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ChrisKels:
Tanimu from English 3rd abi 4th division when we have the likes of Akpoguma, Torunarigha, and the boy at Auxxire in France?

Local coaches are always funny.

Lol he even named Alhassan Yusuf too, plus Iheanacho.

I am more impressed with dt tanimu guy in cb Dan Akpoguma ,no b by club name but what u can deliver in the national team colours.The guy is not dt bad in CB options,however I would av called Uche ahead of alhassan in d list,den replace nacho with maybe dressers or any npfl striker

Pidginwhisper:
No Olisa Ndah here? But Taniminu is there.😂😂

Ndah is injured

Tanimu probably benefiting from being in the national team for a while plus there isn't any obvious quality fullback that's doing well. On second thoughts I take that back Ndah woulda been a better fit but hey! Modified just learning he's injured.

KC isn't deserving of a place right now in the SE. Even Awoniyi has been so so but they are squad members and it's not too advisable to chop and change players especially during qualifiers when we're not such the replacements are better.

All told I'm optimistic these invited group of boys should do the job against Libya as long as they are focused.

Amedino99:
list is out. no osimhen, no uche, recall for ejuke

Dem no like Ndah ni

Modified

Oh he is injured

Amedino99:
list is out. no osimhen, no uche, recall for ejuke

this our national team handlers no get shame?

For Christ sake wetin English 3rd tier player dey do for super eagles team sheet in 2024 where players scatter everywhere? 😳

elyte89:
I am more impressed with dt tanimu guy in cb Dan Akpoguma ,no b by club name but what u can deliver in the national team colours.The guy is not dt bad in CB options,however I would av called Uche ahead of alhassan in d list,den replace nacho with maybe dressers or any npfl striker

forget talk abeg Akpoguma is better than that Tanimu Abi Tatanus guy 😡

Even Torunarigha that I saw against Chelsea is miles better than him. Imagine English 3rd tier player in the super eagles?

Tufiakwa !!!

Abeg anybody here get any of eguavoen social media handle? I wan check something 😏

charlesemeka85:
this our national team handlers no get shame?

For Christ sake wetin English 3rd tier player dey do for super eagles team sheet in 2024 where players scatter everywhere? 😳

We have Tourinagha, Akpoguma, Ogbu, Oshe etc yet we are going for Tanimu. Eguavoen raise Chrisantus Uche hope come fall am. Na wa ooo.

ChrisKels:
Tanimu from English 3rd abi 4th division when we have the likes of Akpoguma, Torunarigha, and the boy at Auxxire in France?

Local coaches are always funny.

Lol he even named Alhassan Yusuf too, plus Iheanacho.

this one don pain me enter bone marrow

solonnachi:
We have Tourinagha, Akpoguma, Ogbu, Oshe etc yet we are going for Tanimu. Eguavoen raise Chrisantus Uche hope come fall am. Na wa ooo.

the man go use em hand prepare for em downfall

How will you hv players playing regularly in top leagues and clubs in europe na players from English 3rd tier n MLS na wey u prefer? 🤦‍♀️

charlesemeka85:
the man go use em hand prepare for em downfall

How will you hv players playing regularly in top leagues and clubs in europe na players from English 3rd tier n MLS na wey u prefer? 🤦‍♀️

Northern factor was involved in Yusuf's case. Be like say Tanimu case na South south something. But come to think of it, Tourinagha was only capped once (was he even capped?). Since then the guy has been snubbed. Same with Akpoguma. What's going on abeg?

Pidginwhisper:
No Olisa Ndah here? But Taniminu is there.😂😂

olisa is injured

solonnachi:
Northern factor was involved in Yusuf's case. Be like say Tanimu case na South south something. But come to think of it, Tourinagha was only capped once (was he even capped?). Since then the guy has been snubbed. Same with Akpoguma. What's going on abeg?

maybe na cus dem no get Godfather for NFF

Olisa Ndah is nursing an injury.

Pidginwhisper:
No Olisa Ndah here? But Taniminu is there.😂😂

charlesemeka85:
this our national team handlers no get shame?

