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Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Philosopher1979: 3:48pm On Jan 15, 2020
Emmanuel Amunike will be a good option.
He has a Uefa coaching licence and has coached
Julius Berger, Ocean Boys (in Nigeria)
Al Khartoum (in Sudan)
Our u-17 in 2015 where they emerged victorious and he even
discoverd Victor Osimhen and Samuel chukwueze
Also he qualified Tanzania to the world cup
and so we should try him next.
He has at least demonstrated some coaching competence
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Philosopher1979: 8:51pm On Jan 01, 2020
We Africans need to develop our football and STOP relying on foreign born players. I see it as reaping where we did not sow. The idea that we need them is irritating as it smacks of poverty, colonialism, mental slavery and a very slavish attitude. We Africans need to focus on developing our young players. The problem is we do not know how to refine our young u-17 players into competent players. That can be handled if they sign for developmental clubs. Begging every tom, dick and harry to play for us is humiliating and condescending.
Black man, when will you rely on yourself?
Let us develop our Akinkunmi Amoo and Samson Tijani and be proud of them. Foreing born should be an after thought and not the main thing. There are people on this nairaland who think that Foreing born players are the best thing in the world and it is irritating. Africa has to go beyond this

charlesemeka85:
But fifa truly need to have a look in on this player switch palaver. I think the right thing to do is making a law where players that falls in this issue must be played in a certain number of competitive games and minutes in certain period of time maybe 1 year

If that is not achieved the player can easily switch to the other nation that needs him most. African nations re the one losing out in this switch of allegiance issue
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Philosopher1979: 1:58am On Dec 29, 2019
safarigirl:
It is not Rohr's job to scout for local players.

You have still not answered what Salisu is supposed to do if Rohr is scouting local players.

You have still not answered which local players Rohr should scout for, because thee only reason you should be speaking so confidently about scouting local players is if you have a few in mind

You are purposely evading the important points because they don't suit your narrative that Rohr must work like a jacky.

If you cannot recommend these gems in the local league, or tell us what Salisu is doing with his own free time (at least we know Rohr visits players abroad), then everything you arei saying here is okoto meow skrrrr
Chukwuka unuwa is a highly rated play maker in the nigerian league. Heis compared to modric and plays for enyimba even though he used to play for mfm. Incidentally mfm is a good team witg young players. There former coach fidelis illechukwu spots talent. Stephen odey who is now in Belgium used to play for mfm fc
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Philosopher1979: 5:36pm On Dec 28, 2019
Iheanacho in the team for leicester today. Match at 6 30pm
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Philosopher1979: 11:06pm On Dec 27, 2019
Blueelf:
Jurgen Klopp: Hold my beer
It took klopp 4 years to win trophies for liverpool while it took pep one year to win trophies for man city
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Philosopher1979: 3:50pm On Dec 27, 2019
Mujtahida:
Dead, cold machine football. And it's all down to the the white man's obsession with efficiency.
Call me anything but I dont agree with these maurinho like ideas. Guardiola at man city uses play makers. Creativity is important in football. Another brand of attacking football will defeat these ideas. Guardiolarism emphasis creativity and self expression kevincde bruyne is a play maker

We Africans should create our own original style of football. Efficiency or defensive discipline is overrated.
Its thinking like this that destroyed Mikel.
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Philosopher1979: 7:14am On Dec 27, 2019
Abduljeleel Ajagun of Kortick shoul be tried in the attacking midfield role.
He plays in the belgian league regularly and beside iwobi, we are short of options in this position.
He should be tried. I dont know why Rohr is ignoring him. We have a lot of wingers and strikers
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Philosopher1979: 3:52pm On Dec 22, 2019
Kelechi nwakali should go to salzburg its not too late for him. African players are talented but dont make it in Europe because they need good football education loke salzburg provides.
Also our football academies should partner with salzburg

ChrisKels:
That club helped Mali develop Koita and Haidara after they faced chuks and Osimhen in that 2015 U17 world cup finals.

