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Quality bench is important. From what I’ve seen so far, Aribo needs to make way for Azeez. Iwobi needs a good sub.

Na wa who go keep na?

Magic talk at half time.

Sleep catch me. I just dey wake. I don miss lol. Aribo!!!!

The reverse will be the case

Olulong:
Brazil 1 - 3 Naija

Thank you! Otabor sef suppose be the one who needs to keep working. And Ejuke no be winger.

edi287:
However he tries to spin this - calling up Otabor makes no sense.

Is he saying he sees Ejuke more as a AM or what? Because as a winger, Ejuke is better than Otabor.
Sha make we dey see. I don't buy this explanation at all

lol

tbaba12345:
Lol.. is football played by fastest??

I never notice o
Ok I go pay attention this time lol

Eartquake1:
Their reports are usually right

Those who perform in training usually perform during the match

Usual epistles. Make match start na e be my own.

kris:
Onuachu, Osimhen, Simon Lead Top 5 Performers In Super Eagles Training Ahead Of Brazil Friendly

Victor Osimhen – No doubt he is in the best form of his life. He wasn’t just lively he was also deadly and scored a very good goal using his body strength to hold off his marker before finishing on the turn.

Paul Onuachu – He looks the only real threat to Osimhen in the attack. His awareness in the box is second to none and his over six foot frame gives him an edge over the defenders he was up against. The manner which he played with his back to goal was very impressive all through the session.

Moses Simon – Dribbled his way out of tight corners with ease ‎and linked up well with Tyronne Ebuehi who played as his left fullback. His fitness looks like the best among the players as he didn’t stop running during the session.

Samuel Chukwueze – Played with lot of caution and not his usual explosive style. Passed the ball really quick and also put in a shift defensively. Almost scored with a deft chip before the end of the session.

Alex Iwobi – Hard not to mention his all action style of play. Link the defence and attack well in his role as number ten. The manner which he released the ball under pressure twice set up counter attack for the team he played for during the session. Looked very lively all through.

Lol

TheSuperNerd:
Last month. Hehehehehe...

Tell us when u never had that feeling

TheSuperNerd:
Why do I have this feeling that we will surprise Brazil?

There is a general belief that affluent people all live lavishly. This is not true. A significant proportion of them are frugal.

safarigirl:
Stop excusing rubbish.

Everybody has priorities, if your priority, as a professional footballer, is to travel two hours to another country to cut your hair, especially when you are not doing well at your club, then, you are dumb.

You are the only 'man' supporting this nonsense behavior here, out of all the other men that have commented, you must not be as well versed in man affairs as you assume. There are also women that do foolish things like Onyekuru, they are usually vain and superficial.

It is not restricted to one gender, it is just something superficial people do, ypur example is even Flavor, another vain and superficial person, cementing my belief.

I don’t understand and I’m not a girl.

I cut my own hair lol

ChrisKels:
Lol u know nothing about this so steer clear. Arturo vidal flies his barber from Italy to Germany for his perfect hair cut, he still does that in Spain, c Ronaldo does that, djibril Cisse did, Theo Walcot never changes his barber. This is not just a celebrity stuff, most guys don't change their barbers. I once invited my school barber to my base in Enugu to barb me for a SPECIAL OCCASION. I never feel comfortable having a different hand on my hair, I always have this feeling that this new barber won't give it to me the way I want it. U are not a guy so u won't understand.

That one dey too.

safarigirl:
There are athletes that bear their mother's last names though, like Naomi Osaka. Even Troost-Ekong

I don’t even know of the combination. I just thought of the possibility.

safarigirl:
I made that post before I knew of the combination.

Some of them na their papa be Dutch etc. Na crime say their Nigerian mama marry white man?

safarigirl:
I have seen Hoogewerf and he's fine, but the name is still off

The foreign last names Nigeria born and bred bear are English names, while I don't care much for slave names, at least the slave names are familiar, perhaps, if we had Dutch colonizers, I would find English-named players odd.

Some of them na their papa be white etc. Na crime say their Nigerian mama marry white man?

safarigirl:
I have seen Hoogewerf and he's fine, but the name is still off

The foreign last names Nigeria born and bred bear are English names, while I don't care much for slave names, at least the slave names are familiar, perhaps, if we had Dutch colonizers, I would find English-named players odd.

U never criticize Nigerian born and groomed players when dey bear foreign last names na players when don abroadanize u wan criticize. Eh safari. Make those boys fine make u no talk again lol

safarigirl:
how will we write Hoogewerf on a Nigerian jersey? What is his real name abeg? Even Gozzi, is it not Gozie?

