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TheGoodJoe:
Story. So when Babawo Mohammed saw Mikel on the street playing and believed he found the best player in the country, that was not a great talent.

At that time Mikel was not nurtured in anyway. As soon as Eguavoen saw him, he was convinced. As soon as Alex Ferguson saw him, he saw brilliance.

Mbok, there is great talent.

TheGoodJoe:
Go and check that Adidas dossier, many of those kids turned out crap and are playing in conference League and less. It is not a recipe for success. With all their lessons, many kids in Africa will end up better than them.

Not knocking the system but saying missing out on such system does not mean end of success.

TheGoodJoe:
Las Las, you can find great talents outside the fancy academies in Europe.

Mujtahida:
You make good points but the elephant in the room is that once the local players show real quality, they are snapped up and become foreign players. What then happens?

TheGoodJoe:
Our draw back is not talent but footballing structure. Neymar for instance became a world star playing for Santos in Brazil. He was a star of South America for five years before leaving.

Brazil has a strong support system and international repertoire to build their talents.

Ravel Morrison was a brilliant talent in Manchester United but fell along the way and Pogba became a Superstar. From your ideology, Ravel Morrison was overage.

TheGoodJoe:
There is no change of narrative. It is a fact. We have exceptional talents. We need to find them and nurture them. Give them the exposure and they can grow from there.

Not because they are not kids in fancy academies, mean their lives are over. With dedication, hard work and willingness to learn, they can grow.

With a better structured coaching system, genuine talents can flourish like Yaya Toure who was not in any fancy academy as a kid but better than most midfielders in England that grew in fancy academies.

TheGoodJoe:


I clearly stated give us the names and you are going about subtle attacks. List the names let us review.

TheGoodJoe:
Despite that, kids with poor facilities and poor primary coaching won the U17. Osimhen did not have that primary De la creme coaching but he is flying higher than many with far better coaching.

A difficult start does not mean you can not become great.

Mane did not grow in some fancy academy and became one of the best players in the Premier League over many players that grew in first grade academies.

TheGoodJoe:

I visited an academy in D-Line Port Harcourt, at Igbokwu Street. The coach was with some kids and said something to the kids that touched me.

Oyinbo children have everything. They have eaten well. They go to good schools. They are not lacking. They have full kits and facility. They are ahead of you. The only thing you have is training. Do not play with it. Take it seriously and it can change your lives.

TheGoodJoe:
You are taking us in circles.

Look at your list and tell me the midfielder there that is gifted at keeping the ball and passing intelligently. Also give us the names of the players we should invite in the top clubs we do not know.

The point is, we do not have enough pool of players in top clubs. We have to measure up with comprehensive scouting for hidden gems to complement what we have.

TheSuperNerd:
If you aren't afraid of the name, why don't you❓

His name is all over this thread and I am pretty sure his name sings in your head right now.

Marjoribanks:
Guy go and sit down. You wet never pass Ikorodu! The last time I check, it was Ghana that was banned from under 17 cos of age cheat. If you have the evidence of age cheat in both competition show it here, if you don't shut da fvck up!!

Oasis007:
Let me repeat it again, over reliance on players plying their trades in foreign countries is killing Super Eagles.

Most of them are average and not better than the local players. We may not appreciate local players anymore because we are not following the league.

It's easier to build a formidable team with local players than foreign based players. Assemble them, get them trained together at least twice in a Month. Drop the weak ones until the right players with right mentality make up the squad.

Add few determined foreign based players and watch them light up the continent. Last time I enjoyed watching our games has lost in my memory.

We keep hailing them, calling them all sorts of great names to what end? Serving us breakfast?!

TheGoodJoe:
The truth is a fact that the last two U17 players we carried were really young, passed the MRI, did not go to top quality academies but won it.

