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Joebie:
Enyimba don score away to Energie Sports Benin Rep. 5 mins

good

Abusule007:
Rohr invites Mikel, Onazi, Moses, 25 others for Poland, Serbia friendlies



Super Eagles’ Technical Adviser, Gernot Rohr has listed captain Mikel John Obi, midfielder Ogenyi Onazi and playmaker Victor Moses in his 28 –man squad to battle Poland’s fellow Eagles and Serbia in pre-FIFA World Cup friendly matches this month.




Home –based goalkeeper Ikechukwu Ezenwa, who stood between the pipes for the very crucial last four World Cup qualifying games (home-and-away to Cameroon, home to Zambia and away to Algeria), leads the goalkeeping section and will be joined by new boy Francis Uzoho and Daniel Akpeyi.



Former junior international Kenneth Omeruo is back among the defenders, as Joel Obi among the midfielders, while Eagles’ B stalwarts, defender Stephen Eze and forward Gabriel Okechukwu, are also handed opportunities.



Russia –based Brian Idowu, who scored against Argentina on his debut in a friendly in Krasnodar in November last year, and Al Ahly of Egypt’s Junior Ajayi, who earned an Olympic bronze in Brazil in 2016, are also called.



Three –time African champions Nigeria will trade tackles with the Bialo-Czerwoni (White and Red) or Eagles, as the Senior National Team of Poland is known, at the 43,000 –capacity Stadium Wroclaw on Friday, 23rd March 2018.



Four days later, the Eagles will take to the pitch against the Senior National Team of Serbia at The Hive, London - home ground of Barnet FC and London Bees.



These are the first two in a list of six friendly encounters planned for the Super Eagles by the Nigeria Football Federation ahead of the 21st FIFA World Cup finals in the Russian Federation this summer.



THE FULL LIST



Goalkeepers: Francis Uzoho (Deportivo La Coruna, Spain); Ikechukwu Ezenwa (Enyimba FC); Daniel Akpeyi (Chippa United, South Africa)



Defenders: Abdullahi Shehu (Bursaspor FC, Turkey); Tyronne Ebuehi (Ado Den Haag, The Netherlands); Olaoluwa Aina (Hull City, England); Elderson Echiejile (Cercle Brugge KSV, Belgium); Brian Idowu (Amkar Perm, Russia); Chidozie Awaziem (Nantes FC, France); William Ekong (Bursaspor FC, Turkey); Leon Balogun (FSV Mainz 05, Germany); Kenneth Omeruo (Kasimpasa FC, Turkey); Stephen Eze (Lokomotiv Plovdiv, Bulgaria)



Midfielders: Mikel John Obi (Tianjin Teda, China); Ogenyi Onazi (Trabzonspor FC, Turkey); Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City, England); Oghenekaro Etebo (Las Palmas, Spain); John Ogu (Hapoel Be’er Sheva, Israel); Uche Agbo (Standard Liege, Belgium); Joel Obi (Torino FC, Italy)



Forwards: Ahmed Musa (CSKA Moscow, Russia); Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City, England); Moses Simon (KAA Gent, Belgium); Victor Moses (Chelsea FC, England); Odion Ighalo (Changchun Yatai, China); Alex Iwobi (Arsenal FC, England); Junior Ajayi (Al Ahly, Egypt); Gabriel Okechukwu (Akwa United)

let's the wailing begins

Oya make them give us the list today na 7

tbaba1234:
Umar Sadiq nominated for player of the week.

the guy has greatly inproved and will be an important player for us post world cup

CaptainStephen:
A colleague told me PSG Goalkeeper Alphonse Areola has Nigerian links , how true is this ?

lets invite him

Lilpacshacor:
To me uduokhai is a fine quality player.he is strong,fast and can hold on to the ball.he is better than the players we have in super eagles.also deji ousman of e.Frankfurt should be used at the left back of eagles.other players that need to be given a chance are cyriel dessers,beneventure Dennis,onuacho Paul,Joel obi,sanusi Ryan,maduka okoye,Sebastian osigwe,Dominic vinicin,Karim onisiwo,Jordan ibe,kelvin akpoguma,Jordan torunarighai,nuru abdullahi,omoijuanfo ohi,junior ajayi and the Rosenberg left winger

