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Icon4s:
You cant tell me that u dnt know that the Teslim Balogun stadium has abt the best artificial pitch in Nigeria.

The issue was not the Pitch bt the heavy rain that took place hours before and during the match.
Now dnt raise an issue of poor drainage in the Teslim Balogun stadium bc the PH and Calabar stadiums are not any better.

To your second paragraph, that statement u jst made is not an evidence that the boys were not paid their U17 qualification allowances.
So pls i need something more concrete. Show me any link to that claim.

goldfish80:
Denilson is the real definition of a street kid who football gave an escape, just the type you advocated for yesterday. I wonder how you could question the talent of a kid from such background who broke into the Sao palo Copa libertodores winners team at 17.
Brazil youth team captain from the U15's to U17. You're talking about a player with rising profile, why you will blame a club for looking at such a player is lost on me.

Icon4s:
You cant tell me that u dnt know that the Teslim Balogun stadium has abt the best artificial pitch in Nigeria.

The issue was not the Pitch bt the heavy rain that took place hours before and during the match.
Now dnt raise an issue of poor drainage in the Teslim Balogun stadium bc the PH and Calabar stadiums are not any better.

To your second paragraph, that statement u jst made is not an evidence that the boys were not paid their U17 qualification allowances.
So pls i need something more concrete. Show me any link to that claim.

edi287:
I don't get the point you're trying to make. Bale was a full back at that time and let's be honest, Cole and Gibbs were much better. Bale as a full back almost got sold when he was at Tottenham till Redknapp moved him to the wing. Nuri Sahin was approached twice but he rejected arsenal the first time and Madrid and Mou screwed Wenger up the second time. Hindsight is a very beautiful thing. As for Ibra, we already had technical forwards and what arsenal fans were crying out for was a penalty box poacher, that's why they got Jeffers. If anything, I was pissed he didn't get Van Nistelrooy when he had the chance to. As for cr7, arsenal simply couldn't afford him at that time.

edi287:
I don't get the point you're trying to make. Bale was a full back at that time and let's be honest, Cole and Gibbs were much better. Bale as a full back almost got sold when he was at Tottenham till Redknapp moved him to the wing. Nuri Sahin was approached twice but he rejected arsenal the first time and Madrid and Mou screwed Wenger up the second time. Hindsight is a very beautiful thing. As for Ibra, we already had technical forwards and what arsenal fans were crying out for was a penalty box poacher, that's why they got Jeffers. If anything, I was pissed he didn't get Van Nistelrooy when he had the chance to. As for cr7, arsenal simply couldn't afford him at that time.

TheSuperNerd:
Portland Timbers Adi : Nigerians Are Like Brazillians, We Can Do Crazy Things With The Ball


https://allnigeriasoccer.com/football_pics/51493adid.jpg

Portland Timbers striker Fanendo Adi would enter the club’s history books on Sunday if he finds the net against New England Revolution at Providence Park in the MLS.

Adi has tallied 45 goals since his arrival from FC Copenhagen in 2014, and needs one more goal to break the all-time goals record by a Timbers player.

The attacker believes much of his success comes from a love of the game started while playing on the streets in Benue.

“Nigerians are a little bit like Brazilians – we play street football a lot, ” Adi told mlssoccer.com.

“In street football you just learn from nature because there’s nobody coaching you, so you do crazy things with the ball. You use your imagination.”

The Gboko South Academy product started his career as a goalkeeper before he was converted into a striker.


**Igho Kingsley



Source: http://allnigeriasoccer.com/read_news.php?nid=22577

TheGoodJoe:
Super Eagles fans in Lagos state will soon start watching their darling team at the iconic Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos again following the state's government's plan to change the venue's artificial turf to all natural grass turf.

The senior national team has shied away from the Lagos stadium because of its artificial turf, which according to experts, puts players at risk of injury. And with the poor state of the national stadium also in Surulere, the senior national team has played their matches in every other part of the country except Lagos in recent years.


http://www.odogwublog.com/2016/11/lagos-to-change-teslim-balogun-stadium.html?m=1

The pitch is too poor for the Super Eagles to think of playing there and you are trying to make it look like a de la cream condition.

Also, the artificial pitch with poor drainage made the condition a nightmare but you are quick to heap blames on Amunike.

Put these young boys in awful condition and want to make it look like Amunike was at fault.

NFF failed that team.

TheGoodJoe:
Super Eagles fans in Lagos state will soon start watching their darling team at the iconic Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos again following the state's government's plan to change the venue's artificial turf to all natural grass turf.

The senior national team has shied away from the Lagos stadium because of its artificial turf, which according to experts, puts players at risk of injury. And with the poor state of the national stadium also in Surulere, the senior national team has played their matches in every other part of the country except Lagos in recent years.


http://www.odogwublog.com/2016/11/lagos-to-change-teslim-balogun-stadium.html?m=1

The pitch is too poor for the Super Eagles to think of playing there and you are trying to make it look like a de la cream condition.

