Dedebanky85:
Me I'm not understanding again oooo. The team lists I have been seeing tho. Afraid is catching me. Even Brazil, Germany and Belgium that had already qualified put out strong and true 1st elevens barring 2 to 3 changes. Even Brazil could have told their stars to rest in Europe but they still invited them. Thank God Rohr is not a Nairalander coach. I still say it that i expect not more than 4 maximum changes to the squad that started against Zambia.

I was just wondering and I need to check if Zambia beat us or we didn't qualify for people to start a overhaul of the team in name of making all players play..

I check Belgium list yesterday all their players played.. All even they have qualified... We don't need to start experimenting Now...


Baba Rohr should invite those that can help us in our weak position and Get grade A friendly for us...

Icon4s:


And We need to exploit that advantage.

Our appeal is now ever so strong especially given the fact that Iwobi who could have played for England got so much glory and has written his name in gold and that we gave Aina his debut will really tug at the heart of many foreign born players not to talk of the fact that Troost and Balogun have become stalwarts of our defence. Now is the time.

tbaba1234:


Ighalo can do like NEPA sometimes... I think we should look into Dessers as well. He is easier to get than Tammy.

I tell you.

After that first leg against Cameroon I said I would not be surprised if he resumes on his goals drought.

A striker with 1 goal in 3 straight matches is not good enough for a team With such quality.

Icon4s:
Now that we have qualified for the WC can we re-table another bid for Tammy Abraham?

If Ighalo will lead our attack in that world cup we will labour to get goals o. Those chances he missed were so appalling. If that Iwobi's chance at goal had fallen to the feet of Ighalo, that game would have ended 0:0.

It is not looking good for Iheanacho at Leicester. We need a striker that will be prolific this season for club and will transfer that form to the WC.

I would want to see Nwakaeme start against Algeria and Kayode should be recalled.

There is 70percent chance Tammy will switch... The dude was under pressure for the release and are we so sure He made those statements?

We still have till January... We need someone that can bury half chances and we should work more on our set pieces these will give us alot of edge...


Preparation should start Asap... Just hope NFF will use the money coming in well..

I read that Senate president with national sport council are partnering with NFF to prepare a World class preparation for Nigeria...


Just that Nigeria officials... It is well... Brazil 2014 and SA 2010 comes to mind... The money will be diverted to other places...

Humility017:

can you help us talk to Tammy....?
let's know if he still have Nigeria in mind and he is willing to play for us.

talk to Tammy for what? Why una just wan dey shameless like this?

Talk to Tammy so that he will use half mind to play for us at the World Cup? Talk to Tammy so that in case we meet England in Round of 16 or something, he will Yakubu us to help England?

You people better forget about this Tammy of a boy and focus on other players that actually save your blushes rather than trample upon your ego

Borrow shame, Spain, Germany, Belgium did not become football powerhouses by begging players that embarrassed them in public. If we clamour for Tammy, then by all means, Jordon Ibe also deserves a spot in our team because Jordon hasn't done anything that Tammy did not do.

The nonsense Tammy even went on to play for England's U21, if that is not a huge slap, I don't know what is. Forget about Tammy abeg, if we are that desperate, we will call up Martins

even if that goal was allowed,the Zambias still would not have defeated us.
and moreover we still have a game left,even if they had won,we'd still qualify.
good for them they now have a perfect excuse to complain,but who cares if it was offside or not,we've already defeated them at home.

tbaba1234:


Ighalo can do like NEPA sometimes... I think we should look into Dessers as well. He is easier to get than Tammy.

Can dessers give us half of what ighalo giving us right now... Am not underrating him to..

Cos I have seen his highlights and I will say he's just there to me...

Icon4s:
Now that we have qualified for the WC can we re-table another bid for Tammy Abraham?

If Ighalo will lead our attack in that world cup we will labour to get goals o. Those chances he missed were so appalling. If that Iwobi's chance at goal had fallen to the feet of Ighalo, that game would have ended 0:0.

It is not looking good for Iheanacho at Leicester. We need a striker that will be prolific this season for club and will transfer that form to the WC.

