Humility017:

I read what u wrote about iwobi...please don't go there...even England are still musing and weeping on loosing him to Nigeria..
a selfless and skillful player of such age are hard to find..
please that guy is good....his touches are superB still remember his play against Egypt in Kaduna... just that I see him as one that can't really play from the flanks in Africa football...
he should be deployed to middle.. then I believe we get more frm him

pyrex23:
i think he plays better 4 us from d left wing

pyrex23:
i think he plays better 4 us from d left wing

Humility017:

I read what u wrote about iwobi...please don't go there...even England are still musing and weeping on loosing him to Nigeria..
a selfless and skillful player of such age are hard to find..
please that guy is good....his touches are superB still remember his play against Egypt in Kaduna... just that I see him as one that can't really play from the flanks in Africa football...
he should be deployed to middle.. then I believe we get more frm him

zoboizee:


Bro, i may have been too factual, middle or no middle & sentiment apart, is like you have not been reading comments here with people saying he's been struggling against african oppositions, but not just that, but in most games of late. Though he scored against zambia aside that, he contributed little. Have you not seen his Arsenal performances of late? Bar the entire team, he has dipped in quality. Though still young with room for lot of improvements all round. And i am but patiently. If i could watched JJ Okocha from a showman in Mauritius in '93 to a far better team leader in the EPL, why not him.

jerryclinton:
We keep fumbling when it comes to selecting the kind of goalkeepers we can really bank on for the national team. That's how Keshi continued to use that short keeper, Agbim even when we had the best hands in Nigeria.
Now we have a good keeper which everyone had seen his performance at the olympics, Emmanuel Daniel, yet we are still forcing ourselves on a shaky and jittery Akpeyi. This is the same guy, Daniel completely benched at the olympics.
What is a short Ezenwa doing at the super eagles team when we have a tall, confident and agile Emmanuel Daniel? At the olympics, I saw Emmanuel in the moulds of Patrick okala and Peter Rufai. Most countries like to use taller keepers because most players talk about how they dread them. Someone may say Enyeama is not tall and intimidating but Enyeama is quite exceptional with his skill and that's what Ezenwa lacks. I'm happy Emmanuel Daniel has now moved to a foreign club, it's now time to really look his way. The 3 keepers i will recommend for super eagles are
1. Carl Ikeme
2. Emmanuel Daniel
3. Daniel Akpeyi.

Humility017:

the entire arsenal team have been struggling lately even their coach...
well I get you....let's hope he improves and build on his form...to be true...I am not an arsenal fan but his touches are so wonderful... we all know arsenal as a team with one of the best passing accuracy in England... iwobi have been excellent in his passes...that I love him for.
don't think Wenger would've entrust him wit such playtime if he wasn't good enough...

SharpJoe:


I think we should be Objective in this matter. So should Collin Udoh. Rohr is not into the Nigerian syndrome of Monkey working and Baboon eating. It is as simple as that. Rohr has done his assessment and he does not see Musa a key member of the team. He wants his captain on the field. Not on the bench. Musa will not play regularly for his team and so Rohr will not leave him with the captain band.

I wonder what is wrong in that.

Joebie:
Your moniker is very appropriate. Sharp thinker

TheGoodJoe:


Ban is over. Back to my old moniker.

tbaba1234:
What is responsible for the fact that everyone usually wins at home in the Nigerian league?

tbaba1234:
What is responsible for the fact that everyone usually wins at home in the Nigerian league?

Joebie:
Old tradition. The coaches, refs, players and die hard home supporters expect their team to win at all cost. An away team will easily move on from being cheated in a match compared to when they lose at home.

TheGoodJoe:


The home team do not travel while the away teams most times travel long distance by road. Mostly a case of fatigue.

TheGoodJoe:


The home team do not travel while the away teams most times travel long distance by road. Mostly a case of fatigue.

ChrisKels:
Sir tbaba1234, no pics yet to confirm that there actually are new arrivals? Lol am anxiously waiting.

ChrisKels:
Sir tbaba1234, no pics yet to confirm that there actually are new arrivals? Lol am anxiously waiting.

SharpJoe:


I was talking in respect of the expected Burkina Faso or if we play anyone. If Mikel is in camp and I am drawing a list, I will certainly include him and drop Ogu. Then if Aluko is in camp, I will drop Iwobi for Aluko.

