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joseph1013:
If I tell you that Success is my favourite player in the U17 2013 set, you may not believe. Personally, I believe he would have scored more goals than Osimhen did if he played fully in UAE. He's very good.

BUT he is not reliable. From the little I have gathered about him in Watford, his lifestyle is not the type that will make him be at the optimum. I remember the first picture I saw with him and Ighalo, and I commented that I sincerely hope that Ighalo will influence him to be more of a professional. I think he has become worse. He is overweight and I doubt he cares about diet. I just checked his injury history and contrary to what thought, it wasn't as bad in Granada. From 2014-2016, he missed just 8 games to injury. In just 6 months at Watford, he has missed 13 games (and counting) to injuries. Something is wrong somewhere. I know Walter Mazzari is not an intense trainer, heck I don't know any Watford player that gets injured this way.

If he applies himself, he can play for the best of clubs in Europe. But he needs to apply himself, quit spending all that time on snapchat, and get in shape as a footballer. Focus is key for any youngster. Talent means nothing without application. Balotelli is a good example.

Mickael2:
So you'd rather have Iheanacho as a second striker at City? crouch was once the first choice striker for England when he was at lowly Portsmouth, Alcacer was the main striker for Spain when he was at lowly Valencia. Iheanacho should move out, even if it means getting out of England. telling me that you want iheanacho to stay as a second striker at City just because you want a Nigerian in a top club is pure BS, no offence.

let me ask you a simple question, why did pep bring in Silva with Aguero? why didn't he bring in Aguero alone let's see him work his magic. or why didn't he bring in Silva alone with Iheanacho up top? I am abysmally shocked that you didn't reason that. he brought in Aguero and also provided a provider for him which Iheancho was lacking! do you think I just woke up and typed that? I watched it closely. which you obviously didn't.

Mickael2:
They think he is in the same league with Ronaldo and Messi, yeah right

Kog45:
Agreed,let iheanacho continue developing at man city and player like Iwobi continue having a playing time under a coach who is far better than Guardiola when it comes to player development.

This is d mistake Mikel made at chelsea developing under a wrong but world class coach Mourinho,anytime i watched Mikel i always shaking my head why should a talent be wasting like this(Nig vs Spain)but thank God he was still able to achieve but not at his potential coz he found himself at cross road,a DM at chelsea and AM/CM at S/E.

We are going towards that line again regards Iheanaho and i said time w tell may be d guy is developing or not.If not for Mikel talent that keeps him on which i don't think any Nigeria player have for now,w should have forget about him.

Kog45:
Agreed,let iheanacho continue developing at man city and player like Iwobi continue having a playing time under a coach who is far better than Guardiola when it comes to player development.

This is d mistake Mikel made at chelsea developing under a wrong but world class coach Mourinho,anytime i watched Mikel i always shaking my head why should a talent be wasting like this(Nig vs Spain)but thank God he was still able to achieve but not at his potential coz he found himself at cross road,a DM at chelsea and AM/CM at S/E.

We are going towards that line again regards Iheanaho and i said time w tell may be d guy is developing or not.If not for Mikel talent that keeps him on which i don't think any Nigeria player have for now,w should have forget about him.

Kog45:
I always love pundits that are precise in their analysis and u are one of them here on nairaland.My question is this,is success better than Ideye when w talk of national team,club football,experience and injury history.

Firstly,national team d two should not be compared.Ideye has made is mark in d national team(afcon 2013)his contributions in that tournament was superb and enormous,though he lost his place in d team but later earned a recalled due to his current form but national team experience nothing can be said of Success.

Club football,i know a lot w said Ideye couldn't make it in EPL but forgetting w have a lot of super stars like de Maria,Baloteli,veron,Shevchenko that failed woefully in Premiership.Apart from being flopped at west brom,Ideye has been a good striker in his various club sides.He had a better club goal ratios than success,though injuries did not help success.

I don't know why w are clamouring for injury prone striker as d answer to eagles striking position.No doubt Success has d talent,d skill,d strength and pace but goal ratio is not d solution and to make matter worst very prone to injury and no coach w bank on injury prone player.Pls ask Anichebe,if not for injuries that hampered his football career and still hampering it,i w rate him than any other present Eagles strikers but i cannot pick him coz is injury prone.

I w never forget what happened during u17 that Awoniyi needs to come in for injured Success and salvaged d situation,success injury nearly ruined our chances at d tournament and till today d guy is still battling with injuries.

The question is this do w need to bank on injury prone player and to make d matter worst w are even rating him higher than players who have showed us what they can do in d national team.

