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Earthquake2:
When we have not boycotted because of the horrendous governance we are experiencing, you want us to boycott because of some underage games

COOL10:
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Oga,he's still a baby. 15 years na still pikin . It's natural to feel sad and frustrated especially if he gave it his all but still didn't make the cut. For those insulting him because of his absolutely natural reaction to the whole thing,y'all should stop. He never asked for special privileges just cos of he's a FB or his skin colour. He fought dearly for a shirt but unfortunately things didn't work out. I know Lateef to an extent and if anything,he sincerely adores this nation with all his heart. Same with his older sister and two little brothers. So guys,take a chill pill already

tbaba1234:
Osimhem and Favour Akem in 2016. Favour Akem failed the MRI test for the 2019 under 17 AFCON.

TheGoodJoe:
Me Be little English Nigerian born? How?

Stop lying.

I even used Kelechi Nwakali's case of not making it in Iheanacho's set and later becoming the best in the next one to highlight that Lateef being dropped does not mean he lacks the talent to excel.

So how did you come up with such narrative of belittling?

charlesemeka85:
Super Eagles manager Gernot Rohr has hinted that some Super Eagles stars will beef up the Nigeria U20 National Team ahead of their trip to Poland for the Fifa U20 World Cup.

Although names were not mentioned by the German, the likes of Enyimba duo Ikouwem Udo and Valentine Ozornwafor, who were handed maiden call-ups to the Super Eagles last month, plus Villarreal's Samuel Chukwueze are eligible to represent the Flying Eagles.

Rohr also plans to monitor the outstanding Golden Eaglets stars just as the Dutch coach Clemens Westerhof, who promoted Nwankwo Kanu and Victor Ikpeba to the senior national team after they impressed for the youth team.

''It will be interesting to be together with the U23s, they play on the 5th and 9th of June, so we can work together. We must have a good relationship with this team, with my assistant Imama,'' Rohr told the Super Eagles Youtube channel.

''We also have to watch the U20 World Cup which takes place in Poland, starting end of May. Some of our players will be there, so we need a good relationship with everybody even the U17 which is the future.

''I know that my colleague Clemens Westerhof was discovering some big players in the U17 World Cup, like Victor Ikpeba.

''We also have Osimhen, we work for the future even if I am not here. We work for the future of Nigeria''.

The Super Eagles are expected to begin their 2019 Africa Cup of Nations preparations in Nigeria before moving camp to a different climate.

tbaba1234:
Only 5 boys failed MRI

tbaba1234:
Good performance by Samu today.

Danielnino00:
It wasn't so long ago that this thread was rocked by massive call from the foreign born crew that Josh Maja should be called up to the super eagles with the excuse that we will loss him to England soon...
"Lion in a big league" they called him... Now Maja is at a bigger club and a bigger league, but what has he done? has he justified the hype he got while playing in the fishermen league one?

I'm not against the inclusion of foreign born player into any level of the national team at all.. All I want is that the same rule should apply to all players whether foreign born or not. There should be a level playing ground!!

I don't know why some people are of the opinion that filing our national team with foreign born players will improve it...
Morocco have the best league in Africa and some of the best infrastructure too.. they invest a lot in their youth team but end up filling the senior team with foreign born players... what have they achieved by doing that

forgiveness:
Manu saw the U-15 tournament so he should have known Lafeet wasn't good enough for his team. But why did you call someone you know is not good for the team?

Danielnino00:
I repeat again, "soldier go,soldier come,barrack go remain"! Nigeria has the largest population in Africa.. There's football talent scattered everywhere! we shouldn't deprive some people of the chance to represent just because somebody is foreign born! .all players should be given a level playing field..

Lateef is 15 he is still eligible for the next u-17 and in fact he might even still make the works cup list if we qualify,so what the hell is he crying for? Maybe he was under the delusion that he would be given an automatic shirt cus he is foreign born...

The Manu Garba we know is fair in his player selection and can identify a talent when he see one,so I refuse to believe that there was a conspiracy against the boy...


We should relax on this obsession for foreign born players! it won't do us any good in the long run.

Icon4s:
DR Congo has only won the AFCON once.

There are two Congos: DR Congo (Congo-Kinshasa) and PR Congo (Congo-Brazaville). And they have each won the title once. And that is where I think goal.com got it mixed up.

Icon4s:
And your point exactly is......?

