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TheSuperNerd:
Jamilu Collins' LB position needs an upgrade as soon as possible.

The Lad is decent but decency is not enough for the level the Super Eagles are aspiring to walk into in this new era.

Collins need to step up his game and he needs seriously bad ass competition to be pushed to his limits and beyond.

Jamilu Collins lacks the class of Ben Iroha,Celestine Babayaro,Ifeanyi Udeze,Taiye Taiwo and Elderson Echiejele.

Really surprised at afcon seeing Rohr axed Aina from starting line up for Collins.

The guy is too average.

Humility017:

you never can tell....
we have seen someone here advocate for Raheem Lawal here.

Kai u dey look for trouble humility baba.

Raheem Lawal is a decent footballer .

Earthquake1:
Balogun is much better than Ekong

I'm still surprised that Ekong is a starter in Udinese

Honestly good for eagles as Ekong is a starter but have not see that starting effect in his game.

Earthquake1:
Balogun should learn from Ekong and move to Italian league, If Ekong is starting Balogun will surely start

Yes you are right but has Ekong really prove to us he is a starter in seria A,not really satisfy with his display in eagles colour.

Balogun just need to move to save his career.I still see him as the best Nigeria CB but he need to sort things out or else

somehow:
Pardon?

My man you are spot on on the pics.

Ejide na fat guy right from Gabros in NPFL.

Ejide I knew then(2001)was taller than me(6ft 1)and very huge just like late Winfred Agbonibare

opes:
It was Gret Etafia at Sydney 2000 Olympic, not Ejide

Nice one bro.

nelszx:
This picture
You just made me remember him in Sydney 2000 Olympics
Baba was shaking like Akpeyi, conceded simple goals cos of his jittery.
That match against Chile really pained me 4-0

Greg Etafia was in goal in Sydney 2000 not Ejide.

tbaba1234:
See the difference

My man do you really know Ejide cos if you do i don't think there is need for the pics.

I knew Ejide right from Gabros and i want to tell you know much difference except his age.

I will never clamour for Ejide return cos i always see him as very average keeper even at his peak.

I think we should continue with Uzoho and if the likes of Alampasu comes good no issue.

Maduka Okoye?fingers crossed

Eartquake1:
I was having a decent conversation before the disgrace included my mother

So I decided to cure his leprosy

OK my man.Just end it pls.

Oh my God,what a hell is going on here.

The foundation of this thread is shaking and it will soon collapse if care is not taking.Guys peeping here for info are likely to see us as clowns.

Andrew444 and Eartquake1 continue exposing yourselves on faceless forum,time would tell how some are fooling themselves here mere on football talks.

Honestly i don't know what yo say again cos the real foundation members are most time on ghost mode now cos irrelevances have taking over the thread just in the name of analysing the beautiful game.

Hmmmm,Alampasu,Maduka,Uzoho and Ezenwa.

Walahi wahala dey with what am reading here from respectable monikers.

This thread is losing it and there is need to bring sanity especially when it comes to analysing with facts not emotions.

My question does Maduka deserve eagles call up?capital NO cos on what criteria.

Alampasu had his opportunity through invitations but Uzoho two LA liga appearances gave him a break through and replaced Alampasu from always Rohr three goalkeeper list .

But at 22 do we say Alampasu should be discarded cos he was still with U23 cos i remeberthst Uzoho was our WC keeper as U23 keeper playing in LA liga third division and i was impressed.

Ezenwa was a third keeper with Enyimba and was still getting eagles call up.

I think we need to understand how national team invitations is done.It centre on a lot of things,ranging from talents,disciplines, player attitudes, coaches trust and player agent.

I want to state it that have been watching eagles sin afcon 1980 and i can tell anyone who care to listen that national team invitation is not only about performance.

It was on this thread I was hearing that Zuby doesn't desrve eagles call up but what can we say about Chidi Nwakili invitation by Rohr.

