gamaliel9:
I am so happy Ndidi will not play against England....We need him fit for the main event...he has proved himself...he slots into the team easily...nothing to prove again

Kog45:
Andrew sometimes better not to dabble into confrontation analysis cos eterisan and forgiveness are confronting not talking football.

Kelechi Nwakili is a young prospect and still developing? yes do we need to argue it cos against Atletico he did well.Hope to see him developing into a great player.

Ajagun is one of the project of Nigeria football and good at 25 not too old to make eagles in nearest future.He even deserves a look in but Rohr has his plan,so we can't force him.

I think based on special talents i don't see anything wrong in Nwakili invitation cos right now Nathaniel Challobah is training with England national team preparing to face Nigeria.

I will not deceive you Ajagun deserves a call based on his performance so far this season and funny enough we don't have much options in AM but sometimes it happen, so not a big deal.

PDPGuy:
If Moses Simon is declared fit for the group stage, Rohr could decide to name 7 defenders, 7 midfielders and 6 forwards in order to accommodate both Simon M and Simmy Nwankwo

Kog45:
Andrew sometimes better not to dabble into confrontation analysis cos eterisan and forgiveness are confronting not talking football.

Kelechi Nwakili is a young prospect and still developing? yes do we need to argue it cos against Atletico he did well.Hope to see him developing into a great player.

Ajagun is one of the project of Nigeria football and good at 25 not too old to make eagles in nearest future.He even deserves a look in but Rohr has his plan,so we can't force him.

I think based on special talents i don't see anything wrong in Nwakili invitation cos right now Nathaniel Challobah is training with England national team preparing to face Nigeria.

I will not deceive you Ajagun deserves a call based on his performance so far this season and funny enough we don't have much options in AM but sometimes it happen, so not a big deal.

eterisan:
good morning bros. This is my last response to you on this matter. Nwakali is not super eagles player. He u23. Ure innit boys would not have been ready to play for is in the athletico game. Fact.

I am not an agent like you, neither do I have the zeal to start bringing up statistics. Maybe someone will help me. But nwakali is from Nigeria not England so you don't expect it to be as easy for him as your innit boys in England.

We have seen your preferred choices so whenever you criticize nwakali we know how to respond. Have a good day.

eterisan:
Ajagun is 25..wow....... OK OK....I am not against him.. Ajagun over who right now in the super eagles..... See how this discuss has successfully changed from nwakali in the u23 training game against athletico into an ajagun for eagles call up?

komekn:

I think you are the only one dreaming this dream, please wake up Oh.

komekn:

I think you are the only one dreaming this dream, please wake up Oh.

Mujtahida:

Nobody runs away from this fact. It's a mute point. We are looking at effectiveness and the best position for him not whether he starts or not. Iwobi starting or not starting is not an issue for me particularly now that S. Moses is probably out of contention. The quality of his play is my concern. Till date you've not convinced me that Iwobi is effective on the wings. You just keep saying he is a starter. Starting is not gold. Effectiveness is. His career prospects, our WC prospects hinges not on whether he starts but on his effectiveness. No coach ever buys a player because he is a starter. Effectiveness is the premium quality coaches look for.

Once again proof to us that Iwobi is effective from the wings.

edi287:

I don't mind dropping Simy for Moses Simon if worse comes to worse. We need every player that can provide a bit of guile.

darkelf:


Sometimes, I wonder if some overly-patriotic fans watch the same game every other person does. We shouldn't let blind patriotism fool us. The eagles have been uncordinated, shambolic and clueless in all their friendly games. I don't know if it's because Rohr is trying different tactics but we can't afford to play like this in the WC. If not, we will pay dearly.

Icon4s:


I hope you know Onazi belong in the same Class(age grade) as likes of Omeruo, Shehu, Musa, Kayode and Ekong. So he may still be around for a couple of more years.

komekn:


You have EVADED the substance of this discourse which is not Nwakali but a system that enthrones subjective favouritism over objective measured substantiated quality consistent continous outstanding performance.


You may find it hard to believe, but it's actually easier for a Nigerian national youth team player to get in than an innit boy as you put it.

Your prejudiced sentiment is underpinned with lack of knowledge bigotry, very sad indeed.

Kog45:
This is our major problem we tend to discard player easily based on age even if he is still performing.

At 25 these guys are still young and if they can continue with good performance then they are good for 2022 WC.

eterisan:
chief sorry if it comes across that way. Everything you have said now is exactly what I have been saying, but forgiveness and komekn chose to ignore. I have already said ajagun deserves to be called up and I have apologized for calling him old and washed up

Post Russia we may see Ajagun. I will change my tone if it sounds confrontational. Sorry once again.

tbaba1234:
Team A in Training today:
Uzoho

Shehu
Idowu
Ekong
Balogun

Onazi
Joel Obi
Mikel

V.Moses
Iwobi
Ighalo

This looks like the most likely starting line-up

Kog45:
This is our major problem we tend to discard player easily based on age even if he is still performing.

At 25 these guys are still young and if they can continue with good performance then they are good for 2022 WC.

Mujtahida:

Nobody runs away from this fact. It's a mute point. We are looking at effectiveness and the best position for him not whether he starts or not. Iwobi starting or not starting is not an issue for me particularly now that S. Moses is probably out of contention. The quality of his play is my concern. Till date you've not convinced me that Iwobi is effective on the wings. You just keep saying he is a starter. Starting is not gold. Effectiveness is. His career prospects, our WC prospects hinges not on whether he starts but on his effectiveness. No coach ever buys a player because he is a starter. Effectiveness is the premium quality coaches look for.

Once again proof to us that Iwobi is effective from the wings.

somehow:
Loving Agu is not enough to take him ahead of more established players except he wants issues with the NFF. Etebo na pinnick boy.

If he so much love Agu, how come he used him sparingly during qualifiers?

asha80:
errm.. don't want to bring this issue up again but if what they are saying they are isnt what they really are then one cannot cheat oneself

Kog45:
Age discrepancies abi,naturally it will tell you can't cheat a nature.

Martz101:


why drop Moses simon and then pack 8 midfielders because to me iwobi is among the midfielders

tbaba1234:
I think Ogu might be dropped. It looks like Joel Obi is the preferred choice in the absence of Ndidi. That means that the last midfield slot goes to Agu or Ogu.

Martz101:


from the look of things Agu might be dropped for Joel and Rohr actually see some good in Joel obi and that's risky for Etebo or Ogu if simon is fit

#permutation

tbaba1234:


If Ogu plays little or no part in the England friendly and Agu plays a part, then i think Ogu will be dropped. Agu played pretty well against DRC when he came on and he appears to be doing well in training according to reports. It is not as clear cut.

Martz101:

I don't think he will be dropped, Etebo or Agu

Icon4s:


We are not likely to start Ighalo and Simy together. They are both natural CF.

Under a 4-4-2 formation in addition to the CF you play a supporting striker that can easily fall deep into the midfield to get balls and also easily joins the attack when on the offensive. That description fits Iheanacho.

We may only play Ighalo and Simi together if we are chasing a game and the coach decides to throw in all his dice. In this case a midfielder or defender may likely be sacrificed for the extra CF to be thrown in.

komekn:


Very wrong THIERRY HENRY did not flop at Juventus that's misinformation.

Martz101:

2 CF can play in a 4-4-2

tbaba1234:


Mikel agu was left out/opted out of the Poland game because he had to renew his passport. It was travel problems that made him miss the friendly.