Talking about that Malian team, they now have more professional players from that team than us. We can only boast of Chuks and Osimhen while they have Fofana, Haidara, Koita et al all playing professionally for top teams and leagues
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Philosopher1979: 9:28am On Dec 22, 2019
Where did u get the information from. His case is a transfer saga like that of a teenage mikel



jihday:
the one in Austria
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Philosopher1979: 5:41am On Dec 22, 2019
Why did you say so? Do you watch his matches.
I may be wrong but maybe he should stay at lille for 1 to 2 years to fully develop his game.
His stats are very good anyway and people are singing his praises all over and
i am even one of his fans.
BUT
young players need time to grow and learn.
ARE YOU SURE HE IS READY FOR ENGLAND, SPAIN AND THE BIG LEAGUES AND CLUBS
ONLY TIME WILL TELL

zuchyblink:
Osimhen is bigger than lille
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Philosopher1979: 5:45pm On Dec 20, 2019
Is kelechi nwakali sinking into oblivion? He is not even making sd huesca bench. I hope this is not another rabiu ibrahim or our failed youth products. He may end up in the finish league if care is not taken. Anyway he still has age on his side
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Philosopher1979: 2:11pm On Dec 20, 2019
This is very good. That Monaco coach wants to send him into sheer oblivion and irrelivance. He will still come back to france or a better league or club in future. For now he needs to build his skill, career and reputation. The guy is a good player and the monaco coach is spoilling his image


charlesemeka85:
Allnigeriasoccer.com has been informed that former Everton winger Henry Onyekuru has agreed personal terms with Galatasaray, paving the way for him to join the Turkish champions in the January transfer window.

One of the great young Nigerian talents, Onyekuru has struggled for playing opportunities since joining Monaco in August 2015.

Saturday, December 21 will make it three months that the Super Eagles star has not featured for the Principality outfit.

It is understood that Galatasaray have successfully negotiated a loan move with Monaco and Onyekuru is patiently waiting for the transfer window to open before flying to Turkey to formalize his switch to the Super Lig club.

The 22-year-old had been linked with possible moves to teams in Russia and Spain but Galatasaray are poised to confirm his capture in the coming days.

He enjoyed a successful loan spell at The Yellow-Reds during the 2018-2019 campaign, scoring 16 goals in 44 games and helping them win the domestic double.

The Turkish winter transfer window opens on January 4 and closes for business at the end of next month.
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Philosopher1979: 6:28pm On Dec 19, 2019
This mathematics is based on probability. Probability and statistics are the sciences of inexactness. If a player does not play well
given he has less minutes per game to prove himself, the probability that he is a bad player is maybe 55% BUT if a player does not play well and he features for 90 minutes everytime, then the probability he is a bad player is probably 85%.

Now players perform badly for different reasons it might be formation, loss of interest or anything. some players play well in one club and do not play well in another club. Miky batshuayi's probability of being a bad player is 55%.
One interesting variation is Kelechi Iheanacho. He does not play often but the few times he plays, he plays well and even scores and thus the jury is still out on him. If Iheanacho moves to another club where he is featured regularly, then he will play well as he has proven himself with the few chances he has.
However, probs and stats is not an exact science

komekn:
That's not what l am saying.

My position has been consistent and without variation.

My view is very simple, More Minutes played is not a mathematical equation that automatically equates to more goals will be scored.

For example how many minutes did Solanke get at Liverpool. Not a lot but did he do anything substantial with it CAPITAL NO. That's why they didn't give him anymore minutes to waste and sold him to the mugus Bournemouth.

So now he has gone to Bournemouth for £20 million and is playing a way lot more minutes than he has ever done. How many goals has he scoredhuh ❓ Zero NUTTIN.

