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edi287:
Rohr is persisting with Joel Obi because he knows what an inform Joel Obi can bring. However, world cup go soon start. We don't have time to gamble on him. He needs to be dropped or not be a starter

He will adapt, with the kind of display from onazi today he is neede

Those blaming uzoho nawa ooh!!!!
The second goal by Kane he scored something similar again courtois in 2014/15 but it’s not his fault Kane is good.
But when our teenage goalkeeper who was one of our best performers is still being criticized for conceding goals world class keepers do?
Check courtois vs Barcelona or totthenham he has concided worse goals.
The boy is truely special.

Hope you guys can see what etebo brought today, he’s the most flexible cm we have, impacted the game very well, gets my nod over onazi....pity we lost, we have sorted our midfield issues to some extent good cohesion and link up passes.
But it’s all the more dissatisfing that if we completed half of our passes in the final third we would have scored more, still an issues we always seem clueless and unsettled in front of goal.
But I was absolutely proud of our second half, ebuehi is our RB, no doubts, idowus game was the most pleasant feeling for me, he has adapted and has pretty much won his spot.
Ogu is class, that guy will play anywhere, was smooth and commanding when he played center defence, balogun I’m sure impressed his new suitors. We played England’s first team and our performance especially in the second half got southgate and those English boys nervous!

This man should put simmy for ighalo, ighalo is playing like he’s washed up, simmy would trouble that defense because ighalo is giving them an easy game

Now we see that mikels influence is not the holy grail, we are sorely misssing ndidi the midfield is very leaky without him.
Onazi I don’t know what to say, just poor
Ekong should have done better with the cahill goal
And also kanes goal, I don’t understand why he a English groomed defender, would not be able to with aerial balls or blocking the shot for kanes goal.
Uzoho is our no 1

forgiveness:
Ogu should be dropped because If he is good enough, he wouldn't be playing in obscure league.

Sentiment that he will be retired after the world cup and therefore not make the team next world cup should be discarded.

Besides, Agu is a replica of Ndidi.

If we go by the current form of Echiejile this season, there is nothing to right home about. Barely played and struggled to play in Belgium second division.

The career threatening tackle he made was a as a result of fatigue and rustiness. We should expect more of that in the coming days.

If he is picked ahead of a player that played consistently this season, it is based on sentiment.

However, he must be played today to see if he is fit enough for the tournament and deserves to be in the team, and if Brian is the first choice then he must also play to see if he really deserves to be the first choice.

if this be the case that only these two players play today, Ola is out.

But before Rohr takes this decision he should see if these players are good enough for the 4 man defense else he should just gegeli play a 3 man defense and forget about the 4 man defense.


For me, Shehu could do another Kieta and could cause us a game if he doesn't know how to react to provocation. In addition, I don't think he is good enough be a starter. Ebuehi is better but I have to see him against England again.

My point is that the performance of our wing backs should determine the formation which should eventually determine the right choice of players for the formation/formations.

Nice points, real football minds will know agu did an excellent game vs Congo, that’s why gernot rares him, Ogu I like but agu is a faster and more mobile, had a slow start to international career but a quality dm.
Nigerians Judge players based on a match, instead of looking deeper at the quality of the player.
Now talking of double standards elderson cannot get games in Belgian second division, note the players we have tearing things apart in the first division are ignored. We should try look deeper than just performances but also quality, potential and speed of adaptation, what use is elderson this is surely his last shot at World Cup and he still hasent proved to be better than aina in terms of quality in league performances and status.

Lucque:
He hasn't rili been consistent in SE ,I think Dats d argument, but Ders no doubting his abilities, Dats for sure

Thats the mystery of football national team football is pretty nerve recking and intense reasons why alot of young players usually find it difficult, while few don't.
Yes hes not been consistent but hes young and can definitely influence the team with his qualities thats proven, so why ignore him. Afterall guys like omeruo akpeyi who have cost us games still get thier chance.
The mental strength for senior football is seriously challenging, and we just have a young team we have no choice but to let them grow.

Mickael2:
is it that you have forgotten his near MoM performance against Algeria? Against SA he was even better than Ndidi and factually everybody was bad on the day, in the return leg against Algeria he may have had a bad game, not sure there is any player who has never had one.

