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TheSuperNerd:
Ebuehi and Iwobi: The Cool Duo

Olisa Ndah: One of SA PSL's finest

Doc, I saw some White guys training in the other side, also on the same pitch with super eagle,

are we sharing the training pitch with another north Africa team?

Danielnino00:
Welcome to the fourth edition of the Nairaland Nigeria Football Awards!. Keeping in line with the laid down tradition, this thread has been created for all members of this forum to vote for the players under each category of the awards that they deem fit to win it.
The nomination for the award categories were selected by a five member panels that were chosen by members of the Super eagles thread (the official thread for discussion on Nigeria football).
The rules for the voting is simple; Pick one individual from each of the award categories that you wish to vote for. You can only vote once!
The award categories are ;
1. Nigeria player of the year
Wilfred Ndidi
Victor Osimhen
Paul Onuachu

2. Nigerian female player of the year
Asisat Oshoala
Chiamka Nnadozie
Rasheedat Ajibade

3. NPFL player of the year
Anayo Iwuala
Olisa Ndah
Ojo Olorunleke

4. Most impactful new inclusion (2021)
Taiwo Awoniyi
Frank Onyeka
Kingsley Micheal

5. Best Ogedengbe goalkeeper of the year
Maduka Okoye
Ojo Olorunleke
Francis Uzoho

6. Stephen Keshi defender of the year
Zaidu Sanusi
Kevin Akpoguma
Ola Aina

7. Samuel Okwaraji midfielder of the year
Wilfred Ndidi
Frank Onyeka
Joe Aribo

8. Rasheed Yekini attacker of the year
Victor Osimhen
Paul Onuachu
Kelechi Iheanacho

9. Most improved player
Taiwo Awoniyi
Kelechi Iheanacho
Frank Onyeka

10. Super eagles goal of the year
Alex Iwobi goal Vs Sierra Leone
Paul Onuachu goal Vs Benin republic
Kelechi Iheanacho second goal Vs Liberia

11. Best assist of the year
Victor Osimhen assist for Samuel Chukwueze vs Lesotho
Ola Aina assist for Victor Osimhen goal Vs Lesotho
Alex Iwobi assist for Iheanacho's second goal vs. Liberia

12. Team of the year
Akwa United
Enyimba
Super Eagles

Voting closes on Monday January 10th 2022.
Thank you.
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1. Osiehme
2 Oshoala
3 anayo
4 Taiwo
5 Uzoho
6 Ola Aina
7 indidi
8 Osiehme
9 kelechi
10 Alex iwobi vs Sierra Leone
11 osiehme to chukwueze vs Lesotho
12 Akwa utd


my Vote

TheSuperNerd:
Johnbull, My Son. You are doing well. Nice to see you too. BONNE ANNEE my good man.

wow ...

welcome Doc

we miss you paaaaaaa.....

naptu2:
Aha! I'll use this as an example.

Make sure you go through the list properly before saying that somebody is not on it, because most times they are already on the list. For example, both the original version and the cover version of Fuel For Love are on the list.

Where's ORUKA by SUNNY NEJI


and




Tosin Martins - Olo Mi

Danielnino00:
Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen.
Sequel to my post yesterday where I expressed my intention to take over the responsibility of organising the annual Nairaland Nigeria Football award as requested by Icon4s this year, I'm glad to announce that the award would go ahead as planned, and I'll be coordinating it with Drklever.

Three people from this thread will join the nomination committee alongside me and Drklever, with icon4s being a honorary member.

On this note, members of the thread are to nominate 3 monikers they wish to be part of the committee. Unlike how it was previously done where we would nominate only one moniker, I suggest we nominate 3 each so as to make it more flexible and have more people nominated.
Here's how the nomination selection will be sorted;
3 points would be awarded to the first name nominated, 2 points to the second and 1 point to the last.
Example: I nominate Danielnino00, Drklever and icon4s. in this case, Danielnino00 will have 3 nomination point, Drklever will have 2 and icon4s will have 1.
At the close of the nomination process, the 3 monikers with the most points will be added to the committee. Any moniker that's selected to the committee but doesn't wish to participate for any reason whatsoever will be replaced by the another one from below the top 4.
Nomination starts now and close on Monday, December 27th 2021.

Thank you.

