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tbaba1234:
Thanks, this is a great interview.

It gives you the mindset of the average kid born abroad to Nigerian parents. They hear all these terrible stories about Nigeria. I have some cousins here, who have not been to 9ja since they were babies. Their impression of 9ja is mostly negative.

Sometimes, it takes the parent to convince them that it is not that bad. Iwobi is better for that decision, today.

Whilst some parent are actively discouraging their kids (Ojokojo), Iwobi's dad support was crucial.

Mujtahida:
You'll just be arguing for argument sake. Hear you:Iwobi NEVER wanted to play for England as if you were in his mind.
Having played through the ranks of the youth teams in England you think he never fancied his chances with the Three Lions? And why was he reluctant (according to his father) to come to Nigeria upon his invitation.
And where did he say he NEVER wanted to play for England? Any source?

Mujtahida:
That's exactly what I understood about the joker thing oo

Humility017:
the truth is rohr is more of a man manager than being technically gifted...so I don't expect him coming up with such changes as seen above....

he is a coach I see to have earn the respect of the players over a short space of time...
Aina performance against Algeria will go tell if he will definitely be rohr first choice as far as the LB is concerned.....also for now I see shehu as one that will get to feature in that match....for ebuehi maybe in one of the friendlies he will get to play...
to be honest the young lad ruin his chances...I really believe he would have get to play against Algeria in uyo had it been he snubbed Nigeria at first...
then shehu had not lay hold on the RB slotid you remember...ndidi played that role against Zambia...

I just pray the coach loosen up on his conservative approach to football prior the World cup...because Nigeria really have the squad to shock the World...come next year.


for our CBs back up....rather than keep hopping over our German born players...why don't we go for tomori...of Chelsea in hull city for loan...I doubt that lad will ever reject SE considering Aina factor..

likewise illorfa

jotey:
he is not willing to play for us

Mujtahida:
Please I am not in the habit of making misguided and uninformed statements to the extent that you'd scream that what I wrote - thus :Iwobi chose to play for nigeria because England stopped calling - is a big fat lie

I wrote that based on an article posted by Joebie from the guardian.uk and here's the quote that specifically informed my assertion and pay attention to the bolded:
“He should be playing for England,”
Wenger said in January , and he did for a while. Iwobi made seven appearances for England’s under-16s, three for the under-17s and one at under-18 level and, by all accounts, was happily embedded in the setup. But then the invitations stopped
“He played for the England youth teams for a while but when it came to the under-19s, they didn’t pick him,” Wenger said last weekend, wearing an expression that made it absolutely clear what he thought about it. And now it is too late.

Am I still lying?

solonnachi:
It seems you know the underground gist of this Tammy story. Please educate us

jotey:
Oga Tammy turned us down

saying he is still with England simply means I don't want to play for nigeria period

he should go and meet Jordan ibe

Mujtahida:
True that. Modern Football calls for such dynamism now ooo. That's why this cliché that you never change a winning team is one which has to be re-examined cos I feel the team has to be set up in accordance with the type of opponent one has to face, the personnel at one's disposal. Rohr stuck to the cliché and it nearly cost us cos Zambia and Cameroun don't play same kind of football. Yet I am not mindful of the pitfalls of always changing things but again that's what modern Football thrives on.
Icon4s what do you say? Joebie. Humility017

solonnachi:
Whether Iwobi wanted playing for Nigeria or not, he is now a full fledged Nigerian football international.

It seems Tammy Abraham is having a rethink. E never see anything. He must chop bench for England

kingphilip:
he brought politics into it and since i've never being in such situation, i could only bring one who i felt fits in

jotey:
I would have loved to

I want to

they don't mean the same thing in English language.(I may be wrong tho)
e.g

I would have loved to play for England but...

I want to play for England


youve not proved anything

iwobi never wanted England. finito

jotey:
I would have loved to

I want to

they don't mean the same thing in English language.(I may be wrong tho)
e.g

I would have loved to play for England but...

