Icon4s:


I went tactical over this one. Let it not seem as if i am always against the introduction of new or foreign groomed players. Just like you pointed is he better than Omeruo?

On issue of Balogun, I believe Omeruo and Ekong can marshal that CB for Balogun to play RB. Balogun played RB under Keshi.

tbaba1234:


I believe that the CB role is more important than Rb, best to have your best player there. Orem can also play right back.

tbaba1234:


I believe that the CB role is more important than Rb, best to have your best player there. Omeruo can also play right back.

Icon4s:


No-no. It requires one weak link to destabilize the whole defense. A weak RB means one of the CB would drift a lot towarda RB to provide cover thereby leaving a gap at the centre.

Shehu Abdulahi i believe should be able to cope at RB if we Balogun must play CB.

Who is "Orem"?

terzurum5:
I think I have mistaken Ramon Azeez for Rabiu Ibrahim.
CC: Forgiveness.

TheSuperNerd:
”BLACK SENDEROS” TWITTER REACTS AS
ISACC SUCCESS FLOORS MAN UNITED
BAILLY WITH SLICK TURN





Nigerians have taken to twitter to post their
reactions on the skills of Watford big money buy
Isacc Success which took Manchester United
highly rated defender Eric Bailly to the floor.


Success was introduced for the final six minutes of Watford’s shock 3-1 win over Manchester United, and the Nigerian who had more take ons than any other Watford player despite spending six minutes on the pitch, gave Bailly a dose of what made Watford splash big to sign him from Granada.


His pace saw him outwit the Ivorian defender in
their first battle as they battled for a 50-50 ball just halfway pass the centre mark in the Manchester United half of the pitch, leaving the former Villareal defender on the floor.


The former Nigeria youth international later
showed his quick feet in the box of Manchester
United, turning smartly away from Bailly which
sent the defender crashing to the turf and forced twitter into a a frenzy.


”It took Isacc Success just few seconds to reveal to us that Bailly is just a Black Senderos, nothing special” One user wrote, while another followed with a post saying

”They said Eric Baily was Baresi & Nesta all in one. Isacc Success turned him into a dark coloured Abbey Gerorge”.


”Lmaoo Isacc Success had a nice meal and came of the pitch to step it down with Baileys”



”Isacc Success just succeeded in sending Bailly
back to Africa what a game”



”Isacc Success showed Bailly that Nigeria is still
the giant of Africa.”


”See what Isacc Success did to Bailly. Isn’t that
the best PL CB? Oh God!

Source: http://owngoalnigeria.com/2016/09/19/black-senderos-twitter-reacts-as-isacc-success-floors-man-united-bailly-with-slick-turn/

terzurum5:
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Efe, Oduamadi, Akpeyi, Lawal In List Of Super Eagles Players With Little Or No Chance Of Playing Under Gernot Rohr
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As new Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr settles down to the task of qualifying Nigeria for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.


Owngoalnigeria.com takes a look at some players who have played for the senior national team of Nigeria, at various intervals but presently stands no chance of representing the country during the World Cup 2018 qualifying series.


Daniel Akpeyi (Chippa United)
The Chippa United shot stopper was anointed by former Super Eagles goalkepper Vincent Enyeama as his successor but the emergence of Carl Ikeme has put a hold to his international hopes.


Rohr is now focused on three goalkeepers Carl Ikeme, Ikechukwu Ezenwa and Emmanuel Daniel and from leaks gathered by Owngoalnigeria.com, the only goalkepper he wants back is erstwhile number one Vincent Enyeama.


Efe Ambrose (Celtic)
He has survived four different Super Eagles coaches but unless his poor form and lack of games at Celtic change for the good, his national team career is as good as over after four years.


Raheem Lawal (Osmanlispor)
A bit harsh to suggest he has no future with the Super Eagles but from the plethora of options available in his preferred role. He stands no chance of earning a recall to the team he represented during the ill fated 2015 Nations Cup qualifiers and recently in a friendly game against Luxembourg.


Aaron Samuel ( Guangzhou R&F)
His case wasn’t helped by a serious knee injury that rocked his proposed deal with Russian giants CSKA Moscow. Came to prominence during the 2015 AFCON qualifiers and was given a look in during the recent AFCON 2017 double header against Egypt but didn’t make the match day squad for both games.


He presently stands no chance of playing under Rohr.


Slyvester Igbonu (UFA)
A regular in the team under Sunday Oliseh. The Russia based forward days with the Super Eagles were over from the day Oliseh was sacked as it appears only the coach has trust in his abilities. His chances under the German coach is not anyway close to bright.


Azubuike Okechukwu (Yeni Malatyaspor)
Won himself lots of admirers during Nigeria Under-23 campaign at the Olympics in Rio which Nigeria won bronze.


However despite having one cap for Nigeria, for now the new Super Eagles manager has options ahead of him and his case is made worst by the fact that he plays in the Turkish second division.


Joel Obi (Torino)
Forever on the fringes of the Super Eagles. Usually close to a breakthrough but never close enough to making a mark no thanks to injury. Presently not doing bad at Italian side Torino but has no chance of playing for Nigeria anytime soon with Rohr at the helm as coach.


Azubuike Egwuekwe (KuPS)
Late coach Stephen Keshi favourite defender. The AFCON 2013 nations cup winner is currently one of the best centre defenders in Finland but still no where close to what Rohr wants in his centre back. His days with the Nigeria national team is good as over under the German.


Paul Onobi (KuPS)
Sunday Oliseh’s trusted midfielder who once kept Chelsea ace Mikel Obi out of the team during the tenure of Oliseh as coach of the Super Eagles. A poor CHAN display, a not too impressive move to Finland coupled with better options ahead of him, should make him focus more on his club career for now.


