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Well, we need to find a way to communicate to the NFF because we gonna need that guy at the World Cup. And moreover, he would be easier to convince than the likes of Tammy Abrahams ... he knows or ought to know that his chances of breaking into the loaded Germany side is close to zero.


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Joebie:
No News on recent approach on Torunarigha

For sure, the 4 countries I would really want to avoid, at all cost, at group stages in Russia are - in this particular order:
Brazil
Germany
Argentina
France

And there are a couple of other tough teams but I think we can navigate our ways through most of the other teams if we are well prepared.


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Famocious:
They have the French and Brazilians to contend with..

Look at the depth of variable formations available to the French team

I will start monitoring Nura Abdullahi effective immediately (starting this weekend). I mean, if this dude can start for AS Roma then he's quality....we need to pay attention.

Joebie, any news on whether the NFF has made any contacts with Jordan Torunarigha?


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Joebie:
Russia 2018 Full Back Contenders

Right Back ONLY Options
Shehu Abdullahi
Nura Abdullahi
Dominic Iorfa (CB also)
Kingsley Ehizibue

Left Back ONLY Options
Jordan Torunarigha (CB also)
Elderson Echiejile
Stanley Amuzie

Left&Right Back Options
Ola Aina
Tyronne Ebuehi
Musa Muhammed (surprisingly LB all current season)

Moses Odubajo (NOT IN CONTENTION)is expected to be back around May 2018

Missing any name?

I would need to see the video clips not the still pictures.


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And Biafra scores again .....

Igbo Kwenu ....



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You made a good point! If I am advising Rohr for the World Cup, I will ask him to play Mikel and Ndidi (Onazi) as DMs and play Iwobi in AM. This would help solidify our defence, while unleashing the creative ability of Alex Iwobi. But to play this formation successfully, we'll have to deploy a 3-4-3 formation (with two adventurous wingbacks). I am not sure that we currently have them.


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Mujtahida:
Goodjoe isn't it better Iwobi plays for us through the middle as an AM? He is too intelligent for us to play him from the wings. With Mikel and Onazi/Ndidi behind him that guy can make a beast out of your Nacho (although I still insist he's no CF as such)

I seriously doubt that Rohr said what they attributed to him. There was no direct quotes in the entire report.

Naija journos, especially those bloggers, are the worst of the worst. They can lie and fabricate like there's no tomorrow.


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Homeboiy:
He should stop taking sides

But is Dominic Iorfa really good enough? Is he good enough to displace Shehu or Ola Aina? But I know that he can play CB as well. He may probably deputize Ekong and Balogun at CB if we get him but I just don't know his current quality.

I mean, he played well the few times I had watched him but I can't understand why Wolves loaned him out to lowly Ipswich.


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komekn:
Moses is out of the equation he has not recovered and has been overtaken by huge margin by the best RB in the championship Ola Aina.

Dominic Iorfa is ready to play for Nigeria we just need to stop inviting him on the pages of newspapers and make a formal invitation.

I will add to that Seyi Ojo Liverpool player on loan at Derby. I willl remind you that a £10 million transfer fee was rejected by Liverpool fc from Newcastle fc. Left sided winger who has blistering pace could easily play left wing back.

That movie was based on a true story!


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datjukunboi:
Also reminded me of the movie I watched in childhood (The rise and fall of Idi Amin). The Conversation went thus:
Gov: We can't print more money, It'll make our currency as worthless as tissue paper

Amin: What? you call uganda money shi*t paper? Mallam Mugu (calling his aide) take this man away and show him what we do with sh*t (Gov brisk away to be imprisoned /killed & new Gov appointed on the spot that agreed to print more money.

Have you noticed that most of these dictators make decisions contrary to the west and despite international sanctions they achieve monumental advancement and development for their countries amidst Human Rights violations and their western friendly successors tend to underachieve?

Good to know. Because the rate at which naija babes are going into gaydom these days makes my head spin


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Eaugusta:
Don't get it twisted, one of us is already married with 2 kids. The beauty of it is that it's now a family affair

Lesbian


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Eaugusta:
Why do u think u can't find anyone like you? Just pray to be lucky enough to meet someone like you just as I have been blessed with 3 wonderful female friends. It's 5years already and we are still rolling together, supporting each other in our own little capacity. I guess they are the last of their kinds

Ambode should STFU there!

