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tbaba1234:
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Congrats sir, it's a wonderful experience to have a child. Which academy are you planning for her? Lol.

TheGoodJoe:
There are some games I suspect match fixing but I keep to myself. One recently, I looked to the keeper and shook my head. "Shebi your account has collected your cut."

Happy birthday man, many more years.
One of the things I admire about you is how you go to great lengths to defend our players even in thier bad times, that's shows deep loyalty. I also like your positivity but word of advice try not to go through long arguments or get emotional on peoples opinions, you have to know no matter how right you think you are Nigerians are egoistic and would not always agree with your points because they feel they are as right as you do. Make your point and don't be upset when you are tagged defender of iheanacho, you have a right to your opinion.
When the players you believe in MAKES IT you get to rub it in thier doubters faces. Peace.

Kevin A. did not reject representing Nigeria.
He said he was honored by the interest by Nigeria but that he was born in Germany, grew and feels German also came up through the ranks there, that he should also play for the German NT. IMO More like sounding out to the Germans to make a move for him before Nigeria gets him, which is good.

Danielnino00:
Bro,can we save these kind of players for the future??

I mean there will still be a super eagles team after 2018 na..

We have many good players scattered across the world,but right now only 23 of them are heading to Russia.. the rest should keep doing their thing well and wait till after the world cup..

I'm very certain that the likes of the Nwakali brothers,Taiwo Awoniyi,Osimhen,Musa Muhammad, Dessrrs etc have a future with the super eagles...

He's good enough to be in the team now, he getting game in the Dutch first division. A journalist once said if he's good enough for a Dutch team then he's good enough for Nigeria, it's not as if we are rich on options with players of his skill set. If we say we are planning for the future special players like this guy should get involved for this World Cup even if on bench, then the next World Cup he's more confy, and the blending would be perfect.
He's getting games he's making a case, even those without games made the team, he doesn't need to start but he can make an impact.

Another player who I'm suprised has not been getting a call in is kelechi nwakali, this guy is the closest thing to mikel as an AMF in the sense that he brings that unparalleled vision, class and a bit of defensive contribution, his age is not a problem because he plays with an old head on his shoulders, and very confident.
He's in the Dutch league in his second year as a pro and is getting game time this guy at this point should be introduced, if his senior brother got a call he deserves one to.
It would be nice he makes this World Cup because in about two years he should be a class act especially with his current progress, also his skill set is something we sorely need.

sontoly:
My conclusions:

Pros:

cyriel desser will be a like for like, or even better replacement for Odion Igalo, he has same characteristics with him and good physicality that is suitable for african footballs, he has good awareness and nice positioning skills, carries hot shots on both feet, has a good footwork required of a striker. He will give Ighalo a run for his money.

cons:

Cyriel desser struggles with aeriel balls, may waste a couple of chances cos of unnecessary wayward shots, has contributed lesser assists and doesnt often help with buildup plays.



PAUL ONUACHU

Pros:

paul is excellent with aeriel balls because of his height, has a good speed cos of his longer legs, he has a nice footworks considering his stature, may add something similar to Agali or even better.

Paul has a good sense of awareness and good positioning skills, he has contributed to so many goals this season apart from scoring making him a good teamplayer, he also contributes to buildup play which makes him fall a bit deeper to the midfield most times. He will be a good asset to the super eagles.


Cons:

He often get tangled while trying to dribble an opponent, he needs to do better on footworks, his physicality may not be suitable for playing african opponents. His shots mostly are not weighty and needs to add more power to his shots.

Final conclusion:

having both in the team will be nice, but probably overcrowded, its left for the coaching staff n scouts to decide.

