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Mujtahida:
Deft and strong. He's intelligent. Check his movements, his positioning.

Mickael2:
the coach corrected the glaring errors which I pointed out earlier and the results improved. Nice switch of plans there

tbaba1234:
The game was finely balanced before that ridiculousness.. Now Argentina are on top..

Humility017:
the passes have been poor....

TheGoodJoe:
All this long story adds to one simple answer. Morata. He is a top quality player that spent lots of time on the bench. So stop arguing off point when you can see it with your two eyes.

While I said Iheanacho should stay and learn, people like you screamed through the roof that he should move for playing time.

Now he has moved, it is you here trying to put the blame on me. That is so ridiculous.

You thought he was ready, I believe the young man still has a lot to learn. Iheanacho stayed only a season with Guardiola. Look for a better point.

Joebie:
Good if it means more of our players will start going to France.

TheGoodJoe:
Osimhen is a young player in Wolfsburg, training with Mario Gomes. For his age, it is a dream come true. He should make the most of his opportunity, learn and work hard. His chance will come and he will take it.

No need moving. He might find himself in a worse situation.

Mujtahida:
That's why I said you are ignorant and insensitive if you maintain your line that we do not need anyone engaging these players to play for us and I am repeating it again.
This stance of yours is one that riles me. Sincerely.
Now I know that some of us here were co-opted into a WhatsApp group. Just this Saturday, the name and story of a 22 year old Greek basketball player who is well on his way to becoming a great, even greater than Hakeem Olajuwon - in basketball was posted. His name is Giannis Antetokuonmpo also known as the Greek freak. The interesting thing is that Giannis only became a Greek Citizen two years ago. Giannis parents, Charles and Veronica are Nigerians who immigrated to Greece in the early 90's and gave birth to Giannis and his brothers there.
Now here's the point I like to make that stresses your ignorance: in the course of discussion on the group, many were wowed and some were like why didn't he play for Nigeria. That was when one of the posters said he(as in the poster) has met Giannis who would have played for Nigeria but that Greece had fast tracked his switch of nationality and he (the poster) went on to state that there are many Nigerians abroad in Australia, Germany, Italy whose parents routinely ask him how they'd get their children to represent Nigeria. He talked about how he met some good basketballers of Nigerian descent in Germany and a swimmer in tanzania whose Dad was/is Nigerian. The 'how' is a problem that rapport and engagement can solve.

There are talented athletes, basketballers, swimmers, footballers of Nigerian descent all over the world cut off completely from how we do things here but whose heart is still at home with us because of the blood that flows in their veins.

Now komekn spoke in the broad context of engagement and rapport with footballers in EUROPE and you say that we do not need anyone to engage these players to play for us. How ignorant can one be more than this again, how insensitive? If you do not engage them and create rapport, how do you know who will agree to play for us and who will not?and since its not by force, anyone that declines the honour, we by pass such a person or still try and persuade them some more. In your mind they should just cross over and say heyyyy Nigeria, here I am. I want to play for you. Na so?

Because Tammy has bounced us, we are hurt. But not everyone of them is Tammy. It was Rohr who convinced Ebuehi to play for us, Rohr convinced Dessers to play for us, it is Rohr who has been making contact with Torunarigha, Uduokhai and Akpoguma on our behalf. Would it not have been better if we have designated persons, passionate Nigerians, who understand Nigeria and also the foreign country to engage these players on our behalf once it is ascertained that they are talented? Would it not be good to have a formal structure of engagement through which parents whose kids desire to represent Nigeria find it easy to register their interest? Na Rohr wey be Oyibo man dey engage players and talk them to represent your fatherland for you! Shame on you!!

Guy you dey fall hand abeg for this narrow mindedness. I don't want to talk politics but this is precisely the same mindset that prevents rapprochement and understanding across cultural divides in this country. Everybody sits in his own enclave and speaks from that narrow perspective without trying to understand the view point of the other man, of the other ethnic group, culture or religion. It infuriates me. It makes me mad when I encounter narrow mindedness. Joebie knows. Imagine if a Nigerian born and brought up in the UK talks dismissively about the problems we encounter in Nigeria in a manner that shows he lacks an understanding of our challenges I'd take that person on if I have the opportunity. Indeed I was happy when safarigirl questioned and challenged komekn regarding his understanding of the plight of our players here in Nigeria face when they go abroad to ply their trade. You are in Nigeria talking about people in the UK yet you have no inkling what it feels like for them regarding such issues as playing for Nigeria. For you it's a simple matter. No, my brother, it's not so simple when you leave them in a vacuum to make that decision. The only thing that makes that decision simple is relationship built through engagement and rapprochement. Gerrit?

edi287:
Leicester fans are complaining about Nacho's performance...the same "poor ball control" mantra.

forgiveness:
Some people with self esteem of dilution grandeur. Who no sabi cock and hen(bull) abai na cock and hen whatever?

Mumu

Joebie:
that player that worked that goal sha o..
Musa Yahaya is a SURE bet for Qatar.. He will have an illustrious SE career. Very talented kid, following VicMos path.

just2endowed:
253days ands 253 days different rate