NPFL Discussion Thread --2021/2022 winner- Rivers United!!!

[Maestro75]

Did you all watch the game between Platuea United and River's United here in Port Harcourt ?

I did not get to see that match live though I read it was a great game. It was the same way relegation threatened Heartland FC of Owerri trashed Akwa United in Owerri in their last match. The Nazi millionaires have been winning their home matches but have not been lucky winning away matches. I foresee them losing this weekend match with Lobi Stars on away. Yesterday, players of Heartland took to demonstration of their unpaid salaries. I hate what the Heartland management is doing to the players who starve to play on the pitch. Sometimes I wish the team will go on relegation but then I know it is the players who will suffer it more as those wicked souls who parade themselves as administrators will move on once the team goes down on relegation. This is wickedness.

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[The Author]

Sometimes I wish the team will go on relegation but then I know it is the players who will suffer it more as those wicked souls who parade themselves as administrators will move on once the team goes down on relegation. This is wickedness.

Unfortunately that's life for you, especially when the abusers of these rights are in a higher position than you. There's absolutely nothing you can do but keep playing and hope for a change.

I did not get to see that match live though I read it was a great game. It was the same way relegation threatened Heartland FC of Owerri trashed Akwa United in Owerri in their last match.

It is rather unfortunate that Akwa united let my hands down in their last match against heartland FC with a 1-0 loss. 
But that's football tbh where the predictions are usually unstable

[Maestro75]

Unfortunately that's life for you, especially when the abusers of these rights are in a higher position than you. There's absolutely nothing you can do but keep playing and hope for a change.

Cheating others is not life and that is why those who do it always blame the devil for their greed once they are caught. Things of this nature are highly controlled abroad in civilised nations but too common in Africa because alot of people do not like to speak out and offenders are never punished when exposed.

Heartland could not honour their friendly match with Amanda FC of Orlu yesterday because of their four months unpaid salaries as they are still demonstrating. With what is happening now, am not confident Heartland will also honour their Sunday match with Lobi Stars. The players are very angry over their salaries. I like their unity in doing this demonstration this time. Enough is enough.

[SatoPrincess]

I think Heartland FC is going to relegation, they still some games in hand but I doubt they can make it out of relegation. Kano Pillars have been able to jump out of the relegation zone. MFM, Niger Tornadoes FC, Dakkada, Heartland FC, are all fighting to escape relegation. These teams have been the poorest this season. No surprise they are struggling to remain in the NPFL. Imo MFM is the worse of them all, they have been nothing but disappointing this season.

[Maestro75]

MFM, Niger Tornadoes FC, Dakkada, Heartland FC, are all fighting to escape relegation. These teams have been the poorest this season. No surprise they are struggling to remain in the NPFL.

Heartland's problem is administrative and not as if the boys can not knock leather. The Coach of the side Erasmus Onuh has really tried for the Naze millionaires but the constant lack of logistics to the team has continued to hinder the progress of the club. The lack of concentration in the camp because of salary owed is not what they need to win their match with fellow relegation threatened Lobi Stars tomorrow. It will be a miracle if Heartland pick a point in that match.

[CryptoPanda]

Rivers United have been close a couple of times to winning the NPFL at the end of the day it doesn't favour them, they may start the season well and only end up in top four. It's becoming a norm for Rivers United to come out second or third place in the league. This season they were able to get a continental ticket playing in CAF champions league

[Slow death]

Jay Jay Okocha had skills that would make Ronaldinho jealous, and Nwakwo Kano aka Papilo was one of the best players Arsenal ever had. These two players made me love inlove with football. I remember when both players were playing for the Super Eagles, we wrote songs to celebrate them. Iheancho, Mikel and other Nigerians playing in Europe have made a name for themselves. But there is a lot of raw talent in the NPFL

i am african and i have also followed all leagues, for me as a sports bettor (particularly soccer) knowing about all leagues is something that is part of my day to day, but honestly this comparison of ronaldinho with Jay Jay Okocha is scary, O ronaldinnho is a phenomenon that appears rarely a year, he is a complete player, the type of player that on any team he would be the dominant one, the guy who draws all the attention to him because his skills are on another level, whereas Jay Jay Okocha was a player whose abilities were found in many players, he was not unique.


