African Football Discussion Thread: {Current Topic: 👉 NFF incompetence}

[Spaceman1000$]

We don't understand the power we got as fans. what's the game without rhe fans? if we decided not to watch the games anymore by not coming to the stadium or protesting and the game doesn't hold until something is done, you don't think things will change? I'm talking about strong protest like the "End Sars"  own that brought about some level of change in the police. If we can pull off the same thing whenever there's a game in the county, you'll see what'll happen. The Federal government will have to step in to save their face and we might've done something at least. With that we tried instead of hot dosing anything at all. What I don't still understand is the fans going to watch the genesis in the stadium, just imagine if the stadium is empty as a form of protects, all this can go a long way instead of not doing anything.

Nigerians are good at managing even when things are not going well. You would see them complain, but to boycott or remain in their houses whenever a game is going on is something difficult to happen.

Most Nigerians want to channel all their energy into demonstrating against agencies, the government, and football. If Nigerians were to be like citizens of other countries, many things would have changed. However, we are just good at complaining online, but in real life, we don’t have that time; we are so committed to our business, careers, and everything we find ourselves doing.

Who is going to protest? The rich don't want to bother themselves about corruption because themselves are corrupt, the middle class are comfortable and they like to play safe and watch while the poor who are intimidated are more interested in their daily bread than to come out and protest. After end SARS protest where they said that soldiers opened fire and killed peaceful protesters many Nigerians are afraid to protest. Although staging protests as football fans cannot be bloody but frankly I don't think that many youths care about protests, they will watch their match and move on because the people that you are protesting against doesn't even care. "I don't care" attitude is much in Nigeria, what other countries will protest about we Nigerians will prefer to mind our business.

We cannot because of the fact that the Federal government doesn't like protest, then we should all fold our hands and not do anything, what ever happened in the past shouldn't be an yastick for people not to come out and protest. Nigerians have been protesting for years before now, so if they come out en masse, trust me, there is little the government will do to stop it,  the entire military personnel we have don't doubt up to one million, so if push comes to shove, whatever happened in France recently will be a child's play if Nigerians are pushed to come out to protest.

[CryptSafe]

Going on protest can only project what actually transferred within the football sectors and the public we have more awareness to the challenges they are facing, what is the sincere I don't think it will bring your permanent solution to the way things are expected to be done, I have seen several times people are protesting against the government and yet nothing changed, but they will always be a chance of possibility in seeing this happening with a positive impact if done in the right way.

Protest in this country is not worth it anymore, when the talk of protest cones up, the same people would sabotage the protest and in some cases they would also form a protest to counter the same protest they were part of. The protest thing is now like a business were the  sabotage themselves to the agencies and politicians just to gain favour on cash and in kind. This is why it seems protest is no longer reliable in the country because it is a waste of time and it will mean a lot that time wasted on protests when used for business and other meaningful activities, it would yield positive results.

[Perfectbaby]

Going on protest can only project what actually transferred within the football sectors and the public we have more awareness to the challenges they are facing, what is the sincere I don't think it will bring your permanent solution to the way things are expected to be done, I have seen several times people are protesting against the government and yet nothing changed, but they will always be a chance of possibility in seeing this happening with a positive impact if done in the right way.

Protest in this country is not worth it anymore, when the talk of protest cones up, the same people would sabotage the protest and in some cases they would also form a protest to counter the same protest they were part of. The protest thing is now like a business were the  sabotage themselves to the agencies and politicians just to gain favour on cash and in kind. This is why it seems protest is no longer reliable in the country because it is a waste of time and it will mean a lot that time wasted on protests when used for business and other meaningful activities, it would yield positive results.

There are people who do not understand peace or positive relationship. Without protest you will never seems to see things changes.
On government protest they usually involved themselves with the worst people they think they can easily be possible to buy their heart with money who can stand against the other people.
Frantically things are not being done right way.

[Doan9269]

Going on protest can only project what actually transferred within the football sectors and the public we have more awareness to the challenges they are facing, what is the sincere I don't think it will bring your permanent solution to the way things are expected to be done, I have seen several times people are protesting against the government and yet nothing changed, but they will always be a chance of possibility in seeing this happening with a positive impact if done in the right way.

Protest in this country is not worth it anymore, when the talk of protest cones up, the same people would sabotage the protest and in some cases they would also form a protest to counter the same protest they were part of. The protest thing is now like a business were the  sabotage themselves to the agencies and politicians just to gain favour on cash and in kind. This is why it seems protest is no longer reliable in the country because it is a waste of time and it will mean a lot that time wasted on protests when used for business and other meaningful activities, it would yield positive results.

