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terzurum5:
Rabiu Ibrahim Reveals Real Reason Why He Didn’t Play Against Charleroi

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Nigerian midfielder Rabiu Ibrahim who missed Gent’s first game of 2017 against Charleroi has revealed to Owngoalnigeria.com the reasons behind his absence.


Rabiu earned rare reviews from the coach of Gent for his performances during their winter camp in Marbella, Spain. Where he dazzled in the three friendly games they played.


Coach Hein Vanhaezebrouck went as far as saying the Nigerian will be like a new summer when the league resumes, but Rabiu wasn’t listed in the match day squad against Charleroi.


”I’m currently nursing an achilles tendon injury I suffered in training few days to our game against Charleroi, that is why I didn’t make the squad for the game”, Rabiu Ibrahim told Owngoalnigeria.com.
So far he has made only three league appearances for the team he joined in the summer from Slovakian side AS Trencin.

owngoalnigeria.com/2017/01/24/rabiu-ibrahim-reveals-real-reason-why-he-didnt-play-against-charleroi/

This Bros still dey play ball sha, na wa o

Kog45:
I want u to take it cool,this is a forum where everybody can express their different opinions and comments but it is left for d wise ones to understand who is really making sense.

Pls just send your comment and people who appreciate it w thumb up to your admiration.Do not worry about people attitudes here,we all come from different school of thought about football,some play it,some understand it,some are very good when it comes to analytical,some are stubborn when it comes to their view on issue,some take it personal here despite being a faceless forum.

This is a great thread irrespective of age or experience and we are here to learn,some have been watching d game since 80s while some started yesterday but that doesn't mean w should look down on d new one comments or opinions.

My man this thread is sweet,just enjoy it and pass your comment without rancour and u love it.

Rightly said

Icon4s:
No problem my brother. Just take a cup of cold water and breath in and out.

You sha wan expose the guy sha, him don gree na, he will eventually accept our issues with Pep

Icon4s:
TOP FIVE TEAMS IN AFRICA.

I was discussing with a friend a while ago and he said this AFCON is boring - A view I countered anyway but that is not what this write up is all about.

He further said this AFCON has also pointed out that Africa does not deserve the additional slots being award for the future expanded world cup, which I also countered. I told him that African Power houses are almost at par. That the additional countries from Africa would not in anyway diminish the standard because of the parity I earlier mentioned.

I gave him a simple test by listing the top 10 African footballing nations presently. And that irrespective of FIFA ranking, based on his understanding of the game in Africa, he should chose the best 5 footballing nations based on current form.

I tell you, after picking his first 2 he became confused and started analyzing who the other 3 should be.

See the list of top 10 African teams I gave him in no particular order:

Nigeria
Ghana
Cameroun
Ivory Coast
Senegal
Algeria
Egypt
Tunisia
Morocco
DR Congo

I want to throw it open to the house, forget about FIFA ranking. Using your knowledge of African football and knowing the capabilities of these individual nations can u list the best 5 teams presently in Africa? If you don't agree with my top 10 you can also list yours.

cc: All parliamentarians here.

I love my country to be honest but I would not put us in the top 5 yet even top ten for now. Your list is good except Nigeria for Mali. My reason is simple, if we were top 5, we would have been in the nation's cup. Also if the list was about future prospects in terms of players we have then we would be number one. For now let's keep building and watch how good we can become. I pity those countries that are making fun of us now, time has a way of sorting things out

komekn:
There is great potential for him to contend with Furmino because I think he will score more goals. If he continues to score he can find himself the main man.

There is less pressure on Klopp to win the EPL, as a result he will have more patience and loyalty to Kelechi.

Comparatively Guardiola is having a baptism of fire and under far greater pressure, it's an expectation that he should win the EPL. I don't know how well he can deal with failure or a failing team. This means Guardiola does not have the luxury of time, which means he will inevitably be impatient. Players will be dropped if they can not produce to the standard required without sentiment.

