But three Heartland players, ThankGod Ike, Austin Brown and Bello Musa Kofarmata all left on Wednesday to join their club for a CAF Champions League first round fixture in Cameroon this weekend.

Also away from the camp are Enyimba's Osas Idehen.

They are all expected back early next week.

Musa, scorer of 14 goals so far in the league, joined the team along with his Kano Pillars team mate, midfielder Solomon Okpako. Heartland's inventive midfielder Ikechukwu Ibenegbu is also expected to join up with the squad after this weekend's CAF Champions League first leg game against Cameroon's Tiko United FC.

Amokachi, a former World Cup striker, has come under unrelenting criticism following that shock defeat in the first leg, and with Nigeria staring down the barrel, has turned to the 14-goal forward.

"We need the best players from the league, and since he is the highest goalscorer, he should be there," Technical Committee member Taiwo Ogunjobi told KickOffNigeria.com.

The second leg game comes up next weekend in Kano.

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utibe:2010-03-19 19:01

kano again? wat happen to lagos, abuja, ph even calabar? pls call all the top scorers in d last three years

ken gadaffi:2010-03-20 05:05

It will not be a surprise if Nigeria fails to qualify for CHAN for the second time running. Frankly speaking, it will only go on to show how the decay of our football has become. The fact that the SE are going to the world cup this June is a testament of divine intervention rather than our on the field abilities. We have to understand clearly that even our so called foreign pros are not as great as many may have thought afterall and this is simply because of the poor homebased products. Gone are the days when the local league churn out great stars and our players are toast of the european leagues. These days, we only feed from the scraps left by players from CIV, Cameroon, Ghana and the rest.

What does this point to, it shows that we have poor administrators just as it has been evident in other spheres of our national lives.

Imagine the NFF selecting players for the coach, Imagine James peter now being called up to help Amokachi, Imagine the league's top scorer just being invited when the chips are down already, Imagine the NFF taking the match to Kano.

Everything points to complete maladministration. When people like us continue to lean on FAITH to see us through, we are often being castigated but certainly nothing from the NFF has thus far shown that they have to support our faith with hard work. What people forget is that FAITH and WORK surely goes together but as long as we the fans are not in charge of the work, we can only keep FAITH. Its the onus of the NFF, Coaches and players to do the WORK required for success to be complete.

The more we sit behind the computer and pour out our vituperations against the Coaches and players when they fail to perform without really going for the NFF, the more we will be fed with disappointments.

We need to look forward, we need to take the bull by the horn, we need to clamour for the right people to lead our soccer back to the glory days. Surely we have them around but the political cabal in Nigeria will continue to swallow the good and credible sports administrators we have. Now is the time to voice out or we remain silent forever. FOOD FOR THOUGHTS FOR ALL


THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY FAITH

ken gadaffi:2010-03-20 10:28

It will not be a surprise if Nigeria fails to qualify for CHAN for the second time running. Frankly speaking, it will only go on to show how the decay of our football has become. The fact that the SE are going to the world cup this June is a testament of divine intervention rather than our on the field abilities. We have to understand clearly that even our so called foreign pros are not as great as many may have thought afterall and this is simply because of the poor homebased products. Gone are the days when the local league churn out great stars and our players are toast of the european leagues. These days, we only feed from the scraps left by players from CIV, Cameroon, Ghana and the rest.

What does this point to, it shows that we have poor administrators just as it has been evident in other spheres of our national lives.

Imagine the NFF selecting players for the coach, Imagine James peter now being called up to help Amokachi, Imagine the league's top scorer just being invited when the chips are down already, Imagine the NFF taking the match to Kano.

Everything points to complete maladministration. When people like us continue to lean on FAITH to see us through, we are often being castigated but certainly nothing from the NFF has thus far shown that they have to support our faith with hard work. What people forget is that FAITH and WORK surely goes together but as long as we the fans are not in charge of the work, we can only keep FAITH. Its the onus of the NFF, Coaches and players to do the WORK required for success to be complete.

The more we sit behind the computer and pour out our vituperations against the Coaches and players when they fail to perform without really going for the NFF, the more we will be fed with disappointments.

We need to look forward, we need to take the bull by the horn, we need to clamour for the right people to lead our soccer back to the glory days. Surely we have them around but the political cabal in Nigeria will continue to swallow the good and credible sports administrators we have. Now is the time to voice out or we remain silent forever. FOOD FOR THOUGHTS FOR ALL


THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY FAITH