Chrismario:


Switch to Spain vs Croatia. Party is going on!

World cup finalists 6-0 wow

Icon4s:


It is no friendly.

It is a New Competition called the UEFA Nations league. No more meaningless friendlies for the Europeans. Every game counts in that competition. It will be used for FIFA rankings and more importantly as qualifiers for Euro2020.

Sir actually that was a friendly indeed. most of the groups have 3 teams so since they v 2 match days per international break some of them could actually afford friendlies

Uzoho Excused For Liberia

After wearing the precious National Team Gloves for ten straight matches, the Spanish based Francis Uzoho has been excused for the exhibition match against Liberia l

The teenager entered the sticks in the famous Super Eagles 4-2 friendly match victory over Argentina 10-months ago and has been the favourite custodian ever since.

Uzoho Stats :

10games

10goals conceded

3cleansheets

4victories

5defeats

1draw

Some Facts : Any match he picks the ball out of his net,Super Eagles doesn't win.

He concedes an average of one goal per match

Golden Eaglets Captain Samson Tijani alongside his teammate *in d mirror*

Onyekuru just playing around yesterday

Icon4s:
The NPFL has just declared Lobi stars League champions after just 24 matches out of 38.

What a joke of a league. I finally give up on their matter.

Expect alot corruption in both the nnl and npfl next season with 6 teams to be relegated and just 2 promoted. Very bad decisions from the club owners. I don't expect much from lobi stars next in d champions league. What of the aiteo cup will that be completed as well

Ove ejaria scores for Rangers, against Ufa

Icon4s:
The Maroc 2026 Bid was not successful . Too bad but they can repackage for 2030.

For how long will they continue to bid and lose. They v been bidding for every single world cup since the early 90s and yet SA hosted the first African WC before them. I'm sure its money they spend to organize bids, they should rest for now and start again in may be 3 decades time

forgiveness:


No wonder most of the 2011 don fade commot. Only few are still doing well.

We didn't even qualify for the Caf u17 in 2011

I think FIFA will decide and announce the host of 2026 FIFA world totoday n I'm hoping Morocco beats the joint bid of US/Canada/Mexico.

TheSuperNerd:


Chaaiiiii... Olorun! See question bikonu... The thing get as e be oooo... We both know say Both Korea and Japan played in the 2001 Fifa Confederations cup abi... So this one fit get three groups sef...lol... Or maybe, although unlikely, all three will play in two groups alongside the five continental champions (Africa, Europe, Asia, South America, Oceania). But what about the world champs? Except one of the continental champs is a also a world champ anyway? Happened to Spain and France.... So a three group scenario is possible.


**modified** Didn't add North america/Concacaf because I assume the champs will come naturally from among USA, Mexico, or Canada. But hey... wild scenario.. what if none of them takes it?

And come ooo... This your wicked question come be your first post for NL... Biaaa Nwokem... This your entrance ehn .....

actually the Fifa confederation may not be existing by then again, even that of 2021 is in doubt as FIFA Is planning to introduce a bigger club world cup competition which will hold every 4 years I. e a year by the world cup year.

also their is a new trend in international football, Nation's League will soon be the new international competition qualifiers instead of qualifiers or friendlies, with the nation's league, teams will be grouped in divisions with relegation and promotion to be used just like various leagues around.

now FIFA is planning to start theirs by 2021, Uefa will start theirs this September Concacaf will start theirs also this year, other confederations like Caf and AFC have not shown interest in joining the trend of creating nations league for their continents and confederations.

this will gave small nations like San Marino, Guyana, Comoros and the likes more competitive games than before and also reduce the schedule for numbers of games to he played by the players including that of big nations

