ROHR ON THE RIGHT PART BUT…........

We just watched a match of a Nigerian Team with a clear cut strategy. A match where Nigeria created a lot of scoring chances but failed to convert most. We can only take a positives from this match and it means that Nigeria if properly guided can cruise to part of greatness again. We saw a Nigerian team that adopted a style of 4-3-3 format. Especially in the midfield where Mikel and Iheanacho shown like million stars. How I wish Conte can continue to field Mikel in this position.(All thanks to SIASIA) for reminding us of the forgotten part of Mikel.
ROHR's part can get even stronger if we can create even more competition in all the positions. Permit me to suggest at least 3 players that can fortify each of the positions.
1) Carl Ikeme has proved that he can be a worthy replacement for Vincent Enyeama though I think we still need our safest hand for the journey ahead. If we can get him back to the fold, i believe the younger keepers like Emmanuel Daniel and Dele Alampasu can learn alot from him. While Emmanuel Daniel appears to be the new Joseph Dosu, I believe Ikechukwu Ezenwa, Daniel Akpeyi can also stay around to compete for the number one spot.
Vincent Enyeama, (Lille France) Carl Ikeme(Wolves England) Emmanuel Daniel (Rangers FC Nigeria) Daniel Akpeyi (Chippa United South Africa) Ikechukwu Ezenwa (Ifeanyi Ubah FC Nigeria) Dele Alampasu (CD Fairense Portugal).
2) Musa Mohammed as was seen has shown maturity. He is no longer a youth international but a strong super Eagles material. While I didn’t quite believe that Shehu did a bad job in the same position in the Olympic. I strongly think Musa Mohammed is the real deal in the position as he is an improved Shehu going forward, his crosses are good and he can be a handful to the wingers. His added advantage is that he can be of help to our years of dearth in dead balls as was seen in his days at the Under -17. Efe Ambrose can be said to be aged at the moment in the same position but he is still very useful going forward. If only he can avoid some costly errors and his marking, he can still be very useful for the super Eagles both in the right back and central defence. NFF also needs to consider reaching out to Chelsea’s 19 year old right back Ola Aina and Hull’s top performer last season Moses Odubajo for consideration in the new super Eagles rank. Mikel and Moses’s presence in Chelsea can be of essence in getting Ola to don the green white green ahead of featuring for the three lions.
Musa Mohammed (Istanbul Basaksehir Turkey). Efe Ambrose(Celtic FC Scotland). Shehu Abubakar (Cypriot Anorthosis Cyprus).
3) It is not a surprise that Monaco FC of France farmed Nigerian Left back Elderson Echiegile on loan to Standard liege as he has found first team action very rare. Fabio Coentrao last season and Djibril Sidibe this season meant Echegile had to look for first team action elsewhere. Echiegile as far as I am concerned is still very good for the left back position. The presence of Kingsley Madu of Zulte Weltergem and Stanley Amuzie of FC Sampdoria Italy meant Echiegile must consistently be at his best to maintain his position.
Elderson Echiejile (Standard Liege Belgium) Stanley Amuzie (FC sampdoria Italy) Kingsley Madu (Zulte Weltergem Belgium) Chima Akas (Enyimba FC).
4) The defensive midfield position has not been a problem for Nigeria in the recent time. Nigeria can be said to be rich in this position as we have players scattered all over the world for this position. Outside Mikel’s new found position, he can very well man this position ahead of Ogenyi Onazi. We also have players such as John Ogu who was very outstanding in his club’s capture of Isreali league last season. Anderson Esiti who was named in the Portuguese league top 11 players last season. Azubuike Okechukwu who showed his class in the last Olympic. Mohammed who partnered Azubuike and Mikel very well in the last Olympic and Injury plagued Joel Obi who has failed to live up to his billing as the new Edgar Davis in football. Mikel Agu of Sporting Lisbon and Wilfred Ndidi are also notable names for this position.
Ogenyi Onazi (Trabzonspor Turkey) John Ogu (Hapoel Beer Sheva Isreal) . Azubuike Okechukwu (Yeni Malatyaspor Turkey). Kelechi Nwakali (Arsenal FC).
5) Nigeria’s most problematic position in the recent years has been in the central defense. In 2013, surprise combination of Omeruo/Oboabona produced a superb performance that saw Nigeria clinch long awaited AFCON trophy. It appeared the stock of this players rather than go up has been on the steady decline. Under their partnership Nigeria for the first time in the recent memory has failed to qualify for AFCON back to back. One cannot help but wonder why Chelsea FC would have a player like Omeruo in their folds and still go about practically begging Clubs to sell their Central defenders to join them while looking for funny Turkish Clubs where Omeruo can go and get playing time. This more than tells a lot about Omeruo’s worth in the market at the moment.. Leon Balogun/Ekong’s partnership appeared promising in the back against Tanzania, but the greatest mistake ROHR can make is to jettison the likes of Omeruo, Ambrose and Oboabona and conclude that Eagles have arrived. Leon to me needs more matches to prove that he can dethrone Omeruo/Efe in the centre of Eagles defence. While NFF needs to get Manchester City’s young lanky Adorabioyo to done the colours of Nigeria, we can consider Wilfred Ndidi and Chidozie Awaziem as another option in the back. Ndidi though play as a central midfielder for his club, can as shown in his Under 17 and 20 days play as an anchor man in the central defense. My take, Omeruo/Ekong’s partnership should be given a try.
