₦airaland Forum

2lola:
I beg to disagree on this statement.

What don't you agree with ❓

TFLASHOGEE:
I laugh you in Spanish if there is any player to regret not playing for us certainly won't be dele Ali as he doesn't even give a damn about representing us from the onset and him not being in England Squad is due to his current from let him show consistency before December then you see if he won't make the world cup squad or not even with pundits not doubting his inclusion because he has his footprint in the national team

Dele Alli has Father issues with a Nigerian Father that abandoned him and allowed him to be taken into Social care.

[quote author=Zanistico post=110283038][/quote]Lazy and Languid Sadiq is not needed.

Too many better player's.

Joebie:

How many people today no dey bribe to enter school or to pass courses for university?
it's a way of life.. It will take the people to say we have to start doing things differently for Nigeria to change.
Government cannot do it alone.

Very True.

I think we as a people have accepted bribery and corruption as a normal acceptable way of life . We are no longer offended about it or even indignant.

andrewbaba44:
Maybe because Olise and EZE are better

I would agree with that for now.

When your team is not performing you also carry some of that negativity as well.

Ovie missed 8 games due to Injury in that time his club has slipped into relegation. Add to that he is contractually stuck with Reading FC. Much more so because they have a transfer embargo for past 2/3 seasons. Thier Finances are in dire straights and fallen foul of the FA rules on financial viability.

He has slipped down just as his team have lost Thier way. He has had a few good moments but not consistently enough IMO. He is a very key player for Reading and he has to find a way to make it work.

However, if they get relegated they will probably sell him to another Championship or EPL club.

Nonetheless, Olise and Eze are different types of player to him. He is more of a box to box Midfielder that works hard and gets the team going.

It seems the NFF has forgotten about Ovie.

kingphilip:
But show us receipt that he didn't delay that's what we are asking.

Because it is your word against the NFF.

Is it ignorance or is it delusional or even just a lack of basic understanding.

Corruption is endemic and institutionalised in our dear country. It's not about who is corrupt but who is not.

The EFFC, Nigerian Customs, to name just a few are endemically corrupt, it's not just institutionalised but long-standing generational, it's that bad.

Corruption is also accepted by most and almost IMPOSSIBLE as an individual to fight without grave consequences on you who challenges it.

NFF Coach Salisu was caught red handed and publicly disgraced and found culpable, blatant bribe taking. Some perfunctory sanctions were made against him as punitive measures. But it was more window dressing to appease public opinion somewhat.

Fast forward Salisu should have been banned and even imprisoned but he is now at the top of the pyramid in the NFF. That tells you the cultural of corruption still pervades at the highest level. I will not talk about SiaSia.

It's a reflection of just like many other government departments, agencies and or bodies in Nigeria. The NFF is no exception, it's endemically corrupt. Maybe you are blind to corruption but many here are not.

My former governor Ibori was discharged and acquitted of all charges of corruption at a Federal court in Asaba. He then pleaded guilty to very similar charges in British Court. Was convicted and given a 13 year jail sentence but served in prison for less than 7 years, returns to Nigeria, he is not arrested but literally given a red carpet state of welcome.

Ademola Lookman will watch the NFF spin a myriad of lies and untruths. If he wants to play for the SE he will say nothing because unless he want to face off with NFF and loose his place. He will keep QUITE and not in the public domain contradict the nonsense the NFF are putting out.

With regards to your request for a receipt ask Abba Kyari to produce a receipt for the thousands of $ he got from hushpuffi. And while your at it ask Ibori for a receipt for the $16 Million bribe given to the EFCC which is still in the Central Bank.

TheGoodJoe:

There is nothing comedic. You were talking of players making their luck. I am using one of the greatest the game has ever seen. If he could not make it work for him due to conditions, why do you want someone with less pedigree to make his luck. You are proving my point.

Luck is when an opportunity comes along and you’re prepared for it, says Denzel Washington.

