TheGoodJoe:


We are talking education. When Neymar was about nine, he trained with Old Santos players, it helped him and others grow. Iwobi as a kid used to play with Okocha. So, U16 playing pros will educate our boys. Food For thought.

chrisooblog:
guys i'm with goodjoe on this the experience will be invaluable to these youngsters. better to chop 8-1, 3-0 now and become world beaters tomorrow than win convincingly deceiving ourselves that we have arrived whereas we are using ''oldsters'' who have less room for improvement

joseph1013:


What experience are you two talking about? Have you ever seen a football powerhouse parade U15 boys against professional footballers (playing in the Champions league) in any competition before? Just name one!

chrisooblog:
bro the only reason you are criticizing this team is because of the scandalous losses they got. if they had gotten decent results we won't be having this conversation. this tournament was a friendly meant for experimentation. i don't fault the wisdom in the nff giving the u17s that failed to qualify a chance at showcasing their talents since they will be most likely be forgotten after all this. who knows if we would be discovering a few hidden gems in their midst that we won't ordinarily have looked at because they failed at u17 level. you would probably argue that we should have sent them osimhen and kelechi nwakali's set but those guys by winning the last u17 world cup have exposed themselves to the world and some of them have gotten/are getting good contracts out of it.

joseph1013:


You know you've not answered my question, right? Name one football powerhouse who use this kind of approach to develop their talents; countries who go for competitions and line up U15 to play Champion-league level footballers for exposure. I just need one country! I will accept your theory if you can mention that country

chrisooblog:
are we at the same level of those 'powerhouses' you mentioned? those countries have club sides with well run academies where you have u10, u13, u15, u16 teams so it will be easier to monitor and gather such players to play such competitions but us with our limited funding and scoop of operations have to maximize any small opportunities we have to give our youth players exposure.

to answer your question i know for a fact that the english don't usually send their best youth players to competitions like u17, u20 world cup because they would be too busy with their clubsides so their fa would send other youngsters to get exposure. i would check it out but i remember the spaniards winning one u20 euro tournament. when it was time for the main world cup they sent their u19 team

joseph1013:


You keep talking about santos academy training with the main team, Iwobi training with Okocha, and Neymar training with Old Santos, let me ask you: Was the Suwon tournament a competition or training session?

chrisooblog:
are we at the same level of those 'powerhouses' you mentioned? those countries have club sides with well run academies where you have u10, u13, u15, u16 teams so it will be easier to monitor and gather such players to play such competitions but us with our limited funding and scoop of operations have to maximize any small opportunities we have to give our youth players exposure.

to answer your question i know for a fact that the english don't usually send their best youth players to competitions like u17, u20 world cup because they would be too busy with their clubsides so their fa would send other youngsters to get exposure. i would check it out but i remember the spaniards winning one u20 euro tournament. when it was time for the main world cup they sent their u19 team

joseph1013:


Good. Check it out and let's even leave out powerhouses now. Check it out and give me one country anywhere in the world where they make their U15/U16 play professionals in competitions.

Let me know when you check it. I will be here all day.

TheGoodJoe:


It was a competition that the NFF smartly chose to use to educate our U17 players they discovered. I wonder how I have to repeat the same thing again. We have a little exposure for our U20 boys because they won the U17. That tournament is not just for winning but the give our young players exposure.

That is what the NFF used the Suwon Tourney for. To expose and educate our youngsters.

TheGoodJoe:


chrisooblog's point is very clear. We chose to do it to expose our players. Simple.

joseph1013:


So you know it was a competition yet you keep mentioning Neymar who was merely training with the Santos first team. How do they compare to the other? Exposure and education is what Iheanacho got when he trained with the Barcelona first team. Now asking the then U17 team to play the International Cup with Inter Milan, Madrid and City would be a foolish decision on the part of the NFF. But I won't be surprised if you support it, even asking that the U13 prosecute the matches all in the name of exposure.

TheGoodJoe:


I mentioned Neymar and the Santos system of old players training with the Academy kids to help them grow. So you will understand exposure and education for young players. It was a friendly competition, not World Cup for goodness sake. We used this as a room to educate them.

The NFF deserves praise for their brilliant choice.

I am sure you would have told Robinho not to train with Neymar and his Academy team mates because you do not believe in exposing young talents through training with professionals.

joseph1013:


How is young Neymar (one player) getting educated by playing in Santos main team training session comparable with an entire team of U15/U16 playing competitive matches against Champions-league level professionals the same thing?

