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Keneking:
This would be reserved for Man-know-Man

Either family members of NLNG
Family members of British Council
Family members of locals working at British Embassy
Nigerian born UK citizens
Nigerians with long nose

Nonsense

See you. Olodo.

This is a kind of mentality that can set some1 back for life.

Benin and Umuahia are not bad.

Top on the list is going to work with sleepy eyes from lack of sleep due to baby's cry and feeding over night. My wife insisted on we staying in the same room to share the burden.

My mother inlaw came to my rescue after a while as she noticed my exhaustion from sleepless nights. I swapped room with her much to the frown on my wife's face.

komekn:
There are a number of players who are not proven who have been invited to the SE. So why not Odey or are we having a European bias against Nigerian home based players.

If Keshi could invite Obaobona and Mba who were a credit to the team why not Odey.

Keshi and Oliseh destroyed that team. They never invited the best.

There were players better than Obaobona and Mba that were ignored and who could have done better than those two.

TheSuperNerd:
It is like you don't get it.... Iheanacho leaving that CF role is not about whether he loses form or not or improves.... He has already shown he can deliver in the role of a CF... hasn't he?

But in the Super Eagles shirt, Osimhen, Tammy, And the other out-and-out no.9s rising will be too good to ignore... and Nacho's talents as a lethal AMF will come Into play to make our attack even more lethal, more dangerous and super fluid....

We will need to structure our Eagles based on our maximal strengths and that will mean Nacho eventually playing off a "fantastic" main striker as an SS or playing in the hole as the AMF... or in a 4-3-3 as the R-AMF otherwise called RWF.

Iheanacho has gradually been converted to a striker. He is no longer an AM. I am not saying Osimhen and Tammy should not be included in the team. They have to first prove they are better than the striker we currently have.

And as for that AM position dnt think it is so vacant that you can just throw Iheanacho from a striker's position and easily assign him the number 10 role. I am looking beyond Mikel now, Etebo and Iwobi would be capable replacement options in that position and so we can still maximise our strenght.

IMHO Tammy and Osimhen would have Iheanacho to contend with for a place in that starting 11.

TheSuperNerd:
Iheanacho won't be a 9 for us in the long run... I have always said that... he will revert to the 10 role and SS role in the Super Eagles shirt... so I didn't omit his name...


Well, Awoniyi is unfortunate... but Osimhen is not Awoniyi.... have Faith Chief Icon4s.... haba!!! you are allowing all the past debacles you have witnessed with exceptional young talents make you wary of this current generation and like I told you before.... I understand you... but you must have faith Sir... come on mehn!

Osimhen will have to prove he is better than Iheanacho in that CF position before we say we have to switch Iheanacho to an SS or AM. And you know what thay means: Osimhen has a lot to prove.

Except maybe u dnt expect Iheanacho to improve or mayb he loses form.

TheSuperNerd:
Potential on top future again?? ahn ahn!!!

Chief Icon4s... take am easy naa... small small naa....

Let the lad begin his Wolfsburg journey as you have already said... I understand Sir Terzurum's excitement and I am sure you do too....

We have seen the boy in action at U-23 level and we know what he brings to the table... but let him show again that he hasn't lost the lustre that makes him special......

So yes he is a potential... but no ordinary potential Chief Icon4s.... I see him as Possibly Nigeria's next super striker if he keeps his head in the game and his feet well grounded....
And ofcos how beautiful to know he will have the likes of Stephen Odey, Sadiq Umar, Tammy Abraham (after the u-20 WC) and a few others to emerge strongly for super competition...

Hahaha u guys should know my dispisition about these young players by now.

But among the list of 'super competition' you failed to mention the 'Manchester City striker' (in Rohr's voice). And let me tease you small: u also did not include Ur one time Super striker - Taiwo Awoniyi.

TheSuperNerd:
Oga mii..... abeg come make we go one corner first.... leave Chief Icon4s and him Experience crew... him wahala too much...




Yara Yara.... abeg send Sir Joebie TheGoodJoe's specially endorsed branded E-wine.... Your head dey there....