Don't train, don't improve yoursel ,don't add to your existing attributes and wait for luck.

kingphilip:
He has told you the guy delayed in submitting supporting documents to process the switch earlier which a source in the NFF was quoted and you're asking him what went wrong.

If you feel it wasn't from his end give us reasons why you feel so.

No he did not delay.

The NFF delayed his application for reason best known to them.

Mujtahida:
He even said 'very poor Afcon'

Just as I regard komekn's comments on Nwakali as jaundiced so do I regard Idenna's comments on Aribo as one colored by rank prejudice

I want to presume you know the meaning of jaundiced.

Now my opinion is anchored on substantive facts and not optimistic sentiment based preference.

So here is a challenge to tell me something I've said about your can never do wrong Nwakali, just one thing thats UNTRUE please.

Papi85:
eze never said he is not open to playing for us but said he needed time and made it known that his first option which is his country of birth and to be honest I don’t blame him for making that known

Same goes to olise who also turned the advances of Algeria down same as he did to us buy not shutting the door outright to both nations

It will be a win win situation if both decide to pitch tent with us and I see nothing wrong with the nff and eguavoen trying to revisit their case

The likes of aluko,Moses,aina,ebuehi,amoebi and recently lookman once turned us down with an eye on the national teams of their country of birth but later rescind their decisions

Make we no Dey pass judgement sometimes based of emotions

First of all Aluko NEVER rejected the offet to play for Nigeria rather Nigeria rejected him , after playing outstandingly for the SE . He was an EPL regular with Hull at the time.

Eze was invited to the NFF party in 2017 he was already showing promise on loan at Wycombe Wanderers and had played for QPR first team.


However, players who had not done as much as him were invited to the SE to play in friendly. And he was essentially forgotten for three years.

However, when he started to "Blow" the NFF remembered that he existed particularly when England called him to join the U21.

He must have had real dilemma who should I pick the ones that forgot me and picked others ahead of me by favouritism not merit and have no integrity and honesty. Ot the ones that pick only by merit and l have very little chance of playing in the senior national team.

chrisooblog:
Again you are offering emotive speculations as fact.

This is the mistake you are making you're still relying on the ''NFF is corrupt'' narrative to drive your points which are still hear say.

Are you insinuating that Lookman parted with money to have his switch confirmed? If that is your assertion you have to bring evidence not all this 'you know, you know' you keep harping on.

The NFF is not the only government body that is corrupt. Corruption in Nigeria is endemic and institutionalised.

We have an EFCC that is supposed to be fighting corruption but we have found to be r corruption ridden in itself.

And you are asking me for evidence.

I did not say £££ changed hands .

Can you explain the three years delay ❓

TheGoodJoe:
What is an open mind? Thierry Henry came to Juventus as a top player from Monaco. Big things were expected. With time, with dissatisfaction from the manager and even fans, Thierry Henry ended up on the bench. Later was sold to a smaller club with respect to Juventus, Arsenal. Henry was a flop. This is not what someone told me or read a blog.

He flopped. He was a disappointment.

You are nakedly bigoted with double standard as your name tag.

Look at the unit of measurement you are using to assess Thierry Henry. Using that same unit of measurement you found Nwakali and others to be outstanding.

It's comedic.

TheGoodJoe:
Mouth. It is easier said than done. When Thierry Henry flopped at Juventus and Forlan flopped at Manchester United, From your understanding, they were not prepared.

You talk some I don't know what to cal it ,

Thierry Henry had one season at Juventus he played as a winger ,and played 16 games and scored 3 goals.

If that's your definition of a flop , then use that same yards stick to assess our players half of them or more will be classed as FLOPS.

Then if you want to be open minded and not with a hidden agenda. Look at the players in Juventus at that time , real World class players, Zidane, Del Piero, David's, etc

chrisooblog:
Chairman it's ok to admit you were mistaken about the Lookman situation nobody will flog to say you got it wrong after all no one is a repository of knowledge. All this doubling down doesn't make you look good.

