₦airaland Forum

Setaleonoz:
Meanwhile….Where is Ovie Ejaria?
Una hype this guy wella that time

I like how you qualified your question with the diction,TIME.

As you probably Noticed I haven't talked about these boys for several years. In my opinion they are not doing enough in club and league.

When I say these boys there are several of them Tega Onomah ( no club) Oviemuno ( not sure) for example.

They just got complacent and lacked ambition to drive forward. Not sure if it's too much money too early. For example Tega in his short career has earned near £8miiiom sounds. If he has invested he could be worth a lot more now.

Chuks Aneke way too.imjuru prone couldn't progress or play just 12 consecutive games without getting injured.

mostob:
You get problem sha... The announcement of Lookman's switch was done on which date?

I responded to your comments, let me quote you verbatim;

Ademola Lookman announced his nationality switch from England to Nigeria on the 11th of February 2022, he'll be celebrating his two (2) years

Look at what you have presented read it and ask yourself, if you have a problem ❓

Joezinho:
Do you think aribo should / “merits” to be in the team?

Depend on your perspective, is it on performance for club and league or past performances for the SE.❓

Samueltemi337:
Ademola Lookman announced his nationality switch from England to Nigeria on the 11th of February 2022, he'll be celebrating his two (2) years anniversary as a Nigerian player on the AFCON final day. (11th February 2024)

What a time it is

Your wrong .

Actually Ademola tried to play for the U17 Eaglets him alongside Oviemuno Ejaria. Both were not selected somehow.

It took less than 6 weeks for Zaha to get clearance from FIFA to play for CIV.

Moniter0:
If you plan not to start Iwobi then you should start Iheanacho on the right.

The moment the other side realizes that there will be no one to deliver those sleek passes to the forwards then they will throw everything at the team and if they're lucky, they will overwhelm the defense and get a goal, then bringing Iwobi at such time may be too late.

KC cannot play Wing,he is not fast enough and doesn't have the skill and technicality required.

Joezinho:
At this stage, I have to give a big shout-out to Marjoribanks. He's one of the few here who voiced his relentless and persistent support for the Super Eagles before the Afcon.

I may not like some of his opinions, especially when it comes to Nwakali, but his unceasing attitude didn't go unnoticed.

I hope Musa makes a cameo appearance tomorrow. He should be the one lifting the trophy, like Yobo did in 2013.

You get into the team by MERIT not SENTIMENT.

Koboko99:
I would really love to see Samuel Omorodion in the Super Eagles. That kid is just 19 and he has 9 goals for Alaves on loan from Athletico Madrid. Spain don’t really have strikers so I know it will be very difficult to convince him.

Is he better than Elijah Adebayo , 9 goals in the EPL and counting I expect 2 goals in the next 30 minutes.

So it will be 11 goals and counting.

Mujtahida:
Do we risk playing a midfield trident of Iwobi Onyeka and Alhassan with Iwobi at the tip? Or run the risk of serving them the usual menu cos all na risk at this stage

We dont need two water 💦 carriers and certain not a light weight one that will run out of steam 🚂 so quickly.

You want a midfield with one creatine player in Iwobi, against CIV you need creativity and athletic ability with physicality that completely rules out Alhassan.

Onyeka is all athletic physicality non stop running defenive wall blocks and interceptions but no creativity
and he can't score to save his life.

Midfield has to remain same as against SA

Essentially same team as against SA

Someone is suggesting Omeruo, he is too slow and will get roasted by CIV forwards.

Kog45:
Sir,am not a coach but Sanusi will not make my team,not hating but my personal conviction.As it is nothing stopped him from starting against Ivory Coast cuz Peseiro believe so much in him but as a fan am just expressing my opinion,possibly I maybe wrong.

I agree with you but not emotively but highly objectively.

