₦airaland Forum

humility33:
for Algeria and Morocco i think it is just a phase, there was a time when most of their players
were home based but a time came for Algeria there were a large chunk of young players
who had algerian heritage and were french citizens- the Bosnia coach they had then and the FA then took advantage of
the opportunity to lure them and it worked that was prior the 2014 world cup

and for Morocco same played out by absolving their nationals from the Dutch and spanish academics

more over the welfare of players and league structure seems to be better and well taken care of in this countries (Algeria & Morocco)
than elsewhere in west africa and even in some euorpean countries this has helped many of their players sit back home

Nah, I Don't think it's a phase, seems they see it as a quick way. See their under 17 squad released yesterday;players in German, Belgium, Dutch, French football academies. Ffs under 17, imagine this situation playing out in Nigeria, media for don nearly kill NFF

andrewbaba44:
Aribo won’t get because he is playing for rangers ,you should know england won’t call a player from the Scottish league nah

Winks and Eric dier are crappy players and not even up to ndidi level

You say??

Fraser Foster went to the 2014 world cup playing for Celtic

andrewbaba44:
The talk wey that guy talk pain me sha

Very nonsense talk, because a player moved to club who has not played UCL football in four straight seasons. SMH

Danielnino00:
Algeria and Morocco have talents o...it's evident in the performance of their clubs at continental games...

Maybe it's obsession with foreign things...
I wonder why they can't emulate their neighbor Egypt...

I think thier dominance has to do with thier organization and structure and with this they can keep whatever talents they have unlike we in the west where any football talent will jump ship at any opportunity even if it is to India or Hong Kong

tbaba1234:
This is false. It is not 'obsession.'

Inspite of the standard of their leagues and facilities, almost all of their players are based in Europe.

I know but the point I'm making is with thier facilities and good league, those two countries barely use thier home grown players. Thier team is predominantly Foreign born

Mention one England DM better than Ndidi. Is it winks, Dier,Rice??

If Hudson Odoi, Lingard, Fabian Delph can get called up, Chukwueze and Iwobi sef for get call up

charlesemeka85:
the 2 current super eagles players who are good enough for the English snr national team are ndidi and osimhen and i doubt they will be regulars

Danielnino00:
We are talking about foreign born players not players based abroad...

Brazil, Argentina, USA,etc have quality football infrastructure to develop their players...they don't need another country to do it for them like in the case of Nigeria..

Our football infrastructure is a mess !
From the grassroot to the professional level...

I think there's just an obsession sef with anything foreign, see Algeria and Morocco with way better facilities than us and way better league but thier national team is 90% FB or they probably don't talents like we in the west

Danielnino00:
I really don't know what to call this poster..
Either he is an over jubilant arsenal fan,an ignorant fellow or one of those people who simply don't like the country...

Seems he has deleted it. Seems he's suffering from Amnesia, I wanted to goan remind him if there was any move bigger than Osimhen's own this transfer window

andrewbaba44:
England try for World Cup ,they should have been kicked out by Colombia or so
Which top 3 as if say France Croatia Belgium na moi moi team

Exactly that Columbia match pain me ehn

komekn:
Tell me one of our players that can walk into the England team.

Ndidi will easily bench declan rice without stress

komekn:
He better recall Ighalo.

Let him make the bench at his club side first then we can start from there

Karlovich:
he made a mistake starting Joel obi in that game, he was clueless

Imagine starting Joel Obi and Onazi together in the midfield

**spits

Subzero047:
How are Norway playing, they are my second team

They are currently losing and sorry to break your heart, your boy is yet to score

Modified: Norway lost

No thanks to our professors in carpentry Ogenyi Onazi and Joel Obi

elyte89:
Na so we talk prior to d world cup...1st 45mins,we couldn't hold on to d ball for 3mins..we were so piss poor ,not until d 2nd half when rohr switched d formation to 3-5-2..we managed to gain some possession

England with thier "cross and isha Allah" tactics

Icon79:
Well, according to tbaba, there might be an exception. Let’s hope he’s correct.


O pari

There is

Ivory coast suppose beat this team wey Belgium start now.

nelszx:
FIFA has rejected a request from the Moroccan football federation to let Munir El Haddadi change his nationality from Spain to Morocco despite the new eligibility rules last month, this is due to Munir playing a match for Spain’s U21s in 2016 after his 21st birthday.

