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Belgium go win this WC

@bolded, fine. Commenting on what you do not know is different from assuming that because you did not witness it firsthand in other leagues, it does not happen. You of all people should be the one telling us that since you witness these things, there is a likelihood it also happens elsewhere. It’s illusory on your part to say we are all speaking based on hearsay. Some of us here know agents who have clients plying their trades in other leagues. Should we not also respect their opinions? Sir you are not the only one who know Nigerians players on Europe personally. Your OPINIONS are noted though.

komekn:
If I'm talking about players struggling for multiple reasons. If I'm talking about English leagues and it's football players and from a standpoint of knowledge not just hearsay or the media . But in most cases from first direct contact.

I don't have that same level of rapport with regards to the Bundesliga, Seria A and or La Liga. Would it not be sheer stupidity for me to comment. Or do you want me to be like you guys relying on hearsay and media stories.

At no time have I said that the challenges that players face for instance, manager player relationship break downs or contention is unique to England.

So where on earth are you getting this deduction from see the bold.

Celtic end pursuit of former Hull City defender Moses Odubajo

The former City man is currently training with Brentford

BY WILLIAM JACKSON
09:11, 4 JUL 2018

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Former Hull City defender Moses Odubajo will not be joining Celtic this summer, according to reports in Scotland.

After rejecting a new contract to stay at the KCOM Stadium this summer, Odubajo flew out to Austria to meet up with Brendan Rodgers at Celtic’s high altitude pre-season training camp.


The Celtic boss openly admitted to being a big fan of the right-back and watching his progress closely before picking up the knee injury that would strike off the next two years of his professional career, with his last competitive appearance coming in the 2016 Championship play-off win over Sheffield Wednesday.

However, despite holding talks with the 24-year-old, the Scottish champions will not be pursuing a deal to sign Odubajo this summer, according to the Scottish Sun.

In an effort to keep fit during the summer season, Odubajo has been pictured in training with his former club Brentford whilst he continues his search for a new club, where he spent one season before joining the Tigers for a fee of around £3.5million.

The defender went on to play a pivotal role in City's promotion campaign of 2015/16, making 42 appearances along the way, before picking up the debilitating knee injury.

—HullDailyMail

Football no be 1+1. We gonna keep guessing.

Goke7:
winner of this game owns the world cup

Can Brazil come back? I see Belgium scoring a third.. i so love this WC

Another evidence that you cannot be the best if you don’t do you. We too copy copy. I’d rather listen to that commentary than British commentators. My bro, that guy na fun..

BascoVanVeli:
Shey I don talk am before. The guy makes football fun as hell. We need to adopt that locally because it sure could help the games.

Bye bye Uruguay!!! Haha

This pidgin English commentator very on point lol

The Ghanaian who resigned his post as 1st CAF VP was also the GFA president if I’m not mistaking.

Icon79:
But what does this mean? Does this mean that he'll have to quit as the NFF Chair? Or can he do both??


O pari

Lol same reason why most Nigerian football followers are obsessed with it. Abi where dem come from?

Icon79:
Same here. Methinks, he sees it as one step toward the EPL. Our players are obsessed with the EPL for a reason that I cannot understand


O pari

Players go through different handlers that may affect their progress. Does he think such predicament is only experienced
By the the UK based players? Granted, he only knows about the UK based players. But that’s where bias come in. He should also open his mind to the possibility of similar things happening to other players plying their trades in the so called backwater leagues. To have a level playing ground, put behind the “ifs” and the “what ifs”, and judge based on what actually took place on the pitch from one matchday to the other.

Chrismario:
These things you put up there is more of 'Akuko'. Don't blame coach for his predicament. He should sought things and try other club if he's that good.

Double Honours For Pinnick As He Becomes CAF Vice President

Busybuddies
3 hours ago

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Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) President, Amaju Pinnick has been appointed as CAF’s 1st Vice President.

CAF executive committee member Pinnick was named 1st Vice President earlier on Thursday after the body’s emergency committee members unanimously agreed for him to replace Kwesi Nyantakyi.

It is the highest position occupied by a Nigerian since the fall from grace of former executive committee member Amos Adamu.

Suspended Ghana FA President Nyantakyi resigned from the post after he was involved in the corruption scandal rocking his country’s football.

Constant Omari Selemani of DR Congo and Fouzi Lekjaa of Morocco remain the 2nd and 3rd Vice President respectively.


In what could be termed as double honours for Pinnick, he was also appointed match commissioner for three crucial games at the ongoing FIFA World Cup tournament in Russia.

The NFF President would be the match commissioner for Friday afternoon’s quarter-final clash between France and Uruguay, one of the semifinals and the third/fourth place playoff.

Remain civil my friend. If two friends never disagree, it’s either one is pretending to the other, or they are both pretending.

forgiveness:
I know where you are going and I think you think you are very smart but unfortunately I am not that stewpid.

Use your brain to compare Championship with other leagues second division.

I will not respond to such mischievous post of yours.

