JohnBullMySon:
Stop saying what you don't know. Is it the government that prepares for Olympics or the players?

Many of those players have been preparing for a long time now. If you follow their social media accounts you'd know. People like Okagbare and others are professionals. They have a career and play round the year. Or do you think it is only at Olympics that they play all those games?

May be they are mediocre then and are hopelessly shit.

Sniper4real:
Egypt qualifying to the next round is one of the wonders in the world

WTF?

How did that happen?


Modified: Just checked the scores, they beat Australia 2:0
Those murdaf*kers have nine cat lifes

I've written them off before , congrats to them.

GeneralDae:
The Chinese team finished as the worst team in this tournament and I wonder why they are ranked 15th in the world. Asian female football has been on a steady decline to be honest.

China is the worst of them. They should be rivaling USA in world stage of women's football because they are the pioneer power house then, but just fell off and never recovered. Same way with their distant friend Norway.

Odunharry:

The free kick was well executed.. I have seen worse free kick goals in men's football.

The two team are sluggish though. The Zambians footballers just booting the ball anywhere they like.

Netherland is one favourite for gold though.

A lot of goals in women's football always look spectacular though because the goal keepers are awfully bad and the defending comical.

carbonado:
The ladies gave a good account of themselves. I still believe the ladies can get to the quarters finals at least.

Even though the ladies lost, I'm happy that they fought back. At least it will give them the required confidence and boost for their remaining two games. Also, if it comes down to point difference , we will stand a chance for qualification because we narrowed down the loss

Illimitable:


Isn’t that the point? These guys were the best in their class.

Elanga and those other bums won’t make it. They are not even as talented as Angel Gomes and Gomes has since been discarded to Lille.

You do know that Gomes wasn't discarded right?

Infact, he was offered new contract multiple times which he declined to go on a free to Liile. Only for those ones to end up loaning him again. The same loan that he doesn't want to go with Man united.

Oasis007:


OGS wanna keep Elanga with first Team this Season, apparently we ain't gonna sign any Striker again. I don't really fancy loan to be honest. Andreas has been loaned out so many times, yet he never shows any kinda progress.

Greenwood, Rashford, McTominay and so on didn't go any loan, yet flourishing with first Team.

Loaning of players na scam. Most young prospects that are very good and the club see a future in them don't always get loaned because the best place to develop them is in the club. The ones that are seen as below average are the ones that clubs loan out and gets sold from there.

If you have a greenwood, kind of talent, no coach will sanction to loan him out. The likes of Pedri, Ansu Fati at Barca, Foden at City, Greenwood , Rashford at United don't get loaned out. Such players are allowed to develop within the club system.

Just like how Ole saw a future in Greenwood because if how good he was then and blooded him in little by little, he'll do the same with Elanga and Shoretire. Those two are very good and I doubt any manager will loan them out under any circumstance

Illimitable:


They should keep it the way it is.

3 subs are more than ok for a 90 minute game. 5 subs would aid big teams like Man City who can afford to bring £55m signings from the bench to change the the tide of a game.✓

Then again, the managers of the big clubs crying about 5 subs are just capping. That Norwegian fraud didn’t even use any substitute in the Europa final in normal time. So why does he need 5?

Many of the managers in the top 6 didn’t make use of the maximum allowed 3 substitutes in some of the biggest games last season. One can hardly argue for 5 subs when they struggle to even make use of the 3 available.

Your bolded argument was what the 12 foolish EPL small teams made for voting against the 5 sub rule. At the end of the day, they got affected more than the big teams. I'm sure they know better now.

A big team with squad depth can still rotate their teams by started different line ups for different games, so it makes no difference if they have 5 subs because the rotation has been done before the games begin. So that Argument doesn't make sense to me.

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Danielnino00:
13/24 FT....

This is ridiculous. How can you loose that many freethrows. Haha.

Jodera:
Yeah... It's surprising till now, only dem are using 3 subs. All other countries, including Cl and euros are using 5 except them.
Dem too dem form "unique" sometimes.
Even their Var application too, different...

But I've a feeling they might change it(to 5subs) next season sha

It's the insecure 12 small teams that voted against 5 subs. All the big teams wanted it. Those small teams were claiming that the big teams will have an advantage because of their squad depths. At they end of the day, it affected them more during the season.

felixnkubi:
Nigeria off to a good start, the game doesn't look one sided like the friendlies... somehow hoping we win this

Both coaches were baiting each other during the friendlies. One coach benched his good players, the other was playing nonsense so as not to reveal tactics.

GeneralDae:

Equatorial Guinea had problems with cheating and fielding ineligible players. There were also other controversies then with them. Sure you can't last that long with all of that.