BankyGee:
Nope it was from Yusuf, but we move. Yusuf good, people at the viewing centre just dey cÜrs€ the guy that day, not knowing that the game changed immediately he entered, make he just dey calm down - baby calm down (in Arabian commentator's voice 😹)

He was supposed to be fresh and fully concentrated on the game at hand .

For me he huffs and he puffs but he can never blow the house 🏡 down.

He runs around lots of energy for a limited period he gases in it quickly. But zero physicality,no outstanding skill and or technicality and not great football ⚽ intelligence.

He came on and he made things worse.

maidaboi:
the free kick was from Lookman foul but I agree Yusuf wanted to prove to komekn that he has muscle too

And failed woefully, very lightweight.

charlesemeka85:
yea I heard too, Aina and Iwobi hv been close friends since they were lil

Played in the same grass roots team as kids.

Koboko99:
Noni scored against Luton and Crystal Palace while Chukwueze scored against Borrusia Dortmund and Newcastle.

Pls stop shifting goalpost!

No goal 🥅 post is shifting you are making comparison to justify your assertion that Chukwueze is Outstanding in AC Milan. Dude has played 14 games no goal in Seria A.

So because he scored against Newcastle and B.Dortmund in Champion's league he is better.

That being the vase we should draft all the players of Nigerian origin playing at then league one , Sheffield Wednesday into the SE because they beat Newcastle united in the FA cup. There were 5 Nigerian origin players that day in the line up.

Mujtahida:
Zaidu, the brainless aboki no good at all. Satisfied?

Don't concede defeat so quickly please.

Please contend with me substantively with an objective appraisal of his attributes.

Probably over three seasons ago 😮 l says I did not rate him. I said then he would not get into Fulham who were in the Championship at that time.

Many of you came with rancour and vitriolic rhetoric to disagree. They said he was better than Antonee Robinson Fulham currentl and long standing LB.

Joebie:
We have our own Kante in Yusuf. He just lacks experience. Make the ball calm down small.

He has been in Europe since 2018 playing football ⚽ after leaving Kano, he is supposedly 23.

What more experience does he need please.

Is the the best and or most outstanding midfield player in Royal Antwerp ❓

He is not even as good as Etebo who I felt in the last world cup was excellent. Not sure what's happening with Etebo and why he is forgotten.⁉️

charlesemeka85:
Victor Moses played for liverpool while odion ighalo played for united

The likes of Aina, Moses, mikel,Babayaro all played for Chelsea

I think the clubs Nigerians are yet to play for are
Madrid, ATM, Bayern, Spurs

Ekong was at Spurs if I remember correctly

charlesemeka85:
Liverpool are interested in Fulham defender Tosin Adarabioyo.

Adarabioyo comes off contract at Fulham this summer and is viewed by Liverpool, says the London Evening Standard, as a replacement for Joel Matip.

Matip will be allowed to come off contract by Liverpool at the end of the season.

However, Fulham are refusing to give up on keeping hold of their defender.

The Cottagers intend to soon restart negotiations with Adarabioyo's camp this month

Why are so many clubs interested in Tosin .

It was here that people said Omeruo is better than him.

Marjoribanks:
If we win Osimhen will win the player of the tournament.

Carried us all the way to the finals!

I agree 👍🏿 he put the other nine outfield players in wheel barrow and carried them through every match.

You have a wonderful analytical mind.

Mujtahida:
Remember how raggedy our midfield used to be with Onazi and Ndidi. You can't play two rugged midfielders. The energy no go jell.

What we should be looking for in our midfield is creativity or efficiency. For gidigbo we already have Ndidi, Onyeka, Frank and Onyedika.

The modern DM ot holding player has the ability to switch from defence to attack create options and even score.

This is what made Ngole Kante the best although he added a phenomenal work rate to complement his skill speed strength and football ⚽ intelligence.

Koboko99:
He has 2 goals for AC Milan in the champions league. Champions league trumps EPL anyday

It's not so simplistic, it really depends on the clubs you are playing against.

