babariches:

Our girls really tried more than even their best.

we are all being optimistic there is no way we could have won
the germans girls. they are fit physically and they got more
strength than our girl.

We did well for conceding just that two goals. we have a better
record against them as far as this competition is concern.


Thumb Up Falconet i celebrate you girls.
whats that better record?

Sagamite:

Have you ever been abroad?

johnie:

That's a good one!

Sagamite:

@ johnie,

Are you having a laff when you say the German players including Popp look overaged?

Are you trying to be the next Chris Rock?

Have you ever been abroad?

Compare the pix of the U20 with the female national team you yourself provided. You can't see the clear difference?

OK, lets dash you that the keeper and Popp look more mature, even though they don't, is that not a case of exceptions?

Does that excuse 10 out of 11 players looking overaged for Nigeria?

Why is Naija's own not like Ghana that have about 2 players looking out of age?

Is it not because we are a shameless country?

[size=18pt]Falconets described as role models[/size]

Nigeria's First Lady Patience Jonathan has described the Falconets as role models after their silver-winning exploits at the FIFA Under-20 Women's World Cup in Germany.

Mrs Jonathan led top women dignitaries who welcomed the players back from Germany, where they lost 0-2 to the hosts in the Final.

“They have positioned themselves as role models to the youths and other girls out there,” she said.

“These are girls that were left here unknown and unsung, and nobody believed that they could do it, but they have shattered all the myths about women even with the little encouragement they had.”

The wife of the President advised the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to do their best to keep the team together.

[size=18pt]Obasanjo bribed lawmakers to extend tenure, says House leader[/size]

In a rare display of frankness, Minority Leader in the House of Representatives, Mohammed Ndume, yesterday acknowledged former president, Olusegun Obasanjo's charge that lawmakers are corrupt, but questioned Mr Obasanjo's basis for blaming legislators, who often have "justified" reasons to pilfer.

Mr Ndume spoke at a media conference Thursday, where he rebuked the former president's claim that federal lawmakers maintain questionable earnings and frequently pad national budgets sent to them for approval.

He said while he does not totally disagree with Mr Obasanjo, he would have favoured such allegations to be extended to "Nigeria or politicians" in general.

"To single the legislature out," he said, "I think he is not being fair." Again, even where the lawmakers are corrupt, Mr Ndume said, they have more "legitimate reasons", and Mr Obasanjo is least qualified to question that.

"Is it not Obasanjo who bred corruption in this country? It was during his tenure that corruption moved from low level to high level. It was during his tenure that he gave N50 million each to members of this House to extend his tenure," he said.

"Go and look at his account when he came out the prison to become the president and look at his account now. That will answer who is corrupt.

"It was during his tenure that NAFCON, NITEL, refineries, etc, were sold to girlfriends and cronies. What was that? When you look at that, you will have the answer as to who is truly corrupt," the Reps leader, who doubles as the House All Nigeria Peoples' Party (ANPP) leader said.

Speaking at an event in Niger State Wednesday, Mr Obasanjo accused the lawmakers of high level corruption during his years as president, detailing how he failed to know their true earnings and how legislators often stuffed federal budgets, without request from the executive arm of government.

He recommended the abolishing of the heavily-criticized constituency projects of the members, calling it a "conduit pipe" for corruption.

Correct on allegations

Mr Ndume said the blame should be laid on the government which has failed in providing amenities to its citizens -- a failure he said informed the creation of the constituency projects. "He is correct to say we are padding the budget, but that is a result of government failure. If the government built hospitals, schools, roads, there will be no need for constituency projects.

"If you bring a budget that has nothing for my constituency, I will not support it. I will insist that projects be put for my constituency and that is the padding. And if I have my way, I will even determine the contractor. If we have a project in Borno State and I see someone who has been unemployed, I will give him the job. I will not allow someone form Lagos to do it. [So much for the application of leading procurement practices to source for competent suppliers.] 

"The politicians can be legitimately corrupt because they are the closest to the people and have more needs. But people talk too much about their own corruption and forget about the real corruption at the MDAs and the executive," he said. Mr Ndume, however, admitted the failure of the legislature as an institution, and condemned a perennial national budget style that heaps funding on recurrent plans.

"I don't have the qualification to assess ourselves, but honestly and to be fair, we have not performed enough over the years. The legislature has not lived up to or performed to the expectations of Nigerians," he said.

On the budget and the performance of the present administration, he said, "80 per cent of the budget goes to about 1 per cent of the country made up of the Presidency, National Assembly and the MDAs through the recurrent expenditure.

"After the budget, we received communications that reduced the budget by 40 per cent, and later he brought supplementary budget which still raised the amount back to its original value and still gives 80 per cent to recurrent expenditure.

"The supplementary budget has not even been signed into law few months to the end of the year, not to talk of the implementation. Is that a government that is performing?"

dayokanu:

Sagamite this Portuguese player just signed by Man Utd, Does he look 20?

dayokanu:

Goes back to what I said, You cant judge peoples age accurately by looks alone. Some 30yr olds look 20 and vice versa

dayokanu:

^^ So how acuurate was your judgment of that Man Utd recent signing going by his looks. If they told me that guy is 32, I wont argue it

dayokanu:

Do you remember me telling you Black players look older than their white counterparts?

Bring 10 Black 20yr olds in America and 10 white 20yrs olds and u would see that the Blacks look older

dayokanu:

I have shown you pictures of Basketball players in the US

How old does he look here

dayokanu:

The TT pictures were not clear but from the RSA pictures Number 7, 11, 13, keeper and 18 looked older than 25.

In Canada those girls are mixed hope you know and their number 14 definitely looked older

Sagamite:

Explain to me why the Ghanian, Trinidad and Tobago, South African players and the black players in the USA and UK teams do not look older than the white players.

oyinda.:

the naija girls almost all have very strong features (very high cheekbones, forehead, jaws etc) which makes them look more mature.

oyinda.:

the canadian girls on d other hand have more soft features (bones aren't protuding out of their face). but[size=18pt] they could all pass for 25 yr olds compared to d american girls i see around[/size]. the only ones that look very young among d canadian girls is # 11 & their goalkeeper.

dayokanu:

Oyinda help us tell Sagamu o that facial features is not enuff to determine ages.

Oyinda looked at the Canadian girls and feel only 2 of em look young

The Naija Keeper, 9 and 10 look younger than most of the SA girls.

The Naija keeper especially looks 18