₦airaland Forum

Stormtrooper11:
Lol. I watched that movie and I understand what he meant. He was insinuating that Akeela needed to improve her English vocabulary by speaking with the correct words and word structure in English language. I'm not an unserious person. This is a faceless forum, let's speak with facts to have an insightful conversation. If I should go by your analogy, then nearly 90% of Nigerians are unserious because alot of the members of our Nigerian society speak "Pidgin English" which is a corruption of the English language.

Nigeria is among the nations of the world where rampant open defecation is practiced. That's says alot about our water system. Millions may have access to water but it will be extremely few. No single state or city in the entire Federal Republic Of Nigeria can boast of atleast 70% water supply or 24/7 water supply.

Lol. Look, you talkin like every folk you meet in the rural area is a farmer. That's not it. Alotta people in the rural area are broke. We should face the facts that our people are suffering and our country isn't finding it smooth. Many peeps lack quality meals. They keep repeating same meals because they can't afford a quality one.

Lol. You keep making me feel surprised. What do you mean "in reality not poor"? Do you know the definition of poverty? "Poverty is the inability to provide for your BASIC NEEDS. " Basic needs includes; clean water, quality three square meals daily, basic education and health, clothing and shelter. Don't you get?

You gotta stop being a conspiracy theorist. All these bull crap about being
" Anti- African " is just not it. I know the whites supremacists don't care about us but our neo-colonialist leadership are allowing this suffering of our people to continue.
I bet you've never worked in or got in an IDP camp. In Maiduguri, the same Americans you're calling " Anti-African" are the major sponsor and donor for IDPs through the USAID. If the Americans remove funds today, the system will be crippled!.

States above the River Niger and river benue were meant to be poor.

So don't mention states in northern Nigeria because they were originally meant to be poor if not for Ironsi that abolished regional system of government and changed it to unitary system of govt most states in Northern Nigeria won't have access to the oil money and other taxes gotten from Southern Nigeria..

If the Amer:icans remove funds today, then terrorism will end in Nigeria.. because the more states that have IDPs the more "foreign agents" will spread across Nigeria in the name of charity..

JohnBullMySon:
I use shit a lot so i'm irresponsible? TBH, you're beginning to sound like a clown.

yes, you're very irresponsible especially with your words..

JohnBullMySon:
This is price at Star Bucks and Tim Hortons. If it were Chicken Republic now, you will hear 3k. What's the difference? Those places where they sell food 700 is not the standard i'm talking about. Abeg i'm sorry derailing the thread. I no dey argue again.

Those places where they sell food ₦700 in total for 3 square meals sell higher quality food than the junk food you put up...

such junk food cost less than ₦2000 in Nigeria...

Stormtrooper11:
That's a fallacy.

Lol, so no one in the entire thread and the entire country uses those terms except Komekn? You just insinuated that Nigerians have poor vocabulary. I hope Komekn also uses German terms in his write-ups cos I'm the guy fond of doing that here.

Why? Because Nigeria is a developed country? The fact is you don't know anything about the poor peeps in the trenches. You prolly live in a city. Tell me how many Nigerians have access to good water supply? If we should go by your analogy, then Nigerians got no reason whatsoever to complain about the state of affairs.

Lol. Please, just stop tryna cover up this. Nigeria got alotta poor citizens let's stop acting like everything is going smoothly. That's a disservice to our Nigerian people. I'm surprised you're actin like a government agent. Just because you're living comfortably does not mean others are living that way.

I don't remember comparing country currencies. I compared the standards of living.

I did not insinuate that Nigerians have poor vocabulary and using terms like "alotta" "em" "aint is very bad vocabulary.. In the movie Akeelah and the Bee, Laurence Fishburne kept correcting Akeelah anytime she used such words... so only unserious and irresponsible people use such words..

millions of Nigerians have access to good water supply.

There is difference between been financially poor and been food poor or agro poor...

"poor" people in Nigeria and many other African countries can afford 3 square meals daily... so in reality, they are not "poor" people because "poor" people can't afford 3 square meals...

