Jarus:


We were close to that 1994 - 1998.

and now we r far from that. the highest tag we could get now x that of dark horses, we will surely get better.

Icon4s:


We recognise your contributions in bringing News about the NPFL and NNL to this thread. We expect more of it this year. Thanks

Surely Sir. Got this late. Let's hope things go well on the local scene this year. now that Victor Mbaoma and Oche Salefu have returned to Remo stars after their failed move to Mfm coupled with Sunday Faleye who is lost in a transfer tussle between 3Sc and the academy that owns him, nor forgetting Jude aneke who is with Ikorodu united, we hope the competition in the NNL becomes hotter and interesting.

lets wish for less of walkover, banished teams, abandoned matches and violence in stadia. more of fair play, publicity and transparency, more away wins like that of last season and hopefully a team from NNL wins the Aiteo cup and represent 9ja at the 2019 Confederations cup. *winks*

Quick Stats : Errrm FCT does not have any team in the top 2 divisions of league football in the country, this was after FRSC and Fc Abuja got relegated from the NNL northern division last season. Fc Abuja was the last to appear in the Npfl while FRSC have only been as high as NNL.

TheSuperNerd:
True talk. But for DR Congo I meant at U-20 level not U-17 level. I recall in 2008 they made it to the U-20 World cup with Nigeria.

OK my bad thanks. They didn't quite build on that experience it didn't even reflect on their women's team. it is well with Africa.

I believe if there is more competition on the female football scene then their would be more followership of the game.

darkelf:


But bro, in as much as prayer is effective, other teams know God too.

Besides, what usually determines victory in football is hardwork, teamwork, preparation and a bit of luck

Although, I must confess my ignorance on the level of preparedness of the flamingoes for this (and many other competitions)

The news is quite replete with cases of neglect of women football by the NFF

If the above is true, then I fear for their performance but if the NFF has awoken to their tasks, then all the best to them

In any case, GO FLAMINGOES!!!

I tire for NFF, I wish we had won that u20 women's world cup in Canada 2014 and more impressive than we did at the main world cup in 2015, maybe just maybe the NFF would v started taking the female teams seriously.

But Pinnick is acting timidly towards them even the male age grade teams, his only concern is SE, I want believe Sheu Dikko is the drive behind the u13 and u15 outings we v seen recently

TheSuperNerd:
Haba Sir Danycrusoe. It's me naa. I think you've explained the meaning of your name to me before in times past.

I was just teasing you as usual. Robinson Crusoe, Lovely book. One of Daniel Defoe's best works.


And yeah, teams on the women's soccer scene in Africa are seriously not dulling. I recall back then when a team like DR Congo made it to a women's age grade world cup at U-20 level I think couple of years ago.
Your fear is with good reason but I just feel Bala Nikyu being one with enough experience and exposure will correct the mistakes and profligacy of our girls. Those girls can actually ball but goals conversion is their problem.

Cameroun had it so easy against a weak and physically inferior Algerian team. I don't them beating Nigeria even with their goals-laden show against Algeria (7-0 and 4-0 in the two legs).

Djibouti will fall to Ghana. They got a walkover even into the last round. South Africa should also beat Morocco but yeah Botswana gave them quite a scare but it was 11-6 in the end on aggregate (5-2 and 6-4). Botswana is really building a foundation for the women's game going by an article I came across one time on women's football in southern africa on a women's soccer site I think.

No mind me jare it's been a while we exchanged discussions.

True that Djibouti got a walkover Tunisia, but if I were their coach I'll fancy their chances of being at the world cup, Ghana could v an off day in one of the ties and if it were to be when Djibouti are at home if they take their chances and then go away to Accra and defend, they would just be the latest team to debut at a Fifa world cup, impossible is nothing.

Botswana impressed in those ties, losing 2-5 at home to SA isn't really a failure in the women's game in Africa so far u r not Nigeria, Ghana and Cameroon. u can add equitorial guinea. then scoring 4 away from home is a loss that sure smells like a victory, they should continue to improve

SA has been close in African women's football, they r a power house and its only a matter of time they get their breakthrough just like Cameroon did recently.

we should use Ghana and learn, they have lost their hold on the women's game, they v been inconsistent lately and Nigeria is looking shaky in recent times our talents are not looking enough to see us tru.

It wasn't DR Congo, it was Zambia, Gambia, SA and Cameroon who have participated in one u17 women's world cup each in the last 4 editions since FIFA gave Africa 3 slots in 2010. But I don't know y they didn't make 3 slots for the u20

daveP:
They just seem to be irrelevant till they make world cup. i believe they'll qualify though. Na u sure pass.

Thanks bro but the neglect they get is alarming.