Adekanye was though

safarigirl:
Slight modification, but still, nothing to suggest Tomori was EVER willing and ready

Hahahahahaha
Which kind talk be that?

Earthquake1:
Don't think the English FA did not get Eze's permission before inviting him for the U20s

My point is England did not get sentimental and say “Eze’s heart is not with us”

komekn:
Because after doing introduction , he was not invited to the wedding party, "introduction no be marriage"

So if you like do introduction, no pay dowry no do wedding another man go collect the prize

I didn’t join this discussion from the beginning so I may be lost. But let’s not be too sentimental. Eze was called up to a get together by Rohr and he honored it. Why did England still invite him after then?

Earthquake1:
He is not accepting because Nigeria refused to call him up, he's accepting because he wants to play for England

Calling up a player and talking to get them to switch allegiance are two different things.

Any player that is called up at youth level and does not commit to Nigeria should be left to explore his other options.

Earthquake1:
Why didn't Abraham and Tomori honor our call up?

Nonsense, Ebere Eze knows which country he wants to play for, he's not a robot or a kid

The problem is even if we stop approaching foreign groomed players or restrict SE to only players that came from the home front it’s not gonna guarantee that we will do the right thing.

So the real question is what is the real problem?

do4luv14:
we are here,
this our silly approach of waiting for other country to develop them through their youth system is whats costing us some quality players

then why are you here?

realpoacher:
I dont even understand our purpose on this thread. Or our usefulness.


Otabor this, Ebere Eze that.


Our voices, our noise here is completely and totally irrelevant in grand scheme of things.

We have been discussing here every day about moving nigeria's football forward yet nff will wake up and do complete opposite.

Isnt it obvious here that our rant equals to nothing?

Please take your Otabor rankings to nff handle and spear me intellectual reads here.

Haba

Even me i am hurt concerning his callup but obviously my feelings are inconsequential in this matter. So i keep shut

Abeg make everybody face front

Thank you

tbaba1234:
This Otabor invite is one of the worst, i have seen in a while.

Totally unjustified.

Rohr has to take the blame.

It gives us a glimpse into how Nigerian football is run.

Pure nonsense.. i am so irritated

The funniest excuses:
"he was in the stand by list", "he won't even get to play" etc.
So why was he in the standby list in the first place, couldn't someone else have been there?
and if he won't get to play why even replace Kalu with any player in the first place?
if na just formality then put a worthy player there anyway or better yet put home based player name

andrew444:
As if this otabor will be even able to play for other country, i can bet that if this guy is eligible to play for bulgaria he wont make their national team

Maybe Rohr is making a case for players who pledge for Nigeria and turned down the other country outright.

U no go talk so if na Keshi.

Truidstar:
I am not the NFF nor am I Rohr. If we were playing 2 friendlies I would understand what all the fuss is about. There is time for every player to get a chance to prove himself. We can only field eleven at a time. The great Westerhof between 1990-1994 used and tried over 200 players before we had our best 23.

Your next best choice should be on standby or at least player who ply their trade close to the friendly country venue. (that I can understand)

Truidstar:
The Otabor fella, was on the standby list that was unreleased by the NFF. I don't understand what all the hue and cry is all about. Like I stated before, Rohr will start with his best team and make few substitutions against Brazil, especially when the game is going well for us. Some folks preferred players would not even lace their boots on that day.

I’m not gonna sugarcoat things as usual. There is no basis for this invitation. Egunje must be involved

charlesemeka85:
Allnigeriasoccer.com can exclusively report that CSKA Sofia dazzler Viv Solomon-Otabor has been handed a late call-up to the Super Eagles squad for their friendly against Brazil.

The former Birmingham City Young Player of the Year trained with the Dream Team before the 2016 Olympic Games, and this is the first time in his career he has been summoned to the senior national team.

Solomon-Otabor was available at short notice because he was already placed on a standby list not made public by the Nigeria Football Federation when the roster for the friendly against the South Americans was announced last month.

Gernot Rohr has invited him as a result of the uncertainty surrounding the fitness of Bordeaux winger Samuel Kalu.

Kalu is nursing a slight injury and was not in the matchday 18 when Bordeaux played Toulouse on Saturday.

Born in London 23 years ago, Solomon-Otabor has pledged his international allegiance to Nigeria over his country of birth, England.

This season, the skillful winger has appeared in seven efbet Liga matches for CSKA Sofia and was involved in the Europa League third round qualifier against Zorya Luhansk.

oga go find something chop.. u dey yan opata

ChrisKels:
Uv bn putting forward some reasonable posts since Tammy got u ditched the second time. Kudos u coming back fine