This your theory and or assumption is just WISHFUL THINKING.
Sports › Re: Leicester V Norwich: Why I Substituted Iheanacho Before Halftime--rodgers by Philosopher1979: 8:47am On Dec 17, 2019
Saying kelechi iheanacho is not a good player shows your ignorance of football. He is unique as he is a false 9. Your sheer ignorance shows your lack of understanding of who a false 9 is. Stop demonstrating your ignorance to me. He entered man city as a teenager. The problem is that he is not too good as a winger and he can only play begind the striker. Saying he is not a good player is a combination of madness and ignorance



Kallmerb:
honestly kelechi na crappy player
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Philosopher1979: 6:47pm On Dec 02, 2019
How mri machine saved Nigerian and african football

Since the introduction of mri machine we dont use overage players for youth competition and it is helping our foitball. Since 2009 (,when fifa introduced it) we have started producing truly young players Victor Osimhen Iheanach Samuel cukwueze Ramon Azeez are products of this. THIS present u17 team will go places watch out for Akinkunmi Amoo
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Philosopher1979: 2:22pm On Dec 02, 2019
I have said it many times. Iheanacho is a false 9. His pattern is like messi, dybala or firmino. You play him with a striker and give him the chance to roam in midfield and attack. It is not his fault his coaches dont appreciate his style of play.
Ok is firmino a striker or midfielder. He needs someoqne that understands and beleives in him
AT HIS BEST HE IS A UNIQUE PLAYER
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Philosopher1979: 4:57am On Dec 02, 2019
I think Victor Osimhen can play in Manchester united. Hey Victor fans lets go to Manu page and presurize them. The need a center forward. I hope they get him instead of Halland (that boy from Norway).
Manu strikers are at worst average and at best inconsistent.

Osimhen will shine in manu i swear
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Philosopher1979: 7:25pm On Dec 01, 2019
All he needs is a chance. The boy is still very talented. Ithink he is misunderstood he us a false 9 like firmino or messi and not A striker like lukaku. This boy can do wonder s if he gets a coach that understands him. He woll explode iinin Turkey if he goes there.
He needs playing time to get back in form

DrKlever:
Iheanacho is a fu.king good player!
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Philosopher1979: 4:53pm On Dec 01, 2019
What i don't understand about Moses Simon is that he does not play well for Nigeria

andrewbaba44:
Moses simon with an assist
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Philosopher1979: 3:08pm On Nov 27, 2019
Etebo played well in nigeria vs croatia and Nigeria vs uceland in the world cup. Match commentators even applauded him


chrisooblog:
which break up play? of the top of your head can you recollect any good performance (not even asking for great) from the duo?
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Philosopher1979: 3:01pm On Nov 27, 2019
Esiti is a carpenter player. He is just average or even pure rubush. Alhassan Yusuf should at least be on standby lust



Eartquake1:
Better at what? Atleast Agu and Esiti break up play
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Philosopher1979:
WHY THE GOLDEN GENERATION COULD HAVE REACHED THE SEMI-FINAL OF THE WORLD CUP

The golden generation of the 94 to 2010 super eagles could have reached the semi-finals of the world cup and perhaps won more nations cups BUT for some unfortunate reasons

1. SACKING COACHES AND PLAYERS AT THE LAST MINUTE TO A COMPETITION: This happened in france 98 and 2002 world cup. You see you do not change your coach months before a competion. Prior to France 98, we hired a new coach which was disastrous. We should have continued with Trousier or at least hired a coach who was already part of Nigerian football to continue with the team. Bonfere or even Amodu will be better. You dont change a winning coach or team.
It was worse at the 2002 world cup. WE SHOULD NOT HAVE DISBANDED THAT TEAM. THAT TEAM COULD HAVE AT LEAST REACHED THE QUATER-FINALS. IT HAD THE RIGHT BLEND OF TALENT AND EXPERIENCE. SACKING MOST OF THE PLAYERS WAS A TRAGEDY FOR NIGERIAN AND AFRICAN FOOTBALL. Amodu should have just managed the teams ego and indiscipline. WE LOST A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. WE DID NOT REALIZE THAT YOU CANNOT BUILD A WINNING TEAM IN A FEW WEEKS.
BY THE way amode should have been left with the team in 2010. the revolution should have started AFTER THE WORLD CUP.

2. INDISCIPLINE AND COMPLACENCY ON PART OF THE PLAYERS: This was why we did not qualify for the 2006 world cup. We were so careless that when we woke up and defeated Algeria 5 2, it was too late (by the way i remember that sweet Kanu dribble against Algeria). and Angola qualified ahead of us. Again we could have made a quaterfinal in the 2006 world cup if we had qualified.

we need to understand how to develop a winning team. If our team is going through periods of indisipline, sacking everybody (players and coaches) does not help.

