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Mickael2:
cry me a river. Who exactly wrote that report? It was written by Marca, a Madrid based newspaper, it was rubbished officially by UEFA. The first penalty was a clear penalty, how can you stay on the ground and be interfering with a goalscoring oppurtunity? The first one isn't even what people are complaining about.

The second penalty was a soft penalty no doubt but there was contact, look closely at the play again, the defender has his hands on Suarez who made the most of it I agree, and wasn't looking at the ball which is illegal contact though not enough for a penalty of that magnitude but based on the ref's position nobody can blame him. I maintain, there was absolutely no bias in that game

Icon4s:
Comparing apple for apple now.

Lets look at players U21 playing for the Super Eagles or are Super Eagles Invitees. I would want you to name Anglo-Nigerian players U21, that are eligible, that you feel can match or surpass them in talent and performance. Like for like in terms of position.

Alex Iwobi
Kelechi Iheanacho
Wilfred Ndidi
Isaac Success
Oghenekaro Etebo
Musa Mohammed
Moses Simon
Victor Osimhen.

I purposefuly excluded Obazee and Ebuehi bc I have not had an opportunity to fully assess them.

safarigirl:
that is almost as ridiculous as that time when lakesidepapa put his money on Senegal to win AFCON....


Speaking of which, Joseph1013, na so this bros just do us shoki for this thread

The guy don bobo us finish. Even Buhari don comot, come back.

Icon4s:
You that are aware of their forms tell me their forms as at that time.

Humility017:
the truth is even the home based players will not picked on merit...
still remember the LMC cried out during our first CHAN outing... lamenting that the players picked by keshi were not the league's best...
how could u explain oliseh omission of igbinoba of nasarawa united during the last CHAN despite his attacking prowess from the midfield position

abeg they should let the coach do his Job

Kog45:
Pls this home based deserve some respect and not total condemnation.The truth must be told and whether w like it or not Rohr goof for not looking inward for players who can slug it out with their foreign counterparts.

We haven't pass d era of not considering some home based players coz we have a league which i believe no matter what one or two player should find their way into d team on merit but not considering this players at all is out of it.

Rohr is getting it right should not stop us from evaluate his team selection.Nobody is forcing any home based player on him but he need to look inward for quality players.

Kog45:
Are u saying born in England and not talent gave Iwobi or Dele Ali advantage over their peers in Nigeria.

TheGoodJoe:
What would Munier had done? He was already on the floor when Neymar ran into him. He did not go to foul Neymar. No intention. Why penalty, beats my imagination.

Icon4s:
Do u follow the NPFL.?

Suggest home based players Rohr should have invited and name d foreign based he should drop in their places. O ya.

Kog45:
Keshi CHAN team still remained d best coz i remember d team won bronze in that tournament.

On Olishe omitting Igbinova from Chan team,then what can u say of Rohr omission of Aluko and Oyekuru from London friendlies..

My point is simple,home based players deserve a look in coz we have a league where players are playing week in week out.

Rohr just need to look inward and see if it's possible to see a rear gem among d home based who can slug it out or even displaced d foreign based.

komekn:
Jordan Ibe is not interested in playing for Nigeria, his mother remarried a non - Nigerian and he has an almost zero Nigerian input in his upbringing.

Seyi Ojo is a lucky guy, effective but not technically proficient enough in my opinion.

However, Isaac Success and Simon Moses would struggle to get into top 6 premiership teams U23 development squad.

The above two players are not in any shape or form better than a supposedly much older Sone Aluko.

KC is a great exciting player with undoubted quality however as an out and out No. 9. I am not convinced.

On the other hand Anichebe is undoubtedly a powerful striker a true No. 9, if he wasn't so injury prone he would be number 1, with Kelechi playing off him.

Actually I rate Onyedinma of Millwall higher than Ademola. Sometimes you need some steel in the midfield and someone that I have been looking at with promise is Chuks Aneke one time promising Arsenal midfielder.

There has been talk about Chuba Akpom for me has been unable to make the step up from youth football to senior football, for me he is not ready.

However the trio of Solanke, Tega and Ike at Chelsea are looking dangerous. There are a multitude of others like Ovie at Liverpool and Onomah at Tottenham, but I am not totally convinced yet.

forgiveness:
Moses Odubanjo will relegate Musa Mohammed to the reserve.

Sheyi Ojo will bench Isaac Succes any time any day.

Ademola will give Simon run for his ego.


Dominic Solanke will lead the attack better than Iheanacho. Hahaha.


Tammy Abraham is not Osimhen mate na.

Ovie Ejara will battle it out with Etebor na.

Onomah still dey oooo.

Why mention Iwobi, a product of England?

Ndidi na the baba. Shun sir.

Icon4s:
I am whole heartedly with Rohr's team selection.

The best and most promising talents and professional players are outside this country.

Celestine Babayaro that was making comment the other day, how many home-based players played along with him during his hey days in the late 90s?

We have gone past that time where Keshi would be reserving 5-7 slots for home-based players!

Players should be invited based on merit. If our best 25 players are based in Europe so be it.

The home based eagles had a chance to impress at CHAN last year but they showed they lacked substance. Another CHAN qualifiers will commence soon. Let Rohr use that to assess the players.

No room for mediocrity. We need the best devoid of allotments and allocations.

Humility017:
Sir...I get your point, but what do u say of players who are looking for any slight opportunity to whisk to obscure leagues in Europe and north Africa leagues...few are determined like etebor who refused the north Africa deals

safarigirl:
because their profiles are more European than African.

If you Google any of those guys, first info you will see is "French footballer"....not Algerian, Cameroonian or whatever. They are French first, any other affiliations will come from further investigation

That is how i Googled Fosu-Mensah, expecting to see Ghana, only for me to find "Dutch footballer"...and tomorrow, you people will tag him African because of name.

