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Spy360:
Kai played as an AM when he joined not as a striker. SonI would not have laid a goals burden on him.

As a matter of fact, I don't put any burden on Gyokeres to score goals beyond what he has done. It's was only in reaction to those who feel he should have a Haalandesque effect.

Lol.

This is my issue with you.

When he was on a goal drought and they gave him pk to open confidence for him, where was he playing in our lemon jersey?

Overall, me didn't expect him to cos of Arteta factor. I knew he is capable of doing Auba numbers in an instant (Arteta enjoyed that yet refused to get such striker all the while. Lol)
So im just on a "this man wan dey use Gyo a different way and then everyone is not looking, maybe unleash him like Haaland" mode.

It will be all the more lethal when Kai and GJ returns.

For those quick to react, reread her reply to why she's not using the name at the fore of her identity in such a vast, modern and public oriented space.


That's a sad sad thing to have about your identity i won't lie. She also gave the impression that she doesn't want to change it to a tribal name that she likes if she didn't like the one given her by her parents(assuming it portrayed tragedy or a sad event, some weird sound, or funny meaning)

It might seem harsh but identity is a volatile situation these days and it plays a part in mentality that people want to pass down to next generation.


Could he influence her to change? Yes he can but it might come off as too invading

Could he have encouraged her to see everything in new light while as friends? Yeah

But we all know how many will see genuine, sincere efforts of such nature as offensive.

So he let her be. Sad sad

He's young. He's good. Just 21. Get him now and let him fully understudy Ola Aina in the NT.

This guy with Benjamin Frederick and Bassey at the back is already a solid 3/4 defenders one day. We need to be catching the defenders at the turn of 20yo.

lovewins:
My point being he was the better of the bad bunch. Again like I opined yesterday, it's impossible to have one good NFF president with the current composition. It's just not possible when 37 of the 44 voting delegates are politicians. It's amazing many people don't realize this. If nothing changes, the next NFF President after Gusau will be another of the state FA chairmen.

The lesser devil. Well even that is had to admit but i get your POV. That vote of no confidence and financial secrecy even to the executive..... Sounds like a Lesser Pinnick.

The centre will soon collapse. We have one of the dumbest structures for football administration down to the lane where we are sweating hard over foreign borns vs local grown takes preeminence.



I wish there was NL Polls, I'll put it to a test of who was indeed the worst NFF president.

lovewins:
Amini Maigari was a lot better. He was the one who pioneered the u13 teams in the NFF which has helped Nigerian football in no little way. It's still a wonder how this program wasn't allowed to thrive under Pinnick

He was terrible with administration overall. The idea was good but i felt that was a coyish move to pretend to show workings. I hate to look at all the names of these presidents and realize we've not had ONE good one since the hand over from military to civilian. ☹️☹️☹️😤

Now we are currently in the era where the journos are loyal to someone so they can't criticize. Smh. Such nonsense was not in complete sports era.

Kashimawo Laloko
Aliyu Ibrahim
Galadima
Sani Lulu
Aminu Maigari
Amaju Pinnick
Gusau



Thr fattest era of triangles in rectangular holes was from that Galadima to Magari.


But you see this Amaju Pinnick!!!


Man borrowed from the Sepp Blatter Style. He mixed it well to stay in the middle but he was actually in Hayatou mode with funds. Ambitious and corporate world smart in a Corleone way.

For those terrible 3 muskeeteers from the North, they couldn't hide their own mismanagement and lack of knowledge of the game, amongs other disabilities. But you see Amaju 'Whitebeard' Pinnick.....

Alalalalalala. He's left office and we keep hearing new things. Like the legendary Sani Abacha. I guess the media space in the sports word in Nigeria are 4times more lenient with him than they ever were with Sani and Aminu.

What are the use of these useless tracks in these stadiums for heaven's sake? I saw an aerial view of many of the home venue of these NPFL clubs and the tracks make them a complete eyesore asides the obvious lack of maintenance by these clubs. Someone should tell me the last 3 times these tracks were used for something serious since they were built. Smh.

Roland17:
Arsenal v Palace

Carabao Quarter Finals

Na Man City and Chelsea be the only encumbrance right now to lifting this trophy for a start.

Spy360:
This was what I suggested for Gyokeres for like two matches to boost his morale and you thought I was hating.

Show me where i thought such abeg.
Besides, remember you never supported same for Kai intil they gave him PK to boost morale. You forgot? What changed then?

lovewins:
Possible Ways of Solving the NFF conundrum

The corruption and incompetence problem that pervades the Nigerian football federation isn't new, and it can sometimes appear like an unsolvable problem. This however isn't the case, should you have the person with the needed political will, it is one that can be easily solved without the appearance of interference that could elicit a ban from FIFA.

