'Something is wrong somewhere' - Abuja club chief blasts Ugbade over U17
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'Something is wrong somewhere' - Abuja club chief blasts Ugbade over U17
'Something is wrong somewhere' - Abuja club chief blasts Ugbade over U17
The failure of the Golden Eaglets of Nigeria to pick a World Cup ticket at the ongoing Africa U17 Cup of Nations in Algeria has continued to raise dust among stakeholders.
The coach Nduka Ugbade-led team wobbled and fumbled throughout the group stage and were eventually knocked out in the quarterfinal by Burkina Faso.
It means Nigeria, five times world champions at this level, misses out of the World Cup to be played latter in the year.
Here in the Nigeria many believe Nigeria did not present her best legs at the tournament, with several persons pointing accusing fingers at the head coach Nduka Ugbade.
For Khamisu Ahmed Mailantarki, a Governorship aspirant in Gombe State during the just concluded general election, he believes Coach Ugbade could have presented a better team.
"As a Nigerian and a patriotic Nigerian, I am very sad, it is not because we don't have the players to beat any team in the world, but it is because of the modus operandi of the selection," Mailantarki said.
"The NFF has work to do because, we saw it coming, right from the onset. I happen to have some Under-17 players, very good players, that at a point the management called everyone to confess that these are the two most performing players in the national team camp. But unfortunately at the end of the exercise they were dropped.
"I asked for a reason, the national team coach was telling me that because they cannot communicate. I said how can you say communication, does that really matter in football?
“He was assuring the team that was saving them for the World Cup. How can you go to the World Cup when you don't go with the best player? You left your best at home, saying you're saving them for the World Cup? I say something is wrong, I prayed for him and I wish him success, but look at what happened?
"So, the selection process, I think the NFF has to come up with measures that will make sure that we don't leave the best simply because they don't have someone to push them or they don't have someone to stand for them.
"Let the merit work, that is why I always commend and I always appreciate Manu Garba. When he was the national team coach, he switches players even in the friendly matches."
Mailantarki continued : “There was a team that played a friendly match with them even right here in Nigeria, they beat them 6-4 or there about with outstanding players, you can imagine none of of the players of this team participated at the AFCON, meaning something is wrong somewhere.
"We have to be very practical about our selection and we cannot allow only the coaches to do what they have done in the face of every stakeholder, to drop the best players.
"We should have a way to make case for this because, this is a national issue, it is not all about the coaches, it is about the entire people of Nigeria. So we have to get the best to represent Nigeria.”
Khamisu, owner of Mailantarki Care F.C, Abuja who spoke with the media at the Area 3 playground, Abuja, believes Nigeria has what it takes to be among the best in the world.
“We have abundant footballers, 300 million population, we should be one of the best in the world of football with this population. We are not presenting the best and we have to look at the measure where coaches should work based on merit even if they have personal interest, merit should take place.
“We have the best and we can do better, our national team have tried but we can do better,” he concluded.
Coach Nduka Ugbade a proponent of scientific football, became the head coach of the Golden Eaglets for the first time in 2022, haven previously served as an assistant to coach Manu Garba.
His contract was performance based and may have lost his job by not securing a World Cup ticket.
https://www.allnigeriasoccer.com/read_n ... ?nid=47416
The failure of the Golden Eaglets of Nigeria to pick a World Cup ticket at the ongoing Africa U17 Cup of Nations in Algeria has continued to raise dust among stakeholders.
The coach Nduka Ugbade-led team wobbled and fumbled throughout the group stage and were eventually knocked out in the quarterfinal by Burkina Faso.
It means Nigeria, five times world champions at this level, misses out of the World Cup to be played latter in the year.
Here in the Nigeria many believe Nigeria did not present her best legs at the tournament, with several persons pointing accusing fingers at the head coach Nduka Ugbade.
For Khamisu Ahmed Mailantarki, a Governorship aspirant in Gombe State during the just concluded general election, he believes Coach Ugbade could have presented a better team.
"As a Nigerian and a patriotic Nigerian, I am very sad, it is not because we don't have the players to beat any team in the world, but it is because of the modus operandi of the selection," Mailantarki said.
"The NFF has work to do because, we saw it coming, right from the onset. I happen to have some Under-17 players, very good players, that at a point the management called everyone to confess that these are the two most performing players in the national team camp. But unfortunately at the end of the exercise they were dropped.
"I asked for a reason, the national team coach was telling me that because they cannot communicate. I said how can you say communication, does that really matter in football?
“He was assuring the team that was saving them for the World Cup. How can you go to the World Cup when you don't go with the best player? You left your best at home, saying you're saving them for the World Cup? I say something is wrong, I prayed for him and I wish him success, but look at what happened?
"So, the selection process, I think the NFF has to come up with measures that will make sure that we don't leave the best simply because they don't have someone to push them or they don't have someone to stand for them.
"Let the merit work, that is why I always commend and I always appreciate Manu Garba. When he was the national team coach, he switches players even in the friendly matches."
Mailantarki continued : “There was a team that played a friendly match with them even right here in Nigeria, they beat them 6-4 or there about with outstanding players, you can imagine none of of the players of this team participated at the AFCON, meaning something is wrong somewhere.
