tbaba1234: Ndidi's injury might be a blessing because the man has been overworked this season. Getting a few weeks of rest might be what is needed to have him in the best possible shape.
if he is fit for our first game then it would be a blessing in disguise.. people often underestimate the issue of fatigue or burn out in summer international tournaments in the modern game for epl based players
Xander85: Pics of Abakaliki. Fourth one shows the ongoing construction of cement based roads in neighbourhoods.
YouTube video attached below is of a trip around some rural roads in Ebonyi State. You can also see how solid the new cement roads look and how they improve the driving experience in the rural communities. Also notice the street lights installed.
I wonder where Umahi is getting the money for all this quality jobs he's doing. You can see he has an eye for detail as well as aesthetics too.
Very tactically disciplined. Look the number of fouls for a DM for a whole 90mins. The reason I would not want him to move to the DM position in the SE is because that position is already loaded.
I think it has to do with his movements.. if you watch him play for SE there is this zig zag type of movements he does.. I used to wonder why did that as a full back until I found out he is actually a defensive midfielder and only plays right back for national team
TheSuperNerd: "More likely".... yes... but still with no guarantees when we look at Dudu, Javier Saviola, Chris Ohenhen, Luis Enrique (2011-brazil), And many more.
I am not sure one can say saviola had a bad career.. yes not as explosive as he promised in his u20 exploits but least it cannot said to be a bad career
This clip will give a hint of how good Freddy Adu was in his U20 days for America. They beat Brazil in this match. Adu was on top of Marcelo in the game. Adu's move before the winning goal was insane.
Some other names of the 2007 worth mentioning are Cavani, Luiz Suarez, Willian, David Luiz and the great Marcelo.
TheSuperNerd: Honestly, he was a true gem at such a young age. Ghanaian born American Wonder.... But the fame and early over exposure to the spotlights kinda derailed his focus and development. He started towing the path of a flexing Hollywood star rather than a disciplined footballer. I guess he just was not mentally prepared or matured to handle the hypes and weight of expectations.
Freddy at a time was even better than Messi.... Yep... But such is life some times. Fame is good... Being in the spotlight is awesome but only when you are determined to not let it derail you or distract you. Look at Mbappe, he costs 180 million or so and is the world's most expensive teen footballer ever but he is doing his very best to stay grounded and focused.
See one of many articles written to find out what happened to Freddy Adu the former super teen.
Icon4s: From that your list only Toni Kroos and Ronaldinho were really outstanding at the U17.
The other players blossomed as they advanced in age. Being an MVP or highest goal scorer at U17 does not mean you will be the best player of your generation or class.
At a point some of you were already reserving the number 9 jersey for Osimhen. You probably thought right from his first season at Wolfsburg he will start tearing down defenses.
Being a highest goal scorer at U17 shouldn't give you an automatic ticket to the Super Eagles. He still has to work hard to earn it. He doesn't even deserve the singlular cap he got under Rohr.
For now, he has not done enough to be considered.
fabregas was explosive in the u17 he played.. he was the highest goalscorer in the 2003 tournament even though was a midfielder
TheSuperNerd: Those two @bolded vex me pass... Bruno Gama was touted as the next Rui Costa or so... quite talented he was but zilch... he did not pull through. Same with the former world famous super teen, Freddy Adu... his own ehn is just annoying. These stuffs happen.
what happened to Freddy adu self? that hype on that guy was too much
Stnomso: I wish obiano can see all this your right ups. We need dualization of all our major roads in anambra most especially in onitsha, awka and nnewi. The population in anambra state is increasing rapidly and we also need a good and modern transport system like mini train, cable train e.t.c
Danielnino00: Stereotyping is one major problem with Africans. .
Hope u know that Awoniyi underwent and passed an MRI scan? If u have proof that any Nigerian footballer falsify his age,drop it and stop making assumptions... We know that Nigerian players fake their age but its not all of them..
Ofuzo: Please, don't argue what you don't know. I've lived in the US for more than thirty years, and is currently living there. The US and europe do 100% LANDSCAPING. YES, YES AND YES, unless it's indian country (native American land), almost all parts of the US is TARRED, you better believe it. I'm talking about wall to wall landscaping. Something I'll talk about later is how to transition from our current position to what's obtainable in developed countries. It's indeed achievable because CHINA have already accomplished that. I'll give you a hint by stating what contributed to this problem. It was a collosal mistake of monumental proportion to allow individuals to buy land and build whatever they want as opposed to leasing or selling the land wholesale to BIG real estate developers, something that's been going on since Independence. The antidote here is to reverse this trend and do the opposite. This is exactly why I'm applauding okorocha's urban renewal projects even though it's MEDIOCRE AND HALF BAKED. It's still better than nothing.
you also have to take cognisance of the traditional igbo setllement pattern(which is a 'scattered' pattern)..what you are suggesting here might work in cities and towns but semi urban and villages?it will not be easy and cant be done by fiat
TheSuperNerd: Oga Asha80... Biko how old is this lad in the pic below?
