codemaniacs:


They tried diagonal and wingers couldn't get the ball or even control the ball.

Local coaches need to focus on short passes and the distance of the players from each other and passing in a triangular manner.

Samueltemi337:
It may seem as though Osimhen is going to Manchester United

typicalgamer:


Sorry but don’t involve me in politics
Never been a fan of politics never will

Bro they literally scored 7mins into the game and we can’t reply and you’re talking about a penalty 😂

Truidstar:
Nahhh…… Madrid.

Truidstar:
Nahhh…… Madrid.

typicalgamer:


Bro it’s high time we started doing open trials
And let the hundreds of players slug it out

This academy picks has done us no good in recent memory.

Street is where the talent is,

Danielnino00:

For u-20? That doesn't sound like a good idea.. players at u-20 level are supposed to be professionals already... You can mostly find raw talents on the streets... If it was u-17, it would be better.. .The lack of proper youth football structure in the NPFL is part of why it's difficult to select the right players for the u-20...

TheGoodJoe:


Start getting involved in politics, in some ways. The actions of politicians affect our lives in many ways.

andrewbaba44:


All thanks to Barcelona

They saw winning Barca as winning a ucl final ,they celebrated it so hard

Danielnino00:


Ten Haag isn't building sh*t at Old toilet.... It's the same excitement they get into whenever a new manager starts performing...we saw it with Ole... The guy even said Klopp and Pep era was coming to an end... Lol ..make he dey play... We (Liverpool) are getting a new midfield next season...we already have a new attack!

Danielnino00:

For u-20? That doesn't sound like a good idea.. players at u-20 level are supposed to be professionals already... You can mostly find raw talents on the streets... If it was u-17, it would be better.. .The lack of proper youth football structure in the NPFL is part of why it's difficult to select the right players for the u-20...

Samueltemi337:
And why exactly are you telling me this?
did I say Nwakali was better?

Starboytwo:
From the highlights I just watched, how we didn’t win the game with at least 3 goals is baffling

TheGoodJoe:


I am with typicalgamer on this one. Open trials even for U-20s level.

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Hundreds of young footballers aged 19 and below turned up in Abuja on the first day of screening of players for Nigeria’s U-20s conducted by head team of the coach Emmanuel Amuneke.


Owngoalnigeria.com correspondent who was at the training session this morning reports that the players were divided into eight different set of 11 players and who played among themselves before some were dropped.


The team will hold their second training session this evening with more players expected to be tested as part of the process of picking the best legs for Nigeria’s Africa Youth Championship qualifiers against Burundi in March.


Selected players from the exercise which is expected to last for three days will compete with 30 other players already listed by the coach for camping starting this Saturday.


Among the 30 invited players, 12 were selected from the all conquering Nigeria U-17 team of 2015 with four members of the same team namely Kelechi Nwakali, Samuel Chukwueze, Victor Osimhen and Lukman Zakari set to join the team later in camp from their various base abroad.

https://www.nairaland.com/2721056/flying-eagles-nigeria-thread-u-20/22#44591653

TheGoodJoe:


I am with typicalgamer on this one. Open trials even for U-20s level.

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Hundreds of young footballers aged 19 and below turned up in Abuja on the first day of screening of players for Nigeria’s U-20s conducted by head team of the coach Emmanuel Amuneke.


Owngoalnigeria.com correspondent who was at the training session this morning reports that the players were divided into eight different set of 11 players and who played among themselves before some were dropped.


The team will hold their second training session this evening with more players expected to be tested as part of the process of picking the best legs for Nigeria’s Africa Youth Championship qualifiers against Burundi in March.


Selected players from the exercise which is expected to last for three days will compete with 30 other players already listed by the coach for camping starting this Saturday.


Among the 30 invited players, 12 were selected from the all conquering Nigeria U-17 team of 2015 with four members of the same team namely Kelechi Nwakali, Samuel Chukwueze, Victor Osimhen and Lukman Zakari set to join the team later in camp from their various base abroad.

https://www.nairaland.com/2721056/flying-eagles-nigeria-thread-u-20/22#44591653

Danielnino00:


Two problem with this plan is that:
1) You will end up selecting players who may not be in the right age bracket since theres no MRI for u-20 to ascertain their age range. Also, some academy or professional club players might disguise as street players just fot the trail, and we would end up selecting the same players we tried to avoid..