And if it was so easy why did VO not score a single goal 🥅 against Liverpool over the two legs.

Mujtahida:
Of course, they compliment each other. Bassey has been immense. The reason why I value Zaidu is that whenever he's not there, Ola Aina is drafted to play as a LWB and though he plays well there, his premium effort comes when he plays on the right

Agreed

But Aina sub premium effort isilrs ahead of Zaidu best effort irrespective of the fact Aina is not naturally left footed.

Look at tj number of crosses, defence splitting passes, that Aina put through at least 4/5 quality crosses to VO , which he did not convert.

Add to that his long throw in ability,it's like having a corner kick.

Aina is way more skilful possibly even stronger 💪🏿 and finally COMPOSURE, Zaidu buss none.

Oasis007:


I trust you ain't gonna disappoint. I admire your stanship though, coz you genuinely love Super Eagles unlike some folks here that their stanship be like our power situation.......LOL!

BTW......we ain't gonna be sure except he is tried out. Some Dude never expected Onyeka to be rock-solid in the middle, today he is a bomb.

Aina was once condemned, maligned on this same board, today he is one of our dearest. When Nwabali was invited to be our No. 1 for this tourney, JPes was roasted like Antelope, garnished with Cameroon Pepper then served with Ghana Jollof, today same Nwabali is our Hero.

If Nwabali can do it, why not Nwakali?!

There is massive difference between the dynamics surrounding goalkeeper and outfield players. You cannot compare the two.

charlesemeka85:
Chukwuemeka will be tough to get. Even if he doesn’t get a chance with the 3 lions Austria may cap him

I remember him at youth level Dude by 15 was already balling at 17 he was in first team. He then refused to renew his contract and Chelsea can in and offered him £100k a week , he was never going to say no.

chrisooblog:
What about Chukwuemeka? Looks like someone destined for great things if he can stay injury free.

In the short term who do you reckon should join the team to provide midfield control after the AFCON? I understand people's criticism of Iwobi but he is not built to be a midfield conductor. Isn't there an unknown guy we can try with an Oliseh/Mikel/Oruma or even Obodo kind of profile?

Do you mean Chukwuemeka Carney❓

The NFF should have a get them young strategy before they blow. There should be in partnership with clubs big sports manufacturing companies like Adidas.

For instance with Adidas they have a balance score card and appraisal methodology for any player over 12 playing in Europe. That dossier is updated with a players development progression, physical development, etc.

A classic example is Jude Bellingham was already sponsored by Adidas at age 13. Even clubs have their dossiers, I was in Spain at a tournament. Where I met some coaches from Borrusia Dortmund and they were telling me about the players from age 13 in England they already have performances dossiers on.

Is that too much for the very professional,well organised, transparent and filled with unquestionable integrity NFF to do ⁉️

It would be an exercise in over elaboration for me to begin to call Nigerian players with promise from age 14 in EPL academies as well asin the top European leagues.. They are too many and it's somewhat too early for the majority of them to put accolades on them.

In addition sometimes it just does not work out for multi faceted reasons.

Curtisaxel17:
Are you aware that we have national team scouts? As in, there are people who collect fat salaries every month to do this thing you are asking us to do?

Why not allow them do their job and then we can evaluate their selections?

The first question ❓ you should aske being a Nigerian and knowing the nature of football ⚽ globally.

What is there motivation is it self interest or national interest ❓❓⁉️

The number of Nigerian origin players who are doing great things in top academies is too many to mention.

Then those knocking on the first team door are plenty too.And those who are already playing in the EPL and Championship are considerable.

Oboto700:
we need a very creative midfielder.. he should scout the local league for one.if we can't find in Europe.. the coach can even invite players across the country and watch them play then pick one or two

The operative word should be midfielders.

What happened to Etebo ❓l had very high expectations for him , he is only 28. In 2018 world 🌎 cup he was arguably our best player.

