Did Azubuike start at the olympics? I didn't see much of him really. Maybe it's just because I did not watch the olympic qualifiers.
Where does he play? In the Turkish 2nd tier?

Icon79:


Actually, I do rate Azubuike ahead of both Onazi and Ndidi.


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Nigeria sef! What a useless country?! Why haven't they issued him a passport since he was shortlisted for the match? How long does it take to get a naija passport? I got mine in 3 days, if I am not mistaken.

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terzurum5:
German-Nigerian Forward Sarenren Bazee Will Make Eagles Debut With German Passport



Newly invited Super Eagles forward Noah Joel Sarenren Bazee will make his debut for Nigeria in their upcoming friendly games with a German passport.


20 year old Sarenren Bazee is in the list of 25 players called up by coach of the Nigerian team Gernot Rohr for their test games in London later in the month.


Sarenren Bazee will play for Nigeria in the friendly games against Senegal and Burkina Faso later in the months with a German passport, Owngoalnigeria.com understands.


The Hannover 96 forward who is born in Germany to Nigerian parents is yet to be issued a Nigerian passport, but he is not willing to wait for it and has already confirmed that he will play in the game.


However he will need to get his Nigerian passport before playing in competitive games for Nigeria later in the year, when the Nations Cup 2019 qualifiers and World Cup 2018 qualifiers resumes.

owngoalnigeria.com/2017/03/04/german-nigerian-forward-sarenren-bazee-will-make-eagles-debut-with-german-passport/

Onyekuru should be in the SE. All sentiments aside. Nobody is saying he must start. And who should we drop? Let the training determine.. I believe he can battle both Musa and Simon.

tbaba1234:


Watch Onyekuru play and your opinion will change. Hopefully, he keeps up his form. The jury is still out on Ebuehi. Good player though.

Thankfully, Bazee was not born in 9ja otherwise his age would be debated. I have watched him play, very European kind of winger, lots of pace but does not keep possession that well. Not sure, he is ready for the Eagles.

Joebie:
Did Azubuike start at the olympics? I didn't see much of him really. Maybe it's just because I did not watch the olympic qualifiers.
Where does he play? In the Turkish 2nd tier?

Oh yes, he was our best player actually, IMHO. In fact, I still believe that the reason why we lost to Germany was because of the silly yellow card he got in the dying minute of quarter finals game. I think that was his 3rd yellow in the tournament so he had to miss the semi finals crash with Germany. And in my opinion, that's what cost us the match.

tbaba1234:


Watch Onyekuru play and your opinion will change. Hopefully, he keeps up his form. The jury is still out on Ebuehi. Good player though.

Thankfully, Bazee was not born in 9ja otherwise his age would be debated. I have watched him play, very European kind of winger, lots of pace but does not keep possession that well. Not sure, he is ready for the Eagles.

Did you see the youtube videos of Uche Nwofor, Imoh Ezekiel, and Anthony Ujah?

wow.. I have to go watch the olympic matches.. because all I was hearing was Mikel Mikel Mikel. Although Etebo impressed me the most before his injury.

Icon79:


Oh yes, he was our best player actually, IMHO. In fact, I still believe that the reason why we lost to Germany was because of the silly yellow card he got in the dying minute of quarter finals game. I think that was his 3rd yellow in the tournament so he had to miss the semi finals crash with Germany. And in my opinion, that's what cost us the match.

maidaboi:
he has not turn down nigeria he is even talking about nigeria root*respect*

Omo, believe me, the guy had started clearly - more than once - that he's happy playing for England. He "thanked Nigeria for considering him" but made it clear that he's happy playing for England. That's when I wrote him off. I used to be one of his biggest fans.


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Joebie:
wow.. I have to go watch the olympic matches.. because all I was hearing was Mikel Mikel Mikel. Although Etebo impressed me the most before his injury.

Yeah, Etebo was massive against Japan. But in the other games, Azubuike was the dude running things in the middle.

The man in the middle, that's what we nicknamed him during that tourney. In fact, based on his performance during the tournament, I rated him our best DM since Sunday Oliseh. Let's hope he could reproduce that in the Super Eagles when he's given a chance.

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Joebie:
Onyekuru should be in the SE. All sentiments aside. Nobody is saying he must start. And who should we drop? Let the training determine.. I believe he can battle both Musa and Simon.

Icon4s:


Did you see the youtube videos of Uche Nwofor, Imoh Ezekiel, and Anthony Ujah?

