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I hear what you say however qualifying and doing well in the WC is a huge sporting project that any serious sports minister can't afford to overlook.

When I say give support it doesn't mean interfering in the coaching setup or player selection of the team but helping ensure the logistics like training facilities, stadium pitches, hotels, bonuses etc. are all sorted so that the players can have maximum focus to deliver on their assignment.

A proactive minister would also help nip in the bud any controversy that might want to destabilize the team. For instance look at the current situation with the Super Falcons where the NFF and Waldrum are throwing shade at each other just few days to the commencement of the Female World Cup.

JohnBullMySon:
Please no. That is interference and FIFA doesn't joke with that. The feds should indict those corrupt people within NFF and the rest will sit up.

Interesting read.

https://omojuwa.medium.com/its-not-just-football-it-s-development-adec535e632

Kind of expected with demand for dollar so high. Hopefully increase in crude oil production and dwindling demand for forex (summer months usually sees high demand for dollars and pounds due to school fees abroad and people traveling for the holiday) should steady things by October.

Mkenya2019:
I see Naira has depreciated to 750 to a dollar - blackmarket also re-starting at 800. Buhari mess will take some time to fix. Kenya is dealing with uhuru mess too but it just need a year to sort it out.

NNPC will soon go for an IPO according to the MD. Tinubu is probably looking at getting rid of our moribund refineries.

Just30:
It will be wise not to sell but rather list them on the stock exchange.

It is time we started listing valuable ventures on our various stock exchanges

Kanayo O Kanayo or Nkem Owoh?

izzou:
[color=royalblue]State actors...Hmmmm
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Decent group. On paper we have undoubtedly the more talented assembly of players but talent in itself is not enough especially in today's modern game.

Whoever is made the sports minister should have qualifying for the world cup as part of their KPI. This means giving the NFF every support they can spare because the present football leadership doesn't look proactive enough.

Between Uyo and Abuja stadium should be our home ground. Every effort should be put in place to ensure the pitch is to our favour.

Coaching matter should be sorted ASAP between JP or Finidi. I'm quietly confident any of the two should be able to qualify the SEs.

With determination and some luck by God's grace Nigeria will qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

Amedino99:
Let the Amapiano battle continue

Chappelle kukuma knows how to handle all those 'agendavists' and their clout chasing.

Always funny how the movement lately has been using Women's World Cup to always run LBGQT agenda.

Revealing interview


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyDL9EUIdy0&pp=ygULVGhlIG92ZXJsYXA

I think you're a bit unfair of your assessment of Onazi. Pre-Matuidi horror tackle he was our most consistent midfielder after Mikel. Think of him as a poor man's Kante. Yes he declined significantly after 2014 but he was a solid player for the SE.

charlesemeka85:
the agent too good🤣🤣🤣

To me Onazi hv never been a good player, he was just fortunate to hv decent stints with Lazio and the Super eagles

PSG is still a no-no for me. Infact I prefer he stays in Napoli sees out his contract and move to England in the summer of 2024 all things being equal.

Samueltemi337:
PSG could bid for Osimhen in the next few days
Source: areanapoli

Hope he impresses for the sake of the SE we desperately need a truly quality CM.

Marjoribanks:
Eletu part of Milan training camp. With Tonali gone will Eletu be able to step into his shoes? Pioli wants to see him at close range to determine if he is matured enough to or there would be a need to buy a midfielder. Time will tell!

If we were strictly talking about players at our disposal I would have agreed with you 100% but our lack of organization plus, NFF/Coach/Player crisis is making this look highly unlikely but hey miracle dey happen.

lovewins:
In my opinion, Canada is our biggest chance to get out of that group. They have internal challenges, a few roster absentees and haphazard preparations. We just need to play the first game to win, they Re very beatable

Onana is a big guy his muscular stature probably masked it. Plus when you're playing with centre-backs who are roughly 6ft 4 for the most part it's easy to look smaller. Being Cameroonian again it was always likely he was tall.

raumdeuter:
I was surprised when I Googled Onanas heigh and weight and saw he is 6ft 3

I thought he was shorter and looked stocky to me on TV

Exactly my point. The games he's winning are matches we are ordinarily expected to win so what else has he brought to the table? Are our midfield transitions better? Is our defense more solid? What's our best formation?

Rohr for all his limitations we already knew what formation he loved to deploy and could see his semi-conservative style (to be fair he did try to break out of the mold from time to time)

One thing that sticks out about the team under JP is the way we concede goals at will.