What is your definition of creativity anyways? You are narrowing down creativity to only mean 'creative passes', we also have creative runs(Etebo's strong point if you watched that Olympic games and the qualifiers. We also have creative runs oh, which Etebo is also good at. So he is creative, not Mikel type creative but definetly more creative than anyother midfielder we have in the first team, by that I mean Ndidi and/or Onazi

It beats me that its even an argument.
Im struggling to find a player who matches etebos hard running, because he missed a sitter against SE he lacks creativity, the same guy who scored 4goals in sn Olympics game.

safarigirl:
It's not like our World Cup hopes would receive a blow if he doesn't make the team.

He is only important on paper IMO

He is not our most creative midfielder, what has he ever created for us? Does he have any assist? Hardworking? If running up and down the pitch is hardworking, then Musa is our most hardworking forward

Etebo is overrated. He is average in the GwG, I don't care what he does in La Liga

I quite disagree, he gave mikel the assist he scored againt Algeria which he had a good game, you def know about his exploits in las palmas where he has very impressive acttacking stats. He can play the box to box role well, he is hardworking thats not debatable, he only lacks top level experience which he had a taste of in spain. from the few gernot has said on him, he obviously values him. And its the midfield department not the attack so the Musa comparison cannot be substantial enough because musa is an attacker

Etebo is arguably our most creative hardworking midfielder, those kind of players are crucial for any national team.

komekn:
For someone who claims to be an agent you make sweeping statements that are way too general. These are propositions without substance particularly the see the bold.

Do you know that at youth level there are multiple clubs that actively target African origin players because of thier inherent attributes. You could call that reverse racism.

For instance I have watched Chelsea fuels am U18 team where apart from the goalkeeper all the players were black.

Go to Man U look at the U18 and see how many are Nigerian origin. There is no youth academy in the top 6 of the EPL that doesn't have a considerable number of Nigerian origin youth players.

It's not my fault everything you see revolves around Your brainwashed, myopic English mind.
And dude I'm talking about players coming from Africa you are telling me to watch Chelsea U-18 where almost all the black boys you saw will most likely end up playing for your lions

please you guys should cut our players balling in Europe some slack, especially the young guys, they cannot do more than they know. The problem with our talented exports is that they simply lack crucial mordern day football Education!!!.
As an agent, it's supposed to go beyond agreeing contracts and getting your cut but also nuturing, checking up, encouraging and most importantly Searching for knowledge in the game to develop my players game. sadly Nigerian agents do not give a shit, it's all play ball and get money, that is the biggest problem our players face. Already they lack football intelligence to compete with their mates, talent and insane hardwork most times carry African ballers to the top level.
I used to think for a player to reach a significant top class level he had to have a cycle of three years(seasons) where he would evolve and develop, it still is in most cases but these days it just takes a season for an unknown player to make a seasoned veteran look ordinary and suddenly raising thier game to a world class level (mahrez, Kante, ndidi, vardy, Kane) this is for those who tend to underestimate our young guns in this thread, our players may be inexperienced but they are up to the task(e.g. Olayinka, kalu). I'm sure we would be overconfident of our defense if dounramma the 18 year old keeper was Nigerian. Africans already have a disadvantage in Europe because they Favour their own more, players have to be twice as good.
For those doubting uzoho if only Mel wasent sacked he would probably have played over 20 Spanish la liga matches, you guys would have quickly endorsed him as the best keeper so why change your mind because of some clubs politics. We are lucky to have a talent like uzoho at a time carl is out coz believe me he's the best keeper we have in the team set up and better than some la liga golies. not playing for the first team those not mean he dosent have the mentality or talent to cut it in front of Messi. The boy is prolly our most modern goalkeeper with maturity beyond his years. Nigerian fans are to fickle.

Joebie:
I watched the game. His bad moments outweighed his few good moments.
But hopefully in future he would look at his peers and realize there is still more to fight for in his career.

That's the point, every player cannot have the same progress rate, but he's young and the potential is there.

Martz101:
There is saying, make hay while the sun shine, this kid like passion and seriousness, I'm sorry but there is little time left

But he's gotten end product in laliga still has a few matches left. That cannot be ignored

MetalJigsaw:
He can make which World Cup? in place of who?

in place of who?? are you the coach(who has invited him in a friendly which he impressed) he's in the picture I believe.
Not like we have a lot of players in Nigerian players with his skill set!

Joebie:
He doesn’t have the hunger anymore. I think it’s a psychological thing.

