forgiveness:


Na my fault? Zaha did the same thing but he ended playing for Cote di vior.

This is just a friendly and that's all. I will fight tooth and nail until the end because the boy is talented abeg. He is another Dele Ali.

Kog45:
Am not disputing all these,as a 19 years old then good development for him and I respect him for that great achievement.

My point is Kanu wasn't a starter at Ajax.

jotey:


Nigeria won't accept him back

Learn from history

Icon79:
Actually, I have never called for Nwakali's invite. However, if the coach wants to try him out then he deserves a chance. You guys are making it sounds like Kayode has never received an invite. Rohr had invited the boy, watched him in training .... watched him play and apparently decided to go in a different direction.


O pari

forgiveness:


Really! How did granfafa Shola Ameobi take come back?

forgiveness:


Really! How did granfafa Shola Ameobi take come back?

Icon79:
Forgiveness, here's the fact: Rohr has observed both players at close quarters (in training) and, at the end of the day, he decided to give Onyekuru another chance to stake his claim. So just hang on, all things being equal, Kayode would still get once more chance to impress before the World Cup. Mark my word!


O pari

forgiveness:


You can't cover the sun with your two pams

Rohr was forced to invite Kayode to the national team by the public and that was why he gave him only 10 minutes in those two matches. Nevertheless, he provided Ihesnacho an assist.

goldfish80:

Funny enough, this was the exact same thing I said about Ekong. He was a joke player when he first got invites to the Super Eagles.
He was very bad at ball distribution (still suck at that), swings wildly at crosses like a drunk and generally very incompetent for this level. It's a small miracle he is as good as he is now.

Football managers are not wizards. They are humans like everybody else. This is why fair chances should be given to everyone. You never can tell where the next gem could come from.

Mujtahida:

This one that so many people criticize Ekong so while saying he has improved, I hope he doesn't let us down some time soon as we go forward. They should try Awaziem with Balogun oo

jotey:


You are calling him grandpapa but you want Martins

ChrisKels:


Since una dey fear to call names, make I cause trouble bkus my Papa tell me say if I wan chase out owl from my courtyard, say make I tell d owl the particular tree wey in dey petch Dat moment.

Eheeee Da komekn and Da forgiveness ur boys are showing where their hearts lie with their reaction to this issue at hand. Before you go try call dis assertion ur usually word "prejudice", plz tell me how many of dem dat thumbed up Aina and Iwobi when they made their Eagles debut.

D next time wey una go ever ridicule our boys just to make those innit boys look better eeehhh. I dun comot red eye for u and forgiveness lol

ChrisKels:


I have always had this feeling that komekn is same person as Doherty

forgiveness:


If he is good enough let him find his way to the top like Kayode, Awoniyi etc

After all, Awoniyi was also denied the opportunity to play with Liverpool due to work permit but we no here noise .

You have three children who needs work permit but you singled out one leaving the rest. What should that be called? Nepotism and ....

Karlovich:
I saw the bashing on Tammy from some Nigerians online and its really pathetic, the young man made his decision to play for his country of birth and Nigerians have to respect it , the irony is that some of those bashing him would have done the same if they were in his position. they say he will end up like fashanu and agbonlahor forgetting that dele alli also rejected Nigeria and is doing well. how many caps has aluko won for Nigeria is eight years since his debut.

safarigirl:
your question is hypothetical. You are not basing it on current events

If it were on current events, I doubt we would still need Alampasu to play for us even if he becomes the first choice goalie of a third division Portuguese team. W have an 18-year old who plays for a Spanish first division team, so why will we drag Alampasu with Togo who obviously need him more?

I repeat, we no dey find goalie and even if we are, no be Alampasu.

Mujtahida:

Iwobi chose us when England's invite stopped. Ola Aina, Ebere Eze and Josh Maja were invited to train with the Super Eagles at their London camp in March before our friendly with Burkina Faso.
Guy it's not easy. He's made his choice. Good luck to him. We will still fly even without him.

jotey:


Nigeria won't accept him back

Learn from history

kingphilip:
but will you agree the pressure kept mounting on him not to turn up for Nigeria up to the last minute?
Consider this

Let's assume you base in lagos and your dream higher institution is university of lagos. You wrote jamb making unilag 1st choice while using another university as 2nd choice.. your 2nd choice institution gave you admission 1st list and your dream uni's 1st,2nd and 3rd list is out and your name isn't on them. You started the registration process in your 2nd choice only for a week later you get admission into unilag.. won't you drop your 2nd choice and embrace the first?

