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madam safarigirl is there not a general tennis thread on here?

Sorry just seeing this

tbaba1234:
According to a report by owngoalnigeria.com, Isaac Success requested a three day break to rest before joining the team. And Rohr asked him not to bother to come at all.

He was hardly playing all season, why is he asking for break? Onyekuru and Kayode who have been active all season are not asking for breaks.

Let the ANS/OGN media war continue. This is from ANS

Exclusive: Success Withdraws From Togo, RSA Games; Watford Write NFF About Groin Injury
Published: May 26, 2017
Exclusive: Success Withdraws From Togo, RSA Games; Watford Write NFF About Groin InjuryAllnigeriasoccer.com can exclusively report that Watford young star Isaac Success has withdrawn from Nigeria's upcoming international friendly against Togo (June 1) and the African Cup of Nations qualifier against South Africa (June 10).

There is no mischief involved in the striker pulling out of the Super Eagles squad as he is currently down with a groin injury he sustained at Watford, and the Nigeria Football Federation are aware of his ailment.

As a result of the groin complaint, Success was conspicuously absent from the match day squads when the Hornets tackled Chelsea and Manchester City in their last two games in the Premier League.

Watford wrote to the Nigeria Football Federation straightaway when Success's name popped up among the invitees for the get-together in Corsica and Paris, demanding that he should be excused.

The former Granada starlet is presently in the United Kingdom but expected to arrive his homeland as from this weekend.

Ifeanyi Emmanuel

http://allnigeriasoccer.com/read_news.php?nid=23187

I agree, we see them often like that while on club duty. But don't forget their playing position in their club sides are due to other factors as well,
not just their natural position. The strengths of their team members are also taking into consideration.

Modern wingers can play both flanks. Onyekuru is right footed meaning whenever he plays on the right he could make some crosses every now and then. But from the left he cuts in almost all the time, due to his inferior left. Conversely, if he were left footed. I've seen Iheanacho play on the left flank, and he can be a wonderful crosser from there. At the U17 he was the number 10, but we saw him often times operate from the right flank. He would cut in and use his left to shoot. Remember his Tanzania goal.

Etebo, of course you already stated a fact.. I like the humor there. We would need him soon as GK. our GK crises.. pheewww

sontoly:
Kelechi shld strike and henry to the left then etebo right, henry operates from the left most times and cuts in, etebo is also good in any position her versatllile, he can play even as GK

lol I was just about to comment something very similar.. lol

goldfish80:
Isaac looks very lazy. Maybe Success came too early for him.
*pun intended

Hopefully!

dijon:
BIG UP TO MY NAIJA WONDER KID...YOUR PR IS VERY GOOD. I KNOW THIS IS REVERSE PSYCHOLOGY....

That's what happens when these kids grow up being fanatic about the EPL..all emotion.. little logic

EEGA:
No plans to leave Manchester City – Iheanacho
dailytrust.com.ng May 26, 2017 2:07 AM
By . | Publish Date: May 26 2017 2:00AM

No plans to leave Manchester City – Iheanacho
Nigeria’s Kelechi Iheanacho insists he has no plans to leave Manchester City despite being a peripheral figure at the club.

The Super Eagles player is being linked with the likes of Everton and West Ham United due to his lack of playing time at the Citizens, where he is clearly behind Gabriel Jesus and Sergio Aguero in the pecking order.

However, Iheanacho insists that he has no plans of leaving the Etihad Stadium and expects to be part of the club’s plans for the 2017/18 season.

“I’m not very aware of that,” the Nigerian is quoted by the Manchester Evening News.

“I just keep working with the team and I’m still at Manchester City so I’ll meet up with the boys and kick off the season with Manchester City.

“I’m happy to stay at Manchester City and keep fighting to help them achieve what they want to achieve.”

Iheanacho added, “Manchester City is a big team and we need to go far as a squad, so we need everybody.”

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I think my beloved forumites have already answered correctly. In fact any match that is considered in the FIFA ranking system will tie down the player.
Come to think of it. The ranking takes into consideration matches played by countries in the past as well. So we dont want a situation were a player made contributions to different teams, which will make the system flawed.

Just me exploring the logic behind the FIFA rule.

Mujtahida:
If Ebuehi gets to play today does this officially mean he's been capped by Nigeria since today's match is not recognised by FIFA? Just curious
Cc:Supernerd, Icon4s, Tbaba1234, Joebie, Komekn

it will take longer than we think. The elites always have a way of inciting hate.

Mujtahida:
You welcome. It's been a pleasure making your acquaintance. During my service year I met(amongst many others) three guys, one from Bayelsa (Ijaw) another from Rivers State(Okrika) and another from Delta State (Delta Ibo). Till date we are still friends.
With time we will outgrow this tribal thing or its influence would be weakened particularly since we now have more inter tribal marriages than in our parent's time.