I would want to see Nwakaeme start against Algeria and Kayode should be recalled.

no. We cannot retable for Tammy, we can table for Cyriel, but Tammy? God forbid!

I am disappointed in all of you mentioning Tammy's name here. It is Tammy you want to field against Spain and Germany and Brazil? Tammy will just sink you people, it's like none of you understand what loyalty means in football and how important it is

elyte89:




Ramon azeez ko,fatai atere ni

Abdul ajagun,peter olayinka,dressers, and all does players wey our unofficial scout in nairaland likes to mention,NONE Is going to world cup

Only Joel obi(DTS if he's 100percent fit and convince d coaching crew and Tammy Abraham changes his mind,dis re d only two player I c gate crashing d world cup list

Hahahahahah! Which name dey pepe you for body na?

Na you be the coach wey go decide who dey go World cup and who no dey go?

You believe Abdul Ajagun, Peter Olayinka and Dessers doesn’t have a place but Tammy Abraham and co have a place, ba!


The National team is not for any group of individuals but for all who are doing well in their various clubs.

Mujtahida:

Where we gon find such a striker? Does Tammy offer all this in one package?

No o,d guy look more of Yekini type of striker but if Nacho can play behind him,it gonna be nice.

Check this out

Enyeama

Abdullahi. Ekong. Balogun. Aina

Ndidi. Mikel

Iwobi. Iheanacho. V.Moses

Tammy

4-2-3-1

Kog45:
No o,d guy look more of Yekini type of striker but if Nacho can play behind him,it gonna be nice.

Check this out

Enyeama

Abdullahi. Ekong. Balogun. Aina

Ndidi. Mikel

Iwobi. Iheanacho. V.Moses

Tammy

4-2-3-1

Yes, Iheanacho is in a good position.

safarigirl:
no. We cannot retable for Tammy, we can table for Cyriel, but Tammy? God forbid!

I am disappointed in all of you mentioning Tammy's name here. It is Tammy you want to field against Spain and Germany and Brazil? Tammy will just sink you people, it's like none of you understand what loyalty means in football and how important it is

safari u don vex

i wonder why people are still mentioning Tammy Abraham here,he will NEVER EVER play for Nigeria again.
Mr. Pinnick can never ask him to play for Nigeria again,do u think he was happy with him for making him looked like a baby,i REPEAT,NFF can never call him again,even if he changes his mind. we wish him with the 3 lions,he must surely have his one cap,and his eyes will clear n d rest will b history

Mujtahida:
Who remember that run wey Alex run like squirrel overtake that Zambian to initiate a counter before Ighalo fluffed the effort.

Did u recall a pass Ighalo got in the box and instead of shoot with space to him, he decided to cut back and wasted that chance. la liga effect i guess.

Mickael2:
For me he remains our third choice CB. And his inclusion in the world cup squad will be vital. Let's assume that Aina starts playing the LB position, we only have Shehu and Ebuehi who is not that high up Rohr's ladder, Omeruo can do more than a decent job at RB as well, he is a good ball player not just a tackler

Until we play a grade A friendly I don't take Shehu, Echiejile, Ekong, Balogun Aweriem, Agbo and Ugbo seriously

daveP:
Did u recall a pass Ighalo got in the box and instead of shoot with space to him, he decided to cut back and wasted that chance. la liga effect i guess.

That's the move that Iwobi initiated na. Iwobi to Moses to Ighalo.

Mujtahida:

Pirlo, football's last artist in an era of athletes

http://www.goal.com/en-ng/news/farewell-andrea-pirlo-footballs-last-artist-in-an-era-of/w1insngx8t0b14jnicthtaequ
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AIG07, Daejoyoung

of a truth Football is loosing the entertainment part of the game. It lacks the beauty it possesses in defence, midfield and the flanks. It's now all about the activities done in the 18yard box. Me no kuku like all this pressing, intensity thing wey de don turn football into. Dem go just de run from start to finish-shutting out the no 10role...

forgiveness:



Until we play a grade A friendly I don't take Shehu, Echiejile, Ekong, Balogun Aweriem, Agbo and Ugbo seriously

Games against Algeria, Zambia and Cameroon is as good as any grade A friendly.

