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yahrant140:
THE 1985 KODAK U-16 Soccer Champions: Kneeling in front with the trophy is Captain Nduka Ugbade. The coach, late Sebastian Brodericks-Imasuen is standing first left at the back, grinning (who wouldn't ?).
FULL TEAM LIST:
1 Lucky AGBONSEVAFE
2 Tenworimi DUERE
3 Nduka UGBADE
4 Fatai ATERE
5 Binabei NUMA
6 Kingsley AIKHIONBORE
7 Salisu NAKADE
8 Sani ADAMU
9 Jonathan AKPOBORIE
10 Victor IGBINOBA
11 Billa MOMOH
12 Imama AMAPAKABOR
13 Baudwin BAZUAYE
14 Joseph BABATUNDE
15 Chukwuma NWOHA
16 Mohamed YAHAYA
17 Hilary ADIKI
18 Dele ABUBAKAR
Coach: Sebastian BRODERICK IMASUEN.

They are now N2Million Richer.

TheGoodJoe:
I still maintain of having them all in camp. I do not know how we prepared for the Atlanta Olympics. But, Westerhof was handling the Super Eagles and maintained a full camping process.

I say we camp as much as we can briefly and pick the best. Those that will not make it will benefit from the experience.

We are saying same thing bro. We need them all in camp.

Bonfere Jo handled the Olympics team. It is typical of national Team coaches to maintain a "full camping process". But how full is actually full?
I can tell you that even if Siasia invites 200 players some notable names would still be left out. Everybody cannot be invited. However, there are some players that we know stand tall above others who if I give you a pool of 100 players u can easily select them as among a staring 11. Those are the kind of players I am speaking for. Baring any injuries u cannot tell me that players like Kenneth Omeruo, Wilfred Ndidi, Simon Moses, Kingsley Madu, Mike Olaitan and Abdul Ajagun are not good enough to make the 18 man list. They are all members of the 2013 Flying Eagles. Omeruo missed out bc he was with the Super Eagles at the Confederations Cup. They are matured players now and set for senior team action and the Olympic games would be a good hunting ground for them.Yet Siasia has never invited them. These are specifically the players I am talking abt. U cannot leave them out and still maintain u want to have a full camp to select the best cos they are among the bests at this U23 level.

And as I said earlier, I hope they get invited by Siasia along-side many others for the "full camping". That is jst my point. I am not against a full camping process.

Saw my first porn some time during my 3rd or 4th year in the University. I went visiting a male friend. He saw me enter and still did nt not remove it. I didn't know what to think. I felt more uncomfortable when his girlfriend walked in to join him in watching.

I left and promised to see him another day.

TheGoodJoe:

Definitely. After we won Tunisia '94 AFCON. I remember reading of Coach Westerhof inviting a lot of players to camp for the USA' 94 World Cup, despite having An AFCON winning squad.

After he finished his camp process, most of the players from the AFCON team scaled through.

The players you mentioned will most likely scale through but there might be gems we will leave behind if we do not fish out the best in each role.

Yeah true. But the thing is he has never invited most of those players. I am not saying he should not invite other players.
As I have repeatedly pointed out, Olympic football is next to the Senior World Cup. The U17 & U20 is mostly where we unearth the "hidden" gems. You cannot be searching for hidden gems and ignore the already identified ones. U took a look at the Dream Team I and u saw mostly already known/established players then.

Well, I will want to believe Siasia may have left out those players bc he was not sure of their availability for the Olympic qualifiers. But now that we have qualified we need to see those more established players in the Team.
We cannot have the best in each role if he does not invite the best.

forgiveness:
Done deal: Spurs youngster completes loan move to Portugal

Published
21/01/2016 18:22
Remember this guy? Apparently he's gone to Portugal but he's expected to back in the summer
Most of you should already know about Musa Yahaya, the 18-year-old Nigerian dubbed "the new Andres Iniesta" who joined Spurs in summer 2014, but has barely been seen nor heard from since.

The last I heard of Yahaya was way back in August 2014, when the youngster's agent revealed he was training at Spurs and learning English.

"Tottenham Hotspur have hired an English teacher for Musa Yahaya. The lady speaks Hausa and English, so it's easy for Musa to understand what is being taught," Babawo Mohammed told Nigerian website SL10.ng at the time.