Chei, when den dey tell them dem no go hear

tbaba1234:
Born with parents with two nationalities at the time of birth is one of the exceptions. He should qualify.

Yup

Europa league as well

Danielnino00:
It's even good that Partey is in the EPL...
When Ndidi returns from injury,they will both play against each other eventually and we will know how far

Edopesin:
Atletico Madrid are a better club than Arsenal nau, they've been a better team for a long team even better than Liverpool until the last 3 or 4 years even though you won't admit it

How you even manage to use fan base as a basis of comparison is a mystery with the fact that Chelsea has a bigger fan base than Liverpool

As in my brother, I tire o

andrewbaba44:
They won the Europa league bro don’t forget how they beat arsenal at the semi finals with just 10 men ,atm won 2 Europa league in the past 10 seasons ,go check

Those lost 2 champions league final should tell you a lot

2 or 3 sef. 2010,2012 and 2018

andrewbaba44:
True facts

Some people self go argue that Chelsea own

Chelsea try sha

I'm a man utd fan but I kent argue that one. Apart from the Money and Fan base. ATM >>>>>>

Olulong:
Oga Danny quick question between Liverpool and Man Utd, who would u call a bigger club now??

Truth is in recent times only Man City, Chelsea and Liverpool are EPL clubs you can call an Upgrade to ATM

Cc Danielnino00 the edited post

Danielnino00:
Man Utd of course..
By every standard..

They have more money,more trophies,a bigger fanbase and a better caliber of former players ..

I already edited the post but regardless if you are a player which club you would rather go

Danielnino00:
Let me help you out of your confusion..
Arsenal have won more trophies than Atletico..
Arsenal are richer and more valuable than Atletico..
Arsenal have a far bigger fanbase than Atletico..
The caliber of players that have played for arsenal is much better than Atletico's ..

10 years can't be used as a yardstick to rate any team by any reasonable standard..

And how is AC Milan bigger than Liverpool?

Oga Danny quick question between Liverpool and Man Utd, who would u call a bigger club now??

Truth is in recent times only Man City, Chelsea and Liverpool are EPL clubs you can call an Upgrade to ATM

elyte89:
Abeg help me ask am o

Is it in terms of brand wise?
Trophy wise?
D caliber of players in each team from inception?
Or what?

In terms of history, Money and followership(mostly borne on the fact that's in the EPL). But aside that going as far back as the last 12 years ATM as been way way more successful.

Just a quick question you claim Arsenal is a bigger club right can u be confident to say you'll beat ATM when u face them now??

elyte89:
Arsenal, a downgrade to ATM ...aw?

It clearly is.

Oldboss:
pls which cheaper option how much does Ndidi earns at Leicester Partey is a far upgrade on Ndidi.


Ndidi only knows how to tackles he doesn't give accurate passes which Partey is better at after Saul in Atletico his is the second best midfilder

Ndidi earns 3.9M yearly at Leicester and Partey earned 1.8M yearly at Atletico. Also the Leicester we know wouldn't sell Ndidi for 45M.


For the second paragraph, Ndidi had higher pass Accuracy than Partey last season so all the he cannot pass talk is trash

12large1:
This ndidi case sef, I don give up. Its very insulting that Arsenal signed Partey before Ndidi not because of ghana vs Nigeria Rivalry but because of how people claim Ndidi is talented. Its eithee that he isn't good as proclaimed or he has a bad agent. Thunder go faya anyone that start posting ndidi is the beat ball winner again after this season

Personally I think thier style of play isn't similar. if there's any African player to compare Ndidi to based on style of play then it should be Idrissa Gueye and not Partey. I see Partey in the mould of and Ndombele or a Cissoko.
Arsenal are not looking for another DM they've got that in Xhaka and Elneny. In Partey they've got an Pogba-esquee kind of player


And for Arsenal fans we've been here before every year since 2017, Lacazete, Auba, Pepe and now Partey

Nigeria’s Super Eagles aren’t on FIFA…again

The Super Eagles have again missed out on appearing in the latest edition of the popular EA Sports franchise
FIFA 21 will released this week, and while gamers will be able to play as all of the world’s biggest clubs, they won’t be able to take control of
Nigeria ’s Super Eagles.
The West African are one of the many African nations who have been neglected on the game, as while FIFA offers fans the prospect of playing with a range of international teams, Caf only receives meagre representation.


