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The young man is fully invested in the community with his football sponsorships in Ibadan and Oyo state. Though he plays for Germany, he has shown that his heart is in the right place and we support him.
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Even as an Igbo boy I'm proud to say I was born in Ibadan, we've produced some real ballers

Tobi17 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 11, 2023 7:53 am Even as an Igbo boy I'm proud to say I was born in Ibadan, we've produced some real ballers

His parents are useless for forcing him to rep Germany though the kid wanted Nigeria. There’s a real chance that he might go the Nesum Onuoha route.

EMIR KONGI JAFFI JOFFA wrote: ↑Sat Mar 11, 2023 7:57 am

Tobi17 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 11, 2023 7:53 am Even as an Igbo boy I'm proud to say I was born in Ibadan, we've produced some real ballers

His parents are useless for forcing him to rep Germany though the kid wanted Nigeria. There’s a real chance that he might go the Nesum Onuoha route.

my brother don't say that his parent is useless, look what previous and all administration[NFF OR NFA], nothing to write home about, even your self if you have a son born in Europe u will always want him to play for Europe first if is cable of being selected.

Nigerian parents are too forceful on their kids in GENERAL.

This is not the 1960s, there are more ways to succeed in 2023 than ever before. That is actually the main problem for youths today. TOO many ways to succeed, so it creates too much anxiety about the right path.

Anyway, just about every single Nigerian footballer (Iheanacho, Ighalo etc.) had to defy one or more parents to become footballers. This is something that EII should actually look into, since he likes sports research. But I highly suspect that if it weren't for Nigerian parents, our football success would have been even greater than it has been. It is highly likely that there were players better than Kanu, Okocha, Mikel, Odegbami etc. that were forced out of football by their parents.

I get it, you want the best choice for your children, and I also get it, especially in the old days, children had to become breadwinners, and there is more risk in football relative to lets say accounting, engineering etc.

BUT that is why you give your children good advise and also build contingencies. You do not close doors for them. I also hope that CE parents reading this, take this advise on board. You find ways to minimise the risk, without actually shutting their door. This kid's parent for example could have enrolled the kid in some technical college in Munich or whatever to build a contingency. Instead parents think they have a bird's eye view of the world. NOBODY knows the world like that lol. The person that does, we call that person God.

What does our football look like when all our players have to fight their families to play football. That means whatever our talent pool is, you have to divide it by a certain number. We might be using 70% of our talent pool or 60% or even 20%. Who knows! EII if you are reading this, please look into it. In the West they have the opposite problem. Pay to Play, a problem that causes issues in the US and in Australia for example. Here we have pay to not play lol.

Culture is a MASSIVE factor in football. It isn't just about infrastructure. It may actually be why the South East produces better footballers than the South West for example today. The South West (I suspect, no real evidence) would have more of the restrictive parenting. This is because the South West has had the longest continuous focus on education in Nigerian history. There was a time when the South East had deplorable education (if memory serves me right, it was the 1940s).The South West does seem to produce the best musicians in the country, but this could be down to the fact that music is deeply embedded in that culture, while football was inherited.

Culture is a big enough factor to derail football entirely. This is no small matter. In fact I think it is the number one issue holding football in England back. We need to change football culture in Nigeria. Can you believe in that same Ibadan I was beaten by a teacher (a certain Mr Gbenga) on Monday for playing football on a Sunday? Is that not child abuse?

Tobi17 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 11, 2023 7:53 am Even as an Igbo boy I'm proud to say I was born in Ibadan, we've produced some real ballers

What does that mean

EMIR KONGI JAFFI JOFFA wrote: ↑Sat Mar 11, 2023 7:33 am The young man is fully invested in the community with his football sponsorships in Ibadan and Oyo state. Though he plays for Germany, he has shown that his heart is in the right place and we support him.
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Wtf is the comedy woman on about. The poor guy is probably thinking WTf is this woman talking about

Tobi17 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 11, 2023 7:53 am Even as an Igbo boy I'm proud to say I was born in Ibadan, we've produced some real ballers

I knew you are a bonafide efulefu


Cheers.

Don’t play with Ibadan folks. E no matter where dem born you or who u play for, the accent gives it all away.
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