Icon4s:


Mr Learner, Researcher, Developer and Wisdom, u can as well post that paper on FIFA's website. They are the ones that run world football and not me.

All these wahala just to discredit Isaac Success' age.

Truidstar:


The only thing that's gonna happen tomorrow is the Southies will get a hiding. Do not over analyse this match. The Southies are psychologically weak against us. They always choke. Sit back and enjoy tomorrow.

komekn:


You are blind by negative prejudice you are unable to have a discussion without presuming hatred and deep seated dislike.

As a man thinketh so he is.


This discussion waa never about Isaac Success but the entire subject of age corroboration and the efficacy of the MRI in determining age.

But of course you can not see that.

Icon4s:


Yes, continue seeing with your own positive prejudice .And please Like I said take your paper to FIFA.com, go there and share your positive prejudice about the MRI.

And in case u don't know, Isaac Success' age started the discussion. So next time do well to go through previous comments before jumping in. Ok?

I am done with you.

Icon4s:


U think say me get him time? All these na just to discredit the reliability of the MRI with the sole aim of discrediting the ages of our ex-youth internationals that went through the MRI.

He is so persistent with his aims and objectives.

So how far na? How the go dey go? Shey u are getting ready for tomorrow's show down?

TheSuperNerd:
Took it outta my mind. I really don't want any of our Naija talents going in that direction right now. Imagine if Kelechi Iheanacho had gone to Porto. Well maybe he would still have made it there but I really don't like how Porto dey handle our talented lads there most especially a clearly Ligue 1-proven Chidozie Awaziem.

Joebie:
Akpeyi is good enough as long as he doesn’t shake on matchday.

BascoVanVeli:


Yahaya makes me want to shed tears. All that talent just being wasted for nothing.

BascoVanVeli:


Yahaya makes me want to shed tears. All that talent just being wasted for nothing.

Icon4s:


Yahaya would have developed better as an AM or WF. Such gifted player.

TheSuperNerd:


I remember I used to call Komekn, Moussa Dembele's Uncle back then... The lad is now at Lyon as Mariano's replacement. He was at Celtic then. The lad never see French call up yet ooo... And instead of Komekn to focus on seeing that his nephew gets his first NT call up he is here still trying to certify his wasteman theories and even play down on the rising star of Samu "Robben" Chukwueze. He brings in Sancho and Reiss Nelson but I wan ask... These guys have played more matches than Chuks naa and Chukwueze is in the BEST Technically proficient league in the world for Santa Claus' sake and doing it so good. Yet he says he is yet to see enough to adjudge Chukwueze a top quality young talent on the fast rise...

But when his nephew Moussa Dembele dey ball for Lowly Scotland, him no let us hear word for here oooo... Is that not chameleonish?




Anyway, Dad, yes ooooo... I'm looking forward to the cracker in Johannesburg. Would be busy by that period but will try to not miss the game. Things have been going very well but been so engaged Sir... Just say make I check in small before I ball out again. Greetings to you and your whole family... Greet Icon4s' Jnr especially for me...


This weekend... Despite the absence of several First XI stars like Ighalo, Ndidi, Shehu, and Mikel... And even missing Onazi due to personal issues Rohr has with him (about time we bring in Billing now), I think we are in for a very tough but interesting game tomorrow.

We should watch out for SA's Percy Tau and Lebo Mothiba. MOTHIBA IS CLINICAL and is strong... Tau is fast and skilful... Serero, if he plays, is slippery and sleek and should not be left out of sight. It would be a good game but if Musa and Iwobi bring their A- Game and if Chukwueze plays a part... And if either of Success or Nacho can fire from all cylinders, then we would edge it in the end.

I wish us the best tomorrow and hopefully that will provide a fine prelude for our Super Falcons taking on SA's WNT the following day in the AWCON....


Would be a fantastic weekend to remember eternally if we can beat both SA NTs.... Hehehehehehehehehe....

TheSuperNerd:


Oh Lord hear our prayers... Let it be the SA net shaking and not Akpeyi.... #PrayersForAkpeyi #WeSayNoToShaking

Icon4s:


Well, then. But hope u will be back in time to work with the awards committee?

Icon4s:


Yahaya would have developed better as an AM or WF. Such gifted player.

Icon4s:


Yahaya would have developed better as an AM or WF. Such gifted player.

TheSuperNerd:
I tell you Basco. I loved Yahaya at UAE. He was easily the most cerebral of all in that set. His intelligence was a step ahead of Iheanacho's in that tournament. He orchestrated our plays in the attacking third and always created space with a simple yet unpredictable body feint move of his which even FIFA.com picked up on and interviewed him for. Musa Yahaya was so f**King good and had the potentials to be a great.


My rankings of the best technically gifted players in that set from No.1 to No.5 is as follows (taking into account their time from the Qualifiers to the CAF u-17 Afcon and then to UAE 2013)...

#1 (undisputed) Musa Yahaya

#2 Isaac Success

#3 Kelechi Iheanacho

#4 Chidi Nwakali

#5 Bernard Bulbwa

Good mentions: Ndidi was a rock in the qualifiers... Not much technical nous then.

Awoniyi was a gangling horse who bulldozed his way to goal.



This is how highly I rate Yahaya's beastly creative talents. But look at time now.... It makes me weep at such a loss. Porto!!!!! Diaris God!!!

