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U-23 Goalie Emmanuel Daniel not ready for Super Eagles
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Nigeria U-23 and Enugu Rangers Goalie, Emmanuel Daniel snatches the ball off the head of an opponent.


Enugu Rangers goalkeeper Emmanuel Daniel has said he “feels great” with his performance after the side were forced to a 1-1 result against MFM FC in a top of the table clash at the Agege Stadium on Wednesday.


Daniel has enjoyed a rich vein of form with the Flying Antelopes and the U-23 Eagles but the 21-year-old says he’s not getting carried away with the praises nor is he in any haste to force his way into the Super Eagles until he gets an invitation.
http://footballlive.ng/footballnews/9ja-news/u-23-goalie-emmanuel-daniel-not-ready-for-super-eagles/

Icon4s:


This is where you get it wrong. Some are more special than others.

You want us to approach every Anglo-Nigerian player we see in England?

Sorry, we only need the exceptional ones.

forgiveness:



Yes, you are right we need only the exceptional ones that is why Sunday Oliseh went Iwobi ahead of Dele Alli.

Hmm, you are very correct and that's why Nigeria an Academy player deserves to be called to the National team ahead of established premier-league players.


Even Alaba is now enjoying the double standards criteria. Very good for Nigeria Football. # clapping.

BascoVanVeli:


No it was not easier for Vardy, at age 24 he was a non league player. He made it up the hard way and that should be respected. How can u say a 29 year old finally making a name for himself had it easy.

NRIPRIEST:
I see how you Nigerians like to reap where you didn't sow. After these white people have done nurturing players and giving them the platform and opportunity to excel and here comes the wretched Nigerians begging for allegiance... You Nigerians make me sick...look at our league,academies and general development of football!! Fat bellied eidiots running the nff,hiring and firing coaches as it pleases them at the nations detriment. Now you want to steal players you didn't groom. If I were England I will make sure you don't even get the worst players groomed in their country. Iweobi was a big mistake for England and I bet you they will never let such thing happen again. Fffuucking losers!

Icon4s:


I know the angle from which you are looking at it. But I have to ignore and reply you with a plain mindset.

Though both players are Nigerians but one is more Nigerian the other.

Dele Alli was born in England though also eligible to play for Nigeria.
While Alex Iwobi was born in Nigeria and also eligible to play for England just also like the case of Victor Moses.

Besides, Iwobi's uncle, Austin Okocha played a major role in Alex's decision to play for Nigeria. And again before Oliseh approached him Iwobi had already made himself available for Siasia's U23 Screening late in 2014. Dele Alli I doubt would have made himself available to Siasia even if invited.

Dele Alli and Ross Barckley are too English rooted to even consider Nigeria as a choice of Nationality.

tbaba1234:


Carl Ikeme was not born in Nigeria, Neither was Leon Balogun...

Recognizing yourself as a Nigerian is not a function of being born in Nigeria. It depends on a lot of factors. I have cousins born here in the US who still identify with Nigeria and they have hardly been in Nigeria. Maybe once in their whole life. It often depends on their upbringing.

Many of these players will play for Nigeria if approached.

This assumption that they will not consider Nigeria is flawed. The only way to know is to contact them.

TheGoodJoe:

We can not know all of them and approach all of them. The best way is to show interest.

Look at the case of the journalist saying if Solanke gets a call up from Nigeria, he will honor it. A news like that turns the radar towards him and if the coaches want him, they can give him a call up, even without an approach.

Is goo we reach out to them but their interest will go a long way in getting a call up from the coaches.

tbaba1234:


Approach the good ones.. Nothing stops the NFF from contacting Solanke or any good Nigerian kid out there. One phone-call or visit will clear the issue.

Help them make the decision to play for you. Players will play for who comes first.

Look at a player like Otigba who publicly rejected a call-up from Hungary. He might be feeling like a fool now because we have not even tried him once. He is still playing regularly for his club.

Players have to keep their options open so as not to lose out on both ends.

Imagine Solanke declares for Nigeria today rejecting a England call-up. And Nigeria never call him. He misses out on international football because he is trying to be loyal to Nigeria.

