 It's a breakfast in plus CV Africa. Now the inclusion of eight NPFL players in the Super Eagles list for the doubleheader friendly against Ecuador and Mexico would also look at Arsenal who is more likely to make a return to the USC to the USCL at this point in time. This will be the crux of our conversation as we have Monday Thomas joining the conversation as a sports journalist. Monday Thomas, thank you for joining us. Good morning to you and I hope you're having a fantastic time. Yes, we are. Thank you so much. Let's get to it with the development of having eight players you know invited to join. What do you make of this development? All right, it's quite great if you ask me and I think I think it's time for this players to be included at the top flight. I mean top flight of endurance football is the NPFL player presenting via clubs in the very big stage which is the national team. It's a thing of honor, it's a thing of joy, it's a thing of great value and of course the boost in this player's CV they get to play for the home country. But I think in recent times we get to talk coaches especially the foreign coaches to include local players and sometimes we don't get to see these local players included in the national team. Right now the supering goals have not confirmed the course for the next competition which is the outcome for the fire and the madness of the aim of a test right now in case you're used to adopted to include this eight players who for me they've done remarkably well in their club side. Let's take a look at the jewel of Big Sombama who plays for AIMBA and Isha Grafi who plays for Rivers United. Isha Grafi right now is the highest goal scorer in the NPFL with about 14 goals and Big Sombama has already scored 10 fourth goals to be very specific scored 12 goals this season for AIMBA in the NPFL and now this is my problem with this locally dead player. I mean some of them they just want to get into the national team to get their way out of the country because this eight player take a look at it in the next tournament in the next competition which is the outcome for expectation you won't get to see these players because they just want to have that first cap and then they perform well and then they are open to scout all over the world maybe in Uzbekistan these players are just eager on leaving Nigeria they don't just want they don't want to play for the national team they don't really care about national they just want a cap and thankfully their potential has come so I just I would like to use this medium to change their mindset that they should not just thinking of breaking into their super low squad but they should be thinking of making a name for themselves at the big stage which is playing for the national team. Congratulations to the likes of Ibrahim Bwari of Kamatsu United, Isha Ali of Remostov, Shia Makamadu of Rivers United, Baba Singa of Peace of Kuala United and as I earlier mentioned Victor Obama, Isha Krapu, the goalkeepers of course they were not being top of Kuala United he's a champion last season with the Kuala United talking the NTFL and as well as the Goli of Leningrad, Ocho Alonneke. I would like them to not just break into the super low squad but think of making a name for them still great thing history maybe winning the next half because they've got potential sorry they should not just look at living the country getting even the super eagles as an end to a name or a bet to lead the country but first off I'll say congratulations it's great to see eight NTFL players for the double header encounter that we'll see again Mexico and Ecuador. Amande it's it's it is a good development you know appear standing in for Nigeria you know at national international levels but then would you actually want to blame them if they have the right set on the international level when we have all of the issues with the remuneration and the local league even at the national level so why blame them if they are putting their rise on the international set and also are you saying that this is actually this development the NFA is not responsible for this are you saying that it might just be the handy work of these players I've got to be brutally honest the football in Nigeria is not the very best but I can see a future I can see I can see a future from where the NTFL season especially the season is going what what I meant by this players leaving Nigeria when when they have this opportunity to play for the super eagles is that most of them they go to Australia I mean after the Jan Uzbekistan where they cannot be seen I mean where their quality cannot be visible to the coaches of the of the maybe the next coach of the super eagles so if they are to make a fit out of the country they should think of going to bigger clubs I mean they should think of going to England I know opportunities may not just come to from England but they should think of people looking themselves to the point that they can play in the big league it's not just about having this playing for the super eagles and having a chance to go through this up to your legs I'm not a fan of going to Armenia Uzbekistan Singapore no way I think Nigerian players we've got talent they'll be playing the Spanish-Laniga top-line league maybe the championship in England so I'm not saying that that going out of the country is something bad but that you think that you just aim higher so that they can come back home and play for the super eagles because that's where you get to be called up because you come except to play in Uzbekistan and so on put in English for a minute we'll not be called up in place of you so that's what I'm trying to say okay but one would expect I mean what would think that this is actually a development that should be welcomed in a sense that we have constantly talked about local talent and you know incorporating you know the locals into a football game not necessarily having to scout for players outside of it and moving forward but you also want to agree with me that there might just be a possibility of you know having these guys on a permanent basis and playing for the super eagles rather than scouting outside when we have local talent as this at home certainly I think we've got brilliant brilliant talent here in the country and if someone gets to include more players it is a lot and we I want to see more like I want to see more of this locally based players because sometimes I go watch them they impressed me a lot and it's quite a shame that in different times they were not given opportunities in the top like which is the national team so hopefully with the wafu also currently ongoing in Nijie the young staff are also doing something great there we've got great talent right there in Nijie currently for the under 20 I'm very sure this is the this is the start of something great but I would just advise the coaches to be very sport on in their scouting because it's not every locally based player that can be of course repeating a foreign base player it sounds like there's more to this that we don't know you have an insight to all of this but of course we have to move away from this conversation now an arsenal and taught in him hotspore who's more likely to return to the ufa champions league well yesterday we saw we saw a game that should have been the top four decider well the arsenal would have gotten gotten three points in that particular game it would have been done and dusted and then arsenal will return to the ufa champions league for the first time in five years but it was the other way round quite that personal sense that they have to wait until at the end of the season so some of us will also have to wait for at the end of the season but first off it was a clinical performance by the white lady speaking to go on a three-goal to the old two goals from harry kane who's a derby king and of course song you mean who simply cannot stop scoring song even if anyone goes this season dig them to the best he has provided more than any other player in 2022 harry kane has scored 50 goals this season i mean if you compare them to the arsenal side you like the book iosaka it won't catch your luck again you will see that sort of more score i've got a better team than arsenal and you take a look at the next game for sort of more score they hold burnley at the new totem stadium and the second game or the last game is going to be against norris city at the color road sports have easier pictures and i think they will make it to the top four at the end of the garden arsenal in the next game they're trying to look for the same genesis stadium to take on new castle who are the priciest teams they are rejuvenated make their fans happy being the the ultimate game of the season and their home game so i'm seeing arsenal bolstering in that particular venue and maybe getting a win against everton totem and arsenal need to get six points we do want to make it to the top four whether this focus just for one person and i see totem on score making it to the upper chapter of the next season all right thank you so much morn day thomas for your analysis and of course um you know all the useful insight that you always bring on fridays i would do appreciate it appreciate you for always having me as well do you have yourself some happy weekend and you too you too as well that's the size of the show for today it's friday i'm franking but i can't get i can't wait to get out of here maybe i might just have to go to the beach or something miss what are you doing well we need to move away thank you so much for being part of the breakfast we appreciate your time as always and we look forward to having you join the conversation on monday the time will be seven o'clock but if you missed out on any part of it it's all right to follow us on facebook twitter and instagram and do subscribe to our youtube channel where plus tv africa and plus tv africa lifestyle i am messi bopal and i'm justin thanks for being a part of the show bye for now