For Kelechi going to Liverpool would be a far better proposition the style of play and philosophy is very similar.

My brother, I quite agree, at least this is another good coach but when sturridge becomes fit and firmino is also on song, iheanacho might not see shirt o. Origi sef dey o

princesuko:
I[b] Have been resisting the Urge to Quote the Rubbish you have been Spurning Out Since[/b] ,What's even More Surprising is the Fact that Other Dominant Member In this thread Have failed to Put You in your Place in this Guardiola Non-sense.

You Claimed to have Started Watching European Football during Mancini's Era in Man city. Yet You Lecture People Who watched Messi Before Pep's tenure in Barca.

Would Take You Serious if you can Provide a Link or Reliable Quote of the Statement You made Above.

You know, not everyone has to agree with your opinion, even though this is a faceless forum, throwing insults is quite cheap. We mostly do not agree with his line of thinking but to say that is uncalled for. If you are not happy with his opinion, either drop yours or move on

Mickael2:
and what I am saying is that Bojan declined despite training under Pep without adequate game time and trust. Busquets on the other hand developed with game time and not that training ground policy of yours. Remember that at the beginning of the season Iheanacho was good whenever he came on because he was trying to impress, now his confidence is low. Sane is still in that bracket, he is trying to impress believing that Pep will reward him, if Pep doesn't the same thing will happen

And did his moving to Roma, Milan or stoke improve Boyan? We need to weigh both options properly

promzyphyno:
That's what I said,preferance is guadiola's style of coaching,......simple put,if he likes you he develops you....he develops you by giving you QUALITY playtime...if he dosnt like you??,,ask ibra,toure,eto etc....they'll explain much more better.lolz

You were trying to down play drills and I pointed it out to you. You can't tell us to forget drills otherwise Barcelona would not be one of the best teams in the world. Playing time helps but as my friend will say you can't give what you don't have. The Lad is young and his time will come whether in this team or on loan. But never underestimate what drills can do

tbaba1234:
Algeria is out of the nations cup. Are these guys overrated?

Coaching issues

promzyphyno:
That's what I said,preferance is guadiola's style of coaching,......simple put,if he likes you he develops you....he develops you by giving you QUALITY playtime...if he dosnt like you??,,ask ibra,toure,eto etc....they'll explain much more better.lolz

Not to support the goodjoe, or all those in support of iheanacho leaving for loan. My question is what exactly do we want for iheanacho? Is it for him to become one of the world best or play regularly or both. And how can we achieve this? I support him going on loan so he can get more playing time but my fear is this, I don't want him to fizzle out. This is one of the few prospects we have in Nigeria and with the fact that he is even in Man City makes me happy. Not playing is not helping, but I don't want him to just go on loan to any team just to play. That might improve his confidence but he might not grow to become the player we always dreamed of. So what do we want for him? People do say Mou destroyed Mikel's career but I doubt if he would have won half of what he had if he by chance went to a lesser club. Time has a way of fixing things anyways

promzyphyno:
My broda like I have told you forget all this drill shit.....I read for exams expecting to write for 30mins and u gave me 6 mins,HOW D HELL AM I SUPPOSE TO PASS...if nacho was quadiola's favourite,he would be playing...who was busquets when yaya was playing at barca.??abi yaya didn't get ur so called DRILLING??if he didn't,hw come he is playing nw?....be truthfull for once,ur coach has preferance simple!!!

Well at least we saw what Pep did to busquet so I do not agree with you on this one. When he sold Yaya I was pissed but seeing how well he developed busquet has had me rethinking

TheGoodJoe:

WTF. That is basic. We have two top strikers at City. Iheanacho and Aguero. Gabriel Jesus can play there. My fear was Guardiola will play Gabriel Jesus there but Guardiola says he sees Gabriel Jesus as a winger. In the game, Guardiola also played him as a winger.

Easy brother, don't get worked up

onirugbon:
Kelechi really is not all that. In reality he truely can neither bench Aguero nor Gabriel. Besides Pep gave him chances but he never really stepped up in the games. So I can't fault PEP's decision to drop him.

