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Napoleon55:
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But why? that midfield looks promising.

MetalJigsaw:
Don't you think he's going ahead of himself by claiming h deserves to be in the WC after just 45 mins, even Mikel wouldn't make such a statement
Par adventure he fails to make the squad what would be said of Rohr.

The coach is in the right position to determine who and who deserves to be in Russia.

He didn't say he DESERVES to be in the world cup, rather he said...IT WOULD BE NICE if l go to the world cup.

Taliban:
I honestly don't think he's a tribal bigot but what I think is he enjoys taunting people with ridiculous comments. It really is just a hobby for him. I might be wrong though.

l concur, it's the way I've always interpreted his posts as well.

Petrobros:
I tell you again: you will do your self good by purging ur heart of Nepotism.

I am not Igbo, so don't think I am on a solidarity mission.

Icon4s said something: that he cares less about comments that are not meaningful or something like that. Have you not noticed he has stopped engaging in discussions with you?

I don't comment much here but I do plenty of observations. I too have personally stopped reading most of your comments. Until you change your approach.

l don't think it's nepotism neither do l think forgiveness is tribalistic(not enough evidence for me to suggest he is). l only think he is just too fixated on so many strange players, especially the foreign born players.
Abeg make una free forgiveness my guy, the Ajagun master.

OMANBALA1:
And its not like Onazi is a bad player just that players that cant play simple passes bores the hell out of me. Ogu has no vision but he can play simple clean passes.

True, Ogu keeps things simple, doesn't get out of position easily and thereby brings out the best in Ndidi.
Onazi has his strength though ....His high work rate and good/fast reading of the game.
Ogu is always late to the challenge sometimes while Onazi could be easily caught out of position, both must work on their weaknesses, but l rate them higher than Agu for now(especially based on what I've seen him play so far).

forgiveness:
Iwobi, Lookman, Aluko, Nominated For London Football Awards

George Obi
9 months ago
By James Agberebi:

Nigerian trio; Alex Iwobi, Ademola Lookman and Sone Aluko have been nominated for the 2017 London Football Awards.

Also nominated is the elder sister of Sone, Eniola Aluko.

The list of nominees published by on Saturday by


westham.vitalfootball.co.uk, shows that Iwobi and Lookman are in the race for the Young Player of the Year award category along with Tottenham Hotspur's Dele Alli, Arsenal's Hector Bellerin and Ryan Sessegnon of Championship club, Fulham.

Aluko is in the category for the Football League Player of the Year, while his sister, Eniola is in the Women's Player of the Year category.

In other categories, the Premier League Player of the Year award if being contested for by Alli, Alexis Sanchez (Arsenal), Diego Costa (Chelsea), N'Golo Kante (Chelsea) and Danny Rose (Tottenham Hotspur).

The Manager of the Year Award candidates include Antonio Conte (Chelsea), Mauricio Pochettino (Tottenham Hotspur), Neil Harris (Millwall), Neal Ardley (Wimbledon) and Slavisa Jokanovic (Fulham).

And the Goalkeeper of the Year shortlist includes Hugo Lloris (Tottenham Hotspur), Thibaut Courtois (Chelsea), Alex Smithies (QPR), Darren Randolph (West Ham) and Jordan Archer (Millwall).

The winner of each category will be named during the awards ceremony in the evening of Thursday, March 2 at Battersea Evolution and will be decided by a panel of leading ex-players, football administrators and journalists.

The 2017 London Football Awards Nominees Full List

Premier League Player of the Year:
N`Golo Kante (Chelsea)
Dele Alli (Tottenham Hotspur)
Alexis Sanchez (Arsenal)
Diego Costa (Chelsea)
Danny Rose (Tottenham Hotspur).

Young Player of the Year:
Dele Alli (Tottenham Hotspur)
Hector Bellerin (Arsenal)
Ademola Lookman (Charlton Athletic/Everton)
Ryan Sessegnon (Fulham)
Alex Iwobi (Arsenal).

