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komekn:
I expected a bit more maturity and deeper understanding from you.


In a family where there is love and someone decides to leave, do you just say goodbye and good riddance.

The silence from the NFF in itself says IT ALL.

A deeper understanding of what? A person that has chosen to snub his country of birth to face his family matters?

I respect his decision. Since it seems he cannot combine being patriotic and facing his family matters, then he should better face his family matters because family comes first.

If after facing the family matters he still feels like coming back and we still see the need for him in the team, we will accept him back.

komekn:
In a family where there is love and someone decides to leave, do you just say goodbye and good riddance.

The silence from the NFF in itself says IT ALL.

Oga stop being sentimental about this. Victor is a player I also love and value so much his contributions to the national team. Since he willingly decided to face his '' family matters'' and stay out of the Super Eagles, do we go on our knees and beg him?

can't you get the signal as clear as it is? He is no longer committed to the national Team! He has lost interest in the GWG and therefore cannot make sacrifices for the team on the pitch. Such a player will no longer have flair. So it is better we give opportunity to up-coming players that are willing to give their all to the national team. Simple.

17 to 24 years olds! God!!!

krattoss:
who takes this homosexual serious

FIFA will see this as another Government interference.... and you know the consequence.

Dalung Declares NFF Elections Illegal


The minister of youth and sports development Solomon Dalung has dissociated himself from Thursday’s Nigeria football federation elections.

Dalung described the election as illegal based on the Supreme Court ruling of April 27 which ordered that the case over leadership tussle in the NFF be relisted at the federal high court JOS.

http://aitonline.tv/post-dalung_declares_nff_election_illegal


Buhari why have you given us this kind of person as a Sports minister? Can't you fire him and save us all of these embarasments?

Earthquake1:
Hey Hey

Stop with the Edo thing

Just stop..

Hahaha, exactly last weekend it was a case of Anioma vs Igbo origin, Today own na Edo vs Yoruba origin.

But bros calm down, you may learn a few more things you know... Are you Edo?

daveP:
I disagree. Edo is a subset if the Yoruba nation.

Are you saying in terms of historical origin or the present political setting?

safarigirl:
you disagree with an indigene of Edo state?

I have met with Edo people that have Yoruba names and don't speak the language, it is actually normal for them.

That is it. ITK people. They will want to teach you about your own ethnic group. They will go and pick up one skewed write-up from some where and start commenting what they know little or nothing about.

I have so many Edo friends that bear Yoruba names but are not Yorubas, though most of them that I know speak Yoruba. They are mostly from Edo North (Afemai) I also know an Esan(Edo Central) man that bears a Yoruba name.

Nigerians disgracing themselves every where.

Danielnino00:
Bro, I just tire oo..
Moses was actually being pampered in the national team.. Not many coaches would have tolerated his habit of pulling out of games and arriving late to camp like our past coaches did.. I remember when Mikel was suspended from the national team at one time for that kind of behavior..
There was no issue or hint of a rift between him and the NFF or his teammates.

Yes, Moses was a major attacking force in the SE. But all of a sudden he choses to retire prematurely. Yet some peeps here will not let him be. We will miss him but we can always move on please.

komekn:
I don't condone that kind of behaviour either.

This guy has been a committed top class consistent performer for the SE over the past few years.

In a place now integrity and honour they should really be engaging with him to discover. Why such an outstanding player who us only 27 should be talking of retirement when he has at least 5 years to play for the SE.



But no there has been silence �.

You talk as if anybody forced him into retirement.

Dude said he wants to retire and focus on his family is that one the fault of the Nigerian fans again?


....and engaging with him to discover what? '' Corruption''?

komekn:
Agreed you have to have the thick acid defying skin of a crocodile and the heart of a Lion.

And plenty binding and casting because it's only God that can preserve you.


The number of excellent players who dir not make it because if corruption are simply uncountable. I am noy about Nigeria but England.

You think it's only Nigeria the difference corruption is very clandestine, hidden and subtle here it's rife.

Mbok you say wetin? All this because you live in Nigeria? (In Okon's voice)

Abasi Mbok o....!

komekn:
Its not the physique i look at but the face, and its not scientific.


However, using the Naija approach they will its the difference between Ajekpako and Ajebutter.

Like you said your approach is not scientific yet you are always so quick to down play the success rate of the MRI.

So which is now more reliable? Your crude unscientific method or a scientificically proven method with accuracy result of about 90%? Huh?

komekn:
You have made the assumption implying that they are of unquestionable integrity and will never be involved in anything corrupt.


Football in England is intrinsically cleanly and corporately corrupt. If not for the indictments by the US justice department we may not have known the depth of corruption in FIFA.

This being the case , what do you think is going on in the NFF, Sunday school ethics.

I never made that assumption. Did I not say there is no perfect society anywhere? YOU CANNOT 100% STAMP OUT CORRUPTION IN ANY SYSTEM CONTROLED BY HUMANS!

If you find yourself in any system, you just try as much as possible to play your role and pass over to next man who may not do justice as much as you have done from your own part. But what can you do?

