eldee:

We will never have another Jay-Jay, c'est fini. . . we need to stop playing the Jay-Jay way.
Man Utd had to change their style of play after RVN.

Besides, this is 2009 mate . . . no one uses playmakers anymore.
In the EPL the only true creative playmakers are prolly Fab4, Barry and Arteta
Of course it's sometimes good to have them . . . but it's obvious that most of them just end up slowing down the game.
All we need is for Mikel to want to play and show urgency and we'll have our very own Gerrard.

Sagamite:

I love Amodu's arrogance. Well deserved reaction. Exactly how I would have dealt with the morons myself.

http://www.tribune.com.ng/15112009/news/sports4.html

Amodu turns hostile - After Eagles victory

SUPER Eagles Chief Coach Amodu Shaibu shunned media entreaties yesterday after he led the Eagles to qualify for South Africa 2010 World Cup at the expanses of Harambee Star of Kenya.

Amodu led the Eagles to win the decisive match for Nigerians after the tension soaked match ended 3-2.

Immediately after the match, Amodu refused to talk with the sporting media which approached him for his reaction.

A visibly angry Amodu showed his anger towards the media by pushing their microphones and midgets away with a stern look spoiling for war.

Sagamite:

So you are saying it is 2009, no need for playmakers anymore because no one uses playmaker anymore?

Doyin!:

Those ingrates calling for the sack of Shuibu should please face the facts.

Shuaib has not lost any match since he took over.His mandate included qualifying the nation to world and Nations cup.This fete he has achieved,so on what basis should he be sacked.Because we drew with Tunisia at home or with Mosambique on their own soil?Now tunisia lost to mosambique,so which team coach is better.A local coach that drew with mosambique or the foreign coach that lost.In football it is not over untill it is over,even up to the last The second.

The greatest teams in the world did not win all their matches,despite being in "easy'' groups.They had ridiculus draws with "lesser" teams even at home and with their so called world class coaches.

We should also note that no foreingn coach has ever won a world title for Africa,or atleast, world cup titles had been worn largely by local coaches.

Let us give shuiabu the support ,all he needs are refresher courses to improve on his technicallities.Enough of all these collonial campaigns for Foreign Technical Adviser.

Nigerians in other fields of endeavour are excelling every where all over the world.We can do it also in sports,it's high time we started believing in our capabilities and endowment.

SA 2010,LET'S GO THERE!

semid:

For once RSA says something positive to Nigerians.

tkb417:

amodu shld be made assistant to a world class coach

rasputinn:

Let's go with Amodu and his arrogance,my concern is more with the crooks at the NFF than with Amodu (even with all his short-comings)

Good to hear!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By the way, re u a prophet plz?


And plz, lets everyone prophesy now o, before the match.

I dont want to begin to hear say one pastor don say we go win or loose o, after the match o,

If u wan prophesy, tete do am now before 2pm tomorrow.

All of a sudden, the super eagles can do no wrong
how many people thought they would make it sef,
ah its true failure has no friends,

amodu should stay, he didnt lose a single match in the whole qualifiers
and you who are clamouring for a world class coach?
please give us names,
even france & portugal have "world class" coaches
and they might not even qualify for the world cup

tkb417:

we have the resources (players) to play but ill be damned if Amodu knows what to do when the chips are down in the mundial
If its Amodu, then i bet we are just goin to fill the spaces when other countries like Ghana and CIV are scheming to enter semis

una never jam

~Sauron~:

Amodu should be sacked this week.
He has done a decent job by taking the Super Eagles to the world cup but the NFA should take over from here.
Amodu has no technical/tactical nous and our GAMEPLAY at best is like watching a Principal cup match between secondary school teams.

The NFF should move swiftly and hire a foreign manager.

kehindebad:

kenya and mozambique are super powers of world football, hmmm, thats a new one

Anyways, what did you expect, for them to roll over and die?
what would you have done better?

Then you mention "capello", well, even he had a lack lustre game against brazil last weekend.
And please lets talk about coaches that we could replace him with,
& please don't start with siasia

Hmmm being pessimistic as usual, a ball hasn't kicked and for reason

"ill be damned if Amodu knows what to do when the chips are down in the mundial"

come give it up, the guy has qualified us to the world cup twice!!!
if that isnt an attribute of a world class coach, then what is?

tkb417:

oh, Kenny
u didnt get the joke

u were the one whos giving credits to Amodu for not losing to Kenya and Mozambique and i added a bit of humour by calling them super powers like Brasil. If you didnt get the joke, then the point is, kenya and Mozambique are nobody in footie circle

We didnt lose cos of the the quality of opposition. If we were in cameroon, Egpyt and CIVs group, would the Super Eagles have qualified?
NO

Amodu is an apprentice when it comes to coaching; if we want a world class coach, they abound. a lot of them are jobless and are looking for where to pitch thier tent

Zico, Ramos and co readily comes to mind
we can if we wan to