₦airaland Forum

forgiveness:
Zero goal in the Isreali league

too bad

tbaba1234:
He has not been as prolific in the league as he was last year. Only one assist...

Good but why are they clamouring for his inclusion in d team despite his poor showing this season in ordinary Isreali league,some even preferred him than Nacho.

tbaba1234:
Umar Sadiq will be starting against Roma tomorrow.

Pls what can u say about Nwakaeme in Israeli league this season.

Humility017:
same efe ambrose team got whipped by Celtic today in the league cup...

and someone here telling me how he caged Celtic strikers...
I am not against his recall but for now...he is no way better than those on ground...
moreover how will he...manage the feeling of sitting on the bench as backup for much younger ekong and balogun,shehu etc

Thank u.The issue here is this,am always agape sometimes when people always contradict themselves,i don't expect anyone that go against IK Uche, Martins to support Efe Ambrose invitation.

Honestly they are Nigerian and eligible for invitation, if Rohr believe in them no issue but d question is do we need them in d national team.

Mujtahida:
The Age issue has been settled and discussion has moved away from that. Not denying you your right to freedom of expression but just to say it might be needless to beat the dead horse again.

Thank u,some are here using court affidavits to back up their age after changing their age without number but u w still see them questioning players age.

ChrisKels:
Hahahaha my man dun vex oo. Pele bro but I no mean to annoy u oo Chai. Hw ur weekend dey go jor?

No wahala,weekend cool my guy

Joebie:
I've always been of the opinion that most of us are jumping the gun. 8 months is far away and many things could still happen.

However I'm hoping these boys will stand up to the test.

My man 8 months is not far away when it comes to WC.

Joebie:
That's why we have friendlies..
Awaziem, Ekong and even Balogun will be tested further

Yea Jobie with Awaziem, Ekong,Balogun even Omeruo and Agbo,no need for Ambrose.

Mickael2:
I saw your first reply before you modified it and wanted to ignore, but you changed it so let me make some things clear.

I can come to an engineering gathering and start saying things that are not accurate and an engineer will tell me to keep quiet that I do not know what I am saying, it is not an insult just the truth, I said keep quiet not shut up, if you took it as an insult then sorry.

Has Nantes played against PSG? Monaco? No. Has Hibernian played against Celtic? Yes. The outcome? A draw? The hero? Ambrose.

What position does Nantes currently occupy?

The two league are apart and d two players in question are apart,one had seen it all and d other one is just coming up.

Personally i w never go back to Ambrose coz am one of d school of thought that don't believe in Martins,IK Uche recalls but Awaziem still yet to prove if he is capable in eagles colour though he is having good games with Nantes.

Joebie:
Celtic was held at home by Hibernian with Efe in the thick of things. Same Celtic at UCL. Not a big feat but the guy is not finished as some will want us to believe.

Am not saying he is finished but i don't see him as a player for this coming WC as some are suggesting.

Mickael2:
Yes, the scottish club

Oh Scottish league

Mickael2:
Are they better than Ambrose currently? Ambrose is the best player at Hibernian

Hibernian?

ChrisKels:
Chai Akpeyi the jittery goalie, I hope u can see this tweet. Kog45, join me to shout keep soaring my boy, u r lion hearted!!!

Pls don't tag me Uzoho hater,i take God beg u o coz anything on Uzoho na for u to mention Kog45 despite acknowledged you for good analysis on d boy.

Habi wetin u want again.

Wishing d boy successful career.

kennysville:
Friends, Countrymen, Nairalanders!!! (Hmm, this my sloagan greeting no go cause wahala)

English premiership is the most watched league in the whole world ... but also highly over rated and overhyped. Yeah I said it!
Enough of all the noises we make about EPL. If they were that good, EPL teams will be thrashing fellow giants like barca or Juve every chance they get. In fact it will be a miracle if any of the so called top 4 reach quarter final stages of the UCL.
That said, whether someone plays in an obscure league, backwater league, front water league or moon league, as long as there is talent/quality inherent in them, I dont think its supposed to matter.

Let us stop thrashing people based on where they play. I feel its wrong. I mentioned sometime ago, we are all Nigerians and desire better lives or should I say better living conditions hence any opportunity away from home is siezed seeing that the Country has abandoned its duties to its citizenry. Lets ask ourselves between playing for Enyimba of aba and FC NoName in Turkey, which will you choose? I see us thrash our players a lot but the truth is if we were presented with such options I am not sure we will choose differently.

