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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Earthquake1: 6:30pm On Oct 08, 2019 |
zuchyblink: He's focusing on those under 23 |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by ChrisKels: 6:42pm On Oct 08, 2019 |
safarigirl: Iweru no be Igbo name? Just as people wey dey bear Dozie dey modify am to Dozzy(Dozzi), Gozie dem dey also modify to Gozzy (Gozzi) |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Eleniyan15: 6:49pm On Oct 08, 2019 |
I was quoted by some analyst so there is no hope!!! I wish we get things right soon in this country SOAR EAGLES!!!! Listening to Nigeria National Anthem Gives Me Goosebumps. However, I don't blame them it's the faulty system 1 Like |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by MetalJigsaw(m): 6:52pm On Oct 08, 2019 |
[quote author=Abusule007 post=82958403][/quote]Guy u wicked |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Humility017(m): 6:53pm On Oct 08, 2019 |
tbaba1234: ![]() please don't make me to laugh.... don't mind him...I have said it severally our problem is just pride and prejudice...etal |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by ChrisKels: 6:54pm On Oct 08, 2019 |
Humility017: Lol this guy, easy oo, that ur first line no be here oo. ![]() BTW, Who told u Tomori wasn't approached when he was at Derby County? |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Earthquake1: 6:55pm On Oct 08, 2019 |
Cc Mr Komekn
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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Danielnino00(m): 6:59pm On Oct 08, 2019 |
komekn: U no get yarn.. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by andrew444(m): 7:06pm On Oct 08, 2019 |
somehow: Tell me the leagues you have gk all over the world Mr Nigeria scout Stop justifying mediocrity Once una see abroad born una go begin justify nonsense |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by tbaba1234: 7:11pm On Oct 08, 2019 |
WAFU Cup of Nations disaster shows Nigerian football is in dire straits Colin udoh And so the unthinkable happened. A penalty shootout defeat by Cape Verde saw Nigeria eliminated from the 2019 WAFU Cup of Nations in disgrace. This was nothing short of disaster. Two losses in one tournament, and another defeat not quite two weeks before, tallied three losses on the spin for the domestic league Super Eagles. And it is not like they faced any of the African or regional giants in any of those games. It is a disaster that should have wider consequences for the future of Nigerian football. In the buildup to Saturday's game, it was clear that Nigeria coach Imama Amapakabo's brief was to play at least for some redemption after falling to Togo in the two previous games. And it did look like things were heading that way when Sunusi gave them that lead. But old frailties returned to haunt them despite a dominant showing: An inability to put away scoring chances meant they failed to add security to their slim lead, and fragility at the back saw them concede the late late goal. Such was the disappointment in Nigeria that the Nigeria Football Federation's communications team, which usually puts a positive spin on results good or bad, could not find it in them to write a single line. But negatives abound aplenty. Starting with how a Nigeria squad could not find the quality to win at least one game against opposition they should be walking through. And for players who play in a league in which penalties are awarded and scored regularly, to miss three spot kicks in a match that could have repercussions for their own future speaks very much to their very inadequacies. Immediate reactions to the elimination focused largely on the lack of league action for players. The Nigerian Professional Football League (NPFL) has been on a forced break since concluding with a six-team playoff in June, meaning 18 of the 24 clubs have seen no competitive action in nearly half a year. Not that the season before was any better. The league ended prematurely after 24 rounds of games, following a two-month break for the FIFA World Cup; no champions were declared but Lobi Stars were picked as the nation's CAF Champions League representatives. So for two consecutive seasons, football players in Nigeria have had very limited competitive action to occupy them. But is this really a valid reason? |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by tbaba1234: 7:11pm On Oct 08, 2019 |
