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semid4lyfe:
I disagree that Nigeria did something similar to Libya.

Uyo was approved by CAF as venue for our AFCON qualifiers and it had been known months ahead that the match was going to be played there.

If the Libyan Football Federation chartered a plane to bring their team to Port Harcourt knowing fully well that the match was to be played in Uyo, it's on them.

Its that simple in my opinion.

In the botched return leg, the NFF chartered a plane that was heading directly to Benghazi the city where the match was to hold but the Libyan authorities diverted our plane (when it was already in Benghazi and about to descend) to a different location.

The cases are not similar.

Libya landed in Port Harcourt by their own doing and choice.

Nigeria was (deliberately and maliciously) diverted. The Libyan FF have admitted this in their Press release.

Libya's chartered plane landed in its original planned destination of Port Harcourt. Nigeria's chartered plane was diverted from its original planned destination of Benghazi to somewhere else.

For me, that's the koko and all that matters.

The action taken by Libya to land in Port Harcourt was premeditated so it could be used as an excuse to subject the Nigerian team to the "reciprocal" maltreatment they meted out.

Libya did this knowing fully well that they couldn't beat Nigeria fairly on the field of play. They were probably hoping that our team would be too distressed & fatigued to play well so it'd be easier for them to win or they walk over us if we don't make it to the match and get awarded 3 points and 3 goals.

It was a good plan but in all their scheming, the Libyan FF made a costly error that caused everything to boomerang, and that was not blocking communication channels and internet access cos Nigeria effectively used her social media might to launch an info-war that subsumed them.

After all said and done, Libya's plan backfired on them spectacularly.

kennysville:
I didnt mean that from the attacking point of view. If a man always places himself as always right, he will have issues most especially in marriage. There is difference between being right and doing the right thing. Therein lies wisdom.

kennysville:
Dude! I think I have to respond to you now. This you have written up here is borderline absurd. I have never engaged you vehemently and be attacking your personality. But a word of advise? You cant be right at all times. Sometimes I wonder if you are married.
Now as you usually say that one should attack the point and not the person, who travels without finding the proximity of their destination to the Airport they are landing? You are treating these folks like diplomats. This match has been on the calendar from I think June. Who okayed their original trip to Port Harcourt? How do you leave cause and start to attack effects? By your reasoning, Newton's 3rd law of motion is already invalidated.

You have a high credibility rating here bro, dont devalue it with needless arguments in a bid to look that part. You are always and have always been intelligent. No need to be trying too hard.

TheGoodJoe:
That is why I said the nff needs to clarify the concrete steps taking to ensure a smooth arrival of the Libyan players at Uyo.

To make it easy, did they make any financial assistance to help convey them from Port Harcourt to Uyo.

TheSuperNerd:
I am done.

TheSuperNerd:
Alright, your point is well noted. I disagree with TheGoodJoe like you do but he remains my top man and still one of the very best around in sports analysis.

But again for this Libya matter ehn, I fit give am small taste of his own favorite KungFu Kick. Nothing personal😡😡

Amedino99:
embarrassment arising out of their own decision to land at a location different from the already agreed airport. How's that any form of embarrassment.

kennysville:
I didnt mean that from the attacking point of view. If a man always places himself as always right, he will have issues most especially in marriage. There is difference between being right and doing the right thing. Therein lies wisdom.

zicky:
Oga you need to go back to really understand the whole thing, the story never changed, LFF notified nff of their landing in ph 1hr into their flight which is 3hr before arrival.
Nigeria teams have gone out for tournaments in the past and got stranded due to nff incompetence, did we go asking the host nation to come bail our team or we mount pressure on the nff. Either Libya got themselves stranded in sambisa or wherever, thier LFF or government should take responsibility, ours is just to assist.

TheGoodJoe:
The NFF man said that they landed at Port Harcourt because they did not get clearance to land at Uyo.

TheGoodJoe:
The NFF man said that they landed at Port Harcourt because they did not get clearance to land at Uyo.

zicky:
You can imagine, we were charged x5 the price for aviation fuel and we paid. But someone want the nff to pay for their chartered flight from ph to uyo

TheGoodJoe:
The NFF man said that they landed at Port Harcourt because they did not get clearance to land at Uyo.

TheGoodJoe:

I think this advice is best for NFF. Seeing no fault in their actions needs addressing.

Hanibal:
Oga you shared zero insights
Just plain annoying assumptions

You a football analyst should know better, during a football match if an opponent pull my shirt and it escaped the attention of the referee, and because of that I decided to slap the opponent in retaliation, who get case? Who is getting red carded?

And please just stop with this devil's advocate you're playing. LFF refused to foot the cost of a flight that will make their team comfortable, but it is the Nigerians that should be blamed for not running kirakita enough to save the day as spiderman/father christmas wey dem be?

