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Thanks Charles!!!

quickberry:
Kindly remove Omeruo, Awaziem and Akpoguma(based on current form).

Dual citizens inclusive?

Even among those we have been inviting, which is he better than?

quickberry:
Please, list our top 5 CBs

Today, not among our top 5 CBs.

lovewins:
Just In:

Jordan Torunarigha of KAA Gent has announced his decision to represent Nigeria at the international level. Jordan whose father also played for Nigeria says:

"After a lot of consideration and good talks with the coach and all people in charge, I decided to play for the country for which my father already stood on the pitch, Nigeria ".

Thoughts??

breaking news coming


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvHz3cYYEPU

wayodude:
Considering all, this is a terrible terrible squad. Nigeria as a country is near unsalvageable.

My Squad of 23 for these games would've been.

Goal Keepers
Aniagboso
Obasogie (Bendel insurance)
Uzoho

Defenders
Ebuehi
Osayi Samuel
Zaidu
Aina
Akpoguma
Ekong
Bassey

Midfield
Onyedika
Iwobi
Alhassan
Onyeka
Nnadi
Nwakali

Attack
Simon Moses
Lookman
Chukwueze
Moffi
Osimhen
Orban
Iwuala

Remember this is my squad. Feel free to pick yours and leave mine alone

Charles abeg munch this one too.

komekn:
Today Nwakali has been relegated to semi professional football in an even lower level.

He has been in continuous consistent regression.

Aribo and are not the same type of player one is average and the other mediocre and poor.

E go happen na. Just watch

Kog45:
Yes the fact still remains Segunda league is not helping Nwakili he need to move to better league and I don’t even mind Turkey.

Nwakali go play top tier football next season.

Truidstar:
you dey call Dessers? At least Dessers dey linked to Rangers of Scotland. Nwakali we no know wether na third division e go play next season. Super Eagles no be Nwakali problem now.

Ehen so why u dey comment?.

I know how to get your attention.

charlesemeka85:
ask jpes and nff

Baba na d koko u talk. The list no surprise me.
That’s why they prefer all these low rated white coaches

Kog45:
If Peseiro doesn’t want Musa nobody would force Musa on him but we have a coach who is ready to have salary cut to remain as coach,meaning he is a pawn for NFF

Dessers!!!

Truidstar:
Send am invitation na.

So why Aribo make the team na?

charlesemeka85:
yes like he did in laliga 2 but got relegated 🥱

Ebuehi, Boniface, Orban, Onyedika(injured?), Alhassan, and Bruno. Is Aina still injured?

These players deserve a spot today.

Today, Nwakali will do a better job than Aribo in that team.

Kog45:
Kelechi Nwakili doing it in Segunda is a minus and his poor club didn’t help him.If Onyedika and Alhassan missed out then no need to say much on Nwakili unless Oga Charles you want to troll.

Golden post

lbrichman2:
I mean, it's not like we lack midfielders o
we have guys with the right mix of profiles and creative nous
But our coaches' stubborn refusal to work on our midfield has held this team back for years

We don't even need to look too far
Onyedika and Alhassan are doing well in Belgium
Just invite them!!

Simon and Musa should be phased out of this team
It's about time

Gift Orban to Lille or Burnley

You spoke exactly what was on my mind about our attack.

TheSuperNerd:
The Nigerian Odds-Defying Campaign ends at the FIFA U20 WC. Some positives and some negatives.

Another U20 WC Quarter finals placing for Ladan Bosso after he attained same in 2007 losing out to Chile.

Negatives:
>>Ladan had to wait till today to play his most balanced midfield 3 from the start and although they did well, one KO game isn't enough for them to gel enough and play beyond what they showed today. He missed it when he was slow to recognising his strongest midfield 3.

>>The team obviously had an attack problem from the U20 Afcon and it reared its Ugly head again at this World Cup. No real quality in that attack department except perhaps Haliru Sarki who never failed to impress and cause mayhem off the bench. He was missed today.

Look at Emmanuel Umeh for instance. Can give assists, can drive forward and cause trouble with his direct plays but when it comes to finishing, he is damn too poor. Missed 2 huge chances today. What else were we to expect from a lad who bagged only 1 goal in 14 appearances for his clubside? Just too poor in front of goal. Not just him, the entire attack department was below average.