Shehu Dikko, chairman of the League Management Company LMC, disagrees and points to other countries who have also had recent league troubles "When last did Ghana play league football; I know for sure they have not played in over a year," he noted to ESPN. He makes a fair point. Ghana have not seen league football since June 2018, but their domestic players' national team does not find itself in the same sorry quagmire as Nigeria. They may have struggled slightly, needing penalties to overcome Burkina Faso, but they are still in the semifinals, at least, of the WAFU Cup of Nations Cup competition. So perhaps, Dikko is correct and league football is not all there is to it. Emmanuel Nyabam, a football administrator in Nigeria, independently agrees, pointing to much darker reasons "What do you expect when match officials and club administrators compromise for matches," Nyabam tells ESPN. "I feel sorry for Imama because he will now take the blame for what is not his fault." And then, of course, there are those, such as coach Uni Dan Kawa, who blame it on the lack of football education at the grassroots level. All three make good points. Nigeria's international football provides a case study in stark contrast. While the Nigeria team consisting of players only from the domestic league endures humiliation after humiliation -- the first squad failed to qualify for the inaugural African Nations Championship -- the main Super Eagles team is doing well, propped up by players whose skills are honed by foreign, mostly European, clubs. In recent years, those players have been reinforced by players born, raised and developed abroad who have switched allegiances from their countries of birth. As a matter of fact, four of the starting XI that drew 2-2 against Ukraine in a recent friendly, were diaspora-born players: Ola Aina, William Troost-Ekong, Semi Ajayi, Joe Aribo and Alex Iwobi. But that is not as shocking as this next fact: Of the starting XI in that game, only Oghenekaro Etebo had spent significant time playing in the NPFL, with Warri Wolves. The rest went from youth academies straight to Europe. Of the rest of the squad, goalkeeper Ikechukwu Ezenwa was the only other player to have spent significant time in the NPFL; he still plays in the league, for Heartland. Just to make that clear: Only one player in the Nigeria starting XI currently played in the NPFL, and only one more in the 21-man squad currently plays in the league. The squad that played Ukraine is not an isolated case. The number was not significantly different in Nigeria's 23-man squad to the CAF Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt: Only Etebo, Ezenwa, Daniel Akpeyi, Shehu Abdullahi and Ahmed Musa had spent significant time in the NPFL. A deeper dive does the NPFL no favours. Musa spent barely one year at Kano Pillars, Etebo only slightly more at Wolves. Add this: The majority of players transferred from Nigeria to European clubs are signed mostly out of academies rather than from NPFL clubs, hence it is easy to see why the African Nations Championship and WAFU Cup of Nations Super Eagles are performing so poorly. These numbers -- and results, including club football results at continental level -- would seem to suggest that NPFL players are nowhere near good enough to be playing international football for Nigeria. And that providing support for Gernot Rohr's refusal to integrate league players into the full national team. Amapakabo told ESPN before the WAFU tournament that NPFL players were coached so badly that they failed to assimilate and execute tactical instructions with ease. The three recent results suggest he may not be far from the truth, and gives rise to the thought that there is an emergency in Nigerian football; an emergency that remains as yet unacknowledged across the board. If there is one positive that should come out of this WAFU Cup of Nations disaster for Nigeria, perhaps it should an acknowledgement that the nation's domestic football is in of the dire straits, and in need of workable, long-term fixes. POST HASTE! 1 Like |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by safarigirl(f): 7:12pm On Oct 08, 2019 |
tbaba1234:what a name |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Humility017(m): 7:15pm On Oct 08, 2019 |
ChrisKels: the dude said so.... I don't think Nigeria is serious as regard getting this player's not until they start playing in EPL. Eze's case now is a blant example.... 1 Like |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by xwolverine: 7:16pm On Oct 08, 2019 |
safarigirl: The fact that guy adopted his mum’s name might be a sign that he wants to play for the Dutch team. Just like Tammy shortened his name to sound more British. Honestly, forget some of these guys, they are using the Nigerian interest as leverage to get called up to their oyinbo master’s teams. 1 Like |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by tbaba1234: 7:21pm On Oct 08, 2019 |
xwolverine: His mum is Nigerian 4 Likes
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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Humility017(m): 7:25pm On Oct 08, 2019 |
