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Icon4s:
These are my nominations which I have also used as a sample for others.

On Nigerian Player of the year I obviously mean Super Eagle player of the year. Sorry about the misunderstanding. Each Committee member nominates 3 per category and we select the 3 highest frequency of nominations. If there is any tie we vote.

Icon4s:
Let me use mine for a sample.
In no particular order:
1. Nigerian Player of the Year: Ahmed Musa, Mikel Obi, Alex Iwobi
2. Home based player of year: Stephen Eze, Junior Lokosa, Ikechukwu Ezenwa
3. Most impactful New Inclusion: Jamilu Collins, Samuel Kalu, Semi Ajayi
4. Best Goalkeeper: Ikechukwu Ezenwa, Francis Uzoho, Daniel Akpeyi
5. Best Defender: William Troost-Ekong, Leon Balogun, Tyrone Ebuehi
6. Best Midfielder: Mikel Obi, Wilfred Ndidi, Oghenekaro Etebo.
7. Best Attacker: Odion Ighalo, Alex Iwobi, Ahmed Musa.
8. Most improved player (2018): Isaac Success, Ahmed Musa, Odion Ighalo.
9. Young Player of the year: Samuel Chukwueze, Samuel Kalu, Francis Uzoho.
10. Super Falcons Player of the year: TBD
11. Super Eagles Goal of the year: Ahmed Musa 2:0 vs Iceland, Ahmed Musa 1:0 vs Seychelles, Samuel Kalu 4:0 vs Libya.

cc: Tbaba1234, Komekn, TheSuperNerd, Joebie, Forgiveness, ChrisKels

gamaliel9:
Our guy misses one on one

KevinDein:
Samuel Chukwueze starting for Villarreal.

BascoVanVeli:
What do agents have to do with the selection of a team? Shouldn't the coach be finding players by himself?

You are misplacing facts, Odey and Lokosa both came back from abroad to honor calls. They both went on trials before their caps.

Please what has Balogun done in his career? Even Victor Moses just finally played for Chelsea it is not like they were world beaters all these years. Balogun got the same chance that Keshi gave to Omeruo and both worked out meaning that u cannot forget about the league. Omeruo is clearly our best defender in Europe and he came from Sunshine stars. Musa nko? Top scorer for Nigeria at 2014 and 2018 wc, Kano Pillars.

Premature or not Sunday Mba birthed us an AFCON so why should u complain? If an home based lad can do that for us in Cameroon then why not?

wayodude:
Nah bro I back @komekn on this one. The broad question being posed here is regarding consistency in selection criteria. The players being discussed should be seen as mere examples in trying to explain the case. Why did a player perform at a certain level for a long period of time and was ignored and then a different player performs at a similar level for a shorter spell and he is called up? That's the question being asked

Icon4s:
Setting Criteria for players Selection.

We do not have the complete Data base of the statistics of the individual players, so we don't need to make the criteria too scientific. These are going to be simple and justifiable criteria.

I will suggest below:
1. All award categories should be for players who have featured for any of the national teams (IE, Super Eagles, CHAN Eagles, Flying Eagles, Golden Eaglets, Super Falcons, Falconets and Flamingos)
2. Rating of players should be based on national team performances only.
3. Young Player of the Year is strictly for players 21years and below.
4. For The Best Attacker award I suggest points should be generated as thus: Goal-2 points, assist-1 point.
5. Selection of 3 players for the other sections of the team( ie Best Goalkeeper, Best Defender, Best Midfielder) can be subjective but also objective.

We can add more or remove any from the list above

Cc: TheSuperNerd, Joebie, Forgiveness, Komekn, ChrisKels, Tbaba1234.

Icon4s:
Ok, now we move forward with the list below:
1. Nigerian Player of the Year
2. Nigerian Home based player of the year
3. Most impactful New Inclusion (2018)
4. Best Goalkeeper (Best Ogedengbe Award)
5. Best Defender (Stephen Keshi Award)
6. Best Midfielder (Oliha/Okwaraji Award)
7. Best Attacker (Rashidi Yekini Award)
8. Most improved player (2018)
9. Young Player of the Year
10. Super Falcons player of the year
11. Super Eagles Goal of the Year.

forgiveness:
I think we should agree on this before proceeding.

forgiveness:
Is there any need tagging the awards with the names of fallen heroes?

