PROVERBZ:
does this mean that their is a plan on ground to fix the abuja stadium??

Mujtahida:

Amokachi was not tearing anything in Belgium. He joined super eagles while he was in ranchers bees of kaduna. He later went to Belgium. Siasia was warming the bench in Belgium. Kog45 has given a list of the club's the golden generation were playing in and they were all average players playing for average teams. Some were not even playing. They were permanent bench warmers. When i pointed it out to you the last time you said now is not 94 but here you are hyping amokachi. You guys hammering on the fact that our team is average don't understand what a team is all about. Its the same mentality that gets Nigerians hooked to certificates. We need a team with a winning mentality. That's all that matters. The story of the rabbit (stellar player/team) and the tortoise (average player/team) comes to mind.

kennysville:



just to correct that impression, Amokachi was in club Brugge and was their top scorer. I cant speak lor when he was in everton. Racism was rife with Joe Royle preferring Duncan Ferguson in he attack. He may not have had the numbers there in everton. But when in belgium he was the hitman for club brugge

tbaba1234:


The person who mentioned 'maybe 6 months' was the Anderlecht coach, Hein without medical confirmation.

Thankfully, it is not that bad.

Mujtahida:

I once asked on this thread why we have not produced players like Messi or ronaldo. I was told that its the Nigerian factor. But I really don't believe that is the reason. We have simply not just produced players of that calibre. Such talent cannot consistently be killed off by the Nigerian factor. One or two must break out. The reason they have not is simply that they are not available. Our footballing gene has not matured to produce such players.

goldfish80:


Hope you know we didn't win the world cup in 1994?

That 94 team had their problems, from wrong tactics, nativity at times, poor game management, name it.....

We We actually had a chance to win that world cup but we bungled it. But hey,we came back with the "most entertaining team " trophy and we are ok with it.

As far as I'm concerned, it was inexcusable to loose against 10 men Italian team from a winning position.
If we had scaled the Italian test, next in line would have been an underachieving Spain. I have no doubt in my mind that we would have taken them out (we won them in 1998 with a badly beat up team). In the semi final, we would have faced Bulgaria. The same team we whipped 3:0 in the group stages. The final against a very beatable Brazil. Recall the USA with a team of part timers and musicians exposed that Brazilian team after Leonardo's red card.
We missed a trick in 94.

This once more brings me to the question of inform players. Emanuel Amuneke was our most inform and hottest prospect in 94, the Italians understood this and they took him out. Immediately this happened our attack was shut down. We basically managed just 1 shot on target all game.
I don't think this would have been the case if our attackers we in form as you have pointed out.

If these guys we have now , know they are undroppable, there won't be motivation for excellence.
The Nff gave them a semifinal target, if they are ready to meet that target, then they should start working.
Getting a new club this January will be a step in the right direction. Otherwise, it will be 94 all over again

tbaba1234:
Eagles World Cup Build-up Programme

March 23 Friendly vs Poland

March 27 Friendly vs another World Cup-bound team

May 27 Friendly in Abuja

June 2 Friendly vs another World Cup-bound team

June 6 Final warm-up match

tbaba1234:


The ground is not that bad. They will fix the pitch before the game.

I suppose, that will be our farewell game. The Uyo fans deserve it more.

Mujtahida:

You can't be definitive on the sack thing. He might be sacked. It's a possibility but slim even at that because the WC is not the only element in his contract. Getting us to the next afcon is the other element. And the nff last month signed a two year contract extension with rohr. For the sake of our football I pray the team performs well.

On your second paragraph without comparing the individual ball playing abilities of this team and their predecessors when have we ever had players in a WC year tearing up leagues? To me on the whole our team has always been made up of average players with some little sprinkling of star dust here and there.

jihday:
so because mbappe is highly rated now, does it mean he's better than Griezman

tbaba1234:
Players that are likely to play for Nigeria if approached

i. Iorfa
ii. Ejaria
iii. Tosin Kehinde
iv. Tomori
V. Ebere Eze
vi. Dessers

Players that are uncertain/unlikely
i. Adarabioyo
ii.Solanke
iii. Onomah
iv.Tammy
v. Uduokhai

realpoacher:


Hmmmmm,... Now I am forced to agree with you. Honestly I now see the angle you are coming out from.

Truly we have a very big and deep rooted problem on our hands that calls for a radical different approach from our grassroots developmental football.

