Agbolanhor has retired from football at 32 years

if he was Naija born they'll say his real age is 42yrs

terzurum5:
Top: Taribo West, Mutiu Adepoju, Ike Shorunmu, Joseph Yobo, Isaac Okoronkwo & Kanu Nwankwo.

Low: Austin Jay Jay Okocha, Bathelomew Ogbeche, Celestine Babayaro, Garba Lawal & Julius Aghahowa??

cc: Sir Icon4s, tbaba1234, forgiveness, ........

Efe Sodje not Adepoju

Mickael2:
I am certain if he isn't paid for 6months or if he is in a tournament and he has already been shown his sack letter, he would complain a little. Things Keshi and other local coaches have had to pass through

I'm also certain he won't say witches or blackmagic is the cause of his sickness if he ever falls sick

tbaba1234:
Before Rohr, we were in shambles. Failed to qualify for 2 AFCONs. Major players retiring due to disagreements with managers.

Rohr has been producing results regardless of the entertainment value. He has fulfilled most of the targets given to him.

for the first time in a long while NFF and national team coach have not embarrassed themselves in front of the media, it's not like the NFF have suddenly become perfect but man is so matured that he doesn't cry to the public about his needs or NFF shortcomings

Icon4s:
Nothing wrong with that.

almost 5yrs wey I don sabi the guy, no senior team appearance, see Odoi much younger but already a first team player. ko mura si he go play that U-21 for the next 15yrs *toungueout*

Joebie:
I don’t know if someone has already mentioned, but Solanke and Uduokhai were both on the scoresheet today.

see agbaya Solanke still playing U-21 up and down

tbaba1234:
The highlights


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrhBWReTB7c

this Osimhen is a poacher, I can bet that Ighalo no fit score that first goal. also he's truly young

Kog45:
Boss,fact remains that Uzoho is very average and nothing more

that's at best sef, our saving grace have been Rohr's defensive tactics, imagine Uzohor in goal against Argentina 2010 or 2014 we go pack like 6 goals come house

Oasis007:


We are on the verge of missing out in the next U23 AFCON as well as Tokyo 2022, yet Dudes are discussing about Zaha..... As If Zaha is a Nigerian Messi that may come to the Rescue of the U23 Team.

This is a Level where the Nation is well endowed with Gems, real Talents, thus missing out in any of the Tournaments is a big Disaster to the Nigeria football.

Omeruo, Awaziem should be drafted to the Team, Uzoho also should be the one manning the Posts. I don't know how, but U23 Team must win and qualify for the next Round.

2020 not 2022

watched the initiation of one of the new guys in camp (I think it's for Valentine) immediately the guy mentioned he's 19yrs all squad members started laughing, even they know say all na scope

tbaba1234:
Rohr assessment of Kelechi was brutal.

1. He needs to get more professional.
2. Everytime is not about jokes
3. He needs to improve for club and country.

was about to post this, I guess truly like some folks here say the guy is not serious with his career which is the bane of most Nigerian players, once money start to dey enter the motivation drops drastically

andrew444:
Oga wetin ighalo do you?

Me don tell una say as far as rohr na our coach ighalo na first choice striker

You already know he will be at the afcon as far as rohr remains the coach

If you dey reason say chinese league dey that bad,wetin you wan call saudi arabia league? if we say make we use because of those nonsense league drop players, can we drop MUSA? You know its not possible.

not like we have anybody else aside Ighalo, I can't even think of any other name