I have watched matches not youtube videos..

Icon79:


Yeah, Etebo was massive against Japan. But in the other games, Azubuike was the dude running things in the middle.

The man in the middle, that's what we nicknamed him during that tourney. In fact, based on his performance during the tournament, I rated him our best DM since Sunday Oliseh. Let's hope he could reproduce that in the Super Eagles when he's given a chance.

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Azubuike did excellently well at Rio. But, truth be told Onazi and Ndidi are ahead of him. What if Ndidi and Onazi were at Rio dnt u think they would probably had done better than Azubuike did?

tbaba1234:


I have watched matches not youtube videos..

Did you not watch matches of Ezekiel, Nwofor and Ujah? How have they ended up?

My take is the young man is doing great at the moment. But let him continue doing great by also moving to a more competitive league and then we re-assess him.

Onyekuru is young and he will surely get his turn of call up in our subsequent games if he continues doing well.

BascoVanVeli:


I think he might be the better dribbler but that is as far as I will take it. The other 3 bring more to the team than Imoh but I wouldn't call ur opinion crazy sha .

Say ur mind bro.

Icon4s:


Did you not watch matches of Ezekiel, Nwofor and Ujah? How have they ended up?

My take is the young man is doing great at the moment. But let him continue doing great by also moving to a more competitive league and then we re-assess him.

Onyekuru is young and he will surely get his turn of call up in our subsequent games if he continues doing well.

I did not recommend or talk about Ezekiel, Nwofor and Ujah. When i talk about them, then you can bring them up. I was never a fan of Ujah and Nwofor. Ezekiel went to the Gulf for money.

I recommended Onyekuru based on what i have seen of his present form. Not youtube clips, actual games.

BascoVanVeli:


Chikatara was not among those singled out for not being fit. I still feel that was total bs. Siasia should have taken the blame instead of passing out that rubbish excuse.

Chikatara was reported to have been sidelined due to inability to cope with Siasia's rigorous drills. That story was posted on this forum, though the previous Super Eagles thread.

TheGoodJoe:


A bigger club does not necessarily mean it is the ideal place for players development. Ask Adel Taraabt about his stay at Tottenham.

Taraabt is one if the most gifted players I have seen, I didn't see him at Tottenham but seen him in Fulham. Unfortunately, talent without discipline, focus and the right attitude will result in limited progression.

My opinion is his attitude is totally not right, otherwise he should have been one of the top performing players in Europe.

His failings at Tottenham were of his own making. Just like Adebayor attitude problem.

tbaba1234:



I did not recommend or talk about Ezekiel, Nwofor and Ujah. When i talk about them, then you can bring them up. I was never a fan of Ujah and Nwofor. Ezekiel went to the Gulf for money.

I recommended Onyekuru based on what i have seen of his present form. Not youtube clips, actual games.

I can bet that if those displays by Ezekiel, Nwofor and Ujah occurred this year, u still would have been pushing for them the same way u are pushing for Onyekuru now.

Nothing wrong in pushing for players or player who is in form but u need to understand that there are a lot of things to consider in players selection. It is not as easy as u guys think it is. Besides, most of these young players end up as a flash in the pan.

Yes u take a gamble by inviting them but u dnt invite all at the same time.

Onyekuru will get his turn if he continues doing well.

BascoVanVeli:


People keep telling me i'm wrong but i feel celtic are responsible for the downfall of Efe Ambrose. We should not send another Nigerian there at least when other better offers are on the table.

You really need to be specific and not general. You cannot just malign the whole club because of one player.

It's from this club Wanyama, Virgil, etc moved on to bigger clubs and currently the big clubs are courting Dembele possibly one of the best young strikers in Europe.

If Efe didn't get along with Brendan Rogers that's not the fault of Celtic as a club. This is just the harsh reality if football one manager likes you another doesn't. It's just how Football is.

Icon4s:


I can bet that if those displays by Ezekiel, Nwofor and Ujah occurred this year, u still would have been pushing for them the same way u are pushing for Onyekuru now.

Nothing wrong in pushing for players or player who is in form but u need to understand that there are a lot of things to consider in players selection. It is not as easy as u guys think it is. Besides, most of these young players end up as a flash in the pan.

Yes u take a gamble by inviting them but u dnt invite all at the same time.

Onyekuru will get his turn if he continues doing well.

Ofcourse, if a player is in form, there will always be clamour for their invitation.