I really wish we would reach the footballing levels of Germany, France and say Brazil soon where both our male and female teams at any level whatsoever will be feared, respected and regarded as favorites irrespective of form or the opposition.

TheSuperNerd:
Sir Danycrusoe abi na Robinson Crusoe. lol

Happy new year ooooo. No I was not on strike naa. Lol.

And hey, our flamingoes will come good hopefully. I know the camerounians won big while we struggled but remember, we are not on same level as the team Cameroun put seven goals pass.

Robinson Crusoe x the novel that inspired my username, and the fact that it was written by my namesake Daniel Defoe... that's by the way.

I hope after wat the u17 n u20 last year the female teams won't follow suit this year, seriously our female teams av not been this poor or maybe others are just catching up and we r getting exposed that we aren't as good as we tot.

Djibouti could be at the u17 women's world cup if they could navigate Ghana, that's a testament of the improvement of others. Burundi almost shocked SA at the u20 level too

Icon4s:
Hmm not going to be easy in some categories. But let me try the ones I can

CATEGORIES
1. Most Controversial Poster
: Forgiveness (we all know why)
2. Most Interactive Poster
: TheGoodJoe (He can reply your single post with double responses)
3. Most Intelligent Poster
: TheSuperNerd ( Smart posts that when in an argument with him you need to get all ur facts straight else....)
4. Most Resourceful Poster
: Joebie ( It is as if he goes even into the Eagles camp to get us updates)
5. Most Respectful Poster
: Kog45( No matter how young or old or wise or foolish you may sound he respects your opinion)
6. Most Consistent Poster
: Tbaba1234( He is ever present to chip in those his thoughtful 2-3 lines of comments)
7. Most Positive Poster
: Tbaba1234 ( Has a way of hoping almost every player comes out good)
8. Best Sense of Humor
: Blueto ( He no go kill person with his "ogbonge" grammar.
9. Most Critical Poster
: Goldfish80 ( Hardly in agreement with anybody. He can criticise even himself)
10. Nicest Poster: Confun (Though she been away for sometime. We have missed her words of comfort)
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11. Most Influential Poster: Joseph1013 and Terzurum5 ( For creating and being like mods to this thread)
12. Most Pro-Foreign Born Poster
: Komekn( They have to be the Borough born or they are below average)
13. Most Pro-Naija League Poster
: Danycrusoe ( he even gives updates of remote matches played in the NNL)
14. People's Favourite
: Safarigirl ( Queen of the thread, Land lady of the house, First Lady)
15. Most Sentimental: TheGoodJoe (Once he chooses a player to be his attorney that player can never step a foot wrong)
16. Notorious Silent Reader
: Petrobros ( Doesn't make comments much but usually pops his head when he cannot hold back again)
17. Impressive Thread Newbie
18. Diehard Super Eagles Fan
: Everyone on this thread
19. Best Friends
: Safarigirl and TheGoodJoe (They are always on the same side of an argument)
20. Most Outstanding Poster
: Safarigirl( I would always want to read her comments)
21. Overall Best Poster
:
This category should go to the moniker that wins the most awards here. If there is a tie we can then vote.
22. Top Dramatic Topics
: Iheanacho, Mikel, combining football and education, Pro and AntiMartins
23. Honourable Mention: I, by the power vested on me by this thread, unanimously give this category to THESUPERNERD. Whoever does not accept should go and report to Buhari.

Any other categories I'm missing?

24. Most rival debaters: TheGoodJoe vs Goldfish80 ( They have never agreed on any single topic. They can even argue whether Russia is hosting the WC or not)
25. Most information from the archives: Kog45 ( He got loads of info from the archives)

thanks sir for the recognition, Davep thanks for the honorary mention happy new year to u Sirs.
thesupernerd u r back at last, welcome bk. I hope u don't go on a strike again.

Now that we v started on a positive note, I hope the SE can make the Semi finals of the world cup.

GUYS PRAY for the FLAMINGOES they couldn't beat Ethiopia but they face a high scoring side in Cameroon for a Place in Uruguay for the fifa u17 women's world cup.

God bless u all. Happy new year to u all

let me say HAPPY NEW YEAR. The world cup year, I wish the SE the best and to every poster here:

At last 2018,May All The Unfulfilled Dreams Of 2017 Be Fulfilled This Year,May Joy,blessings & Immensed Wealth Be Yours And Your Family. HAPPY NEW YEAR.
And don't 4get
Genuine success comes only to those who are ready for it. So never step back and always have courage to accept new challenges. Wishing you a very Happy New Year

tbaba1234:


This makes me so angry.. Grown men with families begging to survive... It is so sad... This is why Nigeria players rush abroad..

