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lavenderjade:
you don damage am

honsule:
2 days

goldfish80:
You obviously missed my point.
Yes, it makes sense to invite young players with the intention to expose them to international football and integrate those who are ready to the team.
My point is that, the so called young players need to buy a ticket to be considered for such invites.
Our national team is our pride. We can't have Junior who plays in the German amateur division for Hannover U19's to be invited for such expos. We are not in the mid 2000's where an Abbey George playing non-league football will be holding sway in our Super Eagles. The criteria should be that such player must have broken into his clubs first team to get such invite. Ovie Ejaria qualifies for such look in.

The u21 team as suggested by Icon4s is a good one but funny enough, the Nff is downsizing the number of national teams in their portfolio due to cash crunch.
Again, Caf should consider having an U21 championship like Europeans do. The game needs to develop further in Africa due to the world cup expansion.
It's innovative having CHAN championship but the U21/19 championships will go along way in shapping talents from our continent.

Further more, the Caf champions league and confederations cup format should be tweaked to meet the demands of the 21st century.
An 8 team, 2 groups format in the Caf champions league is laughable. It looks like an amateur league structure.
The Caf champions league format should be expanded to 16 team formate in a group of 4.

We need to do what is necessary to raise the game in Africa. The extra world cup slots should count to our advantage.

honsule:
I bought my M5 sometime January 2016. A year anniversary now.
I just discovered 2 days back, that the battery hardly last a whole day. In fact, with browsing and playing music intermittently, before 1pm the battery juice has dropped to almost 30%. and before 4pm I was advised to connect my phone to charger....

AIG07:
@Joseph1013 n terzurum. Why did u guys drop ur red paint for a water colour. The bolded fonts u use before is more appealling to d sight.

terzurum5:
Joseph1013 am I a copy cat
Lol

Icon4s:
Please who watched Everton vs Leicester City?

We need an expert's analysis on how Ndidi faired.

Can't wait to watch Leicester Vs Chelsea. Musa and Ndidi vs Moses.

Icon4s:
Please who watched Everton vs Leicester City?

We need an expert's analysis on how Ndidi faired.

Can't wait to watch Leicester Vs Chelsea. Musa and Ndidi vs Moses.

THE AGE OF CELEBRITY... BUT AT WHAT COST?
by Michael Arnovitz

Check the image below. The guy on the left of the photo below. He died in 2016. Yet if you’re like me (or I assume most people) you probably have no idea who he is. And that is deeply unjust, because his name is Dr. Donald Henderson and he was responsible for eradicating smallpox. And it’s difficult to overstate just how big of a deal that is. During the 20th century alone the "red plague" was responsible for the deaths of as many as 500 million people. That’s a half BILLION people.

Because of Dr. Henderson’s efforts however, it’s been nearly 40 years since the last known naturally occurring case of smallpox. Which means that even in that short time period, Dr. Henderson probably saved over 200 million lives.

Numbers that big turn into mere statistics. So for some perspective look at the image below on the right. That's a Bangladeshi child stricken with smallpox. That used to be the reality for untold millions of people around the world. Smallpox was a ghastly disease. It killed a third of the people who contracted it. And those who survived it were often scarred, crippled and/or blinded for life.

But that is all gone now. Dr. Henderson took that horror from our world.

By any objective measure, at least in my view, that makes Dr. Donald Henderson one of the greatest men who ever lived. But men and women like Dr. Henderson don’t get parades, they don’t get TV specials, and they don't get celebrities tweeting about how amazing they were. Most often, as in the case of Dr. Henderson, they pass with barely a mention.

To be clear, I have no objection to honoring the work and lives of popular celebrities and artists. But as we move forward into our new year and our new reality, maybe it wouldn’t be the worst idea to start thinking a little more about what we value, and why.

We live in a nation that has spent decades over-valuing fame and under-valuing expertise. That did not happen by accident, and it’s a large part of why a reality-TV host is now the president while a man like Dr. Henderson died in near obscurity.

No matter how much pundits like to insist otherwise, we do not live in a “post-fact” world, and we never will. As a society, any collective decision by a large faction of us to ignore facts/truth doesn’t change the reality of those facts/truth. On the contrary, the only things that change are the consequences.

