₦airaland Forum

Humility017:
the truth is our players does not really the opportunity most Europeans have....
he has not proven himself with the national team so most clubs will barely look his way...moreover he is an arsenal player not a frsh player going on trial abroad....

had it been he is able to get the British work permit...things would have been easier.... just hope he gets a better agent or his agent is asked to sit up.....get him into a reasonable club.

so you mean if you don't prove your self in the national team, clubs won't look your way?? interesting.

The problem with nwakali is arsenal for now, i remember nwakali was wanted by ajax. by now he should be in the ajax squad and playing games

MetalJigsaw:
He's practically overthrown Balogun.

i think Omeruo has overtaking Awaziem too

Humility017:
Aina shoot himself in the foot ..with that foul on Congolese player... the tackle wasn't necessary or would respond much earlier...prior the player cuts in moreover it was outside the box and not a penalty....

besides that mistake...he played well and better than elderson.....
hope rohr drop elderson....

yea he was having a good game and i notice his long throw assist to simmy, i just believe Rohr will make a clever choice.

maybe start idowu against England and then bring Aina in.

Humility017:
onazi one of the key players...not the best.
we obviously do without him....

i said onazi is one of best player and you say his one of our key players, my brother the problem here na Oyibo.

Humility017:
my brother...me self nor mind ajagun for that team.... provided he can the AM role well....
we need a good AM...
better have him than Agu...I am not sold on That guy one bit.

oya invite ajagun now na

Humility017:
lawal was a very humble and loyal player...
always the first to hit camp...rarely miss call ups...
and never saw the team captaincy as a problem he respects whoever was the captain, even when made to come in as sub...he never had a problem wit.
though in some opinion it was said...that he was being invited because of the federal character system....which i doubt.

very true but there was no time lawal would have been our captain in the national team

andrew444:
All of una just dey call nwakali,pray he get game time and he get a good loan club if he cant get game time in arsenal,because i will not want a division 2 player to be a starter in the super eagles, if na championship club e go dey okay,no b all those dutch division 2 club.

you are right he need to sort his club out, but it still don't stop us from inviting him after worldcup, Amunike was playing in tunisia

Humility017:
Nd who played the CM role...against Algeria...
please go rewatch the match Against Egypt again via YouTube...he scored in that match self.

someone said Etebo is more like Amokachi, that was perfect comparison, his speed and strength is his advantage not his passes and positioning

Truidstar:
I think its gonna be Aina and Joel Obi.

i think that will happen too but I'm not sure that is the right choice...Joel vs Agu, i will go for Joel

Aina and Echiejile, both of them still dey sleep

Humility017:
what has Joel obi played so far...for the past 3 games...he has played nothing..
we can't keep managing two Similiar midfielders.... onazi and Joel....
both are trending base on sentiment...while we can manage onazi let's drop Joel....
we need someone better...that can offer something upfront and compliment mikel...

Baba we are not managing Onazi, his still one of our best players, look at that pass to iheanacho even his free-kick that causr confusion.

i notice his not really popular with people here

Truidstar:
Every coach has a player he rates that most fans don't. In the days of Bonfrere Jo it was Garba Lawal. Agu will be in the final 23.

Agu will make it because joel obi refuse to turn up. I have a feeling Rohr likes obi too, Obi has started all matches since his recall but yet nothing come out.

tbaba1234:
Confirmed!!!!!

Dele Ajiboye
Stephen Eze
Uche Agbo
Daddy Moses Simon
Junior Lokosa.

Dropped...

No surprises!!

2 to go..

Echiejile/Aina and Agu/Joel obi

joel has been giving all the time in the world, I'm not sure he will start the England match

phamarsenal:
given by yesterdays match agu was better Dan Joel, he brought more calm andbwas more calculative together with iwobi. I think Joel obi should just go. Would hv loved to see agbo

True, i just wish simon is decleared fit, both joel and agu go just sitdown for house

maidaboi:
ajagun did well but they will rather be calling nwakali nawa for this thread

you people have very serious issues

Humility017:
against Egypt in kaduna and Algeria in Uyo.

the egypt match I can't remember but the Algeria is a big lie,mikel played as a 10 in the midfield in that match...

