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[quote author=Famocious post=82978150][/quote]What kind of domestic accident?

The way these guys get injury baffles me

Chidozie should replace ola aina

Not one single Brazil player is injured and neymar is fully fit,
God help us my comrades

Arrangements are in top gear for the second edition of Right2Win Football For Hope Tournament put together by Right2Win Sports Academy, Umuahia, Abia State.

The International Scouting Tournament is specifically designed for footballers not more than 19 years.

For this year's edition, European Clubs and agencies, Ghanaian, Togolese, and a number of African soccer academies as well as Nigerian based Academies and sports management firms will come together in a bid to record envisaged undiluted Successes.

Serbia's Partizan Belgrade, Slavia Prague and Victoria Plzen from Czech Republic as well as Malmo FF of Sweden will be part of the tournament which is billed to kick off November 9 and run through 11, 2019.

The FIFA goal Project, Abuja and the snake farm in Keffi, Nasarawa state will play host to the events.

President of Right2Win Academy Engr. Kelechi Nnorom Orji said "It's indeed a pleasure putting something of this magnitude together, the first edition gave us a hint that we can enlarge our coast, and for obvious reasons, this edition will be bigger and better in all spheres".

"Our foreign partners are ready to go, we the hosts have done our home work and by God's grace the next big soccer stars from Nigeria will emerge from our end".

While AK 10 Sports Consult will come in from Slovenia, Nigeria's leading Sports agency Myron Topclass Sport Outfits will partner the Tournament from the home front.

safarigirl:
More Ignorance.

Are you sure you schooled in UK? I can juxtapose it with something said by a semi-literate truckpusher in Nigeria, and a neutral person would be none the wiser.

If you don't know, ask. Stop littering this place with ignorance

PS: I and my family members have been religiously watching this show since 2003 and our vakues system is better than most.

Wow una dey try o

tbaba1234:
The countries offer them citizenship to run for them.

Yeah, I get. And as long as you're a citizen, you're eligible to represent. Thanks

andrew444:
Agreed

But you dont expect everyone to speak good about the show okay

I got all your point due to i have followed the show and there are still some positive things about the show, but majority are only seeing the negative

There is no positive to watching people for 99 days and they end up winning 60 million without adding a kobo to your account

The worst part is that you spend your hard earned money to vote for them add they add nothing to you but a lewd, unsavory lifestyle

sorry but are you actually comparing a reality show to yahoo yahoo really?

as for promoting promiscuity that's why the show has an age grade so you can choose not to watch. if it's the bad morals you are worried about i can also spin the same thing for football. people seating down for hours watching grown men swearing, cheating (eg diving to win penalties) sometimes fighting has that stopped us watching football? or does it now make us immoral?

As a Christian i also believe in decency and morality but i detest hypocrisy to my very fiber.

Chinese who are officially atheist and Netherlands that legalized prostitution are way ahead of us development wise yet us "custodians" of morality are worried about a TV show. lol

komekn:
Them get the kind money were you go chop Eéeeeeee go hook u 4 throat.

You don't sell your soul for money this thing is a poisoned chalice. It reduces our value system and changes aspiration from noble exploits to ignoble.

Many things can have financially benefits that does not make them BENEFICIAL to societal development.

I am sure that the % €€££$$ made from Yahoo benefits the economy to quote a high degree. Possibly Yahoo generates in Nigeria a billion $$ annually.

Many Nigerian youths are gainfully employed in this multi dimensional business of fraud. It create employment for many families and individuals. The multiplier effect of economic activity from Yahoo is astronomical. Should we then extol this conduct.

You mentioned 7billion naira generated. Imagine how many people religiously watch this changing thier value system and aspiration in the process. We are advocating and promoting consciously and unconsciously that which should be condemned to become commended.

MetalJigsaw:
Man will you stop this unnecessary panic? Other players are there or aren't they good enough to feature? Football matches not won by mere names. Hard work and determination does it... Ask Man City

One of the In form duo of Simon and Denis can deputize well

I seriously want us to perform well! Because if we loose people like you will start calling for Rohr's head.

Mujtahida:
Have you not read that he was infected by a virus? Na wa oo

It was actually malaria

Earthquake1:
What kind of domestic accident?

