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Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Mickael2(m): 10:12am On Nov 19, 2018

wayodude:
Did we really celebrate Westerhof whilst he was here? Really?? Remember the 5-1 hammering we recieved from Algeria in the opening game of the 1990 AFCON?

Remember the 2-1 loss away to Ivory Coast in the world cup qualifiers for USA 94?

Remember how fans and media ganged up against him saying similar to what you guys are saying about Rohr now? Saying he played 9-0-1 formation in Abidjan?

Remember how people used to criticize his choice of camp in Papandel (Holland) saying he must be the owner of the resort that's why he always camps the team there?

Remember how people said he was only interested in selling players abroad after local boy Finidi joined Ajax. Some said he was after egunje.

Remember people saying our team was so good any manager would have got the results he was getting and our performances were in spite of having him rather than because of him?

Either nostalgia is playing games with many here or they are too young to remember what happened back then. Westerhof was villified big time until he qualified us for the world cup and then won AFCON 1994 and both happened within a space of 3 months!! For the rest of the time he was attacked in beer parlours more than he was defended. Nairaland being one of many modern day beer parlours.

I know of that, but back then none of the critics could say his team's performance was bad, that match against Algeria happens, that was in 91, I said 93 which is the period I vaguely know of, in that 94 Afcon I remember asking my dad why it was only Nigeria that was passing the ball, I can't remember against which team exactly, such was the dominance and it started from late 92/early 93. Back then the media was against Westerhof not exactly 'every nigerian' like you put it, I know atleast all my elder siblings respect him totally, the media started that war against Westerhof probably because of some personal interest which I do not know, but that isn't even my point. Westerhof took a bunch of guys and had them playing so well that people started saying that any coach could perform wonders with those players, same thing people said about Pep in Barca until Tito and then Tata took over. But in Rohr's case, he has taken a young, talented team backwards, if we are at least performing well but the results aren't coming I may say ok, but bar the match away to Zambia and against Cameroon we haven't seen any extraordinary performance. Bottomline? Westerhof's team was so dominant that people thought anybody could do same with the set of players he had, Rohr's team is so bad that people are wondering if we wouldn't be better off with another person despite the results. Please and please, Rohr's case and that of Westerhof isn't related.

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Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Mickael2(m): 9:02am On Nov 19, 2018

Icon4s:
TheSupernerd, I keep asking u if we are in the New dawn yet and you have been shifting that dawn. And have been waiting and waiting to declare that "New Dawn".

Guess what, some of us have been waiting and expecting that New dawn for the past 20years! (1998 to be precise).

We are no longer that dominant force that we used to be. Yes, we have a very rich pedigree but we must also realize that it is no longer business as usual. Nigeria is no longer much better than teams like SA, Congo DR, Mali, Guinea, and the likes. And we arguably can only rub shoulders with likes of CIV, Senegal, Morocco, Egypt.

For those that expected us to have over run SA in Jo' burg you need to have a rethink. The current squad is not as gifted as the squad we had from 2002 to 2010 era, which to me was our last generation of SUPER Eagles. Just compare position by position including the 3 choice goalies and u will realize. What we have now are a group of mostly young talented players who we hope will with time start delivering the goods.

I do not belong to the group that excessively hype players neither do I belong to the group that Pull down players. The earlier we realize that we are not that dominant force we used to be in the 1990s and 2000s the better for us.

Yes, we are on a building or rebuilding process, just like have been since 1998, and so we need to be patient with team.

