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Rohr hands Success Super Eagles second chance

Gernot Rohr's decision to call up Isaac Success to the Nigeria squad in place of Simeon 'Simy' Nwankwo appears to show two things.

One, it shines a little more light onto the German's thoughts about a long term replacement for the centre-forward role currently being filled by Odion Ighalo.

Secondly, it gives Success another opportunity to annex the Super Eagles shirt and hold onto it, possibly for good.

To start with, Rohr has consistently -- some might say stubbornly -- stuck to a 4-3-3 formation with a battering-ram striker when it is obvious that Nigeria's best matches under him have been while playing with variations of 3-5-2, with two forwards.