The way these guys get injury baffles me

I don't know as well. His birthday was yesterday though

Famocious:
Yesterday was his birthday, maybe be any form of demestic related accident sha.

Like he was trying to do a long jump over the cake?

DrKlever:
Fake news!!!

It's real o

Barryseal:
Clair Fontaine academy which produced the cream of the crop talents from France is owned by French Football Federation.
Segun Odegbami had called for Nigeria to have such centres in 6 geo political zones of the country some 15yrs ago but we are too lazy for those kind of projects.

if we have something like that, they'll use corruption and nepotism to finish it, even Pepsi that was private Laloko and his cohort used corruption to finish it

komekn:
Them get the kind money were you go chop Eéeeeeee go hook u 4 throat.

You don't sell your soul for money this thing is a poisoned chalice. It reduces our value system and changes aspiration from noble exploits to ignoble.

Many things can have financially benefits that does not make them BENEFICIAL to societal development.

I am sure that the % €€££$$ made from Yahoo benefits the economy to quote a high degree. Possibly Yahoo generates in Nigeria a billion $$ annually.

Many Nigerian youths are gainfully employed in this multi dimensional business of fraud. It create employment for many families and individuals. The multiplier effect of economic activity from Yahoo is astronomical. Should we then extol this conduct.

You mentioned 7billion naira generated. Imagine how many people religiously watch this changing thier value system and aspiration in the process. We are advocating and promoting consciously and unconsciously that which should be condemned to become commended.

Na money be the koko. Who morality hep? The only thing it did was make us look the other way as people we trusted robbed us blind. Now you want people to turn their back on cold hard cash to maintain sainthood and kolewerk this time.


I personally will not watch the show but that is because it doesn't fancy me. Still it will be wrong to force that opinion on anyone else

Earthquake1:
There is no positive to watching people for 99 days and they end up winning 60 million without adding a kobo to your account

The worst part is that you spend your hard earned money to vote for them add they add nothing to you but a lewd, unsavory lifestyle

I dont watch for 99 days okay, i pick a little few days to watch and i see some positivity, i am 2 busy to watch for 99 days okay, even most times i am 2 busy to watch barcelona game

I have a favorite person there, i am sure if you have a friend there you can give the person a little vote

If you wanna vote you can vote without expecting anything in return

People dey buy people wey dem no no drink for beer parlour

andrew444:
Frodd

chaiii that pretender we e dey find mercy congo upandan



dat guy nah woman wrapper jor

andrew444:
I dont watch for 99 days okay, i pick a little few days to watch and i see some positivity, i am 2 busy to watch for 99 days okay, even most times i am 2 busy to watch barcelona game

I have a favorite person there, i am sure if you have a friend there you can give the person a little vote

If you wanna vote you can vote without expecting anything in return

People dey buy people wey dem no no drink for beer parlour

I'm not talking about you, I'm talking about the show

do4luv14:
that's why I hardly watch it,
give me guilder ultimate search, maltina dance all, Nigeria, idol, etc anytime, anyday

So how does these ones increase IQ? All na reality show it's just a matter of preference, I don't even like any of them but I won't condemn or form any holier-than-thou attitude about it

komekn:
Them get the kind money were you go chop Eéeeeeee go hook u 4 throat.

You don't sell your soul for money this thing is a poisoned chalice. It reduces our value system and changes aspiration from noble exploits to ignoble.

Many things can have financially benefits that does not make them BENEFICIAL to societal development.

I am sure that the % €€££$$ made from Yahoo benefits the economy to quote a high degree. Possibly Yahoo generates in Nigeria a billion $$ annually.

Many Nigerian youths are gainfully employed in this multi dimensional business of fraud. It create employment for many families and individuals. The multiplier effect of economic activity from Yahoo is astronomical. Should we then extol this conduct.

You mentioned 7billion naira generated. Imagine how many people religiously watch this changing thier value system and aspiration in the process. We are advocating and promoting consciously and unconsciously that which should be condemned to become commended.

Corruption capital of the world talking about morality, nawa which immorality wan pass bribery and corruption?