Manager of the Year:
Antonio Conte (Chelsea)
Mauricio Pochettino (Tottenham Hotspur)
Neil Harris (Millwall)
Neal Ardley (Wimbledon)
Slavisa Jokanovic (Fulham).

Football League Player of the Year:
Scott Hogan (Brentford/Aston Villa), Tom Cairney (Fulham)
John Akinde (Barnet)
Alex Smithies (Queens Park Rangers)
Sone Aluko (Fulham).

Goalkeeper of the Year:
Hugo Lloris (Tottenham Hotspur), Thibaut Courtois (Chelsea)
Alex Smithies (Queens Park Rangers)
Darren Randolph (West Ham)
Jordan Archer (Millwall).

Women's Player of the Year:
Eni Aluko (Chelsea)
Jordan Nobbs (Arsenal)
Karen Carney (Chelsea)
Katie Chapman (Chelsea)
Danielle Carter (Arsenal).

Community Project of the Year:
Fulham – Feltham Young Offenders Institute
Crystal Palace – Powerchair Football Leyton Orient – DCD Football

https://www.completesportsnigeria.com/iwobi-lookman-aluko-nominated-london-football-awards/amp/


If Rohr is sincere with chosen players based on performance, how come he does not know Sone Aluko was nominated for the best last season?


For those asking me what Ademola lookman achieved in his football career, see for yaself? Abi those who nominated him are from his village?

Don't forget he won Championship apprentice player of the year just before this nomination.

I have facts but you have nothing.

We can't call everybody, maybe an Aluko though, but Ademola's position is a competitive one in the SE at the moment. He can only be called if he is clearly better than what we have already. I agree we need Aluko though cos we need more creative midfielders.

Eseose9:
Nawah o.
So you mean Onyekuru cannot bench someone that is already chopping bench?

lol, help me ask am o. This forgiveness sometimes sha!

MetalJigsaw:
Oga let me hear word! Luiz Suarez ke, what of Lionel Messi.

I haven't watch him play doesn't mean I can't predict how good he is. I don't have to watch him play before I know his category.

If he's that good what keeps him stuck with FC Utrecht

Is he even better than Ighalo, Kayode or even Henry?

I'm not saying he's not a good player but I'm certain he's just a bit above average, if not average a player, simple

why not watch him first, oga. l'm not saying he must be called up though.

maidaboi:
Goal for Ejike in Norway

Na wa o, who be that again?

Humility017:
I watched his highlights...bro that guy has skills....
he can be moulded to be a very good AM.

l think we can still call him up, for games after the world cup.

PDPGuy:
The Falconets defeated Morocco 5-1 at the Sam Ogbemudia stadium today. The ladies won 6-2 on aggregate.

The Falconets will now face the winner between Burundi and South Africa in the last qualifying round. The winners will then qualify for the U-20 World Cup next year.

When is the last qualifying round?

Mickael2:
I have seen Nigeria defeat Argentina without Messi 4-1 under Siasia, nothing special really for me, great but not special. Meanwhile I was already inactive before that match, my shifts are difficult now

Now let's be frank, the Argentines used what we may properly call a team B then, and you cannot say it was preparation for the world cup. Now apart from Messi and then Aguero(in the second half) this was a more solid Argentine team. Wouldn't you agree with me?

mtis:
look obaaderemi sometimes your argument surprises me..you still think she doesnt know anything about Reddit..boy are you stupid ..she making you look like ya digitally challenged dude.. doesn't you know anything about sarcasm .

LMAO, why you wanna cover her ass man? it only makes you look pathetic.

mtis:
Ok dude its our thread then so back off..w'll do whatever we want an ya can do nothing at all...

Ogbeni don't you have something else to do. This love for Nigeria and Nairaland is too much. Even your partner could not help but search for Nigeria on reddit. He forgot about Kenya with all the negative stories it has on reddit but rather searched for naija, this is obsession.

