They play 4 at the back. When they are 4 at the back, then the outside guys are called fullbacks not wing backs

Questence:



He played as wing back not right back. There is a difference.

He is listed as a right midfielder by his club.

elyte89:
Peeps,what's up with dis AGBO guy,is he DT gud?


He keeps getting call up almost a year now and he hasn't been tested,we need to look into DT guys case if truly he merits all his call ups cos dere are many players waiting for DT same slot,d likes Joel obi,Anderson esiti etc

Oh Uche Agbo me gan self i no understand o.

Omeruo, Oyekwuru, Nwakaeme, Kayode,Idowu,Ebuhei don see minutes play but Agbo just dey come and go

komekn:


I will admit to something in the past i was very African biased. In my football assessment where flamboyance, skill, flair and just general almost show boating where my first likes.

After quite a few players I was involved with were not getting ahead.

I discovered that the purpose of skill was for effective outcome delivery and end product.

I remember Tega Onomah at Tottenham he was filled with skill drag backs and silky wow moments. He has dropped that in favour of effective outcome delivery. His reading of the game is exceptional and an incredible eye for disguised and defence splitting passes just astounding. That's the new effective midfielder

Just like the traditional striker now has to join in play and fuses into a number of roles to be effective.

The truth is football is changing. It used to be entertainment and so skills, dribbling, showboating etc were the order of the day. But today's it business and business has no time for dazzle.

I must however note that the SE is now direct and business like in their play. Passes are more incisive. My best kind of football is that played by the champions league winning team of Bayern in 2013.

Humility017:

I watched his highlights...bro that guy has skills....
he can be moulded to be a very good AM.

l think we can still call him up, for games after the world cup.

Kog45:
Oh Uche Agbo me gan self i no understand o.

Omeruo, Oyekwuru, Nwakaeme, Kayode,Idowu,Ebuhei don see minutes play but Agbo just dey come and go

If d guy is just wasting space/slot


Den rohr should stop calling him,shikena

Kog45:
No they can't be Mikel deputy but is Nwakili better than Azubuike and Lawal

I'm sure Nwakali won't be invited for the next get together

FIFA RELEASES NAMES OF 36 OFFICIALS FOR RUSSIA 2018 WORLD CUP*


FIFA World Cup Russia 2018 - Selected Officials.
All the following referees (36) have been selected, but their roles are still unknown.


*AFC*
Fahad AL MIRDASI (KSA)
Alireza FAGHANI (IRN)
Ravshan IRMATOV (UZB)
Mohammed Abdulla MOHAMED (UAE)
Ryuji SATO (JPN)
Nawaf Abdulla SHUKRALLA (BHR)


*CAF*
Mehdi ABID CHAREF (ALG)
Malang DIEDHIOU (SEN)
Bakary Papa GASSAMA (GAM)
Ghead GRISHA (EGY)
Janny SIKAZWE (ZAM)
Weyesa Bamlak TESSEMA (ETH)


*CONCACAF*
Joel AGUILAR (SLV)
Mark W. GEIGER (USA)
Jair MARRUFO (USA)
Ricardo MONTERO (CRC)
John PITTI (PAN)
Cesar Arturo RAMOS PALAZUELOS (MEX)


*CONMEBOL*
Julio BASCUÑAN (CHI)
Enrique CACERES (PAR)
Andres CUNHA (URU)
Nestor PITANA (ARG)
Sandro RICCI (BRA)
Wilmar ROLDAN (COL)


*OFC*
Matthew CONGER (NZL)
Norbert HAUATA (TAH)


*UEFA*
Felix BRYCH (GER)
Cüneyt CAKIR (TUR)
Sergey KARASEV (RUS)
Bjorn KUIPERS (NED)
Szymon MARCINIAK (POL)
Antonio Miguel MATEU LAHOZ (ESP)
Milorad MAZIC (SRB)
Gianluca ROCCHI (ITA)
Damir SKOMINA (SVN)
Clement TURPIN (FRA)

No Nigerian ref picked. Tahiti even got a ref appointed from small Oceania.

