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junnyjake:
We've had players like Maroof Youseff, Aaron Moses, C Nwakali, Osimhen, Success in camp so why would anyone be worried about Sokari's invitation.

We need to be worried coz WC is near and there is need to bring in good players not average ones,hope Sokari would not be another Nwakili or Aaron.

PROVERBZ:
please can u give me a link to this clips I have been searching for eternity now

Always getting the clips through a bro working with NTA.

Icon4s:
Oya team Sokari food don done.

Next thing now is "let us quickly cap him before Tunisia takes him".

On Sokari i don't want to talk much cos of my experience with Nwakili invitation.

It was here some just came from nowhere to justify Nwakili invitation but just too glaring it was not a merited one now Sokari which nobody as ever mentioned here as a prospect to replace Mikel is now the ultimate solution.

Let's wait and see how things unfold cos i don't think our solution is in Tunisia league if we are really serious,meaning player like Junior Ajayi should be considered too for CF.

I thought Joel Obi, Raheem Lawal,Ajagun,Azeez and Alhassan Mazzam are available or do we want to say Sokari has a better performance than these players this season.

zicky:
abeg make ena leave the guy, he was playing for psg so he was worth the hype, my biggest annoying flop of that wc was opabunmi, youngest player my foot. the guy discover late that football was not his calling

Femi Opabunmi had a good game against England based on his age so he wasn't a flop.

On football was not his calling just pray that in our chosen careers we should not encounter challenges that would hampered our potential and progress.

Humility017:
you wrote true...but we shouldn't just settle fr ezenwa...let's try others and see how good they're during this CHAN and friendlies...for uzoho....

ezenwa had such a wonderful experience obviously because of the standing defense we had in both matches....

he has never really been tested....

Hope they would allowed the best to be in goal.I watched recent clips of six invitational tournament and i can tell you Ajiboye would be my number one for CHAN but Afelokhai no go area for me cos his performance against MFM was worrisome, this must have prompted Ayeleso Suraj invitation.

Icon4s:
If Rohr who is in charge is telling us he is still hopeful of getting Enyeama who are we to rule him out?

I'm not ruling him out but for now is not available so i will not put him into consideration,so better to plan ahead of him cos he said he has retired then no need to bank on him until he comes out of retirement.

Icon4s:
The 2010 Team was a lot more balanced than that 2002 Team.

The 2002 team had quality players like Okocha, Kanu Taribo and Aghahowa among others but the balance in the team was upset by throwing in untested players like Sodje, Ogbeche, Christopher and Opabunmi. Mutiu that he said was his joker was not even featured in any game.

The 2010 team never had players in the mould of Okocha and Kanu but it was basically a team that was carried over from the 2005 U20 to 2008 U23, 2007 U20 and 2006, 2008 & 2010 AFCON teams.
The 2010 team had a better performance than the 2002 IMO. But for that Kaita kick we were on track to roast Greece in that game.
Though both only had 1 point the 2010 team were more exciting and scored more goals.

My man the calibre of players we took look to 2010 WC are better than 2002,hope you remember Kanu was part of 2010 WC.

I based my performance on players and i think 2010 had proper foundation compared to 2002 team so i still see 2010 team has the greatest flop of all Nigeria team to WC,my opinion.

tbaba1234:
Hopefully, Enyeama starts playing and gets back to form...

Pls let's think out of Enyeama for now and concentrate on those who are ready to don Eagles jersey for now,Ezenwa, Akpeyi, Uzoho, Alampasu, Ajiboye, Maduka,Ayeleso,Afelokhai

Icon4s:
Onigbinde dropped a tested and trusted Yakubu Ayegbeni for a Batholomew Ogbeche whose only highlight was a bicycle kick that hit the up right. Simply because the former was playing in Israel while the later was in PSG. Not as if the PSG of then was even a major force in Europe.

As at 2002 most fans want Ogbeche at WC so dropping Aiyegbeni was not an issue,remember Agali was the main man but refused Onigbinde invitation due to his solidarity with Sunday Olishe & co that were banished from the team.The same Yakubu Aiyegbeni had the worst outing for Nigeria ever in the WC at 2010.

Icon4s:
My brother, to win every game in the World Cup is an Herculean task.

It is no child's play. It is for the men and not for boys.
We learnt this bitterly from the 2002 WC when Onigbingbe packed boys to the world cup. They got overwhelmed by the intensity of the competition. Players like Ogbeche, Sodje and Opabunmi were only tested in friendlies. They never really played any competitive game before we faced Argentina. Ike Shoromun was our saviour that day. Our goal keepers are always our saviors in world cups since 2002. This is also a pointer to team Uzoho.

