₦airaland Forum

Jodera:
I don't think it was. I've seen Partey beat press even more deadly than tonight's own. I still feel it's travel fatigue due to the international break. When Partey can't give forward pass, can't move, struggle to coordinate the ball, then this is more than workload. It's just him being off-form.

Congrats to Crystal palace tho, they deserved their win and their game plan was perfect

maybe na Naija juju dey work

andrewbaba44:
You don’t need to say they are responsible

Your agenda is clear .

Las las komekn still be human being

I don dey talk this, no be today.
Our loss that day was all on the coach...
I mean Ighalo,Musa,Osimehn and Sadiq were all on the pitch at one time.
Even if I'm to blame somebody,it'll most likely be Bassey...all he had to do was getting to the byeline and whipping in crosses ...but I won't, because he may be playing to instruction of our tactical coach.
So it's not about that match

andrewbaba44:
How are we not developing our own ?

Iheanacho awoniyi chukwueze osimhen ,Na another country develop these ones nah

We are approaching the best one we can get and so do other african countries .

Andrew... we're not.
When last did we have anything relating to U17 and U20 in Nigeria?
We need to invest the same energy we use in approaching these FBs to invest in our grassroot football too. Our HGs are the foundation of the team, any FBs that wanna play for us should make up his mind.
Look at how fast Plumptre's switch was....
The way Ekong stepped up to take the penalty..
Balogun going to Ghana's dressing room to congratulate them.
Those are the kind of FBs we want not those that are just playing for playing sake or just to boost their career.

andrewbaba44:
You are

There is nothing you can do to defend yourself


You are not making sense .

Defend?
You're funny

I ain't defend myself.

andrewbaba44:
Common sense should tell you that you can’t get the quality ones ,the quality ones always wantEd to play for those big countries

If mbappe was average he will play for Cameroon ,if kante was average he will play for Mali ,look at doucoure after waiting for so long and he sees he can’t make the French he is now welcomed at Mali

How many world class Nigerian foreign born do you have there ,I am sure you can’t even mention them

The ebere EZE and Michael Olise you are going for are yet to even play for Nigeria and they aren’t even world class ,billing didn’t play for naija ,Danjuma didn’t play for naija ,we can’t kill ourself oga

Even Tammy self take us do shakara ,I no no the quality ones wey you expect us to get

You are just discriminating those guys and that’s all ,and stop capping .

Our problem Na coaches ,but no you must add foreign born

And common Sense should tell you we need to look inward rather continuously approaching them and getting ridiculed.
Majority of those making up our team today are from our cadet team.
My opinion is simple,let's develop our own.
Show this to your neighbor make Dem explain to you if you can't comprehend

andrewbaba44:
There is no fact in what you said

You are acting as if it’s foreign based players that made your team not to qualify for the World Cup

Ekong aina Balogun bassey are all Nigerians and it’s not any of their fault that naija didn’t qualify for the World Cup

I am sure if most of you here are French you won’t want other nationalities in your team ,especially someone like zuchyblink

your problem is you just make out whatever you like from a post and force down the notion down your throat.
Now tell.me, where did I said they're responsible for our inability to qualify for WC? If it's about the WC,I know how to put it and even give you many instances.
You're not different from komekn

zuchyblink:
Victor Moses played academy football here before leaving for Europe. The story of riot in Kaduna is just packaging. If say Osimehn, Ndidi and Nacho na FB,they no for play for Nigeria

he even played here ? I didn't really know much about him

Amedino99:
Our problem has always been coaching. The passion won't coverup the incompetence of the coaching crew . You are just picking on innocent people. Even quality get grade. Even in their 'rejected status' they are still better than the home based players. What should be paramount should be the quality of the players. What is the essence of Simon's passion if he is only going to continue to play rubbish for us. The segregation seems kinda offensive. A Nigerian is the same no matter the origin.

All your assertions here are too sentimental oga....
There are some FBs that are just there for international status sake.
For the passion talk, Dem no dey write am for face. I have many instances already.
And you can't sit down at the corner of your room and assert that the rejected FBs are better than HG. No, you don't know that sir.

jihday:
which homegrown do you have? For example, which homegrown full back is better than Aina?

Open your mind and understand...
You're making it look as if I'm against these guys...no
Iwobi would have made a difference against Ghana and even against Tunisia..
Lookman was our brightest winger against Ghana until Simon came and messed up everything...
The problem is not going after FBs but going after the unwilling ones..
How many times have we approached Eze and Oliseh yet both keep turning us down?
Get better coach and these present crop of players will give you a better performance.

jihday:
you aren’t stating facts just your own opinion

It's a fact that we need better coaches...

It's a fact that filling our team with these FBs won't give us anything if we don't set our priorities right...

It's a fact that not all these FBs will give you the level of commitment you required

jihday:
iwobi parents aren’t from Nigeria or was he not born here too? Ademola’s parents are from Nigeria and comes home regularly. Oga you are just being discriminatory, not surprised tho a whole lot of Nigerians are like that

there's nothing discriminatory here oga...stop conjuring false notion and forcing it down your throat.
I made my points

AndSunGorilla:
Chairman, BascoVanVeli is an example of foreign born yet I don't know of anyone on this thread who has knowledge of our NPFl like sir Basco. He is so passionate about Nigeria and Nigerian football yet his formative years were probably not in Nigeria.

My point is simple...

We need better coach...

If we're to go for FBs,let it be quality ones and not those that won't even make the reserve team of their original team.

