Odunayaw:
Glad we've moved past guessing why FIFA don't have SSA in it's sample

Yes, fully 18y/o are mostly Stage VI

Go on

Marjoribanks:
Aribo no dey play anything for Southampton, Onyedika no even dey make bench again, Iwobi and Onyeka injured, and Ndidi is out of form.
Our midfield is in trouble.
Only Nwakali and Bonke dey enjoy playing time!

Samueltemi337:
Even the bonke them dey sub am out after 60 minutes
Nwakali is all we got

Samueltemi337:
Even the bonke them dey sub am out after 60 minutes
Nwakali is all we got

Marjoribanks:
Aribo no dey play anything for Southampton, Onyedika no even dey make bench again, Iwobi and Onyeka injured, and Ndidi is out of form.
Our midfield is in trouble.
Only Nwakali and Bonke dey enjoy playing time!

charlesemeka85:
super eagles get match next week?

elyte89:


I no just understand ,no b say we get any better match ahead sef

charlesemeka85:
super eagles get match next week?

charlesemeka85:
super eagles get match next week?

zuchyblink:
Kelechi Iheanacho's real age is 31. No player born in Nigeria plays with their real age. I will delete this post soon.

zuchyblink:
Ndidi played U20 twice. First at 16 and second at 18 . Even 16 year old guys don't play U17 for us.

jihday:
Aguero played U-20 twice maybe you should go to the nearest beer parlor to have this discussion

Marjoribanks:
You get match next month!

Samueltemi337:
We need get match before our boys perform?

Amedino99:
the only Nigerian team playing next month is the u20 boys. And besides the next international break is on march 20 Abi you get info wey we no get?

jihday:
Aguero played U-20 twice maybe you should go to the nearest beer parlor to have this discussion

do4luv14:
Una sha like Vawulence for this thread ooo,

Make I sidon dey look

TheGoodJoe:
cc: Odunayaw and benji93

Previous U17 used Grade 5 fusion as the benchmark for screening but in 2020, the benchmark was raised to Grade 4.

benji93:
Don't do this to me now. According to the average of 18.3, 18 on average is incomplete fusion. . Confirm this then we continue. I don't want any confusion. So even an 18-year-old European more than half the time would pass the test. So a European player can lie by a year and still have no problem.

Edit: Also from the figure below, 70% of the 19-year-olds were at stage V, which is incomplete fusion. Quite interesting and strange. More 19-year-olds achieved incomplete fusion. I do think this sample is probably too small. But well we can only go with what we have. If we sample some 19 years olds most of them would pass according to that.

Both are different ways of looking at the data.

Are you following?

benji93:
Unless you provide evidence from CAF/NFF on this or via any other authentic channel, this cannot be considered reliable information. An online sports news outlet made this claim, but the team Doctor for the 2013/2015 batch disagreed. He claims the same thing was said in 2012, but Grade V players were eligible.
https://scorenigeria.com.ng/grade-5-age-result-good-for-u17-afcon-qualifiers-insists-ex-golden-eaglets-doctor/

Odunayaw:
Since you love tables

benji93:
Do you understand what the column you highlighted means? The average of all those values is 18.261, approximately 18.3, which i quoted earlier. . So I am not sure why you quoted the column.

TheGoodJoe:


Former doctor of the Golden Eaglets, Ayodeji Olarinoye, has maintained that players who posted Grade 5 results in the recent MRI age test ought to be eligible for next month’s U17 AFCON in Benin Republic going by his experience.

SCORENigeria has specially reported that the pass rate has been pegged to Grade 4, but Olarinoye, who was team doctor of the Eaglets when they conquered the world in 2013 and 2015, disagreed based on his own experience.

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The team Doctor is saying that the Grade 4 fusion is too high and that Grade 5 fusion is okay. The 2020 team was screened using the Grade 4 fusion and he is pointing out that the previous set used grade 5 fusion.

