₦airaland Forum

wristbangle:
Mukina2, iyangbali, xynerise, shey no be say edwife don faint sha.

I promised to take her on a date today to Stamford bridge

edwife:
I won't mind you....

We really must be a force to reckon with,see the number of viewers?

mukina2:
bros! you will go on holiday for being wicked oh

how dare you torment our fragile edwife

edwife darling

edwife:
As if i expected anything less...

edwife:
Lol,We all great,you?

but you got to be nice.

gentlegenius:
Buhari's result?

edwife:
At last you don show!
You can't help it,don't you? Dey there.

edwife:
hazard,pedro,costa!

great game today,just that we need results.

RedCapChief:
Anybody who criticizes the short-comings of this government risks being labelled a wailer. Thus, people are turning a blind eye to what is slowly happening to our country. This judgement was delivered on a faulty premise. But people don't care. They are just happy seeing PDP lose. For the record, I don't dispute the fact that PDP ran a terrible government but this is something else

Whether the PDP is being paid back in its own coin is not the point, the fact that the judiciary is seen to be biased does not bode well for any democracy. Case in point: the same point that was used to disqualify Agbaje's petition is the same point that formed part of Dakuku's successful petition to sack Wike. This is not saying that Wike did not rig the election but the judiciary is now seen to be dancing to a higher tune

Anyway, I'm not worried because Nigerians are very simple people. The same voices that chant 'Say Barber; Say Booohari!!' may change tune in the blink of an eye. The same people are in governance coming under the togas of different political parties.

When change comes, we will know it. There will be no need to announce it. You can't hide the aroma of indomie and egg

If you like label me a wailer? It doesn't change your salary or lift our economy from recession

Geestunnar:
Yeah. We won at the end, all that matters is victory but Van Gaal has to be talked to. Herrera should not be on the bench, that spot should be reserved for Rooney

ameezy:
guys which channel can i watch dis match with mobdro please he'll

EggovinMma:
It's the society and not nigerian kids . There is nothing wrong with the Nigerian kids please. Go to other countries where kids blow off their parents brains out .The Nigerian child even with all the trauma still do not hurt their guardian and parents, this shows how deeply family and societal bond they have please. I don't like it seriously when kids are flogged. I can't stand it!

Oh Jesus! My husband will need to drug me if my child comes home with cane marks on his/her body, because I will lose my mind.I may not even sleep till day break just to wake up early enough to visit that school.

Once again, do not flog!

charix:
This man is slowly taking Nigeria back to the Stone Age. It's only a matter of time before fire would get looked upon as an advancement in science.

So I want to build a castle above hills when I finally make it in life, complete with medieval weaponry and expert masonry - this whole plan has been killed because we have a president who cannot look beyond his grievance from 32years ago?! I know no Nigerian architect or construction workers who can design exactly what I have in mind. How won't this dictator put that into consideration!

Mega005:
Congratsss..


Abeg make I derail small cuz these makes a lot of sense

Igbo ronu!


So recent Biafran protests have got me thinking, but I have been skeptical about airing my views because of perceived reactions.

DISCLAIMER: THESE ARE PERSONAL VIEWS, AND I, IN NO WAY CLAIM SUPREMACY OF KNOWLEDGE. FOR THE "GREYS" WHO THINK I AM TOO YOUNG TO SPEAK OF THIS SUBJECT, PLEASE PERMIT THIS CHILD TO SPEAK, THEN CORRECT HIM IF HE IS WRONG. FOR IGNORANCE CAN ONLY BE KNOWN IF IT IS AIRED, AND CAN ONLY BE CORRECTED IF IT IS KNOWN.

My points are as follows:

1. According to worldometers the median age of Nigeria is 17.8, hence an "average " did not experience the civil war.

2.This is the age statistics of Nigeria as at 2014 is as follows:
0-14 years: 43.2%
15-24 years: 19.3%
25-54 years: 30.5%
55-64 years: 3.9%
65 years and over: 3.1% (indexmundi.com)
In simpler statistics 93% of Nigerians were 5 and below in 1967.

3. According to Wikipedia, youth age range is between 18-35. Hence no present day Nigerian youth saw the civil war.

My first question: since over 90% percent of us neither saw the civil war nor participated actively, and our youth were born 10 years after the war, where is all the hate and agitation from?

4. The major driving force of Biafra is the igboland, but the Biafran map includes states like Cross river, Rivers, Delta, Bayelsa and Akwa Ibom state. This makes Biafra a culturally diverse state. I am igbo and i currently live in Akwa Ibom state, and we share no similarity in custom or language. How then can we live together as "one Biafra" when we can't tolerate the cultural diversity of Nigeria.

5. The Igbo tribe would become the majority tribe in Biafra, while the others who constitute the oil producing states hence the 'rich boys' would become minority. "How can the wealth most especially that from oil be distributed, when the majority is in power and the minority have the resource?"
So therefore, a time may come when the "minority" may decide to be free, because no man wants to live in another man's shadow.

