akinalabi:

At least he should have scored the glaring ones he
had against Italy. Especially the one Emenalo fed
him with in extra time.

The the so calles conspiracy theory wouldn't
have mattered.

Nwogeneugo:

my brother you dey see road, omo akin na him u be.
if he had scored at least one of the chances he got during the main gamne we could have won 2-1, but that one in extra time was a criminal miss, make him shut up.
yak no be center forward, na akpa apku him be e(iwu)

akinalabi: At least he should have scored the glaring ones he
had against Italy. Especially the one Emenalo fed
him with in extra time.

The the so calles conspiracy theory wouldn't
have mattered.

Ibime: Damn! I though[quote author=Ibime]Damn! I thought something was fishy about Yekini not scoring enough in that tournament. Finidi always supplied him though. Did they have a reason for not passing to him? They should be charged with treason and flogged. African man is always fighting with his brothers, allowing the white man to take the spoils. Stupid idiots!

thegoodjoehunt3: Okocha, come and talk your own.

I always suspected Okocha of having this kind of attitude.

Okocha always wanted to attack. Hence he was denied the chance, he starved our strikers especially Martins, Aghali and OGBECHE.

omar22:


Okocha was a junior member of that squad

thegoodjoehunt3: I am not talking of USA '94. I am talking. Martins, Aghali and Ogbeche. That was when Okocha was a senior player.

omar22:

Martin came into the SE team when Okocha was fading out, Ogbeche was his team mate at PSG but was a reserve player and during the Onigbinde era Ogbeche didnt cut the mustard at the national team, he flopped where Agahowa shined, Agali had one good season with Shalke 04 but he flopped big time at the 2002 Nations cup so you cant say Okocha starved him the ball, yes it does happened but Nigeria is not a one man team and assist comes from all over the field.

thegoodjoehunt3: Yekini flopped at the World Cup in 1994 because his team mates refused to give him good services to shine.

Aghali, Ogbeche and Martins all had promises but flopped in the national team. That coincided with the time Okocha was there. I am not talking about history but promising strikers flopping. Note even one Chukwu was I think the top scorer at South Africa and was expected to shine in Nigeria Ghana 2000. Guess what he flopped.

Your points does not explain my point. Jay Jay should confess that he starved our strike force.

Watch the Atlanta '96 game against Brazil. Watch Kanu's winning goal. Okocha gave a pass to the back of Amokachi. A good pass would not have been difficult for a player with Jay Jay Okocha's ability but he passed it to Amokachi's back. Luckily, Kanu received the ball and converted it.

omar22:

Dont make me laugh please! so a striker flopped because Okocha hugged the ball too long! is your point, so what was the role of Finidi, Babangida, Ikpeba and all the right and left wingers in the team? are they not meant to create chances for the strikers? Okocha left the international scene I guess in 2006, so tell me in the last 8 years who is to blame? Okocha!! You make it sound as if Nigeria is a one man team!

omar22:

Dont make me laugh please! so a striker flopped because Okocha hugged the ball too long! is your point, so what was the role of Finidi, Babangida, Ikpeba and all the right and left wingers in the team? are they not meant to create chances for the strikers? Okocha left the international scene I guess in 2006, so tell me in the last 8 years who is to blame? Okocha!! You make it sound as if Nigeria is a one man team!

thegoodjoehunt3: Ikpeba was one of the best strikers in the World going to France 98. He was the highest goal scorer in the French league. Guess what, he flopped at the World Cup. Tell me the way our strikers were flopping during Jay Jay's era was not strange.

thegoodjoehunt3: I just gave you a scenario with Coach Amokachi. For instance, the introduction of Mikel in 2006, led to the end of the Martins drought with two goals in one game in the Nations cup.

All I am saying is that Yekini's case was not the only one. Under Jay Jay, we were trophyless and our attackers were starved. By the way, most Aghali's goals were from crosses. Thanks to lads like Tijani Babangida and Finidi George.

Look at the game against Senegal at Lagos. It took Loosen to come in from the bench to release Aghahowa. Ogbeche was great in the U20 with Sunday Ibeji feeding him. As soon as he got to the National team, he flopped.

omar22:


Okocha wasnt part of the mafia group who starved Yekini, it was the senior players led by Keshi, Ammunike, Iroha, Okon, Finidi, Amokachi etc Okocha and Oliseh were junior members they had no say, Okocha was in the SE team from 1993 WC qualifying that qualified for the first WC, which also got Yekini his second golden booth. How could you say we were Trophyless under Okocha when he was in the team that won the 1994 ANC and Olympics gold (ok thats age related) but Nigeria won another trophy 8 years after he retired.... Most of Martins goals were set up by Kanu and not Mikel