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Shehu Abdullah has done really well for himself in the super eagles.. Nothing beats a utility player..

tbaba1234:
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No Bazee?

Courtesy @calvinEmeka

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terzurum5:
No Bazee?

Bazen is not in that picture. He did not train fully in the first training, had a light work-out... Looks like he had a knock from the weekend.

Truck load of youthfulness. The future is very bright.

tbaba1234:
Shehu Abdullah has done really well for himself in the super eagles.. Nothing beats a utility player..

cc: forgiveness.

Gosh i wish i was in camp with our boys... just to watch em


Big fan

Stephen Odey: Can MFM's man of the moment keep it up?

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The youngster has been in imperious form in the NPFL this season and simply keeps getting better and better.


When Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries FC narrowly avoided the drop from the Nigerian Professional Football League last season, few were surprised that the new boys had flown close to the wind.


However, they've learned their lessons and have began the new season strongly, with star forward Stephen Odeyperforming with the kind of class that suggests that MFM FC are set for a more successful campaign this time around.


The Olukoya Boys secured a hard-fought 2-1 home victory against table toppers Plateau United thanks to an Odey brace which took his tally for the season to 10 goals. He bagged nine goals for the whole of last season but to reach double digits already after just 10 games highlights the youngster's quality. The win also lifts MFM up to second place, one point from the summit of the NPFL table with a game in hand.


Coach Fidelis Ilechukwu has been full of praise for Odey, often describing him as the best player in the world. Doubtless, the youngster's form will be key to any success MFM FC enjoy this season.


Asides from burying the ball in the back of the net, Odey’s technique sets him apart from other NPFL strikers. He has scored extra-ordinary goals, boosting morale on the terraces, and has developed an exciting partnership with Sikiru Olatunbosun.

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There's no other duo in the NPFL with as strong a telepathy like these two. Olatunbosun has assisted Odey four four goals already, and with 13 goals between them, no frontline in the current NPFL is that lethal.


Despite all the praise Odey is getting, some are skeptical as to whether he can maintain this form for the rest of the campaign.


Perhaps he will continue to do well and finish as this season’s top scorer but what of the next campaign, or if he decides to move to greener pastures?


A parallel can be drawn with Godwin Obaje, who finished as the league’s top marksman last season with Wikki Tourists, but has struggled to find his feet this term following his big money move to FC Ifeanyi Ubah. Another example could be Mfon Udoh, the leading scorer in NPFL history.


Having scored 23 goals in the 2014/2015 campaign, he failed to register a goal the following season.


Will Odey be able to continue his fine form for the rest of the campaign, and can he prove to be more than just a one-season wonder.

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From all indications, it does not look like the Lagos-based team would falter in the manner they did previously. They are in a much stronger position now compared to last season, and with motivation so high, they can only keep improving as long as squad harmony remains intact.


When Super Eagles boss Gernot Rohr named his squad for the upcoming international friendlies against Senegal and Burkina Faso, there was displeasure with the German not selecting enough home-based players. While there were question marks over some of the players Rohr did pick, one NPFL player who did merit a call was Odey.


Of all the forwards chosen by Rohr for the friendlies, no one is in better form than Odey. Some think it is too early to call him up to the Super Eagles camp as he might falter on the big stage having had no previous experience, but if the chance was given to him, he's surely primed to make the most of it.


There might still be uncertainty over Odey’s consistency in future despite the quality and talent he has shown, however, he is the hottest property in town right now and surely scouts both home and abroad are keeping tabs on to lure him away from the Agege Stadium. NPFL and MFM FC fans would be wise to enjoy the attacker while they can!

m.goal.com/x/en-ng/news/4055/main/2017/03/20/33850022/stephen-odey-can-mfms-man-of-the-moment-keep-it-up

Icon4s:
Such youthfulness!

Looks more like an U20/21 Team.

Great pix!

My brother, you ain't never lied. I just hope and pray that this team would qualify for the world cup. Many of them would be reaching their peak by the summer of 2018!


O pari

And by the way, so we only have 15 players in the camp so far?

Where are the rest


O pari

A girl in my room just saw this picture and asked if it was U17 team

Icon4s, you dey even increase their age for them, this babe dey ask who these small children be wey dey play ball

tbaba1234:
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boys are shinning. why echejile no dey sef

safarigirl:
A girl in my room just saw this picture and asked if it was U17 team

Icon4s, you dey even increase their age for them, this babe dey ask who these small children be wey dey play ball

Hahaha. I said U20/21 bc i know their ages.