Fair enough

labas370:
I'm so happy that Zambia is developing their female football sector aggressively. There have been steady progression from that side of Africa

If the team can remain consistent for at least 5 years, I'll rate the Zambian FA after then. We've been here before with Equitorial Guinea, when we thought that they will give the Super falcons a credible challenge in years to come, only for them to fall off again.

raumdeuter:


I am not sure but I googled it and these are the links I saw

https://www.avvo.com/legal-answers/what-happens-if-a--16-year-old-shows-a-fake-id-to--2940262.html

There is something called a "Strict Liability"


https://www.bhwlawfirm.com/statutory-rape-texas/

If sigurdson encounter with the lady was only on a chatting level, and no sex involved, he'll be free in no time. The only problem will be his public image that would have taken a blow after the whole mess.

But legally, he'll be fine, as long as they never had sex

PDPGuy:
This article encapsulates my opinion on what the Ogwumike sisters (Nneka and Chiney) should have done right from the beginning: they should have chosen to represent Nigeria.

Hopefully, this episode will cause the NBBF to be more aggressive in persuading talented basketballers of Nigerian heritage in the NCAA tournaments or the NBA and WNBA to don the Green-White-Green.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/2021/07/21/nneka-ogwumike-nigeria-usa-basketball-olympics/

It's a learning curve for the NBBF. They just started recruiting from NBA/WNBA and NCAA few years ago, they are not used to it much like the football counter part. What they've been doing recently also shows that they are now beginning to comb the Colleges for Talents with Nigeria origin.
Jordan Nwora will be a success story soon. He was courted from college, now he's in the NBA., although he got into the team because his father used to be coach, but at least the experiment worked, so this will encourage more future experiment, they'll discover a lot of Nwora too

forgiveness:


Application has been submitted. Meaning the said players have filled the forms, appended their signature and submitted the form.

How can they be the one stalling themselves?

Dem bi FA or NFF?

Na. I don't believe that.

This kind of process is majorly about the life of a player, so I'm forced to believe that the player has to make the final decision in terms of signing the final paper to finalize the process.

Subzero047:


How many years did Akpoguma's clearance take? Na who wan clear himself go clear himself

Exactly, It's the players themselves that like to stall the process. The ones that are ready gets cleared very fast. Tammy stalled till he got 3 lions call up. Eze too is in he same route. The other Olise guy might feel that since he's now in the EPL, he has a chance at England, hence another reason to stall.

Those boys are just useless.

Neobulletzz:
So super falcons submit Plumptree papers sharp sharp and fifa don clear am all within this year but super eagles dey use 2 years dey await clearance

At this point, I'm forced to believe that the make players involved are mostly stalling themselves , and not necessarily the fault of NFF. We can see some serious ones among them usually get cleared in just one or two months.

somehow:


What i dont understand is, were they paying duties before now?

Kits from sponsors are usually tagged as donated and should have duty waiver, but someone at the Port wants to play a fast one and and collect bribe as per the Naija way.

Almajoon:
Arresting Jacob Zuma was a terrible mistake, his people & supporters are seeing it as witch-hunt & oppression.
And na dem dey unleash these riots & destruction in South Africa.

This explains why ex presidents are never arrested/prosecuted/jailed in nigeria.
Just imagine if buhari arrested and jailed Jonathan for any reason, Niger delta militants would have destroyed nigeria by now.

WISDOM IS PROFITABLE TO DIRECT!!!

Even in advanced democratic countries, they rarely touch ex presidents. As Trump crazy reach, Biden won't even encourage the justice department to prosecute him directly because of his crazy supporters could cause wahala, that is why they are only going after his associates and family members with questionable dealings.

It's like an unwritten rule

TheLequte:


Exactly. Bruno is quite smart. Whenever he notices a GK playing the waiting game he quickly picks a spot and hits a fast one. The GKs usually guess wrong or don’t get to that point quickly enough.

Yea he won't do the hop in that situation.

tempest01:


You are just showing your ignorance more and more. The "local law" you claim, what is the local law in Japan, Indonesia, Vietnam etc? If there is no international maritime law that applies how will these countries surrounding themselves know their boundary and avoid unnecessary conflict?

Even without international law it is nonsensical for China to claim the whole of the China Sea to themselves as other countries are around them and also have a claim to parts of the sea. Not just by history, proximity and heritage.

There are also international waterways that the right of passage is guaranteed to every legal ship making transit.

Fair enough.

fabyom:
Please which part of Nigeria is Kiga from and Picnic/Pinnick is from where? The Northerner you are ignorantly castigating is the reason our basketball is what it is now while the Southerner can't even get FB nationality change over the line for the SE. Lol!

