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andrewbaba44:
I am very sure its because a certain player paid bribe thats why my brown ideye didnt make it to the 2014 world cup

Don't also forget that prior to the world cup Ideye was a liability for the team always missing goals

Curtisaxel7:
27 on paper, 34 in reality.

Inside life

Na, Musa isn't that old. He's not far off 27

ChrisKels:
what's ur take on this?

Won't happen

Philosopher1979:
Rohr has taken us to 55%. What we need now is a coach that will take us to 85% and above.
What I mean is winning the nations cup 2 or 3 times and getting to tje semi finals of the world cup. Players like chidera ejuke and Alhassan Yusuf should be invited to see what they can offer. We need to take things to the next level.

LMAO, lofty height but I like your dreams

TheSuperNerd:
Update on Super Eagles takeoff to Maseru


As at 7 mins ago...

Breaking: The Super Eagles players and officials have just boarded the Max Air charter plane. Exact time of departure to be announced. Stay tuned.

Courtesy: ANS.

Nawa o, why is NFF treating this match with kids gloves? Are we supposed to just turn up and collect 3pts?

Since the start of the millennium we've not qualified for consecutive Olympic Games

Morroco was held to a goalless draw by Mauritania in an afcon 2021 qualifier game

So that's how I won't see dream team play next summer, make I start making findings about D'tiger. This Imama should never come near any Nigerian team again

"The former Arsenal man is the embodiment of the modern number 10: able to play in tight spaces, flourishing in crevices of the game, a prompter and one through whom the game flows effortlessly.

His ability to play the first pass, and up the tempo of the game with quick thinking and improvisation, should be celebrated. He has been consistently one of Nigeria's best performers over the past two years, and has made a home for himself in the hole behind the striker.

Yet, it is not uncommon to find people complain that he ought to do more, misunderstanding the essence of a team sport, which is to have a strong and consistent flow, each unit serving its purpose toward the advancement of the group.

Iwobi will probably never dribble gratuitously to thrill the crowd, or produce that one moment if devilry we can embellish and tell our children by the light of the full moon, but he does precisely what the game requires him to do at all times. It may not always come off, and he is by no means perfect, but he is the number 10 we have right now". Culled from this article.
http://news-af.op-mobile.opera.com/news/detail/1b1fbea0aa66c465fcb423d98cce2526?country=ng&language=en&share=1&client=

elyte89:
Lol.....ppu don too yan rubbish for dis thread, all in d act of blind patriotism

I swear, I laugh tire

Kbs468:
LIFELINE For NIGERIA As SOUTHGATE Snubs TOMORI AGAIN In England Win

Published: November 15, 2019

The NFF have been handed a lifeline over their pursuit of young Chelsea defender, Fikayo Tomori after England manager Gareth Southgate failed to utilise him in their European Championship qualifier versus Montenegro on Thursday evening.

Tomori, 21 was on the radar of the Nigerian higher-ups prior to his call-ups to play for England, and could have become cap-tied for life to the Three Lions if he played even for a minute in the big win at Wembley.

The dual-eligible defender was an unused substitute in each of England's last two qualification games before yesterday's meeting with Montenegro, and he watched on yet again for the entirety of the game, with Joe Gomez, James Maddison and Tammy Abraham coming off the bench as Southgate rang the changes.

Thus, he is clearly behind all of Michael Keane, Tyrone Mings, John Stones and Harry Maguire in the pecking order of defenders for England.

His international limbo could however, change by Sunday 17th when the Three Lions play Kosovo in a dead rubber, having scaled through the series as group winners, and Southgate could give most of his first team players some rest then.

Anglo-Nigerian striker Abraham who became cap-tied to England on October 11th opened his senior international goal account in the 7-0 victory over The Brave Falcons.

Emmanuel Chinaza

We no want any lifeline, they can keep him

Kbs468:
Surely they do.

But come to think of it, It seems the corruption instinct ravaging Nigerian football in relation to the inability of discovering Super talents like CR 7, MESSI and Co that abound in NIGERIA is still the same across the African continent oo.

Because I can't understand why ZAMBIA would be presenting a Nonsensical Team like this while claiming it's best hands are in the U 23?

I mean, What an excuse! That a population of over 17 million cannot boast of two standard 23 Man football Squad?

Imagine Since the Era of Kalusha Bwalya in 1994 that any meaningful height had been attained? When they Lost the AFCON finals to NIGERIA?

Same with Ghana. Nothing of note since 1982 they last won AFCON. except runner-up medal in 1992, 2010 & 2015. No notable talents too with a higher population of close to 29 million fa.

It's annoying seriously.

They won 2012 AFCON

darkelf:
As in ehn

If we meet again, they will still knack us.

Painful truth. We aren't playing to our full potential. Imagine beating Benin just 2:1 at home.

Giant of Africa my foot.

My God, I'm angry tonight.

Finally, Bobo you get problem

elyte89:
Finally my ppu



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7x1q1RjVRZk

We need in upgrade on Collins asap

forgiveness:
This is not Nigerian police.

Why you con tight world for your chest? It's obvious he's just joking, you be soldier?

