₦airaland Forum

safarigirl:
No, this rule does not apply to the foreign UK babies, only to domestic Nigerian lads

I have answered that question in depth already with a post of January 17th this year.

And what l said then is exactly what's happening now.

Danielnino00:
Tomori didn't hit form until he joined Derby last season.. u said it yourself that he wasn't good enough for a call up back then..

U said it yourself that players should only be called up on the basis of current outstanding performance... now u are saying we waited too long...

Were u expecting us to call him up while he was still playing for Chelsea academy?

The screen shot below is self explanatory and it was posted January 2019.

Please read and exactly what l said is what is happening now.

Earthquake1:
This is an indictment on the NFF

We are looking for fast temporal options while our own is rotting away

So all these guys are not our own according to you.

You are being comical in your prejudice.

Earthquake1:
Yea I believe you

If you know Eze tell him to publicly pledge his allegiance to Nigeria so we can know where he stands

A woman does not claim loyalty to a man until he has paid her bride price. There may be expressions of interest it's not commitment


Nigeria has had ample opportunity to invite Eze and if England decide to call him. Will he clutch on to wind and fresh air in the name of " l pledge to Nigeria my country - - - -

How can you commit to someone who has refused to commit to you.

Danielnino00:
Tomori didn't hit form until he joined Derby last season.. u said it yourself that he wasn't good enough for a call up back then..

U said it yourself that players should only be called up on the basis of current outstanding performance... now u are saying we waited too long...

Were u expecting us to call him up while he was still playing for Chelsea academy?

As l have said before football is very short term career. A year is a very long time, two seasons is history and anything after that is archived.

Very early 2019 l put in a post in which l said invite him now dont delay.

Danielnino00:
What do u mean by Tomori's invite wasn't official?
The NFF approached him and he said we should give him time...
Is it until we announce it to the whole world before u will agree that there was an official approach for him?

That was how u said Pinnick never meet with Tammy Abraham in London and that Tammy never turned us down..

We waited way too long , there was a time he was willing and ready but we delayed and we are doing the same thing with Eze once again.

slegend:
that is a lie sir

what is a lie please ?

Earthquake1:
Oh, call up is not on consistent performance when it comes to foreign players?

How do you know NFF has not been talking to them or you want them to hear about their invitation in the internet and reject us publicly?

i know because i have talked to at least 4/5 of them myself

Joebie:
I didn’t join this discussion from the beginning so I may be lost. But let’s not be too sentimental. Eze was called up to a get together by Rohr and he honored it. Why did England still invite him after then?

Because after doing introduction , he was not invited to the wedding party, "introduction no be marriage"

So if you like do introduction, no pay dowry no do wedding another man go collect the prize

Earthquake1:
He even accepted U20 invitation, how do we know that Eze wants to play for us

We saw how Abraham used a Nigerian invite to hassle English FA, Adarabioyo is testing out Nigerian jerseys, Sheyi Ojo has pledged to Nigeria

What has Eze done to show we are not in a wild goose chase

Adarabioyo is on the downward spiral

Earthquake1:
Why didn't Abraham and Tomori honor our call up?

Nonsense, Ebere Eze knows which country he wants to play for, he's not a robot or a kid

Tomori was not invited officially just speculation , we waited for him to blow then we remembered him, that's why dem say "know me when i'm poor"


What prevents the NFF from inviting all these outstanding promising players 6/7 of them give them a sense of belonging , understand invitation is not selection, if they prove themselves then SELECTION.

Come the January window if Eze get taken up by Southampton or anybody else in the EPL then we will suddenly remember him.

WRONG APPROACH

Danielnino00:
The ass licking of foreign born players here no be small thing o.

Well done nerdy... u just gave that guy a befitting reply

There should be one consideration only ABILITY in the HERE & NOW in the context of consistent continuous outstanding performances for league and club.

The emotive and sentiment based preference for players on the basis of youth glories is simply irrational and has no substance with regard to invitation to the SE.

This convoluted concept of allegiance and loyalty to Nigeria is nonsensical. If Nigerian players born and bred in Nigeria could change allegiance to another country that would result in lucrative football contracts , DO YOU THINK ANY OF THEM will choose Nigeria when millions of £££$$$$ is involved. Most will tear thier 9ja passport and opt not too return.

Please wake up and stop being super delusional about this idea of allegiance to the nation.

ChrisKels:
Forget all the nonsense komekn said here when Osimhen was having a rough patch in Germany, listen to the man who knows the game - Ocampos da great.



Luis Campos: The transfer chief with the Midas
touch: Portuguese sporting director has helped
unearth over £500m of footballing talent
One of the most wanted men in football may not
be the most familiar.


Sporting director Luis Campos has unearthed
over £500m worth of footballing talent during his
time at Monaco and Lille, and in an exclusive
interview with Sky Sports, gives a fascinating
insight into his methods.


