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Seem like it. But I am concerned that we're only taking two goalkeepers to the camp.

Onyekuru, as well, ought to be in the camp.

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tbaba1234:
Omeruo, Victor Moses, Onazi, Mikel etc will most likely join the team before SA

Is this an authentic list? No Kenneth Omeruo? And I thought (heard) that both Emmanuel Daniel and Onyekuru were invited. Their names are missing on this list.

I don't get it.

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tbaba1234:
THE FULL LIST

Goalkeepers: Ikechukwu Ezenwa (FC IfeanyiUbah); Dele Alampasu (Cesarense FC, Portugal)

Defenders: Leon Balogun (FSV Mainz 05, Germany); William Ekong (KAA Gent, Belgium); Uche Agbo (CF Granada, Spain); Abdullahi Shehu (Anorthosis Famagusta, Cyprus); Tyronne Ebuehi (ADO Den Haag, The Netherlands); Elderson Echiejile (Sporting Gijon, Spain); Chidozie Awaziem (FC Porto, Portugal)

Midfielders: Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City, England); Oghenekaro Etebo (CD Feirense, Portugal); John Ogu (Hapoel Be’er Sheva, Israel); Mikel Agu (Vitoria Setubal, Portugal); Alhassan Ibrahim (Akwa United FC)

Forwards: Ahmed Musa (Leicester City, England); Kelechi Iheanacho (Manchester City, England); Moses Simon (KAA Gent, Belgium); Stephen Odey (MFM FC); Olanrewaju Kayode (FC Austria Wien, Austria); Isaac Success (Watford FC, England); Noah Serenren-Bazee (Hannover 96, Germany); Victor Osimhen (Wolfsburg FC, Germany); Sikiru Olatubosun (MFM FC)

TO JOIN TEAM IN PARIS AFTER ENGLISH FA CUP FINAL

Ola Aina (Chelsea)

Alex Iwobi (Arsenal)

TBoss? Isn't she the one who was roughly fingered on national TV?

When did she become a celebrity And why should we care?

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Yea, I know but there's still hope with him. Unlike Lookman, he hasn't expressed any preference that he wants to rep England.
So I am holding out hope that we can cap him after the U-21. But who knows....

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tbaba1234:
Tomori Fikayo is going for the u20 world cup.

Yeah, right now, I think we should only pursue Tammy and Tombori; let these other guys sort themselves out. I am not a big believer in disturbing somebody who has declared publicly that he doesn't wanna play for us (Lookman).

Once the Super Eagles start playing well again, these guys would come crawling back to beg us for shirts.....especially, if they don't get a call up by the 3 Lions.

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Humility017:
thank God Tammy is not there....
I don't know what pinnick is waiting for ..
he should act fast on that lad...
I believe after the under 20 tourney...
the scales will fall from the eyes of many others like lookman and ejaria

I think he's moving to a bigger club in the summer. He was just unlucky with injury during the last Olympics or else he and Ndidi would've been the revelations of this winter transfer window. Any team that snap him up would be happy with that transaction.

And it's funny you'd say this because I made exactly the same remarks regarding the Barca scout team. In fact, I told 'em that they should fire their scout team and hire me because I can definitely do a better job than what they had done over the past few years.

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Humility017:
I am feedup of all of this scouts watching things....
I don't know if they're dump ..they still can't convince that club management of the lad potentials
coming to watch him weekly as if he is a home video...

I was just about to ask the same question. Or shebi she don "un-retire"?

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sirusX:
Abi she don retire from those kain roles??

Exactly! Benitez coaching style is similar to Mauricio Pochettino....I think both men know how to make players play to their full potential.

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Icon4s:
With the kind of intensity with which Newcastle plays coupled with Benitez as the gafar Etebo will be unstoppable.

This is a very good news for Etebo and for Nigeria Super Eagles, if it happens. Ralph Benitez has what it takes to bring the best out of Etebo and prepare him to explode at the World Cup. There is no doubt in my mind that Etebo would be a success in the EPL. He's one of the hardest working players I know. And he's a utility player as well.

Let hope the move materializes....fingers crossed!