He has the potential. But the Pep situation may not help him

I don't think this is a fair statement, not because I am Nigerian but we can all see how gifted the guy is. He has proven himself time and time again. Just like Hart decision Don dey affect city, I hope iheanacho will not have the last laugh

safarigirl:
So, the saviour of Man City has arrived, and somehow they still couldn't nick a home win .

I thought the guy would be banging in goals the second he steps on the pitch. Issorait, shebi all of us are watching. Many more games to go

Thegoodjoe, please, just take a raincheck on this one as concerns Kelechi's playing time.

@onirugbon, don't know what you're on about saying Pep gave him chances. Is it the five games without an appearance that was the chances ni? Or the brief cameo roles? Oh wait, two EPL starts of recent? Are those the chances?

They were probably all he would get considering he isn't name Kelechinho and didn't cost City £20 million

I quite agree, I just pray he keeps improving as an individual because this is key. We need our players improving

lakesidepapa:
It really shows adebayor know little about the current arsenal.

Iwobi is a better replacement for Ozil

Dunno if better but he can get there. But for Sanchez, there is none

Loogan:
Absolute disrespect from pep, even if he has a love relationship with the gabriel guy at least iheanacho deserves a place in the starting lineup..
I used to support thegoodjoe on this but this is the final straw...iheanacho is too good and has done enough to be a starter for most EPL teams, I can't think of any EPL manager than would not want iheanacho...it's obvious oga pep dosent value him when he drops the best goal to ratio striker in epl history for a Brazilian kid that just about 2weeks ago...iheanacho should take a page from lukakus book, this kid is so special that he should only be in a team that seems him as priority.

Yes, time for a loan, it will improve his confidence

edi287:
I'd prefer if he went to Germany instead of Scotland. Hoffenhiem and Leipzig would make sense

Scottish league is not too bad and remember that Celtic plays champions league. Going to germany and playing for low-key sides might tamper with his confidence

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terzurum5:
Super Eagles Star Etebo Set For Another Scan On Injured Knee In 15 Days Time

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Oghenekaro Etebo will undergo another scan on his injured knee in 15 days time according to reports gathered by Owngoalnigeria.com editorial staff.


Etebo underwent a scan but the extent of the damage to his left knee which caused him to be substituted against Vitoria Guimaraes was not determined.


The 21 year old was asked to rest the knee for 15 days before another round of scans, which will determine when he will return back to training for Portuguese side CD Feirense.


CD Feirense will also be without the services of central defender Paulo Monteiro aside the Nigerian for this weekend game against Estoril.

owngoalnigeria.com/2017/01/20/super-eagles-star-etebo-set-for-another-scan-on-injured-knee-in-15-days-time/

Let them scan it well o, so no story. He is headed for better clubs. Still wondering why no one has come for him by the way

terzurum5:
Watford Coach Walter Mazzari Provides Update On Reports Of Ighalo’s £17m Move To West Brom – At The Moments He Will Travel With The Team

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Watford boss Walter Mazzarri insists striker Odion Ighalo will be on the[color=#770077][/color] team bus on Friday as the Hornets travel to Bournemouth.


The 27 year-old was linked with a move to West Brom on Thursday in what Is understood to be a fee of around £20 million.


under Quique Sanchez Flores last season but has struggled to recapture his best form in Mazzarri’s side this term.


He has only scored twice this season in all competitions – after notching 17 last term – while the Hornets have struggled for consistency in both their starting line-up and their general Premier League form.


The Nigerian international joined the Hornets on a free transfer from Udinese in 2014 and has scored 39 goals in over 98 appearances. Twenty of those goals helped power Watford to promotion from the Championship to the top-flight in his first season and in 2015 he was English football’s leading scorer with 30 goals.


He signed a new deal with the club last summer having been a £37.5 million target from Chinese outfit Shanghai SIPG with the Baggies also trying to sign him in a player-plus-cash exchange involving Saido Berahino only for that deal to fall through.


