Goke7:


your works on this forum says it all. Congrats, when are picking our aso ebi for the celebration party?

Hahaha! Aso ebi for where?

E don tey wey I don buy cloth for occasions except dem dash me.

Abi you wan dash me one?

daveP:
Lol. hold on till i finish na.

Ha! So e still plenty! Hahaha!

Ok na. Kwantinu

I agree with just a couple.

Five NPFL stars who should have made the Nigeria CHAN squad



00:32

Kingsley Eduwo was a surprise omission from the final CHAN squad, despite scoring the winning goal in the decisive qualifying victory over Benin. The Lobi Stars attacker demonstrated his qualities in that fixture, as the Super Eagles overturned a first-leg deficit to win the tie 2-1, showing off his bravery and opportunism to meet Osas Okoro’s cross to secure Nigeria’s passage. Perhaps it’s true that Eduwo didn’t show his class in the pre-tournament training camp, but with the Eagles taking inexperienced forwards—largely—to Morocco, could he not have been handed a squad berth?

Sikiru Olatunbosun may well feel very harshly done by after his spot in the CHAN squad was taken by El Kanemi Warriors’ new attacking sensation Nura Mohammed. Olatunbosun’s omission could have been foreseen for a while, with the striker having been dropped from the WAFU Cup squad after struggling to make an impact against Benin. Nonetheless, the MFM FC attacker’s quality—particularly in wide areas—was evident last term, and he’s unfortunate not to have been handed the opportunity of a showcase CHAN outing.

Samson Gbadebo: Aniyikaye Olamilekan’s injury opened the door for another talented NPFL centre-back to make the squad, and while Ariwachukwu Emmanuel was the name on many people’s lips, why wasn’t Gbadebo considered for the squad? He’s still young, but already has extensive experience of representing the home-based Eagles, and could have been a major asset to Salisu Yusuf’s squad. His height in the backline would certainly take the pressure on Ikechukwu Ezenwa—not the tallest goalkeeper—while the Enyimba man can also be a threat at the other end.

Victor Mbaoma scored two goals in his first two matches for MFM FC after moving on an ill-fated loan move from Remo Stars, hitting the ground running at the team he thought would be his new club! After that start, it was easy to see why many were celebrating Mbaoma’s arrival as though the Lagos team had finally found an able replacement for Stephen Odey. Things turned sour at MFM, and Mbaoma is now able to find a new club…unfortunately, he won’t be able to use the CHAN as a shop window.

Tosin Omoyele must be questioning how he hasn’t managed to make the cut for the CHAN Eagles. Omoyele was in outstanding form for Osun United last term, netting 15 goals in the NNL, before securing a move to champions Plateau United. The attacker—who’s discussed his respect for United coach Kennedy Boboye—already impressed with goals against Sunshine Stars in the Aiteo Cup and the Super Six. He’s now looking forward to a maiden NPFL and Caf Champions League campaign, and it’s just a shame that we won’t see him in CHAN action as well.

http://www.goal.com/en-ng/galleries/five-npfl-stars-who-should-have-made-the-nigeria-chan-squad/1/tkz3afdcgsft1e7ebzchftjh0

CHAN Eagles shun Plateau United test game over injury fears


By admin -
January 5, 2018, 11:09 am

Officials have told SCORENigeria that the CHAN Eagles have rejected a proposed test game in Abuja against NPFL champions Plateau United because they do not wish to suffer any major injury problems with just days to their opening game against Rwanda.

Like the home-based Eagles, Plateau United are also training in Abuja, but efforts to get the two teams to play a test game have been rebuffed by the national team after they named a final squad for the CHAN in Morocco.

“We have selected our final squad and we do not want to take any chances as regards any of them getting injured before the tournament in Morocco,” a top team official told SCORENigeria

“We would rather continue to train on our own before we finally depart for Morocco.”

Both teams clashed in the recent NPFL Invitational Tournament in Kano.

NFF technical director Bitrus Bewarang, it was also learnt, is shopping for an international friendly for the team before their opening match against Rwanda on January 15.

But that may not work out as it is coming too close to the CHAN.