It is better when the country call you, showing their interest.

TheGoodJoe:


Otigba rejected Hungary and it was all over the media. The coaches know he is one of ours. His chance will come. Just like Awaziem, they know they will get their chances.

Instead of the foreign lads waiting for a call up from the NFF, they should declare their interests and let the coaches know they are available for selection.

The NFF did not reach out to Leon Balogun. Coach Keshi called him up to the team because he knew he was available for selection.

Why wait for the NFF while they have easier chances with the coaches?

TheGoodJoe:



Ridiculous post. How can you call Nigerians losers? It takes time to grow. The EPL still needs foreign talents to keep their League lucrative. The English talents need foreign money to invest in their leagues.

I guess we should call them losers.

This is about young Nigerians making the best of their talents with the little opportunities they have.

Should we call people like Iheanacho, Success, Ndidi, Nwakali, Madu etc who made something despite the challenge losers?

What of the English FA that dropped Iwobi and did not give him a chance in the senior age grade sides, (hint of discrimination) I guess we should call them losers.

Gareth Southgate did not play Rashford in the U21 because he said he did not want pressure on Rashford.

Pressure on a boy who scored against Man Utd.

Every country have their challenges. So calling Nigerians losers is ridiculous.

NRIPRIEST:


You misunderstood my point. was referring to the English born Nigerians like Dele Alli,Chuba Akpom and co. whom your country didn't know existed until they became popular. Your country didn't invest a kobo in their development and now you want them to switch and play for Nigeria.

tbaba1234:


How many years ago did Otigba reject Hungary? We were still playing Egwuekwe and kwambe in our defence. Keshi said, he did not even know him. I doubt, he is on anyone's radar now. Imagine how he must have felt watching Egwuekwe messing up at the confederations cup.

Do you know how many years ago, Ikeme declared for Nigeria? He was hardly given a look-in when we had Agbim as a national team keeper?

England were chasing Iwobi till the last minute but we let our best legs go and play for England without even a challenge.

Football is a career for these men, you can not tell them to stick their neck out when they are not sure of a favorable response. It is a risky move for them.

For players like Awaziem, Nigeria is their only option. So they have no choice but to wait.

Iwobi did not declare for Nigeria, He was called by Siasia to play for us. Siasia also approached Vctor Moses. That is the way to go.

Dream Team Eagles Head Coach, Samson Siasia.

TheSuperNerd:
Dream Team in Pot 2 for Rio








African Under-23 champions Nigeria have been seeded in the second pot for the draws of the men's football event of the 2016 Rio Olympics.


The Dream Team, winners of the gold medal at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, have Korea Republic, Honduras, Iraq in the same pot.

The seeding was done based on a cumulative matrix of how each country has performed in the football event in the last five editions.
Hosts Brazil are in Pot 1 alongside Mexico, Japan, and South America neighbours Argentina.


Fifa also seeded Africa’s representatives South Africa in Pot 3 while Algeria are in Pot 4.


"All 28 slots at the Olympic Football Tournaments Rio 2016 have now been filled and the nations involved are surely waiting with baited breath for the draw, to be held at the Maracanã on 14 April 2016 at 10:30am local time (3:30pm CET).


"Hosts Brazil will take the lead spot in Group A (men's tournament) and Group E (women's tournament), with the men's teams allocated into four pots based on a ranking taking into account performances at the past five Olympic Football Tournaments," a statement from Fifa read on Friday.

The draws proper will come up on Thursday, April 14, 2016, which will see the teams divided into four groups of four.


The Olympic football tournament starts on August 3.


FULL SEEDS
Pot 1: Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Japan
Pot 2: Nigeria, Korea Republic, Honduras, Iraq
Pot 3: Sweden, Fiji, Portugal, South Africa
Pot 4: Algeria, Colombia, Denmark, Germany


Source:
http://www.supersport.com/football/nigeria/news/160408/Dream_Team_in_Pot_2_for_Rio

rabzy:


This is the group of life.

rabzy:

This is the group of life.

Icon4s:


I know the angle from which you are looking at it. But I have to ignore and reply you with a plain mindset.

