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TheLoneCitizen:
Akinwummi Amoo loses the ball trying an extravagant flick, Maribor score with the counter. 1-1

Two minutes later, Amoo dribbles through the whole Maribor defence and threads a through pass. 2-1.

You see, hammarby will develop Akinkunmi Amoo into a world class player.
The greatest problem African players have is situating a club that is
actually interested in developing them.
All these famous clubs are not interested in developing local African talent.
The clubs that are developmental in nature are:
1. Red Bull Salzburg: This is very obvious
2. Nordjallen: This club developed Mohammed kudus
3. Hammarby (where Akinkunmi Amoo is)
4. Generaly, the Nordish leagues (i.e Norway, Sweeden and Denmark).
5. The Belgian league
6. Isreal league where peter Olawale is (his club is a developmental club)
6. Man city subsidiaries like sk lommel and one club in France etc
. Ifk Gothenburg (that developed alhassan yusuf
Midtyland that developed Onuachu, onyeka etc
5. Others i cant remember or do not know

Hammarby is particularly interested in West African players and the owner of Sidos (Akinkunmi Amoo's football academy)
actually has an agreement with them. He could have been sold to a bigger club
but his managers refused as they did not have a developmental plan for him.
This is where our u17's should go. Going to a big club can be counter-productive.
Our youths fail in Europe because they go to the wrong environment but i am very happy we have learnt our lessons
Samson Tijani's movement to Red Bull Salzburg was brilliant as they are committed to youth development
There are some clubs in Europe our youths should not even go to or at best such clubs should sell/loan them immediately.
Anyway i commend Liverpool for developing Taiwo Awoniyi well. They constantly loaned him to where he could get playing time
until they found a good club for him in Germany where he will be played as he is their most expensive player there.
Our u17's and u20's will now suceed in Europe more often because we now know the importance of developmental football
and not rushing someone to Barcelona after scoring 15 goals in a youth competition.

Lastly Pele said Africa will win the world cup because African footballers will go to Europe and learn
and i think he was right.

humility33:
Congrats to him but he should do well to stay away from the super eagles

The only thing stopping him is injury and loss of form. This is someone who has played for inter Milan and Torino and is experienced in the Italian league.
If he stays injury free and he is in form he will be a powerful addition to our midfield. Try him in a couple of friendlies and see what he has to offer. How many midfielders do we have in a top 5 league. He should be considered.
Is it because he is not oyibo. I don't understand

andrew444:
Jesse sekidika starts for gala in an important champions league qualifier against psv ,while ozornwafor is on the bench

Ozornwafor should leave Galatasaray to a club where he will get playing time.
They are wasting his time there.
It doesn't matter if it is a second division team in the Turkish league.
The way they are benching him bothers on sheer wickedness.
Why buy him from Enyimba as a talented teenager and consign him to the bench.
European clubs and their insincerity with African players.

jihday:
My passport is a symbol of the state of Nigeria, so if I use it does it mean I'm endorsing buhari? If they win and buhari wants to meet anyone who have issues with buhari can opt out

YOu are right. Hitler was once president of Germany and his rascist ideology was used as an instrumentality of government.
As popular as he was, he was not germany. The federal republic of Germany lived on after him.
Germans are not Hitlerites and after his demise, his ideology was done with and Germany redefined herself as a nation.
Nigeria has existed and will exist after Buhari and his activities cannot be used to define Nigeria.
As a sports man, you are representing the nation of Nigeria and in 100 years time if you win an Olympic Gold,
you will have won it for your Country and not your president (buhari or whosoever).
The nation of Nigeria belongs to the people of Nigeria and its citizens no matter how much our leaders
like to bully us and mismanage the country.

However, with the way things are going Nigeria may not last more than 15 to 25 years.
I forsee a massive civil war, insurgency or uprising which the Governmet wil not be able to contain
and which will lead to 2 things.
1 Either we have a regional Government where peace and justice reigns
2 We break up and disintegrate as a nation.

Our leaders cannot see beyong 2023. Even if they succeed in 2023 by 2035 Nigeria may be facing disintegration and civil war
and they will not even have a country to rule over.

