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elyte89:
Tammy will survive...he's a good player and good enuf for Chelsea

TheGoodJoe:
When it comes to attitude, I think Arsenal now have the worst behaved fans. I wonder which top coach will want to come into such toxic environment.

komekn:
Ovie is already in the bag 100% he made the commitment to Nigeria over two years ago with discretion.

But usual NFF politics although Amaju in this regard disappointed me. They simply did not rate Ovie at that time, now the boy is blowing VERU HOT they have remembered him.

Icon4s:
START VOTING NOW!

NAIRALAND NIGERIAN FOOTBALL FANS AWARDS 2019

[b]Vote for only one player in each

1. Nigerian Player of the Year:
- Odion Ighalo

2. NPFL player of the Year:
- Ifeanyi Anaemena

3. Most Impactful New Inclusion (2019):
- Joe Ayodele-Aribo

4. Best Ogedengbe Super Eagles Best Goal Keeper of the Year:
- Daniel Akpeyi

5. Stephen Keshi Best Defender of the Year:
- William Troost-Ekong

6. Samuel Okwaraji Best Midfielder of the Year:
- Wilfred Ndidi

7. Rashidi Yekini Best Attacking player of the Year:
- Odion Ighalo

8. Most improved player (2019):
- Chidozie Awaziem

9. Young Player of the Year (U-21):

- Victor Osimhen

10. Best performing Foreign born Prospect of the year:
- Cyriel Dessers

11. Super Falcons Player of the Year:
- Chiamaka Nnadozie

12. Super Eagles Goal of the Year:
- Samuel Kalu vs Benin( 2021 AFCON qualifiers)

13. Best assist of the Year:
- Aina for Ighalo vs Burundi (2019 AFCON)

14. National Team of the Year:
- The Super Eagles

CC: Tbaba1234, Safarigirl, Komekn, Bascovanveli, TheSuperNerd, Andrewbaba44, forgiveness, Icon4s.

OMANBALA1:
You think Ronaldinho Iwobi would have saved them if the didn't sell him ?

charlesemeka85:
I still dey celebrate this victory

OMANBALA1:
Not only can Zuby back Ndidi up but he will make you forget Ndidi existed....stop being sentimental. Zuby is a more gifted ball player than Ndidi just like Nwakali is more gifted than Iwobi and Etebor

Kbs468:
Abeg make them leave matter for Mathias ooo.

Which one is being forced to play sideways and backwards due to lack of options in the attack again?

Aren't they Eleven Players every now and then?

And they still concede early Goals?

Does the Coach asked them not to open up to create spaces and options in the attack line?

When their adrenaline rush wouldn't even allow for the compact attacking Football that they are being asked to play?

Abi which Coach want to always concede and not want to win as well?

Maybe na one of those bench warmers dey talk sef

jimmyiovine:
https://www.owngoalnigeria.com/2019/12/05/olofinjana-finidi-in-line-for-nigeria-youth-team-coaching-job-salisu-retains-role-in-national-team-setup/

Olofinjana, Finidi In Line For Nigeria Youth Team Coaching Job, Salisu Retains Role In National Team Setup

Owngoalnigeria.com exclusively gathered that while the NFF advertised the jobs for U17 and U20 teams, the football house have decided to retain Salisu Yusuf as the coach of the U23 team following his return from suspension for his involvement in a bribery ‎scandal regarding players selection.

On the jobs available, the football house is favouring former Mallorca and Real Betis B youth team coach Finidi George for the job of coach of U-17 team while Seyi Olofinjana who is presently a coach with English Premier League side Wolverhampton Wanderers is the leading candidate to be named the U20 coach.

Olofinjana presently works as the manager of players sent on loan by Wolves and he will push to retain his job with the club even if he is appointed by the NFF when the list of the successful coaches is announced next year.

TheGoodJoe:
At the end, those guys can not match the current guys in fitness and intensity.

TheGoodJoe:
Have you watched Mendy and Kyle Walker play? These two guys are up and down the pitch in seconds. Sometimes you find them in attack and defence at split second intervals.

We have loads of very fit full backs. Watch Wan Bissaka, Robertson (who I feel is the fittest), Danny Rose impresses me a lot.

TheGoodJoe:
I actually do not think Ronaldo de Lima would be that exceptional in this era unless he maintained a high level of fitness and tactical discipline. He was too individualistic as a player which is no-no in this era.

He relied a lot on his on-the-ball skills to triumph. Now it is all about clever use of space and quick use of time. Unless he would have to adjust his playing style.

TheSuperNerd:
Like I already said... The likes of Shawcross, De Jong and all are Choir boys compared to the die hard walled defenders of the 60s, 70s and the 80s. Go research on the meanness of the Serie A back in the 60s, 70s and 80s and you will understand better. Pele faced those guys. So did Maradona. Absolutely mean and die hard compared to the more technical defenders you find today in Serie A and in world football.