This problem, I do not see a solution to under 6 months to the world cup. There is no way in hell we can get our players firing on all cylinders before the the world cup.

So what should we do?

Asking them to force the hands of their respective clubs for a loan or transfer move is not a sure solution as no one can guarantee that they will hit form at their next destination.

To me, instead of the hue and cry about their non performance. They should be encouraged to work hard in training in order to keep shape and deliver for us in the GWG!

soetanoreoluwa:


Quite a lot of games ?like how many?

soetanoreoluwa:


Yes leeds might be playing good football more than everton all am looking at is marketablity of him

And seeing good clubs to buy him after he started performing brilliantly ...

We have seen alot of Nigeria players like Aluko, Odion and other doing very well in championship and still they get overlooked...

He should stay and fight for his shirt then get out of England... Playing top flight football is the way forward my opinion....

tbaba1234:
Eagles World Cup Build-up Programme

March 23 Friendly vs Poland

March 27 Friendly vs another World Cup-bound team

May 27 Friendly in Abuja

June 2 Friendly vs another World Cup-bound team

June 6 Final warm-up match

Most of d plans av not yet been confirmed


Abi is dere a nation DT now bears "ANOTHER WORLD CUP-BOUND TEAM"

Mujtahida:

You can't be definitive on the sack thing. He might be sacked. It's a possibility but slim even at that because the WC is not the only element in his contract. Getting us to the next afcon is the other element. And the nff last month signed a two year contract extension with rohr. For the sake of our football I pray the team performs well.

On your second paragraph without comparing the individual ball playing abilities of this team and their predecessors when have we ever had players in a WC year tearing up leagues? To me on the whole our team has always been made up of average players with some little sprinkling of star dust here and there.

goldfish80:


Hope you know we didn't win the world cup in 1994?

That 94 team had their problems, from wrong tactics, nativity at times, poor game management, name it.....

We We actually had a chance to win that world cup but we bungled it. But hey,we came back with the "most entertaining team " trophy and we are ok with it.

As far as I'm concerned, it was inexcusable to loose against 10 men Italian team from a winning position.
If we had scaled the Italian test, next in line would have been an underachieving Spain. I have no doubt in my mind that we would have taken them out (we won them in 1998 with a badly beat up team). In the semi final, we would have faced Bulgaria. The same team we whipped 3:0 in the group stages. The final against a very beatable Brazil. Recall the USA with a team of part timers and musicians exposed that Brazilian team after Leonardo's red card.
We missed a trick in 94.

This once more brings me to the question of inform players. Emanuel Amuneke was our most inform and hottest prospect in 94, the Italians understood this and they took him out. Immediately this happened our attack was shut down. We basically managed just 1 shot on target all game.
I don't think this would have been the case if our attackers we in form as you have pointed out.

if these guys we have now , know they are undroppable, there won't be motivation for excellence.
The Nff gave them a semifinal target, if they are ready to meet that target, then they should start working.
Getting a new club this January will be a step in the right direction. Otherwise, it will be 94 all over again

komekn:


Perish the thought but what if he can not cut it at Leicester. Each day his rating is going down.

Currently he is not better than Mahrez, Grey and Varde considering the roles they play and thier individual attributes.

Even the second choice striker Okazaki brings more hustle and bustle to the table than KC. They are different types of players but I would say Okazaki is more suited to Leicester style of play. Then you have the 3rd choice Slimani who has more pedigree than KC is still struggling to get on the bench.

To me his options are reducing by the day the more he stays inactive.

goldfish80:


Hope you know we didn't win the world cup in 1994?

That 94 team had their problems, from wrong tactics, nativity at times, poor game management, name it.....

We We actually had a chance to win that world cup but we bungled it. But hey,we came back with the "most entertaining team " trophy and we are ok with it.

As far as I'm concerned, it was inexcusable to loose against 10 men Italian team from a winning position.
If we had scaled the Italian test, next in line would have been an underachieving Spain. I have no doubt in my mind that we would have taken them out (we won them in 1998 with a badly beat up team). In the semi final, we would have faced Bulgaria. The same team we whipped 3:0 in the group stages. The final against a very beatable Brazil. Recall the USA with a team of part timers and musicians exposed that Brazilian team after Leonardo's red card.
We missed a trick in 94.

This once more brings me to the question of inform players. Emanuel Amuneke was our most inform and hottest prospect in 94, the Italians understood this and they took him out. Immediately this happened our attack was shut down. We basically managed just 1 shot on target all game.
I don't think this would have been the case if our attackers we in form as you have pointed out.