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“Anyone that has been involved with the MRI era Golden Eaglets knows what it takes to discover players that will finally be within the required grades. Players now on Grade 5 will definitely be eligible for the upcoming WAFUB tournament, there’s no guarantee that players on grades 1-4 will remain eligible for subsequent competitions ( AFCON U17 & World Cup) as no one can determine the rate of growth of the radial epiphysis (bone of the wrist),” Olarinoye explained.

“I can confirm that some of our past U17 players plying their trades in different leagues around the world were on Grade 5 during the qualifiers and up until the World Cup.

“I don’t think it will be fair to the country if we screened out these players ourselves.

“It will always be a tough one for any U17 coach as he can only work with players declared eligible by the MRI machine. For this reason, the U17 team should spend ample time in camp for quality elimination by substitution process.”

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So, what else do you want me to prove? The former team doctor has told you that it was grade 5 fusion in previous U17 and also the possibility of players having higher fusions during a short period of time.

Really digs a big borehole into your 20/21 years old theory.

Finito.

benji93:
I am actually yet to get to my deduction. You chickened out, I am not sure why you are jumping in through the window. . Provide a source from NFF that supports the IV grade claim.

This is another article from Nov 2020, where a CAF medical doctor is saying that everyone with grade 6 is deemed ineligible. If grade IV was the highest grade for eligibility, it would be anyone with a grade V is deemed ineligible. You can see the title there, CAF regulations on MRI.
This is the reason you cannot trust our sources alone. Find other sources for confirmation. The protocol is not applied only in Nigeria .

https://www.cosafa.com/dr-ngwenya-explains-caf-regulations-on-mri-scans-in-under-17-football/

Besides, i have no idea how you read these articles. This is not even an academic article. . Look at the figure. The news outlet made a claim that the eligibility was pegged at grade IV, but the former medical doctor disagreed, citing a similar scenario in 2012. Nowhere in that article did they say the grade IV claim is from CAF. Very misleading.
The ony other possibility is that this is from NFF. But given the history of NFF i doubt they would even consider it.

Anyway, which CAF/NFF official did SCORENigeria get their information from? And provide evidence for it. Abi na you dey in charge of that outlet ni? .

benji93:
I am actually yet to get to my deduction. You chickened out, I am not sure why you are jumping in through the window. . Provide a source from NFF that supports the IV grade claim.

This is another article from Nov 2020, where a CAF medical doctor is saying that everyone with grade 6 is deemed ineligible. If grade IV was the highest grade for eligibility, it would be anyone with a grade V is deemed ineligible. You can see the title there, CAF regulations on MRI.
This is the reason you cannot trust our sources alone. Find other sources for confirmation. The protocol is not applied only in Nigeria .

https://www.cosafa.com/dr-ngwenya-explains-caf-regulations-on-mri-scans-in-under-17-football/

Besides, i have no idea how you read these articles. This is not even an academic article. . Look at the figure. The news outlet made a claim that the eligibility was pegged at grade IV, but the former medical doctor disagreed, citing a similar scenario in 2012. Nowhere in that article did they say the grade IV claim is from CAF. Very misleading.
The ony other possibility is that this is from NFF. But given the history of NFF i doubt they would even consider it.

Anyway, which CAF/NFF official did SCORENigeria get their information from? And provide evidence for it. Abi na you dey in charge of that outlet ni? .

TheGoodJoe:


Former doctor of the Golden Eaglets, Ayodeji Olarinoye, has maintained that players who posted Grade 5 results in the recent MRI age test ought to be eligible for next month’s U17 AFCON in Benin Republic going by his experience.

Former doctor of golden Eaglets said that the players screened out should not have been removed. He believes they should have been allowed to play the AFCON in Benin Republic going by the way they used to do things in the past. You understand?

benji93:
You are not serious. The figure is an actual quotation from the former medical doctor. He actually used will definitely be eligible. That's some certainty right there. Read and Listen.

Besides, why are you dodging the report on the claim by the CAF official? Abi CAF is different from NFF ni?

benji93:
You are not serious. The figure is an actual quotation from the former medical doctor. He actually used will definitely be eligible. That's some certainty right there. Read and Listen.

Besides, why are you dodging the report on the claim by the CAF official? Abi CAF is different from NFF ni?