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Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Joebie: 2:42am On May 27, 2020
grin
komekn:
Maybe you wish to be obsequious as you bend over to sing praise, your appreciation of intellect, I guess is a reflection of your own level.

In order to appreciate intellect you must have some, in this regard define "character assassination" according to you and how I have assassinated her character. But in case you do not know FYI , Character assassination is a deliberate and sustained effort to damage the reputation or credibility of an individual.

Your Queen made an all encompassing negative unfounded proposition about all Nigerians in the diaspora founded on essentially nothing beyond the superficial. And i questioned it.

You also have made these spurious unfounded sentiment based assumptions.

I challenged you before you went missing and i give you the same challenge i gave Safarigirl, present one not two just one post where i have with unbridled prejudice denigrated a Nigerian home grown player




A screenshot will do, also remember your perception is not a fact its a reflection of your own vision, it is not evidence or substance.
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Joebie: 1:03am On May 27, 2020
For you to make the conclusion, “online presense” your research was not good enough.

Odunayaw:
I've done mine and I don't see what formula you used in making them the ONLY professional club in country. So sir, show your workings.
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Joebie: 11:14pm On May 26, 2020
Do your research.
Odunayaw:
Because of online presence?
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Joebie: 6:45pm On May 26, 2020
does foreign make it unique? Well I can't tell you how to run your biz. It might just be what many Nigerians will prefer. grin. all the best sir!
CoIdplay:
Thank you Sir.

Actually, I'm using a foreign voice over to give my adverts a unique touch that will attract the attention of many.

However, I am hoping to adjust to our local voice of a client deems it fit for their brand.
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Joebie: 3:44am On May 26, 2020
I already sent your link to an entrepreneur in Lagos. But why foreign voice overhuh? Are you doing this for foreign companies?

CoIdplay:
Good morning to the best football analysts in the country. My respect for all of you on this thread knows no bounds. I don't contribute much because I enjoy reading what my daddies have written and I prefer to learn.

However, I won't deny that I see subjective comments here from Komekn and Chryskel that will always show their full support to a player even when they are not performing as expected.

I respect you all though. Special shout out to Sir Tbaba123 Icons Icon4s and all the legendary men here.


Please I recently launched an advert production brand. We produce advert videos for businesses with a foreign voice over. We can also produce a clip for your loved ones at a very cheap price and it's pay on delivery.

Just take a look at what we do here.



https://mobile.twitter.com/BestAdVideos/status/1264706041318703106



PS: To announce my readiness for this thread. I will do a video for a footballer of the thread's choice and I pray the player will get to see it.

Please select a player and let me know.


Thanks.
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Joebie: 12:55am On May 26, 2020
That’s the point
AndSunGorilla:
Rashidi Yekini that helped people, where is he today? It's good to help the needy and friends and all but what I am against is the blackmail and entitlement mentality that so and so must help me. Jihday I dey your side jare.
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Joebie: 11:19pm On May 25, 2020
I was on their website earlier. We don’t take things like that serious.

Edopesin:
As in ehn, their Media follow up is unrivaled
they recently got to 200k followers on FB and also recently launched their website and forum

I can't wait to see them in the Npfl but not next season, my Bendel insurance is still top priority
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Joebie: 9:46pm On May 25, 2020
I don’t see how the duration of time you know someone should determine if or not or the extent at which you help someone. There is no law to this things. People change environment and circumstances also change. People even change. Sometimes the friends you know go shook hand for your eye, Family sef. Help who u want to help. It’s up to them to appreciate it, but u don’t owe them.
andrewbaba44:
U

Well I didn’t really know about their relationship

Nacho has really helped some friends ,even one of his late friend self he is also helping that one

I might agree they Kingsley didn’t know nacho form day one because kingsley is way older than nacho and dude has played football in Hungary

Maybe Na Nadho God take bless Kingsley

This life dey one kind

Make people leave nacho ooo ,dele momodu didn’t help his old friend that they use to sell newspaper together ,the old baba still dey sell newspaper till now and dele has progressed
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Joebie: 8:24pm On May 25, 2020
Achara made the official MLS team of the week before the league was halted.

Toronto FC rookie forward Achara thinking of family back home in Nigeria
May 22, 2020

TORONTO — You could forgive Toronto FC rookie Ifunanyachi Achara if he thought “Why me?”

When the 16-year-old Achara came to the U.S. from Nigeria in 2014 to attend Berkshire High School in Massachusetts, he had to undergo a one-month quarantine because of concerns over Ebola. He had flown out of Lagos where cases had been reported.

Fast forward six years and Achara found himself in COVID-19 lockdown just days after celebrating scoring the winning goal in his pro debut March 7.