Did Ronaldo play a big role in 94? nope... but he was there and used the exposure to go on to bigger things..... I see where you are going with the Osimhen comparison....

But shaa ooo... as Chief Icon4s has said.... because he always has a point... experience always has a point... #fact

.... let Osimhen begin his professional journey already... because me sef I cannot wait...

Hahaha u and joebie are right abt the comparison with Ronaldo.

Was Ronaldo the heart beat of The Samba boys team in that 1994 WC? He was only a POTENTIAL future heart beat with high expectations on him.
He later lived up those expectations. Just like how Osimhen MAY be a POTENTIAL heart beat at Russia 2018.

As we have high expectations on Osimhen let us start seeing him living up to those expectations.

Joebie:
he will be to us what Ronaldo9 was to Brazil in 1994. Yes USA '94.

Let the boy start playing professional football let us see jare.

TheSuperNerd:
.....Near future heart beat....

See as you talk am like say the thing dey far sef....

Or is he the current heart beat of the Super Eagles as terzurum5 made it sound?

Infact, I was even liberal enough to say 'future heart'. It should be POTENTIAL future heart beat.

No automatic shirt for any player.

Joebie:
It's Rohr's call as regards who trains with the team. He is the coach, dont forget that.. Why the criticisms? We have a winning team. The SE is not a platform to launch players, but that for proven players. For now Odey has to prove himself at CHAN. That's what the coach has said. Shikina.

I don't know why this is too hard for some peeps to swallow.

terzurum5:
Yes Yes Yes The heart bit of Super Eagles attack is back
cc: TheSuperNerd

...future heart beat.

tbaba1234:
Osimhen (far right) back in training after his knee injury

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C9IQO10XcAAi991.jpg

This boy is growing taller and taller, evedince that he is of the right age.

BascoVanVeli:
This CHAN talk is weird. Odey has already refused a transfer to Russia, it would be naive to expect him at CHAN.

CHAN qualifiers and not the CHAN proper is what we are talking about. And that is in a few weeks time.

BascoVanVeli:
Honestly i was being sarcastic but he was talking about inviting him to be with the team when they are in Nigeria.

CHAN is there my brother.

Lets see him with the CHAN team.

Based on Logistics u cannot not just send Odey to London just to train with the Eagles.

Based also on Logistics we can assess him better here in the CHAN team.

BascoVanVeli:
MFM can pay for all that just like Ifeanyi Ubah did for his keeper.

So na make clubs dey sponsor their players to the national team abi?

goldfish80:
Nice read. However, I think Rohr is missing the point.
First of, I don't think anyone is asking for Odeh to displace a man city striker. What we are asking for is for Odeh to get a call up to train with the team, that camp experience will rub off on him and the Nigerian league. The experience will also prepare him for CHAN.

We all know how Brazil and Argentina set up their players for big European transfers. Using the media and ex players to make lots of noise. What is wrong in using the national team to boost the profile of Odeh in other to set him up for a transfer?
Who knows, this same Odeh could be a very important player for us in the future. His records so far is un paralleled.

The NFF will pay Visa fee and buy flight tickets both at this current exchange rate plus camp and other allowances just for him to train with the team in London.

E be like say you forget say recession reach every where.

Even if i had an opportunity to pick a young player to train with the Eagles it won't be Odey.

Immediately I saw 'hunters killed', the next thing i was expecting to see was 'a big snake' but was disappointed.

These men should be arrested for killing an already endangered specie.

BlackAlbino6:
Nigeria Professional Football League News

HOW THE NPFL U-15 LEAGUE WILL WORK- SHEHU DIKKO

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The U15 Youth League as you know we are working with LaLiga to put it together and the overall objective is to get the clubs to jumpstart their Youth Programs.


Indeed, we have taking note of the School calendar and thus the project is PRELIMINARY planned subject to further amendments to take place on this format.


1. The 20 clubs have been devided into 4 groups.

2. Each club would be required to form an U15 team principally comprising of kids within their catchments area.


3. Each team would be required to appoint an U15 coaches by Jan/Feb 2017. Our advise here is for clubs to appoint much younger coaches to head this department for obvious reasons so we can also use this to build a new generation of coaches.


