Icon4s:


I can tell u that the national team has a team of scouts and all those players are within their radar. In my earlier post i mentioned those that have been invited already. Some more will still be invited and some new ones will still continue to emerge. However, not all are national team materials whether U17, U20, U23 or Super Eagles.

The ones invited thus far (within d last 2yrs) have nt been outstanding so no big deal abt them.

TheGoodJoe:


They should not change it. If they change it, we will have our coaches globe trotting looking for established names in clubs amd abandoning our grassroot talents.

Look at Osimhen and Alampasu, if not this system we woukd have not had the likes of these guys. We might lose Alaba but we gain more with exposing more of our grassroot talents.

We won the U17 back to back. Produced talents like Osimhen, Chukwueze, Iheanacho, Chidera Ezeh, Yahaya, Chidebere and Kelechi Nwakali and a host of others.

What a lot of people do not know is that we have more talents in our grassroot that in clubs. We need more ways to expose them. The U17 has helped in a lot of ways.

You do not change a winning system.

forgiveness:


Good to hear that.

*clearing throat * how do you know, are you one of them?

TheGoodJoe:


Stop being ridiculous. How did I frame it?

Why did Coach Yemi Tella and Coach Manu Garba reject David Alaba? What did Alaba give as their reason?

Answer the question before falsely accusing someone.

Icon4s:


I know. Simple. Besides it is no secret.

Icon4s:


Spot on bro. Is forgiveness saying we have nt produced players from our youth system that are better than Alaba?

Our grassroots system has seen Nigeria play in 4 out of d last 5 U17 WC final winning 3. We are getting it right, simple. Before the last U17 WC people dat shared same sentiments with forgiveness were clamouring for d inclusion of some English groomed U17 Nigerians. Amuneke organised a friendly btw our local Eaglets and Anglo Eaglets jst to makr some selection decisions. The local eaglets won 9-0. Most of those Euro-Nigerian players are simply over-rated!

TheGoodJoe:


Your the one that is confusing yourself. A Nigerian senators son might have all the money in the World but he is not exposed.

TheGoodJoe:

We use the U17 to boost the local young boys in the country to provide better life for their friends and family.

TheGoodJoe:


Remember, Coach Yemi Tella was a member of the Nigerian technical committee. Answer yes or no.

Did Alaba, a football professional in Europe fit into the criteria of Nigerian football grassroot development player?

TheGoodJoe:


Did I say Alaba did something wrong choosing Austria. If he wanted to play for Nigeria, he would have waited and played for Coach Siasia's U20 team.

Alaba was wrong there and I hope he wins an international medal with Austria. I wonder what he was rushing for. He expected us to drop a grassroot player to play him.

forgiveness:


The fact that Celta da Vigo trashed Barcelona 4 - 1, does not mean Messi, Neymar and Suarez are over-rated players. Besides, they were brought together for the first time to play a team that has been together for long.

Let us look as players Tella snubbed for Alaba, Macauley Chrisantus, Lukman Haruna, Rabiu Ibrahim etcetera. Where are they now?

Who can you compare with Alaba?

Icon4s:


4-1 is pardonable bt 9-0 is something else.

Nigerian youth system has produced better players than Alaba.

forgiveness:


Please, Tell me the players from that his set that is better than him and you can add the names of those better players.

Icon4s:


What i am telling u is the Nigerian youth system has produced better players than Alaba.

lexyman:


When ? And what is the player name ,Or are you talking about what will happen in the coming future ?

lexyman:


When ? And what is the player name ,Or are you talking about what will happen in the coming future ?

Badosqi:

but this is against ur grassroot development stuff because according to you in one of ur posts the U17 should be "". A senator's son should not come close to our U17 team. He has money and he doesn't fit ur grassroot development program. A nigerian boy from europe may lack exposure too.


as far as i know, the U17 & U20 are for talent hunt and they are opened for both all rich and poor, grassroot and irokoroot. There should be no discrimination. We are all Nigerians and nobody should stop us from serving our fathers land.

of course you did. You wrote

waited? The boy was eligible to play for nigeria and austria. Nigeria rejected him from joining the U17 team, Austria came later with a senior team offer at age 17 and you expected him to say no. Was there an agreement between the boy and nff that coach siasia would give him the U20 opportunity? HELL NO.

forgiveness:



Please, kindly show us a pieces of the article from the Nigeria Football association that said so.