JohnBullMySon:
The last Afcon was over nine years ago. Almost no African team hardly had a foreign born player too. This is 2022. Do you think you can beat them with the same squad today? Like Eguavoen, you too are stuck in the past my brother.

Your problem is just ignorance. Senegal and Morocco, have FB players lower rated than Nigeria's foreign born players yet they're doing better.

You didn't answer even one of the questions I asked you.
As for the bolded, how did you find out that?

You're the ignorant one here. And all your questions have been answered but you won't understand then because you already have a particular notion programmed into your mind.
Nothing wrong in having FBs but it should be the quality ones. Packing all these FBs in our team without proper coaching is a waste of time.

As for what you bolded, it's all staring at our face but you won't see.

andrewbaba44:
Calm down ,not as if the whole players in the team are foreign based

France and other big nations have other nationalities

You don’t need to pour your anger on the foreign based biko

Anger?

I'm not angry bro..just stating the facts

BascoVanVeli:
Victor moses

Oh... thanks.
I don't know why Moses doesn't sound like a FB to me. I learnt he was born here and both his parents are Nigerian.

Over the years, our cadet teams have produced the like of Osimehn,the Kelechis, Ndidi,Omeruo,Chuks,Awoniyi,Ejuke, Awaziem.....

Our problem is not lack of players, we need better coach...

Enough of rolling the red carpet for those FBs.

JohnBullMySon:
Silly behavior. I'll be keeping them under control

As per Malcom X wey you be or what?

Small nyash dey shake o

JohnBullMySon:
Alright. Answer my question and don't run away oh.

We are not the only African teams with FB players.

Why are Cape Verde, Gabon, Morocco, Senegal,etc playing well if FB players are poor in Africa

Even our female National team players have been brilliant. They have US born players in the mix too.

Were Onuachu, Sadiq, Uzoho, Iheanacho etc, born abroad too Why didn't they bring their A game?

Oya begin answer

I'm not disputing the fact that we have been victim of poor coaching and management.
My stand is running after all these half-baked(I call them half-baked cos they couldn't even make the original team) FBs under the guise that we don't have quality player should stop. Our problem is coaching not players.
Running after FBs while we have the homegrown ones is kind of discouraging.
After all, correct me if I'm wrong but I'm not sure there was a single FB in the squad that won our last AFCON.
The bottom line is that these FBs won't give you the level of commitment and passion you want compared to the homegrown players.

JohnBullMySon:
Senseless statement. So is it the Nigerian born players that will make England or Germany's squad?

It's not senseless. Our national team is not a dumping ground. Since we started going after these FBs, wetin we don achieve

You just gotta admire Rakitic...man gave his All yesterday

50d33q:
But it's at opponents disadvantage because we all know his quality

You're right. They will be reluctant to tackle him yet he is dangerous.

Jodera:
Na even Eriksen laugh dey make me laff

It's as if he knew the disaster that's about to befall Chelsea and he's already laughing beforehand

50d33q:
I am not comfortable with eriksen playing, I feel players are handling him with care with tackles and all.
Who approved his coming back to football

i thought I was the only one who noticed this. He was playing too cautiously and opponents don't go hard on him anytime he has the ball.
My brother, it's a hard decision to stop doing what you love most so let him carry on.

Spy360:
Erickson's impact in Brentford is remarkable. He has lifted their quality 5notches up.

exactly..and he is not even at 100%

Omo... Mendy was thoroughly mended today...

The way Rudiger was celebrating that goal ehn not knowing na April fool



Lesson of the day: Avoid bees .. Dem go sting you

Schemerkhiz:
With Ashleigh Plumptre playing for the Superfalcons most of them will definitely come out to declare their intentions of playing for Nigeria..

And sadly,this may be a disadvantage to us on the long run.

OkpaNsukkaisBae:
Under Bartomeu, Messi handed in a transfer request. But Bartomeu said he will never be the president that sold Messi. Wanted Messi to extend his contract but dude refused to put pen on paper.


During election campaign , Laporta said that Messi will renew his contract, he's not thinking of a Barca team without Messi. Forget the useless laliga salary cap.

Messi didn't left willingly.

OkpaNsukkaisBae:
During the ballon d'or award ceremony in France, she dedicated her success to her sister, mother & late father....literally narrated her childhood & family story. I think if she's married , she would have made mention of her husband.


Btw....Neymar is a playboy & a Brazilian superstar. They don't match cox las las na court case & divorce go end the union.

Be like you Sabi Neymar wella

OhBritannia:
That is what i read on Google, she was in a relationship before but it's like she left the relationship.

Ok

OkpaNsukkaisBae:
Busquet:

" I'll not play for a European team other than Barcelona"



Unpopular opinion. I think Messi is not a true Barcelonismo.
I thought man will retire here or go play for a non-European team. Man went to PSG cox they're one of the few teams who could match his salary demands.

Imagine Messi (PSG) against Barca in a champions league final or knock_out stage matches

He's the greatest player in Barca history & I really hope they give him a proper farewel but he's also mercenary who came to light up the Camp Nou for the right price.

So you think he willingly left?

Jodera:
Mehn, who saw that unlucky miss Martinelli in had in his last international?
That would have been a very very beautiful goal...

I'm telling you...
That turn...the piece of skill...simply incredible

BlueRayDick:
I saw the news, I just hissed say na people wey he fit score be this àbí?

Me I sha like how holding respects himself and enjoys his new role of coming on in the last 10 minutes using his fingers to announce change in formation especially when we are defending a lead

Immediately Holding comes in, opposition should know we Don close shop be that.