"She comes three times a week to tutor him. Before now, he spoke only Hausa and little Nigerian pidgin English, but he has improved now.

"During training, he wasn't really understanding what they were telling him to do. On the pitch, they are highly impressed with his performance. He is staying in their club house and they take care of his meals. A vehicle picks him from the club house and takes him to training every day."

Since then, there's been next to no word about the player whose performances in youth football earned comparisons with Barcelona's pass-master.

Until now, that is...

Yahaya has joined Portimonense on loan from Tottenham, the Portuguese second division side have confirmed. He could be available for Portimonense's Segunda Liga game against Academico Viseu on Saturday.

Portimonense doesn't say if Yahaya has even signed from Spurs but a couple of websites believe he is still a Tottenham player and will return to Hotspur Way in the summer.

http://mobile.newsnow.co.uk/A/2/812554320?-21310:8643:t

Good news.

fhaty1986:
I was invited to an interview which was held yesterday in their headquarter office. I thank God all went well not untill I was asked how much I think the company can pay me? But my response was 50k but am afraid if I have bleeped up for saying that or is it appropriate or not. I want my dear nairalanders in the house to please advice me on the implication of this pay level to ur success in getting ur desired job

It is even better u quoted something low than quoting some thing too high. As one of the earlier posters said, if u did well in the interview generally, the low salary u jst quoted will not stand as a hindrance. They will pay u ur worth when u get ur offer letter. All the best.

Forumites, Someone shared this with me and I feel it's a great piece. Please read patiently.

Plunging Naira - before you blame Emefiele look at yourself


It is either I do not understand economics and how exchange rates work or a vast majority of us Nigerians still don’t get how we have wrecked our country with our own curious choices. Just this morning I was listening to the radio and the lady on air went on and on about how she thought CBN governor Godwin Emefiele was incompetent and should be sacked because the naira was now exchanging at 309 or so to the USD. That view pretty much echoes the sentiments expressed by many people I know and it amazes me that there are Nigerians who actually think there is some magic POLICY that can make the naira strong in the near term. If my economics and my understanding of the way the world works are right, then that is as far from the truth as President Obama is a Kenyan.

The simple fact of the matter is that apart from oil that accounts for over 90% of our revenues, we really don’t have much of an economy. We hardly produce anything, we import even toothpicks, so exactly what policy is going to be implemented that will turn Nigeria into a top exporting economy in the near term? Where are our Apples, IBMs, Disneys, GMs, General Electrics, Coca Colas, Empire State buildings, Statues of Liberties, Lockheeds, Citibanks, JP Morgans, ExxonMobils, NBAs, Super Bowls etc?

Let me bring that closer home. There was a time long ago when Nigeria had a truly strong economy and the naira was one to the dollar - even exchanged for higher than the USD, but that Nigeria is not this Nigeria. Sadly that Nigeria was laid by the British, and this Nigeria (if you don’t believe in the nonsensical imperialist conspiracies like me) - fueled by the DAMAGING Indigenisation Decree, has been the creation of us Nigerians.Back then we had a booming economy. We were either the top, or among the top exporters, of timbre, cocoa, groundnuts, rubber, palm oil, etc, in the world. Nigerians not only holidayed at home in their villages, at Yankari Games Reserve, at Obudu Cattle Ranch, at Oguta Lake, at Ikogosi springs, at Gurara Falls, at Mambilla Platueau, etc, we attracted international tourists who brought in loads of foreign exchange. Even Nigerian schools were foreign exchange earners because they attracted foreign students. We had different car assembly plants - Peugeot, Volkswagen, Anamco etc. Nigerian government officials only bought vehicles assembled in Nigeria for official cars. We had a thriving sports industry. We were not Man United or Chelsea fans, we were Rangers or IICC fans. We had the Nduka Odizors, people made money from sports. We also had companies like Lennards and Bata producing school shoes in their thousands, we had the thriving Nigerian Airways and the Aviation School in the north that produced some of the best pilots in the world. In those days if you were brilliant you were respected much more than the crass money-miss-road contractors of today. Most of the Aje Butters I knew had fathers who were university dons. Back then it meant something to ‘know book’. Our textile industry was alive and well. Just recently I watched a news report on the textile industry in Nigeria on CCTV News. Though the main focus was on the comatose status of the industry, I was stunned by the gigantic Kaduna Textile Mill built in 1957. I could go on and on.