The Hornets also turned down a £35million deadline day bid last January from Manchester United – the club Ighalo supported as a boy.


But there is a growing sense at Vicarage Road that a fresh start would suit all parties. Watford’s ruling Pozzo dynasty have also based their business model on scouring the globe for rough diamonds and sel


However on Thursday night Mazzarri played down talk of an immediate deal claiming that Ighalo would travel to the South Coast with the team as they prepare to face Bournemouth in the Premier League this Saturday.


He said ” At the moment he will travel with the team. When we have a game like this against Bournemouth I don’t want the transfer market to distract my players. They have to be focused on the colour of the Watford shirt.”

owngoalnigeria.com/2017/01/20/watford-coach-walter-mazzari-provides-update-on-reports-of-ighalos-17m-move-to-west-brom-at-the-moments-he-will-travel-with-the-team/

Does this open space for success? And I hope he knows no Troy deeney in West Brom ooo

TheSuperNerd:
Samuel Kalu... From his days as a 16-17 year old at AS Trencin, he was always something special... Keep an eye on him... Hopefully he blossoms into the star he can become for Nigerian football.
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Little Known Nigerian Forward Samuel Kalu
Steals The Headline in Belgium After Debut
Performance For Gent

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Gent of Belgium appears to have unearthed a
diamond in the rough in little known Nigerian
forward Samuel Kalu.

Kalu was signed by the Belgian side from AS
Trencin of Slovakia at the start of the January
transfer window, and after two weeks of training
with his new teammates, he was handed his
debut yesterday.

The 18 year old was simply unstoppable using his combination of power, pace and dribble to leave his markers in their wake as Gent defeat Sporting Charleroi 1-0 in their first competitive game of 2017.


Played as a winger, he started on the right but
cuts in occasionally to play through the middle,
before switching to the left wing in the second
half after the substitution of fellow Nigerian Moses Simon.


He lasted the entire duration of the game, and
expectedly his performance in the game where
he set up the man who scored the only goal of
the game, earned him a spot in the Belgian
dallies.



Source: http://owngoalnigeria.com/2017/01/21/little-known-nigerian-forward-samuel-kalu-steals-the-headline-in-belgium-after-debut-performance-for-gent/

I pray he keeps improving and becomes consistent, finally Rohr will soon have a headache during selection

Kog45:
Yes Ikeme is playing for championship club with over 15 years experience which is valuable to Eagles.Nobody is waiting for a keeper that w face Brazil or Germany,Enyeama as Enyimba NO 1 has proved us wrong by having a great match against England at 2002 W/C.

Alampasu is young and talented but playing for div 3 w not do him a favour in d super eagles selection,he need to raise his bar to be considered for such huge tasks.If he was ready Rohr w not went for Akpeyi when Ikeme was injured before Algeria match.

On Eagles players not having 90 mins in their various club sides,well i don't know how u arrived at that point coz d present Eagles players are having nice outings with their various clubs and is a plus having players in Man city,Arsenal,Chelsea just to mention a few.

Not making a case for Alampasu, just that how many African goalkeepers are playing in Europe and how many are first team keepers, in due time, time has a way of sorting everyone out anyways

tbaba1234:
This is not exactly accurate..

Iwobi, Balogun, Ekong, Ikeme, Onazi,Etebo, Moses, Omeruo... 8 of the starting 11 in our last game are regulars at their clubs..

As regards talented keepers, Ikeme, Nwokolor, Alampasu, Francis Uzoho, Emmanuel Daniel.. Some of these keepers are far from being ready but they can understudy Ikeme for the next 5 years.

We have amazing talents abound.. Watching Gent's match at the moment with Samuel Kalu, Ekong and Moses starting..

