charlesemeka85:
Wetin u dey expect frm dude wey been dey clamor for the inclusion of ajagun and kayode to the super eagles because inside of him he is pained that the west has few players from the region in the current eagles set up

Forgiveness u think say I no d knw motive behind ur ranting then lolz

DrKlever:
let me hear word. There is no discrimination here but just obvious fact. If you were to select a team of basketball players to represent North America in an inter continental competition, where do you think most of the players will be seleted from? USA of course that's because they have a rich history in the game. Same can't be said of football. We all know exactly the region that produces most of the footballers in Nigeria. south east and south south. It's only a surprise to see the list full with yoruba and hausa names and considering the allegations of corruption levied against them before the competition commenced, It's just normal to raise an eyebrow. All of a sudden the south east and south south no long dominate soccer in Nigeria. We all have our strength as a Nation, we should exploit them instead of trying to fix round pegs in square holes. I repeat, if the selection process was transparent there is no way that list will be completely dominated by Yoruba and Hausa names in a game that we have seen the Igbos produce most of the talents. You can call me whatever you wish, that doesn't change a thing. Enjoy!!!

BARAJ92:
Apart from Okocha, Kanu and amuneke who were born in the east, every other player's on this list were not born in the east, victor ikpeba and victor moses are even from the north

safarigirl:


How do you know those chosen are the exceptional, considering the selections were marred with corruption? How do you know there weren't exceptional players dropped for the good because they didn't know the right people or paid the right amount?

safarigirl:


David Alaba and Dele Alli are not Nigerians, Dele Alli is particularly mixed, so, his white genes may have also helped.

Being good in sports is not necessarily genetic.

forgiveness:


Fat lie. Who told you SE doesn't produce academicians? Who told you SW doesn't produce best athletics and politicians? Who told you the North is not in the equation? I am sorry to say that this is the height of ignorance. You can do better than this.

There is no fact that even justify your claim that SE produces best athletics going by the fact on ground but just prejudice.

What is your definition of holding forth for one ethnic group?

I hope you have not confused fighting for justice and equality as ethnocentrism?

safarigirl:


There is nothing wrong with being ethnocentric.

Virtually every Nigerian is ethnocentric, accusing someone of being ethnocentric is not scandalous, it is fine, it is advised and it should be promoted. If the entire black race had all the confidence in their race, black people would not be bottom of the barrel.

An ethnocentrist is not a tribalist. Believing one's ethnicity is superior in certain climes, is not a crime.

It is common knowledge in Nigeria that the SE and SS produces the best athletes, the West produces academicians and the North, politicians. There is nothing wrong in saying these as facts, nobody is saying there aren't exceptions, but everybody knows their lane in this country, and we should not come here and suddenly act ignorant of the status to seem self-righteous

Forgiveness, you are the last person to be shouting about ethnocentrism because you and Omanbala hold the forte quite well for your ethnic groups on this thread.

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Icon4s:


Oga, let's stop all these tribal accusations.

I don't think you guys know the weight of responsibility on these coaches. Why would they want to chose their tribes men as players at the expense of their jobs? Think about that.

Even though some of us expect a kind of balance in the ethnic composition of our national teams, sometimes they are balanced and at other times they are not.

Yes, a coach might chose a couple of players based on certain sentiments which could be ethnic, religious, political, economic etc. But be rest assured that the majority of players especially the key men in the team will be selected based on merit.

For those accusing Manu of ethnic or religious biase look at his 2013 team. Is it not the team that produced likes of Iheanacho, Nwakali, Mathew, Ndidi, Ezeh, Nwobodo, Obasi, Uzoho, Okon, Just from off my head.

How can we come in 2019 and accuse same man of ethnic or regional biase?

And even for those accusing Amuneke of same in 2015, things like this happen where most of the best players that emerge will just spring up from a certain region which was the case in 2015 and now in 2019.

Do you know there was no Yoruba player in Fani Amun's 1993 Golden Eaglets team?

Do you also know there were not more than one or two Igbos in Yemi Tela's 2007 Golden Eaglets?

But sometimes too, we have a mix of ethnicities like the John Obu's era of U17 and U20s.

Things like these happen. It switches sides and then balances again. But the most important thing is that they are all representing Nigeria and we have to support every of our teams irrespective of the ethnic composition.

Humility017:


Lollll
Victor Moses is from Edo... he is the son of pa egharevba...don't tell me you believe that crap story his parents were missionaries killed in the north bla bla

Victor Ikpeba is from Delta state...please do your research very well....

BascoVanVeli:


Then that is a different issue. My own is that God gives talent and it could come from anywhere

BARAJ92:
both were gotten from the north

Humility017:


i know kanu is from imo state likewise mikel. ...was just trying to list out few players I know from the south south/south east region....

OMANBALA1:


Kanu is from Arochukwu and Mikel Obi is from Neni, Anambra. Just to correct the wrong info.

Humility017:


yeah sure...
sir goodjoe talked about this lazy scouting by manu garba recently and we all thought he was joking....
there is nothing wrong in doing a through scouting operation in the six geopolitical zones.... one each in Rivers, Ogun,Kano,Abuja, enough and Sokoto State...
it makes for a thorough search and help get the best....

