Icon4s:


Look at that AFCON 2006 Team again and tell me it is not a relatively strong squad compared to what we have had in the last 10years. Forget they finished 3rd.

chrisooblog:
honestly between eguavon, siasia and amokachi. aside the USA94 squad this one was the most balanced in terms of talent and squad depth. even a hot yakubu wasn't in this squad. the main problem of our team in that tournament was that we showed too much individual play instead of a coherent team pattern. this played out in all our matches. against ghana taiwo's scorcher won us the game, zimbabwe our superior talent wore them down, against senegal martins to the rescue, against tunisia nsofor, enyeama and mother luck saw us through. when we finally met an ivory coast team just as talented as we were their superior organization trumped our individualism. that team had so much promise under the right technical crew that squad should have won that the AFCON and went on to qualify and do great things at the world cup.

BascoVanVeli:


To me talent alone can never win a trophy, u always need a strong will power and stronger luck. Nigeria had too many chiefs and not enough Indians. To me this current team is better balanced than any we ever had and also less selfish.

chrisooblog:
honestly between eguavon, siasia and amokachi they just bungled our teams chances at that AFCON. aside the USA94 squad this one was the most balanced in terms of talent and squad depth. even a hot yakubu wasn't in this squad. the main problem of our team in that tournament was that we showed too much individual play instead of a coherent team pattern. this played out in all our matches. against ghana taiwo's scorcher won us the game, zimbabwe our superior talent wore them down, against senegal martins to the rescue, against tunisia nsofor, enyeama and mother luck saw us through. when we finally met an ivory coast team just as talented as we were their superior organization trumped our individualism. that team had so much promise under the right technical crew that squad should have won that the AFCON and went on to qualify and do great things at the world cup.

tbaba1234:


I do not know when goals became the criteria for wingers especially in a Super Eagles teams that had so many potential scorers. You also failed to include that Musa played as a striker several times for CSKA and his stats are not that much better the Tijani. Tijani was purely a winger.

I can not remember a bad game for Tijani, point blank but I can remember several that Musa was frustrating.

Tijani was not always a starter in a star-studded Super Eagles team.

Musa will struggle to get into that team on his best day, he is even struggling to start nowadays with Simon Moses, what if he was dealing with Finidi.

To grade consistency, we need average performance rankings and more detailed statistics. Finidi George was not a scorer either but he created far more goals.

Would you say, Musa is more consistent because he scored more than Finidi?

Icon4s:


I don't completely agree about the individualism in that team. That team was very balanced and with squad depth.

You recall that quarter final battle against Tunisia who were the then defending champions?


They met a superior and star studded Ivorian Team in the semis. Our tactics failed us that day.

Icon4s:


I don't completely agree about the individualism in that team. That team was very balanced and with squad depth.

You recall that quarter final battle against Tunisia who were the then defending champions?


They met a superior and star studded Ivorian Team in the semis. Our tactics failed us that day.

tbaba1234:


I do not know when goals became the criteria for wingers especially in a Super Eagles teams that had so many potential scorers. You also failed to include that Musa played as a striker several times for CSKA and his stats are not that much better the Tijani. Tijani was purely a winger.

I can not remember a bad game for Tijani, point blank but I can remember several that Musa was frustrating.

Tijani was not always a starter in a star-studded Super Eagles team.

Musa will struggle to get into that team on his best day, he is even struggling to start nowadays with Simon Moses, what if he was dealing with Finidi.

To grade consistency, we need average performance rankings and more detailed statistics. Finidi George was not a scorer either but he created far more goals.

Would you say, Musa is more consistent because he scored more than Finidi?

Kog45:
Pls read my view critically,am not using goals to judge.My question is simple what make Tijani consistent than Musa?Prove it and i w keep quiet.

Pls do the average ranking and statistics of d two player and paste it,then let see may be i w agree with u than ordinary comment.

tbaba1234:


I read your post and you used appearance and goals stats which does not tell the full story and is a fairly shallow assessment.

I watched both players from the beginning of their careers so my view is based on what i saw from both of them.

Kog45:
Honestly u ve not answer my question.What criteria do u used that make TJ more consistent than Musa!simple and i w keep quiet coz am here to learn and to be more knowledgeable.

