Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Joebie: 12:28am On May 10, 2020 |
Guy ive been saying the same thing here. It’s on record. Never suggested otherwise. daveP: Let Billing prove in the GWG atmosphere first na. Naso we talk Brian Idowu till now....... |
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Joebie: 12:24am On May 10, 2020 |
Which is why I said we have to wait until Billing plays for Nigeria. It can go either way. No be by club comparison. andrewbaba44: I get your point he won’t be benched
Billing is no threat to ndidi
Only a player playing for top club can be a threat to ndidi bro ,billing is playing for Bournemouth for crying out loud |
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Joebie: 7:54pm On May 09, 2020 |
Agreed elyte89: I can only say EKONG belong to dt class @ d moment and to some extent osimehn ,dt is if IGHALO doesn't come back,cos rohr is still eyeing him  |
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Joebie: 7:46pm On May 09, 2020 |
Do you mean what Ndidi is to Leicester...? We need to separate club football from national team football sometimes. When Ndidi misses out playing for us in some matches, do we feel his absence? andrewbaba44: Ndidi is untouchable
Billing playing for eagles wont scare ndidi abeg
What ndidi is to nigeria is what ramos/busquets is to the spanish national team, busquets is no longer the busquets we used to know but his place in the spanish team is still untouchable |
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Joebie: 6:42pm On May 09, 2020 |
No, not yet. May be due to how Rohr is using him. But which player(s) belong to that class as it stands at the moment? elyte89: I like d word "untouchable status",and I feel he's
I like d word "untouchable status" u used,@ d moment I also feel he doesn't belong to dt class in d eagle set up |
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Joebie: 6:23pm On May 09, 2020 |
Let me correct that Ndidi will face fierce competition from Billing if the latter switches allegiance as rumors are suggesting. Ndidi does not deserve an untouchable status in SE yet. But let’s see Billing play first for SE. elyte89: Well take it or leave it,etebo has come out tops as one of ur best midfielders in d two competitions he has participated so far...better Dan ndidi in those competition |
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Joebie: 5:31pm On May 09, 2020 |
In Nigeria it’s a matter of whether one has conscience or fear of God, regardless of whether one is in high places or not. Egunje is a way of life in Nigeria. Humility017: The most corrupt folks are Nigerians in position of authority
Starting from the government down to the coach they can steal anything . They see every opportunity as an opportunity to enrich themselves.
With what I see here in Abuja daily I so much believe all this stories....
We all saw how Keshi almost turned the super eagles team to a business centre where the highest bidder gets invitation...
Dude was a motivator so he felt he could even motivate and inspire lizard to fly |
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Joebie: 11:20pm On May 08, 2020 |
The problem with those old men is that they are not living with the times. Several non African nations have had foreign coaches. If he is saying we should not recruit them just because they are white, he is very much on point. Our recruitment must be strategic, not tubu mess am. ZikTzu: Odegbami is one of the biggest morons i've ever come across.
I guess we should listen to him and give Yobo the job and automatically become the hybrid of France/Brazil/Liverpool/Man city that Rohr has been preventing us from attaining. |
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Joebie: 11:13pm On May 08, 2020 |
No be English media dem be? Why OGN and ANS no analyze Sadio Mane? If Eze switch, that chapter go close. barackodam: Las las, they're doing all this cos he's an English player. Why dem no do am for non English players? Or non English players no get prospect? |
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Joebie: 7:04pm On May 08, 2020 |
QPR's Ebere Eze: EFL Future Star
Ebere Eze is set to be a future star in English football after impressing for QPR.
Here, Sky Sports' EFL pundits Don Goodman and Danny Higginbotham assess Eze's attributes and tell us why he is such a special talent...
How impressive has he been for QPR this season?
Goodman: "He's QPR's standout player. There are other players that have had strong seasons but I think the difference in him this season is that his end product has increased dramatically. That goes to the fact that his decision-making is getting better with experience. To score 12 goals, eight assists, is streets ahead of anything he's ever achieved before. When you just look at his end product and the fear that he puts into defenders - he causes absolute mayhem. I'm very excited to see how his career progresses; it's looking really promising."
Higginbotham: "One of the things I've been impressed with this season in particular is his work-rate. I think those are the questions that were asked of him before in terms of being brilliant going forward but will he help out coming back? As the season went on, we started to see that he was starting to become more of a team player and I think that's just added extra bonuses for him as the season's gone on.
"After QPR went to Elland Road and got beat by Leeds, Bielsa was asked who his man of the match was and he said Stuart Dallas because for him to deal with and put up with a player like Eze who, in his opinion at that time, was a world-class player, that's an unbelievable compliment from a world-renowned manager. I just love the way that he plays with the sense of freedom. He makes so much time and space for the players around him as well because he attracts two or three of the opposition players to him and that leaves his team-mates free."
