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zuchyblink:
If our best is not abroad let's select from home

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komekn:
One of the key performance indicators in midfield above all else. Is WORK RATE, it doesn't matter how much dribbling you can do or skills you may possess. Without work rate you will amount to nothing.

When a Midfielder has the ball he is an attacker when he does not have the ball he is a defender. Thats the basics.

What makes your Ngole Kante so good is his phenomenal work rate. Then you add all the other attributes, interceptions, tackles, passing range , pace , shooting accuracy, skill and Excellent first touch.

This is why I was bewildered how Onyeka did not get into the team. Add to that Iwobi, the last two seasons has seen Iwobi work rate go tremendously up. Because Everton is a very hard working team , there are no passengers in the team.

In the Tunisia game we had a Midfielder who doesn't work that's KC. Him and a few others were lethargic and did not do the high press as s collective that got us so much success in an previous g as me. In addition they did not backtrack and defend.

Nigeria missed Etebo,wish him quick recovery.

Sportilitica:
I agree with this.
I can only judge how good he is if he had his best strikers and an average goalkeeper.
I really appreciate what he did during the group stage though.

Sir,something needed to be done to our midfield,have watched Nig vs Tun three times and I want to say no striker will perform with our displayed especially in the first half,we played mostly on the wings and Tunisia were able to cage Simeon and Chuckwueze....second half could have been better if not for the red card cos Iwobi and Olayinka run around and did the needful for Sadiq but that red card really affected us but nonetheless we need a midfielder who possess and have energy to do the needful,honestly am beginning to appreciate Mikel and Onazi more.....On our keepers.I don't know cos we have WC qualifier in march so we have limited time,Maduka,Uzoho and Akpeyi will still be available,we need another goalkeeper trainer to psyche this guys up.

Barryseal:
Enyeama had world cup experience before winning the caf champions league with Enyimba. Enyimba won the champions league in 2003 /2004. Enyeama was Nigerian's number 2 in 2002 n kept against England.

The solution to the GK crisis is the npfl, that's where you get them raw and have the national team goalkeeper coach earn his money by developing them. Uzoho and Okoye have very low celine and very limited raw skillset. Both of these guys won't start for midtable Npfl clubs like Lobi Stars and Dakkada let alone Kano Pillars, Rangers and Rivers utd. Ask any league observer.

God bless you....Enyeama joined Enyimba as second choice,discovered in a match after injury to Dele Aiyenugba who was the first choice and from their straight to eagles camp with a day training,he was picked ahead of Ejinde for Kenya friendly and made WC team and was in goal against England....no international exposure even on Africa soil.

Icon4s:
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Nigerian league of 2022 is no Where near how it was in 2004. Enyeama was a back to back CAF champions league winner with Enyimba with big CAF champions league experience. So he was already well grounded with continental football.

We need the best goalies irrespective of where they are based. That's all.

Vincent Enyeama was not grounded when he made the team to 2002 WC,he was second choice to Dele Aiyenugba when he joined Enyimba....He was called due to Austin Ejude unconvincing displayed....If you remember Ejide kept some of our friendlies prior to 2002 WC....Enyeama had only a Kenya friendly which was our last match to WC and he showed that confidence.He made the team as second choice and was chosen ahead of Shorunmu against England and did well,just a second cap after Kenya match.

We have keepers in NPFL better than Maduka and Uzoho but Alloy Agu was just lazy....Coach Amusa Adisa gave Enyeama,Ejide and Aiyenugba needed opportunities and they excel.

Mujtahida:
Being a realist does not mean that I'd become negative. Professionally one is trained to see loop holes, faults and flaws but balance demands that one does not stay negative. It's the mindset I want to understand, you come in when we lose and have a good laugh. Then stay away when we win. It's not the SE that is the target. It is we, fans of the SE whose joy he despises. I like how Icon4s puts it: it is his failure. Kpom

Imagine my favorite player is not listed in starting XI and I want my country to lose and after that match I would be here talking IF...is that not mental disorders.

andrewbaba44:
A guy here even tried to blame wonderful Ola aina for Tunisia goal

Some na agenda o....na to read and pass.

