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ChrisKels:
Omeruo balling in the heart of Leganes defense against Real Betis.


This Leganes Moroccan striker, En Nesryi 23, is on fire. I avnt seen a young African striker so complete, since Eto and Drogba.

If that guy was a Nigerian would u have given him such a review?

Humility017:
I don't think there is any anti ighalo fan here...
we all want more from him...for a player putting on the iconic No 9 jersey...

ever since his play against Libya he has enjoyed cult followership on this thread...everyone now clamour for him...

so no one hates him...

No, they were enjoying his barren run of form. We should not have criticised him because of what?

If he or any player messes up we bring out the sticks again.

elyte89:
Celebrated !


Well as for me,wheneva deres a competition going on most especially worldcup,I put Africa first,so any African team have my utmost support,Infact dt was d last game I ever became emotional afterwards

Wait till u have an encounter with those our "Brad-es"

Kog45:
Good one from you.Do you know how many anti Ighalo we have here but do we react to their comments on Ighalo.Honestly really surprised to see some comments on Michael2 report on Iwobi goal.

Egbon please tell me you were happy with Ighalo's barren run of games.

Tell me you were happy with that his miss against Argentina.

See, no player is above criticism here. There is virtually no player in that Super Eagles team that I have never criticised.

When Ighalo scored against Cameroon was there anyone that came to try to make the goal seem less of a goal? When he scored 5 against Libya did we not all celebrate him?

I even see no reason why Ighalo's case should come in when we were discussing Iwobi. Are both players competing against each other? I know what you are trying to insinuate but i will just let it go.

ChrisKels:
Sorry, buh, do those guys look older than these three below?

Na so o

Mickael2:
Honestly I celebrated when they missed that penalty

O boy no be only you o. Me and my neighbor who is a Nairalander( don't know his moniker though). But must be one of us here, . We were hugging each other while celebrating. His friends used to call him "Akpos" . I am suspecting someone here but I am not sure.

BascoVanVeli:
I love that dance na....Gyan used to kill it

I was so pissed when Kayode copied it and did the dance at the 2011 WYC. And as expected those our "brad-es" came to Nairaland to insult us for Kayode copying their Asamoah Gyan's dance. Those guys were really something else.

The 2014 bug that hit Nairaland has taken away a lot of old threads else I would have gone out to dig up some. Some crazy moments their men. I gave them fire for fire. Because of those guys I had to abandon my old Moniker for this one. Make Dem no find me come here.

elyte89:
Awever because some set of persons are doing something wrong doesn't mean we shld follow suit, am sure some of deir fans still support us genuinely

I can never forget 2010 world cup when dey loss to Uruguay,it was so painful to me dt I couldn't sleep very well dt night and it was during our 300L 2nd semester exams,had it been I would b writing a paper d next day,am sure I won't do very well.All d students we watched d ball dt nite were heads down lamenting wyle walking home. it was a tough night for us

Sorry o. You were busy crying for them. But meanwhile they celebrated our own exit at that same world Cup.

I supported Uruguay whole heartedly in that game. Same thing with my neighbor then who was also on Nairaland.

If they had gotten to the semis of that WC that no African team has ever reached my brother those Ghanaians will still be insulting us over it till today.

Maybe u are new to the international e-community. We don dey there since tay-tay. It can get very crazy men...

Truidstar:
They are our rivals, rather than gloat, I pity them. We were once in their shoes. Their academies are not producing at all. While ours are popping out players everywhere in Europe. Time and chance.

Bros if u were on Nairaland sports section and kickoff between 2007 and 2013 u Will not be seeing it this way. Those guys really hurt us during their hay days of 2009 WYC and 2010 WC and even few years after that. There were times i would stay away from Nairaland for up to 1 week because of those people.

