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Mujtahida:
I never heard that name Sofoluwe.

BascoVanVeli:
Chai!!! Onazi u have suffered.

junnyjake:
When it comes to Onazi this time, we need not cry sentiments.

Is Ndidi more likely to score from range than Onazi? Yes, absolutely.

Agree with him on that and forget about his past stand on Onazi hereby prolonging the argument.

Onazi was poor against SA, fact! And in fact I blame him for the 2nd goal. He's had some great games for SE, and he's still valuable to the team. Finish.

Humility017:
whenever he berates any SE player.....look closely it could only be onazi....
I have begin to think.....he has something personal wit the guy...maybe he once took his girlfriend.

Humility017:
when I say....oga michel hate onazi mikel and nacho....
peeps here think I am too harsh wit my words...
I am a very blunt person..

Humility017:
when I say....oga michel hate onazi mikel and nacho....
peeps here think I am too harsh wit my words...
I am a very blunt person..

elyte89:
I dont knw those calling for onazi to b benched,some peeps no sabi ball,dts d only hard working midfielder we av at d moment in super eagles ndidi has yet to give us an A performance compared to what he does in Leicester city except for d first leg against Cameroon cos d 2nd leg he wasn't optimal as he was at d 1st leg


Onazi could av dropped in form no doubt, but still.d best we av at d moment in dt middle

Daejoyoung:
Wow, unfortunately l don't have those stats. The Onazi stat was exclusively from the nff.

neighy:
maybe you dont get his point... He is trying to say ndidi shoots better than onazi (taking SPG) into consideration..
Just like saying lampard has more goals from shot than gerrard that is not underrating gerard ... But lampard is more likely to score

Daejoyoung:
Onazi vs Cameroon(over 2 legs).

16 interceptions
12 balls recovered
1 assist

Mickael2:
this is why I said the coach may be training him for long shots and not one-on-one shots, that was what I said.


Meanwhile Onazi once upon a time had a good shot, now his shots are almost always wayward maybe he stopped training but his shots now are way below Ndidi's shots

Mickael2:
I mean generally, if you play a corner kick and it is headed out and you have a nigerian players approaching the ball to strike the ball, would you rather have Ndidi take such a shot or Onazi? Match or training doesn't change much

Humility017:
to be honest wit you....I sincerely believe one area where merit have never played om national team call ups for a long while now...is the area of goalie invitation...and I will blame the indigenous coaches for this...
I still remember how keshi tried to pass agbim down our throat even when it become glaring to the world that the guy was a basket...

he kept akpeyi in the dark...never let us know what he has to offer...

Mickael2:
Or because he can hit the ball better than most of the guys we have. I mean will you choose Onazi to test the gk? You will have to be picking the balls from outside the stadium. The only other option would have been Iheanacho but he hasn't been playing and he isn't in peak condition so the need to train a lot more before the game

Mickael2:
we have the advantage of training for up to four days, do not be suprised if today the gk trainer decides to train personally with Akpeyi. Your policy will come to play when we see the gk that the gk trainer is training personally with on the last day of training, not now

Mickael2:
Onazi was just a random example, and yes his shot-conversion ratio isn't great, this has nothing to do with anything.

Ok would you rather choose Mikel to be testing the gk?

Mickael2:
Or because he can hit the ball better than most of the guys we have. I mean will you choose Onazi to test the gk? You will have to be picking the balls from outside the stadium. The only other option would have been Iheanacho but he hasn't been playing and he isn't in peak condition so the need to train a lot more before the game

Humility017:
you and this onazi issue....eehh
how about his shots against Ethiopia some years ago during the World cup qualifier

Humility017:
something tells me that guy is better than the duo of akpeyi and ezenwa

Joebie:
Super Eagles Camp Update:

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Akpeyi Steals The Show In Eagles First Training Session With Point Blank Saves, Stops Penalty
October 3, 2017013


Daniel Akpeyi was the main attraction during the Super Eagles training session watched by Owngoalnigeria.com Maxwell Pius at the training pitch of the Godswill Akpabio Stadium.

The Eagles had a light session before splitting into two groups of 8 players each for a practice game, which Akpeyi excelled with save after save to frustrate the forwards he was up against.

Akpeyi was difficult to beat throughout the session, and his form is a confirmation of how well he has been performing for his Premier South Africa League side Chippa United‎.

The highlight of his performance was stopping a penalty from Leicester City Star Ahmed Musa, and the manner which he stopped shots during their shooting drills.

Although Ikechukwu Ezenwa didn’t do badly, Akpeyi was by far the most impressive, however he was up against some of the top strikers of the team so that means he was constantly under pressure as they mounted attacks after attack.

A decision on who will start between the duo is expected to be made in the coming days, but for now Akpeyi is in the lead after his performance this evening.

Maxwell Pius

--OwnGoalNigeria

Famocious:
Maybe they saw different games

They both behave like cat and dog most time. They hardly share same opinion or perception..

Joebie:
Super Eagles Camp Update:

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Akpeyi Steals The Show In Eagles First Training Session With Point Blank Saves, Stops Penalty
October 3, 2017013


Daniel Akpeyi was the main attraction during the Super Eagles training session watched by Owngoalnigeria.com Maxwell Pius at the training pitch of the Godswill Akpabio Stadium.

The Eagles had a light session before splitting into two groups of 8 players each for a practice game, which Akpeyi excelled with save after save to frustrate the forwards he was up against.

Akpeyi was difficult to beat throughout the session, and his form is a confirmation of how well he has been performing for his Premier South Africa League side Chippa United‎.

The highlight of his performance was stopping a penalty from Leicester City Star Ahmed Musa, and the manner which he stopped shots during their shooting drills.

