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cafcup:
See pictures of the 6 stadiums that will host the African Cup of Nations 2019 in Cameroon.

Source: https://www.cafcup.com/2018/08/cameroon-african-cup-of-nations-stadiums.html

Can we please see the actual pictures of the stadiums?

solonnachi:
Great analysis. Let's now get ready to face either Ghana or Niger in the semis.

I tip Ghana and Togo. They both need a 1-1 draw.

Both teams can secretly strike a deal. Hahaha.

tbaba1234:
Are we through to the next round?

Yes


Nig: 3pts, +3GD
B/ Faso: 3pts, +1GD.
CIV: 0pt, -4GD

If B/Faso draw or beat CIV with any margin, we are through as 2nd best.

If CIV beat B.Faso by 1,2,3,4,5,or 6 we are still through because the most CIV can end up with any of this margin win is 3pts, +2GD.We are through and top the group.

Just like above If B.Faso loses by 1,2,3,4,5, or 6 goals Margin they will end up at worsr on 3pts -5GD. We are through as group winners

If CIV win by 7 or more goals margin we are through but CIV tops the group.

Even if head to head is involved by if CIV wins B/Faso. All 3 teams are level on head to head and we refer to the GD factor as explained above.

So any which ways we are through.

Abi which other combination of permutations remains?

DrLikita12:
Could you please provide a link?

u can follow here also:https://mobile.twitter.com/hashtag/GoldenEaglets?src=hash

Nigeria still pilling in more pressure even though they lead 2:0. CIV don die today.

Ngr 2:0 CIV. 10mins

solonnachi:
That's what I'm interested in now. Any info?

The game has just kicked off at 4:30

safarigirl:
lol.......funny enough we will probably laugh over a lot of things. My only problem with him is football-related, I hope his hypocrisy remains only in such realms

Lol at the bolded.

I don't know if he is married. But people like you and him can end up as husband and wife.


..................yeh! see your admirers chasing me already.

safarigirl:
the guy is too good for EPL ....Championship is all that matters, that's where the best players in the world ply their trade.

That moment when safarigirl meets face to face with Komekn.

solonnachi:
The Golden Eaglets face Ivory Coast U17 in a win or burst encounter by 4pm. This is their last chance. Wishing them all the best sha...

No shaking. We will follow the game. The boys need to give a fight of their lives cos their future as footballers depend a lot on it.

It is make or burst for them.

The wrist watch go tell you what time it is in heaven?

destiro:
How will they have potholes when the roads are almost empty?

Exactly. Empty streets.

Where are all the people and traffic of this Town?

charlesemeka85:
wait ooooo, oga you are you insinuating that ajayi gave egunje to some nff officials or rohr for him to get a call up? nawa for you oooooo!

To him every player in that SE team gave egunje before being invited.

If Aluko is invited today, "he has also given egunje".

There are some people that will not just let go and always complain and point accusation fingers.

tbaba1234:
Sarenren Bazee back to training

This is one injury no dey finish?

Danielnino00:
That would mean Omeruo at right back.. Awazeim and Balogun at CB

A 4-4-1-1 might just b what we need..

GK- Uzoho

RB- Omeruo
LB- Idowu
CB- Balogun
CB- Awazeim

DM- Ndidi
CM- Etebo

LW - Onyekuru
RW- Kalu

SS- Iheanacho

CF- Musa/Simmy/Ighalo

That is the beauty of this team. The versatility.

Firstly, it is NOT LIKELY that both Onyekuru and Kalu will start.
With the absence of key players Rohr may want to go for 4-4-2 or 4-3-3.

I am looking at a 4-3-3 with a front line that look like:

..............Ighalo(CF)
Musa(LWF)..............Iheanacho(RWF)
................Etebo(AM)


But if we go for a 4-4-2 we may have:

..........Ighalo(CF)
..................Iheanacho/Musa(SS)
Onyekuru/Kalu(LW)...........Musa/Iheanacho(RW)

.....................Etebo(CM)

The first selection will ensure we have 3 core midfielders: Etebor, Ndidi, Ogu/Onazi/Joel

But the 2nd formation means we'll have just 2 Core midfielders.

If I am in a position to chose I wold rather go for the first option of 4-3-3. This will ensure more control at the centre and also ensure we have 3 forwards attacking the opposition. Kalu and Onyekuru may be second half subs. I would love to see Rohr introduce Onyekuru in either the CF or SS position. Remember we also have Simmy. The score-line and dynamics of the game will determine the substitutions to make.


Finally, i totally agree with your back line.

Niger played another Goalless draw today.

Nig 0:0 Ghana.

