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OMANBALA1:
Nna eeh,Iheanacho is gonna go monster when finally joins West Ham and regains his confidence in front of goal. Dude is gonna explode and that's why Man City want a buy back clause added. I can't stand Pep Guadiola. Nacho must punish him next season....Iheanacho must win world player of the year !

sontoly:
When I mean form, I also mean game time, clearly oshimen has been on and off due to injury, and not quite long ago he made his senior appearance and haven't scored any, if ever he will cos d season is over, but Awo has bagged 3 goals n last 3matches for club, based on form Awo shld be ahead thats it. But I guessed oshimen is more hyped than Awo thats just it.

sontoly:
Bros your argument is baseless, all players have been hyped one way or the other so that doesn't make a difference, comparing simon's error to onyekuru is uncalled for, I know u liked oshimen but he also has not been tasted in the super eagles just like onyekuru so they both have to compete, but based on form and performance currently onyekuru edges him out, a good coach will always pick form when selecting. Also know that awoniyi have a better form than oshimen this season and I see no reason why he is not selected ahead of oshimen.

AIG07:
the examples you listed above does not support your claim.

1. M. Gomez was not part of the all conquering german side that won the world cup. By the way he is no longer a starter/regular cos he has passed his prime.

2. W. Ndidi never walked into eagles starting line-up despite his outstanding performance in the belgian league before moving to the EPL(not saying the belgian league is backward). He featured mostly as a sub prior to our last game against senegal. The funniest part was that he started alongside Onazi.

Bottomline: no matter a players blazing performance in club football, he'll always be gradually introduce into the national set up. Or y do u think Rohr had to start a match rusty Kelechi ahead of Kayode?. So it is not matter of prefering one player to another on sentimental bases man as you stated.

Look the era whereby a new invitees(the onobi's, igboun of this world) just walk into the team and gets automatic shirts is gone.

Or probably you're been confused with what making a Starting Line-up and making match day squad means.

TheSuperNerd:
When I was singing Hallelujah after his first goal.... some were too quick to say, "not impressed".... see now... three goals in three games.... Awo got his mojo back.


I know what that first goal can do to a player's confidence. Now we may have another huge striker prospect to look forward to in the Eagles if he keeps this up and continues his fine growth and sudden explosion.

Awo is back!

tbaba1234:
Did you watch Iwobi's last game? Kid is an absolute baller.. I think, he was just exhausted and the break has done him well.

AIG07:
I am not saying Henry will be a disappointment like wise not dismissing his chances but we need to be cautious and lower our expectations on the lad...

Rohr already has a winning team. Which I don't think he'll be altering anytime soon unless a player justifies a need for him to in the starting eleven.
You don't expect the coach to say Iwobi, Nacho you've been warming your clubs bench recently so therefore Henry the 23goals hero is around you need to fasten your seat belt and give way for the new guy... The national team is not run that way.

Henry will have to be tried and tested before been handed a starting birth. Don't forget Henry is still a rookie when it comes to International Football.

AIG07:
Sir, don't be too quick to make your conclusion on his chances with the Eagles.

Henry is good. No doubt about that. Saying that with his present form he will easily displace some players in SE's starting line up is way too far and too early.

Let's wait and see him play first in the green white green.

Remember some players Club form/success does not often translate to national team. We 've seen amazing so many players with fine forms who can't cut it in their respective national teams.

AllforJesus7:
I have watched his highlights. Nothing special. Onyekuru is not a good crosser of the ball. He just loves to run at the wings and dribble into a cul-de-sac and he does not like to pass. Nothing to justify walking straight into our starting line up.

I see why Rohr prefers a highly technical scorer, passer and player (Osimen) over him.

Now remember he is still playing with back water defenders. The game is different with established leagues and defenders where he must be able to keep his head up and give cool passes/crosses to beat defenders and have a technical link up play. Otherwise he may end up as another Imoh Ezekiel or Musa.


I'll stick with the.....

Iwobi Iheanacho V. Moses

Mikel
Ndidi Onazi


starting line up.

Icon79:
I totally agree with Success. That's why I still can't understand why/how Pep Guardiola didn't want to play Kelechi with Aguero. It doesn't take a genius to know that Kelechi's best position is playing behind the out and out striker. But he can play as a top striker too.

Anywhere you play him, he will definitely get goals for you.

O pari

TheSuperNerd:
The lad Awoniyi has done it!!!!!!!!

He came on in the 83rd min and about 5mins later, he scored the winning goal for NEC Nijmegen in their 2-1 win over Fred Friday's AZ Alkmaar....

Welcome Back Awoniyi.... don't stop now boy.... let this goal give you confidence... Chaaiiiii that coach deserve a medal for exercising such keen patience....

tbaba1234:
Vanzekin is no longer playing?

edi287:
Cheillini, Vincent Kompany I think.

Icon4s:
This is where the problem is.

You think paper certificates are the only channels to success in life.

Besides, even if one at the age of 40 wants to obtain O/Level Certificates u do not need to attend secondary school. There is an exam called GCE naaaa. There is even GCE WAEC and GCE NECO now. There is no age limit for education my brother.

The more atrocious act is to deny that boy that chance to become a professional footballer because he cannot pass his academic tests.

