₦airaland Forum

TheSuperNerd:
A sweet finish. Aina's second PL goal of 24/25 has Nottingham Forest sitting 3rd currently on the table, 4 pts ahead of Man City in 6th.

I said it earlier this week that the current crop of eagles are powering less fancied European sides to exceptional performances. Some were arguing with me while the facts continues to speak for itself

AndSunGorilla:
The results don't matter as long as they are dominating possession.

That's a demonic possession 😆

Odunayaw:
I don't want any cure for it. Make football world remember say nobody is untouchable

Haba make them relegate? 😆

What can be the cure for this Man City illness now eleyi ti poju na!

elyte89:
https://scorenigeria.com.ng/sponsors-agree-to-pay-new-super-eagles-foreign-coach/



A new coach is coming

Coachee is that you? 😜

femianski:
He actually said CAF made him believe he won. He told his countryman journalists in French

I want to believe he’s lying but that statement is an indictment on CAF and they need to come out to clear the air to preserve the integrity of the award.

Again these North Africans will just continue to ruin the reputation of the game in Africa if CAF doesn’t step up and begin to call out their bluff with penalties like they did for Libya. Look at the last afcon with the great reputation of excellent officiating and even the reputation of just concluded awards in comparison to ballon dor. CAF has a great reputation now and they shouldn’t allow these idiots yes they are indeed idiots from North Africa to pour sand in their garri. The great reputation of CAF now is set to bring in huge revenue for the advancement of the game in Africa and its foolish to allow a bunch of nitwits to ruin it.

Setaleonoz:
Why is nobody talking about how Hakimi came along with a private jet and psg owner accompanying him to the caf awards ….
I’m sure he must have been told he was going to win it ahead of lookman just to make the award competitive

The psg owner we heard actually came to scout for Lookman

M7even:
My God! I'm having goosebumps watching this. I mean most of them are not even Nigerians to say this. I sometimes worry that we are so patriotic here that it shrouds objectiveness. But hearing outsiders feel this way about Nigeria's true potential and strength if we qualify for a world cup is lovely . Because God knows if this group of boys get a good hand of a manager, he will craft out signs and wonders from them in the next world cup. Watch them at the next AFCON . All we need is another good manager because we got a team that will beat a Moroccan team on their home turf in the finals. This boys got experience.

I see that sparkles in Eguavone's eyes. And I have seen him looking confused lately. He can be timid. What we need is a coach with a decent amount of crazy sparkles to really tweak this team we got and we are gonna be world beaters.
I really pray we qualify for this world cup. I know it's so hard and tough judging by our current group position.

But then when we do qualify I'd remember this post again. And I really be grateful to God. Because the world cup isn't something to miss for the super eagles to miss twice.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DDz7uhiRPN7/?igsh=MWZhaTU1aXpvbHBzdA==

Our players just need to be more committed and play with more intensity like they do at their club sides. For God’s sake they are not amateurs but professionals who understand the technicalities of the game. Coaching is not just the main thing but right attitude from the players

Amedino99:
you are mixing it. I think the post you quote is about afcon.

Thanks for the observation! 👍

femianski:
None of our players were nominated for FIFA the best men's player of the year. How do you expect him to have voted for any of them?

My apologies bruv, I think I mixed things up!

oloriooko:
"My Stamina Improved After My Mum Introduced Fufu To Me In UK ."

-Ademola Lookman

"Growing up in the U.K, I was used to eating a lot of junk foods cos it's something very handy without wasting your time.

One day my mum followed me to the pitch where I play soccer with other kids at the age of ten, she noticed how I easily fell down when being shoved by other kids when contesting for the ball.

After the match, she told me "Ademola my son, I am not impressed by the way you fall when playing football. You are a Nigerian child and you should have the stamina of a Nigerian"

The next day, my mother introduced "Fufu" to my diet, at first I didn't like it because of the fowl smell, but as I ate it with ewedu soup, I could see the results as my stamina increased.

Now I am here, how can I have make it this far without eating Fufu? I will always represent Nigeria❤️"

I though it’s just a fantasy o, if true Ademola’s mother deserve a special category of award from caf

DeloitteNG:
I heard the Ivorian coach voted for Lookman over Adingra
How true is this?

May just be a kind gesture and sportsmanship after winning afcon.

