do i blame those papa eagles? After all it is a geopolitical zone football team!

Even the boys playing at ajegunle will beat them.

I can't but agree with you, Chris.

Despite the incentives, the guys have not been impressive at all.  Siasia's boys, who were not in any way motivated, represented us well at the AYC and the world stage.

Who's to blame? the coach or the boys men?

davidylan:

do i blame those papa eagles? After all it is a geopolitical zone football team!

Even the boys playing at ajegunle will beat them.

Which geopolitical zone?. . .I haven't gotten a chance to look at the team sheet but the few names I've seen so far are Yoruba names.

@ Donzman,

at least all 6 geopolitical zones are represented in the team. i dont remember the national team being zoned to any particular group, at least not yet!

@ David

Maybe that's were the problem is coming from, trying to pick from all the states in the federation won't do no good, that's why the country itself is a mad case of chaos - no rythm, cos president has to be yoruba, vice has to be Hausa and Senate president has to be Igbo and all whatnot!

Those boys can't beat Ghana's under 12 team on a good day. No single creativity, please let's not talk about it, it makes me wanna puke. If these guys were our only hopes as in super eagles, we'll drop down to 180 in FIFA ranking within 3 months!

When the all-conquering Eagles did us proud at USA 94, i cant remember anyone complaining that the team was a predominantly igbo team! So long as our best legs played!

In this mad age of political correctness, now we have the likes of Sanni Kaita making the national team just so that the north can be represented by force while we leave better players on the bench!

Welcome to Nigeria!

Ahh I get it now, I thought Davidylan was saying they picked people out of just 1 geopolitical zone.

They're picking players to be representative of Nigeria instead of picking the best players possible?

The team list - Flying Eagles

No.     Name                                Club name                  Date of birth

1  THOMAS  OLUFEMI                 NASARAWA Utd              5-8-89

2  SADIQ  SURAJ                         PRIME FC                     8-1-88

3 ECHIEJILE  UWA                      INSURANCE FC              20-1-88

4  OYEWOLE  MUIDEEN              PRIME FC                      3-12-87

5  BALA  EZEKIEL                        LYN OSOLO FC             8-4-87

6  ANYANWU  NNAEMEKA            RANGERS FC                 21-5-88

7  SARKI  EMMANUEL                  WESTERLO FC              26-12-87

8  IYAM  FRIDAY                          KADUNA UNITED           1-12-89

9  OZOKWO  NDUKA                   RANGERS FC                25-12-88

10  OWELLO  SOLOMON             NIGER TORNADOS       25-12-88

11  MOHAMMED  SALIHU             BARCELONA FC            2-8-89

12  OCHEJE  MOSES                    LOBI STARS FC            21-5-88

13  OKARDI  BLESSING               OCEAN BOYS FC           5-11-88

14  BALA  JOSEPH                       SEC FC                     27-7-88

15  TIJANI  AKANBI                     WIKKI TOURIST FC      21-12-88

16  ODEBE  FREDERICK              LOBI STARS FC             31-12-88

17  ZENKE  TERWASE                 RACING STRASBURG    24-12-88

18  AYODEJI  ADENIYI                 NPA FC                        12-9-88

i felt like the Scorpions were cheated
they played the full 90 mins .papa eagles won by sheer luck .
yet still some people keep celebrating .*hiss*

i just hope when they get to canada they dnt disgrace Africa cuz they will lose badly  with this form

the only match  those papas play well was against Egypt .that was a match but all the others was nothing . .

chris their jazz wont work against congo

_{pdf no mind  me  .lailaiboy was gettin on my nerves}

PDF:

The team list - Flying Eagles

No. Name Club name Date of birth

1 THOMAS OLUFEMI NASARAWA Utd 5-8-89

2 SADIQ SURAJ PRIME FC 8-1-88

3 ECHIEJILE UWA INSURANCE FC 20-1-88

4 OYEWOLE MUIDEEN PRIME FC 3-12-87

5 BALA EZEKIEL LYN OSOLO FC 8-4-87

6 ANYANWU NNAEMEKA RANGERS FC 21-5-88

7 SARKI EMMANUEL WESTERLO FC 26-12-87

8 IYAM FRIDAY KADUNA UNITED 1-12-89

9 OZOKWO NDUKA RANGERS FC 25-12-88

10 OWELLO SOLOMON NIGER TORNADOS 25-12-88

11 MOHAMMED SALIHU BARCELONA FC 2-8-89

12 OCHEJE MOSES LOBI STARS FC 21-5-88

13 OKARDI BLESSING OCEAN BOYS FC 5-11-88

14 BALA JOSEPH SEC FC 27-7-88

15 TIJANI AKANBI WIKKI TOURIST FC 21-12-88

16 ODEBE FREDERICK LOBI STARS FC 31-12-88

17 ZENKE TERWASE RACING STRASBURG 24-12-88

18 AYODEJI ADENIYI NPA FC 12-9-88

There are more Northerners in this team than Igbos

Congo ke? aren't those even twice as woeful? With home advantage they can't but do ojoro. Nigeria may be the worst team in the tourney, but Congo is surely twice an ass.

@ David

The world knows most of our best guys are Igbo, Midfielders especially, I don't know why Sani Lulu had to include his boys by fire by thunder.


@ PDF,

Are you sure of the ages you are posting there? You mean i'm 5 years older than these grannies? I don't get it, my dad looks way younger than 70% of them and he's just 49!