The young forward is not thinking of himself these days, however. While he misses soccer, he knows there’s more at stake.

“You just have to understand this is bigger than all of us,” he said.

He’s just grateful he got the opportunity to earn an MLS contract and make Toronto’s first team.

Achara’s thoughts are for his family and others back home in Enugu, where his father runs a small retail store.

One brother and sister are back in Nigeria. A younger brother, Ugo Achara Jr., is a sophomore forward at Northwestern University and is weathering the pandemic with a friend in Chicago.


Nigeria, a country of some 214 million located off the Gulf of Guinea in west Africa, had just over 7,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 211 deaths as of Friday, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. Enugu state had 16 confirmed cases and no deaths.

Achara wonders about the numbers, questioning how much testing is being done in his home country.

“There’s concern,” said Achara, noting Nigeria lifted its lockdown after just two weeks. “I’m worried about the virus and stuff because I feel like maybe it’s spreading and they’re not paying attention as much as they should.”

He’s worried about Nigeria’s health-care system — and his family.

“I think my family, they’re taking it seriously. I hope they are. I mean they told me they are, so I believe them.”

His father is seen as an essential worker so his store remains open.

“I told him ‘Hey, you have to really be careful about going out,'” said Achara, who has not been home since 2016.

The concerns go both ways. His mother offered some good advice in telling Achara to make the most of the break, given he has been consumed by school and soccer ever since coming to North America.

Brian Wiese, his coach at Georgetown University, told him virtually the same thing.

“He said ‘Be healthy.’ Because I wasn’t healthy the whole time at Georgetown,” said Achara.

Taken in the first round (25th overall) of the 2020 MLS SuperDraft, Achara earned a contract after scoring three goals in pre-season despite missing the first part of training camp due to illness.

Toronto believes Achara would have gone much higher in the draft had he not enduring a string of injuries with the Hoyas.


After sitting out Toronto’s season-opening 2-2 tie in San Jose, he was a late addition to the starting lineup a week later against New York City FC when Tsubasa Endoh failed a late fitness test.

Achara wasted little time making an impression on the home crowd at BMO Field. While an 11th-minute goal was ruled offside, Achara scored the winner in the 81st minute.

“Tonight, he was fantastic,” coach Greg Vanney said after the match. “He’s been fantastic since the day he arrived in pre-season in L.A. … From the day he arrived, he’s shown that he fits in, that he’s talented, that’s he’s a smart player, he can adapt within the game, can read plays, can play on the move as we saw tonight. He’s got soft feet even when he’s playing on the run.

“And he’s got a nose for goal. He scored twice tonight, really.”

While Achara praises the team for how its has treated its players during the pandemic, the young forward finds himself in a new city with not many acquaintances other than his teammates. He knew winger Jacob Shaffelburg from their time together at Berkshire High School.

Living in a high-rise near the team’s north Toronto training facility, Achara has not had much of a chance to check out his new city. He doesn’t have a car so the club picks him to take him to individual workouts rather than leave it to a cab.

It is one of the highlights of his week.

“Because you gets to see the coaches and the staff, even if it’s like six feet or two metres away,” he said.


“It’s fun, (it) just feels normal again,” he added. “I know it’s not but it’s something to do.”

Achara has been trying to make the best of the situation. He was featured in a Toronto FC workout video, hefting cans of tomatoes as makeshift weights.

“Just trying to stay fit,” he said with a laugh.

Away from practice, he has been rewatching TFC’s first two games of the season and delving into YouTube, watching Champions League finals and other games from the past.

The return of the Bundesliga has also provided a lift.

His elegantly braided hair has proved to be a challenge, however. Normally he leaves the “retwists” to a professional every three to four weeks but has had to do it himself of late.

“My hair. I need a new haircut, for sure,” he said with a belly-laugh. “It’s not looking good.”




This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 22, 2020.

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Follow @NeilMDavidson on Twitter

Neil Davidson, The Canadian Press
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Joebie: 8:02pm On May 25, 2020
Is he taller than Onuachu?
mostob:
o boy! Be like this guy tall pass simy nwankwo o . Onuachu still dey learn o
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Joebie: 7:50pm On May 25, 2020
NPFL clubs need to step up their game. Vandresser FC the only true professional club I’ve seen in Nigeria

Eizzy003:
All of you who have being asking about Ekerete Udom aka Tall Boi of Vandresser Fc,These are his pics
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Joebie: 5:49pm On May 25, 2020
Thank you. I have friends like that. Once they sound entitled, whatever you give them is never enough.

