Igho Ogbu and Tijani

ahidjo2 · Post by **ahidjo2** » Fri May 31, 2019 1:23 am

Can somebody explain to me why this guy is not starting for Nigeria? During the African tournament, he was, to me, the better of the 2 central defenders. Today, he was brilliant at the back. Why is our best central defender not pairing Ozonwafor in the defense? Again, I ask why is Tijani wearing the national team jersey. I have never seen a lousy player like that play for Nigeria. He must have one heck of a super god-father.

olu · Post by **olu** » Fri May 31, 2019 1:27 am

Ogbu missed the first game cause of an injury.

oscar52 · Post by **oscar52** » Fri May 31, 2019 2:22 am

Also why is Utin the captain? It seems to me someone more energetic and dynamic should wear the armband like Ogbu or Effiong. The team look lost out there like it has no leader.

ahidjo2 · Post by **ahidjo2** » Fri May 31, 2019 2:32 am

olu wrote:Ogbu missed the first game cause of an injury.

Second game?

Otitokoro · Post by **Otitokoro** » Fri May 31, 2019 3:25 am

Igho missed both games due to injury (not match fit for the 2nd game). Nonetheless, Kid was immense today!

I had previously stated (after the first game) that the Tijani guy (#9), Mohamed (#15) and Zulikilfu (#2) were by far the most unintelligent players I have seen donning the G/W jersey in quite a while. We all saw how smoother the midfield of Okon, Michael and Oforboh operated today. Much more intelligent play between them. Thankfully, the #15 is done for the tournament.

For the next match and if Ozoronwafor regains match fitness, Paul Aigbogun will be well advised to go with a back four of Salawudeen, Igho, Valentine and Utin and drop that #2.

ahidjo2 wrote:Can somebody explain to me why this guy is not starting for Nigeria? During the African tournament, he was, to me, the better of the 2 central defenders. Today, he was brilliant at the back. Why is our best central defender not pairing Ozonwafor in the defense? Again, I ask why is Tijani wearing the national team jersey. I have never seen a lousy player like that play for Nigeria. He must have one heck of a super god-father.

bret- hart · Post by **bret- hart** » Fri May 31, 2019 4:59 am

Tijani needs to be sent home. The guy is the worst striker that has ever played for Nigeria. That Emeka kid needs to start in place of him. He cant be any worse.

oscar52 · Post by **oscar52** » Fri May 31, 2019 5:56 am

bret- hart wrote:Tijani needs to be sent home. The guy is the worst striker that has ever played for Nigeria. That Emeka kid needs to start in place of him. He cant be any worse.

Akor is actually much worse than him. Strikers looking for teammates to pass to inside the 18 instead of trying to shoot are quite frustrating to watch.

Dammy · Post by **Dammy** » Fri May 31, 2019 7:58 am

oscar52 wrote:
bret- hart wrote:Tijani needs to be sent home. The guy is the worst striker that has ever played for Nigeria. That Emeka kid needs to start in place of him. He cant be any worse.
Akor is actually much worse than him. Strikers looking for teammates to pass to inside the 18 instead of trying to shoot are quite frustrating to watch.

Maybe they don't want to be accused of being selfish!

Lolly · Post by **Lolly** » Fri May 31, 2019 11:10 am

oscar52 wrote:
bret- hart wrote:Tijani needs to be sent home. The guy is the worst striker that has ever played for Nigeria. That Emeka kid needs to start in place of him. He cant be any worse.
Akor is actually much worse than him. Strikers looking for teammates to pass to inside the 18 instead of trying to shoot are quite frustrating to watch.

I beg to differ. At least Akor holds the ball better and hustles defenders. Tijani looks like he doesn't belong there. And I can understand after looking at his CV.

Damunk · Post by **Damunk** » Fri May 31, 2019 12:51 pm

What's the verdict on Kingsley Michael?
Some of our resident experts here on CE have been saying for a while now that he is ready for the SE.
I've not seen enough of the team to have an opinion.

ohenhen1 · Post by **ohenhen1** » Fri May 31, 2019 1:32 pm

He has good potential not ready for the senior team.

green4life · Post by **green4life** » Fri May 31, 2019 1:45 pm

oscar52 wrote:
bret- hart wrote:Tijani needs to be sent home. The guy is the worst striker that has ever played for Nigeria. That Emeka kid needs to start in place of him. He cant be any worse.
Akor is actually much worse than him. Strikers looking for teammates to pass to inside the 18 instead of trying to shoot are quite frustrating to watch.

Lol. I noticed that as well.

green4life · Post by **green4life** » Fri May 31, 2019 1:47 pm

Damunk wrote:What's the verdict on Kingsley Michael?
Some of our resident experts here on CE have been saying for a while now that he is ready for the SE.
I've not seen enough of the team to have an opinion.