Today however, no thanks to our parents (and we must call them out the way Wole Soyinka did his generation) and many of us (and we should be remembered for failing our children if we continue like this), we have destroyed everything. Today for instance Nigerian football (which comes easy to me obviously) doesn’t appeal to us, we have to fly across thousands of miles to watch ‘our’ clubs play. Every year we collectively burn billions of naira being fans of clubs that give us nothing back, but some ‘entertainment value’ - simple pleasures for which we are ready to destroy the future of our children. Well people, payback time is here. Even with our ta-she-re money we all want to wear designer clothes and carry designer bags, Armani, Givenchy, Louis Vuitton etc. We all want to drive jeeps with American specs, our children must now school overseas and acquire the necessary accents to come back home and bamboozle their ‘bush and crass’ contemporaries that they left behind. Who holidays in Nigeria anymore, is there Disneyland here? No one buys made-in-Nigeria school bags for their children, after all no Superman or Incredible Hulk or Cinderella on them. We are no longer top exporters of anything and the demise of oil means we have zilch... zero. A country of 170m fashion-conscious people has no textile industry. We take delight in showing how our made-in-Switzerland Aso Ebi is different class to everyone else’s. When we help our musicians grow and pay them millions, they repay us by immediately shipping the monies overseas to produce their “i-don-dey-different-level”music videos. It makes no difference that distinctly Zulu dancers are dancing to a Nigerian highlife song. As stars concerned they also wed and holiday overseas to impress us all. All the musicians who acknowledge their Ajegunle roots now speak in a cocktail of strange accents to symbolise how much they have blown their monies overseas.

Were we a more serious people, the highly popular Kingsway Stores of the past would probably have a thousand outlets pan Nigeria today supporting a massive agriculture industry among others, but today we have the likes of SPAR, Shoprite, dominating the retail industry while Kingsway is dead. And we Nigerians make it a special point to shop from the Oyibos who have ‘cleaner shops’, ‘better this and better that’. For our personal pleasure we don’t mind them dominating us in our own backyard and shipping proceeds overseas.

I could go on and on, but I don tire. Even as you are reading this, stop for a moment and look around you. What you see will probably explain why we are lucky it is not N1000 to the USD yet. And don’t think for a moment that it cannot get there. Just continue to wear your Armani gear and Swiss-made lace, continue to spend your money on Man United, Arsenal, Chelsea and Barca and encourage your children to do same. (My article tomorrow in my Saturday column in This Day is on the Nigerian champions Enyimba FC - Nigeria’s most successful club - not having a sponsor, yet Nigerian brands pay over N600m to Man United and Arsenal for sponsorship to impress us.) Ehhh, no problem, continue to tell me the NPFL is rubbish or the clubs should clean up their act if they want sponsorship, mo gbo. Don’t curtail your interest in choice wines ( we were the number one champagne consumers in the world in 2015), continue to love your American specs, cheer the education ministry for letting schools sink to pitiable levels, don’t fight them to improve our schools, don’t chide them for letting schools drop Nigerian history and embrace British, America and whatever else curricula. Carry on with your love of French wines and Chinese silk, don’t bother about Jamiu Alli when there is Roger Federer. Stock up on your Italian, American, British products which you cannot live without, including the ‘baby soft’ toilet rolls produced only in that small unique village in England - the days are long gone since you were a broke student who used wet newspapers to wipe your butt. Don’t even consider holidaying in Nigeria, it’s too dangerous - you have to fulfill your dream of being Nigeria’s Henry Ford. Don’t listen to people like me who have a wardrobe full of only cheap adire that is actually cheaper than just one of your Tom Ford blazers. Please keep dressing in fine silk made in some exotic place so you can be addressed accordingly. Finally keep letting corrupt leaders who have looted your commonwealth and shipped all the monies overseas get away because to attack them does not fit your political narrative. Let us continue with the fine life But don’t forget that there is payback time and Emefiele is not your problem. Time for us all to look in the mirror

It's a call to change our perspective which is a recipe for the great nation we crave for

TheGoodJoe:
I still opt for Coach Siasia doing it the way Coach Westerhof used to invite players to camp. Sometimes, up to 300 players and screen out the best in each position.

