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edi287:
Didn't know he could also play as CF. Wouldn't mind if he made the 35 man squad.

edi287:
Almost forgot about Muazam! How has he been performing for Wien??

edi287:
Sorry I didn't see "Aluko/Ajagun" on line 18

edi287:
I'd leave one of umar and Awoniyi for Aluko.

elyte89:
Al hassan Ibrahim must b in d 35man list,this is more or less like a nairaland list to accommodate everybodt :

tbaba1234:
Tottenham Hotspurs chasing Ebere Eze according to the Mirror.. Nigeria better cap this guy before the interest become too much.

Martz101:
Musa got 2 worldcup goals, I'm not sure his that bad

Mickael2:
first of all, if not for Umar we would have defeated Germany in the semifinal as simple as that and the number of chances he missed in the losers final was just baffling. if you are the striker in your team and your team scores five goals in a match without you having a hand in any then you are poor. he had a poor tournament as simple as that.

Umar is faster than Awoniyi. Awoniyi is not fast at all, it was exposed during the U20 when he had to play from the wings and during the Olympics qualifiers when he and Ajayi had to alternate between playing as a winger and a striker and his lack of pace was exposed.

ChrisKels:
Gent Searching For Replacement In Nigeria For Ligue 1 Bound Samuel Kalu


Top division Belgium side Gent are currently resigned to losing their talented Nigerian forward Samuel Kalu, who is close to joining a team in the French Ligue 1.

Last night Kalu scored the only goal for Gent in their 1-0 win over Club Brugge in the Belgium play-offs, and shortly after the game, a club source revealed to Owngoalnigeria.com that the 20 year old will leave the club in January.

Since joining Gent two seasons ago from Slovakian side AS Trencin, Kalu has improved tremendously with 10 goals and 16 assists in the 47 matches he has played since his move to the club.

” He is off in the summer to a French Ligue 1 team. The deal is as good as done from what I’m hearing. As a matter of fact Gent are already in the market for a new wing forward and they prefer a Nigerian”, Owngoalnigeria.com transfer expert Daniel Martins revealed.

” The transfer fee could be in the region of 8-10 million Euros with a particular percentage due to his former side AS Trencin. Gent will also demand a sell on clause in his deal when he moves to the Ligue 1 “.

Danielnino00:
Onyekuru's omission was a mistake...


CC: Joebie . list has been modified..

Danielnino00:
I really can't say.. ..

Danielnino00:
My 35-man world cup preliminary squad list ..

* - very certain to make the last 23
**- possibly make the last 23 but not certain
***- might make the last 23 but with slim chances


Goalkeepers(5)

Uzoho*
Ezenwa*
Akpeyi**
Alampasu***
Ajiboye/Ejide/Aiyenubga

Defenders(10)

Balogun*
Ekong*
Awazeim*
Omeruo**
Ebuehi*
Idowu*
Shehu*
Aina**
Echijele**
Eze/Ambrose


Midfielders(10)


Mikel*
Ndidi*
Onazi*
Etebo*
Ogu**
Joel Obi**
Agu***
Ajagun
Aluko
Agbo***


Forwards(10)
Moses*
Musa*
Iwobi*
Iheanacho*
Ighalo*
Simeon*
Kayode**
Dessers ***
Ajayi***
Kalu***



But I believe the 35 man list will b just formality sake... Most of us already know the final squad by heart ... It would b good if Rohr use the DR Congo friendly to try out some fringe players before including them in the 35 man list.. or just use the friendly to cut down the list to 30. Either way,he should give the new invitees a chance..he should stop this Uche Agbo treatment abeg..

Danielnino00:
Yea...I can't think of a better alternative at CB...

Danielnino00:
My 35-man world cup preliminary squad list ..

