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Kog45:
Nigeria U17 star Ola Oyinlola moves to Liga academy…young shall grow.

Who is he.
What is laliga academy

elunico:
It's not all about your squad depth.

Super Eagles are a very easy team to beat, clip their wings and they're clueless on what to do.

We're never creative down the middle.

In the next 3 years we will start using midfielders. Our coaches stubbornly refuse to build our midfield but time and experience will teach them a lesson.
By the time we perform poorly in the next 2 nations cup and dont qualify for the next world cup we will start shouting and asking what the problem is.
By 2026 we will be forced to build our midfield. The universe is strict it is either innovate or die. We will learn the hardway. It is a matter of time.
I suspdct when we perform poorly in the next nations cup our coaches will change their mind. By February pesiro may be sacked if he continues this way and does not build our midfield. Doing something that results in failure is not tenable on the long run. We simply have to change

Meliforme:
This Chaves team needs serious deliverance.

This is not ordinary.

The goals are happening like miracles.

Their new coach should be sacked immediately after the match

Marjoribanks:
Even Rohr and Austin Eq. Who won't? The attacking options are scary! Nevertheless, only team balance wins you game. E.g Brighton!

If our coaches are intimidated by our attack then they are not sound coaches to begin with. If u are good at something u make good decisions that lead to success even if people will complain.
I mean football is won by basically the tactics if the coach and not just players

TheSuperNerd:
Some other Naija lads in action yesterday (Saturday - Sept 16)

✅️Jamilu Collins (LB) bagged an assist🅰️ for Cardiff City in their 2-0 win over Swansea yesterday in the Championship. He won the most tackles (5) in the game and won 6 out of 7 ground duels. His passing accuracy was 73% from 33/45 accurate passes.


✅️Toluwalase Arokodare (CF) also bagged n assist for KRC Genk in their 2-0 away win at Royal USG in Belgium. His 2nd G/A in 6 league games. He played only 13mins+ off the bench.
Overall he has 4 goals, 1 assist across all competitions from 12 games (4 starts).


✅️Igoh Ogbu (CB) kept his 4th defensive cleansheet from 7 league games as he helped his side, Slavia Prague to a slim 1-0 away win at Pardubice.


✅️Tom Dele-Bashiru (CM) played 65mins from the start contributing to his side, Watford's 2-0 win over Birmingham City in Matchday 6 of the English Championship.



✅️Flying Eagles LB at the last U20 WC, Solomon Agbalaka played all 90mins for Sochi as they fell 1-0 to Victor Moses' Spartak Moscow. It was his senior debut in Europe. Moses played 66mins.

Two questions
1 glad Samsin tijani is now playing regularly at wolfsberger. For me i dont wang him in the nations cup so he can concentrate on his career and have a full season. How well is he playing
2. How well is fisayo dele bashiru doing in hatayspor

Meliforme:
Nobody wrote Aribo off.
He is not a midfielder.
He reads games very poorly, and can be completely lost in games, just running around and sweating.
The midfield is about control. You cannot control a game, if your reading of the game is poor.

I have found Aribo not knowing what to do with the ball in midfield on countless occasions, just clueless, He is the back passer in chief.

Aribo is a fine dribbler and has eyes for the final pass. Aribo displays his excellency whenever he is close to the 18 yard box, where he can either dribble a player or two to get a shooting chance, or make the final pass that can result to a goal scoring opportunity.

Aribo is not a central midfielder. The sooner our coaches understand that the better. He will be better as a winger or support striker in a 442.
I know a lot of people will not agree but its obvious. He cannot control a midfield or read a game.
Its a misnomer playing him in midfield

lovewins:
I think is family was a big reason why he retired at the time. There were rumours at the time that his partner wasn't exactly pleased with the Kuwait move and didn't intend to move with him.

Mikel should come back from retirment like roger milla did

Marjoribanks:
The coach is playing a disorganize 352. The formation is stupid and shows that he does not understand his own players. Pathetic!

