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charlesemeka85:
chill i understand. eze will play for 9ja. am dead sure on that

You even sound surer than Eze

Blueelf:
Eze already crowned Best Player in the championship after how many games

Chai

CASTAGNE:
it was probably a tactical change

Tactical change or not he gave everybody license to attack Iheanacho

Klopp would have done the complete opposite

CASTAGNE:
u mean lampard right?

Rodgers

That was probably the worst way to treat the situation

Poor man management as usual, somethings never change

TheSuperNerd:
And Rodgers reverts all of a sudden to the 4-1-4-1 I told you all I was expecting him to start this game with in the first place and bench Nacho. Funny.

Hooked off Praet, who like Nacho, was also having a good game, at halftime for Barnes.

Rodgers is getting desperate

Two changes by halftime

komekn:
Watched him as a RB at Nantes and watched him play for the SE.

Now you haven answered my question ❓ Tell me one player in the current SE that Awaziem is faster than.

He is too slow to play RB and he us not better than any of the current CB'S we have. His versatility is actually a handicap OK and satisfactory but not particularly good at anything.

You have no right to judge a player you watched play out of position

Thank you

komekn:
Tell me who in the entire current SE team that Awaziem is faster than❓

Particularly that Mikel and Ogu are no longer thier.

This is not about bad book but simple observation.

Have you really watched Awaziem?

How many of his matches at CB have you watched?

TheSuperNerd:
Just some bunch of nonsense talking English fans who have seen a good chance to have a verbal go at Nacho now. Rubbish. Remember one said he would eat shit if Nacho scored on his EPL appearance against Everton.

Liverpool fans

Wow Twitter is crazy

komekn:
How many years does Awaziem need to settle in the team.

He has never been in the run in for CB, his versatility makes the coach to use him to fill in vacant positions

TheSuperNerd:
I love how Ndidi was the first to step into that crowd of Norwich players and protect Nacho. Ndidi just loves that dude mehn.... Folks find a friend who treats you as his brother as Ndidi does with Nacho. Such Golden friendship.

But I don't like what Rodgers did with Nacho shaa taking him off that early. Why not just bench him from the start amd play your usual 4-1-4-1 as I believed he would. Rodgers sef!

What happened?

komekn:
Opinion based on what.

Awaziem is a weak link

Too slow and poor recovery, doesn't have the physicality and strength of Omeruo and or aerial dominance.

If you don't know Awaziem has a higher leap than Omeruo and more aerially dominant

If you watched their match last night you would have known

komekn:
Awaziem is too slow compared too Omeruo so what will composure do for him.

What a joke

It seems Awaziem is on your 'bad book'

edi287:
Tottenham

Spurs

edi287:
This is why in as much as I hate Spuds, I'll always respect Pochettino.
Dude didn't care that Spuds had spent 30m on Llorente. He put his faith in Kane and the rest is history.

OK what is Spurds?

Kog45:
I don't even see Omeruo as a leader and i don't see Awaziem as a better defender than Omeruo in all ramifications.

Omeruo is one of the most criticize eagles defender based on some mistakes but when it comes to real show i mean tournament Omeruo always fit the bill.

As I said Awaziem has a lot going for him,very versatile but remember Omeruo also started as RB,Yobo lost of form paved way for Omeruo.

I don't see Awaziem slug it out with Omeruo,Ekong,Ajayi and Balogun if he sort his club situation out in Centre Back position.

Omeruo is now a leader, very matured but his deficiencies are still with him

He is a rash tackler and jittery in defence but Leganes system of 5-4-1 does not expose him much

Awaziem is more technical, composed, better aerialy and on one on one situations

andrewbaba44:
Awaziem is not better than omeruo

Period

What are your reasons?

charlesemeka85:
Cyriel Dessers is yet to put on the green-and-white jersey of Nigeria, but he has already put frost onto an already cold relationship between Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr and Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) president Amaju Pinnick.


There were more than a few Nigerian football followers and officials who metaphorically danced, skipped, and jumped with glee when Dessers announced officially that he was nailing his international flag to the country's mast.

Rohr was not one of them.

But this was quite the coup for Pinnick, who had spoken to the Belgium-born and raised player and seemingly got him to make the commitment.

Make no mistake, Heracles Almelo's Dessers is a big catch for the Super Eagles, who are one Victor Osimhen absence or dip in form from being almost toothless upfront.

Osimhen has stepped more than magnificently into Nigeria's central striking role since the retirement of Odion Ighalo last year, helping himself to four goals and two assists in the Super Eagles' four post-Africa Cup of Nations matches that he has started.

Fleet of foot, his vision and link play are additional assets that make him a tough opponent for even the best in the world, as Brazil's centrebacks discovered in the 1-1 draw in Singapore even though that was the only fixture of the four in which he did not score.

For a 20-year-old, getting his first crack at leading the international line, those numbers are a first-class return and provide an unending source of pride for Rohr, who identified the then-teenager, when he first took over the job three years ago, and made him a focal point of his Super Eagles rebuild.

Osimhen's success as marksman, however, also illustrates Rohr's failure to find a second goalscorer who is just as efficient. And that's not for want of trying.


Simeon Nwankwo was plucked from Serie A and taken to the World Cup in Russia but flamed out. Paul Onuachu still gets called up, but he has done practically nothing since that record quick goal against Egypt on debut.