Nigerian leaders are ignorant, short sighted and myopic and lack the vision for long term planning.
They are just brianless. They believe eronousely that because they are in power, they can get away with anything
but they lack the wisdom to know that very soon, they will not even have a country to rule and they
might lead Nigeria on the road to Mogadishu and Somalia.
If care is not taken Nigeria may produce a Charles Taylor who will cause a 5 year civil war that will lead to disintegration.

Nigerian leaders are underrating the capacity of the masses and the certain section of the country to protest and fight for their rights.
Our leaders will be shocked by the strange turn of events

charlesemeka85:
our grassroots clubs are doing wonders in discovering talents that's makes it to top leagues in Europe as well as being important figures in our various national teams

Imagine the below mentioned players were all nurtured by academies here before they moved to Europe

Kelechi Iheanacho Leicester city
Wilfred ndidi Leicester city
Samuel chukwueze villarael
Victor osimhen napoli
Zaidu Sanusi FC porto
Terem Moffi lorient
Sadiq Umar almeria
Moses Simon nantes
Samuel kalu bordeux
Kelechi Nwakali huesca
Issac success Watford
Bonaventure Dennis Watford
Paul Onuachu genk
Frank onyeka brentford
Chidera ejike cska moscow
Taiwo Awoniyi liverpool


These na few wey i fit remember ooo

Nigerian football will be in total darkness without football academies.
In fact, most of the best players in the Nigerian league are a product of football academies.
Samuel Nnoshiri (who according to report just moved to Real Oviedo in Spain) is a product of football academies.
Without football academies we will be running after foreign borns and begging them anyhow.
In fact, our national team will be so bad that we will not achieve anything.

komekn:
You need some education, you quite clearly lack the capacity to respond substantively. I asked you to explain and educate me. But you have done NOTHING.

Getting a work permit is not a routine exercise for players who are not outstanding or exceptional talent. That's the basic framework for a work permit in England.

Now that you have been enlightened explain how he met the criteria for a work permit. It's very simple.

I know multiple players from Africa who were not outstanding but found ingenuous, but still legal ways to meet the criteria and or evade by circumstance the requirements.

The new rule is that playing regularly in a top 5 league qualifies a player for work permit in England.
As per awoniyi he can have a career like Yakubu Aiyegeni. He can score regularly for average teams in the top 5 league like Yak did. Teans like Union Berlin and Aston villa. Wether he is good enough for top teams like Liverpool or Juventus is what I don't know

Kwame Nkrumah said "I was not born in Africa but Africa was born in me". Bob Marley was actually half caste (his father was a white man) but he fought for Africa all his life with his music.
Diasporan Africans contribute to the development of Africa (and in this case Nigeria) more than even the native born ones.
A lot of our foreign born players can actually build academies in Nigeria. Who told you Leon Balogun or Tammy Abraham will not be interested in building football academies, investing in our league or even starting companies in Nigeria? They simply have to be stimulated.
Diasporan Africans are helping Africa in many ways. According to a website "$25 billion annual remittance by Nigerians in the Diaspora was more than 80percent of the country’s annual budget and formed about 6percent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP)”.

Its about who you feel allegiance for and it is a thing of the mind.
Even foriegn borns that did not play for us can invest in our Economy.
As per the issue of playing for a country, Anybody can play for anybody.
Emmanuel Olisadebe played for Poland even though he was born and bred in Nigeria and even played in the Nigerian league
Holland actually wanted Salomon Kalou to play for them when he was young.
So it doesn't allways work like that.
Nigeria needs her disaporan Africans in order to grow and develop in all aspects of life

codemaniacs:
you're right but its not just the government's job to boost economy...

that means players like Ahmed Musa, odegbami who has built training centers/ academies in Nigeria should not build such things but wait for the government to build such

players like oshoala, oparanozie, ordega should stop their football outreach programs for young girls and wait for the government to start its own

all these players have one thing in common, they were born and trained in Nigeria and when they want to give back they give back to their Nigerian community...