2) It all sounds good,until we get to the world cup and meet teams filled with u-20 players that have already started playing first team football...In football,talent is one thing, tactics and technicality are another thing entirely...

I still believe that the best way out is to develop youth football in the NPFL... The NPFL u-15 development programme is a good initiative that's yielding fruits already.. they should take it further up and introduce more youth teams... It would also help NPFL teams recruit players better

TheGoodJoe:


I am with typicalgamer on this one. Open trials even for U-20s level.

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Hundreds of young footballers aged 19 and below turned up in Abuja on the first day of screening of players for Nigeria’s U-20s conducted by head team of the coach Emmanuel Amuneke.


Owngoalnigeria.com correspondent who was at the training session this morning reports that the players were divided into eight different set of 11 players and who played among themselves before some were dropped.


The team will hold their second training session this evening with more players expected to be tested as part of the process of picking the best legs for Nigeria’s Africa Youth Championship qualifiers against Burundi in March.


Selected players from the exercise which is expected to last for three days will compete with 30 other players already listed by the coach for camping starting this Saturday.


Among the 30 invited players, 12 were selected from the all conquering Nigeria U-17 team of 2015 with four members of the same team namely Kelechi Nwakali, Samuel Chukwueze, Victor Osimhen and Lukman Zakari set to join the team later in camp from their various base abroad.

https://www.nairaland.com/2721056/flying-eagles-nigeria-thread-u-20/22#44591653

codemaniacs:


Doing open trials for u20 players is madness..

unless the open trials is strictly for players from academies or an u20 football league.

You can't compare the football intelligence of an U20 player who joined an academy when he was 8 years old and has been playing different leagues and tournaments since he was 8 years old to a street footballer who only plays football occasionally.

That's one of the reasons Nigeria doesn't have players who are 18 or 19 already playing in Europe or UCL because the club that signs them sends them to junior teams.

Players like onyeka and onyedika and the other guy a Danish club recently signed have never played u20 football for the flying eagles and they got signed by European clubs because the academy they were in is affiliated with the European club and because they were already in an academy.

Danielnino00:


Two problem with this plan is that:
1) You will end up selecting players who may not be in the right age bracket since theres no MRI for u-20 to ascertain their age range. Also, some academy or professional club players might disguise as street players just fot the trail, and we would end up selecting the same players we tried to avoid..


2) It all sounds good,until we get to the world cup and meet teams filled with u-20 players that have already started playing first team football...In football,talent is one thing, tactics and technicality are another thing entirely...

I still believe that the best way out is to develop youth football in the NPFL... The NPFL u-15 development programme is a good initiative that's yielding fruits already.. they should take it further up and introduce more youth teams... It would also help NPFL teams recruit players better

Philosopher1979:


Victor eletu ebenezee akinsanmiro another giy in real valladolid then thompson ishaka are some players in europe we can put into that team.
Where a player is is a question of time. A non academy player will be in europe in a year and even vice versa. We should get our best players.
Our grassroots football is tied to foreign leagues and sometimes our best teenagers are allready abroad before we notice. Victor eletu has been in ac milan since he was 15. Its tge way of modern football.
I forgot we have a striker in sao paoulo youth team.
Sorry our besy players go abroad at a very young age.
That boy in surulere that dribbles like okocha will be abroad before he is 20. We have to know this.
Our grassroots football is already working but sime of them move abroad before we are aware of it

chrisooblog:
I think you're right o. That Remo Stars boy who went to Inter Milan should be considered. He's definitely talented than any midfielder we have in U-20 team at the moment.

chrisooblog:
I think you're right o. That Remo Stars boy who went to Inter Milan should be considered. He's definitely talented than any midfielder we have in U-20 team at the moment.

typicalgamer:


I’m telling and I’m beating my chest

That on an open trials
Only about 5 of these u20 players will get picked and that’s a sad fact you don’t want to admit to

Streets beats academy in terms of raw talent.

charlesemeka85:
No Flying Eagles striker has scored or recorded an assist after five games so far in 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.

Ahmed Abdullahi (4 Games, 0 Goal, 0 Assist)
Francis Aboubakar (4 Games, 0 Goal, 0 Assist)
Adams Olamilekan (5 Games, 0 Goal, 0 Assist)

typicalgamer:


1&2 point is very valid

But how can you develop the your Npfl
When even the main Npfl is in shambles ??