xwolverine: abeggi... even as big as the USA they still fight and invite players of dual nationalities...some grew and developed in the European academics. the US still fight to have this players even when they seems not to be too interested... PLAYERS have snubbed the US severally but still you'll see them still going for this set of foreign groomed players.... 2 Likes |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by ChrisKels: 7:26pm On Oct 08, 2019 |
Humility017: Ok |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Abusule007: 7:29pm On Oct 08, 2019 |
MetalJigsaw:
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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by kris(m): 7:30pm On Oct 08, 2019 |
In an interview Dillion Hoogewerf said his dream is to one day help Nigeria be better. So maybe that might be by playing for us. Earthquake1: 1 Like
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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by kris(m): 7:33pm On Oct 08, 2019 |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Earthquake1: 7:35pm On Oct 08, 2019 |
kris: Mtweew Because he doesn't know what 'playing for Nigeria' means in Dutch, he probably pities us |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by kris(m): 7:38pm On Oct 08, 2019 |
I think his dream is bigger than just playing for Nigeria. I think he wants to do more, that’s why he didn’t just say play for Nigeria. Earthquake1: |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Earthquake1: 7:39pm On Oct 08, 2019 |
kris: You're just clutching at straws |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by somehow: 7:45pm On Oct 08, 2019 |
andrew444: I'm lost. What's it with you and off point? |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by tbaba1234: 7:47pm On Oct 08, 2019 |
Earthquake1: In the starting line up against Ukraine, 5 of our starters were foreign born/dual citizens. That is almost half of the team. Aribo, Aina, Iwobi, Ekong, Semi, Only Etebo had a NPFL background even though, he did not play long there. The rest are from academies. These foreign born players will continue to play an important part of our national team. We can not get all of them but we should get the ones we can. 8 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by somehow: 7:49pm On Oct 08, 2019 |
TheSuperNerd: Including Asisat. Its good though |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by kris(m): 8:07pm On Oct 08, 2019 |
And if we don’t get our house in order, there will be a day that they’re 100% of our team. We have so many skillful Nigerian players coming up. Other countries cannot take them all from us. If we have 10 Nigerian top strikers born in England, we will surely get at least 30% of them to represent us. So we need to just keep producing more of them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-L7yplvTwk tbaba1234: |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by do4luv14(m): 8:14pm On Oct 08, 2019 |
Humility017: chaiii you are the one kidding yourself, go and read my first paragraph again, but this time slowly as for pinnick Nff its not even clear to me yet, cos as at 2015 pinnick was a commisioner in Delta state(correct me if am wrong) |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Earthquake1: 8:14pm On Oct 08, 2019 |
kris: That day will never come |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Humility017(m): 8:16pm On Oct 08, 2019 |
do4luv14: let me tell you... pinnick became the nff boss after the 2014 world cup... there was an election afterwards...first Giwa won but FIFA faulted it and there was another which he won... you said you have issues with my 3rd and 4th question nah |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Humility017(m): 8:17pm On Oct 08, 2019 |
do4luv14: let me tell you... pinnick became the nff boss after the 2014 world cup... there was an election afterwards...first Giwa won but FIFA faulted it and there was another which he won... keshi was the coach during that qualifier series oga you said you have issues with my 3rd and 4th question nah |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Humility017(m): 8:19pm On Oct 08, 2019 |
do4luv14:and what's the third and last paragraph... just checked your profile... please my posts are for reasonable folks... peeps that are open to learning and not proud to ask for clarifications on areas they have little knowledge of. okay..... https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.brila.net/rohrs-lawyer-to-meet-nff-over-unpaid-allowances-and-bonuses/&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwidt6HssY3lAhXPVsAKHVfXAogQFjAAegQIBhAB&usg=AOvVaw0rz9Fj6A6fxHUUqTk2YXsK
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