How many foreign born players have done such in Nigeria

charlesemeka85:
U said it all bro, later we go dey cry racism but the way foreign born players re being insulted atimes here shows that some of us re worst than the racist whites

No matter how disgraceful it seem to others the way some foreign born players do turn us down or delay in declaring interest in playing for us I still see nothing wrong in the nff n Rohr not giving up in luring this players

If you want to compete with the best you have the best you can boast of most especially in sports.

Coming to the local league a lot hv to be done in the area players development which must start from grassroots.

The league board should make it compulsory for our local clubs to hv academies where players re taught the basics before they turn professionals. This is the reason why grassroot clubs export players easily to Europe unlike our league clubs.

I think from next season at least 5 clubs must have an academy or
the league will not start. If we have to close down NPFL for 6 months
in order for just 5 clubs out of 20 to have an academy so be it.
Also, each year at least 3 more must have an academy or the league will not start.
Also, any club without an academy 3 to 5 years from now should be closed down.
Better to have 14 good clubs than 20 who cannot produce anything.

Also, all clubs must have a certified coach. Nobody should be allowed to
coach an Npfl team without coaching certifications.
Any team without a certified coach should be fined and banned for 2 years.

These stringent measuers have to be done to raise the standard of our league
Nigeria is a country where we do not do things that are up to global standards.
We do simple things the wrong way and expect results like beating Mexico with a home based team
We need to do things up to global standards.
Next season should be reformation season.
Also, measures should be taken for coaches to be certified and be exposed to the latest method in training.
Our teams should also be encouraged to recruit players from our football academies.
The barcelona academy in Lagos should try and cooperate with Nigerian clubs so as to transfer
some of their players there.
The local league is gradually loosing relevance and football academies like tiki taka (that produced Alhassan Yusuf),
Ebedie fc (that produced Femi Martins, Paul Onuachu, Frank Onyeka) etc seem more relevant to our football.

Anyway the chairman of the body in charge of our league (LMC) has stolen a lot of money over the last
3 to 5 years. In fact, the reason why npfl was not televised was because the money supersport put in the league
for television rights was embezzeled. The leaders of the LMC must be millonaires by now. Amaju Pinnick is generally a thief

humility33:
That Genk coach need to learn how to play 2 strikers at a go

If he will be an understudy to Dessers he should look elsewhere then. For Onyekuru i doubt he is that ambitious because i dont wanna see him turkey this season...that league is not improving his football in any way

It's baffling but till tomorrow I don't know why he could not cut it in Monaco. He has everything to succeed. Dribbling skills, assist, goals etc. He even has end product and his stats are good.
I believe he can make it in an average team in a top 5 league. Teams like Lorient, Torino, osaduna etc.
He needs to go to a higher level. His talent will always attract the attention of teams in top 5 league but the question is can he make it there?

charlesemeka85:
Ogenyi Onazi was one of the heroes as he powered a fantastic goal when he fired a shot into the roof of the net for Zalgiris Vilnius to beat Irish club Linfield 3-1 to advance to the next stage of UEFA Champions League on 5-2 aggregate.



The former Lazio star scored in the 43rd minute to give his Lithuanian side a 2-0 lead.

The Super Eagles midfielder was booked in the 44th minute for his goal celebration.

The Jos-born player lasted 78 minutes before he was replaced by Ovidijus Verbickas.

If I was Rohr I will choose Alhassan yusuy over him. He is a fast rising talent who just moved to Royal Antwerp.
Onazi is still good but the Lithuanian league is too obscure. I doubt if the onazi of 2013/14 can return. That injury he suffered against France affected him badly. I mean he was bossing a midfield that had Pogba. Matuidu was very wicked and should have been sent off and banned.
Again I wonder if the onazi of Lazio can return but for now I will prefer Alhassan yusuf and other younger options.