There are people who do not understand peace or positive relationship. Without protest you will never seems to see things changes.
On government protest they usually involved themselves with the worst people they think they can easily be possible to buy their heart with money who can stand against the other people.
Frantically things are not being done right way.

One thing about protesting is that it will stage your request to the world because everyone will be able to see what is going on within a particular sector, not even now that things are mostly taking online through digital technology the moment the protest started, we are not encouraging to make protest or see the best solution by this means, but only trying to figure out how some settings challenges could be made visible to the entire world when they were brought out to the public through protest, this will also be another reason for the government and those within the governing authorities to adjust because they will realize how they will be more concentration on them regarding the positive change the people who wanted to see.

[Rockson1]

Protest in this country is not worth it anymore, when the talk of protest cones up, the same people would sabotage the protest and in some cases they would also form a protest to counter the same protest they were part of. The protest thing is now like a business were the  sabotage themselves to the agencies and politicians just to gain favour on cash and in kind. This is why it seems protest is no longer reliable in the country because it is a waste of time and it will mean a lot that time wasted on protests when used for business and other meaningful activities, it would yield positive results.

Anyone thinking that protest will yield fruits or will solve our problems as it stands now might be making mistake, because jobers are everywhere, the government will definitely use them to make the protest to be useless, Tinubu regime has made everything in Nigeria seem like a joke.
Sometimes I do ask myself, is that NFF does not know the right thing to do without been reminded, all the rubbish that has been happening in the Nigeria football, what has been the take of the government, it is very unfortunate that we are no longer found anywhere close to some African countries in terms of football, for our information, protest has stop working in Nigeria.

[Accardo]

There are people who do not understand peace or positive relationship. Without protest you will never seems to see things changes.

Protests? Who would do that, youths? Majority of Nigerian youths are die hard European football lovers, you could remember the day Arsenal played champions league they was a nation wide walk of Arsenal fans alone, you could see the number of youths that came out for this rally, in Port Harcourt it was a massive show, cars, speakers and a a sea of red jerseys were all over the streets. These people care about football, but not Nigerian football because it's not worth the effort, there is nothing that'll effect a change good enough to bring back the fan base Nigerian football once had in the early 2000s.

[Agbe]

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Protest in this country is not worth it anymore, when the talk of protest cones up, the same people would sabotage the protest and in some cases they would also form a protest to counter the same protest they were part of. The protest thing is now like a business were the  sabotage themselves to the agencies and politicians just to gain favour on cash and in kind. This is why it seems protest is no longer reliable in the country because it is a waste of time and it will mean a lot that time wasted on protests when used for business and other meaningful activities, it would yield positive results.

This is the fact of the matter , I could remember the last protest that we where trying to have in the country. The political class where so calculative that the whole process where hijacked the counter protesters who where hired by the political class to disrupt the entire exercise. And I don't think that the Case will be different even in sport because the system is already corrupt making it difficult for anyone to successfully staging a protest in any Matter.

[CryptSafe]

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Protest in this country is not worth it anymore, when the talk of protest cones up, the same people would sabotage the protest and in some cases they would also form a protest to counter the same protest they were part of. The protest thing is now like a business were the  sabotage themselves to the agencies and politicians just to gain favour on cash and in kind. This is why it seems protest is no longer reliable in the country because it is a waste of time and it will mean a lot that time wasted on protests when used for business and other meaningful activities, it would yield positive results.

This is the fact of the matter , I could remember the last protest that we where trying to have in the country. The political class where so calculative that the whole process where hijacked the counter protesters who where hired by the political class to disrupt the entire exercise. And I don't think that the Case will be different even in sport because the system is already corrupt making it difficult for anyone to successfully staging a protest in any Matter.

Anything protest is dead on arrival as the process would definitely be hijacked by the elites and politicians in the country. There would definitely be a counter protest and that would be a point of action by the security agencies to arrest those leading the protest because the constitution empowers them to do so whenever a protest is about causing chaos in the society. This is the strategy the politicians use to counter strong protest in the society. They know this so they always use is through counter protest measures to silence perceived opposition protests. So this would not be different from any protest even if it involves a protest against the NFF executive, they would definitely do same thing as they all are birds of the same feathers.

[CryptopreneurBrainboss]

Anything protest is dead on arrival as the process would definitely be hijacked by the elites and politicians in the country. There would definitely be a counter protest and that would be a point of action by the security agencies to arrest those leading the protest because the constitution empowers them to do so whenever a protest is about causing chaos in the society.

