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Danielnino00:
African teams hardly take their A game to the world cup, so I'm not banking on this one to be much different..
And realistically looking at the groups, none of them have a real chance of qualifying... But make we dey watch...

Hahaha they do. But when their A game comes up against organised well coached teams (even those without any star players) it starts to look like it's their Z game on show!

All the jam body AFCON football gets called out swiftly and then for many players there is no where to hide.

This thread is now so much like a beer parlour in a rough part of town and it's obvious many people have been totally put off commenting by this.

Respect to all those keeping it civil.

wayodude:
It is true in most cases you do earn the right to play. In kelechi Iheanacho's case though it is more complicated than that.

Brendan Rogers lives and dies setting up his team with a lone striker. The style and profile of that lone striker is closer met by Vardy and Daka, that's no secret to anyone who has watched Leicester under Brendan for a minute. Kelechi playing means Brendan has to go with 2 strikers and he will only turn to this tactic when forced to do so by injury in midfield.

Kelechi will forever be wasted in Leicester City under this current set-up and he knows this. For me his biggest problem is either a severe case of lacking ambition or deep down he doesn't rate himself as highly as Nigerian fans rate him.

Almost a year after and this is still relevant. Happy he hasn't been called up for the Portugal friendly.
When his career is over when his peers are talking about the feeling of being the main man at a club he will only have his so precious British Passport to point at. Rubbish.

Funny guys. So the road level of the bridge has to get flooded before floods take over the entire Lagos? Nonsense

If the water rises even 2 meters the flooding will be biblical let alone if it rises to the road level.

do4luv14:
Abeg who is watching Rivers United match, is the redcard justified

It was silly from the goalkeeper. He made a save and wanted to initiate a counter and in the process appeared to hit a Moroccan player. It looked like he made contact with his forearm but replays weren't clear. If he did then that could have been a straight red. The ref gave him a yellow for that infringement but he had already received a yellow earlier in the game, which meant he was off!!

Now for me, the contentious part of this red card was the earlier yellow card, because I didn't see what the keeper had done wrong, worse still I feel it must have been for time wasting. He had fallen down injured and received treatment and the Moroccan players were complaining to the referee whilst he was down.

I stopped watching after the red card and I now predict a demoralising hammering of between 5-7 nil.

charlesemeka85:
not at all but his performance in the game won’t earn him a move to league 2

I see you

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Hanibbal:
What do you mean. Our hypersonic missiles are on standby alert to hit Russia if Russia nukes Ukraine.

This na the real agricultural nuclear ogbunigwe!

Highly devastating to both sender and receiver grin

Putin you've been warned! Lol

sunboy:
Is this a joke?

PMB is not joking! He wan beat person lol

kennysville:
Sheesh! E be like say you no know wetin you enter or who you dey enter quarell with. Ol boy you get time Oh! Na warri southgate you dey do back and forth with? More grease to your elbows

Haha I tire my guy. I give up

komekn:
I don't know any grass roots football academies, I know grass root football teams we don't normally call them academies.

When you said "academy training" you didn't say grass roots , so what do you expect me to think.

And yes glad to meet up .

Who is the we that doesn't call them academies? You mean you?

These are the annoying comments I referred to earlier. Just around me where I am standing as I type this a simple search provided this info. Do you really know what you're talking about in the depth you try to portray?

komekn:
Forgive me like forgiveness.

You used the term academy training .

That in itself creates a plethora of assumptions, about facilities, infrastructure, coaching staff, environment, etc. Thats my understanding of a football academy.

I feel no reason to put my football CV on this forum , I don't need this forum to give me accreditation.

All Cat 1 academies have several age group foundation and development squads for players considered to be potential players for the academy. But are not based in the academy they visit on occasion but are not signed Academy players.

With regards to Fulham you should know Malcolm Elias head of recruitment , he is long standing professional associate.

I was at Liverpool FC this morning, l was talking with a African player who will leave in January. I also went to the academy indoor arena, where the U6/7 players train during weekdays.

I didn't want to bore you with pictures of near 20 different flat grass pitches for the academy plus a football arena where the U18 + Train.

But for those who do not know it gives some insight and prevents anybody from thinking I am an insensitive conceited Buffoon.

Once again congratulations to you and your son, we may come across each other. For instance I'll be at a youth tournament in Faro towards the end of the month .

Come on bro you can't compare a local grassroots academy to Liverpools academy!! Haha

Fulham have a scheme called the Fulham pathways program. It is from that scheme they select players for their academy. Most players in the Fulham pathways program are trained by other grassroot academies. That's what I am on about. We are in the pathways.
No one thinks you are an insensitive conceited Buffoon. Just annoying with your comments sometimes and I think you do it deliberately.

If you're in the Fulham area let's meet for a pint.

charlesemeka85:
is he a striker or defender?