4. LaLiga would send in experts by Feb/march 2017 to train this U15 coaches on specific of youth players coaching, scouting and Management. You know this is also a speciality field.


5. By march 2017 clubs would have had their teams set up with trained coaches managing them and indeed having their trainings and preparations.


6. By April 2017, when the schools would have been on holidays, the league competition will take place with each of the 4 groups of the clubs converging at a neutral venue to play a round robin league and the top two from each group goes to the quarter final, then we play the semi finals and the finals to have winners.

We can all actualized this within one month. We can also structure the quarter finals, semi finals and finals to be opening matches for some of the top league matches and some might be on TV.


7. During the tournament LaLiga would send out scouts to Look at the boys and also assist the club coaches technically. We believe also our U17 coaches and also the clubs scouts would be looking.


8. At the end an Allstar Team of the U15 will be selected across all the clubs and would LIKELY in the summer be taking to Spain to play in the LaLiga PROMISAS tournament comprising the U15 teams of all the top clubs in Spain among other clubs invited globally.


9. With this done and the possibilities we would be jumpstarting our NPFL youth league and by next season we would see how to increase the number of games and there would be incentive for each club player selected to the U15 Allstar and also for each player that made his club main team within say 2 years.


10. BUT NOTE this structure is the preliminary structure being envisaged and is subject to further amendments based in exigencies of of the situation. So any suggestions can be welcome


11. We have already approached some corporates that are engaging in organizing youth football tournaments to see if they can redirects and situate their sponsorships within this NPFL Youth League structure.

Credit: Taye Adigun

mobile.facebook.com/NPFLNews/posts/370727013289892:0?_rdc=1&_rdr&refsrc=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fm

How can we stop age cheating from this competition?

daveP:
D team is so average looking that everyone just dey their lane. cash that should b lavished on new big impact guys r diverted to the relocating of a stadium to los angeles. style of play sucks as well. no drive down the centre to attempt shots on goal. its so obvious that to frustrate arsenal, opponents use two dms 4 d last 8 games against them. too obvious for failure. c who come b captain sef. laughable. i miss carzorla.

And as Arsenal fans mumu reach next game dem go still full stadium dey support the team.

My take has been "Boycott as Arsenal games until Wenger leave". When the board starts counting losses tell me how they wont sack Wenger.

tbaba1234:
The door is always open for the best players. #NPFL players must prove themselves with the CHAN team first. I hope that Stephen Odey can get better because I have a @ManCity striker in my team. At the moment we're a winning team, so the #NPFL players must prove they deserve a place in the team. The problem before the Algerian game was becasue the #NPFL players were on break, so we couldn't tell about their form. There is an existing problem with Nigerian based players. We cannot tell their real age. We've not been lucky enough to play many games, so we have to talk with the players and keep in touch. We've committed time in finding full backs. We have an option in Ola Aina of @ChelseaFC , who has committed to Nigeria. We have Tyrone, Madu who may have game time issues, but we're working to get more options. I am confident we can get players. We've made contact with Top executives in the German FA about a friendly, so we could play them. Not everything is about money. I have a good working relationship with @thenff , I have good players too. My assistants are scouting the #NPFL, Imama may have enough time now, we are following the league. I work more for my assistants than I do for myself. They have families and of course they'll be worried if they don't get paid. We have a technical committee that is doing everything to make sure we do well. Nigeria needs more academies, less synthetic pitches. Nigeria is the biggest football nation in Africa, given the passion.

Gernot Rohr

Several points by Rohr.

@bolded It looks as if Rohr has been listening to me.

icon4s, Joebie, daveP, Thesupernerd, BascoVanVeli, joseph1013, Thegoodjoe, komekn, goldfish80

Tell me why I will not love this man?

Lol @ tbaba1234 don't be selfish naaa... no be only you shared that view na... Some times, i feel as if Rohr or some1 working closely with him visits this thread.