Let us not rely on just a set but get the best crop of our U23 players in each position. I feel that is the best system for Nigeria.

Siasia participated in some of these screening processes and knows the methodology Westerhof applied.

Even if he invites 1000 plays, i can tell u that d likes of Ndidi, Madu, Moses, Ajagun,Olaitan, Umar & Abdulahi are good enough to make d final 18. Well, I believe he is likely to imvite most of d above mentioned players.

TheGoodJoe:
I still opt for Coach Siasia doing it the way Coach Westerhof used to invite players to camp. Sometimes, up to 300 players and screen out the best in each position.

Let us not rely on just a set but get the best crop of our U23 players in each position. I feel that is the best system for Nigeria.

Siasia participated in some of these screening processes and knows the methodology Westerhof applied.

Yeah I agree with you. But what i am pointing out is he is yet to invite a good number of those boys.

Petrobros:
Spot-on Sir. A good number of peeps here don't appreciate that crop of 2013 U210 hu should ideally form d nucleus of the 2016 U23 bc they only seriously started following our youths football after the exploits of Iheanacho and co.
The 2005 U20 formed the nucleus of the 2008 U23 jst as u rightly pointed that the 1993 U20 formed the nucleus of the 1996 U23. That is the progression we have been talking abt and have been wanting to see.

Thanks. In fact that crop of Flying Eagles were the second stream of the John Obu boys that all started in 2009 at U17. Ramon Azeez, Kenneth Omeruo and Ogenyi Onazi were members of that crop. Two years later Ahmend Musa and Uche Nwofor joined them at U20 in 2011. The 2013 crop were those that were still eligible to play at U20 jst like how Awoniyi, Mathew, Yahaya and co will join forces with the 2015 U17 to form the next U20. And jst also like Ndidi and Simon repeated U20 in 2015.

The 2013 Flying Eagles were quite talented and most of them are doing creditably well in Europe. And I think Siasia should extend his invitation a good number of them.

By cheating in the first place, you have already deprived some1 of the that same opportunity.
Integrity is key in the banking sector. I think ur move has been check-mated. Game Over!

I agree to some extent with Lexyman, particularly on Chikatara being injury prone. He shone like a million stars at the commencement up to the middle of 2013/2014 NPFL season. Injury hit him and he never recovered that form until his heroics against Niger. When fully in form Chisom Chikatara can wreck havoc against any defense. He is a kind of player that scores impossible goals even from the tightest of angles and slimmest of chances. I follow the NPFL wella so I know him very well. He is supposed to make a move to Kano Pillars from Abia warriors when the League commences. Hey! but if the guy venture scores again in his next match, even if it is jst one goal, na "Europe tins" be that.

@ Forgiveness, the guy is good enough to be invited for the U23. Apart from his goal scoring prowess he already has the physique and stamina to compete with the U23s better than some of the 18yrs old we have in mind(partly what affected Awoniyi and Osimhen at CAF U23). He, Chikatara, would be 22 during the Olympics. And I have always maintained that fielding too many under-aged players in age competitions has it's negative tolls on a team. An ideal U23 Team should have at least 80% of the team being 21 to 23. Exceptionally talented 19 and 20 years olds may also be selected. Let the 18yrs olds feature for the U20s.

We always learnt from History; so I like going back memory lane .Take a look at the ages of the all conquering 1996 Olympics team as at when the Olympics was being played:

1 GK Emmanuel Babayaro (aged 19)

2 DF Celestine Babayaro (aged 18)

3 DF Taribo West (aged 22)

4 FW Nwankwo Kanu 1976 (aged 20)

5 DF Uche Okechukwu (aged 28) -over-aged player

6 MF Emmanuel Amuneke (aged 25) -over-aged player

7 MF Tijani Babangida (aged 22)

8 MF Wilson Oruma (aged 20)

9 MF Teslim Fatusi (aged 18)

10 MF Jay-Jay Okocha (aged 23)

11 FW Victor Ikpeba (aged 23)

12 DF Abiodun Obafemi (aged 22)

13 FW Garba Lawal (aged 22)

14 FW Daniel Amokachi (aged 23) Was to turn 24 later that yr, so overaged.

15 MF Sunday Oliseh (aged 21)

16 DF Kingsley Obiekwu (aged 21)

17 DF Mobi Oparaku (aged 19)

18 GK Dosu Joseph (aged 19)

The 19 and 20 yrs olds in that team (including 18yrs old Babayaro) u would observe were mostly the 1993 U17 graduates who u and I know were doing exceptionally well in Europe at that time. And those players can be likened to the likes of Awoniyi, Iheanacho and Success of the 2013 Eaglets. The 1993 U20 produced a lot of the 22 and 23 years olds (even though that team crashed out at the grp stage of the AYC).J-J Okocha, Taribo West, Tijani Babangida, Abiodun Obafemi and a host of others were members of that U20 Team

In my opinion Siasia should invite a lot more of the 2013 Flying Eagles to the current Olympic team. Not jst bc they would be mostly 22 and 23 yrs old during the Olympics bt also that team paraded a good number of talented players most of whom have been playing professional football in Europe and some featuring in UEFA Competitions already. These guys have gathered tremendous experience to compete at this level. See some of them:

Wilfred Ndidi
Kingsley Madu
Abdulahi Shehu
Johnbosco Amaefule
Aminu Umar
Michael Olaitan
Olanrewaju Kayode
Christian Pyagbara
Chidi Osuchukwu
Edafe Egbedi
Abdul Ajagun
Emem Eduok
Uche Agbo
Moses Simon

From this crop, only Johnbosco Amaefule and Aminu Umar have featured for the Olympic team thus far. Wilfred Ndidi, Kingsley Madu, Abdulahi Shehu, and Moses Simon have already featured for the Super Eagles of which 3 or all 4 can easily get a starting place in the Olympics team. Michael Olaitan and Abdul Ajagun are also fantastic players that are worthy of Olympics invites. Uche Agbo plays for Granada along with Isaac Success.

Olympics football is jst next to senior team football. Our team should comprise of players that have jst broken into the Super Eagles our are jst abt to beak in. That was what helped us in 1996.

Siasia is such a lucky coach with the abundance of talented players Nigeria currently has both in Europe and in the NPFL. He has no excuse not to get at least to the semis of the Olympics games.

Why are all d 6 players from one club? What kind of a club will sell 6players to one club. Hope no b say them offload their injured players plus bench warmers give Ifeanyi Uba?

And i hope they can stand d heat and physicality of the NPFL. A good move though.

forgiveness:
There is love in sharing. You know.

Wait o. You mean, buying the fish is not enough.

Bros, how far na? Pls, give me the contact first before you change your mind then we will talk about 'cultured' afterwards.

I dnt know where u reside bt d contact is in Benin. However, how u culture the fish is more important than where u buy the fingerlings/Juveniles.

Well, lets nt derail the thread. Lets discuss U23 News, u know we have a 'police' here.

forgiveness:
Arsenal sabi better thing? Trusted pls ask Celtic fans, they will tell you.

Jesus! Abeg, give me the contact of where you buy them and tell me how you culture them.

I can give you the contact of where I bought the fish bt to tell you how I cultured them....? Men we go negotiate that one o. No free lunch even in Freetown.

robosky02:
Championship of African Nations (CHAN) 2016

Nigeria vs Tunisia

Date: Friday 22, January 2016

Time : 15;00 GMT (2;00PM Nigerian time)

Venue: Stade De Kigali, Kigali



cc:lalasticlala
picture: Osas Okoro of Nigeria (17)celebrates his goal

http://www.cafonline.com/en-us/competitions/chan2016/MatchDetails?MatchId=HfDTIhhePr8jkRnRACKiNGk4p4JSGUOH44IERPSpmcfu3BUxSTI4Z1TNVnYcfN6d

15:00 GMT is 4pm in Nigeria my brother.
Or u meant 2pm Nig Time and 13:00 GMT?

Or better still what time is d game in Kigali?

forgiveness:
Balogun is a natural CB before he was converted to RB but Ambrose will not make my team. I have seen Odubanjo played many times and I can say he is a utility player. he can play as a RB, LB, RM and RW.
Well, Azubuike is good but Aneke is another Yaya Toure or Pogba. It is just that he commits fouls easily.
Thanks but it can change at any time.

Bros, that fish you never commot 4 my head ooo. Are they special species and were did you get them from.

Make una no vex ooo.