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TheSuperNerd:
NEWCASTLE SET TO RIVAL EUROPEAN HEAVYWEIGHTS IN A 5 CLUB BATTLE FOR MIDFIELDER


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According to a report by Own Goal Nigeria, Newcastle United scouts were in attendance to watch Oghenekaro Etebo in action over the weekend.

Newcastle scouts watched on as Oghenekaro Etebo’s Feirense beat Pacos de Ferreira 1-0 in the Portuguese top division.
Newcastle were running the rule over box to box midfielder Oghenekaro Etebo, according to this report, ahead of a potential summer move.

It is no secret that Benitez wants to add another central midfielder to his ranks to bolster his options alongside Jonjo Shelvey.

Etebo has emerged as a top target but the Magpies face competition from some of Europe’s finest clubs for his signature.
Premier League side Leicester City are also keen on the 21-year-old with Champions League semi-finalists Monaco, Turkish giants Fenerbahce and La Liga heavyweights Sevilla weighing up a move as well.

The Nigerian international already has 8 senior caps and can also play as an attacking midfielder.


Source: https://footballleagueworld.co.uk/newcastle-set-to-rival-european-heavyweights-in-a-5-club-battle-for-midfielder/

*SMDH*

Inferiority complex is what's killing the Afonjas. It doesn't work that way, folks. And that's why y'all are NOT progressing despite having Lagos in your area. Just go thru the Eastern states and go thru the Western states, you'll see the difference. The difference, they say, is 7UP. And that's in spite of the genocidial civil war we suffered.

In education, the eastern states are leading. Any the big city in Nigeria today (Lagos, Kano, Jos, Kaduna, etc.) would become a ghost town if the Igbos were to leave. It's really the time for the afonjas to acknowledge that Ndi Igbo are the Jews of Africa. They are blessed and highly favored. And no one can keep them down.

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ODVanguard:
Are you minding them? Even the PH sef is more developed than anywhere in the SE. Upon all their noise about developing everywhere else nowhere in their entire region is as developed as Lagos, Abuja, PH, or even Ibadan sef.

LOL. Since when did Onitsha took that title from Ibadan and Lagos

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Eastwalk:
We even developed Abuja, we only allow Onitsha to be the most polluted city in the world.

Kelechi really needs to get outta ManCity ASAP or else I see Onyekuru leading our attack line in Russia.


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TheSuperNerd:
Crystal Palace Boss Okay Move For Prolific Nigerian Forward Henry Onyekuru

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Crystal Palace have signified their interest in signing hot in demand Nigerian forward Henry Onyekuru after receiving positive reports from scouts of the team about the 19 year old.

19 year old Onyekuru has 20 goals and nine assist for newly promoted Belgian side KAS Eupen, a form which has alerted top teams in Europe with Everton, Southampton, Bournemouth and Liverpool all linked with the forward.

However as exclusively reported by Owngoalnigeria.com, Everton are the only team to have submitted a bid for the Nigerian but there offer failed to match the valuation of Eupen.

Eupen want a fee of a little over 7 million pounds for their top scorer with several add ons which could see the fee rise to around 17 million pounds, Everton are yet to increase their initial offer of 5 million pounds.

A source close to the player confirmed representatives of Crystal Palace acting on the instructions of coach Sam Allardyce have contacted the representative of the forward in view of a move.

” For now Onyekuru has a new suitor in Crystal Palace, they registered their interest three days back but nothing official yet as they are yet to contact Eupen”, he told Owngoalnigeria.com.

” He (Onyekuru) will choose the best option when it gets to that stage, for now we are weighing up offers before deciding on which is best from the angle of career progression and cash as well”.


**Daniel Martins


Source: http://owngoalnigeria.com/2017/05/08/crystal-palace-boss-okay-move-for-prolific-nigerian-forward-henry-onyekuru/

I watched the game yesterday, Leon had a massive game. But let's pray that Mainz would escape relegation, we need him playing at the top levels. Right now, the math favors them not getting relegated on goal differences but there are still about 2 games to go.