Saturday 28th April,2018.
MATCH DAY ONE
(The 2017/2018 Season is in four abridged divisions )
Group A1: ■ Giordano FC vs Bimo FC -San i Abacha Stadium,Kano.
■ Gombe Utd vs Malunfashi FC- Pantami Int'l Stadium,Gombe.
■ Sokoto Utd vs EFCC FC-Gingiya Township Stadium.
■ Adamawa Utd vs Jigawa Golden Stars - Fufore Township Stadium.
■ Real Stars vs FC Zamfara- Kaduna Township Stadium.
A2:
■ Kaduna Utd vs Kada FC -Kaduna Township Stadium.
■ ABS (Abubakar Bukola Saraki) vs Road Safety FC- Ilorin Township Stadium.
■ NAF(Nigeria Airforce) FC vs Mighty Jets -Buratai Farm Stadium-Keffi.
■ Kogi Utd vs Aklosendi Int'l FC - Confluence Stadium,Lokoja.
B1:
■ Bendel Insurance vs Spartans FC of Lagos-Sam Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin City.
■ Warri Wolves vs Gateway Utd -Warri Township Stadium.
■ Bayelsa Utd vs Abia Comets -Samson Siasia Stadium.
■ J'Atete FC vs Akwa Starlets - Otujeremi Stadium,Ughelli.
B2:
■ Ikorodu Utd vs Super Stores -Teslim Balogun Stadium,Lagos.
■ Nnewi Utd vs Delta Stars -Rojenny Stadium,Oba.
■ Crown FC vs Dynamite Force FC vs - Soun Stadium,Ogbomosho.
■ Rovers FC vs Delta Force - U.J.Esuene Stadium,Calabar
■ Osun Utd vs Remo Stars - Osogbo Township Stadium.

Gotaya:
Nigeria National League (NNL) will commence on the 28th of April, 2018.
Ikorodu United Fc will take on Stationary Stores Fc on Sunday 29th, 4pm at Teslim Balogun Stadium.

yep. the NNL after all the delays will comnence this weekend. full fixtures will be posted soon So watch this space

I think Dangote should take a cue from Red bull with the way they run different clubs in different countries and still making considerable succes and raking in money.

he should however start from home clubs, sincerely any low or small Northern clubsides and take them up the ladder the use it as a good reason to bid 4 Arsenal.

Icon79:
Wow! She looks like a teenager, yo. I wouldn't even have the heart to gbensh her sef


O pari

lol, our class is just blessed with set of students who are baby faced. tho sometimes picture do "Lie".

safarigirl:
it's being sold for 6k online

that's still too much for me now I'll rather wait till it is available at "omo ibo's" shops

safarigirl:
who original epp?

The fake is even expensive, only God know how much original go be.

By the time NFF release the jersey in June, na onkh diaspora people go buy am

yea I didn't ask the guy how much he got it with the back customised but the texture is different from the normal 1500naira jersey type of texture. it should be from 3k above

Icon79:
Who's the little girl? Your daughter


O pari

which kine little girl? she x a course mate jo. the unprepared posture made her look so and I'm kinda taller than she is. I only took the pix because of the jersey

Those that are still waiting 4 the original here x a classmate of mine rocking the jersey in class today .

with Var and goal line technology we should v been a goal down now. uzoho should not make these sorts of errors at the world cup else Nigerians won't spare him

if Var was used or GLT we would be 1-0 down by now. I want uzoho tested the more

I want uzoho tested

so we r putting on the deep green jersey. the tracksuit is hooot men. very dope

jihday:
this is not forgiveness, you no see as the guy rubbish Olanrewaju Kayode

didn't even notice.

herroyalcutenes:
The super eagles definitely need/deserve better scouting what are Elderson, Omeruo, Stephen Eze, doing in a friendly 2 months to the world cup?

In a country with a population of over 170million. Is that the best we can offer? What a shame? Kelechi and Iwobi should have started from the bench. This is the time to invite and test more players did nigerian's know Ebuehi or Idowu were good enough unit they were invited and tested.

One would expect Emmanuel Bonaventure Dennis (WF, CF),Cyriel Dessers (WF , CF) , Derik Osede (DC), K.Otigba (DC), Fanendo Adi (CF, ST), Azubuike Okechukwu (AM, MC), Sunday Stephen (DM, MC) (whom benched iniesta at spain U19, U20, U21), Ryan Sanusi and of course the (king) Simon Kalu (AM, WF).

Thank God Mikel Agu was not invited his intercepts are so low and man marking so poor, for a centeral or defending midfilder. Rohr wants to play 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1, but he has never invited a center forward (CF). If he takes this squad to the world cup Nigeria would be disgraced.

