PDPGuy:
My ridiculously early prediction of Rohr’s 23-man World Cup squad...

GKs - Uzoho, Ezenwa, Alampasu (if Enyeama doesn’t return)

Defenders - Idowu, Echiejile, Ebuehi, Aina, Ekong, Balogun, Omeruo, Awaziem.

Midfielders - Mikel Obi, Shehu Abdullahi, Onazi, John Ogu, Ndidi, Joel Obi/Mikel Agu.

Forwards - Iwobi, Iheanacho, Kayode, V. Moses, Onyekuru, Ighalo.

goldfish80:

My brother, forget being polite for a second. Akpeyi made a big mess of himself, I'm unapologetic calling him an idiott.
I earned a reputation on this thread as an Akpeyi's defender since the South African game. But on the back of this performance, he deserves any insult that came his way.

We are talking about a man who have played football at the highest level for more than a decade,playing across several levels in the national team and the continent. I mean, how can this guy be so star struck on sighting Aguero that he totally forgot the basic law of the game.
It's akin to seeing an experienced doctor forgetting a pair of scissors inside the belly of a patient after surgery.

I wonder why he wasn't red carded in the first place? Akpeyi is a fo^ol.. No apologies there my brother.
I wish Rohr gave him a resounding slap in the dressing room.

Goke7:

uzoho has displaced akpeyi, thus making it more easier for enyema to return to slug it out with the remaining available keepers. There are some matches you don't mess up and today's game was one

Mujtahida:
"We are very happy and excited with this development. This is the first time since I started playing for the senior team that I would see everything regarding preparation and bonuses and allowances put down in black and white and a binding agreement executed. It is reassuring that we now have a Federation leadership so committed to making everything work that they arranged this meeting and allowed the players to contribute and then set out to sign the agreement,” Mikel Obi said.

Kog45:
I w never rate the present Echiejele over Aina.

Yea he has Ebuhei and Abdullahi to contend with but don't be surprised if you find out he is better than the duo cos Ebuhei that a lot don't reckon with even the coaches has split us now,some for Abdullahi some for Ebuhei just cos of today's match.

Am just to happy for this team the competition for positions is building up,i know Shehu w be watching his back and Echiejele w now know that Idowu and Aina are there for him to compete with not like before strolling to camp as only LB

goldfish80:

I apologise for defending that waste pipe. I can't believe how much I let myself down defending nonsense.

Kog45:
I don't think Enyeama is coming back.

Uzoho just need two more friendly to prove his class and confidence, with confidence at towering 6ft with good aerial ball control,what do we need again,they just need to psyche the guy up nothing more.

Enyeama broke into eagles with just 45 mins appearance against home based Kenya team so why not Uzoho who had 45 mins against Argentina

PDPGuy:
My ridiculously early prediction of Rohr’s 23-man World Cup squad...

GKs - Uzoho, Ezenwa, Alampasu (if Enyeama doesn’t return)

Defenders - Idowu, Echiejile, Ebuehi, Aina, Ekong, Balogun, Omeruo, Awaziem.

Midfielders - Mikel Obi, Shehu Abdullahi, Onazi, John Ogu, Ndidi, Joel Obi/Mikel Agu.

Forwards - Iwobi, Iheanacho, Kayode, V. Moses, Onyekuru, Ighalo.

Having a 6ft 5in player, in Uzoho, as our goalkeeper is massive. He will gobble up most of our opponents’ crosses, for sure. And if he plays at the WC, he will become the tallest Nigerian player ever at a World Cup.

BascoVanVeli:
@mikel_john_obi:
“We played a new system today we never played before so we struggled to find our feet in the first half but at the break, the coach spoke to us and we corrected our mistakes which helped us to fight back. Our team is still work in progress.”

PDPGuy:
That’s it. We will have three Scandinavian - Sweden, Denmark, and Iceland - at the World cup. Congrats to Denmark tonight

junnyjake:





2018 World Cup: Ike Shorunmu suggests Nigeria’s first choice goalkeeper SPORT


Published on November 14, 2017


By John Owen Nwachukwu



Former Super Eagles goalkeeper Ike Shorunmu has said that Ikechukwu Ezenwa is good enough to be the Super Eagles number 1 goalkeeper.



Shorunmu, who spoke to Complete Sports, noted that Ezenwa can be Eagles first-choice keeper at the Russia 2018 FIFA World Cup despite calls for the recall of the retired Vincent Enyeama.
In recent games, coach Gernot Rohr has preferred Ezenwa in goal ahead of the likes of Daniel Akpeyi, Dele Alampasu and Dele Ajiboye.



Ezenwa’s came under criticism for his poor display in last Friday’s fixture against Algeria with some already clamouring for the return of the experienced Enyeama ahead of the World Cup.



Shorunmu insisted the former junior international is good enough to maintain his position between the sticks at the mundial.
He said, “Footballers have off days and I don’t think it is fair for anyone to crucify Ezenwa on the basis of his performance in just one game.
“He did well in all the previous games and we need to encourage him and not castigate him.
“I believe he has all the ability to become even better that is if we all give him our support and not crucify him.”


Source: Daily post.

Kog45:
Yea Idowu had a classical game but i still see Aina making the team than Echiejele cos of his versatility but hope to see Aina at RB likely he may be better than Shehu and Ebuehi cos the boy Ebuhei does it with ease than Shehu based on the match i watched today even Rohr was surprised cos he didn't believe much on Ebuhei.

aodis:


How abt shehu and Joel Noah Sareren Bazee Rohr is taking that guy to the W/C!

TheGoodJoe:
Nigeria boss Gernot Rohr praised his team's resolve after the three-time African champions had looked doomed to defeat.

