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komekn:
You have very limited elementary understanding and appreciation of football.

Youth football is at best indicative of potential but far from conclusive. It says this is place where you can anchor further progression upon.

Nigeria probably has the best record at U17 football in the World or very close to it.

Why are we not world Cup winners and have world class players ❓ Because our dominance at youth level should by your rational transfer to the Senior game. But we are VERY FAR OFF.

In 2009 we hosted the World U17 cup we came second our players were outstanding. But where are all of them now ❓ Emma Sanni best player in the tournament, where is he Borja top goal scorer, plays in the mediocrity of the Segunda División with Huesca.

However, Brazil that did not go anywhere in the tournament has three players who are truly either the best in the world or very close to it. Just to mention a few.

Namely. Allison - Liverpool goalkeeper
Coutinho - No introduction required
Neymar - ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

Now maybe your mind will not just explode but also implode as you consider the folly of your irrational misguided inferences.

I could add look at Solanke outstanding at U21 level golden boot winner. U21 is more realistic of quality and potential than U17. But he could not transfer that dominance to the Senior game.

After £20 million pound transfer he is more or less a complete flop.

Osimhen has gone to Napoli for a world class fee a fee that is higher than the fee for Lukaku a truly a WORLD CLASS PLAYER arguably one of the best strikers in the World.

Thats a huge responsibility to live up too for a player who has not completed two seasons of first team football before his transfer and predominantly in lower leagues. There should be cautious optimism not euphoric hype and over expectations he is far from world class.

The 2009 u17 produced

1 ogenyi onazi
2 olanrewaju kayode
3 Ajagun
4 Ramon Azeez
5 Keneth Omeruo

At least these players are decent even though not world class. Only onazi came close to world class when he was in italy.
You are right anyway. We have to learn to convert our success in youth football into producing world class players.

project4OO:
https://www.channelstv.com/2020/10/06/ogun-governor-appoints-bbn-laycon-as-youth-ambassador/amp/

This is madness and it shows how backward the mind of a black man is. We Africans are intellectually retarded and try to copy white people blindly

Good for you

Danielnino00:
That our AFCON game against South Africa was a typical Ahmed Musa performance... He totally destroyed the South African right back (Mhikize or whatever ) with his pace and dribbles..but whenever he got into South Africa's box,he got confused...

He will be around the team for much longer,I'm certain of that....
Just 12 more games to become our all time appearance leader..

Musa was badly coached when he was a teenager. I suspect most (not all) Nigerian coaches lack adequate knowledge of football and it shows in the talented but raw players they produce

It is not only nigerian footballers that have to go abroad but NIGERIAN COACHES HAVE TO GO TO EUROPE OR GET EXPOSED TO HAVE THEIR KNOWLEDGE UPDATED.
i even think exposing Nigerian coaches will be better. One good coach can priduce 30 good players. Its something that has to be taken seriously.

smartsmith0907:
In the 4 1 mini training
Musa with a brace ( baba ibeji)
Samson tijani with a goal
And Paul with a goal too

Samdon Tijani might break into the super Eagles starting 11. He might be our next teenage wonder kid. If anyone here has a memmory clubs have been fighting for him since he was still very young. Remember the time his father signed a contract with differrnt agents and clubs.

TheSuperNerd:
Kingsley Michael makes the bench for Bologna in their Serie A fixture vs Benevento.

How good is Kingsley Micheal anyway. I wonder if he will cut it at senior level

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kellycute:
i know alot of people here never believed when you said Nwakali has Corona. They actually thought the coach dropped him from the team lol. Anyway, I intentionally posted this news here to burst their bubble lol. Good to have him back.

This is the link

http://aoifootball.com/2020/10/02/covid-19-setback-nwakali-set-for-huesca-return/

Stillwater10:
The guy complained about playing LB for arsenal and even delayed signing contract extension because of the LB situation. I think England are short of quality LBs, he may think he has a chance there.
arsenal may just use this situation to convert him to a full LB playing backup to Tierney as it seems arsenal want to get Reed of Kolisinac.

That isvwhy being in a big team when you are very young may not be the best. If he was in an average team he willl be their main attacker and not have to change position. It may sound somehow but its true but then every youngster wants to play for the big teams

R2bees:
A Nigerian called up to the England national team on Nigeria's independence day. Talk about Colonization

Its globalism. Emmanuel Olisadebe once played for Poland. The modern global world wr live in has redefined citizenship.
The world is now a global village and anyone can belong to aby country for any reason. Players with dual nationality just have to choose. With incresing migration these things will continue to happen.
If the Europeans had not come to Africa these things will not be happening.