There are real facts in this world. There is real truth in this world. Men like Dr. Henderson used real facts, science and expertise to change the world for the better. Men like Trump manipulate and distract us away from real facts in order to pursue their own agendas.

Sadly, many of our fellow citizens can no longer tell the difference. Worse, many of them don’t want to. That means its up to the rest of us to speak for the truth. And we will.

safarigirl:
Quite a leap by any standars standards huh?

Icon4s:
Firstly, the argument was not on which set will produce the highest number of players that will play for the Super Eagles.
1. The argument was sparked as a result of my mention that MOST of the FIFA U17 WC winning squad would not make it to the Super Eagles.
2. I hope you know that Wilfred Ndidi first featured for the John Obu's U20 that were part at the 2013 WYC. Obu brought Ndidi to lime light and not Manu. Also Ndidi was not part of the 18man squad to the 2013 FIFA U17.
3. Do you know Emmanuel Babayaro was once invited to the Super Eagles camp of the 90s. He never got to play any game for the Super Eagles and so till date only referred to as a former youth international.

Don't get me wrong. I dnt have anything against any player. My own is "no preference because they are Manu's boys". Let them show they have come of age first and merit the national team call up.

Icon4s:
The argument was on the 18man squad that won the FIFIA U17. Ndidi was not among. Alampasu has not yet played for the Super Eagles. Musa is one leg in, one leg out. Or what do u say it is that u have a Musa Mohammed and you are still searching for a RB. If Ebuehi performs well now, na so Musa don go be that.

Yes they are still developing but let them prove their mettle first then they can be invited to fight for a place in the Super Eagles.

Ijabla Raymond

The Nigerian Church has changed a lot since I resigned my membership.

I hear that Nigerian Christians now donate their entire January salaries to their pastors. They call it "first fruits". Apparently, nothing moves God to bless the believer more than first fruits.

And, please don't get it twisted. Farm produce such as fruits, vegetables, corn and animals are not acceptable. They must be "monetised" i.e. sold and their monetary value given to the pastor who then spends the money on God's behalf.

It appears that the Nigerian God behaves like Nigerians. Nothing gets done in our country without bribery. Even God must be bribed with "first fruits" before He does kindness.

Nigerian Christians have most definitely developed itchy ears. And as soon as you try to point this out they will come charging at you with "touch not mine anointed and do my prophet no harm."

So, will Jesus still find faith in Nigeria when He returns?

"I keep asking him: 'When are you going to come and play for Nigeria?' and he jokes: 'Whenever you come and invite me I will play!" Mikel told Goal. "I think it is something that we would have to discuss.

"If he wants to play, we would have to speak to the federation and make sure that he really wants to play for Nigeria. If he is ready, we can talk about, but in the few times we have talked about it, he hasn’t given me a very positive, decisive answer to take back to the FA.

"I need a positive answer for me to take the case forward to the FA. We will see what happens."

komekn:
Aina another Naija boy born in small Lagos (Peckham) Southwark. It shouldn't be hard the Naija link up in Chelsea is strong.

The question is do we want him?

safarigirl:
Guardiola must be a dull coach if he's more interested in ball control and distribution than keeping a ball out of a net.

This lady will not kill me.

Petrobros:
You are being sentimental over this issue. I may not be a regular in making comments here but I am a regular in reading comments.

I follow arguments here a lot. I recall, one of those arguments that Icon4s stated that most of those Manu boys are not likely to make it to the Super Eagles and I know how u and TheSuperNerd took him up on it. I recall he referred to the 93 Eaglets of having produced the highest number of players that went on to play for the Flying Eagles. 5 Players I think u guys listed.

You see, I am following.

We are all watching together. Only two Manu U17 WC winning boys have made it to the Super Eagles-Iheanacho and Musa Mohammed. I was initially against icon4s on that issue but I am beginning to see sense in what he said then. Looks like most of the 18man squad may not progress to the senior team. I know they are still young and developing but their development thus far have nt been as most of us anticipated.

What is happening to Musa Yahaya, Awoniyi, Ezeh, Idowu, Zaharadeen, Alfa, Obasi, Okon, and the likes? I doubt most from this list I mentioned will progress to the Super Eagles.