Marjoribanks:
We have scouted comprehensively and continue to do so. Our under 17 and 20 are current WAFU Champions. The two teams that will play in the final tomorrow took players playing in the top leagues. Tomorrow the best player won't be someone playing in division 2 or non league football somewhere. It would be someone playing in Laliga or the French league. Chukweze, Oshimen, Simon, Onachu, Onyedika, Onyeka, Sanusi, Awoniyi, Dennis, Moffi, Iheanacho, Success. and many more were scouted too. So I don't understand your point?

TheGoodJoe:
We come from different spheres of life and must have different views. Your own area is known because of so much media coverage.

However, in Nigeria, we do not have the facilities like the Europeans but for instance, in the U17, we have done better than lots of Europwa teams with far better development facilities.

I am not saying the facilities are not important. What I am saying is that despite the lack, we need to find away to measure up.

Danielnino00:
Balogun main problem is lack of pace.. but on a normal day, he is a solid option in defence.. Also his ball playing abilities are decent...Those Joel Matip kind of run into the midfield are needed once in a while to break opposition defence...
Ekong in my opinion hasn't shown much improvement since he has been playing for us..

Danielnino00:
Awazeim has been far better than Akpos in the GWG, truth be told...
In fact, Awazeim has mostly been decent in the GWG.. Seems like playing in Croatia is the problem you have with him...

TheSuperNerd:
And that one game this midfielder started was the best midfield display of the Afcon by our team earlier this year but the same Nigerian fans deny it and tell you the lad is useless. Lol

Meli... the problem also extends to the fans. They don't want the truth.

Meliforme:
We went to the last AFCON with a midfielder that can cross the ball, and guess what: he started only one game.
Something is definitely wrong somewhere

Danielnino00:
Awazeim has been far better than Akpos in the GWG, truth be told...
In fact, Awazeim has mostly been decent in the GWG.. Seems like playing in Croatia is the problem you have with him...

Blueelf:
I even think Ekong's time in the national team has come to an end

I really don't see what he offers us that other players don't

TheGoodJoe:
That is why it boils down to comprehensive scouting. We need to develop a thorough way to search and pick players with the right attributes.

We also need to take our age grade programs more seriously. Stop cutting corners.

Good Footballers are not only in the quality leagues in Europe.

We need to appreciate Keshi's mindset, where the likes of Oboabona and a young Omeruo helped us clinch the AFCON.

We need to remember how Keshi scouted Aaron Samuel from China.

However, it has to do with the scouting team having the eye to site gems. Just like Westerhof saw Amokachi playing for Ranchers Bees as a 16 years old and new he found a quality talent.

How Babawo Mohammed saw Mikel playing on the street and took him to Kashimawo Laloko and Laloko called Mikel (a teenager in secondary school) the best player in the country.

We need to scout comprehensively and not wait for players to breakthrough in clubs in Europe.

Blueelf:
The only reason Ebere Eze may make a u-turn and decide to play for us is because he knows that his chances of making the english team are next to nothing

There's no loyalty in that and TBH, I am wary of such players

maidaboi:
shey Eze don agree to play for Nigeria?

Philosopher1979:
Young man, you will be a very brilliant person. Are you working in academia or something.
I beleive you should be a lecturer or a research scientist of some sort.
Your analysis are allways intelligent and on spot
So where are working now.
I hope it is in academia or research

Philosopher1979:
Young man, you will be a very brilliant person. Are you working in academia or something.
I beleive you should be a lecturer or a research scientist of some sort.
Your analysis are allways intelligent and on spot
So where are working now.
I hope it is in academia or research

mostob:
The bottom line is you also wrote long Epistles on this thread. That's the point.

mostob:
You say? Kome wey go write 3-paged thesis to defend Fred Onyedima #10 performance.

charlesemeka85:
This una long note analysis don do abeg, it becoming boring and needless

elyte89:
Bro if benzema is fit to play let him start

Dt name alone will send shivers to d spine of Sargentine defenders

Besides,a benzema on d pitch in his normal day can do and undo