Stop using Anti-African international organisations propaganda to describe Africans unless you're racist then you can keep using them for as long as you want...

JohnBullMySon:
Most of those 700 naira buka stores would be closed down if NAFDAC was working with US standards. Nigeria simply can't afford that life. Look at the people who operate those shops, why do you think they're still poor?

No need redefining a fact. let's go back to soccer.

Not buka..

a restaurant or cafeteria..

JohnBullMySon:
Food items usually are cheaper in the US than Nigeria. There's a higher standard of living in the US so food standards are very high and under FDA and local inspectors scrutiny. Workers are highly paid and no matter the cost of food, quality meals are affordable and very accessible to majority of the population. Is it same in Nigeria?

Food is even cheaper than you mentioned. $6 will get you something very decent. Go to equivalent nationwide fast food resturants in Nigeria (Chicken Republic, KFC, Kilimanjaro and others ) of same comparable quality and see if the price is not the same or even slightly higher. The difference is that few people can afford what ordinarily is meant to be basic fast food for everyone as obtainable in the US.

Food in the US can go higher up to 300 depending on the service you want. This things are hardly viable in Nigeria and can be seen in very select places. Its not about cost. What you'll ask yourself is if majority of Nigerians can access and afford quality food daily.

Majority of Nigerians have access and can afford quality food daily...

KFC and some other restaurants are foreign owned restaurants...

Nigerian owned restaurants are cheaper...

smallscale restaurants are cheaper and affordable..

at least 12 years ago when I was in University, I spent less than ₦700 in total on 3 square meals daily..

there are restaurants where you can spend less than ₦700 per day and eat 3 square high quality meals ..

VillageBus:
this part applies only to processed foods, for uncooked foods the prices are close or sometimes cheaper over there.

its more expensive over there... the prices can't be close or cheaper...

Stormtrooper11:
Lol. Nah, I ain't Komekn.

Lol. That's not true tho. I once worked in a factory as a mid-teenager. The factories and companies are "using" the employees. Nigeria still doesn't have a developed workers union and environment.

Alotta international organizations define poverty as living below 1 dollar per day. 40% of Nigerians live below a dollar, 60% live below 2 dollars and 70% live 5 dollars per day. In the United Kingdom, 1% of the population live below 5 dollars per day . In the United States, 10 % live below 5 dollars per day. I hope you understand now. We can't compare our deplorable status to the British.

Northern Nigeria is still part of Nigeria. I bet you haven't stayed in the slums of Kano. I've seen em all. Some places there look like South Sudanese IDP camps.

Alotta Nigerians will wake up today with no meals and eat only a 60 naira Egg roll or Buns with 20 naira "pure water" throughout the day. Many Nigerians are hungry.

Sorry for the derailment volks!!

you're komekn...

no Nigerian uses the term "alotta" "em" "aint..

No Nigerian will also use south sudan as an example...

only someone whose into poverty porn will use such words and use south sudan as an example...

from your write up, you know nothing about Nigeria, you only know what anti-African International organizations publish about countries in Africa..

for your information, Food worth $1 in Nigeria will cost over $15 - $30 in the U.S...

In Nigeria, I cut my hair for ₦500 - ₦1000 that's less than $2... does that mean I'm poor...

while in the U:S, hair cut is at least $40 ( that's around ₦15,000 - ₦20,000 ) ..

it is foolis:hness to compare countries based on their currencies...

Stormtrooper11:
In as much I perceive him as sentimental sometimes, he's saying the stark truth. Alotta guys go to work with empty tummies in our country. Lotta families can barely afford a single meal in a day. Komekn is just like an American Republican or British Labour party person. He's a critic but sometimes we see his kind of person as a bias person because he is a "radical critic".
70% of Nigerians are poor. He's correct on this.

so Komekn you've resorted to using alternate accounts to gather support

A lot of companies feed their employees so even if you go to work with an empty stomach you can't leave work with an empty stomach...

70% of Nigerians are not poor...

Nigeria's poverty is majorly in northern Nigeria and that's mainly for financial poverty not food poverty..