Mind u have been watching Eagles since 1984 Afcon coached by Onigbinde and captained by late Stephen Keshi.

Kog45:
Honestly u ve not answer my question.What criteria do u used that make TJ more consistent than Musa!simple and i w keep quiet coz am here to learn and to be more knowledgeable.

Mind u have been watching Eagles since 1984 Afcon coached by Onigbinde and captained by late Stephen Keshi.

tbaba1234:


Well, he is not yet good enough to play for either one..

I hope, he will not make a U-turn when it becomes obvious that England chance is not possible.

TheSuperNerd:
1984? Whaaaatttt?? Chaaaaaaiiiiiiii...... My indomie generation tag just got super cemented!!!

Abeg ooo Oga Icon4s... Come carry your man into your experience halls and quarters ooo... Ojibijibijibijibijibi.... Kaaiiiii

In the midst of...... gosh!!!! See them!!!! And many of them dey for ghostmode while people like us dey for driving seat for here?? Kaaaiiiii... I don suffer..... Chaaiiiii...

CFCman:
My best SE squad in the 21st century:

---------------Enyeama--------------

---Odiah-----West---Ekong-----Udeze----

--------------Oliseh--------------

---Babangida---Okocha--Obodo---V.Moses

-----------------Aghahowa----------

Kog45:
Easy my guy,respect to u guys for being wonderful here

Alex Iwobi © Getty Images

TheSuperNerd:
This is a 4-1-4-1 formation or a 4-5-1 too...

I will take out Obodo and put Mikel...

Udeze was bae at leftback mehn! But there are some here who will still pick Taiye "the tornado" Taiwo... #JustSaying

Chaaiii.. No Yobo, No Balogun.... Both play in West's position shaa. Ekong? *thinking of options used through the years from 2000.... Isaac okoronkwo, Joseph enakhaire... Hmmm... ** Okay...



Your squad is good to go shaa... Open to just two or three adjustments... Loollll

Nice 21st century line-up.... Based on "so far" performances since the year 2000.

Lawd!!! Whoever "really really" saw the Super Eagles class of AFCON 2004 and 2006 will know that those were near world-class Super Eagles sides who just couldn't conquer Africa because the Ivorien and Egyptian Golden Generations were all over the place crushing all oppositions.... and also because we were "robbed" against Tunisia in 2004.

Even our 2002 squad fell to Senegal's golden generation who gave us a warning in 2000 in lagos before following that up with defeat that knocked us out in the semis in 2002.

Chaaiiii... #memories

Sir CFCMan.... You are super spot on with Julius Aghawonder.... He's my pick for the no.9 role in this young century so far (I know a few or some will say Yakubu... Not a bad argument if you ask me).

P.S: Wait ooo... No John Chukwudi Utaka?? Chaaiiii... See squad of the last 16yrs bikonu... Between 2000 and 2006 saw a Combination of our first golden era's remaining generals and a new breed of players who reigned in the super eagles till 2012, a few of which reign till now (e.g. Mikel... Since 2006 Afcon... Made his debut vs libya in a friendly in 2005).

CFCman:


Utaka was decent, but I'd still prefer Babangida on the wing. Utaka can be a center forward in my formation.

Mikel, at best, makes the bench

TheSuperNerd:
True shaa... John Utaka was a versatile frontman... On the wings or thru the centre.

Babangida is a proper winger.

Wait ooo... No place for Kanu Nwankwo too... **hides face**

TheSuperNerd:
This is a 4-1-4-1 formation or a 4-5-1 too...

I will take out Obodo and put Mikel...

Udeze was bae at leftback mehn! But there are some here who will still pick Taiye "the tornado" Taiwo... #JustSaying

Your squad is good to go shaa... Open to just one or two adjustments... Loollll

Nice 21st century line-up.... Based on "so far" performances since the year 2000.

Lawd!!! Whoever "really really" saw the Super Eagles class of AFCON 2004 and 2006 will know that those were near world-class Super Eagles sides who just couldn't conquer Africa because the Ivorien and Egyptian Golden Generations were all over the place crushing all oppositions.... and also because we were "robbed" against Tunisia in 2004.