I want to play for England


youve not proved anything

iwobi never wanted England. finito

Mujtahida:
They've made this peddling of lies into an art. Traditional news outlets still have some credibility though

kingphilip:
it was in response to this

Mujtahida:
This guys are real spinsters - they just put a spin on everything. The headline wasn't what Rohr said. But this is how they(the news outlet) came to their conclusion: Echiejile and Aina play the LB for Nigeria. Echiejile is injured, therefore Aina gets his full debut. Nothing wrong to draw deductions and make projections but they'd spin it like that what the coach said. And that's whack. No wonder Rohr says he doesn't read Nigerian news outlets and that's not good for us too. He needs to read them so that he'd know what we are thinking, heck he can even get insight on how to go about making success with the team. But with such blatant falsehoods, half truths and misinformation passing as news, I don't blame him.

If you don't read the newspapers you are uninformed, if you do, you are misinformed. Mark Twain.

Mujtahida:
Let me condense the crux of my position in a few words:
1-Whenever Nigeria reaches out to the foreign born players, the odds are stacked against Nigeria and in favour of the adopted country.

2. It's not easy to choose between one or the other. Interviews by Iwobi and Balogun bears this out and understandably so cos they've passed through that road unlike many who make it seem like it's an easy choice.

3- Personally I don't care about foreign born players. I only just try to understand their position. Ultimately the best is what the Eagles should get.
QED

jotey:
I would have loved to play for England..

I want to play for England

are they the same thing to you?

he was just trying to pet the English media dazzall

Mujtahida:
I never said that. What I said is that 'she's HEARD that the other guy has craw craw.
And for you to comprehend the inner context I said that to show there's a lot of negative perception surrounding Nigeria. That's why I emphasised HEARD. Of course it's not always the case that what we hear or heard is true. Comprehende?

jotey:
where in this news did he say he wanted to play for England

jotey:
I am not arguing to win but iwobi always said he wanted to play for Nigeria

you can prove me wrong

kingphilip:
how about Dr. Okonjo Iweala

jotey:
it is not even owngoalnigeria sef

https://sports.naij.com/781882-always-wanted-represent-nigeria-iwobi.html

However, the player disclosed to Punch
that he has never contemplated for the
Three Lions, adding that he is happy to
play for Nigeria.
"I just came (to Nigeria) and I had food
poisoning but I was able to continue
training the next day. I've always wanted
to represent Nigeria because that’s where
my family's from, that’s where I'm from
and this is where I feel comfortable
playing for. It’s a personal decision and
I'm happy to be here," Iwobi said.

Mujtahida:
Hahahaha hahahaha. I presume you got that from reading owngoalnigeria.com where they reported that he said Aina and himself had always dreamed of going to the World Cup with Nigeria. If my guess is good then omo you just fell into owngoalnigeria.com stew. Iwobi never said that. It's owngoalnigeria.com putting a spin on what he said during the celebrations on our qualifiers.

I'm not here to argue. Go watch the video of Iwobi's Dad interview and then we can talk plus read the article posted by Joebie written in the guardian.uk

AIG07:
yes I get you Sir. But V. Moses isn't Messi or Ronaldo.

Truly everyone knows how important he is to the team, but rohr coming out to say that he'll be your joker has gone to far. All what our opponents will be after is shutting him up or better still take him out of the equation. Don't forget Onazi in the last worldcup. The french spotted him as the smallest rudder turning the entire engine. They took him out and we collapsed.

jotey:
big fat big lie @ the bolded

iwobi has always said he wanted to play for Nigeria

jotey:
I did not say England don't qualify for tournaments

but will he make the world cup squad?

Mujtahida:
Iwobi chose us because England stopped calling. His Dad said choosing Nigeria is the best choice they ever made and that he played some football back in Nigeria with ambition to don the green and white but that dream was never to be and so that the day Iwobi made his debut he(the Dad) wept tears of joy for his son reaching heights he could not reach, doing what he wished he did but couldn't do.
In all honesty none of them will ditch their adopted countries for Nigeria. However like Alex's Dad said with us they have better opportunities. Do you think Iwobi would be making it with the three Lions as he's been doing for the Eagles?