Ghana and Togo just need to play a 1-1 draw or any other score draw and they both qualify. Their fair play record will determine who tops the group in that case.

tbaba1234:
There will be no replacements for injured Alex Iwobi, William Ekong and Ola Aina

Well, the versatility of the remaining members of the team will need to be harnessed here.

gamaliel9:
They should know more than those of us here in this forum...the world has become small...how come members of this forum unearth players of these caliber...and they are not even invited or scouted...u21 is not a joke ooooo...the media should show their hand oo...otherwise i may start thinking like forgiveness here....

Aigbogun has so many foreign based players on his roaster (not just foreign born). But it is likely he prosecutes the AYC with predominantly home based players due to the unavailability of foreign based players at that time of the year.

However, the U20 WC is held at the end of the season and so we expect a lot of New blood, mostly foreign based, in the team.

We just need to scrap through the AYC first. I don't even mind if we finish 4th. Let us just be among the top 4 finishers and then you will see the real team for the WYC proper.

Opponents watch;

Libya 5:1 Seychelles.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iN90GLC6vmA

damiloladuke:
The 72 students of a Nigerian school in Kenya, Caritas Mariana Secondary School in Thika, were sent home after the institution was closed over allegations of sexual abuse and extreme religious practices.

The school that is run by a Nigerian priest is now embroiled in damning allegations that also include drug abuse and employment of unregistered teachers.

It is not the first time that Fr. Bertrand Maria Nwachukwu, who is in charge of the Caritas Mariana mission, has been linked to a controversial saga involving school children.

In 2016, Kiambu County officials raided a primary school and a children’s home run by his organisation after one of the pupils died and separate claims emerged of sexual molestation.

He responded by writing a protest letter accusing government officials of malice.

On Wednesday, Thika Sub-County Director of Education Ronald Mbogo said the allegations against the Caritas Mariana Secondary School in Thika are ” very serious”.

Mbogo said he received reports from an anonymous source who also claimed that the school employed unregistered teachers.

He revealed that a team from the Sub-County education office carried out investigations and later recommended immediate closure of the school after substantiating the damning allegations.

Education ministry officials have since initiated transfer of the students to neighbouring schools.

In an unexpected twist of events, parents joined the school management in claiming that the ministry has “ulterior motives”.

They are accusing the officials of being behind a ploy to grab the land on which the school in Thika is built.

“Parents are now stranded with their children at home and have nowhere to take them. Why did the officials close the school in the middle of the year? This is against the ministry’s policy,”Henry Ngure said.

Ngure, who is the Parents Teachers Association (PTA) chairman, insisted that move has jeopardised the fate of 10 KCSE candidates who failed to get admission into other schools.

Education officials have however indicated that names of the said students have been forwarded to the ministry and further assured parents that their children would be catered for.

The school director John Mwaura has since denied the allegations and even refutes the report from the ministry that investigations were conducted.

https://lailasnews.com/nigerian-school-in-kenya-closed-over-sexual-abuse-allegations/

lalasticlala

See that ''Olodo'' wey dey shine teeth there say dem don close down school.

Who just "mess" for field here now?

gamaliel9:
Strong inclusions....Is there a way or a link to send these names to NFF in case they are in the dark? Can we bombard their email or AIGBOGUN S EMAIL with this footballers? In short who has Aigbogun s email here...? I want to start

No need for that. I mean....it is not appropriate. Just post your recommendations here or on any other popular fora. Nairaland is one of most read online sites in Nigeria.

Paul Aigbogun has a media team and of course they read.

andrew444:
I doubt say him go see this players

He go rather call over age men from NPFL

You obviously have not been following up with developments with the Team.

BascoVanVeli:
That was why I said there must be more to it but it is the FA boss they arrested not the coach so your guess is as good as mine.

Sorry, the FA boss I meant to say.

BascoVanVeli:
That is harsh na. We lose players to MRI every year. There must be more to it than that.

You don't know exactly what must have transpired. I understand an investigation was carried out first before this decision was taken.
The FA boss may have been involved in some shady deals and released some kind o fake MRI results.

Icon79:
Unless he got mad for being called out on the stinkers he had in Russia

Has anyone been able to confirm Alex Iwobi's injury yet? Because he didn't show any signs of injuries the last time I watched him vs Chelsea.


O pari

He also played against West Ham.

He was confirmed ill ahead of their last game against Cardiff.

BascoVanVeli:
Score Nigeria‏ @ScoreNigeria1

Following Following @ScoreNigeria1

#u17afconq AGE SCANDAL: Ex #Benin FA boss Anjorin thrown into prison, top officials suspended

Way to go for a country that is really into fighting corruption.

No time for nonsense.