If it were those days when there was no MRI test save for Ogu, Onazi and Balogun plus Musa this would have sufficed for our Golden Eaglets team.

But this team is what it is. Save for 4 or 5 players and d goalie it is an U21 team. Etebo and Obazee 2 other players hu are U21 are nt even in that pix.

3 of the oldest players have gone to China and have been kept out of this.

Icon79:
My brother, you ain't never lied. I just hope and pray that this team would qualify for the world cup. Many of them would be reaching their peak by the summer of 2018!


O pari

Well, I'll say i hope they have a very descent showing at d 2018 WC. I dnt think they would have reached that 'peak' by June next yr.

To do well at the WC requires EXPERIENCE. And plenty of it my brother.

I see that 'peak' somewhere between the 2019 AFCON and 2022 WC.

However, i dnt wish for a peak but a plateau. We go up and remain up over a long time.

forgiveness:
How the @bolded made the list is beyond my imagination.

I am suspecting Rohr has been compromised.

he is better than those overated foreign born players you want in the eagle

bazooka1:
If he really thinks so. Then someone is not doing his job. Stephen Odeh is on 10 our of 10. If he continues this way he will break Ahmed Musa's record by half way mark.

you means mfoh udoh record

Choi seeing these pictures kinda send chills down my spine. I think we have finally gotten it right age wise, thank goodness for MRI. Just take a good look at this squad and tell me if it can't stand the test of time. Such youthfulness, and the fact that we still have them many in our locker makes it even more glamorous and interesting. Plz tell Onyekuru, Kalu Odey and Co not to relent because they can't afford to miss out on this band, just that everyone can't be invited at the same time, they should instead see it as a challenge to work even harder. Chai who wouldn't wanna be a part of this beautiful team?


E b like Onazi get leadership qualities in him oo, I guess Mikel wouldn't be missed that much, off field, with elders like Balogun and Onazi even...well he ain't setting a good example for the youngies, yea na Moses, oya come beat me. Lol

Tbaba1234 u truly are a baba in dis game, we are grateful but plz more pictures lol.

This question goes to every member of this house, any news from the opposition camp?? Ohafia people said Dat once u r preparing for war...well let me not bother you with that. *Winks*

safarigirl:
One of the reasons I look forward to these international breaks is Iwobi's Snapchat and all the antics he and Kelechi get up to. It's gold

Been trying to dig up Ndidi's Snapchat and Leon's own, I no even know if dem dey SC

nwilfred

A simple quiz.
Who is the youngest member of this current squad in camp?

Icon4s:
A simple quiz.

Who is the youngest member of this current squad in camp?

Awaziem January 1997

Thanks to tbaba1234 for brightening us up with these mind bubbling pictures.

But y is it that pictures taken abroad are usually clearer and more colorful than the ones taken in naija,?

Any photo experts in the house?

tbaba1234:
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Where Sarenren Bazee dey na?

tbaba1234:
Awaziem January 1997

You too sabi book.
Yes 20yrs and 2months.

Icon4s:
Thanks to tbaba1234 for brightening us up with these mind bubbling pictures.

But y is it that pictures taken abroad are usually clearer and more colorful than the ones taken in naija,?

Any photo experts in the house?

It is just the camera and sometimes better background.. Nothing special..

Icon4s:


cc: forgiveness.

You wan make I talk and you know say I go ask 'why invite Sheyi Abdullahi who is playing in Cyprus'?

enomakos:
he is better than those overated foreign born players you want in the eagle

Really! You mean Ebuechi, Leon, Bazee, Troost and the ones playing for Chelsea, Liverpool and Everton are overated!?

safarigirl:
A girl in my room just saw this picture and asked if it was U17 team

Icon4s, you dey even increase their age for them, this babe dey ask who these small children be wey dey play ball

Hmm, I am so happy, after many years I have been waiting patiently for the eagles team to look like this

komekn:
Oga Sir, Which comments I make oh.

What I presented were probing questions I didn't make any deductions. Rather indicative probing to draw forum members into discussion.

When the information is false it makes the question null and void.

terzurum5:
Why should the owner o Nairabet want to own a Club in the first?

Whaaaaaaaat !!!

What's wrong with it bro?