We know there is corruption in the NFF, we also know there are some elements of corruption in the Super Eagles coaching crew. But like I said it is everywhere in the world. You cannot sit and what you do all day is accuse the NFF and Nigeria of being corrupt. The only thing a player can do is to beat the system. If you are exceptional u do not need to give bribes to any coach for you to be invited because every coach wants to achieve results. This is the same mindset those of us that are courageous enough to remain in Nigeria and earn a living have developed. Man -no- Man or not you can still beat the system and achieve your set goals and target.

Humility017:
I mean Isaac success of Watford

His full name is Success Ajayi Isaac.

Born in Benin City, Yes. But I doubt he is Yoruba because hardly do Yorubas bear a name like Success. They may bear Isaac though. They hardly even bear two English names.
They typically always want at least one of their native names to appear to show their roots. Eg: he would have been Success Ajayi or Ajayi Isaac. Seems one of Success' parent is Yoruba though. Not sure either cos Akoko-Edo part of Edo state bear Yoruba names too.

BascoVanVeli:
Keshi picked his players it had nothing to do with 5 spots. I never have asked for any designated spots but that doesn't mean players should get completely overlooked. Yesterday we had only 2 players participate in the Europa league and they were Alex Iwobi and Stephen Odey. Going by your comment he should be in India by now.

The two Samuels also played last night: Kalu and Chukwueze.

AIG07:
what exactly is responsible for such growth pattern in Black African Athletes... Thank God we watched him play and knew how small and frail he looked just under 3years.Thesame guy that will fall under the slightest touch don grow into giants. Tomorrow some group will be telling us that His first daughter just got married... Mtcheew...

Well, some will say hardship but when you look at players like Lukaku, Pogba and even Aina you will not say hardship is responsible for they looking older than their age. Chukwueze, Isaac Success and Uzoho developed in Europe so you wont say their own too is hardship.


If you pick an average 19 years old student and an average 19 years old footballer you will hardly agree they are of same age.

I think it has to do more with how the body system of a black young man responds to athletic exercises. Take a look at the body build of Black track and Filed athletes compared to those of the whites. Look at boxers and wrestlers too. This type of muscle build are also evident on the faces of these black athletes which makes them look older. Muscle chicks bones and what have you.

komekn:
First of all its IMPOSSIBLE to get evidence of age cheating in Nigeria. Because there is no AUTOMATIC BIRTH DATA CAPTURE. That means we rely on declaration of age.

I have been involved and associated with academies in Nigeria. And within the business model is age cheating. Admittedly it's not as bad as it used to be.


But Shaving off 2-4 years is almost routine depending on what age group.

With regards to looks I have met personally quite a lot of our youth players. Predominantly in Europe and primarily in England, up close and personal.

We have always used the assumption that hard life in Nigeria makes our players look much older. This may be true. I don't know.

MRI is not conclusive but indicative.

I look more at our cultural norms and values that pervade through every facet of life in Nigeria. Go to the local market and you want to buy a bucket of cray fish only to discover there are three buckets compressed into one. Our police and our public institutions are corrupt even out churches are not without blemish.

Then you want to say, however, where football is concerned, there is zero corruption and everybody tells the truth. That's being Delusional. If there is a way to cheat the system right or wrong 85% of Nigerians will take that option.

However, the blame doesn't lie with the player alone. But a system that attaches more value too youth in European football than actual ability . That Youth is equated to considerable monetary value and the big denominator OPPORTUNITY. If your 23 or 25 the door in football in Europe can be closed to you.

As a result many players have had exceptional careers that would have been blighted if thay had used thier true ages. People like Asamoah Gyan, Eto, Taribo, Kanu etc, etc

In Nigeria people offer judges inducement lecturers harass students and students harass lecturers and university staff to gain unfair advantage. Either with sexual inducement for females and the threat of death by Cultists.

Who is to blame ❓ ❓ ❓ that matter, get as Eéeeeeee be.


We ask for change when we the people are not prepared to change. So our change if you can call it that is never TRUE. The leaders of a people often reflect the people.

Firstly, the bolded is my point exactly.

Nigeria for today is what it is.

We will not say we will stop selecting players born in Nigeria due to the lack of Birth Data-base.

There is no perfect society any where. The corruption u always shout about is also right there before you in the UK.

The NFF or our youth coaches cannot solve the problem of morale decadence or corruption in the society. We can only make best use of the situation we find ourselves. Thank God the MRI is in place now at the U17 level. That has helped to a large extent. The coach of U20/U23 Team cannot drop any player based on mere perception. However, if there is any discrepancy in the Data of a player as regards age, that is when the coach can drop the player.

komekn:
Else what ❓

They would say he has a 17 years old son

ChrisKels:
Dis boy dun grow oo, he looks thicker and more mature. Very good player. Abeg Chuks go comot that Bush wey dey ur head mbok

That is why I often come out in defence of some of these players that we call age cheats just based on their looks. Active sports makes Black teenagers and boys in their early 20s look seemingly older than their age.


