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Joice21:
You just called microbiology n biochemistry useless ? I bet with you, I'll choose microbiology a million times over pharmacy..watch what you say, u know nothing about those courses you just downgraded.

Jesus! You will choose microbiology over pharmacy?! Lmao, you are probably among the mediocre students back then. Infact when I was still a student, some of my friends who failed their pharmacy classes were demoted to microbiology, so much for MCB i guess. Just say that you are not sure you can ever study the course and pass, don't undermine it ever. You might as well study Biochem ahead of medicine I guess too.

TheGoodJoe:

I do not understand this NFF. We should be thinking of pulling a memorable AFCON and World Cup with the talents we have. Look at the level their thinking.

The members of the NFF should call Bielsa. If he says no, call Sampaoli if he says no, call Leonardo. There is a big chance Leonardo will take the job. He has an eye for talents. Just as he helped discover Pato and Kaka for AC Milan. He helped discover Coutinho for Inter Milan.

Leonardo plays a creative beautiful brand of 4-4-2 that requires creative and attacking players that will suit of creative attacking young Stars. His style of play is similar to that of the great Brazilian team of the eighties with Zico and Socrates.

The NFF should set their targets high.

the NFF won't do listen to you even if they see this your post, why? Because you are making a lot of sense and frankly, the NFF just likes rubbish. I think the agents of these coaches are meeting them specially or something if not can someone please explain to me why a country like Nigeria would ever invite a coach like Berti Vogts for screening talkless of actually employing him, this is criminal injustice!

zicky:
I thought I saw Osaze at the Beijing Olympic, which tournament are you talking about.

I meant Taiwo who was injured sorry, and Obafemi Martins

Hey! My God!!! Who is Paul Le Chinchin again?!!!!! I thought they were fighting to appoint a better coach but Le Chinchin?! My God! We have many good coaches out there, top coaches who are currently unemployed, why these guys?! Southgate is even a better choice! We have better choices please

confun:
I believe in my country, I also av a grip of hope to hold on to bt with a strong shock absorber, in case my hope is dashed, I won't be shattered.......

Thank you!!! Me still get hope well well. We are here talking about names names and names, names don't win tournaments again. Leichester City didn't win with any big name, England lost to Iceland with all their big names. I don't care who Siasia takes to Rio, he can't invite his brothers from Bayelsa for all I care, all I want is for him to implement his tactics well enough and get us to the final atleast, Period! No matter how good you are, you are not irreplacable, if their teams don't want to release them, Siasia can't do anything, blame FIFA for that not Siasia, so I won't lose hope till the games start. Same people complained when he didn't take Mikel and Osaze, still we got to the final and there really is no assurance that we would have gone beyond that with those two anyways so please calm down people, and wait for the Olympics

wilsonreuben:
You Modern Judas, you also have your reward.

Please, don't let me tell you something you won't like. Take the correction, it is as simple as ABC, if you do not believe me then check it in the Cathecism book, you are calling me Judas when I am actually the person who said the right thing? You will also have your own reward I guess

wilsonreuben:
All of you commenting rubbish about The Pope, you have your reward.


How is it that you cannot read and understand? Or is English too hard to understand nowadays?


I wonder how you passed your WASSCE!

For your consideration: Ask John 8:1-11, The Holy Book


For a reminder: The Pope represents Christ on Earth, he cannot ERR!

Sorry to cut you short but i am a catholic too, and the Pope does err, why then does the Pope go to confession? The Pope does not err only when he is delivering ex cathedra... That is when he is sitted on the throne of St Peter and is explaining(not formulating, a pope can never formulate) a doctrine. So you can't say that the Pope can never make a mistake in his personal life, he has his own human inclinations afterall

Akshow:
stop sounding silly young man. You Insinuated I was Gay simply because I support their right to love whom they choose to love. That's why I gave you that analogy so u can see the foolishness in ur claims. And if supporting their right makes me a monster, so be it. But you should know I am more humane and even more Christian (if I was) than you that use your religion to preach hate and discriminate against people who are different.

There is a huge difference between people who are different and homosexuals. White people are different, I do not hate them, muslims are different, dwarves, twins, deaf and dumbs, lame people, extremely tall people are all different and i do not hate them, but homosexuals?! If we you support homosexuals then you should support some criminals too because let's be honest, some become criminals due to their blood,so that means they are different and should be accepted too. Heck, everyone can lay claim to his own sin being natural if you want to put it that way, so we all should leave together, there should be no need for any prison yard or court, let's all tolerate

pippimp:
There is no way anyone can corrupt anyone's child unless you fail in your duties as a parent. Plus, homosexuality is not a choice. They are born with it. And since it is not a choice, there is no way you as a parent can control it. As far as i am concerned it is a disgusting orientation and you have to be really into it to allow someone put his thing into your thing. Either way, it is their life. Let them live it.

