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kingphilip:
but I think if he starts posting eye catching performances like Ndidi is doing in the premiership, he might just be a regular

Yes you are right but Ndidi is a player you cannot push aside,before Cameroon match Ndidi was not on the possible line up team but during training match he displaced Etebo from possible,this is to tell you that Etebo must be more convincing in eagles camp to make starting eleven.

andrew444:
3rd game now onazi didn't start for trabzonspor,on Monday night on the bench for 90 minutes,lets see rohr plans for both

I thought Etebo was a super regular in Portuguese league before moving to Spanish league but still find it difficult to break into Eagles starting eleven despite Onazi indifferent form in Turkish league.

It seems Rohr rate Onazi highly cos if we want to go by club performance Onazi shouldn't have been making eagles starting eleven.

Sometimes only coach can tell us why his preference for some players and i will not deceive you player like Mikel ObiMoses,Ndidi,Balogun, Ekong,Onazi,Ighalo,Iheanacho and Alex Iwobi,no matter their form at their club,it would be hard for Rohr to drop them to the bench unless they failed to impress in eagles colour.

Etebo just need to work hard to make the team not even Onazi cos Onazi is a trusted boy and has never failed Rohr in eagles colour though not good not to be playing regularly cos it affects.

TheSuperNerd:
We are certainly together on this.... Hahahahahahahahaha

Oh my man it's in my habit to re watch any Nigeria match(good bad and ugly)

junnyjake:
I swear!

That match be me like horror film, anytime I see them showing the replay, a to just off TV.

I no wan get nightmares Biko.

nightmares on CHAN team?

Icon4s:
I can do anything but not to go re-watch that match. Not even at gun point.

But I have noted your point.

Better for me to agree with you than to go re-watch that match.

Well i have my reason to re watch it and if you don't even at gun point then something is amiss cos as a Nigerian and respected football pundits with coaching certificate like you making this statement am confused.

Icon4s:
Egbon, coolu temper. I do not dispute the fact that 12 shots were on target and 4 goals were scored. And you said he saved 8. ie 12-4. But I am telling you that he did not save up to 8 that some were deflected off or blocked by players. It will seem as if I am running him down that I why I first had to clear my self that I am not trying to run him down but just want to state it the way it is.

Pls go and watch the match again my oga cos i don't see any Nigeria players blocking anything yesterday,the guy was opened and exposed.pls watch the match again may be you would agree with me

Icon4s:
I am not trying to bring any player down, I mean it will not affect my life in anyway, whether positive or negative.

We need to be saying things the way they are.

Being that the Moroccans had 12 shots on target and scored 4 doesn't mean Ajiboye saved the remaining 8. There were some that were either deflected or stopped by players along the line of those shots. Ajiboye did not make up to 8 saves last night.

Sir did i accuse you of anything,so why such notion or did i accuse you of running any player down.

Pls try and watch the match again then you will agreed with me cos the stats state it clearly 26 shot 12 on target 4 goals conceded.

I did not sat down somewhere and fabricated it cos saying we should say it the way things are,i beg go and watch the match again cos have done that and i know what am saying.

Joebie:
Conceding 4 goals in a match irrespective of the manner does not look good for any keeper.
Yesterday’s performance dented his perfect stats in SE colors, but we can’t blame him for the loss.

Yes you are right,goalkeepers hate conceding heavily in a match.

Joebie:
Lol u are only confusing yourself or maybe I’m confusing you. I’ve never said Ezenwa is better. I’ve always maintained Ajiboye is better.
However Ezenwa has always been ahead and still is because of the opportunities he has had and his better stats in SE colors.

By my saying they are in the same league does not mean they are equals. Come to think of it, two players can hardly be equals. I don’t see either of them giving us the required cover between the sticks at the World Cup as homebased keepers.

And I said earlier Ezenwa is not “far ahead” of Ajiboye in response to that moniker. Ajiboye is also not far ahead. They both have weaknesses and strengths, but from what I’ve seen from both of them, in all, Ajiboye is better. Of course that opinion can change if Ajiboye gets more opportunities with SE (like Ezenwa) and fumbles.