Nnamdi Oduamadi (HJK)
Not setting the world on fire in Finland as expected. The AC Milan loanee is no doubt heavily talented but an unstable club career ruined his chances with the Super Eagles. He recently lost his spot as a starter for HJK. A sign of the little progress he has made which could further keep him out of the team.


* This list is by no means official. It is purely the opinion of the writer hence it’s not binding.

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BascoVanVeli:

He has the height, footballing IQ, but GOALS are wat we remember Kanu for.

forgiveness:



First of all, we need to find out if what is written hear emanated from Rorh or na de author opinion.


As we can see, it is glaring that this author mischievously wrote this em em..... to show his biased mind towards some players here.

I agree that Efe is warning the bench, Nnamdi Oduamadi, Azubuike Egwuekwe and Paul Inobi are in obscure league, Igbonu has many to contend with in the wing, Azubuike Okechukwu is in a second division of Turkey, Aaron Samuel is in chinko land and Daniel Akpeyi do himself away from the team.

But why em con take style style put Raheem Lawal for list? He said he has no future with the National team because of many options available in the National team and he stands no chance. Chisos!

His he for real? Seriously, who are those plethora of options ba?

Unfortunately, he refused to mention one but decided to style style pull him down.

Raheem Lawal is a box to box midfielder, AM, DM and CM, so who do we have in the mold of Raheem Lawal dat e doesn't stand a chance?

I no sa dat Joel Obi name na decoy. He no mean am. Na joke em dey joke

Icon4s:


That list is not far from the truth. I can even add some more names sef. We don see many of those guys finish. We have to move on and try other players.

I can only sigle-out Azubuike for the fact that he is up and coming. He may be out for now but not for long.

zoboizee:
I must confess only two box to box or defensive midfielders players have impressed me so much playing for Nigeria. Raheem Lawal & Azubuike Okechukwu. For their tenacity, skill & football sense. Its obvious he has issue with someone in the federation or some journalists. They always slain him. And never judged for football reasons.

PS:
I hope one day our journalists will not say Adeoti- Caen, babatounde, imoru and other beninoise footballers like jonathan ligali are also Nigerians to be called.

tbaba1234:


Raheem Lawal is quite good but there are better options than Azubuike for now.

forgiveness:


When last did you see Raheem Lawal finish? Single out Azubuike Okechukwu who is struggling to play in a Turkish second division over Raheem Lawal who plays in Turkey first division? Seriously?

forgiveness:



Can you please tell me who is /are those better options?

goldfish80:



This argument has gone stale but I don't think anyone is playing Iheanacho in defence.
Hes playing right up the pitch for the super eagles.

A look at the goal and assist he got in the last game. One will notice he started the move right inside his own half, before sprinting to tap it in.

Iheanacho can never be a standing 9 like Van nisteroy or Inzaghi.
He was never trained to play that way. Even if Rohr play him as a top 9,he will still drift in the midfield and aid in the build up.

After all, he's an attacking midfielder being converted to a striker of recent.

Napoleon55:

Pls don't stop laughing.
Anyways, I just listed 15 players which I think r our best for now, Musa Muhamed was the only exclusion from my list ,it was a mistake,so Musa takes the place of Shehu in my list. Musa Muhamed just happens to skip my mind.
No formation, I did not adapt any formations,the coach will sort it out. The list above is just my best players on each positions,nothing else.

And u think u knows football,that an attacking midfielder cannot play the 10 role,and Iwobi cannot play as a number 10? U r wrong.
And Iheanacho cannot lead our attack,watch out 4 our next match.
U believe Ighalo and Ideye is the only lone strikers we have,haw far have they fared?
Of course If Enyeama agrees to come back,he is undisputed.

TheGoodJoe:


The number 8 role, is a Support Striking Role. It is different from a ten role. Also, the ten role is not a CMF role but an attack midfield role.

I disagree with you and agree with Napoleon55. Iwobi can play the ten role. He played there against Egypt in Alexandria.

Iheanacho played as a lone striker also. He was not paired with De Bruyne. De Bruyne made his moves from the midfield to attack.

Iheanacho played as a lone striker many times last season and he was the lone striker against Manchester United in the derby.

safarigirl:
bro, I'll have to disagree with you on 2 counts

1 Iwobi can play as a 10, in fact he's supposed to be Mikel's replacement at his retirement...he's the most stable 10 we can come up with for now. He's great at penetrating passes

2 Kelechi can play as a lone striker, albeit not as effective as the normal lone striker, but he'll certainly do better than Ighalo and Ideye, we've tried with them, it doesn't work. At least Kelechi can track back for the ball if the service is poor, but Ighalo just stands around and waits for it

chrisooblog:
i haven't seen much of iwobi in the CMF role but if push comes to shove i reckon he could do a decent job in that position. however i agree he looks very effective playing from the left side of midfield.

iheanacho for me works best with a strike partner like an ideye or etebo.

against zambia being an away match i feel we should go conservative. a double pivot of ndidi/onazi or azubuike to shield the defence with mikel playing an advanced attacking role joining the likes of iwobi and victor moses to assist iheanacho in the forward role. mikel, iwobi and victor moses can then rotate from time to time to join iheanacho in our attacking forays.

my preliminary line-up for the zambia match

ikeme

m. mohammed l. balogun t. ekong e.echejiele


onazi w. ndidi


victor moses mikel iwobi


iheanacho



we will have to be extra cautious on the left side of defence because when i watched bits of zambia's home match against kenya in the AFCON qualifiers i noticed they usually attacked down the left channel. they don't concede much so we will have to be patient to break them down. plus if we see a chance to put them to the sword we should do it because those zambians never give up they will keep coming even if we are a goal ahead.