Got thier game analysis spot on, the footwork issue is probably why onuachu is not in the SE fold already, but he's not bad with his foot atall we just have guys better on the ball.

sontoly:
PAUL ONUACHU
17/18 season

Superligaen

appearance : 12

Goals : 8

Assists : 3

goals per min : 104

minutes played :833

Europa League Qualifiers
appearance :
6

goals: 4

Assists: 2

min per goal: 116

minutes
462

DBU Landspokal

appearance
2

goals : 3

assist 1

mins per goal :50

mins 150

Total
appearance:
20

Goals : 15

Assist : 6

min per goal : 96

mins 1,445

Paul onuachu with this super form is the best target man the SE can boast of, would love to see him in a much higher league, transfer imminent after this season. still so young

junnyjake:
Spaniards don't give a sh¡t about us, those guys are the most receptive of Nigerian players than anyone out there, go figure.


Their fans were the ones who pushed for Francis's debut, after his eye catching performances at the B team.

Receptive? how? Belgium, holland, England and turkey just to name a few are more receptive of Africans than Spain. what was the point of giving the boy his debut if they didn't think he could compete. If it were to be a Spanish 19 year old GK, lord knows he's gonna have been the first choice goalkeeper, it's not an experience issue.
He's shown his potential and shown that he is ready, why delay his progress all cause of some flimsy excuse, coming from the guy who was the supposed coach of the b team before Mel was sacked, if he's own youth coach who should know more about him than anyone of us can't trust him then I feel the politics there don't favor him. He's a 19year old goalie who's made his la Liga and SE debut, he won't be short on suitors, Belgian teams don't have a problem giving young players like him a shot.

Kog45:
Uzoho got his national team opportunity cos he kept in two LA liga matches not cos he was doung well in division 3,meaning he need to force his way back into contention for Deportivo number 1.

I believe he can do it,division 3 might be good for his age but not good for national team.

Remember Alampasu was in division 3 last season and cos of that we believe he was not good enough to keep for Eagles.

I see Uzoho as potential eagles number 1 but keeping in div 3 w not help him,LA liga 2 should be enough for him to develop as eagles number 1 if he can get a loan deal.

What a pity if only Mel had not been sacked, what makes the situation worse is that the current goalkeeper is not as good as uzoho all they needed to do was show a little more faith since he handed himself well in his debut.
How can this amount of talent that is suitable for a whole Nigeria NT already, how can that player be reduced to 3rd division matches.
Those Sparniads don't even give a shit about Africans. Hopefully he gets a loan in January.

forgiveness:
How did you know? Did you follow him?

Why am I even asking? Because from your statement, you know nothing about him.

Easy bro on this Aluko thing, its at a point where I can sense the emotions in your words on aluko almost like you guys are related somehow.

Dedebanky85:
Pass that kush u de blaw to another person. It's making you hallucinate. Aluko was close to which three lions? The English national team or abi u mean the 3 lions that were in the zoo? Please say something else. You keep coming up with excuses to paint Naija coaches bad and paint your beloved English born players as worldies. You said Fashanu was on the bench. But I remember reading that Otto Gloria didn't like his style of play. So how many games did your talented Fashanu play for England?
That you hail from England does not guarantee you a playing shirt. Aluko was never ever close to playing for three Lions. Please name which outfield player has played for England from Rangers in the past 2 decades. I can't even see any suggestions online. Closest was Forster a goal keeper at the time with Celtic. Even though I appreciate Aluko's talent, but he's not all that else he would command a shirt like Moses and Iwobi. Or abi no be England those ones been grow up?
"Guy chill on these your okirika players e.g. Aneke and Co."

savagery

somehow:
Yes he's better.

Looks more like a professional GK than the rest.

So happy, so far looks like we have a decent young talented who can improve his game, but quility enough to learn while on the game.

It's painful not watching this match!!!
Please anyone care to give a sincere detail on uzohos performance in the game....basically to see if he's better than our over available keepers

wayodude:
I couldn't agree with you more!

I have been observing comments here about players that can strengthen our current team and it is infuriating what even some of the most sensible guys here are saying.

Except players like Matins and Uche are playing in a top league and scoring goals like they did in their prime, why consider them for the World Cup? At least we can all agree they're no longer in their prime, right? By the way, in their prime what exactly did they achieve at the world cup? Did they achieve so much that it is inconceivable that our current squad and of course other younger options will be unable to match it? How many World cup goals does Martins have to his name? or Ike Uche? In fact both those guys had their main strength in their searing pace, and trust me they've lost more than a yard of pace since you last saw them in action at the highest level.