My major question is would Ezenwa have saves us against Morocco even with what i saw yesterday Enyeama cannot save us,so i don't see any reason for Ajiboye bashing,the stats showed us his performance and not bad but sometimes not good to concede heavily in a match.

Oasis007:


Candidly speaking I am not! Everyone was right with the Criticism of the Team's Performances. I seized praising the Team coz it's damn too obvious - tactically and technically the Team was over poor!

Yes you are right.

Oasis007:
We can now be more objective now that CHAN is over. Some of us were sentiment cos we believed these Lads need our collective Supports, we stood by them till the end and kinda proud of them.

However, the technical Crews are nothing to write home about. Tactically and technically the Team was very poor, and the Blames should go to the Coach and his Crews. Salisu is never a good Coach, hence I wasn't surprised with the lackadaisical Performances of the Team throughout the Competition, and truth be told - they didn't reach the Final based on Merit but Luck!

Sir Icon4s and Tbaba1234 were right with their Calls for the Selection of youthful Teams, especially from the Academy, to represent Nigeria in the CHAN Competition. It's ought to be a Platform to unravel Potentials that hopefully gonna add Steels to the Eagles.

Salisu picked Players based on sentiment, coz Onuwa and Olatunbosun ought to be in the Team, while Alli, Ibrahim and Nur had no reason to be in the Team.

I hope NFF could relieve Salisu, Agu and Co and replace them with Siasia, Shorunmu and Co. Also Rohr should never listen or take Advice from Salisu any longer.

Chei your last paragraph showed that you are not happy with Salisu Yusuf.

Icon4s:
You have changed again to "Ajiboye is better".

I think Rohr is watching and as a coach he must know a good keeper even if the keeper concedes 12 goals in a match.

It's simple the goalkeeper stats would be the benchmark.

Ajiboye against Morocco had 26 shots 12 on targets and conceded 4 goals saved 8 in 90 minutes rating 7/10.I believe this should solve the whole issue.

CSTR2:
He cost you a win in yaounde by going for a 50-50 ball scenario after your defenders floped.

I hope you know cameroon have not lost at home for a very long time. Ezenwa made saves after saves in that game.

If a single mistake means he is not good, then which keeper is good in world football?

Ezenwa is good but making saves after saves against Cameroon in Yaounde is a lie.I know you like him cos your comments since Ajiboye step in for injured Ezenwa has been negatives and I know you wished the team bad yesterday just cos of Ajiboye.

I don't know your problem with him but am guessing the same problem we always encounter in nairaland politics thread which you know but Ajiboye and Ezenwa are Nigerian for God sake.

Pls try and check Ajiboye's rating despite conceded four goals,he was rated 7/10 this is to tell you the guy is good,26 shots 12 on targets and four goals,pls tell me how many keepers that can survive it even Enyeama cannot talk less of Ezenwa.

Pls talk football without sentiment and let us have healthy discussion.

Respect to the two keepers Ezenwa and Ajiboye for their heroics displayed against Angola and Sudan,what they need is encouragement not pull it down syndrome.

Mujtahida:
I hope you guys saw the youthfulness of the Moroçcans compared to our boys?

This is the age for the youths.

Who knows whether this our peculiar goalkeeping situation would be a blessing in disguise? Manuel Neuer had his debut in 2009 for Germany. In 2010 he became the gk at the WC in SA because Rene Adler who was first choice gk had an injury. Neuer has since gone on to distinguish himself as a national team gk. Uzoho looks good to me. But as for Maduka? I like the guy ooo but hmmmmm he's just too green oooo.

The issue is this was Neuer a youth keeper when he became WC keeper, honestly i want them young but my major concern is keeping in division three,not good pedigree for WC bound keeper.

