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

Danielnino00:
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...

Danielnino00:

Osimhen won't be a regular because of Kane obviously... But abeg,which England DM is better than Ndidi??

charlesemeka85:
southgate will prefer rice to ndidi

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

mostob:
He is probably over jubilant. Arsenal fans have always clamour for a physical MF so Partey is just a bit of fresh air. In fact,Sangare and Soumare were under consideration too.

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.

andrewbaba44:


Make we Dey see

They are not against iorfa because he isn’t good but they are against iorfa because komekn sabi praise am

The is just the fact

I am no fan of iorfa and I prefer ajayi ekong and akpoguma to anyone for now

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

Danielnino00:


U keep mentioning Komekn...
Is Iorfa the only player Komekn has praised here?
Didn't u see people clamouring for Adarabioyo too? Didn't Komekn praise him too?

Help us tell Komekn to tell Iorfa to move away from the championship...
Bar Ajayi,none of our current CBs have spend majority or their careers in second division leagues..
Even Omeruo the journeyman played mostly in the Turkish first division...

Danielnino00:


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..

temi1290:



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

Icon4s:


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.

temi1290:



Sure,I'm not even disputing that, Ebuehi can't make the English team PRESENTLY

Subzero047:


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

tbaba1234:


Okoye is the default first choice at the moment since Uzoho and Akpeyi are out. Rohr talked about Yakubu starting one of the games. Alampasu might also get some minutes.

andrewbaba44:


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

Danielnino00:
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...

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...

Danielnino00:

Osimhen won't be a regular because of Kane obviously... But abeg,which England DM is better than Ndidi??

smartsmith0907:


Yes that's true but rohr wants to use this match to boost okoye's confidence
You should rohr always know his squad.okoye will definitely start I also think that ajayi will start ahead of agu

Olulong:


Seems he has deleted it. Seems he's suffering from Amnesia, I wanted to goan remind him if there was any move bigger than Osimhen's own this transfer window

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...

mostob:
my brother, i tire o. That guy is absolutely good.

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

Subzero047:


Lingard even got call ups for years, even Eric Dier and Winks are England regulars but Aribo won't get a game for England

Olulong:


I think there's just an obsession sef with anything foreign, see Algeria and Morocco with way better facilities than us and way better league but thier national team is 90% FB or they probably don't talents like we in the west

charlesemeka85:
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.”

Olulong:


I think there's just an obsession sef with anything foreign, see Algeria and Morocco with way better facilities than us and way better league but thier national team is 90% FB or they probably don't talents like we in the west

Danielnino00:
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...

Subzero047:


Lingard even got call ups for years, even Eric Dier and Winks are England regulars but Aribo won't get a game for England