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AndSunGorilla:
While academic brilliance doesn't mean seyi olofinjana will be a good coach. However how he was able to combine chemical engineering at lautech and playing for crown fc then still surprises me. That tells me he must be super disciplined, knows how to prioritize, extremely brilliant, intelligent and very strategic. Also he went further and still combined professional football in Europe with obtainine a masters at the same time!!! That guy's brain must be on overdrive honestly.

Well said.Seyi na real butty boy and highly discipline,then i was in university of Ilorin while he was in Lautech Ogbomosho and still playing for Kwara United and member of Nigeria world university team to Italy alongside another good friends like ex Polish international Emma Olisadebe who was also a student of University of Ilorin and my buddies Dayo Ajoge who made his Nigeria debut against Jamaica and Yemi Akinyanju.

Honestly it is not easy for any science student talk less of Chemical Engineering student playing in NPFL. Emma Olisadebe couldn't make it as a computer science student,though Emma talent was extra ordinary and to me then he doesn't need university degree.

Hope to see revival of University games cos talents abound in those days.

AndSunGorilla:
Baba Akogun welcome back, I have actually missed you on this thread. Ever calm, full of knowledge, wisdom and yet so humble and modest. Welcome back again.

Thanks baba.

How are you doing

Respect

TheSuperNerd:
Elder Kog45 himself. One of the true arch guardians of the halls of experience alongside the Chief Icon4s and others like Rabzy, Enomakos etc.

I greet you Elderly Legend.

My Dokita Nerd well done.

It's well with you in Jesus name

Icon4s:
Egboooooooon.....

I hail o. Longest time.

How every?

My Chief Chief

Man dey o.

How una side.

benji93:
It's nice you are holding out for a friend. Olofinjana may have been a chemical Engineering guru, but the form of intelligence required for excellence in one field may not be necessarily relevant in another. We will have to wait and hope he turns out ok, and he finally breaks out. He is after all a son of the soil. And I must say your reply is probably an appropriate answer to the comment before it(which is probably a joke), but it may not speak to Seyi's standing as a coach.

Yes you are right.Hope to see him turning out good as a coach.

safarigirl:
IS.

He IS a brilliant guy, brilliance doesn't just go away. Elyte is just kidding.

Welcome, sir.

Thanks the Law for your enlightenment on BRILLIANCE.

Don't mind Elyte the comedian.

elyte89:
E fit no sabi book

kai elyte89,Seyi Olofinjana is a good friend.He studied chemical engineering and graduated from lautech and msc holder.He is a brilliant guy.

elyte89:
Don't u think dey might be preparing yobo for 2022 world cup as suggested by chief odegbami

Sebi dey say Odegbami dey craze.

Kennedyiheme:
Some facts are often ignored or known, born to a nigerian father and English mom

We also have a Nigerian English born Remi Moses who played for Manchester United between 1981-1989 with 150 appearances and 7 goals as a defensive midfielder.

wayodude:
Balogun to Wigan is official

Nigeria real CB

Mikel..Trabzonspor

Moses Vic....Inter Milan

Ighalo....Man Utd

Good for these national team retirees.

ChrisKels:
That would automatically drop either Iwobi or Kalu to the bench, to have a front line of...


- Kalu***********Osimhen************Chuks

****************Nacho********************

Or,

- Iwobi**********Osimhen************Chuks

****************Nacho********************


Either of two front lines in a 4-3-3 formation, with Aribo and Ndidi behind them

Oga Chriskels that Samuel Kalu is not convincing though my opinion

BARAJ92:
He should surely be picked. he has been playing regularly and he has always perform for the national team.

I will pick half fits Iheanacho over Onuachu and really surprised seeing him dropped for player like Onuachu.

jihday:
I like Victor Moses but the truth is if he had played for the 3 lions he'd have had at best about 10 games. The only tournament where he played really well for us was 2013 Afcon. He's just brexit Ahmed Musa

Truth be told Victor Moses had a good eagles career.

Apart from 2013 Alcon he was phenomenal during 2018 World Cup qualifications but has Moses rescind his decision on his retirement from eagles cos I don’t understand all these knocks on his commitment when he was a national team player.He has retired and good for him to sign for Inter.

