Earthquake2:
Man U fans have already made a song for Ighalo, Nice

https://twitter.com/ManUnitedZone_/status/1224258306119782401?s=19

Those are Watford fans

andrewbaba44:


I don check their Instagram page tire self

No mind them

I just hate that club. And sometimes I wonder why, even when them wan sign Mikel back then, I prayed and fasted for the deal to fall through. People think say my hatred for the club na based on say I be Liverpool fan but the truth be say even me no know the reason. And now wey I dey try like them small small because them sign Ighalo, them con dey show and play their racist card ...nonsense and man u

jihday:

all these old papa coach don't think well ... we have young players that needed the opportunity Ighalo had .

unicorn79:


Bro semid4lyfe has been a real disappointment. The least said the better. Let's forget about that issue and move on.

Thank you for the mention.

God bless you, sir.

Tough luck, Nwakaeme:Rohr's Nigeria is no country for old men.

The 30-year-old has been one of the standout players in Turkey this season, but is the victim of an aggressive youth drive by the Super Eagles coach
Amid the uncertainty that surrounds the future of Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr, it is perhaps proper to begin to evaluate his legacy.


Beyond arresting a rut that had seen
Nigeria fail to qualify for consecutive editions of the Africa Cup of Nations , the German’s greatest impact is his determined slashing of the national team’s average age.
At the 2018 World Cup, Nigeria’s squad had the youngest squad in the competition, with an average age of 25.9 years; a year later, that average had dropped further to 24.3, the third lowest at the Afcon.
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It is a policy that has seen excitement around the national team reach unprecedented heights. There is nothing quite as intoxicating as potential; the likes of Wilfred Ndidi, Victor Osimhen, Samuel Chukwueze, Ola Aina and Chidozie Awaziem are unquestionably on an upward trajectory, and should be mainstays in the Super Eagles for many years to come.


Where he has been rather less successful is in finding a proper balance with experience.
The retirement of John Obi Mikel means that, leaving aside Ahmed Musa, the current oldest Nigerian outfield international is 27-year-old Ramon Azeez, who only recently made a return from a five-year absence.
Indeed, in the entire span of his four-year tenure, Rohr has only handed a maiden call-up to one player over the age of 27: Anthony Nwakaeme played against
Algeria in a World Cup qualifier in 2017, but has not received another call-up since.
The situation surrounding the Trabzonspor man is an instructive one, and reveals a potential flaw in the German’s coach’s relentless youth recruitment drive.
While it can hardly be said that there is a substantial cache of potential game-changers aged between 27 and 30 who could immediately improve the Super Eagles, a blanket cold-shoulder approach to that demographic arguably presents something of a paradox in Rohr’s avowed meritocracy.


How can his mantra of consistency and high performance exclude a player who has, so far this season, been directly involved in 13 goals in 18 league appearances?
Surely then, these are not the foremost considerations.


There is a growing sense that Rohr’s insistence on youth is not entirely selfless at all, but is rooted in self-preservation and vanity. For one thing, it allows him, as he did at the World Cup and, to a lesser extent, at the Afcon, to cite his side’s inexperience as an excuse for mishandling certain situations.


When Nigeria failed to keep a hardly swashbuckling Argentina at arm’s length, he bemoaned their lack of nous despite having failed to address a tactical weakness that had been present all game. When Algeria flagged physically in Cairo last July but his side failed to turn the screw, he implied the players had been unable to recognise the opportunity to go for broke and had instead been anticipating extra time.


Beyond the youth of his squad acting as a shield against personal criticism, it also burnishes his wider legacy. Considering African nations can only realistically aspire to one senior international trophy – the Afcon – to be seen as the midwife of a new ‘Golden Generation’ for a continental powerhouse is probably the next best thing.


Perhaps this view is much too cynical. Coaches after all have their preferences – some believing the pliability of youth makes them more receptive to instruction and guidance, others more willing to bank on the experience within the squad to manage certain situations both on and off the pitch.