safarigirl:
He is helping plenty people already, let the friend find another helper. He is not in a position to help such a person. Someone that can do something like this, any help you render them will never be sufficient. Never.
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Joebie: 1:54am On May 25, 2020
So when I ask people to substantiate their claims they run away. Why are we like that? Intentionally cursing, lying and hating without conscience lol.
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Joebie: 1:52am On May 25, 2020
OGN reports Genk make improved bid for Dessers. I’d rather see Cyriel remain in Holland or go to France or Spain. No to Turkey and Belgium. He will most likely struggle in Italy. Personal opinion
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Joebie: 12:55am On May 25, 2020
Haha. The guy sef go even beg to play for Nigeria. Born in Nigeria. ANS say he has been invited by Benin in the past. Still not capped yet. Nominated for most promising player by a Beninese football website. I’m always looking for promising players.
But is the guy 19 or 20? Looks young in his Facebook profile.


Odunayaw:
JoeBilling tongue This one will tell us he feels more Beninoise in future

Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Joebie:
ANS reports about Bello Rouchdane, a player who is also eligible to play for Nigeria. A 19 year old DM who is courted by several clubs in Europe. Someone to monitor for the future

Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Joebie: 4:24pm On May 24, 2020
Ehizibue to start.

I’m excited at the forwards at SE’s disposal.
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Joebie: 4:01pm On May 24, 2020
Lookman in
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Joebie: 4:01pm On May 24, 2020
Uduaokai will likely make WhoScored best XI
maidaboi:
yea even Felix rating is 8.1 now
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Joebie: 3:52pm On May 24, 2020
What’s Mainz coach expecting Awoniyi to do? Lol 0-5 chai!

Modified
0-4
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Joebie: 3:45pm On May 24, 2020
Bazee already in the bag

Uduokhai Kai! I

maidaboi:
he came on in the 59th minute and scored in the 76th minute with a whoscored rating of 7.7 second only to Felix with 8.4
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Joebie: 3:43pm On May 24, 2020
Yes that guy and injury na twin brother. Make he deny he twin from now on.

ChrisKels:
He is my boy, and I'm glad he is coming back, I pray he stays healthy.


Andre my man, I go deal with you over this boy, prepare for me
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Joebie: 3:17pm On May 24, 2020
Bazeee !!!
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Joebie: 1:48pm On May 24, 2020
sad[quote author=Subzero047 post=89906083]Victor Osimhen has lost his father

https://twitter.com/victorosimhen9/status/1264490963369672705?s=19[/quote]
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Joebie: 1:47pm On May 24, 2020
Corrected. Thanks, and also Agu, no Esiti.
Edopesin:
Anaemena
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Joebie: 1:29pm On May 24, 2020
I didn’t necessarily arrange them in pecking order. And that sef is debatable.

Bolowolowo:
Akpeyi is ahead of Uzoho.
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Joebie:
SUPER EAGLES SQUAD DEPTH UNDER GERNOT ROHR based on his last 3 invitations, and new addition Ovie Ejaria.
Am I missing any name? Modified

Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Joebie: 3:07am On May 24, 2020
BUNDESLIGA REPORT

Paderborn 1-1 Hoffenheim
Super Eagles left back, Jamilu Collins was on for the homers from start to finish in their 1-1 draw with Kevin Akpoguma's Hoffenheim, that saw both goals scored within the first 10 minutes of the game. Collins had 72 touches and made an all important clearance off the line to deny the visitors from stealing a win. Collins made 32 successful passes out of 42 attempted. Paderborn has picked up two points since the restart of the league.
WhoScoredRating: 7.10

It was an opposite tale for Kevin Akpoguma who was sidelined to Hoffenheim's bench after some horrendous defending in the previous matchday.
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Joebie: 12:51am On May 24, 2020
Where it is a standard that an U20 player can’t be a small boy.

TheGoodJoe:
‘Who is this small boy?’ – ‘Skinny’ Ndidi on making World Cup squad amid intimidation

The Leicester City midfielder has narrated his testing journey before making John Obuh’s squad for the 2013 U20 Fifa World Cup in Turkey

Wilfred Ndidi has revealed how he overcame a barrage of intimidation en route to making Nigeria’s squad for the 2013 Fifa U20 World Cup.

Having been dropped from the Golden Eaglets’ team for the 2013 African U17 Championship staged in Morocco owing to an MRI controversy alongside Ibrahim Abdullahi and Emmanuel Asadu, Ndidi was promoted into the U20 team thanks to his superlative talent.

At that time John Obuh’s Flying Eagles were preparing for the global showpiece in Turkey, and the 16-year-old had to prove his worth to make the final list.