Oh played for 3 lion would have seen him have 10 caps but with the likes of Conte as England manager don’t be surprised seeing him having 50 caps,so you cannot say but good for him he picked Nigeria and had wonderful times with Super Eagles.

Good we are having young guys like Simon Moses,Samuel Kalu,Chuckwueze coming up.My wish for them is to surpass the achievements of Moses and Musa.

Erediauwa:
Special guest appearance, Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo and other "anointed men of God"


Happy birthday Timi, I will be so glad if our favorite drink will be served to female guest.

Hahaaaa.I know Fatiyinbo go surface,Walahi you didn’t disappoint.

tbaba1234:
No away win

Bros u no see three goalless draw.

If na before na home win syndrome o.Kwara utd won away last week but played draw at home.Dakkada lost at home last week but played goalless with high flying Lobi in away match.

If I checked EPL matches,only wolves won away match.

So far am impressed with results in NPFL.

andrewbaba44:
They will bro because they don’t like him

He is not their favorite

Samuel kalu can do no wrong in the eyes of most of them

Simon Moses is better than Samuel Kalu,really surprised how much we rate Kalu here but watching the two guys closely i will pick Simon.My opinion.

Moralgladiator:
He is a rich man... government assisted billionaire. Cosmas maduka is a self made billionaire.
All in all,Igbos have the highest number of financially independent individuals in the world....it's a great achievement.

Easy man we need to stop this tribal issue.

Oh you mean cosmos is a self made billionaire.Hope you remember BMW cars known as Coja was supplied by coscharis or you forgot Stella Oduah BMW 7 series scandal with Cosmos Maduka.

Pls forget it,all Nigeria billionaires are government made.

TheGoodJoe:
Thank you for this. First of all, Philippe Trousierre was not in the country for a long time before the game. I doubt he even selected the squad. There was even debates that if he was not returning, Sinclair should handle the match.

Sinclair might have prepared the team or maybe Trousierre came back to prepare but I doubt he drafted the list since the call ups were made before his return from his temporary exile.

Kog45 seems to recollect a lot of specific data of past events and I would like his spin of it.

eazyjakes has done justice to your posts.

Trousier was in charge but having serious issues with NFF and lost the trust of Nigerians even players due to his football management and formation.

Truly before the last match Monday Sinclair was in charge but Trousier came in on the eve of that match,meaning he may or might not be responsible for the team list but he was on the bench.He was later sacked after the match.

Monday Sinclair took over till Bora Milutonovic was appointed as a coach and this really affected our build up to France 98.

HonMike:
The Kwara state Fire Service earlier today once again prevented what could have been described as a black Sunday in Ilorin as another fire inferno was put off at Faagba area of Ilorin.

The incidence occurred at No 7. Faagba Street behind Emir's Palace Ilorin where a story building of about four rooms and five shops were exposed to fire but thanks to the quick response and efforts of men of the state Fire Service who immediately arrived at the scene of the incident and contained the fire.

The quick response of the Fire Service men to prevent the inferno which would have caused many damages to people in the neighbourhood can not be far from the reason that Mallam Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq had taken some proactive measures few months back by acquiring more fire fighting vehicles for the state command of the Fire Service.

It will be recalled that the state government had in November 2019 procured more fire fighting trucks for the state fire service to empower it to operate more effectively during fire outbreaks in order to save lives and properties.

Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq during the presentation of the fire fighting trucks said "We procured these fire fighting equipment because of the safety of lives and property. It is important we safeguard lives and property. The firefighters have been selfless in what they do to the government and people of the state. So, we need to build their capacity and keep them up to the task.”

And that decision was justified earlier today as the fire outbreak in the said location within Ilorin was immediately put off by men of the fire service. The response team was able to put off the enraging inferno because Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq had earlier done the needful.





http://royaltimes.net/again-kwara-fire-service-curtails-fire-outbreak/

kai wahala dey o,so curtailed fire outbreak is now an achievement.

Why are we always politicizing everything in Nigeria.

Instead of praising gallant fire fighters you are here praising the governor as if Kwara fire service did not curtailed any fire outbreak during last administration.

tbaba1234:
I reached this conclusion based on the Leganes games, i have seen. Awaziem seems to be on the ascendency, Omeruo seems to be on the decline.