Mujtahida:
Nwakaeme would be cursing his luck now. Everything in this life ehn. We were shouting 'Rohr, Rohr, play Ebuehi, play Ebuehi'. Who knows if he had played the young man in that bad pitch in Constantine the guy would have fumbled. Many people would have said 'abajo no wonder Rohr has been keeping him on the bench. The guy na Otu'. The excellent pitch in Krasnodar made him ball.

This is why I feel Nwakaeme should be given another chance. So that it would not be that we gon miss a gem because of bad playing surface.

Thank you very much for this, l wonder why people are sentimental when it comes to Nwakweme, we all know the pitch was a problem, so why write him off completely based on only the Algerian game.

PROVERBZ:
have u been to reddit??

Don't even answer that one, he doesn't know anything.

Blueberrie:
I know. But if somebody has a low opinion of themselves and the first time I meet them they only speak about their negatives, then I'm only gonna see the negatives most of the time

Like l said before, it all depends on what you wanna see. Besides, this is not the only forum in Nigeria.

Blueberrie:
Hmm...true. But there's no other place or forum that's as Nigerian as this forum, you know. So we just have to make do with what we got.. until we actually set foot in Nigeria
Do you ppl have a tourism forum or something of the sort?

There are other forums though. Even on this forum and this particular thread, there have been several great pictures of Nigeria from the perspective of the tourist.
No matter what, you would only see what you wanna see.

Humility017:
please stop talking what you don't know...
even Scotland rarely call up players from their league for the national...team.
most of their players are mainly from the English championship just to tell you...how they lowly rate their league...and you now expects England to go after aluko all because he plays for rangers....


and for that taiwo and celestine....sometimes i just don't understand you....is it because taiwo is of the same tribe with you...that' made you say that?

because it is glaring to all who knows football that celestine is quite ahead of taiwo....
notwithstanding taiwo did well too.....

Lol let's not bring in this tribal thing again when discussing these issues with oga forgiveness. l think he also clamours for joel obi with same passion.
Just Saying though.
lf I'm not mistaken, Celestine Babayaro is not from a different tribe as well.

Muafrika2:
Ha ha

Nope ...

l just learnt about them now from you, never knew we had a Rugby team and l can bet that the majority of sports loving Nigerians are ignorant of the actual existence of this team.

Danielnino00:
All those people trying to compare rugby and football (its called football not soccer,okay?) on this thread need some serious brain reset...
Rugby is even ranked below sports like ice hockey, tennis,cricket, basketball,volleyball and baseball..
And this masia are bragging about it like its some big deal...they aren't even ranked among the top 20 in the world.. a sport that's followed by less than 500 million people... it's even rugby 7s they brag about....smh...

Please stick to ur marathon,its what u are known best at.....



Its been a while tho,my guys Shervydman,Obaaderemi,shaytun,Provebez,Oni1kenobi,forgiveness... and of course the awaseome photographer tyahsermeri

Of course football is the most competitive sport in the world, even female football with all the discrimination and gender bias against it, still has more nations enrolled and more followers.

TayserMahiri:
Please Naija what is it? Italy buries 26 Nigerian women — most without a name.

How bad is it back there? This is the Super League of Drowning Migrants !

You are so obsessed with Nigeria, even patriotic Nigerians do not have your kind of passion for this country, it's awesome.

Obi1kenobi:
I admire the natural beauty of Kenya (Nigeria's landscape isn't as beautiful).
I admire its wildlife (everytin na meat for Nigeria - any creature unlucky to meet Nigerian citizens end up in a pot )
I admire its cultural heritage and diversity.
I admire its rich literary tradition like Nigeria and loved Ngugi wa Thiong'o in school.
I admire its distance runners who bring pride to the country.

And yes, I do believe Kenya has made bigger development strides than Nigeria in recent years.

Let's bring back some maturity to the thread and avoid the schoolyard taunts.

Nigeria has wildlife too, not as popular as that of Kenya. Not everything is meat in Nigeria, rather you can say generally this seems to be the case.

obaaderemi:
No, this is what we with our budget.With GDP in 2014 pegged at $90
billion, Lagos’ economy stands as the
7th largest in Africa- bigger than Cote
d’Ivoire and Kenya, two of the
continent’s most promising
economies.

