joseph1013:
[b][size=14pt]Is it time to find an ‘Oyinbo’ coach for Nigeria's youth teams?[/size]
A WriteUp by Prof Patrick Omo-Osagie



This is an undisputable football fact; Nigeria has the best youth programme in the world of football. We have won four FIFA U16/17 tournaments and we have placed second (twice) and third in the U20. So why are we finding it difficult to field a competitive Super Eagles team when we have such good competitive teams at the youth levels?

The answer by many football analysts is that these youth players flame out by the time they are ready for the Super Eagles because they were not of the proper age when they played in FIFA youth tournaments.

Another well used reason is that we do not have a continuity programme; many feel that the teams should be ‘shepherded’ along from U17 to U20 to U23 till Super Eagles for us to see results.

I cannot fault these reasons but I will ask this question; why do many of these same players who play for us at this level never really become good players even when they go play for clubs in Europe? They never become that great player we saw at seventeen; but I do have an interesting reason or in new sports language, I have a take on this issue.

Every time we have won the U17, there are always great expectations that we would win the U20 in the next go around, but this is yet to happen. The three previous U17 wins were followed by U20 teams that did not even finish in the last four. Maybe that is where the continuity argument holds, but not so for me.

I believe the problem is our lack of good coaching at this level; this is the level where all basic football knowledge is acquired. The use of sophisticated methods, drills and management are applied at this level and the results following our U17 success says that the teams are tactically unprepared and therefore out-played. The advantage we gain by using players over 17 in the U17s is nullified at the U20s, because boys of age 19/20 or men of 23/25 are physically the same, they are all in their physical prime.

We won the last U17 in 2013, we are playing in the U20 later this month, we are all very hopeful about this U20 team. Many are dreaming of the cup coming back to Nigeria, and I hope it does come to Nigeria. But if we fail as our records have shown, then I will be advocating for a foreign coach at this level and not at the Super Eagles level. This is where I believe we need help, real modern day football expertise, our players need this. They need it for their own football development and for a better Super Eagles.

There is a reason the present football federation is seeking Nigerians born and footballers bred outside our shores for the Super Eagles, there is a reason that the federation instituted a committee to find our young players at home and send them to foreign academies, the reason is that we don’t breed our young players the right or modern way. Our coaches are behind in the grooming of young players. We all witnessed the federation’s absurd suggestion to Keshi and his crew to go and get some coaching education and see how quickly it was rejected or ignored. The simple truth is that our coaches need sound and modern education in the field of player development and the U17 and U20 teams will be better served for now with an Oyinbo coach.

An Oyinbo coach at this level for us should be young, vibrant, full of ideas and cheap. He must come with an academy background from Europe and must have the ability to retain access to his academy so he/we can tap into their complete package of modern day football resources.[/b]

BascoVanVeli:


This is Nigeria's problem right here, you see a man performing well winning all there is to win and instead of praising him you go write an idiotic article like this for the world to see. Win or lose i will always support Manu and his staff.

tbaba1234:
Players like Awoniyi and Musa Muhammed are world class by any standard but they are only getting nonsense offers.

If they were brazilians, they would have been signed by now.

lexyman:



I think we need to ask that writer d definition of success in his disctionary ? He shld be one of this people that doesn't believe in themselves . At this point we don't need any foreign handler . We will do it in our own way and our boys will bring d trophy home .

tbaba1234:
Players like Awoniyi and Musa Muhammed are world class by any standard but they are only getting nonsense offers.

If they were brazilians, they would have been signed by now.

joseph1013:
[b][size=14pt]Is it time to find an ‘Oyinbo’ coach for Nigeria's youth teams?[/size]
A WriteUp by Prof Patrick Omo-Osagie



This is an undisputable football fact; Nigeria has the best youth programme in the world of football. We have won four FIFA U16/17 tournaments and we have placed second (twice) and third in the U20. So why are we finding it difficult to field a competitive Super Eagles team when we have such good competitive teams at the youth levels?

The answer by many football analysts is that these youth players flame out by the time they are ready for the Super Eagles because they were not of the proper age when they played in FIFA youth tournaments.