Goalkeeper but this season he has also been used in midfield. He does both roles very well so we are struggling to push him into one at the moment.

charlesemeka85:
I pray your son continues with the good work and grow to be a star for the super eagles and an epl club

Amen!

komekn:
Forgive me.

But the facilities look very poor.

Patchy pitches, no facilities in clear view, just surrounded by trees and one goal post .

In England we have categories of academies for instance EPL academies will all be cat 1, followed by a good number of Championship teams. .

I am going to watch a game a EPL this morning, If l were to take pictures you would understand , what I mean.

But congratulations on your son, it's a very long walk, waking up , going to training and matches in the cold and rain. He looks like U6, If he does well and be outstanding at U12 he can easily get picked up. Although with goalkeepers it can be very challenging, because it's only one position.

Take faith and BELIEVE it will happen.

Its a training u9's match so what facilities were you expecting to see? Lol

My son is in a local academy where we live in South West London and I am one of the coaches. It has links to the Fulham foundation, their training ground is walking distance from my house and my son has trained there too since he was 4!! My nephew is same age and is actually signed up to the foundation.

This was one of his awards a couple of seasons ago after one of the games with poor facilities.

We are Chelsea fans and also go to Stamford bridge together at least a few times every season and Nigeria games too when they're in London. I have added pics of us at Stamford bridge last season and Wembley for Nigeria v England.

When you say in England we this and that, fyi I have lived in London for almost 30 years!! More than 3 quarters of my life.

Married women are still women. If they were used to entertaining an additional cock pre marriage it would be hard to unlearn it after marriage. This I have experienced more than the average man's fair share.

As for guys, well men with game from pre marriage tend to want to keep that game muscle so they have to keep excerising it so men's cheating should not be taken personal

Kog45:
Correct Papa...that boy must play for naija o.

100%

Meliforme:
Is the boy your kid?

Nope. My son is in goal here.

Academy training....

comodo:
From the Gospel according to Kome. I had to go really check how poorly paid Nwakali is, meehn dude goes home with $2.5mil/annum. From $183k in Huesca. The club really value him. He is not poorly paid in my opinion. But I know if he sustains the tempo, maybe by winter transfer, more joy fit dey come his way. Na so life be.

Impossible. Even some proper players in proper teams in proper leagues don't get that.

do4luv14:
Ahhhh Bros, what are you doing here,

Abeg make we go back, Go continue the Vawulence

Hahahaha comrade I don tire. No more pawa for vawulence

komekn:
I will add to that in my opinion the larger majority of well educated , conversant, and informed Nigerians speak better English than the majority of English people.

Think about that to burst a bubble.

Facts only. Gbam!!

Feedback these days suggest that the education standards that developed the Nigerians you have described have dropped catastrophically in the last 15-20 years. The result is a huge reduction in educated and informed Nigerians in Nigeria.

For the photographer, yea sure!

charlesemeka85:
who be that? No fear mention names

Ha you want make them beat me abi

Someone here has really surprised me today. I used to think they knew more than they actually do. Smh

charlesemeka85:
the best pivot will be ndidi and iwobi then aribo as the AM

On paper yes 100%.

But we need to try out different combinations to find out how players may compliment one another. Sometimes chemistry provides a more desirable effect than individual capabilities. Remember England's golden generation spent 10 years trying to fit Gerrard and Lampard in the same midfield without any joy.

Questionable understanding of football when mixed with questionable English comprehension has turned out a result similar to a Molotov Cocktail on sound analysis.

Of course no one knows everything about everything but I played semi pro in England and coach in an academy.

charlesemeka85:
then against Samoa you can then give nwakali a chance to string passes

No. He has to earn it.

Even against Samoa reserves.

Drops mic.

charlesemeka85:
High IQ footballer but still languishing in the Spanish 2nd tier with a pay of less than 5k euros weekly in today’s football where money reigns supreme

There is a saying that denial (De Nile) is not just the river in Egypt. Lol

Moving on swiftly....I think we should try out these midfield combinations against middleweight opposition (not the likes of Sao Tome)

Double Pivots:

Alhassan, Ndidi
Iwobi


Onyeka, Onyedika
Iwobi


Against the likes of Sao Tome ..

Single Pivot:
Onyedika
Iwobi Aribo

Alhassan
Iwobi Aribo

TheSuperNerd:
Nwakali is an UPGRADE ON Onyeka and I have the analyses to prove it, own it and show why you are only here making substance-less comments in favour of a workrate merchant who cost us yesterday's game.

So rest, Wayo Man.

I don't argue not because I don't have backups to my statement but because I can't be bothered most of the time but I'll quickly add this....

Komekn as much as he likes to wind people up here most of the time has said all that needs to be said about Nwakali. He should be nowhere near the team of today (HERE AND NOW).