What are his strongest attributes?
Goodman: "He's the first QPR player under 21 to get 10 goals since Adel Taarabt. What a talented player he was. But he had a questionable mentality. He should've been playing at a much higher level than he's gone onto do. What's going to separate Eze is that desire, that work ethic for the team, that will to be a team player. I think that could pull him to higher levels than Taarabt.
"When you get faced with a player of his talent who's going to commit you, he opens doors, not just for himself but for other people. I liken him a little bit to Adama Traore - different players in that Traore is probably a bit more explosive but when you've got a player that runs at defenders, once you get past a defender, the rest of that defender's team-mates have got decisions to make. Do they leave their man to close him down? At what point do they go? Is it right to go? If they don't go, will he smack one in from 25 yards? It asks questions of the opposition and it's a defender's worst nightmare."
Higginbotham: "He's a very difficult player to play against. One of the things QPR are always looking for is if they can get the ball to Eze because, as a defender, you don't want him facing one-vs-one. He creates a real problem. If I'm a defender playing against him and I know that he's going one-on-one against me, I want help. So therefore what you are doing is bringing one of your team-mates over to try and give you the cover, to try and give you the help but that then leaves QPR players free either high up the pitch, across the pitch from him.
"He's such an intelligent player as well. We know he plays in that No 10 position - he has the iconic No 10 shirt, which has been worn by some legendary players in times gone by - but he's capable of drifting out to the left and taking players into areas they don't want to go into."
QPR boss Mark Warburton said he's capable of playing for a top six Premier League side. Do you agree?
Goodman: "I'd be shocked if he's not in the Premier League next season. Obviously, the coronavirus outbreak is going to have an impact, but I wouldn't imagine it would deter anybody from paying decent money for a player like him. He's learning very quickly. He's always had that ability but the decision-making has just got better and that's the key - you can have all the ability in the world but if you get into that final third and you are constantly making the wrong choices, you are not going to be as effective as you should be.
"So when Warburton - who trains with him day in, day out and has worked with so many good players in his time as a coach - says that he's pretty confident that Eze has got the ability and will go and play for a top-six club, I'm not going to argue with him. He's got all the ability in the world. When he gets on the ball, the crowd get off their feet. There's an expectancy and he hasn't let them down. Last season, QPR had a real struggle for goals; this season they are the third top goalscorers in the Championship behind Brentford and West Brom and he is a massive, massive part of that."
Higginbotham: "I think that he can. What we've seen over the years is that top players in the Championship flourish even more so in the Premier League and the reason I say that is that when we look at the Championship, it is one of the most exciting leagues in the world, but it is 100 miles per hour.
I think a player like Eze will be afforded more time and space in the Premier League because he's not going to be seen as the main man and I think at QPR at the moment, a lot of people are saying that if you stop Eze, you stop a lot of what QPR are trying to do.
"He's going to have more intelligent players that will understand the ball he wants to play, the runs they want to make. If you are a manager out there looking at the moment, I think he's a player ready-made to make that step up into the Premier League."
-skySports |
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Joebie: 6:07pm On May 08, 2020 |
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Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Joebie: 5:57pm On May 08, 2020 |
If this is accurate...
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Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Joebie: 2:23pm On May 08, 2020 |
Based on this EPL player Comparison tool.
Ndidi has an edge over Billing in passing and defense, and a slight edge in attack . Both players are at par in vision. While Billing is better in dribbles and physicality.
Cc charlesemeka85
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Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Joebie: 6:05am On May 08, 2020 |
 123jamessmith: Billing coming into the super Eagles is a very good thing for us, but please I want to know the source of this news, because I am not seeing it anywhere apart from naira land |
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Joebie: 9:53pm On May 07, 2020 |
Simply, bad belle  Arabiandude: Thanks my brother, I also saw all these attributes of him and watched his clips also but I don't know why that other guy said he is below average. He is a very good backup to Ndidi if truly he has accepted to play for Nigeria |
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Joebie: 9:52pm On May 07, 2020 |
Which one be great hisitation? If he hesitated greatly he will still be waiting on Denmark. Nigeria is his second choice, and he can still do well for Nigeria. Time will tell. . Blueelf: Billing seeing that he can't make the Danish team again has decided to (with great hesitation) play for Nigeria.