MetalJigsaw:
Abraham, Tomori: Reaping where we did not sow? BACK PAGE COLUMN
Published 9 hours ago on October 9, 2019
By Bola Bolawole 



huge tragedy befell Nigerian soccer lovers last week when Tammy Abraham and Fikayo Tomori, two promising Chelsea footballers, pledged their allegiance to England instead of Nigeria. It did not come as a surprise, though, because the youngsters had hesitated to accept offers to play for Nigeria and had patiently waited to see if England would come for them. With their present form for Chelsea, they had been hopeful that would be the case. Now they have been called up to the Three Lions’ senior team, they have happily obliged, ditching the Super Eagles in the process. Our only claim to the boys is that their parent(s) were Nigerians; nothing more! England, on the other hand, has a robust claim, the boys having been born/lived virtually their life abroad as well as having played for England at youth levels. They had also been products of the youth academy of foreign lands, something that is absent here, despite that we have heard of the importance of youth academies to the growth of football worldwide and despite that we, too, have parroted the need to toe a similarly line. As is characteristic of us not only in sports but also in other spheres of life, we seldom walk the talk.

Now we are left to whine and bellyache after suffering a disappointment only the most optimistic had failed to see coming our way. Now we comfort ourselves with such statements as “No one is greater than Nigeria”; “We cannot beg anyone to play for Nigeria”; “Nigeria has better players…” Sentiments! And I laugh! Had the boys pledged their loyalty to Nigeria, we would have been grinning from ear to ear. Had that happened, I would not have been surprised if any of Lai Mohammed, Femi Adesina and Garba Shehu had issued a press statement congratulating the boys and soccer-loving Nigerians and claiming it as one of the “achievements” of APC/Buhari! Let’s stop bad-mouthing the boys; instead, we should wish them well in the choice they have made – and learn useful lessons to stem the tide of our sportspeople ditching us for other lands. It has happened again and again.

Remember sprinter Obikwelu? He ditched us for Spain and won an Olympic silver medal competing for his adopted country. The list is endless. Every now and then the media throws up new names of Nigerians switching nationality in sports. Why? Better facilities elsewhere to enhance their development. So, athletes that would have struggled here suddenly take advantage of such world-class facilities to horn their talents and skills and become world beaters. Better incentives from their adopted countries, unlike here where they beg and beg to no avail for peanuts to enhance mediocre preparations for events. Better technical know-how and expertise from coaching staff, which makes a world of difference as technology has taken over from raw talents in today’s world of sports. Better professionalism and commitment to duty by coaching staff, unlike here where everything is always reduced to politics and sentiments. Better commitment to training schedule unlike here where fire-brigade approach is the order of the day.

So, it is not that athletes elsewhere are better than ours but for the advantages stated above, which they enjoy abroad but which their counterparts who pledge their future to Nigeria lack. It is instructive that most of the athletes doing this country proud at the moment are foreign-based, be they footballers or athletes. Gone were the days when we produced world-class home-based sportsmen and women. Now, we struggle over those made ready by foreign systems. We failed to meet even our own expectations at the just-concluded World Athletics meet at Doha for reasons itemised above. Administrative lapses and incompetence; and disunity among the rank-and-file also reared their ugly heads at Doha, reducing the fabled giant of Africa to a minnow while Kenya, as always, made the continent proud, coming second behind almighty USA.

Abraham and Tomori are just two out of millions of young Nigerians who, any day, will choose other countries ahead of Nigeria. Even adults are voting with their feet every day in search of greener pastures! According to latest statistics, three million Nigerians were added to the circle of the desperately poor within the last six months, further cementing our pole position as the poverty capital of the world. So, it is unimaginable to expect that those who stand at an advantage, being citizens of “better” countries, so to say, would choose Nigeria over and above such countries. Let’s work to make our own country a good place and not a shithole, as President Donald Trump has described it. A lot of happenings in the country, especially Executive lawlessness and blood-letting run riot, give us bad image. Our leaders do not inspire confidence. And we often want to reap where we had not sown. Rather than run after ready-made stars, let us take interest in these boys – and girls – while they are still fledgling. Be a part of their success story and not just an opportunist. Rather than cry over spilled milk, there are many more Abraham and Tomori out there waiting for our proactive action.