They should start commanding money out of nowhere?
Call Akwaibom state government and scream Emergency! Emergency! Then money will be released in less than 3hrs, who exactly should they have called? The commissioner for finance or the state governor? At such short notice... Do you know how many months in advance it takes to plan a match and get funds released, do you how many letters get written and the approval stages involved?

Please stop throwing the word "incompetence" around... When you have no idea what you're talking about!

Reach out to Rivers state FA to put together a reception team with under 3hrs notice... Those ones nor get their lives to live, there is zero probability that most of their officials will be outside of Portharcourt at the time or even already in Uyo for the match a day before, No! they're always on standby in portharcourt waiting for the next order abi? Even the army cannot get boots on ground that fast!

Baba just die this matter Abeg... This your reasoning dey vex person

kennysville:
Eish!! ... I give up....!!!!

You have won

maidaboi:
why did Libya land in PH instead of Ibom? Was NFF the reason they land in PH?

Why did they refuse to take the flight to Ibom? Was NFF supposed to pay for the flight?

Pls what is the similarities here

TheSuperNerd:
Easy please. Easy. He is Happily Married okay. No need for that line. We can disagree with him without attacking or assuming details of his personal life. Abeg. Ejor.

TheGoodJoe:
Also thank God the Libyan boys are safe.

semid4lyfe:
Debating Mr Bluefonts is an extreme sports.

He probably thinks that being contrarian and going against the grain equates to intelligence

Emmy450:
SMH.. why are you deliberately playing down the dubious character of the Libyans?? Those guy's put themselves in that situation, changing travel plans abruptly, without informing your host country on time is what you want to blame NFF for?,

Even at that the NFF still rallied around to meet up, so as not to keep those fckerz stranded. And a Nigeria is defending and in turn justifying what Libyans did to us... CRAZY!!!!!!

opes:
He should keep it healthy, no league game last week to rub PEP philosophy on us, thus this. Opposition and dissenting view is welcome, God created Satan to serve a purpose; as an embodiment of opposition. We all cant go in one direction, so not surprise

Kog45:
Sir,pls better to put source so that we can understand your own side

Danielnino00:
The bolded is a very good point... Thegoodjoe has severally been critically of the NFF leaving our national teams stranded at airports during away games... Point in case Chile 2015 u-17 world cup and Rio 2016 Olympics.. Thegoodjoe,how come you never mentioned that Chile and Brazil should have bailed us out of those situations if you wanted us to do the same for the Libyans??

kennysville:
Dude! I think I have to respond to you now. This you have written up here is borderline absurd. I have never engaged you vehemently and be attacking your personality. But a word of advise? You cant be right at all times. Sometimes I wonder if you are married.
Now as you usually say that one should attack the point and not the person, who travels without finding the proximity of their destination to the Airport they are landing? You are treating these folks like diplomats. This match has been on the calendar from I think June. Who okayed their original trip to Port Harcourt? How do you leave cause and start to attack effects? By your reasoning, Newton's 3rd law of motion is already invalidated.

You have a high credibility rating here bro, dont devalue it with needless arguments in a bid to look that part. You are always and have always been intelligent. No need to be trying too hard.

TheGoodJoe:
My point have not changed. I am addressing the problems raised by the Libyans. They clearly stated they were treated with disrespect and one of such was no one received them.

The NFF protocol team needs to show they took steps to receive them. These are the things that will arm the foreign affairs ministry in their diplomatic interactions.

zicky:
You can imagine, we were charged x5 the price for aviation fuel and we paid. But someone want the nff to pay for their chartered flight from ph to uyo

TheGoodJoe:
TheSuperNerd posted it already.

semid4lyfe:
You're wrong sir.

The players who tweeted mentioned not having internet access

They wouldn't have made that complain if they could have easily roamed their phones and latched on to Network Providers in the area

Someone provided internet access for them and from the account of the Nigerian Foreign Minister and the NFF, it was the Head of the Nigerian Community in Benghazi.

TheSuperNerd:
Naija Talents Watch: Ebenezer Harcourt, GK, 15yrs
*Currently 14 but will be 15 by October 21.

Prodigious Ebenezer starred for Sporting Lagos football academy at the 2024 Gothia Cup in Sweden and he was truly a rock at the back leading Sporting lagos to cleansheets across their first 4-5 games before finally conceeding in the semi finals vs fellow Nigerian side, Beyond Limits FC in a 5-4 win.

He is already noted for his excellent shot stopping, penalty stopping and decent game reading skills. Still young and tender, he will serve as second choice to Nathaniel Nwosu at the Wafu B U20 Afcon Qualifying Tournament kicking off tomorrow.

His tournament winning performances at the Gothia Cup 2024 places him as one of the finest GK Prospects in Nigeria in the U20 and U17 categories.

Hoping his development continues nicely.