Such players can never be loyal. Take it to the bank |
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Joebie: 9:42pm On May 07, 2020 |
A very good back up to Ndidi. Can also feature as a CM. Solid addition looking at some of his ratings against big teams in the EPL. Consistent player also. According to WhoScored, he is very strong in Aerial Duels and interceptions. Strong in blocking and Tackling, but weak in Passing. But let’s wait until he kicks a ball for Nigeria. Arabiandude: How is Billing below average? Please list the aspects of his play that makes him average. To me he is good with interceptions, he has the right which will work well for aerial dominance, mostly when playing European teams that does lot of crosses, he is good with ball holding and he is not bad with his passes. So how is he average according to you? |
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Joebie: 4:51am On May 07, 2020 |
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Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Joebie: 1:11am On May 07, 2020 |
I hope not. But I wouldnt be surprised. Afobear: You will weep blood again when you are ousted at the group stage again like you did in the 2018 World cup |
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Joebie: 10:17pm On May 06, 2020 |
Thanks for being the only one to take a stab on the question. Now please can you list thhe players that have been begged so far based on your definition, the number of times, the emissaries sent etc. Blueelf: Joebie:
Begging is when you approach a player multiple times to rep his own country and even send emissaries. When Nigerian players begin to reach out to that player and explain in painstaking terms why you should play for your country.
That, my dear Sir is begging. |
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Joebie: 6:54pm On May 06, 2020 |
Nobody on the “beg” camp is shouting “no to Billing”. If he had decided to continue to look at Denmark, they will come wailing “we do not have dignity”. We have seen another good result of making more approaches. Billing to me is a good addition, because if we must have a bench, it has to be as solid as the starting team or at least very competitive one. That’s how you build a team that’s really serious about doing well at the WC. I don’t care about AFCON because we can still do very well at the WC even if we failed to win th African title. I wouldn’t like it the other way round. charlesemeka85: na pple wey no sabi ball go argue with u on your observation so far. Billing is a calm prototype of ndidi blessed with good left foot and height.
Its not about having skillful forwards and attackers but a midfield and defence than can soak and mob up pressure. Rohr is on the verge of assembling a team that will be the envy of so many footballing nations |
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Joebie: 6:44pm On May 06, 2020 |
That was the reason why he left camp. As regards making the U17 team, we know how that would likely have played out. junnyjake: I think the real reason why Ejaria never made the U-17 team back then was because of either his health or schooling, I can't remember.
Someone posted the news here a while ago. |
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Joebie: 3:53pm On May 06, 2020 |
Thank you komekn: Culture norms and values birth perceptions and mannerisms that people presume have universal acceptance and practice. When they simply do not.
Because this whole idea of "begging" is in all honesty crass degenerative ignorance.
It reminds me of this practice in our Nigerian universities where innovation, new ideas and concepts are supposed to be birthed. But are effectively murdered at inception.
When a student present a different notion or approach to a Professor or lecturer. He will be dismissed with " who are you, what do you know" continued persistence and you have caused yourself to fail. And students will justify it, " imagine he is questioning a Lecturer. |
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Joebie: 1:25am On May 06, 2020 |
You are accusing him of something from your own assumptions or from other’s opinions. The problem is you have a grouse with a player who has decided to continue with England. Why? Whether he plays for Nigeria or not eventually is up to him, and it’s also up to the NFF to ignore him then. Life is full of choices. Both parties professionals in their own rights. Making approaches is part of the business. There should never be hard feelings. barackodam: You don't seem to understand my grouse.
he wants to focus on age grade teams for now. And not ready for national teams
And we have received words here that, he's committed to Nigeria, but only playing games with the 3 lions so as to land a big PL team.
That's my grouse. Why does he have to play cat and mouse with Nigeria? Others that didn't play, like I listed, didn't they go ahead and land a big team while playing for Nigeria?
Why does he need the 3 lions tag to seal a Tottenham move? Does he fear he's not good enough to get a Tottenham deal without being affiliated with the 3 lions?
That's what it means. He's not sure of himself. If he commits to Nigeria, Tottenham will blow away and he won't get them again........why? Because he's not good enough!!!
That's the same player people are still whining for |
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Joebie: 12:50am On May 06, 2020 |
Guilty about what? If they ask you now how they have been begged can you expatiate? And how is it different when other countries approach our players. Iwobi, for example was approached by England even when he was heading to Nigeria after commiting. So explain to me now, does England not have dignity? andrewbaba44: Are you feeling guilty ?