I went with my junior bro. to train with a Juluis Beger feeder team, guys who were easily above 28 were talking about signing up for U-17 trials and some were suggesting trying out for U-21 since they look too old. Old men, it's people like that who ruin our football but again, how do you expect them to survive?. . .They'll use their skills when they have it.

We met a guy there who plays in Portugal's 3rd division, the guy is 38 or thereabouts but he has 22 on his football age.

The European coaches do not care too as long as you can play. When you can no longer play even if your age says 24, they'll let you go.

@Christino

Be consoling yourself.U don't know u are an old man.U are suprised that there are a lot of people younger than u actually playing football

We go into these youth competitions with a win at all cost mentality.It is self defeating to go them with overaged players to ensure that we win

Our focus should be on the development of young talent.Whether we win or not should not be the issue

@ Donzman

Look at Freddie Adu, best example out. He will be playing in the u21 tourney in Canada

@Josboy

Are u suggesting Fred Adu is not U 21?

una jus dey criticize dey criticize, na 2day?

Are u suggesting Fred Adu is not U 21?

If he's U21, I'm in pre-school. And I'm still waiting for a glimpse of all that talent that's been hyped.

We keep criticizing over the age thingy baselessly, i can remember our being banned once alongside Brazil and other powerhouses over these age discrepancy brouhaha some yrs ago, now tell me if it does not happen everywhere, how old do they say Rooney and Terry are? Some will say they are slightly older than they claim likewise our own Mikel and Obafemi had their ages trimmed down a little no more than 2yrs!

let the age thing be.at least for now.we do not have a say in NFA's decision making last time i checked.So why dont we keep our finger crossed and hope it dosnt catch up with us?
the koko is that, lack lustre or not, we are facing the home team on saturday in the finals. we are defending our championship. but did you see their crowd support? just like the tunis in 2004 and korea in 2002. lets analize and predict:
me:1 all draw regulation time; we win on penalties
zambia beats the drowned hope scorpions blue

football

People who think that Freddy Adu,Rooney,Terry and their likes are not what they say they are do not have an idea of how things work in the West.There is no way anyone of these can hide their real ages from the public.Everything is in a national database

We are just looking for a way to excuse our rampant cheating

Is the championship still on?

4 Play:

People who think that Freddy Adu,Rooney,Terry and their likes are not what they say they are do not have an idea of how things work in the West.There is no way anyone of these can hide their real ages from the public.Everything is in a national database

We are just looking for a way to excuse our rampant cheating

Well Adu was born in Ghana!

its still on! check bbc africa 4 details. na naija n congo dy play final

Donzman:

Well Adu was born in Ghana!

Yes ,but he came to the US at the age of eight,unless he lied about his age at the time,once he has been enrolled into school it will be impossible to cheat on age anymore

We keep criticizing over the age thingy baselessly

let the age thing be.

let the geopolitical zone be too

an eye for an eye we both lose our sight

4 Play:

People who think that Freddy Adu,Rooney,Terry and their likes are not what they say they are do not have an idea of how things work in the West.There is no way anyone of these can hide their real ages from the public.Everything is in a national database

We are just looking for a way to excuse our rampant cheating

When you do things over and over again it become normal 

I heard the congolese police are beating the crap outta the Nigerian fans and journalists, this is not the first time nigerians are getting beats around the continent by the way

4 Play:

Yes ,but he came to the US at the age of eight,unless he lied about his age at the time,once he has been enrolled into school it will be impossible to cheat on age anymore

Source please, Cause I thought he came when he was about 15,16?

Even at that, how come Adu hasn't improved since age 13 or 14 when he came on the stage?. . .Even Martins who we castigate so much for faking his age has improved since he broke through for Inter, why has a 14 year old failed to improve?. . .Easy, he was not 14.

Exactly, when you are older than your mates by the time they catch up to you, you don't shine.
My brother plays for u20's Canada, http://canadasoccer.com/eng/nationals/profile.asp?id=268&sub=2 and he told me Freddie is not the superstar he is cut out to be.
He said Adu was good when they were all younger, but now he is just as ordinary as any other player, mind you he does still know how to play the game.

The team list - Flying Eagles

No. Name Club name Date of birth

1 THOMAS OLUFEMI NASARAWA Utd 5-8-89

2 SADIQ SURAJ PRIME FC 8-1-88

3 ECHIEJILE UWA INSURANCE FC 20-1-88

4 OYEWOLE MUIDEEN PRIME FC 3-12-87

5 BALA EZEKIEL LYN OSOLO FC 8-4-87

6 ANYANWU NNAEMEKA RANGERS FC 21-5-88

7 SARKI EMMANUEL WESTERLO FC 26-12-87

8 IYAM FRIDAY KADUNA UNITED 1-12-89

9 OZOKWO NDUKA RANGERS FC 25-12-88

10 OWELLO SOLOMON NIGER TORNADOS 25-12-88

11 MOHAMMED SALIHU BARCELONA FC 2-8-89

12 OCHEJE MOSES LOBI STARS FC 21-5-88

13 OKARDI BLESSING OCEAN BOYS FC 5-11-88

14 BALA JOSEPH SEC FC 27-7-88

15 TIJANI AKANBI WIKKI TOURIST FC 21-12-88

16 ODEBE FREDERICK LOBI STARS FC 31-12-88

17 ZENKE TERWASE RACING STRASBURG 24-12-88

18 AYODEJI ADENIYI NPA FC 12-9-88

mohammed salihu is the only hausa name i can see on the list the others have some sort of mixed names

just for the fun of it, is one geographical zone better at football than the other or anyone thats picked from the north is picked soley for political reason?

Yes that is what some of our brothers here are saying,