Someone raised a similar point after watching a leganes game, a few weeks back.

As regards the super eagles, Awaziems is gradually becoming an important player

Laganes games? pls can you give us your statistical analysis on how Awaziem is a better player than Omeruo this season.

I remember Omeruo had injury this season which limited his appearance with SE and this gave Semi Ajayi a chance and also gave Awaziem good opportunity in Laganes.

Despite his injury he still had 12 appearances while Awaziem had 9 appearances with Laganes but always happy seeing two Super Eagles players in Laganes starting lineups.

But based on yesterday match i saw a very good Awaziem and poor Omeruo but nevertheless i will not pick Awaziem over Omeruo as CB.

Icon4s:
You came to this conclusion based on a match Omeruo had a bad day in the office at Laganes.

Can you comfortable say Awaziem is a better CB in the SE jersies than Omeruo?

Chief even in Laganes Omeruo is rated than Awaziem.

Truly Omeruo had a woeful match yesterday and to be candid Awaziem had a better game but you know what some are waiting for this but i will never used a match to rate a player.

Honestly it would be joyful if Awaziem is performing better than Omeruo meaning SE future is bright.

ChrisKels:
Chai Tammy dun score ooo

Good for him.

charlesemeka85:
it's not simple because indirectly you are of the opinion that rohr should reside in nigeria and comb the whole of ijebu ode and ahiazu inorder to unearth the next messi and cr7.

in this era if you are not doing it in europe as a player you are not good enough. countries like Brazil and Argentina boast of the best clubs and leagues in the american continent but how many of the players from their local scene makes their national team?

Well nothing to say again.

It's left for NFF to decide and left for Rohr to accept.

I think NFF and Rohr would work it out for the growth of Nigeria football whether he reside in Afghanistan or Australia.

The contract is to be signed with agreement from both parties and any grey area would be sorted out.

The present NFF employed him in the first place and i think it's still the same NFF,so no issue.

charlesemeka85:
do you have an idea of how many young talented uncapped players we have in europe who are working hard to get a call up? so rohr should ignore them and focus on raw unproven talents in suburbs and villages in nigeria?

oga the u17 and u20 coaches should do that. days are gone when such methods worked and we all know how it panned out the last time.


you made mention of oboabona,mba and others keshi gave a chance in the team from the local scene, those players claimed to be in their early and mid 20's as of then but where are they now?

when last did you as a soccer loving nigerian make out time to watch any match in the npfl? and if you do can you mention at least 3 players who deserve a chance in the current super eagles team?

for your information the best talents football wise in the local scene are in academies,amateur and nationwide clubs which is the main reason scouts from europe focus on players from this clubs and leagues instead of recycled dead woods in the npfl

do you have an idea of how many academy and amateur club players that leaves the shores of Nigeria yearly? can the number be compared to that from our npfl clubs?

why is it that our youth team players from the national team are in high demands unlike those in the npfl?

My point is simple,Pls read my comment again.

charlesemeka85:
ndi oso chi egbu

Charles me I no understand o

charlesemeka85:
if person talk now they will say we hate tammy cus he turned us down. the chelsea i have no time for pampering players and will spend mad money in the next 2 transfer windows. even tomori is not safe

Charles na dem sabi

Osimhen na our own Tammy na England boy nau abi.

So wetin be fuss about this Tammy self.

I be Chelsea fan teytey and always happy seeing the two guys in Chelsea colour but guess what,club football is about performance,so Tammy and Tomori must sit up especially in club like Chelsea.

Tammy and Tomori believe that England is the best for them,let them enjoy it.

My wish for Osimhen and other eagles player is successful football career.

TheGoodJoe:
Clemence Westerhof, Bonfrere Jo and other coaches did a lot to develop me... Finidi George.

Some people think when Westerhof found the likes of Oliseh, Amokachi and Finidi George, they were finished products. Forgetting our coaches put in a lot of work to turn these gems into polished stars that became the toast of Europe.

Sitting in Europe and expecting Zidane to drop from the local league, is far from hilarious. There is a lot of work to be done for our national team coach to stay in Europe lounging.

Thegoodjoe I got your point wella and i want to say nothing wrong if Rohr can devote little time to watch Nigeria league.