Where is the lie in what he said ? |
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Joebie: 6:51pm On May 05, 2020 |
You people will throwing the term beg upandan. andrewbaba44: God bless you bro
Why must we always beg someone to play for us ? |
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Joebie: 12:49am On May 05, 2020 |
Lol ChrisKels: Remember that was how CharlesEmeka started when he joined us here newly, but with time, he learnt, after so many lectures. Today my guy no dey gree person rest again oo  |
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Joebie: 6:16pm On May 04, 2020 |
Format your posts. Else no one would even read a quarter of it. macsam: PASSWORD RECOVERY Recover your password your email SEND MY PASS OwnGoal Nigeria Home Nigeria Nigeria Ebere Eze Is In Talks With Rohr – Family Member Denies Using Nigeria To Alert England May 4, 2020 0 417 The international future of Ebere Eze has for long been in the air with the England youth international constantly linked with a switch of allegiance to Nigeria but that hasn’t happened till date. Despite training with the senior national team of Nigeria in 2017, the midfielder who has excelled this season at QPR is yet to fully come clean on his international future insisting on more time to make a decision. Coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Gernot Rohr has long said he will love to have the midfielder in his squad but in his words he want players who are eager to wear the colours of the senior national team of Nigeria. Advertisement A source close to his agent told Owngoalnigeria.com that he is using the interest from Nigeria to alert England as he is yet to filled in his paper of switch of allegiance to FIFA. Although he accepted to watch the botched Nigeria against Sierra Leone AFCON 2021 Qualifiers game as a special guest. DONT MISS ==> Agent Thumbs Up Obinna Nwobodo's Attitude After Cup Triumph In Hungary With Ujpest Reacting to the story, a family member revealed the 23 year old is in talks with Rohr and reports of using Nigeria to attract the attention of England are wide off the mark as he isn’t that type. “Not true” says a close family source. “He is in regular contact with two close friends in the Super Eagles and their coach”. That might be the case, but Tami Abraham is the nephew of the Nigerian FA President but still opted for England. “True” said our source. “But ‘Bere isn’t Tami”. |
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Joebie: 1:23am On May 04, 2020 |
See my response to Charlesemeka85 above. Arabiandude: This is the exact point I was trying to point out this afternoon. Presently I think we need Eze more because the current SE lacks a recognized and good AM...Iwobi is the one currently playing that role and he usually tires out before 60-70mins and he is not a recognized AM unlike Eze. But in Ejaria CM(box/box) position, we currently have a very good Aribo, Etebo and even to a lesser extent Azeez. In conclusion, the SE team has always lacked a midfielder that complement the strickers in goalscoring until Aribo came in, so Eze joining the team will also guarantee us more goals.
For me, modern football or not, I don't believe in players doing more than what they are supposed to go to the field to do, e.g a strickers running back to defend or an AM becoming a defender when his team is been attacked. Leave Eze there to do the dribbles, assist and support the strickers to score goals, while the strickers scores and the CM(who is to be known as a box/box midfielder) support the defense when the team is been attacked by the opponent. Messi, Ronaldo, Neymar, Mbappe and even recently Haland doesn't fall back to help their defense because it's not their jobs, their jobs are to either assist and score and they are doing it well. |
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Joebie: 1:22am On May 04, 2020 |
So if Rohr is more interested in Ejaria as some say, then he has his reasons. It’s one thing to go for a player, it’s another thing to utilize him well. charlesemeka85: It depends on the one that fits the formation and tactics rohr wants to deploy in any game. Both are super talented and would be great addition to the team. |
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Joebie: 11:00pm On May 02, 2020 |
My big question is which player does SE need at this moment, looking at their style of play and how they can complement what we already have? charlesemeka85: am talking down on him cus he rejected me? It seem u re sick mentally n needs urgent attention
Eze havent made it clear he is sticking with england neither has he declared for 9ja.playing for the english youth teams doesnt imply he cant switch to us in the future. The likes of moses, iwobi, adarabioyo who is ready to accept a call up if invited once played 4 english youth sides so eze's case is not and will never be different.
I am just pointing what i noticed long ago in his game and whatever you think wont change my notion about and also my preferance to ejaria.
Even before ejaria applied for a switch i have made it ckear couple of times that i prefer him to eze which i still stand on.
And if you understand the rudiments of modern day football eze has to work on his work rate and be a better team player to be tolerated by epl teams especially. Ejaria is more of a work force than him and more versatile as well.
I make out time to follow their games and my assertion is based on my observation. Ejaria is more like aribo ie can be deployed as an AM, CM,SS or from the flanks unlike eze who can only function as an AM or SS.
My post is not to imply that eze is not a generational player as you posted buy pointing out on the aspect of his games he needs to work on.
The role of an AM nowadays goes beyond creating and scoring goals but helping his team out defensively where he is also required to chaee every ball and fly into tackles. |
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Joebie: 10:58pm On May 02, 2020 |
Iwobi for example, is not a good shooter in the EPL but has he not scored several shots playing for SE? Make we see them play first for SE then I go assess them better. charlesemeka85: Have seen both play and with no disrespect eze is a huge goal treat buh i will pick ejaria any day any time.
Ejaria even with his lanky frame is a warrior who doesnt shy away from tackles and a far better team player. Also he seem more versatile ie can be deployed from the flanks, as a number 8,10 or his natural position which is the CM position.
Eze is more of a coutinho kind of player with poor work rate |