Icon4s:


Good write up my brother.

I hate it when peeps come here to tag our players age cheats.

I know many old players that did nt cheat with their age.

One of them is Emmanuel Amuneke. He was born in 1970. He finished Class Five(so it was called then) in 1989. That means he was 19 then. (We dey old for school those days).He shortly after signed a professional contract with Julius Berger FC. He broke into d national team at d 1991 All African games (U23) as a 21years old. Shortly after he signed for Egyptian giant-Zamalek. And d rest is history.
He was one of d over-aged players at d 1996 Olympics. He used his real age. He did nt look older than the Likes of Amokachi, Okocha, Ikpeba and Oliseh hu were still U23 then.

I know most professional African players age-cheat bt it is nt 100%. It baffles me that even with the introduction of the MRI some people still believe our last 2 Golden Eaglets class were over aged.

Taiwo Awoniyi that even wrote WAEC after he participated in the 2013 FIFA U17.

A guy dat knows John Lazarus in Abuja said he wrote WAEC a year before he featured at d U17 WC yet people were saying Lazarus doesn't look 17.

I know how people doubted d ages of the 2013 Eaglets until a pix they took 2 years earlier as U15 surfaced. And the difference in terms of physique was so clear. They looked 15 in 2011 & then looked 30 in 2013?

Age cheats was well pronounced in d past bt we have a new generation of talents of which most are truely their real ages and lets run with that.
And i expect more from dem cos they are yet to hit their peaks.

confun:
tx you oga icon, when I see comments tagging our players as overage especially d last 2 sets of golden eaglets, I just bypass such comments, I don't take it into consideration at all.....d problem is dt no matter ao u explain or give facts and figures, some pp will still not believe because dey have a bad mind set...as for me, those pp are on dir own, I don't argue wit dem.

adeyemi2015:
RIO 2016 OLYMPIC DRAW

Group A
Brazil
South Africa
Iraq
Denmark

Group B
Sweden
Colombia
Nigeria
Japan


Group C
Fiji
Korea
Mexico
Germany

Group D
Honduras
Algeria
Portugal
Argentina


*https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CgAh_DdXEAA3KhD.jpg:large

AIG07:

Gr8 and easy group indeed!

Coming out top of the group shouldn't be a problem for us IF all factors n recipe are put in place.

I foresee a repeatition of Atlanta 1996 Olympics in Rio.

TheGoodJoe:
Why do we do this?
Why?
Why do we come online and share articles, comments, news about out talents making something for themselves home and abroad?

Is it because we are perfect?
No. We are far from it. The FIFA ranking says it. Everyone can see it.

Is it because we are proud?
No. We are not going to the AFCON and we did not go there last time. How can we be proud.

We do this because out there, little to no one cares about the struggle that goes on down here. No one cares that the Government hands Billions of naira to the NFF and we have little to show.

None to few of those folks care if there are corrupt people in the powers of our football holding us back with bad decisions.

Do the Foreigners think we are perfect? No.

We do this because it takes us to see the light in the dark tunnel. It takes us to tell the World that Blessing Eleke was proud that he saved his team from losing a game. That he is not a black idiot but a young man who is making a name for himself despite the obstacles he faced growing up.

It takes people like us to tell the Foreigners that, "No. We are not all age cheats. There are a lot of young Nigerians who move from secondary schools to clubs.

The likes of John Mikel Obi who Plateau United fans called a small secondary school boy.

If we do not know, who will? Dailymail? Telegraph?

It is us, you and I on this thread, Nigerians who should know.

If Osimhen did not go through the MRI, many will jump up and down and say he is overage. He does not look smooth.

No one says there are no age cheats in Nigeria. Saying all our top young talents are age cheats or all players in the NPFL are age cheats defeat what we do here.

We are here to show that despite people see us as darkness, the sun still shines here.

kingsleyAba:
don't underrate any country bro

yoged:
don't judge yet . Have you seen any of the team played before ?