What’s your stance about calling players in the lower leagues, and does that also include the Championship (a lower league)?

forgiveness:
Where were you when I clamoured for him to be be called for the Olympics?

That was even when he was in the Belgium pro league before he was injured.

Besides, is there anywhere I said he should be called to the SE?

He is currently going to league 2 and you know my stance against calling players from lower league yet you want me to contradict myself.

I guess you are just being mischievious, right?

Please what are your sources sef?

charlesemeka85:
german side mainz join in the race to sign moses simon, chidiebere nwakali likely to join NAC breda in the while sadiq umar is in the uk to sign for scottish side glagow rangers

I dislike this move

ChrisKels:
Sadiq Umar reported to have arrived Scotland already for his Rangers medical.

I would like Dikko to be the next NFF chairman.

Humility017:
Breaking News:
Amaju Pinnick become 1st CAF vice-president.
shame on Giwa and Dalung....
I trust FIFA to be ready for them after the world cup..
whether they like it or not...Alhaji Shehu Dikko is coming to take that NFF president role...

Okay I hope Aneke becomes your new song, no longer Ajagun

forgiveness:
He is very technical, good at given through pass, he can score goals and assists.

Although, I have not seen him played for a very long time but the last time I saw him played, I was impressed.

Why would you pick him ahead of Ajagun?

forgiveness:
He is not a winger. So, I can't compare him with those guys in that role. I can only compare him with Ajagun and I will pick him ahead of Ajagun though he is not a fast player.

The boy is too good to be in league 1. I think Ligue 1 or La Liga will suit his style. He had better go there.

Wow. Now since Aneke also played in the Jupiler Pro League, how do you compare him with the likes of Olayinka, Awoniyi, Onyekuru, Bonaventure, and Kalu? is he ahead of the aforementioned?

Modified
Or rather midfielders alike like Ajagun, Esiti etc

forgiveness:
His club just got relegated to league 2 this season.

He played two four seven in his first season in the Belgium pro league after he left league 1 even until the next season before injury knocked him out for almost 2 seasons.

If na hype, how come a 21 years old kid came all the way from league one to break into the first team of a Belgian club, just like that? That was just 2014/2015 and 2015/2016 seasons ooooooo.

The boy is no hype.

You’ve not been able to convince me that the players you have been rooting for have put in outstanding performances in the lower leagues of England. This is the crux of the matter.

komekn:
If you can not get the principal established precedence that is seen in every competitive professional football league in Europe.

Which is simply outstanding players move from obscure quality consistent players. Always move upwards out of minor league and club.

The competitive edge is to be the first to notice them before anybody else.

Diabate, Ngolo Kante, Mahrez , etc left lower league and clubs to the EPL, Why outstanding performances.

What's so HARD to get there is nothing to convince it's established proven fact.

Manu Garba Picks 60 From Screening Exercise For MRI Scan

Busybuddies Busybuddies
1 min ago

Head coach of Nigeria’s male U-17 team, Golden Eaglets, Manu Garba has selected 60 players from a one-month screening exercise for Magnetic Resonance Imagery (MRI) scan.

Manu Garba and his coaching crew have been screening players for the better of the last one month.

The screening exercise led to the selection of 60 players for the dreaded MRI scan.
However, reports from the team’s Abuja camp via megasportarena claim that Manu Garba is not certain all the players will scale through the MRI scan.

This prompted his decision to pick a large number for the scan thus preventing a reoccurrence of what happened the last time when few players from his squad were selected, but several first teamers failed to scale through the scan.

Eight out of the first XI players failed the scan and that led to Manu Garba relying on several players outside their pool thereby playing a big role towards Golden Eaglets’ inability to scale through the 2017 African U-17 Nations Cup qualifiers against neighbours Niger Republic.


Manu Garba and his wards have already started playing friendly games in Abuja as they step up preparations for the 2019 African U-17 Nations Cup qualifiers.

This time, the qualifiers will be played based on regional format rather than the usual continental format.

Nigeria will campaign in the West African region for the right to book a spot in Tanzania 2019, which will serve as qualifying determinant for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Peru.

The team will contest for a spot in Tanzania via West Africa Zone B alongside Benin Republic, Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Niger Republic and Togo.

You’ve not been able to convince me on the bolded.

komekn:
This is the bit I do not get.

We can invite players from Norway, Cyprus, Dutch, Isreal league who are not the stand out players in those leagues.

Even academy players who have not really smelled first team football yet.

But not outstanding players in the lower league of English football. It's quite common for outstanding players in league one even league two to leap frog straight into the EPL into top teams.

For example, Ademola Lookman, Gomez. Dele Alli, Ethan Ampadu from Exeter( league 2) to Chelsea, Mason Holdgate Everton RB from Barnsley. etc etc.

Simon, Osimhen, and Uduokhai.. nice!

charlesemeka85:
nigerian international moses simon is few details from signing for bundesliga team wolfsburg while taiwo awoniyi's move to club brugge will be completed very soon. good and decent moves in my opinion than players players running to the czech league hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

It’s firstly, a political thing. Just like Guadeloupe which is located in the Caribbean, (not in Europe). There are many islands still under the control of Britain, the US, France etc.