If Olarenwaju Kayode was continually called up to the Super Eagles without having a single shot on target then Fanendo Adi (Adi was signed permanently by the Portland Timbers on 23 June 2014. Where he became the club's fourth ever Designated Player) (Google Designated Player if you do not know the meaning) would do better.

Even Anthony Nwakeme would do better, if given more call-ups, He is so good at the Europa League.

Or is it Ighalo that would lead Nigeria to the Quarterfinal? Impossible.

Remember in 2014 Nigeria was the lowest scoring team in qualifying, and scoring was a big problem at the world cup. That is likely to repeat itself.

The midfield and the attack (NO.9) are Super Eagle's weakest links.

I want to believe this is Mr Forgiveness. well we qualified without them so there time is not now definitely. when the next round of qualification for another world cup start they are welcome, but it's a shame many of them won't still see the team. that's how life x, to go world cup no de everybody's destiny

terzurum5:
You did a wonderful job Sir Danycrusoe.
Sorry I admonished your eforts very late.

no problems sir. thanks

I heard Iceland are preparing for us by playing Ghana. it's not confirmed yet tho. source is goal.com

Icon4s:
MFM 1-0 MC Alger 42mins.

Impressive but i hope they don't go to Algeria and chop 9 like Mc Alger last round opponents. 2 more goals will do with a clean sheet.

I v a good feeling about our teams' performance on the continent this season, we should v all 4 in the group stage of the CAF CL AND CAF CC.

Al Ittihad v Akwa united has been delayed

I remember we all proposed possible solutions to NPFL's niggling issues some months back. I have a compilation of most if not all of the suggestions back then and I should v posted it here as asked by Sir Terzurum but I was waiting for a time when we all v our attentions on the Npfl and dx seems like the right time to do that. Please these suggestions are from all of us here and incase u v a new idea u can chip it in.

Possible Solutions To NPFL's Niggling Issues

Fans and enthusiastic lovers of the Nigeria Professional Football League are already looking forward to the new league season which starts in few days.

Last season saw improvements in the league and many expect a higher level of improvement this time around especially with the new TV deal with NTA.

However, some are still pessimistic about watching the league stating, Security, Poor players welfare, Empty seats in Stadiums on match days, low publicity of the leagues and poor level of performance by the players amongst many other negatives.

Fortunately, some segments of Nigerian football fans have rendered their opinion and suggestions on the way forward which they hope will help the LMC

■ PRIVATISATION Of CLUBS

A larger percent of Npfl clubs are owned by their respective state governments, and this mean players are owed salaries, clubs flout some LMC rules and go unpunished. The best and biggest clubs in World football are not government owned, if not privately owned, they would rather be community owned or runned by fans.

Government clubs should be sold to interested private individuals or organisations. Club football is a big business hence it should be run as one and not as a governmental organisation.

Also there is a need to make fans feel attached to their respective clubs and this can be done by Community ownership of the club's.

Privatisation of the clubs will also ensure that issues of players protests due to unpaid salaries and bonuses will END.

It is not a must that government should hold on to the maintenance and ownership of clubs. If they still want to retain that, they should outsource to management companies. Companies with solid pedigree in management consultancy services. They are to do research on how this things are done , the acceptable standards, running of club affairs and report back to the government with good details. It will still be a win win situation. This gives room to quality and committment

■ RESTRUCTURING THE LEAGUE

Due to the large size of the country and risk of travelling by road to match centers, fans are discouraged to visit away grounds in the league unless when the away ground is in a neighbouring state or community.

Apart from that, there have been cases of accidents, highway robbery encountered by teams on their way to or from away grounds. Kano pillars, Ifeanyi Ubah and kwara united have all been recently involved in road mishaps in recent times.

An Abridged league as adopted by the Nigerian National League or The Major League Soccer in USA can be used from subsequent seasons in order to reduce lengths traveled by teams and increase the number fans who travel to away games.

■ ENLIGHTENMENT OF REFEREES

Refereeing is one part of the Nigerian league which leaves a lot to be desired. Frequent reports of favouring home teams, cancelling of legitimate goals and issuing of late penalties and red cards in order to favour a particular team gas turned fans away.