Enough plausible evidence has been provided why it took so long to effect the switch of Ademola. You have sent to provide logical reasons why Lookman's switch was delayed. The only evidence you have brought is ''The NFF is corrupt'' as if that is breaking news.

You two things can be true at the same time right? The NFF while being corrupt didn't deliberately delay Ademola's switch.

I'm open minded to have my mind changed if I see credible evidence but for now I take all you have said to be speculation. Which we all know won't fly in a court of law.

First thing is do you think that the NFF can never tell LIES.

Second thing most people act with rational.

Do you really think it will take three years for Ademola to make a written confirmation signed of his consent to change of allegiance. I want you to reason that.❓❓

Second issue, is how long does it take to get a Nigerian passport from the Nigerian high commission without any connection. I will tell you 24hrs and £750 .❓

Third issue do you think if Ademola will make public any discrepancies, incompetence or even be worse on the part of the NFF public. When after three years of waiting he has just been given clearance. ❓

After Ademola ended his U21 youth career he and the world knew he was NEVER be going to be called to the Three Lion's. Do you agree❓

Then you being s Nigerian what do you think could cause the delay. There is no Reason whatsoever for Ademola to delay. So what reason will the NFF have to cause the delay.

It's CLEARLY apparent the English FA have no interest to talk less of creating contention for his change of allegiance.

I ask again you are a Nigerian l presume and should be aware of the organisational culture that pervades all our public institutions.

What is the plausible evidence you make reference to.

I will like you to consider the term plausible particularly in the context of Nigeria.

charlesemeka85:
The Nigeria Football Federation have revealed that the governing body of football, Fifa approved Ademola Lookman's change of association request from England to Nigeria within 24 hours.

A dual citizen of England, where he was born, and Nigeria, the country his parents originally hail from, Lookman receiving a one-time change of association approval from Fifa has cleared the way for the winger to make his senior debut in the coming weeks.

A 2017 U20 World Cup winner with the Young Lions, Lookman has also played competitive matches for England at U19 and U21 levels.

The Leicester City winger represented his country of birth at the 2016 European U19 Championship and U21 Euro qualifiers.

Lookman was part of the England U20 squad that thrashed the Golden Eaglets 8-1 in the Suwon Continental Cup in November 2016.

NFF General Secretary, Dr Mohammed Sanusi has praised Fifa for the record-time approval granted the fresh application by the Federation with regards to Lookman's one-time switch.

"We sent in the application on Wednesday night after putting all the necessary documentation together. We are happy to receive the approval today," Sanusi said on Thursday, according to a press release by the Nigerian Federation.

Lookman was in the plans of former Nigeria coach Gernot Rohr and it remains to be seen if he is called up by interim boss Augustine Eguavoen for next month's 2022 World Cup playoff matches with regional rivals Ghana.

I have dealt with so many different departments state and federal level in Nigeria and unfortunately they all have varying degrees of crass ineptitude and Incompetence. Why should we think the NFF will be any different.

Although I personally think it was wilful and intended delay.

It has taken the NFF three years to put together the documentation for Ademola change of allegiance. And some here think it's the players fault.

The NFF first gave the impression the English FA was causing delays. There own reasoning just doesn't make sense.

Ademola Lookman will not say anything but just keep quite, for obvious reasons.

TheGoodJoe:
Sadiq was brilliant against the Tunisians. From my take, he was our best player in that game. So how high should he fly before he is not an embarrassment. Chill. I Sadiq was your brother, you would have been proud of him.

Dude played barely 15 minutes and you call that brilliant.

He he huffed and he puffed but couldn't blow the Tunisian away. He had a basic ball to side foot into the goal and still missed it.

He was far from outstanding.

TheGoodJoe:

If Nwakali was such a reject to Huesca, would they have kept him longer than the expected period for the release of AFCON. You let hate cloud you thought pattern too much.