How then can the Federal Government solve this problem?

1. The President has to be on board for this to work? Without the President this may be extremely difficult as you need the leverage of his office to pull several strings for this to be possible.

2. The composition of the NFF board is largely political. 37 of the 44 voting members of the NFF delegate are state chairmen. These chairmen from the states 100% of the time determine who the NFF chairman is and they almost always pick amongst themselves the next NFF President.

3. How do State chairmen emerge? The state government almost always picks them. So the governor of each state of the federation indirectly determines who the NFF President is. They of course of a semblance of an election but the governor's choice is always the end result.

4. These positions usually are given as reward for party loyalty just like they do the ministry of sports at the federal level. I said this to say it isn't exactly consequential to the governors as they can easily cede the position with the right incentive.

5. With the political will, the President only needs to request for each governor to fire their state FA chairman and put someone of competence of his choosing. He doesn't even need all 37 to get the desired outcome, 23 governors are enough to get this done. With the right incentives this isn't a difficult ask from the president to any governor in the federation.

6. After, replacing them with the right people, you can either easily impeach Gusau following the NFF constitution, or just wait till next year and elect the person of his choosing as next NFF President as he now has the votes to do so. I'll go with option 2 as it prevents the need for court cases and the likes.

7. Upon electing the new board of competent people, the first goal will then be to change the NFF constitution. Item one will be to overhaul the voting process of the NFF, wrestling power from state FA chairmen as delegates and instead gives voting power to technocrats, player association, and career administrators. Include laws in the new constitution that incentivizes competence and makes changing bad leadership easier should it be necessary.

8. With a change in constitution, you remove forever the sway politicians have over Nigerian football.

The good part is, all of the above steps haven't violated any FIFA rule as they are steps that align with the current NFF constitution.

The idea looks good but it is still terrible politicians that will be at the helm of it all. Plus they'll all want to get some form of loyalty back from the new appointments which alone defies the good already. 😹

Na if sensible Governors dey to start. Not these current ones wey dey do like LGA chairmen of OBJ era. They no dey think in direction of greater good. Hence that number 8 is already defeated. Its a cesspit of a rinse and repeat of wahala. So sad this is a fix but not impossible. Plus if President wants to achieve this, he will have to concede some leverage to these governors.

Gov A: GCFR, abeg help me push that efcc case to the grave and your wish is my command.

BascoVanVeli:
No I'm talking about the U17s. Those were players part of the qualifiers.

Noted.

Imagine a situation where Saka comes off the bench to be scoring instead of starting. 😂

Well ma just imagination sha. Omo make Odegaard shapali fo abeg. The flair of GJ will also come in handy some day if that's all he can add. This Andre Annous no good reach Butler one bit sha.

Fkforyou:
LMAO!!! my bro! Oya you win.

What’s your prediction for tonight’s came?

This match is personal to me.

I want us to beat Brighton black and blue.

4-0 would be nice.

😂

A win is okay. Team B can show why they are good for a spot as well. Overall, a continuation of clean sheet is my top most desire.

BascoVanVeli:
Chidi Harmony, Peace Effiong, Aishat Animushaun and Christiana Uzoma would have made this team contenders. Such a shame

You know we are often at loggerheads over gks
But when i saw Ozioma, i knew she needs a promotion to the team.

As for Falcons
Peace Efih
Mercy Idoko
Edna Imade
Onyenezide
Although I'll say Chidi and Peace later sha but that's even because they're avoiding Gift Monday. Lol


Nawa for Madugu o. Does he even try defend his ladies when nff seem to be taking crappy decisions like this pitch type issue? Handler vibes!!

solonnachi:
Madugu should bring back our Toni Payne, JOE, Gift Monday. This Afolabi is not it oooo. Oshoala is done. Time to go

The stubbornness of local managers ehn. That's the point he's trying to prove. That we can do it without the foreign ones. 😂 And even at that, it is Taiwo that he saw among all of the home based to pick?! Isokay. If it were broken now, it's a different thing. When Chikwelu couldn't offer what she used to offer excellently down our middle, we got dem Payne and Ucheibe into the mix. They did well. Currently, we don't have any problems with Toni that he'll need to start doing all of this. If it even comes down to new search, Taiwo no go dey top 10 choices.

kennysville:
That statement is quite untrue. There are players but there are no scouts and they most probably dont play in the leagues. Ask NFF what they did with the money FIFA gave them. Scouting and development they will not do, but look for ready made material who don't know what it feels like to lose in Naija shirt. My stance remains and it is that we need to actively develop our own grassroot soccer. It seems the only thing foreign borns are good for is playing against European counterparts. While it seems like the in thing right now to be loading a national team with FBs, it only serves our immediate interest and not long term, thus not very sustainable. I feel for players like Jordan Torunariga and Akpoguma. We don use dem, dump them now. Change of coaches not also helping. Agents nko? Media nko?

