₦airaland Forum

komekn:
He trained with U23 mostly to be honest, but even then he was not outstanding. Strong yes, super fast and technical I am sorry No.

There were better boys and younger than him there.

Those boys who were outstanding got promoted to the first team. Two defender CB went from U23 to the first team , when all three first CB got injured.

It's what you do in the youth teams that gives you a bridge to the first team. And then when you get the opportunity or chance do you utilize and make a name for yourself.

Saka got a chance at Arsenal as a 16 year old and claimed a permanent position he just turned 20 a month ago . And he has played 3 competitive season s in the EPL already and is a key player for Arsenal and England national team.

So your proposition about endless training and drills doesn't really cut it for me .

If l look at Liverpool Youth team , my prediction are for a certain 18 year old midfielder James Balagizi, to be the next big thing. It may not happen but that's my view .

A lot of the U23 players will train with the first team and if they impress they get in. Some do it immediately by some needs lots of drilling ( according to you )

In my opinion it's not so deep, managers have preferences and that shows in their selections.

JohnBullMySon:
The funny thing here is that, being realistic, Cape Verde's chances of winning that Tuesday match is almost zero. If you notice, our team mostly struggles against a team that came to draw. And honestly, you can't possibly thrash a team that came to defend. The only major problem with our team is that we miss clear chances a lot. Without those silly misses, we should be giving those small defensive minded African teams at least 2 nil.

Rohr's preferred tactic is counter attack, because we have excellent attackers, that's why it is difficult for big teams to overcome Nigeria. Once the game is equal in possession, the team finds it easy to score. But once the opponent is laid back, na wahala because we are not yet at that elite level of creativity to tear defences open easily. So if you sit back against Nigeria, you have a chance of winning or drawing. If any of those teams had tried to keep the defence line higher, trust me na 4-nil or above.

However, for Cape Verde, coming to Lagos to sit back, will be very difficult for them to do, even if the coach says so, given that they have more at stake and sitting back will more likely lead to a draw than a win. So their only option is to score an early goal, then sit back. But that will be a gamble for them, because Rohr's counter attack strategy could lead to a goal in their net and keep them attacking, which will result in more goals against them, trust me. So very likely Rohr will start Chukwueze or Ejuke.

The game will tilt to who scores the first and earliest goal. Nigeria is the favorite here, due to a deadlier attack. I only pray that Sierra Leone doesn't happen again. It's very unlikely though.

charlesemeka85:
take up responsibility of dribbling the 22 players on the pitch

jihday:
huh! Between 2006 and 2010 Kanu was barely starting games

Kog45:
I rated Kanu highly club wise but in super eagles he lost it in 2006.

Kanu scored 20 goals in 143 apoearances for Portsmouth not 20 goals in a season.

Philosopher1979:
Look, club form and national team form is not the same.
How the Super eagles play is the most important.
Result, style of play, victories.
What if we get to the semifinal of the world cup and win the nations cup
with Uzoho making a lot of saves for us.
Who will care about where he plays.
Westerhoofs managerial style works
Okay moses simon is our best winger since he plays so well in France.
also going by todays standards, Rashidi Yekeni is a third rate striker
since he was in the portuguese 2nd division.
In fact, the usa 94 team should not have beaten a star studed Bulgarian team
that had players in Barcelona and other teams in Europe since our players were mediocre by your standards.
You see getting a good club is a product of time. IN time Uzoho might get a better club.
There is even this adebayo guy in Israel
In fact, enyeama was in the Isreali league befor he moved to France.
Getting a good club is just advertisement and time.
These foreign born players have better agents thats all.
Wilfred Agbonivbare has kept in Spain before so there is nothing new in what Uzoho is doing
Rohr is just not an intelligent man and i dont blame him anymore
His iq is pedestrain or maybe low and it shows in the nonsense he is doing

charlesemeka85:
MANY HERE DONT SEE ANYHTING GOOD ABOUT THE GUY

DEY PREFER UZOHO WHO IS PLAYING IN NORTHERN CYPRUS

Kog45:
Wilfred Agbonavbare played for Rayo Valecano,later Peter Rufai Deportivo La corona and young Uzoho with two la liga matches.

Hope to see Okoye nailing Watford number one.

Kog45:
When Okocha and Kanu were picking matches to play and we paid dearly for it.

Really surprised seeing Kanu played till 2010,he lost his mojo back in 2006 but keeping on getting preferential treatment just like what Ahmed Musa is enjoying now.

TheLoneCitizen:
There's no truth in this.

Icon79:
Again, no less than 2 Nigerian born players (Okafor and Akanji) in this Switzerland team. And that Okafor guy seems to be a good player, he just started the move that gave Switzerland a goal against Italy. And he’s been literally a thorn on Italian defense so far.

Gosh, who did this to us


O pari

Oasis001:


Exactly.

Oasis001:


...... LMFAO.

You don kuku give am the Assists yourself. PK is a game of chance, it can be missed, guess you right?

NB: chances created and Assists ain't the same.

Oasis001:
Take it easy. Must we overhype our Players? Haller has 7 Goals, 3 Assists in 12 Matches in the League already. Oops! Eredivisie is a Farmer's League..... but he has scored 7 Goals in 4 Matches in UCL also nau.

Osimhen so far only has 5 Goals in the League with no Assist in 10 Games, and 4 Goals in 3 Matches in UEL. Osimhen is doing fine and we should rather pray he's injury free and keep up with his Form.

drDoom3:
Sarr is good. Diatta too. Senegal have young strikers too, Habib Diallo was dragging highest goalscorer with Osimhen in Ligue 1 and he's young too. Boulaye Dia is doing it with Villarreal this season. Niang and Diagne are also decent back ups.