The Ivorians winning afcon was just a flash in the pan nothing exceptional from any of their players and even after afcon

Despite how exceptional some of our players were this season our own coach still went and vote for messi. Honestly it shows the level of awareness of the coaches.

zicky:
I feel his choice if even better than Eguavoen that voted Messi as his first choice.

😂 someone said CAF could have mistakenly awarded messi as best player

JayromWrites:
I don't think it's dumb to ask a "Former CAF Player of the Year" and a teammate to congratulate the incoming player of the year publicly.

Now that it's visible e did. Water under the bridge.

The goal is a united and successful Super Eagles

I think as a people we just like to go against anything we feel it’s negative even where there’s no need to. People are free to raise their concerns about the unity of the team and I don’t think people still appreciate the impact it has on the success of the team and major failures of the eagles in the past has been attributed to this. If you listen to stories of past eagles players you’ll see them confessing how disunity ruined our chances in tournaments.

We saw the partnership between Lookman and Osihmen in afcon and that’s what has contributed to the current award for Lookman.

If we like let’s continue to deceive ourselves, Boniface will continue to fire blanks if he doesn’t work with his team mates. It’s public knowledge how the 94 team conspired to starve Yekini of supply and we know the impact he had, even keshi confirmed it. So when people raise observations we had better listen and pay attention. Osihmen has come out to clear the air which is good and wise of him cos going through another controversy like the one he had with finidi was never going to be in the interest of the team.

charlesemeka85:
united go win europa then qualify for ucl automatically 😄🤣

Dey play! 😜

Odunayaw:
Make e no play for my team abi

Your team is still in hibernation!

charlesemeka85:
mola will do well in United’s new coach system

Make Una start to play for champions league first, we need mola in the champions league, no cap

charlesemeka85:
Man Utd make move for £41m Rashford replacement

Manchester United have made contact with the entourage of Ademola Lookman, according to Sky Sports in Switzerland.

Atalanta would be willing to negotiate a sale for offers above £41million, the report adds.

And the 27-year-old would be a high-class replacement for exit-linked Marcus Rashford.

Lookman has scored 43 goals in 96 games since moving to Italy.

Liverpool and Chelsea are also said to be watching, as well as clubs elsewhere in Europe.

#copied

aaaah Dem don Dey carry Ademola Dey go where he no know o! Manu u ke o ti o!

charlesemeka85:
imagine nwakali no congratulate lookman 😏

You this man 😂 you will never come to this thread in peace 😂

kingphilip:
Hope you know he contributed largely to the position we currently are in the world cup qualifying series?

A raise to $80k is fine in my opinion.
If you give any Nigerian coach $80k, I sure say we go qualify for world cup even with the position wey we de currently.

And he still the one responsible for where we are now Abi? Let’s see how far this our arrogance and harder route will take us. No need for long talk

Kog45:
Lookman sportsman gesture was replied with Apala song by Osimhen....anyone wey understand Yoruba language go Sabi the message....I remember Boniface interview after Atalanta vs Leverkusen,asking him about Lookman performance,his response was shocking......well they are all young guys growing up,very soon they will understand better.

Well, congratulations through phone call is another way than going social media,so possibly Osimhen and Boniface have done it through cell phone

I suggested when Boniface was firing blanks that he and Lookman should lock themselves inside a room and talk. I also expected the coaches to intervene. All these things do have its impact on our success going forward. It was the partnership between osihmen and Lookman at Afcon that made Lookman blossom so what could have gone wrong? Am bewildered

Amedino99:
really? I have not seen anything from them. Nothing from Instagram and X. Where did you see their posts?

Check we’ll, Iwobi post and senior man should be there unless am missing something

missjekyll:
This is a common racist trope. It's particularly disconcerting that a Nigerian is repeating it.

Speak for yourself next time.

It’s ridiculous the things we hear in this space like saying Nigerians don’t read.

Next we will hear is that we don’t brush our teeth well in the morning!

Amedino99:
I'm sure they are cool. Osimhen's no show is not allowing us to scrutinize other team members who are yet to post despite being online. Iwobi and senior man are high on this table.

I think iwobi and senior man has posted!