Rohr needs to see this your list
weldone sir

tbaba1234:
Top 10 foreigners in the Chinese league
France Football Magazine’s CSL Top Ten Foreigners
Yannick Ferreira-Carrasco – Dalian Yifang Gervinho – Hebei Fortune Hulk – Shanghai SIPG Ezequiel Lavezzi – Hebei Fortune Javier Mascherano – Hebei Fortune John Mikel Obi – Tianjin TEDA Oscar Emboaba – Shanghai SIPG Pato – Tianjin Quanjian Ramires – Jiangsu Suning Axel Witsel – Tianjin Quanjian

no ighalo and obafemi matins

tbaba1234:
Top 10 foreigners in the Chinese league
France Football Magazine’s CSL Top Ten Foreigners
Yannick Ferreira-Carrasco – Dalian Yifang Gervinho – Hebei Fortune Hulk – Shanghai SIPG Ezequiel Lavezzi – Hebei Fortune Javier Mascherano – Hebei Fortune John Mikel Obi – Tianjin TEDA Oscar Emboaba – Shanghai SIPG Pato – Tianjin Quanjian Ramires – Jiangsu Suning Axel Witsel – Tianjin Quanjian

no ighalo and obafemi matins

junnyjake:
This is a bit premature don't you think??

Shaktar is a good club no doubt no one would pray that he fails there.

You are laughing now and you are laughing first taking jab at his critics, don't be surprised if those critics get the last laugh.

We're all waiting to see how this unfolds

chai!!!
Hahahahaha

elyte89:
Leave oga forgiveness alone, make him happy small na ,of all his candidates he has been yearning for to b called up into d national team,dey have zero chance to make his wish come true,right from obagoal,dele aiyenugba,aluko,ajagun , et al...now kayode is abt having a slim chance and u don't want him to rejoice?

hahahaha
guy you wicked chai!!

Please who knows the exact date which this match take place INDIA 99 - 1 NIGERIA ?

Truidstar:
Sir KOG, let them also post YouTube videos of goals conceded by Manuel Neur, Ter Stegen, David de gea, Thibaut Courtois and let us do a side by side analysis.

true talk my brother

Truidstar:
Those who believe we have a goal keeper "crisis" have crawled out of their holes again. We are our own problem, we whine and moan too much. Rohr has brought us out of Egypt and the promised land is in sight, yet we still complain. Uzoho is most likely going to be our first choice. If you can't handle it there are 31 other teams you can support.

chei !!

krattoss:
I don't wanna go down this path

hahahaha
Oga na joke ooo

krattoss:
i think rohr has justified all odds as a good coach and manger..it's now let for grace/luck to play its role for the man..

I mean no one has gotten it right more than this German dude.. I hope his hard work and unbiased callings pays off big..

in all ramifications the man has proven to be incorruptible and just... hope these pays off in the coming future and hope the man retains his job irrespective of the outcome of results..

lets someone see your post the man that invite Nwakali and leave kayode oh i forget and Ajagun
hahahahaha

Icon4s:
We saw 4 videos of Uzoho conceding. Throw your mind back to the last 4 games or any 4 games that Ezenwa conceded and do a comparison.

do we have his npfl videos not the national team one

Icon4s:
Yes we have seen all those. Which formed the yardstick of our criticisms of those goalkeepers.

A lot of us only formed our decisions based on Uzoho's 45mins against Argentina. So with these videos we are getting to know more of him.

atleast he has not conceded more than 2 goals in match like the other goalies who have conceded four goals

edi287:
Joel Obi has gotten his invitation for next month's friendlies

yea
you must go to this worldcup in jesus name any injury planning to stand in your way i forbid it in the name of jesus Amen
HURRAY!!

Kog45:
Honestly just tired discussing goalkeeping stuff,Ajiboye saves are shots which must be parried and Ezenwa had some flops too and Akpeyi shaking but with Uzoho clips i watched he is not better.

Mind you i based it on the clips so hope he comes out good in friendlies and end our continuous searching of number one.

have see the clips of the other goalies which the conceded?

Icon4s:
Tbaba1234, honestly you deserve an award for your service to the Nation.