Keep hate aside and debate logically.

Because you are not privy to have worked with a professional football clubs in Europe.

You have no idea about how things work.

Once you are contracted the club must pay you unless you breach your contract terms. They can decide not to play you but they will still have to pay you.

When you go on a international tournament and before you return your club is openly trying to offload you.

What in your understanding of football management, if you have any , does that tell you ❓

13large:
Uncle Wetin this man do you na calm down

Just one question, is anything I have said untruthful❓

It's really a retort to the disinformation and misinformation presented by the Nwakali praise singers Choir.

mostob:
You should have ignore him. He said the same thing about Nacho and Osimehn, both players already served him a humble pie...it's Sadiq's turn soon

If you want to make stand, let it be at least TRUTHFUL.

If you cannot show where I gave the same deductions and words about Victor O. and KC as well as Sadiq. You are not a big liar, just a inconsequential, noise maker seeking attention, petty LIAR.

mostob:
Your borough boys..Dele Ali, I've and solanke who got better opportunity, what did they do with it?

In what context are your comments, because these are two players, who have absolutely no interest in playing for Nigeria.

I have NEVER mentioned them as potential SE players ,so what exactly is your point.

You must be one of those nakedly prejudiced against players who are not born in Nigeria. And have deep seated dislike against them.

You seem to want to attempt compare their career trajectory with Nwakali, that is dead on arrival.

Omanambala:
I can tell you for free nobody takes you seriously,anymore.

Please LOL

Wake up who finds recognition on a faceless forum.

Maybe you but not me.

Joezinho:
Was he blind when he signed the slave contract?

C'mon bro. He signed a contract and he should honour it... Rules are rules.... no need to play the ethnicity card... Auba did the same and faced the consequences...

He claimed to be sick, maybe the club were monitoring his social media channels. Dude needs to sort himself out.

The reality is he was very lucky to get the contract in the first place.

Huesca signed a player on speculative hype and took a gamble on a player who had done nothing of substances in 4 years.

Theo offered him what they felt he was worth , after struggling to get into Porto B team. He accepted because he was not going to get anything else.

His contract is ending in June , they are not going to renew it. and if the misbehaviour continues they will cancel it.

He has been in the Segundo division for two seasons and there is nothing to report of substance. So to get a club in Segundo division will not be a routine.

He may have too look lower, the gamble of using the NFF to booster a fledgling careers hasn't really worked it seems.

maidaboi:
it's seems more to me like badluck it just not working well for him
Sha I wish him good luck

In football you create your own luck from the opportunities you are given. Luck comes to those who have prepared for it.

The pertinent question is , has he had opportunity ❓ and a big Yes but what did he do with it , ❓❓

TheGoodJoe:
My suspicion is Nwakali does not want to sign a new contract and he is leaving the club. They are likely preparing for life without him.

When Nwakali is the second to last lowest paid player in the club. It means they don't value him and think he has nothing to offer.

Before he got back from AFCON they tried to offload him to another club but nobody wanted him.

They are not offering him another contract .

But you are spinning another one of your imaginary self birthed stories.

Joezinho:
Huesca played a 6 goal thriller with Oviedo earlier today and i noticed Nwakali wasn't in the starting line up and neither was he on the bench.

Heard a rumour Huesca wanna terminate his contract.

He is a decent player but seems to believe his own press and feeds on his own hype...
There is nothing bad in being supremely confident but the boy needs to chill on the iPhone pro and diamond studded earing, knuckle down, work hard and get back to playing in a proper league and while at it, get himself a good agent..

I feel for him but he is obviously struggling to impress wherever he goes..

You are being diplomatic .

Not wanting to rock the boat of the Nwakali Praise singers Choir.

He is the second to the last lowest paid player his club, even before he got back from AFCON, Huesca tried to offload him to another club in Segundo division.