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TheSuperNerd:
Five Star Super Eagles Defender Leon Balogun Rated Best Player For German Side

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Super Eagles and Mainz 05 defender Leon Balogun was rated the best player for his side in their 0-0 draw against Hamburg in the German Bundesliga.

The tie which is significant to his team chances of beating the drop saw Balogun making his first start in the league since the start of the year, and the 28 year old proved his manager right with a man of the match performance.

Balogun lasted the entire duration of the game, and was given a rating of 7.8 by respected website Whoscored.com, the highest rating among all the players on parade for Mainz 05.

Stefan Bell was the next player rated highly for Mainz 05, as he got a rating of 7.5, less than Balogun, who is expected to resume his partnership with William Troost-Ekong when Nigeria play Corsica in a friendly game.

The partnership with Troost-Ekong has been given the nickname “Oyibo Wall”, and it has emerged as the favourite of coach Gernot Rohr of the Super Eagles of Nigeria.



**Ade Emmanuel


Source: http://owngoalnigeria.com/2017/05/08/five-star-super-eagles-defender-leon-balogun-rated-best-player-for-german-side/

Nerdie, actually, I am the ONLY one still in the running for that signature, bro!

Trust me, I have eliminated all my competitors

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TheSuperNerd:
Awwwwwwn... Good afternoon Safari.... Trust you are having a good Sunday....

The Coach Carter concept isn't a white man concept Dear Safari...

It is a Black man concept .... checkmate!



P.S: About medicine... yes... you are right, you won't need to go to a school. But I am just making reference to a host of then who end up not practicing but will be in emergency situations where their exposure and experiences gained from learning all those years may come in handy to save another life maybe on a plane flight with no certified doctor in sight or maybe in a store... And I have seen Guys who aren't certified docs help with childbirth in some emergency situations, most of them studied medicine or a biomedical course to some degree and even graduated.... the knowledge came in handy and not many will learn this without going to a school.... Not everybody is a Vivien Thomas.... Life is dynamic....





Meanwhile Guys are dying over you here oooo.....

As at Last count... You are more sought after than Henry Onyekuru himself....

Sirs SirManjar, Icon79, Do4luv14 and possibly a few more are scrambling for your "signature".

Maybe we should wait till the summer for your decision....

Again, I have to ask, didn't Jupp Hyneckes go unbeaten in his last season with Bayern? I thought he did but I might be wrong.

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TheGoodJoe:
Maybe Guardiola isn’t an outright success at Bayern Munich. But you have to look to Europe to make that case. Because in Germany, Guardiola has no equal. Count the trophies. Add up the goals. Look at the way they play. Even look at the rest of the league, defeated from Day 1. Guardiola is the best the Bundesliga has ever seen.

Actually, the problem with Barca this season is their inconsistency. They have been extremely good and extremely poor this year.


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Mickael2:
Ok Barca's football this season has been incredibly poor, I don't know where you got your opinion from

Haha!! Not happening, bro

Juve would come thru for us - we all Barca fans


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EmmGee:
Anti Madrid spotted.
Oga mi. Carry your L already.
We are getting a double this season

Actually, if you put his results side by side with what Jupp Hyneckes achieved in his final year with Bayern, you'd realize that Pep didn't perform wonders at all.

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TheGoodJoe:
He cracked it to perfection at Bayern. People saying Pep did not crack it at Bayern are being unfair. He shattered almost all the records from winning the title in record time, to conceding the least goals to scoring the most goals.

The only thing he did not do was win the champions league, which is not a guarantee.

Bielsa is definitely one of my all time fave coaches but, you gotta agree that he's a little crazy. I used to call him da mad dawg


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TheGoodJoe:
Are you saying you know more than Marcelo Bielsa who is one of the best coaches in the World?

Like I had said several times, it doesn't matter how well you play, the heart of the matter of the matter is your results. Barca had played everyone out of the park thus far this year, but are they going to win the UCL? Ten years from now, nobody is gonna remember how well Barca played but everyone is still gonna remember that Juventus won the 2017 UCL.


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TheGoodJoe:
We are playing far better than Pellegrini's team. Our biggest challenge is conversion which we will sort out soon. Pellegrini can not coach City to play the way we are playing now. Pep has done a great job so far. He has my full backing.