And that never came easy for the defender because of his ‘skinny’ appearance. In his discussion with Out of Home Podcast, the Nigeria international recounted his experience and how he never submitted against all odds.

“When I got to the U20 team, I was seeing these guys. They were professionals who were already playing in the league. They were strong when compared to myself, a skinny boy coming from an academy to the U17's and now to the U20's," Ndidi said.

“Immediately they saw me, they were like ‘Who is this small boy?’ It was just all over my face that who is this small boy. It was so tough that my roommate would sleep on the bed and I would sleep on the ground.

“I wasn’t intimidated because I knew what I was there to do and not to make friends. Everything worked in my favour because I trained with older people growing up in the barracks.

“I only started training with my age mates when I was in the Nath Academy, so I was already used to training with bigger guys so I wasn’t scared. To me, it was just normal.

“You might be stronger than me, but I won’t give you my body to overpower me.”

Ndidi trained under Flying Eagles’ assistants as the chief coach was in Germany for important assignments. However, things got worse on his return as he did not hide his challenge with his physique.

“The coach wasn’t around because he went for a course but the other officials liked me and they were saying I was young, intelligent and they were encouraging me. But when the coach returned from Germany, he was like ‘why did you put this small boy in the defence?” the ex-Genk man continued.

“Getting that from a coach I like and who was popular in Nigeria got me so sad, I became nervous and didn’t know what to do.

“He never saw me play except during training but he was getting updates from other officials but he kept asking why a small boy was put in the defence and all that but [other officials] kept saying ‘that boy is good’.

“I didn’t make the cut when he announced the list but when I was about leaving [the camp], some of the officials said ‘you are not going anywhere, he has to see you play’. Then a game was organised for me for the coach to see me play.

“During the game, I played so well but the moment I was substituted our opponents scored against us. After the game, he came to me and said you did very well today.

“For me, you are not strong to be in the central defence but I will take you to Toulon tournament so that other teams can see you and maybe want you, but you are not going to the World Cup because I need a strong player. I wasn’t bothered as long I was going to Toulon.”

In France, Nigeria U20 returned home with their heads bowed low after a devastating outing that saw them record two wins and two draws in Group B that had Brazil, Portugal, Mexico and Belgium.

But for Ndidi, it was his saving grace to remain in the team as he proved his class following Obuh’s decision to rest others.

He added: “The mistake he made was that he rested his best defenders throughout the tournament and I was playing in the central defence. I played against Lukaku brother [Jordan]. Even the Brazilian coach [Alexandre Gallo] said ‘you are a young boy and you are doing well’. He also encouraged me because he liked the way I played.

“We didn’t go far in the competition but I was doing well while he rested his best defender. When it was time to reveal his final list, he came to me and said: ‘You did very well in the tournament and my officials are happy with you. You are going to make the World Cup team but I don’t think you will play. This is not a pre-season tournament in case but you are not going to play’.

“From you are too small to travel to Toulon and now making the World Cup – I was happy because I was getting the opportunities for free because some people were trying to pay to make the team – it was really bad.

“When we got to the World Cup, we lost the first game 3-2 to Portugal. The best player he rested wasn’t fit. He was just training but wasn’t fit for the matches. The other officials came and told him ‘Play this boy. He did well in Toulon, just try him’. Then I got to play the first game.”

Ndidi went ahead to play in his first game in the 3-0 defeat of Cuba, then a 1-0 victory over South Korea and the failed Round of 16 encounter against Uruguay.

The Leicester City star, Moses Simon and Shehu Abdullahi are the only players in Obuh’s 21-man team who made it to the senior national team, Super Eagles.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.goal.com/en-ie/amp/news/who-is-this-small-boy-skinny-ndidi-on-making-world-cup-squad/1ml273x5vtr5m1dhyrxgr99b0o
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Joebie: 12:20am On May 24, 2020
okay how did he act rudely? Did you watch the video? if it's his words could you pull the quotes that shows rudeness?

TheGoodJoe:
Addressing unfounded rumours does not give him a right to act rudely. I even took the liberty of posting earluer comments by Billing and such animosity was not there. I feel he thinks he is closer to a shot with the Danes and went overboard with his comment. He was wrong. Stop trying hard to defend wrong actions.

If that was such a right way, his earluer words would have been so.
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Joebie: 7:19pm On May 23, 2020
Na two of una sabi. Lol
ChrisKels:
I know my real guy, he has been tryna drag me out since this mess, but I chose to ignore him grin


I still have a bet with him though
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Joebie: 7:15pm On May 23, 2020
I respect you for that. Just own up. Some never will.

ChrisKels:
I own up to my shits, and I don't do things to please no one, but no, I never fought for any bragging rights

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