forgiveness:


Do you think our opponents are not aware of our positives?

They already knew about that but I think they will focus more on the negatives which are too numerous for a team aiming to be among the top 5 in the world.


Maybe the Nacho you saw is different from the one I saw in that game.

The Nacho I know can spring passes, can split defense with a through pass and can score with half a chance but he obviously lacked all these attributes notable in his game.

His confidence level has definitely gone down and is about to crash if he continues to see limited game time in Manchester City.

He needs to move out of that team else I see no need of bringing a player who is not making his team to lead the Super Eagles attack.

Nigerians will not wait for him, we have other options readily available to take his place.

This my little piece of advice also goes to any player benched on a regularly based in his team which has nothing to do with injury or lack of form but on the bases of surplus to requirement.

Really, I am not putting him down, I am just stating the obvious and I am really angry because Guardiola wants to flush him out of the team gradually with subtlety and evil craftiness.

I am not a dummy to have seen the hand written on the wall.

His advisers should not deceive him because of the mulla dey are making from him.


I am not hyping Simon. I am only debunking the false impression that he brings nothing to the team after seeing the match.

It is here I heard he his one way traffic and predictable when attacking.

Someone even said Samuel Kalu offers a lot to Gent than him when we know Kalu has done nothing for Gent so far, while Simon Moses single handedly led the team to win the league three seasons ago.


Even this season, he is one of the most important players for Gent. He is charged with the responsibilities of Wing back, taking set pieces, defending etc over all players in Gent.

Maybe that is why he was saddled with the responsibility of taking set pieces in that match against Senegal.

The last match I saw them played Moses and Kalu doesn't know what to do with the final balls though they got skills and trickery.


What makes a player specular is how he carries out his duties well in a game and I saw Moses did that very well.

I saw him in the middle, at the back and at the center.

Where did he give the pass to Iwobi? It was a the center.

It was Iwobi a saw exchanged passes with him on the left flank several times.

I no dey raise any player, I just told you what I saw.

Let another person who watched the match carefully and without bias confirm what I said.

terzurum5:

I am the one. That was why I had asked you to ask Sir Icon4s. I had already made it clear that I was the one on several pages back at the beginning of the year.

forgiveness:


Do you think our opponents are not aware of our positives?

They already knew about that but I think they will focus more on the negatives which are too numerous for a team aiming to be among the top 5 in the world.


Maybe the Nacho you saw is different from the one I saw in that game.

The Nacho I know can spring passes, can split defense with a through pass and can score with half a chance but he obviously lacked all these attributes notable in his game.

His confidence level has definitely gone down and is about to crash if he continues to see limited game time in Manchester City.

He needs to move out of that team else I see no need of bringing a player who is not making his team to lead the Super Eagles attack.

Nigerians will not wait for him, we have other options readily available to take his place.

This my little piece of advice also goes to any player benched on a regularly bases in his team that has nothing to do with injury or lack of form but on the bases of surplus to requirement.

Really, I am not putting him down, I am just stating the obvious and I am really angry because Guardiola wants to flush him out of the team gradually with subtlety and evil craftiness.

I am not a dummy to have seen the hand written on the wall.

His advisers should not deceive him because of the mulla dey are making from him.


I am not hyping Simon. I am only debunking the false impression that he brings nothing to the team after seeing the match.

It is here I heard he his one way traffic and predictable when attacking.

Someone even said Samuel Kalu offers a lot to Gent than him when we know Kalu has done nothing for Gent so far, while Simon Moses single handedly led the team to win the league three seasons ago.


Even this season, he is one of the most important players for Gent. He is charged with the responsibilities of Wing back, taking set pieces, defending etc over all players in Gent.

Maybe that is why he was saddled with the responsibility of taking set pieces in that match against Senegal.

The last match I saw them played Moses and Kalu doesn't know what to do with the final balls though they got skills and trickery.


What makes a player specular is how he carries out his duties well in a game and I saw Moses did that very well.

I saw him in the middle, at the back and at the center.

Where did he give the pass to Iwobi? It was a the center.

It was Iwobi a saw exchanged passes with him on the left flank several times.

I no dey raise any player, I just told you what I saw.

Let another person who watched the match carefully and without bias confirm what I said.

TheSuperNerd:
NIGERIA TO PLAY NIGERIA IN LONDON AFTER BURKINA FASO RUNS INTO VISA PROBLEMS





Nigeria will play Nigeria on Monday night in Barnet, north London, after its original opponent Burkina Faso failed to secure visas in time.