Ambrose is also a natural CB that Keshi converted to a right back. Like him or nt, he is one of our most trusted CB presently in d Super Eagles.Odubanjo may b a good young defender bt i doubt he can do the RB job better than Balogun. If Aneke was that good Arsenal will nt b looking for a back up DMF.

To the fish: It is a clarias garipanus, a specie commonly sold in Southern Nigeria. The way they were cultured made them that big.

forgiveness:
My dream team


...................... Daniel

Odubanjo........ Omerue...... Balogun ........Madu.................


..................Aneke......... Onazi....................


........Simon ...........Iheanacho........... Imoh


........................ Success


Substitutes:
Keepers: Alampasu,

Defeners: Wilfred Ndidi, Elohor Ekpolo and Abdullahi-shehu

Midfielders: Abdul Ajagun, Azubike Okechuchwu, Oghenekaro Etebor and Alex Iwobi

Attackers: Dominic solanke, Umar Sadiq and Michael Olaitan.

If we consider talent over sentiment, these players tower above the rest for now.

I would prefer Balogun as right-back while Ambrose pairs up with Omeruo at CB.
Onazi and Azubuike are my midfield picks. I like ur forwards line.

With the exclusion of the old beatle I used at driving school, this is the oldest car I have driven: My brother's Toyota Camry 1989 model.
My own Oldest car is the Honda Accord 2000 model.

terzurum5:
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Musa Mohammed's ban in Turkey reduced
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Musa Mohammed (right)


Nigeria defender Musa Mohammed will only miss a game and not two matches after he was sent off in Turkish cup tie involving his club Istanbul BB.


The Turkish FA have announced a match ban for Musa after television replays showed he ought not to have been dismissed when Istanbul BB beat lower league Bandirmaspor 3-2 in a cup game.


Before now, Musa’s club said they will not fine the defender because the red card was too harsh.


Musa has already served out the one-match suspension and so was picked for in the squad for his team’s last league game at Antalyspor, which they won.
africanfootball.com/news/602702/Musa-Mohammed-s-ban-in-Turkey-reduced


Oga Icon4s, I have taken correction.

Well done.

forgiveness:
Sir, What has that got to do with the fact on ground? And why are you asking?
I love facts and not deception hence I will support what is good.

I have noticed it from the choice of players u have consistently chosen to defend or front.

Anyways, lets move on. Its jst an observation.

forgiveness:
Sir, Obinna Nsofor leg no touch ball last season while Taye Taiwo leg touch ball after some months off.

Taye Taiwo still played in the Champions League in 2013 for Dynamo Kyvi and Bursaspor in the play off in 2013/2014. And he also played regularly that season in the Turkish league. As at then, he was 29. Those players you mentioned were not denied playing time by their National coaches hence they are motivated to fight for playing time in their clubs.

So, how did he fizzled out 4 years ago? Maybe 2 years ago is what you mean.

However, the most important thing is what they achieved as professional footballers. And you no very well Taye Taiwo is no push over when it comes to winning trophies.

Nt being tribal here bt u must b from d SouthWest.

BlackAlbino6:
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By Adeboye Amosu and David Meshioye in Kigali:
Cameroonian legend, Roger Milla, insists Nigeria can win a first African Nations Championship in Rwanda, reports Comple tesportsnigeria.com.


Milla, who earned rave reviews for his impressive showing for the indomitable Lions at the 1990 World Cup in Italy, was at the Kigali Regional Stadium on Monday to watch the Group C fixture between Nigeria and Niger.


The former striker who was highly impressed with the performance of the Eagles in the game told completesportsnigeria.com that Sunday Oliseh's charges are good enough to win the competition.


"The Nigeria team is good. They have really good players and have a good chance of winning the title," Milla told Comple tesportsnigeria.com.


"They were fantastic in the second half and I love the build-up to their goals.


"If they can work on some of their mistakes, like starting the game slowly, then I see them winning the competition."


The Eagles sit at the top of Group C with three points, with Guinea and Tunisia have one point each. Niger are occupying last position with no point.


Action will resume in the group on Friday with Nigeria taking on Tunisia, while Niger and Guinea will also do battle.
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Sir Icon4s I believe this is the kind of spacing you want, but this kind of spacing will be very difficult for longer posts/articles. Kudos to you still.

