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Kog45:
Oga M7even i salute,I thought he already had 18 goals this season but 13 league goals...How many goals Dennis scored in Bundesliga before moving to Watford but Awoniyi should spend another season to convince doubters.

Let's look at awoniyi's career rise through this lens and understand what I'm saying sir. At the under 17 he was behind Isaac success during the World Cup. Success is injured and Awo rises up to the occasion where he enjoyed success at the under 17 , he is the front man under manu garba at the under 21 level winning the super six with flying eagles against the top 5 or 6 NPL teams, winning the under 21 AFCON beating Senegal on home soil in the final.

Awo's rise at the youth championships did not situate him in the ranks of kelechi iheanacho or Isaac success who had earlier secured a move worth 3 million euros to udiness pre under 17 World Cup. His move to Liverpool who loaned him out on his journey to Germany-Belgium-Germany was viewed by many to have been decent considering his fringe players status.

I dare say he is the most successful of all players between the 2013 and 2015 player who was loaned out from his parent club and later found a stable path to rise. The Nwakali brothers had their parent club at Manchester City and Arsenal. But where are they today. The other starlet at Porto think yayha , chidera, etc where are they today? They've all hit a rock on their careers. Isaac success escapades and weight issues have brought him back to udiness.

Of all these guys only three of them have maintained a name due to sheer talent, luck and hard work. They are iheanancho osimhen and ndidi.

Awo is enjoying a rise, but he has been injured and has found it difficult settling down early on but this is quite different from osimhen' s whose career rather hit rock bottom with series of injuries.

Awo should look Sebastian haller who is a striker built like him. Haller did tear down the german league. But struggled at west ham. Dennis style and play is not the same with Awo. You can be a flop in a lesser league and come good at a revered league . I worry so much about Awo having to struggle in the EPL

drDoom3:
He is the designated penalty taker. Except injury, he probably will.

He shouldn't think premier league for now if he is gonna struggle to get 15 needing 2 more goals with seven games remaining. If he does 15 he should still sit down in the German league for another season to prove and solidify his confidence and his doubters like me that he is a true potential worthy of outdoing any striker be with the super eagles or any level. That's the mindset he should have and the mindset of players we need in the super eagles.

Subzero47:
Meaning he will score two goals in the next seven matches, wow

meaning thats too low a standard ? or too much to achieve ?

komekn:
When did you notice that very obvious fact.

He was winning man of the match awards as a teenager in the Championship.

Oya, How many did he win ?

Mooh247:



What is the Job of Nigeria consulate office at Dar-es-Salaam... Godsfrey Onyeama budgets tens of billions of Naira every fvcking year and Nigerians abroad get treated like shit without proper representation

Try this with an American citizen especially American women, and she would call the embassy staffs to meet her at the police station with a lawyer




.

Don't just jump the gun. When you leave your country to another country your first point of contact is your home country embassy in that new country. Usually many will only make it a point of contact when they receive hostile or unfavorable reception from the host country

charlesemeka85:
Benfica interested in sadiq umar

I'd say grab it with both hands. He isn't getting any younger and benfica will not have much pressure on him. Sadiq is a step by step player who builds confidence overtime. Playing at benifica and getting decent game time in the CL should help him

BascoVanVeli:
Samu Chukwueze all smiles in his post match interview


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EfUIKHyAn4

Baba say when we get to our "home town" we celebrate again. Igbo man and home town

Bascovanveli3:
Frank Lampard talking about iwobi bouncing back from his mistake. He also said he is relying on him and changed his position



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kDtNLid1wA

Omo mhen you and this your opening introduction voice. I know it's standard practice but could you pls put it at the ending of the video ehn baba basco

andrewbaba44:
One of the best players today ,dominated the midfield

Hahahaha. He had his moments. Defensive wise he had some good interceptions offensively he was ok. I saw his through pass to Richardlison. But he was just average.

Is it true Amaju Pinnick has agreed to step down as NFF president? Well if true, I'd say his effort and love for the Eagles during his time have been average. But it's even more appreciated that he has set a new benchmark to step down which is unlike many public officials in Nigeria. However his decision to step down is hinged on family reason and not because he considers his failures as president of the football federation a justification to do so. However we are grateful for his time managing football affairs in the country. My grouse with him is not about the national team. But rather the cadet teams. Whatever success we enjoyed in 2015 under 17 World Cup were less of his effort. I hope whoever steps in can at least help with out under 17 team. If that's the only World Cup I'd enjoy Nigeria winning let it always continue to be so.

elyte89:
To me dey were Neva golden.. Cos dey re just bunch of average set of players


