₦airaland Forum

TheSuperNerd:
Op, all this as news and no list abi?

Anyway, here is the list:


Goalkeepers: John Ikedinachukwu Amah, Joseph John Essien, Joseph Ayomide Oluwabusola

Defenders: David Akulo Ishaya, Sunday Cletus Odey, Clement Chigozie Ikenna, Sani Abacha Suleiman, Muhammad Ibrahim, Adam Agba’a Mustapha

Midfielders: Samson Okikiola Tijani, Hassan Hussaini, Saviour Johnson Isaac, Olatomi Alfred Olaniyan, Peter Agba, Babatunde Jimoh Akinsola, Ibraheem Olalekan Jabaar, Akinwunmi Ayobami Amoo

Forwards: Oluwatimilehin Lawrence Adeniyi, Olakunle Olusegun Junior, Favour Akem.


Below is a picture of one of the lads, Favour Akem with Ex-U17 star, Victor Osimhen in 2015.

Tomorrow now some people will say Favour Akem already had 3 children when he played U17.

See some Olodos already calling them age cheats.

TheSuperNerd:
What kind of Move is this?

End time move. That is the kind of move.
Yes, end time to his national team career.

ChrisKels:
have u seen Mali, Zaire and Guinea?

Zaire still be country name?

tbaba1234:
Chidi Nwakali has joined rakow czestochowa of Poland second tier.

This one is just going lower and lower every year

BascoVanVeli:
How many goals were the golden boot winners scoring?

So that is the yardstick with which u have concluded that the NPFL is at its best now?

No need for this argument sef.

BascoVanVeli:
Numbers never lie.

Which numbers?
Did you follow the league in the 1990s and early 2000s?
What are you even saying sef? Please don't say this your opinion outside of here o.

charlesemeka85:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRUvy7M25Ls i think this kid will be a steal frm england if he plays for us. he seems more ready than nwakali. reminds me so much of a young paul pogba when he came through Untd's youth team

His footworks are almost like those of Kanu Nwankwo.

BascoVanVeli:
The NPFL right now is the best that Nigeria has ever seen boss. How can u call a league that 10 goals get you a golden boot something to write home about. The league is more competitive than ever and we were actually getting things together until this issue.

When have Nigerian clubs ever had a sustained dominance on the continent? How many matches like Heartland Vs Pillars have we had in our history? Can u compare that to Zamalek and Al Ahly or even TP Mazembe and AS Vita? These clubs are parading National team players but we can barely keep a lad for 1 month so he can play CHAN. Then our clubs are ran by some people who only want to put money in pocket, Mozambique have players from so many countries in their league but we barely go past Ghana and Benin Republic in search of players.

You say what? The best now!!?

Abeg when did you start following the Nigerian league?

BascoVanVeli:
My good doctor I don't agree, why on earth did we have a world cup break? I am sure Enyimba were not going to miss Ezenwa that much that a whole league should be shutdown. Now they are telling us that the league has ended because bla bla bla and all of it amounts to utter stewpidity and incompetence. We have till October 15 then why not shorten the amounts of games you need to play instead of embarrassing us like this? There are people like myself who actually spend their time and money to support these clubs and this is a slap on all our faces. If this judgment stands I will find it hard to take Nigerian football serious again but I am sure it wont with one Ifeanyi Ubah FC part of the relegated sides.

See Basco I don't think you are a follower of the league like I used to.

Do you know I used to embark on over an hour interstate journey from Akwa-Ibom to Aba to be with Enyimba each time they were playing at home?

Such was my passion. I even became a volunteer among the back room staff, and was later placed on stipends. I attended trainings. That was how close I was to Enyimba and the NPFL.That was the era of Coach Ikhana and Okey Emordi. That was the glory years of the indomitable Enyimba with Enyeama and Ayenugba as our top men in between the sticks, players like Romanus Ojinta, Muri Ogunbiyi, Ndidi Anumunu, Onyekachi Okonkwo, Obinna Nwaneri, Emeka Nwanna, Okemiri Ogbonna, Joetex Frimpong, Michael Ochei, just to name some.

Also that period Julius Berger was also doing very well. Dolphins also stepped up to challenge Enyimba's dominance. Rangers and Iwuanyawu were also ever present as potential spoilers.

Sunday 4pm was "all roads lead to the Aba Township stadium". All jam packed especially for those continental matches.

But all those fun fair is gone!

Even my Enyimba went on a downward spiral. Gradually my interest faded away, also because I am into something else entirely now.

Even if I watch any NPFL game now it can only be the one involving Enyimba. I would rather my TV be on cartoon Network than to Watch a game like Wikki Tourist vs Go round FC.