You dey mind these Kenyans? imagine comparing states like Kano, Lagos, and Rivers to Kenyan counties.
l would love the Kenyans here to give me the breakdown of the functions and budgets of these counties. Do these counties have their Universities and Health centres like the Kenyan Federal Government? What actually is the system of Government in Kenya, is it federal?
The per capita of Rivers state alone is higher than that of many African countries.

forgiveness:
First of all, Sone Aluko dished England for Nigeria for the love he has for the country when he was already capped by England at all level up to Under 19. He was already up the ladder to play in the 3 Lions.

He could have made the 3 Lions team with his performance at Rangers if he was not capped by us.

Sone Aluko played in Rangers before he moved to the championship just for one year because he singlehandedly helped Hull city gained promotion to EPl. He played in the Epl for two seasons before his club was relegated. Dont forget he helped dem to the FA finals before his team lost.

Despite all these runs of splendid performances all those years, he was still snubbed big time. Why?

Therefore, it is not about playing in the Championship because even when at the top nobody looked his way.

Same goes to Victor Anichebe.

I get your point on Aluko, but Anichebe(though very good) is not a very consistent player, l don't think he would do better than lghalo, Kayode, or Dessers(If called up). The fact is, we can't call everybody at this point, we must first look out for our weakest positions like the left back or Attacking midfield, going by this I'll agree with you that we can call up an Aluko or joel obi to see what they can offer.

Humility017:
sentiment aside...elderson is a no starter in the SE colors for now....Idowu and either of ebuehi or aina should be drafted to assist him there....
and deji should be called up to just train with the super eagles at least to prepare him for the future...Qatar 2022.

Are you sure Ebuehi can play at the left back position?

smoriacy:
and it will Kenyas Budget is set to reach 35bn$ by 2027

meaning over the next ten years Kenya will have read a combined total of 300bn$ + in budget

in line with this Kenya plans to set up
4000mw nuclear plants already 1500 Kenyans are studying in France, USA, Slovakia, SA, China and South Korea

Kenya is also Africas largest Geothermal Energy Produce and The Only one
ranking Number 9 worldwide Behind USA, Iceland Japan Indonesia China in Geothermal Energy Production
Kenya plans to Produce 15,000mw of geo by 2027

it plans to Build 12,000km of Rail by 2030

We already have the largest Airline in Africa at Number 4
Lmao Nigeria is just a land full of legal land owners not a country!!

Can you give us a breakdown of the budgets for your counties? Can your counties really be compared to Nigerian states?
Your point as regards plans by Kenya is nothing new, countries have always had plans. You have to stop comparing Kenya to Nigeria, it's amusing and can be irritating at times, lol.

l believe if we want to play rugby, we would do way better than East or South Africans. The interest is not just there.

Kog45:
yea u are right on Peter likely to add something new to the team but i want to see Osimhen and Awoniyi in camp cos i don't think Nwakaeme is better than the duo.

Ain't you guys crucifying Nwakweme too early?

Mickael2:
Onazi is a better passer than Ndidi? Ok Sir

Ndidi's passing both against Zambia and Algeria has not been very good.

forgiveness:
Onazi is better choice than Ndidi because he is a better passer than Ndidi and with more better factors.

Exactly. Coupled with his poor passing, Ndidi can also be easily dribbled but makes up with his neat tackles. Onazi on the other hand could be caught out of position sometimes but he reads the game well and has been doing slightly better than Ndidi with his passes in recent games. I definitely wouldn't start Ndidi ahead of Onazi if l must choose between both.

edi287:
If Joel Obi can stay fit till the WC, I'd like to see him play ahead of either Ndidi or Onazi. I really think he can break into our first 11.

If joel obi plays, Onazi can still play just ahead of the defenders in a defensive midfield role, but then we have Ndidi as well, so the best option would be to reserve joel obi on the bench as a replacement for Mickel in that attacking midfield role.