Davido should try and invest in Recycling business. Nigeria needs technology to develop and he should find a way to do that while profiting fron it.
All the dirt we throw away in Nigeria is worth billions of naira

Icon4s:
Thanks Chief Komekn. Amen to your prayers.

Happy birthday man. May goodness and mercy follow you all the days of your life

andrewbaba44:
Snatch him and bench him ba

A player of Zirkzee quality will allways have game time in manu. I can guarantee 27 to 35 matches a season. Manu plays up to 55 matches a season.
He will grow a lot in manu

Manchester United should snatch Joshua Zirkzee from Bayern. He is what they need. He is young, talented and won't be too expensive. They might even get him on loan and he will give them many years of good football.
Also, when they sell hom they will make a tidy profit. Generally, i wonder why teams are not considering him

Glaswegian:
Have had similar experience with an Algerian, Egyptians and Saudis.

The Algerian man knew almost all Nigerian players of 1994 from the top of his head, even more than myself.

But this Amokachi experience in Turkey was the one I found most amazing.

The issue is that that generation played football with so much finese that its difficult to forget them. Even if they lost they were still impressive. Up till now i dobt see a Nigerian midfielder that can pass like Oliseh or dribble like Okocha or be as creative as Kanu and its over 20 years

TheSuperNerd:
Transfer News

ScoreNigeria reports that Nigerian U-17 star to the 2019 U-17 WC, Ibrahim Sa'id has signed for Danish Second Division side, Viborg. A four years deal.

He joins Olakunle Olusegun in the Second tier of Danish league football.

Fantastic. He can develop easily from there. A small team in europe where they can get game time is good for them

maidaboi:
impressive

You mean very impressive. Guess you watched it. Tell us how well he played

forgiveness:
Somebody wants to recoup money from selling Tijani to the national team.

Imagine, just two or three games, feeeee... national team call straight.

This country people dey do mago mago think say everybody na mumu

Eduardo Camavinga plays for France and he is in his age group. He might be in the class of Mikel or cammavinga. The fact that red bull brought him and he walked into the first team of Tsv Hartberg shows something. Besides it is a friendly.
Osimhen too was very inexperienced when Rohr gave him his debut. Who are you to judge his level of talent and maturity. He might be a world class player who matures fast.
One thing i have noticed is that Rohr has an eye for talent even at an embryonic stage

I hope hillary gong will play today. His 2 years of injury is finally over. His club plays Ajax at 8pm. He is another tslent fustrated by injuries. A goid winger

Where did you get the news that kelechi nwakali has corona.

TheSuperNerd:
Naija Players expected/likely to be in action for their various clubsides across Europe today - Sept.26


✔EPL

Semi Ajayi (West Brom) vs Chelsea - Home game.

Alex Iwobi (Everton) vs Crystal Palace - Away game.

Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace) vs Everton - Home game.

Odion Jude Ighalo (Manchester Utd) vs Brighton - Away game.


✔Bundesliga

Felix Ohis Uduokhai, **Noah Sarenren Bazee (FC Augsburg) vs Borussia Dortmund - Home game.

Kingsley Ehizibue, Tolu Arokodare (FC Koln) vs Arminia Bielefeld - Away game.

Ademola Lookman (RB Leipzig) vs Bayer Leverkusen - Away game.

Anthony Ujah, Taiwo Awoniyi (Union Berlin) vs Borussia Mochengladbach - Away Game.

Felix Agu (Werder Bremen) vs Schalke 04 - Away game.


✔Serie A

Bobby Adekanye (SS Lazio) vs Cagliari - Away game.


✔Portuguese Primeira Liga NOS

Chidozie Awaziem (Boavista) vs FC Porto - Home game.

Zaidu Sanusi (FC Porto) vs Boavista - Away game.


✔Dutch Eredivisie

Maduka Okoye, GK; Emmanuel Emegha (Sparta Rotterdam) vs Zwolle - Away game.

Hamdi Akujobi (SC Heerenveen) vs VVV Venlo - Home game.

Hillary Gong (Vitesse Arnhem) vs Ajax Armsterdam - Away game.


✔La Liga

Kelechi Nwakali is still indisposed due to recovery from Covid. Huesca take on Valencia without him away from home.


✔Spanish Segunda

James Igbekeme (Zaragoza) vs Las Palmas - Home game.

✔Serie B

Joel Obi (Chievo) vs Pescara Calcio - Away game.

✔Bundesliga 2

Suleiman Abdullahi (Eintracht Braunschweig) vs Holstein - Home game.


✔English Championship

Tom Dele-Bashiru (Watford) vs Luton Town - Home game.