For Christ sake wetin English 3rd tier player dey do for super eagles team sheet in 2024 where players scatter everywhere? 😳

Like even the excuse that he has been with the team, I don't buy it. He was invited after the Afcon. You can even sell Nacho invitation with that line and it will sell better.

charlesemeka85:
the man go use em hand prepare for em downfall

How will you hv players playing regularly in top leagues and clubs in europe na players from English 3rd tier n MLS na wey u prefer? 🤦‍♀️

At least Messi plays in MLS. Tanimu I don't get, has he even played in his Sunday Sunday league?

Decent list
The squad is strong enough to pick up the full points against Libya
If they show the same seriousness as they did last window, nothing can stop them
I think Getafe 's coach insistence on playing Uche as a striker affected his chances of getting a call up
I don't think our coaches see him as a midfielder
I don't mind Tanimu
May not be the best, but he's been decent whenever called upon
And they seem to be grooming him to take over from Ekong
Great to see Ejuke back
He should sit on the bench and watch how Lookman plays the role with maturity..

Do us proud boys!!!

charlesemeka85:
the man go use em hand prepare for em downfall

How will you hv players playing regularly in top leagues and clubs in europe na players from English 3rd tier n MLS na wey u prefer? 🤦‍♀️

Taminu has not been bad for the SE

lbrichman2:
Decent list
The squad is strong enough to pick up the full points against Libya
If they show the same seriousness as they did last window, nothing can stop them
I think Getafe 's coach insistence on playing Uche as a striker affected his chances of getting a call up
I don't think our coaches see him as a midfielder
I don't mind Tanimu
May not be the best, but he's been decent whenever called upon
And they seem to be grooming him to take over from Ekong
Great to see Ejuke back
He should sit on the bench and watch how Lookman plays the role with maturity..

Do us proud boys!!!

Yes we shoukd be able to beat Libya with this squad ,but there's no excusing the pathetic invitations to the likes of Tanimu, a league 3 benchwarmer should never be accepted as a new standard for the national team no matter how likable the player is, that is setting a very dangerous precedence of mediocrity already. I wonder how players like Gabriel Osho, Jordan Torunarigha, Akpoguma etc will free putting in 90 minutes of their football week in & week out in the higher tiers of European football, only to get consistently excused from international football over league 3 benchwarmers. The only positive about this squad was the invitation of Ejuke, even the likes of Dessers, Arokodare etc will have justifiable grudges for being omitted over the likes of Awoniyi and Nacho that have been in poor/average forms at their clubs.

Merit should always be the standards, not sentiments or "paddy paddy"

Ihefu FC wey never even break into Crawley first Eleven dey get invite? Anyway na Libya Sha. No worries.

charlesemeka85:
forget talk abeg Akpoguma is better than that Tanimu Abi Tatanus guy 😡

Even Torunarigha that I saw against Chelsea is miles better than him. Imagine English 3rd tier player in the super eagles?

Tufiakwa !!!

That's why I hate our local coaches.

Hotepking:
Yes we shoukd be able to beat Libya with this squad ,but there's no excusing the pathetic invitations to the likes of Tanimu, a league 3 benchwarmer should never be accepted as a new standard for the national team no matter how likable the player is, that is setting a very dangerous precedence of mediocrity already. I wonder how players like Gabriel Osho, Jordan Torunarigha, Akpoguma etc will free putting in 90 minutes of their football week in & week out in the higher tiers of European football, only to get consistently excused from international football over league 3 benchwarmers. The only positive about this squad was the invitation of Ejuke, even the likes of Dessers, Arokodare etc will have justifiable grudges for being omitted over the likes of Awoniyi and Nacho that have been in poor/average forms at their clubs.