Well today there's a team game that I really like, I'm talking about Enyimba against Kwara United, definitely Enyimba will win that game

[SatoPrincess]

It’s sad we barely have players from the NPFL play in the national team, Super Eagles. It goes to show they don't pay much respect to the NPFL players. The players that are invited to play for the national team are players who play for major clubs in Europe, not one of them is from the local clubs. It becomes a problem when these international clubs do not want to release the players to play for African tournaments. I think it's a failure in our system, there should be a correlation between the NPFL and the national team.

[Maestro75]

i am african and i have also followed all leagues,

This is interesting to know that you are African. I never thought you were. I used to read your posts years ago. You write well too. Are you a Nigerian? Am asking because most of those who are not Nigerians do not like to watch our games because of poor officiating and pitches.

As I predicted that it would be very difficult for Heartland FC to win their away matches. So, they lost to Lobi Stars today 2-1. Heartland is looking like they will taste relegation. I do not know what magic will pull them out.

[Ratash]

It’s sad we barely have players from the NPFL play in the national team, Super Eagles. It goes to show they don't pay much respect to the NPFL players. The players that are invited to play for the national team are players who play for major clubs in Europe, not one of them is from the local clubs. It becomes a problem when these international clubs do not want to release the players to play for African tournaments. I think it's a failure in our system, there should be a correlation between the NPFL and the national team.

Sadly this apply also to other african countries even in my country there is a similar problem all because they don't have faith in their native league players but in my opinion we have much raw talent in africa and if these young players get the support needed they can play in big european clubs i hope one day football in africa can improve.

[Pokapoka124]

Today's game Rivers Utd - Abia Warriors. It was shocking that Abia warriors scored in the first minute of the game. Rivers United came from behind to win two goals to one. With five games left to play in the season, there are lot of points to pick up before the season ends. Rivers United are far ahead in race to win the league title, I don't think Plateau United can win the title

[Maestro75]

Heartland won their match with Kastina United with a goal scored at the closing time of the first half by Chukwudi Nwaodu. The coach of the team, Erasmus Onuh, is no doubt a great coach but it is the administrative team of the club that is making a mess of the club with unpaid allowances and salaries and that is not encouraging to the team. Heartland is on 17th position with 40 points. Kastina Utd are out of relegation on 14th place with 42 points if the league ends this way. Heartland's next match is with Enyimba FC who are on 4th place on June 26. Let us see if Heartland will repeat their constant victories against Enyimba to drag themselves out of the relegation zone.

[Wiwo]

Rodgers FC players and sporters behavior today was uncalled for and unprofessional and I think behavior like this in the local league should be condemned with strong punishment to serve as lessons to other clubs fans that will want to try something similar, the match against River United could still be as good with a draw and not fighting over an offside goal.

[Maestro75]

Rodgers FC players and sporters behavior today was uncalled for and unprofessional and I think behavior like this in the local league should be condemned with strong punishment to serve as lessons to other clubs fans that will want to try something similar, the match against River United could still be as good with a draw and not fighting over an offside goal.

The level of indiscipline in our local league is incomparable anywhere in the world. And this is because there is no severe punishment to deter both fans and players. Everybody behaves how it pleases them and gets away with it. Do you know that the highest compensation referees get when beaten in our league is N250,000 no matter the level of beating. For every punishment on a club, the league managers get a chunk of the money which is not even more than N2 million if at all they are fined whereas those brutalised get peanuts. As the league is winding up now there are alot of underground match fixing going on. Do not be shocked to see surprising goal scorelines.

[Masplanc]

Jay Jay Okocha had skills that would make Ronaldinho jealous, and Nwakwo Kano aka Papilo was one of the best players Arsenal ever had. These two players made me love inlove with football. I remember when both players were playing for the Super Eagles, we wrote songs to celebrate them. Iheancho, Mikel and other Nigerians playing in Europe have made a name for themselves. But there is a lot of raw talent in the NPFL

i am african and i have also followed all leagues, for me as a sports bettor (particularly soccer) knowing about all leagues is something that is part of my day to day, but honestly this comparison of ronaldinho with Jay Jay Okocha is scary, O ronaldinnho is a phenomenon that appears rarely a year, he is a complete player, the type of player that on any team he would be the dominant one, the guy who draws all the attention to him because his skills are on another level, whereas Jay Jay Okocha was a player whose abilities were found in many players, he was not unique.