BARAJ92:
both were gotten from the north

Icon4s:
See our 2018 award winners:

1. Nigerian Player of the Year
Ahmed Musa

2. Home based Super Eagles Player of the Year
Junior Lokosa

3. Most Impactful New Inclusion (2018)
Samuel Kalu

4. Best Ogedengbe Super Eagles Best Goal Keeper of the Year
Francis Uzoho

5. Stephen Keshi Best Defender of the Year
William Troost-Ekong

6. Samuel Okwaraji Best Midfielder of the Year
Wilfred Ndidi

7. Rashidi Yekini Best Attacking player of the Year
Ahmed Musa

8. Most improved player (2018)
Ahmed Musa

9. Young Player of the Year (U21)
Francis Uzoho

10. Super Falcons Player of the Year
Tochukwu Oluehi

11. Super Eagles Goal of the Year.
Ahmed Musa's 2nd goal vs Iceland, 2018 World Cup.

Who will dethrone Ahmed Musa?

GET READY FOR THE 2019 AWARDS

Nominations for Selection Committee members starts 1st November......

Icon4s:


In your imagination he did the selection only in Kaduna right?

Bros, we need to be getting our facts right o.
Go and find out about the selection process for this team.

Icon4s:
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Schedule of activities:
1. 1st to 8th of November, 2019: Nomination of committee members for Players and awards categories selection.

2. 9th to11th November, 2019: Collation and Publishing of Committe members who are to select players and awards categories.

3. 25th November to 4th December, 2019: Selection of players and awards categories by the awards committee members.

4. 9th to 16th December, 2019: Voting of nominated players for different award categories.

5. 16th to 18th of December, 2019: Collation of results.

6. Thursday 19th December, 2019: announcement of winners of different awards categories.

Rules for nominations of awards committee members which will commence on 1st November, 2019:

1. You can nominate any moniker of your choice, excluding yourself.
2. Every member of the house is up for nomination.
3. It is advised that you nominate a moniker that has a very good overall knowledge of Nigerian Football (Senior, Youth and Female Football)
4. You can only nominate one person.

The above rules for nomination Shall be published again on 1st November, 2019.

God bless Nigerian Football!

safarigirl:


There is nothing wrong with being ethnocentric.

Virtually every Nigerian is ethnocentric, accusing someone of being ethnocentric is not scandalous, it is fine, it is advised and it should be promoted. If the entire black race had all the confidence in their race, black people would not be bottom of the barrel.

An ethnocentrist is not a tribalist. Believing one's ethnicity is superior in certain climes, is not a crime.

It is common knowledge in Nigeria that the SE and SS produces the best athletes, the West produces academicians and the North, politicians. There is nothing wrong in saying these as facts, nobody is saying there aren't exceptions, but everybody knows their lane in this country, and we should not come here and suddenly act ignorant of the status to seem self-righteous

Forgiveness, you are the last person to be shouting about ethnocentrism because you and Omanbala hold the forte quite well for your ethnic groups on this thread.

Humility017:


yeah sure...
sir goodjoe talked about this lazy scouting by manu garba recently and we all thought he was joking....
there is nothing wrong in doing a through scouting operation in the six geopolitical zones.... one each in Rivers, Ogun,Kano,Abuja, enough and Sokoto State...
it makes for a thorough search and help get the best....

forgiveness:


Have you heard of Giannis Antetokounmpo, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Hakeem Olajuwon?

Where are they from? How come dey dominated the game eventhough they are not natives of USA?

This alone has rubbished your ethnocentric believe that a particular group is more talented than others. The only difference is OPPORTUNITY. That's all.

chucs:
I strongly disagree with you on the SE producing academicians. The likes of Chinua Achebe, Chike Obi, Philip Emeagwali, Chimamanda Adichie and co are internationally recognized academicians. Please get your facts right.

Humility017:


he is right sha... save for few from the south west region....
the south south particularly Edo and Delta state have produced more footballers from the south south region....

you have
Kanu
Okocha
Victor Ikpeba
Amuneke
Yakubu
Aghahowa
Victor Moses
Mikel
and lots more...

south west have produced too...but of a truth they can't match the south east when it comes to football talents so far Nigeria have produced

Icon4s:


In your imagination he did the selection only in Kaduna right?

Bros, we need to be getting our facts right o.
Go and find out about the selection process for this team.

Curtisaxel7:
At the risk of being called a bigot, let me speak my mind.

To be honest, I was disgusted once I saw this U-17 team list. CLEARLY HEAVILY POLITICIZED. There is no way we can have such a huge percentage of Northern origin players if the screening was free and fair. How many football academies are in the North?. In the Southeast and west we have the likes of Diamond Football academy, Taye academy and other illustrious institutions that have produced us good players at this level.

When they announced there will be no open screening I smelt a rat. Now Mallam Garuba is showing us the stuff he is made of.

I only feel pity for the myriads of talented players that have missed out on this opportunity simply because they came from the wrong tribe and religion. SMH!

DrKlever:
Same way opportunity has made the Brazilians and Argentines produce better footballers than United States right? Oga football is a culture. You only nuture it to improve. You can't compare talents from an area where kids sneak out of school to play football to another that will rather be cramming calculus.

BascoVanVeli:



We can always improve but that should not discredit the players on ground who have shown magnificent passion for their country. There are mega talented children who don't even know academies exist talk less of having money to make it to those screenings.