komekn:


I tire beeco

It's spelt "biko".












Bloody innit boy.

jihday:
According to report, Sia1 needs to pay 100k dollars before he can file an appeal with FIFA and we all know how he struggled to free his mum from kidnapper's captivity

Account name "Siasia fans ventures", Hmm....I hope someone isn't trying to cash out with Siasia's misfortune.


But then, why should FIFA punish Siasia first before giving him the opportunity to defend himself?. I thought the accused remains innocent until proven guilty in court? How come Siasia was accused, tried and convicted in absentia and without his knowledge?.

Abeg Mujtahida and our other lawyer people, Is this fair?

somehow:
But none of the northern countries in Africa use sharia as their country's law or am I wrong?

You're wrong. Almost all of them do, to various degree.

Icon4s:


I guess the religious differences must have played a role too.

Why the British no come chose to settle for Nigeria sef

The religion factor. Exactly what I was thinking.

A Muslim society will never fold it's arms and let any non Muslims (let alone Christians) govern them with secular laws. Even if they don't have the resources to fight with conventional tactics, they will always resort to guerilla/ insurgent tactics to enthrone Sharia. That's why the European colonizers never found it funny ruling Muslim areas. The Muslims used insurgency and various forms of armed resistance to make life hell for the whitemen.....from Omar al-Mukhtar of Libya to Toure of Mali to the Mahdi of Sudan to Caliph Attahiru of Sokoto caliphate (Northern Nigeria).

The African Muslims saw the European colonization as a purely religious struggle for supremacy between Islam and Christianity, some even saw it as a continuation of the Crusades....

chukwunedum150:
Akpom told brila.net , “I have
always known I wanted to play for
Nigeria”, despite playing at every
age grade for England. “Although I have played in all the
youth groups for England, I have
always known I wanted to play for
Nigeria,” the striker said. “I am ready and I’m only waiting
for the call up. My agents have
been in talks with the Coaches
and Federation, so maybe in a
few months I would get an invite.
I have signed off my allegiance.” Speaking about his chances of
playing for England, Akpom
admits there were no guarantees
of longevity. “It’s always good to play where
you’re loved. If you play for
England you may only play a few
games or caps and then you’re
dropped for the next striker, who
is hot.”

See his mouth like "I've always wanted to play for Nigeria". If he had broken into Arsenal first team we would've been the one going cap in hand begging him while he does shakara for us like a teenage girl.

It's seems these FB's have only one plan: aim for the three lions and fall back on the SE when all else fails. That's why we will continue to get the average ones while the Dele Allis and Abrahams will continue to play for the Queen.

MetalJigsaw:
never seen him play

Same here.

Prectega:


Tomori and ebere eze will b invited ..

Iheanacho and estiti will be dropped

I wish Rohr would do this. Esiti and Iheanacho are nothing but liabilities and clogs in the wheels of our progress.


Tomori is still iffy but Eze I think is there for the taking. And we need a no. 10 badly. Iwobi is at best UNRELIABLE, one good game followed by three anonymous performances, one good dribble followed by some terrible decision making, one good effort at goal followed by three powerless pass-like shots.

We need Eze. Badly.

ChrisKels:


Now that's enough reason to quit betting. Channel ur energy into something more productive and stop making life so hard for urself bro.

Just a brotherly advice

Quit betting? come on bro, you want him to die of hunger?. We all know the only productive things that Aniebunwa Christian alias "Earthquake" can do is placing 100 naira bets and begging for alms on the internet.

That is his only way to avoid starvation.

I don't even know how to feel about this Brazil friendly. On one hand I am excited about the prospect of facing such an illustrious team but on the other, I just hope we don't start calling for Rohr's sack after Brazil is done with us after that game.

What I mean is, let us lower our expectations. Brazil is not our mate. If a miracle happens and we pull off a draw or a win, then fine. But if the obvious happens, let's be objective in our criticisms and lamentations.

Ciao.

Tolulopefinest:
What if Nigeria vs Brazil turns out to be played behind closed door?
#Just thinking though

Lol. Just as Rohr did against Senegal abi? . Baba Rohr doesn't want to get sacked over a mere friendly.

[quote author=geekyviral post=82283555][/quote]

How is this post relevant to today's discussion?. Both Echiejile, Moses and Ighalo have left the SE.

tbaba1234:
Enyimba is as good as out.. They could not win at home against 10 men. Going to Sudan will be very hard. The sudanese league is much better than NPFL.