If you know how the Ghanaians celebrated Nigeria's exit from the 2010 WC plus all those talk of the last we won a WC game was in France '98 bla-bla-bla. We had to hit them with AFCON trophy winless streak since 1982

Those guys are crazy men....... They would insult our Footballers plus our government, economy even our movie industry and our Ladies

Some of them are still on Nairaland and would probably come here to spy on us tonight
Assuming the reverse was the case that they are through and we are out. They would have set this thread ablaze with their insults. Trust me on this.

mostob:
who else if not them. They were just parading Rasta up and down..single chance, dem no create.

Plus dancing "yeye" village dance against Burkina Faso. That is the only thing they do so perfectly.
Sotay my wife even asked "those are the Ghanaians right"?

TheGoodJoe:
What kind of wickedness is this. Please cool down, the Ghanaians are our brothers. We should all feel sad for them. Not happy. But let me just laugh at your comment. Too savage.

Ghanaians that will support any team that players against Nigeria?

If you don't know they are more pained because Nigeria made it through. If we had also crashed out like them they would have felt a lot better.

Na ChrisKels Sabi them wella

ChrisKels:
At all levels, Mali = eternal nemesis of Ghana.

Trust me, I knew the outcome of this match even bfor it was played. Good to see Koita still balling for both RB Salzburg and this Mali U20, after that Chile battle against our Eaglets.

Lol at bolded. Same with me and also a lot of Ghanaian fans.

Mali always beat them. I don't know how Mali usually does it. But when Ghana wants to play Nigeria one kind of Spirit will just enter them and they would want to die on the pitch.

Before the kickoff between Mali and Ghana one fan already said it would be better to lose to Mali than to lose to "Alata" . I just laughed. They would rather eat rat poison than to lose to Nigeria. Trust me on that.

khunz:
Ghana U-20 coach shouting all over the media that he will come home with a medal,well he just won his group's BRONZE MEDAL!!!

Hahaha I saw that his interview. Mali will always beat Ghana no matter what level.
That was the fear of so many Ghanaian fans going into this game.

The future of Ghanaian Football is so bleak

andrew444:
We all know Argentina players will always last longer than our players

60 percent of people here will not know those player ,ask me why ?

They are Epl fans who don't notice others league

The rest are ogogoro parlor fans


How can to say 60'percent no no those players ,I know you are trying to run away from the truth

Swear say you no no lamela or the watford guy

Chief please stop being sentimental and face facts

Me like naija players pass you but I will speak the truth

What about the fiorentina guy ? How many eagles player can make fiorentina first team ? If I will mention not more than 2 .

The Nigeria players you mention ,I doubt they will make watford team Tottenham or fiorentina

Musa will try ,the rest are just there

Oga icon if you see truth dey talk truth abeg

You are the one that needs to talk truth here.

You came up with a false 90% stuff which is why I came up with the 60%. Yes almost every one here would know Erik Lamalla but I can bet u that the vast majority may not have heard the names of the other 3.

You mentioned 4 Argentine players and I mentioned 4 Nigerian players. So who is lying here? Which other truth again are u talking about?

Anyone with an update on Mali vs Ghana?

Mickael2:
Leave him, I think I have had enough respect for him but he is just being excessively childish this evening

Dr cool down. No be fight.

We have accepted that it was a deflected goal.

elyte89:
Mr Arinuriode ,na u dey read minds na

Bros no be today we dey this thread. Funny things do happen here

Mickael2:
Took out three players with that pass. Nice pass

Trying to make amends for your earlier "deflection goal" post.

Kog45:
Boss,Yes a goal is a goal but how would you describe that Iwobi goal as a commentator.

Egbon me I am not even watching the match.

edi287:
Ahn ahn...it's not serious. He's describing how he scored...is it now a crime too?

Forget bro. I am sure u know the intent behind his emphasis on the deflection.

He should thank God that it was not an Iheanacho's goal that he qualified like that. Else the kind of noise that would have emanated from this thread this night

Mickael2:
So your point is?

A goal is a goal.

