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AllforJesus7:
I have watched his highlights. Nothing special. Onyekuru is not a good crosser of the ball. He just loves to run at the wings and dribble into a cul-de-sac and he does not like to pass. Nothing to justify walking straight into our starting line up.

I see why Rohr prefers a highly technical scorer, passer and player (Osimen) over him.

Now remember he is still playing with back water defenders. The game is different with established leagues and defenders where he must be able to keep his head up and give cool passes/crosses to beat defenders and have a technical link up play. Otherwise he may end up as another Imoh Ezekiel or Musa.


I'll stick with the.....

Iwobi Iheanacho V. Moses

Mikel
Ndidi Onazi


starting line up.

AllforJesus7:
My point is Osimhen is the gifted type of player. Every coaches' dream. A sharp striker who can lay deep passes from the midfield like a No.10.

Do you wonder why he walked straight into Siasia's team right from U17?
Or you wonder why Wolve's coach rushed him into the starting line up just fresh from injury?
Why does Rohr keep insisting on him?

The coaches simply see a technical gem on the training grounds.

He is untested but he is much more of a gem than Onyekuru.
The modern game prefers highly technical guys to those who can sprint all day with with no end result..... because in big and tough games, precision (of passes, shots, crosses, tackles etc) and technicality is what would matter most on the pitch.

Conclusion:
I see what Rohr and other coaches see in Osimhen and I stand with Rohr's decision to include him in the team ahead of Onyekuru whether tested or not.

We have many Onyekurus already (musa, simon etc.......they all play with their head down and final passes lets them down 7 out of 10 times).
But we rarely produce an Osimhen.

daveP:
Really? do you follow them atall? defence cohesion and pass accuracy in the final 3rd. its falcons, but wow... ok.

daveP:
only jerseys of the hammers is the one with the public knowledge of the deal. as for my pick of the awards, its the same as yours, except that its early to pick, then mama florence deserves it more than rohr. what she did to our women team is worth big deal, just media didnt hype it, but i saw it. when we get wc ticket then rohr owns it.

daveP:
The club is wealthy, but do they have a philosophy, pattern or vision? I saw what they did in anambra and a pro club shouldnt be doing such by now. They should wake up so they can beat zamalek, el merikk, tp mazembe, sundowns, etc, on their way to african glory. The psychology of not winning an away tie is a cancer in npfl.

Joebie:
What's your pick

Organizers release nominees for Nigeria Pitch Awards
By The NFF

Updated: May 16, 2017
PITCH AWARDS
. Enyeama, Mikel, Ojeikere, Udom Emmanuel contest for honours

The nominees for the 4th edition of the Nigeria Pitch Awards are now known, after SIAO Partners Limited, the collating and verification firm, released the results to the Nigeria Football Federation.



In a letter to the NFF President dated 11th May 2017, and signed by the Managing Partner, Pastor Ituah Ighodalo, the auditing firm explained that the voting was done by Nigeria sports editors/managers across the 36 States of the Federation and the FCT, between 5th – 23rd April 2017.

“The votes were collated and verified by our team of Auditors. We pride ourselves as one of the best accounting and audit firms operating in Nigeria. We have approached this collation process with extreme care and with the standard professional ethics required to sustain the core values of transparency, credibility and integrity. We therefore take professional responsibility for the integrity of the results presented,” stated the letter from SIAO.

There are 18 categories in all, with three nominees for each category. Three –time FIFA World Cup star Vincent Enyeama tops the Goalkeeper of the Year category, while France –based striker Desire Oparanozie leads two other Super Falcons in the race for Queen of the Pitch, and NPFL Club, FC IfeanyiUbah owner, Dr. Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah is nominated for the Sam Okwaraji Award, alongside Super Eagles’ captain John Mikel Obi and Nigeria’s 2016 Olympic Team Head Coach, Samson Siasia.

Akwa Ibom State Governor Udom Emmanuel is nominated for Football Friendly Governor of the Year alongside Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos and Ezenwo Nyesom Wike of Rivers, while Ferdinand Aniete Udoh leads the Referee of the Year category that also has FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup veteran Jelili Ogunmuyiwa and Adebimpe Quadri.

