Enugu II wrote:Dammy,
You will be surprised that many actually support the renewal of Rohr's contract. I am certainly one of those that support the renewal for ONE MAJOR reason -- continuity. However, it is clear that he is on his last leg i.e. win laurels or be let go. I am glad that he is renewed for one basic fact -- that we need some stability and I believe this renewal gives that stability but he now needs to win to stay on, I hope. Additionally, he needs to make effort to genuinely scout players all over the world (including Nigeria). The perfunctory process of calling one or two local guys and ditching them just too show that he is interested in looking internally is not convincing. If the likes of Maduka Okoye are to get repeated chances, why not also the locals?
you speak of STABILITY being the major reason you support Rohr's contract renewal.
Well that same STABILITY is the reason why not every Tom, d#$%, and Harry will be called to camp to "fight for shirts"
Nobody will be called up to the team, unless they make a strong case to be better than the players already established under Rohr.
Our team is virtually set, at this point all positions are literally filled, save for the goalkeeping position which remains a problem spot.
If you are a local Nigerian player, meaning you play in the local leagues, YOU ARE NOT GOOD ENOUGH to be called up to the SE, and I hope that Rohr is not forced to make one or two symbolic callups to appease the proponents of the local league. That will be counter productive. Nigeria has literally thousands of (home born) players plying their trade abroad because the scouts saw something in them while they played in the local league, or when they trained as a youth in some academy.
Is it possible some home based gem may have fallen through the cracks and has not been snatched up ? Possible, yet highly improbable.
The only position I think Rohr should legitimately scout the local leagues for is perhaps goalkeeper, maybe he can even play a part in getting some young talents a contract in europe which would help his game.
As far as I am concerned we need a European based keeper, because the European game has far more emphasis on set pieces and heading the ball. This was a weakness of our team last WC. A goal keeper playing in the local leagues will not be exposed to the dangers of european set pieces and scoring headed goals off corner kicks. I would prefer a keeper exposed to this kind of play.
Our team is set bro. As I said unless a player can make a case to be better, there is no way he is getting in. Gone are the days when local coaches could just switch squads every game with the latest "hey you" hyped to be the next best thing in the NPL. Rohr even said this himself. Even a player like Ejuke tearing up the league in Holland has to wait his turn, and you think some home based player will be called up. Should not happen.
Again maybe another Musa comes along and tears up the local league at a young age, it would be up to Rohr and co. to scout this player and see if he has what it takes to displace somebody in the pecking order, but frankly Rohr should not waste too much time doing this because our team is pretty much set, and we dont really need anybody else. We need to work on integrating the new faces like
Ejuke, Dessers, Ezibuhe, Ejaria, Dennis, Maja, Sadiq, Adyborioyo, Lookman and see where they fit in to the current SE team, who displaces who, who starts, and what are our best formations. This is where the bulk of Rohr's time should be spent, monitoring these players and keeping up to date with their form. Not trying to discover something we likely do not need.
