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EMIR KONGI JAFFI JOFFA wrote: ↑Sun Sep 18, 2022 2:00 pm 15yr old Arsenal player that came of in injury time v Brentford. Never seen him play, don't know what position he plays and he never touched the ball v Brentford.

Assuming he's Nigerian mek we kuku try to cap tie him now. Playing for Arsenal at 15yrs is no small achievement. All I know is that he's not a goalie.

Mek we call am?

Undertaker wrote: ↑Sun Sep 18, 2022 2:17 pm

EMIR KONGI JAFFI JOFFA wrote: ↑Sun Sep 18, 2022 2:00 pm 15yr old Arsenal player that came of in injury time v Brentford. Never seen him play, don't know what position he plays and he never touched the ball v Brentford.

Assuming he's Nigerian mek we kuku try to cap tie him now. Playing for Arsenal at 15yrs is no small achievement. All I know is that he's not a goalie.

Mek we call am?

He did get a touch. He is too young to evaluate him. He is better off playing for the England youth teams for his development

Undertaker wrote: ↑Sun Sep 18, 2022 2:17 pm

EMIR KONGI JAFFI JOFFA wrote: ↑Sun Sep 18, 2022 2:00 pm 15yr old Arsenal player that came of in injury time v Brentford. Never seen him play, don't know what position he plays and he never touched the ball v Brentford.

Assuming he's Nigerian mek we kuku try to cap tie him now. Playing for Arsenal at 15yrs is no small achievement. All I know is that he's not a goalie.

Mek we call am?

He did get a touch. He is too young to evaluate him. He is better off playing for the England youth teams for his development

wiseone wrote: ↑Sun Sep 18, 2022 3:12 pm

hestonap wrote: ↑Sun Sep 18, 2022 4:58 pm Firstly congrats to the boy and I truly hope he goes on to have an excellent career.

Mixed feeling for me every time I read stories like this. A reminder of what we have lost, are losing and will continue lose as a nation in past, current and future terms.

Whether it is dispora or ‘local’…. It’s an example of how Nigerians are forced to leave her shores for better pastures because our nation is far from conducive. We lose the potential of the individual that emigrated and potentially that if their progeny. By extension, the same applies to the ones who stay back but local circumstances impede their God given potentials.

It is bittersweet. I pray and hope the boy has an outstanding career whether he plays for England or Nigeria. As a Nigerian who has taken the diaspora path and now have sons here I often and increasingly wonder.

Anyway, I can only hope even when all evidence points to the contrary that God and whatever forces that be bless and somehow place a continuing favourable disposition to and on my nation Nigeria and all that is associated with her.

Excited and depressed at the same time at the news I must admit.

Tobi17 wrote: ↑Sun Sep 18, 2022 5:07 pm

hestonap wrote: ↑Sun Sep 18, 2022 4:58 pm Firstly congrats to the boy and I truly hope he goes on to have an excellent career.

Mixed feeling for me every time I read stories like this. A reminder of what we have lost, are losing and will continue lose as a nation in past, current and future terms.

Whether it is dispora or ‘local’…. It’s an example of how Nigerians are forced to leave her shores for better pastures because our nation is far from conducive. We lose the potential of the individual that emigrated and potentially that if their progeny. By extension, the same applies to the ones who stay back but local circumstances impede their God given potentials.

It is bittersweet. I pray and hope the boy has an outstanding career whether he plays for England or Nigeria. As a Nigerian who has taken the diaspora path and now have sons here I often and increasingly wonder.

Anyway, I can only hope even when all evidence points to the contrary that God and whatever forces that be bless and somehow place a continuing favourable disposition to and on my nation Nigeria and all that is associated with her.

Excited and depressed at the same time at the news I must admit.

Your post just got me thinking, if we put together a first XI of Nigerians players born abroad in a football sense and now play for their nations of birth, we just might have a world cup winning team...that's how much talents we've lost and keep losing to other nations.

EMIR KONGI JAFFI JOFFA wrote: ↑Sun Sep 18, 2022 5:52 pm

Tobi17 wrote: ↑Sun Sep 18, 2022 5:07 pm

hestonap wrote: ↑Sun Sep 18, 2022 4:58 pm Firstly congrats to the boy and I truly hope he goes on to have an excellent career.

Mixed feeling for me every time I read stories like this. A reminder of what we have lost, are losing and will continue lose as a nation in past, current and future terms.

Whether it is dispora or ‘local’…. It’s an example of how Nigerians are forced to leave her shores for better pastures because our nation is far from conducive. We lose the potential of the individual that emigrated and potentially that if their progeny. By extension, the same applies to the ones who stay back but local circumstances impede their God given potentials.

It is bittersweet. I pray and hope the boy has an outstanding career whether he plays for England or Nigeria. As a Nigerian who has taken the diaspora path and now have sons here I often and increasingly wonder.

Anyway, I can only hope even when all evidence points to the contrary that God and whatever forces that be bless and somehow place a continuing favourable disposition to and on my nation Nigeria and all that is associated with her.

Excited and depressed at the same time at the news I must admit.

Your post just got me thinking, if we put together a first XI of Nigerians players born abroad in a football sense and now play for their nations of birth, we just might have a world cup winning team...that's how much talents we've lost and keep losing to other nations.