Aina damn too impressive,unfortunately we are out but better than to lose to Ghana.

forgiveness:
Almost all the players played poorly today due to the coach inability to read the match.

I was surprised he came with the same players in the second half and started making changes after we were one goal down.

Very painful.

Alloy Agu should be removed from the team because he is the reason we don’t have a good goalkeeper.

Sir,NPFL keeper is the answer cos we still have Enyeamas in NPFL but imagine picking John Noble a third keeper with Enyimba just like having Ezenwa then who hardly played for his club.

We lost quality keeper the day Ikeme was diagnose with cancer but instead of deep searching we went for Uzoho who was keeping in 2nd Segunda and later 3rd division Okoye....I can say it anywhere that super eagles really helped Okoye career,nothing special about him.

If we believe we are lacking quality outfield players in NPFL but not keepers.All they need is coach Amusa Adisa treatment for Enyeama,Ejide and Aiyenugba but Alloy Agu is not ready.

MetalJigsaw:
We needed another ball carrier in Ejuke to put enough pressure on the Tunisian defense from the other wing since chukz was once again not performing. But Cerezo left him out of the squad. I wonder what prompted him to do that. I'm surprised

Sir,Ejuke right,nothing to say cos Sadiq that was nailed prior to Tunisia match but today he was highly impressived....Ejuke performance today would have been 50/50.

forgiveness:
There were too much space in the midfield. Ndidi is not super man.

I thought Nwakili or Onyeka would have come in for Iheanacho and Sadiq for Awoniyi in the second half but anyways good lesson to learn.

forgiveness:
How? Is he super man? Who will create the chances for him?

You definitely don’t anything about football.

Oga forgiveness,there is no need to argue,some of us have pass this level....truly Awoniyi had a very poor game inclusive Iheanacho but how will you be arguing with someone that said Ebuehi would have done better than Aina...Aina who was the best in that defense.

Good that we lost than to lose to Ghana...time to pray for injuries free for Victor Osimehn,Leon Balogun,Odion Ighalo,Onuachu,Dennis and possibly Lookman....I think time is too short to get a keeper against Ghana but I want Uzoho in goal.

drDoom3:
Awoniyi grew up in Ilorin with pure thick unadulterated Yoruba. Yoruba so deep even Lagosians struggled to understand.

Oh Ilorin Yoruba is mix o,go to Oshogbo,Ibadan and Oyo and hear unadulterated Yoruba...I be rooted Ilorin man o.

Icon4s:
It is very hard to see a Yoruba man born and raised in Nigeria that cannot speak Yoruba. Infact I have never seen one.

Even Ndidi,Osimehn,Amuneke,Siasia,Odionn Ighalo sabi Yoruba pass Awoniyi.....Awoniyi Yoruba na mix o....go see Igbo guys born in Ibadan dey blow real undiluted Yoruba pass Yoruba guys born in kwara and Kogi.

komekn:
There are a lot of scouts.

Former manager of Reading think his name is was Brian was at an one state head of recruitment.

Under recruitment you could have over 500 scouts at different levels. Then you have analysts and also you have .

Then you have coordinators who may make collective and or individual reports from scouts. It differs somewhat from club to club but the bigger the club the more detailed and expansive the scouting network and set up.

Yes you are right....I was told that Paul Aladejare is the Arsenal fc academy regional co-ordinator.

komekn:
I really do not know him personally .

Okay....he is a top scout for Arsenal youth system right.

theophilusj31:
he refused to play for Ghana

Refused to play for Ghana?

komekn:
I am watching a certain 22 year old Salisu central defender for Ghana as we speak. He is an iron gate in defence against Manchester city , it's 1-0 to Southampton and he is at heart of all good on things in about Southampton in this game.