I nominate


TheGoodJoe


humility



komerk

Sports Minister Hopeful
For Super Eagles’ Success
At AFCON 2021, Wants
More Local Content For
Nigerian Football

22 November 22, 2021 4:07 pm


Youth and Sports Development Minister Sunday
Dare is hopeful the Super Eagles can do well in
Cameroon and possibly win their fourth (4th)
Africa Cup of Nations title next year.
Nigeria finished in third (3rd) place at the last
edition of the tournament in Egypt two years ago
and the Minister believes they can go two notches
higher when next year’s event gets underway in
January 2022.

“I have created the mental picture of this golden
(AFCON) trophy in my head and I will use it as a
prayer point every morning,” Dare told journalists
and officials of TotalEnergies, AFCON sponsors, at
the press conference to herald the three day
trophy tour of Lagos, Nigeria on Monday.
The Minister said Nigeria is the country with the
most podium finishes in the history of the
competition, winning a medal fifteen(15) times
out of eighteen(18) appearances.



The Super Eagles have won the tournament thrice,
finished as runners up (silver medalists) four
times and won bronze eight ( times.
Dare also insisted that the local content of
Nigerian football needs to improve if the country
wants to compete favourably at the global stage.
His words: “We have to do more for the local
ecosystem of our game. We have to be deliberate
with talent discovery, nurturing of the talents
discovered and managing them to get to the top
of the ladder in their careers and stay there till
they retire.
“We have countless examples of how we got this
system working in the past. We must do it again.
There must be consistent focus on the grassroots,
school sports, provision of facilities, equipment
and training gears. Competitions organized will
also toughen and sharpen the talents.
“Look at Henry Nwosu, the sixteen year old school
boy that made the Green Eagles squad to the
1980 AFCON.
“Look also at ‘chairman’ Christian Chukwu, Kadiri
Ikhana who became accomplished coaches after
their 1980 exploits.
“We can also speak about Stephen Keshi(of
blessed memory) and what he achieved as a
coach and a player, others like Austin Eguavoen,
Samson Siasia and Sunday Oliseh have all
coached the Super Eagles and made their marks
on the game.
“Clearly we have enough talents here, we just need
to put in the hardwork to discover them.
“Let our former football stars and sports icons
who have done Nigeria proud and who understand
the DNA of Nigerian football be given the
opportunity to help build a team. From the history
of Nigeria’s performance at the AFCON, we have
seen the impactful roles of indigenous handlers
and former stars.”
The Sports Minister then commended the
Confederation of African Football (CAF) for
organizing a competition for schools sponsored
by the foundation of the CAF president Dr Patrice
Motsepe, while congratulating them for the
successful organization of the just concluded CAF
Champions League competition for women
football clubs.




this one that sport minister is calling Home based context, UNAH SURE SAY NO BE LOCAL COACH THEN GO APPOINTMENT SO?

any update on River angel travel Plans ahead of there tomorrow match

I dedicated this FC to my great grandma (R.I.P EDENNA)

Collinsemegreat:
Same here, is it N Tech?
This is your address?
NDDC Skills Acquisition Complex, Ikot Inyang, Ikot Ekpene LGA, Akwa-Ibom State

nope
it N CREATIVE here's my address Nigerian Christian Bible College-Ukpom -Abak. Akwa Ibom State. t

GOOD DAY SIRS
I REGISTERED WITH O LEVEL RESULTS, SO I WAS DEPLOYED TO ONE COMPANY AT AKWA IBOM for training AND I'M BASED IN EDO STATE

PLE HOW CAN I APPLY FOR REDEPLOYMENT, I can't go to akwa ibom for training

Ppogbae:
That is how bad that CAR match dropped us. If we win our next two games, no matter what Egpyt does, it would not be enough points to jump 8 places and overtake us at 36. Their next two games and the Arab cup ( suppose they win it all) is simply not enough.

Note that Arab cup games are given the lowest weight as they are friendly games played outside of the international schedule.

If we managed to top Egypt in next FIFA ranking (November) I'm sure 80% sure that they won't be able to top us before the WC/playoff draw


but my WHY ARE WE AFRAID OF DROPPING OUT OF THE TOP 5, as we're hoping to be at the top 5 in other to avoid sen, morr, tuni, Algeria.. Should we be praying that we should avoid them at AFCON proper?, caus to win AFCON we have to beat At least 2 out of those 4, either ourter,semi and Final

and we dey claim say na me get beat Squad pass for Africa

Nigeria Remain 36th in FIFA ranking
while Egypt is 44th

My Dream 25 man list for AFCON

GOALKEEPER
Uzoho F.