Kog45:
Boss fo not disturb yourself to explain further.Thegoodjoe got your point and his explanation damn good for us to understand your well pinpoint on longevity of youth players.

I just tire!

Some people are just hell bent on diminishing our achievements as a Footballing nation.

Over 90% of the current crop of our SE passed through our youth system. Starting from Akpeyi and Mikel to Ezenwa and Ighola who were part of the 2000s youth system to all the Obu boys of early 2010s and then to the Manu and Amuneke's boys of the mid 20s of which Chukwueze is the most recent product. Are likes of Akpeyi, Ezenwa, Mikel and Ighalo not still playing. Echiejile was also part of that era even Ambrose and Ideye.

Yes we are not Spain , Brazil or Germany but to a very large extent our youth system is very very effective in producing national team players that have stood the test of time.

Mickael2:
Iwobi scores via a deflection

So does that make it half a goal?.

tbaba1234:
First of all, not all youth stars make it. That is clear. However, those that do in Europe serve their countries for a long time. The same does not apply here for the most part. I expect this trend to improve with MRI tests for under 17 which helps us reduce the age but for under 20, it is unlikely to change.

Also, you can not compare Nigeria with European countries. They have teams for every age group and established leagues. It is much harder for an under 20 player in Europe to make the national team than an under 20 in Nigeria. The under 20 in Europe has to compete with under 21 players and other players coming through the ranks. In Nigeria, our under 20 players have an advantage because they get national exposure and potentially european moves, this makes them more likely to play for the national team. We do not have a strong league or youth system that compliments this.

Nigeria 99, Spain produced Iker Casillas and Xavi, both of whom went on to have over 100 caps. That is the longevity, we are taking about .

Just like Our Japan 93 U17 squad produced Kanu, Babayaro and Oruma. Who played at the very highest levels and were withing the national team circle across 2 decades.

I understand your point of view but this issue of longevity or lack of it is not unique to Nigeria.

However someone saying we should not have any hopes on this current U20 because our age grade teams don't produce players for the SE is total trash.

andrew444:
List of Argentina 2011 world youth championship players still playing at the top level

German pazella ......Fiorentina
Roberto Pereyra.............. watford
Erik lamela............... tottenham
Facundo Ferreyra.................. espanyol

Emiliano martinez the arsenal goalkeeper sent out on loan to a championship team,still trying to remember.

Concerning argentina 2009 team,i am not sure if they made it to that tournament.

I can bet that not up to 60% of peeps here know half of those names u mentioned.

U even mentioned only 4 out of entire sqaud of 23 players. What happened to the others? Have their longevity expired.

From that same 2011 WYC I can also only mention:

Kenneth Omeruo
Ahmed Musa
Ogenyi Onazi
Ramon Azeez(partially)

My point is the issue of longevity is not restricted to Nigeria. Age cheating or no age cheating.

tbaba1234:
Look at Nigeria 99. It gave us Aghahowa, Ikedia and Yobo. Only Yobo had a long career with the super eagles. The others declined because age started to show.

Look at the 2005 under 20 team, Only Mikel passed the test of time.

So yes, Under 20 teams give us players but the vast majority are no where to be found in 10 years time.

The main goal should be longevity.

Firstly, the issue of longevity: Yes, most of the youth players fizzle out earlier than expected but that is a universal process although it varies across different continents. In some cases we are responsible for this as we are always so quick to throw out an older player from the national team once we see a new one.

Secondly, not all youth players progress well. It is not just an issue of age cheating. Do u know how many of Manu and Amuneke's boys that passed the MRI that have fizzled already and we have not heard anything about them again?

The Holland 2005 u talk about go round all national teams that took part in that tournament and point to me how many are still playing or are playing on the high stage. For instance, where is Ryan Babel and the rest of the Dutch players that took us to penalties in that tournament? You may want to cite the Argentine team but I can ask you " where are the Argentine players that played their U20 in 2009 and 2011? That 2005 Argentine U20 was a golden generation just like our 1993 U17 team and the Spanish team 1999 U20 team. Such crop of players come once in a while.