He went to Stoke in the Championship 🏆 and did ok although not consistently outstanding. And then was in Watford (EPL) Didn't make much impact and he has ended up in the Greek League with Ekong.

Nigeriagood:
aina is gonna be 31 this year

Understand something Ekong was born in the Netherlands where there is automatic birth data capture. It's impossible to fake or lie about your age.

He is supposedly older than Kenneth Omeruo and a year younger than Ahmed Musa. Does anybody actually believe that.

Leave the age thing to one side.

chrisooblog:
What about Chukwuemeka? Looks like someone destined for great things if he can stay injury free.

In the short term who do you reckon should join the team to provide midfield control after the AFCON? I understand people's criticism of Iwobi but he is not built to be a midfield conductor. Isn't there an unknown guy we can try with an Oliseh/Mikel/Oruma or even Obodo kind of profile?

Very simple Tim Iroegbunam.

Goke7:
Aina has done everything right until yesterday's game, perhaps the change in the position he played. He and Iwobi losing the ball carelessly made SA shone like stars, hope zaidu will be back for the final o make Aina dey him dey

Zaidu has been proven to be outdated and expired.

Aina a much better option, with composure, delivery, end product how many pin point crosses did Aina give yesterday in my opinion at least 4/5 and then defence splitting passes,plus defending and releasing ball to feet 🐾. Not just kicking it to row z.

Add to that his ball throwing it's almost like having a corner.

Aina could probably play midfield better than our midfielders that's how good he is .

ChrisKels:
For fücks sake when this mugu was a nobody without a club we gave him a sense of belonging and encouraged him by bringing him to train with our big boys, and this anuofia turned around to shit on us when we needed him. Aswear I don’t wish him well. Others no pain me one bit, but that ingrate called Eze can go to hell.

It seems you have been eating strong bitter 🌿 leaf soup with stale fish 🐠 again.

Eze was invited when he was 17/18 already playing for QPR then ABANDONED and FORGOTTEN for players like Nwakali brothers and others doing nothing by the NFF.

The NFF put him into the forgotten drawer for over two years then when he had blown up ,we finally remembered him.

Usofia say " Remember me, when I'm poor"

Then England started looking his way, the rest is history. We had a chance to get Tomori when he was getting ready to blow when he was in the Championship with Derby but we did not. We preferred Awaziem and Omeruo.

Iwobi had not played one single game for Arsenal first team in the premier League. Before he was called to the SE first team.

So the problem is not the players but the NFF and broken promises and lack of integrity.

Blueelf:
He won't come

You see the thing with this FB is, if thwy really wanted to play for us, we wouldn't need to beg them

He would never play for naija. They feel that showing support this way and donating to naija charity causes is enough

I find these comments to smack of crass ignorance and it's on par with tribalism.

It's like saying all Igbo men are greedy for money and stingy and all Warri people too like fight, or all Benin people are all fetish.

You cannot put everybody born outside Nigeria into one box and decide by yourself what they are thinking.

I have been to Chelsea youth games were players are speaking 🗣️ Igbo to themselves. I've seen boys born in the UK who speak Yoruba and Igbo fluently.

What you have written is opinionated and self birthed

Oasis007:



Dominic Solanke can still switch and play for Nigeria though, so if genuinely he wants to play for us now, why not?!

When I spoke with him quite a few years ago when he was at Liverpool he had zero interest and zero affinity for anything Nigerian.

In addition l am not overly convinced, he has done exceptionally well this season in the EPL, in a low performing team like Bournemouth. He needs CONSISTENCY I want to see if he can maintain the trajectory next season.

On the other hand we have Adebayo who has 9 goals playing for a struggling Luton Town. I remember a gangly Adebayo when he was at Fulham at 16 he was already 6"3. He was more about skill then than a big number 9.

The question would be are they better than KC, Moffi, Awoniyi and Onuachu.