It's high time Nigeria won a world cup or get to the semi-final. We are a footballing Nation and we deserve it. We are the first African country to win a FIFA organized tornament in 1985. We have won everything at youth level. We are the highest ranking African team in history (1994 eagles were 5th best in the world). Apart from eto we are the only African country with a 20 goal striker in the Italian league (Simmmy nwankwo). The most expensive African player is a Nigerian (Victor Osimhen).
The first African to play for Chelsea is a Nigerian (Celestine Babayaro). The highest scoring African in the fa cup is a Nigerian (Kelechi iheanacho).
There is a Nigerian kid called Francis dada in Bayern youth team. We have our wonder kids like Akinkunmi Amoo waiting to explode.
We have the histi, pedigree and culture to do it. We only need to believe in ourselves.
WE CAN DO IT

After all Ahmed Musa once went toe to toe with Messi and proved himself. It's high time we fullfiled our potential and won the world cup

This is disheartening. Sadiq Umar to krasnodar in Russi. He deserves better than this. Nigerian home grown players lack ambition

This forum is now a reference point for Nigerian players.
Any coach or agent looking for Nigerian players (even npfl players)
can come here to make a reference.
I mean from Supernerd to bascovanvelli and his passion for home based.
I first learnt of Alhassan Yusuf's move to Royal Antwerp here

Samueltemi337:
Watford again

Look there is one Andrew Randa who is the media officer of Nigeria's u20
and he seems to be marketing Nigerian players to them in Watford.

I have a slight suspicion Kelechi Nwakali could end up in Watford as Randa could market him.
I think Randa marketed Emmanuel Dennis to them.

It's good anyway that we have a Nigerian who is influential enough to market Nigerian players to
European clubs

Watford, Leeds and Bournemouth are interested in Kelechi Nwakali.
His wonder half season in Alcorcon is now getting some positive attention
In fact, Huesca are pricing him at 15 million euros

https://footballleagueworld.co.uk/bournemouth-to-rival-premier-league-outfit-in-ambitious-transfer-pursuit-of-15m-rated-man/
https://sportslens.com/bournemouth-join-leeds-united-in-the-race-for-kelechi-nwakali/371264/
https://onefootball.com/en/news/bournemouth-join-leeds-united-in-the-race-for-kelechi-nwakali-33339091

Philosopher1979:
Now I will talk. We need to watch out for the last all Africa games u20 team and the last u20 that did not qualify from Africa. They have given us adewale adewoye (the new Patrick viera) and Chinonso Emeka who are in Genk and now Samuel Nnoshiri. Their set is really coming up. They are a talented generation.

Yeah but he played in the allafrca games 2019.
Besides I hope you remember that the Cairo 91 allafrca games team gave us part of our golden generation like tijani babangida, Emmanuel ammunike etc

charlesemeka85:
Katsina united midfielder Samuel nnochiri signs for Spanish 2nd tier side real oviedo

Now I will talk. We need to watch out for the last all Africa games u20 team and the last u20 that did not qualify from Africa. They have given us adewale adewoye (the new Patrick viera) and Chinonso Emeka who are in Genk and now Samuel Nnoshiri. Their set is really coming up. They are a talented generation.

phemmyfour:
mushroom countries. Abroad get levels

LATVIA HAS A VERY GOOD ECONOMY AND SO PLAYING THERE
WILL MAKE ONE A COMFORTABLE LIVING.
EVEN ESTONIA'S ECONOMY IS GOOD AND PLAYING THERE
WILL EARN A FOOTBALLER A DECENT LIVING
Playing in the Nigerian league on the other hand will leave a Nigerian player poor
and with nothing to fall back on after he retires. Sometimes, they are not paid for months.
Those so called small countries have good transport system, a good and fast growing economy e.t.c
NIGERIAN FOOTBALLERS NEED MONEY AND WILL GO WHERE SOMEONE WILL TAKE CARE OF THEM
TELL NFF TO REFORM OUR LEAGUE
ALSO TELL NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT TO BUILD A BETTER ECONOMY.

Samueltemi337:
Lookman is going to Leicester

When will look man's switch to Nigeria be ready. Something is wrong somewhere

Kog45:
Kai Subzero una no go kill person here....the wey oyibo dey see we no dey see am.

If Dennis can be signed by Watford then why not Etebo a regular SE player with Olympics, Afcon and World cup experienced.

