Danielnino00:


I see what u are trying to do..

U wanna raise the bar higher for Umar, isn't it.? He is currently the 5th joint top scorer in the Serbian league with 7 goals and 8 assists!!

If you were in the Eredivisie that may be reasonable but not in a league rated 20 in Europe.

It's progress from the abyss he was in before but not good enough for the SE. That's if we want to pursue excellence and not mediocrity.

Hopefully next season he moves to a higher league and his progression continous. If it doesn't then he remain where he is.

No bar has been lifted if anything the bar is being lowered unfairly to accommodate him by many here.

So what do you see me trying to do please❓

TheGoodJoe:


Funny Rohr. As if he would ever have given Osimhen a run of games if he did not make big breaks at Charleroi and Lille.

But is that not the principal basis for selection in all national football teams.

Although in Nigeria we have our own standards some time.

darkelf:


Why not.

Considering our performance against Ukraine (they top their table for Euro 2020 Qualif) and Brazil (Copa America champ), all teams would. Trust me....unless they ate cowards and are scared we may upset them

exactly my point, most of drm will prefer to continue racking up points against minnows, Dan play us inorder to avoid upset which would bring down dere ranking..hw did u tink d likes of Romania, Slovakia, Denmark, Mexico and even Iran is ahead of us..wen on a good day we will give any of this teams a good spanking

simiife:



when u re big u re big,blacklisting a whole Madrid no 9 from the national team just like that,which year will Nigeria be as big as this.

LOL it didn't even shake them one bit. No one is bigger than the shirt. Anelka learnt that the hard way too...

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darkelf:


No

Firmino was a Rodgers signing.

darkelf:


I don't want to belief that we don't have abGod fearing administrator in the whole country even if its to lift him from a grassroot local government sport admin. That's the truth bro.....there are people but evil doesn't want good. But light will still shine and darkness would be chased away

What are you saying?

edi287:

Firmino was a Rodgers signing.

Are you sure?

Well, you may be right

edi287:
Is this really true?? Man Yak was a beast Sha..

Every Nigerian should be made to play 9 at least once in their lives so they can see it is not easy. I will keep singing that for years as a Barcelona fan I have watched Luis Suarez miss too many chances and still retain his status as one of the most lethal finishers in the world. Even Messi has been joining him to be missing. Ororo too has been missing at least 2 a match for 3 seasons now.

Eartquake1:


What are you saying?

What I'm saying is that there are people with the interest of Naija football at heart without financial incentive who are active at the local govt level and grassroots. It won't be bad to look for someone like that. After all, Joseph was brought from prison to help guide a Nation through impending famine

darkelf:


What I'm saying is that there are people with the interest of Naija football at heart without financial incentive who ate active at the local govt level and grassroots. It won't be bad to look for someone like that. After all, Joseph was brought from prison to help guide a Nation through impending famine

Hmm you are too idealistic

There is no way you can make it to the top of the administrative ladder in Nigeria without 'settling' some people or taking certain shortcuts

We just pray that the person on top has the interest of Nigerian football at heart and Pinnick is exactly that

Eartquake1:


Hmm you are too idealistic

There is no way you can make it to the top of the administrative ladder in Nigeria without 'setting' some people

We just pray that the person on top has the interest of Nigerian football at heart and Pinnick is exactly that

Do you mean that Pinnick has the interest of Naija football at heart?

Cc Icon4s, andrewbaba44, thesupernerd, tbaba1234, komekn, forgiveness, Joebie, Odunayaw, chriskels etc

What do you guys think?

I haven't forgotten. The stats clearly stated "Post-Afcon/Post Ighalo/Post Mikel era"

How can any Nigerian football fan/follower/enthusiast/analyst forget that back heel assist. In short, any who forgets it ehn... the person needs a lobotomy

chrisooblog:
actually Doc aina has two assists. you forgot the sexy back heel pass he gave ighalo for his goal against burundi at this years afcon

The No.10 and the No.9.... Super Eagles Love


Find someone who looks at you with such admiration, love and respect as Joe Aribo looks at Vic Osimhen. #NoHomo

darkelf:


Do you mean that Pinnick has the interest of Naija football at heart?