"There were two completely different halves. The opening period was very hard. One could believe the match was already over after Argentina scored their second goal," said Rohr. "But we managed to perform a comeback.

"After we scored we rearranged our play in the break and performed much better in the second half. My players are mentally strong, they showed strong will. I'm very happy with their perforance."

goldfish80:

My brother, forget being polite for a second. Akpeyi made a big mess of himself, I'm unapologetic calling him an idiott.
I earned a reputation on this thread as an Akpeyi's defender since the South African game. But on the back of this performance, he deserves any insult that came his way.

We are talking about a man who have played football at the highest level for more than a decade,playing across several levels in the national team and the continent. I mean, how can this guy be so star struck on sighting Aguero that he totally forgot the basic law of the game.
It's akin to seeing an experienced doctor forgetting a pair of scissors inside the belly of a patient after surgery.

I wonder why he wasn't red carded in the first place? Akpeyi is a fo^ol.. No apologies there my brother.
I wish Rohr gave him a resounding slap in the dressing room.

klexycole:


Thank you sir. I'm not too much into football analysis, I'm just here to support our own Super Eagles. You guys have been great. Nice analysis, brilliant suggestions and excellent inputs.

I'm looking forward to the match against the Argentine National Team. The only issue issue now is the station to view the match. I may resort to BeIN Sports 5 HD.

Kudos to other members of the thread. The land is green.

Cc Robosky02
Mikron
TheSuperNerd

Goke7:

Aina can be tried for another position but not left back pls, he was not convincing against Algeria either so elderson is still ahead of him, let's admit that pls. If he can contend for the right back which I doubt, no problem but for left back abeg just like we don't want akpeyi near the goal post, I don't want aina near the left back too. Sometimes we over hype these players and they fall hand. We had no business goin down 2-nil but for aina 's sloppiness

junnyjake:



Kudos to Amaju, or what else can one say?

I hope he gets re-elected and continues doing good. Or for anyone replacing him to do same or even better.

tbaba1234:


No Shehu??

PDPGuy:
My ridiculously early prediction of Rohr’s 23-man World Cup squad...

GKs - Uzoho, Ezenwa, Alampasu (if Enyeama doesn’t return)

Defenders - Idowu, Echiejile, Ebuehi, Aina, Ekong, Balogun, Omeruo, Awaziem.

Midfielders - Mikel Obi, Shehu Abdullahi, Onazi, John Ogu, Ndidi, Joel Obi/Mikel Agu.

Forwards - Iwobi, Iheanacho, Kayode, V. Moses, Onyekuru, Ighalo.

Having a 6ft 5in player, in Uzoho, as our goalkeeper is massive. He will gobble up most of our opponents’ crosses, for sure. And if he plays at the WC, he will become the tallest Nigerian player ever at a World Cup.

Kog45:
I don't think Enyeama is coming back.

Uzoho just need two more friendly to prove his class and confidence, with confidence at towering 6ft with good aerial ball control,what do we need again,they just need to psyche the guy up nothing more.

Enyeama broke into eagles with just 45 mins appearance against home based Kenya team so why not Uzoho who had 45 mins against Argentina

Icon4s:


To be candid with Brian Idowu's performance today, Aina is left floating. Do we take him to right back or leave him to fight with Echiejile and Idowu at LB?

Brian Idowu has something going for him and it played out today: He is based in Russia. He will definitely be very comfortably with the weather and also many of the pitches. He right now stands a better chance of being in Russia than Aina.

Goke7:

Aina can be tried for another position but not left back pls, he was not convincing against Algeria either so elderson is still ahead of him, let's admit that pls. If he can contend for the right back which I doubt, no problem but for left back abeg just like we don't want akpeyi near the goal post, I don't want aina near the left back too. Sometimes we over hype these players and they fall hand. We had no business goin down 2-nil but for aina 's sloppiness

Goke7:

So who is the third keeper?

Goke7:

Aina can be tried for another position but not left back pls, he was not convincing against Algeria either so elderson is still ahead of him, let's admit that pls. If he can contend for the right back which I doubt, no problem but for left back abeg just like we don't want akpeyi near the goal post, I don't want aina near the left back too. Sometimes we over hype these players and they fall hand. we had no business goin down 2-nil but for aina 's sloppiness

mikron:
klexy how did u see our match?

Fabulous! Great team spirit. Good to see our new players on the field. Francis Uzoho did superbly well, earlier warned against using Akpeyi though.

Mikel was a great and formidable leader on the pitch today, big ups to him. The duos of Ebuehi and Bryan Idowu performed excellently well. Musa didn't disappoint either.

Nacho and Iwobi are great ballers, nacho needs some improvements though. Good work by the SE Technical Crew. We shouldn't relent. I hope we accept the invitation to play England, it would be another great test for us.

Overall, nice game, outstanding team confidence, and great passion for success. I wish our team the very best.

The Land is Green.

PDPGuy:

Shehu is in my team.

Mujtahida:

They are determined .I watched himnon NFF IG page say that they the officials will do everything in their power to cover the organizational part of thing and then the rest would be left for the player s to perform on the pitch

Icon4s:


That midfield is already choked up. If Aina wants to make it to Russia he must prove he is better than one of or both of Shehu and Aina.

What can even make things worse or let me say more competitive for the RB position is if Rohr chooses to adopt the 3-5-2 he played today. It means a player like Victor Moses would have to contest for the RWB position of which he would be favorite and that means we may just need one natural RB to be a back up.

aodis:


How abt shehu and Joel Noah Sareren Bazee Rohr is taking that guy to the W/C!