And about the Goal keepers and all the talk about Enyeama being recalled. While he was good, and no question he had some really exceptional games where he saved us from embarrassment, he was equally as poor in key games. We didn't bother castigating him though, because we knew he had an exceptional performance in him waiting again to be put on show.

I put it to anyone who wishes to argue that if we choose to point a finger of blame at anyone over our World Cup exit in 2010 AND 2014, Enyeama is not free of fault. Infact sadly he is a contributor to our exits. Though I still think he's a national hero.

In 2010 - no1. blame goes to Kaita for silly red card against Greece. Granted public enemy number 1, and rightly so.

no. 2 blame goes to Enyeama for spilling a long range shot which a Greece striker pounced on to score the winner. He literally dropped the ball on the foot of the Greek forward for a tap in! If the likes Ezenwa did that we wont hear the last of it. To save time see 5:30 on below yotutube link


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAojhrjGCFQ

no. 3 blame goes to Enyeama again. He moved to the left just before the freekick is taken which gives S. Korea their second goal. If he doesn't do that, he saves that free kick 100% and we maybe go on to win considering the balance of play on the day!! See 1:17 of below youtube link


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8yoblanjis

In 2014 vs France Enyeama comes out to punch a routine cross and misses the ball completely leaving an empty net for Pogba to head in to. See 0:55 of below link. Will Ezenwa get away with this kind of error?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOzkCOzK-64

I liked and like Enyeama, Martins, Obasi etc but others should have a chance. They were good in their prime, but not so good they should present an obstruction to the growth and exposure of the new generation.

Nailed it!! That's what they don't get these players are probably older than they claim and have had thier times what did they do so spectacular in thier time that should warrant a call up, just because of experience?...we say we are trying to build a new generation of quality players why not let them bond and grow together for the greater good of our football but they want to call guys who may not have as much energy and desire as our current squad. It's not even like the last World Cup where we lacked quality we have so much talented youngsters that should be in the team especially when they deserve it.we say we want build for the future but still aching for the past, nawa.
That's how they insisted Ik uche and he ended up not performing in that World Cup, I'm not saying experience isn't important but we need quality experience not just experience for mouth.

Mickael2:
scoring a quality goal and being creative aren't the same thing na. I didnt know that scoring a goal now makes people creative, the lads in here are funny

Your the funny one, and it's unfortunate you people like to drag players down just to defend some silly point of yours.
I don't understand you, if scoring a curler from 25yards out is not being creative, then what is? Is it until he gives 3assists in one match before you acknowledge he has some creativity in his game.
Apart from mikel who's the most creative center midfielder we have in the team presently? Since you know a lot about creativity from midfield.

tbaba1234:
Ogu is not a good tackler.

True but he's also not a bad one, he relies on his intelligence, but I'm sure I was not the only one who saw the vital interceptions he made, it's not all about tackle, busquests hardly tackles but he's one of the best.
Besides ndidi or onazi can always do the tackling

Mickael2:
none. Just because everybody is getting 0 and you got 2 over 100 doesn't change a damn thing

I see, his quality goal didn't change a damn thing bah. The way you people bring stuff up just to drag ballers down is embarrassing. I'm not gonna be the one to argue This one with you, no matter who they put even if we had kante you guys will still find a fault.

Mickael2:
Ogu creative? Now now Lads, which Ogu exactly?

Except mikel who is the most creative center midfielder we have presently in the team?

lexyman:
Agbo and Agu were in in my picks either ...you need to go and what that match very well ... my comment about Ogu wasn't based on that match alone ... cos it was inconsequential ... Ogu is a rough tackler ... 5 past matches for eagles 3 yellow cards 2 GOALS

Understood! But I think being the professional he is, he knows when to cool it down after a yellow card he dosent get a red...how many of our CMs? Have scored 2 goals in three matches, that's the quality he brings.