Cc Icon4s, andrewbaba44, thesupernerd, tbaba1234, komekn, forgiveness, Joebie, Odunayaw, chriskels etc

What do you guys think?

You ask like you are new to Nigerian football

forgiveness:


Who takes your opinion seriously, huh?

Using special talents as an excuse tantamounts to substly prejudice and discrimination.

People don get sense pass dat yeye 'special talent' wayo.

Agreed without reservation or question

Samueltemi337:
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not Iheanacho, his mum was dead by the time U17 World Cup aired, not Omeruo, I don't think he made it to U17 World Cup

Kayode or Onazi

Kbs468:

Very impressive turn out indeed and it further affirm our previous claim of the Northern local clubs supportership supremacy over the southern Nigeria's display accordingly.

I want to believe though that that massive turn out had to do with the absence of the NIGERIA'S SUPER EAGLES' live telecast dissappointment on the indigenous Media outlets Sha.

Credit must also go to DrLikita12 as well because she had already posted a screenshot of the massive experience here too upon which I couldn't reply immediately following my predicament back then.

Not so. The match was 4-6pm so there was time to still go back and watch the SE if it were showing.

Nigeria U15 Coach Opens Door For Chelsea Starlet, 19-Goal West Ham Winger To Train With Future Eagles



Nigeria U15 national team coach Usman Haruna has opened the door for dual-eligible players, Chelsea's Ashley Akpan and West Ham's Joseph Johnson in particular, to train with the Future Eagles.

While the Nigeria Football Federation are yet to make a move to cap Akpan, who is also eligible to play for Poland and is on the radar of the English FA, Hammers young winger Johnson has been sounded out to the technical department of the NFF about his availability to play for the Future Eagles.

Speaking to allnigeriasoccer.com, Haruna explained :
''We cannot disenfranchise any Nigerian because for the fact they were born outside does not mean we should disenfranchise them.

''The most difficult part of it is that we don't encourage scouting for players from outside the country because we have a lot of talents here but if anyone of them can come and try their luck and compete with the players born in Nigeria, we will appreciate that.

''It's their country, everybody is free. If I fall into their category I don't want anybody to disenfranchise me but the question is there are a lot of resources that go into inviting players from outside.

''If you can do that yourself, come here and participate in what we are doing with the other boys, why not. And that's what Omidiji was doing.

''It is free to participate but we will not go to the level we want to look for U15 players outside, that means you are a lazy coach when you have talents here that can be made to be the Maradona of tomorrow.''

Haruna was pressed more on the possibility of Akpan and Johnson earning call-ups to the Future Eagles and he replied:

''If we are in camp, we will encourage them. Nobody can say they cannot be part of it.''

Joseph Johnson took his tally for the season to 19 goals after scoring against Peterborough United U16s this past weekend.

**Ifeanyi Emmanuel



Source: ANS

jieta:
Well! I believe these is how you understand the FIFA ranking to be and you are not the only one. When we defeated Argentina everybody was happy and we where hoping that we will move up ward, of course we did move up ward but not as we expected some people where kind of been inquisitive that's when icon4 brought up this same analogy with a formular which FIFA use. You can check the website if the formular is still there because the Last time i did it was still there.


