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TheGoodJoe:
On another note, I believe despite the growth of our players in Europe, I feel we are missing a gold mine because the current people running our football are lazy. They are just in the business to harness what they want.

I will give you an instance.

When Christian Chukwu was appointed coach of the Super Eagles, at a certain period he was on break, he carried out a screening camp for players in feeders of our local clubs.

He went about watching matches of feeder teams and collecting phone numbers of players he saw with potentials.

Then after drafted a list of players from them and invited them to a camp in Ogun State, at Otta to be exact.

One of the players from Sharks FC feeders then made the cut. He said the first thing Coach Christian Chukwu taught them was endurance.

He said he brought axes, machetes, shovels, rakes and other farm tools. Measured a large piece of land in something that looked like a forest and told them to carry out a bush clearing work. (It is football they came to play)

He said they worked all day for days, clearing bush, raking, with not much food to eat. He said after about a week plus, they were done. Well raked pitches, wide and fresh.

He said, they rested, and keep in mind, feeding was not easy. They were supporting themselves and the coach was doing his best too.

Then he gave them a thorough lesson in total-football. He said for days, they did more of theory than field work. They only did intense jogging every morning and then lessons.

By the time they were ready for the field, he says it was nothing like he had ever seen. He said, he learnt things he did not know about football like breaking defences with triangular passes, etc. He said you will pass ball until it became second nature of you. Pass and move.

He said, unfortunately, Christian Chukwu got sacked during their program and he believed if the coach had finished with them, they would have done wonders. The coach wanted to use them for one of the friendly games.

What I am pointing out is that, there is so much work to do in Nigerian football, but this current set have showed extreme laziness. No grassroot work, no grooming of future players. We just wait for players to break through in clubs or some foreign player to do well and pledge allegiance to us.

I hope we pick up from where we are and shoot for our potentials.

kingphilip:
More gifted I understand, that may be your preference but are they better in the position?

I think merit for each position should supercede whatever bias one may have.

The issues people are having with Rhor is because of his bias towards his players (if he is the actual person picking them) and you too it is okay to have your bias but where merit isn't considered even in bias, one tends to fail.

codemaniacs:
They are both midfielders so both of them have "merit" for the position which also means the Nigerian born players must be given "preferential treatment" over foreign born Nigerians.

It's the same way you'll give your own children preferential treatment over your brothers or sisters children.

codemaniacs:
Camps don't have to be "national" and the guys running football don't have to be interested before private individuals or companies organize such camps and academies.

It's because of private academies in Nigeria that you seem not to know about that players like osimhen sadiq onyeka onuachu amoo ndidi iheanacho awoniyi Dennis uzoho e.t.c.. have been trained and groomed in Nigeria.

TheGoodJoe:
Whatever that is happening behind the scene can go on but on the National level, there should be some sort of commitment. We need a sound program, support systems for grooming and exposing young players. It is in such state that external sponsors can key in.

Unfortunately, it is just eat, eat, eat going on.

humility33:

IDENNA come meet your like mind

drDoom3:
The problem is not that we don't have national camps or academies, we win the u17 world cup almost every year.

The problem is that not all of the best talents get to these academies.

codemaniacs:
All over the world players and athletes are groomed in local or private academies nothing is mostly done at the national level except for the creation of annual youth leagues and competitions.

TheGoodJoe:

Nigeria is not like other nations. Things don't work they way it operates in other places. Other nations have government supporting local businesses. Providing welfare for growth. Giving tax reliefs to growing companies etc.

That is not how it is here. Things are bad in this side. Remember Siasia feeding the Olympics team from his pocket until his credit card got stolen. Then Mikel, Ekong, and co. came in to help.

I remember Peterside Idah getting to the Nigerian camp in South Africa for CHAN when Oliseh was coach. He said the first thing he had to do was to contribute money for feeding because the boys were abandoned. Oliseh spend thousands of dollars feeding the team.

Due to this challenges, and keep in mind the central control of National resources in this country, we always have a system of using the national sources to help our football.

So serious national input should be made for scouting and exposure until we get things right.

Luthben:
Easy with all these Rogers does not like Nacho narrative mate..

codemaniacs:
From what you've written you already know that Nigeria can't get things on a national level so state governments, private individuals, private academies, private companies, local governments e.t.c are the ones that can help Nigerian sports.

kennysville:
Looks like Iheanacho is stuck in Poland Airport over documentation issues. Let's hope it's not another ploy of Brendan Rogers to screw him over from not playing

codemaniacs:
From what you've written you already know that Nigeria can't get things on a national level so state governments, private individuals, private academies, private companies, local governments e.t.c are the ones that can help Nigerian sports.

humility33:

INDENNA come meet your like mind

IDENNAA:
The average Nigerian has an inferior mindset and anything foreign is best to them...that's why allow a ffucking whitey with no tactical know-how to keep undermining our home talents. I will smoke a Buddha they day Rohr leaves Naija!

IDENNAA:
Please , you gotta be smarter than what you are displaying here. Codemaniacs doesn't have to be a genius to understand that , even the good ol' TheGoodJoe use style explain am to una....phew! Africa is doomed....lol.

Take for examples you decides to write your will and thought it wise to include extended families; would you share everything equally between your own children and their cousins? The answer is NO! These same foreigners you love drinking from their piss cup if they happen to get an invite from England would they refuse it and come play for your miserable country? I am done here.

charlesemeka85:
Napoli striker Victor Osimhen has welcomed interest from Manchester United and Manchester City.

La Gazzetta dello Sport says Chelsea, Real Madrid, United and City are all monitoring Osimhen's situation.

Napoli owner Aurelio De Laurentiis is holding out for a fee in excess of £100million.

That much is not overly surprising, seeing as Napoli forked out a fee which could rise to £70m to prise him away from Lille back in 2020.

Positively for interested parties, the report also states that the striker is 'pleasantly surprised' by the rumours linking him to top clubs across the continent.

City may carry a narrow advantage in the hunt, given United already have Cristiano Ronaldo and Edinson Cavani over-crowding their sole position up top.

Meanwhile, the Blues' need for a striker is well-publicised after failing to replace Sergio Aguero this summer.

Osimhen has struck six goals in six games across all competitions so far this campaign.

humility33:
Mr. Man they're not foreigners
They're Nigerians just like you and I

How will you feel if someone regard your kids that are probably been breed in the USA like that?

You ought to be smarter than this, the US you reside and made your money practise inclusive citizenship where you have many dual nations some became US citizens by birth and still this persons have same right as those who fathers and fore fathers where Americans

damagnificentusb:
FIFA 22 TEAM OF THE WEEK
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humility33:
Mr. Man they're not foreigners
They're Nigerians just like you and I

How will you feel if someone regard your kids that are probably been breed in the USA like that?

You ought to be smarter than this, the US you reside and made your money practise inclusive citizenship where you have many dual nations some became US citizens by birth and still this persons have same right as those who fathers and fore fathers where Americans

charlesemeka85:
Glasgow rangers Calvin ughelumba gets his first invite to the super eagles for the World Cup qualifying match against CAR.

Curtisaxel10:
Sauce plis

charlesemeka85:
Glasgow rangers Calvin ughelumba gets his first invite to the super eagles for the World Cup qualifying match against CAR.

damagnificentusb:
Source: own goal Nigeria

12large1:
Calvin Bassey gets a call up ahead of sanusi. I guess he is the new player that owngoal was referring to for a new invite. I don’t know if he is even better than sanusi. Another imbalanced team again by Rohr and at this point, if he doesn’t reach the finals or win the next ANC, he might has to go. Super eagles shouldn’t be a rehabilitation ground for anyone