Although Ikechukwu Ezenwa didn’t do badly, Akpeyi was by far the most impressive, however he was up against some of the top strikers of the team so that means he was constantly under pressure as they mounted attacks after attack.

A decision on who will start between the duo is expected to be made in the coming days, but for now Akpeyi is in the lead after his performance this evening.

Maxwell Pius

--OwnGoalNigeria

Joebie:
Super Eagles Camp Update:

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Rohr's Selection Headache: Akpeyi Saves Penalty, Ajiboye Shot-Stopper, Ezenwa Past Glory
Published: October 03, 2017

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Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr will not surprise many people when he names his starting line-up on Saturday, with Leon Balogun, Troost-Ekong, Wilfred Ndidi, Obi Mikel, Odion Ighalo and Victor Moses among the untouchable players.

However, allnigeriasoccer.com understands the German tactician is faced with a major selection dilemma over which goalkeeper will be in between the pipes against the Zambians, if the workout on Tuesday evening is anything to go by.

Plateau United goalkeeper Dele Ajiboye gave a good account of himself during today's practice game and is aiming to usurp either Daniel Akpeyi or Ikechukwu Ezenwa, but Rohr has not made up his mind.

Ajiboye saw his ratings go up after showing his ability to deal with shots from point-blank range, and his reflexes were excellent.

Daniel Akpeyi gave away a penalty during the practice game but he redeemed himself when he stopped the spot kick taken by Leicester City's Ahmed Musa.

Though the goalkeeper trainer concentrated mainly on Akpeyi and Ezenwa during most of the goalkeeping drills, Ajiboye stood out the most at the training game.

Nigeria have used three goalkeepers (Ikeme, Akpeyi and Ezenwa) in four matches during the World Cup qualifiers.

Ifeanyi Emmanuel

--AllNigeriaSoccer

Joebie:
SuperEagles Camp Update:

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Super Eagles Practice Game: Line-Ups, Ighalo Nets Hat-Trick, Ekong With Ferocious Shots
Published: October 03, 2017

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Super Eagles Practice Game: Line-Ups, Ighalo Nets Hat-Trick, Ekong With Ferocious Shots
The training pitch of Godswill Akpabio International Stadium was used for the two practice games involving the Super Eagles players on Tuesday evening, with about a quarter of the full length of the pitch utilized.

Training cones were used to narrow the width of the space used for the practice game.

Ikechukwu Ezenwa trained alone with the goalkeeper trainer, Daniel Akpeyi and Dele Ajiboye joined in with the rest of the squad and Wilfred Ndidi assisted the goalkeeper trainer to test the FC Ifeanyi Ubah goalkeeper.

Team A wore blue bibs on green jerseys and it contained Tony Nwakaeme, Leon Balogun, Troost-Ekong, Ahmed Musa, Ifeanyi Ifeanyi, Abdullahi Shehu, Elderson Echiejile, Eddy Onazi and Daniel Akpeyi.

Team B players, who wore green jerseys, comprised of Obi Mikel, John Ogu,Uche Agbo, Mikel Agu, Oghenekaro Etebo, Odion Ighalo, Kelechi Iheanacho, Afeez Aremu and Dele Ajiboye.

Ezenwa later took over goalkeeping duties from Akpeyi and the Chippa United star went to train on his own.

The highlights of the practice game were Ighalo scoring thrice for Team B and Troost-Ekong with three ferocious shots in the space of five minutes which were well saved by goalkeeper Ajiboye.

Ifeanyi Emmanuel

--AllNigeriaSoccer

Joebie:
Balogun is a very important player in the rear. If we had just Balogun of those we missed against SA, we won't have lost that match. That outlines his importance. I posted snapshots here earlier on our player selections for that Egypt double header and the Cameroon friendly. For the Cameroon friendly, we had Balogun pairing with Ambrose at CB. And we went on to beat Cameroon 3-0. Cameroon started with about 60% of the same team we met a month ago. Even Vincent Abubakar started.

For the Egypt double header, Ambrose and Oboabona were our CB pairings. Amuzie benched Echiejile in both encounters. Against SA, it was Ekong and Awaziem at CB. What's common about all the formations we used in the games we performed poorly? Answer: the absence of Balogun. Another observation, Balogun-Ambrose partnership is probably as good as Balogun-Ekong partnership.

At the same time, let's not forget that our defense set-up have come a long way. This is what have been helping us more than the individual abilities of the players -- with the exception of Balogun. We will have to rely on our wingers and DM once again to cover for our deficiencies at the rear. And with Balogun present, we won't have much to worry about.

tbaba1234:
I thought Ekong had a better game than Omeruo on the day.

If we scored first against SA, we would have gone ahead to win that game. We were dominant in the first half without creating much.

The team suffered from a lack of leadership.

tbaba1234:
We beat them in their home without Moses and Balogun.

edi287:
Yep. CB and LB is an issue. Uche Agbo isn't that bad. Dude can be too reckless at times sha

tbaba1234:
Both keepers are average but Ezenwa will grab crossess at least. He is also more confident than Akpeyi.

Danielnino00:
We need a solid defence if either of them starts... But Ezenwa is more calm and more confident in goal than Akpeyi. He is just so unprofessional at times. .
Either way,I'm sure most people will prefer Ezenwa

Danielnino00:
...I can't afford not to miss the game...

Maybe it won't be bad if Akpeyi starts so far our defence stays solid!

Danielnino00:
Celebrate what?
.You don't know how icon79 and I prayed hard for Akpeyi not to start.


honestly if Akpeyi starts against Zambia, I will be having a heart attack throughout the game ...