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SyrusdeHansome:
A country whose citizens are renouncing their citizenship is a failed State.

DeloitteNG:
Club doctors have developed a protective suit for Osimhen's right arm. Made of carbon fiber, the suit is five times stronger than steel but as light as a feather. This will prevent Osimhen from being affected by blows to his arm. The suit will comply with FIFA and league rules. FIFA does not allow the use of devices that could injure opponents or players. Osimhen, who became a phenomenon with his iconic face mask, will transform into a true superhero with the suit on his arm. Coach Okan Buruk plans to field the star player in the starting eleven for the derby against Fenerbahçe, even if not for the Gençlerbirliği match.

BankyGee:
🇮🇳 India [99]–[1] Nigeria 🇳🇬

This was after we scored the 1 goal, the Indians were devastated. 😔

TheSuperNerd:
I wanna believe Ademola Lookman joined them in FK Practice. Lol

Anyway, awesome from Julian Alvarez. Top Ball Striker.

https://x.com/i/status/2042064992451674192

Napoleon55:
If you like go straight and call me foolish.

So because you have people born abroad to do your job,we should let over 200m born at home to rotten,and no right system should be encouraged to put in place for the home grown to flourish? that is the real folly.

If you believed nothing good will not come out from home,where does the likes of Osimhen came out from?
If you think Nigerian will never produce many top quality talents again, you are in error, time will prove you wrong.

If I have my way, I would make everything possible to recruit the likes of Olise,Eze, Saka,Tomori, Nwaneri, even this joker called Adarabioyo.
But don't tell me to believe that without them and the failure to recruit the foreign born in a way some of you wanted,the super eagles is dead and buried, that's a load of crab.

elyte89:
National teams are now operating like club sides, with structured systems and extensive scouting networks to identify players who best fit their style of play. This is why many countries have strengthened their coaching staff, assigning specific roles such as player scouting to support the head coach. With this level of organization, African football is becoming increasingly competitive, especially in AFCON and World Cup qualifiers. The next round of qualifiers will be particularly tough. While other nations are advancing in scouting and recruitment, Nigeria is still debating whether to include foreign-born players.

Philosopher1979:
Ok

I don't understand the issue of player scouting. We are discovering players in our football academies everyday. Ok yohanna zadik, Ebenezer akinsanmiro, suleiman Muhammed, benjamin fredericks, Moses usor et. As per foreign born, we cannot force them. The ones that want to okay for us will play for us. We can only ask. The lack of world cup qualification was due to the fact that we could not get a replacement on time after peseiro resigned.

Karlovich:
Those Moroccans are very ruthless when it comes to grabbing or attempting to grab their diaspora talent, they even went after Shaqueel Van Persie but his dad refused

He might still play for them in the future though, it doesn't seem like the Netherlands want him.

Napoleon55:
Oga,you are only concerned about 2 or 3 years fix,and you think that you smart.
But I'm concerned about a system that will stand for generations and outlive all of us, whether it involves foreign Borns, it does not matter.

If by learning, you meant, is focusing all our attention in acquiring foreign born players and depending on them entirely, and abandon our grassroots and our youth development ,that's an error.

Napoleon55:
Before you carry on in your misconceptions,ask yourself, did you came across anywhere I wrote that the home based must be invited? even though there is nothing wrong in inviting one or two quality of them.
Did you read anywhere I wrote,we should stop going after Foreign born players.

But telling me that Nigeria will no longer be able to produce a top quality players born in Nigeria, either from the academies, our u17, u20,u23 ,even from NPFL is lie.
I also disagree that without the foreign born players, the super eagles is dead.

If other African countries are scooping talents left and right and we were left behind,
how come we were able to have the likes of Lookman, Aina, Iwobi,Bassey,Ajayi,Osayi etc u mentioned in our ranks? Almost half of the XI of the team.

My arguments are,that the acquisition of the foreign born players or not are not our only problems,
And that we have failed to land some foreign born players are not entirely NFF's fault, that some players who believed they have high ceiling would purposely make it hard for anyone to approach them,it does not matter what you do.
If still fell to understand me,fine.
But no one is trying to encourage NFF incompetence.

If we are no longer producing enough talent at home,what do you think is the right play,is it not to lay a better foundation?

