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Re: All The News About The Olympic Eagles (U-23) HERE! by BascoVanVeli(m): 7:25pm On Jan 11, 2016 |
joseph1013: So a question for u ole buddy ole pal, who is that somebody? Cuz we have not had a consistent attacking midfielder in years. |
Re: All The News About The Olympic Eagles (U-23) HERE! by Icon4s(m): 7:47pm On Jan 11, 2016 |
tbaba1234: Not good enough for which team? The Olympic team or the Super Eagles? |
Re: All The News About The Olympic Eagles (U-23) HERE! by joseph1013: 8:20pm On Jan 11, 2016 |
BascoVanVeli: The answer opens up when you consider the players we have not tried. They have been mentioned today. |
Re: All The News About The Olympic Eagles (U-23) HERE! by tbaba1234: 8:36pm On Jan 11, 2016 |
Icon4s: The Olympic team is as close to the Super Eagles at it comes. I believe that everyone in the Olympic team should stand a chance of breaking into the Super eagles. I do not see Sokari leading our midfield. I can see Etebor making the step up, for instance. |
Re: All The News About The Olympic Eagles (U-23) HERE! by Icon4s(m): 8:45pm On Jan 11, 2016 |
tbaba1234: So between Iheanacho and Etebor hu do u rate higher in that position? Jst give a simple and honest answer. Dnt be scared of the "Nacho" fans attack. ![]() |
Re: All The News About The Olympic Eagles (U-23) HERE! by BascoVanVeli(m): 9:04pm On Jan 11, 2016 |
joseph1013: Let me be honest sometimes i don't know who is who in our midfield. Seems like they all do the same duties. |
Re: All The News About The Olympic Eagles (U-23) HERE! by Icon4s(m): 9:19pm On Jan 11, 2016 |
BascoVanVeli: It is no news that the last midfield maestro we had was Austine Okocha.Joel Obi would have been his successor bt ... u know his story. However, two fantastic central midfielders have jst emerged: Kelechi Nwakali and Azubuike Okechukwu both 17 & 18 yrs olds respectively. These are midfielders that boss oppositions jst like Okocha did during his days. Midfielders that can single handedly influence d course of a game. We are tired of the Mikelish timid kind of midfielders. We can only hope Azubuike and Nwakali progress well and live up to our expectations. I would like to see them both play d next U20. One of which can b made to play a more forward role (AM) prefarably Nwakali due to his excellent passing skills, dribbling abilitied and good eye for goals.Let him play jst behind Osimhen or Sadiq Umar or hu ever emerges d first choice Centre forward. |
Re: All The News About The Olympic Eagles (U-23) HERE! by safarigirl(f): 10:57pm On Jan 11, 2016 |
Anyway....just in case anyone is in the mood to feel good about being Nigerian, here are some comments made by foreign media on Kelechi's FA Cup performance MEN: 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: All The News About The Olympic Eagles (U-23) HERE! by tbaba1234: 11:59pm On Jan 11, 2016 |
Icon4s: I rate iheanacho higher to be honest. That kid is a natural. Etebor is quite impressive with his power and pace but Iheanacho is the most natural finisher Nigeria has produced in a while. Potentially a superstar. 1 Like |
Re: All The News About The Olympic Eagles (U-23) HERE! by Icon4s(m): 5:28am On Jan 12, 2016 |
tbaba1234: Ok. |
Re: All The News About The Olympic Eagles (U-23) HERE! by zuchyblink(m): 6:28am On Jan 12, 2016 |
we now have 3 No. 10: Iheanacho,Etebor and Iwobi |
Re: All The News About The Olympic Eagles (U-23) HERE! by linked: 6:58am On Jan 12, 2016 |
Even if Nacho has to stay on the bench for the reminder of the season, He dare not seek for a lone move this january... The prospect of winning the league, league cup and possibly FA cup is too good to let go 2 Likes |