Ade Ojeikere, group sports editor of The Nation newspapers is in the race for Football Journalist of the Year (Print) while Mozez Praiz of SuperSport heads the race for Football Journalist of the Year (TV).

The 4th Nigeria Pitch Awards ceremony comes up in Uyo, capital of Akwa Ibom State on Saturday, 10th June 2017, hours after the Nigeria/South Africa 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match of the same day.

THE NOMINEES

Goalkeeper of the Year: Vincent Enyeama; Carl Ikeme; Ikechukwu Ezenwa

Defender of the Year: Leon Balogun; Kenneth Omeruo; William Ekong



Midfielder of the Year: John Mikel Obi; Etebo Oghenekaro; Wilfred Ndidi

Striker of the Year: Chisom Egbuchulam; Godwin Obaje; Kelechi Iheanacho

MVP (Men) In The NPFL: Godwin Obaje; Stephen Odey; Chisom Egbuchulam

MVP (Women) In The NWPL: Osinachi Ohale; Rafiat Sule; Chioma Wogu

Queen of the Pitch: Desire Oparanozie; Onome Ebi; Asisat Oshoala

King of the Pitch: Victor Moses; John Mikel Obi; Kelechi Iheanacho

Sam Okwaraji Award: Dr. Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah; Samson Siasia; John Mikel Obi

Club/Team of the Year: Super Falcons; Dream Team; Enugu Rangers

Coach of the Year: Florence Omagbemi; Gernot Rohr; Imama Amapakabo

Referee of the Year: Adebimpe Quadri; Jelili Ogunmuyiwa; Ferdinand Udoh

Corporate Sponsor of the Year: Globacom Limited; SuperSport; Nigeria Breweries PLC

State with Best Grassroots Football Development Program: Delta State; Lagos State; Akwa Ibom State

Football Friendly Governor of the Year: Nyesom Wike (Rivers); Udom Emmanuel (Akwa Ibom); Akinwunmi Ambode (Lagos)

Football Journalist of the Year (Radio): Bimbo Adeola; Olawale Adigun; Arafat Aliu

Football Journalist of the Year (Print): Tobi Emmanuel; Tana Aiyejina; Ade Ojeikere

Football Journalist of the Year (TV): Mozez Praiz (SuperSport); Austin Okon-Akpan (Channels TV); Toyin Ibitoye (Channels TV)

tbaba1234:
That is false. He is Ugandan.

tbaba1234:
No he isn't

tbaba1234:
Obita is not Nigerian.

tbaba1234:
Nigeria has regressed. In the past, we had several teams owned by private individuals and companies.

Julius Berger
Iwayanwu Nationale
BCC Lions
Etc..

tbaba1234:
Aluko starting as CF in Fulham's playoff game

daveP:
What can we do to have a club big and wealthy and creative enough to contest the pride of al ahly and zamalek in african football? They made top 50best in the world. We need an npfl club to do something. football is no longer just kicking around. And sponsorship to aid consistency too. Enough of management by state govt jare. Lasgidi better wake up from the slumber.
In other news, Nacho must move to a team in ucl, more likely europa. saints who? if only juve or sevilla get eye.

tbaba1234:
There are reports that Dortmund want to replace Aubamayang with Iheanacho...What are your thoughts?

Mujtahida:
You are right then. It's not just exclusive to Nigeria. What are your religious views or believes?

Icon4s:
But some here will not agree. They would want us to go begging the boy and his father.

oloriooko:
So no need wasting time trying to persuade him.
I like the father's honesty, wish him the best in his career for Germany

Icon4s:
Mtcheeeeew.

Icon4s:
CAF U17 is on-going in Gabon.

Madagascar was stripped of the hosting right and Nigeria was approached but we put politics first and chose not to host to spite Hayatou.
Now Gabon is hosting. A second chance for them after crashing out to Niger.
Nigeria's U17 team would have been offered that second chance instead.

Hayatou still would have lost whether Nigeria agreed to host or not and it would have been a win-win for us.