Though both players are Nigerians but one is more Nigerian the other.

Dele Alli was born in England though also eligible to play for Nigeria.
While Alex Iwobi was born in Nigeria and also eligible to play for England just also like the case of Victor Moses.

Besides, Iwobi's uncle, Austin Okocha played a major role in Alex's decision to play for Nigeria. And again before Oliseh approached him Iwobi had already made himself available for Siasia's U23 Screening late in 2014. Dele Alli I doubt would have made himself available to Siasia even if invited.

Dele Alli and Ross Barckley are too English rooted to even consider Nigeria as a choice of Nationality.

chrisooblog:
forgiveness i concur that we should at any opportunity seek to get our best legs (in your case foreign born players) but the truth is it's not as easy and straight forward as you make it seem. most of these anglo-nigerians grew up in the english system so they will be tracked most of the way. players like solanke, barkley, dele alli etc were monitored by the english fa right from when they were kids so once they come good on their talent the national teams of england quickly snap them up. plus most of them being born in england makes them feel less nigerian (if they even feel so) and more english. if you observe carefully the few brit-nigerians we eventually get to play for nigeria excluding moses and iwobi are usually less talented players like efan ekoku, anichebe, aluko, rueben agboola who the english never considered for their national team so they choose nigeria as a second option. like icon4 rightly mentioned iwobi already had links to nigeria through okocha, with moses we were a bit lucky because the english fa dropped the ball concerning his case besides that he was born in nigeria. just be observing dominic iorfa his father is an ex super eagle international when push comes to shove see if he won't eventually switch to nigeria.

from your posts i also see you think that nothing has been done trying to get these foreign born players to feature for nigeria. bros you don't know how much ground work has been done approaching these guys. sidney sam german\nigerian was approached even begged with a world cup selection yet he preferred germany even if that meant sitting on the bench. patrick owomoyela the same thing, nedum onouha we sent emissaries to beg he use us do shakara said he ''feels'' english plus so many cases to numerous to count.

with alaba yes it was a faux pas on the nff's part but that was more of break down in communication. if they had assured him he would be picked in our other national teams (21s, 23s) and properly explained to him the reason for not picking him for the under 17s he might not have been so quick to switch to austria.

like most posters have said any foreign born nigerian has to demonstrate willingness to play for nigeria just like v.moses, l. balogun, carl ikeme, iwobi did before they were called up. even at that it's not every adamu, emeka and segun we should call up all in the name of ''foreign born player''. any such player we call should be better than what we have presently in our national teams. nigeria has many talented players born here or abroad so the chances of a few falling through the cracks are high but the nff should at all times ensure we get the best legs to play for us.

forgiveness:


@bolded no 1, That is what i am talking about. Some Nigerians are more Nigerians than others hence the selective selection. Is that not what you mean?

2, is there any confirmation from the lad to back up your claims or is it from the figment of your thoughts or from the NFF?

3, is that the tactics used in discriminating or sideling other Nigerians from playing for the National team?

forgiveness:
I just want to modify the list a bit.


Goal keeper
Emmanuel Daniel
Dele Alampasu

Defenders
Moses Odubanjo(RB) - Hull city
Kenneth Omerue (CB) -
Tiago Ilori (CB) - Liverpool
Chidozie Awaziem - (CB) - FC Porto
Kingsley Madu - (LB) - Trecin
Leon Balogun - (CB) - Mainz


Midfielders
Ogenyi-onazi - CM - Lazio
Abdul Ajagun - AM- Panathinaikos-fc
Ndidi Wilfred - DM - Gent
Michael Olaitan - Olympiacos_F.C
Alex Iwobi - Arsenal


Attackers
Isaac Success - Granada
Ezekiel Imoh - Anderlecht
Moses Simon - Genk
Dominic Solanke - Chelsea
Kelechi Iheanacho - Manchester City

forgiveness:
Ooooo booooooy! Dis boy good for passing ooooo.

Hehehe! Who say foreign born lads no sabi ball?

Iwobi with two assist but i know say Arsenal go relax and lose the match. Wetin i talk, dem don conceive two goals.. That's Arsenal for you.