Rohr’s style so far has been a bit hybrid; he has been willing to lean on the leadership of Mikel and Musa, but has been reluctant to add more players of that same level of age or experience into the mix.


Tough luck then for a player like Nwakaeme, now 30, who received very little patience when he was afforded his shot close to three years ago.


Played out of position in a dead rubber in Blida, he had a rather forgettable time leading the line and has seemingly ceased to exist. That despite those aforementioned numbers, but also in spite of his work rate, dribbling ability (3.4 dribbles per 90) and playmaking (5 big chances created, 1.6 key passes per 90).


It seems unlikely that anything will change in that regard, even as meetings with Sierra Leone loom. Rohr has evinced a great deal of patience for the variance in performance from younger players (understandably) and those to whom he has taken a shine, but has been quick to jettison the older ones upon a poor showing; Mikel and John Ogu tellingly played no further part following their displays against Madagascar at the Afcon, but the likes of Ola Aina and Jamilu Collins have enjoyed a lot more leeway despite some high-profile errors.


It hardly seems fair, but it at least follows a consistent, identifiable pattern of behaviour upon which an unfortunate prediction can be made.


However many defenders Nwakaeme blows past now or in the months to come, the national team will remain very much closed to him, and by extension to players in his age bracket. https://www.goal.com/en-ng/news/tough-luck-nwakaeme-rohrs-nigeria-is-no-country-for-old-men/1phx0fsblb8bk1j4a6bbp7pr1d

Ighalo will put on the number 25 shirt at United

Confirm

andrewbaba44:
Ighalo will put on the number 25 shirt at United

Yes it is so.... Now what's left is to unveil him mehn!

There's this news circulating social media that Paul Aigbogun has been made u17 golden eaglets coach.

This better not be true!!!

andrewbaba44:


Story for the gods

Keep on spreading fake news

U said it yourself that Klopp was a big fish after he left Dortmund, yet u find it hard to believe that he rejected man utd and Madrid?


U are just unreasonable most time..

JUST IN: Iheanacho Is The Best Nigerian Player In English Premier League – Man Utd Legend Declares


Manchester United legend, Rio Ferdinard has declared Kelechi Iheanacho as the best Nigerian player in the English Premier League this season.

The Nigerian has been prolific this season despite enduring a difficult start to the Premier League season.

Ferdinard sees the Leicester City forward as a typical goal poacher on the pitch having thrived as a backup striker to Jamie Vardy.

The 23-year-old striker has scored eight goals in 14 appearances so far this term to underline his importance to the Foxes, who are currently third in the EPL.

SOURCE: https://www.sabonews.org/2020/02/04/iheanacho-is-the-best-nigerian-player-in-english-premier-league

Okay, so according to latest reports from AOI football, quoting Mikel Obi, Mikel said Emre didn't actually racially abuse him....

"He did not racially abuse me, Mikel told AOIFootball.com.
"It was just the match tension which caused a little spur of the moment. We just had an argument but everything is fine now,” Mikel added.



Extracted from AOI Football.

Danielnino00:

U said it yourself that Klopp was a big fish after he left Dortmund, yet u find it hard to believe that he rejected man utd and Madrid?


U are just unreasonable most time..

You are the unreasonable one spreading fake news bro

Yes klopp issa big fish but does that meant the offers where plenty? pochetino wey be big fish say e don even see good job as e leave spurs ?

Klopp didnt rejected madrid, he went for liverpool who where more serious

TheSuperNerd:
Okay, so according to latest reports from AOI football, quoting Mikel Obi, Mikel said Emre didn't actually racially abuse him....

"He did not racially abuse me, Mikel told AOIFootball.com.
"It was just the match tension which caused a little spur of the moment. We just had an argument but everything is fine now,” Mikel added.



Extracted from AOI Football.