After all the clubs and leagues he had been in n the past 7 year's NOBODY is interested, the only place he gathers interest is the NFF the only people that can see talent.

Imagine he was benching Iwobi and Onyeka ❓ Because only the NFF can see true quality and talent.

mostob:
The fact that aboubakar won the golden boot doesn't give an assurance that Ighalo would have done the same.
And in reference to the post I quoted, there is no how Sadiq won't bench Ighalo on current form.

Sadiq cannot lace Ighalo boots.

On current firm Sadiq is in a low level league and still not the outstanding player in that low level League.

When given the opportunity to go higher he couldn't fly and had to come much lower to find his level.

He is an embarrassment to the SE, there are too many better players than him.

13large:
You prefer an inexperienced player at a backwater league to someone that has proved himself at the biggest stage in the world? You’re a dunce. Let amoo go can prove himself at a bigger league before he can think of benching chukwueze. If chukwueze was playing in Swedish or danish league, how many goals would he be scoring in a season

Agreed without question

Although I don't think he is dunce maybe a bit misguided and a Dundee United.

TheGoodJoe:

No one said Next Pirlo. That is coming from your animosity towards Kelechi Nwakali. I have told you to stop thinking better. That is one thing I like about football. It teaches you about life.

People have their strengths and weakness. Kelechi Nwakali's strength is that he knows the passing game. He has the natural instinct for it and was lucky to have trained with Amunike as the pivot of his team for over four years.

Eguavoen does not think Nwakali is better than Onyeka or Aribo. Hardly will you find a coach thinking like that. He will work with a strategic plan and pick players that will fit into the tactics.

As for starting against Ghana, let the coaching crew draft an effective strategy and select the best for each role. If Nwakali best fits, so be it. If not, those who suit should play.

It's not animosity it's objective appraisal based on FACTS not your personal emotive preference.

andrewbaba44:
Most people here don’t hate abroad born players here so calm down

The few people that are against lookman is because of that our Warri guy in the Uk ,the way he talks down on naija born ,nothing else

How many people hate Ekong balogun ebuehi ? They where all born abroad and they are loved by many here


And for you ,anything wey be abroad good to you ,when they where telling you Maduka Okoye was shaky you Dey see am as hate but you later kept quiet

That's not true and you know it.

Because I didn't join many of you in a loud chorus of praising singing mediocrity and over exaggeration of of your favoured players.

You keep making this nonsensical narrative he hates Nigerian born players.

Etebo
Ighalo
Iwobi
Dennis
Onyeka
Ndidi
Awoniyi

Were all born in Peckham London and that's why I like these players.

On the contrary you have a vexatious dislike and prejudice against Nigerian origin player in England. Add to that double standard bigotry and hypocrisy.

A large number of your found nothing wrong with inviting players from the most obscure leagues, like the Scandinavian leagues, the Segundo division, Cyprus, Turkish league, etc

But go all up in arms about Nigerian origin players in the Championship, making all kinds of deragatory remark and emotive based negative deductions.

Forgetting , one of our current top performers came essentially from league one to the SE, Joe Aribo.

Many never stop hailing and singing praises of Nwakali. Who has done nothing in 7 years than be demoted to where he is now.

There are too may Nigerian players in the EPL, Championship and league one . But nothing is said about them here. And when mentioned are dismissed very quickly by a large segment of people here.

That's Naked prejudice and discrimination .

And you then point the finger at me,that I am biased.

andrewbaba44:
Lookman cannot make England team ,same can’t be said of billing for Denmark

The difference is clear

Billing cannot meet England team.

andrewbaba44:
Leave bonke alone

How long did it take Mikel to score a goal for Chelsea ? Even world class mascherano managed only 1 goal for Barca in 203 league games

He wanted to leave malmo for a new challenge and a better league ,stop making it look like malmo let him leave ,dude is one of their most important player

What do you understand by the term a player was "Released" and contract not renewed ❓