AIG07:

sir, I'm ain't judging nor underrating our opponents.

If u read between the lines you'll will see the conditional word 'IF' which points to the fact that as long as we get other things right(preparation, camping, paying players, technical crew salaries n bonuses when due prior to the competition, player release, good team selection, ...) we will go far and replicate '96 feat in Rio with the abundants of talents we 've got...

adeyemi2015:
RIO 2016 OLYMPIC DRAW

Group A
Brazil
South Africa
Iraq
Denmark

Group B
Sweden
Colombia
Nigeria
Japan


Group C
Fiji
Korea
Mexico
Germany

Group D
Honduras
Algeria
Portugal
Argentina


*https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CgAh_DdXEAA3KhD.jpg:large

By Solace Chukwu

Peseiro has been rewarded for his faith in Awaziem

forgiveness:



The fear of Sweden is the beginning of wisdom.

kingsleyAba:
fear Colombia boyz especially when u r playing dem in south America

daveP:
City fans dont understand why Pelegrini prefers Bony over Nacho. Like Welebeck, they feel he is a waste of tactic and space, yet. If he wants to beat Psg, he better use the nonprofiled Nacho.

TheSuperNerd:
Fear?? Naah... no need for fear. We respect them but why fear?

They should also be scared of The Nigerian boys coming to south america to try repeat history and make up for Nigeria's AFCON miss.

A make-shift Nigerian U-23 side beat Brazil U-23 (packed with stars) 1-0 recently in their own "South American backyard"

Of course, it doesn't mean we are "made" or invincible but at least that sent out a "message" kinda....

It's not an easy group but Nigeria are no push overs at U-23 level be it in South America or in Jupiter...

By Lolade Adewuyi

The streets of Manaus: Getty Images

The Rio Negro at sunset: JackPiranha

kingsleyAba:
Alexis Zapata (Colombia)
In 2011, James Rodriguez starred for
Colombia as they reached the quarter-finals
of the U20 World Cup on home soil. In 2013,
the magic of Juan Fernando Quintero
inspired the Cafateros to victory in the
Sudamericano U20 before almost single-
handedly dragging them to the round of 16 in
Turkey.
This time, the man entrusted with the
number 10 shirt is Udinese’s Alexis Zapa
Like Rodriguez and Quintero, Zapata is
another product of the prolific Envigado
youth academy that has also yielded
internationals Fredy Guarin, Luis Muriel and
Gio Moreno. After starring at the Juegos
Bolivarianos and Torneo di Viareggio,
Udinese swooped for the playmaker in
January 2014 before loaning him to Sassuolo
for the remainder of the season.
Blessed with a sweet left foot, intelligent
movement and decent pace, Zapata is
equally adept at beating his man or providing
a killer pass and will be expected to provide
the stardust along with former teammate
and Juventus target Andres Tello and Joao
Rodriguez, on loan at Bastia from Chelsea. if dia z nothing u can't fear about Colombia boyz fear zapata

binhozie:


I can't remember saying anything about fluminese and Queretaro, I was talking about ronaldo De Lima
Joe where do you get your defenders from ?
The strength of a club doesn't determine if a player can play in another club, its the players quality that determines Delli Alli was in Mk dons and he is a starter in Tottenham doesn't mean Mk dons mildfield is better or not better than Tottenham's own

TheGoodJoe:


I doubt Chikatara will make it. He was among those who could not meet up with Coach Siasia's tedious training routines.

I hope Coach Samson Siasia gives Blessing Eleke another chance. I beg him.

TheGoodJoe:
Why do we do this?
Why?
Why do we come online and share articles, comments, news about out talents making something for themselves home and abroad?

Is it because we are perfect?
No. We are far from it. The FIFA ranking says it. Everyone can see it.

Is it because we are proud?
No. We are not going to the AFCON and we did not go there last time. How can we be proud.