Of the countries available on the game, there will be some African teams included, with the likes of
Egypt , Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire and South Africa all playable on the game.
It’s great news for fans of these nations, but too many supporters of Africa’s national teams are set to be left disappointed.
This has nothing to do—as some have suggested—with the teams’ standing in the world game.
None of the six top-ranked African teams in the Fifa World Rankings have been included in the video game, this is a list that includes Senegal (20th), Tunisia (26th), Nigeria (29th), Algeria (35th), Morocco (43rd) and Ghana (46th).


Egypt —currently ranked 51st in the world—are the top African team who are playable, which will come as a bitter blow of fans of those clubs at the pinnacle of the standings currently.
Some have speculated that Nigeria aren’t present on the game because EA Sports don’t have the licence to use the Super Eagles, but this isn’t entirely accurate.
While they may not have access to use the rights of the national side, that alone doesn’t prevent them from including the West African giants in the game.
This year—as has been well publicised—EA Sports have the rights to use neither Portugal nor
Italy in this year’s game, but both have been included without their official federation logos anyway.


Even club sides Juventus and Roma , neither of whom gave EA Sports permission to use their official branding, have been included, albeit with unofficial, alternative names.
Super Eagles fans will surely be disappointed to learn that even South African giants and PSL heavyweights Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs have been included on the game, while they have been overlooked.

The last time Nigeria were available on a FIFA game was FIFA 2008, and it’s too long for fans in Nigeria and the many Super Eagles fans of Nigerian origin around the world.
Look at the way that Nike are cherishing and relishing their relationship with the Nigeria national team—and the commercial success that partnership has led to.
Why can FIFA not see the value of including the Super Eagles in the latest edition of the franchise, and ensure that Nigerian gamers around the world can play with their heroes in the West African giants’ famous green? Nigeria’s Super Eagles aren’t on FIFA…again

TheSuperNerd:
No. You are the one taking it personal seeing how you went on and on pushing the point that Moses Simon's one goal puts him in same bracket as Samuel Kalu.

I have watched both Kalu and Simon this season and I can tell you for free that Simon has dropped two stinkers already this season for Nantes vs Monaco and Lille while Kalu has been much better for Bordeaux within same period. I have also watched our other wingers in Ejuke and Chukwueze. Musa has been inactive of late.

My statement was one of simple fact based on "this particular period in the 2020/21 season" and from what they have shown so far but you kept on saying it is subjective even when I showed you the factual angle I came from.

You picked Iheanacho obviously b'cos he has better experience compared to Onuachu and new boy, Dessers. How many has Onuachu and Dessers played compared to Nacho? Also, Nacho has what it takes to play in dynamic fashion with the likes of Iwobi, Chuks and whatever winger we pick on the left. He has the ability to deliver in the role just like a striker as natural as Dessers. So don't use the pick of Nacho to cover that.

In Simon and Kalu's case, both are just as experienced and fit to start on the left yet you picked Kalu.
You kept saying Simon this and that yet you picked Kalu for your front three. Or a Simon Moses on the LW cannot also see us defeating Algeria??


And you don't go stylish yet you began referring to last season (2019/20) about how "people in here" kept hyping Kalu based on one goal. I asked you who and you haven't provided an answer and you say you are not being stylish.

You say he remained on one goal throughout last season despite "some people hyping his one goal" and you think I would not ask ask if you suggest he would also remain on these two goals he has bagged this season?

You said something about "same story" and I asked what same story, you also haven't addressed that. Please... And please... This was never a direct comparison between Simon and Kalu. I said Kalu is the most inform of our wingers currently and that was based on actual observations and facts. I didn't just make that comment.

But if you still don't get my angle, then I can drop the Sofascore ratings of both players in Ligue 1 for all games played so far if you don't want to see that Simon is not in same form level as Kalu for now.

These things change and are temporary like I since pointed out but right now, Kalu is the winger in much better form among our wing men. Finito.

That Simon's miss against Monaco was indeed horrible