MOVED by the impressive results from the friendly games played by other opponents of Nigeria in the group stage of the 2010 World Cup, VFL Wolfsburg of Germany striker, Obafemi Martins, has

expressed fears over the chances of the Super Eagles to survive and make reasonable impact at the World Cup.

Argentina and Korea won their friendly games in dramatic fashion without conceding any goal and the former Inter Milan star believes the two teams stand a better chance compared to the discouraging barren draw Nigeria played against Saudi Arabia.

In his words: "Our group opponents have been playing very well, so we are just going to try to win a couple of games, that is what I can say for now."

The former Newcastle hit man stressed that even if they make it past the first round, it would be difficult to meet the semi-final target set by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), let alone winning the trophy as requested by President Goodluck Jonathan.

He noted that: "We will need a miracle to win the World Cup in South Africa."

Similarly, Lagerback is also very worried after the drab draw against the Green Falcons of Saudi Arabia, this was revealed by the Chairman of the Technical Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Taiwo Ogunjobi. He stated that he understood how Nigerians felt after the game and the coach, Lagerback, is also not a happy man at all.

In his words: "I understand the feelings of Nigerians, the boys played below expectations and after the match the coach was not happy with them either, in fact, he is not in a good mood. It was his first game as the coach of the team and he understands he has got a lot of work to do on the team .

Can you imagine, you're doubting yourself before you have even kicked a ball. If you go into battle believing you'll lose you'll undoubtedly be unsuccessful. If there's no belief there will be no motivation.

If Laggerback was Jose Morinho, Martins wont go to the world cup
cos his psychy has failed him even b4 he tried,no formular
can reprogramme the mindset of a determined failure.

Kx:

If Laggerback was Jose Morinho, Martins wont go to the world cup
cos his psychy has failed him even b4 he tried,no formular
can reprogramme the mindset of a determined failure.

I know, over the years he seems to have lsot confidence in his ability, either that or he is a RUBBISH player.

Sorry. Can you point out where he wrote of SE?

Rhydem:

Can you imagine, you're doubting yourself before you have even kicked a ball. If you go into battle believing you'll lose you'll undoubtedly be unsuccessful. If there's no belief there will be no motivation.

Hes speaking the truth

But there is a time and a place to speak truth, things like this can demoralise a team. If you go into doing an objective with the belief you cannot complete it, failure is inevitable.

Real idiot.

nigerians are great enemies of the truth. imagine an idiot poster calling martins an idiot for simply saying the truth.
what are u expecting from the politicised super eagles?
what is amodu going to south africa to do after his sack? where were u when a coach in the name of amodu told nigerian not to expect much from the super eagles before the nations cup?
if u think martins is saying rubbish, you can go ahead and tell us that which makes u and ur friends happy.