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Actually, developing football is not about attending and doing well in competitions
but building sustainable and long lasting structures.
China might win the world cup one day to everybody's surprise.
We need to adopt an attitude of building a legacy that will last for generations
Our vision for football has to go beyond getting to the semi-final of the 2022 world cup.

for example President Xi Jinping, a football enthusiast, wants the country to have at least 20,000 football training centres and 70,000 pitches in place by 2020.
Also, France has a football academy that produces most of their stars.
it is called the Clairefontaine football academy and it is one of the best in the world.
This is why other countries will keep dominating football
Prior to the establishment of Clairefontaine, France didn't acquire much successes at international football, and even at big tournaments, France had never won any official trophies in comparison to its neighbors Italy and Germany. In the 1960s, Spain and England also acquired successes, forcing France to establish a football centre to catch up

This is why efforts like the Barcelona academy in Lagos
and the Real Madrid academy in Rivers state
and Generally, football academies in Nigeria need to be appreciated.
These initiatives are the best way to create a sustainable structure
and not our fire brigade and shallow approach to football development.
I will highlight what these initiatives are doing to the best of my ability

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY

maidaboi:
Zaidu Sanusi Wins First Silverware With
Porto

How did Zaidu Sanusi manage to break the Porto jinx on Nigerian players.
It is the most surprising thing this year.
Anyway if he plays regularly for Porto for 3 or more years then he could head to a bigger club

charlesemeka85:
oga the way una dey use past form and glory hype players baffles be atimes

When last did you watch Nwobodo play and what makes you think he deserves a place in the current super eagles set up?

The last time I heard he left hungary for a turkish top abi 2nd tier team where is is not even seeing regular playing time

If nwobo is good as hype why didn't any team from atleast the eirdevisie, Ligue 1, Russia or even the Swiss top tier snap him up frm hungary?

Na so una don hype Nwakali and no gree person hear word when he joined Huesca but currently bobo no dey even mk em team match day squad.

This hype and mentioning of players that won't even make any difference from what we have on ground already should stop abeg cus it's becoming very childish and sentimental

The Turkish league is at the same level as the Belgian league. It is a top 12 league.
He is playing in the first division there and he is playing regularly
We are saying he should be given a chance and let us see what he can do.
Incidentally, the turkish league is better than the Swiss league

DrLikita12:
Ahmed Musa and Ahmed Musa
Ahmed Musa the MVP of the Jos Chilling Football tournament (U15 category)
Mees Palace U15

All pictures from Mees Palace Twitter page.

Thank you. Grassroots football is underrated and is growing rapidly in Nigeira.
Ahmed Musa is himself a product of grassroots football.
The future of Nigerian football is bright because of stuff like this

Chrisbro2:
wanted to post the full article but spambot has blocked me here's the link anyway

https://www.icirnigeria.org/investigation-poor-pay-shaky-structure-zero-transparency-sound-death-knell-for-nigerias-premier-football-league/

BascoVanVeli, Icons4, Kog45

Amaju Pinick should be sacked. the huy is a thief
the lmc should also be disdolved. the people in charge are irresponsible

Subzero047:
Moses Simon starts for Nantes

we underrate moses simon in this forum. if he keeps things up he might end up in a big team ike atalanta or leipzig

Subzero047:
Pep is actually tired of Man city

He doesn’t even win ball possession battle again

If he is tired, he should win the Champions league and leave
That will cement his legacy.
Man city badly need the Champions league as they have not won it before.
After that he can leave

Subzero047:
Vanderzzar will go on loss after loss till they realize that the Nigerian environment is not a condusive ground for European tactics

I dont understand. What do you mean. Do you mean the style of play or what?

Kog45:
Good one but I don't want them to go like Leventis united.