How i wish Uzoho continue as number one at Deportivo LA Coruna cos i watched him against Girona, though good but still has a lot to learn,dropping the guy to team B looks somehow and funny enough he was dropped by the same coach that recommended him to first team initially.

On Maduka honestly i don't have anything to say cos is like we are looking for short cut but again a youth keeper with Fortuna Dusseldorf,not encouraging cos keeping for the main team would have speak well for him.

Sir,i have a question for you,hope you watched Morocco vs Nigeria match,pls would Uzoho or Enyeama have done better than Ajiboye with such porous defence, 26 shots at a keeper in 90 minutes.

Rohr just need to decide and gamble on one as TheSuperNerd said and let see him more in the friendlies especially Uzoho and Ezenwa.

Icon4s:
Now we are discussing. Citing of names and cases, that is what I needed all night.

Now, I am not saying Salisu is perfect but entirely blaming him for the performance of the boys is what I am against.

Now, on the Plateau united CB duo, the question is which attacking threat did they come against? Eze and Orji were almost so perfect in their first two games ie Rwanda and Libya that some here started clamoring for their inclusion in the Super Eagles. Someone even said Orji has done better than Balogun.Just because they played against teams that had little or no attacking threats. The nature of opposition a team faces really determines how they perform.

On Okpotu, there is no way Salisu would have dropped the league's highest goal scorer for Omoleye. If Omoloye had been chosen now and Okpotu is left out, I am sure almost everybody here would have cried foul.

Sir sometimes opposition doesn't determine how good player is but what he is made of irrespective of the oppositions.The Plateau CBs I saw reminds me of Uche Okechukwu,big and read the game very well,against CHAN team. with ease they rendered CHAN attacks impotent and their confidence on the ball was awesome.

I don't know why Omoleye was dropped though not necessary to drop Okpotu for him but he deserves a place in the team even journalists were surprised about his exclusion but the young boy is better than Okpotu,he controlled the ball very well,has the pace and fearless and still very young.

TheSuperNerd:
NOT GOOD ENOUGH: How Home Eagles Rated Vs Morocco

https://www.completesportsnigeria.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Morocco-vs-Nigeria.jpg


Completesportsnigeria.com’s ADEBOYE AMOSU runs the rule over the performance of the Home Eagles in their African Nations Championship final defeat against Morocco…

DELE AJIBOYE 7/10
Conceded four times in the game but still posted an impressive showing. He was let down by his defence for all the goals.


OSAS OKORO 4/10
Failed to live up to his previous heights in the competition as he was badly exposed by the Moroccans.


STEPHEN EZE 4/10
Eze was not at his best in the game and was giv a run around by the Moroccans. It was no doubt his worst showing of the competition.



KALU ORJI 5\10
The stand-in skipper tried in vain to put the defence together especially after Moses Eneji’s dismissal without success. He made a couple of vital blocks but it was not enough to prevent his side from losing.


IKOUWEN UDOH 6/10
A slightly above average performance from the young defender who was Nigeria’s best defender in the game. Played a number of defence splitting passes and defended well too.


EMEKA ATULOMA 4/10
Returned to the starting line-up after missing the semi-final win against Sudan due to injury. The Rivers United player started the game well but fizzled out like most of his teammates and was forced off in the second half due to injury.


RABIU ALI 4/10
A below-par showing which summed up his performance in the competition. He was replaced in the 57th minute by Augustine Oladapo.


DAYO OJO 4/10
Toiled hard to impress in the game with no success. He was outnumbered in midfield by the Moroccans.


EMEKA OGBUBH 4/10
Another player who returned to the starting line-up after missing out against Sudan due to injury. He probably did not shake off the injury enough as never really get into gear in the game.


MOSES ENEJI 4/10
Looked lively in what was his first start of the competition but was dismissed early in the second half for a rash challenge.


GABRIEL OKECHUKWU 5/10
He was completely isolated upfront and did not get the kind of service he would have required.



SUBSTITUTES

ANTHONY OKPOTU 3/10
Came in for Emeka Ogbuh early in the second half and didn’t do anything positive to turn the game around.