FBs are just supposed to be addition and not mainstay of the team but because we want immediate wins, we sacrifice future development for it. We forget that 10 years will soon become tomorrow morning!!! No be yesterday Iwobi enter Super eagles? Slowly e don reach like 80 caps

Another variable that we haven't really been considering is level of poverty in the land. Many people say once they discover a player and he is invited to play in the Super Eagles, na Japa be the next option to an obscure league. Who will not want to japa? Can we blame a people that have built their lives on stomach infrastructure? This ultimately borders on bad governance! If we work on all these variables, Naija will become better but if we keep relying on FBs and choose it as the way to go, then the FA should kindly get a proper world class coach in the mould of Guardiola, Hansi Flick, Alonso and Carlo Ancelotti. We don''t need coaches who play players out of position and make them play eyesore matches. We dont need nepotism or paddy paddy arrangement.


Disclaimer : I am not against capping foreign borns but we should ask ourselves why we are doing what we are doing and to what end?

Mention one npfl player that can walk into Chelle's team in the here and now and with a cameo appearance convince him to bench one of the current starters. Pls one.

Im not doubting talent o. But they're just nor SE standard either by mentality, TECHNICALLY, or ability. I see it as a useless fight back to cover up the mismanagement of that league. Let them put in the work first.

And the boldened is not truth or proper. They're Nigerians that were eager to rep. They're not 2nd class now. They're talented and want to do whatever is needed. When local players last produced top CBs, we haven't had any till date since Oyinbo Wall era. That was no fluke now. A serious FA will try to groom locals that are near competitive to compete with them but they just couldn't. I classify them into a) those that are eager early on and b) those that choose us last because 1st option door closed.

Those in A should never be treated as 2nd class citizens. See Ashleigh Plumptre in the female team. Emergence at the right time. The locals are already disadvantaged cos of mismanagement. Me I'll love to see a new Kenneth Omeruo but as we speak, who in the league is close?


Currently, see the cadet teams. 🤢🤮🤮

CornOak:
Oshoala subbed.

I don't think she got that pull to go to the WC again. One more Wafcon is okay to me. And I'm not being brutal here. It's just facts.

Fkforyou:
Nice! Can’t wait to have them back, especially Odegaard and Kai.

But I think the squad depth issue has been visible for all to see.

Visible? Maybe after myself and Oyindamola make it a common theme since 2023 sha. Im glad for Berta emergence. Heinze seems to be toughening these guys as well.

We keep seeing more excellent FBs as months go hy while we barely see their local counterparts, even from the NPFL or cadet level that can walk into the senior team because they're hard to keep ignoring.

Yet they'll drag foot on that FB because of that silent agenda against FBs lately. Smh.

Fkforyou:
I can’t fault Glasner entirely.

Arsenal at home were a strong team and he needed to contain us.

I hope Eze and Gyokeres come through for us pending when the other guys are available.

When is Hevertz and Noni coming back? We will need them as soon as possible.

In order news, shout out to Spy 360. He predicted this Liverpool run of form.

So, credit when it’s due.

Why i said so is cos i rate him gaan. 😂
It's a two way level. He has ability to not do that and still hurt us somehow. But he chose that. Im glad Arteta carried him off. Arteta of last season wouldn't make such move. Improved!!! Eze in particular don hit post many times. I believe the net will love to give him goals going forward.

Kai will be fully available this November. Noni will be available before our Chelsea game on Nov 30th. He needs to score that game. GJ also should be Nov/Dec.

Oya credit me too. I screamed for squad depth and rotation. 😎😹


Im flattered that nobody is even mentioning Odegaard that is way way important to this team, especially on UCL night. If that guy fully returns, omo!!!

Goodlady:
On point sir.
We deserved more.

Absolutely.

I hope we play better today though.

dominique:
@bolded
West Ham
Fulham
Crystal Palace

E remain Brighton, Everton, Bournemouth and Aston Villa. Out of all of them na Villa that worries me the most, I hope would have gotten a comfortable lead by the time we meet them such that dropping points to them won't matter much.

So sweet. From dropping 7/9 to getting all 9 from those 3 is sweet. Over to the next 12points. We dropped 10/12

The draw soup of last season was unbelievable!!!


Emery may dominate but to see shooting naim go frustrate am. He may also be swept off his pose the way Simeone was again. That's the one I'll love.

Congratulations to her.

But 3 Africans only!!! C'mon Fifpro!!!

