mostob:
what i am saying is they should be competing with those countries you mentioned.
Forget WC, what of Euro? The fact is England is overrated.

I should forget the biggest competition in the world and talk about a continental tournament, huh?

Kog45:
My man wetin....are you damn serious about this or just trying to get at... cos mentioning Ebuehi sound somehow.

How does it sound somehow? Can you tell me how good this TAA is? If not for injury,Ebuehi will probably be starting for Benfica.

Joebie:
ok. I will resist the urge to explain. Move on

God bless you my good man

Meanwhile the weather looks good for a win today

daveP:
Goal.com article on Iwobi.... Timely.

Is it the one about his critics? If no, link please.

Danielnino00:


The French team is filled with French players of African heritage born in France and are a product of French football system...
The French are just reaping the rewards for their own hardwork ..
The reverse is the case for Nigeria...we are reaping another country's hard work...
Our sports administrators need to do more...
Football,and sports in general is one very important sector that can reduce poverty and crime rates among youths in this country...

What is the difference between Brazil, Argentina, U.S.A etc and Nigeria when it comes to relying on players in Europe?

I agree with the last paragraph though.

Subzero047:
Aaron Wan Bissaka is hinting at switching to Congo Dr, he played for Congo U20s

Pikin wey get sense.

Olulong:

Ndidi will easily bench declan rice without stress

Fact

forgiveness:


What is the difference between Brazil, Argentina, U.S.A etc and Nigeria when it comes to relying on players in Europe?

I agree with the last paragraph though.

We are talking about foreign born players not players based abroad...

Brazil, Argentina, USA,etc have quality football infrastructure to develop their players...they don't need another country to do it for them like in the case of Nigeria..

Our football infrastructure is a mess !
From the grassroot to the professional level...

forgiveness:


I should forget the biggest competition in the world and talk about a continental tournament, huh?

Yea. .I was trying to lower the standard. .WC might be competitive. That is why i am bringing Euro up. Like they say 'charity begins at home' what has England achieve at home?

Please guys can we stop all these England this, England that and focus on the Super Eagles upcoming friendly matches?

Rohr: We cannot adapt our game to suit Onuachu

aclsports.com Oct 8, 2020 3:06 PM
Rohr: We cannot adapt our game to suit Onuachu

Former Midtjylland striker, Onuachu started for the Super Eagles in their opening Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) game against Burundi in June 2019 but has only played a combined 23 minutes for the team ever since.

He was initially left out of the squad for this double-header friendlies but was recalled following the unavailability of top marksman Victor Osimhen. Rohr spoke further on what Onuachu must do to remain with the team.

“We play on the ground, we don’t want to play all the time in the air, but our wingers can give good crosses and he can be interesting with his headers and also with his shooting.

“For the moment, I think he is the striker that can help us to replace Osimhen and also Cyriel Dessers. Perhaps we will see in the last moment, which one will start,” summed Rohr.

Rohr’s men will face African champions Algeria on Friday, at the Worthersee Stadion in Klagenfurt, starting from 8:30pm local time (7:30pm in Nigeria). They will also face another North African side Tunisia in Austria next Tuesday.

Kog45:
Pls forget that Argentina match abi no be the same match Idowu do scammed us though Ebuehi is good.

I know, and I'm not insinuating that Ebuehi can play for England PRESENTLY,I was actually talking in response to andrew calling him a Twente player,a player of his quality should be playing for clubs like Ajax and the likes, but injury just slowed his career.

Well as they say, destiny can only be delayed but can never be denied,lai lai,I see Ebuehi in a big club in three years time.

Subzero047:


Yes Ebuehi is a top player and would be a starter for Netherlands if he didn't switch to Nigeria

Seems like you haven't watched him

A starter? That's preposterous

Subzero047:


You overrate England squad, Harry Winks is a regular there and holds no candle to Ndidi, Ebuehi can comfortably wreste right back position with TAA and Kieran Trippier, Osimhen is at par or better than all Kane's backups, even Ward Prose starts for England and Aribo is much better than him

....ebuehi wrestle TAA for d right back position ,anoda gaffe loading

I really don't know what to call this poster..
Either he is an over jubilant arsenal fan,an ignorant fellow or one of those people who simply don't like the country...

Kog45:
My man na Super eagles performance go determined o,forget all these talks.If Ekong continue giving out good performance no wahala.

As a matter of fact with our CB depth now,any sloppy performance from anyone is bye bye to the team.

