₦airaland Forum

komekn:
One question for you to ponder.

How long did Ebuehi and Aina need to get use to the rigours of African football.

Considering that Aina was our best defender at the just concluded AFCON.

Maybe you should change your view.

No, Awaziem

Earthquake1:
Lucas Piazon is no average player, imagine if Salah and De Bruyne had to go through all those loans

They didn't have to go through that because they are quality players

Those of you who seem disgruntled at the increased number of foreign born in our team, una just dey start o. Go and check all English clubs youth teams and tell me you don't see about 30-40% players with Naija blood receiving proper and better football education , now take another long and hard look at our local league does it look like a place where future super eagles coaches who is serious about their job will intend to secure players?

Uncle agbaya

tbaba1234:
Philip Ejimadu wins save of the month in the USL league 1.

(In my opinion, the save was nothing special)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uFRyej6ohA&feature=youtu.be

Division what is this?

tbaba1234:
I don't buy this "rigors of African football" argument. A good player is a good player.

That is how we were told that Ebuehi can not cope with African football till we realized he was far better than Shehu.

That narrative of African football is stale and so old school, Egypt won a hattrick of nations cup without playing gragra football, Senegal with their gragra football couldn't beat small stature Japan, if you are good enough to play ball you'll play well

Danielnino00:
Imama Amapakabo: Suffering and Smiling! For how long will this man stomach his
….. if these men start collecting bribe, Nigerians should blame the NFF
On Tuesday September 10 2019, former Nigerian international Imama Amapakabor led the Under 23 National team to a resounding 5nil victory against their Sudanese counterparts in Asaba, thus qualifying Nigeria for the CAF Under-23 Nations Cup taking place in Egypt. Amidst the funfare and the celebration that greeted this wonderful performance, lies the burden of living and working with no joy and struggling to survive in the midst of plenty. As Super Eagles assistant coach, he has no written contract, as head coach of the Under 23 National team, he has no contract and has not been paid since April this year.
Even at that, he has boldly resisted the sweet temptation of collecting bribe from agents and players who call daily begging for an opportunity to play for the National team.

These agents are offering millions of naira to get their wards wear the National team jersey but Imama has remained resolute in the face of tempting offers because he lives with the adage that “A good name is better than riches” As much as he desires to stay loyal to his conscience, as much as he battles with all the frustrations of working without pay, he strives to always give his best at all time. What this means is that we have a coach who gives so much to please his fatherland and gets so little for his dedication, commitment and undying passion to serve this country. Schools resume on Monday next week and this proud father who has just taken Nigeria one step closer to qualifying for the football event of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic games, is struggling to gather enough money to foot the expenses of his children who watch daddy celebrate victory on television but have learnt to live with the agony of too many unpleasant excuses from a very popular father. On Tuesday in Asaba, Nigerians present at the stadium, stood to applaud good football artistry displayed by a team that barely spent three weeks together.
For the first time in a long while, we saw a Nigerian starting eleven that has six home based players. We also had the rare privilege to celebrate three goals scored by two home based players and a new name was also added to our long list of emerging central defenders. He is Olisa Ndah, son of a former Nigerian international, Ndubuisi Ndah. For those who didnt watch the match, this is a list of the six home based players that took Sudan to the cleaners on Tuesday and they are all products of the Imama revolution. Goalkeeper Adamu Abubakar of Wikki tourist , Olisa Ndah a central defender with Remo stars, John Lazarus right full back with Lobi stars, Ebube Duru left full back, Ndifreke Effiong attacking midfielder with Akwa united (scored two of the goals against Sudan), Sunusi Ibrahim also scored one goal and he plays for Nassarawa United. It is also on record that for the first time in a long while, a Nigetian team managed to score five goals in a competitive match, no thanks to Imama, Boboye and Ilechukwu, three men who toiled day and night to achieve success despite their obvious difficulties.
Now the big question confronting all of you reading this piece is, will you crucify these men if they decide to collect bribe to make ends meet? Is it morally wrong for these men to throw decorium to the wind and start doing dirty things in camp?
If you ask me, I will say no because at this point, they need to keep going and in doing so, they must find a way to survive.


