codemaniacs:


because of the environment the foreign born grow up in.. some of them will be better... and I'm also looking at the economic benefit to the Nigerian born players..

playing for Nigeria upgraded Okoye career drastically.. so Nigerian born players won't be able to upgrade their careers because the national team will be majorly foreign born players..

codemaniacs:


they ( some people on this thread ) want the national team to be at least 90% - 96% foreign born players..

players like iheanacho, osimhen, chukwueze, oshoala started from Nigeria with poor training facilities.. while players like dessers, aina, okoye started with at least above basic training facilities so naturally they are also good to be selected...

if you add "no matter your place of birth" to the issue, Nigeria can pick 30 players who are foreign born and that will totally freeze out players like iheanacho, osimhen, chukwueze, oshoala..

I am saying Nigerians born ( and trained ) in Nigeria but playing abroad should be given a quota of at least 50% because the amount of foreign born players Nigeria has can permanently sideline the foreign based players..

humility33:


Lol...u get mind sha to watch akpeyi in goal against the Egyptians not the Moroccans or algerians oo Al haly of Egypt
Wetin u dey expect.

It seems everything is wrong with south africa at this time

andrew444:
Rooting for kazier chiefs despite my love for al ahly

Go akpeyi

codemaniacs:


they ( some people on this thread ) want the national team to be at least 90% - 96% foreign born players..

players like iheanacho, osimhen, chukwueze, oshoala started from Nigeria with poor training facilities.. while players like dessers, aina, okoye started with at least above basic training facilities so naturally they are also good to be selected...

if you add "no matter your place of birth" to the issue, Nigeria can pick 30 players who are foreign born and that will totally freeze out players like iheanacho, osimhen, chukwueze, oshoala..

I am saying Nigerians born ( and trained ) in Nigeria but playing abroad should be given a quota of at least 50% because the amount of foreign born players Nigeria has can permanently sideline the foreign based players..

JohnBullMySon:
She does. Seriously, she's better than many of our current defenders. I even heard she turned down England to play for us.

jihday:
A good player is a good player, Solanke can't lace Osimhen's left boot. It's the government job to boost economy besides you don't have to play for the SE to make it in football, those guys playing in eastern Europe dey make money like mad. The SE should only be for the best irrespective of where they got their football education from

TheLoneCitizen:
Please could someone explain to me why football games kicking off at night in Europe have full sunlight.

Noticed it in late Premier league games and now the Genk vs Club Brugge which started at 19:45 WAT, 20:45 in Belgium is in broad daylight.

Am I missing something?

JohnBullMySon:
So this is what you're afraid of? What makes the ones born in Naija more entitled to the National team?

If you start this, you'll not be different from English fans insulting Saka.

I'm sure if they all "looked typical Nigerian" you'll not have much problems, but the differences in complexion is beginning to worry you a bit.

There are still very talented players from Nigeria that will still make it to the team no matter what, but even at that, it doesn't matter who plays. We need the best players to move forward.

humility33:


Who are those that made the bolded statement we want the best to be called up irrespective of their place of birth or whatsoever as long as they're nigerians

humility33:


Yes she is. There is something about her that i likes is that she is light weight like those america players

Nigeria female ballers look so thick and weigh too much for a footballer especially when it comes to being pacy and athletic

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

Philosopher1979:

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:


Nigerians insulted Yakubu for missing open net...

now you're trying to put words in my mouth, I never mentioned "complexion" or "looked typical Nigerian"...

Saka is darker than me that's born in Nigeria and spent time under Nigeria's hot sun

If Saka was playing for Nigeria, he would have never been allowed to take any of the first 5 penalty kicks..

stop putting words in my mouth just to discredit me which is the main issue I am against because you guys will bring up issues to discredit players like iheanacho, osimhen, simy, onuachu, oshoala, ajibade, ordega e.t.c.

JohnBullMySon:
Maybe you just feel like talking too much this weekend.

I'm probably Onuachu's biggest hypeman on this thread. You can check through my history here. I've been praising and posting Osimhen pictures here more than so many people including you. No one has ever discredited Oshoala and Ajibade here including me. In fact, I've been Ajibade's fan right from her football juggling days to U-20.

So who brings up purported issues against homegrown players if not your inferiority complex?

Just park one side abeg, you haven't made any sense here since your first comment.

humility33:


Who are those that made the bolded statement we want the best to be called up irrespective of their place of birth or whatsoever as long as they're nigerians

JohnBullMySon:
She's not thick but she's tall. If she's lightweight then Alozie and Onyinyechi are feather weight .

Even Okobi and Kanu are light as well as some others. There's one that was invited newly from Watford. She's probably the smallest person in that team.

charlesemeka85:
una get time to dey reply mad man wey tribalism n sentiment don nearly block em reasoning finish

codemaniacs:


they know themselves

humility33:


That one in athletico madrid (Payne) that girl thick sha.... i am surprised she is still able to run self even assisat thick too some of the defenders just too thick

The America football team are slim, pacy and light weight...the way they run and carry themselves on the pitch amaze me

temi1290:


Co ask

JohnBullMySon:
That has to do with longitude. Latitude has to do with location wrt to the equator. The Earth has a titlted rotation causing upper locations to receive longer sunlight at certain times of the year. It maintains the tilt facing Polaris (North Star) so the orientation of the tilt changes wrt earth, and day length changes with times of the year. This is more noticeable at polar regions.

Now I need 100 dollars ASAP for my geography lesson

temi1290:


Co ask

JohnBullMySon:
by thick you mean muscle?

Tony Payne is my second best player now after Asisat. She's too good.

codemaniacs:


they ( some people on this thread ) want the national team to be at least 90% - 96% foreign born players..

players like iheanacho, osimhen, chukwueze, oshoala started from Nigeria with poor training facilities.. while players like dessers, aina, okoye started with at least above basic training facilities so naturally they are also good to be selected...

if you add "no matter your place of birth" to the issue, Nigeria can pick 30 players who are foreign born and that will totally freeze out players like iheanacho, osimhen, chukwueze, oshoala..

I am saying Nigerians born ( and trained ) in Nigeria but playing abroad should be given a quota of at least 50% because the amount of foreign born players Nigeria has can permanently sideline the foreign based players..

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

humility33:


That one in athletico madrid (Payne) that girl thick sha.... i am surprised she is still able to run self even assisat thick too some of the defenders just too thick

The America football team are slim, pacy and light weight...the way they run and carry themselves on the pitch amaze me

humility33:


That one in athletico madrid (Payne) that girl thick sha.... i am surprised she is still able to run self even assisat thick too some of the defenders just too thick

The America football team are slim, pacy and light weight...the way they run and carry themselves on the pitch amaze me

BascoVanVeli:


Change your television Toni Payne of all people thick

In case you meant Rashidaat Ajibade who plays for Madrid she definitely is in tip top shape herself.