And on Rohr, we all know he is not much gifted tactically. Such is for so many coaches. The NFF had to employ Bonfere Jo as a personal tactician to Westerhoff. So many here call Rohr ''White Onigbinde'' but I see him more as ''white Amodu''. The simple philosophy that guides such a coach is ''if you cannot win do not lose''. Just like Amodu, Rohr took over the coaching position and unlike most other coaches, he started with the already existing squad and started getting results while the gradual injection of New blood with time. Some call it conservatism but I call it building with stability . Some here even once called Rohr a white version of Icon4s . And I have adviced a couple of smart analysts here before to go for Basic coaching certificates and that will make them see things not only as critics but also as coaches. They used to call me a conservatist until they met Rohr

To be candid this is one of Rohr's thinnest squads he has ever paraded. We were so unlucky with the wrong calls by the officials especially that 2nd goal which could have been the decider. What I will say is lets be patient with Rohr, he looks like someone still on the learning curve. He has managed to give us the AFCON ticket with a game to spare even after losing our first game. Those that have criticized him have every Right to do so just like those who have hailed him. We know Rohr is not an excellent tactician but he has continued to deliver which is the ultimate yardstick to judge a coach.

Boss, learning curve after three years? At the World Cup your excuse was 'he is still building', now we are getting even worse and you have reversed to 'he is getting results', so after building for the past 3 years all he can manage to do is to 'get results'? By 1993 Westerhof's team was playing brilliant football, I remember asking Sia1 something about that and he told me that by 92 everybody already knew what to do, when you come to camp the coach will just perfect what you had already learnt, if after three years(with a proper tournament in between which affords coaches enough time to train their players) we are still playing without any identity then we haven't built anything. You do know that if Rohr gets sacked that a new coach will have to start from the scratch, because no good coach will adopt this playing method, what then have we built? Klinsman left Germany and Leow came in and continued the same pattern, in that case you can say Klinsman built something, this coach that took Argentina to the final of the 2014 WC left, Martino came in and continued his philosophy and Argentina almost won a Copa, sadly these have been three wasted years, yes we have made it to the WC and the AFCON but what will be the benefit in the long run?

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Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Mickael2(m): 7:26am On Nov 19, 2018

fabyom:
Keshi drew Iran, he was lucky against Bosnia. He went to a world cup tournament with players like Gabriel, Uchebo etc. If you want to mention a good coach please do not call keshi. He was just a lucky coach. As much as I do not really like Rohr he has done a very good job.
No Mikel, no Moses, no Ndidi, no Ighalo, no Shehu, no Aina, no Ebuhei No Problem!

During Keshi time the bench were made up of suspect players.

I wanted to drop this but not anymore.

Musa scored a perfectly legal goal against Iran which was cancelled, how come you didn't mention that he was unlucky against Iran? We totally outplayed Bosnia. In fact in 90 full minutes Bosnia created only three chances of note, Ameobi after coming on and even Babatunde and Uzoenyi had decent chances in that game, we were the better team on the day and if Bosnia had scored trust me we would have still scored again, you all are making it sound as if it was a Chelsea vs Barcelona match, we played good football and deserved our luck totally. Against Argentina we lost, Argentina eventually got to the final. Bosnia were the first team to qualify for the WC in Europe then with the highest goalscorer during the qualifiers, yet we didn't just beat them, we outplayed them, forget results for now, I would recommend you watch that match again or maybe the highlights before talking again.

Now in 2018, the worst possible Argentine side that were sent to the cleaners by Croatia and yet we couldn't get a point off them. Aren't you also forgetting that Iceland missed a penalty? Isn't that also lucky? Croatia only won three games in regular time at the world cup, they were not better than Bosnia of 2014 yet we never even bothered them for 90 full minutes. See I don't like discrediting people, Rohr's team defeated Iceland and lost against the remaining teams. Keshi defeated Bosnia, drew against Iran and played well against Argentina, in fact I remember vividly that Mikel missed an easy header that would have dragged us level in that game, is that not bad luck? But at least we lost fighting. Then did you watch the match against France? Brilliant football.

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Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Mickael2(m): 7:34pm On Nov 18, 2018

Joebie:
Those people who were saying we need to destroy SA this weekend, where are you? Two games gone, none was ticked.

Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Mickael2(m): 5:25pm On Nov 18, 2018

Icon4s:
Just like how Siasia needed just a 2-1 win to qualify. We were already leading 2-1 but he kept on pushing forward to get a 3rd so as to secure a comprehensive win while toping the group and Bam! Guinea hit us on the counter and eqaulized and we crashed out.

Rohr is conservative yes but he has continued to achieve results. He is a very cautious coach.