Hmmmm, I will not push this further to make my point, talents you say Abi, Gent Abi, okay o. I rest my case

Sometimes we speak as if we have so many talented goalkeepers out there. What club does Ikeme as for sef? We don't have that much talents abound o. If we are waiting for a goal keeper who will face Barça etc we will wait for ages, even our outfield players are struggling to get shirt in their clubs let alone keepers. I don't care what club you play for, can you offer the super eagles what we need. If so, kindly come and showcase your talent. Look closely, most our players don't even play 90mins for their clubs. We need to make do with what we have

Kog45:
Honestly your philosophy on camping is over exaggerated,d efficiency of camping is always for academy or under age like U 17 or U 20 but senior team,camping is just to fix grey areas,for instance Eagles Right full back position or DM where w now have Ndidi and Onazi competing coz it w hard for Rohr to decide on whom to pick.

The senior team like national team is not a place where u throw everything open for grab,a good coach must have his first eleven to his chest,though one or two player might pull surprise by breaking into d team e.g.Etebo against Algeria.

No matter what happened before Cameroon match,i can tell u that 90% of those who prosecuted Algeria match w make d team.So camping sometimes in d senior team doesn't give rooms like under age camping where u are looking for d best.

On goalkeeping aspect,if i may ask u do u think Ikeme convinced Olishe during camping?NO.Olishe already see Ikeme as his No 1 choice irrespective of Enyeama performance in camp.Guardiola came in and said Bravo is d No1 over Hart,Mourinho rate Coutious over Chec,this decision is personal not camp decision.

It was on this thread i said it took Super Eagles goalkeeper trainer to 2002 W/C who was my university coach just 15 mins to rate Enyeama than Ejide,so sometimes camping does it in d senior team when u are having issues.

Alampasu is a young talented keeper coming up with a great prospect and wit time he w reach their but for now Super Eagles number 1 is not for a keeper keeping in Portuguese div 3,is an insult to our national team.

It is this kind of situation that lead to the gap the okochas and kanus left behind. We don't believe in giving youths the chance to prove themselves, if not for the vision of the coach people like iheanach and iwobi will not be ripe enough, the talented no 1s will fade out. We need to continuously invite young ones and try them. Remember that the real ages of these players is questionable. So we are bound to create another gap after these ones age

Icon4s:
Not true. We had very credible back-ups for Enyeama: Austine Ejide and Dele Ayenugba. The only problem was that all three were of almost of same age. So they aged away from the national team almost together.

Forget about Enyeama. He is gone for good. Rohr in addition to raising a back-up for Ikeme is also developing young goal keepers. At least he has invited Emmanuel Daniel and Dele Alampasu. He also has his eyes on Nwokolo. This is ok by me.

Ejide and Dele were no where near Enyeama's level and still alampasu and co have not been up to par. My fear is that there seem to be no one addressing the issue

Icon4s:
My brother, I understand ur view on this issue. We thank God that we have some1 like Ikeme who quickly filled the gap Enyeama created.
I don't doubt whether Afelokai might be better than Ezenwa and Akpeyi. But, also I dnt think Akpeyi and Ezenwa are not that bad backs-ups for Ikeme.
I am sure our goal keeper trainers know Afelokai very well and if they deem it fit to invite him they should go ahead.

But has it come to ur notice that African countries are curently generally lacking in the goal keeping department.I remember the days when Cameroun would boast of Antwan Bell and Thomas Nkono, Nigeria was boasting of Peter Rufai, Ghana was boasting of Edward Ansah, Zambia had Edward David Chabala. Ivory Coast had Allain Gouamene, Egypt had one fine goalie back then...Mohammed something, (The one that baosted to Yekini that he would not score against him at Tunia '94), forgotten his name. Well, gone are the days.

Rufai, during his era was Nigeria's best goalie ever but was not adjudged Africa's best but Enyeama during his era was by far Africa's best goalie. That tells the story.

