Icon4s:


Hahaha. The whole team had a bad day not just Eguavoen.

Jerome Shakponke first played in a 2-2 draw against Jamaica earlier in the year or so.
He put up a good performance but Bora kept faith with Mobi.

TheGoodJoe:


Baffles me how someone can replicate his form without being invited. As for Mark Alonso, he is not a better option than Jordi Alba. Off the top of my head. I can guess there are other players better than him and that is why he has not been invited.

OMANBALA1:


Thats probably why Julius Berger sucked so badly. If a basket like Joseph Dosu was your best choice then you must really suck.

AIG07:
you Know better but I'm not suprise this is coming from you. I know you'll go to any length to defend your school of thought.

Here is one question for you. I won't go far this time around.
Ighalo was turning heads up, tearing anything in his way while playing for Watford yet still he struggled to net a goal for Nigeria despite been in the form of his life. Why didn't he replicate such form for the national team despite his multiple invitations? Atleast he was invited several times.

OMANBALA1:




You guys dont understand this, Ezenwa was not invited based on his current form as at when he was invited rather based on confidence inherited from previous performances. And I know you will ask are there not other goalkeepers doing well, well , there were but the goalkeeping job is a little different than outfield players. Keepers are mostly invited based on previous performances which usually means they have experience which translates into confidence and a crucial game like the one against Cameroon and Zambia is not an ideal occasion to try news hands.Ezenwa heroic performance at previous CHAN was still following him and lets be honest, my nigga rose to the occasion when he was needed.

TheGoodJoe:


Kanu contributed more to the team than Goals. He spent a lot of time dropping deep and helping the team stay fluid. The Super Eagles boasted of many sprinting forwards/Wingers. Kanu's game for us had more to do with team play than goals.

TheGoodJoe:


The Algerians created chances from it and if Ezenwa is in goal for us in the World Cup, I will call any opposing coaching crew who do not exploit that weakness after studying that tape. That will be a recipe for thrashing us.

TheGoodJoe:


I doubt Celestine Babayaro had a bad day. He was brilliant to the best of my knowledge. Remember him winning some balls from Clarence Seedorf. If Bora had faith in Mobi, he would not have started Jero ahead of Mobi when we played the Dutch team. I think we were balanced until Jero's injury. The introduction of Eguavoen (note, not Mobi) created a big disruption in the defence and the flood of goals was allowed in.

The team was poor but there were culprits to such humiliating defeat and Eguavoen was clearly one of the major ones.

AIG07:

look, club performance puts players in the spotlight and gives them the necessary recognition.

Have you ever wonder why some players keep getting call ups despite under performing in their clubs? Spain kept inviting Torres even while performing abysmally for Chelsea. Fabregas was always one of the first name on the list despite not having enough playing time with Chelsea. That's one country as an example. Do you know while their coach kept faith with them-it was because he knew that they'll deliver.
Marcos Alonso has been phenomenal for Chelsea since last year. Do you know what? He is still hoping for his First invitation.

If I'm too tow your line of proposition, every player that comes to the spot light(is in form) should be invited ba? You can't have a national team by inviting all players base on their club performances alone or else you'll only be having new sets of players to execute each match...

Even Rohr knows this. That's while he has been inviting Musa, Onazi before he moved to Turkey, Moses Simon etc.
Onyekuru has been having Stellar performances consistently for his clubs but still he has only been having epileptic call-ups.

To cut the story short, club performance is one thing and replicating it in the national team is another.

Kog45:
Pls don't let us mixed things up.Cliub performance is the only way to national team especially early invitation.

Fernando Torres invitation despite being out of form was based on his previous performance for Spain,no new player or upcoming player would enjoy that privileged just like how Mikel was getting the invitations under Rohr and not making Chelsea day squad or what do you want to say about Musa and right now Iheanacho.

They are enjoying this privilege cos they distinguished themselves in their early invitations in eagles colours,so for a player to enjoy this he must prove himself first in his club then consistent performance in the national team.

FabioPeter:
Ighalo
(Iheanacho) (Ike Uche)

Iwobi Mikel. Moses. V
(Onyekuru). (Etebo)
(Moses.S).

Ndidi Onazi(Ogu)

Idowu. Ekong Leon Shehu (Awaziem). (Omeruo). (O. Aina)

Enyeama
(Uzoho)
(Ezenwa)

Kog45:
Suck?Nawa o,pls tell me the best keeper in Julius Berger history and if you can convince me no issue,I will gladly accept.