Ah! Lol. But u know adequate spacing makes articles more readable and appealing.

Na so, Una no dey tire? Patiently waiting for some1 that will come here and say him resemble Obasanjo.

BlackAlbino6:
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This rating is different from the views of most NL Sports forumites. They overrated some of the players.
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Well the ratings are quite subjective since there are no scientific apparatus to measure each player's achievement. Our ratings cannot be same.

nA WA O

forgiveness:
Taye Taiwo will be 31 this year and you know very well that he had a very successful career. Of course, we know Keshi snubbed him when he was at his prime for lesser players but it does not take anything away from Taye Taiwo. His club record shows that he is best left back Nigeria has ever produced.

Obinna Nsofor will be 29 this but he also had a descent career. Played for Inter Millan, Malaga and West Ham. It's not easy now. The thing is we had/have a lot of young strikers doing well. So, you don't expect us to notice him. He currently playing in 2 Bundesliga.

Chinedu Ogbuke : The boy is good but his body his weak hence not too good career. He will be 30 this year. He is a free agent.


Onyekachi Apam : He was also plagued by injury. He will be 30 this year. He is also a free agent.

Most of their mates are still at their prime. Taiye Taiwo has fizzled-out for like 4yrs now. Obinna has been out for like over 2 yrs now. Meaning they fizzled out at 27yrs. Mind u Messi, Aguero, and Mikel played U20 with them o. Obinna was at 2005 AYC so I classify him with Mikel and co.

Honestly that set held promises. 3 years later they even got to the Olympics final losing only 1-0 to Argentina that paraded: Pablo Zabaleta, Juan Requelme, Ezequel Lavezzi, Javier Mascherano, Lionel Messi, Angel Di Maria, Sergio Aguero, Sergio Remero(goalie) among others. The Argentines are still at their prime but most of the Nigerian players are already pensioners.

That set was the best crop of U20 since after the Saudi '89 set.

robosky02:
Nigeria vs Tunisia

Date: Friday 22, January 2016

Time pls? And no time confusion this time again. Clue: Rwanda is GMT +2 while Nigeria is GMT +1.

sweetboiy:
I wouldn't wanna bore you guys with a long story.
I get to know this lady recently in my class & we've being getting along quite alright, I like her & I think she likes me too because I'm getting the message from her but I'm a bit skeptical on how it will look like if we start dating, I'm very confident of the fact that she won't turn me down.
Now my question is;
Will it work out well considering the fact that we are in the same department/class?
What are the consequences if the school management gets to know about it?

Please no hating but constructive criticism will be welcome.
Thanks!

I dated my course mate and we are happily married today with 2 children.
U jst have to be on top of ur game. Work very hard and get ahead of her so she will always look up to u. If u plan on marrying her u may have to compete with guys hu are more ready for marriage. U have to work hard and remain focused bro.

tbaba1234:
Yes, Success is better than the club, he plays for but the development is obvious. Compare his first season to this one. Playing weekly with top class competition and his struggles with relegation will prepare him physically and mentally. He is ahead of all his mates including Iheanacho in terms of development.

The only reason, he is not being recognized is because he plays for Granada. Other la liga clubs are watching. Udinese is still his parent club so he might get his opportunity in seria A soon. I don't see Akpom making the grade at Arsenal. He reminds me of Afobe, another arsenal youth who was terrific in the academies.

Ndidi now plays as a DM. That is a competitive position. He starts every week. It is only a matter of time before he is snapped up but his experience as a regular starter puts him in a good position.

It is not just big teams that have excellent youth structures. Teams in Holland and Belgium also have good structures because they depend on academies for many of their players. Big teams can afford the biggest talents from their youth. The best Spanish youth players end up in Barca or Madrid's Academy but they can also get the best senior players for the 1st team. Competition is stiff. Many end up in lower leagues because the 1st team is loaded. Ajax, PSV, Porto, Anderlecht, club brugge etc are all renowned for good youth structures and the best youth players have a bigger chance of playing.

Yeah sure, not only big Clubs have good youth structures but there is nothing wrong in a young player starting from Big Clubs especially if the young player is highly talented.