We do this because out there, little to no one cares about the struggle that goes on down here. No one cares that the Government hands Billions of naira to the NFF and we have little to show.

None to few of those folks care if there are corrupt people in the powers of our football holding us back with bad decisions.

Do the Foreigners think we are perfect? No.

We do this because it takes us to see the light in the dark tunnel. It takes us to tell the World that Blessing Eleke was proud that he saved his team from losing a game. That he is not a black idiot but a young man who is making a name for himself despite the obstacles he faced growing up.

It takes people like us to tell the Foreigners that, "No. We are not all age cheats. There are a lot of young Nigerians who move from secondary schools to clubs.

The likes of John Mikel Obi who Plateau United fans called a small secondary school boy.

If we do not know, who will? Dailymail? Telegraph?

It is us, you and I on this thread, Nigerians who should know.

If Osimhen did not go through the MRI, many will jump up and down and say he is overage. He does not look smooth.

No one says there are no age cheats in Nigeria. Saying all our top young talents are age cheats or all players in the NPFL are age cheats defeat what we do here.

We are here to show that despite people see us as darkness, the sun still shines here.

Icon4s:


Good write up my brother.

I hate it when peeps come here to tag our players age cheats.

I know many old players that did nt cheat with their age.

One of them is Emmanuel Amuneke. He was born in 1970. He finished Class Five(so it was called then) in 1989. That means he was 19 then. (We dey old for school those days).He shortly after signed a professional contract with Julius Berger FC. He broke into d national team at d 1991 All African games (U23) as a 21years old. Shortly after he signed for Egyptian giant-Zamalek. And d rest is history.
He was one of d over-aged players at d 1996 Olympics. He used his real age. He did nt look older than the Likes of Amokachi, Okocha, Ikpeba and Oliseh hu were still U23 then.

I know most professional African players age-cheat bt it is nt 100%. It baffles me that even with the introduction of the MRI some people still believe our last 2 Golden Eaglets class were over aged.

Taiwo Awoniyi that even wrote WAEC after he participated in the 2013 FIFA U17.

A guy dat knows John Lazarus in Abuja said he wrote WAEC a year before he featured at d U17 WC yet people were saying Lazarus doesn't look 17.

I know how people doubted d ages of the 2013 Eaglets until a pix they took 2 years earlier as U15 surfaced. And the difference in terms of physique was so clear. They looked 15 in 2011 & then looked 30 in 2013?

Age cheats was well pronounced in d past bt we have a new generation of talents of which most are truely their real ages and lets run with that.
And i expect more from dem cos they are yet to hit their peaks.

terzurum5:

This is what I do not understand about our Coaches, what has this tedious produced with the likes of Ajayi and other strikers he took to the AAGS & U23 AFCON? He might have managed to win the U23 Trophy, but remember at the Olympics, its not going to be the same ball game.

This might just be a pointer to the fact that Sir Forgiveness's stance on our Coaches' player selection is not out of place.

TheGoodJoe:


Coaches are different. For instance, when Mancini came to Man City, he changed to a training process that was considered tedious.

Players like Adebayor, Bellamy, Stephen Ireland could not cope and they had to leave.

Look at Liverpool with Klopp. Remember his arrival at Liverpool and losing all the defenders to injuries, due to tedious training methods.

Guardiola is lighter in his training but does a lot of passing accuracy drills. If you are a strong workaholic and you can run up and down the pitch, if you do not have a high passing accuracy, he drops you.

That was why someone like Lahm could move into the midfield for Bayern. We knew Lahm for his running and crossing but Guardiola discovered he could pass really well. Same with Alaba.

So these routines of different coaching styles screen out players that might look good in one system but bad in another.

terzurum5:


If I am a Coach, I did marry both for optimal output.

No wonder both Fanen Adi and Aaron Samuel were adjudged as been unfit for the two matches against Egypt.