Eurodata Sport, the company in charge of organizing the match, told Newsweek that the Nigeria squad would stage a game amongst its own players at The Hive, home of English League Two team Barnet FC.


A statement published on the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) website Sunday stated seven Burkina Faso players had been refused entry into the United Kingdom, ensuring the country could not field a full team.


“There is no British Embassy in Ouagadougou, and officials of the Federation Burkinabe de Football had been shuttling between Accra and Ouagadougou for visa processing,” the NFF statement explained. “FBF [Burkinabe Football Federation] sources said the embassy in Accra told them last week to proceed to Morocco where the Etalons [Burkina Faso] played the Atlas Lions [Morocco] on Friday and that the visas would be issued there.


“However, the applications were still pending at the British embassy in Morocco as at close of work on Friday, the last working day before match day in London.



“The Burkinabe Football Federation on Friday, March 24 2017 by 7 p.m. U.K. time telephoned the match organizers to say some of their players and officials were unable to secure entry visas into the United Kingdom and therefore would not be able to honor the match.”


The match was meant as a warmup for Nigeria’s qualifying games this summer for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations and FIFA 2018 World Cup in Russia.



Nigeria is in London for a two-match tour. Gernot Rohr’s team drew 1-1 with Senegal at The Hive on Thursday evening, with the goal scored by Manchester City striker, Kelechi Iheanacho.



Source: http://www.newsweek.com/nigeria-burkina-faso-friendly-barnet-sport-574539

BascoVanVeli:


Who will coach London Nigeria? I would love to see this live but u can only dream sometimes. This is the best idea because with only a few subs we can really see wat the new boys are about.

DELIGHTED: Isaac Success was thrilled to make his first senior appearance for Nigeria

tbaba1234:


It is too early to worry about Cameroon, we have games against South Africa first.. Cameroon is not that much stronger than Senegal and we coped well without our strongest team. The only goal scored was off a goalkeeping error

TheSuperNerd:
NIGERIA TO PLAY NIGERIA IN LONDON AFTER BURKINA FASO RUNS INTO VISA PROBLEMS





Nigeria will play Nigeria on Monday night in Barnet, north London, after its original opponent Burkina Faso failed to secure visas in time.


Eurodata Sport, the company in charge of organizing the match, told Newsweek that the Nigeria squad would stage a game amongst its own players at The Hive, home of English League Two team Barnet FC.


A statement published on the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) website Sunday stated seven Burkina Faso players had been refused entry into the United Kingdom, ensuring the country could not field a full team.


“There is no British Embassy in Ouagadougou, and officials of the Federation Burkinabe de Football had been shuttling between Accra and Ouagadougou for visa processing,” the NFF statement explained. “FBF [Burkinabe Football Federation] sources said the embassy in Accra told them last week to proceed to Morocco where the Etalons [Burkina Faso] played the Atlas Lions [Morocco] on Friday and that the visas would be issued there.


“However, the applications were still pending at the British embassy in Morocco as at close of work on Friday, the last working day before match day in London.



“The Burkinabe Football Federation on Friday, March 24 2017 by 7 p.m. U.K. time telephoned the match organizers to say some of their players and officials were unable to secure entry visas into the United Kingdom and therefore would not be able to honor the match.”


The match was meant as a warmup for Nigeria’s qualifying games this summer for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations and FIFA 2018 World Cup in Russia.



Nigeria is in London for a two-match tour. Gernot Rohr’s team drew 1-1 with Senegal at The Hive on Thursday evening, with the goal scored by Manchester City striker, Kelechi Iheanacho.



Source: http://www.newsweek.com/nigeria-burkina-faso-friendly-barnet-sport-574539

Dedebanky85:
I normally watch a game without national bias for the 2nd and 3rd times. The 1st I can be frantic and be bias. My takings ob the game are as follows:

That was one hell of a boring game on Naija's part. Even the commentator could attest to the countless inaccurate passes and crosses. If CMR catches this team, they would lambast this SE. I used to clamor for the absence of Mikel, but I think I'm beginning to have a rethink. The people's choice - Iwobi - has decided to take his SM career more serious than his footy career. For the past 2 months, Iwobi has been repeatedly playing rubbish. He should be reminded of one certain Emma Frimpong. Can't tell where that guy plays these days. I fear for Iwobi. Infact Iwobi shouldn't start against CMR, that's how widowed I am.