Another well used reason is that we do not have a continuity programme; many feel that the teams should be ‘shepherded’ along from U17 to U20 to U23 till Super Eagles for us to see results.

I cannot fault these reasons but I will ask this question; why do many of these same players who play for us at this level never really become good players even when they go play for clubs in Europe? They never become that great player we saw at seventeen; but I do have an interesting reason or in new sports language, I have a take on this issue.

Every time we have won the U17, there are always great expectations that we would win the U20 in the next go around, but this is yet to happen. The three previous U17 wins were followed by U20 teams that did not even finish in the last four. Maybe that is where the continuity argument holds, but not so for me.

I believe the problem is our lack of good coaching at this level; this is the level where all basic football knowledge is acquired. The use of sophisticated methods, drills and management are applied at this level and the results following our U17 success says that the teams are tactically unprepared and therefore out-played. The advantage we gain by using players over 17 in the U17s is nullified at the U20s, because boys of age 19/20 or men of 23/25 are physically the same, they are all in their physical prime.

We won the last U17 in 2013, we are playing in the U20 later this month, we are all very hopeful about this U20 team. Many are dreaming of the cup coming back to Nigeria, and I hope it does come to Nigeria. But if we fail as our records have shown, then I will be advocating for a foreign coach at this level and not at the Super Eagles level. This is where I believe we need help, real modern day football expertise, our players need this. They need it for their own football development and for a better Super Eagles.

There is a reason the present football federation is seeking Nigerians born and footballers bred outside our shores for the Super Eagles, there is a reason that the federation instituted a committee to find our young players at home and send them to foreign academies, the reason is that we don’t breed our young players the right or modern way. Our coaches are behind in the grooming of young players. We all witnessed the federation’s absurd suggestion to Keshi and his crew to go and get some coaching education and see how quickly it was rejected or ignored. The simple truth is that our coaches need sound and modern education in the field of player development and the U17 and U20 teams will be better served for now with an Oyinbo coach.

An Oyinbo coach at this level for us should be young, vibrant, full of ideas and cheap. He must come with an academy background from Europe and must have the ability to retain access to his academy so he/we can tap into their complete package of modern day football resources.[/b]

safarigirl:
the level of bullshittt in this article is vomit-inducing. Joseph abeg no be everything you gats post, keep such idiocy in the trash. Thank you

BascoVanVeli:


This is Nigeria's problem right here, you see a man performing well winning all there is to win and instead of praising him you go write an idiotic article like this for the world to see. Win or lose i will always support Manu and his staff.

joseph1013:
[b][size=14pt]Austria rolls out solid WCup squad[/size]



VfB Stuggart defender, Francesco Lovric, will lead 20 others under manager Andreas Heraf in Austria’s campaign at the 2015 Under-20 World Cup.

The Fifa competition for players born on or after January 1995 which will be staged in New Zealand from May 30-June 20 has Austria in Group B alongside Ghana, Panama and Argentina.

Austria’s U-20s are scheduled to leave Vienna on May 16 and pitch camp in Auckland where they are to feature in a friendly against hosts New Zealand on May 24.

The team leaves for Wellington the next day where they will play their World Cup Group opener against the Black Satellites of Ghana on May 30.

Austria U-20 World Cup squad

Goalkeepers:

Tino Casali (FK Austria Wien), John Kreidl (Hamburger SV / GER), Stefan Mitmasser (SV Horn)

Defenders:

Michael Brandner (FC Liefering), Lukas Gugganig (FC Red Bull Salzburg), Alexander Joppich (FC Liefering), Philipp Lienhart (Real Madrid / ESP), Francesco Lovric (VfB Stuttgart / GER), Patrick Puchegger (Bayern Munich / GER), Daniel Rosenbichler (FC Admira Wacker Mödling)

Midfielders:

Mark Blutsch (FC Admira Wacker Mödling), Florian Grillitsch (SV Werder Bremen / GER), Andreas Gruber (SK Sturm Graz), Konrad Laimer (FC Red Bull Salzburg), Marcus Maier (FC Admira Wacker Mödling), Peter Michorl ( LASK Linz), Martin Rasner (FC Liefering)

