jihday:
U-20 competition o

TheGoodJoe:


We are talking of when building the team and as typicalgamer pointed, only few will make it. Those few will be special.

They will get groomed in camp and will flourish. The yardstick for them to breakthrough is to be better than the Professionals and academy stars.

Why take a professional player to the U20 if a street player is better than him.

Odunayaw:
It is possible to do such a project quite alright but the question is will it be done every new U20 set?

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

Parrot69:

If they can cough out over €100million

TheGoodJoe:
Why not?
For every new U20, we keep screening and building.

TheGoodJoe:


The problem is you failed to understand the point. Bernardo Silva plays multiple roles for City, including as a forward, creative midfielder and sometimes purely hugging the wings.

However, in some games, Guardiola deploys him as a central midfielder.

Onyedika's style of play, is similar to the way Bernardo Silva plays the central midfield role. Meaning, he hugs the ball at a high frequency and uses technical skills to break tight areas.

So try to understand the point.

do4luv14:



I don't thing you understand his Question,

The continually process involved time Resource and Preserve,

Can it be maintained

charlesemeka85:
oga shut up and stop spitting trash

Bernado Silva ko aguero ni!

charlesemeka85:
oga shut up and stop spitting trash

Bernado Silva ko aguero ni!

TheGoodJoe:


Why not?

For every new U20, we keep screening and building.

Odunayaw:
I don't think it is sustainable

TheGoodJoe:


Very sustainable.

Odunayaw:
I'd rather investment are made into Academies and infrastructure for them.

Quality academies and good competitions/league would yield a two fold result of quality players and economic benefit

Screening and camping players the way you explained it for every tournament cycle looks alot like a philanthropy scheme

TheGoodJoe:


Funny perspective. And you feel funding academies around the nation is not philanthropic.

Even if the FG sponsors academies and raise a battalion of Footballers, when it is time for tournaments, hold open screening to see if there are gems better than those produced by the academies.

If they are better, they should be given a chance to break in. It is a win win situation.

TheGoodJoe:


Funny perspective. And you feel funding academies around the nation is not philanthropic.

Even if the FG sponsors academies and raise a battalion of Footballers, when it is time for tournaments, hold open screening to see if there are gems better than those produced by the academies.

If they are better, they should be given a chance to break in. It is a win win situation.

Starboytwo:
Well, just like someone opined, street is like the feeder of academies. I.e we all started from the streets or mostly.

It’s from the streets, break time, closing time, and then we come home, drop bag somewhere and carry ball go play outside. From there, you’d hear about 1 boy going to training at a school field and you join one.

Mushin in Lagos state is a football community, almost every guy played football at one time in one academy of sort. Every public school is a training ground of an academy and we had a lot, FC Robo(currently have a female side in women’s league, oshoala, rashida ajibade, onome ebi all played here)Satech FC(Raheem lawal played here) Super force, divine fa(the guy that keshi invited and gave no10 played here) etc and more just in mushin alone.

Also, there are kids who have never trained before and are 20x better than some of us who train everyday. E.g my classmate in sec. school. Chuckwuma who is insanely good. Apart from break time, closing time and sundays, he don’t play any football as he gotta be at his brothers shop at ladipo market and was far better than all of us(minus me tho)

So there are real Talents out there for real, guys who have never worn a soccer boot before, I swear.

charlesemeka85:
oga shut up and stop spitting trash

Bernado Silva ko aguero ni!

TheGoodJoe:


The problem is you failed to understand the point. Bernardo Silva plays multiple roles for City, including as a forward, creative midfielder and sometimes purely hugging the wings.

However, in some games, Guardiola deploys him as a central midfielder.

Onyedika's style of play, is similar to the way Bernardo Silva plays the central midfield role. Meaning, he hugs the ball at a high frequency and uses technical skills to break tight areas.

So try to understand the point.

benji93:
Ah, wetin dey pain me be say you seem to believe in this stuff. You are actually seriously making this point.

AndSunGorilla:

One genius has just been fired in Belgium. Am talking about Scott Parker who played possession football till he got Fulham relegated. But to balance it, he got Bournemouth up into the EPL before getting fired. Unfortunately Onyedika won't be able to work with him again.

Odunayaw:
Where did you read me saying FG should fund academies?

Normally shouldn't proper academies have scouts finding those "gems"

TheGoodJoe:


Getting fired is not the end of the world. He picks himself and tries again. Diego Simeone got one of the biggest teams in Argentina relegated and was fired, that did not stop him from achieving greatness.

Personally, I think the time is too short to make such decision.

gamaliel9:
From street to academy to professional

I have not seen from street straight to main professional team, rather to b team of the main team

gamaliel9:
u20 is for young professionals, u17 is for academy players.

If you go to history of u20 especially Argentina s history under Jose Pekerman [ correct his name please], the highest win by any coach, all his boys were already young professionals. Some had already played one or two games for the main team