I hope so too. Nigerian football badly needs something like this.
They even brought modern sporting equipment and have an academy headed by Austin Eguavon
Their coach is a Brazilian called Rafael Everton.
Nigerian football needs to be rebranded and i sincerely hope they succeed

VANDREZZAR FC WILL REVOLUTIONIZE NIGERIAN FOOTBALL

I believe Vandrezzar fc is a visionary club that will revolutionize club and national football in Nigeria.
They are run like an European club and they have a vision.
In the next 5 years they will be known globally.
Its rare for Africans to do things with a vision but Vandrezzar is different.
They are run like an European club with modern facilities and i am excited anytime i think about them.
Allready they are the most followed Nigerian club on social media and they are making huge strides
Their website is top notch with information about the players
THIS CLUB WILL CHANGE NIGERIAN FOOTBALL
I believe we should appreciate their efforts here.
They understand how to develop football and they are going about it with gusto

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WHY TAIWO AWONIYI CAN NOW PLAY IN LIVERPOOL OR AT LEAST ENGLAND

According to the new British league, players playing in a top 5 league can easily move to England.
This makes it easy for Taiwo Awoniyi to get a work permit to play in the English league.

https://worldfootballindex.com/2020/12/work-permits-premier-league-post-brexit-english-clubs-efl-libertadores/

Quote from the site

"One example of the new rules working for a player where the old ones didn’t, is Liverpool’s Nigerian striker Taiwo Awoniyi.
After five years of failing to get a work permit under the old requirements, Liverpool should now be able to get one for Awoniyi as is playing regularly on loan in the German Bundesliga with Union Berlin."

maidaboi:
he play in The same team with Olayinka

Peter Olayinka needs to move to a top 5 league.
He needs to take his game to a better level and a more global audience.
I learnt some German teams were interested in him

David Okereke scores for club brugge tonight.
He is a very talented winger

TheLoneCitizen:
Ejuke very low on confidence, another poor showing.

How Whoscored rated him above Vlasic, I can't understand.

Did you watch the match

LET US CREATE AN AWARD FOR GRASSROOTS FOOTBALLER OF THE YEAR.

Beleive it or not grassroots football is quite active in Nigeria. This should be for footballers who were discovered
by our football academies and in youth competitions.
My two nominees are
1. Netaka Dembele (discovered in a football competion in Jos and a product of the famous gbs academy)
2. Adewale Oladoye (part of our failed under 20. He is touted as the Nigeria Patrick Viera and he is a product of one of our
football academies)

There may be others i dont know
I believe this will encourage grassroots football in Nigeria and encourage youngsters born in Nigeria.
It will also make people realize that there is talent in Nigerian football that needs to be harnessed and encouraged

Odunayaw:
You mean with all the names thrown about here every other day we are still lagging behind

I don't know for him.
What is akinkunmi amoo tolu arokodare ishaq abdulrazaq Paul mukairo etc doing there.
Our football academies are doing a fine job at thar

do4luv14:
Not just a nightmare, the whole team, save the keeper had been shit, especially that guy who shot without target, if not it would had been two one, for WB

Infact they don't have a striker

According to allnigeriasoccer.com club brugge have lowered the price of Emmanuel Dennis. West brom are interested in him. He could go in January and help them in attack now that his price is affordable
Two things come to mind
How good is he
What of work permit issues

1realBobby:
watching Anderlecth vs genk at the moment

and all i can see is that Onuachu cannot play alone up front. He looks clueless and lost whenever he is played as a lone striker. I believe that has been his issue in the super eagles.

I don't know why this genk coach decided to play him alone up front today, but it is definitely not working out.. He is this type of one-two player... He can't hold the ball at all, so he thrives when he has someone to quickly pass the ball to, he moves into good space, gets the ball back and scores. His finishing is actually top notch.

The coach had to bring in Cyriel dessers late in the second half, to assist him up front.

I believe a combo of Paul Onuachu and Victor Osimhen should do the trick in the super eagles... Victor could be the key to unlocking the beastly form of Paul Onuachu in the super eagles. We can't have such a deadly finisher and leave him to rot, just because he can't play alone up front.

i mentioned it before that he is too limited as a forward. Most modern forwards can play as a lone striker.
But we can use him sometimes not all the time.
not all coaches will like him cause of his limitations

lloydtruth:
I can't remember Moses Simon been part of that team.
I can still remember watching this team's first competitive game at the U-17 qualifiers and I fell in love with Muazum (I thought we had another Kanu Nwankwo) but it's unfortunate he hasn't lived up to expectations.
Then I could have sworn that Isaac success was another Samuel Eto, whatever happened to that guy.
At the world cup, Awoniyi was presented with a golden opportunity after Isaac success's injury, he grabbed the opportunity, he could have been Osihmen Senior, but then it didn't happen.
The team also had other quality players that didn't shine.
Musa yahaya
Chidiebere nwakali
Ifeanyi Matthew
Chidera eze etc

