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Thank God for MRI gone are the days when we go to U-17 tourney with Iwanyanwu and 3SC players. read this story about Kanu from Harry Redknapp, the video version is on YouTube. in the video he said Tony Adams told him 'Kanu is 46 why do you want to sign him' https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1261087/Spurs-manager-Harry-Redknapp-claims-Portsmouth-star-Kanu-49-King.html

sheyishemba:
bro it is right

no major news outlet carried the news, neither did NFF twitter handle

fabyom:
I found this on twitter. Good Joe over to you

goodjoe go change am for you o, lol. but I think Barça were deserving winners in both seasons, they played real enterprising football

TheGoodJoe:
Fairness is Rohr inviting 50 players to camp and 3 only keepers, thus no competition for the top three keepers of the team. That does not seem fair to me.

It was a staff of Rohr caught on tape receiving cash money.

It was Rohr that was caught on tape when a player(Ighalo) signaled him to let him into a game.

I think Rohr’s skin has been his benefactor than fairness. If not, the way he left Onyekuru out of the team for so long defies logic.

I am not saying Rohr is that bad but I feel everyone can be criticised but our local coaches get criticised unfairly. If Salisu's incident happened under a Nigerian coach, the uproar would have been too much.

that 50-players report was just an imagination of a journalist/blogger

tbaba1234:
How many players in the past have been "Manu Quota system"?

The man has always found talents from across the country and they deserved to be there.

very funny what he meant by that, so because he's from a certain part of the country if he sees a good player from there he should drop him so he won't be accused of quota system abi

Humility017:
there was no way the coach gonna include him. ...more so, he won't get a cut from his contract signing.
don't be surprised if the coach have been promised certain percentage cuts from players signing abroad...

I no longer trust nigeria coaches at all

were you there when this happened? or you just sit down inside your room to arrive at this conclusion? please let's stop making unverified statement

forgiveness:
The bolded said it all.

you even get time, I'm sure he saw it but he's convinced UEFA no want make man city win an. laughable

alekside:
No mind them Baba... Someone is always against the black man

I swear it's beginning to irritate me

TheGoodJoe:
Sure. He's jumping, his arm is by his side, it's not outstretched... yeah, it's accidental. But I thought IFAB had determined that accidental handballs that lead to a goal would be punished with a free kick ...

They did, albeit with certain caveats. In fact, one of the law changes says that it's a free kick if "a player gains control/possession of the ball after it touches their hand/arm and then scores or creates a goal-scoring opportunity." Another one says it's a free kick if "the ball goes into the goal after touching an attacking player's hand/arm."

Llorente's situation was between the two scenarios. The ball touched his arm, but then it hit his hip as well before going into the goal. And you can't really say he gained control of the ball after the touch with the arm, but he did benefit from it as it then hit his hip. The thing to remember is that what you just read is irrelevant here; these rules will apply from next season.

From your article, it is clear the person is dribbling around the fact. The point is simple. Llorente's accidental handball led to a goal and should not stand. Simple.

OK

Icon79:
Yea, it should be Mane but I won't be surprised if they give it to Salah or VVD, if Liverpool were to win the UCL. It's all politics.


O pari

una too like conspiracy theory haba, kilode

TheGoodJoe:
My respect for Ferdinand increased after he was the only one in BT studio who had the guts to admit the ball hit Llorente on the arm. It is a pity that the World is filled with so many fickle people who wants to see the better person cheated to suit their inferiority complex.

Majority of the EPL fans were happy that one of their best was getting robbed a chance to win the trophy. Either way, we march on.

‘That’s off his arm for me. That’s hit his arm. Watch the skin on his arm, it moves,’ Rio Ferdinand said, to which Lineker replied: ‘But even if it just flicks the arm and then goes onto the hips that’s not… is it?

‘I’m just saying the ball’s hit his arm and then it’s up to the referee to determine whether its a handball or not,’ Ferdinand said.

‘I think its handball personally I’ve got to be honest.’

https://www.google.com/amp/s/metro.co.uk/2019/04/17/rio-ferdinand-claims-fernando-llorentes-winner-man-city-handball-9242655/amp/

I understand why you emotional, it's what fans do, however try to be objective, do you want players to start cutting off their hands to avoid handball? read this piece that explains why the goal stood http://www.espn.com/soccer/uefa-champions-league/775/blog/post/3829001/explaining-the-var-drama-why-fernando-llorentes-goal-stood-as-spurs-eliminated-man-city?device=featurephone

Icon79:
LOL. I made my recommendations directly to Andoni Zubizarreta. I don't have access to JM Bartomeu, but I am sure that Zubi knew what to do with my list, but Bartomeu is the problem. I can't wait to see leave that position. Barca hasn't made any progress since Sandro Rosell resigned.


O pari

LMAO, what is this that I'm reading?

TheGoodJoe:
If VAR cheated Swansea, then it is wrong. However, being serially cheated over the years is not the same thing. We are talking of the Demiechelis Penalty incident against Barcelona, Last season, the Liverpool own, Ederson gets fouled and the referee refused to call and the VAR refusing to show the handball that led to our elimination.

Swansea does not equate it.

LMAO, you are joking right?

TheGoodJoe:
Juventus have increased their ticket revenue by almost 50% in their first home game against Lazio last week-end.