CAF have recently taken away two continental tickets from us and giving them to Mozambique! Mozambique!! of all countries!

The NPFL has been on a downward spiral but I think this is the trough of it all.

I finally give up on them.

DrLikita12:
I think you should blame Giwa. The NPFL needs to submit the names of the teams participating in CAF competitions by October 15th. Even playing two matches a week there's no way they can meet up. I would have suggested they play a few more games, but it still would not add up to 38.
They also had a meeting with all the teams so I think majority of them must have agreed with this decision.

Now the issue still is why would they always start the league late all the time. Serious leagues all over the world end before the Summer break.

OK watch out and see, rather than to start a new season in earnest they will remain inactive till February next year.

And what happens to the NNL? Are they also going to end abruptly so that they can immediately promote the top 4 teams in case the NPFL would want to start a new season immediately? Cos the new NPFL season cannot start without the newly promoted teams from the NNL.

I really feel sorry for those 4 teams that will be relegated. They probably thought they had 14 games to fight for and remain in contention.

This is a record breaking mess. Unheard of anywhere in the world.

And as for that man called Giwa and his scout master Dalung. May the God of Nigerian soccer judge them both.

The NPFL has just declared Lobi stars League champions after just 24 matches out of 38.

What a joke of a league. I finally give up on their matter.

This Kelechi Nwakali name wey appear for list don cause too much kata-kata here sef.

Because of his name on that list we have been hearing this and that player should have merited the list and not him.

"We have better players who should be on that list". OK name the players naa...... "Taye Taiwo, Ramon Azeez, Efe Ambrose, Rabiu Ibrahim, Abdul Ajagun" today now dem don add Silvester Igboun(sounding like my school drum tha year)Lol ...

Abeg the kind laff I laff yesterday I no fit laff am again today o.

kellycute:
lol.. nor worry that guy wey be akwa united fan dey come for you. Lol

Dem fit near us?

We are the Babas of the NPFL naa

andrew444:
Djibouti

Or even Somali

tbaba1234:
For UFA, he has been playing on the left throughout this season. That has been his main position.

Last season, he only played as an attacking midfielder in one game. He played mainly as a center forward or on the left. That explains the goal return.

In 3 years, Igboun has played the Attacking Midfield role 2 times.

Silvester Igboun, one of those Oliseh's boys. Well, you have said it all about his chances.

andrew444:
Lol
Zimbabwe

Why not Zanzibar? OK o.

komekn:
Unguarded shameless divisive bigoted prejudiced.

To make such a conclusion based on your parochial unfounded assumptions smacks of crass ignorance.

Nigerian are Nigerians irrespective of where they are born.

But why do you take this foreign born thing this personal?

Honestly, this kind of response wasn't necessary. You are a Senior member of this group. No give somebody room to drag you on the floor o.

andrew444:
That's true
During Olise time I don't really follow the eagles sha
But during Olise time I think he his still in Denmark then

You didn't really follow eagles during Oliseh's time?
So which team were you following? Black stars or Bafana Bafana?

ChrisKels:
Lol no fear, I nogo go there.


Back to soccer, don't u think Enyimba should try to increase the quality of their Jersey as they just did their turf? That Jersey too ugly and inferior abeg, the design, color, material na whack.

Menn...I noticed that Jersey too. Looks like something straight off an Aba factory. Lol..

But that is NPFL standard naa. Na so all there jerseys poor too.

But Enyimba being the only professional club should try and Improve on it sha. Hahaha.

ChrisKels:
Lol Icon4s I know u more than u can ever Imagine oo. If to say here no be pub forum, I for tell u ur real names. When last did u c Uche Okechukwu sef?

O boy no go there o.... Even though I am not so sure you know me reach like that.

Well as for "De Uche"( as those of us younger than him fondly call him) I last saw him at my Late Dad's funeral just few years back. Although we still communicate on social media. He runs an academy right there in Abia.

ChrisKels:
Uche Ikpeazu, the battering ram is looking good here oo, but Hey! It's the Scotish league, nothing really special though his team tops the Table. This is one bullish youth sensation that couldn't make a step up from youth football to men/professional football while in England. Dude was a total fiasco in England at all division, hence he was somewhat a journey man moving from one tier 2&3 club to another on loan without any success. He showed promises growing up just like a certain Chuba Akpom but these two are yet to prove themselves professionally to deserve any look in for the national team. I wish him the best even with his awkward surname(Ikpeazu) that I guess is causing him hard luck.

Icon4s na ur village boy be this ooo.

Ur brother wey get same name dun do civil servants 30, back home. Dude dey owe workers like die

O boy, how you take know?

