₦airaland Forum

TheLoneCitizen:
Osimhen wins penalty but wasn't a foul.

Insigne. 2-1.

andrewbaba44:
He didn’t rejected playing at the afcon

It was before the afcon that he asked to be excused that he needed to take care of some issues

Icon4s:
Charles!!
What is this I am reading from you? You are contemplating on what?
What's happening? You know you can always reach out to me. Please don't do anything silly. Pretty late now. I will reach out to you early tomorrow morning.

Edited: I decided to call him even though it's late but he didn't pick. Will try him again early tomorrow morning.

andrewbaba44:
Samuel kalu should brace up as he just signed for a championship team

You worked hard to win Aston villa away from home only to end up loosing to palace at your backyard and not getting a draw at least

Dennis can easily be watford player of the season because I believe he still has more goals to go ,but I hope he got a good agent ?

If dem offer the Warey 80k weekly he might just follow them to the championship

Meliforme:
Ndidi and Osimhen have been so exceptional in GWG that's the reason why i didn't place Nwakali over them.

Even for Ndidi, i will dig out posts where many on this thread have berated his quality and said he brings very little, but we see what we see. That was so funny, so funny to the point that except we pointed out his vital blocks, tackles and interceptions, they won't see those. Ndidi is the only identity the midfield has for now and that identity is a defensive identity.

Was it not on this thread that i rated Frank Onyeka of Midtjylland in Denmark over Philip Billing Anyanwu that plays in the EPL. Did you not argue me, Mr Andrew. You can still go on with the debate.

It was still on this thread that i expressed my preference for Sadiq Umar over Taiwo based on the little i saw of him against Egypt. Many came for my head for saying that, now the story has changed.

And now Nwakali.....

charlesemeka85:
Alhassan Yusuf

Raphael onyedika

Obinna nwobodo

Frank Onyeka who was in the team but benched because of nwakali

Bonke

Dele bashiru

Etc

komekn:
Appealing and promoting your National football team to players with multiple national choices, is not begging.

Please stop talking like a village Chief.

Danielnino00:
You guys are being unnecessarily petty...
Going after foreign borns isn't an issue.... I don't know what angle thegoodjoe is getting at, but for me, the NFF shouldn't be spending so much resource just to convince one or two foreign born players to represent us when such resources could be channelled into developing our grassroot football back home . It appears that the NFF don't have much interest in developing our grassroot football, which is unfortunate, seeing as it has always been a source of pride for us.
See, I'm also a big basketball fan and I support our national team passionately.. The men and female team is filled 95% with foreign born players and i totally support it.. Why? because we aren't a basketball playing nation! We don't have the talent and resource for it.. But you see America, we have plenty of people there who develop the passion for the sport back there . But the same can't be said of football... The NFF shouldn't, in the in their relentless pursuit of FB players forget their primary responsibility of developing our football back home..

M7even:
I'm Edo from my father and Yoruba from my mother. My surname might give me out. But I was born and bred in as a Yoruba boy. we only speak yoruba. I mean I could go on and on to tell you what makes me feel more Yoruba than a benin boy. Living in lagos , I've been to benin just once. It must be the same for these boys.
If You must convince them do it!
What's the pride about it? That you are asking a person to give up a fraction of what makes them and their very existence due to their parental lineage.

TheGoodJoe:

I repeat. I am proud of all of them. Home, abroad. I wish and pray for the best for them no hard feelings. However, I know passion plays a big part in National team football.

We need to maintain that.

TheGoodJoe:

Unfortunately, you forgot Alaba has a big pride for us and his humanitarian act shows his passion.

charlesemeka85:
later many wey stay abroad go Dey cry racism and discrimination but na we worst pass

TheGoodJoe:


Good luck to them. Let better nations reach out to them. I am proud of them and wish them success in their better nations.

I want those who are contended with this less nation and with passion to wear our jersey with pride to play for us.

If they are too big for us, let them play for the better Nations.

TheGoodJoe:

Do not convince them. That puts them on a pedestal of us needing them. That makes them somehow look bigger than the team. Let them fight to play for us. Not us fight for them.

Finito.

charlesemeka85:
we will continue reaching out to them if u no like am stop watching national team matches

charlesemeka85:
I swear down bro it hurts me when many see this guys as lesser Nigerians which is born out of envy and hate

TheGoodJoe:

Bring up your kids where you want. It does not make them less Nigerian. The point is about football and the national team. Invite those with the passion to play. Let those that want to play reach out to us.

TheGoodJoe:
That is actually not the case. No one doubts there belief in their roots. At the moment, they lack the passion.

Shola Ameobi turned us down repeatedly. When he was in the team, he showed so much passion. Even on the bench, he kept on barking orders.

I am saying when they are not mentally ready leave them. How to know when they are mentally ready, they reach out. So create a channel for them to reach out. Stop the red carpet treatment.

TheGoodJoe:

I did not say that they are denying their roots. J said they do not have the passion to play for us.

We have a big game to play to qualify for he world cup. A player with passion for the team will want a chance to help.

These guys do not care for now. So stop giving red carpet treatments to convince them when they lack the passion.

charlesemeka85:
imagine this current super eagles team without the likes of

Aina
Balogun
Ekong
Iwobi
Aribo
Ebuehi
Ajayi

With current additions like bassey,and lookman and the chances of getting olise and eze on board

Baba no matter how u go own with your dedication and passion campaign this foreign groomed are very important to the growth and strength of the super eagles

TheGoodJoe:

This was Aina before the call up to the Super Eagles sending his old kits to Lagos to help kids and young players.

He has a passion for us.

andrewbaba44:
Nathan Tella is currently not good enough for our team

Maybe he can be good later

Kog45:
We need both of them my Oga.

Kog45:
But our own Dennis said NO to Afcon...Samuel Kalu said he should be excused for now,just tell me the difference....Oga goodjoe,anything that will bring success to this team is acceptable.