We'd be vastly better but I don't think we'd be a WC winning team yet The Naija polish LB and the Italian CD are the only ones we could call world class at some point, they rest are still potentials.

wiseone wrote: ↑Sun Sep 18, 2022 7:25 pm If you could pick only 3 players of Nigerian descent who currently play for other countries, and could get them to switch allegiance to Nigeria, which 3 would you pick? (even if they already played for another country)

Enugu II wrote: ↑Sun Sep 18, 2022 8:58 pm The way I look at this is that these are British kids, full stop. They aren't Nigerian kids. Social development is important and these are for all intents and purposes, British. He will consider Nigeria only as a distant choice that will be used if and when the door to his first and natural choice closes.

Tobi17 wrote: ↑Sun Sep 18, 2022 5:07 pm

hestonap wrote: ↑Sun Sep 18, 2022 4:58 pm Firstly congrats to the boy and I truly hope he goes on to have an excellent career.

Mixed feeling for me every time I read stories like this. A reminder of what we have lost, are losing and will continue lose as a nation in past, current and future terms.

Whether it is dispora or ‘local’…. It’s an example of how Nigerians are forced to leave her shores for better pastures because our nation is far from conducive. We lose the potential of the individual that emigrated and potentially that if their progeny. By extension, the same applies to the ones who stay back but local circumstances impede their God given potentials.

It is bittersweet. I pray and hope the boy has an outstanding career whether he plays for England or Nigeria. As a Nigerian who has taken the diaspora path and now have sons here I often and increasingly wonder.

Anyway, I can only hope even when all evidence points to the contrary that God and whatever forces that be bless and somehow place a continuing favourable disposition to and on my nation Nigeria and all that is associated with her.

Excited and depressed at the same time at the news I must admit.

Your post just got me thinking, if we put together a first XI of Nigerians players born abroad in a football sense and now play for their nations of birth, we just might have a world cup winning team...that's how much talents we've lost and keep losing to other nations.

jette1 wrote: ↑Sun Sep 18, 2022 9:48 pm

Tobi17 wrote: ↑Sun Sep 18, 2022 5:07 pm

hestonap wrote: ↑Sun Sep 18, 2022 4:58 pm Firstly congrats to the boy and I truly hope he goes on to have an excellent career.

Mixed feeling for me every time I read stories like this. A reminder of what we have lost, are losing and will continue lose as a nation in past, current and future terms.

Whether it is dispora or ‘local’…. It’s an example of how Nigerians are forced to leave her shores for better pastures because our nation is far from conducive. We lose the potential of the individual that emigrated and potentially that if their progeny. By extension, the same applies to the ones who stay back but local circumstances impede their God given potentials.

It is bittersweet. I pray and hope the boy has an outstanding career whether he plays for England or Nigeria. As a Nigerian who has taken the diaspora path and now have sons here I often and increasingly wonder.

Anyway, I can only hope even when all evidence points to the contrary that God and whatever forces that be bless and somehow place a continuing favourable disposition to and on my nation Nigeria and all that is associated with her.

Excited and depressed at the same time at the news I must admit.

Your post just got me thinking, if we put together a first XI of Nigerians players born abroad in a football sense and now play for their nations of birth, we just might have a world cup winning team...that's how much talents we've lost and keep losing to other nations.

If we are doing this in sports tell me why same should apply in government

Tobi17 wrote: ↑Sun Sep 18, 2022 10:13 pm

jette1 wrote: ↑Sun Sep 18, 2022 9:48 pm

Tobi17 wrote: ↑Sun Sep 18, 2022 5:07 pm

hestonap wrote: ↑Sun Sep 18, 2022 4:58 pm Firstly congrats to the boy and I truly hope he goes on to have an excellent career.

Mixed feeling for me every time I read stories like this. A reminder of what we have lost, are losing and will continue lose as a nation in past, current and future terms.

Whether it is dispora or ‘local’…. It’s an example of how Nigerians are forced to leave her shores for better pastures because our nation is far from conducive. We lose the potential of the individual that emigrated and potentially that if their progeny. By extension, the same applies to the ones who stay back but local circumstances impede their God given potentials.

It is bittersweet. I pray and hope the boy has an outstanding career whether he plays for England or Nigeria. As a Nigerian who has taken the diaspora path and now have sons here I often and increasingly wonder.

Anyway, I can only hope even when all evidence points to the contrary that God and whatever forces that be bless and somehow place a continuing favourable disposition to and on my nation Nigeria and all that is associated with her.

Excited and depressed at the same time at the news I must admit.

Your post just got me thinking, if we put together a first XI of Nigerians players born abroad in a football sense and now play for their nations of birth, we just might have a world cup winning team...that's how much talents we've lost and keep losing to other nations.

If we are doing this in sports tell me why same should apply in government

Peter Obi's government wants to stop outsourcing our best of talents to other developed countries

bret- hart wrote: ↑Sun Sep 18, 2022 7:53 pm

wiseone wrote: ↑Sun Sep 18, 2022 7:25 pm If you could pick only 3 players of Nigerian descent who currently play for other countries, and could get them to switch allegiance to Nigeria, which 3 would you pick? (even if they already played for another country)

Saka Alaba, Akanji

Lolly wrote: ↑Mon Sep 19, 2022 6:51 am

bret- hart wrote: ↑Sun Sep 18, 2022 7:53 pm

wiseone wrote: ↑Sun Sep 18, 2022 7:25 pm If you could pick only 3 players of Nigerian descent who currently play for other countries, and could get them to switch allegiance to Nigeria, which 3 would you pick? (even if they already played for another country)

Saka Alaba, Akanji

I would replace Alaba with the Udinese RB Kingsley Ehizibue. Alaba is still a top player but nearing the end of his career.