komekn:


Frank Rijkard
Rudd Hullitt
Patrick Vierra
Darren Moore
Patrick Kluivert
Kole Toure
Sol Campbell
Liam Rosenior
Ledly King
Micheal Emenalo

To name a few

TheGoodJoe:


If Kelechi Nwakali is not in the team, Iwobi has to play the deep lying role. Not Aribo or Onyeka. At least Iwobi has the technical ability to lay through passes. I don't see that in Onyeka and Aribo.

Either way, the team needs Kelechi Nwakali.

TheGoodJoe:


If Kelechi Nwakali is not in the team, Iwobi has to play the deep lying role. Not Aribo or Onyeka. At least Iwobi has the technical ability to lay through passes. I don't see that in Onyeka and Aribo.

Either way, the team needs Kelechi Nwakali.

codemaniacs:


You're the one that's slow. You're putting words in my mouth that I never said you lack intelligence and suffer from low self-esteem.

I am the one that said fullbacks and wingers are chance creators and are the ones who assist.

Your dumb and dull brain said " When you have only attackers creating chances for their fellow attackers there’s a problem".

Now you're changing your words because you know you're saying nonsense and rubbish.

You're a child using childish antics to deceive yourself that you have sense but you're a senseless fool.

You can't even come up with your own ideas you have to steal my own ideas and use it against me you're very stupid and dull.

Daninya33:
Some of Ladan boys are good enough to play in the Super Eagles.

It beats my imagination that we can't learn from other countries giving lads of 17 yrs and above opportunities to play in the senior national team.

So NFF pay JP huge sums of money in dollars for his lacklustre performance just because they get kickback.
How much was our late legend Keshi Stephen paid a month?,They even ended up treating him so badly.

The NFF is the biggest bane of Nigerian football.

Funny Enough to see newspapers headlines saying,"Top NFF Official Cries Out"

Why are they crying out now?,Are they scared JP will ask them to pay him all the kickback they have collected from him?,or they are crying out that they will miss the Egunje they are collecting from him?.

Why did they give JP a bumper contract with juicy clauses included if they knew that paying him will be a herculean task?
Is he the best coach ever from Portugal?

Besides JP breached his contract by applying for the job role at Zamalek same reason the Pinnick led NFF sacked late Stephen Keshi.
He must be sacked too.

Paying off JP should be their problem not ours. They should go source for funds to pay him off.

NFF is a joke.

villagereporter:
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Baba gud day, please go easy ooo.SE issues shouldn’t distract or make us be at dagger’s drawn on each other considering that we are only analyzing.

Amedino99:
to be fair, it's not as if we have 17/18/19 years old wonderkids playing in Europe top leagues or making waves that we decided not to call up.

yinkeys:

No they cannot beat Lesotho
They aren’t willing to give 100%
Lesotho or Zimbabwe on a good day will beat Nigeria
You think those boys are playing when they hear they’d face Nigeria
But NPFL boys will beat Lesotho, Zimbabwe & Benin republic because they’re much more hungry & desire to prove they can
They yearn for the opportunity but you guys reserved every spot for foreign based players and goalies 😂

Daninya33:


We don't actually need a whiz kid Sir.
I don't want to mention names of player who can do better than those playing currently in the super eagle setup.

The u20 goalkeeper is better than Uzoho our first choice goalkeeper.
Also a young CB at the last U20 can do better than some of the so called big boys we have paraded.

Even in midfield there are boys good enough to start in the super eagles who are within the 20 years old mark.

We need a coach with balls to ring those changes.

Amedino99:
you talk as if the local players have been alienated from the national team entirely. What happened to the hunger and desire when they played against mexico? Costa Rica? Chan qualifiers against Ghana? where did the hunger and desire go in these games?

Amedino99:
you talk as if the local players have been alienated from the national team entirely. What happened to the hunger and desire when they played against mexico? Costa Rica? Chan qualifiers against Ghana? where did the hunger and desire go in these games?

villagereporter:
So after 24hrs, jpajero has not been sacked, well is too early to go d way of Niyi Osundare in his poem Epe Ijebu.

But if nff failed to do d needful isn’t it necessary dat we remind them of what happens to Keshi for applying to another job when under contractual agreement with nff.