Rohr have his network of searching for players and it's left for those involved to recommend player for him.A Nigerian ex fortuna duselldorf player Darlington Omodiagbe was the brain behind Maduka invitation and he has been on it for sometimes.

If Maduka come good,no issue but based on his performance he did not deserve eagles call up whatsoever.

klexycole:
That's why the real analysts here have backed off. Where's Kog45, Icon4s, and a few other REAL pundits? They are just observing, so many unnecessary lamentations in here.

My Oga i don tire o.

Icon4s:
Football has really improved in East and Southern Africa.

See how Namibia is balling.

Football is about tactical acumen of coaches now not players especially when teams don't have Messi or Ronaldo

ChrisKels:
Thank God u were there, I pointed out his improvement after seeing him dominate against West Brom, for Derby and the dude went berserk saying he wasnt good enough, buh two months later, he started singing his praises so I was shocked.

Mind u this was about Derby's Tomori we argued on, not Hull's, as he is trying so hard to make it seem now

Chriskels vs Komekn make i run o cos i no get the energy o.

Earthquake3:
Conceeding a pk at the last match before the selections won't do your chances any good

Yes you are right my man but Rohr already made up his mind on Aina not the PK cos the foul was even outside the box.

Rohr preferred Shehu,Ebuehi, Idowu and Echijele,so not a big deal that Aina didn't make it.

But Aina at that time was better than Idowu,Shehu and Echijele but his late paper clearance did not help him cos Rohr was damn ready to feature him against Cameroon as RB and Shehu seized the opportunity.

I'm damn happy now that we have Aina and Ebuehi who are natural full backs.

komekn:
Where do l start with you.

In the business of football the only thing that is constant is CHANGE. Either for better or worse it's about continous development.

In the the 2017/18 season Fikayo Tomori played as a RB for Hull city. In my opinion at that time he was below average and not good enough for the SE.

Fast forward to 2018/19 season and he played CB for Derby County he moved his game several steps ahead. He went so far ahead that he waa arguably the best CB in the Championship. IMO currently the best Defender yet to play for the SE.

I went to watch him live when they played Hope Akpan's then Burton Albion. Both home and away and Africa other games

But a season is a long time in football so things have changed dramatically.

Once again FALSEHOOD I have been making a lot of comments about how good Aina is and how badly he was treated by the NFF. No be today l deh hail Ola another player l have watched since he was 16.

I remember your opinion then on Fikayo Tomori and you said for now he was not good enough and also Tosin Adarabioyo.

But one thing is certain about this FB they improve with age especially talented ones.

I think Fikayo has come of age cos Fikayo of Hull city was too average.

Humility017:
just take a look at your last paragraph.
your pessimism is top notch.

mind you we are beating Guinea by 2 goals to nil...
my only problem is akpeyi it seems he has started a new relationship with Rohr...they're both in love currently.

the goal keeper is something else even ezenwa an home base goal keeper will not make that errors.
we all watched ezenwa during the CHAN tourney the fantastic save and performance.

Humility baba pls forget Akpeyi this Akpeyi that.

Pls tell me what Ezenwa who was third keeper with Enyimba in Nigeria league has to offer or Uzoho who refused to grow despite the opportunity as No 1 Keeper at last WC.

My man the three keepers we have are not good enough,so no story.

iSlayer:
Gassama is the reason Nacho is not at AFCON? LWKMD! You ehn.

Nacho should blame himself for missing out and nothing more.

Danielnino00:
If Collins is fit for the Guinea game he should start abeg .and Aina should move to RB..

Chukwueze needs Aina there....Awazeim did little to nothing offensively...

Yes you are right but Aina I saw yesterday is better than Collins at LB but at it now with no Ebuehi,a fit Collins should start with Aina as RB.

Hope to see Ebuehi and Aina doing it as RB and LB soon in eagles colour.

Oasis007:
Ighalo run was timely. He made a good run to be honest, but I'm still sceptical about his scoring prowess.