Peseiro is a scam who came to collect our money. He is just a mediocre. With him as coach we cant go oast the quater final of the afcon.
He is a big scam who came to collect money

Cecco90:
On the contrary, you are the one that's a joke. You want them to call players that will later go and play in Malta, Lithuania, and Hungary when we have AFCON in 4 months time?. Players that couldn't qualify for ordinary CHAN? The way we reason in this country is definitely different from other normal people.

Divine Nwachukwu (The Bendel insurance midfielder) should please
not run away to latvia. He seems a good player and has received a call up of late
He should wait until the next chan and then go to belgium or holland where he can build a good career in Europe
With a good coach the homebased should qualify and do well in CHAN.
NFF should wade into the matter and monitor the way our npfl and even academy players run to obscure leagues.
it is getting horrible. Their career should be monitored as they are part of Nigerian football.
it is better to win chan champions league with Enyimba and if you must leave go to lens fc of France
when you are 24 than go to obscurity in malta or latvia.
unfortunatelly Nff is not organized and is corrupt and so everything is in shambles.
NFF should put their house in order.
the new president seems committed i hope.
There are also some private clubs doing well but
A LOT HAS TO CHANGE iN OUR FOOTBALL.
THERE iS AN ADMiNiSTRATiVE PROBLEM THAT iS THE ROOT OF THE MATTER
CALLiNG HOME BASED PLAYERS TO CAMP iS LiKE CUTTiNG OFF THE BRANCHES
WiTHOUT ATTACKiNG THE ROOT.

oloriooko:
“I Will Be Free From FIFA Ban In 2024 - Siasia

"I thought I was going to be free by this year (2023), and I was so excited. But I had to look through the document that FIFA served me, and I found out that it was going to be next year. By next year, in August 2024, I will be free from the FIFA ban, and hopefully I will be back to football.

"Irrespective of what happened, I have learned my lessons, but FIFA, who initially gave me a life ban in football, could not prove anything wrong with what they claimed I did. But they had to reduce it to a five-year ban, and it will expire next year. I thank God for that.

“It has been terrible to be away from football for five years, but I am preparing myself to come back to football, so I have to prepare myself so I can start ‘running’ once I resume by next year.”

-Samson Siasia
Facebook

The reason why we did not qualify for the olympics and the home based CAN was because Siasia was not around
He does well at youth level and is one of the few Nigerian coaches i really trust.
Our football badly needed Siasia
He also nows how to get the best of our home based and youth players and integrate them into the national team.
Our football badly needs Siasia

ChrisKels:
You are missing the point which is that you can't make it if you ain't talented. Those other variables you mentioned are secondary and they can't make you a good footballer if you don't have the talent already. Children of most footballers don't have talents but they are disciplined, taught how to work hard and be determined, but yet they fail at th end.

Most footballers from South America and Europe make it with only innate talent without discipline, hard enough work and determination, even though they don't last long on the scene.


Do you know as disciplined, hard working and determined as Justin Kluivert can be, he doesn't have what it takes to reach the height Baloteli attained

Yeah natural takent can get u to some extent. After that u need ciaching with discipline.
An example is gift orban. He is obviously a raw talent from street football to best player in belgium and European league record.
However to thrive in a top 5 league he needs tactical training duscipline humilitu and he needs to learn.
I mean to play in chelsea real madrid etc ge needs some polishing

heartofcity12:
Simp at it again 😂
He sent 350k to a random girl he doesn’t even know just to get her attention😆.. Later he’ll come out to cry that she’s a gold digger 😂

i am not too good with women
but i collect ladies phone numbers while walking on the road
without giving them money.
in fact i can collect 10 in a day if i want.
Also in a few weeks or months i have their attention or even their body if i want.
im not too good with women and to some bad boys im basic as guys bang girls in a few days
but at least i do not have scarcity or money mentality nor do not lack confidence

Simps do not understand or know who women are or
how to relate with them.
Their relational strategies are too simplistic and ineffective.
i just know some basic things and i at least can succeed at a level with them.
Simps need to try out other strategies but their belief system bleeps them up.