Iheanacho rise in d national team doesn't gives player like success an automatic shirt in d national team coz in this thread w have been hearing Nwakili,Osimihen,Nwobodo,pls national team are not for kids but super kids like Iheanacho,Iwobi,Ndidi who proved to us they have it all to slug it out with big boys.

I remember against Algeria d big boys raised to d occasion to save us namely Mikel,Moses and Musa when he came in

A free injury Success should prove himself at Watford first b4 national team.

Mickael2:
you are there. I remember in 2006 my brother said that move was a bad move, I was laughing at him because he is a Manu fan but he had the last laugh. he said the same thing when Iheanacho moved to city and last season I thought it was going to backfire but now if Iheanacho decides to stay there then 5 years from now we will be looking at exactly the same scenario.

by the way, can I just point out that you are making a lot if sense today, what did you have for breakfast?

Mickael2:
you said the two strongest players in the EPL are Nigerians, but Wanyama isn't a Nigerian

safarigirl:
is it Nwobodo you're calling kids? Pesin wey win NPFL and is heading to African Champions League? Is that who you're grouping with Nwakali and Osimhen? Is he their mate? Because e no dey Europe.....

Na wa

Kog45:
I always love pundits that are precise in their analysis and u are one of them here on nairaland.My question is this,is success better than Ideye when w talk of national team,club football,experience and injury history.

Firstly,national team d two should not be compared.Ideye has made is mark in d national team(afcon 2013)his contributions in that tournament was superb and enormous,though he lost his place in d team but later earned a recalled due to his current form but national team experience nothing can be said of Success.

Club football,i know a lot w said Ideye couldn't make it in EPL but forgetting w have a lot of super stars like de Maria,Baloteli,veron,Shevchenko that failed woefully in Premiership.Apart from being flopped at west brom,Ideye has been a good striker in his various club sides.He had a better club goal ratios than success,though injuries did not help success.

I don't know why w are clamouring for injury prone striker as d answer to eagles striking position.No doubt Success has d talent,d skill,d strength and pace but goal ratio is not d solution and to make matter worst very prone to injury and no coach w bank on injury prone player.Pls ask Anichebe,if not for injuries that hampered his football career and still hampering it,i w rate him than any other present Eagles strikers but i cannot pick him coz is injury prone.

I w never forget what happened during u17 that Awoniyi needs to come in for injured Success and salvaged d situation,success injury nearly ruined our chances at d tournament and till today d guy is still battling with injuries.

The question is this do w need to bank on injury prone player and to make d matter worst w are even rating him higher than players who have showed us what they can do in d national team.

Iheanacho rise in d national team doesn't gives player like success an automatic shirt in d national team coz in this thread w have been hearing Nwakili,Osimihen,Nwobodo,pls national team are not for kids but super kids like Iheanacho,Iwobi,Ndidi who proved to us they have it all to slug it out with big boys.

I remember against Algeria d big boys raised to d occasion to save us namely Mikel,Moses and Musa when he came in

A free injury Success should prove himself at Watford first b4 national team.

safarigirl:
is it Nwobodo you're calling kids? Pesin wey win NPFL and is heading to African Champions League? Is that who you're grouping with Nwakali and Osimhen? Is he their mate? Because e no dey Europe.....

Na wa

Icon4s:
U know say Kog45 na elder so Nwobodo na pikin for him side

BascoVanVeli:
To me Iheanacho has had a good season so far but I know he can do much better. He needs to learn how to show up when the going gets tough. The obvious next step is to start deciding matches for city like he does for the eagles.

CODMOK:
Rohr Slams Eagles Door On Enyeama – I Called Him Over 10 Times And He Never Responded Nor Call Back




Coach of the Super Eagles of Nigeria Gernot Rohr has given up on trying to convince former goalkepper Vincent Enyeama to come out of retirement and play for Nigeria.

Rohr ruled out any future contact with the Lille man after revealing that the 33 year old appears to have made up his mind to stick to his international retirement.

The Franco German coach said he tried reaching out at Enyeama when they had a goalkepper crisis before the game against Algeria, but Enyeama failed to take his calls and didn’t return them later.

” When we had crisis in our hands after Carl Ikeme’s injury, I called him (Enyeama) over 10 times and he never responded nor called back”, Rohr said to Owngoalnigeria.com.

” I am happy with how Daniel Akpeyi responded to the test when he was called up as emergency cover, but he needs to buckle up because we can’t solely depend on Ikeme”.

http://owngoalnigeria.com/2017/01/04/rohr-slams-eagles-door-on-enyeama-i-called-him-over-10-times-and-he-never-responded-nor-call-back/

Icon4s:
Did you ever watch Success play at Granada?

