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Humility017:
I prefer that guy to ilorfa anyday anytime...
moreover he is a Chelsea player...opportune to understudy from some of the best defender's in the epl

I doubt that Iorfa will play for us, you know the proverbial saying opportunity comes but once? Well it hit him in the face and he didn't even know it, he passed it on.
Well this ship has sailed but then again the future is pregnant.

Iwobi starts for arsenal.

Fikayo Tomori will play for Nigeria. Check out Aina's IG it's so so obvious but we don't need him now guess Qatar 2022.

[quote author=forgiveness post=63489381]These are German machine, not Queen's boys.

All are welcome.[/quote
I know they are Germans, what I am saying is that the ones from England should be left alone cos they all fancy their chances with the 3lions

tbaba1234:
His family moved to the UK. He was not signed from an academy.

Either ways, he will get a british passport soon enough.

I don't think he has his mind set on the 3Lions but then again you never know but I believe he will play for us.I think the NFF should engage him now before it's too late.

edi287:
Only Kehinde has expressed some form of interest(think his coach said he'd pick us). Tosin has rejected us twice already.
Solanke is a no go and a total waste of time. That guy doesn't give a shit about naija
Lookman is probably 50/50. Still think he will wait till he's a bit older before he commits.
NFF will not go after Tammy again. That one na closed case.

Kehinde talks about Nigeria alot.
Funniest part was Siasia invited Tosin's elder brother
playing in one backwater league to come for the last Olympic he rejected us as well, somebody wey we dey try help em career. Please nobody should mention the adarabioyo boys here they don't care jack about Nigeria.

forgiveness:
Don't forget Felix Ukpobai, Akpoguma and Torunarigha don't fell Nigeria but we are still chasing them till date. Are you not aware?

Are you sure about the above? There are a lot of players out there begging to be called up and u want us to continue chasing the Queen's boys, from Ryan sanusi to Cyril desser even the one in NEC forgotten his name are begging for attention.
I will advise we leave the Queen's boys let them show interest first, don't want that Tammy embarrassment again.

Paul Clement, Swansea city coach has been sacked.

Ideye also said that he was depressed for a month when he wasn't invited for the last world cup and he wanted to lash out on some peeps on Twitter and expose them but had a change of heart.
He said it wasn't fair on people who worked so hard to qualify, people who gave their all to the nation not to be called up for the world cup.
I heard it on Lagos talks 91.3 end of last month

tbaba1234:
Ideye is not even playing games... you can invite a clubless player to the team.

According to the recent interview I listened to on Lagos talks, Ideye said he declined invitation from the coach cos he wasn't playing and he felt it wasn't fair on other players to be invited when he's actually not playing.
Said the coach assured him that when he gets a club or when he starts playing for his Chinese club he will be recalled.

[quote author=Certitude post=63276114]I am so sorry for your loss bro, stay calm and trust God.

Joebie:
Madam. Rohr started the talks with Enyeama without anyone’s approval. The situation will be concluded between Rohr and Enyeama. Peterside Idah needs to shut up.

Peterside said on the radio which I listened to on Lagos talks that the conversation he had with Enyeama was actually after that Oliseh incident occurred, so this report isn't recent but around last year.

safarigirl:
Please, away from this Enyeama argument

Is today not the 11th of December that NFF said they would release a RoadMap to Russia 2018 at a Press conference?

Has anyone heard anything about it?

It has been postponed to a later date

To tie up all the friendlies I guess

Guys I had a horrible dream i pray it doesn't come to pass

Dreamt that we met France at the round of 16 and they won 2-1

We were actually leading but some minutes to the end of the game we imploded

Pogba scored the winner for them

lol guess it's world cup fever

Icon79:
Naija journos are the worst of the worst. Most of them are either agents or get paid to write the craps they write in times like this. I just hope and pray that Rohr would have the boldness to ignore them all.


O pari

Most of them are paid by players agent, not bothered anyway cos Rohr said something about not reading the papers or something like that can't recall, Will look for the link.

[quote author=mazimee post=63037326]I had high hope on the guy after John Ogu hyped the guy saying that if em no score in their club , no party. I looked at his Statistics, he was indeed firing goals, em follow for the top scorers in their League sef . Nigga got me anticipating only to play like it was a street match.



The media hype was just too much and annoying, he and Ogu went from one radio station to the other to hype him up at the end of the day nothing.

tbaba1234:
Uzoho with another clean sheet Depor B. Having a great season with the B side.

