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terzurum5:
ASTON VILLA TARGET ONUACHU CLOSE TO EQUALLING BEST GOAL TALLY IN A SEASON
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Paul Onuachu is making best use of his stay with the first team of FC Midtylland of Denmark with the 21 year old one goal shy of his best ever goals tally in a single season.


Onuachu who shot to global attention after scoring the winner against English giants Manchester United in the Europa League scored his fourth goal of the season in Denmark yesterday in a 1-1 draw against Viborg.


The goal took his season’s goal tally to one short of his all time record of 5 goals in a season, a feat he achieved while on loan to second division side Vejle last season.


21 year old Onuahu is reportedly being closely monitored by English Premiership side Aston Villa with reports claiming they will slap in a bid for the six feet, seven inch forward in the summer.
owngoalnigeria.com/2016/04/09/aston-villa-target-onuachu-close-to-equalling-best-goal-tally-in-a-season/

I was even expecting something in d double digits. Average to me.

bofoy:
akwa ibom is igbo, God forbid back thing . We are not igbo and will never be , fine your truoble alone no include us. We are ibibios very friendly and sincere people

He didn't say Ibibio is Igbo.

Go back and read his statement.

And if u still dnt understand, well......

SegunAdewole:
I can see the zombies thinking of what to say. Will they support the murderous fulas or shout 'Ipod'. Let's wait and see.

You are nt Yoruba.

Is he related to Akanu Ibiam. They bare same name and both from Uwana.

RIP papa.

Never got to hear of this Great Icon until he departed. NFF no dey try at all.

TheGoodJoe:


That is the case but I feel it should change if the player is contributing well in training. Although coaches do not rush changes in teams.

That is why I feel Coach Siasia would have done it differently if he had more time. He already took risk playing Shehu, Amuzie, Etebo and Iheanacho in the first leg.

He went with a more experienced side with some Youths in the second leg.

I do not want to heap much blame on Coach Siasia. Time was not on his side to Coach the team.

I just want to see more cases of coaches trusting the young ones when they are showing better form than the experience players in training and as sub players.

U should know Siasia likes taking risks with young players. He probably felt he had fielded so many young players already so he needed the remaining spots for experienced players so as to attain a balsnce.

Fielding too many young players against Egypt in Cairo or Alexandria sounds like a suicide mission.

TheGoodJoe:

I think it was a case of Coach Siasia choosing to use strength and experience against the strong Egyptian defenders. If I wanted to go a physical route, I would have selected exactly the same squad Coach Siasia chose.

Unfortunately, it was a wrong choice. Especially for most of us here, including you who felt we should have used a more creative approach than strength.

I also believe the short time for Coach Siasia to work with his foreign pros also affected the team. As time goes, he will rely on his creative players when they blend with his philosophy and style (if he keeps the job).

I just feel the coaches should give the younger ones the benefit of doubt if they do well in training. It is not just Coach Siasia but even on the European grounds.

You can see Pellegrini will pick Bony ahead of Iheanacho even though Iheanacho contributes more to the team statistically.

Ok see d Pellegrini case too.

I think it is an issue of trust. Coaches trust d experienced players more to deliver d goods.

TheGoodJoe:

Iwobi was our best performing creative midfielder in both legs. It is time we look into impact in the team than just experience. In both legs, he created two great chances that any other midfielder did. His pass to Victor Moses in the first leg and his pass to Ighalo in the second leg.

The truth is that we expect too much from our experienced players at the detriment of the team.

Ighalo was wasteful in camp and in training and we dropped the Performing young players because of his experience and Rep. I think it is time we rethink.

Same with Iheanacho having more impact than Ighalo but most times we go for experience of impact.

Before d kick off of d first leg, would u have selected Iwobi to start d two legs?

If u recall my proposed starting line up ahead of d 2nd leg, I started Iwobi. However, Siasia chosed to start Umar ahead of Iwobi bc he expected a highly physical and resilient Egyptian back-line. Umar, to Siasia, seemed to b in a better position to face that opposition also considering the impact he made after coming in in dat 1st leg.