ChrisKels:
Thanks bro, do u have any idea why "Reunion Island" isn't recognized as an African nation despite there considerably good population, instead it is an extension of France territory?

Dmitri Payet and others are from there.

It’s recognized by the EU as a regional territory of France.

ChrisKels:
How come Guadeloupe doesnt have a national team even though they have bigger population and produce immense talents on a daily basis. Before u start doubting, know that their biggest ever product is the legendary Thiery Henry. They also have many other players in the French league including athletico's new acquisition, Thomas Lemar.


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What records did the Super Eagles set at the World Cup?
11:33 AM
Dami Ugbane, KweséESPN

Nigeria's World Cup campaign ended in disappointing fashion a week ago today, when they were defeated by Argentina in St Petersburg.

The Super Eagles had been given a preparation unparalleled in their history of participation at the tournament, raising expectations given they reached the Round of 16 in Brazil four years ago with way less support, but they failed to match their pre-finals projections.

Regardless, the Super Eagles broke records in their sixth appearance at a World Cup finals.

Unbeaten Against World Cup Debutants

Nigeria were always going to bank on their perfect record against World Cup debutants when they faced Iceland after an underwhelming performance in the defeat by Croatia.

The Super Eagles had previously defeated first-time qualifiers Greece (2-0 in 1994) and Bosnia (1-0 in 2014), and they extended that record against the Scandinavians in their second group game, in Volgograd. They recorded their best performance of Russia 2018 in defeating Iceland 2-0, with two goals from Ahmed Musa.

Curse of the No. 9

Odion Ighalo's barren run in front of goal heading into the World Cup -- he had not scored since the home qualifier against Cameroon in September, 2017 -- saw huge question marks hanging over his ability to deliver for Nigeria at the tournament.

More worrisome was the fact that he was allocated jersey No. 9, a squad number reserved for a centre forward that had bizarrely produced just one World Cup goal for Nigeria, their first ever, against Bulgaria 24 years ago.

That goal drought had included players such as Rashidi Yekini, Bartholomew Ogbeche, Obafemi Martins and Emmanuel Emenike, and it extends now, after Russia 2018, to 20 games and 1139 minutes.

Nigeria could have written a different story entirely in Russia had Ighalo been clinical enough to have converted either of his two chances against Argentina.

Argentina Jinx

Nigeria had played Argentina four times in FIFA World Cup finals, losing all four, but they went into the fixture in St Petersburg with high hopes given their 4-2 victory in a friendly in Krasnodar, Russia, in November 2017.

As in the previous four encounters, however, the Super Eagles lost by a one-goal margin. The latest defeat -- conceding the decisive goal with just four minutes of regulation time to play -- was particularly devastating as it cost the team a spot in the Round of 16

World Cup Penalty Drama

Never in the history of Nigeria's World Cup participation had penalties been awarded in each of their three group-stage games.

In 18 previous matches at the tournament, Nigeria had been involved in only three games that featured a penalty: against Italy in 1994, Sweden in 2002, and South Korea in 2010.

That number was equaled in Russia, as Nigeria conceded penalties against Croatia and Iceland and were awarded one in the heart-breaking defeat by Argentina. It was got even more interesting as Gylfi Sigurdsson's failed spot kick was the first missed penalty in a match involving Nigeria. The Super Eagles have now conceded four penalties and been awarded two at the FIFA World Cup.

All-time Top Goal Scorer

No individual had held the honour of being Nigeria's all-time top goal scorer at the World Cup since their first participation in 1994.

Daniel Amokachi and Emmanuel Amuneke scored two goals apiece in the U.S., and they were later joined on that number by Kalu Uche and Musa.

Musa moved clear at the top of the list with his brace against Iceland -- his second at two different tournaments, as he scored twice against Argentina in Brazil, where he became the first Nigerian to score more than once in a single game.

Maybe seats reserved for certain officials. In the event that some were reserved for private personalities, I would assume the personalities did not show up despite obtaining the tickets.

AIG07:
Question.


Why are the seats covered in blue leathers with attached pictures left empty in all the stadia during all the matches played so far at this Year's World Cup.?

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Mikel is an exemplary leader. He should captain us to the next AFCON. Meanwhile, we should keep his dad/family in our prayers.

yesssss

Kai Saudi?

forgiveness:
Our players are only interested in money. They got no dreams. Musa agent gave a clue that he is going for money. Meaning he might likely be playing in oyel country. What a waste.

Stats does not say everything. But if we were to go my stats alone, he had a strong argument.

charlesemeka85:
bros truly he did had a good season in belgium but someone in this forum argued that he is a better player than henry onyekuru and moses simon and that he is suppose to make our world cup team with the likes obafemi martins and sone aluko hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. if dude is good as he was hyped here and there are firm interest from clubs in the french and spanish league i see no reason while a sane player will reject those offers in favor of a team in czech rebublic. its weird and absurd. moreover gent would have retained him since the duo of simon moses and samuel kalu are likely to leave