D golden generation to me DT never lived up to expectation was eagles 05-07

Those days we were playing qualifiers with just a hand few of our top stars. Yobo and Enyeama were the most regular. Till our hopes of qualifying for the World Cup was fading where we paraded our full compliment of stars. Going to Algeria scoring 4 goals in Algiers. Beating Zimbabwe in Abuja and scoring 5 goals. That's when we played the best Ghanaian team which qualified Ghana for World Cup for the first time at the AFCON 2006 and we beat them. We had Taiye Taiwo and young mikel obi joining the team after their exploits from 2005 under 21 World Cup. We will get knocked out of AFCON by the Ivorian golden generation led by Didier Drogba. Funny enough this Eagles team was coached by Eguavone after the then NFA had sacked Christian chukwu

elyte89:
To me dey were Neva golden.. Cos dey re just bunch of average set of players


D golden generation to me DT never lived up to expectation was eagles 05-07

The days when john utaka will score a hat trick one week score four goals the next weekend and score another hat-tricks the next weekend. Went to Pompey and for like the first two months he lifted poutmouths. Yet he was a winger in the national team and was very decent. Can't forget the goal he scored against Cameroon that ended Cameroon's reign over eagles at AFCON 2004. The match where JJ scored a wonderful free kick. It was on a Sunday and we would watch the match in church

andrewbaba44:
4 points no guarantee,Na 50/50

Na 4 points send Senegal go house the last time with yellow card rules

Yellow card or coin toss?

andrewbaba44:
Such case is still rare Most times

Anything can happen in football ,and take not all the teams there is better than Ghana

Nigeria qualified with 4 points too under keshi the last time

Sportilitica:
Can not match Tunisia or Ghana but you can match Uruguay

You guys are still smarting from our last match. I'm too.

Amedino99:
Ghana didn't bring any spirit against Nigeria. They were just lucky to play against a really useless Nigerian side. Based on our performance, had it been we had qualified the odds of we qualifying out of the group would be low. We don't possess enough quality right now to compete comfortably in that group. It's all speculation though. Football is a funny business. Do you have any adopted team in this world cup?

I've always loved Dutch football from my first World Cup in 1998. I expect at lest a semis. The quality isn't there like in the past but it's still a team to watch if you want to enjoy good footie

Na Cameroon useless pass, theirs is just to qualify for the World Cup. They wouldn't do play anything.

andrewbaba44:
If Ghana play the way they played against naija they won’t beat South Korea ,but you are already looking down at Uruguay ,Lol

Same Uruguay that beat a star studded Portugal team at the last World Cup ?

They aren’t the 3rd best South American team for no reason

Ghana didn’t use any high spirit against naija ,naija was poor abeg

I don hear you. Till then.

Amedino99:
I believe the only way Ghana is getting out of that group is if there is a provision for best loser. Their group is too strong for them

It's not easy for Ghana. It's not a walk over for them oo. Don't get me wrong. What I'm saying is I just substitute Ghana for Nigeria and I know if Nigeria plays Korea and Uruguay it's an even contest. I know it's not empirical analysis but subjective. So since Nigeria can match those teams Ghana should be able to match them too

andrewbaba44:
It seems you don’t know Uruguay ,you rate Ghana ahead of them

Nigeria will match Uruguay. Nothing special about them. Even at confederations cup na gambo way keshi carry go mess us up

andrewbaba44:
Ghana group doesn’t look good ,I hope they will scale through

Uruguay can even beat Portugal on a normal ,which revenge Korea wan do Uruguay?

It will be tight for Uruguay against Ghana because Uruguay isn't the same team of 12 years ago. Plus Ghana can play with the similar spirit they played against Nigeria to revenge their 2010 World Cup exit where Suarez handled the ball on the touch line

Only Senegal and Ghana looks likely to qualify

Funny enough ghana's group looks good for them. With Portugal, Korea and a chance to get their revenge against Uruguay

Obviously Tunisia can't make it out of that group with France and denmark

Morocco can't make it with Belgium and Croatia

do4luv14:
there is an ongoing Afcon qualifiers, don't knew when it will get to our turn, and BTW, isn't the worldcup slated for December

Yes I'm aware of AFCON qualifiers omonh up soon. The World Cup starts November. 2006 was easier for me to accept even though I cried as I was much younger hoping Angola will at least play a draw in their final match to allow us qualify.

How do one really overcome hurt of not qualifying for the World Cup for the next 8 months. It's gonna be hard.

Today is World Cup draw. Very soon European league will end and then gbam we are talking World Cup matter again.

Congratulations to others who are supporting the other African teams on the spirit of African sportsmanship. Because I can't have another African team qualifying to the knockout and not my own Eagles

How much did davido pay to get that Qatar World Cup song

I kind of understand why Rohr never thought of his team as having superstars and why he always sounded modest about them. As a matter of fact they are very much average, and we failed to wake up on this thought.