TheGoodJoe:
I disagree with scrapping the steps gained because I believe in continuity. Spain promoted players like Isco, Thiago and Morata repeatedly until they got to the senior team, along with the manager, Josep Lopetegui. The idea of screening, selecting and promoting players is brilliant. What hampers it is mismanagement of the continuity. We need to emphasize on even stricter screening exercises as the team progresses and a systematic dropping of the U17 players. Keep in mind the U17 has chances of producing players within the right age brackets too.

The U17 team should remain the baseline and with stricter screening and selection, we push towards making the team far stronger.

I am not saying scrapping any step. Promote them to go compete at the U20. If they have the exceptional abilities they will still excel. No automatic shirts.

U17 is the baseline but we should not sleep on that and keep promoting players to Super Eagles based on U17 Performances. They need to prove their worth also at U20.

For us to have regular supplies of players for the Super Eagles we need to take the U20 more seriously. That is my point.

TheGoodJoe:
By the way, the Argentine, Brazilian, Mexico, Chile etc may not have leagues as developed as the Europeans but what they have is a league that generates and produces young stars in high magnitude.

A good example is the Brazilians. We can not compare the EPL or Spanish League to develop the kind of youngsters as the Brazilian League. From time, the top players from Brazil like Ronaldo, Denilson, Robinho, Kaka, were top players in their 16-18 years of age.

The likes of Pato, Jo, Willian, Anderson, Oscar, Coutinho, Neymar Ganso etc were popular in their home leagues at 16-17 years. Today, we are talking of Vinicius, Rodrygo, Allan who are popular in their home league from when they were 16-17 years.

Aguero at 16 was popular in his home League. Same with Tevez. If you check the likes of top stars from those countries, you will see their leagues play a big part in developing these talents.

We can not wear gloves in a hard way and just track and produce stars. If you say take the U20 more seriously, I agree but running down the U17 as the reason of our failure is what I totally disagree with. The other countries are well ahead of us.

I am not running the U17 down but instead emphasizing the need to take the U20 more seriously.
U17 players should not be promoted automatically to the U20 but must be made to go through the same screening exercise as the other U20 candidates. Let there be a level playing field. We should not make that mistake again of promoting the U17 players with their coach to the U20. He will be more loyal to his former U17 players and leave some other players who would have added more value. I always make reference to how Etebor and Ajayi were snubbed by Manu and his crew for the 2015 U20. The duo would have been great additions to the squad.

I am for talent discovery, I am for talent nurturing, I am for players development but what I am against is selective development.

You commented on our home league being a major factor for players development from U17 to U20 yes, true. But you were here when peeps on this forum were blasting Aigbogun for selecting NPFL players into his team. Where do we start picking the Nigerian based U20 players from? The academies?

Komekn just made a vital point about how Brazil exposes their young players early enough to the Brazilian leagues giving them the necessary exposure. Which also a common sight in Nigeria football where NPFL Teams have a couple of 16, 17 years olds on their roasters. Which I think is equally commendable.

In the last few years Nigeria has never lacked in the preponderance of players 18-20years of age. The problem is just that we have not been carrying out proper selections.

TheGoodJoe:
The difference between Nigeria and the teams you are mentioning above is that they have well developed structure outside the U17. They have outstanding leagues which adopts and help groom/promote these players.

The U17 is the fairest, balanced system we have to identify and nurture stars. However, developing a host of quality players will take factors like improving our home League, developing academies and encouraging our home League teams to recruit these youngsters. Then we can nurture a top U20 team. Until then, we continue using what we have.

Let me point out that the U17 and the academies are to identify talents, nurturing and development takes place afterwards, when they start signing professional contracts with their respective clubs . But note that not all the talents, for various reasons, will be opportuned to feature at the U17. So throwing the camp open to all at U20, rather than sticking to the previous U17, will affford us the opportunity of identifying more potentials but this time at the U20 level.

Yes development of Home league is a factor but note also that Argentina, Mexico and Brazil don't have leagues as developed as what we have in Europe but they still produce about the best players at U20.

The fact still remains that we do not take the U20 as serious as we are supposed to. We treat it with kids gloves. We think it is a competition for amateurs and academy players while it is a competition for young professionals. Our problems have been more from players selection.

Paul Aigbogun's team for instance could potentially achieve great things if he can really harness the best available players at that age level.

DrLikita12:
The last picture is the Lagos U15 team
This is the Remo U17 team (from their twitter handle)

Hmm... impressive but I would recon that 40-60 percentage of those lads in that pix will easily fail the MRI.
Good step in the right direction all the same.

Danielnino00:
Exactly what they want to do..

Small time now it will backfire.. West Africa has always been the backbone of Africa football outside the continent..

I saw where it was said that this U17 Zoning was to give opportunity to young players from East and Southern African sub-region the opportunity to get the necessary exposure.

I will see where this will take them to