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Otitokoro wrote: ↑Fri Oct 15, 2021 6:35 pm Nwobodo, maybe. But I am sure he was overlooked for a particular reason. If I should hazard a guess, his defending might not be up to par, in comparison to the others we have.
Nwakali? What exactly has he done to warrant a call up? He is a flash in the pan player and importantly, his overall workrate is not at the level of any of the midfielders we currently have.
Unless and until Ejaria comes out and states categorically that he is a Super Eagle (and has the clearance to match), he and the likes of Lookman are all a pipe dream in my book.
Dude, you have been following African football for several years now and should know that big names and big teams don't mean jack in African football. Wasn't Osimhen pocketed by the CAR defender who plays in the German 4th division in the Lagos match? Didn't Benin Republic take out the 'mighty' Moroccan team in the last AFCON, with Hakimi and all their superstars? Didn't Cote D'Ivoire, with Didier Drogba, Salomon Kalu, Yayah Toure and Gervinho lose the AFCON final to a bunch of Zambian home based players? Big names and big clubs don't mean a hill of beans in African football.

I think the current SE has the deepest quality team of most, if not all the African teams. Our bench has evolved to be even more solid than before and to I am confident of the overall depth of the team. That will come into play during the home and home series for a world cup spot.

vancity eagle wrote: ↑Fri Oct 15, 2021 5:52 pm Otitokoro

Rohr should have called up

Nwakali, Nwobodo by now

He should have called Alhassan in September , when he was not injured

If Ejaria has truly been cleared by FIFA it is a crime he has not been called.

As for your claims CIV is not better man for man, that is utter nonsense.

The only position we beat them in is Striker

Let's look at Defence

They have centre backs at Man U, Wolves, Lyon, Bayer Leverkusen,, while our starters are in Scotland and a newly promoted Championship team. They kill us at central defence.

Wing backs they have Cornet, Aurier (just joined Villareal) Kamara at Nice, Khonan (plays in France) Singo who plays with Aina at Torino.

Aina , Ebuehi, and Zaidu are not better than that collective. In fact we are playing Collins who is in German 2nd division and is worse than all his ivorian counterparts.

Do not get me started on midfield where CIV absolutely destroys us.

Kessie (Milan)
Sangare (PSV)
Maiga (Metz)
Traore (Sassuolo)
Fofana (Lens)
Akpo (Lazio)

That is what a midfield should look like, not 3 players including a mechanic playing in Sweden who can't pass a simple ball.

Wingers

Gervinho, Boga, Pepe, Zaha, Cornet

All we got is Chuks and MOSES SIMON for heavens sake. Oh I forgot Ahmed "I can't make a pass" Musa.

You can't be serious.

As I said we are loaded in the Striker department with Osimehn, Nacho, Onuachu, Moffi, Sadiq, Awoniyi, while all they have is Haller. This is the only position we Trump them.

Goalkeeping is about equal in terms of starters but we have better options on bench.

bret- hart wrote: ↑Fri Oct 15, 2021 7:02 pm Aside from Algeria and Senegal non of the other teams have been impressive. Morocco played all their games at home which is ridiculous and unfair to their opponents. Guinea and GB should have bern allowed to play their home games in West Africa. IVC is good on paper but they still have to face Cameroon. Algeria still have a big game vs B Faso as well. bottom line is this WCQs is faaaar from done. As for Naija its one step at a time. Lets get past thus group 1st before thinking of the next round.

Enugu II wrote: ↑Fri Oct 15, 2021 7:16 pm

bret- hart wrote: ↑Fri Oct 15, 2021 7:02 pm Aside from Algeria and Senegal non of the other teams have been impressive. Morocco played all their games at home which is ridiculous and unfair to their opponents. Guinea and GB should have bern allowed to play their home games in West Africa. IVC is good on paper but they still have to face Cameroon. Algeria still have a big game vs B Faso as well. bottom line is this WCQs is faaaar from done. As for Naija its one step at a time. Lets get past thus group 1st before thinking of the next round.

I do not believe it was unfair. As far as I know they had a choice of venue to host their games. It was on them. Nigeria played CAR in Cameroyon and not in CAR. Why did those countries not choose to use Cameroon for their home games?