The earlier people realize that incompetence is not a function of geographical region of origin, but a function of individual, the better for them.

Whether north or south, we have a lot if incompetent administrators in all facets of the country and should not be reduced to tribe.

tempest01:


The thread you are commenting on has shown China annexing the south china sea to themselves and you are still asking me questions. There are international laws that govern coastal boundaries and which part of the sea are international waters. There is no how the line claimed by China does not encroach the soverienty of other countries.
If you are a person of history, you would know that you don't want the fight the USA and coalition. No matter how powerful you think you are.

@Bolded part makes me curious.

Who wrote those laws though, no be the same UN which is majorly controlled by US, UK and EU and can veto any law they want.

Those three lots also break those laws themselves regularly whenever they like without anyone questioning them

You people quoting international laws are funny.

When you become as big as the likes of US, China and Russia, International laws just become another piece of paper, and you own local law will be seen as superior to it.

Even USA knows that China won't follow the Hague rulling , that is why they are using military.

International laws can only be used to intimidate small fishes in the ocean no the big fishes like whales .

Bluffly:

USA will not start a war without a strong reason. There's no thing like drove away, where is the video
https://www.newsweek.com/us-navy-dismisses-claim-china-drove-away-warship-disputed-paracel-islands-1608698

This is literarily a lie. They've started a war for fake reasons in the past, or have you forgotten about Iraq so soon?

Why do you people are USA as some angels sef. Too much Hollywood that always depicts USA as a good guy who is never wrong has finished you guys.
It's like you guys don't watch Hollywood for entertainment anymore, you are now taking whatever you see there as face value.

Bluffly:

Except if the USA is sleeping and they are not. China is not spending half of what the USA is spending on military wares yet.

USA is sleeping and they are taking themselves apart from within. There political parties are not even united on foreign policies like before. Now one party is Pro china, the other is Anti china. The old USA we know usually follow the same foreign policy laid down by predecessors no matter the party he comes from. They became to comfortable over the years and started fighting among themselves and allowed china to grow too big to the extent that no amount of sanctions can affect them. Even EU couldn't do shit, against them same as Australia when they had issue with China.

Bluffly:

English and Action no be the same thing. Yes, China is developing but the USA is not sleeping. China being the second-highest military spender is not even spending up to half of USA spendings. So understand the developments

USA military budgets are over inflated though. It's not different from Nigeria's budgeting method where 1 pack of pen is budgeted for with one million naira, whereas it's just one thousand naira in reality, because of the beurecracy and the corruption that comes with "Democracy" The lies if Russia and China have lower budget inflation rate. if a commodity is one thousand naira in reality, the budget may not pass ten thousand naira.

CSTRR:
British fans are telling saka to go back to Nigeria.

Lol.

They told him his proper roots.

I am happy Italy won even as a Chelsea fan.

We told those black English boys that if push comes to shove, they will be shown their father's house and they should represent their roots. Instead, they will tell you that "I'm Bri'ish, I've been Bri'ish all my live and I don't know any other place" Yen yen yen yen.

I feel for him sha. And just hope the incident doesn't shatter his confidence going foward

TheGoodJoe:


England has better offensive players than Italy. Southgate was just terrible with them.

True. If Mancini had that bench, England woukf have been smoked in 50 minitues

dozai:

They need a bit of skill and finesse to do that. But they don't have it. I guess that's why Leeds are looking in Nwakali's direction.

Those two are stiff as f*k when they are on the ball. They are both pure DM and Southgate is using two of them, coupled with the 5 defenders at the back. and you wonder why they can't hold possession against decent teams.

Even Rohr no fit use this much defensive players in a game. Like WTF !!!!

TheGoodJoe:


It is down to the coach. If Enrique was the one coaching this English team, I can assure you they would have outplayed the Italians in every part of the game.

It is disappointing they have players working with Guardiola, Klopp, Tuchel, Bielsa, Rodgers, Hassenhutl and a host of others and chose to stick with a coach who is scared of playing the philosophy the players are working under every day.

Very shocking bro. I used to think Mctominay and Fred of Man united where shocking at ball progression, but Rice and Phillips are worse. Those Man united players are levels above them in midfield. At least Mctominay and Fred can ping incisive passes only that they are not consistent.

The fact that Maguire, Shaw and Sometimes stones are the ones progressing the ball from the back for them instead of those two midfielders, was the beginning of their problem in this tourney. Any time they met a decent team , those two guys literarily just surrender the ball to them. The sign has been there since the Pre - Euro friendly against Austria , where those ones outplayed them for 90 minutes, but won via a Penalty, happened against Croatia and Scotland too. They only manage to Outplay Czech and Ukraine in the whole tournament in midfield.