Danielnino00:
With all due respect Sir, you aren't making any sense here..
@ bolded u are very wrong... many people condemned the massive age cheating that used to characterise the u-17 ..

On a more serious note why do u like acting like Nigeria is the only place on this planet that sh*t happens?

Icon4s:
Well, you just summed it up. People will argue Iheanacho has regressed. But I will say he stagnated.

He was never at the level people placed him.

Some believe he has stopped working hard. But I don't think so. In Football development there is what is called a plateau. A player develops and gets to a level and remains at that level for long. That is the plateau. And that is where the talent of such Player can raise him to. And after that plateau his performance starts declining. Iheanacho may just have hit his plateau early. That is just it.

Bolowolowo:
House, is he right? Are we over dependent on foreign tacticians



Sodje raises alarm over influx of foreign coaches to Super Eagles


By Alex Monye | 08 April 2019 | 4:08 am



Former Super Eagles defender, Sam Sodje has raised the alarm over the influx of foreign coaches to the national team’s coaching crew.
He is worried that the large number of foreign coaches working with Coach Gernot Rohr is ridiculing Nigerian coaches, adding that it is denying trained and qualified local coaches the opportunity to get the necessary experience.

Sodje said he is worried that the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) keeps spending money on foreign coaches without getting the desired results, stressing that the Eagles posted the worst result in its World Cup history in 2018. Nigeria, he said, was kicked out of the competition in the group stage despite the presence of foreign coaches on its bench.

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On the chances of the Super Eagles in this year’s Nations Cup, the former Leeds United of England player said Nigeria would only excel in Egypt if the coach worked hard to build a formidable team.

He noted that Nigeria has what it takes to be champions of Africa owing to the young and committed players in the squad, adding, however, that the Eagles coaches must fashion out a distinct playing pattern for the team.

“I am worried that in the Super Eagles team we have about five foreign coaches working with Gernot Rohr. This is slavery.

“When Westerhof was the Eagles coach, he only had one assistant. I see no reason the Nigerian team will have more foreign assistants when there are a lot of top coaches in Nigeria who don’t have jobs.

“The NFF claims they don’t have money, but they can afford to pay these expatriate coaches with foreign currencies, while abandoning the domestic ones.

“The foreign coaches’ impact has not been felt since Rohr took charge of the team. How can Nigerian coaches grow? The foreign coaches working in Nigeria collect the money and leave the country with nothing to show for it,” he said.

The Guardian recalls that last week, the NFF appointed more foreign assistants in the Super Falcons set up ahead of the France 2019 Women World Cup.

Sodje says the influx of the foreign coaches has not given Nigeria a playing pattern.

“In modern coaching, a team must be known for a pattern. What I think the Eagles need now is to have a solid defence. A good defensive coach will solve this problem. If you have a good defence and an organised attack, your team will excel.

“Nigerian defenders played well against Egypt in the international friendly, but you will also understand that the early goal affected Egypt players’ psyche. They almost dominated the game. Looking at the current Eagles defenders, for me Leon Balogun is a good defender, but you will observe that he cannot play two straight games because he is injury prone.

“The Nations Cup is tough due to the display of power by African teams. So can he withstand the pressure.” These are qualities the coach should be looking out for in Balogun and other Super Eagles players,”

andrew444:
But is he not crappy ?

Upon all komekn hype ,he can't even get an Epl team

Have you see how he talked about iorfa ?

andrew444:
I asked a question o

Komekn no allow us hear word here with that guy dis and that

Komekn has always promoted crappy English players .

andrew444:
He isn't crappy right ?

andrew444:
Oga nacho will not lack clubs so stop saying what you don't know ,nacho is not destined for lower club abeg stop being bias

You think nacho is chidebere nwakali ?

Even emenike that didn't play football for some months didn't lack offers when he got las palmas Loan in laliga

Benteke has only scored 3 goals since last season ,benteke will not lack offers

Even if you no like player dey talk truth and stop this your Epl/championship hype

Na all players for Epl dey score many goals per season ?

My friend go and sit down and keep this your Epl/championship hype to your self

That's how you didn't let us hear word about crappy Dominic iorfa

andrew444:
Sly igboun keeps on scoring .

Icon4s:
For Lateef Omidiji I think his age and size could be a major factor. He is still very much a developing player. Still elligible for the next U17 and should give it another shot.

