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Mujtahida:
Joebie, kog45, read the interview. There's no mention of the young man refusing to play for Nigeria

Joebie:
FLASH BACK: FOREIGN-BRED SPEAK

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Exclusive Interview – New Wolfsburg Signing Uduokhai Picks Germany Ahead Of Nigeria
July 1, 20170573

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Highly rated 1860 Munich 19 year old German-Nigerian defender Ohis Felix Uduokhai says his dream is to play for the senior national team of Germany.

Rumoured to as one of the players coach of the Nigeria senior national team Gernot Rohr is eyeing for a call up to the Nigeria team in the future, Uduokhai has revealed his intentions to progress through the youth ranks with Germany.

Already he has represented Germany at U19 and 20 levels and according to the centre back, he is focused on playing for the senior team in the future.

He made this known during an interview with Deutscher fussball-Bund picked up by Owngoalnigeria.com online editor.

DFB.de: The sporting success of the main character seems to be something that you and your team share. How are you feeling about how you have started the new year?

Uduokhai: We are of course very pleased to have started off with a win against Fürth. You never know how quickly you will get going after a time away and the result was positive for us.

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DFB.de: New head coach Victor Pereira has installed a three-man defensive system. How are you adapting to the new setup?

Uduokhai: Even though we occasionally played with three or five at the back before the winter break, a new coach obviously brings new ideas. The first game of that is never easy and we worked very hard for it, and hopefully we will improve the smaller details as we continue.

DFB.de: So far you have played for both the U19 and U20 national teams. Do you see yourself featuring for the senior team?

Uduokhai: I am delighted with every call-up to the youth sides. It is a real honour for me. Every kid dreams of one day playing for the national team and it is an ambition I share.

DFB.de: Why do you wear the shirt number 17?

Uduokhair: I was looking for a number and it was free! Jerome Boateng wearing 17 had no bearing on my picking it. Despite that, I of course want to follow in the footsteps of the best defenders in the world and Boateng is excellent at opening up the play from deep, as is Ramos and before them Puyol. With them I see how much I can still learn.

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DFB.de: Now, onto the DFB Cup. This competition must have quite the special significance for you?

Uduokhair: The game against Würzburg Kickers was my first in the starting eleven, which brought a lot of emotions together. The anticipation before the game, the game itself, the shootout, scoring my own kick and the team winning – I have nothing but positive memories of the DFB Cup.

First published on the 6th of February 2017.

Source: OwnGoalNigeria

tbaba1234:
I'd like to see Dessers in the team. I think, he offers a lot as a striker. Good build, fast and decent with both feet. He has not really been tested with better opposition though.

Let everyone compete for a place.

tbaba1234:
Oga, are you reading my posts at all or you just like to argue?

What was Awoniyi's performance like last year in Eredivise?

The question is who is ahead not who is older.. I think it is clear

Xzbit91:
We keep attacking Onazi unnecessarily here. The whole team was jittery earlier in the match not just Onazi, even Balogun was exposed for his lack of pace on 2 occasions.

If you watch the Cameroon match in uyo again you will notice, we also did not start well but settled down as the game progressed. We ended up defeating them comfortably.

So forget, our improved performance in the second half was not down to anything special from Agu.

safarigirl:
Nwakaeme was in this 23-man list against Zambia.

chrisooblog:
you make it sound as if he was troubled throughout the game. After his initial errors he adjusted and the defense settled. Leon is by no means perfect I'm sure he will be the first to admit that their are aspects of his game he can improve on but the facts of the matter is that he's still our best defender for now

NwaChibuzor3:
This guy is a disgrace to Nigerian politics and we the people of biafra are irritated by this. When Biafra is liberated, Nigeria can enjoy the thugs they portray as leaders (fayose, dino etc) and their living corpse presido, Buhari. Even though we form the minority is this god forsaken country called Nigeria, We the great people of Biafra have always been the backbone of Nigerian politics since independence and have brought decorum to it thanks to people like Nnamdi Azikiwe, Uzor Kalu, pat utomi, okonjo iweala, chris ngige, uche chukwumerije, olu, martin elechi, theo orji, chukwuma kaduna, chike obi, ironsi and so many more i can't list because my fingers are getting sore.
I've not even mention our contribution to military, economy and agriculture yet.

Mujtahida:
Shebi you lambasted him after the Zambian match. Did a rewatching of the match change your view?

Icon4s:
Dude is 29 and would be 30 during the WC. He should depend more on positional ability more than speed now.

Mujtahida:
Ekong is improving gradually. I read that he had to accept pay cut at his new club just so he can have regular playing time. I pray he keeps improving so that by the World Cup he'd be ripe.

Mujtahida:
Iwobi has his place right in the middle of the park-though Moses Simon can easily be pocketed. Mikel is always in the midfield. The headache is who plays between Onazi and Ndidi cos if Iwobi retains his touches by the World Cup he would make us flourish in the midfield with Mikel player deeper.

Icon4s:
In modern day football, Full backs over-lap a lot. So it is common sight seeing CBs covering for one LB or RB that overlapped out of position and could not recover quickly enough.

I think it is age related. Balogun is ageing.

Icon4s:
Oga, the WC is still 9months away, the European season is still young.

My point is we must recognise the fact that our attacking department is lagging.

