₦airaland Forum

Danielnino00:
And Pirlo...

totally forgot him

Odunayaw:
I believe our Keepers will come good as they age

maybe Uzoho, I feel he’ll become decent without necessarily getting to Enyeama level but at least a bit reliable. As for Okoye I don comot mind

andrewbaba44:
You are not wrong also

But Messi is not bad also

That GK na wizard

I think penalties don’t count

AndSunGorilla:
Argentina did it eventually, will they repeat their copa America feat where they wobbled and fumbled to the trophy. Great mental strength from the Argies!!!!!! This Dutch team are not fancy but they know how to get the job done.

I hope they can finally allow VanGaal to retire, they should go and look for a competent coach and leave the old man alone

Amedino99:
Who is your pick

Bell

Odunayaw:
They said he is not up there with Xavi and Iniesta

I LOLed thrice

Xavi Iniesta Lampard Gerrard Modric they are the greatest midfielders of the last 10/15 years

typicalgamer:
Which Jamaican set a world record before bolt

you clearly don’t know what you are talking about

AndSunGorilla:
Yeah, it looks like a pipe dream, although there is an argument that if our entertainment industry is thriving now why can't our sports industry also thrive the same way. To your point the cost of building or renovating stadiums and running a professional football club the way it should is definitely humongous. Still, could there be hope somewhere, could we have some geniuses come up with a masterplan? E get as e be, the answer my friend is blowing in the wind.

government will need to hands off the league, let private bodies run it I’m sure in few years it will be well run but still won’t stop players from running to Europe but at least the league will be well managed

charlesemeka85:
that one na another chief egunje taker

even Keshi had to sack him from his back room staff because of his ways

AndSunGorilla:
I won't forget Osimehn's interview a while back when he stated how hard it was to get into the U17 trials back then, he attempted Lagos it didn't work and he was fortunate to be able to do to Abuja. According to him, there were so many players, of course how will the coach logically spot the best talents in such an arrangement. According to him, he had been discharged until one of Emma's assistants convinced Amuneke to give him another chance. That's how we would have lost a generational talent, only God knows how many we have already lost? I read in those days, Keshi, Nwosu, Siasia were picked from Secondary school games etc.

it happens everywhere, players slip through the fingers of selectors, arsenal let Harry Kane go because they thought he wasn’t good enough, even Tottenham didn’t really rate him till he grabbed his chances

minfelix:
Haaa bro Senegal gave semifinalists Turkey a mad game that day, that small leg chip of the ball by Hasan sàs ended Senegal dream, and offcus that was the period of golden goal rule....they score u in extra time, you jah straight

Turkey was clearly the better side in that game

gamaliel9:
Morocco this, Morocco that...
many of her players are even foreign born, they scouted very well, and THE FOREIGN BORN PLAYERS WANTED TO PLAY FOR MOROCCO.
This present world cup success is not a grassroot development effort of their Football Federation, rather a search and recruit effort BUT ESPECIALLY THAT SINGULAR FIRE TO PLAY FOR MOROCCO

According to Amokachi we don’t need that because they can’t play ‘tHE aFRicaN waY’

andrewbaba44:
Everybody just Dey scout Brazil

All thanks to Vinicius firstly ,then martinelli recently

European teams go soon begin buy frauds from that league

Just save this my comment

Madrid are about to spend over 70mill euros for a 16 years old boy

AndSunGorilla:
For the SE, short term fix is getting coaching right. Now it's too early to fire JP, but am yet to be convinced he's the man. If you look at our current U17 and U21, those boys are good, hope they make it to the WC. I don't believe ALL of them and countless others in the a academies would all get into good clubs in Europe no matter how good they are. So my strong belief is that we need huge investments in the local league. Such that it would be unattractive for any Nigerian player to head to Belarus, Azerbaijan, Turkish division 2 etc. Looks like a pipe dream but nothing is impossible.

as long as Nigeria’s economy remain poor I think that will remain impossible

TheSuperNerd:
Bounou Appreciation

Bounou is yet to concede a goal at the WC from the opposition.

The only goal he shipped in came via an own goal vs Canada

Bounou... A menace between the sticks. The best GK on the continent. The safest pair of hands in African football.

All hail the Guardian of the Atlas Lions.

was also the best keeper in laliga last season

Marjoribanks:
England 3 Senegal 0. Put your papa house as collateral cos you go cash out big time.

Senegal no get clean sheet in this tournament yet and their attack is porous!

prophet majori

komekn:
Eguavon was tactically naive and his team selection shrouded in ineptitude favouritism and bias.

Anybody that could have left a work horse like Frank Onyeka on the bench and play wasted man like Nwakali is joker .

Eguavon messed up

nawa o,easy bro, Nwakali wasn’t even invited for both games

andrewbaba44:
Who told you no one is tipping Portugal?

A team with the best squad aside france and Brazil

Bros no go there ok

Portugal and damn good ,their coach is questionable though

They are more of a favorite than Argentina and Brazil ,but we ain’t ready for this conversation

As it is now I only put them behind France

i think they have a better squad than Brazil

charlesemeka85:
well you may be right but addo outclassed egu tactical in both legs

Addo parked bus, didn’t outclass at all

Danielnino00:
I think the proper thing for Gusau to do now is to clear up the backlog of unpaid salaries, bonus and allowances Pinnick's administration owes coaches and players... Then he can talk about bringing in his own people...

Years and years after, we are still having issue of owing coaches and players...

and we’ll continue to owe until we start getting proper funding for our football

solonnachi:
Can't the NFF just make Finidi George SE coach and Jpes go?

suffer no dey tire una? no due diligence on finidi, you can’t even mention his style of play or what he’s bringing to the table but you want him to be the coach based on vibes

Marjoribanks:
Tomorrow we feast on the Senegalese and Morroccans.

All the African teams must come home.

I slept well knowing fully well that those Banku eaters are on their way to that their glorify village called Accra. Yes.

I respect this level of badbelle

yinkeys:
We need to rebuild
We lost to Portugal 4 nil
Not 2 or 3 nil o

rebuild what?

TheSuperNerd:
Japan.... it's like na only big boys una wan stun

Beat Germany 2-1.

Lose to Costa Rica 1-0.

Now leading 2-1 vs Spain. Haba!!!

Football ehn...

Robin Hood

TheSuperNerd:
Scratch that! GOAL DISALLOWED!!! Hahahahaha... Offside!

Tunisia will end the year with that special feather added to their cap and special moment added to their CV for 2022.

our fifa ranking in the mud

Danielnino00:
Not sure if it's been reported here, but Kolo Toure has been appointed as the new coach of Wigan Athletics.....

official?

ChrisKels:
You actually think Portugal can defeat Nigeria when there is all to play for or when everything is at stake, especial at the world cup?

Which team has ever scored past 2 un-replied goals against Nigeria at the world cup?

Denmark

komekn:
That's why he did excellently well at Wolfsburg ❓

you no dey shame? 17/18 years old boy in Europe for the first time and barely got any opportunity to play

andrewbaba44:
They are just so pained

I just feel we have many kids here ,Lol

Ghana have really impressed me on this competition ,and I when them nothing but the best

me I don’t want the best for Ghana o but I am not surprised they are doing well, most defensively disciplined teams always do well in tournaments

charlesemeka85:
we don’t need him cus awaziem is better than him

Lol. True, Akanji is just lucky.

COOL10:
This is a case of two senseless coaches. What is Vlahovic still doing on the bench?

I think he’s injured

Serbia is a joke, see how pedestrian Cameroon are in defense . I hope Cameroon win this since Serbia aren’t interested in winning this game