Rwanda, on the other hand, are scheduled to take on Sudan and Algeria as part of their build-up for the game against Nigeria in Tangeir.

http://scorenigeria.com.ng/2018/01/05/chan-eagles-shun-plateau-united-test-game-over-injury-fears/

Mo Salah would win the 2018 Apoty, CAF should just prepare for a coronation ceremony, they shouldn't waste their time with the nominations and other stuffs.

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Together we analyzed football in 2017.

We argued, quarreled, threw jabs and celebrated together.

We have learnt from each other in diverse ways.

The tonic of this thread spans from the diverse opinions and Ideologies of members of this thread.

We are all winners.

As a Team we hope to continue to contribute our quota to the development of Nigerian football this year 2018.

Well done all.

forgiveness:



Hahaha! Aso ebi for where?

E don tey wey I don buy cloth for occasions except dem dash me.

Abi you wan dash me one?

na the person wey de do something dey give aso ebi o though at a price so na cool business you sabi the way

e good make we laugh small for this forum, we are too serious in recent times, make temper cool small

tbaba1234:


Just in case you have forgotten, Mikel's highlights against spain


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M17SGuhMglc

Abeg Obi just bossed the MF and just imagine how useless our attack was. See defence splitting passes. If he can give us such performance mehn they'd just mark him out.
Mikel OmoBallerji

2017 CAF AWARDS: Mikel, Rohr vote Victor Moses, Chelsea star 4th best overall


By admin -
January 5, 2018, 8:39 am

A breakdown of the votes for the 2017 CAF African Footballer of the Year showed that both Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr and captain Mikel Obi voted Chelsea star Victor Moses, who finished fourth in the overall vote.

Victor Moses was also top choice for coaches of Swaziland, South Sudan and Namibia as well as captain of South Sudan.

Egypt and Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah was voted player of the year was runaway winner with 625 votes, Senegal’s Sadio Mane was first runners-up on 507 votes, while 2015 winner Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang from Gabon drew 311 votes.

Vincent Aboubakar (Cameroon) 106 votes, Betrand Traore (Burkina Faso) 84 votes, while Naby Keita (Guinea) got 78 votes.

Denis Onyango (Uganda) and Karim El Ahmadi (Morocco) were tied on 41 votes each, Keita Balde (Senegal) had 41 votes and Yacine Brahimi (Algeria) got 11 votes.

National team coaches and captains, fans and independent media and TV consultants all took part in the vote.

http://scorenigeria.com.ng/2018/01/05/2017-caf-awards-mikel-rohr-vote-victor-moses-chelsea-star-4th-best-overall/

Icon4s:


Together we analyzed football in 2017.

We argued, quarreled, threw jabs and celebrated together.

We have learnt from each other in diverse ways.

The tonic of this thread spans from the diverse opinions and Ideologies of members of this thread.

We are all winners.

As a Team we hope to continue to contribute our quota to the development of Nigerian football this year 2018.

Well done all.

well done too, this forum at times make me forget fuel scarcity

Goke7:


well done too, this forum at times make me forget fuel scarcity

I tell you.

Any time I find my self waiting idly to do or get something. I visit this thread.

Always my companion when I travel. No boring moment.

Goke7:

Cameroon really have suffered after the booting out of issa hayatou, despite wining afcon, not even one award, haba CAF

ikr they should have at least gotten team of the year but I guess not qualifying for the world cup did them damage.

Have you checked their recent results? They haven't performed better than the 3 Asian names before them of recent.

BascoVanVeli:


China made the quarter finals in both last world cup and Olympics. They still command respect at the world stage.

Some important points we need to bookmark so we can forward to the appropriate authorities when the time demands.

''We will continue to modify as more suggestions resurface''

Icon4s:


Sebi I have said this before.

We need to have a standing U19/20/21 team. We engage them with friendlies each time we are on international break.
We don't need to wait to see some of these players play for the Super Eagles to see their readiness to play at that level.
We can even organize friendlies between our U20 team and less fancied senior teams like those of Benin or Togo.
They can even play against our CHAN team or NPFL champions. Or can take part in the Super6 just like in 2015.

Icon4s:


That is what they don't want to hear.

But if left to me there should be an age limit for players participating in CHAN.

If the major purpose is to unearth talented players who are not given the opportunity to shine because of the preponderance of foreign players in the national team, then preference should be given to the younger players. Is someone like Rabiu Ali still aspiring to make the Super Eagles Team?

