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Meanwhile, so Chibuike Nwaiwu also played for Heartland before Enyimba and before he left for Austria. Interesting journey.

https://x.com/i/status/2040827507520217198

Napoleon55:
"The cross, which was willed by wicked men, was woven by God into the tapestry of world redemption."

May the death,burial and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ bring us peace,happiness and success.

Happy Easter to all of us

Amen 🙏

Joebie:
monikers take note say nerdie don "discover" another one oh.. take note and take ya time

Na Chriskel discover the guy na, e been don tell us to watch out for him before

If we do the right things between now and 2027 we can win the elusive U20 World cup. The likes of Zadok Yohanna, Promise Meliga, Richard Ajayi, Frank Egwuatu, Johhny Spiff, John Otomewo, Simon Cletus, and Mubarak Suleman, Kparobo Ariheri and many more ballers are all 2007 born and are eligible to play in the next U20 AFCON and World cup. This can be the beginning of a new golden generation. The biggest impediment is the NFF. Up till now we dont even have coaches for the U17, U20 and U23 teams.

TheSuperNerd:
A closeup of the Wonder Goal by ⚡️adok

⚡ADOK pic.twitter.com/vbofnhwhxu

— AIK Fotboll (@AIKfotboll) April 5, 2026

NFF and their useless scouts (if they even have any) won't see this type of players to call up and rebuild around. We currently don't even have a functioning U17-U23 team, yet we have the talented young players scattered across Europe with an existing database of them...yet the Zamfara dunce who calls himself NFF president has shown no initiative in organizing friendly matches for all this talent pool of young players to build cohesion and chemistry.

Bunch of idiots

Predator87:
If we do the right things between now and 2027 we can win the elusive U20 World cup. The likes of Zadok Yohanna, Promise Meliga, Richard Ajayi, Frank Egwuatu, Johhny Spiff, John Otomewo, Simon Cletus, and Mubarak Suleman, Kparobo Ariheri and many more ballers are all 2007 born and are eligible to play in the next U20 AFCON and World cup. This can be the beginning of a new golden generation. The biggest impediment is the NFF. Up till now we dont even have coaches for the U17, U20 and U23 teams.

U don't have u17,u20 coach and you are talking about winning u20 world Cup,na play you dey play abi.
Some countries have teenagers playing for many top countries and you are calling names most of us don't even know,

We need our youth teams to be able to start playing at the world cup consistently again first before winning it.
And honestly,our u17 team is due for another world cup trophy.

Napoleon55:
U don't have u17,u20 coach and you are talking about winning u20 world Cup,na play you dey play abi.
Some countries have teenagers playing for many top countries and you are calling names most of don't even know,

We need our youth teams to be able to start playing at the world cup consistently again first before winning it.
And honestly,our u17 team is due for another world cup trophy.

Guy go on google and research these players i have listed. Some of them have been name drooped here before. Promise Meliga for instance scored a brace for his club in the Norwegian top flight not to long ago. Richard Ajayi and Frank Egwuatu both play for Bayern Munich u19 team. Winning U20 or at least getting to the semifinals is not difficult if we start planning. Hire a good coach not a bush man like Ali Zubiru. Call up players based on merit and consistently arrange friendly matches for them. Call the Moroccan FA for instance tell them you want to play a friendly match with their U20 team during the next FIFA window. They will oblige. Our problem is being ok with mediocrity and having useless people like Ibrahim Gausau as NFF president. It has been normalized hence why we are not going to yet another world cup. Once upon a time, we had far better standards.

TheSuperNerd:
He is Nigerian through and through. Born and bred in Naija. Picked up from a Grassroots Academy in Kaduna. No dual Euro country nonsense hia.

Kwarrect!!

TheSuperNerd:
Meanwhile, so Chibuike Nwaiwu also played for Heartland before Enyimba and before he left for Austria. Interesting journey.

https://x.com/i/status/2040827507520217198

Happy for the guy that he finally made it. That means it isn't impossible to get a couple of decent players from the NPFL. Not necessarily injecting them into the SE. The truth is any good one invited to the SE would leave in no time and the cycle starts again.

For those who want to see more of him, this is Zadok Abu Yohanna's highlights Comps from his game today. It is 6mins+ long so enjoy.

Zadok Yohanna mot HBK's vänsterkant pic.twitter.com/KTNYlgYtdt

— Asplund (@Asplundds) April 5, 2026

AndSunGorilla:
Happy for the guy that he finally made it. That means it isn't impossible to get a couple of decent players from the NPFL. Not necessarily injecting them into the SE. The truth is any good one invited to the SE would leave in no time and the cycle starts again.

Yeah you got it.
Local league players are talented but raw.
I think they are badly trained. They are a product of a combination of
poor coaching and raw unrefined talent. Something like rice that is not cooked.
Maybe they do not do well in European football because they are badly coached
and those short commings are easy to notice by European coaches.
Maybe what a 12 year old boy in Europe knows about football a 22 year old
local league player has not even heard of it before.
The gap in knowledge makes European coaches not to rate them.
However, it can be worked on.
Sunday Mba is an example of how raw uncooked badly coached talent can
still be useful.
That is why i dont totally dismiss local league players. the fact that something
is raw does not mean it cannot be useful and refined.

