daveP:
Nff just played a political move of revenge@ u17 hosting.


I commend them for that at least.


IssaMustGo

Like Platini and Blatter

krattoss:
I guess u are not conversant with the politics in most of these football matters ..

This is a political move that I commend the nff for at least.
Issa Hayatou used style to get rid of the man from Nigeria that was a potential threat to his dictatorship @ Amos Adamu.
Now see his again using style to. Make Madagascar look bad cos that's the rival's home ground.
I like this stage play.
Hayatou.... I wish we had some US interventions on CAF like they did to FIFA that say Platini and corrup Blatter exit football

TheGoodJoe:


The Politics is in favor of our young players. Why support the Politics and not creating a chance for our youngsters.

terzurum5:
Official : Son Of Former Nigeria International Selected By Atlanta United In MLS



Atlanta United selected American-born midfielder of Nigerian descent Andrew Wheeler-Omiunu as the second pick in round three of the 2017 MLS SuperDraft on Tuesday.

Andrew Wheeler-Omiunu, 22, joins the Major League Soccer newcomers from Harvard University.


He recorded 64 appearances, including 61 starts, scoring 4 goals (6 assists) while defending the colours of Harvard University and was captain of the team during his junior year.


His father represented the youth team of Nigeria while his grandfather played for the senior national team of the African powerhouse.

Andrew Wheeler-Omiunu is a native of Massachusetts.

Igho Kingsley

http://allnigeriasoccer.com/read_news.php?nid=21754

CC: The veteran Icon of experience Sir Icon4s, Kog45, Forgiveness, and other elderly elders in the house, please confirm

terzurum5:
Breaking- Exclusive: Super Eagles Midfielder Raheem Lawal Agrees Deal With Kayserispor



Allnigeriasoccer.com understands that Nigeria international Raheem Lawal has agreed a loan deal with Turkish Super Lig club Kayserispor.


The Osmanlıspor midfielder has signed a five-month contract that will see him remain on loan at Kayserispor until the end of the 2016-2017 season.


Lawal was on the radar of Kayserispor since the opening of the transfer window but the transfer was delayed because the president of Osmanlıspor failed to sanction the move until now.


The 26-year-old numbers Atlético Baleares, Adana Demirspor, Mersin İdmanyurdu and Eskişehirspor among his former clubs.

This season, he has recorded 14 appearances in all competitions for Osmanlıspor, including nine games in the Europa League and qualifiers.

Ifeanyi Emmanuel

http://allnigeriasoccer.com/read_news.php?nid=21757

tbaba1234:
Highlights of Kelechi Nwakali in his last game...

http://www.facebook.com/mvvmaastrichtofficial/videos/1234676523276714/?pnref=story

Icon4s:


Infact I was so pissed when I read that news this morning. Imagine a Golden opportunity to rewrite our wrong and the NFF sacrifices it for yeye CAF politics. I still dey vex.

Icon4s:
NFF Rejects Caf’s Request To Host 2017 U-17 Nations Cup

THE Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) may have turned down a request from the Confederation of African Football, CAF to bail it out and host the 2017 edition of the African U-17 Championship. CAF had last week stripped Madagascar of the right to host the championship even as it had not made any concrete arrangement for another host. A reliable source at the NFF informed Sports Vanguard in Abuja that on Monday the
federation received a letter from the continental body requesting it to bail it out by staging the competition scheduled to take place later in the year.
According to our source who did not want to be mentioned, the NFF who has been battling a nagging financial crunch did not waste time in declining the offer. “Yes we have received a letter from CAF but there is nothing we can do to help them because we know the prevailing situation in the country. The nation is presently in recession and it will be foolish on our part to begin to request the government to venture into
such. In fact that would have presented us in a very bad light before Nigerians.”The executive committee of CAF had met last Thursday in Libreville, Gabon and announced the withdrawal of the hosting right from Madagascar; a development many analysts believe is a way of getting back at the president of the Malagasy Football Federation, Ahmad Ahmad who is the only candidate that will contest the presidency of CAF with the age long incumbent, Issa Haytou. Hayatou a Cameroonian had been in charge of CAF since 1998 and despite a change of its bylaws last September to limit the tenure of its officers, CAF tactically left a window for him run again and if he expectedly wins, will be in
office till 2021.


Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/01/nff-rejects-cafs-request-host-u-17-nations-cup/

My comment:

I personally feel the NFF should not have out rightly turned down the request. They could have at least first approached a few Corporate sponsors and or state governments to fund/invest in the fiesta. One or two states should be able to host the tourney. It is not a major tourney like the AFCON. Just 8 participating teams with at least 2 stadiums needed. Some states in Nigeria have up to 2 standard stadiums and there are some that need little funds to get them ready for such a competition. Or two neighboring states can come together and put up the show piece. Eg, Akwa-Ibom and Rivers, Akwa-Ibom and Cross River, Rivers and Bayelsa, Delta and Edo. Lagos state can even single handedly host it. Some of these states already have standard hotel accommodations and transportation system for such a fiesta including other logistics.

AND ULTIMATELY THIS COULD HAVE BEEN ANOTHER CHANCE FOR OUR GOLDEN EAGLETS

BascoVanVeli:


I would have liked this chance, lets not forget Nigeria would then have a chance to win 3 u17's in a row. Uyo and PH should be asked before any decision is made. What i'm not liking lately with the NFF is how quick they make decisions without asking people what they think. This could even give our economy a boost if it is handled the right way.

CFCman:
FIFA is proposing to abolish the offside rule, penalty shoot outs, and yellow cards...
http://www.goal.com/en-gh/news/4400/fifa-world-cup/2017/01/18/31676832/no-offside-no-yellow-cards-and-the-five-craziest-potential

terzurum5:
Food for thought; Have we found a substantive backup for Karl Ikeme

House that is my problem for now.....

Lazyerudite:

Not only you o, I did mention it earlier, the games I have watched so far lacks tactics and coordination. Build up play is so poor that I get uninterested after a short while. maybe the tournament is at an early stage and might get better with time. Just maybe

terzurum5:
Food for thought; Have we found a substantive backup for Karl Ikeme
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House that is my problem for now.....

Icon4s:


Wheeler Omiunu...

wait let me scan through the list..

CFCman:
FIFA is proposing to abolish the offside rule, penalty shoot outs, and yellow cards...
http://www.goal.com/en-gh/news/4400/fifa-world-cup/2017/01/18/31676832/no-offside-no-yellow-cards-and-the-five-craziest-potential

tbaba1234:
Highlights of Kelechi Nwakali in his last game...

http://www.facebook.com/mvvmaastrichtofficial/videos/1234676523276714/?pnref=story

WOW...he's having a lot of fun in this team. Just imagine if he is not allowed to go on loan because someone wants to be 'drilling' him.

Brightwood:


That New FIFA President is the definition of Goat head...What's all this Rubbish?

On my campus there are tons of Soccer tournaments going on but if you are an Athlete, you are ineligible to play so I do play with my teammates and friends in the off-season...You see strikers Joking with the Goalkeeper only to lash on a clearance from the other half, sprint and smash it to the top corner...Imagine the likes of Lukaku outpacing defenders for fun or Aguero master of first touch finishes.


How do you even abolish penalties...Players like pogba will be choking players up and down the penalty box or is it Abolishing yellow cards so Niggas like Costa can increase their insanity.


And I had High hopes for this new FIFA President, let them go find better proposals Abeg.

CFCman:


Marco Van Basten, FIFA's head of tech, is claiming that abolishing the offside rule would make the game more exciting, as it had been done in field hockey. Yellow cards would be replaced with a system whereby a player is ejected after committing 5 or 6 fouls, just as its been done in basketball.

I'm not for abolishing yellow cards though, thats a bit extreme. 3 yellow cards, instead of 2, should lead to a sending off.