"We have to be very practical about our selection and we cannot allow only the coaches to do what they have done in the face of every stakeholder, to drop the best players.
"We should have a way to make case for this because, this is a national issue, it is not all about the coaches, it is about the entire people of Nigeria. So we have to get the best to represent Nigeria.”
Khamisu, owner of Mailantarki Care F.C, Abuja who spoke with the media at the Area 3 playground, Abuja, believes Nigeria has what it takes to be among the best in the world.
“We have abundant footballers, 300 million population, we should be one of the best in the world of football with this population. We are not presenting the best and we have to look at the measure where coaches should work based on merit even if they have personal interest, merit should take place.
“We have the best and we can do better, our national team have tried but we can do better,” he concluded.
Coach Nduka Ugbade a proponent of scientific football, became the head coach of the Golden Eaglets for the first time in 2022, haven previously served as an assistant to coach Manu Garba.
His contract was performance based and may have lost his job by not securing a World Cup ticket.
https://www.allnigeriasoccer.com/read_n ... ?nid=47416
Re: 'Something is wrong somewhere' - Abuja club chief blasts Ugbade over U17
Funny guy, asking whether communication is important.
He must have been misquoted.
Which kine kweshon be dat?
He must have been misquoted.
Which kine kweshon be dat?
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Re: 'Something is wrong somewhere' - Abuja club chief blasts Ugbade over U17
Damunk, LOL. Bros, that STUCK OUT TO ME. I stopped reading the crap after that statement. The guy was mouthing rubbish. He is probably pissed that his players were not on the list. Yes, according to him Nigeria has the players that will win the World Cup. Yep, which country (among Africa's best teams) would not make similar claims?
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Re: 'Something is wrong somewhere' - Abuja club chief blasts Ugbade over U17
Ugbade refuse to use oldmen to execute his game plan. peeps are pissed. If he won. This clown will not be shouting bloody murder like some un informed do here... A coach live and die on his selection and team. PERIOD.
Re: 'Something is wrong somewhere' - Abuja club chief blasts Ugbade over U17
A lot of typos in the article. Hence, I'll assume that he was probably misquoted. He probably meant that Ugbade was unable to communicate with the players in question.
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Re: 'Something is wrong somewhere' - Abuja club chief blasts Ugbade over U17
That is what I understood as well...
I read this part and I was, so this is where this was going...
For Khamisu Ahmed Mailantarki, a Governorship aspirant in Gombe State during the just concluded general election, he believes Coach Ugbade could have presented a better team.
'Better team' is a euphemism for cheating.
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Re: 'Something is wrong somewhere' - Abuja club chief blasts Ugbade over U17
The goal of U17 team is to unearth future SE players and I saw a few players in the team who with proper training can develop into very good players in the future
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Re: 'Something is wrong somewhere' - Abuja club chief blasts Ugbade over U17
Our boys were just unlucky against Burkina Faso!
Re: 'Something is wrong somewhere' - Abuja club chief blasts Ugbade over U17
Sports science is missing in that country. They should know that "rushing football" with no direction and precision will not cut it. Do they even have data and statistics on players, shots, tackles, heat maps etc.
At least we unearth talents, but there needs to be a balance in terms of personnel and tactics. Let's see what future coaches do with the players.
At least we unearth talents, but there needs to be a balance in terms of personnel and tactics. Let's see what future coaches do with the players.
Re: 'Something is wrong somewhere' - Abuja club chief blasts Ugbade over U17
We've won the U17 WC a record number of times already, highest so far for any African country and it can be argued that most of those wins were accomplished by teams that had age cheats- which explains why a select few from previous youth teams who were true to their ages never plateaued in their development. Now for once in such a LONG time we finally got to see a team that on popular opinion easily passed the eyes test as genuinely young...and that in itself is good enough a win as far as progress goes. It's not always about winning through short-cuts, the template of success more often than not is more long-drawn, systematic and inundated with flaws at a more organic level but with more room for GROWTH- and these were the fundamental values and lessons I learned from the Nduka Ugbade U17 stint. I know most of these kids are very talented, and will transition to the U20 system en route to the senior NT in the near future if they stay disciplined and focused.
Re: 'Something is wrong somewhere' - Abuja club chief blasts Ugbade over U17
That’s not unique to Nigeria. Most players from any U17 team in the world rarely have decent careersTobi17 wrote: ↑Wed May 17, 2023 7:54 pm We've won the U17 WC a record number of times already, highest so far for any African country and it can be argued that most of those wins were accomplished by teams that had age cheats- which explains why a select few from previous youth teams who were true to their ages never plateaued in their development. Now for once in such a LONG time we finally got to see a team that on popular opinion easily passed the eyes test as genuinely young...and that in itself is good enough a win as far as progress goes. It's not always about winning through short-cuts, the template of success more often than not is more long-drawn, systematic and inundated with flaws at a more organic level but with more room for GROWTH- and these were the fundamental values and lessons I learned from the Nduka Ugbade U17 stint. I know most of these kids are very talented, and will transition to the U20 system en route to the senior NT in the near future if they stay disciplined and focused.
IN SUPER EAGLES WE TRUST