Please, Homosexuality is a choice. Before the NASS decided to ban homosexuality, they conducted a research on it and from what they discovered in Lagos, most if not all primary school students do not even understand what it is, it is when they go to secondary schools that the problem starts since they will invariably meet older people who will lure them away, if your ward lives in a hostel what can you do about it? Nothing, hence the need to ostracize them completely

javispj:
oo na u write revelations.. the Pope is the anti Christ.. Jesus him self told u..or u just speaking fr the stone uv got in ur head..

Don't blame him, it's the stone he has for a brain. Rather let's try to teach him the way....on a second thought, he won't even listen to the truth, so let's just pass him by and ignore

Owliver:
same God created homosexuals, blind, cripple, beautiful, ugly, handsome, conjoined twins, slowpoke. etc.

I wonder why he created all that differences and still call us perfect.

God did not create homosexuals. Please don't say something that you will regret

Akshow:
typical of a fickle minded bigoted Christian. I am against child abuse and oppression, going by your myopic logic, then i must be a child to fight against child abuse

does this analogy make sense to you? If you are not against Child abuse then you are a monster, as simple as that, and even if you are not, you will not admit it in public. But if you are supporting people's rights to be gay and for them to practice their way of life in public then you are no better than a monster yourself

pippimp:
Truth is no one has the right to impose their beliefs on another. I am thoroughly against homosexuality but i cannot say because i don't like it i will hate them. As long as they do whatever they do in the privacy of their homes and don't rub it in my face, then they can do whatever they like. I know that there are some shiit i do that most people won't like. We all have, or do weird things. Live and let live.

Thank you. But when they start coming out in the open and corrupting our kids, we can't just look sideways can we? We have to distance ourselves from them

Blossom023:
He said he wasn't going to destroy the world again.. fine that is your opinion.. Don't come at me with yours.. Stick to your opinion don't go out forcing it to anyone. Get my point.

that's the problem, you weren't making any sane point. You were twisting facts to suit what you THINK and thereby misleading others, so I believe I had to call you back, after flogging my child, I may say I won't flog him again rather I will use other methods to punish him(which is the case here, Hell was made to punish them instead of destroying everyone with them), that does not mean thesame thing as apologising

Gabbyraze:
Thank u for this wonderful comment,some people actually think been gay is a bigger sin than fornication,lying or stealing. Judgement day will be the most funniest of all days

Actually, Homosexuality is the sin that God hates the most, it's even in the Bible so I don't think their punishments might be the same exactly. Hell has many compartments I believe

GuyfawkesAB:
Like play, like play, The pope is ushering in the reign of the antichrist. If you understand the book of Revelations you will know that the pope, sitting atop Babylon (The Catholic Church) has quite a role to play in the end time events. He is coming into it gradually.

Sit down there and be defending what is sinful and its condoning. I hope you don't allow your ignorance lead you to destruction. Go and search the scriptures yourself, don't wait on any man to teach you or interpret it wrongly to you. Ask the Holy Spirit to reveal the truth to you

Are you really this stupid?

Blossom023:
Please you people should just note that the Pope speaks for the Catholics not the all Christians.

I agree that killing the gay people and hating on them is not good but apologizing to them is.. I don't know... That means the lesbian I spoke to yesterday should apologize to me for speaking ill of my belief ... That means that atheist that says God accepts adultery should also apologize to me because just like you say they have their own opinion to everything and anything including their sexuality and belief . I also have the right to one.. Though some Christians take this homophobia thing over board I see no reason to apologize to them..

That would be the argument of one.

The argument of another person will be that if God was able to apologize to Noah for destroying the world with a flood then we too should be able to apologize.


My opinion is that we should all love each other irrespective of our religion, sex, gender, belief, lifestyle whatsoever.. You cannot call yourself a Christian and you do not exhibit the life of one. When Jesus came he mingled with the poor, the demon possessed, the sinners.. All types of people.. So why can't you.. You cannot change a person if you don't show them love. If you truly want this gay stuff to stop which I know it can't you should show them love.. Show them what the Christian life is all about.

Where did God apologise to Noah? I think it's not in my bible.

