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LeeCodeman:
Chai! Chai!! Chai!!! This World Cup just dey sweet my belle. See confidence.

If na Keshi now, e go dey say make we dey pray before we beat Chad. Yet na Egwueke and Agbim e go dey invite.

Make this World Cup start jor.

joseph1013:
[b][size=14pt]Moses Simon makes history with Belgian champions Gent[/size]

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Moses Simon has won a first-ever Belgian league championship with Gent after they defeated Standard Liege 2-0 with the Flying Eagles forward causing a penalty which led to the second goal.

It is Simon’s first winners’ medal in Europe as Thursday’s victory meant Gent have recorded an unassailable lead at the top of the playoffs table in Belgium.

They have 49 points, five points ahead of closest rivals Club Brugge, with the last game of the playoffs slated for Sunday.

They have been runners-up in the Belgian league twice, in the 1954/55 and 2009/10 seasons.

U20 World Cup-bound Simon was upended inside the box in the 50th minute and Renato Neto put away the resulting penalty to double Gent’s lead.

Nineteen-year-old Simon, who played as a twin striker, was replaced in the 74th minute.

‘Daddy’ scored seven goals in 17 appearances for the newly crowned Belgian champions.

He joined Gent in January from Slovak club Trencin. [/b]

EagleScribes:
I guess these posts on NFF ish should be for another thread.

AIG07:
I inherited debts, empty treasury from Maigari -Amaju
Our Reporter-From ROMANUS UGWU, Abuja
Wednesday, May 20, 2015
I inherited debts, empty treasury from Maigari -Amaju
The President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Mr. Pinnick Amaju, has revealed that his board is passing through difficult situation due to the volume of debt inherited from the Aminu Maigari-led board, urging Nigerians to understand the enormity of the financial challenges it is passing through to bankroll the national teams.
Speaking in a parley with journalists in Abuja, Amaju disclosed that, while it took the federation $8, 000 (about N1.72 million) to pick the flight ticket for each pro invited for a match, the federation spends between N90 million to N120 million to prosecute a match involving the Super Eagles.
According to him: "We are going through difficult times. People hear all kinds of stories of money or the other, yet nobody has asked where the federation is funding the participation of almost all the 13 national teams in international competitions.
"As for Super Eagles games, we know how much we spend on ticket alone if we invite 20 players for example. One player is about $8, 000 and it takes between N90 million to N120 million to prosecute a team. We should know that the harsh economic situation is affecting the corporate world and they are not redeeming their sponsorship.
"All the trainings we are conducting overseas were made possible through my connections with the corporate Nigerians. They really want us to succeed. It was not just going through the papers of the federation because I know how much debt we inherited coming into this federation. It was a lot of money, not because the former federation was reckless, but because they wanted to give the teams quality preparations," he said.
On the continued delay in his board relocating to the Sunday Dankaro House, new secretariat at the Package B of the Abuja National Stadium, Amaju blamed the delay on the civil service bureaucracy, explaining that the federation was still waiting for the Bureau of Public Procurement to endorse the company his board had selected.
His words: "We also know that whether we like it or not, we must respect the government and establish a healthy relationship and do things in line with all due process, especially as concerns moving to the football house. Yes, we got money and it is there but packing goes beyond the money.
"We should know that people tendered and made open presentation that we must have to look into. We have to go through the presentation in making sure that it conforms to the international best practices. We have chosen a company, but they must have to go through the due process."
On the Glass House, Pinnick said: "We are not going to abandon this Glass House, when we have other leagues that are independent. We are going to turn the Goal Project they are occupying now into a model hostel, where the junior teams can camp," he noted.

lexyman:
Please learn it ... But I will prefer u guys stick to your kind of celebration at the under 17 level it gives your opponent one kind funny feeling ,at thesamae time u were able to control the crowd with the style .shoki will not control d fan ....just my take .

P0intBlank:
I totally agree. The Factors are numerous. Others (I think) would include desire, hardwork, Player's life style, choice of club, willingness to accept correction, Player's true age and the ability to handle pressure and criticism.

kannymoore:
Pls.. don't forget Father Tiko!.. he's the first guy who put the super Eagles on the map...way before Westerhof and bonfere jo.

chrisooblog:
I think the issue of players not graduating to senior team to become pillars is not as straight forward as we think. with Nigeria apart from the age issue delay in finding good clubs willing to invest in their football education is a major drawback.

how many countries produce world beaters at youth level? few and far between the argentine example given was part of the solid foundation laid by jose pekerman remember he was u20 coach of argentina for years so the system not only won trophies but produced more players like cambiasso, di maria to mention just a few. xavi and casilas that won Nigeria 99 how many years did it take them before they won the world cup?. so it takes a while

the reason why I think south americans do so well is that like I mentioned above the system ensures the right talented players are used plus they have historical relationship with a lot of these European club who are willing to take a chance on their youngsters unlike Africans eg Ghana, Nigeria who have allowed cheating through false age declaration to limit such opportunities

I think Nigeria is on the right track now...good youth coaches identifying technically gifted youngsters (emphasis mine) training them in good academy setups ensuring such players get transferred to top European clubs with bias for young players eg ajax barca porto arsenal etc

if I had my way manu would stay youth coach for many years

P0intBlank:
Yeah, I know they didn't win. But that generation put Portugal on d map again. Qualified Portugal for world cup for first time in 16yrs. Semis in Euro 2000 & Germany 2006 and Runners up in Euro 2004. Played top flight football and many of them enjoyed successful club careers (d likes of Figo, Rui Costa, Paulo Souso, Fernando Couto, João Vieira Pinto, Jorge Costa, Rui Bento)

samwind1508:
Am an advocate of quality coaching and I stand by my insistence on QUALITY coaches.
Most replying have not read my reply in full detail.
My suggestion is IF and ONLY IF MANU experiment does not work out should we sit and re-strategies and stop wasting our youths talent that would voluntry learn to be better just like many of you are in school learning to be professionals.

samwind1508:
Am an advocate of quality coaching and I stand by my insistence on QUALITY coaches.
Most replying have not read my reply in full detail.
My suggestion is IF and ONLY IF MANU experiment does not work out should we sit and re-strategies and stop wasting our youths talent that would voluntry learn to be better just like many of you are in school learning to be professionals.

