₦airaland Forum

BascoVanVeli:
No his last stint didn't end so well. They didn't face relegation or anything but they finished way bellow Enyimba's standard. As for CAF, so far so good, one win one loss but the loss was bad. But they are tough to beat in the league.

Hmmmmm! I see. Thanks

AIG07:
how good are they?

I don't know. I no go lie but for them to get to such level means they have something to offer.

AIG07:
that has always been their bane.

Sometimes I do wish we have Foreign Born Coaches as we have in players who did not grow up in the Nigeria society or perhaps have spent the most part of their lifes outside the shore of this country.

Ify Onourah a former coach of Ethiopia and John Salako a former Crystal_Palace_F.C first team coach are based in England. They are FB coaches.

BascoVanVeli:
He was a head coach at chippa if I'm not mistaken.
The problem with using Enyimba to judge him is that they are playing away from home on a bad pitch. I personally don't think he is doing better than Ogunbote did last season.

Really! Did he finish in the top 5 in the league?

Well, I understand bad pitch factor could hinder good football.

Goodluck to him.

How is doing with Enyimba in CAF competition this season?

ChrisKels:
I dont know, thats why I am asking people to share the pics. I avnt seen any myself.

I see.

ChrisKels:
Na true u talk but it wasnt this Admin and the NFF learnt their lesson after that incident. Remember how Balogun was treated when he had his own problem.

As I remember, I get sad.

Anyway, the guy still loves his country despite the treatment.

edi287:
Personally I would've preferred Finidi sha.

Well, I am indifferent. But if I have my way John Obuh is my choice. He plays beautiful football.

edi287:
They are all better on the ball than him.

I don't fancy those Arsenal's DMF players. They need steel and machine in the midfield if they want to succeed this season with their very superb attack line.

AIG07:
Does Areola has any connection to Nigeria?

Cc: Forgiveness

I don't know. But it looks like Nigerian name.

Our journalist should make investigation. He seems he is going to Roma this season.

edi287:
Because he's using over aged players for the U20.

I think they said so before or immediately after he was appointed manager of the U20 team.

ChrisKels:
Please has anybody seen the pictures of the Stephen Keshi stadium Asaba that has been making the waves lately? Share it here please, let's rate it.

Is it going to be better than Uyo stadium?

ChrisKels:
Dude could bring back his cousin brother(vic Anichebe) if he got hired by the NFF.

























Lol just joking ooo

The way we treated Victor Anichebe does not encourage any foreign player to play for Nigeria.

Imagine a guy that got injured on duty for us was neglected to treat himself and at the same time ignored. Nonsense NFF and useless Nigerian coaches everywhere. It is so annoying.

Anyway, good to know we have a upcoming Nigerian coach in UK.

edi287:
Not true. We have Torreira, Guendouzi and Xhaka who can all play as a DM. Arsenal aren't going for a destroyer

Those ones are butty DM. I don't think they are better than him.

goldfish80:
I don't know why he left Ethiopia. I watched his Ethiopian side make the finals of one of those Cosafa championships playing very good football.

I don't know why people criticized his appointment. Could be out of ignorance or disdain for anything Npfl, probably thinking he was the average Naija local coach.

He even got to the finals. I will like to see his team.

I think they thought he doesn't have UEFA coaching license. I also thought like that too.

BascoVanVeli:
Well if by archived you mean trophies then no comment. But he does set up his teams really well and you can tell he knows what he is doing. Plus he has international experience also coaching Chippa United. He did a great job with Warri but they were always a nearly team. He didn't do too well with Enyimba a couple years back but the team was playing in Port Harcourt then and that can be depressing.

Ok. I see.

Chippa United! Hmmm! As an assistant or main coach?

Is he doing well with Enyimba?

