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tbaba1234:
Awaziem January 1997

You too sabi book.
Yes 20yrs and 2months.

Thanks to tbaba1234 for brightening us up with these mind bubbling pictures.

But y is it that pictures taken abroad are usually clearer and more colorful than the ones taken in naija,?

Any photo experts in the house?

A simple quiz.
Who is the youngest member of this current squad in camp?

Icon79:
My brother, you ain't never lied. I just hope and pray that this team would qualify for the world cup. Many of them would be reaching their peak by the summer of 2018!


O pari

Well, I'll say i hope they have a very descent showing at d 2018 WC. I dnt think they would have reached that 'peak' by June next yr.

To do well at the WC requires EXPERIENCE. And plenty of it my brother.

I see that 'peak' somewhere between the 2019 AFCON and 2022 WC.

However, i dnt wish for a peak but a plateau. We go up and remain up over a long time.

safarigirl:
A girl in my room just saw this picture and asked if it was U17 team

Icon4s, you dey even increase their age for them, this babe dey ask who these small children be wey dey play ball

Hahaha. I said U20/21 bc i know their ages.

If it were those days when there was no MRI test save for Ogu, Onazi and Balogun plus Musa this would have sufficed for our Golden Eaglets team.

But this team is what it is. Save for 4 or 5 players and d goalie it is an U21 team. Etebo and Obazee 2 other players hu are U21 are nt even in that pix.

3 of the oldest players have gone to China and have been kept out of this.

tbaba1234:
Shehu Abdullah has done really well for himself in the super eagles.. Nothing beats a utility player..

cc: forgiveness.

Na wa.

The NYSC DG must see this.

Very soon them go reduce that NYSC trouser to paints.

komekn:
Football is the a bastion of corruption. but you will never get any evidence who chop and give to chop cannot indict themselves.

In my opinion 95% of English football league recruitment managers are all corrupt. The bungs are one thing but there is also the protectionism, manipulation, conflicts of interest, preferred club agents, adverse induced reports, etc, etc.

I agree. There is corruption in all systems and settings.

What I dnt agree with is throwing away objectivity in ur analysis and showing the nepotism and corruption card.

I have disagreed with several coache's team selections in the past especially the youth coaches But I never for once accused any of nepotism especially. No be me wan almost break my head because of Siasia's Rio Team selection but the last thing I thought of was accusing him of nepotism. I dnt think anybody critised Amuneke's U20 team here more than I did but I never thought of him applying nepotism to his selection process.

You say Musa Mohammed does not merit the team, u didn't call that nepotism. U say Shehu Abdullahi doesn't merit making the team and u didn't call that nepotism also. But Ikechukwu Ezenwa making the team is nepotism. What do you call that?


Give real reasons why a player should or should not make a team and not always shouting nepotism.

tbaba1234:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C7cVPPCXQAEktSz.jpg

Such youthfulness!

Looks more like an U20/21 Team.

Great pix!

krattoss:
how do I navigate through the site as many pop up adds keeps popping up

Hours to the game, you'll see the list of matches across the world to be streamed live.

Few minutes to kick-off click on the match u want to view. Pop-ups keep coming up but continue to close them. Some times they pop up again during the game. Just close them and continue ur game.


If you have very strong internet with good band-width you'll enjoy it better.
But be sure you have very good anti-virus o.

forgiveness:
What further evidence do you need than these, substituting mediocre for informed players, bringing in a non league players to wear the National team no 10 Jersey, coach fighting to be a players agent(Amuneke), collecting bribe before giving a call-up to players etcetera?

Amokachi, Sarki etc confirmed it

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/12/amokachi-says-football-agents-bribe-nigerian-coaches-invite-players-camp/...

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/10/corruption-killing-sports-nigeria-amokachi-alleges/

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/12/nigerian-coaches-demand-bribe-pushed-haiti-sarki/

Why d thing con dey pepe u 4 body?

You follow chop d yam?

About the ethnic hate, if you like call me whatever, you can't intimidate me with dis ya weak blackmail from expressing my views. Sorry, I am to wise for that.

Besides, Who begin ask questions about where person come from? No bi you.