I've watched the SE enough times under JP to conclude he's not the solution.

jihday:
I don’t think he has done anything to deserve getting a renewal, struggled against decent teams, refused to address areas of need in the squad I’m not keen on the NFF retaining him

Abaribe is definitely one of the most useless politicians you will see in Nigeria. Instead of calling out what was a growing terrorist mindset in his background he was yapping Buhari printing useless T-shirts ndi-dot to score cheap political points and garner useless clout.

That said Tinubu as the commander in chief can't afford to watch any section of Nigeria burn including the SE. This is a cancer he has to aggressively deal with decisively. These terrorists have shown that trying to engage with them peacefully is only emboldening them to do worse. All the SE governors should as a matter of urgency meet with Tinubu to map out military/police action to handle this menace.

As a carrot approach I still think releasing Nnamdi Kanu would help the situation as annoying as that may be.

raumdeuter:
Shebi we saw how Abaribe and his fellow senators were falling over themselves to act as guarantor for Nnamdi Kanu , Osita Chidoka acting as his personal driver that time. We saw how Peter Obi was swearing that these guys are innocent saying "I see them everyday. I know them, I walk past them everyday in Onitsha, they are not terrorists"

All the opposition including non Ibos like FFK were doing pictures all around with Kanu visiting his country home to pay solidarity and to spite the Buhari govt

Now that the matter don tie wrapper, how many of them don relocate into the that Country home or the environs now?

Its easy for them to stay in their Abuja and Lagos mansion while a poor innocent teacher, pupil, trader, farmer, keke rider in Ebonyi Enugu Abia dey collect bullet and cutlass

https://www.nairaland.com/7753616/reactions-torture-man-enugu-violating

https://www.nairaland.com/7753574/ipob-beat-school-children-teachers

if to say na FFK Abaribe, Peter Obi Fayose and Chidoka all those doing photo ops that time dem dey flog like this, I for dey clap

Similar yes but not the same.

The new coaching still have at least three or four FIFA windows to fine tune the squad, know the players and imbibe the tactics they want to go with before the AFCON in January next year.

There's nothing about JP's tenure that really feels me with confidence that the team is going in the right direction.

AndSunGorilla:
But it looks like we are repeating a pattern here, we sacked Rohr before the AFCON now we are doing same with Pacero if the news is true.

Massive step in the right direction if true.

At least Mr Blue Joe will let us on this thread rest small

Marjoribanks:
Paserio has been relieved of his duty. NFF working on Amuneke to partner Finidi. Firreeeee!

As much as I like Paserio I do think Nigerians should be allowed to coach Nigerians. Portugal will never employ a Nigerian to coach their team why should we the most educated and intelligent people in the world be employing others to run our football.

Give a befitting environment to our coaches (Good salaries and allowances) and give them time!

Seems true that DSS is involved bro. JAMB invited them to investigate the matter.

Personally I feel some people around her manipulated the results at best she's a naive pawn or hardened ogbologbo.

https://lifestyle.thecable.ng/jamb-why-we-involved-dss-in-anambra-pupils-forgery-case/

Shaytun:
Who called DSS?

Why do you love celebrating fake news?

I don't think Bassey is as bad as some people here are insinuating. Are there areas of his game he can improve on yes of course, but I can't be too harsh on a young player who a year ago shown brightly in the Europa League final one of the highest showcases of European club football after UCL.

We sha saw how Ajax 'improved' after benching Calvin won't say much than that.

Kog45:
Barry I got your views on Bassey and I shared similar views.

In eagles I will pick Segunda Omeruo and Croatia Awaziem over Calvin Bassey.

Nawa o! Our future leaders of tomorrow

https://punchng.com/just-in-anambra-pupil-celebrated-for-emerging-top-utme-scorer-faked-results-jamb/

Nigerian journalists have their shortcomings but on this issue I listened to her interview on Brila FM and she did say local coaches are better than Randy to paraphrase unless she wants to take back what she said.

Deltamani:
I think the thought of taking legal action against the publisher of this news is in order. Enough of spreading lies in the name of journalism.

I support her 100%

You can dictate and give yourself headache until you are blue in the face Osimhen will still spend his money emphasis HIS MONEY how he deems fit.

If you want to encourage him to do something in Edo State it will definitely not be through insults and throwing of shade against any Victor.

codemaniacs:
I can dictate to any adult especially black men like Osimhen who don't understand the importance of spending your money and doing charity mainly where he grew up and mainly where his parents or origins or lineage is from..

I don't blame him... I blame Edo state government for not inviting him and giving him a tour of the state and his origins since he hasn't gone to Edo on his own.

I think it's presumptuous of you to dictate to a full grown adult how he should spend his money or give to charity.