If it is left to some of u here we will be parading different 11 players for each game. Imagine people proposing Success, Chukwueze and Onyekuru on starting line up for a game of this magnitude.

I was only disappointed in the officiating otherwise the boys got the job done.

I wonder if u people would have been saying these things u are saying if that Musa's goal had stood.

Chief, I am sure people still complained after that match against Libya, unlike some people here I pointed it out a long time ago. Let me ask you something, apart from that 4-0 win against Cameroon, which other game(under Rohr) have we been comprehensively better than the opposition? Most people have been looking for an opportunity like this( a game we failed to win) to come out and voice their disapproval but I already did that long ago. The goals we score are not even in anyway as a result of good tactical play or anything, I mean Kalu just raced to the byline and pulled a cross back and bam. Me sha no want talk too much, but even if Musa had scored, it wouldn't turn that match into anything special.

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Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Mickael2(m): 3:45pm On Nov 17, 2018

A ref should not be this bad

Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Mickael2(m): 2:59pm On Nov 17, 2018

Catalyst4real:
Iwobi has been completely useless. Very poor first half performance from him.

Keeps trying unnecessary dribble when he has the ball, and is completely useless without it. Does little to win possession

take am easy brother, he may still come up with the goods. Besides he stressed himself too much at the start of the game, pressing even the gk and at such a high altitude, you will gas out and that starts affecting your brain too. That said he is a WF playing AMF for us, I believe the coach will take him aside and tell him to forget the pressing, I mean we have two strikers for that.

Something tells me we won't lose this game considering the arsenal we have on our bench, if and only if Rohr does not repeat that Croatia madness again

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Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Mickael2(m): 2:38pm On Nov 17, 2018

KevinDein:
If not for poor officiating and wrong call from the linesman, we should be 2-1 up.

Do you see how we pushed back into our box after scoring? Trust me if that first goal had been allowed, we wouldn't have scored again

Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Mickael2(m): 2:36pm On Nov 17, 2018

soetanoreoluwa:
The defence was shitty... Need to swap the formation back to 4321...

not the defence, our problem is the midfield. They are not keeping their shape and/or doing what they should

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Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Mickael2(m): 2:35pm On Nov 17, 2018

Let me make my position clear.

First of all, I am not sure I know what Iheanacho is doing in this game if Iwobi has to come and press the backline for him.

Iwobi is not a controller, I already said it before. He seems to think he is a wing forward pressing the backline. Sit in the middle and slow the game down, we are winning.

Our defence has not been properly screened at all. The discipline of the two DMFs are just awful, why was Ogu jogging back for that goal? Run man, run!

Still on still, I hope Rohr's luck pays off again, because if not for an own goal we should be behind

Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Mickael2(m): 2:31pm On Nov 17, 2018

Nobody is talking again

Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Mickael2(m): 7:56pm On Nov 16, 2018

AIG07:
With Etebo's injury, Agu and Ogu will likely start.

This is what our Midfield is reduced to. Who do we bring on to replace this guys if the need arises?

Well, what do I know. I just hope our Midfield is not over run by the Southies.

What do you think Mikael2?

I was called a hater for pointing this out. Our midfield already lacked pace and now it has even reduced further.

So we have to first analyse how these guys will play, I don't know if you watched the game between Real Betis and Barcelona, Busquets was reduced to a ballbl boy, Betis moved through the side of the pitch that is what I think the South Africans will do, and if they do can Agu be the guy that will run around the entire midfield to win balls? We know Iwobi cannot control the game so this will be a fast paced game all through. Can Agu and Ogu cope with all that? It remains to be seen though, but for me I doubt we will win this game with this midfield we have now

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Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Mickael2(m): 12:34pm On Nov 16, 2018

krattoss:
The thrashing has already started

You do understand that we have not defeated South Africa in our last 4 games not to mention that we are going into this particular match with practically no midfield and players most likely won't play to their full potentials escpeically those who are trying to stake a claim in their respective club sides. The sooner we understand that anything can happen in SA the better for us all

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Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Mickael2(m): 4:56pm On Nov 10, 2018

Icon4s:
Being in the Olympics team does not mean a payer cannot be in the SE. Sir Michael2 na u dey ask this kine kwession?