Chiamaka Nnadozie deserves two spots
Rasheedat Ajibade and Esther Okoronkwo too.

mostob:
Mikel Arteta's post-match reaction today.

🗣 Arteta on Man City losing: “I found out at the end of the game. The players as well. They’re not allowed their phones at half-time so hopefully they didn’t know. I think a really positive weekend for us because we did what we had to do.”

🗣 Arteta: "I just told the boys that I value this victory more than any other victory this season."

🗣️ Arteta on injuries: The first one was William (Saliba). He was out after the first half. Declan (Rice) was struggling from the first half with a knock that he took. Ricky (Calafiori) was another one. Let’s see how they recover🙏

🗣️ Mikel Arteta after the game:
“In my opinion, losing football matches is a more unsustainable approach than winning them with set pieces”

🗣 Arteta on Saka: "He has been ill. He has not trained. We didn’t know if he was going to be able to play. He managed to play a few minutes but the longer the game went, he was going to fatigue and we didn’t want to risk injury."

#AFC

Arteta aimed a dig at someone, guess who🤣

Slot colet sha🤣🤣🤣

Norgaard will start vs Brighton then. Mosquera and Nwaneri definitely as well. White for Timber imo.

If GJ returns with a bang e go too sweet and pressure on Gyokores go bring out that Sporting beast levels. For now, make commentator still dey tok all that off ball crap 🤦🏽‍♂️😂😂😂😂😂😂


Someone help with the fixtures that we dropped points last season but have gotten all 3 with them so far. Lol

Liverpool lost 4 games last season. This new season, barely 10games in, they've lost 4.

Bournemouth and Arsenal have lost only 1 game this season. Both losses came from Slot's Liverpool.

The 3 idiats of this 1st quarter of the season are

Van Dijk
Tosin
Chalobah
Add Sanchez
Is aal well? IYKYk.

Sunderland is 2nd ke?

Emery don gbera. Man City dusted. Over to Liverpool his next game😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹

Fkforyou:
Dirty win, but I’ll take it.

We are slowly getting back at those teams that troubled us last season.

Eze needs to adapt and adapt fast, especially with his pressing and finding spaces or else, as soon as Odegaard is back, na bench get am.

I’m glad for him to have gotten a goal, maybe it will ease the pressure of him.

Saka had a quiet game.

Onto the next.

COYG!

Glasner fall my hands a lil. He tripled up on saka when the league standard is doubling up on star boy. Immediately i saw the 3 to 4 gold shirts i knew it would be like that all game. Good he got off. Gyokores should have finished that ball instantly though. Eze really needs to bring his inner Cazorla out. He's opened the floodgates now. I expect 15 goals come May won't be a far reach for him.

mostob:
Omo... Make una dey show face for here jor. We'll need your inputs as well.

You're welcome... Dave P, usher this gentlemen to the front row please.

North London forever 🎶🎶😅

Spy360:
Saliba pulled out at half time. Replaced by Mosquera

If na injury scare e go be Gabu wey suppose go off. I think he slept off thrice with the back passes to Raya when Mateta was lurking. 3ice is unacceptable. I was worried at some point.

They don open up sha. 0 shot on target record going higher.

Munoz playing the Calafiori role
Glasner

Na this kine game Odegaard dey break down. Palace also fears the guy cos of what he did several times to them. Trossard and Gyokores switch so that beast can sneak in from behind pls. Palace LW is non existent dunno if it's deliberate.


Goallllll.

This is the game one needs the sean dyche approach. The concern is it is 50-50 and not all the long balls will Gyokores get to shoot. Plus it gives them the possession.


Patience anyway. Glasner too is patient and he's seen attempts already. I doubt these guys want Saka to breef today. Time to use this sole fact to ease out something tricky to our advantage. Saka might not breef all 90.

Deltamani:
You’re sounding as if there’s a better 2nd choice goalkeeper to take the role right now.

😹😹😹😹😹😹

She's the female Enyeama. Once she comot, we go into that cesspit we can't but drown in. It is inevitable

Goke7:
Yekini's retirement was the beginning of that decline, as we had no striker who could fill his shoes. Now we have a striker, but we don't have a midfield.

I recall how it was a sore discussion among almost man and woman in the streets those years. Ikpeba addrd more pain after that pk miss and something died and i could feel it as a boy then. The Super Falcons filled in the gap and a lot of mendem didn't even follow the 2002 WC even as Aghahowa with his backflips was enticing kids to do same and all. Sodje and his headband as well. Those that watched insulted JJ ever touch the way they're doing to Iwobi today. Chai. Memories.
Galadima years came and many now became even more conscious of that glass house and began to face it.


NFF has had a hidden ride of no accountability for decades mehn. Painful.