Daejoyoung:

l think we can still call him up, for games after the world cup.

yeah...you're right.
I really don't wanna any further addition to the team...say for 1-5 New players the rest are okay to make the world cup team..
2 goal keepers...
1 defender
1 midfielder
and 1 striker....

somehow:
FIFA RELEASES NAMES OF 36 OFFICIALS FOR RUSSIA 2018 WORLD CUP*


FIFA World Cup Russia 2018 - Selected Officials.
All the following referees (36) have been selected, but their roles are still unknown.


*AFC*
Fahad AL MIRDASI (KSA)
Alireza FAGHANI (IRN)
Ravshan IRMATOV (UZB)
Mohammed Abdulla MOHAMED (UAE)
Ryuji SATO (JPN)
Nawaf Abdulla SHUKRALLA (BHR)


*CAF*
Mehdi ABID CHAREF (ALG)
Malang DIEDHIOU (SEN)
Bakary Papa GASSAMA (GAM)
Ghead GRISHA (EGY)
Janny SIKAZWE (ZAM)
Weyesa Bamlak TESSEMA (ETH)


*CONCACAF*
Joel AGUILAR (SLV)
Mark W. GEIGER (USA)
Jair MARRUFO (USA)
Ricardo MONTERO (CRC)
John PITTI (PAN)
Cesar Arturo RAMOS PALAZUELOS (MEX)


*CONMEBOL*
Julio BASCUÑAN (CHI)
Enrique CACERES (PAR)
Andres CUNHA (URU)
Nestor PITANA (ARG)
Sandro RICCI (BRA)
Wilmar ROLDAN (COL)


*OFC*
Matthew CONGER (NZL)
Norbert HAUATA (TAH)


*UEFA*
Felix BRYCH (GER)
Cüneyt CAKIR (TUR)
Sergey KARASEV (RUS)
Bjorn KUIPERS (NED)
Szymon MARCINIAK (POL)
Antonio Miguel MATEU LAHOZ (ESP)
Milorad MAZIC (SRB)
Gianluca ROCCHI (ITA)
Damir SKOMINA (SVN)
Clement TURPIN (FRA)

No Nigerian ref picked. Tahiti even got a ref appointed from small Oceania.

no English ref, does that mean they are shit

Surprised Clattenburg didnt make it to represent Saudi Arabia.

somehow:
FIFA RELEASES NAMES OF 36 OFFICIALS FOR RUSSIA 2018 WORLD CUP*


FIFA World Cup Russia 2018 - Selected Officials.
All the following referees (36) have been selected, but their roles are still unknown.


*AFC*
Fahad AL MIRDASI (KSA)
Alireza FAGHANI (IRN)
Ravshan IRMATOV (UZB)
Mohammed Abdulla MOHAMED (UAE)
Ryuji SATO (JPN)
Nawaf Abdulla SHUKRALLA (BHR)


*CAF*
Mehdi ABID CHAREF (ALG)
Malang DIEDHIOU (SEN)
Bakary Papa GASSAMA (GAM)
Ghead GRISHA (EGY)
Janny SIKAZWE (ZAM)
Weyesa Bamlak TESSEMA (ETH)


*CONCACAF*
Joel AGUILAR (SLV)
Mark W. GEIGER (USA)
Jair MARRUFO (USA)
Ricardo MONTERO (CRC)
John PITTI (PAN)
Cesar Arturo RAMOS PALAZUELOS (MEX)


*CONMEBOL*
Julio BASCUÑAN (CHI)
Enrique CACERES (PAR)
Andres CUNHA (URU)
Nestor PITANA (ARG)
Sandro RICCI (BRA)
Wilmar ROLDAN (COL)


*OFC*
Matthew CONGER (NZL)
Norbert HAUATA (TAH)


*UEFA*
Felix BRYCH (GER)
Cüneyt CAKIR (TUR)
Sergey KARASEV (RUS)
Bjorn KUIPERS (NED)
Szymon MARCINIAK (POL)
Antonio Miguel MATEU LAHOZ (ESP)
Milorad MAZIC (SRB)
Gianluca ROCCHI (ITA)
Damir SKOMINA (SVN)
Clement TURPIN (FRA)

No Nigerian ref picked. Tahiti even got a ref appointed from small Oceania.

Joebie:
Ehizibue VS Ebuehi

No space for Ehizibue, till after the WC.