I trust players more that have been tested in competitive matches reason why I rate Ezenwa higher than Uzoho. A goalie that didn't concede from open play against Cameroon home and away and against Zambia at home. You cannot push away that kind of performance. It is only if Enyeama shows up.

Pls did we learn anything from 2002 WC coz we repeated the same performance in 2010 WC despite having tested players.

forgiveness:
And who told you I never watched the boring match?

Mikel Obi and Vicmo were the biggest fluke in that tournament but today they are the best.

However, it's allover the net that Mikel Obi was the MOTM but I asked because I wanted your attention for my first question.

I ask again, what position did Ramon Azeez played? Let us see whose knowledge is based on sport writing. Thanks

Not even net Mikel was officially MOTM against Iran.

Humility017:
the bolded shows you never watched the match.......please more of your knowledge is based on sports writing......
that guy was a fluke in that world cup.....

Mikel was MOTM against Iran and Osaze against Bosnia,we had two MOTM in the last WC.

princepet:
This is not a regular GSM phone

This is vertu phone

I guess too it look much like vertu signature which cost millions though look simple but damn expensive.

tbaba1234:
I struggle to remember the games, he played as well as he was not in Italia 90 or senegal 92.

It don tey bros to remember

Icon4s:
I did not see that name play for Super Eagles o.

Ngbo enamakos and Kog45 you saw him play for the Super Eagle?

I don't base my own on Wikipedia. Na wetin I see I dey talk o

I only know him as shooting star player but possible to have one or two caps for Eagles cos we have players like that,for instance a friend had a comeo appearance against Jamaica in London till today he always see himself as ex international.

AIG07:
We all seem not to know the stage we're in. The world cup is 6months away. We are no longer in the building stage-the core members of the team going to the World Cup are already known.

I only see 4-5 slots still up for grab. Either by already called up ones or those not yet invited. I can assure us all that all the names flying around won't get an invitation talkless of assessing them.

The team is on it's way in attaining stability. Too much tweaking in the name of bringing in inform, above average, foreign born, cap-tieing etc players will only crumble the whole thing...

It's time for 'finishing job', finding tune to the already written songs and not building. Let every player who wish to play for us wait patiently till after the world cup.

Here is my breakdown for the 4-5 slots.
1 @ GK department-we're still in search of a reliable safe pairs of hands.

1 @ Defence(CB) - as Back up for Ekong, Balogun, Awaziem

1 @ Midfield- A Mikel-like Player(not necessary a player in Mikel's mold but a player that can easily do Mikel's job in his absence).

1 or 2 Forwards @ Attack - 1 CF(a must find) and a Winger. A winger cos presently Moses Simon and A. Musa are loosing their grips.

How I wish we can always put in mind the above criterias when making a case for a player to be invited.

Agreed, don't you think Uzoho can do it in the absence of Enyeama and in the defence why not Omeruo cos i don't see all these FB saying yes to us,the midfield let see Sokari first or Joel Obi and the attacks why not Oyekwuru but is Moses Simeon losing it.The CF i don't see any one apart from Kayode,Nwakaeme who are already part of the team or we go for old horse Obafemi and Ogbeche or what do you think

MetalJigsaw:
You're 100% spot on. I don't know why we have so many gullible fans here... mentioning average players here and there. Thwybshould all wait till after the WC

My Oga,pls respect guys here,Haba gullible fans?

Humility017:
let me tell you the truth...the father has a more greater influence on him....

same way chuka convinced his son by telling him the pro and cons....ojokolo could done likewise.....

he was in a better position to convince that boy.....I tell you most young players respect their Dad alot...take for instance the case of ebuehi, Aina and Iwobi......

as long as they've got a responsible father...they always seek their opinion on the scheme of things....

probably ojokolo said that...reason to save his job wit hertha Berlin...

Oga Humility God bless you,i don't know why we always give excuses for some and sometimes we try to nail some,Mr Iwobi and Mr Aina tried all their best by guiding their wards that they must play for Nigeria but Ojokojo ex shooting star and Irofa ex Bcc Lion of Gboko thought otherwise and we are trying to protect them.

It was here when forgiveness mentioned Adarabioyo but some said NO citing his senior brother refusal to accept Siasia invitation during Olympics and Torunarigha whose Father openly said my child will not play for Nigeria should be considered though everything depends on Rohr.

