kentebemoney:

Bros Nwakali is not an AM, he is a CM.

TheLoneCitizen:


It shows the mental state of some folks.

As though being born in a non-Nigerian hospital extracts the Nigerian lineage from their veins.

Tolulopefinest:


Do you stay plastic legs?
What has your Iron legs Footballers won ?
Na by power ?

IDENNAA:


Well , that partly true but we also know he can play AM position due to his skill set. The boy can roam around the 18yrd box with so much each. He could score , create and play dead ball , so , beautifully well. He is a million miles better than Iwobi.

Tolulopefinest:


Do you stay plastic legs?
What has your Iron legs Footballers won ?
Na by power ?

kentebemoney:

Truth is, we don't have to play with a number 10.
4-3-3, 3-4-3, 3-5-2, 3-1-3-3. This are options we can use

IDENNAA:


Omolomo! These foreigners can never displace our home grown talent...soon Amoo will join the Eagles. E sweet me die. Sent all those plastic legs packing

fabyom:
Have you been to these countries or your decision was based on what you read in Biblio? I have met people from these countries as an educator and economist, there is nothing about their education, economy, or quality of life that stand out for me. Yet I have met numerous Nigerians in every work of lives who can't be compared to anyone intellectually, financially, and morally.

IDENNAA:

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African nations cup thrice
Olympic soccer gold medal
Japan '93 U17

We won all these with home grown talents. Now , what has England ever win with their plastic legs....lo[/s]l

IDENNAA:


Being born abroad does not take away your parents gene, but you are also a product of your environment. You pick oc the idiosyncrasies of the society you were born in.

Has any English born ever excelled in GWG ? Except for goalkeeper Ikeme....Iwobi has not blown us away

IDENNAA:


Being born abroad does not take away your parents gene, but you are also a product of your environment. You pick oc the idiosyncrasies of the society you were born in.

Has any English born ever excelled in GWG ? Except for goalkeeper Ikeme....Iwobi has not blown us away

andrew444:
I hope Messi joins psg since mancity won’t be possible

I can’t wait to hear Ramos say Messi is the greatest player of all time

More woes for cr7 fan boys

wayodude:


I have been to 3 of these countries and know enough about the others to say with authority what I said. Pics of me in Boavista, Cape Verde and Cairo,Egypt attached. When I went to Namibia I was still a bit young so no pics readily available but trust me in what I have said.

I don't think I understand the bolded part of your post.

do4luv14:




Sorry to burst your bubble, Messi joining PSG is subject to the EU ruling on a complaint filed by Barcelona, against PSG, wanting to sign him,

And the complaint is right, and it's due to F.F.P

IDENNAA:


Being born abroad does not take away your parents gene, but you are also a product of your environment. You pick oc the idiosyncrasies of the society you were born in.

Has any English born ever excelled in GWG ? Except for goalkeeper Ikeme....Iwobi has not blown us away

kentebemoney:

Truth is, we don't have to play with a number 10.
4-3-3, 3-4-3, 3-5-2, 3-1-3-3. This are options we can use

TheLoneCitizen:


It's good you clarified this, these "foreign borns" are just Nigerians with foreign passports.

But then you went ahead to say absorbing their country of birth's idiosyncrasies makes them unnigerian.

Brother this is football, not a political position. Why do they need to identify with Nigerians to kick a ball about?

Does Osimhen identify with the Italians? No. But he plays in Italy.
Does Ejuke identify with the Russians? No. But he plays in Russia.
Does Onyekuru identify with the Greeks? No. But he plays in Greece.

Football is a language on its own, just play with your legs and forget the language, skin colour or nationality.

Secondly, you brought the case that so-called "foreign borns" are luxury additions and do not improve the Super Eagles anyway, but I disagree on two fronts.

1. All of the foreign-born players brought into the Super Eagles in the last 3 years have significantly improved their respective positions.

Goalkeeping. (Okoye - Currently most Valuable young goalie in Netherlands)

Defense. (Balogun, Ekong - Both play at the highest level)

Right-back. (Ebuhehi - rated as our best fullback by many on this thread)

Central Midfield. - Aribo - Scored more international goals than any Nigerian CM in the past 4 years.

Attacking Midfield/Winger - Iwobi(Lagos born) - Since his debut in 2015, only Ighalo has scored more international goals.

Striker - None

2. The so-called foreign borns have not taken us to the next level only because we have chosen those that match our mediocrity rather than the best.

The real Nigerian talents born with dual nationalities have always slipped our grasps while we are left with the crumbs.

Look at the case of Iwobi, we had to cap him before he even made his club debut, so as to scupper any English poaching.

If you really doubt the quality of foreign borns, tell the house if you think players like Adeyemi, Madueke, Saka, Dele, Danjuma, Eze, Tammy etc, would not increase the standard of the Super Eagles.

JohnBullMySon:
About 20 years spent in a first world country. Had a world class education. Age nothing less than 45. And yet, he stills reasons like a toddler with a small brain

It's so scary and disturbing because this is how someone of his age actually looks like.

TheLoneCitizen:


It's good you clarified this, these "foreign borns" are just Nigerians with foreign passports.

