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TheGoodJoe:
Football education in the country is rot due to the poor structure of the grassroot. Even a big man's child will not get Ajax academy education in Nigeria.

So no beef if a big man's kid is outstanding in camp. He is going to get better education and exposure.

However, I am against giving a scholarship to a big man's child whose father can pay 800,000 naira a term without flinching. Give the scholarship to a child that really needs it.

Finito.

TheGoodJoe:
I have said it repeatedly that we need to build our grassroot structure. I even went as far as showing how developed the Brazilian system is. Pointing out how early young player break in.

I have talked of us having junior leagues etc. I went as far as pasting the development system if Spain hoping we adopt it.

I was one of the first, if not the first who cried about how the state of the pitches were hindering the growth of our football.

It is wrong to make false accusations to sell your point. When I talk of players getting opportunities fron the U17, are all of them going to play Europe?

Simple. Use the U17 for grassroot development. The foreign borns are spoilt with too much opportunities. We have other levels they can represent the country.

As long as the opportunities are minute here, we should embrace using the U17 for grassroot development of players.

Finito.

TheGoodJoe:
Talent is one thing.

Another is opportunity to improve your talent and market it. These the foreign borns already have but lots of our local talent lack. The U17 gives them these and bringing in foreign borns take these away from them.

Finito.

BascoVanVeli:
Look if you are not going to have an honest conversation we can just stop talking now.



Are you not the same person talking about marketing talent or was it Akwa United that you were planning to market to? Just face it, u have no justifiable reason to discriminate on children born abroad.

forgiveness:
I ask you a simple question that demand yes or no answer. Should he be dropped? Yes or No.

Earthquake3:
He's passing is always bad

TheGoodJoe:
So to you, we can only market talents overseas. Please, some of our age grade players made their breakthrough in football playing in our local league. As I said, this is about improving their lives through football. Better they are exposed to the local league than not at all.

Finito.

TheGoodJoe:
So no beef if a big man's kid is outstanding in camp. He is going to get better footballing education and exposure.

You already quoted my answer. What else do you want?

Humility017:
but those guys don't have a British passport nah and won't get a work permit....
so the best they should go is the Belgian league...they can develop from there....

Humility017:
same Algeria we beat well in awka Ibom. ..?

i remember how they were hyped prior that match...abeg the only country I fear is Egypt

ogbiwa:
Belgium midfielder Kevin De Bruyne says he only spoke to former manager Jose Mourinho twice during his time at Chelsea.

De Bruyne, now at Manchester City, made only three Premier League appearances in two years at Chelsea, spending a season on loan at Werder Bremen.

He left for Wolfsburg in January 2014 before moving to City in 2015.

"There was so much in the press about my relationship with Jose Mourinho," De Bruyne, 27, told the Players' Tribune.

"But the truth is that I only ever spoke to him twice. The plan was always for me to go on loan for a bit."

De Bruyne scored 10 goals in 33 Bundesliga appearances for Werder Bremen before returning to Stamford Bridge, when the then Borussia Dortmund manager Jurgen Klopp - now in charge of City's title rivals Liverpool - wanted to sign him.

De Bruyne said: "Mourinho texted me, 'You are staying. I want you to be part of this team'.

"So I thought, OK, great. I'm in his plans."

'I'd rather you sell me' - on leaving Chelsea

De Bruyne started two of the first four league games of the 2013-14 season, but soon fell out of favour with Mourinho and was dropped to the bench.

"Jose called me into his office in December, and it was probably the second big life-changing moment for me. He had some papers in front of him, and he said, 'One assist. Zero goals.
Ten recoveries'," De Bruyne said.

"It took me a minute to understand what he was doing. Then he started reading the stats of the other attacking forwards - Willian, Oscar, Mata, Schürrle. And it's like - five goals, 10 assists, whatever.

"Jose was just kind of waiting for me to say something, and finally I said, 'But… some of these guys have played 15, 20 games. I've only played three. So it's going to be different, no?'

"It was so strange. I was completely honest. I said, 'I feel like the club doesn't really want me here. I want to play football. I'd rather you sell me.'"
The following month, De Bruyne joined Wolfsburg for £18m.

He scored 13 goals in 51 league appearances before becoming City's record signing in 2015 when he agreed a £55m, six-year deal.

'You threw me in the garbage' - on making a point

De Bruyne said his first "life-changing moment" came as a teenager.

As a 14-year-old, he joined Genk's academy, moving away from his family across Belgium.
In his second year at the academy, he lived with a foster family, provided by the club, but after a season they said they did not want him back.

"It's because of who you are," De Bruyne's mother told him. "They said you're too quiet. They can't interact with you. They said you were difficult."

De Bruyne said: "I kicked the ball against the fence for hours, and I remember at some point I actually said out loud, 'Everything is going to be OK. In two months, I'm going to be in the first team. No matter what, I am not coming back home a failure.'"

The following season, he was promoted to Genk's second team, for whom he scored five goals in one half of a game.

"You could see the change in everybody around the club. I earned a spot on the first team within two months," De Bruyne said.

"It's funny to see the change in how people treat you in football when you're doing well."

His foster family turned up at the club saying they wanted him back.

"They had really hurt me. So I said, 'No. You threw me in the garbage. Now I'm doing well and you want me back?'" De Bruyne said.

"In the end, I should have just said 'thank you'. That experience was the fuel for my career. But, unfortunately, that cloud still followed me around for a long time."

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/47932597

elyte89:
Taiye taiwo is 34years old today

cc12:
Awaziem made the Sofascore Turkish Super Lig team of the week

iSlayer2:
John Ogu to leave Hapoel Beer Sheva.



A little too late?

Humility017:
to where?

iSlayer2:
Didn't state. I wonder what decent club he can get now.

Humility017:
Nigeria players should avoid PORTO of Portugal. that club have no good plans for africans.
same player who made headway in france and now turkey was never good enough for the wicked Portuguese side

Humility017:
the guy should please retire from the national team after AFCON.... we need encourage young legs.
he can get some chinese clubs na

Icon79:
Check this out - all time Barca 11

https://team-picker.files.bbci.co.uk/barca-cl-era-xi-644276aa418a5f3dd24b5fa0e2181e12.html

PS: replace Rivaldo with Ronaldinho.


O pari

gamaliel9:
Rather out Iniesta in Ronaldinho...Rivaldo stays..... Stoickov would have come in but his stay was not long and Ivan De La Pena was better than him...Etoo...

This list from BBC i think was inspired by those players that won Champion s league

Icon79:
Yea, I would take that combo as well. It's really a tough call in every position sha. It almost drove me nuts evaluating talents


O pari

gamaliel9:
Me too...the players that went through Barca were simply amazing...at a time..they had four players that were captains of their national teams in the first team

HAGI,STOICKOV,KOEMAN AND MARQUEZ

do4luv14:
since when did this honorable thread became a barca club thread

darkelf:
How If I may ask? I'm not saying you are wrong but maybe he has posted some top performances in serious competitive games I don't knoe about

mostob:
when compared to Akpeyi ? Taking Alampasu to AFCON is a bit beneficial to the SE. A couple of training, a little bit exposure might go a long way in helping him... and also if he was able to retain Uzoho on the bench being the first choice at UAE, I have no doubt he can do so now if given the chance. Though,many factors are against him especially his club status but the fact that he is still young and has potentials made him stand out when compared to Akpeyi.
I also think he will offer a stiffer competition to Uzoho than Ezenwa and Akpeyi
cc andrew44

Humility017:
to where?

jieta:
I tire, please when is Nigeria u17 next match?