₦airaland Forum

weslay:
Nigerians love football. Most Nigerians go out to watch street football in their area on Saturday mornings, watch football across European top leagues, but won't watch their own local league. The reason is corruption and mismanagement. The last time I went to Ogbe stadium in Benin to see a NPFL match, the referee gave three unjust penalties against the visiting team who were leading 1 nil at the 90th minute. Two of those penalties were converted and the home team won 2 goals to 1. All the protests from the away team fell on deaf ears and they were bullied out the stadium by the home supporters.

This is the reason why most Nigerians don't know the top goal scorer of their local league this past season, but they know the top ballers in their hood and the top goal scorers across European leagues.

A lot has improved since that time but our perception of the league hasn't changed much

I like your honest truth.

Missions of Nigeria should be to root out corruption on local league, so that local league could be better and have many sponsors, jobs will be created in Nigeria.

Medipharm:
Before nko, is anything European not better? If you believe otherwise, you are deceiving yourself. Only bitter souls like South Africans will argue otherwise. We are not complaining, even with that we are not doing badly in continental competitions, are we? Face your self centered county and leave Nigeria and Nigerians to whatever taste they decide, it's a personal thing.
Meanwhile, FYI, An average Nigerian epl club fan has a Club in Nigeria he or she loves more than how he loves his EPL club, Fact. For instance I love Liverpool FC like there's no other club in the world but You see Enyimba fc, that club is like a Culture to me

The problem is that we must always put economy first, if Nigerians are not investing in their economy, Nigeria will be poor and they will be a burden to South Africa.

Iamanoited:
Everything English is better.

Inferior mindset

Difrent:
Is it not your South Company, Multichoice that spoiled Nigerians with foreign soccer?
Like someone said, before EPL became so easily accessible Nigerians troop to local stadiums to watch local matches but with the advent of Satellite tv, Nigerians went crazy for European football for the main reason that with little amount you will have access , those that's can't afford a decoder have numerous viewing centers they can watch from with little money

NPFL is not a bad league, it just needs professional managers if not it's products won't go on to become world class players when they get exposed to foreign leagues

I like your perception.
All South Africans have access to EPL via dstv or internet, but because government is pushing of local league people opted for local league.

Yes, you can learn from EPL and implement on Nigeria league and very soon you will enjoy your local league.
The problem very soon you will be crying racism with the league you sponsor with your money.
Let's build Africa guys.

Iamanoited:
Everything English is better.

No my friend, Nigeria league could be better.
If you ask South Africans, what is the best league in the world, they will say south African soccer league.

Believe in yourself as Nigerians and everything will be fine

ednut1:
Before EPL became easily accessible Nigerians went to stadium to watch shooting stars, abiola babes, ranges, Bbc lions of gboko etc. how easy was it to watch Nigerian league vs EPL

South Africans are able to watch their league on DSTV easily plus they have good investments there. How come none of our billionaires have invested like the likes of Abiola and others did in the past

Plus Nigerians league today is not interesting, kick and follow football by muscular men, shitty stadium etc.

You are correct.
one of the big investment to local league is to watch it on TV, TVs will make lot of money on advert and fund the league.

What Nigerians should do is to go to stadiums, watch their league on TV, sponsors will follow.

VinnyBaba:
Some Nigerians love their EPL clubs like madt and demand great accountability from the Coach
But you see them supporting Buhari and Tinibu.

You will see a Man UTD fan shouting Sack Ten Haag, but saying 'Give tinibu time'.

Very funny mor0ns.

Well said, I agree with you

Patrickker:
You won't tell Nigerians what to love. Nigerians go for standard (whatever is good, better or fashionable). The EPL is arguably the best league in the world. From TV coverage to sponsorship to organization to financing to fanbase to passion, name it. Africa still has a long way to go. VAR introduction for instance, greets us with that gap I am talking about. We put our money where are hearts are. Thank you.

Here is the ordinary thinking of Nigerians which is wrong and need to be corrected.

If you watch EPL by paytv, you are making it more rich. Now in Nigeria there is hunger because you are taking money that should develop industries in Africa and you give it to England. Next time you will say English are rich and forgot that you funded them.


The moral of the story if you believe and support your local league it standard could improve and be better than EPL.

South Africans are well taught to support local although they all access to EPL, they opted for their local league.

zhike:
Nigerians pls may you advise us, why do you like English premier league so much.
Don't you have Nigerian soccer league?
Or is the matter of inferior mindset you have of thinking everything European is better.

