Are we really going to get Patrick Owomoyela at right back?

[dcf1]

Everyone really agrees that Nigeria has three main areas of difficulty going into the World Cup (apart from the coach) as follows:

1. Right-back (assuming TT has a lock on left-back if he gets a decent left defensive midfielder to cover his raids forward)
2. Left-footed defensive midfield (assuming Ayila has a lock on right-sided defensive midfield)
3. Centre-back

It looks as if we may be able to patch up all three problems with FIFA's new ruling allowing players who've previously played for European nations to change nationality provided that they have never played in an official Euro or World Cup match.

RIGHT BACK - I gather Patrick Owomoyela of Borussia Dortmund is on the verge of coming over - what an upgrade on Odiah and Adefemi he would be!
LEFT DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDER - Dennis Aogo of Hamburg is still weighing it up.
CENTRE BACK - Nedum Onuoha may be a sub at Man City but so are Robinho, Santa Cruz and Ireland.

Two of these are outstanding young talents (Onuoha and Aogo) while Owomoyela is an even better fit - a mature (30) top division player. He was a regular for Germany between 2004-2006, but is still eligible for us because as World Cup hosts Germany didn't play "official" qualifiers - and he missed the cut for the 2006 World Cup and never added to his 11 caps.

[Zelex]

I would like to see Chibuzor Okonkwo fight for the RB position,he has been invited a few times by Amodu but hasn't played under him yet.

[ohenhen1]

AM
CD
LB

is the problem areas for the SE.

and BTW we don't need or want Owomoyela

[dcf1]

Consider just how strong a first eleven we could then put out:

............................Yakubu..............................
Osaze................................................Ike Uche
...........................Mikel......................................
.........Aogo.............................Ayila....................
Taiwo........Onuoha.........Yobo.............Owomoyela
..........................Enyeama...................................

Every player in that team is a major talent. It's by far the best team in Africa (Ivory Coast struggle in goal, with a second centre-back, with their left back and with their fourth midfielder). The only World Cup 1994 players who would get into this team are Finidi George and Sunday Oliseh, while Amunike would be about on par with Osaze.

And the bench strength is terrific too except in goal - Martins, Obasi, Obinna, Ajilore, Echiejile, Nwaneri, and Apam.

With the influx of the three "Europeans" - Onuoha, Aogo and Owomoyela this team could seriously aspire to going all the way to the World Cup Final. What's more, the players are so much bigger in size than Spain's players that they would have some hope of beating them like the USA did.

[ohenhen1]

Odiah, Yusuf, Olubayo, Apam and even Yobo are our options at Right back, i don't really see the RB position as a problem, the real problem is LB.

[Damunk]

AM
CD
LB

is the problem areas for the SE.

and BTW we don't need or want Owomoyela

We don't need him because:
1.
2.
3.

We don't want him because:
1.
2.
3.

Enquiring minds wish to know the facts.
Tenks in advance.

[ohenhen1]

AM
CD
LB

is the problem areas for the SE.

and BTW we don't need or want Owomoyela

We don't need him because:
1.
2.
3.

We don't want him because:
1.
2.
3.

Enquiring minds wish to know the facts.
Tenks in advance.

Because he is German(playing at the Confed cup, no longer eligible to play for Nigeria ) and he sucks.

[Zelex]

AM
CD
LB

is the problem areas for the SE.

and BTW we don't need or want Owomoyela

AM-I agree,the SE lack an offensive minded player who can unlock teams defenses,only Mikel is capable of this role in the current squad.Hardly any of our MF are a goal scoring thret

CD-I believe we have the player already in the current squad,but we are struggling to find the right partnership .

LB-Taiwo and Echiejile are good enough,with the right discipline Taiwo can prove to be asset during the ANC/WC.

[legend]

I would like to see Chibuzor Okonkwo fight for the RB position,he has been invited a few times by Amodu but hasn't played under him yet.

Junk players manager I hope you are not talking of THIS Chibuzor Okonkwo, the one that plays for .........................Niger Tornadoes .
If soooooooooooooooooooooo, then Sir with all due respect you are either MAD or a shameless junk player scammer.

[ohenhen1]

AM
CD
LB

is the problem areas for the SE.

and BTW we don't need or want Owomoyela

AM-I agree,the SE lack an offensive minded player who can unlock teams defenses,only Mikel is capable of this role in the current squad.Hardly any of our MF are a goal scoring thret

CD-I believe we have the player already in the current squad,but we are struggling to find the right partnership .

LB-Taiwo and Echiejile are good enough,with the right discipline Taiwo can prove to be asset during the ANC/WC.

Taiwo is a good offensive minded fullback, but he is a defensive liability, and Echijelle is young at this level, and you can see the lack of maturity in his game, i am not confident with our current situation. A good winger like Kader Keita will expose Echijelle.

[The real deal]

Everyone really agrees that Nigeria has three main areas of difficulty going into the World Cup (apart from the coach) as follows:

1. Right-back (assuming TT has a lock on left-back if he gets a decent left defensive midfielder to cover his raids forward)
2. Left-footed defensive midfield (assuming Ayila has a lock on right-sided defensive midfield)
3. Centre-back

It looks as if we may be able to patch up all three problems with FIFA's new ruling allowing players who've previously played for European nations to change nationality provided that they have never played in an official Euro or World Cup match.