If you say the attack does not need improvements no wahala. But I am sure Rohr has recognized this fact. How strikers will be invited for assessment from here onwards is left to Rohr and his crew to decide.

Icon4s:
Is the World Cup this month?

Icon4s:
Good question.

But let me respond to the other parts of your comments first.

Those names you mentioned: Richard Owobokiri, Mike Obiku and Chris Ohenhen were no where near the qualities of Yekini, Amokachi and Siasia as at that 1993-94 period.

Efan Ekoku. That flop. With all the rantings then about how he was better than Yekini. Only for him to miss a simple tap in against Zaire at the Q/Final of the 1994 AFCON.

Can you compare the present qualities of Ighalo, Nwakaeme and Iheanacho even add Kayode to those of Yekini, Amokachi and Siasia of 94?

The era of Martins, Yakubu, Osaze, Utaka, Ike Uche was even better than this current strike force.
This is a challenge and we have to recognize and address it.

That is my point.

We are Nigeria. We are known for producing quality strikers. We have standards.

Now, to which striker is better than Ighalo and Iheanacho (even though i know the view from where you are coming from but let me answer straight) I am not saying outrightly that Tammy is better but he has a potential of doing better than Ighalo come June next year. This is a boy that has distinguished himself as a youth player for both club and country( England).
Sent on loan to Swansea by his parent club didn't waste time in ceasing a starting place, something even Iheanacho could not do.

Tammy's career is on the rise and if he continues playing for Swansea week in week out would have grown into a more matured goals poacher by next summer.

I hope Iheanacho's fortune improves at Leicester, but Ighalo I am not sure we'll see any improvements in his game from now to June next year.

Icon4s:
Sure I know.

The think is I am not comfortable with Ighalo being our top striker in the WC.

He is not clinical enough.

And also Iheanacho is not getting the desired game time at Leicester.

We need a striker that is very active in a competitive league.

Joebie:
hahaha I remember those situations very well. If you followed my ratings and post match analysis you will notice I mentioned those. That so called half chance, the angle was also limited when the defender challenged. I won't call that a half chance really, and his choices were limited.
Many strikers would have either ballooned the ball like he did ,or the defender would have blocked. Special players though would have converted. Even if you want to call it a half chance, how could you really fault him. The one he scored against Cameroon, was that a clear chance?

The second, he would have had a decent chance to strike with his left foot, than delay.. Most of our players were under pressure to win. Even Rohr said this. Ighalo had a decent match all round.

Joebie:
Rohr NEVER said that. What's your source?

Mujtahida:
I scoured various news outlets online after the match. I didn't read where Rohr said Agu had a very disappointment match.

Icon4s:
Firstly I did not say Tammy is in blistering form. I said we need a striker that will be in blistering form going into the World cup.

Now comparing goals ratio of 3 in 9 and 1 and 3, mathematically they are the same. But football is no mathematics.

You know how difficult the EPL is and worst still playing for a lowly club like Swansea who typically against top oppositions play to avoid defeat rather than winning and hence not creating much scoring chances.

In the last 3 WC qualifiers we played 3 games: 2 home and 1 away. Scoring 6 goals. Yekini that I knew would have scored 3-4 of those goals. The Yakubu that I knew would have scored 2-3.

Look at those silly misses Ighalo had against Zambia.

Nigeria has a rich history of producing top strikers, Ighalo is far short of the standards we have always had .

Put Ighalo into this pool and be the judge: Yekini, Martins, Yakubu, Osaze, Utaka, Ike Uche.

Ighalo seems to have resumed on his goals drought. I hope he proves me wrong.

cc: Kog45

Joebie:
relaunch wetin? him and he papa never collect form? We have done enough as regards Tammy.

TheGoodJoe:
Agu was good in the second half. Ighalo was poor in the match. Finito.

Icon4s:
I am also not pleased with Ighalo's performance in that game.

1 goal in 3 matches is not acceptable for a top striker IMHO.

If we want to go really far in that world cup we need a very prolific number 9.

Tammy Abraham is in blistering form. Pinick needs to relaunch a bid for him.

TheGoodJoe:
We have been down this path before. If Nacho did what Ighalo performed against Zambia, he would have been roasted on this thread. Many would have been calling for a replacement.

Let us call a spade a spade. Ighalo was awful in that match. Let us hope he does not perform that way again.

tbaba1234:
Ighalo was a bit slow there, there was space to run towards the near post instead of the back post.

Anyway, it is easy to analyze when the game is over.

do4luv14:
nope still I refuse to Gerrit, if a player was not dia, then a cross was not to be made,

I don't want dis to go on, so I drop ma case

adegwurulez:
Tired? That was in the first 30minutes, no?
I cannot in good faith fault Ighalo for that miss.

Icon79:
Bro., take it from me, after all this public humiliation by Tammy Abraham, if Mr Pinnick ever go back to beg him again ..... I will singlehandedly run him out of the office in Abuja.

And I ain't kidding you either!


O pari

Joebie:
gbam!!! we need more of you. not people that will be saying they know our players younger siblings etc haha

AIG07:
Question time:
Has there ever been a time we had such unity we have today in the super eagles?

Over to the elders
Sirs Icon4s, Kog45, Enomakos etc