A lot of Nigerians are financially poor not 70%..

most Nigerians are not food poor or Agriculturally poor...

komekn:
Althou with that range depending on individual circumstances,stunted growth from poor nutrition,etc a person from a socio- economic background that's challenging added to environmental factors who is 21+ may still come out as U17.

You simply lack integrity.

komekn:
We know that malnutrition impacts on growth. You will not compare a boy growing up in the USA with high in protein diet, enhanced environment background including health and medical care. With one in a highly challenged socio economic one in Nigeria, where to eat a quality meal is a big challenge. We will not even talk about medical care and a healthy environment.

But I can't be bothered by with you today.

So this is how you see Nigerians living in Nigerian...

Food is very affordable in Nigeria.

Most of the food is Nigeria are high quality due to the fact that they're grown naturally and are vegetables..

There are a lot of 5ft4 and below women in Nigeria and their children can inherit the height of the mother..

if the father is also 5ft4 or 5ft5 it will be difficult to have 5ft 9 children unless there were tall ancestors in the families lineage..

Your hate for Nigerians and Nigerian born sports men and women will continue giving you sleepless nights..

mostob:
we're still saying the same thing na. Ndidi,Aribo and Onyeka(or Etebo) .
I was just saying I prefer Etebo to start...

Okay..

I've forgotten about Etebo..

mostob:
It's either Onyeka or Ndidi. Starting both together might be risky. Maybe if Bonke is called up, Onyeka can start then

S.E needs a midfield of 3.

Aribo/iwobi/nwakwali for attacking midfield then Ndidi and Onyeka or Bonke or tijani must start..

Ndidi is over stressed in the midfield and he needs to be able pass the ball to another in midfield.

Using only two midfielders means over reliance on the wings.

S.E played better against Tunisia when iwobi came on.

So it's either Aribo and another attacking midfielder starts and Ndidi starts.

or Aribo starts and Ndidi starts and onyeka or Bonke or tijani starts.

In summary.
Two A.Ms and one D.M

Or

One A.M and two D.Ms with one of the D.Ms playing as a central midfielder.

mostob:
Nice lineup... though I'd prefer any of Onyekuru and Ejuke to start ahead of Simon...then Etebo in place of Onyeka

It's not wise to bench Onyeka..

mostob:
you say
Osimehn, Awoniyi,Ighalo,Okereke,Dessers,Sadiq,Onuachu,Simy,Success.... Those are strikers o even though some are not at the level we need them to be at the moment yet you want to convert Lookman to CF

andrewbaba44:
E never reach like that ,abi are we short of strikers ?

Osimhen Dennis simon are fast... I only mentioned lookman due to his speed and the goal he scored against Liverpool..

If S.E uses Dennis and Simon on the wings then S.E will need "like for like" replacement and lookman can replace Simon or Dennis and be drifting into the box to score..

S.E needs wingers that can score ..

Mane is a winger at Liverpool but a striker or drifts into striking positions for Senegal most times and Liverpool


Salah is also a winger that drifts into striking positions or plays striker for Egypt..

That's if lookman plays for the S.E and if lookman doesn't play then Okereke, onyekuru, Amoo, Ejuke, dessers, Samuel adegbenro can also replace him.

forgiveness:
Ademola Lookman is not a striker oooo.

Okay but he can be converted to a striker..

Oasis001:
Eguavoen and Amuneke Appointments are good Call, I support it 100%. Wasting Millions of Dollars for Bronze Medals at AFCON and second round at WC ain't something to cheer at all.

I am glad we don't hire another incompetent, overrated, Manager again, in the Name of hiring a foreign Manager.

Meanwhile, we need to be realistic henceforth and fairly critiquing the Squad. First and foremost, Alloy Agu must go. He's a big failure as GKs Trainer. I'll rather have Ezenwa in Goal than any of Uzoho or Maduka.

Presently we don't have Goalkeepers. I won't mind Local based GKs like Olohunleke Ojo or we invite that Israel based GK ASAP.

Other departments are OK, except Midfield, precisely AM Position. We need an AM like Okocha or Mikel ASAP. Iwobi ain't a Heir. He has been tested and obviously not good enough for the Role.