* - very certain to make the last 23
**- possibly make the last 23 but not certain
***- might make the last 23 but with slim chances


Goalkeepers(5)

Uzoho*
Ezenwa*
Akpeyi**
Alampasu***
Ajiboye/Ejide/Aiyenubga

Defenders(10)

Balogun*
Ekong*
Awazeim*
Omeruo**
Ebuehi*
Idowu*
Shehu*
Aina**
Echijele**
Eze/Ambrose


Midfielders(10)


Mikel*
Ndidi*
Onazi*
Etebo*
Ogu**
Joel Obi**
Agu***
Ajagun
Aluko
Agbo***


Forwards(10)
Moses*
Musa*
Iwobi*
Iheanacho*
Ighalo*
Simeon*
Kayode**
Dessers ***
Ajayi***
Kalu***



But I believe the 35 man list will b just formality sake... Most of us already know the final squad by heart ... It would b good if Rohr use the DR Congo friendly to try out some fringe players before including them in the 35 man list.. or just use the friendly to cut down the list to 30. Either way,he should give the new invitees a chance..he should stop this Uche Agbo treatment abeg..

goldfish80:
One of the most hilarious things I read on this thread was that Arsenal fans single out Iwobi for criticism because he dumped England for Nigeria, when 90% of Arsenal fans aren't English.
We are talking about a global brand that is Arsenal whose fan base cuts across different races, tribes and religion.
This thread can be quite yellow at times.

Danielnino00:
Of course he was .. Why else did England try to take him from us? .. But for injuries, he could have some great performances at Liverpool, Stoke and West Ham

Danielnino00:
Salah didn't flop in his first season in the EPL

he was just not given enough game time...just like De Bruyne and Lukaku... Everybody knows that Mourinho isn't the type of coach that has patience with young players...

tbaba1234:
Goal for Samuel Kalu

tbaba1234:
He played very well in my opinion. Certainly an option for Nigeria.

tbaba1234:
Iwobi played 10 but moved to the wings when wilshere was brought on

lexyman:
I am giving Iwobi 3 assist ����

Farzat:
This issue of our players age debate should be checkmated. Whenever d age of our player is mentioned there's always a debate of d player being Older than his age. Criticising the form of a player is part of d game but we should stop embarrassing them to the outside world because many foreigners and journalists visits this thread. Pls lets take the right attitude to protect our image that has been so wonderful.

For me, the right age for WC should be 24 and above, except for a special talent like Mbape. Any average player below 24 should be playing in U23 competitions, Team B, Olympics and stuffs like that. Check out d age bracket of d Brazilian team that beat Germany in their last friendly match, check out the age bracket of the Serbian team that just beat us, their age bracket is between 25-32 and that should be d right age for WC.

There wont be any trophy for parading d youngest team In Russia, experience and Youthfulness should be mixed to give us the right balance. Look at how ordinary our team looks whenever Mikel is not playing, this same Mikel would find it difficult to make the first team of other teams going to d WC.

Also this so much emphasis on league than players performance is nonsense. I just watched Torino vs Inter and I can tell that some Belgian teams can comfortably beat any of those Italian teams. We are one country that lacks what we have in abundance. We have good players in lower ranked leagues across Europe but we will ignore them and start pursuing small small boys that are still learning d rudiments of d game just because they are born abroad.

As for u guys that are bent to display tribal sentiments on this thread, just the same way the Nigerian presidency from one region has not make that region better than other regions. Likewise, having the majority of our team from one region can not make that region better than others. If we can defend Nigeria the way we defend tribe, i can tell that we can rebuild d image of this country by ourselves.

BascoVanVeli:
Ezekiel and Etebo in the starting XI for Las Palmas. They are down 1-0 to Levante @ HT

Kog45:
There is one thing that keep on baffling me here,double standard, just checked Umar Sadiq professional record so far,really surprised that some believe he has something to offer than Ideye and funny enough better than Ighalo?fallacies

Cyril Dessers started his professional career in Belgium with a lowly club where he had good youth football before moving to Lokeren with 25 appearance with no goal for two season and moved to Nec breda in dutch division two with awesome performance and snapped up by Utrecht, but so far couldn't tie a regular shirt though 7 goals in 17 appearance but some believe he is the answer,no issue he can be a good option.

But telling me Ajagun at 25 has passed his prime but Dessers at 25 still has a lot to offer,why double standard in passing comments on our bona fide players who are doing well.

Kog45:
Kai Dele Adeleye still dey and good to see Fengor Ogude,also Aaron Samuel trying to shake thing up and ever present Bryan Oladapo Idowu.Good one from you Joebie.