>> Bosso obviously doesn't know what to do with so much possession. Having possession is one thing, but knowing what to truly do with it is another. His tactical limitations showed again today.


>> On twitter I was in the middle of dropping my thoughts on the Korean strategy before they stung us. I had to cancel. But I drop it here.

The Koreans let us do all the playing until about the 80th min or so when they started coming at us and trying to grab a late winner. Our defence saw us over the line in those near shaky moments but the Koreans finally got their goal in the early moments of extra time from a cornerkick and it was clear they were running on reserved energy due to the fact that all they had to do was sit back and allow us exhaust ourselves trying to break them down.

The Koreans paced themselves well. They really managed their energy game plan well against a physically superior opposition and WON!!! They were smart and we weren't.


>> The Delusions that this team was gonna go all the way to the U20WC Title without a good attack and a mezzala-like midfield profile. It was funny. I feel the team over achieved even. There is an extent to which a team, who's built on defensive solidity, can attain.


Positives:

>> Like I rightly anticipated long before the tournament began, the midfield and CB pairing lived up to expectations and were the only reasons alongside the GK why I kept good interest in Bosso's side.
Benjamin Frederick, Abel Ogwuche, Daniel Daga, Victor Eletu, Tochukwu Nnadi, Chijioke Aniagboso are the true high yield potential talents of this team. They are the topmost Positives.
Perhaps I should also give mention to Haliru Sarki who was the only consistent true performer in our attack all tournament.


>> We have 3 genuine midfield talents, 2 genuine defensive talents and a decent GK talentto focus on from this team and groom further going forward.


#MDU20WCDiaries

Thank you

TheSuperNerd:
He's easily my most favorite player in the squad. And he tops the list of my finest 6 talents from this team.

He is a defender but he has the highest ceiling for me. Even higher than Daga.

But this has been the issue with our attack in this tournament. We rely on long balls from the rear, and because our forwards are fast and physically imposing they overwhelm opponent's defences. Otherwise, they show lack of ideas. Today we did it in few occasions and S.Korea looked vulnerable in those instances. We probably would have beat S.Korea if we just played our game. Of course there are games that wouldn't work.

MetalJigsaw:
Apart from possession we saw a lot of chances around their box but wrong decision making, lack of crosses or cut backs from the wings cost us.

Use both wings to deliver dangerous balls into the centre to unsettle their defense and also instruct your striker to always be in position as much as possible... A header, close range shot, a handball or even a foul will likely occur
.

These are very drastic and pragmatic clues that bosso should have implemented in search of goal.

But no, they always try to pass or penetrate their way in through the middle on too many occasions which made the attack so predictable.

And again, poor outside shots- either weak or way too wide...

Our attack was so predictable and devoid of creativity or ideas.

When attacking, both wingers are supposed to be on their respective flanks and as wide as possible to create width upfront because this will stretch out the opposition defence and force open some pockets of space for teammates to run into.

This also creates the possibility of a shooting chance for the ball holder.

These are very important and simple tactics that bosso failed to implement in this game and it cost us.

So disappointing.

But not a bad outing.

By the way, this game went the same way as the Brazil match, after that Fifa site mishap.. I hope say my mouth did not jinx us

That win against the hosts.. this team is forgiven. Also remember Brazil crashed out..

Same problem we see with SE. A simple corner and conversion killed the game. We need to grow in other areas of the game. cross and head etc.. Not a bad outing. I believe there are some truly young players in this team. And I hope they continue to develop their game.

Overall best na Frederick.. he is a future captain if he makes it up the ranks

charlesemeka85:
him, daga, Eletu, nnadi,Ogwuche and sarki

Benjamin Frederick is the best player in this team

be like Apapa and Abdullahi dey the same whatsapp group

That Agbalaka for at least shave well na..

it has happened

The. S.Koreans look tired.. we need more of those long balls and runs.. we need to kill this game.

I smell a goal for Nigeria

first country to score will win.

just dey follow the scores oh. because na so e go play out tomorrow haha

MetalJigsaw:
Na tomorrow na. That must be a mistake

i dey talk about our match.. go look that draw when i get from FIFA site again

MetalJigsaw:
Israel vs Brazil half time. Still goalless