I would have canvassed for Olise and Eze, but both are playing as Wingers at Crystal Palace. To me Amoo is not good enough for AM. Our Scouts should find us a proper, natural No. 10 before World Cup begins.

Amoo is a winger not AM.. Amoo plays chukwueze's position..

S.E only has a goalkeeper problem every other position is good only player selection is S.E main problem outside the GK position..

Uzoho should be the main GK unless they find someone else...

joelsteron:
We haven't been talking alot about eagles forwarders since forever. I think the earlier we start discussing eagles defence and goal keeping the better.

Nigeria needs goalscorers...

As long as no goalkeeping mistakes happen from the goalkeepers and maduka Okoye is benched or not invited at all then we will be okay..

If Okoye starts then S.E is in trouble..

Joezinho:
Truth is I think Ighalo should not be recalled. Our back ups to Osimhen are good enough.

All this pressure on Sadiq and Awoniyi does not help.
In fact, don’t be surprised if the pressure also gets to Osimhen when he returns.

My ranking of strikers are in this order: Osimhen, Iheanacho, Awoniyi, Onuacho and Dessers.

The others na "in case of emergency, break glass" type of strikers.

Awoniyi hasn't scored a normal goal in Eguavoen's team so he should be benched..

Nacho doesn't track back and this weakens the midfield and defense.

Onuachu needs crosses, he doesn't press and plays sluggishly..

Osimhen, Dessers, Dennis, ademola lookman, Samuel adegbenro, terem moffi, David okereke, Umar sadiq should be the strikers..

TFLASHOGEE:
baba like it or not ighalo is in the team for now till he announce his retirement again and if he is in the team we would have to mention him in the squad and he won't seat on the bench that am sure of so how do we accommodate him is the option I gave up there expect if you think Onuachu and awoniyi are ahead of him in this present Squad

If Ighalo is going to make the team then Eguavoen should be sacked immediately..

we have Osimhen , Dessers , Dennis, Awoniyi , Umar Sadiq , David Okereke , Kelechi Ihenacho , Samuel Adegbenro , Simy Nwachukwu , Onuachu, Terem Moffi, Paul Mukairu e.t.c. as strikers... so anybody mentioning Ighalo's name is very ignorant of Nigerian strikers...

Its a lie...

Diallo was sparking at me after the final whistle...

HIScraziness:
Nothing for push and if you’re transferring out u pay nothing either. You only pay the registrar you’re transferring to.

Thank you..

Pork:bun is currently giving me errors when I try to buy names...

Who knows if Pork:Bun charges for transfer of domains and pushing of domains

komekn:
Agreed without question.

It baffles me how professional players cannot do simple accurate cross and these are wingers or wing backs.

Chukwueze, Zaidu, Simon, Ejuke are all poor at crossing the ball, the very basic requirement for the position they play.

Football is not just dribbling, skills and showboating.

I watched how many accurate crosses were thrown into the box by Senegal , if not for a very good Egyptian goalkeeper and last ditch defending. Senegal should really have won the game 3-0

Mujtahida:
They tell a lot of lies and propagate same. It is when you subject it to scrutiny that you'd find out that what they say is different from the reality.

Notwithstanding that we scored from crosses, the overall quality of our crosses were poor. They lack fluidity

The headers were also poor.. Moses Simon was crossing the ball but against Tunisia he wasn't given space to cross..

It was Chukwueze that wasn't crossing or even passing into the box..

andrewbaba44:
Both are 3rd grade big clubs

Big club are every footballer dreams ,examples below

Real Madrid ,Barcelona Bayern ,Chelsea man united ,Liverpool

With huge salary from crystal palace Everton a player will easily Dump Napoli ,not all players sha

15 years ago Arsenal was a big club but today you didn't even mention them.

With huge salary from any club some players will move..

Vincent aboubakar left Porto to Saudi Arabia..

charlesemeka85:
the problem with our players is once they secure deals abroad they feel so comfortable that they have arrived and escaped poverty as well so the hunger and eagerness to improve and become better isnt their number one priority anymore

the way chukwueze started in laliga i thought by now he will be playing for of ATM,madrid or barca

for now the only 2 that may end up in big clubs still remains osimhen and ndidi, if dennis can sustain his form this season he may also attract a move to a bigger club than watford only if they get relegated

Osimhen is already in a big club.. Leicester city is also a big club.