If Iwobi had his 100% interest on downing the England jersey and due to no interest forth coming he decided to jump ship only to discover that they really want him to play for them I think he would have jumped ship

Let's give the young man some kudos

Icon4s:


It is rather unfortunate.

The lad has made his decision.

So we have to move on.

Joebie:
OPINION

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TAMMY ABRAHAM: NIGERIA AS A FALLBACK OPTION?
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Tammy Abraham | SwanseaCity.com


The FIFA Russia 2018 World Cup may just be 8 months away, but one starts to feel the world cup fever at the commencement of the qualifiers stage. It is usually during this stage that names start flying around as to who should represent the respective nations vying for a place in the global football fiesta. With Nigeria, “blessed” with footballers in diaspora, it’s never out of place for one to hear the names of players, some of which have never stepped into the shores of Nigeria, on the lips of many Nigerian fans. In this particular period, one of such names stand out for Nigeria — Tammy Abraham.

The quality of the just turned 20-year-old Chelsea loanee should never be put in question. Let me put this in Nigerian perspective.


Odion Ighalo versus Tammy Abraham Whoscored.com

At the age of 19, Tammy Abraham was already painting England with goals in the Championship 2016/17 season. Then with Bristol City, he scored 23 goals and made 3 assists from 41 appearances. Bringing a familiar Nigerian footballer to draw a logical comparison, Odion Ighalo at age 24, then at Watford FC in the Championship 2014/15 season, scored 20 goals, and made 3 assists from 34 appearances. Ighalo continued from there the following season, as the top scorer for his club in England’s first-tier, a similar path Abraham is currently threading on, with Swansea City.

With the above whoscored.com stats comparison in mind, one can argue that as it stands, Abraham can walk into the Super Eagles team and at least make the bench. With the potentials he has demonstrated so far against top sides like Arsenal in the English Premier League, it is certain that he would be a solid option for Nigeria going into the future — a future that will likely not come to be considering the way the matter of his international switch was handled by the NFF supremo, Chief Amaju Pinnick.

Granted, the chairman of the NFF had never been seen or heard beaming with confidence as regards player allegiance-switch matters. Nevertheless, in this one, the chairman considered his relationship with Tammy Abraham’s father a leverage, and mapped out a strategy to perfect convincing Tammy to opt for Nigeria instead. According to Amaju Pinnick’s statment as found in NFF’s official website, he had a meeting with the boy’s agent and his father, and also a senior member of the Super Eagles called in lend his support. However, the chairman’s public utterances in the tune of an early victory song, branded it a war against England for Tammy Abraham. This placed the English Press and FA on alert.

Subsequently, Tammy Abraham’s name was first on the list published by the English FA for players invited by senior team coach, Gareth Southgate, to prosecute England’s international friendly games with Germany and Brazil this November. With this just announced maiden call up, Nigeria is set to go into another round of guessing — will Tammy Abraham be cap-tied eventually?

--Spotkik.com

goldfish80:

Well Tammy just rejected a chance to be paid handsomely to represent Nigeria. As a player, you must have had potential to be considered for a call up to represent a country of 200 million people.
It's not happenstance. National recognition doesn't come easy.

Nnamdi Odumadi was once highly rated in Italy. Ronaldinho named him as a player closest to his skill set in the AC Milan premeviera team. If he was born abroad, many people would have been up in arms if he didn't get a call up at the time.

Chrismario:
This Tammy matter just weak me.
I no wan put am for head at all.

TheGoodJoe:


He would have loved to play for England does not mean he would have preferred playing for England over Nigeria. England is his home.



"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."

You are even posting why Iwobi picked Nigeria over England and trying to make it the opposite. He chose Nigeria because his heart is with us.

Gerrit?

Mujtahida:

I agree that it's an assumption based on our experiences thus far. You can prove me wrong. You have first hand knowledge. Mention those who currently would chose Nigeria over England.