We have no leg to stand on. Until we take sports seriously and not only that; every sphere of Nigeria, things will always stay the same. We build monuments that we cannot maintain, we cant even plan upgrading the infrastructures we have. No plans as to making sports a career for youths. Everyone wants to go to school, graduate with 1st class so he can rub it in for his neighbor that scored 2nd class lower. We all want to live in Lekki, Banana island, Eko atlantic and so on , forgetting the vast undeveloped lands in Ijebu Ode, akure, Benin, Kwara, and the East.

We focus on how people see me than how the country fares. We super selfish. I remember the rich used to live in Dolphin estate back then. I passed by the same dolphin a couple of months back and I almost puked! What does that say? All the stuff we think are important now are all junk! Human lives matter. Build lives and build people, then we have a robust nation. But if all we ever think about is how to have a mansion in Abuja or Banana Island so we can be with the creme de la Creme, I am afraid, it just wont cut it.

Sports today is huge business and frankly an avenue to build careers for younger generations. In some countries like South Africa (they also have their problems too. ) Their varsities have soccer teams. They dont have to wait for their own version of NUGA games before they play. The ones that excel sometimes get into the league as well. They play hockey tourneys, they have swimming competitions etc. What is worse is that they arent as talented as we are in Nigeria but they are working at it. What are we doing?

Were it not for the murder case on Oscar Pistorious, the dude is a legend in south Africa. If it were in Nigeria, na wheel chair candidate. Let us put more value on the human life, value on what we do, be it MD CEO or as 'low' as a vulcanizer.Thats where our problem starts. Looking down on people. The day your car gets stuck on the expressway, the supposed low life mechanic is the one that will come to your rescue. The ones u regard as riff raffs. And we wonder why mechanics charge crazy fees? Its cos thats where they are the boss, the all important CEO. Treat people with respect.

I am sorry I had to digress from soccer but all these things are interlinked. I have more to say but I would stop here.

God bless you for this thoughtful post..I remember my first job outside Nigeria was cleaning and parking but to my surprised Oyinbo no send me but in Nigeria my man they we look down on u with shameful look as if your world is finished.

Icon4s:
Safari! you have joined the 'Experience' crew?.

It's obvious and she was right,Tammy and Osimhen leading attacks?too damn funny

safarigirl:
Lol, Osimhen and Tammy? You must be referring to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar

Oga, we are not going for U20 World Cup...eez Senior World Cup sah, eez for senior boys

I surprised o,some see WC as if it's a child play.I watched Osimhen recently for Wolsburg when he came in for Origi.

The young chap still has a long way to go,not yet there coz he missed a chance that could have given him more playing time or even a starting place.

The guy is promising and i believe with more playing time and good coaching,he w soon be a force to reckon with in bundesliga.

TheGoodJoe:
Akpoborie should proffer solutions on how to improve our league. Sit down with the management of LMC and Aiteo and work on ways to improve the quality of the league.

It all boils down to channelling resources towards the development of the league.

Na today u know Akpoborie,he always full of criticism anything Nigeria as if he is still bitter with d way he was dropped from Nigeria France 98 WC squad.

goldfish80:
I have noticed an anomaly in this thread for sometime.

It appears alot of people rate youngsters on the strength of club they play for. For goodness sake, the SI unit for measuring the ability of a player shouldn't be on the basis of which club hr plays for, rather you measure and judge a player by what he brings to the table.

Solanke as far as I'm concerned haven't pulled any trees. We are talking about a guy who went on loan to Holland and came up short. If he was Dutch born, do you think he will be signed up by Liverpool on the strength of his showing in Eredivisie? What if he was Norwegian? Do you think he will be in Liverpool?

I saw some highlights of a Chidera Ejike in Norway and to be honest, if that boy was born in Hackney, he will be playing for Tottenham or Arsenal.

The IQ of this thread should go beyond judging people because of where they are born. Please we can do better than that.

My point is simple give d young man little respect even if u don't rate.

Mind u i don't rate him and have never for once consider him for Eagles call up coz we have better players.

Oh rating players based on club or supporting Foreign born?pls count me out.

castrol180:
Juju bread from Juju people. I no go chop this kind bread, God forbid.

U must be a juju man to know juju bread.

trustyshoess:
Who is he?

Nobody we always say who is he/she

goldfish80:
If Solanke wasn't British, he will be playing in the Dutch 2nd division or the Belgian Pro league at best.

Are u serious,meaning British players are over hype,d same thing Tammy Abraham abi,but Ebuehi is playing in d Dutch first division.

Pls let give little respect to Solanke,from Chelsea to Liverpool,he is a good player,though he may not be special or talented like Tammy.