Also, the artificial pitch with poor drainage made the condition a nightmare but you are quick to heap blames on Amunike.

Put these young boys in awful condition and want to make it look like Amunike was at fault.

NFF failed that team.

Icon4s:
So how did the Sudanese cope or did they come along with their natural grass?

TheGoodJoe:
Super Eagles fans in Lagos state will soon start watching their darling team at the iconic Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos again following the state's government's plan to change the venue's artificial turf to all natural grass turf.

The senior national team has shied away from the Lagos stadium because of its artificial turf, which according to experts, puts players at risk of injury. And with the poor state of the national stadium also in Surulere, the senior national team has played their matches in every other part of the country except Lagos in recent years.


http://www.odogwublog.com/2016/11/lagos-to-change-teslim-balogun-stadium.html?m=1

The pitch is too poor for the Super Eagles to think of playing there and you are trying to make it look like a de la cream condition.

Also, the artificial pitch with poor drainage made the condition a nightmare but you are quick to heap blames on Amunike.

Put these young boys in awful condition and want to make it look like Amunike was at fault.

NFF failed that team.

Certitude:
Nature bless you sir!

Icon4s:
Was it not than same Teslim Balogun pitch that Manu's 2015 Flying Eagles won the Super 6 tourney?

Amuneke had a 2-1 away advantage. He went and was playing Tikky takka on a wet surface and lost 4-3 even from a 3-2 lead at a point in the game. That is unpardonable.

He has done the right thing by going back to coaching school.

Icon4s:
Bless you too Sire.

People will see the truth and would be giving excuses. I dnt have anything personal against Amuneke. He is my friend. But i really felt hurt by the disappointment from him and his boys.
Ok look at how the Sudan was playing at the AYC. I even felt more disappointed seeing how they were humiliated by all their group opponents.

We are here to discuss football for the progress of our national teams. If i see where there are inadequacies in a team i will voice it.

I was the only critic of the Manu's 2015 team even before they kicked a ball at the WYC and we all saw where they ended.

I believed so much in the Amuneke's U17 team and we saw where they ended.

If a team has the tendency to excel I say it but if they dnt i also say it.

I have been a keen follower of youths football since the mid 80s. I have seen good and bad flying Eagles teams come and go. I know what constitutes a balanced or strong U20 team.

cc: TheGoodJoe.

Icon4s:
That team failed themselves not even the nation Bc we as a nation have moved on. Most of them have lost the opportunity to market their skills to the world.

The players were inadequate and the coach inexperienced.

BascoVanVeli:
Please who humiliated Sudan? The only team that beat them with a big score didn't even make it out of their group. They even drew with Senegal the finalist.

BascoVanVeli:
The super 6 was in Abuja. Amunike knows more about football and winning than any of us here. It is shocking to even question the man after all he as done for this country.

BascoVanVeli:
The super 6 was in Abuja. Amunike knows more about football and winning than any of us here. It is shocking to even question the man after all he as done for this country.

BascoVanVeli:
They will always remembered as the 2015 u17 champions. Nothing will ever change that. Their names will be forever linked to Kanu and Iheanacho.

Icon4s:
Did you watch the matches?

In the draw against Senegal, Senegal were one man down and a goal down yet they continued to mouth heavy pressure on Sudan until the equalizer.

Sudan went further to lose 4-1 and 3-1 to Cameroun and SA respectively.

These Sudan could hardly string up 3 straight passes throughout the tourney.

They were by far the worst team in that tourney.

Icon4s:
Yes they will be remembered as U17 Champions.

But what would they be remember for at U20?

Do u know that when i saw the draw: Nigeria vs Sudan, my mind went back to the Gbenga Okunowo led Flying Eagles of 1997.
We beat Sudan 2-1 at home and lost 1-0 in Sudan. Sudan scaled through on away goals. Similar thing repeated itself.

A good number of them would have had another opportunity to sell themselves.

Where is our energetic John Lazarus sef.

Icon4s:
My bad about the Super6 venue.

See, those coaches are humans like us. They also make mistakes and allow emotions and sentiments take over team selection.

I am not in doubt about his tactical competencies but his choice of players. Just the same way we felt about Siasia and 'his boys'.

tbaba123456:
Ighalo has carried his goal drought to China..

Anthony Ujah and Obi Mikel scored.

maidaboi:
tbaba123456 let me add 789 wetin dey happen to your account

Icon4s:
My bad about the Super6 venue.

See, those coaches are humans like us. They also make mistakes and allow emotions and sentiments take over team selection.

I am not in doubt about his tactical competencies but his choice of players. Just the same way we felt about Siasia and 'his boys'.

TheGoodJoe:
Was Denilson one of the star players of Sao Paolo? I can tell you Anderson was the best player in Gremio, followed by Lucas Leiva who joined Liverpool.

Denilson was not among. I watched the tournament and Denilson was not among the stars to remember.

tbaba123456:
Ighalo has carried his goal drought to China..

Anthony Ujah and Obi Mikel scored.