safarigirl:
my dear, who no know no know.

People who know have noticed the influence of this thread multiple times on decisions. Anyone arguing against it kuku no sabi...

This NL that has been cited multiple times by foreign sites and politicians. It's like the Google of Nigeria.

Some arguments aren't even worth it finally. Just leave am

Icon4s:


Young players can only be pushed into the senior team if there are such opportunities or voids.

Many thought the young English U20 players will immediately displace the senior team players but things don't work out that way. These young players have to be gradually introduced else the team would be deficient of experience. If Solanke cannot make the English senior team it simply means he is not good enough at the moment. They have kept them busy with the U21s just to ensure their development continues till when they are deemed fit to displace the ageing senior players.

Germany also practices this kind of transition.

Talking about Mbappe, none of those English young players is on the same level with him. Besides he is not even yet a starter with France.
It is only exceptionally talented teen players that break into the senior teams of such teams as England, Germany, France, Spain, Brazil, Argentina. They don't just discard their senior players just because a group of teens just won an U20 WC.

Mujtahida:

Are you seeing what Germany is doing. http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/unstoppable-germany-look-ruthless-on-way-to-retaining-world/1cxviy4z99nlu11mi17neora8x

Chrismario:


Wat if their coach invite some kind of weak players
These guys from Cameroun, s/Africa and Ghana no just like us. Anything about our failure is welcomed

terzurum5:
Ten Things Super Eagles Manager Must Do To Reach Russia 2018



For Nigeria, amassing 10 points at the end of the matchday 4 of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers is already a great achievement.

Unfortunately, this achievement will be meaningless if the Super Eagles fail to qualify for the biggest football competition on the globe.


Zambia made Group B more interesting with a 1-0 victory over Algeria on Tuesday night, putting them in second place with seven points from four games and three points adrift leaders Nigeria.


In the next month of international football for Nigeria, Super Eagles boss Gernot Rohr will likely face an amount of pressure that he hasn’t seen in his coaching career with a potential decider against Zambia in Uyo.

That’s why he must make his plans now, and not wait to start thinking about what he and the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) should do.

Proactively, he must take the following 10 actions if he wants to enjoy the 2018 summer in beautiful Russia for his first ever World Cup:


1)Prepare his team psychologically for the energetic Zambian side.


2)Set his preparation plan that will overshadow the opposition.


3)Isolate his team 100% away from all kinds of media, so as to avoid distractions or media fights that might emotionally affect fans and players.


4)Fix his main players list, taking into consideration form and injuries.


5)Forecast the attitude and competences of the enemy in all scenarios with data analysis of their performance in the next three weeks.


6) Impose his style and game plan on the match in Uyo and select the 11 players who can execute his game plan regardless of the history or fame of the players, along with a substitute list that can change the game should the game plan need to change.


7)Focus on harmony between the players, and establish a mix of diversified skills that can help in all expected and unexpected situations.


Be brave with well-calculated risks from the first minute of the match till the end.


9)Do not allow any interference of NFF administration or management in his plans, as he knows and we all know well who they are and their capabilities.


10) Over Confidence of any kind shouldn't be allowed. We are almost there. We must not underrate the Zambians. Rhor needs to make his players show respect to the opposition and get the job done.


From us at Allnigeriasoccer.com we wish the Super Eagles the best in their game against Zambia, with the hope that they destroy the Chipolopolo at the magnificent Godswill Akpabio Stadium and pick their sixth World Cup ticket.

