Joebie:
daveP , how is the mathematic modeling project coming?

isan:
I don't think Ola Aina is injured though Torino have two wingback on injury so they have to do something to keep Aina fresh for next week i doubt ekong injury also seeing the way he walked into udinesse line up

krattoss:
even Iwobi.. I think those guys thinks isn't time yet for national duty... Or maybe the synthetic pitch.. But either way fvck em all.

BascoVanVeli:


Please don't start. If we can't beat Seychelles with what is on ground then we should ban football in Nigeria.

krattoss:
one thing I ve learned in life is "nothing is guaranteed .

If them no win, na their matter.. The only responsibility I have to them is to watch them if am less busy..

I think these guys re used to failure..

krattoss:
one thing I ve learned in life is "nothing is guaranteed .

If them no win, na their matter.. The only responsibility I have to them is to watch them if am less busy..

I think these guys re used to failure..

TheGoodJoe:


The difference between Nigeria and the teams you are mentioning above is that they have well developed structure outside the U17. They have outstanding leagues which adopts and help groom/promote these players.

The U17 is the fairest, balanced system we have to identify and nurture stars. However, developing a host of quality players will take factors like improving our home League, developing academies and encouraging our home League teams to recruit these youngsters. Then we can nurture a top U20 team. Until then, we continue using what we have.

krattoss:
even Iwobi.. I think those guys thinks isn't time yet for national duty... Or maybe the synthetic pitch.. But either way fvck em all.

ChrisKels:
After the final whistle in the match between Leicester and Liverpool, who else saw Sadio Mane telling Aissa Mendy it was about time he came back home to play for Senegal?

ChrisKels:
After the final whistle in the match between Leicester and Liverpool, who else saw Sadio Mane telling Aissa Mendy it was about time he came back home to play for Senegal?

DrLikita12:
According to Pooja Media Salisu has been suspended for one year from all footballing activities.

tbaba1234:


It is an fair ban. You do not want to deprive the man of a source of income for too long.

tbaba1234:


It is an fair ban. You do not want to deprive the man of a source of income for too long.

BascoVanVeli:




They should have just sacked him, I don't know where the ban talk even came from. England didn't ban Sam Allardyce after he got caught on tape collecting money.

safarigirl:
a ban is worse than sacking him.

If they sack him, he can always find some other club or something to get an employment, but a ban ensures that he cannot work at all in Nigerian football. And it could also work as outright sack because Rohr will still need an assistant in his absence

cc12:
I saw it too, did you just watch the match's highlight on SuperSports?

Chrismario:



Kondogbia too has agreed to play for Central African Republic. Them African prodigal sons...

Icon4s:


Let me point out that the U17 and the academies are to identify talents, nurturing and development takes place afterwards, when they start signing professional contracts with their respective clubs . But note that not all the talents, for various reasons, will be opportuned to feature at the U17. So throwing the camp open to all at U20, rather than sticking to the previous U17, will affford us the opportunity of identifying more potentials but this time at the U20 level.

Yes development of Home league is a factor but note also that Argentina, Mexico and Brazil don't have leagues as developed as what we have in Europe but they still produce about the best players at U20.

The fact still remains that we do not take the U20 as serious as we are supposed to. We treat it with kids gloves. We think it is a competition for amateurs and academy players while it is a competition for young professionals. Our problems have been more from players selection.

Paul Aigbogun's team for instance could potentially achieve great things if he can really harness the best available players at that age level.

Icon4s:


Let me point out that the U17 and the academies are to identify talents, nurturing and development takes place afterwards, when they start signing professional contracts with their respective clubs . But note that not all the talents, for various reasons, will be opportuned to feature at the U17. So throwing the camp open to all at U20, rather than sticking to the previous U17, will affford us the opportunity of identifying more potentials but this time at the U20 level.

Yes development of Home league is a factor but note also that Argentina, Mexico and Brazil don't have leagues as developed as what we have in Europe but they still produce about the best players at U20.

The fact still remains that we do not take the U20 as serious as we are supposed to. We treat it with kids gloves. We think it is a competition for amateurs and academy players while it is a competition for young professionals. Our problems have been more from players selection.

Paul Aigbogun's team for instance could potentially achieve great things if he can really harness the best available players at that age level.

gamaliel9:


Hum..China 85 covered our eyes...Osondu blinded us..... Iheanacho and co took us to the the unreal world...look at the academies...all claiming u17....all because of our success at that level...there is no u19 team anywhere....no u23 team anywhere.....there is even u23 league in England...or Development Leaugue...at least but here it is just academies...they go through a long process before coming to the national team...Ndidi,Iheanancho,Success,etc playing the national team. But look at their other TALENTED MATES Musa Yahaya for one....still learning the ropes so to say...may be i feel this way because we have won u17 so much that it does not thrill any more winning it..perhaps but the truth is...we must shift focus to u21 in other to make more impact at senior level...Noe Enogela is going to Olympic Donesk since 2015...it takes long to mature..