SE performance won't be the only criteria to be used sir,the players form at club level also will

adrianodiwesco:
Nice to be here after donkey years. Nice interview by Rohr.
I see these guys starting tomorrow.
Gk Dele Alamplasu
Df Ebuehi, Sanusi, Balogun , Omeruo
Mf. Agu, Onyeka , Iwobi
Att. Chukwueze, Musa , Onuachu

Second half entrants : Okoye, Akpoguma, Ajayi, Ejuke, Simon, Dessers,

Haha this your lineup is amusing.

elyte89:



....ebuehi wrestle TAA for d right back position ,anoda gaffe loading

Who do you think TAA is, he is just another cross merchant

Imagine telling TAA not to cross he will be useless in a game

temi1290:


Well na injury cause all this problem for Ebuehi walai, the Ebuehi I saw against Argentina in that 4-2 friendly win would have become a key player for Benfica, make we just thank God sey e don dey ball again,a player of Ebuehi quality shouldn't be playing for a small club

He is a good player but he won’t make England team

If you ask me to list my 11 for today game I will put him as my right back

elyte89:



....ebuehi wrestle TAA for d right back position ,anoda gaffe loading

He is not far from the truth. Forget sentiment,i have watched TAA many times, he is good no doubt but the team structure is what cover for his weaknesses. His defensive ability is not that good. But will Ebuehi match up to him? I have not watch enough of Tyronne to conclude.

Coach Gernot Rohr has said he will pick the country’s best players no matter where they were born after critics slammed him for a preference for players born overseas.

German coach Rohr has been in charge of three-time African champions Nigeria for the past four years during which time he has capped a growing list of players, who were born abroad.

Such players include Rangers midfielder Joe Aribo, Semi Ajayi of West Bromwich Albion, who were born in England; Tyronne Ebuehi of FC Twente, who was born in Holland, and Sparta Rotterdam goalkeeper Maduka Okoye, who was born in Germany.

Nigeria face Algeria and Tunisia in friendly matches tonight and next week Tuesday with Rohr again set to cap Kevin Akpoguma, who was born in Germany and has represented his adopted country at various age-group levels, as well as Cyriel Dessers, who has opted to play for the Super Eagles even though he was born in Belgium.


Maduka Okoye, born in Germany, saves in Eagles training
Rohr, who qualified Nigeria to the 2018 World Cup in Russia and has been rewarded with a new contract till June 2022, has maintained the quality of the player and not whether he was born in Nigeria or overseas will remain the first consideration in his team selection.



“We don’t take into account where a player was born before he is invited. We only look at the quality of the player,” maintained the coach.

“It doesn’t matter where they were born, it only matters how well they can play.

“I don’t know the player who is born in Europe and who is born in Nigeria.

“All the players are proud to be with the team. These players say I want to play for my fatherland.”

Rohr further gave the example of Hoffenheim defender Kevin Akpoguma, who is set to make his Nigeria debut against Algeria Friday night after he was cleared by FIFA to change international allegiance this week.

Akpoguma captained Germany to eliminate Nigeria at the 2015 U20 FIFA World Cup in New Zealand, but he has since opted to play for the west Africans after Rohr scouted him for the past two years.

“Akpoguma was born close to Mannheim in Germany, his father is from Benin City,” Rohr said.

“He said he will be proud to play for Nigeria, but he has already played for Germany.

“He told me it will be wonderful if Nigeria played against Germany at the World Cup.

“He is 100% Nigerian, but his heart is also a little bit where he was born.



“You cannot say that because he was born abroad that he is not a Nigerian.

“What is important is that these players want to play for us.”

Samueltemi337:
I wonder why you guys don't rate Awaziem here


He is not that bad

At least Awaziem should be a player that is guaranteed to come off the bench during Porto matches even if he can't tie down a starting shirt,that how we know a player that will become a starter once the player that keeps him on the bench moves to a bigger team, Zaidu did it even with World class Alex Tellex at the club.

Awaziem is a below average player

Danielnino00:


We are talking about foreign born players not players based abroad...

Brazil, Argentina, USA,etc have quality football infrastructure to develop their players...they don't need another country to do it for them like in the case of Nigeria..

Our football infrastructure is a mess !
From the grassroot to the professional level...

Our infrastructure is a mess. No doubt about that but it doesn't change the fact that the best players in the world are found in Europe or should I say must prove themselves in Europe.

barackodam:



Stop intentionally twisting the conversation to suit you.

Ajayi debuted for us in the championship when we were low on options. Our team was filled with carpenters.

Now, not so much. We all cried here when Ekong was going to championship because we don't want second division player in the squad.