Credit : Adewale Ajayi

that's bad of the NFF, they should do the needful even though I know these coaches contracted this reporter to do this report but it's because they need to air out their problems

TheSuperNerd:
It's just two weeks naa... plss we need to qualify ooo.

We need a fine blend of the foreign based and home based. I think we can rely on Ndifreke Effiong (not as CDM ooo but as an advanced player as we saw in the game yesterday), Olisa Ndah, John Lazarus, Ebube Duru, Adamu Abubakar and Ibrahim Sunusi going to Egypt from the home front but we need the foreign based too in certain strategic positions.

I know we cannot have them all for the tournament but if we can have some of the likes of:


Attack:
Taiwo Awoniyi, David Okereke (UCL football beckons), Okonkwo Orji, Stephen Odey, Chidera Ejuke, Dennis Bonaventure (UCL football beckons again and Brugges may find it hard releasing both he and David at same time for two weeks... but I hope they do. They have Diagne and Tau plus a few others naa), Blessing Olabiran, Hillary Gong, Success Makanjuola, etc...


Midfield:
Azubuike Okechukwu, Kelechi Nwakali (would be settling into his new home club in Spain but we need the lad badly for this tournament), Kingsley Michael, Frank Onyeka, Abdul Zubairu, Tosin Kehinde, Tom Dele Bashiru, Nnamdi Ofoborh, etc....

Defence:
Valentine Ozornwafor, Musa Mohammed.


Gk:
Dele Alampasu, Maduka Okoye.


.... then we are good to go and Africa will have nothing on us at all in Egypt.

I'm not sure those clubs will allow us invite those guys, maybe that's why Imama invited the foreign players playing in obscure leagues

Icon4s:
Only 3 o. First, Second and third. That 3rd place match is even more important than the final ;

I hear fourth will play playoff

TheSuperNerd:
Jamilu Collins' LB position needs an upgrade as soon as possible.

The Lad is decent but decency is not enough for the level the Super Eagles are aspiring to walk into in this new era.

Collins need to step up his game and he needs seriously bad ass competition to be pushed to his limits and beyond.

I agree, unfortunately we don't even have any LB playing at a good level presently unless Rhor will make Aina play there with Ebuehi at RB

BascoVanVeli:
It was still his near post.

I agree, one of the rule of goalkeeping is 'don't get beaten at your near post'

TheGoodJoe:
Stop making it look like you are oblivious to the fact that Nacho has not had a steady run of games and lack of full time games. He used to be one of the most clinical strikers in Europe and I think in the history of the EPL.

Such talent does not vanish into the thin air. If we join hands to let it waste, we will be doing ourselves a disservice.

Lol

COOL10:
Shevchenko made up to 4/5 subs early in the 2nd half while Rohr made only two out of a possible 6 and waited till we conceded before doing the needful. Interesting.

If we were two goals down by halftime Rhor too would have made lots of substitutions

Sportilitica:
I would not judge Esiti with a match[b], i will give him a run of some friendlies and start him in some. [/b]As someone rightly said, we played 25th in the world and gave them a run for their money. Kindly note that the match was played in Ukraine o.

We don't have that luxury, next match na nations cup qualifier

Goke7:
We have a coaching crisis but rohr fans will never agree. From the world cup to afcon and till tomorrow we have no future with this rohr.

Amaju can keep him for all he care and the disgrace continues. Bull shit

Our big chance to improve our rankings again gone with the wind

SMH, we drew a country better than us in FIFA ranking right in front of their fans you people will still complain. 'Rhor do substitution' he did it you people still complained, ki lo de gan sef.

tbaba1234:
Ha!! He was available for the last Olympics??

Me sef shock o

BascoVanVeli:
[b]Yes that is simply because the best are with the super eagles. Once we go away from that the rest is subject to how the coach feels. [/b]Those players are not poor and saying so shows bias and lack of football knowledge. A 1-0 loss is not as bad as this thread is making it out to be.

You dey whine us?