Till today Kenneth Otigba,Dessers,Deji are ready anytime any day to play for Nigeria now look at Okoye Maduka very easy for us cos is willing,his parents too can say don't play for Nigeria but we are busy pursuing guys who are not ready to play for us and one way or the other they have said it.

Rohr should wide his scope of searching and it's even wrong for Amaju to do that on his behalf in any capacity,it's the responsibility of Rohr,may be Tammy would have say yes if it was Rohr not Amaju.

forgiveness:
I was expecting to get reactions from the @bolded but I was not disappointed there was no reactions.

However, when I mentioned Tosin Adarabioyo, Dominic Solanke, Lookman Ademola, Kehinde etc we saw negative reactions. Maka why?

What is the difference btw these German boys to the Queen's boys?

Did they not all openely rejected us?

Why is Rohr not critized here for trying to beg these boys?

Hahahahahahahahahahaha! Some people's heart can't be hidden here.

As for me, I am open to all foreign breed good enough for the SE and these include both the Queen's boys and German boys. Period

Oh oga forgiveness,i was the first person to react and safargirl too may be you should read back.

safarigirl:
thank you o.

Defenders everywhere, but it is with the midfield and strikers that we should be slotting people.

We don't need to test more than two new defenders before the WC....if we invite more defenders, which slot will we have to invite forwards?

Even if we need defender only Uduokhai Kevin fit the bill and is not even ready so why not harness what you have and move on though possible to see a good one before WC just like Chidi Nwanu gatecrashed into US 94 squad.

Icon4s:
That name Ojokojo doesn't ring a bell.

Which period him play for Sooting?
I was not a sooting fan. So I only know their big/popular players.

In late 80s and early 90s,not really a fantastic player but thorough local breed player.

junnyjake:
Sir, I don't really see Rorh a simpleton.

Only a simpleton would waste his 4 slots on defensive players.

Honestly i always respect your maturity when it comes to analysis and comments.

Some see it as a sin to criticise Rohr but you know what i have seen different managers managing Eagles from time immemorial and we do criticised them objectively but some see Rohr situation as no go area which i will never accepts.

On the German trio,i believe a comment brought up the discussion but i don't want to talk on it again.If Kevin Uduokhai, Akpoguma and Torunarigha are the ones to make it good for us no issue,all we want is the best.

Truidstar:
Argentina this Argentina that. Argentinian football is in decline. This is their last chance saloon to win the world cup with this generation of players. This generation won the U20 world cup in 2005 (beat Nigeria in the final), this same generation won the Olympics football tournament in 2008 (beat Nigeria again). Since 2008, Argentina in terms of youth football has nothing to write home about. They have flopped in the U17 and U 20 categories even in some cases barely making it out of the south American qualifiers.
Before our friendly match I predicted we would beat them. The world cup next year will be an eye opener for Argentina. I personally don't see them coming out of that group. Our last match with Argentina will be irrelevant as we would have qualified and they would be out.

My man let settled it before Argentina match,am not saying we cannot beat Argentina but better for us to beat Croatia and Iceland or have four points which i believe would be enough to make it safer.

ChrisKels:
Chriskels never said 352 will be the main formation, rather he said the formation was seriously being considered by Rohr. Whether it will be the main or auxiliary formation, I don't know and I never specified it but I can beat my chest and say 352 will be one of Rohr's formations in Russia.

I guess av made myself clear?

My man no wahala, pls let's move on

edi287:
The way some people are underestimating Argentina is making me laugh. Na today una start dey watch ball?? This our friendly win is clouding a lot of people's judgement. There's a 90 percent chance that they beat us next year...Infact if the players go with the mindset on here, they'd get thrashed seriously.
Never write Argentina off.

It's simple Argentina is a power house in football anytime any day and no team would under rate them,whether we like it or not they are favorite to top our group but anything can happen in football.

My major concern is Croatia match,very important for us cos it w definitely determine our fate at WC.

US 94 we beat Bulgaria in our first match,France 98 we defeated Spain in our first match we moved to the next round,at 2014 WC we drew Iran still make it to next round meaning our first match is the key not even Argentina match.

ChrisKels:
I'm sorry mister, it seems u have problems with the moniker Chriskels. Why do u always come hard on me? Why do you so much love misconstruing my posts just to counter? Do u struggle with comprehension abi wetin? Dude it seems you are too emotional.

I said March friendly and you are busy misquoting me. Did you read anything suggesting that the lineup I dropped is against Croatia? Did I not write Poland (which is even a guess) there?

Mind you, no serious contender at the world cup goes with just a pattern (formation). Formations are subject to oppositions. Whether Rohr is gonna make 352 his primary formation is another story.

