do4luv14:



are you more Nigerian, than they

if going by your logic then, Iwobi, Ekong, heck, Leon, Aribo, even Maduka, Ebuehi are not Nigerians, so should be showed the door for your own Naija to play right

IDENNAA:



Without all these players you listed we would still perform even better than we are doing with them. What's my point , we dont need any of them except for Balogun and maybe Ebuehi (the boy is truly gifted) but I will still start Awaziem ahead of him. I am sorry bros , I don't rate these foreigners like you guys do. We can't all think the same way.

IDENNAA:



Without all these players you listed we would still perform even better than we are doing with them. What's my point , we dont need any of them except for Balogun and maybe Ebuehi (the boy is truly gifted) but I will still start Awaziem ahead of him. I am sorry bros , I don't rate these foreigners like you guys do. We can't all think the same way.

Danielnino00:


For somebody who has lived most of his life abroad and constantly criticise his country, the way you dislike foreign born players is odd...

do4luv14:


Joel the glass led Obi,
hope the guy still dey ball

charlesemeka85:
ewu

Danielnino00:


For somebody who has lived most of his life abroad and constantly criticise his country, the way you dislike foreign born players is odd...

IDENNAA:
My nigga , I dont dislike them , one bit. I just dont rate them above our Naija talents and I have my reasons. Aribo , Ekong , Iwobi , and Aina will all sit on the bench for me. Naija talent over foreigners....I cant join a foreigner like Rohr to destroy my fathers house.

kennysville:
One day will sha one day wen all our starting 11 and bench go be all players that switched allegiance to Naija. We go rest on top the matter.

And I hope we win a spoon with it all.

IDENNAA:



Without all these players you listed we would still perform even better than we are doing with them. What's my point , we dont need any of them except for Balogun and maybe Ebuehi (the boy is truly gifted) but I will still start Awaziem ahead of him. I am sorry bros , I don't rate these foreigners like you guys do. We can't all think the same way.

kingphilip:


Is it because they are foreigners or because the home based are better?

jihday:
the fact that you think Nwakali is a laliga player sums it up

Rockyrascal:
na tomori own pain me pass. In his last interview he even said he feels more Nigerian than English.

nelszx:

Tomori can still play for Nigeria, he's very much eligible (FIFA rule as amended). The only thing stopping him now is him.
Once he shows interest and the switch process starts it'd only be a matter of time.

nelszx:

Tomori can still play for Nigeria, he's very much eligible (FIFA rule as amended). The only thing stopping him now is him.
Once he shows interest and the switch process starts it'd only be a matter of time.

comodo:

How young will he be by the 2026 mundial?? But wait, does it mean that Tammy will miss this 2022 world cup Another one

isan:
Once tomori initiate a switch process he will get a call up from england

IDENNAA:


Even with little opportunities our home boys get and the racism they suffer abroad they are still more gifted. I root for my own and if somebody has a problem with that, I can't help them.

kingphilip:
More gifted I understand, that may be your preference but are they better in the position?

I think merit for each position should supercede whatever bias one may have.

The issues people are having with Rhor is because of his bias towards his players (if he is the actual person picking them) and you too it is okay to have your bias but where merit isn't considered even in bias, one tends to fail.

TheGoodJoe:
On another note, I believe despite the growth of our players in Europe, I feel we are missing a gold mine because the current people running our football are lazy. They are just in the business to harness what they want.

I will give you an instance.

When Christian Chukwu was appointed coach of the Super Eagles, at a certain period he was on break, he carried out a screening camp for players in feeders of our local clubs.

He went about watching matches of feeder teams and collecting phone numbers of players he saw with potentials.

Then after drafted a list of players from them and invited them to a camp in Ogun State, at Otta to be exact.

One of the players from Sharks FC feeders then made the cut. He said the first thing Coach Christian Chukwu taught them was endurance.

He said he brought axes, machetes, shovels, rakes and other farm tools. Measured a large piece of land in something that looked like a forest and told them to carry out a bush clearing work. (It is football they came to play)

He said they worked all day for days, clearing bush, raking, with not much food to eat. He said after about a week plus, they were done. Well raked pitches, wide and fresh.

He said, they rested, and keep in mind, feeding was not easy. They were supporting themselves and the coach was doing his best too.

Then he gave them a thorough lesson in total-football. He said for days, they did more of theory than field work. They only did intense jogging every morning and then lessons.

By the time they were ready for the field, he says it was nothing like he had ever seen. He said, he learnt things he did not know about football like breaking defences with triangular passes, etc. He said you will pass ball until it became second nature of you. Pass and move.

He said, unfortunately, Christian Chukwu got sacked during their program and he believed if the coach had finished with them, they would have done wonders. The coach wanted to use them for one of the friendly games.