Orji Okonkwo and Kingsley Michael are two other Olympics prospects.

I thought you meant they should focus on the Olympics. My bad then.

Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Mickael2(m): 11:36am On Nov 09, 2018

andrew444:
Bros na beans....No b fc zurich? say na today naija player dey start for their team for europa league? i am not saying osimhen and chukwueze deserve to be invited

But odey own no b new thing,i can give you 3 naija players who starred at the europa league last season,so abeg na beans ok,make una no come rob odey for our face because una like naija league

When onyekuru was tearing belgium apart with goals at eupen was he invited? say people compain?

do you actually read posts before you comment.

Now incase it was difficult for you to understand, I said if Oshimen and Chukwueze were invited then Odey deserves it because his club is on par or even better than Villareal B and Oshimen's club. Who is now talking about the players that played in the Europa league last season?

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Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Mickael2(m): 11:32am On Nov 09, 2018

andrew444:
Who told you vinicius is finding it difficult at madrid?

Is vinicius having game time thats what you will consider?

Vinicius has played 3 matches in laliga which is just 29 minute and has scored one goal so how is he finding it difficult? are you expecting him to bench benzema? You want to dey behave like english media.

Vinicius is mostly a madrid b player,he has played mostly for the b team this season and played 5 games and score 4 goals

No offence, but I would advise you actually try to watch these matches before you start replying me next time.

Vinicius has not scored for the main madrid team Sir. If you watched their match against Valladolid then you wouldn't have said what you just said. If you watched their match against Plzen then you would notice that he kept on spoiling attack after attack. You don't need 20hours to know a player that is struggling, you just need to watch him for a minute.

Vinicius and Benzema do not even play the same role so there goes your knowledge about the player.

Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Mickael2(m): 7:07am On Nov 09, 2018

Icon4s:
Odey, Chukwueze, Osimhen, Kalu, Onyekuru, Awoniyi. That makes for a very hot Olympics team strike force

So who and who will now be in the main team? When we come for to the Olympics team I think Orji Okonkwo(the one in Bologna) deserves a look in as well

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Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Mickael2(m): 9:00pm On Nov 08, 2018

TheGoodJoe:
That is precisely the point he is making. We need Nacho taking more freekicks because the other guys waste them. We surely get freekicks and keeping Nacho of them does us more harm than good.

Can you recall any dangerous free kick we for in the two matches against Libya? I don't know if the players do not fall there or the referees do not award the freekicks but we usually get at most one decent free kick opportunity in two games, that isn't enough to start a player because of his free kick ability. That is not to say that Nacho brings nothing other than that

Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Mickael2(m): 8:58pm On Nov 08, 2018

tbaba1234:
Personally, i think it is too early for Osimhen and Chulwueze too.

But Chukwueze strikes me as something special. We will see.

This is the first season that Odey has performed in Europe. He was not great last season. So he also falls into the group of wait and see as well.

Odey didn't have the luxury of learning in a proper football environment. I mean he developed here in Nigeria, was always going to struggle in his first season over there, but after just a season, just one he has taken the league by storm. Even Vinicius is finding it difficult in Madrid so an average first season is perfectly okay.

However if you say Oshimen, Chukwueze and Odey are all not ready, who else do we have then that is performing?

Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Mickael2(m): 8:54pm On Nov 08, 2018

kellycute:
lol, oga mickael nothing dey on between me and nacho, I just don’t like when some people derived joy bashing the young man falsely. Someone even said freekick is not crucial in a game just because he wanted to get cheap access to ridicule the upcoming ”free kick specialist”. Imagine the dude saying that ighalo can’t score goal without a functional midfield and he expect alien kid nacho to score without a functional midfield, abi dat one nor be double standard? Same way dey derive joy in bashing the alien player, same way i derive joy in calling them out.

