Iwobi had an affinity to both countries. I'm sure he has no iota of regrets now choosing Nigeria.
As regards Tammy he never turned down Nigeria.. so no room for all that "rethink", "u-turn" remarks

solonnachi:
Whether Iwobi wanted playing for Nigeria or not, he is now a full fledged Nigerian football international.

It seems Tammy Abraham is having a rethink. E never see anything. He must chop bench for England

already commented -- "fine idea".

Modified
And I mean Aina and Ebuehi swapping roles.. For me that would determine who can play RB or LB better. Or if one can play both roles better.

Mujtahida:

True that. Modern Football calls for such dynamism now ooo. That's why this cliché that you never change a winning team is one which has to be re-examined cos I feel the team has to be set up in accordance with the type of opponent one has to face, the personnel at one's disposal. Rohr stuck to the cliché and it nearly cost us cos Zambia and Cameroun don't play same kind of football. Yet I am not mindful of the pitfalls of always changing things but again that's what modern Football thrives on.
Icon4s what do you say? Joebie. Humility017

This year's format is pretty stupid. I think the draws are made early December. I hope by then either Spain or Crotia (if they qualify) pushes Poland outta that top 8 spot. If Switzerland makes it they may even push France out of the top 8, but I hope they fall in the next rankings. This is just ridiculous.

tbaba1234:
Top seeds

Russia
Germany
Brazil
Portugal
Argentina
Belgium
Poland
France

Who do you want in our group?

October Ranking would be used for the Euro playoffs once released on October 16. Then the November rankings would be used for the WC draw proper.

jihday:
nope October ranking will be used

Nigeria is like that guy that toasts a girl but the said girl disgraced him in public,,poured him gutter water just to please her current bf

pinnick should respect himself and leave Tammy alone

pinnick travelled to London only to get disgraced

jotey:


big fat big lie @ the bolded

iwobi has always said he wanted to play for Nigeria

Please I am not in the habit of making misguided and uninformed statements to the extent that you'd scream that what I wrote - thus :Iwobi chose to play for nigeria because England stopped calling - is a big fat lie

I wrote that based on an article posted by Joebie from the guardian.uk and here's the quote that specifically informed my assertion and pay attention to the bolded:
“He should be playing for England,”
Wenger said in January , and he did for a while. Iwobi made seven appearances for England’s under-16s, three for the under-17s and one at under-18 level and, by all accounts, was happily embedded in the setup. But then the invitations stopped
“He played for the England youth teams for a while but when it came to the under-19s, they didn’t pick him,” Wenger said last weekend, wearing an expression that made it absolutely clear what he thought about it. And now it is too late.

Am I still lying?

Joebie:
Iwobi had an affinity to both countries. I'm sure he has no iota of regrets now choosing Nigeria.
As regards Tammy he never turned down Nigeria.. so no room for all that "rethink", "u-turn" remarks

Oga Tammy turned us down

saying he is still with England simply means I don't want to play for nigeria period

he should go and meet Jordan ibe

kingphilip:
how about Dr. Okonjo Iweala

Okonjo Iweala case was never different you know why? There are alots of talk for her to come... And also She is the only minister that collected hard currency as salary among all the minister and also she handle Nigeria economy her self...

Alot of promise was made for her to turn to Nigeria...

That's exactly what we are doing for Tammy... Thank you

Mujtahida:

Go watch this interview and listen to what his Dad said at the 5:51 mark.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AetrEVnYSxQ

Thanks, this is a great interview.

It gives you the mindset of the average kid born abroad to Nigerian parents. They hear all these terrible stories about Nigeria. I have some cousins here, who have not been to 9ja since they were babies. Their impression of 9ja is mostly negative.

Sometimes, it takes the parent to convince them that it is not that bad. Iwobi is better for that decision, today.

Whilst some parent are actively discouraging their kids (Ojokojo), Iwobi's dad support was crucial.

Dedebanky85:
This year's format is pretty stupid. I think the draws are made early December. I hope by then either Spain or Crotia (if they qualify) pushes Poland outta that top 8 spot. If Switzerland makes it they may even push France out of the top 8, but I hope they fall in the next rankings. This is just ridiculous.

These are the top seeds, nothing is changing.. I got this from FIFA.

Joebie:
That's an analogy.. you can even use animals or anything for that matter as an analogy.
Oh Iweala choosing UN over Nigeria? Was that what you were getting at?