You are in over your head this time around. No wonder you can't give me an example of another country engaging in this sort of thing.

joseph1013:


How is young Neymar (one player) getting educated by playing in Santos main team training session comparable with an entire team of U15/U16 playing competitive matches against Champions-league level professionals the same thing?

You are in over your head this time around. No wonder you can't give me an example of another country engaging in this sort of thing.

TheGoodJoe:


Santos is not one player. A lot of young kids play games with the old stars of the club. Some middle aged stars come to help play and educate the young ones. It is a club culture. Not a Neymar thing.

joseph1013:


LOL. This is laughable! So you mean Santos organizes a competition where their youth teams play against their senior team? Cmon...what happens at Santos is what happens in every major club. They take promising players from their youth teams and ask them to train with the main team. During training, they fit them into one of the teams (Reserve or Main) and they play against each other. That's how the young ones learn. That's what is happening to Yahaya now at Porto. He is training with the main team.

Anyway...you win! Believe what you want.

joseph1013:


LOL. This is laughable! So you mean Santos organizes a competition where their youth teams play against their senior team? Cmon...what happens at Santos is what happens in every major club. They take promising players from their youth teams and ask them to train with the main team. During training, they fit them into one of the teams (Reserve or Main) and they play against each other. That's how the young ones learn. That's what is happening to Yahaya now at Porto. He is training with the main team.

Anyway...you win! Believe what you want.

chrisooblog:
bro the only reason you are criticizing this team is because of the scandalous losses they got. if they had gotten decent results we won't be having this conversation. this tournament was a friendly meant for experimentation. i don't fault the wisdom in the nff giving the u17s that failed to qualify a chance at showcasing their talents since they will be most likely be forgotten after all this. who knows if we would be discovering a few hidden gems in their midst that we won't ordinarily have looked at because they failed at u17 level. you would probably argue that we should have sent them osimhen and kelechi nwakali's set but those guys by winning the last u17 world cup have exposed themselves to the world and some of them have gotten/are getting good contracts out of it.

Coach Manu Garba led Nigeria U19s to Korea

BlackAlbino6:
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Exclusive : Sunderland, Crystal Palace Target Adebayo-Rowling Commits International Future To Nigeria Ahead Of England
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Tobi Adebayo-Rowling, who has been linked with a possible move to Sunderland and Crystal Palace as from the January transfer window, has pledged his international future to Nigeria, rather than England where he was born.


Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr is hunting for players to solve the problematic right fullback position, and Adebayo-Rowling is confident he can fill the boots of Chidi Odiah and Austin Eguavoen, who have since retired from the national team.


“I’d love too play for Nigeria as I’ve said it many times in the past, I said it on BBC Radio 5 Live the other day that is my dream,” Adebayo-Rowling told
allnigeriasoccer.com.


Asked about his qualities, he replied : “ I’ve got a lot of speed and power and work rate and also a good end product,
’I’d like too think of myself as someone very hard too get past as well, one main thing I’m lacking is goals at the moment but I’m working on it!”


Adebayo-Rowling was born in London twenty years ago to an English mom and a Nigerian dad, and can play for the Super Eagles if the Nigeria Football Federation invoke the grandfather rule.


He won Sligo Rovers Young Player of the Award last month following his impressive displays for the team in the league.

Ifeanyi Emmanue

www.allnigeriasoccer.com/read_news.php?nid=21108
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TheGoodJoe:


Good news. Yara Yara rubs his hands in joy.

Do not worry yourself too much with goals. We need that hard to get past for he return leg against Brahimi.

TheGoodJoe:


No need to go far. Nigeria '99, England did not carry their top rated youngsters like Michael Owen.

TheSuperNerd:
Anderlecht Sign 36 Lions Nigeria Under-23
trainees Ayomide & Suleiman




Nigerian duo of Kehinde Olatunji Ayomide and
Qudus Suleiman have reportedly joined Belgian
side Anderlecht, according to online pictures
picked up by Owngoalnigeria.com.


A picture of the duo penning contracts with the
blue jersey of Anderlecht posted on social media
application Instagram was picked up by our
correspondent.


The duo were both part of the first set of players called up by coach Samson Siasia of the Nigeria U-23s during preparation for the Olympics in Rio.

They however didn’t make the cut back then,
and if the picture is to be believed the move to
Anderlecht will be a step in the right direction for the 36 Lions duo.

Qudus played in Cyprus for sometime while
Ayomide has no track record of professional
football bar stints with grassroot team 36 Lions
owned by Liamed Gaffar.


Source: http://owngoalnigeria.com/2016/11/17/anderlecht-sign-36-lions-nigeria-under-23-trainees-ayomide-suleiman/

komekn:


Don't mean to take the biscuit but those guys look far from being U23