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tbaba1234:
Only 5 boys failed MRI

TheGoodJoe:
Which kind senior level? You are jumping ropes to sell your tale.

We are talking U-17 here and I do not think England has achieved more than us in that level. By the way, Lateef is flirting with USA. Not England. I wonder why you are bringing England into it.

forgiveness:
The point remains that Manu has his own boys. EOS

forgiveness:
5+12= 17. Team never complete?

forgiveness:
Nay! He wasn't. Only called him to use him as training material.

forgiveness:
England football team has achieved more than Nigeria ever did. That's what I want us to stick in our brain.


However, before England won the U17 and U20 world cup, most of you here berated the team and termed it weaker than our national team but what saw what happened. They even went as far as underrating England in the world cup.

My extract is, you are good at looking down on other teams to make your national team feel good.

tbaba1234:
The current team is made up

12 new players
9 players from WAFU.

Even if you assume that everyone who failed MRI was supposed to make the team. You still have as many as 7 new players. All the players in the pool take the MRI test.

Danielnino00:
Very well then...let Manu keep using his boys.... The man has already proven to be a genius at unearthing talents, so I'm not worried..

I have no doubt that he can deliver another exciting u-17 team like the one below

TheGoodJoe:
Congrats to England winning the U17 but it has nothing to do with the discussion. You said Lateef will make it into the American side. I said you are right because he will be joining a weaker side.

If they were as strong as you want us to believe, you would not expect Lateef to walk into the team.

Finito.

BascoVanVeli:
Oga park first. Manu Garba was the one who even gave him a chance in the first place. I don't mind the lad being hurt but you have no reason to make this an issue.

forgiveness:
It has because that has always been the pattern you belittle those English Nigeria born players to justify why they should not make the Nigerian team. You believed English teams are weaker than our team but most you were forced to hide your faces.

You are treading the same line.

TheGoodJoe:
Me Be little English Nigerian born? How?

Stop lying.

I even used Kelechi Nwakali's case of not making it in Iheanacho's set and later becoming the best in the next one to highlight that Lateef being dropped does not mean he lacks the talent to excel.

So how did you come up with such narrative of belittling?

forgiveness:
It has because that has always been the pattern you belittle those English Nigeria born players to justify why they should not make the Nigerian team. You believed English teams are weaker than our team but most of you were forced to hide your faces.

You are treading the same line.

TheGoodJoe:
Even those running down Solanke should take it easy because in football, the tide can swing back to his direction.

forgiveness:
And I said Manu had his boys. Giving him chance was to save face. If not, why didn't he take him on the tour to Turkey?

TheGoodJoe:
https://www.nairaland.com/3018619/super-eagles-thread-russia-2018/5683#77045467

Like I was belittling Solanke here.

Continue. Keep accusing what you have no idea about.

forgiveness:
Which lie? Go back pages then you will find you errors. Besides, 'you' in this context is plural hence not referring only to you.

You belittled the English Nigerian born here. That's the bitter truth.

TheGoodJoe:

Say what you know. How can you say I started following Bilbao recently. In France 98, one of the Subs, a winger who came in and dazzled for Spain against Nigeria was a Bilbao player and their team policy of only local players was already going on. His name was Exteberria.

What goes on in Bilbao is not just a Miracle but hardwork and patience. They invest and trust in their youth system. Something a lot of English teams are guilty off.

I pointed the Iheanacho's case. Where Man City prefer the expensive players over their home grown talents. Why sell Dennis Suarez and buy Sterling? Why let Denayer go on loan and keep Demeichelis.

The EPL teams are money driven and the clubs lack patience. Look at Chelsea with Solanke in the club and they went out for two crocked players Falcao and now Pato.

I am showing you how an Academy can produce 8 players in a starting lineup in a Europa League. That shows how good the Academy is. The current team, most of them are from the Academy.

I am waiting for the name of one Nigerian Academy that I will compare with an academy in Europe. Let us know if our Academy Football is close to the Europeans or if our academies are not dark ages behind.

I will use Sporting Lisbon with graduates like CR7, Moutinho, Nani, Quaresma, Veloso.

Danielnino00:
Now I'm beginning to suspect that u don't know much about the matter before u jumped in....

Lateef has been with the u-15 team since last year.. He participated in a tournament in Morocco(or was it Algeria?) where we came second self.. Obviously, his performance with the u-15 earned him a call up to the u-17... I believe a few boys from the u-15 were invited to train with the u-17 too...

Take a look at this pic... that's Lateef with Suleiman Lawal at the u-15 camp last year.. Those who have seen Suleiman clips will attest to how good he is I daresay he is better than Lateef..both boys are still eligible for the next u-17 set... I haven't seen Suleiman crying anywhere for not making the list,but u want us to be sad for Lateef?

forgiveness:
Recent statement. Please try harder.

BascoVanVeli:
Name a player that Manu has missed? If Manu says he is not yet good enough you can take that to the bank.

TheGoodJoe:
What is recent statement. You went on your usual accusatory rant. Now you have changed to recent.

I can critique but cannot spend my time running down Nigerians. Whether born in Nigeria or not. I genuinely wish them the best. Learn to do that too.

TheGoodJoe:
Look at how I belittled Solanke here.

forgiveness:
Under that condition of been dropped from the tour, the boy will receive stimulus that will make him under perform in training.

He can never play with confidence because he has been psychological depressed through that single action. The message was clear from the beginning.

forgiveness:
The same way you people said Rohr list to the world cup was final. List full of impotent strikes and unreliable mildfielders. Continue.

forgiveness:
The point doesn't change the fact that you are good at belittling English Nigeria players.

BascoVanVeli:
What message? He wasn't on the team to begin with the coach brought him on. Nobody is saying he can't play but the coach has a right to his decision.
Even Michael Jordan got dropped in secondary school equivalent but that did not stop him from being the greatest of all time. The boy needs to work harder and prove that the coach was wrong. You arguing can never prove that.

forgiveness:
That was a recent comment. What about the previous?

You don't even know how to identify a single talent then how can I learn what you can't teach? Very funny.

Taliban:
I thought you always Ighalo is a good striker. So he's now impotent as well? The others you have always critised.

forgiveness:
Why bring him in the first place? Dropping Jordan supports the fact that coaches sometimes do make big blunders.

BascoVanVeli:
What message? He wasn't on the team to begin with the coach brought him on. Nobody is saying he can't play but the coach has a right to his decision.
Even Michael Jordan got dropped in secondary school equivalent but that did not stop him from being the greatest of all time. The boy needs to work harder and prove that the coach was wrong. You arguing can never prove that.

TheGoodJoe:
So what is wrong in telling Lateef not to give up and keep working for the team?

forgiveness:
That's not what has been said here. All I read is, he should go to hell. That's it.

TheGoodJoe:
Kelechi Nwakali did not make it in Iheanacho's U17 set. In the next one, he not only made it but came out the best player of the tournament.

Our hearts go out to him for his distraught but he needs to work hard to prove that he has what it takes to become a big part of our football.