Also i dont totally blame women for exploiting simps
every human being likes money and will use what he or she has to get what he or she wants.
Simps dont understand women are human beings like them with their faults and foibles.

In fact, as basic as i am in understanding, i have to make sure im not around
girls because i have a call into the things of God (as in ministry)
and because i have a destiny with God as God has called me to be a pastor
i must move closer to God and make sure i dont fall into sexual sin.

Women are really easy. I remember a lady i seduced (I mean the seduction was spontanous)
I was in her house we were talking and she just kissed me and we made love.
I cant remember giving her money
From there, the power was in my hands
Anytime i was comming, she became jittery as she could not control her sexual feelings for me
She was the one that was shy
I just read a little on how to seduce women and put some basic things into practice thats all.
And to be honest, i dont understand much just basic things and a little research here and there
Simps have no basic understanding of women and seduction.

kennysville:
There is a reason some animals are cold blooded and some are warm blooded while some are amphibians.

Take a fish out of its natural habitat and you get a dead fish. Players need to look before they leap. I know a lot of folks will say players need to adapt to all situations and all teams but forget something called SWOT analysis
Onuachu loves long balls in a club that existed and has its own style of play. Question is how does he fit into the puzzle? No club is goin to abandon its philosophy just to accommodate a player's singular strength. We see this in the case of Iheanacho who likes playing with 2 upfront as a second striker which meant certain individuals cannot play when this happens and club's philosophy is threatened.

Tell our boys to look before they leap. Some challenges aren't worth taking. If it's not working, get out and try elsewhere.

Onuachu is different. He is too technicality limited. He cannot do anything eith the ball on the ground, is not mobile, is not aggressive, is not skillfull technical or anything.
Iheanacho can still play as a lone striker in some situations and us technical. As long ad you can do things with the ball at your feet pass or dribble you can be accomodated.
Onuachu is too one dimensional for most coaches to cope with.
In a physical team he is not aggressive or mobile. In a technical team he is not technical at all. What do u want coaches to do.
He is the most one dimensional player i have ever seen.
Awoniyi is also physical bug he is technical and mobile. Check out his pass for elanga for his assist today.
Onuachu dies not even have good hold up play. Some coaches will simply get fustrated.

Samson tijani played 90 minutes for wolfsberger today in the austrian league. Second match if thevseason

AndSunGorilla:
Unrelated, just read on BBC that Liverpool rejected the Saudi largesse for Salah. Paul Merson former Arsenal player is like Salah should take the money, that money means his grandchildren won't even have to work. He was like, Salah is 31, how many more years does he have left to play and he could have 50 more years to live. At the end, the Benjis are essential o. Me sef don dey watch Saudi league now.

They can arrange to have the contract postponed by a year if possible.
I mean a pre-contract can be signed that he will join the club next summer or at a stipulated time
preferred by Salah.
That way, they can spend the whole of this season and the summer looking for a replacement for him

ChrisKels:
Chiemela Benjamin Fredrick to Brentford?

I'm skeptical about this move because I don't want him being sent out on loan or warming the bench. He is too good for that.

I watched him in the u20 and i was very impressed.
He organizes the defense well and is a good leader.
He reminds me of Stephen Keshi.
He is technical, marks well, intelligent etc.
The boy is actually very good

mostob:
What do you think is the right decision for him? Stay with Maresca and continue developing or move to another club where Dem go turn am to ABF midfielder. How I wish he had had the chance to work with his current coach earlier.

Well, Nigeria needs to have a coach like Maresca
He is decent, hardworking, young, tactically sound and ambitious.
There are coaches like this all over the place.
We will find if we look hard enough.
At least, such a coach will not be expensive and will want to make a name with an
African football giant.