If these guys we have now , know they are undroppable, there won't be motivation for excellence.
The Nff gave them a semifinal target, if they are ready to meet that target, then they should start working.
Getting a new club this January will be a step in the right direction. Otherwise, it will be 94 all over again

Icon4s:
Just to spice up our afternoon
Yugoslavia vs Nigeria 1998:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQbR-iR5jXI

forgiveness:


Top Ten Most Influential Nigerian Players In 2017 (10-7) : Mikel, Martins, Obi & Simon

Published: December 28, 2017

Top Ten Most Influential Nigerian Players In 2017 (10-7) : Mikel, Martins, Obi & Simon
The fast-winding year had been a great one for most Nigerians who proved sensational enough in pulling off different grades of successes with the national team and their respective clubs to a quantum point in terms of performance evaluation.

With this piece, allnigeriasoccer.com would thus, run down the top ten most influential Nigerian players for the year 2017, the list detailing from below.

(10) Joel Obi — With glimpses of his eye-catching performances for Torino this season, there arose a wide outcry for the former Inter Milan playmaker to be called back to the national team fold and it is a no-brainer why.

The 26-year old midfielder who has two assists and two goals to go with in just 10 league appearances is one of the most creative players for The Maroons who sit tenth on the league table and it would be interesting to see him reprise that with the Super Eagles yet again.

(9) Obafemi Martins —Martins had an undoubtedly prolific season with Shanghai Shenhua, scoring seven goals in 1159 minutes from 13 Chinese Super League matches, though the highlight of his effervescence would come in the Chinese FA Cup where he inspired the Shanghai outfit to the title, scoring in both legs of the decider over Shanghai SIPG.

Super Eagles gaffer, Gernot Rohr had yet reiterated that the national team's door is still open to the 33-year old who last donned the green and white back in 2015, and it is little wonder why he continues to get a look-in.

( Moses Simon — The 22-year old attacker who is always full of tricks and feints was that good as Nigeria thumped every of their group opponents enroute to Russia.

Back in Belgium, the KAA Gent starlet is far from resting on his laurels, notching five goals and two assists for The Buffaloes who sit fifth on the Belgian First Division with European competition clearly in view.

Fast, fleet footed with a keen eye for goal, Simon is perhaps, his team's dependable trickster whenever he is in action.

(7) John Obi Mikel — The inspirational figure at the heart of this very successful Super Eagles side.

The Tianjin Teda man might no longer be a flashy No 10 but his ability to control proceedings from deep with a calm efficiency and astute reading of the game which is almost peerless.

Deployed in a free and advanced role for Nigeria during the qualification series, the Super Eagles's skipper has recently added goals to his toolkit, as he showed against Algeria and Cameroon.

But for his timely decisive contributions from midfield for his Chinese side, Teda Tigers might have been facing up
to relegation.


http://c.newsnow.co.uk/A/917097653?-21310:11479:1

Icon4s:
Just to spice up our afternoon

Yugoslavia vs Nigeria 1998:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQbR-iR5jXI

chrisooblog:
I think you are being overly presumptuous that we could have won the world cup. Football is not mathematics where by if you beat mr A it doesn't necessarily mean you will defeat Mr B. Remember bulgaria that we defeated also beat Argentina so they are no guarantees we would have beaten them again.

Yes with hindsight we should have seen off the Italians but you make it sound as if the azzuri were completely rubbish. In my opinion it was tactical naivety and player irresponsibility (Okocha dribbling all over the place without purpose, oliseh's half hearted tackle that led to the Italians equalizer) that caused us that game not so much the loss of amunike and amokachii. After all they didn't do much before and after the goal.

I understand your concern that we go with the very best players that can represent us and the world cup and not sentimentally stick to who is not performing clubwise but who are the replacements?

Bro I know you want the best for the super eagles but don't allow too much skepticism to blind you to the potential of our team.

For sure our coach and players are not sacred cows that can't be criticized or questioned all some of us posters are saying is have a little faith at least our team deserves that much

terzurum5:

Thank you Sir for showing us what poor goalkeeping can do to a team.

Icon4s:
Holland vs Nigeria 1998:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKud5Wv6SBI

Icon4s:


The goal keeping was atrocious. Still trying to recall that guy that kept in that 2nd half against Holland.

Awful.