Ebere Eze with another MOTM performance scoring a goal, definitely better than league 2. He has been outstanding.

Thank God we don't have to beg him, one for the future.

According to numerous reports, Kevin Akpoguma has turned down Nigeria. Ans has the late as well.

Sir Tbaba Congratulations to you and family Sir.

mz Safari are u the babe Awaziem is looking for on Iwobi's snap ? says he loves u o. hahaha i'm kidding

please checkout Iwobi's snapchat too funny for days. Even Tyrone couldn't stop himself from laughing. Kelechi is too funny i swear lol

Tammy Abraham snub is a valuable lesson
By Oluwashina Okeleji, Contributor
10 November 2017 | 3:57 am


Tammy Abraham is one of the Europe-born players being courted by the NFF.


The drama around Tammy Abraham over the last fortnight or so has been impossible to miss. The Swansea man has been called up to the England squad on the back of some fine performances in the English Premier League, and that announcement in itself ought to have rested the narrative around Nigeria’s interest in the player.
Except that, to expect that is to misread the Nigerian personality. For all its foibles, its citizens are a proud people, and no one likes to be turned down. Suffice to say that, if Abraham goes on to make a successful international career with the Three Lions, he will be doing it in spite of a generous chunk of negative energy stemming from the country of his ancestry.

Some of that though is to do with the fortunes of those who have chosen to spurn Nigeria over the years. There is even a direct parallel with Gabriel Agbonlahor, whose introduction in the Premier League back in 2007 was more eye-catching than Abraham’s now. Having tied him down, England never had much use for him afterward, and his career promptly diffused into thin air.


Patrick Owomoyela and Sidney Sam with Germany are two other pertinent examples; the usual approach is to immediately cap them once Nigeria begins to sniff around: an old trick, but a very fair one, making them forever inaccessible.

This has fed into some of the gloating and sour grapes that is in play among Nigerians regarding the youngster, and while it is entirely possible that he flunks out like all the others, this is a highly talented footballer with a whole lot of development ahead of him. We cannot begrudge him a chance to pursue what is evidently a dream of his.

He seems genuinely excited at the prospect of representing England, and has been relentless not only in posting pictures and tweets, but in stating that in spite of Nigeria’s best intentions (we were willing to roll out the red carpet, apparently; what that means in concrete terms is not hard to imagine), he never really considered us an option. Obviously, this is a slap on the cheek, but only in the sense that we exposed ourselves to it. The unvarnished truth is that Abraham does not need Nigeria, and Nigeria does not need Abraham.

A fascinating consideration: had he consented to play for Nigeria, would we get the same level of enthusiasm as he is now displaying? That is doubtful. It seems that there was a lot of fanfare for a footballer who was not overly interested to begin with, and this makes a mockery of those who genuinely have an interest in representing the Super Eagles.

To see the President of the NFF, Amaju Pinnick, bend over backward in this fashion, time and again over foreign-born players, can hardly be encouraging for locally-based players, for example. While the national pool should be open to all Nigerians born everywhere, it would be best to single out those who indicate a definite interest, a desire to be a part of the project. It does not mean that every foreign-born Nigerian footballer must play for Nigeria.

Increasingly, it is looking like that is all it takes. The manner in which it is being pursued also leaves a lot to be desired; whatever the motivations, going so hard on Abraham off the back of a single meeting and a photo op was heavy-handed. Arguably, this brash approach has only reaped reward in the case of Ola Aina, and that was helped by the fact the player’s father himself was eager that the then-Chelsea youngster represent Nigeria.

In the cases of Sone Aluko and Leon Balogun, to name two, we have seen how a pre-existing willingness can and does lead to greater commitment to the cause. To them, it was not so much about convincing them to play for Nigeria, as it was presenting them an opportunity to do what they always wanted to.

That really is the biggest lesson of this entire episode. If a player needs to be convinced, then he is not really doing what he wants. Rather than chase shadows, we owe it to ourselves to preserve our pride, and reward those who genuinely desire a chance to pull on our national colours.

Our guys are now in Constantine according to iwobi's snapchat.

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‘I ran off celebrating and I almost cried’
Matt Aldridge 08 Nov 2017

Alex Iwobi recalls the moment he booked Nigeria's tickets to the World Cup finals next summer

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A regular for Nigeria at just 21 years of age, Alex Iwobi has already written his name into his country’s history books.

The forward came off the bench to score a late winner against Zambia last month, and send the Super Eagles to their sixth World Cup finals.