Oga Subzero be careful o

It's his CV or profile. He has played in Portugal, Spain, england and Turkey. He has also played well in the English league for stoke and so he is used to English football. I mean that is decent.

charlesemeka85:
Etebo likely to join on loan with an option to buy. Deal is imminent

Watford seems to have fallen in love with Nigerian players

Oldboss:
The home-based players of the Super Eagles of Nigeria
have another chance to show why they deserve more
opportunities in the senior national team when they play
friendly matches against Canada, Ghana and Cameroon.
The team recently lost 4-0 to Mexico in an international
friendly game played at the Los Angeles Coliseum in
California, United States.
Speaking after the game watched by over 50,000 fans,
Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) President, Amaju Pinnick,
revealed that the federation was on the verge of finalising
arrangements for the friendly games, which would hold
before the 2022 World Cup qualifiers begin later this year.
He added that the matches would hold in the 73,000
capacity M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, United States.
NFF President Amaju Pinnick (centre) with home-based
Super Eagles at training camps
“This is the launchpad we are providing for you to
showcase your talents,” Pinnick said while addressing the
players. “This team is our pride, and we will keep you and
monitor you because you are the next big thing in Nigerian
football.”
“In October, we will be flying the team to Baltimore for
friendly games against Ghana possibly, Cameroun and
Canada, maybe. We will sort that out in the coming
weeks. We will tidy up all the documentation. You will be
playing at the 73,000 capacity M&T Bank Stadium.”
In the game against Mexico, Nigeria presented a team made
up of players from the Nigerian Professional Football League
(NPFL) with Ibrahim Sunusi, who plays for Montreal FC the
only foreign-based star in the squad.
The team’s inexperience showed as they fell to the
Mexicans with goals from Hector Herrera, Rogelio Funes
Mori and Jonathan dos Santos.
Read more: Home-Based Super Eagles Suffer Heavy
Defeat Against Mexico
Speaking on the game, Super Eagles Head Coach, Gernot
Rohr, praised the team for ‘a good outing.’
Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr
“These are young players playing in front of over 50,000
fans in a foreign land. It was not easy but they showed they
can play this game,” Rohr said. “We are very happy that
fans are returning to stadiums after a long time playing in
empty stadiums.”
“Mexico is number 11 in the world and our young team
consist of the best players in the professional league at
home. They have learnt a lot from this game. I saw some
interesting players who could be useful in our next World
Cup qualifiers. Some of these players still have to work to
improve physically.”
Rohr explained that the game was part of Nigeria’s
preparations for the World Cup qualifiers, which will start
with a home team against Liberia on September 3.
“A few days later, we hope to play against Cape Verde
before meeting Central African Republics,” Rohr added. ” It
is a long way to the World Cup, but this match has shown
that some of the local players can play in the World Cup
qualifiers.”
“The match was a good lesson for my players because
Mexico are one of the favourites for the Gold Cup.”

npfl players are too raw to pick up and work on.
Rohr is allready picking and working on raw talent.
Maduka Okoye is an example. He picked him up from division 4 in Germany.
Europe based players are easy to refine because they are allready in a condusive environment.
There are many players based in Europe that Rohr can easily turn to world class and
market them to a top 5 league.
Rohr also did well for Samuel Kalu and made sure he stated in Bordeaux.
Rohr should concentrate on players like kelechi Nwakali, Obinna Nwobodo, Muazum etc
and see how he can make something out of them. There is hope for such players.
Products of our youth teams still have a lot of hope.
Adewole oladoye in particular may be world class very soon as he had a sensational debut for Gent
Abbass idris who just broke into a team in portugal is there e.t.c
Again i repeat, home based players are too raw to refine.
To refine a home based player takes at least 2 years and those obscure leagues
are doing the job for us as they can move on from there to better leagues in Europe.
NPFL PLAYERS ARE SIMPLY NOT READY
THE PROBLEM IS THEY ARE LOST IN THE NOSTALGIA OF THE PAST
Anayo Iwuala is not George Finidi of Segun Odegbami and Sety Mayi is not Austin Okocha
that played for Rangers.