TheGoodJoe:
Cheating the child is when you stop him from playing when he is better than the others because he did not make his grades.

Humility017:
nice one from ndidi...to be honest if opportuned he can displace the likes of matic in Chelsea

the problem I have with raheem lawal...is translating such a wonderful performance into his national team assignment
he barely play in such manner when called to represent the country.. I think he needs to be consistent

Icon79:
Like I had said several times, it doesn't matter how well you play, the heart of the matter of the matter is your results. Barca had played everyone out of the park thus far this year, but are they going to win the UCL? Ten years from now, nobody is gonna remember how well Barca played but everyone is still gonna remember that Juventus won the 2017 UCL.


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Icon79:
The quotes below just got me lolling....because it's so true. That's why I started calling for Barca to fire Enrique ever before he announced his resignation.

As per Abidal, Pep started scapegoating him even before his health scare. Trust me, I know this because I have sources at Barca. He had to play Abidal because he was the only natural left back they had at that time.

Forget Iheanacho, just look at how he treated Yaya Toure at ManCity! Toure had been their best player (and the stand-in captain) over the past 5 years and the man came there to treat him like a nobody! In fact, everything I have heard about Pep tells me that he's a racist. You'll definitely have a hard time convincing me otherwise.

And by the way, I am a Barca fan, so I don't have anything personal against him either.

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TheSuperNerd:
Okay.... from a psychological point of view... I see where you are coming from now... but don't you think if he was obviously better in camp, Rohr would have played him?

Why would ROHR field a weaker option in the AMF role in a such a crucial game in Ndola? Truth is Nacho was better in camp than Igiebor... so Igiebor got no case at all.

Certitude:
For him to get snubbed after that showed he is still poor.

Certitude:
For him to get snubbed after that showed he is still poor.

Certitude:
But he got replaced cause he was poor.

TheSuperNerd:
Igiebor will play the AMF role better than Nacho?? You have come with another one Mickael2....

So Nacho did badly against Zambia?? Mikel was basically the CMF linking defence and attack in that game... Nacho was the AMF... and his dynamism saw him shift into other attacking positions...

So Igiebor would have offered more than Nacho?? U have come again.... anytime it concerns Nacho and Mikel.... you always come up with some very funny comments....
kwantinue

TheSuperNerd:
Actually It was Ogude who lost his place to Onazi at Afcon 2013.

Igiebor lost his place to Sunday MBA.

Icon79:
Actually, without him, Barca won a treble and a double under Luiz Enrique. Remember? So how do you explain that? Were they really winning because of Pep or in spite of him? Your guess is as good as mine.

In addition, Pep's first move as a Barca coach was to sale Eto'o to Inter Milan for Zlatan who wasn't even a Barcatypical player. How did that work out? It was the same Pep who kept hounding Eric Abidal that he wasn't good enough to play for Barca!

And I can go on and on....bottom line, the man is racist is jor!


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tbaba1234:
Xavi was an average player?? In what Universe?

TheSuperNerd:
Indeed, if this is true...... These are same questions I have been asking myself.... who in our midfield can Nosa displace? hmmmmm....


John Ogu? Esiti? Ndidi? Onazi? Mikel? Etebo? who biko?


Your last line is spot on... impress and let your feet speak not your mouth.

Certitude:
Nosa is not better than any of our midfielders. He lost his place to Onazi at the AFCON. Onazi's claim is shaky right now, not because he is poor but for the advent of better options. Nosa should forget the SE. I'ld be disppointed if he gets an invite from any coach.
Let him learn from John Ogu who re-invented himself, else...

Icon79:
Don't mind them. Let Pep continue to keep proven talents like John Stones, Kelechi, and Nolito on the bench while always playing headless chickens like Raheem Sterling....let's see how he'll win.

To me, what makes a great coach is how he makes his players better. To better understand where I am coming from, just look at what coaches Mauricio Pochettino has done at Spurs, Ronald Koeman did at Everton, and even what the big Sam is doing with Crystal Palace.

Hence, in my opinion, the blossom of players like: Victor Moses, Kevin De Bryune, Romelu Lukaku, Arjen Robben (just to mention a few) after Jose Mourinho is a clear indication that Jose is a piss poor coach; who can only win by gathering the best group of players on the planet. And you can say the same thing about Pep when you think about the likes of Yaya Toure (at Barca), and John Stones, Kelechi, Nolito, etc. at ManCity.

Bottom line, most of these so called great coaches are grossly overrated.

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BascoVanVeli:
One day me u and Onazi will have a sit down to get to the bottom of this issue.

TheGoodJoe:
”Iheanacho was full of running and my defenders couldn’t handle him. The space he created by dragging them was what allowed Victor Moses the chance to score twice” Coach of the Algerian team Georges Leekens said at the post match conference.

http://owngoalnigeria.com/2016/11/13/algeria-coach-iheanacho-made-it-easy-for-victor-moses-to-punish-our-defence/

FULL OF RUNNING.

I wonder if you even know Iheanacho self.

TheGoodJoe:
Do you not know that when the pressing is good, it makes build-up plays of the opponents difficult and makes winning the ball in the midfield easier?