It is not impossible. After all Amuneke's chief press secretary during Chile 2015 U17 was a regular here (not this exact thread but the U17 thread)

lilzcee:
Hi, guys i really can't explain were the problem came from, i read my ass out, i even did midnight reading buh in the exam hall i always forgot what i read, am doing 11 courses and am not even sure of passing more than 2 courses, the first day i stepped my leg into the school gate, i didn't like the school, a new federal university in one village like that, the school have a low tolerance of exam malpractise, u can't even sort any lecturer, i heard the school doesn't tolerate low cgpa and am afraid of being expelled because of low cgpa, i did very poorly in the exam, the school spaced everybody doing the exam period, i planned to find out from a jujuman what is wrong with me, i need help, my parents spent a lot of money on me i can't afford to let them down

Cc.lalasticlala

I do not mean to hurt you, but since you have come up with a story like this I have to say my mind.

Your written English is very terrible. Are you sure you merited that admission in the first place? Search your heart please.

Can someone tell me why Arsene Wenger should not be sacked?
Cos i don't understand.

BascoVanVeli:
They will always have a back up on the bench na, that has nothing to do with an outfield player.

Well you have a point but lets see as more info come up.

terzurum5:
Someone should please confirm this piece.

Alex Iwobi Dropped From Arsenal 1stTeam: Sent To U23s

https://www.soccerassembly.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Alex-iwobi-scored-rated-low.jpg

Nigerian Midfield jewel Alex Iwobi has been dropped from the Arsenal 1st team and will not be in the squad to face crystal palace according to various reports in England The 20 year old has struggled for form during the Gunners’ slump in recent months and had been severely criticized by fans and pundits alike for his below per performances readThe Nigerian youngster has instead been sent to the U23 squad with whom he featured for in a 5-2 win at Reading this afternoon.


The Nigerian International had become a regular in the Arsenal 1st team and featured in every Premier League game he has been fit for this season but remained on the bench for Wednesday’s 3-0 win over West Ham and has recently struggled for game timeHis place in the 1st team is understood to have been taking up by Francis Coquelin.


Iwobis slump in form had also extended to the National team and he struggled in the friendly game against Senegal

http://www.soccerassembly.com/alex-iwobi-dropped-arsenal-1st-team-sent-u23s/

cc: Icon4s, tbaba1234, TheSuperNerd, etc

Petre Czech and David Ospina are out injured.

Wenger had to promote the U23 first choice goalie, Matthew Marcey, to deputise for tonight's first choice, Martinez.

Iwobi was the player sacrificed for Marcey to be in match day squad.

Iwobi to still be match fit had to play with the U23.

So nothing to worry about. Iwobi has not been demoted to team B or U23s.

terzurum5:
Someone should please confirm this piece.

Alex Iwobi Dropped From Arsenal 1stTeam: Sent To U23s

https://www.soccerassembly.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Alex-iwobi-scored-rated-low.jpg

Nigerian Midfield jewel Alex Iwobi has been dropped from the Arsenal 1st team and will not be in the squad to face crystal palace according to various reports in England The 20 year old has struggled for form during the Gunners’ slump in recent months and had been severely criticized by fans and pundits alike for his below per performances readThe Nigerian youngster has instead been sent to the U23 squad with whom he featured for in a 5-2 win at Reading this afternoon.


The Nigerian International had become a regular in the Arsenal 1st team and featured in every Premier League game he has been fit for this season but remained on the bench for Wednesday’s 3-0 win over West Ham and has recently struggled for game timeHis place in the 1st team is understood to have been taking up by Francis Coquelin.


Iwobis slump in form had also extended to the National team and he struggled in the friendly game against Senegal

http://www.soccerassembly.com/alex-iwobi-dropped-arsenal-1st-team-sent-u23s/

cc: Icon4s, tbaba1234, TheSuperNerd, etc

Well, he is not part of the team's setup tonight for what so ever reasons.

I feel wenger took him to the U23s to still keep him active so to avoid match rustiness. I believe he will be back for Arsenal's next game.