P0intBlank:
I really hope so. This team is very good with the added advantage of being truly young. As for your question, a study(if hasn't been done) needs to be done as to why promising young stars fade away quickly. Argentina is not alone as Portugal once had a golden generation with at least 9 players from their 1989 and 1991 U-20 winning squads starring in Euro 2000.

P0intBlank:
Do these names sound familiar: Pablo Zabaleta, Lionel Messi, Sergio Aguero, Ezequiel Garay, Lucas Bigilia, Fernando Gago.

These are players who won the 2005 FIFA U-20 world

safarigirl:
the guy's name is Be risha....supposed to be the next Zlatan, we dunno where he's at now

What about our good friend Mosquito? Or those Uvorian players sef, where they at?

samwind1508:
When I started reading ths article, a little groan escaped me and I said internally another arm chair but as I read on, his point became clearer.
Truthfully how well have we played at u20 level only to lose to teams not as gifted as half our teams in previous competitions.
Winning u17 agreed isn't easy but we have done it four times and yet not a single title at u20 level.
The most painful of this was the 2005 team where a tactically and later technical Argentina team defeated Nigeria against all odds with a future date maestro called messi.
And to prove that's its no fluke they did it again at the Olympic.
Before we allow emotions to carry us off and destroy our rational mind let's view it objectively. Nigeria was not defeated by a better team, we were defeated by a better tactical and technical team who knew they had a budding genius and they knew how to unleash him and ever since he has been our natural menace.
My point is I personally admire this coach called manu in so many levels and my personal wish is if we can have 4 of him why?
1 he learn his trade well under coach tella God bless his soul.
2 he has taken his time to sturdy it better by playing total football - mass defense mass attack, each player with multiple roles
3 he thinks on his feet and he encourages his players to do so likewise.
4 at u17 he lost to cote d'iviore because the team was tactical and technical, when he met Sweden he saw the same concept so he changed it round the next time he met this same opponents.
5 at the super six tournament he knew the games will be physical so he played his physical boys as against his technical ones. Hour repeated the same concept at Africa u20 because in Africa its all about strength. At the world cup it would be a mixed of his twin techniques
6 he is a natural talent spotter and immediately he knows where to use the player..
7. He learns fast and reads the game faster and as far as I have seen he has no room for sentiments he is all about success.
This are my points about him but the writer has a point also. Our players gets out there and they disappear and become irrelevant why?
Majority lacks the technical aspect of the game case in point Manchester united team inherited by van gaal, case in point how many Nigeria players are out there playing for top clubs and mikel doesn't count.
Footballers need to be well grounded in the basics of football and that is only done in academies not on playing field case in point Lampard at 17 was useless but at 24 he became the best of his English era.
Football foundation is imortant and all you have to look to confirm it us our local champions of NPL whom the u20 massacred at super six.
If and God forbids manu should fail, I think his suggestion is worth giving a try.

arsetalks:
Mate, I don't see any wrong in this write up. In fact, it is a good article. I totally agree with him but for me, I think the NFF having official academies in the 6 political zones is the solution to this.

Establish academies in Lagos, Enugu, Rivers, Kwara, Kebbi and Kaduna and have very good youth coaches in Europe head this academies and ensure there is a law in place that forbids these players to leave the country until they are of a certain age.

Get young lads of 8-12 years in, tutor them right from a tender age and then ensure there is a proper transitional program. Aside that, our youth coaches should be sent on regular refresher courses and be made to learn from the head of the academies as well. For instance, Garba will finish his term with the flying Eagles after the world cup, he has another 1 year before another competition to play ( qualifiers), send him to Barca or Ajax or Aston villa or Southampton to learn from their youth coaches. Let him be there for 6-8 months. Do this with other coaches as well and with the experience gained, they will be able to impact our youth team.

This will have a lot of positive effect on the national teams and our football as a whole. First, the more quality players we produce, the more attractive our football is to would be sponsors and the more money we will have in the long run to catch up with others.

The academy produce can be sold to big clubs too. AT A CERTAIN AGE. Just make sure the players are trained regularly and not forced to play in league matches. Train, train and train. If they must practice what they have learnt, that they can do via friendly matches. Exposing young players to too much competition instead of proper training is what's killing England right now.

BascoVanVeli:
This is Nigeria's problem right here, you see a man performing well winning all there is to win and instead of praising him you go write an idiotic article like this for the world to see. Win or lose i will always support Manu and his staff.

linked:
manu garba should seriously caution musa mohammed.. all those his overlappings should stop... he should remember that he is a CB and stop exposing the defense.... infact he should be told never to cross the centre line in exception of corner kicks.... and possible during last ditch efforts to equalise

BascoVanVeli:
Not to be a kill joy but it seems like these German Teams suck, i would have rather we played teams with an actual good first team like Bayern or Dortmond, teams known for having strong reserves at least a wolfsburg not teams in the bottom of the log, lets be honest if your main team sucks how good are your reserves?

lexyman:
Auto correct . Look at the original post .

lexyman:
I guess Manu garbage changed the whole team that played the second half . I thought it will end with more goals .

confun:
ds info gives me joy bro, abeg wetin be d source? I just hope it is as u av said