Re: All The News About The Olympic Eagles (U-23) HERE! by forgiveness: 7:42am On Jan 12, 2016 |
zuchyblink: No Sir, we have 4 No. 10: Abdul Ajagun, Kelechi Iheanacho, Etebor and Iwobi ( I have not seen him play in that wing). |
Re: All The News About The Olympic Eagles (U-23) HERE! by forgiveness: 8:11am On Jan 12, 2016 |
Icon4s: I hope they play to our expectation. However, don't forget that Raheem Lawal was the joint highest goal scorer and the best Nigerian player at the previous U23 Africa championship and he is a better attacking midfielder than those two players you mentioned and the guy plays regularly for his club in that position. Bros, comparing Okocha to those lads? ![]() |
Re: All The News About The Olympic Eagles (U-23) HERE! by forgiveness: 8:17am On Jan 12, 2016 |
edi287: Are you saying if I born pikin for abroad and train dem in abroad, they have no personal attachment to naija? Barkley and Alli never rejected Nigeria. They were never approached by NFF. That's all. |
Re: All The News About The Olympic Eagles (U-23) HERE! by Icon4s(m): 10:44am On Jan 12, 2016 |
forgiveness:Raheem Lawal featured for the Super Eagles during Keshi. He wasn't so impressive. Raheem is abt 26-27 yrs old now and must have reached d summit of his career. K. Nwakali and Azubuike are jst starting and have shown so much promises. Our hope lies more on them. |
Re: All The News About The Olympic Eagles (U-23) HERE! by Icon4s(m): 10:48am On Jan 12, 2016 |
forgiveness: Okocho never won any MVP when he was 17. Neither did he win any tourney bt Azubuike and Nwakali at 18 & 17 respectively have won both MVPs and National team titles and both as captain. U think these 2 lads cannot develop to d level of Okocha. See I watched Okocha play at the 1993 AYC. He wasnt so exceptional. 1 Like |
Re: All The News About The Olympic Eagles (U-23) HERE! by edi287: 11:46am On Jan 12, 2016 |
forgiveness:No I'm saying if your child is born and bred abroad, don't expect he/she to automatically play for Nigeria because you say so or whatever. Fact is we DID try to get Alli to play for us through Fashanu and he refused. Same with Barkley. How anyone would expect Barkley to play for us despite being estranged from his father and the fact that he uses his Mother's last name is beyond me. 2 Likes |
Re: All The News About The Olympic Eagles (U-23) HERE! by BascoVanVeli(m): 11:51am On Jan 12, 2016 |
Icon4s: Okocha played for no youth teams in 93 he was already a super eagle. |
Re: All The News About The Olympic Eagles (U-23) HERE! by tbaba1234: 11:59am On Jan 12, 2016 |
BascoVanVeli: He played AYC1993 Atlanta 96 was a youth team too |
Re: All The News About The Olympic Eagles (U-23) HERE! by Icon4s(m): 12:12pm On Jan 12, 2016 |
BascoVanVeli: Ah! Dnt go there. I can read you the team list of The Nigerian squad to the 1993 AYC held in Mauritius. Okocha and Kanu were members of that team o. Kanu ke? Surprised? Yes Nwankwo Kanu. Okocha was later in that same year invited to d Super Eagles where he debuted against Algeria and scored from a free kick. 2 Likes |
Re: All The News About The Olympic Eagles (U-23) HERE! by forgiveness: 12:13pm On Jan 12, 2016 |
Icon4s: Meaning those players you mentioned might likely turn out to be the same. Ighalo is just around 26 and that has not taken anything away from his form. Form should be considered before age. We know during Keshi 's days he was arguably one of the best midfielders but i still don't understand why he was dropped for some injured and mediocre players. And because he showed his anger after he was dropped Keshi snubbed him. The boy is just 25 years old. |
Re: All The News About The Olympic Eagles (U-23) HERE! by BascoVanVeli(m): 12:14pm On Jan 12, 2016 |
