Segun Oluwaniyi

I think Lallana ought to play in the centre. Barkley should be the first attacking option off of England's bench.

Yeah, this guy is always quality to read. It is good to see someone who seems genuinely informed and watches matches, especially involving teams outside of the popular ones in Europe and South America. His Nigeria analysis was 100 percent correct.

It is a decent signing in my opinion. This is an acceptable group of players for the central midfield positions if every one is to stay. The major deficiency is upfront and outwide and at the back, especially if Ben Arfa and Yanga-Mbiwa are actually forced out.

Going to Lidl after work to get massive WC crisp drums and mini-kegs. Hopefully they are still selling them. Sounds excellent. Thursday after-noon I'll go into hibernation and won't come out until we've won a game in the World Cup. It will be a long five days.

After the friendly against Ghana today, I'm fully on board with this. If it wasn't for the disproportionate amount of political power from Asia within FIFA I could see Asia losing a World Cup spot. Done stuff all to deserve it. Certainly not on merit, but one purpose of giving the lesser continents a disproportionate amount of slots is to give it some exposure on the biggest stage to raise the level of football there. It's a slow process but it's certainly worked so far. Let's be honest, if the purpose was to just have the 32 best teams nobody outside of Europe and South America would be invited. I don't really know what you are on about here, in the last World Cup 2 of 4 Asian teams made the last 16 and a third only missed by goal difference. North America has done well also. Though the worst team is usually the last qualifier from NA or Asia, the only region to continually make fools of themselves are the Africans, but we will not lose spots because of the number of football nations on the continent and known players.

Ghana always put it together for the World Cup, tbh. I fully expect them to get out of their group. While we have been meandering around like a drunk since winning the ACN, they have been developing.

I disagree, Nigeria will make for good comedy when they hilariously disgrace themselves and their nation once again.

Aye. I mean you don't expect much from a nation taking Shola to the WC but Nigeria looked shocking It was disgusting. You would think Shola would never see the pitch over Emenike/Nwofor after that, but Keshi seems to have a sexual fetish for rubbish players.

I saw through this fraud Keshi a year ago, but no one wanted to listen to me. If things do not improve drastically in the World Cup, I do not ever want him associated with football in this country again. Let him go to South Africa to collect his pay bonus. People give the guy a free ride because he lucked his way to Nations Cup (As if this is some impossible achievement for a nation that has finished 3rd or higher in 7 of its last 8 appearances), but all three friendlies have been embarrassing performances. I am sick of him using the national squad as advert to European leagues for players playing in Naija and far off places. It would shock me if agents are not involved and money is not being transferred. I will back off harsher criticism because it is a friendly in the heat and player don't want injuries, but the World Cup is here and all of these yeye players are going to it. And Shola lost the ball every time he received it, tbh. Credit to the US for having the intelligence to break 3 or 4 against 2 every time we lost it playing ponderous balls around the centre circle with everyone flooded forward.

Where is Nwofor? I can't believe he is actually second choice. I look forward to seeing Azeez, anyway. The main concern is to avoid injuries, though. The result is immaterial to me, tbh.

The art of the Nigerian insult. this is going to sound bad but where do nigerians get the stones to be ripping anyone else but themselves to shreds? Please elaborate on your generalisation of this diverse nation three times the size of your own. In the face of overwhelming social media pressure I withdraw my statement. Nigeria is indeed diverse, sane, safe and a beacon of hope for us all in these trying times. I do not understand the relevance of your point, tbh. Please understand that I will continue to lash insults onto the masses despite coming from a failed, underachieving nation that may be on the path to horrible, bloody bifurcation if nothing is to change. A twenty year old with a 1 in 2 record in the 2nd division has nothing to learn from reserve standard football in England. Whether it be league, cups (a total of 2-3 matches, probably), or on loan the boy needs to play at a professional level.

The art of the Nigerian insult. this is going to sound bad but where do nigerians get the stones to be ripping anyone else but themselves to shreds? Please elaborate on your generalisation of this diverse nation three times the size of your own.