You are even well informed than myself. You can never beat experience. I doff my hat for u.

Mujtahida:
Yeah you clearly misunderstood me. I meant the Igbo as a distinct ethnic group with its variations. But still your piece was enlightening. I am very well informed about our tribal and ethnic diversity. I was fortunate to have grown up on the Airforce Base in Makurdi where all the tribes lived in almost perfect unity and harmony. I had Ibos Hausas, Tivs, Ijaws, Efiks, Angas, Idomas, Igedes, Ogajas, Yorubas, Fulani, Itshekiris, Binis, Isans etc as friends, neighbours, church members or classmates even till date separated to different places we still feel like kith and kin. Our retired parents still meet regularly. Growing up I thoroughly enjoyed reading Achebe, Ola Rotimi (thought he was yoruba but later discovered he is from Rivers State) Elechi Amadi, J. P Clark, Christopher Okigbo, Gabriel Okara, Odia Ofeimun, Cyprian Ekwensi, Wole Soyinka, Dan Fulani, Zaynab Alkali, Abubakar Gimba, Flora Nwapa, Buchi Emecheta, Eddie Iroh, Onuorah Nzekwu, Chukwuemeka Ike and so many others(especially in the pacesetters and YAW series) I can't remember now. I had my Uni in Zaria, served and spent six years in the south West. I simply don't know how to be tribal or ethnic in my thinking and outlook. I am a Nigerian. Till date just by looking at a person or hearing them speak I can correctly guess which tribe or ethnic group they belong to.

For example many don't know that not everyone who is from the north is an Hausa man. They don't know that we have Jaba, Kagoro, Kataf, Tangale, Kanuri, Angas, Baju, Tarok, Miango, Berom, Zuru etc etc or that even Hausa itself has linguistic variants. In short the North is as ethnically diverse as the south if not more.

Some bit of enlightenment( as you have rightly suggested) along this lines truly helps to broaden one's outlook.
We are just being cheated by our elites. As diverse as we are I believe Nigeria can work and there's enough, more than enough to go round for everybody but truly the present set up is warp up. It's no good.

Eredivisie Relegation play off

Breda 1-0 Nijmegen

Awoniyi introdcued in the 61st minute by NEC

Fisayo Adarabioyo introduced by Breda in the 85th.

88 minutes gone at time of posting this

if I give my pikin advise, must the whole world know.. no be for the same house we dey stay?

in fact the papa himself must feel more German than Nigerian. Maybe his role at Hertha Berlin U-10 or whatever dey catch am. You know there are these category of Nigerians that go abroad, and all the say or think of Nigeria is negativity, in fact they pledge their allegiance to Oyinbo. I suspect he is that kind of person. lol

Humility017:
I don't get you bro

Kitchen table talk nko -- Torunarigha

Humility017:
Lorfa's is an embarrassment for an ex international who once I don't know if he is still one of the top heads in lobi stars management....

so greedy...I tell you he is constantly repeating his son will play for Nigeria wen he clock 23....to play fast game on himself...
he hopes his son get capped by England before he clock that age...otherwise he turns to Nigeria... he wanna play a fast one on us.

for the Hertha Berlin guy....his Dad stance is understandable being that he is on the payroll of the German club...saying otherwise or convincing his son to ditch Germany might cost him....his job.

Let's encourage him to keep on following SE. His effort is commendable. The veteran SE fans can tell he is quite new to this.

Icon79:
Bro let's keep it real here, most of those guys are average players.

O pari

yes he suggested we are now processing the Nigerian passport of Tammy Abraham (as if Abraham has agreed to represent Nigeria)
mtchewwww

Humility017:
I wish I can share the excerpts from Mr ademola...the NFF spokesman statement in that regard.
To be honest...the nff is dominated by a group of non professionals...
uttering such words were wrong...I guess they just wanna give the public the impression that they're working

in fact if only Alaba was patient. I'm sure he is regretting it now. His talents is wasting away internationally. Austria MAY never qualify for the World Cup throughout his playing career.

You have spoken correctly. The timing may just be right. After UAE U17 WC, I predicted we will have at least 8 of those players in the SE within 5 years from our winning that tourney. Although Falling short of my prediction, we can still boast of about 8 U21s in the current SE. We are about to witness another Golden generation. But will Lorfa and co be part of this rare history? One thing I know for sure England will continue to wobble in international soccer.

The choice is theirs as always

Mujtahida:
We are on the cusp of a new era. Even foreigners are beginning to feel the tremors (let me borrow Chrismario's word). The Coach of Corsica said as much too. So if the parents of these boys are blind, na dem sabi. Maybe they need a Dibia to sound it into them. We need all our talents - home grown, foreign born, all. Let's approach, persuade, entice and encourage everyone but who want do yanga, we free am.