You are so impossible.

isan:
please where can i stream the match live on thursday

Try www.stopstream.tv

oK

kingphilip:
best goalies to me is not by how many clean sheets but by how many saves made

The defense might be rock solid making it impossible for goals to enter doesn't make the keeper the best

Can I please have the number of saves by each goalkeeper??

Who will even take this clean sheets statistics in our local league serious when most of the games end in 1-0 and 0-0.

Imaging a goalie keeping 6 clean sheets out of 10 matches.

NPFL no get strikers again ni?

forgiveness:
Was he best goalie last season?

What about two seasons ago?

Even the guy that was the best last season is still on that list, why?

@bolded no consign me, na ya thought be that.

Ok, why you defending the kwurrupt?

Are dey ya brother?

Ikechuckwu Ezenwa doesn't deserve a call up. Shikena!

What evidence do you have of any corrupt practices?

You are always bringing ethnic sentiments into our football discussions. Which one is "are dey ya brother?" now. You will then say na my thought.

I have always advised you to free your self of ethnic hate.

forgiveness:
And what special thing did he do this season to deserve a call?

When the league has not even reached half way?

Ikechukwu Ezenwa has been an outstanding goalie in the NPFL for a couple of seasons. Mustapha Aliko keeping more clean sheets doesn't mean he is better than Ezenwa. By your argument na make Rohr invite Aliko na abi?

I have always told you that statistics does not tell all the story.

Dey there they always shout Nepotism. You are always quick to remember what part of the country any player is from.

forgiveness:
You missed Alloysius Agu the goalkeeper trainer.

You are always so quick to point at Nepotism.

Who was the 2016 NPFL All stars number 1 goal keeper?

forgiveness:
Because we know he is there based on nepotism and favourism by the chop - chop assistance coaches.

I can see that Rohr is from Imo state and Salisu is from Anambra state.

tbaba1234:
Most clean sheets in the league..

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C7Y9jggXwAUgFHq.jpg

Now, looking at this table, some will still jump up and say "and Ikechuwu Ezenwa is not on this table so why is he in the Super Eagles and not the guy currently topping the clean sheet table".

Joebie:
very well said. But let's not forget that Etebo could not make the cut in Manu Garba's U20 but made Dream TEam VI.. Siasia always believed in him. while with Warri Wolves he was not necessarily generally seen as one of the best in the league.. Many players on people's lips didn't live up to the hype.. I believe there are rare gems in the league.. But the coach has to know when they see it, even when others don't. Let's be patient with Rohr.

Let's leave these coaches. Coaches know what they are looking for in a player, especially as regards to their playing philosophy.. so far I'm impressed with Rohr. He will definitely look inwards as long he is attending league matches, who are we to say he is intentionally ignoring NPFL players?

Let me recho what you just said, "For every Etebo, there are several more who did not live up to the hype."
Very well said my brother.

Was Etebo ever invited to the Manu's U20 team of 2015?

Oasis007:
I think we are on the Page as far as Age Bracket is concerned!

Have you seen Sunday Faleye of 3SC play?! That Guy is a Talent, and he's 18 Years old I guess!

Think I have seen him play.

tbaba1234:
Iheanacho, Balogun, Ekong, Simon, Ndidi, Ahmed Musa, Shehu Abdullahi, Iwobi, Bazee-Noah, Onazi, Ikeme, Success, Awaziem.
13 Players in Camp... No victor Moses.. The camp is in London o!..

I dnt think Moses will make the party.

tbaba1234:
Iheanacho, Balogun, Ekong, Simon, Ndidi, Ahmed Musa, Shehu Abdullahi, Iwobi, Bazee-Noah, Onazi, Ikeme, Success, Awaziem.
13 Players in Camp... No victor Moses.. The camp is in London o!..

I dnt think Moses will make the party.

Oasis007:
If none deserves to be promoted, then they should be disbanded!

But I would suggest local Players between 19 - 22 Years of age should be called up into the CHAN Team.

Also, the same Team should be given an opportunity to represent the Country U23 Team.

Perhaps, they can eventually pick up and show what they are capable of as time goes by!

See, i have always been at the fore front of calls for drafting of our NPFL youngsters into our U20 and U23 teams.

We have a lot of young and talented players from d local league who can compete favorably well with youngsters in Europe and S. America at these age grade competitions.

I once raised questions about Odey not being part of the Amuneke's U20 team. TheGoodJoe will recall that discussion.