We lack unity in the country or our aims could've easily been archived already but because we always have sell outs that's how the govenwmmt can be able to scatter us before we even gather. Elses where they use protect to get their demands from the government, if the government see us protesting I'm sure they'll be forced to listen to us and then maybe we can get some change that the federations needs. If the protest carried lot of weights then the govenwmmt will be forced to step up as pressure is going to come from FIFA too. Tinubu doesn't like protest as he always finds a way to solve problems that want to results to it before it happens because he understands the power of a protest as he has headed many of them in the past. What else do you think we can do if not to protest, that's all we got and we have to make use of it. Boycotting games is a good way to start.

[Y3shot]

The main reason why Nigeria's football is dying overnight is that the government hasn't realized that it can be productive and has a role to play in the country's economy. If there were a government that understands football is not just for entertainment but also for generating funds, I think we wouldn't be facing the situation we have now. If we take a look at European football, they have invested so much that it is generating money for them.

People all over the world travel and spend their money just to go watch football in Europe, and in the end, the country is making money from every visitor that comes to watch football.

African football is only watched by Africans because they haven't invested in it in a way that draws the attention of foreigners to come watch. The only good thing about African football is the players; if there were no good players, I don't think anything would be heard about African football.

[Roseline492]

One thing about protesting is that it will stage your request to the world because everyone will be able to see what is going on within a particular sector, not even now that things are mostly taking online through digital technology the moment the protest started, we are not encouraging to make protest or see the best solution by this means, but only trying to figure out how some settings challenges could be made visible to the entire world when they were brought out to the public through protest, this will also be another reason for the government and those within the governing authorities to adjust because they will realize how they will be more concentration on them regarding the positive change the people who wanted to see.

If the protest would be about letting the world know about the corruption in our national team then is not even necessary because they know all this financial crisis in the team and also how unhappy everyone in the country has been against the failures that has been coming from the team so actually is an old story to them and besides the government has never been bothered about any external opinion against  them and we wouldn't still get the national team we want after the protest, so actually I believe is better for everyone to use their time for other things than wasting it on the protest.

[Richbased]

There are people who do not understand peace or positive relationship. Without protest you will never seems to see things changes.
On government protest they usually involved themselves with the worst people they think they can easily be possible to buy their heart with money who can stand against the other people.
Frantically things are not being done right way.

Protest cannot yield a good result if people keeps sabotaging the movement. Look at end sars protest that turned bloody but till now nobody is even talking about the massacre that happened that day. How many more people will die for a better Nigeria? Protest has lost it's relevance inasmuch as Nigerian government is concerned because they don't even attend to the things that people are protesting for. Going to protest is just as if you are risking your life because if anything happens to you the matter will just die a natural death.

[Proty]

There are people who do not understand peace or positive relationship. Without protest you will never seems to see things changes.
On government protest they usually involved themselves with the worst people they think they can easily be possible to buy their heart with money who can stand against the other people.
Frantically things are not being done right way.

Protest cannot yield a good result if people keeps sabotaging the movement. Look at end sars protest that turned bloody but till now nobody is even talking about the massacre that happened that day. How many more people will die for a better Nigeria? Protest has lost it's relevance inasmuch as Nigerian government is concerned because they don't even attend to the things that people are protesting for. Going to protest is just as if you are risking your life because if anything happens to you the matter will just die a natural death.

The reason why it seems protest isn't working is because of the level of corruption in Nigeria. The only time protest will work is if the citizens are ready for change but with the way things are going in Nigeria, it is obvious they are not ready for this.  when we talk about going for protest, it may just be few person that may be ready to come out. The end sars protest went the way it was because the citizens doesn't understand their rights and such massacre may not have happened in advance countries.

[Sammysmart001]

Majority of Nigerian youths are die hard European football lovers, you could remember the day Arsenal played champions league they was a nation wide walk of Arsenal fans alone, you could see the number of youths that came out for this rally, in Port Harcourt it was a massive show, cars, speakers and a a sea of red jerseys were all over the streets. These people care about football, but not Nigerian football because it's not worth the effort, there is nothing that'll effect a change good enough to bring back the fan base Nigerian football once had in the early 2000s.

To send a message street protests is not even necessary, fans already voted with their attention. Millions of Nigerians youths tune in to the premier league every weekend, instead of filling local stadium or even supporting domestic leagues.

Fans simply walk always, once sports administration becomes corrupt.

Empty stadium hit NFF right in their pockets 😊 until leadership run thing properly and fix local football fans will keep spending their money and time on foreign leagues.

[Cleanshit]

Protest in this country is not worth it anymore, when the talk of protest cones up, the same people would sabotage the protest and in some cases they would also form a protest to counter the same protest they were part of. The protest thing is now like a business were the  sabotage themselves to the agencies and politicians just to gain favour on cash and in kind. This is why it seems protest is no longer reliable in the country because it is a waste of time and it will mean a lot that time wasted on protests when used for business and other meaningful activities, it would yield positive results.