Forwards:

Thomas Gösweiner (FC Admira Wacker Mödling), Valentin Grubeck (SV Horn), Bernd Gschweidl (SV Grödig), Jakob Kreuzer (SV Ried)
[/b]

tbaba1234:
Does anyone have the Ghana Squad??

safarigirl:
ya...GK: ShortManDevil Agyemang, Dwarfington Kofi, Midgetin Kodjo. DF: Uglee Mensah, Whatdaphuck Mills, Horror Hope, Scarface Atta. MF: Blek Bony, Charcoal Appiah, Nightington Ecow, Lunar John, Sootoh Harrison FW: Taekwando Boateng, Kungfu Panda

tbaba1234:


HA!! wetin ghana do you?

linked:
FIFA U20 W’CUP: Nigerian Players That’ll Make The Difference
May 17, 2015



By Chibuike Chukwu, Lagos



Going into the African Youth Championship (AYC) in Senegal earlier in the year, Flying Eagles under Coach Manu Garba, was understandably clear favourites.

That was not unexpected considering that the bulk of the players in the team were members of the victorious Golden Eaglets that won the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Flying Eagles never disappointed, as it won the AYC, scoring 12 goals in the process.


Flying Eagles of Nigeria

Just like the Fanny Amun-tutored victorious U-17 squad of 1993, which scored 20 goals enroute winning the cadet trophy, the all-conquering U-17 squad of 2013 scored 25 goals and conceded only five on its road to winning the championship.

The members of that victorious team form the bulk of the current U- 20, who are sweating it out in Germany preparatory to the commencement of the FIFA U-20 World Cup in New Zealand.

During the Japan 1993 U-17 FIFA World Cup, the likes of former African Footballer of the Year, Nwankwo Kanu, Wilson Oruma, Peter Anosike and Emmanuel Babayaro made the difference for the then Golden Eagles, with Oruma, who skippered the team, emerging the tournament’s top scorer.

The aforementioned players demonstrated resilience and determination in various matches, especially in the final match against the Black Meteors of Ghana. Kanu and Oruma scored 11 goals between them, with the later scoring six and the former five.

Also, during what is today known as the ‘Damman Miracle’, when the then Flying Eagles, in Saudi Arabia during the 1989 FIFA U-21 World Cup against the defunct USSR, came from behind to equalise four goals in a space of 24 minutes in a quarter final match, some players made the difference.



USSR romped into a four-goal lead and was already looking ahead to a semi-final place, when Christopher Ohenhen, Samuel Elijah and Nduka Ugbade restored parity in a time of 24 minutes. Nigeria went on to win the ensuing penalty shootout.

Now, Kelechi Iheanacho, Musa Mohammed, Isaac Success, Taiwo Awoniyi and Musa Yahaya scored 19 of the 25 goals the Golden Eaglets of 2013 scored enroute winning the trophy in the UAE. Among them were also 19 out of the 20 assists recorded by the team.

So it is obvious that Garba is hugely going to bank on the experiences and forms of these players to excel in New Zealand. It is also obvious that if these players are to be in their best element and work very hard, they will make the difference in the Flying Eagles in their quest to chasing the elusive FIFA U-20 trophy for Nigeria.

Iheanacho scored six goals in the last U-17 FIFA World Cup to emerged second highest scorer behindValmir Berisha of Sweden, who scored seven times. He was, immediately after the UAE party, snapped up by Manchester City. His greatest strength is his defence-splitting passes. He combines both feet well and serves as a link between the defenders and the attackers.

Awoniyi is another game changer for the Flying Eagles. This lethal striker currently plies his trade at Imperial Academy in Lagos. His four goals and five assists helped the then Golden Eaglets to win in UAE. He scored three goals at this year’s AYC to place second behind team mate, Musa Mohammed, who scored four times to emerged top scorer.

Awoniyi scored three times when the Flying Eagles defeated the Hoffenhien of Germany U-23 side 5-2 in one of its tune-up games preparatory to the World Cup. His greatest asset is his predatory instinct for goals.