RIGHT BACK - I gather Patrick Owomoyela of Borussia Dortmund is on the verge of coming over - what an upgrade on Odiah and Adefemi he would be!
LEFT DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDER - Dennis Aogo of Hamburg is still weighing it up.
CENTRE BACK - Nedum Onuoha may be a sub at Man City but so are Robinho, Santa Cruz and Ireland.

Two of these are outstanding yopung talents (Onuoha and Aogo) while Owomoyela is an even better fit - a mature (30) top division player. He was a regular for Germany between 2004-2006, but is still eligible for us because as World Cup hosts Germany didn't play "official" qualifiers - and he missed the cut for the 2006 World Cup and never added to his 11 caps.

Two questions : Where's the lik that says Owomoyel is been lured and (2) The Fifa rule that validates this

[Damunk]

Consider just how strong a first eleven we could then put out:

............................Yakubu..............................
Osaze................................................Ike Uche
...........................Mikel......................................
.........Aogo.............................Ayila....................
Taiwo........Onuoha.........Yobo.............Owomoyela
..........................Enyeama...................................

Every player in that team is a major talent. It's by far the best team in Africa (Ivory Coast struggle in goal, with a second centre-back, with their left back and with their fourth midfielder). The only World Cup 1994 players who would get into this team are Finidi George and Sunday Oliseh, while Amunike would be about on par with Osaze.

And the bench strength is terrific too except in goal - Martins, Obasi, Obinna, Ajilore, Echiejile, Nwaneri, and Apam.

With the influx of the three "Europeans" - Onuoha, Aogo and Owomoyela this team could seriously aspire to going all the way to the World Cup Final. What's more, the players are so much bigger in size than Spain's players that they would have some hope of beating them like the USA did.

Please, DO NOT commit blasphemy here, esp the underlined.
How could you open mouth to say Osaze is 'on par' with Amunike?
Amunike was one of the quiet and 'understated' stars of that team. He was truly world class, witnessed by his subsequent move to Barcelona. If not for that damn knee injury that cut his career short, you could be shot for making the comparison.
Finidi and Amunike were probably two of the finest players in the world at their peak and they were 'on par' with each other.
Osaze has a long way to go to reach Amunike's level, abeg.

I'm cool with the rest of your post.

[dcf1]

AM
CD
LB

is the problem areas for the SE.

and BTW we don't need or want Owomoyela

We're fine in attacking midfield: Mikel may not be able to displace Deco and Ballack at Chelsea but it's largely because he is ahead of Essien as their preferred defensive midfielder.

Onuoha is as good as we can hope to unearth at centre-back - he is not perfect but he is better than anything else we currently have (except Ayila, who we need in midfield) and he has PACE.

Why don't we need or want Owomoyela? Our three right backs (Odiah, Mohammad and Adefemi) are junks who would be destroyed in a World Cup, whereas he is the third or fourth best German right-back. He has no major problems, he's just not quite good enough to retain his place for Germany. But I'd rather have Osaze, Yakubu and Mikel than Podolski, Klose and Ballack.

[Zelex]

I would like to see Chibuzor Okonkwo fight for the RB position,he has been invited a few times by Amodu but hasn't played under him yet.

Junk players manager I hope you are not talking of THIS Chibuzor Okonkwo, the one that plays for .........................Niger Tornadoes .
If soooooooooooooooooooooo, then Sir with all due respect you are either MAD or a shameless junk player scammer.

,He plays for Heartland,and how can he be a JUNK player if the "Great One" has invited him before...............don't tell me he is also an agent .

[goke313]

AM
CD
LB

is the problem areas for the SE.

and BTW we don't need or want Owomoyela

We're fine in attacking midfield: Mikel may not be able to displace Deco and Ballack at Chelsea but it's largely because he is ahead of Essien as their preferred defensive midfielder.

Onuoha is as good as we can hope to unearth at centre-back - he is not perfect but he is better than anything else we currently have (except Ayila, who we need in midfield) and he has PACE.

Why don't we need or want Owomoyela? Our three right backs (Odiah, Mohammad and Adefemi) are junks who would be destroyed in a World Cup, whereas he is the third or fourth best German right-back. He has no major problems, he's just not quite good enough to retain his place for Germany. But I'd rather have Osaze, Yakubu and Mikel than Podolski, Klose and Ballack.

How many games have you Onuoha play?

How would rate Onuha ahead of Adeleye/Apam?


//the sooner we get rid of Yobo as our CB the faster we'll improve
//prefer Martins/Nsofor instead of Yak

[ohenhen1]

AM
CD
LB

is the problem areas for the SE.

and BTW we don't need or want Owomoyela

We're fine in attacking midfield: Mikel may not be able to displace Deco and Ballack at Chelsea but it's largely because he is ahead of Essien as their preferred defensive midfielder.

