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Reason Why Nigeria's phenomenal Football Success Doesn't Get Pass Under 17 by Ibelong2God: 9:05pm On Nov 09, 2015 |
During the finals of the U17 world cup, you could literally hear Nigeria players on the bench screaming, 'abeg..abeg..move forward, we need to win so that our lives go change.' I heard this more than once on that day. Those words reveal the mindset of those boys going into the U17. They are passionate to escape a life of hardship. This translates into team hardwork. We only had 2 exceptional players in that team and they themselves were spurred by that mindset. When they finally make it and graduate to the senior level with all those juicy club pays, their level of commitment and hardwork reduce. This is the reason why our senior teams do not perform to expectation. The talent is there but lesser commitment to national duty. Who else agrees with me apart from lalasticlala |
Re: Reason Why Nigeria's phenomenal Football Success Doesn't Get Pass Under 17 by Nobody: 9:58pm On Nov 09, 2015 |
ME and the guy under |
Re: Reason Why Nigeria's phenomenal Football Success Doesn't Get Pass Under 17 by kurupt1: 10:14pm On Nov 09, 2015 |
I don't agree.....most of those guys don't get to enter decent foreign clubs except a few.hence,their talent and development is lost.A decent ckub woul rather go for their own rather than an african. |
Re: Reason Why Nigeria's phenomenal Football Success Doesn't Get Pass Under 17 by Ibelong2God: 10:29pm On Nov 09, 2015 |
kurupt1: But the reality is that things get better after a successful U17 outing 1 Like |
Re: Reason Why Nigeria's phenomenal Football Success Doesn't Get Pass Under 17 by coolitempa(f): 10:36pm On Nov 09, 2015 |
Are these boys really 17 and below.... 2 Likes |
Re: Reason Why Nigeria's phenomenal Football Success Doesn't Get Pass Under 17 by Ibelong2God: 11:12pm On Nov 09, 2015 |
coolitempa:.
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Re: Reason Why Nigeria's phenomenal Football Success Doesn't Get Pass Under 17 by meccuno: 12:44am On Nov 10, 2015 |
Ibelong2God:how long does it take ifa to respond? Is he using MTN? |
Re: Reason Why Nigeria's phenomenal Football Success Doesn't Get Pass Under 17 by raumdeuter: 12:50am On Nov 10, 2015 |
The truth is that they are way older than 17 they claim. At that age their suprior physique would make them excel but when other countries catch up physically in their 20s they would stand no chance Where in Nigerian Messi Stanley Okoro now? Or Crisantus, Or Opabunmi or Ezekiel Bala or Isaac promise or the various stars of the U17 in the past 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Reason Why Nigeria's phenomenal Football Success Doesn't Get Pass Under 17 by Tolatutu: 1:07am On Nov 10, 2015 |
raumdeuter: Exactly. Many of them are older than 17, so of course they will dominate now but once the playing field gets leveled and they start playing against their age mates then it's a different ball game all together. |
Re: Reason Why Nigeria's phenomenal Football Success Doesn't Get Pass Under 17 by 400billionman: 1:38am On Nov 10, 2015 |
POINT... |
Re: Reason Why Nigeria's phenomenal Football Success Doesn't Get Pass Under 17 by naptu2: 3:55am On Nov 10, 2015 |
There are very many reasons and it's not just because of the players. 1)Many major footballing countries do not take the u17 and u20 tournaments seriously. I remember that a Nigerian wrote to the BBC World Service in 2007 to complain that they did not cover the u17 championship which Nigeria won. A BBC producer replied that it's just an u17 championship. He said that if they cover the u17, then they would have to cover the u15, the u13, etc. 2) Successful football nations prepare very well for the senior world cup. They do not leave anything to chance. For example, some England players slept in oxygen beds before the 2010 World Cup to enable them cope with the altitude in South Africa. The Super Eagles did not do anything to prepare themselves to cope with the altitude. I remember listening to Danny Shittu complain about the altitude in an interview with Mark Gleeson. 3) Interference: How do we select players and coaches for the national team? In most cases we can be professional in selecting players and coaches for our u17 team because the team does not attract much publicity before the tournament. On the other hand, there's a lot of interference when it comes to selecting players and coaches for the Super Eagles. Politicians, former players, businessmen, soldiers, etc all have their candidates that they want the NFF to select, regardless of whether that candidate is good or not. 4) What kind of football development policy do we have? What kind of league do we have? Some of the German players that played in this u17 tournament are already playing in some of the biggest clubs in Germany (Bayern Munich, Werder Bremen, etc) and it will be easier for them to break into the biggest clubs in Europe that have the best facilities and coaches. Our players are playing for Young Strikers, etc. Check out the clubs of players at this tournament. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_FIFA_U-17_World_Cup_squads I'm going to address this strange argument about longevity. naptu2: Some players that have played for both the Golden Eaglets and the Super Eagles. naptu2: 1 Like |
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