Actually, if you trace the genesis of the issue, Pep already had Yaya in the dog house ever before Yaya's agent went ballistics.

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TheGoodJoe:
Pep recently said that Yaya Toure knows why he lost his place recently. That was a footballing related matter. In the first case, Guardiola put Yaya Toure's agent in his place and from now on, that menace will remain quiet.

No case of racism.

If this is true then our people lack serious common sense! After several years of being dogged by this issue, we still keep on putting ourselves in that situation!

And by the way, what difference does a two or three difference makes on your career? It's one thing if he's 30 and was claiming 20, but claiming 19 when you're 22 is silly, to say the least! After all, 19 and 22 are in the same age bracket.

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Chrismario:
How true is this news

https://www.nairaland.com/3782850/stephen-odey-age-falsification-scandal


Reports dat odey was kicked out due to false age


Cc supernerd, tbaba1234, bascovanveli, icon4s, icon79, safarigirl

OK, let me put it this way, he did a good job at Barca. But we can't discount the fact that he was also lucky to have some of the most talented players on the planet in his possession. And in addition, I would like to see him reproduce that magic with another team because we can declare him the greatest.

Apples to apples, he couldn't crack Jupp Hyneckes achievement at Bayern. And so far, he hasn't really improved on Manuel Pellegrini's final year with ManCity - keep in mind that that final year was one of Pellegrini's worst records with City.


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TheGoodJoe:
Keep in mind Barcelona was in a steady decline towards the end of Rijkaard's reign. A team outplayed by Sevilla over and over again. Two seasons without a trophy.

Guardiola turning that Barcelona into one of the greatest sides in club football is nothing short of amazing.

Food for thought. Remember to wash the plates after scrapping it.

Omo, as far as I know, any system that doesn't breakdown your team strictly into the big three: Defence, Midfield, and Attack is a fabu. Take it from someone who knows

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TheGoodJoe:
What of 3-3-3-1?

You made some good points sha. Although I totally disagree with the assertion that Messi would've "been another Robihno" if not for Pep. Leo is simply the MOST talented player to ever play the game and the cream always rises to the top.

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Mickael2:
I didn't say he is not a racist, evidence might support that but that's not my business. Fergie was a racist too so he won't be the first. My point is that he took a team of youngsters and won a treble in his first season, not double, TREBLE. Before 2008 what was Messi's achievement before then? He had the talents no doubt, but he could have been another Robinho if not for Pep. If you trace Xavi's rise and that of Iniesta too, you'd see Pep training them during their La Masia days(Iniesta I am sure but maybe not totally with Xavi). Did you know Busquets before? But he is easily the best DMF in the world. Or maybe you knew Pedro, or Bojan? I could go on and on. He achieved something there, end of

We know that but there's a time for everything! Even the Bible says that!

There's a time for prayer and a time for work.

Sometimes, if you don't have anything to say, just keep your mouth shut!

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sarrki:
It's God that can heal her

OK do you know her ?

This engine needs washing and setting

Thank you so much! You've said it all....no need to add anything else.
We've got some weird characters in this forum.


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forMom:
We know but she needs HER people now.

Very insensitive post.

The quotes below just got me lolling....because it's so true. That's why I started calling for Barca to fire Enrique ever before he announced his resignation.

As per Abidal, Pep started scapegoating him even before his health scare. Trust me, I know this because I have sources at Barca. He had to play Abidal because he was the only natural left back they had at that time.

Forget Iheanacho, just look at how he treated Yaya Toure at ManCity! Toure had been their best player (and the stand-in captain) over the past 5 years and the man came there to treat him like a nobody! In fact, everything I have heard about Pep tells me that he's a racist. You'll definitely have a hard time convincing me otherwise.

And by the way, I am a Barca fan, so I don't have anything personal against him either.

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Mickael2:
When was the last did you watch a barca match this season to see how devoid of tactics it is? Just pass the ball to Neymar or Messi and sit down

With Porto, it was a combination of luck and bad officiating. He won the championship with the help of the Old Trafford scandal.