Mtcheeew for our football administrators.

CAF U17 Results:
14th May 2017 Gabon 1-5 Guinea, Cameroun 0-4 Ghana.

Mujtahida:
Caution in this regard has nothing to do with the merit of the 3-4-3 system or the versatility and dynamism of our players. Caution here has to do with TIME, TIMING and the nature of the opposition we have to face.

The question is, at this most sensitive stage of our WCQ campaign and with Cameroun as the opponent, would you, I mean you Joebie, as a good coach try out the 3-4-3 system on a team like Cameroun?

Mujtahida:
Well said. The 3-4-3 system is the darling of systems now but let's qualify first before we sacrifice our good run on the altar of a sweet but untested strategy.

AIG07:
I don't really have strength for lengthy arguements but I just need to answer your mention Sir.

wow! I now see. The beauty of the formation has clouded you guys judgement.

I can't even believe this is also coming from someone like you. The last time we played such formation under Phillippe Trouisser was prior to 98 world cup and thats almost 2decades ago. The weather we had then is incomparable to what we have now across the world.#fact. Africa has become warmer.

We all saw how Iwobi gased out during the second half in Ndola. Or you think our opponents will be fixing our game time to suits our boys coming from europe?

For the pitch I'm not a pro footballer, but I know what it means to play on a good and bad pitch...

Bottomline: weather and pitch quality are big factors when it comes to African Football.

Mujtahida:
You mean it's not just a Nigerian thing?

AIG07:
Good! Aside Moses, Kindly give me another WB we possess in our arsenal?

You need to factor other things when it comes to playing in Africa. I don't expect you to forget how harsh our Weather can be, the pitches are way different from what you can get in europe.

I bet you, the Moses you've just mention will burn out in 65mins if played in that role.

We can try any formation we need be it 2-7-1, 3-6-1, 3-5-2 or 1-8-1. Make we shall qualify first with the conventional 4 man defence our players sabi well well. Even with 4 men we no get clean sheet and you wan make we put 3 otondos for back.

tbaba1234:
Arsenal just switched to a 3 4 3 formation a few weeks ago and their form has drastically improved. They are likely going to make top 4 even though it looked impossible a few weeks ago. It helps when you have two wing backs willing to defend. With Moses, we have one of the best in the world.

Rohr is having a camp, what better time to start testing it out. By the time, the Yaounde game comes, we can be more than ready to play like that if necessary.

It is not true that we do not have the players.

tbaba1234:
Iheanacho for Musa. This will be a good formation for the away game in Yaounde.

tbaba1234:
Jordan Torunarigha's goal, Someone should alert Rohr


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjUcC7dlBh0&sns=tw

Mujtahida:
The great majority of Nigerian Christians worship an Idol they call God. Believe is the mother of idolatry.

"Those who say they believe in God and yet neither love nor fear Him, do not in fact believe in Him but in those who have taught them that God exists. Those who believe that they believe in God, but without any passion in their heart, any anguish of mind, without uncertainty, without doubt, without an element of despair even in their consolation, believe only in the God-idea, not in God."
Miguel de Unamuno

elyte89:
Sometimes when I read comment here,I laugh,any player making waves in abroad,we all will b yearning for his call up to d national team.d fact is,D man called Rohr knws what's doing.This is the 1st time I can beat my chest dt we have a first team,we all shld learn frm d past,we av invited so many untested players in d past like Bathlomew ogbeche(famous scissors kick)Ayodele makinwa,Kanu,amuneke,Utaka(brodas),dis gusy mentioned above contributed little or none to d development of d team,
Onyekuru,onauchi and odas,will av d time and proof their worth if need be,we can't just keep inviting evrybody and ulter d chemistry of the team.we need to be patient with Rohr based on his judgement inviting players to d national team,and if we check d trend,we tend to av a more stable under a foreign coach dan our so called local coaches wc really help d foreign coach to succeed dan d later.

tbaba1234:
The Finish league is not very good. It is far below the Swedish, Danish and Norwegian leagues.

The best league players should be aiming for better leagues.