Anyways, God only decided not to destroy the WHOLE EARTH again because there are some people in this world who can still be saved, but God did not spare a moments thought when he destroyed Sodom and he didn't even apologise for killing Lot's wife when he turned back, and since I am made in the image and likeness of God, I won't associate with them, although I won't kill them since it's not in my disposition but I will stay away from them hence i suffer the same fate as Lot's wife, Period!

Ferdinandu:
Imagine the likes for such hatred comment. I don't understand Nigerians. The kind of hatred people have for the fellow just because he belongs to a certain group is the root of majority of our problems.

Certain group? Blood of Jesus! So Gays are now a group among the society? So we should now freely commune with gays because they are a part of the normal society? For once Christians and Moslems agree on this fact now, we will not associate with gays in Nigeria, 14 years straight for you! If we start associating, our kids will start associating,the whole country will start changing to a filthy abode. I am a sinner, everybody is, but God has not destroyed any nation except Sodom because of this particular crime! Haba! Guy, thank your God say I no know you, else i for don call Police for you

Akshow:

Guys! We have a gay-atheist here. The Lad does not even believe in the Bible, how bad can that be?

joseph1013:
Then by definition, based on your answer, you are the optimistic one, while he is the realistic one.

While you say we have emerged from such in the past, it is not true. This is the most difficult group we have ever been put in for a World Cup qualification. He is right to say that in the recent past we have flunked far easier groups. Therefore judging the future by the past, he is just been real about our chances especially when you add the NFF factor.

I don't see how his sanity is in question here and why he deserves to be hated.

I do not hate the man, just the concept he is propagating. And we have always fluffed the easy group but we have always qualified from the difficult ones. He isn't being realistic because saying we won't qualify against Algeria, Cameroon and Zambia(we actually beat all those teams the last time we met every single one of them) isn't the situation on ground.

comodo:
We all want one player or d other to be in d team. But come to think of it, Ajagun is an AMF but Mikel Agu is a DMF so one cannot sub one for the other. Olaitan didn't do himself a lot of favour. He wasn't consistent in his loan deal both in Holland & Belgium. Besides who will they bench in d attacking third.

thank you mr brother. I saw people saying that we should drop Ndifreke for Isaac Success and stuffs like that, one position for another. My only regret in that team is the exclusion of Isaac Success but considering the fact that he is moving to a new club and that means he has to start the preseason too

The group tire me o@ Icon4s, do you by any chance know the fixtures and how it will be played? If we can start the first game against Zambia at home, then play Cameroon away then play a double header with Algeria then I will fancy our chances. But if we start with an away game against Algeria! That one would just not be right


SirGoodjoe and TheSuperNerd never come, they are still wondering why such a thing would happen to us

joseph1013:
Oga, you hate him for looking at the things on ground and making an informed opinion? You doubt his sanity for saying a team whose NFF is in disarray would not have the organization to play a quality team like Algeria?

Let me ask you: what gives you the confidence that the Eagles will qualify?

Do you want a straight answer? Because we have gone through worse. We have qualified from impossible positions before, not to mention that the calibre of players on ground right now is just incredible,we still have months to put our house in order and you are already sounding the funeral bells right now? That is not how its done, if by september we are still in disarray then we will all join your funeral procession for the SE

zoboizee:
with super eagles n nff, dnt be optimistic. if we could not qualify in a group with chad, egypt & tanzania, a group with sudan, congo & south Africa, is it the one with Algeria, cameroon & stubborn zambia we want to qualify from? Forget it! Our boys don't have the heart, they will fail when it matters most & our football administrators are even worst off. Better luck next time naija! We ve nvr gone to wc in a grup with Cameroon neither have we won an afcon final against them(×4).

I swear I hate people like you. This isn't being realistic, this isn't even pessimism, this is outright stupidity and nonsense talk. So we can't beat thesame Cameroon that we hammered 3-0 recently with possibly our worse coach ever?! When was the last time we met Algeria? In the 2010 nations cup when we weren't so good yet we beat them. What of Zambia? Guy go and check yourself abeg

TheGoodJoe:

If Nacho plays CF, in a full season for Manchester City, his stats will amaze you. He is actually trained as a top striker, not a SS. He plays the SS role because of Aguero. He excels in the SS role because he is one of the most gifted players in the game. His goal stats is not a fluke.

If Iheanacho could not play as a Top striker, Pellegrini would never let Dzeko go. That is what your missing.

Same goes to the AMF role.