But my concern is that these systems don't apply to big teams when there play smaller teams. When we participated in the last AFCON we played seven matches won five lose two if you do the maths our point would have been 9 taking consideration of the two lost but at the end of the tournament we gain more than twenty points so is kind of confusing

You are very correct about the reference to icon4s' submission sometime back even when I wasn't available here as at then because in truth there is actually a definite formula for calculating the points

But I only did the direct calculation reference earlier for

1. Simplicity sake

2. Because after the october 24th edition of the ranking, only 2 matches have been place

3. With Nigeria being ranked 35th against Benin (ranked 82nd) & Lesotho (ranked 138th) compared to Tunisia's (ranked 29th ) matches against Libya (ranked 103rd) & Equatorial Guinea (ranked 135)

So, the points to be garnered even when the formula is applied would be insignificant towards displacing Tunisia from the second position presently because both oppositions are way way below

darkelf:


Do you mean that Pinnick has the interest of Naija football at heart?

Cc Icon4s, andrewbaba44, thesupernerd, tbaba1234, komekn, forgiveness, Joebie, Odunayaw, chriskels etc

What do you guys think?

First of all football administration in Nigeria is intrinsically POLITICAL.

It mirrors what happens in our elections when it comes to selection of the NFF President. It's just on a small-scale that's all.

There is money to be made and participanys want that money. THATS THE MOTIVATION and has been for donkey years.

Just like in our society l don't think there has ever been a free and fair elections. What we have is degrees of rigging.

So in the course of trying to get to office you sell your soul to the devil and murder all your convictions of righteousness in the process.

Honest trustworthy people may attempt but they will never succeed. IMO

The reality is that the people of a nation reflect it's leadership. We get what we deserve we are too ready to sell our birthright for a pot of porridge.

Amaju may do a few things right like all our politicians do but different degrees. But will fill.thuer very deep pockets in the process.

And yes l know Amaju well.

safarigirl:
not Iheanacho, his mum was dead by the time U17 World Cup aired, not Omeruo, I don't think he made it to U17 World Cup

Kayode or Onazi

It's omeruo

komekn:


First of all football administration in Nigeria is intrinsically POLITICAL.

It mirrors what happens in our elections when it comes to selection of the NFF President. It's just on a small-scale that's all.

There is money to be made and participanys want that money. THATS THE MOTIVATION and has been for donkey years.

Just like in our society l don't think there has ever been a free and fair elections. What we have is degrees of rigging.

So in the course of trying to get to office you sell your soul to the devil and murder all your convictions of righteousness in the process.

Honest trustworthy people may attempt but they will never succeed. IMO

The reality is that the people of a nation reflect it's leadership. We get what we deserve we are too ready to sell our birthright for a pot of porridge.

Amaju may do a few things right like all our politicians do but different degrees. But will fill.thuer very deep pockets in the process.

And yes l know Amaju well.

I don't want to believe that you can't get there without dishonesty. I still want to believe that you can achieve things in Nigeria with true honesty and dedication

Danielnino00:


FIFA ranking points aren't generated like that o... no b 3 points for a win and 1 for a loss like normal football match...
Friendly matches carry less weight than competitive games and organised tournaments.. the strength of the team we face also matter...

Yes you are very correct but i only used that anology for simplicity sake because the oppositions for both teams - Tunisia and Nigeria are way way below in the ranking and thus no significant points would be accumulated within the month of November when the formula is applied.

Besides, The reason for embolding the points difference as well as the assertion of a not less than 4 matches winning streak with an opposite loss for Nigeria are meant to emphasize the difficulty in upstaging Tunisia presently.

Its just like how i tried to clarify my earlier post to darkelf above too.

TheSuperNerd:
Nigeria U15 Coach Opens Door For Chelsea Starlet, 19-Goal West Ham Winger To Train With Future Eagles



Nigeria U15 national team coach Usman Haruna has opened the door for dual-eligible players, Chelsea's Ashley Akpan and West Ham's Joseph Johnson in particular, to train with the Future Eagles.

While the Nigeria Football Federation are yet to make a move to cap Akpan, who is also eligible to play for Poland and is on the radar of the English FA, Hammers young winger Johnson has been sounded out to the technical department of the NFF about his availability to play for the Future Eagles.

Speaking to allnigeriasoccer.com, Haruna explained :
''We cannot disenfranchise any Nigerian because for the fact they were born outside does not mean we should disenfranchise them.