But then you went ahead to say absorbing their country of birth's idiosyncrasies makes them unnigerian.

Brother this is football, not a political position. Why do they need to identify with Nigerians to kick a ball about?

Does Osimhen identify with the Italians? No. But he plays in Italy.
Does Ejuke identify with the Russians? No. But he plays in Russia.
Does Onyekuru identify with the Greeks? No. But he plays in Greece.

Football is a language on its own, just play with your legs and forget the language, skin colour or nationality.

Secondly, you brought the case that so-called "foreign borns" are luxury additions and do not improve the Super Eagles anyway, but I disagree on two fronts.

1. All of the foreign-born players brought into the Super Eagles in the last 3 years have significantly improved their respective positions.

Goalkeeping. (Okoye - Currently most Valuable young goalie in Netherlands)

Defense. (Balogun, Ekong - Both play at the highest level)

Right-back. (Ebuhehi - rated as our best fullback by many on this thread)

Central Midfield. - Aribo - Scored more international goals than any Nigerian CM in the past 4 years.

Attacking Midfield/Winger - Iwobi(Lagos born) - Since his debut in 2015, only Ighalo has scored more international goals.

Striker - None

2. The so-called foreign borns have not taken us to the next level only because we have chosen those that match our mediocrity rather than the best.

The real Nigerian talents born with dual nationalities have always slipped our grasps while we are left with the crumbs.

Look at the case of Iwobi, we had to cap him before he even made his club debut, so as to scupper any English poaching.

If you really doubt the quality of foreign borns, tell the house if you think players like Adeyemi, Madueke, Saka, Dele, Danjuma, Eze, Tammy etc, would not increase the standard of the Super Eagles.

TheLoneCitizen:


It's good you clarified this, these "foreign borns" are just Nigerians with foreign passports.

But then you went ahead to say absorbing their country of birth's idiosyncrasies makes them unnigerian.

Brother this is football, not a political position. Why do they need to identify with Nigerians to kick a ball about?

Does Osimhen identify with the Italians? No. But he plays in Italy.
Does Ejuke identify with the Russians? No. But he plays in Russia.
Does Onyekuru identify with the Greeks? No. But he plays in Greece.

Football is a language on its own, just play with your legs and forget the language, skin colour or nationality.

Secondly, you brought the case that so-called "foreign borns" are luxury additions and do not improve the Super Eagles anyway, but I disagree on two fronts.

1. All of the foreign-born players brought into the Super Eagles in the last 3 years have significantly improved their respective positions.

Goalkeeping. (Okoye - Currently most Valuable young goalie in Netherlands)

Defense. (Balogun, Ekong - Both play at the highest level)

Right-back. (Ebuhehi - rated as our best fullback by many on this thread)

Central Midfield. - Aribo - Scored more international goals than any Nigerian CM in the past 4 years.

Attacking Midfield/Winger - Iwobi(Lagos born) - Since his debut in 2015, only Ighalo has scored more international goals.

Striker - None

2. The so-called foreign borns have not taken us to the next level only because we have chosen those that match our mediocrity rather than the best.

The real Nigerian talents born with dual nationalities have always slipped our grasps while we are left with the crumbs.

Look at the case of Iwobi, we had to cap him before he even made his club debut, so as to scupper any English poaching.

If you really doubt the quality of foreign borns, tell the house if you think players like Adeyemi, Madueke, Saka, Dele, Danjuma, Eze, Tammy etc, would not increase the standard of the Super Eagles.

charlesemeka85:
whether dem like it or not foreign born players will be be capped and used on a regular basis in our national teams

Who so ever em dey pierce em heart mk em hug transformer join

If Italy, Spain, Germany, France, England can cap sons and daughters of immigrants I see nothing shameful in us working hard to grab those who re eligible to play for us.

If some folks here happen to be French where 70% of their national team consist of sons of west and north African immigrants them for Don carry placard enter street of Paris to protest

TheSuperNerd:
Almost (if not all) every natural AM that comes into Europe from Africa are converted to Wingers or Central midfield/Defensive midfield players.

I have extensively spoken on this hundreds upon hundreds of pages ago. Mikel Obi is an example. Lately we have Ziyech, Iwobi etc... all converted into Wingers or sometimes will play as wingbacks.

But hopefully, the likes of Michael Olise comes through for us and with Amoo's development staying on course, I trust his inside right position (RW role) won't see him lose his natural AM touch.

TheGoodJoe:
I think we should stop the discrimination here. We select the best should be the criteria for selection. Not where you are born. I will only prefer home grown selection for underage teams to help many here who lack support to succeed.

However, I still propose large camping and screening exercises from time to time to select the best that suit the system of the coach. Not colour of skin or place of birth.

It is disheartening seeing attacks on our brothers because of where they were born.

wayodude:


I have been to 3 of these countries and know enough about the others to say with authority what I said. Pics of me in Boavista, Cape Verde and Cairo,Egypt attached. When I went to Namibia I was still a bit young so no pics readily available but trust me in what I have said.

I don't think I understand the bolded part of your post.

Pics taken down...on second thoughts.

Tolulopefinest:
With Osimhen, Chukwueze and Ejuke in front.

Any team we faced is in trouble.

This Ejuke Na baller o