Sudanese league better than our own? Nawa oh. I am very shocked to hear this.

TheSuperNerd:

It is because of a special agreement between both nations. Thanks to the ex-colonial relationship Portugal and Guinea Bissau share (I.e. GB being a colony of Portugal), any Bissau-Guinean national can take up Portuguese nationality. Guinea Bissau is also a core member of a special group of countries that speak Portuguese as their main language.

Sometimes I envy francophone and Lusophone (Portuguese speaking) African countries. I hear that to get a visa from Senegal to France is as easy as getting a bus to your village . Those countries are very migrant friendly with thier ex- colonies, little wonder the French league and national teams are flooded with foreign born players. Britain no dey try for us at all.....

But come to think of it, if Nigeria is given such privilege, won't all 200 million of us just rush to England?

Earthquake1:


Ukraine women are beautiful

If you know you know

ChrisKels:


Serious youngsters care less about looks, during their formative years. Tattoo impressions isn't just an African thing, even over there, it doesn’t really portray someone as disciplined. Throughout last year, I was a regular at mundoalbicelesti, u needed to have seen how Argentine fans were complaining bitterly about their players' propensity to get tattoos which they deduced make them care more about looks, and less focused on the main business.


Yes, that was just fans being fans. My point is, it's not just a mentality peculiar to Africans(Nigeria)

Hmm. What is "mundoalbicelesti"? Or is that a typographical error?

ChrisKels:


The boy never go anywhere career wise, him go carry tattoo full body nawa oo. Make my guy no go dey think say na modelling we come do oo

Na naija mentality dey affect you so. One can have tatoos and piercings and still be dedicated and hardworking.

Okoye was raised in Germany not in naija where dreadlocks and a pierced ear is enough evidence that one is a criminal. Learn to look beyond appearance in judging character.

BascoVanVeli:
Chai our boy at Slavia don enter one chance wit Dortmund, Inter and Barca. Las las dem go sell tickets out

Well let's hope he scores his team's lone consolation goal when they face Barca.

andrew444:


So because of that he should not play for naija anymore abi?

Yes. He is very poor.

If not for his foreign background, we no for dey consider am at all. That guy would struggle to make the bench on an average NPFL side.

Odunayaw:
A fullback supposed to get past any opponent?

He was used as a wingback in many games.

Performance was dreadfully subpar.

tbaba1234:
Byran Idowu recall is deserved.

Why? The guy was woeful before and during the WC. At a point he could hardly get past any opponent.

The guy is a proper scam.

Earthquake1:
[s][/s]

Dude would you stop crying at my mentions?

Mr Aniebunwa Christian, you better take his advice so you don't spend the rest of your days begging strangers for food as is your present condition. .


P.S
I still have your account number (the one you posted alongside your sorry post pleading for financial aid). I may send you a little something if you behave well.

edi287:
Tammy is much sharper than I thought

Smartass. Using his option to play for naija to force the hand of the English FA to call him up.

Warri blood no dey lie. Smart guy!.

Icon79:
Ouch! This girl, you get bad mouth o, jare

Oya, I need you in the other room in the next 5 mins. Or else ….


O pari

That's Sexist.

TheGoodJoe:


Keep in mind his mother has been kidnapped. I doubt email would have been on his mind in these last months.

Very lame excuse. During the period Siasia's mother was kidnapped did he stop eating? Did he stop taking his bath and brushing his teeth? Did he stop using the toilet?.

If he did all the above, then he has no excuse.

Joebie:
Analysis

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How Arsenal’s culture of change left Alex Iwobi underappreciated – and unnecessary

by Mark White
Published 15 hours ago

Alex Iwobi's last goal for Arsenal was a consolation, but it's a shame there weren't more fans in Baku to appreciate its brilliance. A torpedo that swerved inside Kepa Arrizabalaga's near post, it typified his time in red and white: graceful, laden with technique, but ultimately undervalued in the mire of Arsenal's problems.

To many fans, Iwobi has become a statue of the stagnation at Arsenal: a mildly unpopular pillar of the club, and frankly, the only real left winger in the wake of Alexis Sanchez's epic downfall. To some he's awful, others he's average. If Aubameyang and Lacazette are the lead guitarist and vocalist of the Arsenal band, Iwobi is stage-left on bass. A deputy, a stop-gap, Henrikh Mkhitaryan's other half. Like a second-hand car: an asset to surely replace in a windfall.