Here’s what he had to say about the moment:

on how it felt to score the goal that sent Nigeria to the World Cup…
It’s so hard to describe, you know what I mean. When I actually scored the moment was crazy, I remember running off celebrating. I almost cried, I actually almost cried to see how the fans were reacting, to see my mum and dad in the stands, it was just an amazing feeling.

on what the atmosphere was like when he scored…
When I scored the goal, because the security are very strict the fans were trying to come on the pitch as I scored, but the security guards stopped them and after the fans they played trumpets and banged drums, so the players were just dancing, it was just crazy.

on representing Nigeria…
Yeah it’s basically my family, where they’re from, where I’m from it’s my homeland, so it’s always an honour to wear the green, white and green, I mean I’ve seen so many kids on the street when we’re like in the bus, they’re screaming “go Nigeria, go Nigeria”, so to represent them I’m just proud.

on what it means to him to play for his country…
It makes me feel grateful for what I have, because I’ve always grown up in England, so I didn’t really know what it was like back then. When I go back I see how people struggle in life, it’s not as easy as it is over here, so it gives me that reality check, but also I try to help people out there as well.

on bringing such happiness to the Nigerian fans…
It was the way they were like… it was almost like everyone won the lottery, they were just jumping. To go to the World Cup you can see it’s not just the players’ dream, it’s the fans’ dream as well and for me to get the goal for us to go through I’m just proud to do that.

Joebie:
whether he debuts or not won't make a difference.
You are not making any point. I posted the interview just a couple minutes ago. Only people who can read between the lines will really get it.

Don't get me wrong Sir, was only responding to what you posted. My point is that he will get to play in the 2 matches was called up for.

Joebie:
Harry Kane withdraws. Tammy Abraham's debut now more likely.

You think they are just going to call him up without debut? Lol
That boy used Nigeria,exactly what mz safari said earlier and I doubted it, he had England on his mind all along and pinnick fell for it lol. If you doubt me read the interview he granted to the English press.

Banter between Leon balogun and John Ogu had me in stitches Lol. Free Wi-Fi things as well on iwobi's Snapchat. Iheanacho's French is not bad at all lol

Humility017:
wicked coach....
only God will judge you....

Hahaha please lemme abeg

Icon79:
Bros, something tells me that this might even be a bigger loss than the loss of Alaba and Alli.

But we'll move on.


O pari

As in ehn this doesn't even look like Carlton Cole, fashanu or Agbonlahor this boy has it guy is talented abeg.
chai this thing dey pain me die.
We move last last

safarigirl:
and where is Swansea on the table for all his goodness?

Mz Safari he is practically carrying that team seriously take out time to watch him for Swansea you will understand my point.

Icon79:
Omo, anytime you watch Tammy, just ask yourself how good our team would've been if we have Tammy and Kelechi leading our attack!

The boy is extremely skillful for an English player. He can create and most importantly he can sniff out chances and get himself in position to finish. His football IQ is very high, IMHO.


O pari

All i'm saying. You hit the nail on the head Sir. That's why i'm pained, seeing dele alli alone is heartache now this.

Icon79:
No, but Pinnick handled the whole thing like an amateur. You don't start having photo ops and bragging on the world wide web that a player, who incidentally is plying his trade in England, is going to dump England to rep Nigeria until you seal the deal. That was the dumbest move I have ever seen from a public official.

He ought to resign and should resign if Nigeria is a country where things are done the right way.


O pari

My point exactly, you don't do such at all. that boy is massively talented Man it sucks big time but we move on

safarigirl:
And please, can anyone who has a thing for mentioning those funny English talents stop disturbing this thread?

The culprits know themselves, stop trying to promote them here. We should stick to discussing players who have declared for Nigeria, not the ones our NFF President will have to travel to see, only for them to throw sand in his eyes and that of 180 million people

We are bigger than that. Now, all those people who were discussing this boy after that shameful debacle, shey you guys can understand why I said we should drop his matter that time?

Y'all were busy analysing and breaking down English to save face.

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Tammy Abraham called by England. Well played Mr Pinnick. ���. Thank you for spooking England.
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Mr Pinnick action was arrogance and lack of intl football diplomacy at its best.very disappointed we lost that guy.
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Replying to @kayodesuberu
I was shocked at that announcement that day. I felt straightaway that England will react. They have. Our loss. Kid will be a fine player.
6:30 AM - 2 Nov 2017

Read the above comment and see what i was telling you earlier. It's all on Pinnick.