Even as mikel don talk self i still no trust that emre

The guy too like wahala

andrewbaba44:



You are the unreasonable one spreading fake news bro

Yes klopp issa big fish but does that meant the offers where plenty? pochetino wey be big fish say e don even see good job as e leave spurs ?

Klopp didnt rejected madrid, he went for liverpool who where more serious

K

Yes have heard it to on social media,


Paul is a good coach bar his misaventures with the flying eagles

solonnachi:
There's this news circulating social media that Paul Aigbogun has been made u17 golden eaglets coach.

This better not be true!!!

do4luv14:


Yes have heard it to on social media,


Paul is a good coach bar his misaventures with the flying eagles

Good ??

We are better off without him please...

solonnachi:
There's this news circulating social media that Paul Aigbogun has been made u17 golden eaglets coach.

This better not be true!!!

Not official but if it turns out to be true, I fit just faint. Makes no sense based on what happened with the u20s. In the future he can become a national team coach again but please not immediately after the rubbish of 2019, both on and off the pitch

solonnachi:
There's this news circulating social media that Paul Aigbogun has been made u17 golden eaglets coach.

This better not be true!!!

Well, like i told Jihday a few days back, it is not a drill.

Wait till you hear the under 20 coach too.

Bleacher report have recommended Dortmund to sign Chukwueze..



Thoughts ?

Danielnino00:
Bleacher report have recommended Dortmund to sign Chukwueze..



Thoughts ?

Brilliant idea

Danielnino00:


Good ??

We are better off without him please...

I thought Finidi George applied for that u17 job. I hope NFF are not punishing him because he said he would coach Nigeria for free. Aigbogun has played his role for Nigeria and we need a change.

Danielnino00:
Bleacher report have recommended Dortmund to sign Chukwueze..



Thoughts ?

We hear these stories about Sam Chuks everyday. Which day will it become reality?

tbaba1234:


Well, like i told Jihday a few days back, it is not a drill.

Wait till you hear the under 20 coach too.

Lol who is the under 20 coach? Please kindly let me know, so I can pick whether to just collapse now or when NFF officially announce it

solonnachi:



I thought Finidi George applied for that u17 job. I hope NFF are not punishing him because he said he would coach Nigeria for free. Aigbogun has played his role for Nigeria and we need a change.

The way I am seeing it, it’s like Finidi George would be difficult for them to control and tell what to do so they won’t appoint him

tbaba1234:


Well, like i told Jihday a few days back, it is not a drill.

Wait till you hear the under 20 coach too.

Amaju is using our NTs to play Russian roulette, why not go for more capable hands? The likes of ogunbote and fidelis dey there, why this tested and untrusted hands?

E be like NFF and Aigbogun make cool cash from last u20 set, na why dem wan employ am again.

Don’t mind me oh, I am just thinking out loud

solonnachi:

I thought Finidi George applied for that u17 job. I hope NFF are not punishing him because he said he would coach Nigeria for free. Aigbogun has played his role for Nigeria and we need a change.

Finidi might still be there but not as chief coach.

For soccer gurus I have a question for you.

What is the main difference between Guadiola and Klopp's possession football style?


Check this link for expo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FnQCpKz0k0

An additional question would be who can analyse Rohr's (Nigeria) style of play?

See your mouth like Brilliant idea... So that he can come add to the wicked attacking cast behind Haaland abi.... That one wey dey Dortmund never do nii... Lol

Anyway banters asisde, it would be a nice move football-wise and upward trajectory-wise, provided Sancho leaves for a big team too and then Dortmund show interest in Chuks.
Bleacher Report recommended Chuks based on Dortmund losing Sancho in the summer.

elyte89:



Brilliant idea

Hmmm.... This thought. **Lips sealed for now**

jimmyiovine:
E be like NFF and Aigbogun make cool cash from last u20 set, na why dem wan employ am again.

Don’t mind me oh, I am just thinking out loud