Icon4s:


I can bet that if those displays by Ezekiel, Nwofor and Ujah occurred this year, u still would have been pushing for them the same way u are pushing for Onyekuru now.

Nothing wrong in pushing for players or player who is in form but u need to understand that there are a lot of things to consider in players selection. It is not as easy as u guys think it is. Besides, most of these young players end up as a flash in the pan.

Yes u take a gamble by inviting them but u dnt invite all at the same time.

Onyekuru will get his turn if he continues doing well.

I would like to add that's it's highly unlikely not impossible if you are not playing well or cutting it in your team. You will not all of a sudden become a Maradona when you start playing for the Eagles.

komekn:


You really need to be specific and not general. You cannot just malign the whole club because of one player.

It's from this club Wanyama, Virgil, etc moved on to bigger clubs and currently the big clubs are courting Dembele possibly one of the best young strikers in Europe.

If Efe didn't get along with Brendan Rogers that's not the fault of Celtic as a club. This is just the harsh reality if football one manager likes you another doesn't. It's just how Football is.

He had a good relationship with Rodgers. Like i said check the facts, these things are online im not talking out my backside here. I know wat i'm talking about.

Icon4s:


Chikatara was reported to have been sidelined due to inability to cope with Siasia's rigorous drills. That story was posted on this forum, though the previous Super Eagles thread.

http://punchng.com/why-i-dropped-chikatara-siasia/

This should help.

Icon4s:


Azubuike did excellently well at Rio. But, truth be told Onazi and Ndidi are ahead of him. What if Ndidi and Onazi were at Rio dnt u think they would probably had done better than Azubuike did?

It's possible. But don't you think that Azubuike should be in the midst as well? I am surprised that they didn't consider inviting him to these series of friendlies, especially considering that we don't know what the form of Mikel is gonna look like in the next one year.


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TheGoodJoe:


A bigger club does not necessarily mean it is the ideal place for players development. Ask Adel Taraabt about his stay at Tottenham.

Well said. Or you can ask Taye Taiwo how his journey to Inter Milan panned out. And in addition, I believe that Mikel would've become a much better player if he had gone to develop in a smaller club.


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Icon79:


It's possible. But don't you think that Azubuike should be in the midst as well? I am surprised that they didn't consider inviting him to these series of friendlies, especially considering that we don't know what the form of Mikel is gonna look like in the next one year.


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I do not see the justification for Azubuike yet... There are several players ahead of him who have not been invited.

tbaba1234:


I do not see the justification for Azubuike yet... There are several players ahead of him who have not been invited.

Really? OK o.

And can somebody tell me why the Olympic team's goalkeeper isn't being invited either? I am sure he's better than Ezenwa and Akpeyi.

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Icon79:


Really? OK o.

And can somebody tell me why the Olympic team's goalkeeper isn't being invited either? I am sure he's better than Ezenwa and Akpeyi.

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He was signed by orlando pirates i think and they could not register him on time so he has to wait till the next window to get play football.

BascoVanVeli:


He was signed by orlando pirates i think and they could not register him on time so he has to wait till the next window to get play football.

Oh OK. Thanks for the info.

Okay bro..
I think we are packed with DMs at the moment..versatile ones for that matter.. Another reason why I think the 3-5-2 and 3-4-3 will favor us.

Icon79:


Yeah, Etebo was massive against Japan. But in the other games, Azubuike was the dude running things in the middle.

The man in the middle, that's what we nicknamed him during that tourney. In fact, based on his performance during the tournament, I rated him our best DM since Sunday Oliseh. Let's hope he could reproduce that in the Super Eagles when he's given a chance.

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Icon79:


Yeah, Etebo was massive against Japan. But in the other games, Azubuike was the dude running things in the middle.

The man in the middle, that's what we nicknamed him during that tourney. In fact, based on his performance during the tournament, I rated him our best DM since Sunday Oliseh. Let's hope he could reproduce that in the Super Eagles when he's given a chance.

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This is one of your finest posts. Kudos!

Icon79:


Yeah, Etebo was massive against Japan. But in the other games, Azubuike was the dude running things in the middle.

The man in the middle, that's what we nicknamed him during that tourney. In fact, based on his performance during the tournament, I rated him our best DM since Sunday Oliseh. Let's hope he could reproduce that in the Super Eagles when he's given a chance.

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Icon , you are very correct , Azuibike played so well . i think he will do well in the super eagle.