Iheanacho still showed his brilliant movements, but as @Forgiveness said, he was match rusty. The 6 yards miss was what Iheanacho feeds on on a regular day. I'm of the opinion he should get the hell outta Man City to save his career.

The defence can't really pass out, especially Ekong and Omeruo. In fact Troost, although a good defender, "em de select leg". Omeruo always has to float the ball rather than pick out a player with a pass. Overall, the game was not really inspiring till the last 8mins of each half.

I don't know if it's just the commentary plus video settings, but when I watched other friendlies, ours just looked like uncoordinated game of "CHOOSING".

On another note, I like the fact that Rohr called up the foreign born guys in the UK, but can SE be more respected whereby you just don't stroll into the camp at will. If Germany was to play in Weasley, would non-capped players in England just come to the German camp just to felicitate? I follow these guys on Snap and other SM, the amount of faces I see in mufty, is alarming. We can be more coordinated than what I'm seeing.

safarigirl:
is onyedinma based in London?

I like to think Aina is there because he stays around as opposed to those who may have to travel from their residence. It's like expecting someone who plays in Kano to drop by a training in Lagos. A lot of logistics are involved, I doubt Aina sleeps at the hotel with them unless he dey follow Iwobi share bed

Dedebanky85:
I normally watch a game without national bias for the 2nd and 3rd times. The 1st I can be frantic and be bias. My takings ob the game are as follows:

That was one hell of a boring game on Naija's part. Even the commentator could attest to the countless inaccurate passes and crosses. If CMR catches this team, they would lambast this SE. I used to clamor for the absence of Mikel, but I think I'm beginning to have a rethink. The people's choice - Iwobi - has decided to take his SM career more serious than his footy career. For the past 2 months, Iwobi has been repeatedly playing rubbish. He should be reminded of one certain Emma Frimpong. Can't tell where that guy plays these days. I fear for Iwobi. Infact Iwobi shouldn't start against CMR, that's how widowed I am.

Iheanacho still showed his brilliant movements, but as @Forgiveness said, he was match rusty. The 6 yards miss was what Iheanacho feeds on on a regular day. I'm of the opinion he should get the hell outta Man City to save his career.

The defence can't really pass out, especially Ekong and Omeruo. In fact Troost, although a good defender, "em de select leg". Omeruo always has to float the ball rather than pick out a player with a pass. Overall, the game was not really inspiring till the last 8mins of each half.

I don't know if it's just the commentary plus video settings, but when I watched other friendlies, ours just looked like uncoordinated game of "CHOOSING".

On another note, I like the fact that Rohr called up the foreign born guys in the UK, but can SE be more respected whereby you just don't stroll into the camp at will. If Germany was to play in Weasley, would non-capped players in England just come to the German camp just to felicitate? I follow these guys on Snap and other SM, the amount of faces I see in mufty, is alarming. We can be more coordinated than what I'm seeing.

Joebie:
on your last paragraph. Is there anything wrong with players strolling in, especially as we are looking to win players of dual origins ahead of our competition? Would you rather have our home based fly in, or make quick invitations that can hardly be honored? This is a unique circumstances, we don't always have to compare ourselves to the likes of US, Germany etc in all things to say we are not doing things right, as if they are always right or always have to be the standard. I think it is the right thing to do on our part, as the likes of Bazee, Eze etc will feel more Nigerian after socializing with the main SE boys, and should they be in top form tomorrow and we want to win them over, we will not hear excuses like "I don't feel Nigerian enough" lol

joseph1013:
Hmmmm...I just finished watching the full game. Na wa o. So so underwhelming. I could not see why there was so much hype.

This is not a performance to be excited about. But I can forgive this performance because Mikel and Moses were not there.

Defence:
- I have no idea what happened to Ekong and Balogun...the manner with which they misplaced passes is staggering. At times, they simply passed the ball to the opponent...a more clinical team would have buried us. We need to have strong backups.
- Omeruo was disappointing to me. A pacy winger would have torn him to shreds. And that's to add to the fact that he didn't join in the attack.
- Echiejile was impressive. He held his own. He should have gone forward more though.
- Akpeyi: We cannot rely on this guy. I cannot remember a single cross he did not spill. All a team needs is station a player close to him to score the rebounds because he is very prone to dropping balls from crosses. I really don't know what the goalkeeper trainers are doing. At this stage, Akpeyi should not be deputizing for Carl.
Conclusion:Our defence is a cause for concern. We don't have a good backup to Ikeme. And that's a big problem.