This tourney, IMO, should be restricted to U21 players still playing in their local leagues. We still have a good number of players within this age bracket that have not had the opportunity to showcase themselves. Besides, scouts are typically after young talented players and not those who have passed their primes in the local leagues. Europeans also have an U21 Tourney different from the U19/20. Cant we also do same? But in this case solely for home based players. Besides this will give teams a good start in the scouting for U23 players. For Eg the next AAG is in 2019 and Olympics in 2020. Players who are U21 in 2018 would still be U23 in 2020.

I am still yet to buy into this CHAN idea.

tbaba1234:


Ejide started playing for the super eagles when he was in Gabros as a teenager.

Afeez Aremu just got a deal because scouts watched him play in the WAFU cup. Chikatara moved to north Africa on the back of a decent CHAN.

How about giving young potentials that opportunity? No foreign club will buy Rabiu Ali at 40 years. Or Ezenwa/Ajiboye/Afelokhai.. They are old and can't be taught new things.

International exposure at national/club level could also have played an important role in Ejide's move to north Africa.

If he did not get the opportunity at an early age, he might never have moved.

The CHAN tournament should be a discovery/exposure tournament. Get our young talents the needed exposure, that could be critical.

cc: Forumites

somehow:
Have you checked their recent results? They haven't performed better than the 3 Asian names before them of recent.

Not enough for you to down play their pedigree.

junnyjake:
Mo Salah would win the 2018 Apoty, CAF should just prepare for a coronation ceremony, they shouldn't waste their time with the nominations and other stuffs.

The caf xi is so biased. I wonder what criteria was used. Perhaps the league quotient was thrown to the bin.(e.g if Junior Ajayi made 10assist, and Moses Simon made 6, Junior would be preferred irrespective of the league he plays; Higher or lower). I'm still yet to see the reason why north africa dominated that xi.

One thing I don't want to hear is an age limit on CHAN. if a 32 year old Rabiu Ali� is good enough to represent his country, stopping him amounts to discrimination.


We need more young people in our league. Instead of them playing for one of our local club sides they would rather spend the year going on trials with their academies. My challenge to them is to get in the league and prove themselves.

BascoVanVeli:
ikr they should have at least gotten team of the year but I guess not qualifying for the world cup did them damage.

so what's the use of winning the afcon or even organizing and attending if you won't be recognized for your exploits in the competition. CAF is gradually becoming a subsidiary of UEFA and it's not funny.

daveP:
The caf xi is so biased. I wonder what criteria was used. Perhaps the league quotient was thrown to the bin.(e.g if Junior Ajayi made 10assist, and Moses Simon made 6, Junior would be preferred irrespective of the league he plays; Higher or lower). I'm still yet to see the reason why north africa dominated that xi.

Egyptians are undisputed in Africa when it comes to sports followership on social media. Al Ahly and Zamalek are among the most followed clubs in the world.

BascoVanVeli:
ikr they should have at least gotten team of the year but I guess not qualifying for the world cup did them damage.

I guess the message is qualifying for wc is more important that winning afcon(even if they flop big time there). But meanwhile, i can't ever forget the instances that my big bro noted Hayatou's favouritism since '99 till he was booted out then. Has karma started? or it's simply the usual 'caf kwaruption'?

BascoVanVeli:


Egyptians are undisputed in Africa when it comes to sports followership on social media. Al Ahly and Zamalek are among the most followed clubs in the world.

smh. We naija plenty for social media, but we can't convert the stats to rep our own? 25m nig on i.g and even more on twitter? The platform is still not justified.

Mikel is a baller. That guy would've been the modern day Zinadine Zidane if he had played to his potential. He has everything it takes to be a world class playmaker. Whomever convinced him to chose Jose Mourinho's Chelsea ahead of Sir Alex Man Utd needs to jailed.


O pari

tbaba1234:


Just in case you have forgotten, Mikel's highlights against spain


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M17SGuhMglc

Goke7:


so what's the use of winning the afcon or even organizing and attending if you won't be recognized for your exploits in the competition. CAF is gradually becoming a subsidiary of UEFA and it's not funny.

If u want to win a CAF award make sure u are the last to do something special because these people have a short memory span.

Napoleon55:
then tell me who is your highest goal scorer during the qualifiers?

