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Ibime:
The game is to be sold, not told

Ibime:
Haha. This part made me laugh

daveP:
Did you just spit down on African talents to justify Brazilians? Like seriously


Abeg forget that Afcon excuse. It's not enough reason to ever justify what Edu did. Never. The Brazilians he focused on las las, how many don arrive do anything unique like the Chilean, Sanchez? Many Africans are balling. Many European and Asians dey too. South Americans talented than Brazilians dey too. That was too low for such a position to do. Tomorrow, if we get one that suddenly prioritize Africans, it will still be wrong.

I can't believe you wrote a whole paragraph to justify this.

GloriousGbola:
that is why successful first generation athletes and artistes are usually from very poor backgrounds. they never had anything to lose in the first place. but you already have opportunities available to you - and your parents were weighing the risks.

and it is much worse with football in particular which has a very narrow window in which you can hammer.

daveP:
Im pissed to just find out that Edu was doing scouting for Brazilians as though Arsenal was Brazil FC. He did lots of ground work towards recruiting and 60% of this project was on brazilians?


60%

Wow. That's insane. Guy didn't even look to Africans once😂😂😂😂

Real pissed

raumdeuter:
Someone wrote an interesting thread on going for football trial and making it as a pro in Europe
Most of this we already know

https://x.com/tobyasky/status/1882533784924356819?s=19[/quote]Last week I was at my sister's, and we were discussing how and why I didn't play professional football despite being a talented amateur footballer back then. She was curious as to why I didn't pursue a career in football, and I reminded her how our mum would not even allow me go for training while my mates whom we play set together had registered at a local academy where they all train.

Back then our parents see playing football as a means to waste away your future. There are enough bros in the area who followed the path of football and never made it to professional level despite being very good footballers. This speaks to the number 1 fact in that guy's thread which states that only about 1% of youth players make it to professional level. We had so many of those bros who wasted their years going for trainings, playing local competitions and even going outside the country for trials strictly on self-sponsorship level.

Some of those bros are now in their 40's now, no skill whatsoever, they didn't learn a trade and don't have education beyond ND at most. This dampened the spirit of parents, and they forbade most of their kids from towing that same line. The few ones who made it to play in NPFL, other African country leagues and eastern Europe quickly relocated their parents. Even when those ones come around and bring agents to do preliminary talent hunt/trials at the local field, the few people who still get selected still have to deal with possibility of rejection when they go for trial outside the country. The margin of success was just too low that parents will force their kids to go to school over choosing a career in football.

However, now with the advent of social media and youtube being a veritable tool for posting clips of how good an amateur player is; I think the odds are much better in favor of the young talents.

raumdeuter:
Bros when I see some former players dey yab current players, I dey wonder say no be the same footballers we watch? Carragher, Gary Neville Lescott

For the current Liverpool team I dont know who e fit bench.

raumdeuter:
But there are some careers that are not valued in certain countries. Maybe IT skils are not valued in Nigeria that much compared to Western countries. For example Medical related professions in Nigeria. I know a few doctors post housemanship went to apply for Bank jobs and worked in a Bank in the mid 2000s. Na when you go abroad na him Doctors and Nurses get value, for Naija na same level with teachers and those Auxiliary nurse equivalent of CNA in America. In Naija Auxiliary nurse no get rating at all

I am not sure but a Bank worker probably makes more than a doctor today in Nigeria(same year of graduation).

iamoyindamola:
Na true sef
2 years experience 🤣🤣🤣

iamoyindamola:
Intern

GloriousGbola:
Actually the onus is on the job seeker to jump and pass. At least they are up front about the salary. No ambiguity. Not that you will go through recruitment process, multiple test and interview and they will now tell you this is what we are offering

It is actually a typical story in employment
Depending on the company you are working in you can be doing the exact same thing as someone else for a fraction of the salary

Which is what happens to contract Staff in particular.

raumdeuter:
Na wa customer service dey earn almost double than a Front end developer. If you are into Tech, then Nigeria shouldnt be your market

raumdeuter:
How much come be customer service jobs dey pay

iamoyindamola:
It's what it is
That's why majority of tech guys freelance or look for abroad gigs, Naija companies they ment

larride:
I shock mehn.

larride:
70k for front-end developer as how

Police suppose dey arrest some company and their recruitment teams.

daveP:
1 more week to go.

Zubi might come but We need wirtz

iamoyindamola:
Omo network problem in 2025
How the community go they cope

Shegzdave:
Then no Dey sell publicly but one if my guy don sharply get plug

Even one of the soldiers Dey tell Me and my guy say him fit help us control babe if we want

Shegzdave:
The thing just get as e be
Cold that you must always wear hoodie, even the cold no master the indigene

daveP:
He hasn't done anything significant to me that's why.

daveP:
So Martinelli dey this game?

Why is he not swapping wings with Sterling sef?

Shegzdave:
I’ve arrived since 5pm just network issue

Jos cold no be here ooo and they said it’s not even cold

izzou:
[color=royalblue]There are many military checkpoints along the Bye pass

All are mounted at very terrible spots on the road, thereby causing serious traffic during the day.

Yet, at night, that road is worse than anyone in Nigeria.[/color]