We have proud products of our youth system that are very much still balling. Players like Ahmed Musa, Kenneth Omeruo, Ogenyi Onazi, Shehu Abdulahi, Moses Simon, Wilfred Ndidi, Semi Ajayi and Jamilu Collins are some of the U20 players of 2011 & 2013 that we harvested and we are reaping from their performances today. And this crop do not look like they won't make it to the next WC.

Somebody coming here to tell us that we should expect nothing from our age grade teams is totally baseless and mischievous.

COOL10:
Well,maybe not at this level. But don't be surprised,he might end up being more successful than the three guys you mentioned up there. Life happens bro

Chairman I am not that kind of person that rates a player based on an uncertain future performance. I am commenting from what I have seen of him so far. Nazifi is not in the class of Success, Iheanacho, Awoniyi and Osimhen.

SlayerForever:
These age grade teams some here have been putting so much faith in to unmask future eagles.


We'll see if any will make it.

Oga look at our current SE over 70% of them played at least one of U17, U20 or U23 between 2011 and 2017. If I want to extend it further I am sure u know that Older players like Ighalo, Ezenwa, Akpeyi and Mikel were also products of our age grade teams

Each succesive U20 team keeps churning out players to be promoted to the SE.

So we have heavy hopes on these players for the future. Even Rohr himself is in Niamey to watch them.

Icon4s:
Read the reaction of South African fans to the 0-0 Draw they played against our Flying Eagles.

http://www.kickoff.com/news/92857/caf-u20-africa-cup-nations-match-report-

Cc: Groundnutoil

BascoVanVeli:
You know that is what some of us do here. We avoid basic reasoning just to feel like we have won an argument. Even in Europe they complain about pitches a million times better than the one in Niger but in the interest of playing to the gallery someone will now come and start talking nonsense.


Congrats to the boys for sticking it to their hatters and they were sure many

I particular like how Aigbogun managed the game. I mean he didn't set up the team to play for a draw. Even when we went ahead we were still playing as if it was still 0:0. And yet we never played a high back line.

Another good thing I like about the team is their physical fitness. Men, those boys are very fit. I also love their heights. They won most Air duels in all the 3 games played.

I am really loving that CB pairing. If they can give same kind of performances at the final stages and then again at the WYC, Aigbogun may have just unearthed 2 CB options that can add more competition to the SE CB position.

Rohr himself today has promised to invite any outstanding player (s) for the game against Seychelles. Those CBs are ahead of the others if u ask me.

Mickael2:
Should we not be looking to create a thread for these boys? Monitor the progress of players likely to play for them.

I miss TheSuperNerd. That is his area of specialization. We have an U20 thread though, created by him, but peeps hardly visit their. And so we feel more comfortable discussing the team here.

Mickael2:
Bro you are wasting time explaining to them what is clearly obvious. I doubt there is any NPFL pitch that is half as bad as this one. But just to malign Aigbogun they will dig up everything.

Abeg for all the well wishers of the U20 here, congrats we have made it to the World Cup proper. Now our focus should shift to the world cup proper and the players that should be called, I really don't care if they lose 4-0 and 5-0 in the next two matches.

The thing is knowing our pedigree at this level a lot of people expect a lot from this team. In the last 10-15 years this team is not among the best we have produced and so expect fans to criticize their stlyle of play.

I posted a link today of how SA fans critized the negative tactics their coach deployed against Nigeria. And in the tournament this far.

Go to Ghanaweb and see how Ghanaian fans are virtually placing curses on their Coach, the entire team and their FA.

I personally know this team is not the best we can get at this level but I draw consolation from the fact that the team was built from the scratch after the disastrous outing of our last U17. I also find solace on the fact that we have a good number of U20 players in Europe who can add both qaulity and also reduce the average age of the team.

Don't worry about those criticising the team. They will soon come to love them.