₦airaland Forum

Icon4s:
That tourney to me was one of the best WYC ever stagged. Nigeria also presented one of our best Flying Eagles team. So unforntunate that a player called Lionell Messi was ever born. We would have won the FIFA U20 that year.

The quality in those matches were jst too much. New Zealand 2015 could nt b compared with it.

Napoleon55:
Prior to the commencement of that tournament,there were so much talk about Mikel,everyone was eager to watch him and what he could do n he did deliver,his best performance was against Argentina,the final match,what happened in that match is 3 things,1-the referee was against us,2-we didn't play with in and out striker,a top 9 like Martins would have helped us but he was not invited by siasia,though Martins thought he was too big to play in that tournament,he was demanding to be made the captain or something like that. And 3-the magic of Lionel Messi,the nigerian team didn't know he was that too good otherwise they would have been more extra careful against him. But with Messi or no Messi,if had gone with a better striker than Ogbuke,we would have won even with the referee bias officiating. Ogbuke is more of winger and support striker than a top 9

forgiveness:
Do you mean Awoniyi was their top scorer prior to the CAF U17 tournament?

Bro, don't give false information.

Isaac Success and Ibrahim Alhassan were the top joint goal scorers with 5 goals apiece. Isaac Success was already a full member of that same foundation.

Ibrahim Alhassan was the lad benching Kelechi Iheanacho in that team. It was when he left Iheanacho started shining. Although, Kelechi Iheanacho was the top goal scorer in the friendlies, he was still not a starter in that team when Ibrahim Alhassan was there.


It was wen Alhassan left he became a starter in important games.


Such is life. But he came in and gave Nigerians a cause to smile and forgot about Isaac Success.


Awoniyi proved himself for the World to see. He scored 4 goals and assisted 5 times.

Statistics don't lie.

Icon4s:
Hahahaha bros no go there o.U no sabi d foundation of that team reach me o.

Isaac Success was one of the late arrivals in that team. He was from BJ Foundation, an academy based in Benin. Elderson Uwa Echiejile was also a product of that team.

Isaac Success was never part of the team from the U15. He joined later after d U17 had already been constituted. He personally made himself available(jst like Osimhen) for team selection.That I think was prio to the double header friendly against Rwanda which was played in Calabar and Kigali. This was still even before the commencement of the qualifiers for CAN U17.

Awoniyi was d team's top 9 before Success came.

When I visited the team's camp early 2012 in the company of the a Benin based radio correspondent, Isaac Success was nt yet a member of the team.

I personally told Awoniyi that he was the Yekini of that team.Success was nt there then!

As for Ibrahim Alhassan aka Muazam, he alongside Wilfred Ndidi and 3 others failed d MRI jst the week of commencement of the CAF U17. so it was Benard Bulbwa that was benching Iheanacho at the 2013 CAF U17 and not Muazam.

Napoleon55:
Who named him the beast?

It can only be the resident Chief of this house. The one and only TheSuperNerd . He's got all sort of apt names for our boys.

Xlad:
Happy Sunday nairalanders..
This evening will be nice to watch the Beast, beast out..
Woking vz Watford

binhozie:
Between Brazil and Argentina

Icon4s:
That tourney to me was one of the best WYC ever stagged. Nigeria also presented one of our best Flying Eagles team. So unforntunate that a player called Lionell Messi was ever born. We would have won the FIFA U20 that year.

The quality in those matches were jst too much. New Zealand 2015 could nt b compared with it.

Napoleon55:
Prior to the commencement of that tournament,there were so much talk about Mikel,everyone was eager to watch him and what he could do n he did deliver,his best performance was against Argentina,the final match,what happened in that match is 3 things,1-the referee was against us,2-we didn't play with in and out striker,a top 9 like Martins would have helped us but he was not invited by siasia,though Martins thought he was too big to play in that tournament,he was demanding to be made the captain or something like that. And 3-the magic of Lionel Messi,the nigerian team didn't know he was that too good otherwise they would have been more extra careful against him. But with Messi or no Messi,if had gone with a better striker than Ogbuke,we would have won even with the referee bias officiating. Ogbuke is more of winger and support striker than a top 9

tbaba1234:
Ovie Ejaria's Liverpool debut.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5n2SADoVbg

TheGoodJoe:
[b]Man City Whizkid Tosin Adarabioyo Turns Down Chance To Play For Nigeria


Manchester City starlet Tosin Adarabioyo remains committed to England ahead of Nigeria at international level, having recently snubbed overtures from representatives of the Nigeria Football Federation.