Apart from the fact that we didn’t sow into the lads, how can we expect them to go against their gaffe, Frank Lampard, who, himself, had been skipper of the English team? Naturally, Lampard would want the lads to play for England and strengthen the team. It also makes his Chelsea management duties easier for him. Many a times, footballers go to represent their country and come back injured and the burden becomes that of their foreign team and its management. Our athletes have complained ad nauseam of being left to the elements when they most expected the country and our sports administrators to rally round them. It would have been suicidal for the boys to go against the “advice” of their gaffe. For one, after God, the coach had been instrumental to their meteoric rise in the pecking order at Chelsea and from what we have seen about players in the big leagues, coaches make or mar. They make or ruin the career of players. Many a good player had gone against the coach’s advice only to find themselves shoved aside – and that had been it!
So, head or tail, it made sense for the lads to listen to their coach. It makes sense for them to pick English over Nigeria. For the sake of their career at club and country level, I dare to say that they have made the right choice – at least, as far as human wisdom can carry us. The other side of the coin, however, is that more often than not, such players usually are not more than fringe players for their adopted countries. Conversely, those who choose their home country may have more playing time, especially in a Nigerian team that relies on big names and foreign talents than a foreign team where racism and knack for form are still potent factors. Mitchel Obi was almost a tourist at the last African Cup of Nations! Even if England drops our lads after just one game, it has effectively denied us their use forever! Weakening a likely opposition is also part of the game!

Two more points must, however, be made. One: That the boys could make more money playing for England than playing for Nigeria. Who can easily discountenance the primacy of money in human affairs! Two: Team mates sabotaging the best efforts of high-riding colleagues in the Nigerian team had been rife in the past. Hear one of such foreign stars: “It was most unfortunate because I noticed that most of the players, when they asked me to go to the right, I will go there but the ball will go to the left and if they asked me to go to the left, the ball will go to the right.” Which true professional will hear this and still want to play in such a national team? Wasn’t that how Rashidi Yekini was reportedly made a pariah by his team mates after he was said to have “selfishly” celebrated his – and Nigeria’s – first World Cup goal at USA ’94?
More professionalism in our sports will encourage more of our foreign talents to vote Nigeria.

funny enough if we are a working nation we may even have more foreign born in our team, because some of these guys won't even bat an eye lid before they rush down to play for us

LaMujer:
Abeg, me I get question.

Taking into account the -Nigerian turned- Bahrain lady, and the now mentioned Spanish Obikwelu.


Abeg, were these people of dual nationality before? I mean, I thought the Bahrain lady was a full blooded Nigerian, I don't know, but how did they switch nationality. Or is there a provision in these sports that people can represent whichever country they like, whether or not they have ties there?


I'm just wondering nii o, because I know that doesn't go in footie

Full blooded Nigerians who changed nationality, I remember Gloria Alozie who also adopted Spain shortly after Obikwelu switch.

What time be d match self.

MetalJigsaw:
Abraham, Tomori: Reaping where we did not sow? BACK PAGE COLUMN
Published 9 hours ago on October 9, 2019
By Bola Bolawole 



huge tragedy befell Nigerian soccer lovers last week when Tammy Abraham and Fikayo Tomori, two promising Chelsea footballers, pledged their allegiance to England instead of Nigeria. It did not come as a surprise, though, because the youngsters had hesitated to accept offers to play for Nigeria and had patiently waited to see if England would come for them. With their present form for Chelsea, they had been hopeful that would be the case. Now they have been called up to the Three Lions’ senior team, they have happily obliged, ditching the Super Eagles in the process. Our only claim to the boys is that their parent(s) were Nigerians; nothing more! England, on the other hand, has a robust claim, the boys having been born/lived virtually their life abroad as well as having played for England at youth levels. They had also been products of the youth academy of foreign lands, something that is absent here, despite that we have heard of the importance of youth academies to the growth of football worldwide and despite that we, too, have parroted the need to toe a similarly line. As is characteristic of us not only in sports but also in other spheres of life, we seldom walk the talk.