You do not have to face Germany or Brazil to know how good your team is.

Napoleon55:
i wonder why people are still mentioning Tammy Abraham here,he will NEVER EVER play for Nigeria again.
Mr. Pinnick can never ask him to play for Nigeria again,do u think he was happy with him for making him looked like a baby,i REPEAT,NFF can never call him again,even if he changes his mind. we wish him with the 3 lions,he must surely have his one cap,and his eyes will clear n d rest will b history

I agree with you
pls you guys should respect NIGERIA as a country and stop mentioning TAMMY here

infact Tammy needs us more than we need him

Napoleon55:
i wonder why people are still mentioning Tammy Abraham here,he will NEVER EVER play for Nigeria again.
Mr. Pinnick can never ask him to play for Nigeria again,do u think he was happy with him for making him looked like a baby,i REPEAT,NFF can never call him again,even if he changes his mind. we wish him with the 3 lions,he must surely have his one cap,and his eyes will clear n d rest will b history

Pinnick and Tammy's Dad are good friends. So never say never.

I do not think we need the boy.

soetanoreoluwa:


There is 70percent chance Tammy will switch... The dude was under pressure for the release and are we so sure He made those statements?

We still have till January... We need someone that can bury half chances and we should work more on our set pieces these will give us alot of edge...


Preparation should start Asap... Just hope NFF will use the money coming in well..

I read that Senate president with national sport council are partnering with NFF to prepare a World class preparation for Nigeria...


Just that Nigeria officials... It is well... Brazil 2014 and SA 2010 comes to mind... The money will be diverted to other places...

Where did you read that @national assembly? Give me the link

tbaba1234:


Games against Algeria, Zambia and Cameroon is as good as any grade A friendly.

You do not have to face Germany or Brazil to know how good your team is.

Mention at least one world class or top striker and winger our defenders faced.

I don't want us to go to the world Cup to make the numbers.

tbaba1234:


True, but sometimes a word of guidance from someone he looks up to, might help. If he wants to go to the world cup, he needs to start playing.

The world cup is out for now completely barring a miracle.

He needs to first put in a first team claim and play regularly and score some serious goals with top class performances. Otherwise hi club career in Watford is almost over.

Right now if he is not careful if this small matter gets complicated he would have given Watford a get out clause to cancel his contract.

Mujtahida:

That's the move that Iwobi initiated na. Iwobi to Moses to Ighalo.

He needed to just shoot. The guy gats learn dribbling like Odemwingie, or become a powerful shooter. We dont need any of our opponents' def to start growing confidence. Infact, expect to meet a south american team. The possession tactic, we gats take that up too.

Kog45:
safari u don vex

azzin. Haba! Tammy of all people, how can you say we have pride if we want to keep running after someone who embarrassed us publicly?

Some are even making excuses for him, is it not a shameless behaviour? When Tammy is not Messi. How low can we go?

I am highly disappointed in anyone calling for Tammy. It just goes to show that we can never learn, these foreign players will keep taking us for granted if we continue with this terrible behaviour. Every single World Cup, we do this. We get rejected and still take the players who rejected us to World Cup.

We need to set a precedence, even if we don't go far in the WC because we did not take Tammy. I would rather that than throwing away our pride. Look at how France dropped Benzema, can we do that? That is pride, the national team is bigger than any individual player

forgiveness:


Mention at least one world class or top striker and winger our defenders faced.

I don't want us to go to the world Cup to make the numbers.

so mahrez is no longer top class


issokay

AIG07:
of a truth Football is loosing the entertainment part of the game. It lacks the beauty it possesses in defence, midfield and the flanks. It's now all about the activities done in the 18yard box. Me no kuku like all this pressing, intensity thing wey de don turn football into. Dem go just de run from start to finish-shutting out the no 10role...

The article was very sweet yet it filled my heart with pain and longing. Joga bonito is gone. Even the Brazilians have ditched it.

Again they play too many matches. This marred Korea /Japan 2002 as star players like Zidane and Beckham were struggling with injuries as a result of overload.

Next week this player who played during this rounds of qualifiers have matches to play. The stress nko? It's too much. Maybe cos they earn high sha.