6. Igbos are generally regarded as traders, and the lifeblood of their markets like Onitsha Main market and Ariaria international market is found in Lagos seaport where most of the goods come from. In Biafra, Lagos becomes another country hence tax and import/ export levies would increase drastically and logistics would become more difficult.
The other option is to trade via the Calabar Port, Delta Port or Rivers Port at Port Harcourt, and Onne. These ports are only found in the non-igbo states, hence another potential challenge.

7. What happens to Biafrans that have their livelihood rooted deeply in non biafran states? What happens to the igbos that constitute the majority of Alaba international market?
Would naturalization take place or would they liquidate assets and return to Biafra and start afresh?

8. Finally, the question of rulership. Who rules Biafra?
Currently, most Igbo people especially those in Abia and Imo state are dissatisfied with the condition of their states. They complain of bad government, massive looting, poor infrastructures etc, and they are currently ruled by Igbo governors.
If Biafra is formed who would rule then?
I believe it would be the same people that they complain of, and as you can see the cycle of pain and complaints would continue.

Problems are fixed by inward reflections not outward projections and blame shifting.

PLEASE BEAR WITH ME, FOR A CHILD WHO DID NOT SEE THE WAR HAS SPOKEN

sonofananimal:
I swear this DUDE young pass that WOMAN!

This WOMAN WILL BE older than him by far! But that's nor of my business.

pelezico:
I dont want to poo poo on there success but i didnt like the way they played - they were better because they were stronger. They played like individuals who were trying to steal the limelight from each other. They would have obliterated Mexico if they played a more comprehensive possession game. They have strength and determination but lacked technical awareness in that game. A lot of passes were errant and players held on to the ball to long as they bombed forward looking to score 40 yarders.

There goals were fantastic and if they win or dont win they are still as success but what concerns me is Nigerias inability to take these guys to the next level. The South Americans and Europeans have the infrastructure and foresight to do this hence why we struggle at under 21 and Senior.

My 2 kobo

bigwallace:
lol u talk abt mri scan,we know how dey get dier way around dat,am a goalkeeper nd av kept for so many local amauteur teams nd av gone for trials around so I know how dis tin works nd dnt say am bitter because I actually celeberated the 2013 set cos I saw truly young nd very talented side.

bigwallace:
why re u talkin as if u no dey dis country,let's not support what is not,we all know dis guys are not 16yr old as claimed.

Johnnoo:
Diego Costa 26

gbosaa:
I'm a meguard. Oga will sack me if I sleep.

bigwallace:
na naija we dey my sister,I have a cousin who is 22 nd he was told he is not ripe enuf to play u17 2yrs ago,imagine at age 22.its not asif he isn't good enough he is quite talented but he was told by the coach to wait 3more yrs.

rapthugx:
Thanks so much. she gave birth to a baby boy.
@shizzy7 thanks so much.

gbosaa:
Bros go sleep, it's two hours past midnight. I was wishing for Osimhen to score ten goals and make a mark for himself, you started your so called sarcasm and hidden message about Pongolle. Wetin concern me with pongolle, benzema and chrisanthus?

If he like make him follow Stanley okoro or isaac success. Not my business, next two years, there would be lots of boys waiting to take over...

dabossman:
Oya now! Osimhen, na you we dey wait o.

safarigirl:
why not Kelechi?

The sooner you all stop living in the past, the better for the rest of us in 2015. Every time Chrisantus, was there not a Mikel before Chrisantus and a Kelechi after? Did you not have Yobo and Enyeama playing long after U20? What about Ahmed Musa four years after?


Every time Una go dey shout Chrisantus, oya, the French guy that has the top scoring record, what happened to him? As if only naija has players that didn't live up to hype

bigwallace:
You're missing my point. Thete are many factors why U17 players don't graduate into senior team players beyond Age falsification. And why are we so quick to point out the ones that fade away but ignore those that go on to play for the senior team regularly. Kanu, Mikel, Yobo, Babayaro, Efe Ambrose, Onazi, Omeruoh, Musa etc. All products of age grade competitions.

Once again i will post this thread from two years ago. Maybe it will help you understand my point that not everyone who did well at age grade will become a senior player irrespective of age.


[quote author=dabossman post=19344394]With the Golden Eaglets recent qualification for the finals of the FIFA U-17 World Cup in the UAE, the perennial question of what becomes of these talented youngsters has started to ring out again. The age long (no pun intended) argument about age falsification within the nation’s youth teams is an ever constant colossus that usually overshadows whatever laurels the U-17’s or U-20’s win.
Nigeria has won the U-17 tourney three times and has played in the U-20 finals twice, throwing up a pool of amazing youngsters that showed so much promised and left Nigerians dreaming of a strong Super Eagles that would one day win the World Cup. However, that dream is still but a dream.

One factor that most Nigerians believe is responsible for this failure to transfer youth team success to the senior level is the tendency for youth players to falsify their ages. Many Nigerians tend to ask, “What happened to the stars of the all-conquering U-17 teams we had before?” Where are the likes of Peter Anosike, Ibrahim Babangida and Sambo Choji of the class of ’93; Femi Opabunmi, Soga Sambo and Temile Omonigho of 2001, King Osanga, Macauley Chrisantus, Yakubu Alfa of 2007? And these questions are not out of place.
However, the truth is that this phenomenon is not only peculiar to Nigeria. Usually, only a handful of youth players ever go on to have glorious careers at senior level; in most cases, between three to five players per squad.