Now we are left to whine and bellyache after suffering a disappointment only the most optimistic had failed to see coming our way. Now we comfort ourselves with such statements as “No one is greater than Nigeria”; “We cannot beg anyone to play for Nigeria”; “Nigeria has better players…” Sentiments! And I laugh! Had the boys pledged their loyalty to Nigeria, we would have been grinning from ear to ear. Had that happened, I would not have been surprised if any of Lai Mohammed, Femi Adesina and Garba Shehu had issued a press statement congratulating the boys and soccer-loving Nigerians and claiming it as one of the “achievements” of APC/Buhari! Let’s stop bad-mouthing the boys; instead, we should wish them well in the choice they have made – and learn useful lessons to stem the tide of our sportspeople ditching us for other lands. It has happened again and again.

Remember sprinter Obikwelu? He ditched us for Spain and won an Olympic silver medal competing for his adopted country. The list is endless. Every now and then the media throws up new names of Nigerians switching nationality in sports. Why? Better facilities elsewhere to enhance their development. So, athletes that would have struggled here suddenly take advantage of such world-class facilities to horn their talents and skills and become world beaters. Better incentives from their adopted countries, unlike here where they beg and beg to no avail for peanuts to enhance mediocre preparations for events. Better technical know-how and expertise from coaching staff, which makes a world of difference as technology has taken over from raw talents in today’s world of sports. Better professionalism and commitment to duty by coaching staff, unlike here where everything is always reduced to politics and sentiments. Better commitment to training schedule unlike here where fire-brigade approach is the order of the day.

So, it is not that athletes elsewhere are better than ours but for the advantages stated above, which they enjoy abroad but which their counterparts who pledge their future to Nigeria lack. It is instructive that most of the athletes doing this country proud at the moment are foreign-based, be they footballers or athletes. Gone were the days when we produced world-class home-based sportsmen and women. Now, we struggle over those made ready by foreign systems. We failed to meet even our own expectations at the just-concluded World Athletics meet at Doha for reasons itemised above. Administrative lapses and incompetence; and disunity among the rank-and-file also reared their ugly heads at Doha, reducing the fabled giant of Africa to a minnow while Kenya, as always, made the continent proud, coming second behind almighty USA.

Abraham and Tomori are just two out of millions of young Nigerians who, any day, will choose other countries ahead of Nigeria. Even adults are voting with their feet every day in search of greener pastures! According to latest statistics, three million Nigerians were added to the circle of the desperately poor within the last six months, further cementing our pole position as the poverty capital of the world. So, it is unimaginable to expect that those who stand at an advantage, being citizens of “better” countries, so to say, would choose Nigeria over and above such countries. Let’s work to make our own country a good place and not a shithole, as President Donald Trump has described it. A lot of happenings in the country, especially Executive lawlessness and blood-letting run riot, give us bad image. Our leaders do not inspire confidence. And we often want to reap where we had not sown. Rather than run after ready-made stars, let us take interest in these boys – and girls – while they are still fledgling. Be a part of their success story and not just an opportunist. Rather than cry over spilled milk, there are many more Abraham and Tomori out there waiting for our proactive action.

Apart from the fact that we didn’t sow into the lads, how can we expect them to go against their gaffe, Frank Lampard, who, himself, had been skipper of the English team? Naturally, Lampard would want the lads to play for England and strengthen the team. It also makes his Chelsea management duties easier for him. Many a times, footballers go to represent their country and come back injured and the burden becomes that of their foreign team and its management. Our athletes have complained ad nauseam of being left to the elements when they most expected the country and our sports administrators to rally round them. It would have been suicidal for the boys to go against the “advice” of their gaffe. For one, after God, the coach had been instrumental to their meteoric rise in the pecking order at Chelsea and from what we have seen about players in the big leagues, coaches make or mar. They make or ruin the career of players. Many a good player had gone against the coach’s advice only to find themselves shoved aside – and that had been it!
So, head or tail, it made sense for the lads to listen to their coach. It makes sense for them to pick English over Nigeria. For the sake of their career at club and country level, I dare to say that they have made the right choice – at least, as far as human wisdom can carry us. The other side of the coin, however, is that more often than not, such players usually are not more than fringe players for their adopted countries. Conversely, those who choose their home country may have more playing time, especially in a Nigerian team that relies on big names and foreign talents than a foreign team where racism and knack for form are still potent factors. Mitchel Obi was almost a tourist at the last African Cup of Nations! Even if England drops our lads after just one game, it has effectively denied us their use forever! Weakening a likely opposition is also part of the game!