I remember a player called Delap, he wasn't outstanding but he was always sure of a starting place for Stoke City because he was outstanding when it comes to throw-ins so no I disagree with that one, set pieces or anything for that matter that gives your team an added advantage is definitely vital in football. However, if we want to look at it this way, Stoke City then had a lot of tall players so they depended on those long throws and you could see them scoring goals from them. Do we as a team depend on pur set piece ability to score goals? When was the last time we scored from a set piece? In that case I don't think in our present setting it makes sense to play a particular player just because he is good in that aspect when we don't even utilise it at all.

So you see? You are right by saying that set pieces are vital and anybody that can take care of them well enough should always have an added advantage over others. Then he too may not exactly be wrong considering we haven't exactly been scoring from them. Even if Iheanacho is playing, for some reason he is not usually the one who even takes the freekick

Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Mickael2(m): 8:20pm On Nov 08, 2018

kellycute:
so nacho can score goal without functional mildfield? See double standard!

Oga, no vex eh. But what is up with you and Iheanacho? Like seriously I want to know

Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Mickael2(m): 8:10pm On Nov 08, 2018

BascoVanVeli:
So he should never play against SA again, is that what u mean? That is not how football works, u live to fight another day. Even u are not perfect everyday,

That's the same argument many here use against starting Omeruo who I believe should have even made the team of the league this past weekend, he was that good.

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Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Mickael2(m): 8:09pm On Nov 08, 2018

Humility017:
to be honest with you...I don't understand oga Bosco.
you don't use sentiments in recruiting players for the national team.
players like chukwueze and Henry played their ways to big clubs and eventually start play professional football at club level with no national team coach assistance...
these guys have their talents speaking for them.
why can't Odey do same?
or does his stars lies in how many national team call ups he gets.....?

he should keep doing his thing...talents and potentials can never be hidden for too long.

Oga! Oga! Oshimen is in which club again? Odey is starting for his team now in the Europa League against Bayern Leverkusen, do you think that is beans? Chukwueze just played his first match for Villarreal B, since he has been playing for the team B. Odey deserves it, his claim is reinforced by the fact that he has actually been performing for years now, he cannot force buyers to come, but he has scored everywhere he has played. I am not saying he must be invited but saying that he is playing at a low club when we invited Oshimen and Chukwueze is hypocritical

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Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Mickael2(m): 8:28pm On Nov 02, 2018

Exactly why I believe the older Nwakali made the right choice moving to Poland. He will gain promotion with them and stake his claim in the team

tbaba1234:
Sometimes, the decision made by players negatively affect their careers.

Look at Musa Yahaya, he was playing in a promotion chasing side but left to join Porto , perhaps for more money.

Now he has been turned to a right back with no realistic prospect of playing top flight football.His former club are in the top division.

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Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Mickael2(m): 10:39am On Nov 01, 2018

Curtisaxel7:
Did you have to mention Komekn and Forgiveness by name?.

You're so filled with hate for these two monikers and you're infecting others your hatred. Always insulting them for no just reason except that they have different opinions from yours. We don't need that kind of mentality here please.

Please take your malicious and hateful spirit away from us.

But she mentioned her name and theSuperNerd and we all know they are both serious fanboys so expect Iheanacho to win everything if both are in the committee. So she was just pointing out two names who will hardly include Iheanacho and two names who will definitely include Iheanacho to point out that a 3-man committee isn't going to be perfect. She could have mentioned any Goldfish or mickael2 or edi247(the supposed leaders of the hate club) but she mentioned the more frequent contributors which is psychologically explained as recency bias, I tire for your attacks oh.

Me I would have voted for Mujtahida, but in his absence, definitely Joebie

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Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Mickael2(m): 11:13am On Oct 31, 2018

BascoVanVeli:
So a player that plays left back in the champions league is not good enough for you abi? When have you seen idowu get exposed defensively. Against Argentina he was our best defender.
Adeleye will not make either match day squad and neither would Ikwuowem. Eze got these same invites but never played, nevertheless he is doing well in Europe right now. Rohr knows what he is doing

No offence to Idowu but if he was born in Nigeria he would be warming serious bench for Kastina United. Idowu was in no way our best defender against Argentina, what was Omeruo doing then? Handing out gift cards??