Kog45:
I don't think there is need for us to be arguing unnecessarily.

I want us to drive our points from Algeria match.The match in question was world cup qualifying match against top rated Africa side,prior to d match three goalkeepers were invited namely Ikeme,Ezenwa and young Alampasu but Ikeme got injured and Akpeyi was called as a replacement and manned d post.

The question is this,why Akpeyi who was not on original list was picked ahead of Alampasu and Ezenwa.A lots of things were put into considerations that only Rohr can explain.I remember his explanation on why he needed to drop home based players for Algeria match,it is simple he said league was on break.This decision gave room for Alampssu ahead of Emma Daniel but based on experience Ezenwa was picked.

Alampasu might be d best in camp due to reports from camp which nobody can authorized coz i remember d camping of Sydney 2000 dream team in Ilorin in 1999.I was privileged to watch their training live.It was straight fight between d two keeper Greg Etafia and Dele Aiyenugba on who to be picked.The reports journalists were bringing out to d loving sporting Nigerians was different from what we are seen live.

Aiyenugba was jumping,punching,diving like a cat with spectators applauding but Etafia was well composed by reading his line very well,organized his defence and u see that maturity in him.At d end Etafia was picked by coach shaibu Amodu and d sport writers were saying Dele was d best.The same scenario played out between Yakubu Aiyegbeni and Idemudia,we thought Idemudia was d best but Aiyegbeni was picked coz in front of goals he was deadlier but Idemudia bunch of skills and delight to watch.

It was this period that i realized the difference between pundits and coaches.A lot happened in d camp that w don't know and one need to hear from d coach b4 one can question his decisions.

It was very glaring prior to Algeria match that Alampasu w not manned d post irrespective of his performance in d camp and it's simple,match of such magnitude wasn't for rookie especially a sensitive area(goalkeeping)

terzurum5:
Enyeama Replies Rohr – Why Do People Take Pleasure In Lies Just Because Enyeama Is Mentioned

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Former captain of the Super Eagles of Nigeria Vincent Enyeama has replied comments made by the coach of Nigeria Gernot Rohr that he refused to take nor return his calls when he tried reaching him on phone.


Speaking in Lagos during a media parley, Rohr said he reached out to the Lille shot stopper to help solve the team goalkeeper crisis, when Carl Ikeme pulled up injured before the World Cup qualifiers against Algeria but Enyeama didn’t take nor return his calls.


“When we had crisis in our hands after Carl Ikeme’s injury, I called him (Enyeama) over 10 times and he never responded nor called back”, Rohr said to Owngoalnigeria.com.


” I am happy with how Daniel Akpeyi responded to the test when he was called up as emergency cover, but he needs to buckle up because we can’t solely depend on Ikeme”.


However in a short reply to the story via his official twitter handle @Vinpee. Enyeama cleared the air by saying he didn’t get a call from the coach and wonder why he said so.


” Why do people take pleasure in lies just because Enyeama is mentioned. The coach never got me on phone, so I wonder why he said that”, he post right under the link of the story published by Owngoalnigeria.com.

* With help From @Cybereagles.

owngoalnigeria.com/2017/01/04/enyeama-replies-rohr-why-do-people-take-pleasure-in-lies-just-because-enyeama-is-mentioned/

TheGoodJoe:

There is no need saying nonsense and rubbish. You yourself admitted Ndidi was awful that day. So there is no need using vicious words to deviate from the truth.

Ndidi was awful as a right back that day and I have no doubt in my mind Musa Mohammed would have done better.

I was even the first to point out Ndidi's aerial contributions when I did a review of the game. So no need educating me in what I know.

I said, poor as a right back. Not Drifting to defence to support.

Rohr is hunting for a right back, not central defence support.

TheGoodJoe:

Rohr is saying that if Musa Mohammed was playing regularly for a club, he would play for the team. Hence his club chose to drop him, we will look for someone. Meaning someone who he believes Musa Mohammed is better than.

I do not get why drop a better talent. Now we want Musa Mohammed to look for a club when we had the chance to expose him and show clubs that he is a good player.