Midfield:
- Onazi was average before he went off. There was an incident that caught my eye though. He pushed an opponent in retaliation. In a competitive match, some referees will give a straight red card. Professional players should know better.
- Ogu played his game. No fuss. No flamboyance. Perhaps the coach told him to just stay and strictly shield, he did a yoleman's job.
- Ndidi was rightly the man of the match. He was full of tackling, passes and did play a couple shots that troubled the goal keeper.
- Iwobi was a flop. What did he even do right in that game? Oh, maybe the combination with Simon to free Kelechi for the tap in miss. Other than that, he did nothing. He constantly lost his balls and his passes were abysmal. No one would have predicted he plays for Arsenal.
- Etebo: He played well. He came in for Iwobi and showed him how to play. Not his best game but we will take this one.
Conclusion: We need Mikel. We need Aluko. We need Mikel very much and we miss him so much. No replacement in sight.

Forward:
- Simon: His strongest point is that he can help out the defence. That's quite a surprise because he should be known more for his dribbles, wingplay and crosses. Those were lacking in the game.
- Musa: Musa! I don't think he has a place in this team any longer. You hardly notice he was in the game. The only times he shows up, he is either making wayward crosses or disrupting flow of attack. The only thing that will make him continue this way and still get call ups is federal character. He is no longer a Super Eagles material.
- Kelechi: He needs to leave Man City. It's unbelievable the goals he missed. What surprised me about his game was that the penalty called would not have been given by some refs. From my angle, he fell into the hands of the keeper. The Kelechi I know would have played that ball before the goalkeeper came out. It's difficult to understand this point unless you watch that match. He is match rusty and needs to help his career. Even the commentator could not believe he missed those chances.
- Kayode: For the time he was on the pitch, he was moving. The chance they said he missed was a handball. It was not such a chance. Wished we played with Burkina Faso, it would have been a great opportunity to watch him play more minutes. He would probably be invited again.
- Success: To be honest, I didn't see too much of the hype surrounding his play in this game. He galvanished the attack though and pushed the Senegalese back. I will take him over Musa from this performance.
Conclusion: We need a strong competition for Kelechi. If we don't score goals, we cannot win games.

TheSuperNerd:
So na with just four matches under Rohr, we wan take fly enter Top 5 abi??

Sometimes we forget Rohr's team have only played four games. smh


Abeg.... you don't expect great things from the Super Eagles more than everybody else here. There were more positives than negatives from that game.


And Why Expect Nacho to split defenses and make through passes consistently when he was upfront?? Na wa for you ooo.... which kain argument you dey make sef??

Nacho that took some or most of our set pieces, created some chances with his sleek touches and moves but his biggest crime was failure to score from three very good chances...

I flogged Nacho for his missed chances.... abi u know see my earlier analyses abi??

I even said Kayode can be pardoned for his missed chance.... but Nacho cannot because he is expected to bury those chances.


And about readily available options for Nacho... abeg... who is the person? I wanna know because As far as I know and same with some people... I was even surprised when Sir Komekn droppdd the question, "Who else is better for now in that role than Nacho?". I think he asked this to Sir Mickael2.

Iheanacho remains our most lethal goal threat for now. His situation at City is not because of talent but because of coach's preference..... and I just can't wait for Nacho to leave

So who is the better-than-nacho option we have?


And since your eyes were only on Simon... you didn't eee Nacho and Musa at the back too abi... Nacho defending set pieces ba? or Musa running himself to the ground on that right?

You sef


And You say Samuel kalu's final ball are nothing to write home about.... abeg how many assists have Simon picked up compared to him? and how many goals have Simon scored compared to Kalu? this season oooo??

This is Kalu's first season in Belgium and he is already making impact and you wanna talk him down too because of Simon.... you sef na wa ooo.... which way naa??

Have you forgotten Simon's final ball palava also showed in that Senegal game....?

Simon is a baller and has bag of tricks but he really needs to be more multidimensional.... someone saying he is kinda predictable is not so far from the truth.

Abi is this the Simon you want us too to start for a team that wanna be top 5 in the world??