Musa Mohammed is the captain of the team and one of the team’s most reliable defenders. As a defender, Mohammed scored three times and gave two assistance. He menacingly runs the flank.

Musa Yahaya, on his own, is a predator and has an eye for goals, even as a midfielder. He is currently a Tottenham Hotspur of England player.

There is also Chidiebera Nwakali and Isaac Success of Manchester City and Granada of Spain respectively, who scored twice each with two assists (for Success) for the Golden Eaglets two years ago.

These players ensured that the Golden Eaglets, in the UAE, broke the FIFA U-17 scoring record.

If Nigeria is to create a desired impact when hostilities begin in New Zealand, a lot will be expected of them.

safarigirl:
ya...GK: ShortManDevil Agyemang, Dwarfington Kofi, Midgetin Kodjo. DF: Uglee Mensah, Whatdaphuck Mills, Horror Hope, Scarface Atta. MF: Blek Bony, Charcoal Appiah, Nightington Ecow, Lunar John, Sootoh Harrison FW: Taekwando Boateng, Kungfu Panda

BascoVanVeli:


My brother no premier league club wants their players visiting Africa talk less of playing in a local champions tournament, we all saw what west ham did to ensure their player didn't go to the last AFCON. Just because they didn't come out and say it does not mean u can't put 2 in 2 together.

How many of his CHAN teammates do u see in any top clubs? U can't showcase your talents with a useless coach who's only tactical strategy is telling his players to fight.

TheGoodJoe:


Nacho was not a City player. He was not going to play for them that year. Three weeks was not too far for them.

Nacho had a chance to become the best player of the competition and a shot to play at the World Cup.

I repeat, Nacho's agent wanted to seal the deal as soon as possible and Nacho missing that chance delayed him.

BascoVanVeli:


what u are doing is guessing all the same he could have gotten injured and missed the chance altogether. that's what an agent is for to protect their client.

TheGoodJoe:


You can not tell me that Nacho having a National team appearance at a Tournament would not benefit him and his career. As it stands now, Nacho does not have an international cap. That was a good opportunity. If Nacho did not value it, he would not have come to camp.

I am a Cityzen and we were wrong there. Remember, Uzoenyi who was the Super Eagles star player at CHAN, went to the World Cup. Nacho has immense talent and he would have been the rave of that tourney. Coach Keshi confirmed he was impressive at the camp.

tbaba1234:
I went digging for Germany's list and i found out that players from hoffenheim, Nurnberg and Freiburg were selected.. These teams can not be that bad.

GK
Daniel Mesenhöler 24.07.1995 1. FC Köln
Marvin Schwäbe 25.04.1995 1899 Hoffenheim
Michael Zetterer 12.07.1995 Werder Bremen

DF
Kevin Akpoguma 19.04.1995 1899 Hoffenheim
Thomas Hagn 28.02.1995 SpVgg Unterhaching
Marc-Oliver Kempf 28.01.1995 SC Freiburg
Grischa Prömel 09.01.1995 1899 Hoffenheim
Niklas Stark 14.04.1995 1. FC Nürnberg
Anthony Syhre 18.03.1995 Hertha BSC
Maximilian Wittek 21.08.1995 TSV 1860 München

MF
Robert Bauer 09.04.1995 FC Ingolstadt
Hany Mukhtar 21.03.1995 Benfica Lissabon
Matti Steinmann 08.01.1995 Hamburger SV
Marc Stendera 10.12.1995 Eintracht Frankfurt
Julian Weigl 08.09.1995 TSV 1860 München

Strikers
Julian Brandt 02.05.1996 Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Jeremy Dudziak 28.08.1995 Borussia Dortmund
Tim Kleindienst 31.08.1995 Energie Cottbus
Felix Lohkemper 26.01.1995 VfB Stuttgart
Levin Öztunali 15.03.1996 Werder Bremen
Marvin Stefaniak 03.02.1995 Dynamo Dresden

No bayern munich player, if bayern has the best academy, surely they would have some boys here.

BascoVanVeli:

these boys play first team o i saw Julian Brandt score on Nuer against Bayern a well composed finish you could say almost Iheanacho like.