MetalJigsaw:
No. Na AfricaMagic I watch. Tyrone, Simy, Musa, Uzoho, Lokosa. All these guys no play well abi?

Now Musa done play well, i remember una talk say he no get football brain and should not be called up again

he was one of the light in that match when he came on

LieDetector:
Who's going to be our first choice right back between Shehu and Ebuehi? The coach is definitely going to have some headache there in his choice of preference

zero competition, Ebuehi will work into most top European national team, Shehu is a midfielde, why have a worldclass defender on the bench and play a defensive midfielder in his place.

we could see how the congo guys were running shehu over, in as much as i like shuehu but i can't have such a guy like ebuehi and keep him on the bench

kennysville:
You see now? When I said sometime ago that goalkeeper crisis is the least of our worries, you think say na play? For all we care we can play without a keeper if we can boss the midfield. Thats my own philosophy and opinion. At least now e don clear say una go get something new to make noise about.

A look at Etebo any day any time will tell you that he cannot be the 10 you are looking for. But you will hear people make all the noise about him being a baller. All I see is an Amokachi version 0.5.

Our eyes don dey clear small small. Make we continue dey make noise on Uzoho and Akpeyi.
My own beef is how is it that it took us this long to really know that we needed a 10 in the absence of Mikel? How long will it take to know that some players just cant cut it as a make shift 10? If Naija crashes out i the world cup at least we know where the problem lies. Lets stop fooling around and address the koko of the matter.


Solution: Remove every nigerian in the coaching crew and allow the coach do a proper screening excercise. Enough also with the media interference. Most journos are also agents themselves.

i don't understand Nigerians i swear, the set of players in camp is the best we can get fairly. winning teams improvise, i still see nothing wrong playing iwobi as a number 10. then problem with you guys is expecting him to play just the same way Mikel plays.

in 1994 siasia or mutiu adepoju plays instead of okocha...they ain't thesame, a coach can change there tactics to covr up for some players absent.

They keeper position was our problem, Rohr and the crew faced the problem and i can see there hardwork paying off.

And please which Alfa or prophet told you guys mikel will be injured in the tournerment

PDPGuy:
The other big headache would be the starting line jobs England. The players, except the 14 or 15 who are “sure-bankers”, would desperately want to play a part in the game.

If Ajiboye doesn’t feature at all, then it’s safe to say the goalkeeping trio for the WC will be Uzoho, Ezenwa, and Akpeyi.

Ajiboye won't even travel for that game

OMANBALA1:
Etebor is not better than Joel in the CM nor in the DM, though , Etebo gives more attacking option but he can be erratic with his attacking forays. Joel on the other hand is an old fashioned CM/DM with high level of discipline and concentration. Joel is just high energy as Etebor but more calculative

very sensible analysis of both players, in as much as i know joel is not performing to his capability, etebor during his days in warri wolves was a Left winger, even at the Olympics and don't know how he started playing in the midfield.

his strength is his lung bursting runs and eye for goal

Humility017:
etebo better than Joel obi as CM anytime anyday...whenever he plays with mikel....he shines....
Joel is still rash with his tackles...and offer less offensively compare to etebo

Which Etebo??

the best position i have seen him play is the left wing. Etebo has also failed on CM for eagles.

please mention the game Etebo played in the CM position and was outstanding

PDPGuy:
My 23 will be:

Gks: Uzoho, Ajiboye, Ezenwa

Defenders: Ebuehi, Shehu, Awaziem, Omeruo, Ekong, Balogun, Idowu, and Aina.

Midfielders: Mikel Obi, Etebo, Onazi, Ndidi, Iwobi, John Ogu.

Attackers: V.Moses, Ighalo, Musa, S. Nwankwo, Iheanacho, Lokosa.
Yes, Lokosa will put up a decent performance against the English and that will propel him into the final squad

Lokosa may not travel to england

tbaba1234:
Players i will drop

Agbo (simply have not seen him)
Joel Obi (has been unable to show his Serie A form for Nigeria after 3 games)
Simon Moses (Injury)
Akpeyi (Rohr will drop Ajiboye though)
Lokosa (Did himself a lot of credit, we should see him again post WC but with Ighalo and Simy as CFs, i do not see the space for him in the 23)
Elderson (could have received a red today, he is coming to the end of his international career. He has been a good servant)
Stephen Eze ( The fact that we did not see him suggests that he will be dropped)