Dont get me wrong. I am not saying there is no age cheating in our football system but it is not as prevalent as most people term it to be.
Due to my relative closeness to the Nigerian football circles I know some of these players (some present and past) one on one. I saw some of them grow up. I know some of their siblings. A current Super Eagles Player is a distant cousin of mine. I know all his siblings and so when people tag him among those that falsify their age I just shake my head.


Just during the last World Cup I know how hard I tried, outside here, to defend Uzoho's age especially when that fake story of he wishing his 17 years old son a Happy Birthday came up. Look at Isaac Success, had he not gone through that same MRI people would say he is above 30 years already. See also how grown Awoniyi is. I posted a picture I took when I visited the Golden Eaglets camp in 2012 and we saw how small Awoniyi was then. The fact that he even wrote WAEC same year he played U17 is a testament of he being the age he claims he is.


I decided, a few days back to re-watch the official FIFA highlights of Nigeria's 2013 Golden Eaglets and I saw how small, not just how young, those boys were compared to now. They were very obviously in their formation age then.


We need to thread softly with this age cheating accusations. As I often say: I am against age cheating and if we find any concrete evidence of any player guilty of it we should not hesitate in forwarding it to the appropriate quarters.

Good Morning all.

19 years old Samuel Chukwueze. Thank God he went through the MRI else....

Unai Emery has succeeded in converting Iwobi into a full Winger. He now plays differently from how he played under Wenger.

DrLikita12:
Pinnick relected with 34/44 votes
Akinwunmi returns as First Vice President with 42/44 votes
Ifeanyi Ubah pulls out and Gusau returns unopposed as Chairman of Chairmen

Mohammed Sani Katu (Chairman of the Electoral Committee) says they will be sworn in today in front of the CAF/FIFA representatives.
Dalung claims he is unaware of the elections, he only knows about the supreme court ruling
Giwa has obtained a court order to stop the elections according to some reports.

Stewpid illiterate

Rockyrascal:
that should be huuuum!...H.onyekuru

but just few Nigeria players and their clubs are present in this year's UCL competition.

True and very sad indeed.

ChrisKels:
That's true though we dont know how far they have gone with that

Maybe. Keeping fingers crossed.

ChrisKels:
Do u think the paper works will come through within such a short period of time?

Very unlikely more so as this must be sorted out before Rohr releases his list which we should expect as from next week.

jihday:
I think the 2001 set too was bad, they had Opabunmi, sambo, Akpan, Omonigho, I think there's a certain shuaibu too. they all faded out. don't think any of them played for super eagles aside from Opabunmi and that was in 2002 just a year after please correct me if I'm wrong I can barely remember their names

You are right. We also had Segun Abiodun, Moses Ayuba, Victor Brown, Emmanuel Baba (My elder brother saw this one playing football on the streets of Dutse, Jigawa in 1999 and advised him to try to get registered with a club. He soon after joined Jigawa Golden stars)

edi287:
But na age we dey talk about egbon. That set was crazy hence why Westerhof said what he did, but the 09 set rivals them imo.
We should be thanking God for MRI.

At least from that 09 set we still have Omeruo, Onazi, Kayode and Ajagun still balling. There was selective MRI for that 09 set.
Did you see the 93 and 2001 sets?

'' Use of the National Identification Number'' to do what mbok?

dbos11:
Please who is orthega abi wetin she call herself

Orthagonal nko?

faithdinno:
Francisca Ordega admits she regrets playing for Nigeria’s senior women national team.
The USA-based forward, said she would have opted for another country if there was a chance, because of the lack of support for women’s football in Nigeria.

Ordega was part of the Super Falcons team, that won a record 10th African Women Cup of Nations last weekend.


“If I had not played for Nigeria at the full international level, trust me I would have played somewhere else,” she told African football.

“The U17 and U20 teams have been blamed for the performances at their recent World Cups, but they were poorly prepared for these competitions.

“If this continues, Nigeria will soon cease to be a force in Africa because there will be no future Super Falcons.”

The Falcons are currently in Abuja, waiting to receive their bonuses from the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF).

source:http//sportjyst..com

At first bolded, there was no African Women Championship that was concluded last weekend. The last one was almost two years ago now. So this is Old News.


On second bolded if she doesn't appreciate playing for Nigeria, she should have played elsewhere like? She think say she fit smell jersey for USA, China, France, Germany, Spain and co? She for kuku switch to Ghana naa.


Women football globally has not received the kind of support Men's football has received. She should not blame God either for making her a woman and not a man.

Danielnino00:
Apologize indeed .. He will only apologize when his career doesn't go the right way..
All these foreign born players have the ambition of playing for their country of birth.unfortunately, a lot of them.are just average and not good enough for the team... The wise ones like Aina,Ekong and Ebuehi picked Nigeria cus we would give them the chance to boost their careers... the rest are just playing hide and seek with.us.. Still waiting for their career to hit the right path so their country of birth can give them a look in..


Tammy belongs to another class... The class of Agbolahor,Onuoha,Ibe and Sam... They allowed the media hype get into their head and threw away the chance of representing Nigeria and upgrading their careers...


well.. its not.too late for Tammy to.apologise... But will Nigerians accept him??

Well if he makes an apology no wahala. We can consider him but on merit.