Or are they so daft to realize dat pajero applying for another job when still under contract is a breech of contract. Methinks we need to beam our searchlight on nff

Kog45:
Sir,do you think Super Eagles main team will beat the same Mexico and Costa Rica.
Do not be surprised seeing our main team finding it hard to beat Ghana Chan team.

Amedino99:
we can possibly draw or even win Costa Rica but I think we played mexico after that home based drubbing and lost 2-1. The main complaint about this team is that they lack hunger and desire, a trait the local based players supposedly have in abundance. Hunger and desire we have been unable to see in them when given the opportunity.

TheGoodJoe:


If Kelechi Nwakali is not in the team, Iwobi has to play the deep lying role. Not Aribo or Onyeka. At least Iwobi has the technical ability to lay through passes. I don't see that in Onyeka and Aribo.

Either way, the team needs Kelechi Nwakali.

villagereporter:
So after 24hrs, jpajero has not been sacked, well is too early to go d way of Niyi Osundare in his poem Epe Ijebu.

But if nff failed to do d needful isn’t it necessary dat we remind them of what happens to Keshi for applying to another job when under contractual agreement with nff.

Or are they so daft to realize dat pajero applying for another job when still under contract is a breech of contract. Methinks we need to beam our searchlight on nff

Kog45:
Yes drubbing by Mexico just like the way Portugal drubbed the main Super eagles..home based and main team lost against Mexico but winning Costa Rica?I doubt
Do you see that hungers in main Super eagle’s team…am not advocating for home base but where we are lacking,if we cannot see it outside better to look inwards,for instance goalkeeping dept.

Marjoribanks:
Ironically, Aribo has been the only one providing such passes when played in midfield, as evidenced in matches against Sierra Leone and Zimbabwe.

Iwobi is more effective near the box, where he can connect short passes with the wingers and striker. In this role, Iwobi won't need to worry much about defensive duties, knowing his back is protected.

Marjoribanks:
Ironically, Aribo has been the only one providing such passes when played in midfield, as evidenced in matches against Sierra Leone and Zimbabwe.

Iwobi is more effective near the box, where he can connect short passes with the wingers and striker. In this role, Iwobi won't need to worry much about defensive duties, knowing his back is protected.

mostob:
Another manageable option is Ndidi (with Onyedika at DM)

jihday:
Iwobi is good with short passes not long , he kept playing wrong passes on Sunday. We need a proper CM

I have a theory about Nigerian national football team(s). Especially the Super Eagles.

It is not surprising, but Amaju Pinnick’s inspired ‘let’s build from outside’ culture has finally come home to roost. Under him, there was almost an intentional disregard for local football, with focus being on foreign developed players. The idea was that we could get enough players, well trained abroad, to win games for the national teams.

Did it work at the start? I don’t know. But it was good for many players, academies etc. Opportunities abound for them…all they had to do was find their way abroad and/or play for a top team abroad to get in the NTs. Also, the pathway for Nigerian-born players who had played for other countries at junior level to get into the Nigerian NTs got easier.

The consequences of that are national teams that have no identity, style, or culture; filled with players that hardly, or never played in Nigeria or for Nigerian teams (clubs or youth teams). While this is unquantifiable, I think it’s led to a reduced sense of nationality for many of our players at all levels. Many of them have made their name and career without the support of the country. We need them now, they don’t need us.

Of the 25 players in the latest squad, only 5 players played 3+ years semi-pro/pro football in Nigeria. Only 8 of those players represented Nigeria at any underage level. Our national team is ‘imported’, just like many things in the country.

Deji Faremi©

TheGoodJoe:


I am talking with respect to the players we have in the team already. I think Onyedika and Iwobi are the best who can play a deep midfield role. However, I believe Kelechi Nwakali is superior in that role and a must for call-up. I agree with you that we need a proper controlling midfielder.

jihday:
nothing do the players, get a quality coach.

Barryseal:

These are undisputable facts here. I've always thought something was amist with this team and the bolded kinda brings clarity.

TheGoodJoe:


I am talking with respect to the players we have in the team already. I think Onyedika and Iwobi are the best who can play a deep midfield role. However, I believe Kelechi Nwakali is superior in that role and a must for call-up. I agree with you that we need a proper controlling midfielder.