Anyway what about
Ebenezer Akinsanmiro and
Victor Eletu
Are the 2 midfielders going on loan this season
or they will remain in the youth teams of inter milan and ac milan
if so, will they be given first team opportunities
Anybody with any information on this issue
It is 2 days to the close of the transfer window

COACHING IS THE FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEM WITH NIGERIAN FOOTBALL

Coaching is the basis of development in football and sports.
Coaching to football is like teaching in education.
A good coach will product 50 good players
A bad coach will produce 50 bad players
Nigerian football administrators dont take coaching seriously.
We don't do fundamental things the right way in this country
Our players are badly coached that is why as talented as they are
they end up in obscure leagues.
Recently Finidi Gorge was not allowed on the bench in a caf champions league match
because he does not have the minimum Grad B coaching licence.
IF WE DONT DO SOMETHING ABOUT OUR STANDARD OF COACHING OUR FOOTBALL DEVELOPMENT WILL REMAIN
LIMITED.
The way a NIgerian football is what a 15 year old boy in chelsea academy knows a 22 year old Nigerian footballer
is not even aware of it.
Footballers in the country have their developmental weaknesses exposed abroad as a result of the absence of good coaching. The finest Nigerian players abroad nowadays hardly pass through the league system because there’s almost no development in that regard, greatly due to the NFF’s failures.

https://soccernet.ng/2022/04/nigerias-coaching-struggles-and-the-culpability-of-the-nff.html

In fact, i once read somewhere that the npfl players look like bush people (araoko) when they come
to the Super Eagles camp. They do not even know basic things like zonal marking or first touch for a striker
The average Nigerian footballer is like a chemistry student who does not know basic things like how to
balance a chemical equation, atomic number, isotope etc and is about to do his SSCE.
COACHING IS THE BASIS OF FOOTBALL

Samson Tijani in action for wolfsberger vs rb salzburg.
Match will soon end.
They loaned him where he would get playing time.
Thats good of salzburg

nwakali starts for gd chaves against farense. Match starts at 6pm

komekn:
You are trying to turn white to black and red to blue, you are beyond redemption with your misinformation and disinformation.

This is humility in your definition, on arrival at Huesca Nwakali was shipped out on loan (too poor quality) . Yo add insult to injury,they couldn't wait to get rid of him tried to end his contract prematurely illegally. In addition he was the second to lowest paid player at Huesca.

He then goes to an even lower club than Huesca, which was Ponferradina a near bankrupt club. He is so good in the Segunda division nobody wanted him. But according to many here he was the best Midfielder in the Segunda division.

He now goes to an even poorer club for less wages in the name of Chavez FC .This is a club Enyimba will flog comprehensively.

And in your definition this is humility.

You can't change the facts to suit your FALSE narrative.

Nwakali has been poor quality and that's why he is surrounded by very poorly paid and low quality players like himself in Chavez FC

i am not an expert but
(1) Chaves came 7th last season. That is encouraging and not poor
(2) The Portuguese league is better than the spanish second division.
(3) Since 20016 they have been in the Portuguese first division

A team lie this in a respectable league cannot be described as poor.
i mean perfomance of a team is just not by one or two matches but over time .
The portugues league has produced ronaldo figo rui costa diogo jota
The league has even won the champions league and benfica recently defeated arsenal.
to come 7th in such a league demands respect

Nwamazi8:
Your own take on this sub-forum na to dey disparage the opinion of others, not that your contributions are any more intelligent. If Ndidi, Onyeka and Aribo are injured (which is a high possibility given their injury records)

Which other midfield options do we have other than the ones I listed? You have the floor to name your perfect list.

To be honest with you even when they are available they are mediocre. Only Ndidi and iwobi is really above average.
onyeka and aribo cannot really win a midfield battle.
Anyway i suggest we should try fisayo dele bashiru in midfield (at least he is getting regular game time in turkey)
Also in the world cup qualifiers and friendlies we should try daniel daga as a dm.
he seems impressive.
Dont listen to people like him who cannot come up with solutions.
Raphael onyedica might be better than this aribo and onyea but people again will not listen.
as per aribo he is better off as a winger in a 4 4 2 formation or as a support strier.
The problem is that Aribo is not really a midfilder. More of a support striker or winger who can play in midfield some times.

TheGoodJoe:
The bolded is simply not true but a lie you tried to sell. As soon as Osimhen got the chance, he flourished.