Questence:


Check his stats. He has had only 1 goal for Porto B this season. And zero assist.

The coach has even tried him as both right and left midfielder. No result. Now he has become a bench material.

Yahaya is a right back now... he plays in defence. Not wing back, Right back...

tbaba1234:



Yahaya is a right back now... he plays in defence. Not wing back, Right back...

cc Questence

True o and USA produced a whole two. Something is wrong here.

jihday:
no English ref, does that mean they are shit

I don't get this.. is he from Saudi?

Dedebanky85:
Surprised Clattenburg didnt make it to represent Saudi Arabia.

None have shown they are good enough for that level of officiating

somehow:
FIFA RELEASES NAMES OF 36 OFFICIALS FOR RUSSIA 2018 WORLD CUP*


FIFA World Cup Russia 2018 - Selected Officials.
All the following referees (36) have been selected, but their roles are still unknown.


*AFC*
Fahad AL MIRDASI (KSA)
Alireza FAGHANI (IRN)
Ravshan IRMATOV (UZB)
Mohammed Abdulla MOHAMED (UAE)
Ryuji SATO (JPN)
Nawaf Abdulla SHUKRALLA (BHR)


*CAF*
Mehdi ABID CHAREF (ALG)
Malang DIEDHIOU (SEN)
Bakary Papa GASSAMA (GAM)
Ghead GRISHA (EGY)
Janny SIKAZWE (ZAM)
Weyesa Bamlak TESSEMA (ETH)


*CONCACAF*
Joel AGUILAR (SLV)
Mark W. GEIGER (USA)
Jair MARRUFO (USA)
Ricardo MONTERO (CRC)
John PITTI (PAN)
Cesar Arturo RAMOS PALAZUELOS (MEX)


*CONMEBOL*
Julio BASCUÑAN (CHI)
Enrique CACERES (PAR)
Andres CUNHA (URU)
Nestor PITANA (ARG)
Sandro RICCI (BRA)
Wilmar ROLDAN (COL)


*OFC*
Matthew CONGER (NZL)
Norbert HAUATA (TAH)


*UEFA*
Felix BRYCH (GER)
Cüneyt CAKIR (TUR)
Sergey KARASEV (RUS)
Bjorn KUIPERS (NED)
Szymon MARCINIAK (POL)
Antonio Miguel MATEU LAHOZ (ESP)
Milorad MAZIC (SRB)
Gianluca ROCCHI (ITA)
Damir SKOMINA (SVN)
Clement TURPIN (FRA)

No Nigerian ref picked. Tahiti even got a ref appointed from small Oceania.

Kog45:
It w be better for him to get a loan in January to any LA liga 2 clubside to save his position in the national team,having a playing time is important for goalkeeper cos he came into the team due his two appearance for Deportivo this season.

Uzoho is playing regularly in division 3 for the B team.

maidaboi:
cc Questence

Dedebanky85:
They play 4 at the back. When they are 4 at the back, then the outside guys are called fullbacks not wing backs

tbaba1234:



Yahaya is a right back now... he plays in defence. Not wing back, Right back...

Dedebanky85:
They play 4 at the back. When they are 4 at the back, then the outside guys are called fullbacks not wing backs

You are all wrong.

Porto B plays 3 at the back.

He plays as a wing back not right back. And he is still listed as a midfielder meaning should their formation return to 4 at the back he will play in the midfield just like victor moses.

Check the picture of their profile I have attached.

Questence:



You are all wrong.

Porto B plays 3 at the back.

He plays as a wing back not right back. And he is still listed as a midfielder meaning should their formation return to 4 at the back he will play in the midfield just like victor moses.

Check the picture of their profile I have attached.

I have watched several Porto games this year and he has played as a right back. I have even posted Porto games here on this page. They play mainly with 4 at the back.

I doubt it, maybe they look at "experience" before picking because we have about 2 young Nigeria ref (Qadri Adebimpe and Ferdinand Udoh, both less than 30yrs (very true to their ages) and have been officiating both CCL, CCC, nations cup qualifiers and world cup qualifiers. Look them up, they are FIFA badged refs.

