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TheGoodJoe:


After all, you have said, you still missed the main point.

I did not say Olise and co. should have passion for us. I did not say we are Brazil that they should prefer us to England.

I said, we should stop this routine of trying to convince players to play for us. We have loads of committed players, both home-born and foreign born. Focus on working with those ones.

Keep an open door policy for any them who in the future want to play for us to have a chance to play for the team.

Simple.

Go back to prioritizing youth development.

codemaniacs:


Maduka Okoye had not lived up to any expectations before he was called to the S.E

JohnBullMySon:
As funny as it sounds. Scouting players for the National team is directly their job while youth development is not directly theirs. You can't tell them who or where to scout as long as the person in question is Nigerian.

So as far as legality is concerned. They're doing nothing wrong.

COOL10:


I'm sorry to say but you have a very narcissistic mindset and you need to stop it before it eats you up; especially if you have intentions of going into coaching full time.

Excellent knowledge of the round leather game but poor man management skills. Same thing destroyed Oliseh.

Whether you like it or not, Nigeria will always remain second choice to 99% of these foreign born players and the last thing you can do is to blame them.

What has Nigeria ever done for them? What has Nigeria ever done for their families? Is it not the same Nigeria their parents ran away from? Is it not the same Nigeria that is known for poor treatment of its players: both old and new?

What is so attractive about our football both on and off the pitch that they should feel so excited to commit to?

Why do you feel so entitled to their loyalty when you contributed absolutely nothing to their growth?

Or you want them to commit just because you are Nigeria and you feel you are worth it

We should even be ashamed to still call ourselves the Giants of Africa. We lost that attribute a loooooooooooooooooooooooong time ago.

I used to blame these foreign borns a lot but I sat down and had a rethink. I am against BEGGING them but you can't tell me that trying to convince them to weigh their options and choose us is a bad thing.

yinkeys:

Na Germany connection Na
He follow Gernot Rohr speak language

JohnBullMySon:
You can't tell them their job. There are laws, acts and statutes already. Football development at the grassroot level lies with the ministry.

JohnBullMySon:
You don't get it very well. The Job of NFF is to take care of our National team players and regulate professional football in Nigeria. They have little to no business with developing NPFL clubs apart from funding and regulating the LMC which is under them. Even LMC is meant to be collecting money from the league and not NFF. That's how the bureaucracy should work.

Those NPFL clubs have owners. They're not owned by NFF. Those owners should go and do their job. NFF majorly have business with the National team setup and players who are on the National team roster and then with LMC. Every other thing is secondary.

For the TV thing. It's a complex issue so I don't really know who else to blame apart from us. Unfortunately the league is unprofitable. That is where NFF is supposed to be collecting money from and not spending money on. If things were normal. Broadcasters should be pouring in for bids, making money from ads and paying money to LMC which in turn pays to the Clubs and remits taxes to NFF.

Clubs then pay their players, develop their academies and support football generally. LMC then develops the league further and improves infrastructure in a supplementary role since the clubs should already be doing that. NFF then uses their cut to pay National team players and staff, and also for supplementary and CSR purposes.

So why are broadcasters not coming? It all boils down to viewership. The problem lies squarely with Nigerians. We are at fault because we are not watching our own league. Why are we not watching it?

Partially because its not on TV. It's a complex issue I said

Danielnino00:

You guys are being unnecessarily petty...
Going after foreign borns isn't an issue.... I don't know what angle thegoodjoe is getting at, but for me, the NFF shouldn't be spending so much resource just to convince one or two foreign born players to represent us when such resources could be channelled into developing our grassroot football back home . It appears that the NFF don't have much interest in developing our grassroot football, which is unfortunate, seeing as it has always been a source of pride for us.
See, I'm also a big basketball fan and I support our national team passionately.. The men and female team is filled 95% with foreign born players and i totally support it.. Why? because we aren't a basketball playing nation! We don't have the talent and resource for it.. But you see America, we have plenty of people there who develop the passion for the sport back there . But the same can't be said of football... The NFF shouldn't, in the in their relentless pursuit of FB players forget their primary responsibility of developing our football back home..