Problem is that when Enyeama was reigning we had no back up, and I am happy someone has enlightened this topic, hope we can get young keepers who can be ikeme's understudy so we can keep recycling good keepers

Icon4s:
NFF Rejects Caf’s Request To Host 2017 U-17 Nations Cup

THE Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) may have turned down a request from the Confederation of African Football, CAF to bail it out and host the 2017 edition of the African U-17 Championship. CAF had last week stripped Madagascar of the right to host the championship even as it had not made any concrete arrangement for another host. A reliable source at the NFF informed Sports Vanguard in Abuja that on Monday the
federation received a letter from the continental body requesting it to bail it out by staging the competition scheduled to take place later in the year.
According to our source who did not want to be mentioned, the NFF who has been battling a nagging financial crunch did not waste time in declining the offer. “Yes we have received a letter from CAF but there is nothing we can do to help them because we know the prevailing situation in the country. The nation is presently in recession and it will be foolish on our part to begin to request the government to venture into
such. In fact that would have presented us in a very bad light before Nigerians.”The executive committee of CAF had met last Thursday in Libreville, Gabon and announced the withdrawal of the hosting right from Madagascar; a development many analysts believe is a way of getting back at the president of the Malagasy Football Federation, Ahmad Ahmad who is the only candidate that will contest the presidency of CAF with the age long incumbent, Issa Haytou. Hayatou a Cameroonian had been in charge of CAF since 1998 and despite a change of its bylaws last September to limit the tenure of its officers, CAF tactically left a window for him run again and if he expectedly wins, will be in
office till 2021.


Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/01/nff-rejects-cafs-request-host-u-17-nations-cup/

Africans and ruling forever, if it is not the Gambia president ruling for 22yrs it will be the Uganda present for 30yrs and now hayatou ruling for so long. Must be remain in power ni. Same with the glass house, you will be surprised how some people have been in that system for so long with practically no input but get paid. Change is the only constant thing

Where is Joseph1013? No more news about our darling players of late

tbaba1234:
Am i the only one that thinks that the standard of the AFCON so far is poor?

Not only you o, I did mention it earlier, the games I have watched so far lacks tactics and coordination. Build up play is so poor that I get uninterested after a short while. maybe the tournament is at an early stage and might get better with time. Just maybe

eazyjakes:
I tut dis thread is about super eagles....y so much emphasis on the tactics of man city,Chelsea,arsenal,bayern Munich and the likes of late?....I know it keeps the thread alive bt let's not derail from its original intent!

Simple, Nigeria is not in the nation's cup and is not playing any friendlies, also you would have noticed they really focus on individual Nigerian players in their various clubs so I think we are in line. Otherwise the forum will be practically empty

Icon4s:
That is why I said w[color=#770077][/color]ith 12points we are almost guaranteed at least to be among the best three 2nd placed teams. For the last edition of qualifiers the best three 2nd placed teams all finished with 11pts.

Also I am not underrating any team. Nigeria has learnt this the bitter way. But I tell you that if we take all those games in our group serious we will take 12points from Libya and Seychelles combined.

Talking about a possible withdrawal it is very possible. And there is no way Nigeria will not take the game against South Africa seriously. My conclusion is we are highly expected to top that group.

I hope we do, It is only the matches of Nigeria that can ruin my appetite. I really hope we continue on this path, also match bonuses and all are paid in due time so moral will be high. Sad we keep missing international friendlies who should help us get more players in shape. Hopefully we shall get there but that world cup is key for me o

Icon4s:
That is why I said with 12points we are almost guaranteed at least to be among the best three 2nd placed teams. For the last edition of qualifiers the best three 2nd placed teams all finished with 11pts.

Also I am not underrating any team. Nigeria has learnt this the bitter way. But I tell you that if we take all those games in our group serious we will take 12points from Libya and Seychelles combined.

Talking about a possible withdrawal it is very possible. And there is no way Nigeria will not take the game against South Africa seriously. My conclusion is we are highly expected to top that group.

I hope we do, It is only the matches of Nigeria that can ruin my appetite. I really hope we continue on this path, also match bonuses and all are paid in due time so moral will be high. Sad we keep missing international friendlies who should help us get more players in shape. Hopefully we shall get there but that world cup is key for me o