VAT is a tax. It isn't like resource control because VAT is a tax paid by citizens. Lagos generates a substantial amount of VAT by virtue of it being the former capital and the commercial capital of the country. They should not lay claim to VAT generated in Lagos because the city was developed by Federal money.

It's just like telling your boss that you deserve to share in the profit simply because the man built a store and decides to put you in charge of biggest and most profitable store. NEWS FLASH: You may be making the biggest profit but, still, the store ain't yours buddy!


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I don't know about being a small country but Biafra may be the first African country to win the World Cup.

Go write it down!


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BigBelleControl:
Biafra and Catalonia are the next small nations that will qualify for the world cup.

Nine gold medals on the first day by one country! How many gold medals are they giving out in the entire tournament?

Na wao


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That's a very solid list, SG. The only names I would add are:

Dominic Iorfa - if he has finally made up his mind to play for us
Sone Aluko - will always give you a 101% commitment and hustle
Moses Odubajo - if he has fully recovered from injury

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safarigirl:
Following elyte39's suggestion, and for the sake of a little fun....my 30-35 man WC list barring injuries:

GK (5)

1. Ikechukwu Ezenwa
2. Vincent Enyeama
3. Dele Alampasu
4. Daniel Akpeyi
5. Carl Ikeme ( not likely to make it)

DF (9)

6. Leon Balogun
7. William Troost-Ekong
8. Shehu Abdullahi
9. Ola Aina
10. Elderson Echiejile
11. Chidozie Awaziem
12. Tyrone Ebuehi
13. Kenneth Omeruo
14. Felix Uduokhai/Torunarigha (whichever we can get)

MF (8]

15. John Mikel Obi
16. Ogenyi Onazi
17. Wilfred Ndidi
18. John Ogu
19. Oghenekaro Etebo
20. Joel Obi
21. Mikel Agu
22. Kelechi Nwakali/ Obinna Nwobodo


FW (8]

23. Victor Moses
24. Odion Ighalo
25. Kelechi Iheanacho
26. Alex Iwobi
27. Moses Simon
28. Ahmed Musa
29. Cyril Dessers
30. Henry Onyekuru/ Olarenwaju Kayode

Standby (5)

31. Tammy Abraham
32. Ademola Look man
33. Dominic Solanke
34. Josh Onomah
35. Uche Agbo

Cc Joebie, Icon4s, Kog45, Terzurum5, forgiveness, joseph1013, daveP, napoleon55, icon79, Mujtahida

Oh my goodness! Please somebody tell me that this dude is joking!! What kind of education do Nigerian students get these days?


Na wao, this reminds of the story we used to hear about Field Marshal Idi-Amin Dada of Uganda. The Central Bank governor once informed him that the country is broke....that the country doesn't have money any more. And Idi-Amin was like "What do you mean, we don't have money? Isn't it your job to print money. Go and print more money."


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Ebookmathswaec:
Why can't we print the $5.5bn ourselves instead of borrowing since we can print money ourselves?

I believe if we print the money ourselves, we can use it for whatever we want and we won't need to pay back money to anybody.

Nairalanders pls! I need explanation.

Without a doubt. He's the best player that ever lived! As somebody said on twitter: "When the pressure is high, rise above it. Leo Messi leads Argentina to the World Cup.

Do you know that it had been 11 months since any other Argentina player, besides Messi, scored for the national team in a World Cup qualifier?


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davidodiba:
Messi is football

Why and how could one individual have 56 houses? Is she a real estate agent? And what's her annual salary that supports all those properties?

Nigeria, we hail thee ....


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Did you watch Real Madrid versus Bayern Munchen in the last UEFA Champions League Quarter Finals match? The ref allowed TWO offside goals, even one which Cristiano Ronaldo was over 10 yards offside. Was the match ordered to be replayed? Where the match officials Africans?

Abeg, mek we hear word, jor! Ref are human beings, they can make mistakes and sometimes do disallow clean goals as offsides. Saturday was not the first time that happened and it would not be the last.


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Iamkuttie:
African Football officiating issa Big Joke!!