I repeat, it takes more than a name to be African.

forgiveness:
Moses Odubanjo will relegate Musa Mohammed to the reserve.

Sheyi Ojo will bench Isaac Succes any time any day.

Ademola will give Simon run for his ego.


Dominic Solanke will lead the attack better than Iheanacho. Hahaha.


Tammy Abraham is not Osimhen mate na.

Ovie Ejara will battle it out with Etebor na.

Onomah still dey oooo.

Why mention Iwobi, a product of England?

Ndidi na the baba. Shun sir.

forgiveness:
Moses Odubanjo will relegate Musa Mohammed to the reserve.

Sheyi Ojo will bench Isaac Succes any time any day.

Ademola will give Simon run for his ego.


Dominic Solanke will lead the attack better than Iheanacho. Hahaha.


Tammy Abraham is not Osimhen mate na.

Ovie Ejara will battle it out with Etebor na.

Onomah still dey oooo.

Why mention Iwobi, a product of England?

Ndidi na the baba. Shun sir.

maidaboi:
isaac succes will bench seyi ojo, musa will bench odubanjo, simon will bench Ademola,kelechi is better than solanke, victor is a better baller than tammy Abraham,Etebor ahead of Ejara any day any time, iwobi ahead of onomah. Note players invited are the one we are talking about. Bring what you have in your arsenal lets debate

Mickael2:
what do you mean no intention? Look at the replays again, he was falling down yes, but instead of him to fall, he was trying to get his body in the way. Neymar on his own part did try to get to the ball and when he saw that he couldn't, he hooked Munier and fell down. That one is as clear as daylight, you can't be protecting the ball when you are lying down

Mickael2:
cry me a river. Who exactly wrote that report? It was written by Marca, a Madrid based newspaper, it was rubbished officially by UEFA. The first penalty was a clear penalty, how can you stay on the ground and be interfering with a goalscoring oppurtunity? The first one isn't even what people are complaining about.

The second penalty was a soft penalty no doubt but there was contact, look closely at the play again, the defender has his hands on Suarez who made the most of it I agree, and wasn't looking at the ball which is illegal contact though not enough for a penalty of that magnitude but based on the ref's position nobody can blame him. I maintain, there was absolutely no bias in that game

ChrisKels:
Typical you sir, always sentimental with anything foreign. Like someone rightly said sometime, u like a dude who values d gal he is having a crush on more than the beauty he is dating already.

Av rly missed u here Sha, how is d family and life in general?

goldfish80:
Ronaldo was the best in his generation (arguably), Mbappe has the chops to be the best in his own generation. Where's the blasphemy there?
Continue holding on to the past my friend. Your eyes go clear when Monaco grabs the champions league and League 1. Oh yes I said it. Please call me out if it doesn't come to pass.

ChrisKels:
Leicester city eyes Etebo



Champions of England Leicester City are tracking
Super Eagles winger Oghenekaro Etebo,
according to reports in Portugal.
Etebo is currently on the books of Portuguese
Primeira Liga club Feirense.
The 21-year-old has been attracting interest from
around Europe since his four-goal haul in
Nigeria's 5-4 win over Japan at the 2016
Olympics last August.
Now a full international alongside the likes
Ahmed Musa and Wilfred Ndidi, Etebo has been
tracked throughout the season by City and
Turkish giants Fenerbahce, according to
Portuguese media outlet, A Bola.
Etebo has not quite matched his goalscoring feat
from Rio 2016, where Nigeria came third,
grabbing just one goal and one assist in 18
appearances across all competitions for Feirense
this season.
In his six caps for the Nigeria senior team, he
has one goal, scored on his debut against Egypt,
and one assist, setting up Mikel John Obi in the
Super Eagles' 3-1 World Cup qualifying win over
Algeria in November.
Etebo is in the Nigeria squad to face Senegal and
Burkina Faso in friendlies later this month. The
matches, on March 23 and 27, will be played at
Barnet's The Hive Stadium.



Supersport online.com

safarigirl:
because their profiles are more European than African.

If you Google any of those guys, first info you will see is "French footballer"....not Algerian, Cameroonian or whatever. They are French first, any other affiliations will come from further investigation

That is how i Googled Fosu-Mensah, expecting to see Ghana, only for me to find "Dutch footballer"...and tomorrow, you people will tag him African because of name.

I repeat, it takes more than a name to be African.

TheGoodJoe:
Blasphemy is saying this Mbappe is as good as Ronaldo at 18. Who said I have a problem against Monaco winning Ligue 1 or the Champions League? I will even feel happy seeing some young black succeed.

Simple, the boy is not as good as a young Ronaldo but I wish him success.

Mickael2:
what do you mean no intention? Look at the replays again, he was falling down yes, but instead of him to fall, he was trying to get his body in the way. Neymar on his own part did try to get to the ball and when he saw that he couldn't, he hooked Munier and fell down. That one is as clear as daylight, you can't be protecting the ball when you are lying down

safarigirl:
you're wholly forgiven

Nigga is about as African as the likes of Zidane, Benzema, Kante and Pogba.....you people need to leave these people for the Europe they have adopted. Stop trying to do gum body, it's not sexy

komekn:
Dude this your talk na woman talk.

Stop being sentimental and emotionally prejudiced. Present your case state your facts express your deductions rationally.

He has detailed players of Nigerian origin and made his comparisons. Now what you could do is to objectively dissect the attributes and failings of these players comparatively to the home Nigerian players that are in your opinion better.

Otherwise I'm sorry to say your sentimentality becomes incoherent gibberish.