Okoye. M

Osigwe.

DEFENDERS

Omeruo Kenneth

Leon Balogun

Akpoguna

Ebulhi Tyrone

Ola anuoluwa Aina

awaziem

William ekong

Collins jamilu

MIDFIELDERS

Iwobi Alex

Frank Onyeka

Denis Emmanuel

Alhassan Yusuf

Widfreid Ndidi

Michael Kingsley

Olise Micheal /Anjorin faunsho

WINGER'S
Chukwueze

Ejuke

kalu Samuel

Moses Simon

FORWARDS
Awoniyi Taiwo ,

Moffi ,

Ihenacho kelechi,

Desser / SODIQ umar,

Oseihme Victor

RHOR MEAN BIZNESS, good move
'It's not professional' - Rohr launches scathing attack on Super Eagles GK Okoye


Nigeria manager Gernot Rohr was highly critical of Maduka Okoye during the pre- match press conference on Wednesday, a day before the Super Eagles face off with Central African Republic in a 2022 World Cup qualifier. Allnigeriasoccer.com suggested yesterday that the Sparta Rotterdam glovesman was at risk of losing his spot in the Super Eagles starting XI due to his late arrival in camp and Rohr has confirmed as much . The Franco-German manager questioned the professionalism of Okoye and his commitment to the national team cause after missing his flight to Lagos. It is reflected in the statistics that the German-born goalie had been one of the untouchable players in the Super Eagles, starting all but one of the last ten games played by the Super Eagles A team, but could find himself on the bench for the first time since November 17, 2019 on Thursday.

Speaking at the briefing monitored by allnigeriasoccer.com , Rohr said : "The late arrival of Maduka, he arrived in the night only. He missed his flight, I am not happy about it, it's not professional. "I am not sure that he will start the game, we have two other goalkeepers. "Everybody believes that it will be an easy victory, it's not an easy match and when players are arriving late like this it is not helping us when we say we have to be serious. "He did one training session this morning in the gym, then he will do another training session this afternoon. "I spoke with him, he knows that it is not good, they were trying to have a good flight for him to come early he missed it. "They have to learn to be really serious when they come to the national team."

Okoye, the youngest of the three goalkeepers named in the 23-man list, made his senior debut for the Super Eagles in an international friendly against Brazil in October 2019. Ifeanyi Emmanuel

Icon4s:
THE NAIRALAND NIGERIAN FOOTBALL FANS (NNFF) AWARDS, 2021 is here.


These awards that have been designed by us, the football fans here, have been a means of showing appreciations for the contributions of our players, to our national teams.

The last 3 editions have seen us present awards to our different National Team players.
Notably 'The Nigerian Player of the year which have gone to: Ahmed Musa, Idion Ighalo and most recently Victor Osimhen.

News of the awards, have seen it's ways into TV station in Abuja, radio station in Benin and some other online news media. In the First year, Award plaques and letter of appreciation were sent to the NFF secretariat in Abuja, for onward delivery to the Nigerian Player of the year and Super Falcons player of the year, and I received an acknowledgement from the secretariat.

As the year is gradually drawing to a close, it is yet that time again to start planning for the awards.

However, for this year, 2021, I have decided to take a back seat to allow someone else to coordinate the session. We have here seasoned analysts who have what it takes to run the show.

Thank you all for the opportunity to serve and coordinate the past sessions. I would be available for any advice or guidance if or where needed.

Looking forward to another fruitful awards session.

Thank you all.

sir Gm
who will handle it this time

unah we dey hurry/ worry why NFF Never release the SQUAD, should rest abeg, lol una forget say we be England of Africa? big country like us no need to dey hurry before releasing Squad that will face common CAR Lol The list will be out by 1st of Oct

See Hyping by this our Opponent, I wonder why this guy never play for SWITZERLAND since he poses all this attribute that he's getting from CAR lol


CAR coach confirms French-born striker
compared to Frei, Seferovic is in squad to face
Nigeria