BascoVanVeli:


Remember when you his pass to Isaac Success against Brazil at the U20 wc? O la la, if not for some criminals who call themselves agents Alex Iwobi would be having a fight on his hands as we speak

BascoVanVeli:


He and Musa had very wicked agents.

komekn:


Over confidence is not a tactic that results in victory.

When SA play us they will be FIRED UP %110 it will.be like a cup final for them. Previous form will not give us clear advantage.

If the SE doesn't play this game with 110% seriousness, good cohesion and discipline. We could be sorry.

On paper we should win, we have the advantage but if we get COMPLACENT hmmmmm.

TheSuperNerd:
Took it outta my mind. I really don't want any of our Naija talents going in that direction right now. Imagine if Kelechi Iheanacho had gone to Porto. Well maybe he would still have made it there but I really don't like how Porto dey handle our talented lads there most especially a clearly Ligue 1-proven Chidozie Awaziem.

TheSuperNerd:
For tomorrow's game to be won, we have to beat this man. "Itumeleng Khune." He is without any iota of doubt one of the safest pair of hands on the continent today and he is also "THE ONLY GOALIE YET TO CONCEDE SO FAR IN THE AFCON QUALIFIERS GROUP STAGE ROUNDS ACROSS THE CONTINENT".

I trust our attack to spoil his clean sheet record and make SA eat the dust but he is a formidable opponent. Hard to beat but surely can he beaten.



Pointer: Good thing is Akpeyi kept a clean sheet against Khune and his Kaizer teammates in the Kaizer Chiefs vs Chippa Utd tie recently... He didn't shake that day, let us hope he doesn't shake tomorrow.

TheSuperNerd:
Super Eagles in SA (Johannesburg). Relaxed and focused on the Big game.

TheSuperNerd:
For tomorrow's game to be won, we have to beat this man. "Itumeleng Khune." He is without any iota of doubt one of the safest pair of hands on the continent today and he is also "THE ONLY GOALIE YET TO CONCEDE SO FAR IN THE AFCON QUALIFIERS GROUP STAGE ROUNDS ACROSS THE CONTINENT".

I trust our attack to spoil his clean sheet record and make SA eat the dust but he is a formidable opponent. Hard to beat but surely can he beaten.



Pointer: Good thing is Akpeyi kept a clean sheet against Khune and his Kaizer teammates in the Kaizer Chiefs vs Chippa Utd tie recently... He didn't shake that day, let us hope he doesn't shake tomorrow.

ChrisKels:



Tell him Chimerenka, the pride of Umuahia city is coming for him

TheSuperNerd:
Such is the competitiveness in the Current young, super talented and growing Super Eagles team.....


Will Henry Onyekuru ever realise his potential with Nigeria?
By Colin Udoh, Special to ESPN


Despite scoring two goals for Galatasaray at the weekend, and featuring for 90 minutes in their Champions League clash against Schalke 04, Henry Onyekuru is unlikely to start for Nigeria in this weekend's Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against South Africa.

It's hard to explain the curious case of Onyekuru, who's only in the Super Eagles squad due to Odion Ighalo's injury.
Why would it take the likes of Jamilu Collins and Samuel Kalu one invitation to earn a starting spot when Onyekuru has spent almost an entire year waiting in the wings?

He arguably should have been introduced straight to the starting XI during his outstanding breakout season with KAS Eupen when he was a devastating presence in the Belgian Jupiler League.
At the time, he was considered the foremost prospect to be Nigeria's lead striker, but with Odion Ighalo, Ahmed Musa, Moses Simon, Victor Moses, Kelechi Iheanacho and even Alex Iwobi all ahead of him on the queue, he struggled for gametime.
Then disaster struck, as Onyekuru suffered an ACL injury that would eventually rule him out of the World Cup.
That time out - however undesired - offered him plenty of space for recuperation, and he returned for the new season fired up, quickly getting among the goals at Galatasaray to earn a Super Eagles recall.

However, just when injuries and withdrawals made it look like he was all set for his time in the sun, Gernot Rohr preferred to go with Kalu.
Onyekuru only managed to come on for the last five minutes of that 3-0 win, as a substitute for Kalu.
He was again a substitute in the home fixture against Libya, coming on to supply the assist for Kalu's first international goal, the last of a 4-0 win before another substitute appearance in the road leg in Sfax.

These substitute appearances came in the context of a goal drought at club level, a run of nearly two months and seven games without finding the net, although it was hardly significantly worse than Kalu's own form.
Onyekuru appears to be suffering from his own versatility and an abundance of quality bodies in Nigeria's frontline.

He can play and score both as a wide player and as a central striker, but it is at once a blessing and a curse for him.
With Nigeria, Ighalo owns the central-striking role, while Rohr's decision to assess the likes of Victor Osimhen and Isaac Success suggests that he leans towards the big, bruising centre-forward.
Score he can, but Onyekuru is more Ferrari than Landcruiser.
With Ighalo out, he has to contest with Success for the right to lead the attack.
On the basis of their games-to-goals return, Onyekuru should be first in line, but Rohr may well choose to go with Success.

He's unlikely to get his opportunity on the flanks either; stand-in captain Musa is a lock for one wide-forward role, and Kalu seems to have put his seal on the second, even with the return of previous occupant Moses Simon.
Now there's also Samuel Chukwueze, providing an additional body to the depth chart.
It would seem to appear that Onyekuru's upgrade from the standby squad is simply for additional cover, but it's up to him to prove to Rohr that he deserves to be much more than that.


Source: KweseESPN

TheSuperNerd:
Such is the competitiveness in the Current young, super talented and growing Super Eagles team.....