I prefered Iheanacho starting ahead of Ighalo bt Siasia prefered otherwise.He chose experience ahead of creativity. That is his choice.

I respected his choices cos i know he went for experience and experience counts for much in football.

forgiveness:
I only saw few minutes of the finals of the U20 match against Argentina. So, i can't really access Mikel Obi at 19 years old but he was the reason i again picked interest in Nigeria football when i heard about his talent. But i never see wetin em take better pass Okocha.

Hmm! Okocha for 1993 would Cup qualifiers was already scoring goals with free kick and mesmerising with his skills.

However, I can't really judge between the two at 19 years of age.

Well, U said it urself that u only saw few mins of the U20 final against Argentina so really dnt know the 18 yrs old Mikel.

I watched both play several games as 18/19 yrs olds. Mikel was a better player.

justiz5:
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Nigerian govt. won't pay for foreign coach - Minister
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Lars Lagerback was Nigeria's last foreign Coach

by Samm Audu

Wednesday Apr 06, 2016. 17:21
Nigerian sports minister Solomon Dalung has made it very clear the country’s government will not pay the salaries of a foreign coach for the Super Eagles.


The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) are pushing for a foreign coach to take charge of the Super Eagles ahead of the 2018 World Cup qualifiers, which begin in October, after the three-time African champions failed to qualify for the AFCON a second straight time.


An official informed AfricanFootball.com: “The minister made it very clear during his meeting with the NFF on Tuesday that the government will not pay for a foreign coach and he does not expect the NFF to use the subvention they receive from the government to pay such a coach.”


Another official further disclosed,” What the minister really wants is that in four weeks, the NFF will come back with how they hope to pay for a foreign coach.

“If they can prove they can afford it, he will not stop them from hiring such a coach.”

NFF president Amaju Pinnick has been quoted as saying he will get a private company to offset the salaries of a foreign coach.


The NFF had earlier announced that the salaries of Sunday Oliseh will be borne by a top commercial bank, but by the time the coach quit his post he was owed three months’ pay.
http://africanfootball.com/news/624353/Nigerian-govt-won-t-pay-for-foreign-coach-Minister
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Ban on importation of foreign goods.

safarigirl:
Y'all bee arguing as if NFF will allow anybody see progress sef.

Okay, the Iwobi we got, wetin dem use am do over 2-legs of AFCON qualifiers?

You think it's by packing foreign-based players in National teams? So if they play for U17 and U20, what guarantees do you have that they won't switch allegiance to England or Portugal dem? After all, didn't Iwobi play U17 and V Moses U20 for England before switching to Nigeria?

Do you know all the great English kids the English age grade teams passed up to field Iwobi and Moses? And what did they get in return? Just when the kid seems to be bearing fruits, he dumps them.

This argument is highly irrelevant and petty, so y'all drop it. No be by inviting players, are you willing to play them? A good player will get frustrated eventually and decide to feature somewhere he'll be played. Una think say if Iheanacho had a choice, e for play for Nigeria after what Manu did to him at U20? Same BS Siasia pulled once again at the qualifiers.

Y'all better take your argument to NFF cuz na dem dey spoil business for una

Cc Bascovanveli, thegoodjoe and forgiveness

Iwobi's inclusion in the Egypt tie was mainly to secure his international future. We didnt expect much impact from him in d 2 games. Mayb u guys expect too much from these young players.

He is a Gem to Nigeria going into d future.

forgiveness:
@bolded no 1, That is what i am talking about. Some Nigerians are more Nigerians than others hence the selective selection. Is that not what you mean?

2, is there any confirmation from the lad to back up your claims or is it from the figment of your thoughts or from the NFF?

3, is that the tactics used in discriminating or sideling other Nigerians from playing for the National team?

The paragraph that follows the paragraph u bolded explains what i meant.