Okezie Ikpeazu na my brother o.

Odunayaw:
I say amen to this! Full synthetic should be relegated to NNL sides

meanwhile, Enyimba did a poor job with the lightning, patches of darkness here and there and no lights in the stands

I noticed the poor lightings too both on the pitch and in the stands. For the lighting in the stands, I understand it is because finishing touches are still being made which includes the lighting at the stand. But for the flood lights mennn... they really need to do something about it. Either by providing more flood light stands or by changing the lighting bulbs of the existing ones.

andrew444:
Sorry bro musa will always be called up because he keeps on performing even if he is at Saudi Arabia

You don't know better than the coach,the coach understand the player move to that country league

If a Brazil and a Portugal and a Belgium can take Chinese based players to the World Cup then who are we ?

Brazil named their recent squad for the friendlies and I can still find Renato Augusto in the team who is a Chinese based

My brother, some times the way some people analyse things here dey weak body.

Please can the NPFL order that all the NPFL stadiums' pitches with synthetic grass be converted to the kind of hybrid pitch we have at the Enyimba stadium?

Men the balls were just rolling to the instructions of the kickers. No bumpiness, no slowing down due to drag by the pitch, no sand patches. Plus it rained heavily 2 hours before kick off and only stopped 1 hour before kick off time, yet no single sign of water on the pitch.

At a point in the game I forgot I was even watching a game involving a Nigerian club being played at an NPFL venue.

This order might not be immediate. They can be given a 2-3 years ultimatum. Any venue that does not have the natural grass or hybrid synthetic pitch must not be used for the league games.

sorepco:
My dear university is not about writing exams. Its about gaining knowledge.u c....when i was in skool i had a teacher who would test us for our exams thus:

Full term class attendance 15%.
Participation and engaging in class 15%
Assigments for the term 30%
Final term and mid term exams 40%


You see? Just attending all of 1 semester exam you ve already 15% pass!!!

Oga I don't know which University that is. The University I attended it is statutory that CA carries 30% and Exams 70%. It is not left at the discretion of any lecture.

If you like use only attendance as CA, exam must be 70%. Sometimes even 100% where there is no CA.

ElChidi:
Examination is not the best test of knowledge, it's the best test of cramming

So what should be the best test of knowledge for students?

Truidstar:
1. English Premiership
2. English Championship
3. German Bundesliga
4. German 2nd Division
5. Spanish La Liga
6. Spanish 2nd Division
7. Italian Serie A
8. French Ligue 1
9. Belgian pro division
10. Portuguese league
11. Turkish league
12. Dutch Erevedisie

This is where the bulk of players should be selected from. If the NFF Technical Committee knows their job (I stand to be corrected) They should tell Rohr to pick his players from the leagues above. A player who decides to go to China or Saudi Arabia is putting himself first before the National Team.
The NFF should set up a data center to monitor players in the above leagues. Players will be invited based on stats related to performance and not on sentiments.

Bros these things are not cast in stone. Players selection cannot be automated. The coaching crew will always invite players based on their discretion.

safarigirl:
The EFL has been good to Nigerians this weekend

Icon4s, when Arsenal dey play?

Yeah Freddie Ladapo also scored for Plymouth but they still lost 3-2 to Millwall.

As for Arsenal, they have been drawn-by, alongside other big guns, for this stage.

ChrisKels:
The boy is balling big time according the bbc live text coverage. He just narrowly missed a couple shots and has won 2 freekicks. Isaac don vex o!

I just pray for an injury-free season. Dude is already with the right gear.

Not the right gear yet. We still need him to increase the gear.

ChrisKels:
Nawa for u oo. Na today I begin call for Success call up? Something I started since I saw his solid preseason workouts and matches. Abeg get ur facts right biko

OK, though I didn't see your earlier calls for success but players are not just called up like that.

He has been out for quite some time and every reasonable manager will want to see him in league or cup action before taking any decision and not just a preseason display.

BascoVanVeli:
This was how they started off. Didn't you see Mfon cutting in from the flanks?

But Bashir looked more like he was playing from the Wings. Although I also saw Udoh cutting more from the right.

Well, the coach knows his players and tactics.

ChrisKels:
Only Rohr can tell why he chose misses Ighalo over this rejuvenated Success.

Yes he once messed up but he owned up to it and decided to discipline himself, hence, got his groove back, so I don't know why we are so blind to see that kid is now a different(positive) figure and should be out there with his mates. He merits it

Just because he started a game today?

The way una dey call for inclusion of players here sef.

Somebody will soon blame Rohr for not taking Success to the WC.