Super Eagles Squad At Ghana 2008: What To Expect?

It is unfortunate we fall in the danger group, but lets all hope for the best.
I believe cote'd voer and mali are not unbeatable.and for the squad i think we can't have anything better than this, besides the few ones that
are not invited are not better than those on the list. SO IT'S ALL GOOD .  GO SUPER EAGLES

people, there is so much despondency and unbelief, lets look at it this way

for the first time since 1994, a super eagles team that isn't dependent on okocha is emerging
anyone who watched with a discerning mind, will notice in the past two friendlies, as unimpressive as the standard of play was, there was immense team spirit, every player on the pitch was struggling to cover up for the other. yes we have issues in the midfield, but we have materials to make find a solution without putting any player under pressure to be jay jay.

right now what anyone can't argue about, is that we have excess options upfield, some of the strikers who are also natural ball jugglers can be pulled back to play behind to front two.assuming martins and uche  alternating with the yak play as the front two, and natural ball jugglers like kanu, utaka playing in between them and mikel roving around the center with osaze and obinna nsofor running down on the flanks.

if this combination in midfield  and attack can click, it will make up for any problems  we may have in  the defence, anyway, the defence has never been the strong point of the Nigerian game even in the tick of things in 1994, we v always had a fragile back. but that is not to say that on a good day, ayila, yobo, taiwo and apam will not hold their own.

and these are the reasons why some of us who have heard vogts saying no problem in midfield and threatening fire and brimstone over his camp deadline feel the man has a clear idea of what he intend s to do.people who look at how the German has made fitness and consistency the watch words  for his selection believe the materials are there, he just needs sometime in a closed camp setting to figure out the best combination. lets not forget that even the historic dream team 1 was beaten in a friendly match in the national stadium  by 3-1 by a rag tag togole se tnational team, that was exactly 21 days before they took on  bulgaria. even in the height of super eagles reign in 1994, they were almost beaten to it by  an ivorien team built around four european based proffessionals and a bulk of asec  mimosa and african sport players in the semis.

mali and cote voir may have the present super stars of the african game, but with the discipline, ruggedness and team work which are the hall marks of the feared and respected german soccer philosophy, the truth is that anything can happen, and writting off the super eagles will certainly be an excercise in self destruction for opponents.come january 2008, the die will be cast, and we will know whose game it is.

In recent football there is no more small nations so there might be shocks this Year. All we have to do is to keep our heads up and focus on the game. As i have earlier mentioned, sometimes luck have to be on your side so let's pray and hope Nigeria gets Lucky.
Even if Nigeria fails to win this Cup I don't think The host nation (GHANA)could do better, I don't see them winning this tournament, I can place a bet on it.

Vogts is the boss and he makes the last decision but i believe Anichebe should ve been honoured with atleast a call up. The squad i'll say is fair not the best. And in all i wish nigeria the best in Ghana '08.

I do not have expectation. Whatever comes out it I will see it.

What I still do not understand is why Anichebe was not called up. That guy is a fighter. English commentators call him the super sub in Everton.
He delivers when it matters most.


'Beati'should better have a good reason.

It is very good for Anichebe not to be called up, I think Vogts is helping Everton b'because if he's called up, he will not fit into the starting line-up and instead of sitting on the bench in Ghana he will rather be firing up with Everton for the fact that Yakubu will not be available for them. And guess what! the door to England is still open to him

The list is ok, praise vogts for that,but the inclusion of makinwa and exclusion of chidi odiah is not worth it,even though odiah is injured,he should still be listed,at least okocha was injured in egypt 2006 and drogba is also injured nw but in the squad, so thats just my opinion

Win GOLD ke?

Dat is a tall dream.With the team Vogts assembled i don't see us going far

Who plays with Yobo at central Back?
Is oruma coming back?

Oruma is needed in that team.




Maybe Obinna Nwaneri

Where Chidi Odiah sef?

really, i expect nothing much.

we shouldnt always talk about things of this nature. naija, we fail to put the effort evry other country puts into prreparation. we play friendlies with opponents we should be training with and scouting from at home. and we always expect results. well all i will say is we always hustle so we will rough it (hustle and strive) to the a very good point till we get to our limit. aniwaes up naija, up eagles

[b][/b][i][/i] well, the squad is still okay. We always have the players. Ghana and all those countries are not better than us. Its just the  poor planning. We plan ahead of  tournaments as if its our fathers cup which we don't need to strive hard to get. Honestly we need to plan well for the tournaments. I believe in team play and of course we will do well if the coach thinks straight because germans does not. Cos we have no number 10 does not mean anything.We just need someone to control the midfield.Thats all,  Okocha was not good because of his jersey number NO! IT WAS THE WAY HE ALWAYS CONTROLS THE MIDFIELD THAT WE CHERISHED!

   LET US JUST PRAY WELL FOR THEM,I BELIEVE THEY WILL SUPRISE US ANYWAY