Super Eagles’ camp in South Africa has come to life with the arrival of 15 players, ahead of Saturday’s 2010 FIFA World Cup/African Nations Cup qualifier against the Bafana Bafana of South Africa.
Team Secretary Dayo Enebi stayed behind in South Africa’s economic capital, Johannesburg to receive the players, who began flying into the Rainbow Nation on Tuesday morning.
Already in South Africa are Yakubu Aiyegbeni, Christian Obodo, Ikechukwu Uche and Chidi Odiah. There are also goalkeepers Bamidele Aiyenugba and Greg Etafia, defenders Taye Taiwo, Obinna Nwaneri and Yusuf Mohammed, midfielders Haruna Lukman, Kalu Uche, Daniel Ola and Seyi Olofinjana, and strikers John Utaka and Joseph Akpala.
The duo of Danny Shittu and Yusuf Ayila have given word they will fly into South Africa today.
Players that backed out due to injuries are, Obafemi Martins, Mikel Obi, Kanu Nwankwo and Joseph Yobo.Nigeria tackles South Africa at the Telkom Park, Port Elizabeth, starting from 3pm local time (2pm Nigeria time) on Saturday.
The Verdict....
What do you all think about the Super Eagles line up? Do you think we have the right players for this game? Do you think some players deserve to be in this squad?
Lets have your Verdict on this, and also who do you think will win this game?
For me, I'm not feeling this line up at all! I think it is time for Amodu to start thinking of a good replacement for Kanu, don't get me wrong, Kanu is a good player, but age is not on his side and he is getting weaker. We need to build a team for the World Cup 2010, not just a bunch of tired legs or out of form players, we need a team that can beat Brazil, Argentina, Italy, France and other countries without a problem.
The earlier we get it right, the better for us. We know some players are out of form, we do not blame them, but we need players that are at their peak.
I want to believe Amodu chose to leave the likes of Osaze out of this game, because they only just got back from the Olympic outing and they need a bit of rest.
Chinedu Obasi and Obinna Nsofor should be called to this team, we need them. I also know few home based players should be invited. What we need ahead of 2010 is a competitive squad. Best starting 11 and best reserve. We do not need out of form even on reserve, we need a strong squad, a squad like the Super Eagles that represented us in USA 94.
Another thing we should watch out for in this game is, "the act of bribery". I believe South Africans will try all they can, on and off the pitch to win this game. We need to beg our officials, NFF and the whole crew not to sell this match to the South Africans, because if we do, we will always regret it. Apart from our FIFA ranking going down, how are we sure, the decision wont haunt us in the remaining qualifiers.
Drop a line, lets discuss this together.
See you soon.
1 comment:
like l said yesterday in kickoff all that super eagles need in this match is winning,because they have a record and pride to protect.our coach should also understand that football of today has gone out of names,is all about consistency now in football not names anymore. like my dear VERDICT rightly said some of this olympics boys should be fully introduced into super eagles.the football of this day is for those that have the hunger to win not for some big names that are not regular,i believe playing the right squad for 2010 together will give us exactly what we want.right in the sense that not minding sentiment,doing the right thing in times of technical crew. all thesame i believe we can beat south Africa if only we can mentain that our winning mentality and the edge we have over them.
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