TheGoodJoe:


Was Mba one of the Super Eagles best player before AFCON?
Was Aghahowa one of the best players in the Super Eagles before 2000 AFCON?

IDENNAA:



Why all the noises about Lookman ? What are we missing if he is left out ?


Abeg , let him go sit down and wait for next time....after all , we have players who painted Europe with goals and great skills but Rohr made sure he frustrated them out....Onyekuru comes to mind.

zuchyblink:
Talent factory

TheGoodJoe:


We are going to defend as a unit. In Zones. So at every point, we will have two to three players covering an opposition with the ball.

So Nwakali will have defensive cover.

Meliforme:


Give me just one reason why he can't play the CM role?

andrewbaba44:


I might agree with some things Thegoodjoe do say but that man will always justify nonsense In blue hand writings

TheGoodJoe:


Joe Hart was expected to go on loan. Despite doing well for Birmingham, Shay Given was still number one and equally had a good season. 34 years is equally not old for a goalkeeper.

By the way, just checked the stats, Cech had 17 clean sheets, while Hart had 10. So Cech was clearly the better keeper. Although that was also down to the club.

Either way, the guy in Birmingham was preferred over the guy in Manchester City.

So using clubs is not the only criterion.

We need more than saying because he plays in Hoffenheim, and this guy plays in Pirates means Hoffenheim must start ahead. It does not work like that.

Thanks for the PFA Keeper of the year info. did not remember that.

Elock1:
honestly I understand your point... It's not always about the club the player is in, but some people don't seem to understand.

Skill set, players mentality(needed by the coach) and so many other attributes

I only read, I don't comment here but people done too misunderstood you.

humility33:


Why did we sack rohr sir?
I hate it when we reference rohr to defend Equeavon lopsided 28 man list

The truth is players like omuruo, Collins,Olise and shehu dont deserve to be in the last ahead of players like Ebuehi, bassey and akpo when we talk of qualities, skills sets and club foot ball

We tolerating mediocrity by defending Equeavon lopsided list

zuchyblink:
Talent factory

IDENNAA:


You can't be too confident with this assertion. You guys have been raising hell since Nwakali was invited , as if he is coming to mess something enviable which you have built. From whence Rohr was hired and Mikel left the team or lost form our midfield had fallen apart and we could not string 3 passes without losing the ball of pass to defence because of dearth of quality midfielders in the team.

We have tried Ndidi-Etebo combination and it resulted to nothing , Ndidi- Aribo has not worked and the team kept struggling. To add depth , Eguavon invited a player with the capacity to enrich our midfield , but you guys wont stop crying as if you have something better.

PurpleHouse:

Odunayaw:
I'd take it that you're catching cruise because this type of reasoning can only from the intestine.

We have Lookman, a lad who shone for England in u20 and is resurgent in his "adopted" country's EPL and you compare his value to an old man Caulker?! A 30yr old Turkish league player?

You sound like say dem de download Orubebe into you but e stop for 20%

Danielnino00:


So you are saying the clearance process work the same way for every player?
Nigeria has always has a history of clearing English players late.. Go check how long it took for us to clear Moses, Aina and Iwobi... It took lesser time to clear Akpogunma.

Again, you don't have any proof.. Just speculation.. And you failed to answer why the NFF would be withholding him.
What if Lookman himself later come out to validate the NFF claim? won't it make you look foolish?

kingphilip:

So you were clamoring for Rohr sack due to player selection?

Wow tell me something

Joebie:
I have 10 days to train I will trust a proven player in a higher league to adapt to various tactics if I plan to be dynamic.
This man has one way he wants to play. Don't expect dynamism.

humility33:


Rohr was sacked because of how his team plays...it didn't impress the lost, wins and draws and this was because of team tactics and players fielded which all stems from players selection

How Simon, Ekong and Collins etc kept playing nonsense and none got dropped played a role in the abysmal play of the super eagles

Oga as it is now we expect whoever replaced rohr to do better in team selection, tactics and players management and fielding so using Rohr incompetence to justify Equeavon lopsided list is uncalled for

jihday:
Aghaowa was one of the best players in an otherwise poor U-20 team he was also doing well in Tunisia

dijon:
Honestly, i feel sad with this....i remember the days of Leventis United, Flash flamingoes, Bcc lions, etc...We dont have a league again....imagine, players running to Sudan, lebanon, iran....Amaju and his Board members should be made to face an investigative panel.

daveP:


Saudi Arabia and Venezuela

That's all

Pinnick and Gang saw this and felt he was the best shoo in? Smh

humility33:


I am so sure if you were to analyse the team then
With your prejudices and sentiments towards anything English you will criticize those guys as not good enough and will prefer English League 1 players over them except few that are privileged to be in the EPL

kingphilip:

He said Lookman have only played 8 times which is a lie

And even the minutes he has played is more than the minutes Iheanacho he is berating him for has played this season.

Not to talk of the 4 assists Iheanacho has done he is not even adding up

12large1:


Why would you list an uncleared player in your provisional 40 man list and even send it to Caf? Also, in what village does it take over 2/3 years to switch a player nationality? Most of our African counterparts that had made a nationality switch only took few months…

komekn:


You should read and comprehend before making comments, that is to say look before you leap.

I was specific 8 game's in the EPL .

Karlovych:
Lookman has been cleared to represent Nigeria, is it today that the official NFF handle started lying over issues.

humility33:

You see that Noble invitation it goes to show some players made this list based on man know man

I just dont understand why indigenous coaches can't prove to be different for ones

I expect Goodjoe to defend Equeavon on that call up too or rather use Rohr lapses to defend it forgetting Equeavon was the Technical Director that approves that 40 man list

daveP:



The timeframe for geling together paid off at the Afcon Algeria won. Nwakali can't just come all of a sudden and bench those way ahead of him in the pecking order, unless the coach sees something we aren't seeing and throws him into the XI, which i am waiting to see. Its not about his invite now, but he breaking into the XI for this Tourney.