I personally believe that with d current trend of movements in the local league any good player would have left for Europe or elsewhere before they are 25yrs old. I dnt take any player above 25 still playing in the local league serious.

Talks like "Rohr should dig deep into the NPFL and he may unearth a rare gem".
If there is a rare gem in the league, u dnt need to dig deep to identify the person. His name should be ringing on everybody's lips. His performance will unearth him and not Rohr.

Even with the call for home based players inclusion the only name i have even heard here is Stephen Odey. That tells a lot.

tbaba1234:
Who is the man on the floor biko?? #mancity

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C7O60DeXwAAPq5l.jpg

TheGoodJoe's Super Hero! Choi!

Oasis007:
I'd enjoy the Argument! But I think we should trust the new Manager! We should allow Rohr to build his own Team!

There is CHAN for the local Players to show their Talents. Seriously, I'm ain't impressed with what the local Players are performing in the League!

I've watched the matches of Kano Pillars, Enyimba, 3SC, Akwa United, Rangers, IUFC, MFM, Remo Stars and so on, candidly speaking we still have a long way to go!

Local Lads should be tested with CHAN, and the standouts among them can be promoted to the Senior Team.

Great contribution bro.

But what if the coaches still dnt find any worthy of invitation to the Super Eagles?

These are obviously dry season pictures.
What would b the state of these plots during wet season.

bazooka1:
And in the absence of an U20 or U23 team like we have non currently, don't you think friendlies like this should be used to give a break to one or two promising talents at home? Ponder on this.

What about one or two promising talents in Europe?

And what if the coaching crew feels no promising talents at home merits a call up?

bazooka1:
We only had 7 foreign based players in that team to the U20 world cup. The rest were homebased and unattached. Saying Musa made that team because he was foreign based is not true.

You see, you are quoting me out of context.
He already did well in the NPFL by breaking the league record, so why would such a player not be invited to the U20 team even if he remained in the local league.

My point is Musa featuring in the WYC gave him the full break-in into the Super Eagles.

goldfish80:
My point is that Musa would have made that John Obuh team even if he was still playing for Kano pillars.

Yes there's nothing wrong with Odeh playing for any of the under age teams if he's qualified. But which of our age grade teams is in play at the moment?

Musa was invited by Las Lagerback in the lead up to the world cup for camping, why not Stephen Odeh invited for an ordinary friendly?

The same Rohr who invited two homebased players in the world cup qualifiers against Zambia in Chisom and Obaje who were the inform hit men in the NPFL. A few months down the line the same manager didn't didnt bother inviting Stephen for a small matter of friendly games against African teams.
Seriously, Odeh has a strong case here if we are being fair.

Do you know if he was pleased with their performance in training?

Don't you think those two did not measure up in camp and so the coaching lost confidence in the other home based players?

goldfish80:
How about other players like Dike, Uche Nwofor, Gabriel Suswan and about 90% of the team who made the team to the U20 as homebased players? Some others like Edafe Egbedi was not even attached.
Please, get your facts. Musa didn't make that team because he proved himself at Venlo.

So if he had flopped at Venlo would he have still made the team?

Those players you mentioned were doing well in their respective clubs in the NPFL. I remember Uche Nwofor at Rangers then.


And as for Egbedi, he was a former U17 player. If you followed that tourney in 2009 well you'll recall he was one of the stand out performance. So the coach kept faith with him and promoted him along with some other players to the U20 even though he was unattached.

My point about Musa is that him playing at the WYC really gave the Super Eagles handlers a good opportunity to fully integrate him into the Super Eagles.

So there is nothing wrong in Odey playing for any of our youth teams.

bazooka1:


Ahmed Musa while at Kano pillars was already capped at national team level when he broke the league goals record in 2010. He was introduced to the nation team by Lars LagerbackLagerback .
It's not correct to say he got invited to play for the U20s and U23's because he proved himself at Venlo when he was already the talk of the country and was capped back in 2010.

To freshen your mind, Musa's transfer was held up and he only started to play for Venlo in October 2010. The African U20 championship is normally played in January. So it was not about proving anything in a stronger league like you put it.

Musa did not play at the AYC in January of 2011. He featured at the WYC in June /July of 2011 after having a good season first season at Venlo.