It is very easy to say Gianluigi Buffon and Francesco Totti played for Italy in 1993, Andres Iniesta and Fernando Torres played for Spain in 2001, or Toni Kroos played for Germany in 2007 as did Eden Hazard and Christian Benteke for Belgium and Borjan and David De Gea for Spain. But how many of their team mates can we remember? How many of the squad of 18/21 players then, play for their senior teams today?
Where are the promising stars of yore like Florent Sinama Pongolle and Anthony Le Tallec (France U-17 2001) who were quickly snapped up by Liverpool? Pongolle was the only one lucky to get a single cap for the senior team. What of Fran Merida and Daniel Aquino (Spain U-17 2007) who have never been capped by Spain. Merida who was once an Arsenal youngster now plays for a lowly team in Brazil. Where is Richard Sukuta-Pasu (Germany U-17 2007) who scored four goals on their way to third-place?

The same is the trend at U-20 level. You only need to do a comprehensive research to discover that most youth players from the U-17 and U-20’s, even those from winning squads, usually just fade of into their local leagues and never get more than one to five senior caps if they are lucky. Many never do.

Below are a few reasons why youth players and Nigerian youth players in particular, never make it to the senior team.

1. A Large Biennial Pool of Players
The U-17 and U-20 World Cups take place every two years. This means that large pools of about 42 youth players are showcased on the world stage constantly every two years. That is 84 in four years, and 126 in six years. So imagine Nigeria, or any nation at that playing at U-17 and U-20 consecutively for six years and producing 126 potential senior team players. How many will end up making the cut?

2. Quality Senior players often play for over a decade
The chances of youth team players breaking into the senior team is also limited because their senior colleagues usually play for many years thus shutting them out of the senior squad. How many youth players between 2001 and 2008 stood a chance of displacing Joseph Yobo, Austin Okocha, Kanu Nwankwo, Vincent Enyeama, John Utaka, Obafemi Martins and the likes from the senior team? You would have to be exceptionally talented and extraordinarily lucky to do so. In the same vein, players like Asier Illaramendi, Nacho and Borjan (Spain U17 2007) will probably never get more than the one or two senior caps as long as Xavi Alonso, Gerard Pique and the like of Xavi and Iniesta continue to play for La Roja, just like Haruna Lukman and Rabiu Ibrahim.

3. The Quality of the Local League
A lot of youth players go on to enjoy their footballing careers playing in their national leagues. So many English players that we know from watching so much of the EPL played at youth level. We watch many former youth players in the La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga and other top European Leagues even when they never play for the seniors. Can we say the same for Nigeria?

Most of our youth team players end up in the back leagues of Europe simply because they will settle for any deal that will pay foreign currency. At least with that they can support their families back home.

Yes some of our former youth players like Akpan Bassy have had long careers in the local league. Some have returned home after misadventures in Europe. But how many of them do we know of? How can we even know of them when we hardly follow the league, nor do we get to watch it on television?

4. Bad Career Choices
This is no doubt the bane of many fledgling careers. Our youngsters in a bid to play in Europe will settle for anything, anywhere. From Malta to Cyprus, Bulgaria, Qatar, Vietnam and Moldova; if there is cash to be earned, our players will go. Many do not seek to try and develop their game, but instead join clubs that will only turn them into a mediocre. There is no way you can play in such lower European leagues with players who with all due respect are not of a superior class and it will not affect your game. Even players like Pongolle and Le Tallec as stated above, who played with big names at Liverpool faded away. How much more someone playing in Malta or Liechtenstein?

In reality, it would be very myopic to just relegate the reason why our former youth internationals never graduate to play for the senior national team to just a matter of age falsification. There are many other factors to be considered. Only if these factors can be addressed systematically can we hope to see youngsters like Iheanaco, Yahaya, Awoniyi, Success and the many more that will come after them graduate seamlessly to the Super Eagles.

gbosaa:
Stop contradicting yourself. My post was all about Osimhen getting his 10th goal to set a record. I've been following age group football and I'm aware that not all the players who perform well in the tournaments go on to excel in the senior teams.

Focus is primarily on talent discovery. Yes pongolle made a mark for himself, dos santos did as well, Kanu did. There are lots of factors involved in the full development of the players. That's not my concern at the moment. I would like to see these boys perform well and have successful careers.

Talent abound in Nigeria and I'm sure there are boys who will shine better than this present squad in the under 20 team in 2017

bigwallace:
We are still misplacing our priorities,do we want to win dis tournament or we want to discover truly young talent,because to me that is essence of this u17worldcup!little wonder we are 59th in d world.wer are the 2007 set nd 2009 set?

gbosaa:
So Osimhen should not get his goal because Pongolle failed to bench Benzema...comot jare.

gbosaa:
Osimhen for 9 goals....equals pongolle and coulibally...

4-2 !Nigeria