Apparently we are the heaviest team. With no Yakubu or Shittu this time, I'm generally surprised and fully blame the Geordie Hercules. Also, stunned that Ghana have managed not to be the shortest team. edit: Population growth as well! Semifinalists for Traffic death and murder rate.

Shola played an entire season with a broken hip. Limping around, picking up his cheques. Guy will be on the plane. All of this Bosnia talk is really on paper, because they haven't accomplished anything whatsoever outside of these qualifiers in which they had a fairly simple group. It will be interesting to see how they perform at their first major tournament.

Jores Okore, Libor Kozak. Lerner doesnt want us to get relegated if he wants to sell us. He's not that stupid. He is stupid enough to get us relegated accidentally though. Okore is talented and looked a good prospect for this league until he tore his leg against NUFC. Kozak is complete rubbish.

Martins continues to be amazing this season. As a Sounders fan I'm pretty ok with him not going, but that head coach is a moron. Martins has indeed been fantastic. Tbh, I thought he looked quite good in Spain last season as well. It is not just him, though. Ike Uche has been balling for Villarreal and didn't get a chance, either. We have no cover at fullback whatsoever, and Taiwo cannot get a look in. We lack a creative midfielder other than Mikel, but the manager has decided to carry only 4 midfielders+Uchebo (a striker deployed as AM) while the likes of Nosa and Haruna Lukman are at home. Bottom line is that if you are not one of Keshi's boys, you will not get called up. Bosnia are fun and score lots of goals. Looking forward to seeing them. I think this group is very open. Bosnia will be a very good game. I am actually more optimistic against Bosnia and Argentina, because we thrive against teams that come forward in numbers. Musa, Moses, and Emenike are all terrifying counter players, especially if Mikel is in swashbuckling form to find them and feed them balls, and they pressure well high up the pitch. The Iran game is the one I worry most about because this team has shown countless times that it has no idea how to break down packed, organised defences other than individual brilliance and that the fullbacks and Onazi are lazy, distracted, and often caught up the field when SE possess the ball for long spells. IMO, second place there is wide open and Iran are being under regarded.

Tiote has been a very poor player for a while now. Flashy tackler, but leaves gaps defensively and is not assured with the ball in his own half at all, imo. It is one things to do pirouettes and the like when you never loses the ball, but he is robbed at least once a game.

Is it necessary for people to sing the anthems at all American sporting events?

Not that any of them have been great, but our other two leftbacks are just as bad if not worse. Yanga-Mbiwa has had a few mistakes, but you expect this from a 23-24 year old new to league. He has not been given a chance to grow and adapt at all. It is not even as though we brought him along slow. The manager is discarding of him at the first opportunity. It is not as though he has been catastrophic, either. This is not Gerald Cid.

The Daily Post list (the second one, not the other one they had an hour before) was correct. Ameobi (!), Nwofor, and Babatunde (corruption) all in at the expense of taking only four midfielders. ACN hero Mba among those left out.

I'm guessing Nigeria's Daily Post is official? http://dailypost.ng/2014/06/02/its-official-odemwingie-yobo-make-keshis-final-23-man-squad-for-2014-world-cup/ Don't be fooled by fancy names, every news source in Nigeria is a tabloid. This is the same copy and paste of the list released hours ago. It may be accurate, but no official confirmation has occurred. According to KOC, who I trust for news, the list is in per FIFA guidelines, but the players and public will not be officially informed until at least 01:30.

Emenike is unquestioned number 9, and Keshi usually only plays one central striker, so very low.

Kaka, take life too seriously. List never comot and you are vexed already.

Falcao was out from the minute the severity of the injury was revealed. It was admirable to see him fight so hard to get back, but he is a fairly young man, his career is more important and if he is lucky there will be another WC

http://www.kickoffnigeria.com/mobile/news/45148/nigeria-to-name-squad-after-training I am pretty sure it has not yet been released, but also I am quite sure Shola will be there, tbh. Especially since Obinna injured himself. Edit: Please don't ask why we have waited to be the actual last country to release their list.