How Home Eagles Rated Vs Niger


 18 Jan 2016
 CHAN, Headlines



The Super Eagles started their 2016 African Nations Championship on a winning note Monday evening. The home-based Eagles side scored four second-half goals after a dour first half to defeat the Mena of Niger 4-1.

Completesportsnigeria.com's IZUCHUKWU OKOSI rates the Eagles stars after the game…






Ikechukwu Ezenwa
The Sunshine Stars goalkeeper had a splendid performance in the game. He dealt with the aerial balls brilliantly but could do nothing to stop the fierce shot that led to Niger's only goal scored by Zakari Adebayor. 7/10.



Matthew Etim
Etim played at right-back and had a decent game. He gave away some freekicks though but had a better second half than the first when his composure on the ball and clearance were more encouraging. 6/10.



Chima Akas
The Super Eagles captain was commanding from the rear and was quick to clear the ball away from danger when the Nigeriens opted to attack from his position. His reading of dangerous situations was excellent although a couple of times he was caught ball watching. 7/10.

Jamiu Alimi
The 3SC defender had a nightmarish performance. He struggled to keep pace with the dangerous Idrissa Halidou Garba and gave away unnecessary free-kicks. He was substituted by Orji Kalu within the first 17 minutes of the match after he was yellow-carded. Poor game by the defender. 2/10.


Stephen Eze
The Sunshine Stars defender is one of the five players from the Akure club in the squad and who also started the game.
Eze started in the absence of the suspended Austin Obaroakpo. He was impressive, especially with the second balls and in dealing with aerial threats from Niger. 7/10.



Ifeanyi Matthew
El Kanemi's Matthew had good pre-Championship performances in the tune-up games against Angola and Cote d' Ivoire but the match against the Mena was clearly not one of his better performances for the Eagles.
Most times he gave away the balls although his game improved slightly in the second half. 6/10.




Ikechukwu Ibenegbu
Warri Wolves midfielder Ikechukwu Ibenegbu was missing for most part of the game and was seemingly only available to take the free-kicks for the Eagles.

Ibenegbu had a very poor game despite clearly being a very experienced player. 4/10.



Paul Onobi
This was not a splendid performance by the Sunshine Stars midfielder. He managed to set his team-mates up with some nice passes. However there were those that went astray and he needs to weigh them better. 6/10.


Osas Okoro
The speedy Rangers forward was a constant threat to Niger's defence in this game and his crosses were tantalising.

He scored one of the goals and weighed in with an assist. 8/10.


Prince Aggreh
The Sunshine Stars left-sided forward was a constant menace to Niger's defence. His quick feet and dribbles caused all sorts of trouble for the Mena of Niger defenders however his final balls in the first half were mostly disappointing. He however provided an assist in the second half. 7/10.


Tunde Adeniji
The massively built striker provided the assist which Osas Okoro scored from to open the floodgates of goals for Nigeria.

Adeniji's physicality was an asset to the Eagles but he was guilty of reacting slowest to a fine pass from Osas Okoro in the 30th minute. Adeniji was later substituted by Chisom Chikatara. 6/10.

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Chisom Chikatara
The Abia Warriors striker announced his name to the world with a splendid second half performance against Niger.
Chikatara scored three world class goals after coming off the bench and could have scored more but for his desire to go for glory.
The forward was deservedly handed the Orange Man-of-the-Match award for his wonderful performance.
The 'Kolanut Boy' has proven his talent. He needs to play this good more regularly though. 9/10.


Orji Kalu
The defender replaced the ineffectual Jamiu Alimi and asserted himself well in the central defence. Kalu's interceptions and clearances were commendable. 6/10.

Usman Mohammed
The Taraba United midfielder was introduced by Sunday Oliseh to shore up the midfield and he helped bring stability to the midfield that gave away the ball mostly in the first 45 minutes. His ball-winning ability was key in the home Eagles not handing the Nigeriens the initiative who sought to score more goals after Zakari Adebayor's thunderbolt. 5/10.

Read more at http://www.completesportsnigeria.com/home-eagles-rated-vs-niger/#zhmedZ3isZLwm6Xl.99

TheGoodJoe:
I believe if Success was under a better coach and a better team, we would have seen an explosive talent.

I do not think Akpom is better than Success. I rate Success highly but his talent can not show if he stays at Granada.

Success to me is the next Suarez. I hope he gets to play under the right Coach.

Spot on bro.