In the team, we're not as short on options as we are when Ajayi debuted. There are respected war generals, you don't push them out away immediately you see a better player. You also don't expect Omeruo to be getting call ups from second division while we have Jordan and Felix, not discounting Kevin.

Again, Ekong, Balogun, Omeruo have not played in second division all their lives. They have played in first divisions, in fact, we didn't have any player in second division last season. All our defenders played top flight.

We are not as short on options as we were when Ajayi debuted, why should we call Dom?
Wasn't it here last season we all were excited and praying for West Brom to get promoted to EPL? Because we want our players to be playing in the first division.
Wasn't it here we all believed Omeruo would leave Leganes and go to a first even struggling division club?
Wasn't it here we were complaining about Ekong going to play in the championship?


All of a sudden, you want us to call up a player who has never seen the light of the day inside any top division. If he's so good, and considering his English passport, he should get himself a move.

Y'all should drop dragging us backwards. We can not be praying for our players to get promoted to first division, and then because it suits you guys, you're asking us to call up one guy comfortable playing in the second division.

You are still not making sense and I know the reason of all this epistle

Where did I said we should call up iorfa ? I said if he does well in the championship why can’t he be called like others that have done well there ? You just want to attack me or you no just get sense ,read well next time

I said if iorfa can do well in the championship why can’t he be called but here you are saying I am dragging us backward ,I doubt you even know me on this thread for you to think I will rant over a player ,I am one of the few who is always okay with rohr list

Get sense before you try to attack Andrew next time

andrewbaba44:


He is a good player but he won’t make England team

If you ask me to list my 11 for today game I will put him as my right back

the 2 current super eagles players who are good enough for the English snr national team are ndidi and osimhen and i doubt they will be regulars

charlesemeka85:
the 2 current super eagles players who are good enough for the English snr national team are ndidi and osimhen and i doubt they will be regulars

Leave those ones make dem Dey make noise

You tell them fact dem no go agree but you tell them nonsense dem go accept

andrewbaba44:


You are still not making sense and I know the reason of all this epistle

Where did I said we should call up iorfa ? I said if he does well in the championship why can’t he be called like others that have done well there ? You just want to attack me or you no just get sense ,read well next time

I said if iorfa can do well in the championship why can’t he be called but here you are saying I am dragging us backward ,I doubt you even know me on this thread for you to think I will rant over a player ,I am one of the few who is always okay with rohr list

Get sense before you try to attack Andrew next time

Iorfa is good for the super eagles but i bliv d nff re still mad at him n the dad for turning us down few yrs ago

BascoVanVeli:


A starter? That's preposterous

Netherlands are managing with Dumfries, if they have a chance to snatch Ebuehi they will do it without hesitation

temi1290:



The bolded is the point,as at the time he was invited,we had less option in defence,but now, options are springing up,Udokhai,Torunarigha,Adarabioyo are all said to have considered a switch of allegiance,some have even started the process already (Torunarigha) and all this players play first division football so what then do we need a division two players for again?

Where did I said we need División 2 players ?

Where did I said he should he called up immediately ,I said If he does well he can get a look

Those ones should be available first Oga , omeruo Balogun and awaziem ,the scape goat might come from these ones once those ones agree to play for naija

forgiveness:


Our infrastructure is a mess. No doubt about that but it doesn't change the fact that the best players in the world are found in Europe or should I say must prove themselves in Europe.

It seems like you don't understand me..

Players based in Europe aren't the same with those born in Europe..

Osimhen, Iheanacho, Chukwueze are based in Europe but they are a product of our football system...
Ekong,Aribo, Aina,etc were born abroad,are based abroad and are a product of a foreign football system..

Of course ,there's nothing wrong in having foreign born players in our national team as long as they have the quality to improve the team.. but if it gets to a stage where our national team is overfilled with foreign born players because the home grown players aren't good enough, then it would be had for us...
We need to put more effort into developing our sports sector..

Lots of talents are wasting away here..

forgiveness:



Is there any problem with that if they are better than what we have at home?

What do you have to say about the French team full of foreigners?

Oga, this is a different case. 95% of the French national team players are groomed in France.
We should also groom players in Nigeria.

Football development is what we are talking about. I don't have any problems with foreign groom players, but we should also groom players locally for foreign export and for the national team.

charlesemeka85:
Iorfa is good for the super eagles but i bliv d nff re still mad at him n the dad for turning us down few yrs ago

A player that has spent all his professional career in the championship and league one isn't good enough for the super eagles,sorry...