Hmmm.. I nova join nairaland when this thread was created.

I watched the 19 years old Okocha feature at the 1993 AYC and 1994 World Cup qualifiers games played in 1993.

I also watched 18/19 years Old Mikel play at the 2005 AYC and 2006 AFCON.

And I think the 19 years old Mikel was a better player. (The 19 years old Mikel is far better than the current 28/29 years old Mikel even). This is what is called career regression.

TheGoodJoe, Forgiveness, Tbaba123. This debate may interest you.

I hope this will not lead to another FIFA ban? Is this not government interference?

Shakes head for Nigerian Graduates of Today.

Way back 2005 I reluctantly took up a job of 30K.

In 2015/16 people are considering taking up a job of 20K.

I weep for this country. The youths of today are really suffering.

Where that last guy wan Sidon put?

CFCman:
I'm guessing that the 4 seeded teams for the U-17WC would be Jordan, Japan, France (if they qualify), and Ghana.
I would have put North Korea in the list, but FIFA's policy of ensuring "geographical and sporting factors" would likely not approve of 3 teams from the same confederation being amongst the top seeds.

At age grade level FIFA does not seed Teams, they only pot Teams. The only Team seeded is the hosts which will automatically be in Group A.

We usually have things like : European Pot, South Ameriacn Pot, Asian Pot and African/Oceanian pot.

They select teams from each pot to fill up the available 4 spaces in each group.

CFCman:
Nigeria's Group stage match schedule at the U-20 WC is as follows (all Nigerian time):

November 13: Japan v Nigeria at 10am

November 16: Nigeria v Canada at 10am

November 20: Nigeria v Spain at 7am.

Which kine time be this? How we go take watch this ones?

BlackAlbino6:
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Josh Onomah Fails To Rescue Tottenham Hotspur In Their Loss To Boro U21s
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England U19 international Josh Onomah and Emmanuel Sonupe were in action for Tottenham Hotspur U21s as they fell to a 2-1 loss to Middlesbrough in the U21 Premier League Division 1 on Wednesday .


On the other hand, Nathan Oduwa was an unused substitute in the first game played by the Londoners at that level since he returned from international duty with the Nigeria U23s squad.

Goals from Mark Kitching and Joe Wheatley saw the visitors secure the the three points while Miller pulled a goal back for Spurs.


Onomah could have restored parity for Tottenham Hotspur in the 17th minute but his shot went wide and the attacking midfielder’s effort in the second half was parried by goalkeeper Fryer.

The 18-year-old has appeared 18 times for the first team of Spurs this season, with seven of those games in the Premier League.

Ifeanyi Emmanuel
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"The 18-year-old has appeared 18 times for the first team of Spurs this season, with seven of those games in the Premier League"

Amuneke over to you.

Icon4s:
Arsenal Signs Another Nigerian Player, Marc Bola


Arsenal has signed another Nigerian player, defender Marc Bola, to its team and have handed him a professional contract too. Bola, who is of dual nationalities- England and Nigeria, helped Arsenal’s under-18s to the FA Youth Cup semi-finals this season and is a regular for the club’s under-21s much to the delight of coach Arsene Wenger who gave the go ahead for the club to sign him.


Arsenal said on it's official website:

“Everyone at Arsenal looks forward to Marc’s continued development at the club.” “Equally adept on the left or in the heart of defence, the powerful teenager was often called up to the under-21s as cover and he caught the eye with several encouraging performances for Steve Gatting’s side.

"The lively defender has shown plenty of promise so far and will be hoping to continue his development by featuring for the under-21s on a more regular basis this term.” Marc Bola tweeted “Pleased on Signing My First Professional Contract At My Dream Club,” he said.
Marc Bola joins a growing list of Nigerians already on the club's chequebook. Alex Iwobi, Chuba Akpom, Kelechi Nwakali, Samuel Chukwueze, Asisat Oshoala, Chiori Johnson and Tolaji Bola are the Nigerians currently in Arsenal FC.