Why are you talking about goals as if VicMo had scored 10 goal. He has 3 goals, Nacho with his fumbling career is still more clinical than VicMo and had scored 2, Iwobi 2. This is not about goals rather about his general performance but if you want to talk about goals why is he not tearing the net at Chelsea ?

Wetin do the other categories? Don't be lazy bro.. lol
I want to see that moniker LakeSidePapa taking that award. Very creative moniker name

But anyway thanks everyone for your votes. I never knew I was that nice.

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Icon79:
Mikel is a baller. That guy would've been the modern day Zinadine Zidane if he had played to his potential. He has everything it takes to be a world class playmaker. Whomever convinced him to chose Jose Mourinho's Chelsea ahead of Sir Alex Man Utd needs to jailed.


O pari

I've pushed this stuff to the archives cos it hurts baaadly. What he would have been... Ferguson wouldave fanned the fire of comparism btw he and messi till balon d'Or. but....

Joebie:
Wetin do the other categories? Don't be lazy bro.. lol
I want to see that moniker LakeSidePapa taking that award. Very creative moniker name

But anyway thanks everyone for your votes. I never knew I was that nice.

I've completed it already na. two posts...

BascoVanVeli:
I agree with just a couple.

Five NPFL stars who should have made the Nigeria CHAN squad



00:32

Kingsley Eduwo was a surprise omission from the final CHAN squad, despite scoring the winning goal in the decisive qualifying victory over Benin. The Lobi Stars attacker demonstrated his qualities in that fixture, as the Super Eagles overturned a first-leg deficit to win the tie 2-1, showing off his bravery and opportunism to meet Osas Okoro’s cross to secure Nigeria’s passage. Perhaps it’s true that Eduwo didn’t show his class in the pre-tournament training camp, but with the Eagles taking inexperienced forwards—largely—to Morocco, could he not have been handed a squad berth?

Sikiru Olatunbosun may well feel very harshly done by after his spot in the CHAN squad was taken by El Kanemi Warriors’ new attacking sensation Nura Mohammed. Olatunbosun’s omission could have been foreseen for a while, with the striker having been dropped from the WAFU Cup squad after struggling to make an impact against Benin. Nonetheless, the MFM FC attacker’s quality—particularly in wide areas—was evident last term, and he’s unfortunate not to have been handed the opportunity of a showcase CHAN outing.

Samson Gbadebo: Aniyikaye Olamilekan’s injury opened the door for another talented NPFL centre-back to make the squad, and while Ariwachukwu Emmanuel was the name on many people’s lips, why wasn’t Gbadebo considered for the squad? He’s still young, but already has extensive experience of representing the home-based Eagles, and could have been a major asset to Salisu Yusuf’s squad. His height in the backline would certainly take the pressure on Ikechukwu Ezenwa—not the tallest goalkeeper—while the Enyimba man can also be a threat at the other end.

Victor Mbaoma scored two goals in his first two matches for MFM FC after moving on an ill-fated loan move from Remo Stars, hitting the ground running at the team he thought would be his new club! After that start, it was easy to see why many were celebrating Mbaoma’s arrival as though the Lagos team had finally found an able replacement for Stephen Odey. Things turned sour at MFM, and Mbaoma is now able to find a new club…unfortunately, he won’t be able to use the CHAN as a shop window.

Tosin Omoyele must be questioning how he hasn’t managed to make the cut for the CHAN Eagles. Omoyele was in outstanding form for Osun United last term, netting 15 goals in the NNL, before securing a move to champions Plateau United. The attacker—who’s discussed his respect for United coach Kennedy Boboye—already impressed with goals against Sunshine Stars in the Aiteo Cup and the Super Six. He’s now looking forward to a maiden NPFL and Caf Champions League campaign, and it’s just a shame that we won’t see him in CHAN action as well.

http://www.goal.com/en-ng/galleries/five-npfl-stars-who-should-have-made-the-nigeria-chan-squad/1/tkz3afdcgsft1e7ebzchftjh0

Kingsley Eduwo, a very fine player, heavily built and can hold the ball with ease and also very skillful. Story going around has it that he missed because he had a schedule engagement with an European club....Boy gotta feed his family.

Victor Mbaoma was sacrificed for the so called "established" stars in the team.