Danycrusoe:
Thanks sir Icon4s and Sir Tbaba123456789...... lol
I used to and still a supporter of Arsenal fc of London (because Arsenal fcs them plenty for Russia, Argentina etc) but I lost interest in the epl and other leagues sum few years ago,it's been a while I payed or even go to a viewing centre to watch Arsenal play. Since JSS class I always don't wanna miss any Nigerian game be it male and female team even beach soccer, I do beg viewing centre owners to show Nigerian matches but many do turn me down even the 2014 Fa cup final between Enyimba and Lobi stars I begged but they didn't show it.
also in 2014 just before my first semester ND 2 exams I watched the u20 women's world cup final match between Germany and Nigeria the midnight which I had exams the following morning it was a loss for Asisat Oshoala and her mates n Nigerians as well but I was consoled by their performance into the exam hall thankfully I had no carryover.

so to me as a Nigerian nothing beats our own thing if its not naija league den it's not making sense. I try and encourage friends to go to stadium to see our local league teams play but many don't heed, well they can keep their Epl I will follow my NPFL and NNL.

Right from primary school I wished I could become a footballer but not an outfield player but as a goalkeeper cuz I am exceptional at that but u know our parents na, if u no be doctor u better be an engineer my dad n mum saw me as an unserious boy they didn't really give me the go ahead they always say: ko mor ju boolu lor, I.e na only ball I know so meeting Rufai is like meeting a mentor n role model.

Thanks for the Advice sir Icon4s I appreciate and also for the compliment sir tbaba1234 I have a dream and plan for the NNL and NPFL even for the National teams as a broadcaster but it's close to my chest.

Only we can build our house ourselves not the oyinbos, when our own league had good followers hip and fan Base in the 80s and 90s the epl was having crowd and hooliganism problems, they didn't wait for Nigeria to help them rebuild their league rather they did it themselves, the same applies to we as lovers of the NPFL and The NNL only we can rebuild our league by going to the stadia and also shunning violence

A nice write up.

In fact I am encouraged that there is hope for Nigerian local league football.

I follow the NPFL but i am sure not as much as you do.

I only watch the games shown by Super Sports. And not even live, repeat broadcast. I also select the ones i watch eg games involving Enyimba(my club), Kano Pillars(our perenial title rivals), Rangers(Parade some of our bright youngsters) and MFM(Also parade some ex-junior internationals and upcoming teens).

I am making one plea also on behalf of other forumites here. We'll appreciate if u can be coming up with weekend matches preview and reviews. And even write ups on some of the NPFL stars. A lot of us here know little or nothing about what is happening in our local league.

Well done , you are a great guy.

Ovokoo:
A Nigerian lady, Obiageli Omeke who just graduated from an American university, Texas A&M University in Corpus Christy has broken boundaries as not only been the first nursing graduate in her family but the very first nursing graduate in her village of Umuogbo Agu in Enugu-ezike, Enugu state.

first got to the US but changed her mind after being involved in the nursing field.

"I chose the career of nursing because of who I am,” said Omeke. “Nursing is all of me."


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isprhixoxM8

SOURCE: http://ovoko.com.ng/nigerian-lady-obiageli-omeke-becomes-first-american-nursing-graduate-village-pictures-video/

No big deal.

Just like I am the first and thus far only Geology graduate of my village lol!

tbaba1234:
Surprised to see how young he is. Very matured contributions.

Yeah.
Young but with matured knowledge about the game.

enomakos:
nice dodo mayana is looking good

Good you too noticed?

There was time i met him a few years back and was looking......

Well.... Good to see his current look

Danycrusoe:
Me with Peter Rufai after the NNL game between Ikorodu v Go round today at the MKO stadium abeokuta

Danycrusoe! Such a young chap and you still have this much interest in the NPFL and even more unbelievable the NNL.

U are definitely 1 in 20million cos ur age mates are busy following Chelsea, Manchester United, and Arsenal all about.

Let me tell you one of the hidden secrets of success: Be exceptional. U are on course bro.

I am really impressed. Keep up with the good works.

In other news: Peter Rufai is looking good and younger these days. lol!

Outcome of recent elections in the country has taught me not to trust nairaland polls.