''The most difficult part of it is that we don't encourage scouting for players from outside the country because we have a lot of talents here but if anyone of them can come and try their luck and compete with the players born in Nigeria, we will appreciate that.

''It's their country, everybody is free. If I fall into their category I don't want anybody to disenfranchise me but the question is there are a lot of resources that go into inviting players from outside.

''If you can do that yourself, come here and participate in what we are doing with the other boys, why not. And that's what Omidiji was doing.

''It is free to participate but we will not go to the level we want to look for U15 players outside, that means you are a lazy coach when you have talents here that can be made to be the Maradona of tomorrow.''

Haruna was pressed more on the possibility of Akpan and Johnson earning call-ups to the Future Eagles and he replied:

''If we are in camp, we will encourage them. Nobody can say they cannot be part of it.''

Joseph Johnson took his tally for the season to 19 goals after scoring against Peterborough United U16s this past weekend.

**Ifeanyi Emmanuel



Source: ANS

this is all well and good, until it's time for U17 and they drop them for the sons of a Senator and Permanent Secretary

Odunayaw:
Not so. The match was 4-6pm so there was time to still go back and watch the SE if it were showing.

Very well but above all, That crowd is not weekly scenery.

Though I am quite familiar with Jos and how crazy they are in relation to the local clubs around especially Plateau United and Mighty Jets among others too owing to the fact that some of the Nigeria's National Team players - Both past and present used to done their colours.

Above all, It was a very very impressive outing indeed

komekn:


First of all football administration in Nigeria is intrinsically POLITICAL.

It mirrors what happens in our elections when it comes to selection of the NFF President. It's just on a small-scale that's all.

There is money to be made and participanys want that money. THATS THE MOTIVATION and has been for donkey years.

Just like in our society l don't think there has ever been a free and fair elections. What we have is degrees of rigging.

So in the course of trying to get to office you sell your soul to the devil and murder all your convictions of righteousness in the process.

Honest trustworthy people may attempt but they will never succeed. IMO

The reality is that the people of a nation reflect it's leadership. We get what we deserve we are too ready to sell our birthright for a pot of porridge.

Amaju may do a few things right like all our politicians do but different degrees. But will fill.thuer very deep pockets in the process.

And yes l know Amaju well.

When i saw the mention darkelf gave you i know today is a good day for you to not only take a swipe at our NFF but to remind us of how corrupt we are, i know that in fact most of us here know that. You have also share your personal experience about corruption while you were here in Nigeria.


I'm not disputing anything you put up here but my only concern is that you have never for once share corruption cases happening in the football association of the English teams is it that there are not corrupt? or they don't engage in sharp practice. If you don't mind I will appreciate it if you share one or two cases

safarigirl:
not Iheanacho, his mum was dead by the time U17 World Cup aired, not Omeruo, I don't think he made it to U17 World Cup

Kayode or Onazi

.

forgiveness:


Where did you get this information from?

Solanke began his professional career in the Eredivise 4 seasons ago. This is third season in professional football. I don't know where you got that information from.

learn how to stick to the point. I'm sure u saw the Stat I posted and it was stated "epl" . I dey talk about epl, u dey talk about eredivise.

forgiveness:


Where did you get this information from?

Solanke began his professional career in the Eredivise 4 seasons ago. This is third season in professional football. I don't know where you got that information from.

u want me to post the link for your painment?

Solanke.... 1 goal in 5 season epl

Samueltemi337:
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Onazi I suppose but not really because what I could only recall is his supperlative performance in the world cup along side the highest goal scorer - Shehu Sani Emmanuel (Where is he now? Only God knows) as the players from TB Joshua's My People FC football club of Lagos.

Somehow somehow, there was joy and celebration at the synagogue for their feet.

IHEANACHO was as described by Safarigirl above

OMERUO? I dont think he made it to U 17 level too

KAYODE? I dont even know anything about him

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