₦airaland Forum

Joebie:
That’s the point. Getting the best pool as possible. We will be better of for it eventually.

Sure, as long as the process is transparent and devoid of sentiment

TheGoodJoe:
Robbing Osimhen of the chance to play in the u17 a World Cup for Tammy Abraham who was highly trained at Chelsea would have been detrimental to Osimhen's career.

Look at where Tammy is without the U17. Osimhen would not be where he is without the u17.

Finito.

Osimhen would have been better than anybody we could have gotten, imagine Tammy too came and we had them in our team can you imagine how lethal we'll be?

TheGoodJoe:
Leave the U17 for enabling players in the Grassroots develop. The U20 and U23 is there for foreign born. We Could have a super eagles team B that will be playing friendly games where the foreign borns could play and have a home based team also.

But the U17 should remain for thorough scouting of special home based talents and develop them.

Let us not finally destroy the u17 system that brought the country so much joy. We ruled the World in that aspect. Let us not kill it but improve on the scouting in a more comprehensive manner.

exactly, scout far and wide if we see a talented NIGERIAN born outside the country and willing to play he should be allowed to represent his country

Joebie:
It's an easy solution. Don't discriminate give them a fair chance at the U17 levels upwards, so we can have the best team possible at all times. Some will stay loyal to us and should only earn a call up to the SE eventually. But if u just reserve a slot only in areas we have deficiency at the U17 level regardless, then what do you expect? By default they should be loyal to the country that has always given them a chance.

Noooo, you don't understand. U-17/U-20 equal opportunity for all, senior team if the coach feel they are good enough to bench current players then bring them in, but we shouldn't bring them because we want to cap tie them

kellycute:
I don't support the view that we should invite them when they are yet to hit stardom. Are you trying to tell me we ain't good enough for them when they are doing well? We need to set a boundary.. Enough is enough. Naija nor be dumping ground for "foreign born wey nor dey do well". We deserve the best and if they don't wanna play for us when they are at their best, they should go ahead and do whatever they like but they should never dare to look at us when they are at their worse.

Unless we want to invite them to our youth teams or if we have a deficiency in their position e.g okoye, I totally agree with you if a player isn't as good as who we have there's no point bringing him in just to cap-tie him. It's the same thing Spain are trying to do that we are crying blue murder urging us to do same is just being hypocritical

Joebie:
i no dey argue about Adama competition for Spain. I don talk am since say I no know who he come against.. but whether you complain from here to Jericho these Europeans will keep doing these things.. They have set the foundation to keep as much talents as they can to themselves. Make we dey look as we no sabi develop our own football for homefront.

I agree, they have the right to play them because they actually groomed them

andrewbaba44:
Lol to be sincere this joebie is a very funny dude

Can you imagine what he is saying self ?

There are players better than this traore, this spanish must be doing something fishy, adama has not been better than deulofeu this season self

Spain skip pure spanish boys like azoye perez and deulofeu for adama traore

I swear, it's what Yoruba call aje ke lana omo ku leni

Joebie:
Personally, this is how I see it. Let me use investments as an analogy, if you see a promising stock would you not consider investing in it?
If you feel there is something special about a player and you are in danger of losing the player and you MAY regret it in future won't you go for him? The problem is when we think these countries should give us a handout and make things easy for us. It's never been so. It's always competition even from pre-colonial years.

Africa need to wake up and really compete in every regard and stop talking about PRIDE.

Even if we have good facilities and all, these European countries have more prestige and money so it's a no brainer that they choose to follow the more prestigious one and no footballer will think he's not good enough to compete with the best

Joebie:
Adama's stats have been pretty decent. He scored a brace against Man City away amongst other exploits in Champions League qualifiers. Although I don't know who he comes against in the Spainish national team, but he's grown the ranks of the Spanish junior national team. Let's stop to assume Spain just dey dey try prevent Mali from getting him, why e be say Nigeria dey shame if all these European countries no dey shame?

Funny enough he was called as a replacement for an injured player so he's not exactly in their plan

Joebie:
Let's hear from the horse' mouth

Wolves' Adama Traore called up for Spain qualifiers
Last Updated: 10/11/19 12:09am

https://e1.365dm.com/19/11/768x432/skysports-adama-traore-spain-u21_4831888.jpg?20191110000858

Wolves winger Adama Traore has received his first call up to the Spain national team.

Traore, who came up through the Barcelona youth ranks, replaces the injured Valencia forward Rodrigo in Roberto Moreno's squad for their Euro 2020 Qualifiers against Malta and Romania.

The 23-year-old has represented Spain, the county where he was born, at various youth levels but is also eligible to play for Mali.

Reports had emerged this week Traore had elected to play his international football for Mali, but he insists that is not entirely accurate.

"The truth is I've spoke with Mali, but I didn't sign anything," Traore told the Express and Star.

"I've been in contact with them and they've shown interest. There has been a bit of confusion. I haven't decided yet."


Traore left Barcelona in 2015 to join Aston Villa, who he will come up against playing for Wolves on Sunday, live on Sky Sports.

After a season at Villa, Traore moved on to Middlesbrough before being signed by Wolves in 2018.

--SkySports

Leave all this talk, if Spain didn't call him he'd go ahead to represent Mali. When the report of his switch of allegiance surfaced during the week why didn't he put out a statement? See these players have allegiance to where they grow up.