I think he was saying if someone is asked to choose between working for the Nigerian govt n the un who should one choose and he was betting none will choose the Nigerian govt that was the basis of my bringing the name up

BTW when it comes to the point as in the case of Tammy Abraham I feel it's a difficult decision to take considering his ratings presently in England and feeling he might not get the snub others might get since Alli can be the mainstay in the three lions team he too can make it

Joebie:
Iwobi had an affinity to both countries. I'm sure he has no iota of regrets now choosing Nigeria.
As regards Tammy he never turned down Nigeria.. so no room for all that "rethink", "u-turn" remarks

It seems you know the underground gist of this Tammy story. Please educate us

jotey:


Oga Tammy turned us down

saying he is still with England simply means I don't want to play for nigeria period

he should go and meet Jordan ibe

Thank you my brother

Lucas Alcaraz Sacked As
Coach Of Algeria Ahead Of
Nigeria Clash



The Spanish coach of the senior national team
of Algeria Lucas Alcaraz have parted way with
the team ahead of their World Cup 2018
Qualifiers clash against Nigeria next month.

Superdeporte.es reports that the coach who has
a win record of one in four games since taking
over from George Leekens who resigned in
February has already returned back to Spain.

Algeria are out of the race to qualify for the
World Cup after picking up just one point in five
games, in a group where they were viewed as
favourite to qualify when the draws were made.

It has been a disastrous campaign for them as
Alcaraz only took charge of the team in April
following the resignation of Geroge Leekens in
February before their reverse tie against Nigeria.

They are now searching for their fifth coach in
just over a year since the start of the qualifiers
for the World Cup 2018, where they are rooted
to the bottom of group B.

http://owngoalnigeria.com/2017/10/11/lucas-alcaraz-sacked-as-coach-of-algeria-ahead-of-nigeria-clash/

Ndidi Clears The Air On 'Hamstring Injury' :
I'll Be Back In Training Thursday



Wilfred Ndidi has dismissed suggestions
that he faces one month on the sidelines
and doubtful to be in Leicester City's
squad to face West Brom at the King
Power Stadium next Monday, October 14.

The central midfielder was stretchered out
in the closing minutes of Nigeria's 1-0 win
over Zambia, having felt some discomfort
after taking a shot.

Leicester City medics have assessed the
Super Eagles star following his return from
international duty and given him the green
light to join up with his teammates on
Thursday after skipping today's training
session.

''Ndidi is fine, he will train with his
Leicester City teammates on Thursday,'' a
top source told allnigeriasoccer.com .
''He is just tired and some cramp at the
end of the Super Eagles match against
Zambia. He will be okay.''

In the current season, the Foxes number
25 has been involved in nine matches
across all competitions, logging 791
minutes.

http://www.allnigeriasoccer.com/read_news.php?nid=24975

Since nobody is satisfy with IGHALO, especially thegoodjoe,

there for we should #bringbackVICTORANICHEBE

Fifa Ranking: Super Eagles Still 5th Best In
Africa, In Pot 4 World Cup Draw



Nigeria are set to remain the fifth best
team in Africa when Fifa announces it
latest ranking of national teams next week,
allnigeriasoccer.com understands.

The Super Eagles were on 696 points when
the ranking was released in September but
have accumulated twenty five more points
following their 1-0 win over Zambia on
Saturday.

Nigeria recorded three wins and drew two
matches at the WAFU Cup of Nations but
the tournament was not sanctioned by Fifa
and it has not been used to calculate the
next ranking of national teams.

Eyebrows were raised when Nigeria
dropped in September's ranking despite
beating African champions Cameroon in
Uyo and holding them to a goalless draw in
Yaounde, however, they saw their points
devalued after losing 1-0 to Benin Republic
in an African Nations Championship
qualifier, which is classed as a friendly by
Fifa.

Tunisia have overtaken Egypt as the best
team in Africa, thanks to their impressive
4-1 road win over Guinea last weekend.
Fifa will seed all the World Cup teams
based on their ranking in October 2017,
and Nigeria are expected to be in Pot 4.


Fifa Ranking: Top Five African Teams
1) Tunisia - 834 points
2) Egypt - 818 points
3) Senegal - 815 points
4) Congo DR - 751 points
5) Nigeria - 721 points

http://www.allnigeriasoccer.com/read_news.php?nid=24976

jotey:
Lucas Alcaraz Sacked As
Coach Of Algeria Ahead Of
Nigeria Clash



The Spanish coach of the .


over from George Leekens who resigned in
February has already returned back to Spain.