The fact is that there is more competitions for Africans in creative midfield roles. That is why Mikel with all his talent never played a creative midfield role for Chelsea. He only played a a defensive midfielder.

Even Yaya Toure found it difficult to play a creative role for Barcelona despite being one of the best talents in the history of the game.

Iheanacho made his breakthrough as a creative attack midfielder and was converted to a hitman because of the same issue.

Iwobi broke out as a creative midfielder and found it difficult to cement himself in that role.

That is why it is difficult for Nwakali to just breakthrough and why we have little Nigerians in such roles.

Finally, Osimhen was always good it was just your blatant hate that made you tag him not good because he was not getting an opportunity.

Finito.

The bolded is true. There is discrimination against africans playing the creative midfield role.
Europeans believe Africans cannot play as creative midfielders and so dont encourage them.
This is a quote from a website
Ian Hawkey touches on the subject in his all encompassing book Feet of the Chameleon: The Story of African Football.

“More and more the notion that Africa’s football exists in service to Europe’s professional game dictates the type of athlete clubs, schools and academies promote. ‘Sooner or later when you speak to a coach in Europe, who might be interested in a young player,’ says one scout employed to survey African talent for a leading British club, ‘they ask you “so what’s his aerial elevation like?” They want big, tall, strong players first of all.’

“There is a prevalent stereotype among recruiters that the best sort of footballer to look for in Africa is the quick striker or the muscular defensive midfielder...Europe’s acquisitive eye shapes the very shape of an aspiring African footballer,” he says.

this is culled from a website

https://inbedwithmaradona.com/journal/2011/11/7/is-europe-killing-the-african-playmaker.html

charlesemeka85:
nwakali go collect midfield from Amrabat? 😳

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Goodmorning my Neighbours

Okay i admit i am exagerating.
But at least he should be part of our team due to our lack of midfielders
I was overexcited when i was typing that

Meliforme:
We have been missing Ejuke.
He understands the game more than all our wingers.

I said it and i repeat, Chidera Ejuke is more intelligent than any winger that has featured for the Super eagles in the past four years at least.

Samuel Chukwueze has been improving in leaps, especially in his understanding of the wing play dynamics.

To explain Ejuke's intelligence – in the game against Tunisia, Ejuke tried to use his speed, movement and dribbling to affect the defensive shape of the Tunisians, he was looking for an opening and tried to see if he could drag some players with him, but the Tunisians aside crowding their box, were also defending in zones.

Besides hd can play in 442 formation as a winger. I 100 percent agree with u.
I know a lot of people will find youg opinion strange but its true

comodo:
Abeg strikers don too much. Haba. It don do abeg. Na curse if we get one close to world class CM Or AM??. We fit dash Armenia that one too.

The following midfielders may become world class in less than 5 years (peharps 2 to 3 years)

a. Samson Tijani
b. Fisayo Dele Bashiru
c. Victor Eletu
d. Ebenezer Akinsanmiro
e. Maybe Ibrahim Oseni

MAVICK2000:
Pls, i need advise(s) on memory capacity and reading hours, i am quiet brillant but i find it hard to read an recall what i read even if i do intensive reading, i still forget most of what i read it like my brain doesn't store, and even after rercusion it still same. Pls s there a way to solve my problem because my exams is drawing near and i have few weeks left

This is my suggestion

1. When you read jot down what you have read
2. You then read what you have jotted down
3. When you read, you revise that is you can read a topic 2 or 3 times. Repition aids memory

Remo Stars product Nigerian winger Tunde Akinsola played his second game in the
spanish second division for Real Valladolid yesterday
He is only 20 years old

typicalgamer:
Toki toki bird

Then he comes to afcon and can’t implement what he learned and factory reset back to jam body football 😂

He will improve under a guardiola lie coach. After all that is what he does for a living.
Yoruba says n kan ti eyan fin jeun.
Football puts a roof over his head and food on his table so why wont he improve
when he gets a good teacher.
One season in leicester will turn him into a technical player.
If he doesn't improve with all that then it his fault