Predator87:
I stopped reading at Basketball. Majority of our Basketball players are foreign born especially the women's team. Without Foreign born players our Super Eagles would be dead and buried. Football has changed. The world is changing. More countries are tapping into their diaspora to move foward. Only Nigeria is stuck with ego, pride jealousy and corruption. Ok you think we can do without them. Fine. What have we done at the grassroots? Our U17, U20, andd U23 teams have no coach, no team. Our domestic league is dead. Nigerian clubs can't even compete in Africa anymore. The pipeline from Nigeria to top leagues in Europe has dried up. So the means of getting these local born players to the top is broken. You need to wake up my friend. Next world cup in 2030 but no plan. Like play we will miss another world cup. It's becoming our new normal.

Napoleon55:
I'm not holding brief for the NFF or whatever they are called, I don't even like them but I won't join in making incorrect assumptions.

We have been going to the world cup without the help of foreign born players, and I assure you,even today or tomorrow, Nigeria can still qualify and do well at the world cup without the help of a single foreign born players if the right things are put in place.

Even in our precarity,
All the Nigeria artistes that are doing well globally today,were they manufactured outside?
The Nigerian athletes that usually dominates Africa year in year out,were they always imported from abroad to represent us or born outside?
Even in basketball, movies,comdies,academics,the list goes on.
Now when it comes to football, we suddenly won't be able to find people to represent us from over 200m people born in Nigeria just because some people who were put in charge are unable to do their jobs well enough.

You might think I'm naive,or that I deceive myself in saying all these,
But once the present group of leaders in charge of our football phases out,and we luckily have the better ones in their place,
You will see that even the grassroots you thought are dead,will suddenly becomes alive, our youth teams will start producing formidable teams capable of winning championships again.
Even our league can be revitalized again.
But the system will have to experience a change first.

Kog45:
Michael Olise refused our invitation,his name on the list was just to cover our poor administration, nothing more...pls tell me who approached Olise...only Eberechi Eze pained me,he came to eagles camp in London, meaning he was willing but at the end we missed him

TheSuperNerd:
🚨 𝗢𝗙𝗙𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟: The next AFCON will take place from June 19 to July 18, 2027. 🌍

As already known, It will be hosted in Kenya 🇰🇪, Uganda 🇺🇬 and Tanzania 🇹🇿.

This is the Afcon Edition we win. This one and 2028. No excuses. No Retreat. 😎

Mujtahida:
I was busy preparing all my arguments for the NFF appeal oo but FIFA gave me a sucker punch.

Odunayaw:
Italy is a light skinned African nation in terms of corruption

TheSuperNerd:
The Corruption and rot in the Italian Football Youth System according to an eye witness...

🇮🇹🚨 𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐂𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐒 from Federico Mangiameli (former U17 and U19 player for AC Milan):

“On one hand I’m frustrated, on the other I’m happy. Only those who have lived in this world know how disgusting what goes on behind it really is.

Agents who push their players from lower divisions up to Serie C with envelopes of €50K, Serie A and youth teams made up only of overpaid foreign players, or coaches who couldn’t even decide their starting eleven.

I’ve witnessed things unworthy of money, and I’ve seen teammates treated horribly by club officials.

All of this is the system of Italian football—a toxic system that I fortunately left some time ago.

Unlike other sports, it has become something that should not be taken as an example: people who fake things, favoritism, ignorant and ill-mannered individuals who would do anything for a few bucks. And all of this is the result.”

https://x.com/i/status/2039420188722855998

Mujtahida:
I weak. Fifa just used technicalities to evade examining the real thrust and substance of our case.

do4luv14:
Just reading funny tales about these worldcup since morning,
.image a football expert in Nigeria is Advising Ghana to go for Bosso, saying he did do well with the black Stars, even mentioning Finidi too 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

TheSuperNerd:
And same Osayi was not exactly at his best yesterday.


A player generally needs a good run of games to solidify his place in a team. Profiles differ. Some may need 1 game (Nwabali is a case study for that). Spme may need 10. We have preached this for years on this thread when it was the case with Iheanacho at Man City. TheGoodJoe and I were always for "him having a good run of games". And this was despite the fact that Nacho did perform in several of his opportunities. Even at Leicester, Nacho needed a run of games to show his worth and when he finally got it, Leicester won their 1st FA Cup in the 2020/21 season. Same season saw Nacho bag 12 EPL goals and become the only man to score on every day of the week in the same season.

