₦airaland Forum

Favor99:
I noticed it last year. Ighalo was getting heckled by Nigerians on social media right from the first game(before he missed the shot)
It got so bad that he had to disable comments. He was heckled and ridiculed throughout the World Cup, him and Victor Moses

This is the same way the Nigerian media and nairalanders rubbish Oshimhole anyhow. The way these people get heckled non stop.
Oh yea all 3 of this notable figures are from Edo State

The only 2 super eagles to receive such disrespect where the Edo players Ighalo and Moses, even though the other players played poorly. Moses actually had an above average World Cup and had a goal and assist, but that didn't stop people from singling going him out

Andrew444 said what Ive been saying for the past year, Ighalo got singled out and basically persecuted because of his tribe.

You guys are way too defensive like you trying to cover up. Theres some type of tribalism towards Edo people on social media over the past year and a half.

Look how the media and bloggers reports news from Edo State. Have you heard of instablognja?

Throughout nairaland people slander our state and make ridiculous lies and accusations.

I dont know what evil you all have planned for our people. But it won't work! Praise God

forgiveness:
Taiwo didn't fade away at 26. In the same 2011, Taiwo captained Olympic Marseille to win French cup, Taiwo made Ligue 1 team of the season, CAF best 11 and even joined Ac Milan despite Marseille wanted him to stay.

Taiwo played in the EPL and Seria A in 2012.

But you said Mikel Obi is still playing at top level.

Is Championship better than EPL?

Taiwo didn't fade away at 26, rather many club wanted him because he was the best African LB in the world in 2011. That was for the third time.

iSlayer2:
3 Africans Top The EPL Highest Goal Scorers Chart

Salah
Aubameyang
Mané



Standing Ovation.

Kog45:
Thegoodjoe you are a real Naija and i will always respect you for your incisive views on issues not those who always castigate our coaches as if we don’t know what happened during Westerhoff/Bonfrere era.

Dosu Joseph made Atlanta 96 based on a deal between Churchill Oliseh and Jo Bonfrere.

Asked Chidi Nwanu what took him to make US94 when Westerhoff paraded mediocre like Isaac Semitoje and very averaged Uche Okafor at Tunisia 94.

Keshi won Afcon for God sake and took us to 2nd round at WC but some would still be telling us type of players Keshi took to Afcon and WC.

Do we need to go to Trousier,Vogts,Libregths era where some players invitations are questionable

Truly foreign coaches are better but when it comes to deals they are also culprits with shady deals.

Respect thegoodjoe and Bascovanvelli for always comes out to say something good about our coaches despite their shortcomings.

forgiveness:
How old are dey? Is Paul Aigbogun expecting them to be 30 before they are considered?

tbaba1234:
Korede Adedoyin (Everton)
Daniel Toma. (West Ham)
Jayden Bennetts (Watford)
Fisayo Dele Bashiru (Man City)
Mashkur Tagwai
Adebayo Ojo
Zaccala

Dropped

Eawwal:
Hello sir, Hope you're okay?
just checking on you

forgiveness:
Hmmm! I see.

TheGoodJoe:
Easier said than done.

forgiveness:
Which boy?

Humility017:
Nancho should be dropped from the AFCON team please.....
dude has really deteriorated....
so painful city won this match

krattoss:
Afobear come and carry your iheanacho

forgiveness:
What is happening to Iheanacho?

I can't believe he missed that chance.

If this is how he wants to miss crucial goals in the AFCON, I take God beg am, make em raise em hand tell Rohr he is injured.

TheGoodJoe:
Who were the proven players? We suffered a fall in quality players then. Keshi was reviving the team.

TheGoodJoe:
Inside the dressing room, his approach was to create a siege mentality with his players -- "they don't like us out there so we must prove them wrong" -- while putting a hand on every shoulder and making each player believe he was capable of more.

"He called me aside and told me to believe in myself," Godfrey Oboabona told me after Nigeria beat the Ivory Coast at the 2013 African Nations' Cup. "He said [Didier] Drogba does not have two heads or four legs and if I play to my best, I could do it. That's what I did.".. Colin Udoh on Big Boss Stephen Keshi.