Philosopher1979:
Yeah you got it.
Local league players are talented but raw.
I think they are badly trained. They are a product of a combination of
poor coaching and raw unrefined talent. Something like rice that is not cooked.
Maybe they do not do well in European football because they are badly coached
and those short commings are easy to notice by European coaches.
Maybe what a 12 year old boy in Europe knows about football a 22 year old
local league player has not even heard of it before.
The gap in knowledge makes European coaches not to rate them.
However, it can be worked on.
Sunday Mba is an example of how raw uncooked badly coached talent can
still be useful.
That is why i dont totally dismiss local league players. the fact that something
is raw does not mean it cannot be useful and refined.

The issue is not how raw or cooked they are. The problem is their ages. Are they using the right age? If you get a young real 18-year-old from the NPFL, they can unlearn the rubbish from the NPFL and still come good in Europe. The likes of Fredricks, Nwainu, Suleman Sani and Emmanuel Ayaosi are good examples. But if you take an overaged player that is too old to Europe, he will not adjust and adapt and will be a waste in investment. Thats why you hardly see NPFL players moving to decent European leagues. If the NPFL can invest in real young talented players(Use MRI, acadamies and school records to verify ages) and get rid of the overaged players that clogg up the leagues, it will become viable again. The sale of these players will fetch these clubs $$$ which they can use to invest in infrastructure, coaching etc Our league will grow exponentially. It does not have to be as "big" as South Africa PSL or the Egyptian league. Make it a farmer's league that attracts scouts from all over top European Leagues like French, Belgian and Dutch leagues.

i no check first before i comment..

TheSuperNerd:
Actually Chriskels and I mentioned him last year. Chris dropped his name and I followed right up. I quoted Chris' post sef. If you search, you will see his followed by mine and then another moniker who said LB. Lol.
Not many paid attention to Chris' post on the lad but I kept watch through his first euro journey even during my short sabbaticals from the thread and look at him blowing up now in matchday 1 of the new season in Sweden.

I have more sabbaticals incoming so I wont even be able to drop more names when I am away but I trust others will and anyone missed will eventually make it into the media while I will try keep touch wherever I am.

Sometimes, work does not allow me come drop names in time... but time always reveal them.

The talentshunt/search never dies. I just love the joy of a new discovery in Naija sports especially football.

Odunayaw:
What categories?

Where did a back to back WC missing team get the ego to talk about elite teams?

I can't believe someone is arguing this.hu 😯

Oya pick one team among the group that has the same pedigree or ranking as Nigeria. If you can't then you just proved that you're just a slow bot.😐

MetalJigsaw:
I can't believe someone is arguing this.hu 😯

Oya pick one team among the group that has the same pedigree or ranking as Nigeria. If you can't then you just proved that you're just a slow bot.😐

If anything fits the description of slow bot it is the digression from my specific tackle on your outburst on drawing 2-2 with a country that is not "elite"

TheSuperNerd:
For those who want to see more of him, this is Zadok Abu Yohanna's highlights Comps from his game today. It is 6mins+ long so enjoy.

Zadok Yohanna mot HBK's vänsterkant pic.twitter.com/KTNYlgYtdt

— Asplund (@Asplundds) April 5, 2026

Besides his major traits, I love his aerial abilities.


Kid is not a one trick pony, hence you can never tell if he wants to cut or take you on and use his right foot.

do4luv14:
Na Chriskel discover the guy na, e been don tell us to watch out for him before

Lol I don't work for any academy, so I didn't discover anybody

I saw him on X, liked him and reported him here when he got signed by AIK.

You are right. If only folks paid attention a year ago when you mentioned him and his left foot yet that left foot seems an intro to his physical choices of attack. He is surprisingly good with his head and multidimensional in his attacking plays and footwork.

I like that he is a right winger and is rising strong at a similar time that left winger, Sani Suleiman is still adapting at Leipzig ahead of Yan Diomande's likely departure in the summer.

There is also Promise Meliga Jr and co.

Just like that, we have genuine attacking wing talents on the right and left to look forward to in terms of solid growth and quality upgrade. Exciting times.

ChrisKels:
Besides his major traits, I love his aerial abilities.


Kid is not a one trick pony, hence you can never tell if he wants to cut or take you on and use his right foot.

Maduka Okoye and Raphael Onyedika in action currently in their respective leagues.

Vince Osuji on the bench for Club Brugge by the way as they lead 2-0 vs Anderlecht. Onyedika still in action.

Okoye still keeping a cleansheet vs Fabregas' Como.

TheSuperNerd:
Maduka Okoye and Raphael Onyedika in action currently in their respective leagues.

Femi Azeez in action for Millwall vs Norwich in the Championship.

Victor Ozor Okeke,19 and Ibrahim Buhari,24 on the bench for Elfsborg vs IFK Goteborg in the Allsvenskan.