I think it was Jovetic that they let go because of Iheanacho and Jovetic is basically a SS too, although I am not sure but I think so

terzurum5:
@ the bolded.
Please kindly post the article where the Dad said so. It seems to me you are misquoting him. I wish I could locate what he said exactly about his son.

It is in the Vanguard newspaper of Wednesday, June 22, 2016, page 28.

TheGoodJoe:



I get your point. The thing about this thing is that, when a player plays a particular role for a while, they get used to the pressure that comes with it.

Nacho as a young teen was exceptional with the pressure that comes with the attack midfield role. When the Cityzens coaches switched him, I did not watch him play in his training games but he will have difficulties adjusting.

That is the point. Difficulty adjusting does not mean he would not play well in the role.

Look at CR7 at the Euros. The more he adjusts to the lead role up front, the deadlier he becomes. Aguero would struggle to adjust as a creative midfielder as he was during his Atletico and Independiente days. Today he plays upfront but it does not make he can not adjust.

Putting Nacho upfront might not bring an immediate attacking spark as he does as a Support striker. With time, he would adjust.

I get your point but what I am pointing out is that players like Nacho, Aguero, Suarez, Neymar, Mess, CR7, De Bruyne can adjust to play any where within the creative attack, WF, SS and Striker roles.

yes we can agree on this. My point is based on his CURRENT position but ofcourse he can adjust but he can't just come to Nigeria during a FIFA break and start adjusting, the adjustment should start from his club so let's just use him as a deadly SS for the future but I do agree with your points though

TheSuperNerd:
Note: First of all, I was talking about Options for the Super Eagles in the long run... not the U-23.

That is what my post was about.



1) Naah... Wrong! Iheanacho shone as a lone striker in the FA cup vs Aston villa. He got A hattrick.

Worse as an AMF?? Go watch the Nigeria vs Luxembourg game again... lol... Nacho still got it. He's a no.10/no.9 Super Hybrid kind of player who can play as a CF, an SS, A false 9, An AMF, and a right/left wing (inverted) forward. His potentials are are still being nurtured but I have seen more than enough of Nacho in various positions across the attack in so many games for club and country to know that what I say is true.

And yes he is also a right wing forward. He even played from the left (as a left wing inverted forward) twice or thrice for man city this past season.

2) Kayode's finishing is the issue. Very poor in finishing and his decision making in the final third is still worrisome.

3) So in the list I drew up, you will pick Aaron Samuel and Aminu Umar ahead of Ighalo??

4) Lolllll.... yeah I saw that... but I still think he is worth the trouble...

5) Pace is not what I am looking for here. I seek Technical giftedness if at all I seek forward options...... we have enough pacy players........ Akpom's technical attributes are not hair raising. But like Sir Linked said.... "The More, The ........"

Yes I know you were talking about the Super Eagles.

1) you might want to check my reply to SirGoodJoe, i can't really type it all again. Considering the Crystal Palace game in the FA cup against almost their second team, yes he played well there, there is really no striker on Earth who can't play as a lone striker, just that not all of them can play it well. And I maintain that he can't play the lone striker well against the top teams.

He hasn't played as an AMF for a very long time. Playing as an AMF is not thesame as a support striker.

2) Well Kayode is essential similar to Ideye, even does it better than him, so if we invite Ideye then Kayode deserves a spot too.

3) Well, considering their performances for the national team then I will choose Aaron Samuel before him and that's considerable now.

4) Pace is sometimes required. If we are playing against a team keeping a highline, he can come in at the dying stages and exploit their tired legs. He can play as a CF or as a winger if i remember correctly so he is not a bad backup option.

TheGoodJoe:

Iheanacho can perform very well as a lone striker. Because you have not seen him play there, does not mean he can not perform well there.

Iheanacho can perform well as an attacking midfielder because he gets to drop deep and play as an attacking midfielder when he plays his support role.

In the Egypt game, he played as a Support striker. I disagree with him being poor. He dropped deep and coordinated play when he noticed we were not going to win the battle against the strong Egyptian defenders.

He had two strong shots, One the Keeper saved and the other led to the goal.

Remember Iheanacho's first Premier league goal against Crystal Palace. Even though it was for a few minutes, he played as the top striker, Replacing Bony. Aguero injured early in the game.

The Reason Nacho is so good as a support striker is because he can comfortably slip into different positions in the attack and midfield areas. He also packs a nice curling cross when he is on the left wing.