When I said a while ago that there was a thing between Lookman and Boniface which may be impacting the national team I was made to feel like a conspiracy theorist. Now we are screaming about osihmen and Lookman. These guys apart from teammates are also rivals and competitors and only children will deny there is nothing among them. I just hope nff and our coaches will continue to do all they can to foster healthier relationships and even healthy competitions among the players which is not bad in itself. I love the atmosphere I see when they are all together but any hiccups make them settle on time. God bless Nigeria

Mujtahida:
Wait ooo my people. I've scanned my memory. It's as if Obafemi Martins never played for Nigeria. I can hardly remember any match where he was lit. He's just a blip, nothing more. Yet he was on fire with his blistering pace those days.

Dude was a great player, my point still remains that the current crop of players am seeing are better.

Another player we still Dey underrate na Simon, I saw a goal he scored for his club the other day and i jumped out of my chair, the guy raced pass players in the box like lightening and blasted home. The whole stadium went mad.

Nigeria needs to restructure along regional lines state creation is a scam. Many states all over the country are not viable and can’t even pay salaries. They are just liabilities and we want to create more? Are we okay?

solonnachi:
Morrocan fans booing Ademola Lookman and calling him thief (Saariq) yesterday is uncalled for. CAF should stop hosting this CAF award event in Morocco please.

North Africans are always bad losers, even when it’s obvious they were not better in a competition they lose.

My hope is that one day they will exit African football and join their Arab colleagues in Asia. It’s about time. Their bad sportsmanship is nauseating. I remember Eto and other stars winning the award in Nigeria, na we go Dey hail Dey sing your praises. Honestly we don’t know how better we are as a people than others out there.

opes:
According to reports, He was offered 80k dollars per month but he refused, insisted on 120k dollars.

Our people were arrogant making him feel he was atrocious in his demands we should have negotiated and come to a compromise, the price we are paying for today. When a man has surpassed the target you gave him, easily he has the upper hand but the bad press the coach had made it look as if what has he even achieved and of course his assistant ended up carrying us inside the bush. Na our story be that.

Zahra29:
Thanks for confirming that you haven't read NOI's book 😋

Yes international, i.e global i.e. countries outside Nigeria...You do know what international means? And that thanks to the invention of the internet, I and many others are able to purchase books by Nigerian authors without visiting Nigeria or being Nigerian? Blimey lol

Chimamanda is a perfect example. Half of a yellow sun and Americanah went viral in the UK and elsewhere. The movie Half of a yellow sun also did very well in the UK with a mixed audience.

You’re trying to justify international readership for Nigerians not reading and that’s why I said it’s a comedy. Of course I know that Nigerian authors are patronised globally or you think am daft to know that or am one of those Nigerians that doesn’t read. Issorite 😂 whatever suits your fancy o!

After I gave examples of books widely read in Nigeria you’re saying something else 😂

opes:
Lucky Peseiro. In his 18 months as Nigeria coach, He can boldly say 2 of his players named Africa best respectively..AFCON good show helped Lookman together with his club form

As bad as we think that coach is he sparked something in our players but as usual all Nigerians are better coaches, so sad.

That man deserved a raise in his salary for him to be retained. Till today we don’t know where we are in terms of coaching. We must always choose the harder way

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Zahra29:
cos Nigerian authors make huge fortunes so how will they if Nigerians don’t read.

Erm because they also sell to an international readership? 🤨

You do love to miss the point.

My original comment was that very few Nigerians, [b] including yourself I might add lol , have read NOI's book about the systemic corruption in Nigeria. I didn't say none, I said very few (in relative terms).

International readership? this is just comedy 😂

willyede:
At this rate, it appears you are unwilling to embrace the much-needed change in the country. It seems you are focusing on criticizing the messenger rather than the message itself. Have you seen the latest news that the Inspector General of Police has banned the Nigerian police from arbitrary arrests, detention of youths, and the collection and checking of phones? This is one of the positive outcomes we are beginning to see, thanks to Kemi's advocacy. Let’s hope this momentum continues, as it seems our solutions may eventually come from external pressure.

And you think it’s today such directive have been given on such arrests? Was such directive not given after the end sars riots? So what has changed? Please tell me

Kemi is not doing any advocacy, she’s just politicking, perhaps you should go and watch that arise tv video I posted a while back. As it has been said it’s up to us all to believe whatever we want.