My dissatisfaction with Rohr was that he allowed his knowledge of the averageness of the team to simmer into his selections and overall cautious game plan. And and the latter point this didn't work especially with teams we should not be average against. CAR at home but he redeemed himself with a win on a neutral ground. Then seira Leone at home and away. Then CV. He was no longer playing like we were average , he was setting us up like we were coequal of below average teams

semid4lyfe:
*This thread will not be closed*

It has a lot of brilliant contributions, analysis, data and is an invaluable resource library / repository on Nigerian football and footballers

Furthermore, this thread has transcended Nigerian football into our personal lives as connections have been made and friendships have been forged here.

The thread will only be renamed to reflect our future aspirations and I welcome suggestions for that.

Those advocating for the closure of this thread do not mean it in that sense of it. They are only still smarting from the loss. And we can understand their grievances. Anyone who is passionate about Nigerian football will find a way to channel his or her displeasures. Unlike those who invaded the pitch after yesterday's game to loot and create commotion as a way of channeling their grievance everyone

I'm watching metro tv ghana now. And they are having their sport discussion where they are talking about the eagles. They saiyng; we were overconfident and complacent before the match but Prior to game we were intimidated by the fans at the stadium. Moses Simon was nowhere to be found and that he switched wings early on with chukwueze but still there was no result.

They also spoke about the nature of our arrival at kotoka airport. That we had sent our protocol team to warn everyone not to take picture of our players as they arrived.

And that when we got to the stadium in Kumasi, we asked the security to send out everybody including the media team and GFA members. After that we asked that the security in the stadium excuse us from the stadium as well.

One of the anchor got pissed and said they the Ghanaian contingent couldn't even try all these when they get to Nigeria. And that it is because they Ghanaian are too nice on foreigners.

Camp update oo. Possible line up. Who is impressing the most in camp. We didn't even see lookman and 2 by 2 initiation to GWG.

Etebo helped stabilize the midfield , he is naturally built for African football. But I thought I didn't understand why a professional like him should pick up an unnecessary yellow card. He was up and down on the referee when he had canceled the penalty. Perhaps he was our penalty taker for the game.

No one fed osimhen. It's so painful that he had half chances he couldn't convert but barring that, osimhen did not get chances clear cut chances. This begs the questions of Moses Simon and Chukwueze. They both were rather wobbly. I had loved Simon play and rejuvenation from the AFCON as I had expected him to pick up from where he left. I hope chukwueze's injury is not so serious In fact I thought the reason why chukwueze struggled at AFCON was due to the absence of osimhen who he understands his play patter due to their many years of playing together. But I'm fast doubting the potency of such link.

We have emphasized on the need to have someone who can deliver better on chukwueze's wing and doesn't stifle the right back from moving or crossing the ball for the striker. I think chukwueze if fit can play from the bench.

Zaidu on the left back looks comfortable with his pace. He was much fitter than the right back Ola Aina who hasn't seen game time at Torino since AFCON. With his experience he was able to adjust to the physicality of the game on the wings. On the other hand Bassey brought in a thorough sturdity. He became the bully. He impressed me with his little minute. Yes , bassey was faked and by the Ghanaian attacker later on. But all that has to do with adjustment of him into the game. Barring that moment where his opponent got him lost he was able to stand up to every thing thrown at him.


Balogun is essentially a beast. He is super intelligent, he is built for this defense. At many times in the second half Ekong began to play erratic and this affected the balance between them. But overall Ekong can step up in the return leg as he can shake off his match rustiness with this first leg and get better in the return leg. Ekong was average.


Uzoho is what a goalkeeper should feel like. I'm happy he kept another clean sheet. And this is his 9th for the national team. He got tested more than fine boy no pimples was tested throughout his 3 AFCON matches. For a goalkeeper that hasn't seen much game time at his club, uzoho was decent and commanding.

Aina's match rustiness was obvious early on. Ekong had to constantly remind him and talk to him. As the game wore on and the Ghanaian started to take their feet off the gas pedal, Aina was able to discover his mojo and held his ground decently. I expect that he will give a better performance in the return leg. He seemed match rusty too.

Aribo plays a shouldering role. Defensive and offensive wise. He is supporting when we attack behind Nacho. And he is supporting in the defense to stabilize Bonke. But as beautiful as he does this job I feel it has not given us the best of what we can have of him. Perhaps , I still hold him from his opening debut game and the game against Brazil. Rather than having Aribo play this role it will be a big gamble having Onyeka do this box to box job. As onyeka can be erratic while defending. Aribo gives the conservative stability for that role. But then I certainly hope that with Bonke injured there is the room for the necessary evil of finding a fix to the midfield in which Ndidi's absence was easily noticeable from the onset.