The npfl players of the present just cannot cut it easily.
Stop living in the past. Rather try and improve the league and things will
fall in place.
Stop looking at these players with the eye of the 90's our league has sunk very low.
STOP LIVING IN THE PAST

WHY FOOTBALL ACADEMIES HAVE MORE TO OFFER THAN THE NIGERIAN LEAGUE PLAYERS

Why academies outshine NPFL clubs in talents export – Agents
’Tosin Oluwalowo
30 July 2020


Nigerian football agents say the prospects of playing for top European sides is the major reason why a large number of the country’s up-and-coming prefer playing for academies to play for Nigerian leagues clubs.

Football academies have been the latest exit point for Nigerian players seeking to join top European clubs, with Golden Eaglets captain to the 2019 U-17 World Cup in Brazil, Samson Tijani earlier this month sealing a lucrative move to Austrian champions, Red Bull Salzburg, from Lagos-based academy, Collins Edwin Sports Club.

Super Eagles trio, Samuel Chukwueze, Wilfred Ndidi, and Kelechi Iheanacho sealed moves to big European clubs from local academies. While Chukwueze joined Spanish LaLiga side Villarreal from Umuahia-based Diamond Football Academy, Ndidi joined Belgian Pro League side, Genk, from Nath Boys Academy of Lagos, with Iheanacho moving directly to Manchester City from Taye Academy of Owerri.

A look at the present Eagles squad shows that only Ahmed Musa, Oghenekaro Etebo and Daniel Akpeyi played in the local league before moving abroad.

While the list of Nigerians who have joined big European clubs from little-known academies is on the rise, Nigeria Professional Football League clubs, the nation’s flagship professional league, has struggled to Import quality talents to Europe.

Those who move usually find themselves in the backwater leagues in Europe.



Some agents, who spoke with our correspondent, said Nigerian league clubs paraded too many old players and expensive, which puts off European scouts.

“Most NPFL clubs don’t have quality young players; they rely on older players with experience. NPFL clubs also put big money on the players. When you place $1m or $500,000 on a player, the club which wants the player will want to see his quality and age. For them to invest money, the player must be young. You can’t place $1m on a player that is 29 years when the clubs can get younger players from the academies,” an agent, Marshal Mbre, told The PUNCH.

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“Most NPFL coaches don’t take time to develop their players and teach them what they should know, because at a certain age, you can’t learn again. The clubs who claim they have feeder teams also place players who are relatives of government officials in the teams, they just keep them there to pay them allowances. I have gone to an NPFL club and the feeder team players are older than the first team players. They just take in players who are short and claim they are aged 15 or 16 when in fact they are older than the first team players,” he added.

Another agent, Friday Kujah, stated, “Nigerian clubs pick players from academies and sign them on maybe a three-year deal, but when a foreign club shows interest in the player, they demand for between $300,000 and $1m. Nigerian league clubs are only using the players as personal properties and an avenue to make money.

“Academy owners are ready to invest in players and train them to bring the best out of them but when NPFL clubs hear a player has trained, they will start making demands from the clubs.”

Sunshine Stars chairman, Tajudeen Akinyemi, said NPFL clubs’ penchant for old players made it difficult for them to export talents to Europe’s top sides.

“When the likes of Daniel Amokachi, Finidi George, Mutiu Adepoju left for European leagues, they left from our local league. But presently things are not working like they used to be, we are lucky that we still have academies that are producing talents,” Akinyemi told The PUNCH.

“I once asked a player who came for trials in Sunshine his age and he replied me, ‘are asking for my football age or real age, sir?’ The difference between his real age and football age was nine years. So, clubs must ensure they recruit players who are really young, not old ones with fake ages. This is where we got it wrong; we must find a solution to this type of thing. And if we don’t do it, the NPFL will have a lot of problems.”

Copyright PUNCH.

https://punchng.com/why-academies-outshine-npfl-clubs-in-talents-export-agents/

They need to perform brain surgery on npfl coaches. They do not teach their players ANYTHING ABOUT FOOTBALL. npfl players have zero knowledge of football tactics and do not play with their brain.
maybe coaches should have some level of certification before they are allowed to coach. It seems any tom, dick and Harry can coach in Nigeria.
From what I know if a player is not educated in modern football tactics by the age of 21 it becomes difficult to change.
This is what is happening to npfl guys. It may be those above 21 simply cannot be trained again as they are set in their ways. The ignorance is irritating. This is why they will fail trails in Europe. Even the players need reorientation and brain surgery. They are a product of horrible coaching. I am tired.