Icon4s:


Let me point out that the U17 and the academies are to identify talents, nurturing and development takes place afterwards, when they start signing professional contracts with their respective clubs . But note that not all the talents, for various reasons, will be opportuned to feature at the U17. So throwing the camp open to all at U20, rather than sticking to the previous U17, will affford us the opportunity of identifying more potentials but this time at the U20 level.

Yes development of Home league is a factor but note also that Argentina, Mexico and Brazil don't have leagues as developed as what we have in Europe but they still produce about the best players at U20.

The fact still remains that we do not take the U20 as serious as we are supposed to. We treat it with kids gloves. We think it is a competition for amateurs and academy players while it is a competition for young professionals. Our problems have been more from players selection.

Paul Aigbogun's team for instance could potentially achieve great things if he can really harness the best available players at that age level.

TheGoodJoe:


We must not shift focus but broaden our horizon to keep developing what we have. We have a brilliant structure of selecting and nurturing young starlets in the U17 system. We need to broaden it, make it more competitive as they grow and maintain the momentum. What happens is when we win, we feel the work is done while other nations, especially the top ones keeping developing theirs. We are miles behind.

Icon4s:


We have continued to fail at U20 because we ha continued to under estimate the competition at that level. I don't know if u have joined this thread when I was lamenting the selection process of the U20s.

If we do well at U17 there is always the tendency to promote most of the U17 to U20. I don't have issues if they all merit the promotion but where there are issues is where the coach will chose to remain loyal to his U17 players if he is promoted along with them, there by ignoring other players who were not part of the U17 and have the quality to knock out some of those ex-U17 players.

Why we have continued to perform relatively better at U23 than at U20 is because we have always failed at U20 and so there will not be this cry of promoting all the U20 players to U23. At U23, we go for the best available and we have often seen the results.

Throw the U20 screening open and select our best Available legs within that age you'll see the difference.

Each time we win the U17 , two years later we either crash out at the Group stage of the U20 or at best 2nd round. Our best U20 performances have never come 2 years after winning an U17 WC.

And on the World level, no country has ever won the U17 and two years later won the U20. Same U17 players loyalty is a major reason.

Sometimes I don't know if those in our NFF technical committees have not taken time to observe these trends.

The last England U20 winning team should be a model we should copy, matured U20 squad, full of experience. Not parading 16, 17 years old academy players as U20 and expecting them to do magic

gamaliel9:



It is good strong step forward...european format... I would like NFF to take it up from there....compulsory for all clubs...then establish zonal MRI centres for clubs u15 and u17 to go through before registration...then have their subsequent leagues....it will be BOOOOOOM......talent everywhere...very soon we become better than Brazil football factories.

BascoVanVeli:




They should have just sacked him, I don't know where the ban talk even came from. England didn't ban Sam Allardyce after he got caught on tape collecting money.

TheGoodJoe:


By the way, the Argentine, Brazilian, Mexico, Chile etc may not have leagues as developed as the Europeans but what they have is a league that generates and produces young stars in high magnitude.

A good example is the Brazilians. We can not compare the EPL or Spanish League to develop the kind of youngsters as the Brazilian League. From time, the top players from Brazil like Ronaldo, Denilson, Robinho, Kaka, were top players in their 16-18 years of age.

The likes of Pato, Jo, Willian, Anderson, Oscar, Coutinho, Neymar Ganso etc were popular in their home leagues at 16-17 years. Today, we are talking of Vinicius, Rodrygo, Allan who are popular in their home league from when they were 16-17 years.

Aguero at 16 was popular in his home League. Same with Tevez. If you check the likes of top stars from those countries, you will see their leagues play a big part in developing these talents.

We can not wear gloves in a hard way and just track and produce stars. If you say take the U20 more seriously, I agree but running down the U17 as the reason of our failure is what I totally disagree with. The other countries are well ahead of us.

komekn:


Big Sam didn't take one kobo, not one penny exchanged hands. But he was talking about how you can circumvent the rules and sharp practices to gain advantage. He did not say he took any bribes but in the conversation it was implied.

In England it's not enough to be honest you must be clearly seen to be honest. Sam Allardyce put his integrity to question and compromised his position.

He had to go as a result.

Salisu was caught RED HANDED he clearly took the money

But is anybody SHOCKED nothing whatsoever has happened to Salisu, he should be facing a life time ban and criminal prosecution.

But you know, " This is Nigeria "