Central African Republic manager Raoul Savoy
has confirmed that Neuchâtel Xamax attacker
Louis Mafouta has been included on his
roster for the upcoming 2022 World Cup
qualifiers against Nigeria.
Born in Beaumont-sur-Oise, France 27 years
ago, Mafouta opted to pledge his
international future to Central African Republic
and has scored six goals in 17 appearances
for Les Fauves.
Mafouta is in red hot form at the moment,
scoring nine goals and providing three
assists in his last eight matches for
Neuchâtel Xamax.
"I offered him his first selection in 2017.
Mafouta is truly someone I rely on. Moreover,
I have just called him up for the two matches
that my team will play against Nigeria, on
October 7 and 10, in the World Cup
qualifiers," Savoy said to Swiss newspaper Le
Matin.
Savoy was among the 3,075 spectators at
the Stade de la Maladière a week ago and
saw Mafouta score a brace in Neuchâtel
Xamax's 3-1 win over FC Stade-Lausanne-
Ouchy.
The Swiss-born football tactician has
compared Mafouta to free-scoring Switzerland
international striker Haris Seferovic and
Switzerland's top scorer in history with 42
goals, Alex Frei.
"Louis is the type of modern forward that I
like. He is a warrior, who never lets go and
who can do repetitive races - he has at least
four lungs!
"He really combines all the qualities: he is
able to keep the ball, take the depth or "kill"
a ball within sixteen meters.
"In fact, he has very few flaws. If I had to
compare him to other forwards, I would quote
Alex Frei or Haris Seferovic," concluded

I just like wetin this coach talk, for billing to get 10 cap for Denmark, It will take a miracle
.
l.....

enmark coach insists Premier League stars
keeping Billing out of squad not Nigeria
comments


Bournemouth midfielder Philip Billing has
been omitted from the latest Denmark squad
announced on Monday ahead of the
upcoming 2022 World Cup qualifiers against
Moldova and Austria.

The Danish-Nigerian star has been in brilliant
form in the new season, scoring five goals in
nine appearances for the Cherries, who top
the Championship standings.
Few months ago, Billing stated that he was
considering switching his international
allegiance from Denmark to Nigeria after he
was not named in Denmark's squad to the
2020 European Championship.

Denmark manager Kasper Hjulmand has
emphasized that Billing's omission from his
latest squad has nothing to do with his
previous comments about playing for the
Super Eagles, adding that the midfielder was
considered for the last matches only for him
to pull out of the roster due to illness.
"You can forget all about that this summer.
It's out of this world, " Hjulmand said to BT .
"And I also took him to the last matches,
where he unfortunately got sick before. So
there is nothing in it."

Hjulmand has claimed that Billing, who is
comfortable playing as a defensive and
offensive midfielder, was not picked due to
tactical reasons.


He pointed out that Billing is behind Brentford
duo Nørgaard and Jensen, Tottenham
Hotspur's Højbjerg and Sevilla's Delaney in
his pecking order of central midfielders, while
Chelsea's Christensen and Valencia's Wass
are utility players who can fill in in central
midfield.
"It is not an opt-out of Philip Billing. But we
have 'Nør' (Christian Nørgaard), Mathias
(Jensen), Pierre (Højbjerg) And Thomas
(Delaney) - and these are the ones I have
chosen here. And it has given us the
opportunity to get an more offensive player.
"We can put Daniel Wass in centrally and we
can throw Andreas Christensen up in midfield,
so I think we are well covered.
"So it's not an opt-out of Philip Billing, and it
has nothing to do with this summer. That
story is out of the world"

Billing's only cap for his country of birth was
in a friendly against Faroe Islands in October
2020

MhizzV:
Ma LGA of residence was where I went first and ma data was not found there.

use that USSD code to check where they post you for verification

ChrisKels:
Alfred nwanne m, if you could show me where I made such statement, I promise to shell out the sum of 5k for you to drink beer tonight.

I'm always cautious with my dictions, and I know I never made a declaration using the modal verb "must" but an advice and recommendation with a modal auxiliary verb "should" because I knew beforehand that a day like this would come. It is a challenge.

That said, Ejaria is more or less a youth proponent of Nigeria, and to make matters worse, he isn't good enough for England, and my statement was that "if you have any chances(good enough) of playing for your other country, you shouldn't waste your talent with Nigeria, because Nigeria doesn't deserve you.

no prob brother
nobody is happy with the current situation of this country from insecurities, bandits, political tension, Currency becoming useless now the falcons are losing , lol
we all wish for a better day
let us pray for this country

ChrisKels:
Nawa! Make I kuku commot mind from him. When are we having Nwakali and Ejaria, I have not been tabs on Naija footy for some months now?