I am telling you that Ikwuowem would at least give Idowu and Collins a good run for their money, will Adeleye give....Awaziem a good run for his money? That is our fourth choice CB by the way

Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Mickael2(m): 7:59am On Oct 31, 2018

Kog45:
The only difference between collins and Ikwuowem even Duru is Europe based and home based.Apart from this nothing more

Simple and short. If Ikwuowem goes to Europe and trains for a year, Collins won't be able to hold a candle to him. As at now the difference there isn't much difference

Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Mickael2(m): 7:22am On Oct 31, 2018

BascoVanVeli:
What pressing issues are there at LB? We have Collins and Idowu. Ikwuowem is on the U20 team. He wouldn't displace either of them because he is not as convincing defensively as he is going forward.

So all of a sudden you believe Idowu is a fantastic player now? Let me make this a little bit easier to understand. Ekong is a good player, Balogun is a fantastic player on his day, waiting for their opportunities are Omeruo(who I personally believe is a better defender them), Awaziem(who despite the hype I do not really think he is better than the first three but he has talent nonetheless) and Ajayi(one of the revelations of the Rotherham season).
Now come over to the right side of the defence and we have Shehu, Ebuehi and Aina, all are solid players on their day. But on the left who do we have? Only one naturally left footed player in Collins who hasn't exactly shown what he is made of against decent opposition, or should we continue to make do with Idowu who has been poor for God knows how long? Like I said, Ikwuowem should have been invited as a legitimate contestant for that LB spot, who says he cannot improve defensively?

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Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Mickael2(m): 11:41pm On Oct 30, 2018

BascoVanVeli:
Kano lost a 2 goal lead against Katsina in the semifinals.

Adeleye terminated his contract with IUFC he has publicly bashed the club so I am sure they are not looking to do him any favours any time soon.

Rohr likes the defender. Plus IUFC competed in the Aiteo cup so it is not like the guy has not touched a ball in 4 months or something.

OK tell me why we have invited another CB when we have pressing issues at LB and we have home based lads who can at least audition for that role against Uganda.

How many games did FCIU play in the AITEO cup?

Rohr likes the defender? I guess that is why he invited him to come and collect his own match bonus. Do not get me wrong he is free to invite whoever he wants to invite, but Awaziem is going back to Nantes in January, that is almost certain and by then will Adeleye still be making the team? If Enyimba's Ikwuowem comes in and plays a good game is there anyone coming back anytime soon to drop him to the bench? He will be the much needed backup, for me that was a wasted slot

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Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Mickael2(m): 11:36pm On Oct 30, 2018

Earthquake1:
Whoever he invites,he's definitely not gonna play them

Go and drink some water biko

That is the entire problem. Why invite a player that cannot compete with what we have? We have other players that can come in and keep the present players on their toes but he invites someone we already know isn't going to make the match day squad or even the Uganda friendly

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Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Mickael2(m): 11:19pm On Oct 30, 2018

BascoVanVeli:
Outside of Enyimba the rest you mentioned were not good defensively at the Aiteo cup and the boy is the best in the land. We all saw him at Wafu

Take away that final. Kano Pillars had a good defence against Kastina United, yes they conceded at some point IIRC but they were good.

So why not pick a player from Enyimba? OK you already have four other CBs and only two will play, why invite another CB when the whole nation had been clamouring for Ikwuowem? So that tomorrow you can come and back and tell us that this is the reason why local lads shouldn't be invited. Forget the talk, when you realize that Ikechukwu Ezenwa is from FCIU you will understand the entire story

By the way Kunle Odunlami was our best defender in that same CHAN once upon a time or was it WAFU cup. My point is judge players on how consistent they are, not just a run of five matches and based on consistency, he shouldn't be there

Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Mickael2(m): 10:56pm On Oct 30, 2018

Earthquake1:
There is overwhelming pressure to include local based players

So of all the players playing for Rangers, Kano Pillars, Enyimba even Kastina united na second best CB for FCIU he come see?

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