Abayomi Ademetan

http://www.allnigeriasoccer.com/read_news.php?nid=24532

blueto:
you can see from point no.3 that the writer is asking the coach to bar players from all kinds of media (which includes social media platforms like nairaland) which further concretizes the notion that the players have been visiting these platforms. Even if the coaching crew enacts such a rule, I think it will be likely flouted because the coaches won't always be with the players to monitor them and ensure 100% compliance. These are all pointers to the fact that the players and even coaches give attention to the media. And nairaland is a significant part of the Nigerian media.

terzurum5:
Ezenwa, Okpotu, Ali Lead Super Eagles Squad For WAFU Cup



The Super Eagles home-based coach Salisu Yusuf has included Super Eagles goalkeeper Ikechukwu Ezenwa and called up Lobi Stars top marksman Anthony Okpotu in the squad of 18 players from the Nigerian Professional Football League for this month’s West African Football Union (WAFU) Cup of Nations tournament for senior national teams taking place in Ghana.


The competition takes place from 9 September to 24 September.

Ezenwa was impressive in two World Cup qualifying games for the main Super Eagles squad against the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon this week.

Yusuf also included Akwa United’s Gabriel Okechukwu and Katsina United Destiny Ashadi.

Other players listed in the squad are captain of the side Dele Ajiboye, Rabiu Ali and Kingsley Eduwo.


According to a media release from the Nigerian Football Federation, players are to report in Abuja on Wednesday (today) for the trip to Ghana on Thursday.


The Home Eagles will face Sierra Leone in the first round knock-out in Takoradi in Group A before eight teams will emerge for a group phase competition. The competition takes place 9th – 24th September.

In the same Group A that has Nigeria, hosts Ghana will play The Gambia, Mali are up against Mauritania and Guinea Bissau will clash with Guinea.


Ghana and Nigeria have seven African titles between them, with the Super Eagles and the Black Stars featuring in the last two FIFA World Cup finals in South Africa (2010) and Brazil (2014).

All the teams in Group A will play in Takoradi, the twin city of Sekondi that also hosted matches during the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations.


Group B will play in Cape Coast. 2015 African champions Cote d’Ivoire head the pool that also has Senegal, Burkina Faso and Benin Republic, with Liberia, Niger Republic, Togo and Cape Verde.


FULL LIST OF SUPER EAGLES

Goalkeepers: Ikechukwu Ezenwa (FC IfeanyiUbah); Dele Ajiboye (Plateau United).


Defenders: Stephen Eze (FC IfeanyiUbah); Emmanuel Ariwachukwu (Akwa United); Chima Akas (Enyimba FC); Osas Okoro (Rangers International); Adeleye Olamilekan (FC IfeanyiUbah); Daniel James (Plateau United).


Midfielders: Afeez Aremu (Akwa United); Ifeanyi Ifeanyi (Akwa United); Rabiu Ali (Kano Pillars); Samuel Mathias (El-Kanemi Warriors); Destiny Ashadi (Katsina United).


Forwards: Gabriel Okechukwu (Akwa United); Kingsley Eduwo (Lobi Stars); Peter Eneji (Plateau United); Ubong Friday (Akwa United); Anthony Okpotu (Lobi Stars)

https://www.completesportsnigeria.com/ezenwa-okpotu-ali-lead-super-eagles-squad-wafu-cup/

Mickael2:


and ever since we started making a case for Sone Aluko has he been invited?

Daninya11:
Is it true that Alampasu has been made the Ist choice GK in his club?

Daninya11:
Is it true that Alampasu has been made the Ist choice GK in his club?

safarigirl:
Voigt is not in charge? ....they sha want to finish us.

No Gbinije. No Oguchi the Master of 3-points, the Aminu brothers are gone...please tell me Stanley Okoye is there at least

Who employed a Nigerian coach to begin with? We just might crash out in the group stage

tbaba1234:
On Ola Aina...www.nairaland.com/attachments/5925715_screenshot20170906at12_35_16pm_png79324154741f056305544c2de1134c0a

Mujtahida:
Between Nigeria going for the world cup and not going which do we want? Surely we want to be at the mundial. So let's believe in the direction of our heart desires. Granted we would have loved to stroll into Russia but now we have to rise to the occasion. No let up, no slacking. Zambia might just take the whipping here in Uyo.