What I am pointing out is that, there is so much work to do in Nigerian football, but this current set have showed extreme laziness. No grassroot work, no grooming of future players. We just wait for players to break through in clubs or some foreign player to do well and pledge allegiance to us.

I hope we pick up from where we are and shoot for our potentials.

TheGoodJoe:
On another note, I believe despite the growth of our players in Europe, I feel we are missing a gold mine because the current people running our football are lazy. They are just in the business to harness what they want.

I will give you an instance.

When Christian Chukwu was appointed coach of the Super Eagles, at a certain period he was on break, he carried out a screening camp for players in feeders of our local clubs.

He went about watching matches of feeder teams and collecting phone numbers of players he saw with potentials.

Then after drafted a list of players from them and invited them to a camp in Ogun State, at Otta to be exact.

One of the players from Sharks FC feeders then made the cut. He said the first thing Coach Christian Chukwu taught them was endurance.

He said he brought axes, machetes, shovels, rakes and other farm tools. Measured a large piece of land in something that looked like a forest and told them to carry out a bush clearing work. (It is football they came to play)

He said they worked all day for days, clearing bush, raking, with not much food to eat. He said after about a week plus, they were done. Well raked pitches, wide and fresh.

He said, they rested, and keep in mind, feeding was not easy. They were supporting themselves and the coach was doing his best too.

Then he gave them a thorough lesson in total-football. He said for days, they did more of theory than field work. They only did intense jogging every morning and then lessons.

By the time they were ready for the field, he says it was nothing like he had ever seen. He said, he learnt things he did not know about football like breaking defences with triangular passes, etc. He said you will pass ball until it became second nature of you. Pass and move.

He said, unfortunately, Christian Chukwu got sacked during their program and he believed if the coach had finished with them, they would have done wonders. The coach wanted to use them for one of the friendly games.

What I am pointing out is that, there is so much work to do in Nigerian football, but this current set have showed extreme laziness. No grassroot work, no grooming of future players. We just wait for players to break through in clubs or some foreign player to do well and pledge allegiance to us.

I hope we pick up from where we are and shoot for our potentials.

kennysville:
Looks like Iheanacho is stuck in Poland Airport over documentation issues. Let's hope it's not another ploy of Brendan Rogers to screw him over from not playing

Luthben:


Easy with all these Rogers does not like Nacho narrative mate..

kingphilip:

I think most of this coaches should get an Academy where they can groom young talents and showcase them to the world through friendlies and YouTube posting of their trainings too.

If not for this your post, I wouldn't have known about this.

But I agree though funds might be a limiting factor to them but with the backing of NFF, a national training camp can be organized better than what an individual will be able to do.

TheGoodJoe:
On another note, I believe despite the growth of our players in Europe, I feel we are missing a gold mine because the current people running our football are lazy. They are just in the business to harness what they want.

I will give you an instance.

When Christian Chukwu was appointed coach of the Super Eagles, at a certain period he was on break, he carried out a screening camp for players in feeders of our local clubs.

He went about watching matches of feeder teams and collecting phone numbers of players he saw with potentials.

Then after drafted a list of players from them and invited them to a camp in Ogun State, at Otta to be exact.

One of the players from Sharks FC feeders then made the cut. He said the first thing Coach Christian Chukwu taught them was endurance.

He said he brought axes, machetes, shovels, rakes and other farm tools. Measured a large piece of land in something that looked like a forest and told them to carry out a bush clearing work. (It is football they came to play)

He said they worked all day for days, clearing bush, raking, with not much food to eat. He said after about a week plus, they were done. Well raked pitches, wide and fresh.

He said, they rested, and keep in mind, feeding was not easy. They were supporting themselves and the coach was doing his best too.

Then he gave them a thorough lesson in total-football. He said for days, they did more of theory than field work. They only did intense jogging every morning and then lessons.

By the time they were ready for the field, he says it was nothing like he had ever seen. He said, he learnt things he did not know about football like breaking defences with triangular passes, etc. He said you will pass ball until it became second nature of you. Pass and move.

He said, unfortunately, Christian Chukwu got sacked during their program and he believed if the coach had finished with them, they would have done wonders. The coach wanted to use them for one of the friendly games.

What I am pointing out is that, there is so much work to do in Nigerian football, but this current set have showed extreme laziness. No grassroot work, no grooming of future players. We just wait for players to break through in clubs or some foreign player to do well and pledge allegiance to us.

I hope we pick up from where we are and shoot for our potentials.

TheGoodJoe:


Wow. That would be interesting. A national camp sounds good. The thing is that, I don't think most of the guys running football are interested.