It seems a little harsh though that Iwobi's presence is often met with such disinterest. He registered the third-most assists of any under-23 in the Premier League last season, behind Leroy Sane and James Maddison. He contributes as many passes around the box as most of Europe's elite. At his best, Iwobi is a needle, sewing play together: an architect in tight spaces and an athlete when he has pitch to run into.

On paper at least, the 23-year-old is the petri-dish designer footballer that Arsenal fans expect from their academy. He joined the club aged 8 when they were unbeaten champions and grew up in the shadows of Arsenal legends. He was schooled in the geometric precision of Wengerball and endowed with some of his uncle Jay-Jay Okocha's flair. He's raw, his decision making often evaporates in the fire of away matches, but when Arsenal click into gear, Iwobi dazzles. He's a shy Jack Wilshere; a kid brought up in suburban London that dribbles like he's still got his school rucksack on, has radar vision and can beat full backs like a magician throwing a handkerchief over the ball.

There's an argument, too, that he's still not found his feet or locked in his favoured position. Arsene Wenger always favoured laser-passers out wide; Pireses, Rosickys and Nasris to dictate and drift like Red Arrows. It seemed Iwobi's destiny to carve his name into that particular rock, but the game has moved on. He's barely been tested in central positions – Arsenal also underrated Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain's promise as a midfielder – and the club have always valued Iwobi as a luxury-number-10-turned-wide-man.

Only Alex Iwobi is a luxury that Arsenal could barely afford. A cultured attacking midfielder, he was learning on the job from the likes of Mesut Ozil, sharing creative responsibility and stretching play for the German to operate. Iwobi blossomed at Arsenal as a secondary playmaker, but he's become more of a regular fixture than any of the primary ones. His career's been forged in flux; Ozil faded from the spotlight, Mkhitaryan has shone intermittently and Cazorla's light went out a long time ago. In the absence of excellence elsewhere, Iwobi has been an Emery ever-present: the face of away day disappointment and a mainstay in Arsenal's meekest team in memory.

The Nigerian has carried Arsenal's creativity on his back during the Mustafi mistakes, the Ozil injuries and the back three experiments of two managers unfamiliar with playing the system. He's carried a flame in a rainstorm and failed to keep the embers glowing. For all his promise, he's disappointed many. Stepping to Everton represents a mission failed.

But Iwobi is still worthy of far more respect than he ever picked up at the Emirates Stadium. A gifted individual who was always there, through the defeats to Bournemouth, the crumbling season finales and the winds of change. He rarely made the big difference but he never shirked from challenges. During a summer where fans have demanded loyalty from Laurent Koscielny, Iwobi was always the quiet kid at the back of the class, who never showed a deep desire to leave London Colney.

Alex Iwobi never got to celebrate his final goal at Arsenal. He half-volleyed the ball into the net with all the frustration you'd expect from a substitute fighting a 3-0 deficit, before turning on his heels and racing to the centre circle. Fifteen years as a boy, teenager and man at Arsenal, all culminating in one sublime, but ultimately pointless, bolt from nowhere. A squint of genius that no one appreciated. Iwobi was never the man to carry Arsenal, but he gave it a damn good hit.

--FourFourTwo

Now fellas, this is what I call journalism. Sheer literary wizadry. This guy held me spellbound till his last letter. Pure class.

For this naija eh, no be only our coaches and players need retraining, even our journalists and commentators need to start understudying thier European counterparts.

safarigirl:
Have you guys heard of Ighalo to United?

*Modified* False alarm

It would be easier for me to believe that the sun is black than to believe any story linking Ighalo to any top European club at this moment. Even if they come for him, he won't even consider going.

Ighalo is in China for good.

andrew444:


Agreed

Just negodu a 22 years old and a 35 years old, the 35 years look like the 22 while the 22 look like the 35

Lol. 22 indeed. Who is fooling who?.

Perhaps thou hast the odour of the mouth.

charlesemeka85:
fikayo tomori considering to follow lookman's footsteps in changing allegiance to nigeria!

"Considering"?

I thought Forgiveness (abi na Komekn) said Tomori was on his knees begging us to come and take him.

Omeruo's "advice" to Chukwueze goes to show you why Omeruo was content staying at a "big club" for almost a decade without playing a single minute for them.

Only a grossly unambitious fellow can do that.

Eartquake1:
If you're interested for your personal art dm me

From begging on a faceless sports forum to "drawing". . My brother I dey hail you. All hustle na hustle.

E no go better for Buhari shaa

This girl go sweet to nack sha.