AIG07:

look, club performance puts players in the spotlight and gives them the necessary recognition.

Have you ever wonder why some players keep getting call ups despite under performing in their clubs? Spain kept inviting Torres even while performing abysmally for Chelsea. Fabregas was always one of the first name on the list despite not having enough playing time with Chelsea. That's one country as an example. Do you know while their coach kept faith with them-it was because he knew that they'll deliver.
Marcos Alonso has been phenomenal for Chelsea since last year. Do you know what? He is still hoping for his First invitation.

If I'm too tow your line of proposition, every player that comes to the spot light(is in form) should be invited ba? You can't have a national team by inviting all players base on their club performances alone or else you'll only be having new sets of players to execute each match...

Even Rohr knows this. That's while he has been inviting Musa, Onazi before he moved to Turkey, Moses Simon etc.
Onyekuru has been having Stellar performances consistently for his clubs but still he has only been having epileptic call-ups.

To cut the story short, club performance is one thing and replicating it in the national team is another.

Icon4s:


We all knew Eguavoen was past his prime. He was only called up when the coaches spotted the inconsistency in Mobi.

OMANBALA1:



I am not trying to compare goalkeepers here ,rather I want to assert that Dosu is not a goalkeeper to brag about or be proud of. Dude is worst goalkeeper I have ever seen kept goal for Nigeria.

chidi1:
I posted this elsewhere. But since I am looking for a response, I copied and pasted it here....

I may sound a little biased. However, I am an avid supporter of Imoh Ezekiel. In my earlier post, I voiced my concern when I taught he was going to be excluded from the Olympic team by Siasia, after a convincing display during a friendly with Brazil. Ofcourse, he undoubtedly became our most creative playmaker at the Olympics. I watched with dismay as he was overlooked during the world cup qualifiers. Hence, this promoted the creation of this topic.

Guys, I would love your honest opinion on this. What do you think of Victor Moses and Imoh Ezekiel combination on the wings during the world cup. You may rewatch his highlight during the Olympics on YouTube to refresh your memory. I know our attack is one of the best parts of our national team, but my plan is to make it more potent (as to be honest, our defence is very worrisome currently). I sincerely believe that if enough interest is voiced, it may draw the NFF to look more closely at that option. We may start out by trying him out in a friendly match (ideally paired with Moses).

Icon4s:


What?!!!!

That can't be true Naa.

Truidstar:
The bitter truth is what we have now is Uzoho, Ezenwa and Akpeyi. At Euro 96 which Germany won, Andreas Kopke was the goal keeper. His club was relegated from the bundesliga that season with him in goal. The Germans looked at the stats and realized that most of the goals conceded that season were not his fault and the outstanding blocks and saves he made contributed to his club not been too embarrassed in terms of goals conceded. He was chosen as first choice ahead of the great Oliver Khan. At the penalty shoot out in the semi final against England he saved Gareth southgates penalty kick. They went on to win the tournament. If it was Nigeria, will Andreas Kopke smell the pre world cup invite? In Rohr I trust to make the best decision in our goal keeping department.

OMANBALA1:



I am not trying to compare goalkeepers here ,rather I want to assert that Dosu is not a goalkeeper to brag about or be proud of. Dude is worst goalkeeper I have ever seen kept goal for Nigeria.

lexyman:



our attack is not bad , the number of goals scored during the qualifier wasn't bad , also the friendly produced a lot of goals , thats to tell you that something is right about the team .

TheGoodJoe:


Eguavoen got the nod based on experience. Just like Mobi got the nod based on experience over a better Jero. We have been robbing better quality players their chances of playing based on experience.

oloriooko:

Bro he cannot warm bench and think of a place in WC for that competitive position

Kog45:
My man from my own opinion he was a flop in that match or can you tell me any WC match that Kanu show his class,pls when we talk of Eagles,Kanu was just too average, three WC appearance and Five Afcon but not a single goal and 12 goals with over 87 caps for Eagles though a great player which i admired and respect but i don't need to mix things up cos i love KANU

OMANBALA1:


Nobi the same basket Dosu wey i watch with my korokoro eyes for Atlanta 1996 ?

jihday:
you talking like our team is littered with players playing for PSG Barcelona and Madrid

realpoacher:


He was one of our creative playmaker as you rightly said, or so I thought, until we met a formidable team and unfortunately he couldn't measure up. Obviously as a player he is below average.

