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Danielnino00:
Happy new month to all members of the thread... ...
Here are some things to look forward to this new month...

- March friendlies list
- World cup trophy tour in Lagos
- World cup trophy tour in Abuja
- March friendlies (the big thing )



and of course,my birthday

tbaba1234:
I think the tag of master of all trades works against Etebo. His best position is obviously deep in Midfield.

He is not an AM.

forgiveness:
Na wa for una ooooooo. Person wey dey win man of the match for Portuguese league before em go Belgium Pro league and later Turkey no sabi shingbain!? Na wa for you ooooooo.

Mikel Agu will be one player that will be important for the Super Eagles soon.

tbaba1234:
That snapshot is not according to the ranking. It is alphabetical order.

Ruben is the number 1 and that was not indicated in the snapshot.

Uzoho is 4th choice but it is not because of that snapshot.

When Ruben was out, Uzoho was the team's third choice.

eterisan:
imagine your first choice goalie with a tournament ending injury... You can't be left with just one goalkeeper in the squad can you... Hence 3 keepers

safarigirl:
whatever happened to club form vs national team form? No be by who hot for club, na by who hot for GwG

Club form gets you invites

Performance in the national team gets you a shirt.


But lemme not ruin the excitement

Mujtahida:
Make God give me your kind of maturity and large heartedness ooo. Respect Sir.

Humility017:
meaning we gonna have the best legs in our midfield....
5 from these players
mikel obi
Joel obi
ndidi
onazi
ogu
agu
etebor.

gonna be a bomb.
I like the competition we have got in the midfied...unlike the days of Gabriel Reuben and ramon azeez.

somehow:
I doubt Shehu getting dropped except if he loses form or injury before June.

mazimee:
I don't think our Midfielder option will be more than 5.
2 players are likely to get dropped from the players you mentioned.

3 Goalkeepers, 8 Defenders, 5 Midfielders and 7 Forwards

Truidstar:
After the friendlies against Poland and Serbia, Uzoho, Ezenwa and Akpeyi acquit themselves respectably between the sticks. I am wondering what the narration will be. Its obvious some posters here are more knowledgeable than Rohr and his crew. I will state it again WE ARE OUR OWN PROBLEM.

Humility017:
Agu should be dropped.
plain and simple....

somehow:
I think Shehu is not just a RB, he can play MD too.

Humility017:
should etebor continue wit his display in la liga....he will hardly be dropped...

it will be diffivult to drop such a player

MetalJigsaw:
Shehu now has more work to do to stay ahead of that Ebuehi guy. That guy is threatening and terrorising his first choice status very seriously.

ChrisKels:
Abeg stop misleading people, just because you don't have faith on Uzoho, shouldn't make u sale false news about him. Uzoho is Deportivo's third choice goalkeeper, he was at a point, the second choice (when Ruben was injured). When Costell Pantillimon wasn't pulling his weight, Uzoho rose to the rank of first choice for Derpor's first team until Pepe was sacked and he got demoted to third choice again with the arrival of Przemysla on loan. Maybe u didn't know Pantillimon's loan deal was terminated. Derpor's first three goal keepers are Przemysla, Ruben and Uzoho. With the fall of Ruben, Uzoho is now viewed as the second choice within the Derpor fraternity though Ruben retains the title.

Dele Ajiboye was never the first choice of Pandevedra CF when he left wikki for Spain. In fact, his European sojourn was a total fiasco.

Makes we no dey lie here abeg

Humility017:
don't think that is ever possible....
all things remain equal.....
John mikel, etebor, ndidi and onazi...
are sure banker....

one of Joel obi, ogu and agu will slug it out to join the rest....

Humility017:
don't think that is ever possible....
all things remain equal.....
John mikel, etebor, ndidi and onazi...
are sure banker....

one of Joel obi, ogu and agu will slug it out to join the rest....

tbaba1234:
Penalties might be important if we get to the knock out stages so you need a good penalty keeper.

somehow:
One PK? Hmm not enough to rate him on.

To say Akpeyi is only better than Ezenwa in the area of PK sounds strange.

All the same, let the friendlies come so we see who's prepared among them.

Humility017:
you're right sir...
a good performance will project them in good light....especially the young goalies amongst them...
uzoho stand a better chance reason because he is already wit a European club...many clubs aviod doing business wit Nigeria clubs and happen to look down on Africa based goal keepers....it will be a plus on uzoho that he is already undergoing football lessons wit a good European club side.

Humility017:
it is disheartening to read some of my brothers here....downgrade Spanish division 3 league....same league I believe is better organised than the npfl, managed wit good stadia, players progression and training facilities.

Humility017:
it is disheartening to read some of my brothers here....downgrade Spanish division 3 league....same league I believe is better organised than the npfl, managed wit good stadia, players progression and training facilities.

somehow:
This best describe types of GKs.



Traditional goalkeepers are well balanced, normal goal keepers. They only dive when it’s necessary and most of the times they use both of their hands for holding the ball. Acrobatic goalkeepers are more acrobatic. That is they dive really well and have excellent reflexes. They have more chances in stopping ground shots and shots aimed at corners. But they won't hold onto the ball that often since they pull off one handed saves most of the times. They usually palm the ball away which allows the oppsition for a rebound shot.

Traditional GKs, they are well balanced, has fair overall in reflexes and diving and holds onto the ball more often since they pull off two handed saves most of the times.