Well, about knowing how to set up his team, I don't know if it's true because I watched Enyimba recently and I saw the usual kick and follow. Maybe I didn't see well.

elyte89:
We won't take it easy we told dem den,DT d way dey hype dis guy is way too much,he doesn't deserve 1/99 of d hype...anybody who say anything against him den is seen as an "enemy' to dis thread

Yeye dey smell,iheanacho to mbappe.mbappe boot lace is far better Dan iheanacho

Well, I started having problems here because of Iheanacho 2 years ago when I said he will struggle if he goes to a lowly club. Today we can see for ourselves. But then, even recently, I was called a hater, tribalist etc because of my stance.

Anyway, I hope he pick up himself.

goldfish80:
It like comparing a Ferrari with a wheel barrow.

Take it easy on our Iheanachonaldo.

kennysville:
Croatia looking ordinary........

Na so dem talk about England. How can dey look ordinary with this attacking brand of football?

One man just made the difference for France. That's all.

elyte89:
......And some MOFOS WILL compare IHEANACHO WITH MBAPPE

Hahahahahahaha!

Ndidi Enters Arsenal’s Radar

By Editor - July 14, 2018

Leicester City of England midfielder, Wilfred Onyinyen Ndidi could become the next Nigerian player to start for Arsenal of England, as The Gunners are said to be in the hunt for his signature.

Following two sterling seasons with The Foxes, Ndidi has caught rapt attention from far and wide, with latest hints now emerging that he could be on the way to joining fellow-Super Eagles star, lex Iwobi at Emirates Stadium this summer.

The Arsenal link comes at a point Ndidi has not been included in the equation at Leicester, who are reportedly ready to hand Jamie Vardy and Harry Maguire new contracts.

Without any mention of reward for Ndidi’s superlative form, The Foxes will offer new big money deals to World Cup stars Maguire and Vardy when they return from Russia.

The England pair are due back next week and Foxes bosses are keen to keep hold of both players.

Leicester want to put Maguire on around £80,000-a-week and Vardy on £120,000 a week as boss Claude Puel aims to strengthen his squad after Riyad Mahrez’s £60million move to Manchester City.

Manchester United are the latest club to show an interest in defender Maguire, who has starred at the World Cup under Gareth Southgate.

However, a top official at King Poweer Stadium insists Ndidi has not been left out of the picture, with a declaration that Leicester are set to try and secure the youngster’s long-term future by rewarding him with a pay rise.

Leicester will be buoyed by Ndidi’s comments that he is happy with where he is and denied that he is contemplating a move elsewhere.

“A transfer has never been on my mind, I feel very good at Leicester,” said Ndidi, whose 15 tackles during the Super Eagles’ three matches at Russia 2018 World Cup are still the joint-second overall at the tournament.


http://c.newsnow.co.uk/A/946238481?-21310:8643

goldfish80:
He's the assistant coach of England U21s. Ethiopia played quality football when he managed them.
I think Paul have come 2nd in the league and Warri Wolves became feared in the league when he handled them.

Why did he leave Ethiopia then? I like this kind of coaches.

Hmmm! Then Aigbogun must be a good coach then but where people here against his appointment as U20 coach?

Ademola Lookman Scores Hat-Trick In 18 Minutes As Everton Break 133-Year-Old Record With 22-0 Win


Published: July 14, 2018

Ademola Lookman Scores Hat-Trick In 18 Minutes As Everton Break 133-Year-Old Record With 22-0 Win
Everton began their pre-season schedule with a ruthless 22-0 hammering of Austrian Landesliga club ATV Irdning on Saturday afternoon.

England U21 international of Nigerian descent Ademola Lookman was in brilliant form for the Toffees, scoring a hat-trick before he was replaced at the interval.

Marco Silva's side led 5-0 after 16 minutes, thanks to goals from Leighton Baines, Mason Holgate, Michael Keane and Cenk Tosun (2) in that order, then Lookman got in on the act.

The winger made it 6-0 in the 18th minute, scored his second of the game on 29 minutes before tapping home a cross from Tosun to increase the lead nine minutes before half-time.

The pick of Lookman's goals was his first, he headed into the penalty area after receiving a pass from Tom Davis before firing an unstoppable shot past the goalkeeper.

In the second half, Kevin Mirallas (5), Baye Oumar Niasse (4) and Nikola Vlasic (2) were on target.