Algeria are out of the race to qualify for the
World Cup after picking up just

It has . World Cup 2018, where they are rooted
to the bottom of group B.

http://owngoalnigeria.com/2017/10/11/lucas-alcaraz-sacked-as-coach-of-algeria-ahead-of-nigeria-clash/

na wa ooo, when did they appointed the man, to giv him redcard, chaiii

do4luv14:


na wa ooo, when did they appointed the man, to giv him redcard, chaiii

the thing weak me sef

And when he plays for Nigeria, what are you going to do?

let me not waste my time. i've trashed this issue enough.

jotey:


Oga Tammy turned us down

saying he is still with England simply means I don't want to play for nigeria period

he should go and meet Jordan ibe

no be gist you dey find?.. keep reading the headlines.

solonnachi:


It seems you know the underground gist of this Tammy story. Please educate us

Mujtahida:

True that. Modern Football calls for such dynamism now ooo. That's why this cliché that you never change a winning team is one which has to be re-examined cos I feel the team has to be set up in accordance with the type of opponent one has to face, the personnel at one's disposal. Rohr stuck to the cliché and it nearly cost us cos Zambia and Cameroun don't play same kind of football. Yet I am not mindful of the pitfalls of always changing things but again that's what modern Football thrives on.
Icon4s what do you say? Joebie. Humility017

the truth is rohr is more of a man manager than being technically gifted...so I don't expect him coming up with such changes as seen above....

he is a coach I see to have earn the respect of the players over a short space of time...
Aina performance against Algeria will go tell if he will definitely be rohr first choice as far as the LB is concerned.....also for now I see shehu as one that will get to feature in that match....for ebuehi maybe in one of the friendlies he will get to play...
to be honest the young lad ruin his chances...I really believe he would have get to play against Algeria in uyo had it been he snubbed Nigeria at first...
then shehu had not lay hold on the RB slotid you remember...ndidi played that role against Zambia...

I just pray the coach loosen up on his conservative approach to football prior the World cup...because Nigeria really have the squad to shock the World...come next year.


for our CBs back up....rather than keep hopping over our German born players...why don't we go for tomori...of Chelsea in hull city for loan...I doubt that lad will ever reject SE considering Aina factor..

likewise illorfa

The Algerian players are spoilt. They essentially ganged up and sacked their coach and went on to lose other games..

Joebie:
And when he plays for Nigeria, what are you going to do?

let me not waste my time. i've trashed this issue enough.

he is not willing to play for us

Jotey here's the full article
________________________________________________

How Arsenal’s Alex Iwobi became England’s loss and Nigeria’s gain
Daniel Taylor

Alex Iwobi’s decision to opt for Nigeria having been overlooked for England’s age-group squads for almost two years raises awkward questions about the FA’s setup


Contact author @DTguardian
Saturday 26 March 2016 17.10 GMT Last modified on Monday 20 February 2017 11.51 GMT
Wes Morgan was brought up on the tough, inner-city estate in Nottingham that is misleadingly known as The Meadows and features a pub called the Poets Corner that, with all due respect to the regulars, is not exactly the sort of place you would find anyone reciting Keats.

The Jamaica international duly speaks with the accent of a city where nobody bats an eyelid that “duck” is the de facto term of endearment. He spent the first nine years of his career playing for Nottingham Forest, six in the Championship and three in League One, and when he finally made it into the Premier League with Leicester City he was 30, at a stage in his career when no one could possibly have imagined him developing into the monster of a defender we see today.


“You’ll never beat Wes Morgan,” the song used to go, to the tune of the old Des Walker tribute, and this season he has brought it to the highest level in English football. Strikers do not get around Morgan in the way that, say, Sergio Agüero beat Chris Smalling in the Manchester derby last weekend. Morgan is no longer accident-prone in the way of old. He is captaining the team that are primed to win the Premier League and the people who keep these records tell me he has blocked more shots and made more clearances, interceptions and headers than any of the centre-halves – Gary Cahill, Smalling, John Stones and Phil Jagielka – in Roy Hodgson’s England squad. Last weekend, when Leicester consolidated their position at the top of the table with a third successive 1-0 win, Morgan cleared the ball more times than the entire Crystal Palace defence.