Was the last night's game amongst the ones you posted? If no please will really like to see it. As e be say the other videos were months ago, let us see the one of less than 24 hrs ago.

we should also see the goals that ezenwa, akpeyi and ajiboye conceded na
hahahaha

krattoss:
according to reports, we should be expecting frendlies lost before the end of the week.

list or lost?

Icon4s:
Someone like Moses Eneji, I never really saw him at the WAFU tourney because the only part of the tournament I watched was from that moment in the final when Ghana scored their first goal. No Nigerian station showed the competition except the final.

The first time I really saw him was in that CHAN final against Morocco. At my first glance of him, the commentator mentioned he was 18years old. And I was like "for real"?. But after a closer look at his face I saw that boyness on his face. You know some kids just keep beards just to look like their elder brother's mates.

hahaha

Dennis and awoniyi with goal today in the belgium league

ChrisKels:
The stats Moses Simon's fan boys wouldn't want u to see. Check out this excerpt;

"Samuel Kalu does not play centrally in attack but has been scoring or creating goals for Gent; he has been directly involved in 24 goals (9 goals, 15 assists) in 45 appearances since his move to Belgium"

what about moses simon first 45 matches stat in belgium?

komekn:
I'll ask you a few questions.

Where was the most expensive center back in the world playing before he went to Southampton.

Where was Wanyama one of the best defensive midfielders in the EPL playing before ending up at Tottenham

Which club refused a £50 million offer for thier striker Dembele from Chelsea

Finally which Celtic player was bought by Barcelona to be thier main striker

All from the back water league

One advantage this backwater league has is location close to action of the EPL and style of play more suited to the EPL and Championship.

which day you start to the support backwater league player?

Mujtahida:
What was Ezenwa's level of exposure before the Cameroun double header? His exposure was very low YET today now it's the exposure that he got during the WCQ that is now being used to argue in his favor, forgetting that if we had not been forced by Akpeyi's injury Ezenwa would perhaps have never had the chance. My point is Icon4s argues against giving rooky gks a chance and then when they are given a chance he uses that experience and test the gk got from that chance to argue against giving another rooky the same chance. That's the point ChrisKels made when he talked about double standards.

I know that the gk is sensitive. It's not for rookies. But we are in a crisis. Rookies(Uzoho, Ezenwa) and Rusties (Aiyenugba, Ejide) and Shakies (Akpeyi) are what we got.


We are looking for a gk who's been exposed and tested at the club level but Akpeyi fits that bill yet he simply has failed to rise up to the occasion for us. We do not have gk exposed at club level. Has Ezenwa' best been seen? Has his worse been seen? NO! Like tbaba1234 said he was ably shielded by the defence in the matches he played. In other words Ezenwa and Uzoho at the same level.

I repeat WE ARE IN A CRISIS. It's time to take a risk.

true talk

Mujtahida:
The problem I have with this line of reasoning is that if we go by it Uzoho will never be tested or exposed and then anytime his name comes up we'd still ask 'Now, which test or exposure does Uzoho have? And on and on like that. Catch 22 situation

We are in a crisis. It's time to do the unusual.

that is it
if we don't play him how will he get the experienced? Ezenwa we know what he is capable of already same for Akpeyi
Uzoho should play those friendlies so that we can know what he is capable of
Shikena

owbabs:
^^he has enough quality to make the team. End of story.

seconded

oakphil:
Why you come be Man nah my mate?

hahaha

Kog45:
O pari master,pls can you pinpoint any solid performance from Austin Ejide in eagles colours.

Did you know Akpeyi always remind me of Ejide cos they almost shared the same attributes,shaking in goalposts especially in eagles jersey.

Hope you remember he is an injury prone keeper mostly with muscle tear and difficult for him to have three matches in a row though he had four at 2008 afcon

Did you know his injuries contributed to his contract termination in his club and clubless for some years but now in division two.

But the big question is Ejide that solid that we can close our eyes on other keepers cos in Isreali league Aiyenugba is far rated than him.

I think better for Rohr to take inactive fit Enyeama over just two months active Ejide.

Uzoho takes my vote in upcoming friendlies.

if austin ejide is invited i will start suspecting foul play within the NFF

Omeruo over efe for now and turkey league is better than scottish league

Austin ejide is no no for me while there is dele