Even our 2002 squad fell to Senegal's golden generation who gave us a warning in 2000 in lagos before following that up with defeat that knocked us out in the semis in 2002.

Chaaiiii... #memories

Sir CFCMan.... You are super spot on with Julius Aghawonder.... He's my pick for the no.9 role in this young century so far (I know a few or some will say Yakubu... Not a bad argument if you ask me).

TheSuperNerd:
1984? Whaaaatttt?? Chaaaaaaiiiiiiii...... My indomie generation tag just got super cemented!!!

Abeg ooo Oga Icon4s... Come carry your man into your experience halls and quarters ooo... Ojibijibijibijibijibi.... Kaaiiiii

In the midst of...... gosh!!!! See them!!!! And many of them dey for ghostmode while people like us dey for driving seat for here?? Kaaaiiiii... I don suffer..... Chaaiiiii...

TheSuperNerd:
Alex Iwobi Is 29th Nigerian Player To Score In Champions League ( Full List)




Arsenal attacking midfielder Alex Iwobi opened his Champions League account on Tuesday night in his team’s 4-1 rout of FC Basel
on match day six.

In doing so, the Hale End Academy product became the 29th Nigerian player to find the net in Europe’s flagship club competition, and joined the likes of Obafemi Martins, Nwankwo Kanu, Victor Moses and Kelechi Iheanacho in the list.

Lille numero uno Vincent Enyeama is the only
Nigerian (AND AFRICAN?) goalkeeper to score in the Champions League.

Former Inter Milan wonderkid Obafemi Martins
remains Nigeria’s top scorer in the Champions
League with ten goals to his name, followed by
ex-Monaco star Victor Ikpeba (7 goals) and Kanu / Yakubu ( 5 goals).


Nigerian Scorers In The Champions League
1) Obafemi Martins - 10 goals
2) Victor Ikpeba - 7 goals
3) Nwankwo Kanu - 5 goals
4) Yakubu Aiyegbeni - 5 goals
5) Peter Odemwingie - 4 goals
6) Ahmed Musa - 3 goals
7) Tijani Babangida - 3 goals
Shola Ameobi - 3 goals
9) John Utaka - 2 goals
10) Emmanuel Emenike - 2 goals
11) Brown Ideye - 2 goals
12) John Mikel Obi - 2 goals
13) Finidi George - 2 goals
14) James Obiorah - 2 goals
15) Julius Aghahowa - 2 goals
16) Ayila Yussuf - 2 goals
17) Kelechi Iheanacho - 2 goals
18) Taye Taiwo - 1 goal
19) Chinedu Obasi- 1 goal
20) Victor Moses - 1 goal
21) Michael Obiku -1 goal
22) Austin Okocha - 1 goal
23) Daniel Amokachi - 1 goal
24) Celestine Babayaro - 1 goal
25) Lucky Idahor - 1 goal
26) Uche Okechukwu - 1 goal
27) Haruna Babangida - 1 goal
28) Vincent Enyeama - 1 goal
29) Alex Iwobi - 1 goal


Source: http://allnigeriasoccer.com/read_news.php?nid=21325

TheSuperNerd:
Easy?? See this Oga ooo....

You first drop "info" wey intimidate pesin then u come dey call us wonderful... Which levels naa....?

Abeg... **walks out thinking why dem no born me for 1930**

CFCman:

Kanu would be in a 4-4-2 or 3-5-2 formation, alongside Aghahowa.

He isn't mobile enough to play in a 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1 system. He's also not strong enough to be a lone target man

Icon4s:


funny.

Me i am still waiting for Super Elders that will come and tell us they watched the 1960s & 70s AFCON. i want to extract knowledge from them.

Did I say AFCON. Sorry I meant 'The African Cup of Unity'.

TheSuperNerd:
See ehn... If those Super Grannies show up here ehn... Chaaiiii.... I go just carry this face when they start their own..... **I go just dey flash my smile of absolute Ignorance**

joseph1013:


Chai...I remember Yusuf Ayila. Whatever happened to that guy. There was a time they said he was Edgar Davis and Seedorf rolled into one. At a point, Juventus was looking to buy him. He played one champions league match he played against Borussia Gladbach in 2011 or so where he completely dominated the Germans. Memories!