Joel might not be dropped, is between him and Agu. maybe Rohr will go with Joel

tbaba1234:
My 23
Uzoho Ezenwa Ajiboye (but Rohr will take Akpeyi)
Omeruo Ekong Balogun Awaziem Idowu Aina Ebuehi
Shehu Ndidi Mikel Onazi Ogu Etebo Agu
Iwobi Ighalo V.Moses Musa Simy Iheanacho

your list is nice. Joel or Agu though

OMANBALA1:
I say it again, it will be hard for Rohr to drop Simmy Nwankwo, Lokosa or not. It seems he is better with his feet than head.

his good with his head too

PDPGuy:
I think Rohr will field both Ajiboye and Akpeyi in the game on Saturday. This is because Akpeyi, over the last 18 months, has only played 135 minutes for the team; and Ajiboye has not yet played against a non-African team.

The England friendly is obviously the last chance for either goalkeeper to stake a claim in the final squad.

Ezenwa playing all 90 minutes in 4 out of 6 WCQ matches, and Uzoho playing all 90 minutes in the last 3 matches indicates that both players have booked their seats on the plane to Russia.

Meanwhile, the best formation for the Super eagles at the World Cup would be either the 3-5-2 or 4-5-1; with Victor Moses playing on the left side of midfield as the common denominator in either system:

——————————-Uzoho————————-

———Ekong————Balogun——-Idowu———

—Ebuehi——-Mikel—Ndidi—-Etebo——V.Moses——

————————Iheanacho——Ighalo—————-


4-5-1:

———-Ebuehi——Ekong——Balogun——Idowu——

—-Shehu———-Mikel—-Ndidi——-Etebo——V.Moses——

——————————S. Nwankwo————————-

Ajiboye is going no where sir

Joebie:
Rohr’s verdict on Simy

simmy is really a blessing to us...i repeat ighalo situp

Joebie:
Rohr’s verdict on Simy

simmy is really a blessing to us...i repeat ighalo situp

MetalJigsaw:
That Tyrone sef na real ajebo player. The way he battles with injury makes me feel he's a bit of an injury prone player just like Balogun. I hope he's fit again... and The guy sabi o

the boy is a strong lad, i still retain the fear that holland will be watching him...i just hope he goes to the worldcup. sehu in the right back na suicide

Joebie:
Something tells me Rohr will drop less than 4 players before the London trip.

if Eze, Agbo and Ajiboye can't make bench then they are as good as gone

Joebie:
Etebo wasn’t bad. He took our indirect free kicks at the laters stages and delivered well. But they were times he was found wanting. He could have made a stronger case to be taken to London if he had executed a long range shot to an open net (the keeper had come of his lines). I will give him a 5/10. But he could have done better.

Joel Obi played pretty well in the first half.

Etebo was poor with the freekicks and corner even iheanacho indirect freekick was poor....moses will continue with the duty

realpoacher:
Exactly what I have been screaming about since... We have too many dormant, unproductive and ineffective DMs in these present team. They need to be shown the way out. Its not rocket science. We lack creativity going forward.

Our problem is not Goalkeeper, its not Defense, its not Attack... Our problem is the Midfield. The midfielders are not linking well with our attack. We just can't seem to score from open play anymore.

Something drastic have to be done. My suggestion is to ship 4 of these guys out

Agbo
Joel Obi
Agu
Etebo


Going to the world Cup, my midfielders are

John Mikel Obi
Iwobi
Ndidi
Onazi
John Ogu


Then after the world cup, we bring in

Kelechi Nwakali
Ebele Eze


V. Moses can even be listed as a Midfielder so that Lakossa can make the 23 as one of the forwards

.................

My Russia 23

Uzoho (he is doing very well)
Ezenwa
Ajiboye


Ekong
Balogun
Awaziem
Omeruoh
Shehu
Ebuehi
Echiejile
Idowu

Mikel Obi
Iwobi
Etebo
Ndidi
Onazi
John Ogu

Iheanacho
Ighalo
Musa
Simy
Lakossa
V. Moses

Agu was not bad when he came in, lokosa will not go to worldcup.

Joel or agu will make it in...joel has been off form