Kog45:
Well i don't know his age or know him very well coz of recent i don't have d opportunity of watching Nigeria league coz am not in d country but it was from this thread i read a lot about him.

joseph1013:
About Nwobodo, I don't think anyone is saying he should have an automatic shirt in the Eagles. He is a player that has proven himself wherever he goes. From U20 to U23. He was also one of the best players when Enugu Rangers won the Nigerian League last season. I can tell you that he is impressive.

What those who know him well are saying is that he should be given an opportunity to slug it out with the other guys in the national team. Sometimes ehn, opportunity is all it takes. I was reading what that Man Utd scout said about Ndidi at Nath Boys, it's all about him being at the right place at the right time. We have better players than him in the grassroots all over Nigeria.

For Nwobodo, an opportunity to compete with his countrymen in Camp is not too much. Same happened to Sunday Mba and Godfrey Oboabona under Keshi.

joseph1013:
” Victor Osimhen is having a good beginning at Wolfsburg. I spoke with Wolfsburg manager and he said Victor is doing very well. Who says Victor who will be playing in the Bundesliga cannot come and play as our number nine?”, Rohr asked in Lagos.

joseph1013:
He said English football. I took it to mean from EPL to League 2, may be further, since he seem quite vast in the lower divisions.

joseph1013:
About Nwobodo, I don't think anyone is saying he should have an automatic shirt in the Eagles. He is a player that has proven himself wherever he goes. From U20 to U23. He was also one of the best players when Enugu Rangers won the Nigerian League last season. I can tell you that he is impressive.

What those who know him well are saying is that he should be given an opportunity to slug it out with the other guys in the national team. Sometimes ehn, opportunity is all it takes. I was reading what that Man Utd scout said about Ndidi at Nath Boys, it's all about him being at the right place at the right time. We have better players than him in the grassroots all over Nigeria.

For Nwobodo, an opportunity to compete with his countrymen in Camp is not too much. Same happened to Sunday Mba and Godfrey Oboabona under Keshi.

goldfish80:
As good as Nwobodo is, it appears Chisom Egbuchulam doesn't get enough mention on this thread.
I hope we aren't getting to carried away with foreign born players to the detriment of home grown lads. It will be a shame if that's the case.

Chisom for my money is the real deal. If he was born abroad he will be mentioned in the same light as Mbappe and Dembele.
The guy is the real definition of a modern wide foward.

With the recent partnership between the LMC and La liga, I felt the MOU should cover some areas like the best player in the league going to train with top La liga teams in view of getting a contract.
It would be ridiculous if Chisom ends up in Tunisia. His game has gone beyond the African continent in my opinion.

joseph1013:
” Victor Osimhen is having a good beginning at Wolfsburg. I spoke with Wolfsburg manager and he said Victor is doing very well. Who says Victor who will be playing in the Bundesliga cannot come and play as our number nine?”, Rohr asked in Lagos.

If the treatment of Kelechi at City continues, don't you guys think it will be a straight battle between Victor and Kelechi for the number 9 spot?

joseph1013:
If the treatment of Kelechi at City continues, don't you guys think it will be a straight battle between Victor and Kelechi for the number 9 spot?

joseph1013:
I know you are a Rangers fan so your comment can be excused. I say the Tunisian deal is probably the best he can get for a 29-year old striker. The only reason I'm in for Nwobodo is because he is still young, I won't bother even if he is 27. Chisom is in his last stages as a footballer, especially when you consider that for lack of MRI, his real age cannot really be ascertained.

From the little I know about Rohr, he seems not to care where you play as long as you produce results. Therefore, if he was indeed better than the other boys during the Zambia-Nigeria camp, he would have played. He would even have been invited for the Algerian game.

I say we look further ahead.

Kog45:
Yes but very few games but as in goal ratios is not better than most current eagles strikers like Ighalo,ideye,Iheanacho,Musa,though stand to be corrected.

2014-2016 Granada 49 matches /7 goals,though very good,talented footballer with good skills and delight to watch

joseph1013:
If the treatment of Kelechi at City continues, don't you guys think it will be a straight battle between Victor and Kelechi for the number 9 spot?

komekn:

I hope we aren't getting to carried away with foreign born players to the detriment of home grown lads. It will be a shame if that's the case.

Goldfish80, I am not sure why it will be a shame?

So if you are born or grow up outside Nigeria you are less Nigerian. The diaspora dynamics are a major factor of Nigerian life in every area that cannot be ignored. There is talk if us exercising our right to vote in Nigeria right here in the UK.

Talent is talent whether in Obalende or Peckham all deh chop pounded yam.