timecop28: How easy for all of you to analyse. This shlda been invited, that shlda been called. If 'IFS' and 'BUTS' were goodies and chocolates, we will all have a merry xmas. You same folks were nagging about the 'big boys' not been committed back them so they shld be booted out of the team..Now u are advocating for their return.
Two things that go together..."Nigerians & Hypocrisy"
I tire for una o.

Teefabs :
Keshi is a big failure

back2sender:
This na word oooo

back2sender:
This na word oooo

chronique: The confederations cup is a miniature world cup and you have no business being at the world cup if you can't beat or draw at least,one of the world's top teams. We had the chance to beat uruguay but we didn't. As poor as taihiti were,we conceeded against them. It shows overall that as a team,we were behind spain and uruguay. Spain beat uruguay 2-1 and beat us 3-0. Spain beat taihiti 10-0 and uruguay beat taihiti 8-0. Spain and uruguay didn't conceed against taihiti. We beat taihiti 6-1. All these figures,shows that the only team in the group we were better than,is taihiti. If we are to face teams at the level of spain and uruguay at the world cup,then it means we should expect an early exit. Forget about this team not being our strongest. The confed. Cup is a grade A tournament organised by fifa for continental champions and nigeria has not done africa proud in that regard. If we had beaten a top team and still lost out,it would have been a different thing. Honestly,I don't know how taihiti got there. Playing a team with only one professional footballer is nowhere,a test for an african champion. I don't care what anybody says but amongst the players we have in europe playing football,osaze is still one of the best strikers we have now. I can't imagine him throwing away all the chances that fell to the likes of gambo,ideye and musa. Ideye as a matter of fact needs to quit football and take up a job as a mechanic/carpenter/bricklayer or plumber. He's an embarrassment to the position of a striker. However,I must commend the midfielders,defenders and goal keeper(although,defence needs to sit up). Overall,the team didn't play badly and were never outplayed but as we all know,results is what matter;not just how well you played. We need to play like champions and keshi needs to stop this unneccessary trial and error. You don't try players in a competitive tournament. You try them during friendlies. He still needs to learn some things about coaching and management.

obayaya: I think Nigerias performance can be summed up in ESPN's Bennet words.
m.espn.go.com/general/blogs/blogpost?blogname=relegationzone&id=1059&wjb

I'll give keshi a pass mark for trying to build a team with ambition from our own leagues.. it's evident that our problem up front are all these overrated foreign based striker.. akpala, Musa, ideye.

the midfield combination is good.. Mikel bringing his unheralded Chelsea experience to give vision to a midfield comprising of home based players..

our defence is something that surprised Me. omeruo is gradually becoming an important part of this team, the boy reads the game perfectly. our problem in defense is still the foreign based full backs that sometimes lost concentration and fail to return from their overlaps leaving the center back exposed.

I think keshi did a very good job

smoothcrim2014: Ideye is the second leading scorer in the Ukraine league. Supposedly one of the top 10 leagues in the world!

http://www.football-lineups.com/tourn/Ukraine_league_2012-2013/Stats/


Shows you the quality of Ukrainian football

smoothcrim2014:

Neither was Nigeria. You disgraced yourselves. If you are not going to bring it don't show up!!

dozai:
Ambrose Efe is not a RB. he doesn't play that in his club. He is a makeshift RB in SE. The signs has been there right from AFCON
Still wonder why Keshi has no scouts on the trail of natural RB.
Echiejile was superb throughout .
I think the defense only needs a coordinator rather an organizer.
The MF needs a competition in mba's position. Someone with a lil bit of skill and eye for goals. Lukman/ Aluko can come in handy.
We only need a replacement for emenike. The team is set.
Just happy the way SE midfield stepped up their game against the best in d round leather game.


1,000,000,000 likes.
Kudos to Keshi. Mikel. Enyeama. Elderson. Musa. even Ogude for staying Card free.
Up SE

jafboy: Spain had 8 barca players, 2 Madrid players while Nigeria had 1 Chelsea player 1Eyeanma and 9 moving objects

cyco05: I remember the commentator saying "I've not seen such a play from any african team"...its obvious what our mistakes are and we can work on it, the likes of yobo and osaze weren't ever in a team as good as this....they fumbled and even failed to qualify for the nations cup...I think keshis team is the best any Nigerian has watched since the 94 squad

larimo: [size=14pt]Osaze, a striker, has scored 9 goals in 55 appearances in 11 years for the Eagles, while Mikel, a deep-lying midfielder, has scored 4 goals in 51 appearances in 8 years.

Why all the fuss about Osaze's coming back?[/size]

chronique: The confederations cup is a miniature world cup and you have no business being at the world cup if you can't beat or draw at least,one of the world's top teams. We had the chance to beat uruguay but we didn't. As poor as taihiti were,we conceeded against them. It shows overall that as a team,we were behind spain and uruguay. Spain beat uruguay 2-1 and beat us 3-0. Spain beat taihiti 10-0 and uruguay beat taihiti 8-0. Spain and uruguay didn't conceed against taihiti. We beat taihiti 6-1. All these figures,shows that the only team in the group we were better than,is taihiti. If we are to face teams at the level of spain and uruguay at the world cup,then it means we should expect an early exit. Forget about this team not being our strongest. The confed. Cup is a grade A tournament organised by fifa for continental champions and nigeria has not done africa proud in that regard. If we had beaten a top team and still lost out,it would have been a different thing. Honestly,I don't know how taihiti got there. Playing a team with only one professional footballer is nowhere,a test for an african champion. I don't care what anybody says but amongst the players we have in europe playing football,osaze is still one of the best strikers we have now. I can't imagine him throwing away all the chances that fell to the likes of gambo,ideye and musa. Ideye as a matter of fact needs to quit football and take up a job as a mechanic/carpenter/bricklayer or plumber. He's an embarrassment to the position of a striker. However,I must commend the midfielders,defenders and goal keeper(although,defence needs to sit up). Overall,the team didn't play badly and were never outplayed but as we all know,results is what matter;not just how well you played. We need to play like champions and keshi needs to stop this unneccessary trial and error. You don't try players in a competitive tournament. You try them during friendlies. He still needs to learn some things about coaching and management.

smoothcrim2014:


Learn to spell. You failed. The USA got to the final vs. Brazil last time and they don't even care about football. You were beat by 34 year old Forlan and 32 year old Scotti who is past his best. Tahiti scored on you. Against SPain you attacked but could not score. In the end I am so embarassed!! Once again the USA in CONCACAf got to the final. Egypt beat Italy last time even though it was a weakend Italy... The only team you beat was Tahiti... How is that success. They have one professional footballer. The rest are unemployed or climbers, mechanics etc etc. A mechanic scored on your professional keeper and out jumped your professional defender.