This football thing is a tide. One time (as in contemporary times)it was France 98-02, then Spain 2008-2014, currently Germany. It looks like ours has come. Incidentally it has coincided with the auspicious arrival of Rohr to help us manage our usual incompetence small. And then the deal signed by NFF with Aiteo to take care of the bills of our Coaches. Who knows what the soccer gods have decreed. But the omens look good.

4-2-3-1.. I can easily change it to ur preferred 4-4-2. Our forwards are versatile.

Icon79:
What's your formation: 4-4-2?

O pari

Check your list, i've highlighted the players we want to see play. Also Uche Agbo, Mikel Agu, and Awaziem. Not forgetting Odey (for those who have been crying foul over his non-invitation before now). Now that's a handful.

Here is my proposed squad based on what we are hearing from the training camp.

http://lineupbuilder.com/?sk=tx5j5

Icon79:
Just from the top of my head, here's a rough guess:

Alampasu
Ezenwa
Ekong
Nacho
Henry
Tyronne
Alhassan
Etebo
Odey
Olatubosun
*Musa (in honeymoon mode)
*Mikel (injured)

Meanwhile, my major concern is that we won't have a chance to see the likes of Noah Bazee, Isaac Success, Moses Simon, John Ogu, Osimhen, Ndidi, Kayode, etc.

name them o.. Ugo Ehiogu too. Let's not forget other countries. Where is Ogbonna and that Watford new signee now?
Fashanu nko?

Icon79:
True tok.

I think some of these folks should speak with Gabriel Agholanhor.

O pari

ijaws, itsekiris, urhobos, variations of Igbos? one thing that baffles me is how we are not enlightened about our diversity. I've had this observation long. The truth is our parents do not care to enlighten us. We have been brought up with these generalizations that if someone is not Hausa or yoruba they are igbos. My brother. Nigeria truly is a multi-cultural country. These many tribes are different and distinct. In fact let me inform you that the urhobos are more closely related to the edo's who are in turn more closely related to the yorubas than the igbos. The itsekiris are similar to the yorubas. The ijaws are FAR from Igbos..

Well, it's not that we are oblivious to these facts. I actually think we dont care to really do a research because the mindset is that many of the minority tribes have no significance in the scheme of things after all.

MODIFIED
I think I misunderstood you. But let others who are not well informed know.

Mujtahida:
You are right about Quebec in Canada. There's also the Catalan region in Spain, the Kurds in Turkey etc calling for self-determination.
On this your apt observation as regards language being a fault line and a fulcrum for self determination do kindly show how viable Biafra is, since to my knowledge Biafra (based on the supposed boundaries) is still going to be a mosaic, a welter of ethnic groups-Ibos abi Igbos (with its variations) ijaws, Itshekiris, Urhobos, Ekwerres, Okrikas, Efiks, Ibibios, Anangs etc. As in another Nigeria ethnically speaking.

Problem with parents generally is they always live in the past. Only if some can look to the future and realize their days are not necessarily like ours. Today foreign born players stand a better chance having a long career with Nigeria. You cannot use your judgement of how u were treated by Nigeria in the past, and think your child will experience the same (papa Torunarigha and Lorfa in mind).

Icon79:
You've said it, my brother. Too many loopholes in the whole story, jare. I think some of these guys only develop interest in Nigeria when they are ignored by England.

Take the case of Dominic Iorfa instance, last year, his dad declared that he would not rep Naija. Fast forward a few months later, Iorfa was dump on the bench by his club, the same man (his dad) cried out that he was only being punished by his coach because he chose Nigeria over England. And now, the same player is getting an invite to England U-21.

Strange days....

O pari

show me the list in camp now, and I will circle out a handful that we would like to test. Remember we also have Togo friendly if i'm right

Icon79:
I agree that it isn't a must win, especially since the game isn't even gonna affect our FIFA rankings. However, my concern is that many of the players we'd like to test are not in available either (Noah Bazee, Isaac Success, Osimeh, Kayode, Aina, etc.)

O pari

it's not a must win. I'd like to see the untested actually play against a quality opposition.

There are 14 outfield players and 2 keepers

Icon79:
Of course, we don't even have a full squad yet. I just hope that we can be able to raise a team to play Corsica tomorrow. Or else, Rhor and his technical crew would kit up and represent us

O pari

We havn't learned the white man's language. say one thing from one side of their mouth and do another thing.
Is it Tammy and Lorfa begging to represent the UK now?