His CV is quite something, helping unearth Kylian
Mbappe, Nicolas Pepe, James Rodriguez,
Anthony Martial, Fabinho, Bernardo Silva and
Benjamin Mendy.


The 55-year-old has been sporting director at
Lille since 2017, helping them return to the
Champions League after discovering some of
Europe's best talents while at Monaco from
2013.


Here, he talks through the key players he found,
how he is determined to see players live - even
for a few minutes - and whether he could be
tempted out of Lille, having been linked with a
number of European clubs over the summer,
including Chelsea.


VICTOR OSIMHEN


His latest find, 20-year-old Nigerian forward
Osimhen, has scored seven in 10 games for Lille,
including against Chelsea last week.


"I went to Lagos to see their preparation for the U17 World Championships. After one match I wanted him.
But his price was very expensive for a 17-year-
old. I spoke to my CEO. I called him every night
saying, 'Please give me this player, he is
amazing. In two years he will be one of the best
in Europe'.


"In the end the player went to Wolfsburg. I went
to Wolfsburg just to see him play. Sometimes he
only played for five minutes, sometimes only two.
I was crazy for him! Then he had a virus and had
five or six months not playing and went to
Charleroi in Belgium. Two months later I signed
him. So itʼs a nice story. I lost the player but
then got him back.


"If all is normal at the end of the season there
will be a big move for him because he's like a
cat. You know, if you have a cat and give it a
ball! Heʼs unbelievable. In the last 20 metres he
attacks every ball. Every ball. Like a cat."



I must commend Rohr here for seeing same thing Ocampos saw, that made both men stick with the boy even when things were not going quite well for him due to ailment.

Your clutching at straws.

His coaches who saw him train day in and day out thought so highly of him they let him go and did not see fit to give him a chance in the first team at Wolfsburg.

My opinion has not changed AT THAT TIME he was simply not good enough he has improved a lot and has taken his goals well. There is a very very long way to go before he becomes world class. But he is on the right track .

Humility017:
and the painful thing is that we are not even fast enough...
many a time we wait for them to reach stardom prior we approach them...
I am sure if Algeria has adopt same approach they would have loose out on Mahrez and co


you see how clueless pinnick has become...his time is going down as one of the worst administration ever.....

Why do you think there are delays in getting Nigerian origin players even those capped at youth level by England.

IMO first issue is administrative incompetence the delay to get Aina was not from FIFA but the NFF, why Then the other issue is conflicting interests players already established in Europe will not understand the Egunje mentality.

Finally, considering the huge pay out to Rohr do any of you truly believes that he gets all of his salary and does not have to give a % to the powers that be . So why would anybody think he has total control over player selection.

kellycute:
tomori should stop this rubbish lie. It is starting to piss me off. He should focus on his England career and stop trying to save face.. F.ck tomori and if you wanna roll with him and his baseless lie.. F.ck you too.

I have said this many times before, we seem to invite players from the pages of news papers, but dont actually make an official invitation.

This has happened so many times, i have talked to quite a few of our Nigeria origin players in the UK and i always find their version of events is very different from the one the NFF presents.

Consider Ebere Eze waiting for call up but NUTTIN when England call him some of you will now say LIAR. knowing the country we are from and the nature of the NFF who is most likely to be lying

tbaba1234:
This Otabor invite is one of the worst, i have seen in a while.

Totally unjustified.

Rohr has to take the blame.

It gives us a glimpse into how Nigerian football is run.

Pure nonsense.. i am so irritated

I agree with you unreservedly.

In my little experience there are two components that matter and will either make or break you.

OPPORTUNITY and ability , I am of the opinion that OPPORTUNITY exceeds ability . No matter how good you are in fact you can be JJay or Yobo without OPPORTUNITY your exceptional talent will go nowhere and be seen nowhere. Quite often the best players do not always get picked for multifaceted reason of which corruption and conflicting interests are not the least.

However, with OPPORTUNITY many unknown unqualified players are birthed, to make it you do not need to be the best just good enough but with OPPORTUNITY you can exceed many players who were much better than you.

This is why i truly believe sentiment aside the best and most deserving players should always be invited and the only way to do that is by consistent outstanding top class performances for club and league. And be given clearly JUSTIFIABLE OPPORTUNITY to the SE

Solo has been given OPPORTUNITY albeit UNDESERVED do not be surprised that this dude that has been starved of OPPORTUNITY in his determination claims jersey. I for one will not be surprised.

tbaba1234:
Ugbo is more likely to play for Nigeria anyway.

Ugbo has done nothing and is doing nothing outstanding.

Odunayaw:
Whoever his uncle is. The man just "found power" to influence?

The late Thompson Oliha was his Uncle and that would have got him into the network of how we do things.