If things had been different it is not entirely ludicrous, therefore, to think Morgan could conceivably have become the third Leicester player, alongside Jamie Vardy and Danny Drinkwater, to have been fitted out for an England shirt. Except, of course, it is hypothetical now. Morgan was so far out of the reckoning that in September 2013 he accepted an invitation from Jamaica instead. The player had a way in through his grandparents and, though he is plainly English, he fancied a shot at international football. England was out of the question so he said yes to Jamaica and on Friday he won his 25th cap in a 1-1 draw against Costa Rica.

It goes that way sometimes and no one can blame the Football Association. Some players are just late bloomers and no one could realistically have imagined it would even be a possibility when Morgan was part of the Forest defence that conceded five goals at home to Yeovil in the League One playoffs. His first season in the top division was a difficult one and nobody was clamouring for the FA to intervene when Jamaica started looking at his family tree.

Unfortunately for the FA, it isn’t quite so easy to understand the logic when it comes to Alex Iwobi of Arsenal, another story of dual nationality issues and a chain of events that throws up some awkward questions about how one of the outstanding young talents in English football has now been lost in the system.

Arsenal seem puzzled by the apparent lack of effort to make sure Iwobi knew he was wanted
Iwobi is at the other end of his career to Morgan and his performance for Arsenal in their Champions League tie in Barcelona a couple of weeks ago supplied the hard evidence why Arsène Wenger preferred to have the 19‑year‑old in his team at the expense of more established players. The teenager kept his place and scored his first goal for the club in a man‑of‑the‑match display at Everton last weekend. Yes, these are early days, but Iwobi has already shown a level of football sophistication to make observers envisage a rich career.


“He should be playing for England,” Wenger said in January, and he did for a while. Iwobi made seven appearances for England’s under-16s, three for the under-17s and one at under-18 level and, by all accounts, was happily embedded in the setup. But then the invitations stopped.

“He played for the England youth teams for a while but when it came to the under-19s, they didn’t pick him,” Wenger said last weekend, wearing an expression that made it absolutely clear what he thought about it. And now it is too late. Iwobi moved to London at the age of four but he was born in Lagos and on Friday he came on as a substitute in Nigeria’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Egypt. That, for England, is the end of it. Fifa’s rules dictate that once a player has been involved in a competitive fixture he is not allowed to switch countries.

Nigeria v Egypt
Alex Iwobi makes his Nigeria debut as a substitute for Moses Simon in the Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Egypt on Friday. Photograph: Twitter/@NGSuperEagles

The FA’s explanation is that Aidy Boothroyd, in charge of England’s under-19s, simply preferred other players, as every manager is entitled to, in an age group that is regarded as particularly strong, and that Iwobi preferred Nigeria because he felt more of an emotional attachment to the country of his birth.


You will have to decide for yourself whether that is an entirely satisfactory explanation but it is certainly a different version of events to the one emanating from Arsenal, where they believe it is an oversight on the FA’s part and seem puzzled by the apparent lack of effort to make sure Iwobi knew he was wanted in the way, for example, that happened with Jack Grealish.

Ok, perhaps there is a bit of self-interest here from Wenger when playing for England would mean Iwobi not disappearing mid-season every couple of years for the Africa Cup of Nations. Yet Iwobi said himself in January that he would have “loved” to play for England and it would be intriguing to know why the FA did not try harder to make it happen before Friday’s cutoff point.

Hodgson made a personal intervention to ambush the Republic of Ireland’s plans for Grealish. Iwobi, in stark contrast, appears to have slipped away without anything like the same kind of fight.


It certainly wasn’t a snap judgment on the teenager’s part to look elsewhere given his last appearance for England came at under-18 level in October 2013 and it was almost two years later that he grew tired of waiting, registered with Nigeria and made his first couple of appearances in non-binding friendlies. Iwobi has apparently talked of feeling unwanted by England, though, in fairness to the FA, it did presumably play a part that the player’s uncle is Jay-Jay Okocha, football royalty in Nigeria.

Iwobi England U18s
Alex Iwobi in action for England Under-18s against Hungary in October 2013. Photograph: Matt Lewis - The FA/The FA via Getty Images

The fact remains, however, that Iwobi was in the England system and the relevant people – through carelessness, poor judgment or not being proactive enough, call it what you will – might come to regret what has happened when there is clearly the potential for him to be an international player for many years. He is already keeping Theo Walcott, a regular of Hodgson’s squads, out of the Arsenal side and it is worth noting the number of players in England’s latest under-19, under-20 and under-21 squads who are contracted to Premier League clubs but, unlike Iwobi, nowhere near the first team, or out on loan at places including Cambridge, Carlisle and Coventry.