Merit should always be the standards, not sentiments or "paddy paddy"

I completely understand you bros
But I see AE doesn't want to distort the harmony of this team and understandably so..
We shouldn't tinker too much because of the high stakes of these games
If you noticed, AE also smartly reverted to something close to the system JP used most of the AFCON, because the players were used to that system
Finidi tried to be inventive but failed.
AE seems to have learned from that
It's about stability for now because of the high stakes of these games, which I think is wisdom..
When we have friendly matches, we can invite everybody

lbrichman2:
I completely understand you bros
But I see AE doesn't want to distort the harmony of this team and understandably so..
We shouldn't tinker too much because of the high stakes of these games
If you noticed, AE also smartly reverted to something close to the system JP used most of the AFCON, because the players were used to that system
Finidi tried to be inventive but failed.
AE seems to have learned from that
It's about stability for now because of the high stakes of these games, which I think is wisdom..
When we have friendly matches, we can invite everybody

I feel you, you have a good point about team harmony

Eguavoen has gotten it wrong this time around with the inclusion of Taminu and Alhassan.
It's likely to produce the same effect and result as Finidi's tenure especially with the absence of Osimhen.

This will probably be Eguavoen last stints with the super eagles job.
He may have been compromised.

Those who are given Ndah's injury as an excuses for including Tanimu don't really get it,the same as with those who are sounding very confident that we are going to get good results without Osimhen.

Good luck to SE.

Truidstarr:
That's why I hate our local coaches.

We forgot rohr invited mikel agu for almost 4years during his tenure wout playing much 😊

What's the buzz about Tanimu
He's not like he is even gonna be a starter
And I really don't see what the likes of Osho, Akpoguma and Torunarigha will add to our defense that we don't already have

Napoleon55:
Eguavoen has gotten it wrong this time around with the inclusion of Taminu and Alhassan.
It's likely to produce the same effect and result as Finidi's tenure especially with the absence of Osimhen.

This will probably be Eguavoen last stints with the super eagles job.
He may have been compromised.

Those who are given Ndah's injury as an excuses for including Tanimu don't really get it,the same as with those who are sounding very confident that we are going to get good results without Osimhen.

Good luck to SE.

Boss na Libya 🇱🇾 we wan follow play na..no be tanimu go be d determinant of d outcome whether he’s invited or not

Meanwhile I doubt AE will taste d same fate of finidi cos these guys re ready to play for him and Dey respect him ..one of the major aspect dt makes a coach work easy is having majority of the players to ur side if not all,once u av dt,ur job as a coach is 60percent done, d remaining rest on ur tactical ability and luck of d day .This was what played against finidi ,d team was not on his side.Even if u re guardiola ,he would likely fail if his players are against him

Last time una no hate AE, this time una don hate am

this thread

Hotepking:
I feel you, you have a good point about team harmony

Yeah, the games are coming fast and we can't afford to experiment now
Any new player invited would need time to blend in
I feel it's better to just use the guys that have been part of the setup in the last few months

Udinese are vexing this season o
From fighting relegation last season to top 4, though I know the season still young..
Shey them sack their coach from last season ni??

I understand Alhassan Yusuf now plays in the MLS but calling for his instant drop just for that reason alone is not cogent enough. This is the same Alhassan who was solid at the Afcon from a squad player role. He came into the team and instantly showed good synergy with the other midfielders and players.

The Alhassan we have now is able to feature in almost any setup and able to compliment any MF playing alongside him.

Yes, I don't like his move to the MLS but then the quality hasn't dropped just yet. I see a few MLS games in good parts and I must say there are still some quality lads there. He still offers us good MF cover from the bench across 3 positions.

So until Christantus Uche, Hamzat Ojediran or any Quality euro-based are blooded in, I have no problems seeing Alhassan on the list. Quality-wise, he is the same Alhassan of the Afcon.

Alhassan Yusuf: Decent. Though not physically imposing, he's a good ball holder and passer, can advance our play, break down opponent attacks with good anticipation, positioning and interceptions.

He was undoubtedly our most impressive player in our first game against Equatorial Guinea at the AFCON and had decent showing in all the subsequent appearances he made from the bench.

Perhaps, not worthy of a starting berth but definitely a good squad player and one that can be relied upon when the need arises. His moving to MLS hasn't reduced his quality so I'm glad he's in the team.


Benjamin Tiaminu = Error and babanla otu. I blame Finidi George for him ever donning our jersey and the continuing charade by AE. Igoh Ogbu is a better and more deserving player.

Kelechi Iheanacho &:Taiwo Awoniyi: Based on current form, both should have been dropped. I was hoping to see Akor Adams & Tolu Arokodare (Elijah Adebayo) make the list.

AE don dey do the typical local coach jibiti