A good run of games matters in the grand context of experience and battle hardening at the international level and even in Club football.

Papi85:
I bet you that if we manage to get Ugochukwu from Burnley Onyedika may go into oblivion especially if he leaves Brugge to a non UCL playing side because playing in the UCL helps in giving him visibility

By now Onyedika should be benching Ndidi for that CDM starting position but from observation he hasn’t done enough which is obvious when the Besiktas CDM isn’t playing or starting

Like I do tell some United fans that many of them will notice how poor and sluggish mainoo is in the team’s midfield when the club gets a proper CM to compete with him, same goes to Onyedika.

We really need midfielders who can detect and control games easily not the ones that attempts to trap the ball 3 times, turn and pass to the nearest defender or full back

lbrichman2:
Abeg he needs a club
I no want see any of those pipes for our post again

TheSuperNerd:
And take a good look at Osimhen. You forget Osimhen did not bag his 1st Super Eagles goal until his 7th cap.

Take a good look at Iwobi too. Despite the several caps he had, he kept getting the stick even after Afcon 2021.

Onyedika is doing well despite getting fewer starting caps in midfield. He did well yesterday and with more games, he will get even better.

lbrichman2:
This dude no get joy 😊😊😊

BankyGee:
I see am. My heart stop for 3 seconds first before I remember today's date 😂

BankyGee:
BREAKING: FIFA has finally approved the nationality switch of Brentford's Michael Kayode from Italy to Nigeria! 🇮🇹🔁🇳🇬

Nigeria's Head Coach, Éric Chelle is expected to meet him later today to let him know that this is an April Fool's post and shouldn't be taken seriously by Nigerians here and in the diaspora!

TheSuperNerd:
The difference is Onyedika just started getting more competitive starts at the last Afcon unlike Iwobi who was already knee-deep in competitive starts and even had more than Onyedika had at 24.

Iwobi needed time right. Onyedika needs same because the truth is he is here to stay.

TheSuperNerd:
How does Jordan scoring first mean Onyedika was scrappy? Go watch the minutes leading to that Jordan goal again.
Frank Onyeka was the one who, under no pressure, gave the ball away with a miskicked pass and Emmanuel Fernandez conceeded the foul in attempt to stop that Jordan lad. So how does this translate to the fault of Raphael Onyedika that Jordan scored first?

Folks are just poking at Onyedika because he seems like the easier target to cast all tactical blames on when it is not his fault at all. I am pretty sure if he was on field for the Jordan second goal, it is his name that will still be referenced. It is becoming such a lazy way to analyse the Super Eagles.

I watched the sequences leading up to the Jordan Goal over 5 times and Onyedika was not at fault. He even tried to clean up Onyeka's misplaced pass.

The first 14mins before that, I have watched again and again. Onyedika was up and about calling for the ball and did not even get it a few times from the CBs who preferred to go sideways. When he did get the ball, he moved it around with the class he is known for. When Jordan got on the ball, he did not shy away from his defensive duties. It is obvious many watched the game yesterday and did not observe closely our midfield even operated.

The midfield is always the hardest department to observe in a game for anyone just watching for the fun of it or just waiting for a goal.

This is why Del Bosque (or was it him? A famous coach shaa) once said "if you watch the game, you wont see Busquets. But if you watch Busquets you see the whole game".

This particular statement is true for the Jordan game.

TheSuperNerd:
You just sat down and typed a load of bollocks. All these Onyedika misyarns is so forced and screams pseudoanalysis.

Kindly also comment and elucidate "truthfully" on what the midfield of Iwobi and Ndidi contributed after they came in up until that reckless red card as well. What did they bring to the Jordan game that was different? Pray tell? Coz Jordan even got bolder with that change and we did not threaten as much as we did in the first half.

While at it, also kindly explain why Your beloved Tactically best winger, Chidera Ejuke was not effective in today's game. Oh I forgot, he was rotting on the bench as usual.
Anyone in need of a slap na Ejuke and perhaps you, for being so biasedly blind to see the light.