One is Ainsley Maitland-Niles, another product of Arsenal’s conveyor belt of young talent, who is on loan at Ipswich and was selected by Boothroyd for the under-19s on Friday. Isaac Hayden, on loan from Arsenal to Hull, was in the under-21s before having to pull out. Both are regarded by Wenger as having rich potential but they are still some way behind Iwobi when you consider Thierry Henry’s assessment of the player England have now lost for good. “Alex wasn’t scared against the best team in the world in Camp Nou,” Henry said. “He was brave on the ball, calm in and around the penalty area and justified all the work invested in him by the academy. He works hard, he listens. He is the perfect example of how a kid has to behave to make it to the top.”

Source:https://amp.theguardian.com/football/blog/2016/mar/26/arsenal-alex-iwobi-england-nigeria

It's not that u can't pay in two different continents. The distance must not be more than 5-6 hrs I think. Ghana played in Africa but went to Asia l8r.

chrisooblog:
i hope CAF can help out the African teams who qualify for the world cup by postponing their games in march to enable them prepare adequately for the world cup by playing top grade A friendlies. since FIFA has said a country cannot play back to back matches in 2 different confederations it's unlikely that a team like nigeria would be able to play a good friendly. one might argue that playing a competitive AFCON qualifier would help keep your players in shape but in reality it doesn't benefit a team like nigeria facing african opposition so close to the mundial. after the world cup the AFCON game can easily be rescheduled. unless FIFA relaxes their rule about where you can play your friendlies going into the world cup i think it's something CAF should consider so that african teams can represent well at russia

leave that matter.. i've given him enough links..
"you can take a horse to the river but you can't force it to drink"

Mujtahida:

Please I am not in the habit of making misguided and uninformed statements to the extent that you'd scream that what I wrote - thus :Iwobi chose to play for nigeria because England stopped calling - is a big fat lie

I wrote that based on an article posted by Joebie from the guardian.uk and here's the quote that specifically informed my assertion and pay attention to the bolded:
“He should be playing for England,”
Wenger said in January , and he did for a while. Iwobi made seven appearances for England’s under-16s, three for the under-17s and one at under-18 level and, by all accounts, was happily embedded in the setup. But then the invitations stopped
“He played for the England youth teams for a while but when it came to the under-19s, they didn’t pick him,” Wenger said last weekend, wearing an expression that made it absolutely clear what he thought about it. And now it is too late.

Am I still lying?

Joebie:
no be gist you dey find?.. keep reading the headlines.

if it will demand us use...the world cup slot to entice him...please let us do

moreover it is a ploy to get him play for us...
after the swich have been made and capped...
then he can be told to fight for his place in the team like every other player...

his height is an asset that I so much admire...he reminds me of kanu

Humility017:

the truth is rohr is more of a man manager than being technically gifted...so I don't expect him coming up with such changes as seen above....

he is a coach I see to have earn the respect of the players over a short space of time...
Aina performance against Algeria will go tell if he will definitely be rohr first choice as far as the LB is concerned.....also for now I see shehu as one that will get to feature in that match....for ebuehi maybe in one of the friendlies he will get to play...
to be honest the young lad ruin his chances...I really believe he would have get to play against Algeria in uyo had it been he snubbed Nigeria at first...
then shehu had not lay hold on the RB slotid you remember...ndidi played that role against Zambia...

I just pray the coach loosen up on his conservative approach to football prior the World cup...because Nigeria really have the squad to shock the World...come next year.


for our CBs back up....rather than keep hopping over our German born players...why don't we go for tomori...of Chelsea in hull city for loan...I doubt that lad will ever reject SE considering Aina factor..

likewise illorfa

I agree with you

I think tomori is more than willing to wear the gwg

AIG07:
yes I get you Sir. But V. Moses isn't Messi or Ronaldo.

Truly everyone knows how important he is to the team, but rohr coming out to say that he'll be your joker has gone to far. All what our opponents will be after is shutting him up or better still take him out of the equation. Don't forget Onazi in the last worldcup. The french spotted him as the smallest rudder turning the entire engine. They took him out and we collapsed.

Was Matuidi taking out Onazi intentional as in premeditated like he was acting based on instruction?