What I can't understand is why he was not at the AFCON. Google is your friend, his brother complained that the Ghana FA officials asked him to paya bribe before he will be selected for the U17. A very familiar story in sub Saharan Africa football administration.

Ther are a few others that will probably be in the team like Felix Gyam. Ghana will be a very wounded Lion, if possible rather avoid Ghana. It will not be easy .

Sir,do you know one Paul Aladejare.

safarigirl:
Anyway, Pooja has come to report Kelechi to us with his picture

I'm kind of in the middle on things here, but can I have some input from you guys?

Cc Mujtahida, Komekn, Kog45 and some other members of the thread

Iheanacho should do the needful.

Mujtahida:
Peterside said that from Sunday politicians from all corners of Nigeria will start flocking to Garoua and asking to see the players. In fact he begged them not to do this.

He said that in 2010 WC before our match against Greece, that Adenuga came and offered them a huge sum of money in dollars, omo him say that was how they forgot about the pending match and started discussing how to share the money.
Well we all know how that match ended.

Walahi let no accursed politician take his corrosive antics to Cameroon and derail this team.

Femi Otedola already promised $250k(130 million naira)for Afcon trophy.

Danielnino00:
"If I tell you how much I paid baba for this boot, e go shock you"

Kai Daniel u bad o....Ejuke wanna do jazz o d way him dey look Simeon boot.

femianski:
How do you know Okoye is not good in penalties

Read my comment very well....I used the word "IF" among the keepers it was discovered that the better penalty saver is on the bench then we can applies Enyimba style of Enyeama and Aiyenugba...hope you get it now.

do4luv14:
See ehn elder Sir no go dia, atall no go dia, Taiwo from North
say IBB don dey wear thongs abi wetin

My Man don para o

do4luv14:
Simon is from the north

he seems like an Igbo guy, going by his name

Okay if I tell you that Taiwo Awoniyi is from the north you go argue o

Isahalbash:
The person I quoted wasn't referring to this thread but fb or twitter where most people were dragging the Sadiq matter along tribal line instead of footballing. They called him all derogatory names; cow, aboki etc. They said he was invited based on "quota system, connection or a minister boy." If that was true, what about the other guy invited from the same league? Did anyone say he was invited based on quota system? Instead, she decided to pick what would suit her bias narrative that Northerners are defending Sadiq.



It was the same Komekn that Said Sanusi was all pace but no brain... A typical Aboki. Can't they just criticize without attaching where he comes from or using a derogatory word like "Aboki" to refer to all northerners?


Despite all the criticisms Onuachu faced, I never saw anyone calling his tribe or where he comes from when criticizing his performance.



I have never come here to clamor for the inclusion of any northerner or even hype any player before. I followed this thread because it was talking about Super Eagles and TheSupernerd previous thread talking about Nigerian players abroad not northerners.

Okay my man,one love keep us together..Respect.

JohnBullMySon:
Simon Osimhen. Lookman

This should scare any World Cup opposition in March.

Good but does Lookman has that work rate cos it seems Ejuke and Chuckwueze work rate is affecting them...I still believe that Chuckwueze will come good in this Afcon.

elyte89:
Its normal for Amy serious team to start practicing pk during knockout phase.this is football, anything can happen.we can play beyond 120minutes

Hmmm,time for Eguavoen to apply Enyimba of Aba method of replacing Enyeama with Aiyenugba when it comes to penalty,if better penalty stopper is among the goalkeepers on the bench then Maduka must give way with few minutes that would remain before going into penalties shoot out.

TheSuperNerd:
Naaah, I don't consider Ighalo as part of the central attacking picture anymore (and he even scored yesterday sef ). Was only explaining the place of Onuachu Pre-Afcon with Ighalo in the picture then.

Post-Afcon it's gonna be Osimhen as number 1. Awo as number 2 based on expected continued Solid showing in Cameroun. And I expect Awo to bag one or two vs Tunisia and keep bagging till we get to the final. This is not overconfidence. I just know the lads will take things a notch higher than they did against Egypt.

