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
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.
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
According to owngoalnigeria Frank Onyeka was fantastic tonight for his club and can easily replace ndidi. Did anybody watch the match. I need another opinion. Besides i think Rohr is good at identifying talents. He scouts well before he choses his players
komekn: KC has done NOTHING to justify inclusion 5 goals last in the EPL is mediocre.
However , what enables him is that apart from Victor and Ighalo, none of our strikers have hit high notes. We really lack quality competition in the striking department and are very very thin.
If a player like Ighalo or Osimhen gets too many yellows or an injury, then we are literally finished.
The list is not ambitious and all that bureaucratic complication in attaining FIFA clearance is just excuses. There has always been politics in the NFF and that will never end.
And if anyone thinks that Rohr is the only one deciding who gets on the list, you are delusional.
The midfield lacks invention and creativity apart from Iwobi, where will the creativity come from.
Seeing Ejuke looks promising.
The rest are thier on merit, past glories and there newbies apart from Ejuke I'm not sure.
1. As per striking we have Terem Moffi, Victor Boniface, Tolu Arokodare as young upcomming prospects. Also Cyriel Dessers is a good replacement with considerable experience. Taiwo Awoniyi just needs a steller season in Germarny
2. Samson Tijani is actually a deep lying play maker and so he has some creativity.
3. The problem is our most creative players dont play in top leagues. Obinna Nwobodo moved to Turkey and i hope he cuts it there as he is creative. Maybe some of the foreign born can fill this role.
Akhassan yusuf eill soon have his own srnsational transfer. Either this season or next season. Anyway scorenigeria reports that leicester city are interested in our nigerian kante
TheSuperNerd: Sadly, Lukman is no more with Betis B. He was released. The pandemic didn't help matters. So he is back in Latvia for now.
I believe another club will buy or loan him. At least in Belgium or Turkey. He has at least created a reputation for himself and Real Betis are not the only one watching
TheSuperNerd: We saw Tolu Arokodare coming. His performances in Latvia and the previous links to Anderlecht showed he wasn't gonna be in Latvia long. It was only a matter of time. Before a player breaks out, we have followed him in here. Is that not so? Same thing with Terem Moffi... We saw them all coming. Perhaps you just haven't been following well enough.
And long term can be broken down into phases. Not all will come in at the same time, but eventually, the different pieces will join in at some point and form a masterpiece along the way. That is what is happening.
Please tell us about lukman Zakari. He was the first outstanding player from latvia and betis snapped him up BUT they have released him. So where is he going now. I mean what club will he sign for
elunico: That's a huge one. Didn't see this coming. He was hoping for Anderlecht but Cologne was there waiting in the wings.
I'm positive he'd perform.
This boy is going places. He will give Rohr a selection headache. One of our u17 boys. Have you noticed that under Rohr our boys now desire to move to better leagues. I think it is a combination of two factors
1. Rohr's attitude towards his players to aim for the best 2. The maturation of our youth, grassroots and developmental football
At last! Obunna nwobodo moves away from hungry to Goztepe in Turkey. An attacking midfielder like iwobi. He is moving to a top 10 league at last. Very talented. The hungarian league was too obscure for him. Accordibg to allnigeriasoccer.com
Danielnino00: You really can't blame them,given our government nonchalant attitude toward sports development in the country.. Look at the decay in our league... What's the government doing about it?
But thank God for VAR and our academies...our football is gradually on the rise again...