They said it should be a thing of pride to play for England. But apparently they are pulling a stunt here on Tammy. Anyway if Tammy had earlier ignored Nigeria's interest, I must keep my mouth shut. How do you process the passport of a player that is not interested in playing for Nigeria? Let's hear the truth about Tammy Abraham, because it's not adding up.

Icon79:
I knew that they would quickly get Tammy Abraham entangled in their snare, especially after our NFF officials had stupidly broadcasted to the whole world that they have Tammy in their plans. I won't be surprised if they try to cap him at the senior level as well .... to keep him beyond our reach.

The NFF is populated by a group of daunces

O pari

Jonathan brother I salute you!!!

I school small for Patani back in the days

Nigerdeltaboi:
oga I trowey hand for you , me be bayelsa boi o

seem like a very good test my brother. Good one

Icon4s:
Something tells me we will have it tough tomorrow.

Chelsea's Nigerian Whizzkid Named In England Provisional Squad For U21 EURO, Akpom Missing

Published: May 25, 2017
Chelsea's Nigerian Whizzkid Named In England Provisional Squad For U21 EURO, Akpom MissingEngland U21 Head coach Aidy Boothroyd has announced a 28-man provisional roster for this summer's UEFA European U21 Championship in Poland (16–30 June 2017).

Two players of Nigerian descent in the shape of Chelsea striker Tammy Abraham and Wolverhampton Wanderers defender Dominic Iorfa have been selected in the group.

But there is no place in the roster for Arsenal talent Chuba Akpom, who flirted with the Nigerian national team during their get-together in London two months ago, and ex-Liverpool winger Jordon Ibe.

England appear to have given up as regards to securing the international future of Ola Aina, as the Chelsea fullback has been omitted from the squad though he has been invited to the U21s in the past.

All the aforementioned players have been approached by the Nigeria Football Federation to play for the Super Eagles.

Aidy Boothroyd must name his final squad for the U21 EURO before the UEFA deadline of June 6, and five players will not make the cut.

The Young Lions are in Group A of the tournament and face Poland, Slovakia and Sweden in the group stage.

Ifeanyi Emmanuel

http://allnigeriasoccer.com/read_news.php?nid=23175

Tipico Bundesliga Round 35

Austria Vienna 2-1 Salzburg

Olanrewaju Kayode scores Vienna's second in the 29th after an own goal opener by the hosts.
It's Half Time

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Corsica Name Three Ex-France Youth-Team Stars, 21 Others In Squad To Face Nigera (Full List)
Published: May 25, 2017
Corsica Name Three Ex-France Youth-Team Stars, 21 Others In Squad To Face Nigera (Full List)Corsica national team coach Jean-Michel Cavalli has announced a 24-man roster for Friday night's international friendly against Nigeria.

He has called up four goalkeepers, five defenders, eight midfielders and seven strikers for the game against the Super Eagles.

The squad contains players from three different countries : Belgium, France and Luxembourg.

Three former France youth-teamers Nicolas Penneteau (Charleroi), Gary Coulibaly (Beveren) and Vincent Marchetti (Nancy) are in line to be on parade at Stade François Coty, Ajaccio.

Nigeria manager Gernot Rohr can count on the services of sixteen players for the friendly.

Corsica Squad

Goalkeepers (4): Nicolas Penneteau (Charleroi), Thomas Vincensini (SC Bastia), Cyril Fogacci (GFC Ajaccio), Francois-Joseph Sollacaro (AC Ajaccio)

Defenders (5) : Hugo Aine (Chambly), Yohan Bocognano (Mulhouse), Anthony Lippini (AC Ajaccio), Francois Modesto (SC Bastia), Thibault Campanini (GFC Ajaccio)

Midfielders ( : Yannick Cahuzac (SC Bastia), Gary Coulibaly (Beveren), Vincent Marchetti (Nancy), Julian Palmieri (Lille), Louis Poggi (GFC Ajaccio), Christophe Vincent (Bruges), Laurent Pomponi (Hostert), Michel Moretti (Furiani)

Strikers (7) : Julien Romain (SC Bastia), Benjamin Santelli (Chambly), France Massoni (CA Bastia), Jean-Jacques Mandrichi (Cannes), Jean-Jacques Rocchi (Dunkerque), Jean-Francois Grimaldi (CA Bastia), Alexandre Cropanese (FC Borgo)

Ifeanyi Emmanuel

Photo Credit : thenff.com
http://allnigeriasoccer.com/read_news.php?nid=23177

hailings oh.. where u from? Warri?
Warri no dey carry last o

Nigerdeltaboi:
where is Bazee sef ? the assist master

AM at the moment.. I think Striker in his Golden Eaglet days

EEGA:
Is Alhassan Ibrahim(Muazzam) an attacking midfielder or winger?