₦airaland Forum

Ppogbae:
This Morocco’s squad for the U-17 AFCON. 24 players on this list are foreign born...

No big deal. foreign borns are just there.
Why is Morocco so crazy about foreign borns.
Foreign born footballers are Generally overrated.
They just have access to publicity and exposure.
i dont see much about them

Ppogbae:
On paper, we should be vying for #1 in Africa. We have way too much talents at our disposal...

What we need is a coach like Westerhoof. Nigeria needs another Westerhoof

zuchyblink:
I disagree with Rohr on his notion that playing in big leagues determine success in National teams. Brazil has won world cups with more home base players than foreign based players and are the most successful national team in FIFA world cup. Egypt the most successful national team in Africa achieved that feat with almost home based players.

I quite agree with you. He is simply not a very good coach. His coaching skills are just
average.
Besides, ending up in a big league is a question of time.
A player in the Belgian league might end up in the Spanish league in 3 years time.
As a coach you identify a good player at an embryonic stage based on his style and technique
and then you use them.
In fact, success as International level can get you a big club.
Playing for a big club happens with the passage of time and your excellence.
Greece won euro 2014 with good players not neccesarily players in Real Madrid or Barcelona.
You only nee 5 to 6 world class players to win a competition.
The rest just have to be very good and not world class.
I mean what if Paul Mukairu ends up in a big club in 3 years time.
We have many young players that can get in a big club but we do
not have to wait for that to happen to get results out of them.
Most players are around 23 and even more before they get into big clubs.
Rohr's notion is limited and myopic.

charlesemeka85:
Ajax interested in anderlecht's forward mukairu

Ajax will be the best for him. They develop players and sell them. They are a developmental club.
This is the kind of club our youngsters should go

I'm watching villarreal and chukwueze is playing very well.
But I think he should spend one more season in villarreal before moving to a big club

maidaboi:
Sadiq Umar with an assist for Almeria to make 4 after scoring the first goal

According to goal.com he actually won the penalty he converted. What I like about him is his all round play and creativity. It makes him unique

Abraham Marcus has scored again for feirense. This boy is making me believe in him

TheSuperNerd:
At the end of the day, it's only Saka who would make the Euros Squad for England. Jamal Musiala "may" make the Germany squad too.

The likes of Tomori, Tammy, Tosin who all took Nigeria for a ride would end up watching the Euros from home. But ofcos... It doesn't change the fact that they are still living "the dream."

They are "English" Internationals now. Proud members of the Three lions. So it is what it is.

Jamal muslia will eventually make the German team. He is rated as a generational talent like Messi, ronaldo or Zidane. The Germans may take him to Europe so as to tie him down permanently

12large1:
Honestly, I think these guys would rather have 1 or 2 games for England than a bright future for Nigeria and I do not blame them. They are English born/Raised and England deserves to reap the benefit of what they sowed. Let Nigeria invest into football grassroots so we can produce natural born/raised Nigerian footballers like ndidi, osimehn, chukwueze

According to owngoalnigeria.com there is a youth tournament going on in Turkey in which a Nigerian football academy is participating
and they have dsicovered 4 players. 3 are going to Atletico Madrid youth team while the fourth is going to the youth team of Lens in France where John Utaka is now a youth team coach.
The name of the academy is tbc football academy in Abuja and it was started by Abubakar Babawo who is the owner of the famous Gbs football academy

Also, Sunday Dare kicked off the principal's cup which has been abandoned for 30 years and discovered odegbami, amokachi etc. It kicked off today and many more exciting talents will be discovered

Let us be excited about our grassroots football it is the only way forward.
Europeans are just there with there opinion of football. They said Ahmed Musa is not good for Leicester
but he can terrorize defences in the world cup.
Let us develop our football and i swear we will win the world cup.
When we have shocked the Europeans with our unique brand of football, they will sign us for their Real Madrid.
Develop our football, get to the semi-finals of the world cup and let Europe have any opinion they want.

Subzero047:
The guy has world class potential, we really missed out

Foreign borns that are really world class will not play for us.
Only the average or good ones will. The problem is we are more keen on the world class players. Our football can produce good players easily and so we may not need the average ones

BascoVanVeli:
I think we are ready to have this conversation.

Obinna Nwobodo deserves to get an invite. He will do what ever it takes DMF, RB, AMF, take out the trash, etc

Roger is not tactically sound and will not see it. He just rates players based on league without looking at their style of play and team tactics

As roma, bayer Leverkusen, totenham interested in Anderlecht's Paul Mukairu for the summer.
In my opinion he should stay at Anderlecht for one more season

komekn:
Agreed, his main attribute is pace, ball behind defenders to run on too. Crosses in the air with pace.

He is not technically good enough for Liverpool.

The Italian game is predominantly ball to feet and slow build up, very technical. These are not his attributes.

The funny thing is that iheanacho style of play fits italian football.
Onuachu fits english football with his aerial game.
Football is more about tactics than anything