AUGUSTINE OLADAPO 4/10
He was surprisingly left on the bench after impressing in the semi-final against Sudan. He could do nothing to change the fortune of his team after his introduction for Rabiu Ali in the 56th minute.

MUSTAPHA IBRAHIM 2/10
Another substitute who did nothing to affect the game.


Source: https://www.completesportsnigeria.com/not-good-enough-home-eagles-rated-vs-morocco/

Rating 7/10 despite conceded four goals showed a sign of a good goalkeeper,badly exposed by his defender but he can do better next time.

Icon4s:
That is a personal opinion.

And yes the team that went to Spain played better football than this team just also like the last two CHAN teams played better football. But a lot of those players have left the local league. These are the ones around now.

The league cannot simply give what it does not have. That is my point. And if you know any player that deserved to be in this team but was left out please mention the name and let's discuss it.

Oga icon4s it is a pity that our local coaches always messed themselves up.

Sir with what i saw during six NPFL invitational tournament i can tell you bodily that Plateau United two CB are better than what we paraded at CHAN,there is one Omoleye who was far better than Okpotu in all ramifications..

I don't have the opportunity of watching the league but with what I saw during six invitational tournament, Salisu is not doing enough to be candid.

TheSuperNerd:
I disagree. No average keeper will save that headed chance from Dario Benedetto. No average keeper will keep calm after being thrown in that manner on his debut in the second half with your team 2-0 down. No average keeper will keep that clean sheet. So I definitely disagree.

It was not a spectacular showing but very decent from a 19-year-old. No average goalie will keep calm at the back and organise his defence to give his team a fighting chance of coming back from 2-0 down without conceeding another... That is the Truth.


In all, like I already said... Let the upcoming friendlies decide. They are the final Pre-WC exams to determine the three.

I don hear you o cos have watched the match over and over again and if any of those chances score any keeper then that keeper is damn poor.

Kudos to him for being calmed all through the 45 minutes against Argentina especially on his debut which Akpeyi cannot do.

TheSuperNerd:
About two I believe... Which he claimed with ease. I recall two well.

And wait ooo... Alampasu did play against Togo shaa ooo.. But iit was not for long. Not even up to 45 mins. But I speak of watching him a few times in Portugal long before recent times (during the time of the WC qualifiers final round grouo stage which began in 2016) and I reckon he was pretty good especially aerially. He is also very good at shot-stopping. But like all young goalies he got some weaknesses he is still working on.


See ehn... In the end... Na these upcoming friendlies go decide the final three.

Finito na friendlies be d koko

Icon4s:
Egbon no fear, say it as it is.

Fear ke,honestly i rate him highly and Alampasu just cos of their height.I love tall keepers but Uzoho cannot survive this set of defenders we paraded at CHAN,that's my point.

Icon4s:
Egbon, you too don dey reason am abi?

Dey wan take omode keeper go face "MEN" for world Cup.

Ha! My hand no dey o.

Honestly bros i tire for this goalkeeper issue o

TheSuperNerd:
I don't deal with "What ifs" in such goalkeeping scenario. Uzoho came up against an attack having Di Maria, Dybala, Benedetto, and more...it was still Balogun and Ekong when Akpeyi conceded. Only the wingbacks were changed.

I also don't think Ezenwa or Ajiboye would have kept a clean sheet in that second half against Argentina... How about that huh? If we go by "what ifs"....

Let us be honest... Morocco was always gonna be the one game to assess this CHAN team and what an assessment it turned out to be.

I rate Uzoho highly but nothing spectacular from Argentina in the second half,pls go and watch the match again, he had normal game that average keeper would have,pls am not taking anything from him but that's the fact.

TheSuperNerd:
For the Argentina game I speak on Uzoho's aerial prowess in response to Forgiveness naa.... That 45 mins was against Argentina and not Sudan or Angola. Let that be emphasized too.

