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MetalJigsaw:
Echiejile: I’m Focusing On World Cup, Not New Deal With Cercle Brugge
3 May 2, 2018

Elderson Echiejile says that is not thinking about signing a contract extension with Cercle Brugge, but concentrating on being in great form to make Super Eagles final squad to the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.

Echiejile’s six-month loan deal at the Belgian club expires this summer, and he has an offer to extend his stay at the newly promoted top division side, Completesportsnigeria.com gathered.

Cercle Brugge defeated Beerschot Wilrijk 3-1 in March to seal their return to the elite division after three years.

“The World Cup is around the corner and we’ll see what happens next,” Echiejile told Completesportsnigeria.com.

“I haven’t thought about it yet; I have another a year contract with Monaco and I am very happy. I just think about the end of the season and to stay in good shape and form for the World Cup.”

Echiejile played for Turkish side Sivasspor at the start of the 2017/18 season before joining Cercle Brugge in January in search of regular football.

The left-back who missed out on the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil due to injury, has made 53 international appearances for the Super Eagles and scored twice.



https://www.completesportsnigeria.com/echiejile-im-focusing-on-world-cup-not-new-deal-with-cercle-brugge/

realpoacher:
It is atrocious watching the so called "World class" or "Top class" Goalkeepers conceding avoidable plenty goals at this knockout stage of the Uefa Champions League.
One would expect that the very best keepers in world football presently will atleast keep the scorelines reasonably low. But alas, what do we see,?...we see scandalous scoreline like 5-2, 4-2, 2-2, 1-2, 3-0, 1-3,4-1 and 3-0.

Ter stegan conceded 4 goals over two legs, Navas conceded 6 goals in 4 matches, Ultriech conceded 4 in two legs, karius conceded 6 over two legs while the so called exceptional Alison conceded a whooping 11 goals in 4 matches....

I can bet my left balls that if our young, inspiring Uzoho had kept any of these games, he would probably had been put on the slaughterhouse in this thread.... SMH!!

If stegan, Ultriech, Alison, Navas, karius playing among their mates could not keep the scorelines low,... Then what miracle do we expect uzoho to produce?....
I ask because it seems like we have placed a ridiculously high demands on his shoulders, expecting him to perform even better than his seniors when among his mates he has done very well and keeping almost more than 9 clean sheets.

Even when called upon to man the post among his seniors, he has not done badly conceding only 2 goals in three matches.

I think its high time we left the young man alone and begin to believe in his abilities else I will assume that we too have begun to judge our brothers through the prism of the white man,... I will assume we have become belligerent, and insatiable with our expectations

I am specifically passing this message across to Mujtahida, O pari master, egbon kog45, egbon forgiveness, Joebie who castigated Uzoho to abyss since the day his club videos surfaced here,.. and even our dear tbaba1234 who with his little experience in amateur goalkeeping should have known better that as a young keeper, you can easily learn and grow unlike an already established Goalkeeper.

MetalJigsaw:
I dey tell you

andrew444:
Then you are a premier league fan and you don't want a premier league club to win the champions league abi ?

Una never tire for Madrid 3 times in a roll? You no want make e go England ?

andrew444:
Lol you are a Madrid fan right ?

andrew444:
Liverpool 2- Madrid 1

asha80:
how old do you think ogbeche is for eg?mind you i know him well

Icon79:
Joebie, are you serious? Did you hear from reliable sources??

This is a fantastic news, if true. But is he gonna be match sharp for the World Cup tho? He hasn't played in over 1 year. We don't want a repeat of the Peter Rufia experiment


O pari

TheSuperNerd:
If indeed your sources are true, then that is even better news. But abeg they can add another one week too so that we don't risk him against England. Ndidi should not play that England game even if he makes it back ahead of schedule. #MyOpinion.

asha80:
that we actually believe the ages of these Nigerian players that were born and bred in Nigeria is laughable to me.

Icon4s:
Isn't it just too early ? At 19!