Osimhen has already done quite a lot for his community Olusosun where he was born.

If he chooses in future to do something in Edo State where his late father comes from all well and good. Victor didn't grow up in Edo so it's understandable why he hasn't done anything yet however that doesn't mean things won't still change.

Mane grew up and was bred in the Senegalese village he's currently helping with various charitable ventures so it's a no brainer.

codemaniacs:
This is foolishness if true..

He hasn't done anything in his hometown in Edo yet he wants to carry the whole Africa even Mane that has accomplished more than him limited his help and charity to mainly his hometown in Senegal..

Whoever is advising him needs to be sacked immediately..

Talking of Osimhen dude is just enjoying his stay in Lagos. Playing kick about with friends, hanging out with Onazi and various comedians/skit makers, influencers.

mostob:
Una here dey complain of Napoli's 180m roaming the streets of Lagos. Una don see Chukwueze own? If Milan's football directior should watch the clip I watched this afternoon, his mind go dey do gbim gbim

I'm unavailable dem no dey see me is taking a whole new meaning now

Teenage German-Nigerian born defender signs for Bundesliga side Werder Bremen.

One to keep a look out for.

https://www.owngoalnigeria.com/2023/06/26/bundesliga-side-werder-bremen-confirms-signing-of-17-year-old-nigerian-defender-daniel-kelechi-ihendu/

Hope he can move. He's a decent player. West Ham, Fulham, Nottingham Forest won't be out of place for him.

charlesemeka85:
Fenerbahce defender Bright Osayi-Samuel wants to move to the Premier League.

The ex-QPR full-back has been impressive with the Turkish giants since joining in 2021.

However, the 25-year-old is now ready to head back to England, where Brentford and Fulham are keen.

“I think everyone knows that my ambition is to play English football, to play in the [English] Premier League, you know," he told Soccernet Nigeria.

“No disrespect they [Fenerbahce] have done some much for me there [in Turkey].

“But my ambition is to play in the Premier League. So when I feel that the time is the right time for me to go, I will take it

I was going to ignore this your comment but it would be foolhardy not to respond to your latest display of intellectual laziness.

Frankly I find it equal parts baffling and annoying that you always bring a sense of shallowness to any discuss that should be stimulating and mutually beneficial.

For the record whatever you think about me is your problem and problem alone. Your thoughts are worth less than tissue paper so you can keep your sanctimonious genuflections to yourself. I won't spam this thread with more political discuss however you're free to tag me here if you have a genuine reason to learn opposing views than gassing yourself up on half baked illogical arguments.

Words enough for the wise.

https://www.nairaland.com/7186774/epl-chatroom-all-discussions/2811

komekn:
I thought you had some level of balanced ⚖️ approach, rational and a sense of integrity.

Lost for words 😯😯😯

Congrats Chief blessings to madam and your little bundle of joy.

larride:
My wife give birth to a bouncing baby girl this afternoon. Both mother and child are in good health. 😎

You can't wake someone pretending to be asleep.

There are other genuine issues you can use to criticize Tinubu but I've always found it laughable and ridiculous this constant querying of whether he went to Chicago State University especially when the institution has gone to great lengths to prove he did.

forgiveness:
Most you that ignorantly claimed Tinubu didn't go to school are myopic in reasoning.

They also claimed he is older than his age.

For your information, Tinubu attended Children Home school Ibadan, one of the first Nigerian-owned primary boarding school in Nigeria. Mainly for the purpose of keeping the children of Nigerians who went abroad to study or other reasons.

The founder was Tanimowo Ogunlesi. One of, if not the only woman that went with the Nigerian delegates to discuss Nigerian's independence in 1953.

I know because because my grandparents kept their 3 older children there while they were away.

Tinubu joined the school when the second born was just graduating .

While the 3rd was his senior and not up to 75years old.

Then, how is it possible Tinubu didn't attend primary school or he is 80 years old?

What are the forgery, misrepresentation etc you are talking about?

That he didn't go to university?

I don't even understand.

Hmmm them suppose open agenda file untop Drogba head.

African legend wey no fit win AFCON.

Never helped his country go beyond first round of WC. How many goals he even score sef.

Only ever finished league top goal scorer once in his career.

andrewbaba44:
Nothing tough here egbon ,remove that imposter that cannot average 1 goal in every 2 games all his career

Remove that imposter that have about same epl stats With yakubu aiyegbeni

Remove that imposter imposter that lukaku have scored more epl goals than

I arrest my case

Etoo is arguably the greatest ever African player so he has to start. Salah is better than Drogba so he takes the bench spot.

jihday:
start Eto bench Salah throw drogba away