Yeah he seems to be wallowing in the good life and fame of soccer. In terms of hunger he might have lost it but it's very common with young players, he can always get his grove back because he's too talented, an assist in about only 3games not a bad statement

Joebie:
Success with an assist

He can still make the World Cup, still has a few more matches to prove some people wrong.

edi287:
Actually I have. And sorry, I didn't see anything that suggested his dribbling was anywhere close to Mahrez style.
Biggest lie I've heard on here

If you have truely watched his U-17 games and still do not believe he is a good dribbler then theres nothing I can say to change your mind.

edi287:
If this was true, then no way he'd have been converted into a 9. Didn't watch him at his U17, but I don't believe this.

Then go watch his clips then before you quote!

MetalJigsaw:
You have just vindicated my point, bro. If Nacho is actually a dribbler as you calim, why did you have to dig so deep to recall just one skill he displayed about 5 years ago?.. Is he not still playing? why not show us a game where he dribbled his markers at least three times.

Look at V. Moses for example, he was among the best dribblers in the last game against Burnley... I think second or so.
And this occurs almost regularly.

I'm surprisedthat someone is arguing on this obvious fact.

A dribbler is one that REGULARLY or USUALLY ( not seldom), confidently and enterprisingly confronts his marker with the daring and direct aim of getting past him with a piece of skill or trickery.

I don't know how you see Nacho in this category.

Messi, Mahrez, Hazard, V. Moses, Samuel Kalu, Simone Moses, Onyekuru. Robben, Neymar etc are examples

Iheanacho in the last match was one liecester highest dribblers with three successful dribbles that's about the most recent. Nacho is not just a good dribbler he is a very good one as a matter of fact, he dosent play on the wings like the guys you mentioned above he plays centrally. Even world beaters like Suarez who is an excellent dribbler has to limit his dribbling because his job is to get goals, same with Nacho.
Nacho U-17 was Very skillful and his style was similar to how mahrez plays.

MetalJigsaw:
Yes I'm in charge. 100k is all you need to register.
send to my acct bumber. should I post? :-XYes I'm in charge. 100k is all you need to register.
send to my acct bumber. should I post?

bros e be like say you be Igbo man!

Good day fam
Please does anyone in the house plan to use the Nigerian supporters club to go see the worldcup live?
Or those anyone have any idea on how to get to Russia via other sponsorship partners?

Curtisaxel7:
My people, sorry to derail the thread but I just have to say my mind.

I have noticed certain negative trends in here which, if left unchecked, may cause us some real problems.

The first of these is the singling out of certain monikers for needless general attacks. For instance, It shocks me then, when Forgiveness and Komekn are branded "enemies of the eagles, tribalist, "borough kings" e.t.c. such name-calling and hate speech should be condemned by everybody.

Also, the adoption of certain players as "candidates" by forumites is totally appalling. Why go to the extent of downplaying the attributes and potentials of a naija player just to promote another naija player?.

Lastly, what's up with Safarigirl?. Why did everybody run to her aid when it was clear she started the whole brouhaha? Why was Andrew444 banned and Safarigirl not banned? I thought we were supposed to have equal rights here? Why is Safarigirl seemingly above the law? Is there something they are not telling us?.

As for oga Icon4s, your role in that conflict was utterly disgraceful. You should be ashamed of yourself.

Once again I apologize for the derailment.

P.S: I have been an active member of this thread since last year (mostly on ghost mode though). So I know what I'm saying.
*crawls back to ghost mode*.

E don do abeg ahhh, If You do not have an unbiased predisposition You will understand why people are mad at the guy, most have said she started it first. we dey insult each other especially for naija but what people are angry about is how low and childish the guy went with the insults, not "why was he insulting safari". arguments happen it is normal no one cares too much.
Please don't be like that guy wey come in pretence asif nah peace maker now later started yapping all over the thread.
Oga that fan favorite nah for your head, I'm relatively new on this thread but that doesn't mean I have to wait for the "untouchable" to endorse my comment! there have been people here wayyyy longer than you who have keep the thread alive, it's only natural they relate on a different level than with those they don't know, it's more like a family, if you want to join join but stop trying to make it look like the "untouchables" are the ones who call the shots.
This is a nairaland, anybody can say anything, nobody is stopping you from dropping a comment.

