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BascoVanVeli:
He was poor at penalties but his delivery was good tbh. Conceding 4 goals is never good but I can only really blame him for the second one

TheGoodJoe:
It is not discrimination if we are using the opportunity to better the lives of kids that have none.

Using Nwakali as a point is actually flimsy because his life was changed by the U17 opportunity. No one is saying they will be World beaters but getting opportunities they never had.

A chance for education, exposure and Orientation.

You still look at them as different. If you look at all as brothers, where one has and the other does not, you will definitely allow the one with nothing to have a little. If not then the person denying the one with nothing has no conscience.

As for telling the foreign borns they can not play. If explained that it is used to give opportunities to those that do not have, they will understand.

Finito.

darkelf:
Nice list but I'm not sure of Alampasu making that squad.

Ogu is yes/no for me. Mixed feelings about the guy

BascoVanVeli:
What you are suggesting is the reason age cheating still exists. I could say the older players need the chance more and the younger ones have more time. Instead of letting children play a tournament you are thinking about the money that can be made. Don't make it seem like without football there would be no hope because that is bogus.

Nwakali has not played a minute for Arsenal. Without the world cup he would have found a team that would do more for his development that is a fact you can't run away from. Arsenal was purely about money.

tbaba1234:
Not every tom, dick and harry was invited. There were just like 5 of them and 2 made the team. 5 out of hundreds of local players that were screened.

Talents who are interested can be invited for screening. You can not abandon them when they want to play for you and then start looking for them when they explode.

Mbappe wanted to play for Cameroon but someone was asking for money. Look at Mbappe today.

As long as the coaches are given the free hand to make the choices. There is nothing wrong in camping them.

komekn:
This is the prejudice that baffles me.

You, sir make the negative demarcation which is exactly the same sentiments which TRIBALISM is anchored upon. In my opinion you have lost your way.

Your place of birth is not what defines you.

What you are saying effectively is that Nigerians born outside of Nigeria are simply LESS NIGERIAN. That's TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE.

This is the same bigoted and prejudiced sentiment that made people in Lagos to come against other Nigerian who some are third generation born in Lagos to being excluded from political office in Lagos state claiming that they are not indigenous to Lagos state.

This is so RETROGRESSIVE and the very kind iof negative counter productive mentality that has stifled development and enthroned mediocrity and birthed our FANTASTIC CORRUPTION in our beloved country Nigeria.

Your sentiment would have excluded Obama an African by parentage from becoming President of the USA.

Because l was born.in the UK I am according to you less Nigerian.

I disagree with you completely without restraint and apology.

TheGoodJoe:
When you are doing developmental projects, you identify the gaps, those that do not have and address them first. You do not go taking the scarce resources and giving to those who already have.

The U17 is a very limited opportunity and giving it to those who have does not help us in developing our football.

Icon79:
Again, you guys are misrepresenting my position. I do not call for a ban on foreign based/born players. My argument is that if the essence of these cadet tournaments is to help develop the game in your country then we are missing the mark by relying on foreign born players at that stage. If we keep running to the countries with a system and structure to discover talents, we'll never take the time to discover the talents that abounds in our own backyard.

I am 100% sure that if we get down to work and start scouting the thousands of high schools and dozens of football academies we have in Nigeria, there would probably be no need to go and pluck a 15 year teenager from his base in the United States - unless he's a special talent, that is. We'll never develop the game at home if we keep relying on already made and already discovered stars abroad. That's just the bottom line.

And this is the same argument I have been making about giving our homebased indigenous coaches a chance to coach the national teams. Anytime we go abroad to hire a foreign coach, what you're telling the indigenous coaches is that they are not good enough. We have even reached the levels of hiring a foreign coach for the women national team as well


O pari

TheGoodJoe:
News flash. Thijs Libregts, a foreign coach (who was actually the Super Eagles coach at that time) took over from Tunde Disu to coach the U20 side in Nigeria 99.

BascoVanVeli:
They have nothing on the players we are developing. Who is the best young player in Spain? Is it even close? The problem is selection of clubs and that has nothing to do with the U17s.

darkelf:
Nice list but I'm not sure of Alampasu making that squad.

Ogu is yes/no for me. Mixed feelings about the guy

TheGoodJoe:
I do not get your point. And what do you mean by who is the best young player.

I do not get you but with respect of football development, we have not scratched the shell of the egg when it comes to Spain.

For instance, the academy coaches in Spain are UEFA licensed coaches. They have regional tournaments in Spain and have regional teams of young players.

Every club to the third tier have quality academies with high grade professionals.

So with such luxury, is it worth taking an opportunity of a boy who has never had a professional coach to give it to a kid from a Spanish academy? Hell no.

mostob:
I mention Alampasu because what us the use of taking Akpeyi to the tourney. And about Ogu, if u notice ...there are three different MFs in my list...three are starters while the rest are backups.

darkelf:
In as much as Vic Moses was excellent for us, it was a team effort at the end. Where do you put Sunday mba whose crucial goals in the quarter-final and final helped us win.

I don't want to believe any player is indispensable or bigger than the team. We can't go cap in hand begging every player that quits the team. Its bot good for our image and pride as a footballing nation. That's why I am also not keen on Tammy

BascoVanVeli:
No disrespect but have you been living under a rock? Samu Chukwueze of course. Now who has all that UEFA licensing helped? Samu is hands down better than any Spanish footballer his age.

charlesemeka85:
Juventus Debutant Defender Gozzi Iweru Interested In Nigerian Football, Could Switch Allegiance From Italy

tbaba1234:
On Omidiji:

” You can ask from those who watched our friendly games, he was so much off the pace, no where near the players who made the list. At a time other players were beginning to question why coach Manu Garba ‎didn’t drop him weeks after he resumed training.

” He should be grateful that he was allowed to train with the team until the final squad was named. From the U15 team where he failed to get games, Divine Nwachukwu who was top scorer for the team made the list. Will it be fair to drop Divine for him? You need to see how well Divine acquitted himself “, 

This is from a backroom staff according to OGN. It matches with what i heard. Everyone can't be wrong.

andrew444:
Even in your mind you know alampasu will not make the squad

You need to be realistic and tell yourself the truth

TheGoodJoe:
It is not discrimination if we are using the opportunity to better the lives of kids that have none.

Using Nwakali as a point is actually flimsy because his life was changed by the U17 opportunity. No one is saying they will be World beaters but getting opportunities they never had.

A chance for education, exposure and Orientation.

You still look at them as different. If you look at all as brothers, where one has and the other does not, you will definitely allow the one with nothing to have a little. If not then the person denying the one with nothing has no conscience.

As for telling the foreign borns they can not play. If explained that it is used to give opportunities to those that do not have, they will understand.

Finito.

mostob:
That is my list bro ..not yours.
But we all know taking Alampasu to AFCON will do us more good.