Joebie:
None have shown they are good enough for that level of officiating

Leon Balogun suffered a fracture to his left hand on Friday and has undergone surgery. Luckily, he will be able to carry on playing �

Get well soon, Leon! � https:///1WRzkVbTb9

I guess that is why he was not listed.

Ebuehi 90 minutes
Joel Obi assist.

Ruben is back for Deportivo... Uzoho should just focus on his games in Division 3.

Mujtahida:

Some persons here are not in Europe but just by taking advantage of the Internet and other sources of information they've brought other players to our attention - players like Dessers, Olayinka, Adegbenro, Onuachu, Bonaventure etc. What amazes me is that I cannot recollect you saying anything about this guys. You have not said ohh Dessers, what's the noise about this guy. Let me check him out. No you don't and won't do that simply because he's not in the EPL or championship or league one.
As a lover of the Super Eagles, our eyes scan every continent and region looking for who can fit into the team. The moment we hear of any player doing well we check him out, we try- even if inadequately- through youtube videos to size him up to see if he's quality. But you are stuck with UK FB players. Not bad. But try and check others out and remove that notion from your mind that good players cannot be found in the lower rungs of the lowest leagues. Dele Alli proves that that notion is plausible but not an absolute truth.

I am now perplexed, this is something I have gone to great lengths to advocate about. So I really do not see your point.

Go back to my past posts and enrich yourself in that particular discourse.

You are changing the goal posts again.

When I talk about players in England, I may have seen them in training, talked to thier coaches, thier agents watched thier games live over a period and in addition talk to them.

When I want to know more about Nigerian football there are those I look at and regard highly on this forum. I don't need feel a need to check myself.

Let someone who is in mainland Europe who has watched him in training, spoken to his coaches, seen him live over a period and has indepth experiential knowledge of the Belgium and or Eredivisie leagues talk about him. Not me.

I have a friend who is the head of recruitment at championship club. He was previously the HOD recruitment of three current EPL clubs. He does not do videos, admittedly he is very old school.

Ike Uche and Martins on the scoresheet.

Chrismario:


He just joined Utrecht after good season in second tier. He has not been disappointing

He should be in a better club if he's as good as all the hype he's been enjoying on this thread

tbaba1234:
Ike Uche and Martins on the scoresheet.

Goof for them

But we don't need them

tbaba1234:
Ike Uche and Martins on the scoresheet.

Someone said they are dead wood.

Not me.

Are the current new pretenders better than them. Imagine you put Obagoal in Leicester I wonder if they will not rate him higher than Defoe his senior brother.

MetalJigsaw:
He should be in a better club if he's as good as all the hype he's been enjoying on this thread

Dessers is on the up.. He is still fairly young and his playing at a good level.

Mujtahida:

The truth is football is changing. It used to be entertainment and so skills, dribbling, showboating etc were the order of the day. But today's it business and business has no time for dazzle.

I must however note that the SE is now direct and business like in their play. Passes are more incisive. My best kind of football is that played by the champions league winning team of Bayern in 2013.

Unfortunately this is a observation that most still have not made or accepted.

So people judge a player even on thus thread buy unnecessary show boating.

I remember when Iwobi did a rainbow flick of sorts on the pitch. It was as if he scored a goal.

The Connecticut Lottery has an iconic TV promo, back when I lived there, it says, you can't win if you don't play.

Our boys haven't progressed because, in some cases, they haven't really been given a chance to play. You can't progress if you don't play. Take the case of Kelechi, for instance, how many games has he started and completed at Leicester since the beginning of the season? Now, people would expect him to score 20 goals per season just by playing 10 mins per match, here and there. If our players start one or two games without hitting it out the park then they are exiled onto the bench for the foreseeable future. Now, how do you expect them to perform wonders? Do you know that sitting on the bench does damage to one confidence?

I don't know if you know my story but I speak from experience when I say some of these things.


O pari

komekn:


The question I will use to qualify your proposition.

How far have our youth players progressed over the years We get to very high accolades at youth level that does not transfer to professional development.

Look at the that 2005 team that included Mikel. Consider where the majority of Argentinian players have progressed to over the past 12 years and then see where our players have got too.

That observation is reflective in all our youth teams but less so since 2013. The advent of MRI scanning.