This same Wike is paying millions to bring Real Madrid academy to PH.. Ridiculous..

why our league won't grow x because of stuff like dx. government would not want to drop these clubs from their hold cause it's an easy tool for scoring cheap points

Here x the hypocrisy of the governor. Paying millions to bring in Real Madrid Academy

While we r arguing the Cafe awards, the players of Rivers united protesting or should I say pleading with Rivers state governor to pay their entitlements since 2014 b4 Sharks and Dolphins were merged to become Rivers united. But this is bad from the governor to allow grown men lie flat and kneel and look comfortable with it despite the fact that they are asking for what's their right.

Poor image for our league. I personally don't mind if we v just 8 teams in the league so far they do things professionally including paying as at when due.

enomakos:
is the friendly confirmed?what date?

I think the friendly was just an unconfirmed rumour as Egypt has 2 friendlies in march and none of the 2 opponents x Nigeria

krattoss:
how about the much acclaimed tv rights? Any info?

not yet. nothing much on it.

the draw 4 the new npfl season fixtures will b released today

BascoVanVeli:


Great job girls. We have to remember that others are improving and the NFF has all our eggs in the super eagles basket right now

for all his good work so far Amaju pinnick he has neglected the female game and that is bad. the women's game is the only scope of football in Africa where we can boast to be the true giants, the women's football is our pride, they are always given little but they deliver more.

if only he diverted all the energy he used in pursuing Tammy on the female game......

safarigirl:
less than twenty minutes? You posted this over 20 minutes ago, meanwhile NFF posted the scores as at 75' was 0-0..10 minutes ago.

So, the game is still on

the game is over now 0-0. we go to the next round on away goals

safarigirl:
less than twenty minutes? You posted this over 20 minutes ago, meanwhile NFF posted the scores as at 75' was 0-0..10 minutes ago.

So, the game is still on

well i follow it on a live score app and ryt now it's 90+ as I type goalless

safarigirl:
The game between the Flamingos and Ethiopia ought to be over by now

it's less than 2 minutes to go and it's still goalless

BascoVanVeli:


They shall score more

it's looking unlikely less than 20 minutes to go. a goal for Ethiopia may see us miss the u17wwc 4 the first time

AIG07:
thanks for the info.

Keep us update.

I get ogas 4 here o. like Bascovanveli.

half time Nigeria 0 v 0 Ethiopia. it stands like this we go through, Ethiopia scores first then there x trouble

the female u17 team are playing Ethiopia ryt now and after 36 minutes it's 0-0

junnyjake:


I may not agree with Komekn every time, but he's not totally wrong.

We don't have an automatic birth data capture here in Nigeria; That's shameful.

Anything can happen, this isn't about him being obsessed with the white skin or English system.

Oga his sentiment is kinda weird, no wonder he and Forgiveness gets along very well. and about ur first paragraph since he is totally not wrong then I believe he is totally not right either.
For him to make such a comment even with those pictures up there then I think something is wrong, somewhere.

Haba people like him fit say a primary 2 kid is 18 years old just because there is no "data age capture camera" in the Nigerian city he was born.

how come he never speaks out when the issue of age cheating is raised about Europeans and the likes abi u no see the Moroccan boys.

to him if Solanke was born in 9ja he wouldn't be less than 30 but he is claiming u21 and because he is in Queens land he could probably be even less than 17, yea they add to their age to look the part na.

all of us know that Brazil has been accused and caught of age cheating at the u17 level in the past. so please just because we are Africans somebody should not come and make us the face of age cheating, it is only the person caught that is a thief. others are not so far they have not been caught.

pepesi he will b saying if Balogun was born in Nigeria he will b claiming "24".
Modified

AIG07:
thank you Sir.
How about the NPFL? When is the league starting?
Any updates from the LMC?

NPFL starts in January, the day after the CHAN tournaments starts. And u can start getting the games on NTA

AIG07:
Hey! Dany. I'm pretty cool. Thanks Man. It's been a longtime. But folks here have make it look like ages. Chai! 600+pages. Kilode... Where do I begin from. Make I sharply do random reading...

Bro wey u dey since welcome bk man I wish u a good time catching up.

Sir theGoodjoe, accept my condolences about ur dad, the Lord x ur strenght

komekn:


How do you know they are all U13.

I have been at a EPL academy and there is a boy brought not from West Africa in the U 12 category. He is killing everyone but they have shaved 2/3 years of his age.

I know boys brought in from Guinea Bissau at thus stage just two years off the age and he's top of the group. And will remain top until first team one of these boys has a transfer fee now of £8 million.

So the quest for competitive advantage causes corrupt practices even here. So I doubt that Nigeria will be any different.