You once said something, that if someone starts playing as a SS, he has that freedom to roam. That's the thing there, playing as a SS is far far different from playing as a true AMF. Some fullbacks can attack better than a winger but when you play them solely as a winger they flop, examples abound. He can roam as a SS, which means he can enter into any position that he wants so that he can duly influence the game, but if he is the AMF, he is relatively rigid which means he can't drift into anyother position and he has to be part of the main press, so you get my point?

TheSuperNerd:
To be frank Ehn.... I don't think Nigeria needs Akpom.

Check out Nigeria's Options in the centre forward position:

(present and near future)

-Odion Ighalo

-Brown Ideye

-Isaac Success (yet to be capped)

-Victor Osimhen (we saw him at U-23 level)

-Sadiq Umar (yet to be capped)

-Aminu Umar (some don't even know he is a CF)

-Kelechi Iheanacho (anytime any day a whiz player in the CF or SS or false 9/AMF roles.. beast player).

-Aaron Samuel

-Fanendo Adi (yet to be capped)


So how is Akpom ahead of any of the above listed players?... The NFF should not waste time with Akpom please. Can they just focus more on Odubajo, Dominic Iorfa, Ehizibue, Ebuehi, And even Adarabioyo and Kigbu?

These are defensive options and defence is Nigeria's archilles heel now. We are well stocked for the next 10 yrs plus in attack and more will still rise and keep rising....



Besides, he didn't consider us all this while till now because he knows he got no chance with England in the long run.

Akpom may eventually agree to play for us but he finds himself behind so many of the above listed players talents-wise.

I have a few issues with your comment.

1) Iheanacho CANNOT perform well as a lone striker, and he is even worse as an AMF. He hasn't played as an AMF for Man city ever, the day he played as an AMF for us against Egypt he was poor. He can only perform extremely well as a SS and a false 9, I am not too sure about him playing on the wings but that is yet to be seen.

2) Why are you guys not considering Olarewanju Kayode? The guy is just a more athletic version of Morata. He has a better work rate and plays better, just that he is in the Austrian league and yes, I have watched his full watches, not just highlights.

3) Odion Ighalo should be in the bottom of that list, does anyone know where Sani Emmanuel-our super sub in the 2009 U17, is?

4) I don't want Iorfa junior anywhere near the SE. Did you hear what his dad said? He said his son isn't going to represent us at the Olympics, and that his son is only going to represent us if he is yet to be capped by England when he turns 23, imagine the arrogance! Is his son the best player in the world? He should go and burn, let's treat him the way we treated Onuoha Nedum.

5) Chuba Akpom is a pacy guy. I think he can function as a good winger. Although well, Simon Moses, Victor Moses, Ahmed Musa, Isaac Success and some other young guns, I think he can add something there.

Why are we not considering these two for our olympics team?
DONE DEAL: AS ROMA SNAP UP UMAR SADIQ AND NURA ABDULLAHI By Aanu Adeoye The Nigerian youngsters spent last season on loan at the Giallorossi, and the Italian club has now confirmed their signings on permanent deals Italian club AS Roma have announced the signing of Nigerian duo Umar Sadiq and Nura Abdullahi from Spezia on four- year contracts each. Sadiq and Abdullahi both spent last season on loan with Roma's Primavera squad in the Italian youth league, helping Alberto De Rossi's side to win the Italian championship. Roma have now confirmed they have exercised the option to sign both youngsters permanently, paying €2.5 million for each player. The 19-year-old Sadiq made his first team debut in November away at Bologna, scoring his first senior goal in a 2-0 win over Genoa in December. The highly rated striker scored twice in six appearances for the senior side last term. Abduallahi made 18 appearances last term for the Primavera, scoring two goals from his right back position. The duo was discovered by Kaduna- based Future Africa Football Academy and then transferred to Football Academy, Abuja, where they were sighted by scouts during a tour of Europe.

Napoleon55:
How did I miss out of this argument,thank u mr. Nerd for standing up 4 Nigeria football,Mikael2 and co should be reminded that Nigeria almost defeated Italy in USA '94,just 2' + 3' added time that denied us that chance,Italy went on to play in the final,Bulgaria team we trashed 3-0 went as far as semifinal,even Argentina had to struggle to defeat us, what would have happened if we had succeeded,only God knows,perhaps we would have been would champion,and we would have dominated world football at least for 5ys.

Sir, read my replies well. I even said that the nigerian team of old were considered dark horses for the world title. I did not say that we were not good back then, no sir.

My point is that he said we would dominate in the coming years, then I made mention of the fact that other countries have good players coming out of their academies too