Two more points must, however, be made. One: That the boys could make more money playing for England than playing for Nigeria. Who can easily discountenance the primacy of money in human affairs! Two: Team mates sabotaging the best efforts of high-riding colleagues in the Nigerian team had been rife in the past. Hear one of such foreign stars: “It was most unfortunate because I noticed that most of the players, when they asked me to go to the right, I will go there but the ball will go to the left and if they asked me to go to the left, the ball will go to the right.” Which true professional will hear this and still want to play in such a national team? Wasn’t that how Rashidi Yekini was reportedly made a pariah by his team mates after he was said to have “selfishly” celebrated his – and Nigeria’s – first World Cup goal at USA ’94?
More professionalism in our sports will encourage more of our foreign talents to vote Nigeria.

A simpler scenario of where we are is this.

Imagine Abraham, Tomori and Otabor are friends.

Abraham and Tomori see that Otabor has been invited to the SE but they know deep down he is no where near good enough and ought not to have received that call. They will conclude that we perhaps don't know what we really are doing. This thought will drift across other youngsters we have our eyes on poaching from England. I used the word poach because I believe England have made them what they are so should have first refusal of their services if sentiment is cast aside.

They will right now undoubtedly be thinking they have made the RIGHT choice in ignoring Nigeria.

andrew444:
Agreed

But you dont expect everyone to speak good about the show okay

I got all your point due to i have followed the show and there are still some positive things about the show, but majority are only seeing the negative

Which points? Is there anything in this world that doesn't have it own benfit at all?
Then make we launch porn show too since e go benefit directors, producers and cameramen na. Even kidnapping business as his own benefits Abi no be somebody dey collect ransome

do4luv14:
chaiii that pretender we e dey find mercy congo upandan



dat guy nah woman wrapper jor

lol

mummyson26:
Which points? Is there anything in this world that doesn't have it own benfit at all?
Then make we launch porn show too since e go benefit directors, producers and cameramen na. Even kidnapping business as his own benefits Abi no be somebody dey collect ransome

One thing about nigerians una sabi claim holy holy and knowlegde

But una go hide inside una house dey watch PORN

smh

Now that our team strenght is obviously depleted what formation would you rather Rohr play against Brazil. A 3 man defense of Ekong, Awaziem and AJayi then midfield Collins( not sure he can pay WB)-Ndidi-Aribo-Ebuehi(not fit) forwards. Iwobi-Osimhen-Chukwueze in a 3-4-3 formation for me. We seriously have an issue with, Kalu, Omueruo and Aina out. I really do not wish to see Seun in action.

jihday:
So how does these ones increase IQ? All na reality show it's just a matter of preference, I don't even like any of them but I won't condemn or form any holier-than-thou attitude about it

guilder ultimate search will teach you many thing name them,
survive instint, geography, endurance

will that of maltina dance all will bring out the creative you tru dance and other interestin facts about culture
ah oga jihday if those no improve IQ,
then ah no no wetin go improve am

do4luv14:
guilder ultimate search will teach you many thing name them,
survive instint, geography, endurance

will that of maltina dance all will bring out the creative you tru dance and other interestin facts about culture
ah oga jihday if those no improve IQ,
then ah no no wetin go improve am

Gulder ultimate search is more educative than bb9a, everyone knows this

Na dem know why dem don stop am since

DrKlever:
Now that our team strenght is obviously depleted what formation would you rather Rohr play against Brazil. A 3 man defense of Ekong, Awaziem and AJayi then midfield Collins( not sure he can pay WB)-Ndidi-Aribo-Ebuehi(not fit) forwards. Iwobi-Osimhen-Chukwueze in a 3-4-3 formation for me. We seriously have an issue with, Kalu, Omueruo and Aina out. I really do not wish to see Seun in action.

ebuehi might just surprise us with a superb show, same with dennis and otabor

do4luv14:
ebuehi might just surprise us with a superb show, same with dennis and otabor

He is not 100% fit

It would be risky to feature him in this high caliber match

do4luv14:
ebuehi might just surprise us with a superb show, same with dennis and otabor

lol which kain Otabor. He can't play that match