tbaba1234: Welp I just might be wrong but i do know he was on the se since 93 and he was never average. |
Re: All The News About The Olympic Eagles (U-23) HERE! by forgiveness: 12:23pm On Jan 12, 2016 |
Icon4s: I don hear you. ![]() |
Re: All The News About The Olympic Eagles (U-23) HERE! by forgiveness: 12:36pm On Jan 12, 2016 |
edi287: Fashanu said he was going to speak with Ali but we did not hear anything from him. Barkley said he was eligible to play for Nigeria in an interview before he started playing for Everton first team but as usual Nigeria wants superstar before being called. |
Re: All The News About The Olympic Eagles (U-23) HERE! by tbaba1234: 12:44pm On Jan 12, 2016 |
BascoVanVeli: He was not a starter in the Super Eagles in 93/94. A certain Thompson Oliha started over okocha. He was flashy and had potential but the end result was often lacking. |
Re: All The News About The Olympic Eagles (U-23) HERE! by Icon4s(m): 1:31pm On Jan 12, 2016 |
tbaba1234: Yeah spot on man. The 1994 AFCON team was so stars studded that Okocha and Amuneke were subs. Amuneke's break through was d only game he played in that AFCON which was d final against Zambia. That I think was d only game Okocha played too. While Amuneke played in all our '94 world cup games, Okocha only played in d 2nd rnd game against Italy. Thompson Oliha (RIP) was the midfield martial then. Okocha took over from him displacing Friday Ekpo, another fine central midfielder. Oliha took over from Henry Nwosu at Algiers '90. Etim Esin was a threat to Henry Nwosu going into Maroc '88 bt indiscipline caused Etim Esin d opportunity.Meanwhile Henry Nwosu debuted in the Espana 82 WC qualifiers against Guinea and scored the only goal as we scaled through on 1-0 aggregate.That game was played in 1981 at d National stadium Surulere, Lagos. Wjat i remember most abt d game was how the 17 yrs old Henry Nwosu was carried shouldera high by d Lagos fans hu invaded d pitch. 2 Likes |
Re: All The News About The Olympic Eagles (U-23) HERE! by tbaba1234: 2:05pm On Jan 12, 2016 |
Icon4s: I remember Friday Ekpo very well. My football memory starts from Algiers/Italia 90. You are a chairman. Lol.. |
Re: All The News About The Olympic Eagles (U-23) HERE! by safarigirl(f): 2:36pm On Jan 12, 2016 |
There are talks Kelechi will be joining the City's UCL squad to replace an injured Nasri Bony is injured for now and Pelle has expressly stated City will not be looking to buy another striker in the January transfer window, couple that with the fact that City have rejected loan moves from West Ham, Bournemouth and Sunderland and Kelechi may just get that playing time. 2 Likes |
Re: All The News About The Olympic Eagles (U-23) HERE! by Icon4s(m): 3:30pm On Jan 12, 2016 |
tbaba1234: Well, you try sha. I will never forget what Raba Maja did to us in that 5-1 opening game lose at Algiers '90. Aloy Agu was in goal. I wept! ![]() That tourney saw d dawning of a new era.Friday Elastic Elahor, Amin Angwe(RIP), Daniel Amokachi, Rashidi Yekini, Thompson Oliha, Ben Iroha all featured prominently. 1 Like |
Re: All The News About The Olympic Eagles (U-23) HERE! by tbaba1234: 3:32pm On Jan 12, 2016 |
Nwakali and Chukwueze to join Arsenal... Good news.. Hope they can break in. |
Re: All The News About The Olympic Eagles (U-23) HERE! by Icon4s(m): 3:41pm On Jan 12, 2016 |
tbaba1234: Goodnews. They are going straight to d academies. I am really happy for Chukwueze. A player with so much potential bt went a bit flat as d U17 tourney got to d final stages. Kelechi Nwankali will fit into d Arsenal system as he is a very good passer of the ball, a highly creative player and has a very high work rate. |
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