The league has been ridiculed as an "Home win only " league where away wins are rare. Many league matches have been abandoned in times past due to referee's questionable calls

If the LMC can work with the Nigerian Referees Association to psyche up match officials, many are of the belive that it will reflect in results on match days

Also renumeration payed to the match officials should improve as this will reduce cases of bribery. Referees should also be given maximum security before, during and after matches to reduce, influencing, threatening and violent acts against referees.

Some segment of fans also feel there is a need to have a minimum requirement before a referee can handle at game in the Npfl so as to increase the quality of officiating.

■ REBRANDING, REPACKAGING AND AWARENESS

Many pontential local league fans are lost to the allure and exposure to the foreign leagues. This is helped by the lackadaisical attitude of the LMC and clubs to properly use the available media for promotional of football activities like match previews and reviews, player transfers, change in match schedule, live commentaries of matches and pictures from the field of play.

The LMC on their part should focus on embarking on a vigorous awareness campaign for the league. Twitter hash tags and post are not enough, Television and Radio stations and Newspapers should be effectively utilised to preach and spread the gospel of the NPFL far and wide.

Also all NPFL clubs should be forced to run at least 3 social media pages and website. This will help fans get in touch and stay up to date with Match schedule and other activities.

Also clubs should make use of billboards, posters and other forms of advertisement to promote their image.

■ DEFAULTERS OF LMC RULES SHOULD BE APPROPRIATELY DEALT WITH IRRESPECTIVE OF THE OFFENDERS

Owing of players wages, violence by supporters, players and officials and abandonment of league matches should be dealt with instantaneously and harshly so as to serve a lesson to others.

■ INCREASED SECURITY AT MATCH VENUES

The number of security officials dispatched to match venues are sometimes not enough, this gives fans and home team officials a chance to constitute violence during games

Security is one way fans have found to excuse themselves from match centres, while there has been improvement recently, we expect more to still be done to totally eradicate violence at match centres.


■ STADIUMS AND PITCHES SHOULD BE WELL MAINTAINED

Many pitches in the NPFL leave a lot to be desired and while many of them are artificial surfaces a few of them are natural grass.

The natural grass pitches are not well maintained to suit the camera, the case of U.J Esuene Stadium during the match between Enyimba and Mfm last season is an example, where the pitch was in a bad state and yet was televised on TV.

Many pitches in the NPFL need to be upgraded and we hope the LMC can work to that effect and any team which fails to adhere should be punished accordingly.

We the fans itch for a time where all the playing surfaces of all the teams in the league will b natural grass and it will be a welcomed development if the LMC can consider it.

■ PUBLIC RE-ORIENTATION

The entire populace need to understand that there is career in sports. Sports is now big business and should be treated as such. The idea of non partisan followership of the League in nigeria needs to be set aside and looked into wholistically. Clubs need to be a thing of personal possession on the part of the fans.

■ SOCCER AT GRASSROOT

Gone are the days when schools had Principals cup, State cup and so on, many of this grassroot tourneys are not being held again. Even inter house sports where other high schools were invited seems to be a thing of the past. What happened to YSFON?
Lets bring back the days of youth involvement in our sports, the NUGA games, even if possible, introduce Varsity League.

■ ACCOUNTABILITY

This one is the most controversial part of all. Players play so they can earn. Whether they lost is not a reason to withold their Salaries. Salaries need to be paid on time without any form of coercion or mass action in the way of players goin on strike.. accountability with respect to gate takings and club policies need to be spelt out.


Cc: Icon4s, Somehow, Bascovanveli, Omanbala, Tbaba1234, Thesupernerd, Terzurum5, Kog45, Soetanoreoluwa et all

Icon79:
LOL. Which Plateau United? The one way chop 4 goals the other day, abi na another one?


O pari

U wicked

Lol

Icon79:
Up Rangers!!!


O pari

maidaboi:
up Plateau united

Up MFM, Up Remo Stars.

we myt just be out of the u17 wwc on away goals 87 minutes and it's 1-1 in cameroon