According to Liverpool Echo, Everton's 22-0 win over ATV Irdning is their biggest ever recorded win since the formation of the club, surpassing the previous record (14-0) which stood for 133 years.

Ifeanyi Emmanuel

http://c.newsnow.co.uk/A/946250609?-21310:8643

goldfish80:
I have said this before and I will say it again. Ndidi will not be signed up by a big club except such a club have plans to convert him to a CB.
Big clubs are not interested in tackles. They want to play on the front foot, recover and transition from defence to attack very quickly. You need a good ball distributing DM to play this way. Ndidi's passing game is very ordinary. I don't think Liverpool would have gone for Fabinho if Ndidi was great with his distribution. Because he comes with the advantage of the much talked about EPL experience.

I agree with you on this. I noticed that during our worldcup matches and I thought he needs to improve on these areas else we look for an upgrade.

goldfish80:
Paul Aigbogun is a returnee. It was celebrated when he came back to the NFL with his shinny Uefa B license.
I thought Ify onuorah will make the same move after his stint in Africa with the Ethiopian National team.

Where is Ify Onourah now?

Has Paul won anything in Nigeria?

goldfish80:
Not what the stats say. Officially he hasn't had a shot on target since the Penalty against Colombia.

So the one on one the keeper save off him na wetin?

BascoVanVeli:
Football is all about scoring more goals than your opponent. When people say stuff like we were the better team even though they lost it is only to comfort themselves. Fact is that when you lose u are second best. It is different if the team feels cheated.
Belgium dismissed England today and had Lukaku not had a off day they would have put 3 or 4 past them. England only had chances on set pieces. Their bench does not have the quality of Dembele or Mertins. Plus I don't see any English player that can make Belgium XI apart from maybe that Leicester defender and Kane. Witsel will even bench Dier and Henderson.

I am Chelsea fan, so you should understand the style of play doesn't matter to me as long as you win. Maybe Sarri go play attacking Football but he had better win the league and EUROPA League with it else he is gone.

But the impression here is Belgium will dominate England with possesion football, and was expecting the same after Belgium players accused France of the same boring Football but, behold they played worse than France. This is where I can't understand the hypocrisy.

However, was Dier goal bound ball also set piece? Is set pieces not part of the game?

Do you think set pieces is moi moi?

You don't see English players making Belgium XI apart from Kane and that Leicester City player is just your personal opinion. That's all.

Because if the Belgium players are better they should be making EPL team of the season ahead of the English players but that is not the case.

I still don't understand why Ndidi is not in a big club in EPL. He's that good. The only thing lack in his game is goal, assist and the ability to give a pig point pass with long balls. Once these are resolved, Ndidi should be in a top club in EPL. Tottenham would have been a perfect starting point.

I hope this article will make sense to Tottenham and Arsenal.


Forrget Dembele – Levy must get his hands on Nigerian who could be the ultimate long-term investment for Tottenham

by Rohan Sengupta

Why Tottenham must replace Mousa Dembele with Wilfred Ndidi

Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Mousa Dembele is open to the prospect of leaving the club to play in the MLS, China or even Bangladesh, according to reports.

The Belgian midfielder will turn 31 this month and has just a year left on his Tottenham contract. Dembele, who signed from Fulham in 2012, has spent eight seasons in English football. However, he wants to quit Spurs in search of a new challenge, reportedly in China or Italy.

Dembele has been struggling with minor injuries that have hampered his progress at Spurs in the last couple of seasons. The Belgian endured another injury-hit campaign with the north Londoners the last term. Despite returning to fitness, he never looked like the midfielder he once used to be.

And the 30-year-old’s display for Belgium against France in the World Cup semi-finals has not done any favours. Dembele looked sluggish throughout the game and simply failed to find his rhythm. He was no match for the likes of N’Golo Kante and Paul Pogba, and was hauled off the pitch by Belgium coach Roberto Martinez.


Mousa Dembele
Hence, it is safe to suggest that Mauricio Pochettino must sell the midfielder this summer. It is the right time for Tottenham to let Dembele leave but finding his replacement would be a tough ask. That said, should Tottenham go for Leicester City’s Wilfred Ndidi?