You know the painful problem in all this protest of a thing is that the fact that it was the people vs that government but now it has turned from government to people vs people….

And the most uncommon thing I see people seeing doing now is that they are the ones shouting we must go and protest but the next day they collect money from the organizers to even counter the pros test against the same protest….

[Sobz]

One thing about protesting is that it will stage your request to the world because everyone will be able to see what is going on within a particular sector, not even now that things are mostly taking online through digital technology the moment the protest started, we are not encouraging to make protest or see the best solution by this means, but only trying to figure out how some settings challenges could be made visible to the entire world when they were brought out to the public through protest, this will also be another reason for the government and those within the governing authorities to adjust because they will realize how they will be more concentration on them regarding the positive change the people who wanted to see.

In the case of NFF i dont think protest will be the solution for them to do what they are supposed to do. One thing I know is that when it comes to football in africa Nigerians is always consider as one of the top. It will get to the point that the failure of the Nigeria football will be so exposed and seen by all they will have no choice than to put in their best. Because it will be so shameful for them when Africa teams that were never known in football starts defeating them.

[Spaceman1000$]

One thing about protesting is that it will stage your request to the world because everyone will be able to see what is going on within a particular sector, not even now that things are mostly taking online through digital technology the moment the protest started, we are not encouraging to make protest or see the best solution by this means, but only trying to figure out how some settings challenges could be made visible to the entire world when they were brought out to the public through protest, this will also be another reason for the government and those within the governing authorities to adjust because they will realize how they will be more concentration on them regarding the positive change the people who wanted to see.

In the case of NFF i dont think protest will be the solution for them to do what they are supposed to do. One thing I know is that when it comes to football in africa Nigerians is always consider as one of the top. It will get to the point that the failure of the Nigeria football will be so exposed and seen by all they will have no choice than to put in their best. Because it will be so shameful for them when Africa teams that were never known in football starts defeating them.

Those guys in the Glass house don't have any integrity, wether our inefficiency is exposed or not, they really don't care, what they care about is their money, so you need to remove the feeding bottle 🍼 from their mouth first, let the job of NFF be on a contract basis, if you don't perform well, your contract won't be renewed, that way you put them on their toes. Currently NFF doesn't have a constituted board yet, everybody working now is on interim basis pending when NFF will conduct elections again.

[Davidvictorson]

Currently NFF doesn't have a constituted board yet, everybody working now is on interim basis pending when NFF will conduct elections again.

This NFF matter is completely tiring.
It is not like they do not know the right thing to do. They know but wouldn’t do it because of their selfish interests. The NFF can’t continue like this… how many more World Cup tournaments are we going to miss… how many African nations cup tournaments are we going to lose… the bunch of people there are just milking the whole talents and potentials of the boys and girls who are ready to show the world their talents.

[SatoPrincess]

Currently NFF doesn't have a constituted board yet, everybody working now is on interim basis pending when NFF will conduct elections again.

This NFF matter is completely tiring.
It is not like they do not know the right thing to do. They know but wouldn’t do it because of their selfish interests. The NFF can’t continue like this… how many more World Cup tournaments are we going to miss… how many African nations cup tournaments are we going to lose… the bunch of people there are just milking the whole talents and potentials of the boys and girls who are ready to show the world their talents.

This thread is going to be a long read if we are going to talk about the incompetence of the NFF because they have failed in every aspect (too many to list). Nigeria has missed out on two consecutive world cups despite having one of the best male teams in Africa and arguably one of the best female teams in the world. Now even our women’s team can’t qualify for the World Cup. I think the players have become lackadaisical towards the national team because of the poor management of the NFF, and sadly, we may not see any progress until there is a complete rebuild of the system.

[Sandra_hakeem]

Nigeria has missed out on two consecutive world cups despite having one of the best male teams in Africa and arguably one of the best female teams in the world. Now even our women’s team can’t qualify for the World Cup. I think the players have become lackadaisical towards the national team because of the poor management of the NFF, and sadly, we may not see any progress until there is a complete rebuild of the system.

You know the only problem I have with everything going on? The fact that there are still players left for the NFF to ridicule. If I were Osimhen, lookman and Samuel, I would [have] long been gone!
Hear me out; the organization can't be a deadbeat in making provisions but expect success to evolve miraculously, where has that ever happened before? Take a look at other African teams that are at least trying their best--- isn't there a great difference?

This is one reason why I support players like Bukayo Saka, Eberechi, Tomori, Olise , folarin balogun and the rest. They have better careers and probably, even better lives than the leftovers here.

Perhaps these players have forgotten what it took them to go pro--- if not, they should be doing something better with their lives than the disgrace they get.