Fred Onyedinma, Adebayo Akinfenwa (Wycombe Wanderers) vs Swansea - Home game.

Oviemuno Ejaria, Michael Akpovie Olise, Some Aluko (Reading FC) vs Cardiff City - Away game.

Michael Ihiekwe, Freddie Ladapo, Chiedozie Ogbene (Rotherham Utd) vs Birmingham City - Away game.

Mikel Obi (Stoke City) vs Preston North End - Away game.

Bright Osayi Samuel, Odysseus Alfa, Olamide Shodipo, Aramide Oteh, Luke Ayodele Amos (QPR) vs Middlesborough - Home game.

Chuba Akpom (Middlesborough) vs QPR - Away game.


✔Belgian Jupiler League

Blessing Eleke (KVA Beerschot) vs Waasland Beveren - Home game.


✔Turkish Super Lig

Obinna Nwobodo (Goztepe) vs Gaziantep - Home game.

Anthony Nwakaeme + *Coach Eddie Ikem Newton (Trabzonspor) vs Yeni Malatyaspor - Home game.


✔Turkish TFF 1.Lig

Abraham Nwankwo, Okwuchukwu Ezeh (Balikesirspor) vs Akhisar - Away game.


✔French Ligue 2

Stephen Odey (Amiens SC) vs Pau - Home game.


✔Danish Super Ligaen

Frank Onyeka (FC Midtjylland) vs Randers FC - Home game.

Tosin Kehinde, Marvin Egho (Randers FC) vs FC Midtjylland - Away game.


✔Czech Liga

Muhammed Tijani (Baník Ostrava) vs FK Teplice - Away game.

Peter Olayinka (Slavia Prague) vs FK Slovacko - Home game.


✔Belarussian PL - Vyshayya Liga

Godfrey Stephen Bitok, Oluwaseun Adegbola (FK Isloch Minsk) vs Energetyk-BGU - Away game.


✔Norwegian Eliteserien

Leke James (FK Molde) vs Sandefjord - Home game.

Jack Ipalibo (Strømsgodset) vs Sarpsborg 08 - Home game.


✔Swiss Super League

*Tosin Aiyegun (FC Zurich) vs FC Lugano - Home game.

Sebastian Osigwe, GK (FC Lugano) vs FC Zurich - Away game.


✔Slovakian Fortuna Super Liga

Matthew Yakubu, GK (SKF Sered) vs Nitra - Away game.

Rabiu Ibrahim (Slovan Bratislava) vs Ruzomberok - Home game.


✔Serbian Super Liga

Eze Vincent Okeuhie (Cukaricki) vs Macva - Home game.


✔Scottish Premiership - SPFL

Efe Ambrose (Livingston) vs St. Johnstone - Home game.

Hakeem Odoffin, Tunde Owolabi (Hamilton Acamedicals) vs Dundee Utd - Home game.


✔Austria Bundesliga

Chinedu Ogbuke Obasi (SCR Altach) vs WSG Tirol - Home game.

Karim Adeyemi (RB Salzburg) vs SV Ried - Away game.

Kelvin Arase (Rapid Wien) vs St.Polten - Away game.


✔Austrian 2.Liga

Tobias Okiki Lawal (LASK Juniors OÖ) vs Austria Lustenau - Away game.

Wale Musa Alli (SKU Amstetten) vs Dornbirn - Home game.


✔Ukrainian Persha Liga

Chidera Anih Kelit (FC Metalist 1925) vs Krystal - Away game.


✔Croatian 1.HNL

Musa Muhammed (HNK Gorica) vs Osijek - Away game.


✔Greek Super League 1

Anderson Esiti (PAOK Saloniki) vs Volos NFC - Home game.


✔Danish 1st Division

Olakunle Olusegun (BK Fremad Amager) vs Skive - Away game.


✔English League One

Tariq Uwakwe (Accrington Stanley) vs Oxford - Home game.

Viv Solomon Otabor, Emeka Obi (Wigan) vs Portsmouth - Away game.

ABOUT THE SUPEREAGLES

1. The best attacking midfielders we have do not play in
the top 5 leagues in Europe
2. We can use players not based in Europe to win things.
3. Algeria (one of the best teams in Africa) uses players based in Saudi Arabia. Baghdad Bounedajh their top striker
plays in Quatar and Algeria is better than us right now.
4. If we have problems getting attacking midfielders we can try Kingsley Sokari and Obinna Nwobodo.
Getting to a top 5 or 10 team in Europe takes time for players from Africa. In fact, Obinna Nwobodo just moved to Turkey
from Hungary.
5. The point is identyifyng a good player and using him. With the passage of time, the player will move to a good club
6. We are not an European country and 100% of our players do not have to be playing in Europe at the same time
7. The over reliance on European based players is funny and whimsical.
8. Players move and change and so we just make use of the best.
9. MOhammed Aboutrika never played in Europe but that does not mean he was not better than one average player in southampton or Torino

Thanks
Thats my opinion

tbaba1234:
Yet, you are fined or arrested for failure to have that drivers certification.