Bia Oga Forgiveness.... balance out both the positives and negatives for everyone.... don't blow one's trumpet and use another to show negatives when everyone has one.... be fair biko.

TheSuperNerd:
oooppss.... published same video.... lemme drop a different one altogether.....



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pL4q8dhJnA

joseph1013:
Hmmmm...I just finished watching the full game. Na wa o. So so underwhelming. I could not see why there was so much hype.

This is not a performance to be excited about. But I can forgive this performance because Mikel and Moses were not there.

Defence:
- I have no idea what happened to Ekong and Balogun...the manner with which they misplaced passes is staggering. At times, they simply passed the ball to the opponent...a more clinical team would have buried us. We need to have strong backups.
- Omeruo was disappointing to me. A pacy winger would have torn him to shreds. And that's to add to the fact that he didn't join in the attack.
- Echiejile was impressive. He held his own. He should have gone forward more though.
- Akpeyi: We cannot rely on this guy. I cannot remember a single cross he did not spill. All a team needs is station a player close to him to score the rebounds because he is very prone to dropping balls from crosses. I really don't know what the goalkeeper trainers are doing. At this stage, Akpeyi should not be deputizing for Carl.
Conclusion:Our defence is a cause for concern. We don't have a good backup to Ikeme. And that's a big problem.

Midfield:
- Onazi was average before he went off. There was an incident that caught my eye though. He pushed an opponent in retaliation. In a competitive match, some referees will give a straight red card. Professional players should know better.
- Ogu played his game. No fuss. No flamboyance. Perhaps the coach told him to just stay and strictly shield, he did a yoleman's job.
- Ndidi was rightly the man of the match. He was full of tackling, passes and did play a couple shots that troubled the goal keeper.
- Iwobi was a flop. What did he even do right in that game? Oh, maybe the combination with Simon to free Kelechi for the tap in miss. Other than that, he did nothing. He constantly lost his balls and his passes were abysmal. No one would have predicted he plays for Arsenal.
- Etebo: He played well. He came in for Iwobi and showed him how to play. Not his best game but we will take this one.
Conclusion: We need Mikel. We need Aluko. We need Mikel very much and we miss him so much. No replacement in sight.

Forward:
- Simon: His strongest point is that he can help out the defence. That's quite a surprise because he should be known more for his dribbles, wingplay and crosses. Those were lacking in the game.
- Musa: Musa! I don't think he has a place in this team any longer. You hardly notice he was in the game. The only times he shows up, he is either making wayward crosses or disrupting flow of attack. The only thing that will make him continue this way and still get call ups is federal character. He is no longer a Super Eagles material.
- Kelechi: He needs to leave Man City. It's unbelievable the goals he missed. What surprised me about his game was that the penalty called would not have been given by some refs. From my angle, he fell into the hands of the keeper. The Kelechi I know would have played that ball before the goalkeeper came out. It's difficult to understand this point unless you watch that match. He is match rusty and needs to help his career. Even the commentator could not believe he missed those chances.
- Kayode: For the time he was on the pitch, he was moving. The chance they said he missed was a handball. It was not such a chance. Wished we played with Burkina Faso, it would have been a great opportunity to watch him play more minutes. He would probably be invited again.
- Success: To be honest, I didn't see too much of the hype surrounding his play in this game. He galvanished the attack though and pushed the Senegalese back. I will take him over Musa from this performance.
Conclusion: We need a strong competition for Kelechi. If we don't score goals, we cannot win games.

Dedebanky85:
I'm actually thinking it should be more coordinated. Do Chelsea or QPR know their players are in the SE camp? I'm looking at the 2 weeks rule here. I have nothing against the foreign born players, I even support thein invite as I feel they better fortify our team. But I hardly want to join FB vs HB eagles arguments as I feel any body with Naija blood living anywhere should be given a fair chance to stake a claim as long as they measure up to standards when invited.

Kog45:
Guess Charlton Cole who was later capped by England

Icon79:
Good improvising by Rohr, but I am surprised that the NFF isn't able to secure even a 3rd tier English side to play against the Super Eagles.
I am sure that there are dozens of British sides who would jump at a chance to train against the Nigerian national team at a moment's notice. We still have a long way to go sha.


O pari

whizola:
Arsenal youngster Chuba Akpom trained with the @NGSuperEagles alongside Ola Aina of Chelsea, Maja of Sunderland and Ebere Eze of QPR.