ChrisKels:
Someone should plz confirm the authenticity of this news from completesportsnigeria.com



Rohr Calls Up Chelsea's Aina, Sunderland's
Maja To Super Eagles


Chelsea FC and England U-20 defender Ola
Aina has joined up with the Super Eagles
squad for a training match with an unnamed
side on Monday,
Completesportsnigeria.com can report.
Aina, 20, was handed a late invitation by
coach Gernot Rohr for the training match
billed for the Hive stadium on Monday. He
was joined by Sunderland's 18-year-old
forward Joshua Maja and Queens Park
Rangers' Scottish born forward Eberechi
Eze.
Aina has made six appearances for Chelsea
this term in all competitions.
Josh has made five appearances for the
Black cats with four of the coming in the
Football League Trophy tournament (U23s)
and one in the English Football league
game against QPR where he came on in the
68th minute for Lynden Gooch.
Eze's only appearance for QPR this season
was in the English FA Cup. He featured for
18 minutes in QPR's 2-1 loss to Blackburn on
the 7th of January, 2017.
The trio will be assessed by the Super
Eagles technical crew it was gathered from
a media release made available to
Completesportsnigeria.com.

komekn:


If this is true they are not the best options amongst Nigerian origin players that we have.

At least 15 Nigerian origin players ahead of them.

Aina true class.

tbaba1234:
It appears the rumor of Aina training with the super Eagles is true.. That is excellent news .. @komekn..

Humility017:

seriously...it is funny seeing Mikel being compared to alli....both are not mates
Mikel even before 21 already won a medal at under 20 world cup...with many trooping in later as he aged..

Humility017:


what does one have to show as an achievement after his retirement from the round leather game? if not medals won..
I have never doubted kelechi's potential the young man is where he is today as a result of hardwork..he has made a mark in EPL(striker with the highest number of goals per minute ratio) despite the limited time and opportunities he gets
I know deeply what's hindering us from seeing more of his potentials is lack of play time...
i still remember the Israeli scout that rubbish the media claiming that in the streets of kano, Lagos there lies lot of youngsters who could kick the ball better than Dembele...
I doubt dele would have made it so easy if he had grown in the streets of Nigeria

whizola:
NIGERIA - Saturday 25 March 2017
Rohr goofed with unnecessary Musa humiliation
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By Colin Udoh
West African Editor | @ColinUdoh
Gernot Rohr’s decision to not name Ahmed Musa as captain for Nigeria’s game against Senegal was as farcical as it was unnecessary.
There. That needed to be said.

While it is a coach’s prerogative to name who captains his team, it is also worth taking into consideration the circumstances and possible consequences.

Musa is, or was, assistant captain to John Obi Mikel and rightfully should have been named match-day captain in the absence of the former Chelsea man.

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The reason is that not doing so raises more issues than it solves. To start with, when Vincent Enyeama retired prematurely from the national team in the wake of his highly-publicised spat with Sunday Oliseh, most of the senior players declined the opportunity to step into the breach. Musa was the only one who agreed to do so.

But within one match of Samson Siasia taking over as Super Eagles coach, and with the dust sufficiently cleared, Musa was deposed.

As a committed, non-confrontational person, Musa accepted the decision in the interest of team unity, and agreed to serve as vice-captain, along with Ogenyi Onazi.

With Mikel excused, Musa acted out the role of captain when the team reported for camp, until Rohr informed him that Onazi would lead the team out for the first game, and Elderson Echiejile would do the honors in the second game [which has since been called off].

Rohr’s explanation, according to a very credible team official, was that he wanted to team to be led out by a player who plays regularly.

Bollocks! Absolute bollocks!

First, if that was his sole reason, why chose to do it on a day in which he started the Leicester forward when he didn’t have to? There were alternatives. Oghenekaro Etebo could have played in midfield with Alex Iwobi starting in his usual wide left position and Moses Simon wide right.

Second, Nigeria have a long history of non-playing captains, going back to Christian Chukwu, Stephen Keshi and, more recently, Nwankwo Kanu and Joseph Yobo.

Keshi, in particular, was a non-playing captain for most of the 1994 Nations Cup and still lifted the trophy, and certainly nobody expected him to play any part of significance at the World Cup months later.

In any case, Must is not the substitute captain, so he could have led the team out, especially sine Rohr chose to start him. This was humiliation for Musa and it need not have happened. Period.

ALSO READ: Rohr praise for brave young Eagles

Sources close to Musa said he considered retiring from the national team after the armband was handed over to Mikel, but was talked out of it.

With this latest humiliation, he has decided to save himself from further embarrassment by giving up the entire thing.

It is the wrongest possible way to treat a player who has always put the team first. And, for once, I am not with Rohr. Musa should have been treated better. He has earned the right to be treated better

nelszx:
Seems Ola has chosen Nigeria
Cc: Iwobi's snapchat