Season tickets for Juventus home games went sold out in less than a week after that the club announced the signing of Cristiano Ronaldo in July. Juventus fans rushed to the ticket offices to renew their season tickets despite prices being raised by almost 30% compared to the 2017/18 campaign.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.calciomercato.com/news/the-ronaldo-effect-juventus-increase-ticket-revenues-by-50-82747

Juventus will never regret buying CR7. He is good for businesses.

don't know why una dey answer that guy

tbaba1234:
Mygoaltv.com

thanks boss, surest nairalander

tbaba1234:
Is that not olakunle olusegun?

pls link o

forgiveness:
Injury and lost of form.

injury, I hear but loss of form? na. imagine Ndidi loose form between now and June will you say Rohr should drop him?

andrew444:
So Porto and Nantes are now mate in football ?

Keep on deceiving your self

Nwakali is not the only player that was moved to the youth team ,you guys should stop making it look like Porto is against Nigerian players

What about the chad guy that was bought from coton sport of cameroun ,he was also moved to the youth team immediately

thank you jare, the way some people look at our players sef, you'll think our team is packed with Thiago Silva Messi Ronaldo Lewandoski

Danielnino00:
And what makes you think our players aren't good enough for Porto?
How much chance have they been given with the first team self??
Awazeim went to Nantes on loan and performed well but how much chance was he given to fight for a shirt with the first team??
When Porto signed Nwakali on loan,they moved him straight to the youth team without giving him a chance with the senior team...I don't think that's fair...

even the youth team he has failed to impress, you think these teams don't train? or do you think Nantes and Porto be mate? when Solanke went to Holland and impress when he came back why didn't Chelsea give him a chance? we've seen Awaziem play for the super eagles and we all know he's not superb.

forgiveness:
I saw the list but it is too early to start dropping list.

why? nations cup is barely Two month away, which player wey never shine since August wan start to dey shine Now?

Icon4s:
messi will struggle in the EPL

it's just delusional when some people say that, na Brighton Cardiff and Southampton defenders wan mark am?

Humility017:
ROHR is the best coach the Super Eagles have ever had....
when it comes to fairness and team selection
Eberechi Eze made Rohr 50 man list for the Afcon

where you see am? Modified: seen, but I think the list is fake. fake news

forgiveness:
Not three only one. If he has regressed how did he become the second choice goalkeeper?

that doesn't mean, the only time we can be sure is if first choice get injured for a whole season and the coach can trust him to be number one and not dip into the transfer market for a replacement

Icon4s:
Bros u people are even taking this thing too far.

Is that kid from Oxford better than the kid that studied in Nigeria?

I am sure a lot of us here, who studied in Nigeria, have in one way or the other competed against graduates from foreign Universities and yet came out tops.

Only the best deserving players get the nods. No sentiments please.

abeg help me loud am for Oga Joe o

TheGoodJoe:
The problem is that you look at one as your son and the other as a child of another person.

If you look at both as your sons, tell me the decision you will make.

One of you kid has a scholarship to Oxford University and he is in a private secondary school in England already on scholarship.

The other of your kid is equally as talented but is in Nigeira but struggling to pay his school fees in a State school with no equipment or facility.

There is a quiz competition for just one of your kids. The winner has the luxury of getting a scholarship to Cambridge, Oxford or any ivy league school in America.

Will you want your kid in Oxford shinning in the quiz or will you want your equally bright kid languishing in Nigeria taking that chance to better his life.

I am interested in your answer.

doesn't work that way, because in this case both of them have the chance to prove themselves

raindodger13:
If they are they are good enough or at a level where they can be drilled into the team, no. If they are not any of the two I previously mentioned, yes. And that goes for locals or foreign borns.

we talking same thing bro

raindodger13:
I'm pro foreign-born too bros. But realistically speaking, the majority of people who are direct descendants of Nigeria are local-borns who still reside there. So it's important that we create a strong foundation using our primary source of talent before we strip-search the earth looking for foreign borns to play for Nigeria.
I'm all for the best Nigerians playing for us whether they are foreign/local/rich/poor/pure-nigerian/mixed. But when you have to constantly fetch water from your local stream that indicates there's a problem with your tap.

nobody is saying go and search, but if they are willing to come should we turn them back?

Humility017:
Just imagine even oga Joe have joined the legion of folks that wanna turn out cadet teams to charity organisation for less privileged kids...

I fear for some brothers here

he was been sarcastic

TheGoodJoe:
So you think Osimhen and Kelechi Nwakali would have been better off waiting for a developmental league? That one is far for now. What is at hands is the U17.

The U20 and others can bring in all Nigerians, home and foreign but the U17 should be for grassroot development.

so if I live outside Nigeria and I have a 15yrs old son who plays football and really looking forward to playing for Nigeria, he comes to camp to try out with his mate but is told he can't simply because he was born outside the country, how do you think he will feel? if in two years time his country of birth extend an invitation to him do you think he'll think twice? even me the father won't be able to defend Nigeria at that point. abeg let's drop this 1972 thinking it won't get us anywhere

tbaba1234:
Highlights of Joseph Oluwabusola, Bournemouth under 16 GK and Golden eaglets player. There is a good chance, he will start.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkYgSYXZ5WA

his ball distribution and leg work is top notch, better than Super eagles number one sef lol

profmathsland:
Apart from the Uefa assist tourney in turkey , we also played against a couple of football academies/clubsides in Nigeria. So yes we did play friendly games.

thanks

tbaba1234:
We played the Turkish invitational:

Lost 2:0 to Senegal
Beat Montenegro 4:2
Beat Angola 3:1

Tanzania also played in the same tournament
They Beat Australia 3:2
Lost to Guinea 1:0
Lost to Turkey 5:0

Senegal looks like the strongest under 17 team in Africa at the moment if their friendly results are anything to go by.

thanks boss. typical Manu, outscore your opponent