MetalJigsaw:
Naso e dey sweet for mouth like say den better pass the way dem play for the friendlies. Please play safe on your high hopes

lol I'm a realist, but it's important to have faith.

edi287:
Some of these guys haven't been watching Naby Keita. It's when he shines at epl they'll know he's good enough for barca

Don't mind them!!! Person for here go dey talk like say him be barca spokesman say naby no dey Barca transfer list because Liverpool buy am.

somehow:
Barcelona's iniesta is not used for defensive reasons so I don't even see why some of you think Naby should take his place. Anyways Barcelona have the kind of players they go for an if they think Naby is the future, fine. But for now, he's not on their radar. Barcelona already got a replacement for Busquet and Couthiho is the replacement for iniesta so where would Naby be placed?

Under guardiola he less conserned with the defensive side of the game but even then iniesta of young used to put in a decent defensive game but now under different coaches he has been given defensive responsibility he had been a affordable luxury for Barca in his older years, he's lost his speed. Well I think Barcelona have paid more than enough for defensive negligence with a wonderful performance against Roma where they got beaten for a failure to be compact at the back.
And I believe you know football is more than the predictions of who and who is to replace a player because you don't say you have a replacement until he has replaced the person perfectly in that same role, although I see similarities in the way they hold the ball iniesta and coutinho are different kind of midfielders, I'm not convinced he was bought has his heir.

somehow:
Only on FIFA 17 played by you

What can iniesta do that naby cannot? rakitic atleast I would say can push attack very well and give a decent Defensive output, with iniesta I know I have a body short defensively in midfield. With naby I will get goals assist and top class defensive output.

Joel was brave in the friendlies, everyone was insulting his performance because he did not play like the am they were expecting, I sorry for una the guy nah box to box midfielder, if your waiting for fabregas think again. His positioning, interception, tackling and passing was decent in the friendlies he played to his strength! Which makes me happy because finally we have a fast box midfielder who can intercept a ball and control a ball properly without losing it in duels. I already have a destroyer in Ndidi I need a midfield pivot who can pass, hold, dictate play from deep and also contribute to attacking play with fast dashing runs forward obi Joel ticks the box perfectly. Ndidi Joel mikel my world cup 3man midfield

elyte89:
I knw mbjane and somehow would b mad at dis comment now


Saying in their mind..."who b dis yeye man now

I no knw wetin u want us to do to her,we no fit flog am na ,let's forget about it,am sure both parties av noticed deir mistakes

Meanwhile Andrew444,enjoy ur 6year ban

The ting just tire me, I don't understand why people take matter here like life. I don't understand why Nigerian men are this dramatic, wey person they reason different things man carry woman matter for head they insult person wey dey him own peace.
Guys we have to wake up, if you are waiting for respect from another person for faceless forum because she is a woman then you have it all wrong in ur head. Because another human being those not have a dick does not mean you should not respect that person, it's self respect in the first place that you respect other people, but guys go just they fall hand they rant like mannerless bitch, if he had a bit of self respect he would not go on that shameless act of insulting the parents, wey matter no even concern them, just because he is pained a woman insulted him, which I must say was childish. Respect yourself first then respect everyone man or woman/old or young if not don't expect to get any stupid respect from anyone.

andrew444:
Naby is good bro,yes better than Alex song when Alex was still playing good,but naby won't start at Barcelona.

Remember mascherano? He has to settle for central defence at Barcelona,during mascherano time at Liverpool he was the best defensive MD in the premier league

Sir I don't believe that mascherano was the best midfielder in the EPL! Maybe the best defensive midfielder that year before going to Barca. Mash I remember in Liverpool was a midfield battle engine more like a gattuso with a good pass, but not a creative leader at midfield.
Who in my opinion would start over keita currently in Barca midfield would be busquets. So if you think about it he would make Barca midfield. You have to look at the boys quality someone cannot come and make a claim and you don't analyze it, I believe he is a very creative sleekly, skillful midfielder who has an incredible engine going forward but he's ability and generosity in the defensive phase of the game for a team like RB liepzig which any midfielder with such attacking talents can always be forgiven for low defensive contributions naturally those traits stand him out as necessary player in the requirements of modern football, Barcelona has a team hardly has a player like him! only iniesta comes close to his creative finess and only busquets gives the defensive numbers he also gives the team at the same time.

TheGoodJoe:
Thank you and I hope we build on our style of play.

Yes you guys are one of the best at snuffing out other teams chances very swiftly, still something to improve on When facing the difficulty attacking top quality attacking sides, good times to be a city fan. Pep would be heavily backed in the summer.

TheGoodJoe:
We are Champions.

What a season of football from man city! You guys definitely upped the game of football and took it to a new level this season. Respect.