The reason I am asking this is because South Africans prefer their local league which is betway premier league. South Africans are patriotic.
Can Nigerians put their ego down and love their local league like south Africans.

It seems like Nigerians lakes self love

Nigerians pls may you advise us, why do you like English premier league so much.
Don't you have Nigerian soccer league?
Or is the matter of inferior mindset you have of thinking everything European is better.

The reason I am asking this is because South Africans prefer their local league which is betway premier league. South Africans are patriotic.
Can Nigerians put their ego down and love their local league like south Africans.

Afrobasic:
Sad Africans blaming other Black Africans again. Nothing to see here

For your information, Nigerians don't own spaza shops.
Spaza shops are owned mostly by indians and Pakistans.

Sepukku:
So you think when they go back they will rebuild their countries because you are telling them to do so.

South Africans are Olodos!

Yes, We hope they will rebuild their countries.
We will also assist by donations as we always do.

Sepukku:
Like I said you target the ones you can bully.

Cowards!

Is not about soft target, it does make sense to go and look for foreigners while you have foreigners next to you.

The plan is to chase black Africans so that they can go back and rebuild their countries

Hankim:
Olodo, this is Africa, why would you have influx of white foreigners? go to Germany you will find thousands of Russians and Polish, croatia, slovakia and all others, if i may ask, how old are you? you sounds like a kid

In south Africa we made openly that we don't want foreigners who comes to look for work.
Most of those foreigners are black

Sepukku:
Bloody cowards. Tell them to go to Western cape and make this noise. South Africa is not only Soweto.

Before we go to Western cape and search for foreigners, we must remove all foreigners we see every day

Sepukku:
Liar. We dare operation dudula to go there.

You want like to attack people who cannot fight you back.

Operation dudula are not coward

Sepukku:
Because you are not crowding your townships doesn't mean they are not there. Go to capetown and see for yourself

One step at a time, we will get to them eventually

IbnB:
They're Arabitches

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Sepukku:
But you are the one that said everyone is running away neh!



Because these whites don't move to townships eh!

That means they are not also working in big corporate.

We had problem of Indian job seekers and that was addressed.

Sepukku:
You said most of them are black Africans what about the white ones. Why are you not making noise about them.

We don't have influx of white foreigners who comes to look for work, if they are available they are few.

Sepukku:
Yes 350 rand per month is very good for you plus don't forget we know you are expert looters

Yes R350 plus food parcels is enough.

Yes, we do loot if need be.

Here we are not like in Nigeria where people are too afraid of police officers.

Sepukku:
Stop saying you don't want Nigerians in your country. In reality you don't want black Africans in your country.

You want more of the oppressors who are using you like house boys and girls in your own country.

Say i am lying?

In South Africa we don't want foreigners who comes to look for work, unfortunately most of them are black Africans.

As per understanding most companies are owned by blacks in south Africa.

Sepukku:
Tell me why South Africans like to stay in their countries and allow their generations starve to death.

Starving in South Africa, you are joking.
There is no way people can starve in South Africa, pensioners are getting grant money, disability people are getting grant money, unemployed people are getting grant money from government.

Only people who could starve is foreigners.

Sepukku:
which is why you are an Olodo!

Why are you insulting me because I am communicating with you in a respective manner.

Sepukku:
There are over 200 million of them left in Nigeria, what do you think those people are doing?

PS you should also ask that question to the Europeans with "digital nomad"' visa's who are moving to your country.

Olodo!

I don't know what the 200 million Nigerians are doing in Nigeria because Nigeria keeps deteriorating.

We don't have influx of white foreigners.

Sepukku:
Olodo, you don't know what is going on in your country under ground.

Don't you think it will be better if Nigerians remain in Nigeria and rebuild it

Sepukku:
Olodo, you don't know what is going on in your country under ground.

And they always go to countries where they know that they are not wanted.

Sepukku:
Olodo, you don't know what is going on in your country under ground.

Tell me, why Nigerians hate to stay in Nigeria and always opting to go outside.

Sepukku:
Olodo, you don't know what is going on in your country under ground.

True, I only know things on public.

Sepukku:
Yes because they are not already having access to your benefits.

Yes, they don't have BBBEE benefit.

Sepukku:
Where is your proof?

Read the above comments someone explained it better.

Zooposki:
Nigeria must learn ke? We have a thriving local football league.

I wish many Nigerian can be proud with their local league like you do.