Born in England 18 years ago to Nigerian parents, the central defender has caps for England U16, U17, U18 and U19 teams but can still switch allegiance to the Super Eagles since he has not played competitively for the Three Lions.

Adarabioyo is one of the hottest prospects in English football at the moment and made his competitive debut for the Citizens last term, and was awarded the man-of-the-match by City after his imperious display in that game against Chelsea in the FA Cup.

“We have approached Tosin several times to play for Nigeria but I think he is very committed to his England experience now, ” says Team Nigeria UK chief David Doherty to allnigeriasoccer.com.

“However we are hopeful we will get a positive response from him soon as we are monitoring every progress of him.”

Tosin’s elder brother, Fisayo Adarabioyo, was called up for a training camp by Nigeria U23s coach Samson Siasia in December 2014, but the striker rejected his invitation.

Ifeanyi Emmanuel [/b]

http://allnigeriasoccer.com/read_news.php?nid=19704

Wish Tosin the best in his career. We can turn our mind to others that want to play for us.

The NFF should ensure that Otigba gets a call up.

TheGoodJoe:

Skillful, Strong, Fast Hardworking, Tracks back but most especially brilliant. Knows the right decisions to make.

A promising talent. I hope he chooses to play for us.

Icon4s:
In future Some peeps will still blame the NFF if this one turns out to b another Alaba or Dele Alli.

tbaba1234:
Ovie Ejaria's Liverpool debut.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5n2SADoVbg

joseph1013:

Wow. Where did he come from? His ball control is excellent. And did you see how he positions himself for the ball? Jurgen Klopp will love him

tbaba1234:
joseph1013, thegoodjoe According to MrMowiz...

Manu Garba dropped Ovie in 2013:

Mr. Mowiz ‏@MrMowiz 10 Nov 2015
Make I drop some facts jare,Manu dropped #LFC Ovie Ejiara & one Chika Kandi of #CFC for Iheanacho & co,today who is bigger? Manu was right.

bigblangston:
Lolzzzz!!! This icon4s won't kill someone with laughter.

Icon4s:
What was d big deal in dropping the Ovie?
He was probably nt up to d marks.

After all the other guys dat made the final U17 list are equally doing well, if nt better sef.

tbaba1234:
There is no big deal in dropping him.. I am just pointing out that he might be interested in playing for the country in the future.

Icon4s:
Ovie's allegiance already lies with Nigeria. If he is up to the mark then he will get a call up.

tbaba1234:
At the bolded, it is not everyone that wants to play for Nigeria and is up to the mark that gets a call-up.. Siasia's Olympic eagles illustrate that. Politics and favoritism are still factors.

Icon4s:
Just like no b everybody wey pass JAMB dey gain admission.

Let him measure up to the mark first and let d coaches and NFF decide on whether to invite him or not.

Icon4s:
See my brother, most of all those Europe grown players are over-rated.

Nothing wey person no hear abt players like Godwill Ekpolo and the other guy from Tottenham(forgotten his name).

News of Ola Aino snubbing Nigeria also came up over the weekend and I am not moved.

We cannot beg foreign groomed players to play for Nigeria when we have the most succesful youths system in the world. If we can well manage the huge talents we turn out from our U17 system every 2yrs we should be among the top 10 footballing nations in the world.

Is that Adarabioye better than the likes of Iwobi, Iheanacho, Success, Yahaya, Nwakali, Osimhen,Awoniyi, Chukwueze, Sadiq and d likes of them?

Best of Luck to him.

tbaba1234:
joseph1013, thegoodjoe According to MrMowiz...

Manu Garba dropped Ovie in 2013:

Mr. Mowiz ‏@MrMowiz 10 Nov 2015
Make I drop some facts jare,Manu dropped #LFC Ovie Ejiara & one Chika Kandi of #CFC for Iheanacho & co,today who is bigger? Manu was right.

goldfish80:
Ovie has already committed to play for us. He was in the 2013 U17 camp but had to leave for his Gsce exam. I hope the nff are keeping close tabs on Jim before the English fa sweet talk him into committing for them.