Full blooded Nigerian, but the refree decision ain't really fair.!

Somebody really need to teach some naija men some basic truth: beauty is in the eye of the beholder! What does it for you might not do it for the next guy.

Some slim dark skinned girls are some of the most beautiful people on the planet. Those are facts, I am not trying to patronize anybody.


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Yes, I do.....

For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. 2 Peter 1:21.


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Uyi168:
..As if u knw how the scripture came abt..

So over 30 years after he destroyed and bankrupted Nigeria, Nigerians still regard IBB as a kingmaker?

This shows that Nigeria's problem is beyond remedy!



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As the scripture says 'The first shall be the last and the last first.'



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Uyi168:
preaching to the same set of people that brought christianity to us

Well said. However, if I know her personally, I would advise her that these kinds of public preaching doesn't really bear much fruit - that is, unless you're organizing an open air crusade. For an effective evangelism, the best approach is to take your tracks and chat with people individually.


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Evablizin:


She is doing the work of her father(Jesus Christ).

Go ye therefore and teach all nations,baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost.........MATTHEW 28:19

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safarigirl:
wetin? I don answer you

SG, you know that I am NOT happy with you, right?


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safarigirl:
the rest of us nko? You want to steal them like you did lazyerudite?

So it has reached a stage where "Pastors" now have girlfriends?

Na wao. End time pastors!


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Mister Bruce Fein actually ate his lunch. he schooled him on Democratic norms, colonialism, ethnic cleansing, and fundamental human rights.

Mister Linus Idahosa kept throwing generic terms around .... words that he doesn't even know what they mean. And why was he being called a Nigerian governor?


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Bro, not me! As for me, 99.9% of the blame belongs to Pinnick. I even tweeted him a few times on twitter (along with that naija BBC reporter) to keep his moves on the down low....we don't wanna alert the English FA so they go ahead and cap him right away. But he ignored me because he needs his photo ops.

And as for the Oluwashina Okeleji somebody (the BBC reporter), I got into a twitter shouting match with him sef. But he kept on doing his thing because he wanted to report his scoop. That being selfish! That's unpatriotic!


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Joebie:
We never blame Pinnick, who I believe is more than 50 years for that mishap, na 19 year old who acted more professionally? na wa o
Tammy's response was professional. Never talking down either on England or Nigeria. Just reiterating he is still committed to England [at least in the meantime]

Bro, the young man shamed my country. The way he denied naija was very hurtful. And he concluded his statement by saying "I have informed the FA (English FA) that I remain available for selection". That was the dagger!

I honestly don't want Nigeria to be somebody's second choice. We need the players we would wear the uniform with pride and not because their preferred country couldn't come thru for them.


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Kog45:
My man O pari u don vex,pls easy,i know u are not happy with d way d guy went about d whole things but u need to put this into consideration, his age and d pressure from English FA especially his U21 coach.

Amaju w still go after him coz he was very close to d family and Amaju know much than us.Honestly if he want to play for us fine and if he decide that it's England, no issue.

Honestly players are very funny sometimes, did u know as experience and mature Enyeama is,he shunned d senate President who tried to come in to settle his rift with NFF but Senate President wasn't bother by d embarrassment,still went after him to change his mind.

Pls don't let us rules d guy out,honestly i watched his video clips last week, d guy is a poacher, it we be good to have him in this present team.

Well, let's hope that he would learn from his mistakes. But I am not holding my breath.

When I tried to take him to task over the issue, on twitter, his defenders descended me on like a ton of bricks.


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Joebie:
Pinnick did not beg him before. If we make another move then that will amount to begging.
I don't see it as humiliation. If anything, Pinnick should be the one to regret putting everything out in public. The boy was pressured to make a statement in public. Something that would have been kept in private.
Pinnick has to remember his mistakes, when he make future approaches.

Yes, Pinnick should be blamed 100% for that debacle. Someone who is trying to "steal" a player from another country doesn't going around broadcasting his plans on the world wide web and taking silly photo ops.

The way he handled the whole thing was so amateurish that he should've promptly resigned if Nigeria were a civilized country.


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soetanoreoluwa:
Who to blame AmajuPinnick or Tammy? There is alot undisclosed about the issue....