You know him, don't you? Brazil's newest boy wonder... This pic was taken at the 2017 U-17 South American championship (U-18 Sudamericano)
vinicous junior..claims 17..plays for flamengo and one of if not brazil's hottest propect now with madrid chasing him..as far he was not born in those countries i named in my last two posts i simply take it that that 17 yrs is claiming..nothing else
Joebie: Feel free not to believe. Those who want to believe let them believe. As long as many others and myself still possess an original birth certificate we still have people telling the truth. Let’s cease from this age debate unless we have solid proofs to back our claim.
how old do you think ogbeche is for eg?mind you i know him well
andrew444: And you believe the brazillian players right? even some european?
The highest age cheat in football are south americans,we can start from diego costa,even paulinho of barca is 29? No need to question the age of our players if you cant question these guys.
Even my lovely Barcelona captain iniesta,he look older than 33 i am not saying he is lying.
i believe only western eurpoean countries,usa,canada,australia,new zealand, japan or if one is born in those countries(i believe osaze odenwigie for eg used his real age)..the rest are suspicious to me..i have no doubt about an iniesta or a robben age..if one experiences the data bases of the countries they belong to you would know why i say so..abeg forget story on naija born and raised in naija..
can't be her first movie role.. saw a movie yesterday on one of those African magic channels where she was supposedly a wife to a character played by seun akindele
Cjrane2: If you check the heaviest rain-forest belt of the world, parts of Igboland to Central Africa and IndoChina areas have the highest rainfall. It makes sense that there areas are not left without vegetation cover else the whole land will be washed off.
Our people rarely understand the principle of runoff leading to erosion and the need to prevent runoff on bare earth surfaces. Anywhere there is a flood plane with a concrete base to prevent leaching and runoff, will eventually turn into a big erosion site over a few years of the same thing repeating. Each time we see flood water as brown or reddish in our clime, somebody's land is being washed off somewhere along the path of that flood water.
Landscaping isn't just for aesthetics, it is to protect the very land where your building stands. I truly wish our people will understand the nature of their environment and plant more trees.
i agree with what you have said especially the bold however you also see some places with erosion without human settlement nearby...this is where tree planting and not leaving large swaths of land without trees
Ofuzo: It's actually THE MAIN REASON, something like 95% reason. You can only say what you just said if you have never travelled to developed western countries. Landscaping is just another word for LAND MANAGEMENT. Having lived abroad for more than thirty years, it's obvious to the naked eye. It hit me like you hit somebody with a sledgehammer when I came back to nigeria after being away for about 10 years. It's sooooo obvious it's unbelievable. Landscaping is nothing but the assigning of every available inch of land a job. That is to say that every available inch of land is designated for something. There's no place you go to in america where you see a piece of land just sitting there doing nothing. So, what you see when you go to a housing estate on a big expanse of land are houses. The houses have paved driveway that leads to a garage closed or open. The front, sides and the back of the house is covered with green lush grass. There could be something like two trees in the back and two trees in the front. Of course, the roads are paved with drainages. The drainage systems in developed countries are not GUTTER. On both sides of their roads, you will see holes. The holes are collection points for rainwater. Whenever it rains, the rainwater will flow into those holes. When it enters the holes, it goes into PIPES which usually empties into ravines or wooded areas in the suburbs, or canals if it were in the cities. Western countries do 100% landscaping which is remarkable, especially countries like the US that is slightly bigger than west africa. There are highways in the US that is more than 3000 kilometers long. When they build roads, they plant grasses on both sides to give it a pleasant look. They also plant trees on the median strip and also on both sides of the road. Do you know that those grasses are cut and trimmed on a regular basis, to make it not look bushy, on this 3000 kilometers road. They also plant grasses and trees on millions of miles of their highways, roads, streets and parkways. My friend, I hate to break it to you, but nigerians and most of africa are 200 years behind in practically everything as opposed to what's obtainable in developed countries. I mean, in every single thing. Trust me, I'm not joking. If you lived abroad for a long time, like say 10 years, and you came back to nigeria, the first thing that hits you is how ABSOLUTELY AND COMPLETELY DISORGANIZED the whole place is. Words have nothing to describe it, plain and simple.
i have lived in glasgow for 2 yrs and understand what you are trying to say but i also agree with what ofodirinwa wrote here especially the bold becasue evn far back reading books about igbo land the writers seem to always hammer on 'poor soil' of igbo land..some parts of igbo land started experiencing erosions as far back as 1940's far away from human settlements..how do you explain that?yes landscaping culture amongst igbos is an issue but not the 90% of the issue that caused erosion issues in the south east..
Ofodirinwa: Erosion, imo, is a mix of deforestation and the oil beneath us being drained from facilities at the coast. Boreholes also play a part.
Our soil type can't sustain treelessness. It's supposed to be a forest
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by asha80(m): 1:49pm On May 07, 2018