Baba Icon4s what say you-nerves are in jitters here but as an elder whose been through the rough and smooth with the Eagles what say you, what are your well honed instincts telling?
Wetin elder sit down see, small pikin even if he climb kilimanjaro no go see am.

Icon4s:


You make me laugh my brother. Thanks all the same.

In all my years of following World Cup qualifiers, since the 1982 world Cup qualifiers, Nigeria has never had it this smooth.

We have in the past gone into the last game of World cup qualifiers with a "must win" situation, with our hearts in our mouths and hoping someone will do us a favor elsewhere, though with the exception of 2014WC qualifiers where we beat Ethiopia on a 4-1 aggregate.

Unlike many others we are going into this one with our destiny in our hands.

Just like before the Cameroon game, I am not having sleepless nights over this game. My major concern would be if the boys would be as fit as they were against Cameroon and also if they can bring the same kind of killer mentality with which they played the Cameroon game in Uyo.

We will beat Zambia. They will see fire that day.

blueto:
thankGod he has switched to Nigeria. But he should be featured in the next game irrespective of how crucial the game is, probably from the left back. Shebu has been in a better form since Ola started reporting to camp. This is what competition can bring. Ola should be capped even if it for few minutes. The idea of players with dual nationality not being capped after honoring invitations may not sound very good to players like Tammy that the federation is trying influence. Tyronne may not be happy with the fact that he has not been capped whether he pretends to be happy and satisfied with it or not.

Icon4s:


You make me laugh my brother. Thanks all the same.

In all my years of following World Cup qualifiers, since the 1982 world Cup qualifiers, Nigeria has never had it this smooth.

We have in the past gone into the last game of World cup qualifiers with a "must win" situation, with our hearts in our mouths and hoping someone will do us a favor elsewhere, though with the exception of 2014WC qualifiers where we beat Ethiopia on a 4-1 aggregate.

Unlike many others we are going into this one with our destiny in our hands.

Just like before the Cameroon game, I am not having sleepless nights over this game. My major concern would be if the boys would be as fit as they were against Cameroon and also if they can bring the same kind of killer mentality with which they played the Cameroon game in Uyo.

We will beat Zambia. They will see fire that day.

Mujtahida:

Oya ooo, this is the Word, forumites no more naysayers o.

Humility017:

thank you...I think has been slacking in this regard
inviting these players is not just enough
You try get them cap tied...
I don't know if any of the backroom staff lack this common sense...

So annoyin these same players can switch allegiance tomoro...

that change for musa...would have been for ebuehi or ola aina...
by so doing you get them tied.

the dude will even be happy to have featured in his country but win....

Napoleon55:
just one minute wrong sub can cost a match,we r not in a hurry to cap any player,before any will decide to switch,he must have made up his mind that there is no going back,if any player changes his mind because he was not capped on time is to his own disadvantage,cos he may never b accepted back by his former country.

KevinDein:
Is this a first?

South Africa-Sengal World Cup qualifier match to be replayed.
Fifa has ordered that a World Cup qualifier between South Africa and Senegal be replayed after the referee awarded a penalty for a non-existent handball and was banned for life for match manipulation.

Fifa says the game, which South Africa won 2-1 in November last year, will be replayed this November. It says it made the decision to order a replay after the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld the life ban for the referee in question, Joseph Lamptey of Ghana.
Read more:

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/sep/06/south-africa-senegal-world-cup-qualifier-replayed

KevinDein:
Is this a first?

South Africa-Sengal World Cup qualifier match to be replayed.
Fifa has ordered that a World Cup qualifier between South Africa and Senegal be replayed after the referee awarded a penalty for a non-existent handball and was banned for life for match manipulation.

Fifa says the game, which South Africa won 2-1 in November last year, will be replayed this November. It says it made the decision to order a replay after the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld the life ban for the referee in question, Joseph Lamptey of Ghana.
Read more:

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/sep/06/south-africa-senegal-world-cup-qualifier-replayed