BascoVanVeli:
Ogu just got a yellow card na

Getting a yellow card nah norms for cm/dms...but he doesn't strike me as midfielder that gets a lot of card.

tbaba1234:
I doubt he will bench the regular starters but he did well. The goal added an extra bit of garnish.

Only if he had more speed and were in a better league, our problem in midfield is creativity, he has that. But if he were better in training he would have gotten the nod, our coach knows best!

lexyman:
its been long we play with one man down ... if OGU BECOMES A STARTER , WE WILL ALWAYS EXPERIENCE THAT .... Especially against a skilful midfield . deny him of the ball and lose your leg ... i am not saying he cant get better but he needs to improve in that aspect of his games ... it was his goal that earned him that MOTM . his performance was average .

For a fact agbo and agu are more card prone midfielders than Ogu, I'm not saying he's the best but give the man credit when due, his interception, tackles were vital to us in that match.

Naija people sha!!! You play well they go complain, if you no play well them still complain.
Ogu was absolutely brilliant in that match, in my opinion apart from mikel he's the best at interceptions, passes and ball holding skills, he controls a midfield and his positioning is good,he's not as slow as you guys make him look here... it's baffling that the guy who won the man of the match is still criticized..the reality right now is that you should not be suprised if he becomes a regular because he took his chance in that match. I would not be suprised if onazi sees more of the bench after the Algeria game.

Nigeria is in a goal keeping crisis thank God the defense covered well. African refs are embarrassing, Sheu abd is an example for komenk it's not until you are in championship or in any top league before you can be classified quality, that nigga is good enough to start for an epl top ten side. As good as Ola is he can't take his spot right now.
Onuachu would have done a better job than nwakeme. Onyekuru had the same amount of shot on target with this Israeli guy, what's the use of strength and hold up play when you cannot connect with your team mates, SE can do better, dessers or kayode in that match would have made sense, sometimes I don't get this roah!! Congrats SE
Ekong has improved tremendously from the olympics, kept slimani in his pocket and showed he can run the show when his partner has a quite game.

edi287:
Tammy is FAR better than Sadiq Umar. The only similarities they have is height.

I know but it's only a matter of time for sodiq to come into his own he's a top talent, in my opinion I believe he has the potential to match Tammy ability! Yes I said it! it was ridiculously to me we were chasing Tammy when we have a young talented striker in that mould. if umar starts performing on a consistent basis and score some goals in the seria a he can be a starter in the SE the problem is too many of you people judge players based on just the one game you've seen them or a tournament.
Look at it this way seria a is probably 4th best league uefa ranking how many experienced Nigerian players do we have in a major team in Italy, apart from simmy, obi I see no other, so for this guy to be considered class enough to be in a Roma team I don't know how he's not SE quality, we should introduce him to the team, he works on his goal scoring and he's a super talent. Let's try to appreciate our own.

It's high time we get over this Tammy breakup, I don't understand why the nnf dont scout these guys before they get into limelight, there some bright enobhakare playing for a highly rated wolves where he is impressing , there Maja who if not for inguries would have arguably been Sunderland first team striker, there Ike ugbo, ebere eze whO are open to playing for us, we really need to follow up these players coz all they need is to feel wanted. Iwobi, Moses, Ola aina, ebuehi, ekong let's not decieve ourselves if thier bi country called them into thier respective national team they would gladly want represent them because they are a big footballing nation. Nigeria showed more desire and got them you can't expect players born In England to Nigeria parents behaving like Nigerians it's rare, except those who parents had a lot of influence on his love for Nigeria like ainas father. The problem is that Nigerians are one of the most sentimental and proud country, but will now for a boy to play for you who was born in Britain and totally British, let's not deceive our self the pinnick boasting on Tammy turns out to backfire to show that thier Nigerian mothers/fathers have little or no influence on thier international career decisions.
To be sincere Tammy is a very talented player, but he's not the only one. Umar Sodiq of Torino is almost a carbon copy of Tammy, he was the lead striker for the under 23, so what's the hype we have capable strikers when are hungry with quality just believe in them, instead we want Tammy It's not like we don't have excellent talent for the future so why the hurt shey nah all thier top young stars una wan steal finish..we have hungry talented strikers In my opinion Tammy will not be missed.