Ovoke, Ndala and Babawo close to joining Armenian club Saven FC

NPFL GUYS AT IT AGAIN, PLATEAU UNITED PLAYERS GOING TO JOIN ARMENIAN LEAGUE.
GOING TO OBSCURE LEAGUES JUST WHEN PINNICK SPOKE AGAINST IT

[url]http://www.brila.net/ovoke-ndala-and-babawo-close-to-joining-armenian-club-saven-fc/
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Plateau United FC trio, Bernard Ovoke, Issah N. Ndala Jr, and Ibrahim Babawo are on the verge of joining the newly-promoted Armenia Premier League club Saven FC.


The trio jet out of the country on Saturday to finalize their transfer to the club country ahead of the 2021-2022 campaign.

JohnBullMySon:
In a standard game, our players would have gotten a lot of cards, both yellow and red. What sort of playing style is this?

Is this what Philosopher1979 calls the African style?

Abeg na the Atlanta 96 style I dey talk. Also the u17 of iheanacho set. These boys have finished embarrassing us. I don tire for npfl guys

We will equalize and win the match

Ppogbae:
Just finished watching Amaju's inspiring speech to our home based guys. We could be facing Ghana, Cameroon or Canada in October. Moreover, he derided the idea of home based playera hastily signing contracts to play in countries like Belarus, Lithuania, Cyprus and other countries alike. He mentioned that he believed they were capable of going to top clubs and leagues directly instead of going through the lower leagues of Europe. He also went on to say that our guys are much better in quality than MLS players, despite the large gulf in quality of the facilities and infrastructure that exists between the two leagues.

What a speech.

Actually the North African league is better than all these obscure leagues in Europe like Latvia, Lithuania etc.
You don't expect an Alhaly or zamalek player to head to Latvia; that will be rubbish. Even the Nigerian league is better than these nonsense backwater leagues in Europe.
I read the speech online and Amaju promised that henceforth the nff will monitor their transfers and will not let Agents exploit them and send them anywhere.
That was a fantastic speech

BascoVanVeli:
That would mean we won 6-2 cos Nwakali's cracker was also 3 goals

Stop allowing the White man to deceive you. If nwakali went to the world cup he would have collected the midfield from Lucas modric. He could also have dominated Argentina in midfield.
He may have some "tactical deficiency" like not marking but there is no perfect player.
The way black origin players are treated is wicked. Nwakali contribution in midfield will have gotten us out of the group stage while the white man is saying he is not good enough.
2 years from now he will have improved and he will get a good team but we do not have to wait till that time.
European s can be funny.
Let us just express our African style and we will be okay

JohnBullMySon:
Yeah. Everyone normally has this weird feeling that something out of the ordinary will happen. 95% of the time it doesn't.

I'll say, whatever will be our best game in that match will happen while the scores are still level. Once Mexico tips it over, it becomes a rollercoaster.

The only way we would get a shocking result is to play as a team, sit back and park the bus throughout. But trust NPFL guys, they'll want to dribble and attack.

Let them dance with the ball, dribble and attack. Better to loose 5 2 than a one nill loss. Guardiola philosophy of attacking football comes to mind.
If the express themselves good teams will come for them park the bus won't help them in the long run. They should play their normal game without fear and dance with the ball.

maidaboi:
Maybe not Dennis, we want him to impress
enough to help us, but not enough to get a call-up.
Now, there are some very talented Nigerian
forwards about, but considering there were some
domestic-based forwards in their most recent
squad (including former Leicester carthorse Ahmed
Musa), this perhaps is a small window!


copied from Watford forum talking about losing players to Afcon

there are some very talented Nigerian
forwards about

this got me smiling

It shows our football academies are doing something impressive. Generally our football is improving. It was horrible 7 years ago when nobody wanted our players and they end up in obscure leagues like Finland.

andrewbaba44:
Marcelo Bielsa the magician

Please post link

Here is the link

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.caughtoffside.com/2021/07/01/leeds-united-eye-a-second-transfer-from-relegated-la-liga-side/amp/