TheSuperNerd:
All this one you write na lie abeg. Very lame and untrue arguments built up overtime to discredit the Legend of Pele.


In Pele's era, you had greats like Eusebio, Bobby Charlton, Franz Beckanbeaur, Bobby Moore, Gordon Banks, Lev Yashin, Raymond Kopa (after whom the Kopa trophy for best U-21 talents is named), Gerd Muller, Garrincha, Rivelino, etc etc....

Football get men that time abeg. No dey talk wetin you no know.

Eartquake1:
Pele was playing when the world was learning the rudiments of football (akin to one eyed man in the land of the blind)

Modern football is much more complex and goals are much harder to score, for Messi and Cristiano to reign in such difficult circumstances and for such a long time makes them far better than Pele

One goal scored in modern football is equals to 3 goals scored in Pele's era

Sportilitica:
Who first spoke about this Maja dude on this thread? Some people do have foresight

komekn:
This is where we have double standard or maybe we lack understanding.

One iwf my friends came from Nigeria he had played football in Nigeria and national youth level.

I brought him to an EPL academy he chose to watch the U12's not the U23's he was shocked at the level of touch at that age and the training facilities and coaching.

The top academies have players start at age 5/6 by age 9/10 they are training 4/5 times a week including games. Each session is at least 2 hours plus.

"At that time" l watched him play and my opinion was based on comparative standard.

By now you should have noticed a lot of our youth players have deficiencies in thier game when they get to Europe. Not thier fault they did not have the same level of training

Natural ability unquestionably AHEAD but technical ability spatial awareness even touch are questionable. They then have to learn very quickly.

First touch is sometimes everything it's the difference between the best and very good.

andrewbaba44:
Chuks no suppose talk say e no amunike jor

Chuks was born 1999 and amunike last active year was 2002

Anyway what do i know

komekn:
Can you please screenshot with the date.

Otherwise it's an infantile and very desperate attempt to MISLEAD and MISREPRESENT.

As you know without context the text is without substance and in context is has an intrinsic link to Time. Remember the phrase " At that time " qualifies a statement it's relevance and substance.

U have exposed your Desperate Dan attempt on a faceless forum to misrepresent the facts.

If you know shame I shame for you.

You Fall my hand Chei which kind school you go, or you passed through without the school passing through you.

I expected more from you this is so elementary school mentality. Please up your game this is disgraceful.

Or have you become Superdelusuional number 2

TheSuperNerd:
Just like Mikel was back in 2013. The APOTY goes to Mane. Salah will be second. Mahrez can make do with third but people forget Ziyech.

komekn:
You DISSAPOINTMENT me because you are suppose to be the future of Nigeria. What a bleak future with people like you.

You are supposed to be lawyer and in that context there should have been a transfer of the associated skill set as well as methodology in most of your engagements.

BUT THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NONE.

You should be investigative factual but instead your emotive where substantive deduction are required you are opinionated. How on earth do you intend to be a good lawyer even if you don't practice.

You talk without substance with supposition birthed from prejudiced perception.

Below the fifa definition of home grown players.

My reference to "home grown" was in the context of the FIFA definition not one created by myself.

UEFA defines locally-trained or 'homegrown' players as those who, regardless of their nationality, have been trained by their club or by another club in the same national association for at least three years between the age of 15 and 21.

Blueelf:
Mahrez is a strong contender too

Danielnino00:
Don't exaggerate .. nobody ever said we have world class players... What we have are decent players! Players who have the potentials to be world class..

All those African players U mentioned up there had to wait many years before they reach the level they are now... our players are still young . give them time.

elyte89:
Meanwhile where is our so called WORLD CLASS PLAYERS...TOP 30 BALLON D'OR,OUR players re MISSING,when oda African players like Aubameyang,salah,mane,koulibaly, etc re making d top 30 list...y re we always missing,yet we claim we av world class players...if I hear pim again

elyte89:
C ur paddy

chrisooblog:

jargooflife912:
So someone on this thread actually thinks Solanke is better than Nacho? LOL

zuchyblink:
I will have issues with anybody clamoring for the inclusion of home based players in the super Eagles. Our home based players are disgrace to the game of soccer.

charlesemeka85:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGjNpVUa5tg



maja's goal yesterday

tbaba1234:
See the first goal, Afelokhai conceded


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKv-CnSl0yQ

komekn:
That's actually not true .

In the UK KC is classed as a homegrown player of Manchester city. He arrived at Manchester City as a teenager 2013/14 trained and played in thier academy for near two years plus before making his first team debut.

So where is built from the scratch so which money did you pay too City train and nurture him.

elyte89:




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGzIeuBvZ-A