BankyGee:
Naija boy.

are you monetized on x?

TheSuperNerd:
He is Nigerian through and through. Born and bred in Naija. Picked up from a Grassroots Academy in Kaduna. No dual Euro country nonsense hia.

finally someone from hometown 😁

Predator87:
If we do the right things between now and 2027 we can win the elusive U20 World cup. The likes of Zadok Yohanna, Promise Meliga, Richard Ajayi, Frank Egwuatu, Johhny Spiff, John Otomewo, Simon Cletus, and Mubarak Suleman, Kparobo Ariheri and many more ballers are all 2007 born and are eligible to play in the next U20 AFCON and World cup. This can be the beginning of a new golden generation. The biggest impediment is the NFF. Up till now we dont even have coaches for the U17, U20 and U23 teams.

as other countries don't have talents too

it's not that easy 😂

maidaboi:
finally someone from hometown 😁

The sooner some of you accept that some of our players will be born outside of Nigeria and have dual citizenship the better. Instead of hating on some of these foreign born players adapt and learn to integrate them into Nigerian football. Other African countries are doing just that while we are falling behind.

Predator87:
The sooner some of you accept that some of our players will be born outside of Nigeria and have dual citizenship the better. Instead of hating on some of these foreign born players adapt and learn to integrate them into Nigerian football. Other African countries are doing just that while we are falling behind.

you missunderstand me

hometown as in where I am based and not anything related to foreign born and local players

I have no problems on that

Lol... Oh same Kaduna? Well, better add him now to your list of "My Boys".

maidaboi:
finally someone from hometown 😁

TheSuperNerd:
Maduka Okoye and Raphael Onyedika in action currently in their respective leagues.

Maduka Okoye gets his 7th Serie A Cleansheet of the season from 23 starts as Udinese plays 0-0 vs highflying Como.

TheSuperNerd:
Lol... Oh same Kaduna? Well, better add him now to your list of "My Boys".

yeah 😂

my passion for Nigerian football has dropped drastically 😪

but my love for super eagles/super falcons is going nowhere

maidaboi:
are you monetized on x?

Yeah boss

Predator87:
Guy go on google and research these players i have listed. Some of them have been name drooped here before. Promise Meliga for instance scored a brace for his club in the Norwegian top flight not to long ago. Richard Ajayi and Frank Egwuatu both play for Bayern Munich u19 team. Winning U20 or at least getting to the semifinals is not difficult if we start planning. Hire a good coach not a bush man like Ali Zubiru. Call up players based on merit and consistently arrange friendly matches for them. Call the Moroccan FA for instance tell them you want to play a friendly match with their U20 team during the next FIFA window. They will oblige. Our problem is being ok with mediocrity and having useless people like Ibrahim Gausau as NFF president. It has been normalized hence why we are not going to yet another world cup. Once upon a time, we had far better standards.

Will these players you are mentioning be able to break into super eagles and take over from the aging ones, that's my own.
I remember there were brief period when Nigeria could boast of having one of the best u23,u20 players in the world,yet they couldn't go further with those talents in competitions,but some of those talents went on to carry the super eagles along.
The likes of Iheanacho,Ndidi,Moses Simon and Isaac Success were few of those names who stood out.
Iwobi,Chukwueze and Osimhen still fell into those age bracket then who featured in one or two of our age grade teams.
Some of those talents we were raving about at that time are still available today helping the super eagles because they are truly good.

These names you are calling, will they be able to represent the super eagles well when the time comes and let's not talk about winning the u20 world Cup,because names don't win u20 world Cup but the the system and the structure upon which they were built.
We have not watched our u20 players play together in years, how could we determine if they are capable of winning anything just by their names.

Napoleon55:
Will these players you are mentioning be able to break into super eagles and take over from the aging ones, that's my own.
I remember there were brief period when Nigeria could boast of having one of the best u23,u20 players in the world,yet they couldn't go further with those talents in competitions,but some of those talents went on to carry the super eagles along.
The likes of Iheanacho,Ndidi,Moses Simon and Isaac Success were few of those names who stood out.
Iwobi,Chukwueze and Osimhen still fell into those age bracket then who featured in one or two of our age grade teams.
Some of those talents we were raving about at that time are still available today helping the super eagles because they are truly good.

These names you are calling, will they be able to represent the super eagles well when the time comes and let's not talk about winning the u20 world Cup,because names don't win u20 world Cup but the the system and the structure upon which they were built.
We have not watch our u20 players play together in years, how could we determine if they are capable of winning anything just by their names.

It's not easy I know but in years past when we lock in and prepare well for tournaments we always do well especially at youth level. By now we should already have a U20 coach and engage in friendly matches utilizing the FIFA window. Get the team to gell so they get ready for the U20 wafu, Afcon, World cups etc. The issue now is that this NFF led by Gausau are fire brigade experts. They won't hire a coach untill weeks before a competition. They are so useless and it's affecting us at all levels.

As for the individual players time will tell. This is why I would like to see them at U20 level. From there they can progress into the U23/ SuperEagles.