Onuoha is as good as we can hope to unearth at centre-back - he is not perfect but he is better than anything else we currently have (except Ayila, who we need in midfield) and he has PACE.

Why don't we need or want Owomoyela? Our three right backs (Odiah, Mohammad and Adefemi) are junks who would be destroyed in a World Cup, whereas he is the third or fourth best German right-back. He has no major problems, he's just not quite good enough to retain his place for Germany. But I'd rather have Osaze, Yakubu and Mikel than Podolski, Klose and Ballack.

We are not fine at the AM position, stop decieving yourselfs, our midfield lacks creativity.

Onouha is a backup at Man city, so can't really form an opinion on him, because he is not getting enough playing time at his club

and Yusuf, Odiah and Olubayo are not junk players, i actually urge you to go watch Owomoyela play for Dortmund

[olu]

Can't understand the omoyowela talk. Don't think he's still eligible to play for Nigeria since he already played for Germany's senior team.

[2drama]

AM
CD
LB

is the problem areas for the SE.

and BTW we don't need or want Owomoyela

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S.O.S

[Alategun]

You are joking right. You people really understate the contributions of Yekini. So you will pick Yak ahead of Yekini at their peak!!! blasphemy of the highest order. So Okocha won't get a start in this team ehn. How about Siasia, Amokachie, Mutiu? Don't even start with your comparisons of Amunike to Osaze. Osaze is good but can't clean Amunike's boot at his prime. Let us pray that this team plays together as a team. They are not full of stars but can get far playing together.

Consider just how strong a first eleven we could then put out:

............................Yakubu..............................
Osaze................................................Ike Uche
...........................Mikel......................................
.........Aogo.............................Ayila....................
Taiwo........Onuoha.........Yobo.............Owomoyela
..........................Enyeama...................................

Every player in that team is a major talent. It's by far the best team in Africa (Ivory Coast struggle in goal, with a second centre-back, with their left back and with their fourth midfielder). The only World Cup 1994 players who would get into this team are Finidi George and Sunday Oliseh, while Amunike would be about on par with Osaze.

And the bench strength is terrific too except in goal - Martins, Obasi, Obinna, Ajilore, Echiejile, Nwaneri, and Apam.

With the influx of the three "Europeans" - Onuoha, Aogo and Owomoyela this team could seriously aspire to going all the way to the World Cup Final. What's more, the players are so much bigger in size than Spain's players that they would have some hope of beating them like the USA did.

[spastic]

From what I have seen so far, here is how I'd play it.

......................Eneramo.................
......Martins............;...............Osaze....
.........................Mikel.......................
...............Ayila..............Olofinjana....
Aogo.......Adeleye...Shittu....Owomoyela
...........................Magnet.............................

Technically speaking, this might be our best team

[asabatex]

I would like to see Chibuzor Okonkwo fight for the RB position,he has been invited a few times by Amodu but hasn't played under him yet.

Junk players manager I hope you are not talking of THIS Chibuzor Okonkwo, the one that plays for .........................Niger Tornadoes .
If soooooooooooooooooooooo, then Sir with all due respect you are either MAD or a shameless junk player scammer.

welcome mr potty (toilet) mouth..... every word out ur mouth is sh1t...

[dcf1]

Look up page 71 of the FIFA statutes at

http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/affeder ... 2009_e.pdf

You will see that Owomoyela remains eligible for Nigeria because in the 2005 Confederations Cup he was an unused substitute.

That could be crucial for us.

BTW, I can't believe the posts suggesting that Onuoha is in some way unproven because he isn't a guaranteed starter at Man City. He is an important player for one of the world's ten strongest clubs. Apam I will accept is a good player but his problems are that Nice aren't one of the world's 100 strongest clubs and his lack of height makes him a liability against certain opposition. But Adeleye? Give me a break. He plays for a club which is around the 150th best in the world, and has not been a success there.

Their salaries neatly sum up their respective values. Onuoha earns 40,000 pounds per week. Apam earns 8,000 Euros per week. Adeleye earns 2,000 Euros per week. (Yobo is on 25,000 pounds per week by the way). Aogo probably earns around 25,000 Euros per week, Owomoyela probably earns around 10,000 Euros per week and Adefemi is known to be on 2,000 Euros per week at Boulogne.

Incidentally, Marseille pay Taiwo 20,000 Euros per week, while Rennes pay Echiejile 2,000 Euros per week - yet the dunce Amodu prefers Echiejile!

[The YeyeMan]

Their salaries neatly sum up their respective values. Onuoha earns 40,000 pounds per week. Apam earns 8,000 Euros per week. Adeleye earns 2,000 Euros per week. (Yobo is on 25,000 pounds per week by the way). Aogo probably earns around 25,000 Euros per week, Owomoyela probably earns around 10,000 Euros per week and Adefemi is known to be on 2,000 Euros per week at Boulogne.

Incidentally, Marseille pay Taiwo 20,000 Euros per week, while Rennes pay Echiejile 2,000 Euros per week - yet the dunce Amodu prefers Echiejile!

This is the silliest thing I've read here in a while.