And then a returning Onuachu will be looking to push Awo for that #2 spot.



The others outside these 3 above like Umar, Moffi, Dennis, Okereke, etc will have to bide their time.

I got your point

humility33:
Would have ignored your mention

But u know silent can be consent sometimes

U really lack comprehension of what I wrote or you allow sentiment becloud your understanding of what I wrote

I saw the comments of your brothers all over Facebook truly it is neusating and annoying to see persons call the coach biased simply because he didn't play musa and more

U need to understand that sentiments will never take anyone organisation or country far

Oga humility you like wahala too much and sometimes you dey fall my hands o.....did you really know what is going on in Nigeria,no trust again,the stupid politicians have made us to be suspecting each other...even on this thread there are comments you just need to read and move on or else this place will turn to carcass and we will not be able to rebuild it again.

Sir,Oh on Facebook and what do you expect,everywhere tribal supremacy,going to twitter and see comments...my man let just shun any tribal issues here so that we can continue to maintain our aims and objectives which is supporting super eagles.

Isahalbash:
The same Sanusi folks here called Aboki with pace but no brain?


You are the ones being tribalistic with d Sadiq stuff in all honesty. Criticize his abysmal performance without dragging his tribe or using quota system or calling him cow.

How many Northerners are even complaining they don't have representatives?

If not recently i never see Nigerians complaining that their region or tribe is not fully represented in the national teams....I remember no single south westerner in Nigeria Japan 93 squad and the team was celebrated by all Nigerians with South west people making donations,Festus Odinni was celebrated in Lagos as if he was from that State.Then people always supporting the team irrespective of players involved.I have seen people naming their children after their favorite players.....but now everything has hidden agenda with people read meaning to views ir comments....oh he is supporting Nwakili cos he is a Igbo man or he is supporting Aina cos he is a Yoruba man...oh don't mind him he is defending Sadiq cos he is from the north,no thanks to our politicians.

Honestly,prior to Afcon Sadiq was one of the hyping players here and those who talked good about him are not northerners.Zaidu Sanusi is highly rated here even before he moved to Fc Porto,a moniker Chriskels brought our attention to Sanusi when he was with unknown team in Portuguese division one....Komekn criticized Sanusi often and he never did that on tribal level but football reasoning and I can tell you I don't rate him but am well pleased with his performance so far....Football or sports in general is beyond which region you come from but pure talent.

Sir,I don't want you to have that beliefs that Sadiq was criticized cos he is from the north?NO,prior to Afcon a lot here rated Sadiq than Awoniyi

Astrid4:
Simon Moses had two assist from corner kick last AFCON yet he is a poor setpiece taker. Quite funny . Simon Moses is our best winger argue with your keyboard.
In the order of our best setpiece I will take
Ihenacho and Simon ahead of nwakali.

Simeon Moses is not only our best winger but best player for now with Ndidi and Ekong closing him in performance in this Afcon.

TheSuperNerd:
Onuachu and Awo will push each other for that 2nd spot. Recall Onuachu was number 2 coming into this Afcon before injury struck and was even next to Osimhen and Ighalo when Iggy returned. Whoever wins the battle falls to 3rd spot for good and try to hold off the others pushing from outside the top 3 choices.

Ofcos no one is talking about Iheanacho because he is the undisputed SS of the team and plays a major role in attack in our current tactical setup.

Doctor,Possibly,Awoniyi with good run in this Afcon should sit comfortably as second striker behind Osimehn,now left for Onuachu to battle him cos I don't see Ighalo back if we maintain this momentum.

fabyom:
Olayinka is not a striker he is a winger! I don't know why peeps are clamoring for him to lead the line. Sadiq has great positioning and good ball control. He will get better with time.

Eguavoen has converted Olayinka to CF due to non availability of Ighalo Odion,against GB we saw Moses on left and Oyekuru on the right with Iwobi joining Ndidi and Oyenka in the middle.

Awoniyi and Sadiq still the best options but Olayinka can steal the show.