The Court of Appeals in Stockholm said in a release on Wednesday said that it was clear that Etuhu and an unnamed former player tried to influence AIK keeper Kyriakos "Kenny" Stamatopoulos to fix a match in Sweden's top division in 2017.

Etuhu, who played for several English clubs including Manchester City, Sunderland and Fulham, escaped a jail sentence but was instead fined and sentenced to serve probation, without further details being made public.

The 37-year-old, who left AIK Solna in 2016, says he will be appealing against the ruling at the Supreme Court.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50407929

TheGoodJoe:
We hosted Nigeria 99 U20 World Cup brilliantly. The coverage was top knotch people even asked if it was NTA. The Federal Government then, I think under General Abdulsalami Abubakar bought high tech equipments and vehicles for the coverage.

What we saw yesterday was frightening. It seems NTA staff sold all the gadgets from that time because those equipments then would have provided good coverage of the game yesterday.

I'm sure they still have all their equipments, do you know supersport uses some of NTA equipments when they were still showing the NPFL

charlesemeka85:
23 yr old chap but he is older than azubuike okechukwu

Chai I love this nwakali's celebration

lol

Joebie:
South Africa U23 VS Ivory Coast U23 Highlights


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0_jWzl9czo

South Africa missed some glaring chances, especially the 19th min chance

TheGoodJoe:
I wonder if there is anyone who still feel the EPL officials are not corrupt after the Liverpool game.


Proof Match Officials Were Against Manchester City In Game With Liverpool

https://www.nairaland.com/5525761/proof-match-officials-against-manchester

when Swansea were robbed against Man city in last season fa cup you didn't come here to say that were corrupt o

andrewbaba44:
You and this your english league one hyping

Can you listen to your self saying most u23 players in africa cant cut it in an epl academy

If i combine players that are under the age of 23 from naija ivory coast and co you go begin find excuse

you dey mind am, that's how they said European countries don't take U-20/U-17 serious, but the year England won both, BBC no allow us rest. How can he say most countries don't take the Olympics serious? The same Olympic that giggs, Ramsey and Bale represented the UK, Neymar was at the last one as an over age player.

tbaba1234:
Zuby is not young...

that's very clear to see

TheSuperNerd:
Abeg... I no dey in the mood for long story tonight. I dey celebrate our dreams kept alive...

K.Nwakali is pointing the way to Tokyo 2020...

na this Zuby be 22 yrs old? Make una dey fear God o

andrewbaba44:
Bein sport showed Egypt and Ghana

OK, read earlier that they will also do like super sport

mostob:
How pls? Am sorry to say but I hate this kind of mindset. Afterall, it is 11 vs 11.

we know their antecedent, Nigerian teams don't do well against North African teams. Anyway, we shall see

Another group stage exit looming?

forgiveness:
Where can I get CONSAT?

Do you know the pay TV where Beins sports are in Nigeria apart from SE?

Bein sport too won't show any CAF organized tournaments for now

forgiveness:
Can someone please tell me if Super Sports will show the U23 and AFCON qualifiers?

If not, which pay TV will show it?

supersport won't and they won't show super eagles game too

Kbs468:
Maybe my use of the word sparingly was because I was expecting too much from him because of his status at end of the championship though.

Because for sure, I remember when CHELSEA Fans would always criticize him for his incessant back pass rather than moving forward.

Well, He is not alone in that by the way as the French duo of ANTHONY TALLEC and SINAMA PONGOLLE that defeated NIGERIA in FIFA U 17 finals [b]also [/b]became flops

Just like the supposed AUSTIN JJ OKOCHA'S replacement in VICTOR BROWN also became a flop too.

Mikel was never a flop

komekn:
Agreed in principle.

However, how does one justify the inclusion of Nwakali in the U23 is that not undue favoritism and far from objective.

OK go and remove him and put your Ikpeazu or anybody else. We've explained to you but you refuse to understand, no club will release an active player for this tournament we can only get bench warmers but you dey here dey cry. Continue

Icon4s:
I would rather say 'he should be allowed to compete for a place'. No automatic place for any player.

Certainly, that's what I mean but Joe wants us to do like Cameroon and turn them back and we can see it really served Cameroon well, they couldn't even beat a country I can't even remember their name anymore

Mujtahida:
I say even if we find talents in the league as you posit it would still not suffice.

See football has changed so much that - let me exaggerate just to make a point--even many great players of the past, if they are to return young and fresh will not survive the game. Football has gone beyond talents. It's now tactical and scientific.

So these three things - talents, tactics and the science- must combine in the revival of our local before we can source players from the home front. Regrettably we are still stuck in the past, what is worst is that even the talent pool in the local league seems to have dried out

The only category of players that I think can stake a claim for us in the world comity of footballing nations are those who leave here for Europe early on and foreign born Nigerian players.

Let me end by saying that Europe has cheated the rest of the world by forcing them all to play football according to the European model of efficiency and results. Even Brazil which played samba is evolving into the European mould. All the major leagues are in Europe and I feel they will continue to dictate how football is played. personally I enjoy the talent over tactics kind of football but today tactics is 70% of football, that's why it's called the era of the coaches

You are so on point, players like Kanu and okocha won't have such big impact they'll be labeled lazy