Nigeria will soon form a national Team from Arsenal.

BlackAlbino6:
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EXCLUSIVE: AMUNEKE EYES NWAKALI BROTHERS FOR U-20
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They are strong indications that newly appointed coach of the Nigeria U-20 team Emmanuel Amuneke will call up the duo of Chidiebere and Kelechi Nwakali to his team in their bid to qualify for the Africa Youth Championship and World Youth Championship.


Chidiebere Nwakali is still eligible for the Nigeria U-20 and the coach who is looking for experience players so as not to make same mistake like Manu Garba did at the last World cup has pencilled him down for na invitation.


Amuneke is very much aware of the talent of Chidiebere Nwakali whose career has stalled since the 2013 U-17 WYC where he shone like a million stars as Nigeria raced to the title.


Presently out on loan to IK Start of Norway from Manchester City he could possibly line up in midfield alongside his younger brother Kelechi who recently won the U-17 WYC most valuable player that saw him move to Arsenal.


However they are not expected to be among the players to resume camping next week as they could possibly join the team later on if not few days to their qualifying game.
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Is Chidiebere still eligible?

Modified:

Chidiebere Nwakali

Born: December 26, 1996 (age 19), Nigeria.

https://www.google.com.ng/#q=Chidiebere+nwakali.

To play for the next FIFA U20 : a player should be born on or after January 1, 1997.

Chidiebere was born 5 days earlier.

Amuneke's media officer please take note before we receive a FIFA ban.

I do not have worries about our midfield in that Team as long as Kelechi Nwakali, Ifeanyi Mathew and Azubuike Okechukwu, would b there to boss things.

Arsenal Signs Another Nigerian Player, Marc Bola


Arsenal has signed another Nigerian player, defender Marc Bola, to its team and have handed him a professional contract too. Bola, who is of dual nationalities- England and Nigeria, helped Arsenal’s under-18s to the FA Youth Cup semi-finals this season and is a regular for the club’s under-21s much to the delight of coach Arsene Wenger who gave the go ahead for the club to sign him.


Arsenal said on it's official website:

“Everyone at Arsenal looks forward to Marc’s continued development at the club.” “Equally adept on the left or in the heart of defence, the powerful teenager was often called up to the under-21s as cover and he caught the eye with several encouraging performances for Steve Gatting’s side.

"The lively defender has shown plenty of promise so far and will be hoping to continue his development by featuring for the under-21s on a more regular basis this term.” Marc Bola tweeted “Pleased on Signing My First Professional Contract At My Dream Club,” he said.
Marc Bola joins a growing list of Nigerians already on the club's chequebook. Alex Iwobi, Chuba Akpom, Kelechi Nwakali, Samuel Chukwueze, Asisat Oshoala, Chiori Johnson and Tolaji Bola are the Nigerians currently in Arsenal FC.

Emmalez:
Arsenal has signed another Nigerian player, defender Marc Bola, to its team and have handed him a professional contract too. Bola, who is of dual nationalities- England and Nigeria, helped Arsenal’s under-18s to the FA Youth Cup semi-finals this season and is a regular for the club’s under-21s much to the delight of coach Arsene Wenger who gave the go ahead for the club to sign him.

Arsenal said on it's official website:

“Everyone at Arsenal looks forward to Marc’s continued development at the club.” “Equally adept on the left or in the heart of defence, the powerful teenager was often called up to the under-21s as cover and he caught the eye with several encouraging performances for Steve Gatting’s side.

"The lively defender has shown plenty of promise so far and will be hoping to continue his development by featuring for the under-21s on a more regular basis this term.” Marc Bola tweeted “Pleased on Signing My First Professional Contract At My Dream Club,” he said.