TheGoodJoe:


They should go back to the way we used to handle our U17. Fund a comprehensive scouting and camping process. Give the lads exposure with games and continue the cycle. Nothing stops them from supporting a team B/team C friendly games to give local players exposure. Even a camping program for Academy players and organzing friendlies for them.

These are more creative ways to scout players for the National team. Than hopping ont he plane to beg those who do not send us.

PurpleHouse:


Some of these people are the ones who marry the woman that was "AVAILABLE" and not the one they wanted for themselves. Why? They couldn't press on with the right words to trigger her emotions. The moment they are tuned down, they close door and walk away shamefully.

JohnBullMySon:
U17 is the job of NFF. But how many players are trained in the U17? The U17 players are meant to be scouted from grassroot centres operated by clubs. Even if the NFF decides to train so many people, how many will they be able to train? The focus is on developing a good U17 squad and not on training as much people as possible.

Without grassroot football you may still not get it right at under 17 level unless you carry overage players. Lastly, U17 is still not enough. They need to further develop to become good players and U17 doesn't mean you'll get it right at the National team. Most players in the English setup were trained by clubs in their locality and not by the English FA. They were only scouted by the FA.

Danielnino00:


Are you trying to say that it's the clubs that are supposed to make the league profitable? Cus it sound like it..
Is it not the job of the LMC to source for sponsorships for the league? Most of these clubs are owned by the state government who pay treat the players like they are civil servants.. If there's no sponsorship and tv right, how can clubs make profit?

TheGoodJoe:


After all, you have said, you still missed the main point.

I did not say Olise and co. should have passion for us. I did not say we are Brazil that they should prefer us to England.

I said, we should stop this routine of trying to convince players to play for us. We have loads of committed players, both home-born and foreign born. Focus on working with those ones.

Keep an open door policy for any them who in the future want to play for us to have a chance to play for the team.

Simple.

Go back to prioritizing youth development.

codemaniacs:


Nigeria is a basketball playing nation...

In Universities and stadiums, people play basketball in their free time, even Lawn Tennis and Table Tennis..

Nigeria's major problem is creating and maintaining a league structure annually and the reward system...

the reward system is important because it also affects our Football with players complaining about bonuses not been paid and some Nigerian officials who think and believe Nigerian athletes shouldn't be rewarded at all same reason Nigerian officials took phones and other gifts that Japan rewarded all athletes at the Olympics.. the reward system will be different in countries.

If a University hosts a football competition and says every person who can make their Department team even those on the bench will get ₦1,000,000 everyone in the department will go for trials..

JohnBullMySon:
Where money comes from is broadcasting rights. I said two things. First we are not watching the league enough to make it profitable for broadcasters to strike deals with LMC. Secondly, clubs are not getting deals because of the first reason.

The LMC has over tried in sourcing for tv partnerships. But the broadcasters keep pulling out due to this issue. Yet we blame them.

COOL10:


I'm sorry to say but you have a very narcissistic mindset and you need to stop it before it eats you up; especially if you have intentions of going into coaching full time.

Excellent knowledge of the round leather game but poor man management skills. Same thing destroyed Oliseh.

Whether you like it or not, Nigeria will always remain second choice to 99% of these foreign born players and the last thing you can do is to blame them.

What has Nigeria ever done for them? What has Nigeria ever done for their families? Is it not the same Nigeria their parents ran away from? Is it not the same Nigeria that is known for poor treatment of its players: both old and new?

What is so attractive about our football both on and off the pitch that they should feel so excited to commit to?

Why do you feel so entitled to their loyalty when you contributed absolutely nothing to their growth?

Or you want them to commit just because you are Nigeria and you feel you are worth it

We should even be ashamed to still call ourselves the Giants of Africa. We lost that attribute a loooooooooooooooooooooooong time ago.

I used to blame these foreign borns a lot but I sat down and had a rethink. I am against BEGGING them but you can't tell me that trying to convince them to weigh their options and choose us is a bad thing.

TheGoodJoe:
Leon Balogun had raw passion for us. There was no way Keshi would have not looked. His passion was key and he always gave it to us on the pitch.

Clint02:
I really like this Balogun, his passion, commitment and humility. Was really happy for him when he got his first goal for Nigeria.