Ibime:
Bakayoko did not play anywhere near DM today. He was asked to run upfront like Ramires and not spoil game in our midfield.

None of these propaganda will work. We have eyes to know who was playing midfield. Bakayoko has already failed at even faintly convincing as part of a Chelsea midfield 2, what you are seeing now is Chelsea making maximum utility out of a failed project by asking him to just run around and disrupt uptop like Ramires and taking him away from areas where he is actually dangerous to his own team.

Same way Ramires was brought in to replace Ballack and failed, and the club had to find a way to get use out of him by playing him in auxiliary positions as a winger, runner etc.

Lol it must have been particularly frustrating for you watching Baka especially after those misses. Baka played more of a box to box midfield role and was absolutely effective defensively, he's our best mid destroyer after kante, I think you know our club and coach are defense first people...agreed he had a game where he went forward a lot to useless effect but that's one of the reasons we won games last season he was doing the forward pressing we saw kante do frequently last year, when kante was out baka seldom pressed forward because there was no one behind as cover especially in a 2 man mid...much as you don't like his abilities on the ball you can't deny his defensive talent. he's very good at those it was one of those excellent forward pressing that led to batshuayi second goal vs Watford. Just chill for the guy, I think we forget to fast that he's 22, not a lot of 22year olds are that good.

One thing I was particularly impressed about Baka was that even after he had missed two clear cut chances he still had that confidence to keep trying he didnt go back into his shell like a lot of young players would Lose come confidence trying not to make a mistake but he just kept going...that's a mental trait of champions at 22 his potential is frightening.

There we had it matic vs bakayoko, they are actually quite different players but on thing in common is the defensive output, in terms of energy and impact Baka rules conte himself said it that Baka is very good without the ball, he's accomplished as a defensive midfielder at world level. If he can slug it out with almight matic and hold his own I think the comparisons can stop now. He young and he maybe the worst passer to some although I just think he's being overconfident which is good but like it or not he's now a mainstay in our midfield.

Griffon:
Loogan1 just go back to Instagram. I give up.

Your problem this is a forum and everyone has a right to his opinion

Griffon:
You are the one talking about ratings without the slightest knowledge of how ratings work. Matic had little works to do yesterday cos his team were up against a team who only sat deep, absorbed pressure and hoofed the ball over the midfield for the attackers to chase. By no means should you expect Matic to get a high rating in such game.

I respect no name. I gave Matic the sticks when he was fvcking up for us. Busquets gets the sticks when he fvcks up. A true fan knows when to lash out.

By no means, does those fvck ups suggest that a technically inept Bakayoko is better than the serb. Only a footie neophyte would make such claim.

Huddusfield is a attacking side on the contrary who play a similar style to klop Liverpool.
It is exactly in those kind of matches with little to do that you show your quality, Man U had more possession that alone should give matic an edge to be under less pressure. But I'm not saying he's not been brilliant this season but we all know Baka is a work in progress, but he's trying

Griffon:
This is what happens when you follow Nihilist's graphics sheepishly without asking questions.

Let's all act stupid and agree that Huddersfield's midfielders got rated higher because they out played manure's midfield, care to explain why utd still recorded 78% ball possession?

whats the use of possession when you do not score goals, so because matic had more passes than Huddersfield midfielders means he had a better game?...I'm sure you were here last season criticizing matic and now all of a sudden matic is a God because he won games with Man U?

Griffon:
Sorry mate. Huddersfield didn't dominate manure. Defeat happened and it had nothing to do with Matic.

Please save that bullocks, Huddersfield midfielders had a higher rating than matic but somehow you criticize Baka like matic would do any better. I can't believe you watched matic in three years in Chelsea and say we really miss him just because you want to downplay Baka?