ChrisKels:
Thing is that we blacks just wouldn't let go the humiliation our great grandfathers suffered during the slave trade, hence we become overly sensitive and just wouldn't loosen up, there by viewing every little thing via the lens of racism. Check out this bias, we can easily call a Caucasian an oyibo but would frown when we get addressed as negros or black. Some of us even go as far as getting offended when called an African.

junnyjake:
Thanks for this.

There are words from other languages with offensive meanings that we've adopted and nobody seems to be raising money eyebrows.

tbaba1234:
Well, with the number of players in camp, he needs to find a way to reduce the number. I guess this is the approach, he has chosen.

junnyjake:
Americans are getting annoyingly sensitive these days, and it's unfortunate everyone else is catching the fever.

tbaba1234:
They have one more friendly. I believe that will be closer to the tournament squad.

DrLikita12:
Manu Garba has provided good U17 football teams for us over the years and we haven't really heard any complaints...until this competition.
Now he is corrupt, looking for egunje, lazy, refusing to screen in all the 36 states, refusing to carry players from the SE and SS, has a godfather, has a preference for players born in Nigeria, etc. It's basically open season on Manu Garba.

First of all, camp opened late so there was no time for open screening. According to the links below, Manu and his assistants were ready to start but the NFF delayed them.

http://www.allnigeriasoccer.com/read_news.php?nid=27463

http://owngoalnigeria.com/2018/02/15/manu-garba-speaks-on-chances-of-nigerian-players-born-abroad-making-his-u17-team-open-screening/

Someone said that Manu only considered players in Lagos and can you really blame him? If you needed a good sample size and you had to pick one location where you could see a good representation of young Nigerians you'd probably pick Lagos too.
Think about it, Lagos is the most populous state and it is home to a good number of Nigerians from different parts of Nigeria.

Imo, most of these complaints started when Lateef was dropped. Most people only waited until they could get to the point where they could say, "I told you so."
But how many of you actually watched the screening? How many of you watched them in camp? The fact that someone is more popular does not make him a better player than someone whose skills/efforts have gone unnoticed.

I'm sorry but the whole godfather thing makes no sense to me. To begin with, it's two against one. Secondly, Pinick is the boss here. And finally, why are we just hearing about it? Manu has been the U17 coach for a number of years and no one has complained of this until today. We didn't even hear of this when Manu coached the U20 side and benched Iheanacho and co.

Someone even said that maybe Manu's scouts are here that is why people are supporting evil. People have the right to support who they want. That you think Manu did wrong does not mean that others share your opinion. It does not mean that Manu even did wrong.

Don't get me wrong, Manu Garba is not perfect and he is not above criticism but that criticism needs to be fair and constructive. Many things said here can easily be verified by people in the know or by interviews we have access to. The fact that we are upset does not give us the right to throw unsubstantiated accusations around. If you are going to go on about how evil Manu is, do your due diligence and back it up with proof. You don't get to accuse others of whatever you like because they see or do things differently.

Everyone deserves the benefit of the doubt. You, me, and yes, Manu Garba.

tbaba1234:
Aigbogun is playing mainly home based boys against Saudi... I understand that he is using the game to decide who to drop among the locally based men.

Last chance to impress.

Bashir brothers and co did not travel.

tbaba1234:
Line up..

ChrisKels:
As much I dont wanna blacklist Manu Garba, I think Forgiveness aint entirely wrong, after all. Manu aint as clean as he seems. There is more to his selections and matchday squads than meets the eye. How does one explain his decision to sideline Adrian Akande after spending alot to get him all the way from England? Why does he not have players from the South East, Delta and Edo in his squad?

Earthquake3:
And captain

Earthquake3:
Forgiveness what's the purpose of bringing up this rubbish here?

tbaba1234:
Two of the Guinean players played an invitational tournament in Japan using different ages.

They are supposed to be 18 not 16 as they claimed.