I will tell you u have association with academies in Nigeria and Benin city in particular. And it's not hidden what they are doing.

So if you think I will be made to feel that my experiential observation are incorrect that will simply not work.

The problem we have mirrors the Nigerian situation we know that most police and politician are corrupt. That we find it hard to believe that any honest ones exist, there will be but, we all remain skeptical.

so even with the pix added up there u still feel those boys are more than the u13 that they are abi... continue ooo. to u everything African x wrong and full of lies and corruption but the whites are god abi they r just perfect well I no kukuma blame u.

but Bro do you know Mowe Ibafo area.....? yes that place between Lagos state n Ogun state, when u pass redemption camp, just branch at MFM Prayer City, u need prayers and deliverance from the spirit of "nothing good comes from 9ja".

I just weak 4 u oo. when the pic of the Moroccan u15 team flooded here with all their beards wey me wey over 20 no even get, u no talk oo we no see u question their ages o, because they r "white Africans" abi so they r excused from the age cheating case abi.

to me I think u r obsessed with 2 things 1) The white Skin 2) Epl. u worship them.

forgiveness:

I think it should be privatized.

it x well with naija

forgiveness:


It can be worked on before then.

I know it can be worked on b4 then but must we always be like that. wait for something to spoil and degenerate be4 we maintain or repair it?

krattoss:

no mad man will execute a high profile friendly in such a bushy pitch.And I believe the pitch will be In a better shape before then..

Stop washing our dirty linens in public

washing our dirty linen in public when it was even published by a journalist who tagged Sheu Dikko on twitter.this isn't washin dirty linen this is calling those who are in the positions to do something about it to stand up and do so.

BTW I'm not the NFF Official who said this is the venue 4 the match.

I heard the Nigeria v Egypt friendly will be played on this..... pitch? Farm? Bush? A combination of all

safarigirl:
I prefer to not go to European forums and engage them because half of them more often than not resort to below the belt jabs, rather than tackling the issue on ground

I don't even know why some Nigerians will go and waste their superior intellect on hooligans

I wonder what they are looking 4 all around o, apart from Ghanaians and South Africans and say the Algerian fan weeks back I onli know the Uk based Nigerians visit the thread, must we always go n be showing off and ridicule ourselves.

we never exhaust NL space na croatian forum we de go. I smh

MetalJigsaw:
Hello guys!
Some Nigerians have moved to one of the Croatians soccer forums to initiate banter and war of words with their fans. See some of their posts below and the link...

First of all can I say it is great to chat with you all here. I hope we will have great fraternal and good natured banter between now and June when we meet at the World Cup.
Now, here is my perception about the current Croatian national football team. You have a talented squad and I actually believe you will qualify as group runners-up behind Nigeria:
Croatia:
[1] By the time the World Cup starts, this will be the ages of your star players:
Luca Modric -32
Ivan Rakitić - 30
Mario Mandžukić - 32
Nikola Kalinić - 30
Ivan Perišić - 29
[2] Croatia will not be able to deal with Nigeria's pace
[3] By the time Croatia attack, we will have had defenders back in place
[4] Croatia relies on slow methodical build-ups
[5] Croatia do not have the legs to deal with our swift counter-attacks
[6] Domagoj Vida the Dynamo Kiev centreback and rock alongside Dejan Lovren, does not strike me as someone who can handle say Victor Moses or Odion Ighalo
[7] Ivan Strinić, your leftback who plays for Samdoria is 30. How will he gallop up and down the flanks at the same rate as Tyronne Ebuehi?
[8] Croatia is not a high scoring side. If you look at your qualification, most of your victories were 1-0 affairs. Croatia was lucky to have Kosovo in your group, who you beat 6-0 away, boosting your goal aggregated
[9] From what I can see, Croatia, Ukraine, Iceland and Finland were all equally matched in their qualification group
[10] I can see Croatia struggling to break down a stubborn Iceland defence. However, you may beat them 1-0 and defeat Argentina by the same margin. They have a terrible defence too. Mascherano and Otamendi are very vulnerable to pace.

http://www.xtratime.org/forum/381-vatreni-croatian-national-team/477138-what-we-nigerian-football-fans-think-croatia.html

whoever that guys Is, he just went there to disgrace and embarrass himself. he couldn't even keep up with the sarcastic and mocking comments made of him. poke nosing no too good.

what the Croats are doing and we laff at them is what we do here, everybody feel they can win all 9 points, June is kuku coming soon, na field of play we go know. worse they v started playing the age cheating card and that alone is disgusting

people go just they allow those Europeans rubbish the country anyhow, one of them even warned that he may be there for online scam