People spend years to obtain certification so as to become coaches. Yet, you appoint someone with no basic training??

A good experienced player does not make a good coach, either. Those are two different spheres.

Disrespect?? Do you employ people with no qualifications or experience to your jobs??

There are Nigerians who are experienced professionals, but who have also spent years, sweat and money to become certified coaches. You do not receive that knowledge because you played the game.

Maradona was a good player but a bad coach. Coaching and playing are two different things. Some level of certification is needed.
Besides a rookie like Yobo should not handle the Super Eagles. He can start with the junior team or a local club side.

ABOUT OUR NEXT U17 AND U20

All i know is our next set of youth players must go to Red Bull Salzburg. Apart from that they should go to belgium or france. Lommel sk in belgium will also be good for them.
These clubs and leagues are good for young African players that are new to Rurope
I also think they should play in the newly formed private investors league in Nigeria as it us a league that will revolutionize our football

The most important thing about youth football is the ability to make it at senior level. We should take their ability to make it at senior level more seriously than winning laurels at a youth stage. We need to get rid of the Rabiu ibrahim syndrome.
The nff should device a methodology that will make them survive at senior level. It should be the main agenda of nff. Another set of Osimhen are comming up next year and it is the responsibility of stakeholders in our football to ensure their talent does not waste. We need to learn from experience

MrBrownJay1:
If you don't mount her, someone in the area eventually will. Body no be firewood. Only a foolish man would go at the other side of the world for years and expect his wife to patiently wait. What kind of evil man would even expect that of a wife?

What if you have a chance to make money and advance your career while abroad. It is not foolish. If you are a doctor and you get a job offer worth millions abroad. You can go because of the money. You can then make provisiob for your family to join you later

sheyishemba:
Nacho and technicality are two parallel lines that must not meet... I guess you didnt watch yesterday match there is nothing technical about nacho..passing skills is average dribbling is poor off ball movement very poor ...biko what's nau your definition of technicality.

My defination is brilliant dribbling skills, impossible defence splitting passes, good decision making, creativity etc. I mean watch Firmino, de bruyne e.t.c or even the majestic messi and see technically proficient players.
I didnt watch Yesterday's match but if that is what he is playing now, then he has lost his form. Maybe lack of game time. The guy needs regular football.

komekn:
First of all KC has very limited technical ability.

Technicality speaking in his team among the forward players, who is he better than TECHNICALLY SPEAKING.

Grey, Maddison, Perez, Vardy, Barnes, etc, to name a few. So if he is not among the top technical players in his club then how can you cast aspersions on the league.

This is the same league that Mane, Salah, Firmino, Martial, Rashford, Greenwood, Pogba, De Bryna, Foden, Raheem, Mahrez, Gabriel have all had thier careers destroyed.

The fact is that technically speaking there are over a 100 players in the EPL much better than KC. Let's be truthful KC is technically poor.

You cannot give him what he has never had.

Iheanacho is TECHNICALLY PROFICIENT. I am not really his fan but i can say it in his defense. In a technical league like spain or italy he will thrive well. I can bet my life on it. But he needs to go somewhere where his style of play will be appreciated
Watch him at youth level and in some games with Leicester and the super eagles.

sheyishemba:
Every team
Who is Liverpool attacking midfielder

Leicester uses Madisson, Yourin Telemans and other players as attacking midfielders
Manchester United uses Bruno Fernandes
Man city uses Kevin de Bruyne and other players as attacking midfielders
Teams still use attacking midfielders. It just depends on the formation.

Besides Firmino with some coaches will be used as an attacking midfielder.
Even in Liverpool, he is a false 9 and not really an out and out striker.
It just depends on the coach and formation. Attacking midfielders are still needed and valuable

Terryishere:
All three of your reasons are wrong especially #3 To find out the root cause of mass incarceration for black Americans Google the 13th Amendment in the US Constitution, you will then understand systemic racism.

ALL THE THREE REASONS ARE RIGHT.
BESIDES YOY ARE ONLY CONFIRMING THE THURD REASON
IN FACT IT ALSO AFFECTS THE MEN AS MOST BLACK AMERICAN MEN GREW UP WITHOUT A FATHER AND THEY ALSO END UP IN JAIL