Oasis baba,scoring prowess?A player came in in the second and had a goal. Pls what scoring prowess again

tbaba1234:
We need a lot of improvement in the goalkeeping area. Akpeyi should have grown past all the nerves by now..

Yes but he is the best we have now.

Ezenwa and Uzoho no go area for me.

It is a pity that we find ourselves in this pathetic goalkeeping situation.

darkelf:
WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE?

Nothing happen my man.

Mikel had a woeful performance today and if icon baba said he don't want to see Mikel,no issue.That's football talk.

Do not be surprised if the same Icon4s rooted again for Mikel base on his performance.

Oh Darkeff my man you want to justify your earlier stand on Mikel.

Oh just our first match,let see may be Mikel would convince you or not.Remember he was man of the match against Zimbabwe and 2nd best rated player against Senegal.

Truly Mikel i saw today was damn woeful.

forgiveness:
How can you say you have not seen when Taiwo Taye was miles better than Celestine Babayaro?

Thegoodjoe vs forgiveness argument looming on Celestine Babayaro and Taiye Taiwo.

The two masterstrokes when it comes to lengthy discussion.

Icon4s:
To be candid, he is the 2nd most "hated" player in the team, just behind Akpeyi.

I don't know what some people have been tearing their shirts for over Akpeyi's performance tonight.

Chief I think we all have our choice players.

Hope you remember some want Echijele over Aina even in this Afcon.

A nervous Akpeyi is better than Ezenwa and Uzoho.

It's a pity some players scammed us making last WC team.

andrew444:
Shebi una dey feel ola aina abi ?

League wey player dey play really matters

Ola Aina is a good player cos I knew Idowu,Echijele and Shehu are not better even before WC.

Ola Aina and Ebuehi competing as RB would be like Maicon and Danny Alves then of Brazil.

Abi Saraki still dey this house.Kai so Saraki no be issue.

God punish this people

paulos8:
The reason Rhor didn't play nacho last night is cos he wanted atleast a goal... If the super Eagles has scored in the first half or so... He would have played nacho for some mins... The fact he needed that goal made him bring in onyekuru and oshimen. Meaning he doesn't have faith in nacho... So dropping him aint bad

Nice one

Earthquake2:
I would have preferred he invite Iheanacho and drop him than invite Nwaekeme or Awoniyi and drop them

Why

charlesemeka85:
Onuachu for iheanacho seems ideal but I believe Rohr's reason to pick onuachu is because of his physique which may be handy in some matches in the competition. But the ajayi I watched several times in the colors of Rotherdam is not better than Awaziem. Rotherdam is a poor team and if Awaziem happens to find himself in a team such as Rotherham he will be a constant hit.

Honestly something tells me that Rohr just included Iheanacho in preliminary list to appease some bigwig in glass house cos he already made up his mind.

On a good day Iheanacho deserve 20 mins play yesterday but Rohr don't want Iheanacho.

This is more reason i said Awoniyi based on his performance this season deserve to be on preliminary list.

Better to drop Awoniyi cos it would be a good experience for him than having a player(Iheanacho) you already axed from the team but pretending.

Rohr can do better.

Hope for better Afcon outing.

charlesemeka85:
Oga Rohr monitored them from close quarters and have his reason of dropping him. I have never rated ajayi as a top defender and Awaziem is miles better than him. His primary duties is not to score goals and I wonder how that is gonna help the team when he is likely to be a bench players if he had made the team.

I don't see much difference between Awaziem and Ajayi.So no much fuss about Ajayi not making it but Awaziem has not done anything spectacular in eagles colour.I hope he would not be a player like Uche Okafor of Westerhoff era.

charlesemeka85:
Which defender is ajayi better than in the current team?

Charles,well Rohr has picked his team and we should all respect his decision but if I have my way I will drop Onuachu and Awaziem for Iheanacho and Ajayi.My opinion.