Because I am completely bewildered it defies all rationality. Then again think of the Nwakali brothers and a few others and l guess thier is pattern.
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tbaba1234:
If we can blame Imama for his dodgy invites. Rohr must take the blame for his, as well.

It does not matter the interference. The buck stops at his desk.

Who is Otabor uncle❓ and how influential is he ❓ ❓

Therein lies the answer to this conundrum.

andrew444:
Ebere eze has not been bad thou

Umar is really doing well not, no thanks to steven gerard who refuse to give him game time at rangers

In general nobody is refused game time you earn right to play by performing.

Sadiq Umar was completely woeful in Rangers no prejudice plain fact.

opes:
But He was in league one when Aidy Boothroyd invited him to U21 side which he declined.

I never heard that before. ❓

andrew444:
I ask and i need sincere answers

Is nwakaeme not better than this guy?

Is igboun not better than this guy?

is ejuke not better than this guy?

Didnt they play in a better league than this guy?

But many of them here speak badly about the turkish but rohr gave them bulgaria league

I no get answer but to wise it's pretty obvious.

Many have made the assumption that Rohr makes all the decisions. You really believe that Rohr went to Bulgaria to find players ❓

Eéeeeeee left EPL, Championship and even league 1, ignored French, German Italian, Spanish league go Bulgaria hmmm.

Of course he has others pulling strings and doing what Nigerians do. Arrangements with or without his knowledge and or consent.

For Rohr it's live and let other live the way they want too.

andrew444:
And i am here still waiting for nwakali?

I don't believe that lol Nigerian are not patient, because Eéeeeeee be like say you go wait for a very long long time.

Earthquake1:
Will you shut up what is your criteria for player selection?

Just because a player on secondary list is invited because of an injury you are talking nonsense

Mine is very simple.

Outstanding consistent top class performances in league and club.

Viv Solomon-Otabor was anonymous in general everywhere he has played in England. He is not better than a multitude of players across Europe.

ChrisKels:
Doing well how? Can u back thus up with stats?? Like komekn rightly said, their is reason Rohr has lasted on the scene here in Africa. What has Otabor done to deserve a call up from a tier 4 league like the Bulgarian league, when we have more deserving players in better Leagues?? I laugh when ppl out of ignorance claim that corruption is limited to only African coaches. Hell would let lose if it had been Keshi that made this call

Agreed without too many question ❓ ❓ ❓

Why why when a player has been largely anonymous in both the Championship and league one. Decides to go to Bulgaria that tells us something, he lacks quality.

Maybe it could be explained with the small matter of his Uncle Thompson Oliha.

andrew444:
Lol

Dude was fantastic

I would give him Epl player of the week

We all know traore have no end product ,as you have already said weda Na muscle ,dude got only speed and muscle

Thanks to counter and nuno tactics

This guy it seems is finally getting football brain and finishing.

Prior to this game 49 games and 1 goal.

Meanwhile this guy is probably the fastest player in the EPL. Today the guy cancelled Raheem o mean he was playing as a RB and beating Raheem. First time I have seen that.

This is why the EPL in my opinion is the most competitive and best league in the world. Because anybody can beat anybody.

dominique:
Nigerians no dey want hear "abroad based" for ears, they'll think you're rolling in millions and almost milk you dry with demands. If you like, kill yourself while trying to give into their demands, you go just die for nothing. This is why it is good to always take a stand and don't let anybody put unnecessary pressure on you to the point of sending you to your early grave

Easier said than done.

Mujtahida:
Okay, explain why modern football has become so bland.

One word end product.

andrew444:
Wolves don kill mancity

Traore of all people score sha

Wheaten he use score muscle for head or leg?

Joebie:
Yes both parents even for the biracial ones. I happen to have a nephew who is talented in several sports. His mom who is Russian wants him to experience his Nigerian heritage so badly. I’ve promised her I will take him to Nigeria. His father (my bro) doesn’t give a damn about Nigeria one bit. To make matters worse, my nephew who is 9 is also American, and can speak several languages.

Thank you

Icon4s:
Point of correction Sir. It is not "Ibo". It is "Igbo".

Your trouble too much.

Ok oh Igbo man

Mujtahida:
This is why I said I like players whose skills were cooked on the streets and I have decried the aridity of modern football which for me is pass, pass pass. They have educated the flair out of the game. I don't like it but this is what the game has become.

That's not true.

In Liverpool they brought in a former Brazilian assistant coach of Sao Paulo. To head the development of the U12, because in thier opinion after 12 skill can no longer be natural and first instance.

The U12 development is based essentially on how long you can keep the ball and how many Peopleton cam beat with skill trickery and technical ability.

So you are wrong. Thay approach is adopted by quite a few academies in the UK.all to different degrees.