They are not total failures.
Awoniyi did well in Belgium and he is getting back to form in Unioun Berlin.
In fact, he has two goals and two assists allready
Muazum at least is in Portugal first division and he is playing regularly.
I will like to see him in a friendly for Nigeria to check out if he is still good.
He has played in austria and in the champions league before.
Isaac success is on a 6 months injury and should go back to spain from England
the others are in the portuguese second division and it is bad but not too bad.
But Awoniyi will come good this season. He is picking form and will make it.
Too many loan moves from Liverpool affected him as he was loaned all over Europe

K.r.c gent vs Anderletch

Paul Mukairu starts for Anderletch along with Lucas Mmecheta. Both of them seem to have struck up an understanding and
it is amazing how Mukairu has entered the starting 11 in a short period of time.

Also, Paul Onuachu starts for K.r.c genk as usual

Subzero047:
Ndidi played 60minutes for Leicester yesterday, Iheanacho also started

both of them including
moses simon
taiwo awoniyi
muazum (in cd nacional in Portugal)

were part of our 2015 under 20 team
this shows our youth and grassroots football is working

jubilantagida:
They are playing to his strengths. He's more comfortable with them than he has ever been with us.

However, I know this may sound unpopular.
But, I think we have an attack problem, it wouldn't be out of place to have Ighalo and Victor Moses back with the team of they are available.

I think we should explore other option like dessers, Sadiq Umar, Moffi, Taiwo Awoniyi e.t.c. or even more foreign borns like lucas Nmecheta instead.
We have upcoming attacking talent we need to give a chance

BascoVanVeli:
U know what let's say I totally agree. Now explain the goals at club level? Explain him scoring more goals than any Nigerian in Europe? Explain ooo

The problem with him is actually that he does not fit into our pattern.
He is a good goal scorer but his all round play is very poor for a forward.
He seems to lack agression, mobility, dribling skills etc and cannot play as a lone striker.
It's a question of pattern and style of play.
The problem is there are other players that can easily fit into our pattern.
From emmanuel dessers and even to Sadiq Umar.
Sadiq Umar's all round play is spectacular. He is very skillfull, mobile and creative.
Onuachu can only play in one limited pattern that is why he struggles in Nigeria
His footballing skills are too limited

paul mukairu with an assist for anderletch.
this boy us impressive

DrKlever:
Bench ke. They are all in starting eleven oga.

He is right. Ejuke is on the bench for cska moscow while ndidi and iheanacho starts for leicester.
I just checked it online

we have play makers but we dont appreciate them
there is obinna nwobodo of Goztepe in Turkey
muazum of cd nacoonal
atiemwen in dinamo zaghreb
rabiu ibrahim is still active

BUT WE DEDPISE THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE NOTI IN A TOP 10 LEAGUE
WE HAVE TO LEARN TO APPRECIATE WHAT WE HAVE

HOW NIGERIAN LEAGUE CAN IMPROVE

The Nff and government should make it a law that no
Nigerian footballer should leave Nigeria before the age of 28.
Most of our best footballers go through football academies and leave without even playing in the nigerian league
The few good ones in our league leave after a few years or even months.

Imagine if Victor Osimhen, Samuel Chukwueze, Obinna Nwobodo, Keneth Omeruo, Peter Etebo etc were in Enyimba
They would win many international trophies in African football.
This law should be in place for 15 years.
Also our local clubs should patronize football academies for players.
If there is a law players cant leave before 28, football academies will be forced to sell there players to Nigerian clubs
and not European agents to make money

This measure should be put in place until our league can stand on its on.

Olanrewaju Kayode (Sivaspor) vs Obinna Nwobodo (Goztepe)
playing right now in the Turkish league.
The two of them are in the starting 11