Enugu II wrote: ↑Fri Oct 15, 2021 7:30 pm Bret hart,

That is my thinking but it needs to be confirmed.

This type of arrangements beyond the much older resulting of having just one instead of two legged affairs during cases like a coup, began during the Ebola cases. In the Ebola cases, Morocco made offers to the teams to host them and took care of a large part of the funding. One wonders if that funding aspect was in place u here and how that influenced these decisions.

vancity eagle wrote: ↑Fri Oct 15, 2021 6:54 pm Tobi

For one the CIV coach does not IGNORE midfield.

So right there they have an advantage over us.

If you look at their squads they have like 6 to 7 proper midfielders in their camp compared to our 3.

Ndidi is pretty much a world class destroyer who would definitely start for their team.

They have 2 way midfielder like Sangare and Kessie who would both easily start for our team. Not to mention Fofana. These guys are easily better than Onyeka, or even Aribo.

They have an exciting young attacking midfielder in Traore who has put up decent numbers in Italy with Sassuolo. He can score , dribble, and playmake. Plus they have decent bench options that play in Italy and France, while our bench currently consists of a bricklayer named Bonke and a wastepipe in Cyprus.

Stop lying to yourself, our midfield is currently nowhere near there's, nor does our coach even think the midfield is important.

Do you think calling up 3 midfielders and 9 defenders is a recipe for success ?

Do you want to go into battle with Bonke, Shehu, and Musa as options on the bench ?

txj wrote: ↑Thu Oct 14, 2021 1:59 pm



I suppose by 'good football' you mean efficient and organized football, because watching the teams you listed this past week, I would not describe them as playing 'good' football...

They are efficient, organized and professional. Cannot say I've seen that in Rhor's team in last 4yrs. At least not with any semblance of consistency...

Cellular wrote: ↑Sat Oct 16, 2021 1:31 pm

txj wrote: ↑Thu Oct 14, 2021 1:59 pm



I suppose by 'good football' you mean efficient and organized football, because watching the teams you listed this past week, I would not describe them as playing 'good' football...

They are efficient, organized and professional. Cannot say I've seen that in Rhor's team in last 4yrs. At least not with any semblance of consistency...

But here blabbering about pitches.

iworo wrote: ↑Fri Oct 15, 2021 5:55 pmYou're making it sound as if CAR has never beating any of the continent's powerhouse nations.

Central African Republic pulled off a remarkable upset on 6/15/2012 by inflicting a first home defeat on Egypt in 47 years of African Nations Cup qualifying. They were able to beat the 2010 AFCON winner.

Central African Republic beat Algeria in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in October 2010. The fourth placed team at 2010 AFCON and one of the African teams in 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Tobi17 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 15, 2021 3:44 pmI put my money where my mouth is, how much are you willing to bet on the SE qualifying to the WC regardless of any group we are seeded in?

Gotti wrote: ↑Fri Oct 29, 2021 3:16 am

Tobi17 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 15, 2021 3:44 pmI put my money where my mouth is, how much are you willing to bet on the SE qualifying to the WC regardless of any group we are seeded in?

Some of you folks are outright STRANGE...
When should any SE (or Nigerian) fan be betting AGAINST the SE 's WCQ campaign?!

It is clear that some of your folks simply do not get it. SMH

Gotti wrote: ↑Fri Oct 29, 2021 3:11 am

iworo wrote: ↑Fri Oct 15, 2021 5:55 pmYou're making it sound as if CAR has never beating any of the continent's powerhouse nations.

Central African Republic pulled off a remarkable upset on 6/15/2012 by inflicting a first home defeat on Egypt in 47 years of African Nations Cup qualifying. They were able to beat the 2010 AFCON winner.

Central African Republic beat Algeria in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in October 2010. The fourth placed team at 2010 AFCON and one of the African teams in 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Some Nigerians and their love of MEDIOCRITY...

CAR has not won a game since 2019, and was on a run of 1 draw and 9 losses (including a 0-5 loss versus Rwanda THIS YEAR) when they came to Nigeria and beat us on our home soil. But instead of some Nigerians sobering up, they resort to ANCIENT HISTORY to cite CAR wins from about a DECADE AGO!

Next, they will point out that Ethiopia and Sudan used to be AFCON champions. SMH