TheSuperNerd:
Time will tell. But if he does that, then he just played Mali. I wonder what generation supports men who pretend about a decision to commit to a nation being their best and their heart's choice only to see them exposed when a "glittering, cannot resist" offer of nationality change comes calling.

If Mali and Adams had no agreement and unveiling with him giving him their words, then I will have no issues with him accepting Spain. But it turns out Adama will be proven an opportunist only out for material fame and not the true fame that comes with wanting and having a truly blessed international career, if he indeed goes back on his Mali allegiance and chooses Spain.

According to report he was still discussing with Mali they only pushed out the report to put pressure on him.

TheSuperNerd:
Up to him to turn them down or turn back on his agreement to Mali. This is always a test of character. If he falls into the Spain trap, then he is not that smart... but then this will show where his heart always was and if he is truly thinking about his international future.

I don't see him turning Spain down, he'll definitely heed their call

Traore agreed to play for Mali on Wednesday, now Spain have called him up for their upcoming qualifiers

Joebie:
Any player wen declare for Nigeria, make him ready to wait tire lol

If he declare and he's good enough to displace those in the team he'll play, we can't be using players we don't need just to cap-tie them that will be unfair

Joebie:
Emenalo was an assistant coach. Finidi has offered to coach for free. There are some true patriots u know. I think at this stage we need
people who want to make sacrifices for Nigeria. There are so many people who have personal interests.

We are just fresh from an U17 WC disaster so I can understand the bashing ManU Garba is getting.

Modified
But it’s my proposal. Yours is welcome.

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Unless Emenalo will do it as per patriot

DrKlever:
They want him to be running about the pitch dribbling like their Messi Etebo.

lol

Icon4s:
India kwa?

I think they'll be hosting a women tournament very soon

Joebie:
The state of our national teams -- my proposal

We need to start our next U17 program now. A new coach contracted with a very attractive salary
Finidi George to be assisted by Fidelis Ilechukwu
Scouting must start in earnest at different levels

Manu Garba should be contracted with the U20s. He should be given a chance to undo his wrongs with the same pool of players he worked with for the period of time he scouted the team and screened the last U17 team. He should be given the ultimatum to inject any deserving players outside this pool. He should be assessed based on test games as early as possible.
Emmanuel Amuneke will give him the needed tactical cover. Yes they should work together again, and maybe Nduka Ugbade as well.

Our U23 coach, Imama, should be sacked regardless of the outcome of the Tokyo Olympic qualifiers. The team should be taken over by a newly appointed tactical assistant to Gernhot Rohr. Rohr's new assistant should also be saddled with CHAN duties. The man I have in mind is Michael Emanalo. But can we pay him?

The Super Falcons should be taken over by Maureen Nkeiruka Mmadu.

nooooooooooo, Abeg we need new hands, as it is we don't have anybody that can coach the SE if situation demand we go local, we need to start grooming people those people in the bolded have nothing tangible to offer. We've seen Manu and Ugbade coach the U-20 to a world cup nothing came out of it, Amunike couldn't even qualify us for the 2017 U-20 nations cup.
Emenalo can never work for us, we can't pay him unless he wants to do charity for us plus how do you know he's tactically good? Have you seen him coach before?

andrewbaba44:
Lol

you are just being wicked for no reason

lol

Subzero047:
Who asked you to explain, I thought you meant he was a perfect passer?

yes he is, passes are good enough for a DM

James Maddison: 'having Wilfred Ndidi is like having two players, he does not get the credit he deserve'.

charlesemeka85:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nCAHCy2Zb8

brilliant goals and he has a quick feet

charlesemeka85:
azubuike is better than him

yes na, that's why one is playing for 27 times UEFA Champions League winner Otorispor FC and the other is playing for Leicester

Subzero047:
You know wetin I mean

I don't and will never know because he's a DM who's job is to disrupt opponents attacking game and also keep it moving simple and plain, nothing elaborate but una dey find weytin no lost

DrKlever:
Ndidi cannot pass

lol, no be everybody sabi watch ball

Subzero047:
Na people like you dey hide una head for sand, even Ndidi knows his weakpoints

OK, no worry he'll soon start giving passes like DeBruyne na weytin you want abi

andrewbaba44:
If you dont see the importance of wilfred ndidi then you know nothing about football

Ndidi is the man of the match according to who scored

.....but he can't pass na

Subzero047:
Only the 4-1-4-1 formation can get the best of Ndidi

the good games he had under Claude Puel 4-3-3 nko?

forgiveness:
I don't have time to follow ball these days. So, I don't know what has become of Ujah and co.

nothing has become of him, he's struggling in BuLi

Clint02:
I guess this U23 team is not a goalscoring team...
Their last three games they've not scored a single goal,very bad.

someone said Imama is a good attacking coach, he studied under coach Monday Sinclair you guys should just give him time

Danielnino00:
When is CAF going to release the nomination list for the CAF award self ?
They haven't announced a date for the world cup qualifier draw self..


Too much nonsense coming from them since that Ahmad took over .. .

FIFA will do not CAF, and it's taking time because the WC is December 2022 instead of the normal June/July

charlesemeka85:
moving to serie A have really improved aina and ekong.

yes, and they are just approaching their peak years