PurpleHouse:
This fellow spoke the gidple truth.

zuchyblink:
I told them about our frying contingent and how they made us fail. Eguaveon is old school. Dribbling is not primarily part of the modern game. We failed because our players were showboating. This is why I find it hard to criticize Rohr.

S.E goal against Egypt was from a cross the Egyptians didn't clear properly.

Nacho crossed the ball to Umar for Umar's 1st goal..

Awoniyi's fluke goal was from a free kick cross..

Chuks goal was from a pass within the box which can also be called low cross..

S.E combined crossing , low pass, through pass , one twos e.t.c. to score all their goals..

So you guys should stop supporting someone's false opinion on the S.E..

Go and watch highlights of the S.E goals on y:outube..


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwVA2yKLgEc



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNSwLPrfXVg

Omanambala:
We can try a three man midfield of Onyeka, Ndidi and Aribo....but none is a playmaker.

Honestly, we don't have to invite Nwakali since he is useless and caused us the lost.....we can invite Amoo, still. Amoo is a proper midfielder.

Amoo is a winger.. plays Chuks wing..

TheGoodJoe:

I was one of the first and the loudest to crucify Chuks here. I even wanted him dropped for not playing to instructions. Now you are saying I am defending him.

Bye bye...

TheGoodJoe:

That was actually the tactics and Chukwueze adhering to it. He drifts into a slightly central role to allow room for Aina to push. Keep in mind that Chukwueze will be marked to create room for Aina.

Now you're using "tactics" as excuse just to defend a player that was crap at the AFCON....

Bye bye

TheGoodJoe:

As I said preference. Working with the other players must not be tracking back. It is getting the ball to them when they are in space. Also when Aina goes forward, being in a supporting position to work with him to create channels to attack.

Also giving vital passes to players when they are in offensive areas. Not just tracking back.

You must always have excuses to protect Chuks.. you must be benefitting from chuks financially to be creating excuses for him..

He was crap at the AFCON despite his goal. A player like Chuks should be getting into scoring positions often like the goal he scored..

It's not Aina's job to get into scoring positions..

Joezinho:
No matter how you try to sugar coat it, Eguavoen's tactics cost us that game.. He had no Plan B..

Everyone knew eyes would be on Simon, and Eguaveon didn't make any alternative plan for this. Not even try switch Simon and Chuks positions to see if they can stretch the Tunisia defense by playing on the line and pulling out instead of their predictable cutting in from the wings...

And also, how did Eguavoen decide to not include Ejuke in the squad for a knockout game? Did he underestimate Tunisia to the extent that he didn’t think he would need a player like Ejuke who would be very useful in creating spaces and unlocking a stubborn defense? That was an unacceptable blunder.

Eguavoen is not on the pitch.. it's Okoye that cost us the game and not Eguavoen's tactics.

S.E also didn't have finishers in their strikers.

TheGoodJoe:

Understand that it is beyond your comprehension or even mine. I am still trying to understand the system. The fact is simple, Eguavoen did not play the way we want or are used to. He has his offensive system and it works.

You can mark Simon, and the chances will still come. You can hold Chukwueze and somehow Aina gets into offensive positions.

His two midfielders go forward and yet it is hard to get direct shots at the team.

Leave, Eguavoen is a brilliant tactician. When you try to criticize, you forget the plain fact. We created 13 chances while the Tunisians created 7. They were not tactically superior. We dominated.

So criticizing that he did not play the way you like is a thing of preference, not failed tactics.

TheGoodJoe:

He absolutely did and there was an improvement. In the first game, I can bet I was the most vocal critique of that.

He absolutely didn't..

Aina was getting into offensive positions that Chukwueze should have been getting into and at the same time Aina also had to get back into defensive positions since Chuks wasn't helping defensively...

Chuks is too lazy for the S.E..