Oh am indeed sorry if you think am being hard on you. Oh have something against your moniker,haba truly a faceless forum but 'i don pass' that level.Sorry once again.

Mujtahida:
Hahahaha hahahaha hahahaha oga Kog45. Life is funny oo. I remember well when some monikers here were lambasting Rohr for being 'tactically timid'. Now he wants to be bold and try something new and Kog45 has doubts (justifiably so Sir). My point is that one cannot satisfy people.

I appreciate ChrisKels for bringing us this juicy snippet of information but Kog45 remember the interview Rohr granted to 365 magazine which was posted here for our reading. Remember he said that the nature of the opposition would determine the tactics we use and that he needs about four more players. While I understand your reservations I want to ask would you rather we stick to our tested tactical formations for all the teams we would play against than adopt tactics based on the opposition we meet?

I too I'm concerned about having our backline filled by inexperienced defenders although I see them as good backups. Let us not forget the SA loss and the lesson it taught us. Secondly I hope that if we secure this guys their commitment to the Gwg will stretch beyond the WC. We want Super Eagles players not WC players.

Mujtahida thanks but you know what there is need for us to be cautious in our approach,definitely a team must have different tactics but my major concern with Chriskel insider comment was when he said it seems 3-5-2 w be the main tactics and was the reason for German trio,truly Rohr said he need four more players,with the trio who are defenders then remain one.

If Rohr is saying Balogun Leon Troost Ekong,Chidozie Awaziem,Omeruo,Idowu,Abdullahi, Aina,Ebuhei and Echiejele are not enough for any formation then i fear cos i don't see the inclusion of German trio at a go as something good for the team.

I have come to realize a lot don't want any criticism towards Rohr,everything from his side is damn good, people should realised this is not our first time of going to WC,so there is need for serious evaluation of the team without sentiments cos anything short of quarter final is a failure.

safarigirl:
but we wan carry am go world cup to help his career as good people wey we be. E be like say NFF na charity organisation

Torunigha Jordan had 12 appearance last season mostly from bench and this season is even worst and guys are clamouring for his invitation then why not Stanley Amuzie if we need natural left back

Dominic Irofa jnr always on the bench at Ipswich in the same championship Aina is playing week in week out and a lot expect him to walk straight into the team.

Kevin Akpoguma came into the team due to injury to a player,not that spectacular but normal defender that i will never rate above Awaziem or Omeruo but if he pledges his allegiance meaning straight to WC.

Kevin Uduokhai honestly i rate this guy cos he is a decent defender but i doubt his readiness better for Rohr to concentrate on what is on ground and bring the best out of them before WC.

soetanoreoluwa:
One of the things that will make his slot probably sure is cos of his experience in super eagles...

The only tested but not too trusted we have recently....

Pls forget Echiejele experience,let him come back to form coz we did not missed him in 2014 WC,so he should brace up for challenges ahead,his mate Mikel,Moses are making the team not solely on experience.

OMANBALA1:
If Ojokanjo(too ugly) who once played for Nigeria tells his son to run for his life what else needs to be said.

I wonder o,this was a real rooted guy playing for shooting star then,if am right(icon4s, goldfish80, enomakos) one of the defected shooting players during training tour in Europe,so what do you expect.

Honestly Ojokojo and Irofa senior falls my hand cos of them am always praising Iwobi and Aina Dads for great encouragement giving to their wards to represent Nigeria.

If am Rohr i will be sentimental and takes Iwobi and Aina to WC to spite them cos Nigeria did a lot for them especially Dominic Irofa.

junnyjake:
To me, I'm satisfied with Idowu at LB. Not many are. Jordan Torunarigha is a left footed natural LB plays at CB at times and if Echiejile isn't going to the WB I'd take him.

We need another holding AM in place of Mikel. Joel Obi/ Aluko would do. But they are not really Rorh's spec, he likes his midfielders defence-minded.

I don't really like the Onazi-Ndidi combo, one has to drop for another, they are both high-octane performers as Mujtahida once suggested. So someone who is a bit more calm, covers those loopholes would be great, Ogu is there. Sokari and Sanusi can be added.

We need another CF that can also play at the flanks as well.

At CB, Rorh might drop both Omuero and Agbo. Omuero can only make a case for himself when he performs better. Agbo to me is a DMF, I'd never be comfortable seeing him play at CB.

Pls can you give me Torunarigha stats this season

safarigirl:
I don't know how we can be eliminating players on ground for untested ones.

Let this March do and come so that we can start working with pure arguments

Thank you my sister