Did Yemi Tella act based on a written article by the federation or he personally and tactically choose to shun the boy?

Icon4s:


Spot on bro. Is forgiveness saying we have nt produced players from our youth system that are better than Alaba?

Our grassroots system has seen Nigeria play in 4 out of d last 5 U17 WC final winning 3. We are getting it right, simple. Before the last U17 WC people dat shared same sentiments with forgiveness were clamouring for d inclusion of some English groomed U17 Nigerians. Amuneke organised a friendly btw our local Eaglets and Anglo Eaglets jst to makr some selection decisions. The local eaglets won 9-0. Most of those Euro-Nigerian players are simply over-rated!

Icon4s:


Mayb u jst started following Nigerian football. Ever heard of the following players?: Nwankwo Kanu, Austin Okocha, Emmanuel Amuneke, Celestine Babayaro, Tijani Babangida, Yakubu Aiyegbeni, even d recent Odion Ighalo.

forgiveness:


First of all, you avoided my first question. I asked you, where are the players Tella snubbed for Alaba?

After you answer that I will come to this one.

forgiveness:


First of all, you avoided my first question. I asked you, where are the players Tella snubbed for Alaba?

After you answer that I will come to this one.

forgiveness:


First of all, you avoided my first question. I asked you, where are the players Tella snubbed for Alaba?

After you answer that I will come to this one.

TheGoodJoe:


So I am asking you again. What is your problem? Are you against the development of grassroot football? Are you not impressed that a Nigerian local talents can make things happen in Europe?

Icon4s:


Mayb u jst started following Nigerian football. Ever heard of the following players?: Nwankwo Kanu, Austin Okocha, Emmanuel Amuneke, Celestine Babayaro, Tijani Babangida, Yakubu Aiyegbeni, even d recent Odion Ighalo? All products of our rich youths system.

lexyman:


Don't go there . I ve been following Nigerian football for quite some time , and some of the players you mentioned were not product of grassroot football , but the product of "grassroots hustle" Alaba is a world best 3 ....also another utility player that can play upto 5 roles on the pitch . Mention Just 2 Nigeria player that will play that role successfully in a world class team like Bayern?

Don't get me wrong I am not hating on our youth system , it's in progress and I know it will work , but I see u as someone that is over ambitious . None of the present youth is close to Alaba , even babayaro in his days could nt play more than 2 . Alaba is a product of modern football and he's playing under a modern coach with great philosophy , Guadiola will make any player play any role comfortably .

TheGoodJoe:


You are avoiding the fact. Grassroot development is not to make all the players turn to Pele but to give them a chance to have better lives.

After the tournament, they got houses and money from the government and companies. Some will use the money to start business and put the houses on rent. Some will give the money to their parents to raise regular income for their families.

Some will use the money to travel oversees to pursue their footballing careers. Some will use the money to further their education.

The grassroot development is not just for football also but to make them better people in the society.

Marcauley Chrisantus, AEK Athens
Ibrahim Rabiu, Trencin
Haruna Lukman, Anzhi Makachkala

So this is a system to give young boys a way out of the struggle of life with their talents. Some of them even had a chance to play for clubs in the home sides.

Icon4s:


None is playing top flight football. But what i have been telling u all along is the Nigerian youth system has produced better players than Alaba.

A system that has produced 5titles, highest for any country in the world is commendable and should be sustained.

U cannot undermine this system jst bc of Alaba.And u cannot flood our national team with every Nigerian half cast u see in Europe jst bc u want to avoid "the Alaba case ".

Icon4s:


This is a simple case of not cherishing what u have. The believe that nothing good comes out of the home front.

forgiveness:


Fact! O I see, you mean your opinion right?

If what you said is the fact, why did NFF bothered to invite foreign based players for selection prior to the last U17 World Cup?

Why was 1 foreign based player(already in a club) included in the 2013 U17 World Cup?

As you can see NFF was searching for talented players to fortify the team and not chop I chop players as you've wrongful portrayed.

So, can you compare them with the ignored one?