Really?
so you can ask this kind Question , lol
I thought you said no foreign player must represent Nigeria again, especially your Region/Tribe

oga Chris no ask again if you no want me to change am for you oh ,lol

Andy004:
Pls where is Physical Physical verification taking place in Edo State. I went to my LGA in Esan South East yesterday no physical verification there.

even in Esan north east no physical verification

Louisosazee:
The current troubled situations in Edo over physical verification...they are not even organized...

please where in Edo
is it uromi?

samtol4:
Where is the stadium to host such matches ?

Uyo, Benin/delta, Lagos/Abuja

3 stadium can host it

Eizzy003:
Can NFF make Rohr fourth

who den go appoint ..!
you I guess

Ppogbae:
The coach of the Black Stars of Ghana has been sacked. This is the second coaching casualty of the CAF World Cup qualifiers.

Zimbabwe have sack there own too
making it 3... lol

isan:
U didn't see what nigeria did with the Aisha cup they were going to host ? They messed it up totally

I saw it sir, from the Draw to the group stage, from 2 stadium to 1, different group stage different fixture

imagine

but since it FIFA (FWCC) tournament , FIFA will handle 90% of everything by they're self nah
abi what do you think

Ppogbae:
Osigwe cannot feature for us. It was discussed here not too long ago that he would have to forfeit his Swiss passport in order to obtain a Nigerian one and represent us. This is why he never showed up again after meeting with Rohr during our 2 game series with Algeria and Tunisia (he wasn't even listed on the team roster).

you're mistaking TOBIAS for OSIGWE

osigwe was call up for Seira lone match last year October

GUYZ
I was imagining something, it may be stupid or no brainier consider the level the country is right now

since JAPAN pull out on hosting the FIFA WORLD CLUB CUP dual to COVID19..
And FIFA secretary SAMOUHA will be in Nigeria this week to flag off the Opening ceremony of AISHA BUHARI Cup,

Why can't we just hijacked the Bidding of hosting the FIFA WORLD CLUB CUP, make we host am for naija here

imagine Chelsea playing against Akwa United
it will help our league

I learnt that SAFA boss will be coming to Nigeria to ask SAMOUHA on what to submit for the hosting right

Kelechi Iheanacho could make his 100th Premier League appearance for Leicester. He previously played 46 top-flight games for Manchester City.

i went to my local government the person in charge told us to bring our PPA letter or forgetting empower

we even show her the empower message

Super Eagles captain, Ahmed Musa, is two games away from becoming a centurion with the national team, The PUNCH reports. Several media reports (The PUNCH not inclusive) reported that the 28- year-old winger would make his 100th appearance for the Eagles in their 2022 World Cup qualifier against Cape Verde at the Estádio Municipal Adérito Sena on Tuesday. The Nigerian Football Federation also stated in a statement titled: ‘Qatar 2022 Race: Confident Super Eagles land in Mindelo; Musa delighted with 100th cap prospect’ that the former CSKA Moscow striker would be making his 100th cap for the team. But according to FIFA, the Fatih Karagumruk winger has made 98 appearances for Nigeria and will only become the third Nigerian player to reach the centurion mark playing for the three-time African Champions after Joseph Yobo and Vincent Enyeama if he features for the team in their double-header against the Central Africa Republic next month. Findings by our correspondent showed that Musa featured in two games for the national team, which were not recognised by world governing body FIFA. The games are the unofficial friendly against Togo in 2017, which the Eagles won 3-0 with Musa scoring twice at the Saint- Leu-la-Forêt stadium, in France and the 2018 World Cup qualifier against Algeria, which ended 1-1 in Constantine, but the result was overturned by FIFA and Algeria awarded a 3-0 win, after Nigeria fielded an ineligible player (Abdullahi Shehu) for the game. Checks by our correspondent on FIFA’s website also revealed that former captains of the team, Yobo and Enyeama both have 100 caps each as against the 101 widely reported. Musa made his debut for Nigeria against Madagascar in a 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier where he came on as a substitute for Mikel Obi. The game ended 2– 0 win. He also scored his first goal for the Eagles in Kenya.

SOUTH AFRICA vs GHANA


you guys need to see what SA people are saying that we won't Qualify, lol
some are saying GO AND DISGRACE US USUALLY SOUTH AFRICA vs GHANA


you guys need to see what SA people are saying that we won't Qualify, lol
some are saying GO AND DISGRACE US USUAL, so funny comments

and personal I don't think Ghana can beat SA at home