Olulong:
I think he now plays in india

He's still clubless

benji93:
On the subject of Ondoa, my argument is it probably was. If you have an argument for a better choice at that time, present it. I will definitely reconsider your argument along those lines(note: at that time).
You seem to think cos he's third choice so the call-up doesn't matter. But it does-If he doesn't deserve it, then he doesn't. You seem to have a thing for foreign-born.
Admittedly , we have a goalkeeping situation. But on no account did Maduka deserve a call up over Akpeyi. i repeat on no account. You are yet to present convincing evidence to support your claim that he does. We are not all ignorant of fact-finding bro. I want facts.

You got jokes Bro

Taliban:
Okocha played the qualifiers before the 1996 Olympics sir.

I see, besides that's 23 yes ago sha

BascoVanVeli:
Fine. Then don't ask for our best legs.

you just like standing logic on its head when it's about these local coaches

BascoVanVeli:
Who was better than Okocha in 96? He still played on the dream team

did he play the qualifiers too? when it's time for the Olympics you'll see Osimhen and Co that's if their clubs will allow

Danielnino00:
I doubt if Iwobi had a future with England... with the way he was inconsistent at arsenal especially during Wenger last days,he would have been used and dumped..

Playing for England isn't that easy.. Tammy should bear in mind that to retain a spot in the team,he has to be consistent... it will cost England nothing to dump him if he losses form...

I don't think he'll be used and dumped, Alli and Lingard have been poor for a while now but they still get steady invite

Danielnino00:
The NFF are responsible for the players welfare in camp... But according to the tweet, the Sudanese FA were supposed to take care of the players while the NFF return the favour in Asaba... they failed to do so!!
that's bad of them...considering the fact that Nigeria takes golf care of their guests during international games in the country..

Exactly

andrew444:
So the players dont have money to feed themselves ?

Ahnahn which kain talk be this na, bros you go wicked o

peterd53:
Came across this

Not real

Here we go again

TheGoodJoe:
I just stated not too long that under Brendan Rodgers, who plays a system that suits Nacho, Nacho has not gotten good playing time to prove himself. The few minutes he got, Nacho proved himself.

Now read what you wrote. Na wa.

When and where? Please don't mention preseason where he scored against the almighty Cambridge United

junnyjake:
Drab display that make the boys get dominated by teams like Madagascar and Burundi. Nonsense!!

Until he wins the AFCON, qualify us for the round of 16 at the WC, he'd have just equaled the best record of his predecessors.

Keshi selected the players he thought were best for the team and they delivered, let Rohr do thesame and deliver, else we're just wasting money on someone who's offering nothing different from what we can get locally.

good points, I think we should just go for Fatai Amoo

TheGoodJoe:
I am one who has put in thought into this and let us get one thing.

The management of Leicester City are not going to bench Vardy, even during games Vardy is not doing well. The only way Vardy loses his place is fatigue or injury. With that, Iheanacho who is a replacement for Vardy occupies a place on the bench where he will not be used. So they have decided to leave him out until they feel there is need to give Vardy a break. For now, if Vardy is performing well or not, he plays 90mins, thus Nacho is not needed for now.

It has nothing to do with Nacho not performing as the Haters want people to believe.

Finito.

If I'm a sport man I won't love to have someone like you around me, because you'll never tell me I should buckle up as my performances have dropped.

charlesemeka85:
I disagree with you on Uzoenyi. Keshi went for unknown players mainly from the local league whom he benefited from their moves to obscure leagues in Europe. This is known fact.

[b]Uzoenyi who couldn't play for Rennes first team in Europe [/b]made the afcon and world cup team at the expense of Aluko who did very well in Scotland and the English 2nd tier then

are you kidding me? He was so bad at Mamelodi sundowns that they wondered how he ever played for us

TheGoodJoe:
Crap.

The reason Iheanacho is not getting game time is simple. Vardy has the monopoly in the striking role. Not because Iheanacho did not perform.

Lie small small. Do not let your hatred for Iheanacho consume your fairness in analysis.

It's still the same thing, he's not good enough to bench Vardy