3. NOT GOING TO THE NATIONS CUP IN 96 AND 98: IF WE HAD GONE, THE TEAM WILL HAVE DEVELOPED FURTHER DUE TO COMPETITIVE FOOTBALL.

IN CONCLUSION I SUGGEST WE LIVE ROHR WITH HIS WEAKNESSES UNTIL 2022 AND THEN WE CAN BRING IN ANOTHER COACH. THIS TEAM IS DEVELOPING AND IT WILL BE SUICIDE TO CHANGE IT.
I DONT BLAME OUR FOOTBALL ADMINISTRATORS AS THEY DID NOT REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW TO DEVELOP FOOTBALL AND THE DYNAMICS OF A WINNING TEAM.
NOW THAT WE HAVE LEARNT FROM HISTORY, WE SHOULD NOT REPEAT OUR MISTAKES. IF THE PRESENT BUNCH OF VICTOR OSIMEHN, SAMUEL CHUKWUEZE, IWOBI AND CO START MISBEHAVING WE SHOULD HANDLE THEM WITH CARE AND NOT START SACKING PLAYER AND COACH. WE SEEM TO BE PRODUCING ANOTHER GOLDEN GENERATION AND WE MUST LET CONSISTENCY BE OUR WATCHWORD
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Philosopher1979: 11:15pm On Nov 25, 2019
REMEMBER EJIKE UZOENYI

can anybody remember ejike uzoenyi very creative player in CHAN. I am stunned he never made anything out of his career when he went to South Africa. Till today, i wonder why. He was such a dissapointment
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Philosopher1979: 8:14pm On Nov 25, 2019
Ighalo was average until he went to watford. He was a late bloomer even though he showed some promise when playing in u20 for Nigeria. Even at his best, he lacked mobility.


ChrisKels:
OK sir, u dun win. Ighalo was unjustly kept out of the national team while banging in goals in the Norwegian league, otherwise, he would have beaten Yekini's record. Are u happy now?


BTW, he didnt do nothing to me, he is an anywhere-belle-face striker
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Philosopher1979: 7:48pm On Nov 25, 2019
Victor Osimhen is TACTICALLY AND TECHNICALLY OUTSTANDING
and might be better than we think. In fact, a tactical analysis of Osimhen shows he may be one of the best strikers in Europe right now.
HE IS BETTER THAN WE THINK.
HE CAN BE BETTER THAN DROGBA BECAUSE DROGBA AT 21 WAS VERY AVERAGE WHICH SHOWS HE IS A FAST DEVELOPER

http://youaremyarsenal.com/victor-osimhen-2019-20-scout-report-tactical-analysis-tactics/

"Combining Osimhen’s intelligent movements with the talented skillset, the youngster possesses and you have someone with the potential to be a world-class striker.

“He always knows where the goal is even when he receives the ball with his back to goal he is able to quickly turn and make a shot. His finishes are lethal as he generates immense power on them."

quote youaremyarsenal.com

However, he is very young BUT HIS POTENTIAL IS SCARY TO SAY THE LEAST
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Philosopher1979: 11:43am On Nov 24, 2019
if Godwin Imama had done well with the home based team. Rohr will not need to go round. He simply could have contacted Imama about the issue of the best players in the Nigerian league. Unfortunately Imama is suspect and incompetent. In fact, CAF introducted home based nations cup for this reason of harnessing talents in the local league. Godwin Imama just made Rohr's job harder in this regard. I am sure Siasia should have done a better job if not for the ban.
Anyway, Godwin Imama can still help him out. In my humble opinion, chukwuka onuwa of Enyimba can be a good substitute for iwobi as a play maker in the Nigerian team


TheGoodJoe:
Very few European clubs will give our coaches jobs despite how good they are.

By the way, I am glad they have pointed out that Rohr should watch the local league. He has been too poor in that respect and people keep quiet about it. Wish him the best but Rohr needs to show improvement with respect to harnessing talents from the local scene[b][/b].

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