I felt for him when he got injured in his debut match. Remaining for the guy to kill himself to prove that he wants to stay.

Glad he overcame that injury. He has been rock solid ever since. Really proud of the guy.

Balogun was always welcomed. Like the guy too.

codemaniacs:


Ashleigh Plumptre made Nigeria her first choice...

Nigeria educated their parents.
Nigeria gave their parents jobs which their parents used to save up enough money to be able to migrate legally and seek permanent residency...
Nigeria gave their parents a network of other Nigerians like them in the diaspora to relate with..
Nigeria gave their parents a stable life so that when they migrate they can also have a stable life there and avoid police troubles..
Nigeria ensured their parents were mentally stable and healthy to teach right from wrong..

How many Foreign Born Nigerian players parents call them out the same way Ainsley Maitland-Niles mother was calling him out in the media

How many Foreign Born Nigerian players have you ever heard that they have been accused of rape or beating a woman

How many Foreign Born Nigerian players have you ever seen their brother or relative recording them beating a cat


that's due to their Nigerian parents upbringing..

codemaniacs:


the sports ministry is a ministry for all sports not just football so football development is not business...

their duty is to provide funds to the NFF and other federations to develop their sports...

Unfortunately , most federations presidents are protected by their international federations so they can't be sacked or else Nigeria gets banned...

In the end, its all politics..

Danielnino00:


We aren't watching the league from where please? In the stadium? Have you seen Basco's video? a lot of clubs in the league can fill up at least half of their seats during games... If that's not enough to secure a TV sponsorship deal, then the problem is certainly bigger than what you think..

Before the season started, I read somewhere that the league was yet to strike a sponsorship deal because members of the LMC were demanding for a larger cut of the money...
No be juju be that?

mostob:
All what you wrote here are off point...I'm sorry to say. Those of us who are still in Nigeria,what has Nigeria offer us?

And the fact that you don't understand Thegoodjoe doesn't mean you call him a narcissist.

PurpleHouse:


Some of these people are the ones who marry the woman that was "AVAILABLE" and not the one they wanted for themselves. Why? They couldn't press on with the right words to trigger her emotions. The moment they are tuned down, they close door and walk away shamefully.

yinkeys:

Na Germany connection Na
He follow Gernot Rohr speak language

codemaniacs:


Ashleigh Plumptre made Nigeria her first choice...

Nigeria educated their parents.
Nigeria gave their parents jobs which their parents used to save up enough money to be able to migrate legally and seek permanent residency...
Nigeria gave their parents a network of other Nigerians like them in the diaspora to relate with..
Nigeria gave their parents a stable life so that when they migrate they can also have a stable life there and avoid police troubles..
Nigeria ensured their parents were mentally stable and healthy to teach right from wrong..

How many Foreign Born Nigerian players parents call them out the same way Ainsley Maitland-Niles mother was calling him out in the media

How many Foreign Born Nigerian players have you ever heard that they have been accused of rape or beating a woman

How many Foreign Born Nigerian players have you ever seen their brother or relative recording them beating a cat


that's due to their Nigerian parents upbringing..

Danielnino00:


When you are turned down the first time, it could mean she's playing hard to get.. You can try again another time and if she says no, it most definitely means she isn't interested..
Why force? What if she later say yes to you out of pity? don't you think you will be making yourself look miserable??
I don't believe in spending so much energy in chasing something where there's an alternative to such thing... The only thing worth chasing with no alternative is the kingdom of God

charlesemeka85:
moses wey at a point started skipping games with excuses that he is injured

One of the most unpatriotic players I hv witnessed play for the super eagles

mostob:
All what you wrote here are off point...I'm sorry to say. Those of us who are still in Nigeria,what has Nigeria offer us?

And the fact that you don't understand Thegoodjoe doesn't mean you call him a narcissist.

COOL10:


You're proving my point.

Nigeria hasn't offered anyone jackshit. At least in recent memory. That is why they shouldn't feel entitled to anyone's loyalty. Don't you get?

My brother, feeling entitled to someone's loyalty and services especially when you contributed little to nothing to the person's growth or success is highly narcissistic. Take it to the bank.