One of the few that looks within u20. Promising player but still far from SE material.

1naija · Post by **1naija** » Fri May 31, 2019 2:27 pm

Agents wan tear shirt!

Cally · Post by **Cally** » Fri May 31, 2019 2:44 pm

Damunk wrote:What's the verdict on Kingsley Michael?
Some of our resident experts here on CE have been saying for a while now that he is ready for the SE.
I've not seen enough of the team to have an opinion.

He struggles way too much, and makes poor decisions. He seems to be trying too hard. He has good potential though. I see the same with the Salawudeen guy as well. Too much gragra in a game that is supposed to be kept simple.

Damunk · Post by **Damunk** » Fri May 31, 2019 3:17 pm

green4life wrote:
Damunk wrote:What's the verdict on Kingsley Michael?
Some of our resident experts here on CE have been saying for a while now that he is ready for the SE.
I've not seen enough of the team to have an opinion.
One of the few that looks within u20. Promising player but still far from SE material.

Talking about SE material....
I don't think there would have been anything to gain had Chukwueze opted to join this U20 team.
In fact, if Osimhen had been born three days later than he was, he would also have been eligible to play in this tournament. But to what end?
As far as I can see, the only gain would be to give us fans a lift in the short term. Long term, their goals have already been achieved as they are now part of the full SE set-up.

ohenhen1 · Post by **ohenhen1** » Fri May 31, 2019 3:50 pm

Once a player plays for Senior team or established player at his club. He should never go back to the youth team

donadoni · Post by **donadoni** » Fri May 31, 2019 4:13 pm

Has anyone considered the fact that maybe the flying eagles were playing against good teams? Ukraine’s defense was very well organized and having already qualified they had no pressure to come hard at us and leave spaces at the bank. Our teams often grow into tournaments so let’s be happy they qualified and see what happens in the next round

maceo4 · Post by **maceo4** » Fri May 31, 2019 4:18 pm

donadoni wrote:Has anyone considered the fact that maybe the flying eagles were playing against good teams? Ukraine’s defense was very well organized and having already qualified they had no pressure to come hard at us and leave spaces at the bank. Our teams often grow into tournaments so let’s be happy they qualified and see what happens in the next round

Well, for me the issue has been their passing ability/accuracy and decision making, neither of which has anything to do with the opponent....

Enugu II · Post by **Enugu II** » Fri May 31, 2019 4:50 pm

green4life wrote:
Damunk wrote:What's the verdict on Kingsley Michael?
Some of our resident experts here on CE have been saying for a while now that he is ready for the SE.
I've not seen enough of the team to have an opinion.
One of the few that looks within u20. Promising player but still far from SE material.

Really? I was not aware that some CEs were touting him for SE. Come, SE no be for everybody ooo! I am with both of you on this. This boy is okay at U20 but he is not SE material at the moment.

Damunk · Post by **Damunk** » Fri May 31, 2019 7:11 pm

Enugu II wrote:
green4life wrote:
Damunk wrote:What's the verdict on Kingsley Michael?
Some of our resident experts here on CE have been saying for a while now that he is ready for the SE.
I've not seen enough of the team to have an opinion.
One of the few that looks within u20. Promising player but still far from SE material.
Really? I was not aware that some CEs were touting him for SE. Come, SE no be for everybody ooo! I am with both of you on this. This boy is okay at U20 but he is not SE material at the moment.

You know our people get carried away and even if na secondary school level the player de shine, some people will say they are ready.
There is little appreciation of the huge leap from age-grade football and the professional game.
Even the transition from U20 level to senior grade nor be beans.

The USA U20 team only has ONE player that has graduated from their U17 team of two years ago according to Eurosport.

There were a few calls for K Michael to be invited because "he is ready", apparently.

Gotti · Post by **Gotti** » Sat Jun 01, 2019 7:36 am

Enugu II wrote:
green4life wrote:
Damunk wrote:What's the verdict on Kingsley Michael?
Some of our resident experts here on CE have been saying for a while now that he is ready for the SE.
I've not seen enough of the team to have an opinion.
One of the few that looks within u20. Promising player but still far from SE material.
Really? I was not aware that some CEs were touting him for SE. Come, SE no be for everybody ooo! I am with both of you on this. This boy is okay at U20 but he is not SE material at the moment.

The only CE "touting" Kingsley for SE is Vancity Eagle...
The lad does not even yet crack the starting lineup for the U23 team.

ohenhen1 · Post by **ohenhen1** » Sat Jun 01, 2019 11:15 am

I refuse to believe T Mohammed is the best striker we have at U20 level. Agents have killed our football.

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