Leicester City signed Ndidi from KRC Genk in January 2017 and the Nigerian powerhouse has grown leaps and bounds in the Premier League. He has enjoyed two quality seasons at King Power Stadium that has seen him enhance his reputation as one of the top-flight’s most exciting young midfielders.

Leicester City
Wilfried Ndidi
An ever-present figure in the Leicester side that finished 9th last term, Ndidi is a solid midfielder with a sublime range of passing and crossing abilities. He is a solid ball-winner and also possesses balance and guile.

He is a top-tackler and his physicality allows him to push opponents off the ball and win aerial duels with considerable ease. The Nigeria international can make box-to-box runs and play long balls, while also packing a powerful shot.

Ndidi has proven to be a strong defensive presence for Leicester and is highly competent in the air, which is an area Tottenham must improve. The Lagos-born midfielder has also already racked up 19 caps for Nigeria at the age of 21, enjoying an impressive World Cup campaign as well.

Read more: 3 top class replacements for Sissoko who Tottenham should look to sign including French powerhouse

There is absolutely no questioning Dembele’s talent or his value to Tottenham but the Belgian is done and dusted in north London. To that end, Ndidi could be an excellent option to replace Dembele. The Nigerian is good at what he does, making him the ultimate long-term investment for Tottenham.

http://c.newsnow.co.uk/A/946182322?-21310:8643:3

goldfish80:
A shot which strikes the bar is counted as off target.

Beside that, he had a shot on goal against Croatia.

So Aigbogun na Britiko. Make em convince dem ooooooo. He should remember Deji Beyreuther too.

Sir BascoVanVeli, what has this man achieved in his coaching career?


Aigbogun Follows Rohr’s Diaspora Recruitment Style

By Editor - July 14, 2018

Youth national team, Flying Eagles head coach, Paul Aigbogun has taken a leaf from the style of Super Eagles technical adviser, Gernot Rohr, in calling up players of Nigerian origin who were born abroad.

With Rohr having made a success of such recruitments with Tyronne Ebuehi, Bryan Idowu and Ola Aina, after consolidating on the earlier arrivals of Carl Onuoha Ikeme, Leon Aderemi Balogun and William Troost-Ekong, Aigbogun is now following suit with the under-20 squad.

Aigbogun confirmed as much, as he disclosed that he recently held talks with players of Nigerian descent when he visited England last month and urged them to switch their national team allegiances.

The Enyimba of Aba coach, who disclosed that he was in England to renew his papers as a British citizen, said he met with some youth team players of various top clubs, who are eligible to feature for his side.

Aigbogun, who is in Mauritania for the first leg tie of the 2019 African U-20 Nations Cup final round of qualifiers, said positive talks were held with players of Nigerian descent while he was in England.

He recounted: “I met a couple of players who are eligible for England and also Nigeria. They are within the age limit require for my team and we had positive talks about a switch of allegiance to Nigeria.

“They are willing to play for Nigeria and some of them would have been in my squad for the Mauritania game but it’s pre-season time and most of them will be involved with the first team.

“Aside playing for the youth teams of top clubs in England, they have what we think we lack at that moment in the team but that doesn’t mean an automatic shirt for them. They have to come here and slug it out with the lads we have in camp.”

http://c.newsnow.co.uk/A/946237783?-21310:8643:3

Daejoyoung:
Belgium is a counter attacking side.

But dey complained against France who used the same tactics against them.

BascoVanVeli:
2-0

2 nut is not the game statistics. Even Chelsea dey nack 2 pass Barcelona with 0 possesion. Lol

goldfish80:
I think FIFA should review their goal credit process especially when it comes to penalties, because I can't for the life of me image how a player who scored 5 penalties and a deflected goal will walk away with the top scorer award.
Makes it even more crazy that Harry Keane haven't managed a shot on goal since the penalty against Colombia.
This is a huge minus for this tournament in my opinion.

That's not true. He had a shot on goal against Croatia and another hit the bar.