Henry Onyekuru has failed to even break into the side, and the likes of David Okereke and Dennis Bonaventure are also bit-part players. None has established himself as back-up, let alone attempt to provide competition, to Osimhen.

That is exactly what Eredivisie's lead scorer Dessers offers.

Dessers is a proven goalscorer, as his numbers for unfashionable Heracles in the Netherlands prove. And he is not just a one-season wonder. He scored 22 goals in 36 league games for NAC Breda back in 2015 to propel them to promotion, and then joined Utrecht, for whom he scored nine in 32 the campaign after, and five in 15 last season before joining Heracles.

Standing at six feet and well built, Dessers, the son of a Belgian father and Nigerian mother, is exactly the kind of target man Rohr will want as both competition and backup for Osimhen in his 4-3-3 formation if the striker can translate his club form to the international arena.

But in all of the excitement that surrounded last week's announcement, Rohr's reaction was uncharacteristically muted. This was a departure from his usual loquacious self when talking about players.

Asked by ESPN if Dessers would be called-up soon after his announcement, Rohr's response was a noncommittal "we will see."

Pressed further about whether he had been monitoring the player, and for how long, Rohr said: "When we look at new players, we do it discreetly."



That response appeared to be a thinly veiled barb at Pinnick, who has either been photographed with intending players and/or their parents, or has made it known that he is speaking with the players and their families.

Quite clearly, the German did not want to talk about Dessers. And he was choosing his words carefully after being the subject of disciplinary action by the NFF over an interview last month.

Rohr's pique seems to stem from the fact that he has been in contact with the player on the down-low for more than two years, according to a source on the Super Eagles coaching staff. That contact was on the recommendation of defender William Troost-Ekong, himself born abroad before switching allegiance to Nigeria

"He was recommended by William [Troost-Ekong], who told us he knew him from their time as young players and that he had Nigeria connections and would be open to an approach," the source told ESPN.


"The coaches looked at him and were quite happy. He has been monitored very closely since then, with constant communication. This commitment was secured two years ago while he was at NAC Breda. It was just a question of the right time to bring him in."

Rohr's ire is not so much about Dessers, and having the rug pulled from under his feet -- he also apparently found out about the forward's announcement by reading about it -- as it is the overall strategy of Pinnick having photo ops with players.

There are concerns that England-born Ebere Eze's potential move away from EFL Championship club Queens Park Rangers for a bigger club could now have been compromised after a meeting with Pinnick.

The source added: "There are very influential people who do not want him to switch allegiance. That is why it is important to handle these discussions discretely. [Eze] has a Premier League team looking at him, and a Championship team with promotion prospects also in the picture. But this whole thing [photo with Pinnick] could compromise that."

Eze's saving grace comes in the shape of Tammy Abraham, who committed to England despite a similar publicised meeting with the NFF boss; Eze will be feeling that his prospective transfer can still be salvaged because he can argue that meeting Pinnick doesn't necessarily mean he will switch allegiance -- even if he plans to.

Still, the Nigeria coaches would prefer the NFF president to step back from his public displays of affection with potential players -- especially if Rohr already has the same players on his radar.

"There are over 450 players on the database," the source within the Nigeria team told ESPN. "Of that number, 65 are foreign-born but eligible to play for Nigeria.

"All of them are being monitored and most of them we have spoken to. But the process requires diplomacy and constant communication, and the timing must be right."

It does not appear the coaches will get their way soon; meanwhile, Dessers is caught in a crossfire about which he has zero idea.

Pinnick should just hands off player selection process

#

Kog45:
Yes unpopular opinion

Awaziem is not better than Omeruo even Ekong is not better cos when it comes to tournament Omeruo has been a better defender and this has made Rohr to always include him in his plan despite some knacks.

I always see Awaziem has a great options cos he can be deployed as CB,RB even DM but when it comes to real CB,Omeruo is ahead.

What are your reasons?

Omeruo is a better leader but Awaziem is a better defender

Awaziem is better in one on one situations

charlesemeka85:
you are right. he is more technical with a better height which is essential in the cb position than omeruo.

He is also braver and less likely to make mistakes

waffiboi:
Pls explain

He is more composed

Unpopular opinion

Awaziem is a better defender than Omeruo

Osimhen in the starting lineup for Lille

Will he score?

charlesemeka85:
omeruo and awaziem starts for leganes against alaves

Good

candidtalk:
Indeed. You must ask yourself why Igbos would even open their mouths here if not that they are a deeply insecure people. They are talking of an MP of Igbo origin in the British Parliament where we can count 3 in total perhaps, for all the claims of Superiority Igbos bore the world with.

Yet Ghanaians with no less than 4 MPs of Ghanaian origin, and thus more than the Igbos, are not proclaiming themselves the "greatest black people in the world" based on an achievement any group of people can attain at any point in time yet only Igbos will use to indicate superiority or 'dominance' over others. Pathetic really.

Dude why are you displaying your childishness and insecurities

Shut up and move out of this thread

BlackfireX:
Come on say it , say it.....

IGBO AMAKA!!!

andrewbaba44:
Okay ooo, maybe e go play as 2nd fiddle till any of them go commot

Then maybe most of the games wey klopp go rotate him players

One quality of Japanese players is that they are always hardworking, he will fit into Klopp's team