Truly Westerhoff era cannot be compared to this era but one thing is glaring Rohr need to look inwards and see what is really going on.Nobody is forcing any player on Rohr or trying to create quota for home based team.

It's simple Ezenwa was Rohr best home based player but the same Ezenwa has been finding it hard to be number one in various club he has been keeping for in the same NPFL.

The question is who are the keepers displacing Ezenwa in Nigeria league and funny enough we have issue in that department, meaning Rohr has not done enough when it comes to monitoring of Nigeria league.

Oh I see someone cited Akpoborie's comment regards NPFL.I want to tell anyone who care to listen that Akpoborie does not believe in anything related to Football in Nigeria so i don't take his words serious,not an authority when it comes to rooted local football discussion.

I think Clemens Westerhoff got it right from onset and kick start with local boys cos he resided in Nigeria and was able to discovered a lot of players.Mind you we have enough professional players as at that time,players like Stephen Keshi,Chidi Nwanu, Samson Siasia,Austin Eguavoen, Andrew Uwe, Ademola Adeshina,Peter Rufai,Wilfred Agbonavbare, Dominic Iorfa,Dahiru Sadi,Andrew Uwe,Chris Ohenhen,Mutiu Adepoju,Mike Obiku,Uche Okafor,Efan Ekoku,Rasheed Yekini,Richard Owubokiri,Emma Okocha,Mike Emanelo, Jonathan Akpoborie etc but this did not disturb Westerhoff from looking inwards for good players.

But can Rohr achieve this feat?NO cos we have enough players to pick from outside especially FBs.I think NPFL deserve Rohr attention matter what,may be the league can be rescued.

There is no way he will not see one or two players that can complement his team or just give them necessary exposure.I remember how Thijs Libreght discovered Sunday Johnson and Oluwole Johnson from NPFL and if not for his early exit those guys would have made it.

I remember Sunday Johnson made Sydney 2000 as only outfield home based player,the guy was a combination of Finidi George and Tijani Babaginda.

I know some don't want to hear Keshi's name but he did it with Oboboana,Mba though career wise they are stagnant but he won Afcon with those guys.

Time for Rohr to give us great eagles cos he have enough talents to do it for now with player like Osimhen,Chuckwueze,Aribo etc and watching NPFL would raise the status of Nigeria league a little bit.

Miniso:
the last time i visited kwara six months ago i pitied the people of kwara,those guys are in poverty. the family of saraki has finished kwara to stupidity.

Pls where are you from,i mean your state cos you are talking as if you are not from Nigeria.

This is the way you guys deceived us by telling us Saraki was the brain behind corruption in NASS but check it out now, billions of naira to renovate just part of NASS building.

... continue playing politics with everything just like the way you guys waged a war against the people of Kogi State in the name of politics.

One thing is cleared we will all suffer it together whether good or bad i mean the governance of Nigeria and individual states.

Funny man you pity Kwarans as if your own state is not in a country called Nigeria where things have scattered.

Icon4s:
Na wa o.

The Osimhen vs Abraham argument yesterday hot o

Happy Boxing Day all

Happy boxing day Chief.

Oh Tammy vs Osimhen.Kai na war here o but i enjoyed all the beautiful comments from great guys here.

How i wish Tammy and Osimhen are reading those analytical comments,walahi Tammy and Osimhen for laugh tire.

tbaba1234:
About Siasia,

NFF can offer a level of support but they shouldn't be compelled or blackmailed to. As long as all of Siasia's wages have been paid. NFF has no obligation to Siasia.

It is just like, if an ex national team player falls into poverty or is ill. NFF has no obligation to help. Any decision to assist should be voluntary.

The player was paid for his services.

What has salary or no obligation got to do with what Odegbami said.

It's simple as ABC my man.NFF has every right to ask FIFA what really transpired that led to life ban.

Siasia only coach Nigeria team and such ban must have comes from any of Nigeria matches but with what Odegbami wrote,not responded to a mail shouldn't have led to life ban.

safarigirl:
people are too nisy fighting for their da bread to bother about Siasia's travails.

What are we supposed to do? Carry placards and protest in front of NFF headquarters?

Segun Odegbami was talking about NFF for non charlant attitude towards Siasia issue and he really spoke well as a man who know much about what is going on in international football federation like CAF and FIFA.