Is it not better to just list the awards without fallen heroes attached?

Icon4s:
For the Best Midfielder's award we are toren between two Fallen heroes: Samuel Okwaraji and Thompson Oliha.

Tbaba1234, ChrisKels, Joebie, TheSuperNerd, Forgiveness, Komekn, let's chose one.

I go for Samuel Okwaraji especially as he died during service.

tbaba1234:
Best Ogedengbe was Nigeria's keeper at the 1980 Nations cup that we won. He has passed away.

Earthquake2:
You don't need to be close to Ezenwa to know he is the sunny, happy type

Not all players are invited for footballing reasons,Some are invited to enhance the enspirit d'corps among team members

gamaliel9:
So this why he has been inviting Ezenwa...to pray....so Ezenwa is the team`s psychologist...i see

krattoss:
Rohr on local players invitations.

Icon4s:
90% if you ask me.

Icon4s:
Can you think of any great Goalkeeper that is late?

Odunayaw:
In the long run you end up with a piss poor shebang to pass off as "a professional league"

We must do things better & stop this "clever" meanderings abeg

komekn:
I don tire, I go do am tomorrow when I return from finding Starch and Owoh.

komekn:
That's not what I am saying AT ALL.

I don't know how you came to that conclusion.

Look at all my posts repeatedly I have given a basic requisite structure format for player selection. That is objective, measured and transparent.

Odunayaw:


Anyway I don't buy the idea of an abridged league

Odunayaw:
We aren't the largest country on the continent, heck even in West Africa.

Danielnino00:
Icon4s There's something I'm not clear on regarding the award oo.. is it only the committee members that will b responsible for nominating players for each category and deciding on the winners or will members of this thread also have a say?

ChrisKels:
Agbonivbare's reputation as an Eagle that brought him the name Agbonivbasket, makes that idea dead on arrival

Odunayaw:
I just wish the phase will pass

Icon4s:
2018 AWC permutations.

No country is through to the semi finals and no country has crashed out yet. Meaning any of the 8 teams can crash out and any of the 8 teams can qualify. How?

Group A
Cameroon 6 +4
Mali 3 +0
Ghana 3 +0
Algeria 0 -4

Final group fixtures:
Cameroon vs Ghana, Algeria vs Mali.

Cameroon can only crash out if Ghana beats Cameroon by 3 goals marigin and Mali wins Algeria by same score line.

Algeria can qualify if Algeria beat Mali by 3 goal margin and Cameroon beats Ghana by any Margin.

Mali will qualify if they draw or beat Algeria by any Margin and Cameroon beats Ghana by any margin

Ghana can qualify if they beat Cameroon by any margin and Algeria and Mali play a draw or Algeria wins. Meaning if Ghana beats Cameroon 1 goal margin and Mali beats Algeria, Ghana will still crash out.

Pretty open but favorites to qualify are Cameroon and Mali.

Group B
South Africa 6 +7
Nigeria 3 +3
Zambia 3 +1
E/ Guinea 0 -11

Final fixtures:
South Africa vs Zambia
Nigeria vs E/ Guinea

South Africa can crash out if they lose to Zambia by 4-0 and Nigeria win E/ Guinea by any margin.

E/ Guinea will qualify if they beat Nigeria by 8-0 and South Africa beats Zambia by any margin.

Nigeria will qualify if Nigeria beats E/Guinea by any Margin and Zambia beats SA by 3 or less goals or South Africa beats Zambia by any Margin or they play a draw.

Zambia will qualify if they beat SA by 4 or more goals and Nigeria beats E/ Guinea or E/ Guinea beats Nigeria by any Margin.

Seems a mountain so high for E/Guinea and Zambia.
SA and Nigeria favorite to qualify as first and Second respectively.