And please don't mention that he doesn't have stars at Inter Milan. Let me list a few names for you from that squad for you:

Julio Cesar - world's #1 goalkeeper that period

Defenders: Ivan Cordoba, Javier Zanetti, Lucio, Maicon, Marco Materazzi, Walter Samuel, Cristian Chivu,

Midfielders: Dejan Stankovic, Thiago Motta, Wesley Sneijder, Esteban Cambiasso;

Strikers: Samuel Eto'o, Diego Milito, Goran Pandev, etc.

And don't forget that Barca was actually denied two penalties (one in Milan and one at Nou Camp). So we can properly conclude that he won that championship with the help of Nou Camp scandal.

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jamel9:
Don't say that. Mourinho won the uefa cl with unknown players in porto. Even intermilan wasn't that great when he won it with them. Mourinho has proven he can win titles with relatively unknown players. As of pep, that we haven't seen.

LOL @says the one who invented the game. That was a good one, Nerdie

But seriously, some of these fabricated formations make me mad. There's only 3 lines in the field of play: Defenceline, the Midfield, and the Attackline or you can say 1st 3rd, 2nd third and the final third. You confuse people when you try to sub-divide it into all the subdivisions. Let's call it what it is. Or as my uncle would say, "let's call a spade a spade".

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TheSuperNerd:
Says the one who invented the game.....


Well, A dynamic 4-4-1-1 is what it is.... and could easily become 4-3-3 and 4-4-2 without many taking notice.... Keshi and Victor Moses said the team played 4-4-1-1 at Afcon 2013.... this was in an official FIFA TV clip prior to their FIFA Confederations cup campaign.

Nigerians and their tendency to drop silly statistics without showing us how and when the studies were done. They just pull these numbers from their *you know what* and drop them like it's hot, with nothing to back them up.

I expect our supposedly educated Vice President to know better.

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presidency:
10 Things We Learned From Vice President Osinbajo’s Speech at The Platform event organised by Covenant Christian Centre in Lagos on May 1, 2017

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1. From the point of view of the recession, there is light at the end of the tunnel. Inflation is slowing; government revenues are being boosted through fiscal discipline and tax reforms; fiscal, monetary, FX and trade policies are being aligned.

2. Through the CBN’s Anchor Borrowers Program the Federal Government has been able to provide financing for the production of about 5 million tons of rice so far. The goal is for Nigeria to produce all its rice locally by the end of 2018.

3. By improving fertilizer supply, and fertilizer application methods, farmers have seen crop yields double from 2 tons per hectare to 4.5 to 5 tons per hectare (up to 9 tons per hectare in some states).

4. Fertilizer is now N5,500 per bag, roughly half its usual price, thanks to the Presidential Fertilizer Initiative — which has also so far created 50,000 direct jobs and 120,000 indirect jobs.

5. The Federal Government has registered 60% of civil servants on the Integrated Personal Payroll Information System (IPPIS), and removed 58,350 ghost-workers from the payroll, resulting in savings of N92.47bn between January 2016 and April 2017.

6. Through the CBN’s Anchor Borrowers programme, the Federal Government is providing financing for hundreds of thousands of farmers. On the back of this, local rice production has almost tripled. In 2016, Nigeria imported only a tenth of the volume of rice it imported in 2015

7. One of the key ambitions of the Muhammadu Buhari Administration is to ensure that Nigerians grow what we eat and make what we use.

8. The Federal Government has set aside N50bn for improving existing Special Economic Zones and establishing new ones, to support industrialization.

9. Through the reform work of the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC), the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) is implementing reforms that have made the process of business registration easier and faster.

10. To improve power supply, the Federal Government has approved N701bn as payment guarantee to Generation Companies and Gas Producers.

Amen to that, bro!!!


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lightblazingnow:
The right​ time to cage the thieves is here



He must finish what he couldn't at first


Nigeria must be repositioned

We needed​ a man of truth and integrity to mount the highest office


The prayers of genuine Nigerian have been heard.


All the other making noise here and there are thieves.


Long live the president of the federal republic of Nigeria
Long Mohammed Buhari

Long live Nigerians everywhere

Long live me