On his chapter, I am forced to want to agree with @komern that levels exist in football. And that is why a player playing and performing in top leagues (which translates as top level) is far better than a player in lower/poor leagues (low level).

I watched Imoh Ezekiel run rings at the earlier stages of the Olympics and was in complete awe of his performance. His runs, dribbles, cutt ins, and decisive crosses into the box was an art to watch. I daresay that most of our wins were inspired by him, he tormented the oppositions 2 and 3 no matter where he played between 7 or 11. He was a joy to watch, several times he left the defenders panting after turning them inside out coupled with his pace.

But there was a big BUT!.. When he jam him level in Germany, he himself know how far. Dude couldn't complete one successful dribble. Heck! I could count the number of times he was allowed to control the passes that came his way. All he could do was to pass sideways or backwards all through the semifinals against Germany.

I was slighted, what the hell. We were 1/2 goals down and each time Imoh Ezekiel got the ball, he lost it, he couldn't even beat anyone of his German marker.

That match confirmed my research postulations about football that "once you no reach, you no reach" there is absolutely nothing you can do once you are not good enough against your opponent.

Eg: Chances are that arsenal will lose 8 times out of 10 to Barcelona, why?.. Because against Barcelona, Arsenal no reach! Simples.

The truth is that the teams we played against enroute the semifinal were wacky, and when we came up against a better side in Germany, Imoh Ezekiel entered "ghost mode", not just him but many of the them that day including Nura Abdullahi who was faced one on one with the German keeper but fumbled.

Now going into the world cup, we are going to be facing top sides right from match day one, do you honestly think that Imoh Ezekiel can deliver better than what we have on ground presently?... The current players delivering for us are at best average. Imoh Ezekiel to me is not even average but below average, especially considering his current form. Canvassing for such a player right now is a disservice to football as a whole.

At this stage of our preparations towards the world cup, if you must suggest a player be sure that such a player is above average atleast before we can start even analyzing who he is going to displace from the current team.

OMANBALA1:


Thats probably why Julius Berger sucked so badly. If a basket like Joseph Dosu was your best choice then you must really suck.

Icon4s:


Sebi I have said this before.

We need to have a standing U19/20/21 team. We engage them with friendlies each time we are on international break.
We don't need to wait to see some of these players play for the Super Eagles to see their readiness to play at that level.
We can even organize friendlies between our U20 team and less fancied senior teams like those of Benin or Togo.
They can even play against our CHAN team or NPFL champions. Or can take part in the Super6 just like in 2015.

oloriooko:

You seem to take this thing too personal
Stop the cry and think it through
Nacho is losing form so fast by warming the bench and not making the squad and in your all knowing wisdom you think he will be a WC star?
I love Nacho but if he fails to keep a place in the first 11 in Leicester not ManU, ManC, Liverpool of Tot then I don't see the magic he can pull to make impact in the WC
Oba goal plays week in week out in China and to you Nacho should be selected ahead of him cuz he scored in a friendly Oba was not invited
Sis playing week in and out improves you but if you do not you lose form, did you see Ibra today?
True the decision is Rohr's but he needs to jettison sentiments in his selections. We need the best legs for the WC not bunch of bench warmers

M7even:
Remember the golden generation of the Ivorian team. Compare them with that of the Egyptian golden generation. You will agree with me that the Ivorian side were always a title contender for the AFCON trophy. Pundits would have easily rated their arrays of stars to crush any African side. But there was a challenge for this Elephant side. It was obviously their GOALKEEPING. They were weak without any doubt. While the Egyptian team possessed core home based team, which was equally adept in every field. Not until there was a ripe maturity from the Ivorian goalkeeper, Barry if recall in the penalty shoot out before he was able to help the Ivorian side win the nations cup, at this point the golden generation of the Ivorian side had lost a core of its key players with the absence of drogba and others. But yet they were able to win the nations cup, with a more matured GK. Who saved and scored during PK. Shaky Barry really turning this around at that point made me value experience. I stick with Enyeama. Even as an understudy to the younger GK. Another thing is having a team is capable in every aspect and not leaving a loop hole to be exploited. We can say we have the team, but the GK is still much a worry that we need to resolve to have a Balanced side like the golden Egyptian team, whose GK continues to dominate affairs for the team. Even when he came back from retirement.