Mickael2:



you shot yourself there. You said Onazi played better as a CMF than Ndidi but somehow you said Ndidi covered for Agu while also playing his CMF position and everyone saw that we played better in the second half, so how did Onazi play better than Ndidi as CMF? Food for thought.

Agu did nothing fantastic except 5 interceptions which is what he was there to do. A dmf should not be doing anything fantastic, just sit in front of the defence and shield and Agu wasn't caught out of position

We dominated while Onazi lasted.

Mujtahida:

Where we gon find such a striker? Does Tammy offer all this in one package?

Tammy offer almost the same clinical finishing of KC maybe even better as he shoots with both feet unlike KC and has an eye for goals, a real poacher but with Shakara, he can dribble. He then offers an aerial threat also he is deceptively fast with his long legs. He is quite resilient and strong but not as strong as Ighalo. However, I suspect world cup referees may not take too kindly to too much physical play. In this regard he may not need that level of strength. As he will draw fouls using intelligent play.

Tammy is in a somewhat struggling team who will not create many chances for him. So his goal tally in Swansea team will not be too.

Who is best open to debate. I still think Ighalo is best all rounder who creates a lot of chances and will bully most defences in the World cup.

Mujtahida:

Yes, Iheanacho is in a good position.

Honestly Rohr has a lot to do and he must be radical in his approach.

I want to see Ndidi and Onazi competing as DMF,one should be on d bench.

Mikel drop a little bit as CMF with player like Etebo or Ogu competing with him not Agu.

Iwobi doing his thing at d right side with Moses Simeon slugging it out with him

V.Moses doing his thing at d left side with d likes of Musa on d sidelines,remember Musa did it well from that angle against Argentina.

Iheanacho playing behinds d top 9 w be an idea coz it w give him more room to express himself

Ighalo as top 9 for now coz not yet feasible player to unsurp him,how i wish Tammy can be available to compete with him.

Balogun, Ekong are good as it's now though things need to be done regards availability of back up CB,Awaziem is available, hope players like Felix Uduokhai, Tournarigba Ojokojo, Irofa w be available for selection, not forgetting Omeruo.

Shehu Abdullahi is a revelation hope he can keep it up,good to have Aina who is comfortable in both full backs and with Echiejele, Ebuhei.Hope we can still find one or two players to slug it out with them for better selection

Goalkeeping dept our greatest headache no thanks to Ikeme health issue but thank God for Ezenwa calmness.I still believe in Enyeama hope he get good club in January to fight for a place in d team and with Akpeyi, Ajiboye, Alampasu,with these five we should get good three to represent Nigeria at WC.

komekn:


Tammy offer almost the same clinical finishing of KC maybe even better as he shoots with both feet unlike KC. He then offers an aerial threat deceptively fast with his long legs. He is quite resilient and strong but not as strong as Ighalo. However, I suspect world cup referees may not take too kindly to too much physical play. In thus regard he may not need that level of strength. As he will draw fouls using intelligent play.

Tammy is in a somewhat struggling team who will not create many chances for him. So his goal tally in Swansea team will not be too.

Who is best open to debate. I still think Ighalo is best all rounder who creates a lot of chances and will bully most defences in the World cup.

Ighalo didn't do badly yesterday. He just needs to be more clinical.

As far as me and Rohr is concerned,we only have just two slots left for the WC squad,
for all these names people keep mentioning,i wonder how players will go to WC.
if u onclude Tammy,how about Onyekuru,Kayode,Osimhen,Nwakaeme, Dyseer(sorry 4 d spelling),Joel Obi,Success, and the other German born,and etcetera.


barring any injury,this is the WC team
1-ENYEAMA/AJIBOYE,
2-EZENWA
3-AKEYI

4-BALOGUN
5-EKONG
6-SHEHU
7-ECHIEJILE
8-AINA
9-AWAZIEM
10-OMERUO

11-MIKEL
12-ONAZI
13-NDIDI
14-IWOBI
15-ETEBO
16-OGU

17-V.MOSES
18-S.MOSES
19-IHEANACHO
20-IGHALO
21-MUSA
22-?
23-?

u can fill the two slots