Joebie:
I think the problem we have and it will take us years and years for it to go away is that we don't have computerized way of keeping records.
In fact almost all health institutions in NIGERIA have refused to embrace the technology of keeping records. I remember going to a National hospital in Abuja the other day, and a patient will have to move from one office to another within the hospital before you finally get to the queue to be seen by a doctor. In this age? it's crazy. Forge affidavit of age declaration is so common. I wonder why everybody seem to have lost their original birth certificates. I still have mine till this day. Corruption is now our culture.. Although I believe some Nigerians are not corrupt, but even the masses partake in corruption like it is the only way to get by. The situation is just pathetic.

Absolutely right,d situation is pathetic and need serious attention.

Joebie:
Salute oh!
All those players, where their children?

Children of who,they made it through their talents and Nigeria sports commission really assisted with great support of personalities like MKO Abiola,Patrick Okpomo,Patrick Ikeji,Tony Ikhazoboh,Anthony Omeruo, John Obalpolor.

Joebie:
Big YES

OK

Joebie:
Big YES

OK

Joebie:
When did corruption start in Nigeria, and when will it end?
Now that we have MRI hopefully we will use it with all sincerity.
I hope you know where I am going? It's a pipe dream..

Yea I understand

Joebie:
when people say let's go back to the days, I start to wonder, when countries are moving forward. If we want to develop football from the grassroots let's learn from those who got it right over the years and possibly improve on it -- why not?
Like i said before, it would take sincerity and integrity to accomplish this. Our pursuit of abroad-bred players is a different kettle of fish. Smart countries get the best talents wherever and whenever they can.

When we are saying let go back to d old day doesn't mean go back to d old system.

But let have a modern day plan for our young ones with youth programs like Principal cup,YSFON, NIPOGA,NUGA instead of focusing on local league for our under age national team.

goldfish80:
Corruption everywhere. Grassroot football is not spared, corruption is a scurge we can't help but live with in naij.
One academy like that went for a competition outside their state . I think they lost in the group stages of the tournament, you know what their manager did? He simply walked into a sports shop and bought a trophy to show the club financier.. Lol

Haba goldfish80 u want to kill me with laughter, a manager bought a trophy, d club financier must be a slowpoke.

DrKlever:
Bro my nephew is 13. dude took wassce this year. and he is about 6ft tall with beards. so i don't even know what. you guys are arguing about. someone says he is 20, accept it unless you have a proof to discredit their claim... If you see me presently you might think I'm probably 20 cause of my young look and scanty beards. I don't understand why Nigerians derive joy in ridiculing our own and when foreigners starts calling us name, we join force to fight then yet we gave them what they use against us... please stop making Nigeria and Nigerians look bad, even if we cheat, we ain't alone in it. south americans etc cheat... Look closely at coasta and tell me he looks his age. how many times have you seen Spaniards call him out for age cheating This nonsense must stop. some fools even fake stories claiming they attended same schools with the player just to ridicule them. it might sound funny to you but it's foolishness. No be una born them!

Don't mind us,ask most of them here to bring their birth certificate, what they w bring out is court affidavits.Most have rolled their age backwards but when it comes to players we keep on criticising and telling them they are crooked.

Joebie:
Thank you! I don't think we ever had it right with grassroots development.

If u are talking about grassroots development in d 80s,I w say we got it right until politics and corruption set in and ruined d whole thing.

I can tell u 75% of our athletes then were from youth sport festival,NIPOGA and NUGA games and 1985 U17 winning team were from Principal Cup and YSFON tournaments, d problem started when we started introducing d leagues players to U 17,no thanks to our coaches and officials.

Joebie:
when people say let's go back to the days, I start to wonder, when countries are moving forward. If we want to develop football from the grassroots let's learn from those who got it right over the years and possibly improve on it -- why not?
Like i said before, it would take sincerity and integrity to accomplish this. Our pursuit of abroad-bred players is a different kettle of fish. Smart countries get the best talents wherever and whenever they can.

Yes we need to go back to d day of principal cup,YSFON,NIPOGA,NUGA and other youth development programs with honestly and sincerity,i thinks something w comes out of it.

Joebie:
when people say let's go back to the days, I start to wonder, when countries are moving forward. If we want to develop football from the grassroots let's learn from those who got it right over the years and possibly improve on it -- why not?
Like i said before, it would take sincerity and integrity to accomplish this. Our pursuit of abroad-bred players is a different kettle of fish. Smart countries get the best talents wherever and whenever they can.

Jobie pls has anybody on this thread condemned our pursuit of foreign born players