Say you don get money no mean say you don ripe for marriage o.

TheSuperNerd:
Icon79 right now after CR7 and Madrid just made it into another UCL final....




P.S: Cheer up Bro, The "Egyptian messi" (The pharoah of Egypt) and his Army of Liverpoolian warriors may spoil the show for them in Kyiv... But in the mean time, take heart...

MetalJigsaw:
You really think so? Na only u for dis thread be dat

TheSuperNerd:
Lol.... How you must be cringing right now at that Benzema goal....

MetalJigsaw:
Nice view. But such combination doesn't always work out. Because a two- pronged attack basically requires an SS (supporting striker).

The supporting striker is the one taking the responsibility of dishing out final/ deadly passes to the main striker (creativity and vision) The SS does the dirty work and frees up the main striker.

Eg: Iheanacho, Dele Ali, Muller of Bayern Munich etc.

Icon79:
Don't bet on it. It's already 0-1 Bayern.

I still believe in Jupp Heynckes. If the officiating is fair (and that's a big IF), Bayern would come through at the end.


O pari

Icon79:
Oh, no question! You can't buy experience from the market.

And by the way, I will buy everyone here a drink if Bayern Munich knocks out Real Madrid today. So pray! pray!! pray!!!


O pari

MetalJigsaw:
I don't think you truly answered the question bro.
Shehu undoubtedly is good both as RB and DM. But can such be said if Iwobi?

We all know Iwobi can not man the AM position comfortably. Even the wing position.

Icon79:
Like I said, I don't judge him based on those two games. Those two games were not our best games, especially the Serbia game, so it might be unfair base your decision on them. Let's see how he performs in the remaining friendly games especially when the full squad is available.


O pari

Icon79:
Bros, I started watching Joel Obi as far back as his Inter Milan days. He has always been a creative player, even when they occasionally puts him at LWB. Trust me, we haven't seen the best of him in GWG - provided that he's still the same Joel Obi. And he did show some flashes of the old Joel Obi in the last two games as well, so there's hope.


O pari

mbjane:
Bros me and you know onazi will start ahead of shehu as far as it's DM,not that onazi is having a better season,there are other options in DM na,shehu belong to right back

Icon79:
I will decide based on other distinctive qualities. For instance, in the scenario you posed above, I will go with Joel because he's more creative than Onazi. Onazi may be a better marker (one-on-one destroyer) type midfielder but we already have that in Ndidi; hence, I will select J. Obi (as his partner) because he's gonna provide a little bit more creativity than either Onazi or Ndidi.


O pari

Icon79:
On current form, our best DMs are in this particular order:
Wilfred Ndidi followed by Joel Obi, followed by Ogenyi Onazi, followed by John Ogu.

Selection headache? What headache


O pari

Icon4s:
Ogu too is there. We are covered in the DM position.

Icon4s:
You see? now I understand.

Just like the American anthem gives me some particular memories of my earlier youthful stage.

Icon4s:
Rohr is not likely to play Shehu at DM. At least not at this stage of preparations. Rohr has a good list of DM options.

Icon4s:
Definitely!

For eg I belong to the Classical and Oprah School. Don't bring anything Rock near me.

But these anthems have been sang using different styles of Music.

mbjane:
Ekong started warming bench now which is almost end of the league,if he keep on warming the bench next season I am sorry to say he will not be a regular.

I will choose onazi ahead of shehu

Icon4s:
It has some good melody too you know.

So what will you say about the British Anthem?

mbjane:
He is not playing badly bro just as we both said,Bt imagine if he is a typical bench warmer will you call for his world up experience ?

mbjane:
Where did I say he does not deserve to be in the team? If you can't show me that then you don't know what you are saying.

I said onazi deserve to be in the team because he is playing well and not because of World Cup experience,World Cup experience doesn't gurantee a player shirt,I don't know if you can understand me and show me where I said onazi doesn't deserve to be in the team ?

Concerning oboabona I am just making example o,oboabona ke