Marc Bola joins a growing list of Nigerians already on the club's chequebook. Alex Iwobi, Chuba Akpom, Kelechi Nwakali, Samuel Chukwueze, Asisat Oshoala, Chiori Johnson and Tolaji Bola are the Nigerians currently in Arsenal FC.

source
http://www.reportnaija.com/2016/04/photo-arsenal-signs-another-nigerian.html

cc lalasticlala

Emmanuel Amuneke, another wonder kid is here.

Please hurry before he features for any of the English youth teams.

forgiveness:
Yes, you are right we need only the exceptional ones that is why Sunday Oliseh went Iwobi ahead of Dele Alli.

Hmm, you are very correct and that's why Nigeria an Academy player deserves to be called to the National team ahead of established premier-league players.


Even Alaba is now enjoying the double standards criteria. Very good for Nigeria Football. # clapping.

I know the angle from which you are looking at it. But I have to ignore and reply you with a plain mindset.

Though both players are Nigerians but one is more Nigerian the other.

Dele Alli was born in England though also eligible to play for Nigeria.
While Alex Iwobi was born in Nigeria and also eligible to play for England just also like the case of Victor Moses.

Besides, Iwobi's uncle, Austin Okocha played a major role in Alex's decision to play for Nigeria. And again before Oliseh approached him Iwobi had already made himself available for Siasia's U23 Screening late in 2014. Dele Alli I doubt would have made himself available to Siasia even if invited.

Dele Alli and Ross Barckley are too English rooted to even consider Nigeria as a choice of Nationality.

terzurum5:
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U-23 Goalie Emmanuel Daniel not ready for Super Eagles
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Nigeria U-23 and Enugu Rangers Goalie, Emmanuel Daniel snatches the ball off the head of an opponent.


Enugu Rangers goalkeeper Emmanuel Daniel has said he “feels great” with his performance after the side were forced to a 1-1 result against MFM FC in a top of the table clash at the Agege Stadium on Wednesday.


Daniel has enjoyed a rich vein of form with the Flying Antelopes and the U-23 Eagles but the 21-year-old says he’s not getting carried away with the praises nor is he in any haste to force his way into the Super Eagles until he gets an invitation.
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Abegi this guy to me is our 3rd best goalie in this country. Only Carl Ikeme and Daniel Akpeyi are better than he is.

He is ahead of Ikechukwu Ezenwa.

He should be invited to the Super Eagles after the Olympics.

forgiveness:
In this case it was different. Sunday Oliseh met with Iwobi in England. I think same method should be applied to lure Nigerian players born abroad to play for Nigeria. Afterall, one no special pass others.

This is where you get it wrong. Some are more special than others.

You want us to approach every Anglo-Nigerian player we see in England?

Sorry, we only need the exceptional ones.

SO? AND THIS MADE FRONT PAGE?

tbaba1234:
FC PORTO CHIDOZIE AWAZIEM CALM OVER NIGERIA NATIONAL TEAM INVITATION

FC Porto rising star Chidozie Awaziem says he is not worried about not being invited to the Nigeria national team as he is mainly focused on doing well for his Portuguese team.

“I’m not in a hurry as was the case with my rise at FC Porto at the right time I will be called up, am calm,very calm about my chances with the Nigeria national team” He told Owngoalnigeria.com.

“The coaches we have in the various National teams which am still eligible to play for are aware of my performances and have gotten assurances from my agent that I will be considered”.

The former El-Kanemi juniors of Jos youngster is also not giving up on his team chances of winning the league in Portugal this season despite their recent loss to relegation battlers Tondela.

“As long as mathematically we still have a chance I strongly believe we will lift the title by God grace, we just have to win our games and put the pressure on those ahead of us, it’s as simple as that”.

http://owngoalnigeria.com/2016/04/07/fc-porto-chidozie-awaziem-calm-over-nigeria-national-team-invitation/

This is a player you know is very willing to play for Nigeria not those ones that say they think English.
If he continues playing he will definitely get a call up.

An old Nissan Maxima

The major problem with that stadium is the draining system. The pitch easily gets water logged.
They should have left the natural grass

Anybody