African Football Discussion Thread: {Current Topic: 👉 CAF player of the year}

[hmbdofficial]

I don't blame the players so much. Almost every industry in Nigeria has been infected with corrupt practices. Currently, the corruption going on in NFF is not different from what our politicians are doing here in Nigeria. Players welfare is very important if we want the best from the boys but it's unfortunate they don't care. The money is there but they keep delaying the salary of the coach Eric Chile. As we speak, there are unpaid wages spanning multiple months and even players bonuses are still unpaid. How do you expect maximum output from these players including the coaching staff. Until these issues are fixed I can't fully blame the boys or the coach for their performance.

I think you’re making sense and I can also agree that the NFF has not be doing things right from scouting player to inviting the once abroad to come and represent the country in international duties. I also want to add that our domestic leagues in Nigeria is also affected by the politics around football. Football use to be game of talent, and if you’re talented you could grow and the world will eventually get to see you, but unfortunately it doesn’t work like that in most part of Africa. politics have taken over the whole thing because people realises the opportunity in the game. competency is now overlooked and its who you know that matters. if you watch our local league, the number of talented you’ll find across many teams will just leave you in awe. Until we remove politics, favoritism from the game, we will never get it right in Africa and Nigeria in particular.

[Doan9269]

I don't think there is a team or country that does not have any challenges in one way or the other, but some are being managed effectively to the extender it does not escalate to the entire people and their supporters, there are other complicated teams and countries whose performance are below average and yet they are doing better because we could not know the exactly situation of what is happening from within their players and the team needs, it all depends on how everything is being handled and taken of utmost priority.

[Ashawowo(OS)]

I don't think there is a team or country that does not have any challenges in one way or the other, but some are being managed effectively to the extender it does not escalate to the entire people and their supporters, there are other complicated teams and countries whose performance are below average and yet they are doing better because we could not know the exactly situation of what is happening from within their players and the team needs, it all depends on how everything is being handled and taken of utmost priority.

You know why the case of Nigeria is different? They've all the money to restructure their sports sector to be one of the best but corruption has eaten deep into the leaderships. Of course there are poor countries like Senegal, Cameroon, Zimbabwe and the rest of them and it is understandable if their country leagues are below standard, but you might even see some of them even doing better than Nigeria. The sports sector here has been neglected for a long time, and we are suffering the effects.

Nigeria has a very large population of sports lovers that sports should be one of the economy drivers of this country, if only the leaders were less dependent on oil and less corrupt, they could've harnessed the sports sector and the potentials it holds.

[CryptSafe]

I don't think there is a team or country that does not have any challenges in one way or the other, but some are being managed effectively to the extender it does not escalate to the entire people and their supporters, there are other complicated teams and countries whose performance are below average and yet they are doing better because we could not know the exactly situation of what is happening from within their players and the team needs, it all depends on how everything is being handled and taken of utmost priority.

You are right with your postulation, I believe some teams with issues even worst than our national team were able to resolve it and are doing ok and perfectly well. Some does not have upto half of our team squad, they are doing perfectly well in the tournament because their football body and management are in consonant with the goals and objectives of the national team.
So far, in African national teams, no team is as sophisticated as our national team but yet it is difficult to qualify for anything just because of poor management from the football governing body which doesn't speak good of them.

[Uhwuchukwu53]

I don't think there is a team or country that does not have any challenges in one way or the other, but some are being managed effectively to the extender it does not escalate to the entire people and their supporters, there are other complicated teams and countries whose performance are below average and yet they are doing better because we could not know the exactly situation of what is happening from within their players and the team needs, it all depends on how everything is being handled and taken of utmost priority.

Yes human is full of challenges, many arguing not that there total absence of challenges in outside Africa team but the management problem has always been the setbacks, mostly when it has to do with leadership who are not ready to hear the voice of the masses or seek other measure to put the challenges to bearest minimum, for instance reason some team or club are sold out is managerial issues, serious for digressing, when a management identify what would hindered the progress of the team tackling it is a necessity not been the course of the challenges like embezzlement of the fund that would have help to grow the team as well failing to pay salaries, even buy required equipment that will help to improve the team training, Africa team would have been doing better than what they today if they managed their challenge as others do all over the world.

[Davidvictorson]

So far, in African national teams, no team is as sophisticated as our national team but yet it is difficult to qualify for anything just because of poor management from the football governing body which doesn't speak good of them.

You used a term that is hard for me to interprete. What do you mean by sophistication?
Please there are many teams in Africa that is more sophisticated than our national team.
Do we even have a team? Many years ago when Okocha, Kanu, and the others were still actively playing that was the last time we truly had a team.
Right now, I don't think we do. Even if the management issues are fixed, we are still not number one. We can be in top ten but definitely not at the main spot.