I wanna see him start in three of our friendlies to see more of what he offers in the GWG. That we cannot avoid coz he looks like the Chosen one even though it is damn early to say.

I can bet it with you that Uzoho or any other keepers would concedes the same number of goals we conceded today,pls check it out 26 shots at a keeper in 90 minutes match for God sake.

Kudos should be given to Ezenwa and Ajiboye against Angola and Sudan cos the defence was just too porous compare to what we paraded against Argentina.I don't think Uzoho can survive this kind of defence.

Icon4s:
The AFCON is not of the same standard as the WC. I would far less be worried if any of Ezenwa, Uzoho or Ajiboye mounts goal at the AFCON.

Do not worry, Enyeama conceded 5 goals in the last WC and believe me the trio will not concede more than that,so no wahala bros,let's have hope in these boys.

elyte89:
Boss what re u sending?abeg no forget ur boi na,make send my account number

funny man,no be only your account number inclusive international passport make dem stamp America visa for you make you leave Okota alone

[quote author=TheSuperNerd
And Akpoguma on same level with Awaziem? Naaah... I disagree. Awaziem is Much better abeg. Haba[/quote]My candid opinion,i rate both at par.

TheSuperNerd:
That is why I mentioned watching him live.... I used "or/and"...

I still rate Balogun and Ekong above Uduokhai but the latter is definitely quality.

And uhmmmm, Torunarigha got his chance again just yesterday. He has always been on the bench no thanks to Plattenhardt at LB but the coach gave him a shot at CB (probably due to one of the CBs being unavailable) and wow.... Interesting to see that he finished as MOTM/Best player.

And Akpoguma on same level with Awaziem? Naaah... I disagree. Awaziem is Much better abeg. Haba

Deportivo La Coruna sack coach again

TheSuperNerd:
Nooooooooo.... We don tire for stats talk all the time... Even with stats una go still argue. A couple of monikers here have done some justice to telling us about Uduokhai and hia game time in the Bundesliga and his performances... Now I ask you to do the honorable thing. "WATCH HIM FOR YOURSELF"

GO to YouTube or/and pick out a time and watch him in live action on a weekend and do so with an open mind if truly you seek the undiluted truth on Uduokhai or even Torunarigha.

You Tube cannot do justice but watching him live would be better,have watched him very well this season,the guy is good but a fit Balogun is better.

Torunarigha is always on the bench so i wasn't able to access him much,also Akpoguma who i will rate on the same level with Awaziem

MetalJigsaw:
With no grudges, I'd well appreciate Some genuine factual and statistical exploits of this lad that has got you guys so elated, even rate ahead of Balogun.

Well the boy is good but i still rate Balogun and Ekong ahead of him.

Mujtahida:
Please confirm receipt of the book.

Thanks Mujtahida

soetanoreoluwa:
..have You work in a car park in Ibadan before?

kai soetan you too dey live around car park ni to ask such a question.

TheSuperNerd:
‘Peter Eneji off to Villarreal after 2018 CHAN’



SCORENigeria understands that winger Peter Eneji is off to Spanish La Liga side Villarreal immediately after the CHAN in Morocco.
Eneji has yet to play in Morocco no thanks to a niggling ankle injury.

However, Villarreal have been tracking the Plateau United star right from the sub-regional WAFU Cup in Ghana in September.
“He was to have gone over to Villarreal, but for the CHAN,” a source informed SCORENigeria
“He will now go over there after the competition to possibly agree a move in the summer.”

The 19-year-old Eneji made his NPFL debut last season and crowned it with Plateau United clinching a first-ever championship.

He could now miss Plateau United’s CAF Champions League debut later this month.

Source: http://googleweblight.com/i?u=http://scorenigeria.com.ng/2018/02/04/peter-eneji-off-to-villarreal-after-2018-chan/&hl=en-NG&tg=202&tk=6377914094832416054


Russia 2018 WC Countdown: 130 days to go

and NPFL is a trash to some people,always believing nothing good can come out from the league.I wish the young man well.