Kenneth Omeruo (Alanyaspor Turkey)  leon Balogun (Mainz Germany). Chidozie Awaziem (FC Porto).
6) William Troost Ekong appears to be the name that will remain in the lips of Nigerians in a long time. Young, Strong, hard, intelligent and fast. The fair skinned defender has from all indication cemented a position in the Eagles back four. One can only pray for him to secure a contract with a major club that can give him the necessary exposure to compete with best in the world football. Oboabona and Ndid will need to work really hard to take this position from Ekong who through his performance in the Olympic has warmed himself to the heart of Nigerian soccer loving Fans.
Kenneth Otigba of Kasimpasa has also again reached out to NFF to finalise the necessary documents that will enable him represent Nigeria while Queen Park Rangers captain Nedum Onuoha who rejected Nigeria in his prime is now showing a come and get me signal.
 William Troost Ekong (Haugesund Norway). Godfrey Oboabona (Rizespor Turkey) Wilfred Ndidi (K.R.C Genk Belgium).
7) This position for some years now has been synonymous with Leicester City’s wing Wizard. Ahmed Musa the Super Eagles Assistant Captain has failed to show his stuff in the recent matches he played for Eagles. He has for the umpteenth time given a below average performance in the Eagles Colour. RoHR must start considering the likes of Imoh Ezekiel who gave a sterling performance in the last Olympic and Brown Ideye though a striker, but has played in that position in the past. Mfon Udoh of Enyimba FC  who has proved to be a consistent scorer from this wing.
Jordon Ibe’s England snub can also be a blessing for Nigeria if needed.
Ahmed Musa (Leicester City FC)  Imoh Ezekiel (AL Arabi Quatar). Brown Ideye (Olympiacos Greece)
8) John Mikel Obi arguably is the best player Nigeria can parade in her midfield at the moment. Mikel can be of assistance going forward, defends very well and supplies defense splitting passes needed to win matches. He has been described as a deep skillful midfielder. He is Nigeria’s Andre Pirlo. As he is getting more and more aged, one cannot help but be happy that the likes  of Oghenekaro Etebo is coming through the rank.
John Mikel Obi (Chelsea FC England) Oghenekaro Etebo   (CD Feirense Portugal) Nosa Igiebor Macabi Tel Aviv Isreal.
9) As blessed as Nigeria is in this position, scoring goals has become a serious challenge that needs immediate solution. Odion Ighalo, the current super Eagles number 9 has again and again failed to replicate his club form in Nigeria’s colour. A team cannot afford to create as many chances as Nigeria created against Tanzania and still managed only one goal from the midfield. Odion’s failure to ignite his club form to the national team has opened a new debate of whether we need Emmanuel Emenike back especially as he appears to have rediscovered his scoring form. Call for speedy resolve of issues regarding Arsenal’s young lad Chuba Akpom’s international future is again back to the front burner. Chisom Chikatara’s performance in the CAF Champions league is again a topic. Ighalo for once needs serious competition, may be, it will help him to notch in the necessary goals needed to propel Eagles to world cup in a group that has the free scoring Algerians and the indomitable (Nigeria’s nemesis) Cameroon.
Odion Ighalo (Watford FC England) Emmanuel Emenike (Fenerbahce Turkey) Aaron Samuel (CSKA Moscow). Victor Osimhen (Wolfburg Germany)
10) The position that has arguably remained void since the ouster of Austin Jay Jay Okocha appears to has receive the necessary respite with the emergence of Kelechi Iheanacho who many has likened to former Super Eagles and Arsenals legend Kanu Nwankwo and Alex Iwobi of Arsenal who appears to be the new Austin Okocha (coincidentally he is Okocha’s nephew).
If Iheanacho is the new Kanu, then Iwobi is the new Okocha. Wait, have you seen Ovie Ejaria of Liverpool?
This generation of players if well managed will certainly bring back the glamour that long left Nigeria since 1996. Josh Onomah of Totenham is another promising young player that we must work hard to get to commit to Nigeria.
Kelechi Iheanacho (Manchester City FC England). Alex Iwobi (Arsenal FC England). Ovie Ejaria (Liverpool FC England)
11) Victor Moses may not have had the best of matches against Tanzania but we must not be in a hurry to forget his performance against Egypt in Cairo where he did everything possible to fire Nigeria to AFCON 2013. The good thing about competition is that Victor Moses can look back and see Younger Moses Simon who possesses almost exactly the same qualities as his. The fact that Moses Simon can score from free-kick is another plus.
Seyi Ojo of Liverpool FC and Shola Ameobi of Newcastle are other players of Nigeria descent who if captured can provide the much needed competition in Eagles. Before we conclude, we must not forget Isaac Success who though a sharp striker, has featured for Granada FC from the left side of the attack.
Victor Moses (Chelsea FC England). Moses Simon (Genk FC Belgium). Isaac Success (Watford FC England).
With this array of players and the Technical know- how of ROHR who I would have preferred he worked with Samson SIASIA(Under 23 coach) and Emmanuel AMUNIKE( Under 20 coach) as his assistants to save cost and to further prepare this coaches for Super Eagles job in the future.
No matter how you look at it, it will be very difficult for Yusuf and Amama to manage super Eagles as they may not command the necessary respect from the legion of foreign based Nigerian players. If we cannot get coaches that can learn from ROHR, what and what would we