Well today there's a team game that I really like, I'm talking about Enyimba against Kwara United, definitely Enyimba will win that game

Ronaldinho is a unique player, I can also tell Jay Jay Okocha Okocha was also a good player, I don't think what he has then was found in other regular player. Jay Jay was a talented player but he was not really giving that recognition for his skillfull talent in his time.

[Pokapoka124]

Kano pillars vs Dakkada FC match showed the evil side of the NPFL. The Kano Pillars chairman was very unprofessional in the game, he assaulted a referee on the pitch because he didn't disallow the goal scored by Dakkada FC. This action has brought dishonour  to the game and to the club. He did it in the public, it's not something he did in the dressing room. Why is the board waiting?There should be a severe punishment for Kano Pillars. 

[GiftedMAN]

Kano pillars vs Dakkada FC match showed the evil side of the NPFL. The Kano Pillars chairman was very unprofessional in the game, he assaulted a referee on the pitch because he didn't disallow the goal scored by Dakkada FC. This action has brought dishonour  to the game and to the club. He did it in the public, it's not something he did in the dressing room. Why is the board waiting?There should be a severe punishment for Kano Pillars. 

This is the reason why a lot of people still take the NPFL as a joke, how can someone assault a referee and get away with it? 
Maybe the referee was scared of showing him a straight red card because he would be attached after the game since the game was played at Kano pillar's home ground or he is probably waiting for the game to end before so that a proper investigation will be done before they know what to do to the chairman of Kano Pillar FC. I wait patiently to see what the board will decide.



 

[Gosgosking]

Kano pillars vs Dakkada FC match showed the evil side of the NPFL. The Kano Pillars chairman was very unprofessional in the game, he assaulted a referee on the pitch because he didn't disallow the goal scored by Dakkada FC. This action has brought dishonour  to the game and to the club. He did it in the public, it's not something he did in the dressing room. Why is the board waiting?There should be a severe punishment for Kano Pillars. 

It so for unprofessional for a senior man of team to pour out such a behaviour in public, it is an insult to sport in general.  He needs to be punished irrespective of his level he belong in the Nigeria football federation , if nothing is done that means football in the country is in big problem.

[Pokapoka124]

Kano pillars vs Dakkada FC match showed the evil side of the NPFL. The Kano Pillars chairman was very unprofessional in the game, he assaulted a referee on the pitch because he didn't disallow the goal scored by Dakkada FC. This action has brought dishonour  to the game and to the club. He did it in the public, it's not something he did in the dressing room. Why is the board waiting?There should be a severe punishment for Kano Pillars. 

It so for unprofessional for a senior man of team to pour out such a behaviour in public, it is an insult to sport in general.  He needs to be punished irrespective of his level he belong in the Nigeria football federation , if nothing is done that means football in the country is in big problem.

It's even more severe that it was the chairman of the club that instigated this violence. The goal was certainly a goal, the result of the match needs to be corrected. The score sheet  by right should be 1-1. How long should the LMC wait to make a decision? The evidence is everywhere, we have all seen the videos. Why keep quiet? It reminds me of what happened in the Oscars, Will Smith was immediately punished for hitting Chris rock on stage. This fist throw by Kano Pillars chairman is even worse than that. Kano Pillars fans will get the same impression that they can assault opponents or officials on home ground and get away with it. 

[SatoPrincess]

The attack on the referee came as a shock to the officials and everyone watching the game. The assistant referee was only doing his job. From the video I have seen, the Dakkada player was clearly onside, and the goal was legitimate by Fifa standard. The referee did not raise his flag or blow a whistle until the assistant referee was punched by Dakkada FC chairman. I think the referee changed his decision out of fear of being attacked by Kano Pillars and their fans. The decision by the referee was made under duress. There is no how they would have escaped from the stadium without injuries.