Where Senegal really edges us though is in defense. You have K2 who is a world class CB, along with Abdou Diallo competing in a star studded PSG side. Bouna Sarr is at Bayern, Kouyate is at Crystal Palace. Ballo-Toure who is one of the best young fullbacks in Serie A currently at RB. You then have the best goalkeeper in the world currently in goal. Complete backline.

My only problem with Senegal is their coach. The guy is disciplined, passionate etc, but he isn't tactically sound. It has been exposed multiple times, today for example. He is basically a younger version of Rohr tactically. If Senegal can get themselves a coach on the level of Belmadi tactically, they will enter top 10 globally in no time because the talents are there.

Coiner:
Yes I agree. They need a good finisher. Someone who can deliver 20 to 30 goals every season. But my point is, it doesn't have to be an out and out striker.

See Salah, Mane, they give you goals from the wing. City just need a clinical finisher.

As for Hary Kane, if you watch his game well you will notice he's a different breed of striker. Combines good finishing with dropping deep to get and distribute the ball. Aguero is a great example. Such Strikers are what Pep need. And they are very rare.

ChrisKels:
I wish him the best, but he should concentrate on his club career.

TheGoodJoe:
Rhor might slowly ease Ighalo in but if we are up against tough offensive sides, don't get shocked if Rhor starts Ighalo ahead of Osimhen.

If Rhor is going conservative, he will likely start Ighalo ahead because Ighalo suits that style more.

This is what happens when coaches that prefer a conservative approach against top teams. Remember how the likes of Lukaku, Mata, De Bruyne, Salah, and David Luiz did not suit Mourinho at Chelsea.

That is why Rhor can prefer to start Awaziem as a right-back ​over the likes of Aina and Ebuehi.

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Mourinho is a defensive-minded manager and wants his back four to always worry about the worst-case scenario, rather than what will happen if everything goes right – which is the mentality of Luiz, and why he didn’t fit in at Chelsea... From Independent on Why Mourinho sold David Luiz

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Rhor's mindset is that the opposition are better and the team must shape up to nullify their greatness. He does not coach with the mentality that his side is better.

I think this is the biggest reason why we should start sticking to indigenous coaches. No matter how we put it, we believe in ourselves more than these foreign coaches do.

We believe we are exceptional and can achieve great things. These white coaches see us as incapable.

So with all the flair and gifts of our players, Rhor does not see it. That is why he needs more defenders than midfielders.

TheLoneCitizen:
Just share the best of Nwakali, brother. No hate, but not a fan of the overhype.

12large1:
Musa played mostly as a striker for cska in his prime, while ejuke played as a winger. Nontheless, ejuke still has to produce (goals or assist) in order to reach musa status. Dribble dribble without end product isn’t it

charlesemeka85:
Tim akinola tipped to make the leap to arsenals first team. Aggressive,strong,fast and skillful box to box midfielder, very similar to Lille’s renato Sanchez. Rumour has it that he wants to rep Nigeria instead of England

One for the future

IDENNAA:
I guess Nwakali stopped being Nigerian. Na dem sabi

Embell:
Both of them are not better than Onuachu and Moses even at club level, particularly this season, not to talk of in SE.

Tolulopefinest:
E don land

elyte89:
15matches!... We DT hardly organize friendlies, so DT means we would av to depend on dem for almost 5years

andrewbaba44:
Our youth team must be integrated into the national team immediately?

It can’t be everyone at the youth teams nah ,we aren’t lacking good players in Europe like Zambia ,so even if the youth player is not doing well for his club or play for a good club the player should be integrated into the eagles immediately ?

Danielnino00:
I was quite impressed with that Mwepu guy yesterday... He was so full of energy, and quite intelligent on the ball..The goal is scored is definitely contender for goal of the season... These 3 players; Daka, Mwepu and Sakala were part of that Zambia u-20 class of 2017, and were integrated into their national team almost immediately...It's now paying off... They have moved to better teams, and getting a good coach for the Zambian national team looks to me like what's left for them to shine at international stage...

Joebie:
What you do at the club level only shows POTENTIAL of what you can do at the national level. Many of these players that are performing in Europe etc did not hit the ground running immediately there, it took the right coach, the right tactical set up, the right teammates to some extent for them to start performing. Enter the national team, you also need a good coach to see the POTENTIAL, and study why the players are excelling at the club level. Compare that to what he has at his disposal and try to fashion out a good formula that will utilise the strengths of the players before their success at club football can translate to national team football. And this can take time.

This explains why in the past we have had players who were never great at club football but were one of the best when they play in the national team. It is the same reason why you have players that are banging in Europe but you start to scratch your head why they cannot show similar prowess in the national team. my friends, Rohr has been our coach for over 5 years now. He has broken the record of the longest serving coach in Super Eagles history if I am not mistaking. I saw the signs long that the coach could not take us forward.

This is not the time for this player vs that player. We cannot afford to miss the next WC. We have to do anything possible. Just because Ighalo now plays in Saudi Arabia does not necessarily mean he has lost form and he is worse than those playing in Germany etc. it is not necessarily a player comparison thing. It is a matter of if we TRUST our coach to make new additions to the team today that will immediately translate to success? I see us moving to the next round of qualification, but I will repeat again the next round will be very tricky. This is not the time for sentiments or playing player preference.

Nothing is guaranteed. But I will rather TRUST a guy who is still competitive and who has been there, done that most recently to make a sudden impact than another performing player who may need a series of games to show his potential in the national team. If we no qualify for world cup, na for here wailings go plenty. After qualification, dump Ighalo, and I don't care. But nothing is guaranteed either way. The Ighalo way is a reasonable gamble based on our prevailing circumstances.