mostob:
All this scouting talk will result to nothing if the coaching department is not refurbished. I'll be sad if we don't win any of the next two upcoming AFCON.

elyte89:



Nope what I am saying is simple ,this World Cup is an evidence to what nerdie and philosophy has been saying that invitation of players shld go beyond where u play alone but what u can bring to d team differently irrespective of where u play. Finito

jihday:
false

TheGoodJoe:


No one said it completely eradicates age cheating but it is now the accepted criteria. Field only players that pass the wrist MRI scan.

So, our u17 players within the criteria beat European players from fancy academies. No need trying to squeeze a false theory of uncles into the discussion.

Finito.

Marjoribanks:
lol! Your Ejuke was at the same AFCON and was one of our worst player and you are placing the blame on our best player? You people will not stop amazing me. Lol

Oasis007:




Here we go..... and someone genuinely wants me to engage people with this kinda mentality?!

Oasis007:




Emotions sha. Can we just calm down and engage maturely?! The Keepers you listed, are they better than Sochima of Rivers United, Bankole of Remo Stars, Lawal of Sunshine, Adewale of Akwa United?

Oasis007:




Emotions again. Where are the facts?

elyte89:



Nope what I am saying is simple ,this World Cup is an evidence to what nerdie and philosophy has been saying that invitation of players shld go beyond where u play alone but what u can bring to d team differently irrespective of where u play. Finito

elyte89:



None sincerely, but anything foreign make sense

Oasis007:




Emotions again. Where are the facts?

TheGoodJoe:


I can beat my chest and say Amarabat is as good as them. His close control in tight spaces is up there as Gundogan.

My point is that we need to raise the bar of the kind of talents we are looking for.

We need to keep searching for players that have the talent to compete with the best and keep building them.

Oasis007:


Banscovelli has been doing great jobs on this board with clips and info of our local players, but seem we don't care!

We'll rather hope for a player in Cyprus league gets a callup over a player playing and balling well for Enyimba.

jihday:
it’s shocking how people are missing this, you just need the right coach and all these won’t be necessary

charlesemeka85:
the way some players are hyped here eeeeh!

No be ejike that is yet to impress in the gwg shirt? May God hv mercy on us all

Mujtahida:

Funny thing is that we even fight over it when we don't have shingbai influence over player selections. Some flatter themselves and say that NFF officials visit this thread. Well, that is possible but that this thread influences the NFF is the stuff of legend.

I'm not downplaying this thread but we take this issue of who gets invited to personally ridiculous levels and fighting each other even with so much bitterness.

Let Super Eagles play good football and win. Dazzol

Oasis007:




LOL

TheGoodJoe:
Look at Bielsa for instance. When he took over Newells Old boys, he scouted over 2000 players. It was during this scouting process that he discovered Pochettino. He came to Pochettino's house and met the boy sleeping. He just looked at his legs and knew he was a good footballer.

Bielsa also plays a high intensity pressing system. You can't play for him it you can't work hard.

His Newells team turned out a success.

Same philosophy goes to the national team. Thorough scouting. Identify brilliant talents that fit into a high intensity system and nurture them from there.

Have a growth plan for the team with milestones to judge growth.

komekn:


Let's keep it in the strict structure, best European players by from fancy academies.

League two Stockport county beat Leicester, Fulham got beat by Crawley town a few months ago, Newcastle got beat by Cambridge and Arsenal got beat by Nottingham forest. Did that make the players better in your opinion than these top teams.

Youth football is about progression to the first team winning games is good but not everything because it's about individual player development.

You can have a great team without great players and a great players who are a poor team.

So where did our players in the U17 progress to compared to the teams they beat.

TheGoodJoe:


Football does not revolve around the World Cup. Haaland did not go but he is a great player.

TheGoodJoe:


My point remains fair competition and from what I see, Chidera can ball. His touch is also crispy. I will like a fair run of games for Chidera to judge. Simon can have repeated poor games and still get a nod. While Chidera is just literally out of the team.

Sorry, I disagree with this and believe something is definitely wrong with our team selection.

Marjoribanks:
Name one National team coach that invited or scouted 2000 players to win the World Cup or Euros. Guy stop talking in circles. All this na trash.

Mujtahida:

It's not that we have not seen Ejuke play oo. He's played at least 3 games. I'm surprised that it appears like he's a new kid on the block with the way you talk up his qualities. Ejuke played in Afcon ooo. The almost unanimous complaint was that he dribbles too much with poor end quality.

So your advocacy for him now is it based on the fact that he is better than Moses?

Marjoribanks:
You are just beating around the bush without making any point. So na Togo and Kosovo go play the final today, now. Both the Argentines and French will feature division two players today now!