Kudos to Manu for not falling to the factor of "foreign born" to include him. If he is not good enough then he should be dropped.

tbaba1234:
“Oyibo Eaglet” – Nigeria U17 Include Two Players Born Abroad In Final Squad For U17 AFCON

For the first time in the history of Nigeria U17 teams two players born outside the shores of Nigeria have made the squad for the 2019 U17 Africa Cup of Nations ‎, which serves as qualifiers for the World Youth Championship.

Owngoalnigeria.com exclusively gathered that Chelsea teen forward Adrian Akande and young Bournemouth goalkeeper Joseph Oluwabusola made the final list of 23 players selected for the tournament by coach Manu Garba.

Oluwabusola is not new to the team as he was part of the team to the WAFU B U17 Championship which Nigeria won to seal progress to the Africa U17 Cup of Nations but he could easily have missed out on the list of players to the tournament if not for the fact that first choice goalkeeper John Amah failed the mandatory Magnetic Resonance Imaging test, which is usually done to curb the menace of age cheats.

Akande on his part impressed the handlers of the team after training with the team for one week in Abuja and the omission of some forward players who are regulars in the team ‎due to the MRI test helped his inclusion in the final squad for the tournament which will begin on the 14th of April in Tanzania.

Overall four players born outside the shores of Nigeria took part in the screening exercise in Abuja but the duo of former Barcelona Escola Kelechi Ebenezer Ibe-Torti and Go Ahead Eagles Lateef Omidiji Junior were not considered good enough for the Nigerian team.

http://owngoalnigeria.com/2019/04/07/oyibo-eaglet-nigeria-u17-include-two-players-born-abroad-in-final-squad-for-u17-afcon/

AIG07:
when did improving/developing a player becomes the job of a national team coach. The NT is not a grooming center. That's why I am not in support of Samu joining the team for AFCON when there are options of playing for the age grade teams(where grooming takes place).

Players are invited to the national team to replicate their club performances. It's either you deliver or you are out. These set of players are even lucky. Imagine If Obagoal, had received half of the repeated chances given to nacho and Ighalo to redeem themselves. I bet you he would have been our second all time goal scorer just behind Yeking. Nacho and Ighalo have enjoyed a very rare grace. Just think of it. They both went 1year as Eagle's striker without a goal. Yet they were always the first on the list.

How many days do the players spend with these coaches when on national assignments. So cut Rohr{though not fan of his) some slack.


If we are to go by your claim, it is better he stay out of the national team till the time Rohr sees out his contract.

TheGoodJoe:
Leicester City is a far improved team. Rodgers is getting them up to speed fast. This shows the players are getting better. However, when a player is on the bench, a lot of people misunderstand it as the player is not improving.

However, Nacho is training with the team and a mountain load of work is going on in the Leicester City camp and it would be close to impossible that Nacho is not working hard to get up to speed with the team.

Nacho is at a fantastic place now under the tutelage of a man who knows his way around a football pitch. He just needs to stay focus and keep listening. As long as he works hard, the reward will come.

safarigirl:
Nothing like die hard. Anyone who truly loves a player should be able to call him out when his career is dwindling thanks to his mistakes.

I no fit siddon dey deceive myself say hope dey, because a t stands, the future is bleak and Kelechi is the only one that can shine torch in this darkness, so, if he has to stumble, fall, get knocked over, for him to on that torch, make e stumble. Giving him a spot on the AFCON team will be encouraging laziness, and a sore lack of ambition.

Pikin wey dem no flog until e cry, no go know say wetin e do, no good

nelszx:
I won't drop let them compete for the spot, that's the reason they go into camping. Whoever is deserved of the spot let him take to AFCON. That he should be dropped because he's young and new holds no merit.
Anthony Martial, Nabil Fekir, Valbuena were all dropped for Mbappe. Show your mettle and let he that wants it more have it.

chrisooblog:
i disagree chukwueze looks an upgrade on some of this underlisted players in some aspects

he's a better dribbler than onyekuru, a bit faster only thing henry has over him is an eye for goals which samuel is steadily improving on

better dribbler than musa but not yet as prolific as alhaji musa in terms of goals.

at per if not better than kalu in terms of dribbles, more direct and business minded than kalu, looks to have better goal sense than him too. only thing kalu surpasses chukwueze in is crosses

tbaba1234:
Samu offers something that simply does not exist in the super eagles right now. Natural left footed attacking players offer something different.

When Onyekuru, Musa and Kalu trouble the Barca defence in a competitive game, we can talk about upgrade. Those players are not obviously better.