Some examples for traditional goalkeepers are Petr Cech, Manuel Neur, Gianluigi Buffon etc. Joe Hart, Fraser Forster,Hugo Lloris etc would be the examples for acrobatic goalkeepers.

Coined from quora.

TheSuperNerd:
Ezenwa Returns To Training After Injury Setback, Thankful To God
By Bamidele Boluwaji

https://www.completesportsnigeria.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/4b6af309-0e7b-4670-9e2f-b21bd81e555f_579x400.jpg



Super Eagles goalkeeper, Ikechukwu Ezenwa, is back to training after the injury he sustained during the 2018 CAF African Nations Championship (CHAN) in Morocco, Completesportsnigeria.com reports.

Ezenwa who captained Nigeria to the tournament got injured in the semi-final against Sudan and could not be part of the final match against host nation Morocco which the home-based Super Eagles lost 4-0.

The FC Ifeanyi Ubah first choice goalkeeper posted a message on his facebook wall in the early hours of Thursday, thanking God for healing him, and also thankful to the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) for the support given to him during his trying time.

“Special thanks to God almighty for healing me, Ezenwa is back to the field of play with joy,” the Super Eagles goalkeeper stated.

“And also thanks to my beloved fans all over the world for their prayers and concern they showed to me during the recovery process. God bless you all and I love you all.
“️️ also thanks to the NFF for their care and support throughout my stay in Abuja. God bless them.”

Ezenwa’s return will serve as a big boost to the Super Eagles
preparation for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.

Nigeria will play both Poland and Serbia in international friendly games this month as part of the preparations towards the World Cup in Russia.


Source: https://www.completesportsnigeria.com/ezenwa-returns-training-injury-setback-thankful-god/

Russia 2018 WC Countdown: 105 days 3 hours 8 mins to go

Humility017:
you see why...you always have my respect.
your knowledge of this round leather game is top notch....

sir...I will still advise uzoho to still remain in deportivo reason because he still has much to learn and moreover his team is in top 3 in Spanish division 3 meaning there is the possibility of promotion for his team...

I believe if he should play good football in Spanish division 2 he may get noticed by a good club not just in Spain may be elsewhere in Europe....he still young and there is still much he needs to learn.

and regarding alampasu....he should seek for a move elsewhere....probably in Europe or go for a loan may be wit a Nigeria club side....

I still believe right there in nigeria league we have good goal keepers....alloy agu and co have not really done their homework well...

I believe if we can get the likes of enyeama from the local league likewise we can get other good goalies too.....they abound...
all the managers need do...is to search with an unbiased mind.

somehow:
Issue is, we have two Ajiboyes already (Ezenwa and himself) so except we drop Ezenwa for him, I don't think it makes sense picking two traditional GKs with same attributes when we can mix it up.

To me, barring any new name, I will stick to Akpeyi, Ezenwa and Uzoho except if any of the other 3 prove beyond doubt that they are better than these 3.

TheSuperNerd:
Na just your question make me reply oooo Egbon.

What I mean is simple. Right now, Rohr seems to have his eyes fixed more on Uzoho and not Alampasu due to the former's active form for club this season (two LA liga games and lots of Division 3 games) and also his recent involvement and decent showing in the Argentina friendly.

The only thing against Alampasu is that he is not as active as Uzoho at club level. Now that makes Uzoho ahead for now. I do not speak of talent but I speak of development of both goalies at The moment. I know Alampasu have played Cup games and even kept clean sheet against FC Porto in previous seasons but right now, Uzoho also got two topflight games in the world's best technically proficient league.

On the national front, Uzoho has been tested for 45 mins in a game against Argentina while Alampasu was tested in game against Togo where he came on for Ezenwa and played 21 mins+ making a top drawer save too.

Uzoho seems ahead in Rohr's decisions map. I only based my deductions on his recent actions and Uzoho's recent rise but Alampasu remains a top prospect like Uzoho.

Alampasu came to the national team before Uzoho but right now, you have to admit that Uzoho seems to stand a better chance of making the Russia plane than Alampasu. Just for now.

In all, the friendlies will decide... because the goalies tested in these games will have no place to hide. It is make or mar.

Oasis007:
Bravo!

It's really baffling we are celebrating Rookies on this Thread....... U18 Keeper, 3rd Choice GK and Team B first Choice as Nigerian best GKs for the World Cup?! LOL!

We've been asked to deal with it, and we gonna deal with it.

Mickael2:
Future future future, the future of Goalkeepers is not written that way at all. Deportivo is still going out of their way to purchase goalkeepers showing lack of faith in their feeder team, so in 5years Uzoho's best position at Deportivo might still be a second choice or third choice, and presently no team wants him, is that the future? Or is it Alampasu? Personally these guys have gone through the academies abroad, I would have adviced them to come to Africa, look for a good team, maybe even a nigerian side frequently in the CCL and pitch their tent there. I mean Enyeama started from the local scene, Aiyenugba too. If we go through the history books we would see a lot of nigerian Gks who at one point or the other were first choice Gks for feeder teams all over Europe but how many of them got as far as Enyeama?

tbaba1234:
Maduka was on the bench for Fortuna Dusseldorf in their game with Standard Liege in January. January 9 to be precise.

They have both trained with the first team.

Maduka is learning and practicing what he has learnt. Alampasu is older and has not kept any game this year.

Alampasu is not an established keeper, he is still learning too.

Humility017:
elder we are not at rift now...
I can't even conceive such thought ..
I respect you so much on this thread.... sometimes we take things too serious...

I never meant my words to ridicule you or to make you angry.....