Will the glory days of Nigerian football ever return? Those were days of innocence. Pre-internet saturation days, and not everyone had access to cable or Satellite tv. One or two benevolent well-to-do persons in your neighborhood would have access to satellite. There we gathered on weekends to see our stars--Tijani Babangida,  Finidi George, Sunday Oliseh, Daniel Amokachi, et al. We were so proud. We adopted as our own the club sides in which our players plied their careers.

Those days were days of innocence. We were not worldly-wise then as we are now. We knew we had potential. We suspected we were good, but we didn't think we were the giant of anything.

Then we became worldly-wise and our eyes opened. Suddenly, we were the giants of Africa, no longer Green Eagles, but Super Eagles.

Our players grew fat with pride and the whole nation got drunk with delusion. We are Nigeria, don't you know? Who is Ghana? Who is Cameroon? Who is Zambia? Zimbabwe? ho,ho, ho, ,
Angola? Who born monkey?! Even if we are half awake or playing with one leg hobbled, Angola cannot even dare, haba!

Fiam!
We did not qualify for the 2006 World Cup. Forget about that, we are still Nigeria, Super Eagles, giant of Africa. Angola did not really beat us, you see. We only allowed them. Even Jay-Jay alone, ehn! Jay-Jay alone,  ah tey you!

2010.

Sani Lulu: "Lagerback, le' me tey you, Nigeria is di giant of Africa. You ge' me? Super Eagles! so derefore, we ca' no settu for anytin le' dan semifinal a' de wol cu', she u ge' me! dat is you bench-mark, shebi--em, da' mean, em--wat is de wor? neva min'. dat is our yar stick, semifinal at South Africa, aw rait? gut!"

Nigerian Fans: Yeh! Semifinal!

Nairaland forum: hey! wat do you tink shul be the lineup of di supa eagle! wat about de twin-strikin'  DUO, of Yakubu and Obinna.

1st respondent: u de craze? your head no correct! u even went tu school at al at al? de best option 4 naija go be Osaze n Martins! olosi!

2nd respondent: chineke! wa do u mean? triple striking no quesion!  Martins, Yakubu, Ogbuke. 4-3-3. a beg if you no sabi footbal  make u no open ya mouth! nonsense!

President Goodluck Jonathan: As we are sending you off to South Africa, stop at nothing but victory. Bring back the cup and make us proud.

Super Eagles: We are the giants of Africa, we are the Super Eagles!

CNN: In another development, the president of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, has ban his nation's soccer team from all international competitions for two years. This follows the Super Eagles' disappointing run at FIFA World Cup, currently taking place in South Africa, where they finished at the bottom of their group. Viewers would recall that the USA won their group that included England.

The rest of the World: This people are crazy!  Don't you know? Nigeria is one of the most corrupt countries in the World!

Nairaland forum: Kill Kaita! slaughter Yakubu! tank u mister president! If ah catch Largerback ehn! de wan kill nigerian football! Nonsense! Mendacious, pell-mell! u de use big-big words ehn! Uwaka, ubanka! wawa! Olosi! Olori buruku! e no go to skul! see im maut!

The glory of Nigerian football will definitely return, but only if we do the right thing by bringing in new players new Eagles and not this trash that could not even kill a fly. Kaita, Yakubu please tell the to far away from the pitch or else they are looking for their death yeye people. Mr. President is already taking step to that.

Hmmm, nice one.

Martha0602:

The glory of Nigerian football will definitely return, but only if we do the right thing by bringing in new players new Eagles and not this trash that could not even kill a fly. Kaita, Yakubu please tell the to far away from the pitch or else they are looking for their death yeye people. Mr. President is already taking step to that.

Ghana progressed to the quarter finals because there team was made up of more of their under 21 while Nigeria depended on their same old legs that played last world cup. Why can't we start by building a team from Siasia and Tella' boys. As for Kaita, Nigerians should come to understand that funny things do happen in footbal and let Kaita be.

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E go tey!!!

With all the players we've had over the years and their great potential, there should have been even better days.

But hopefully the plague of corruption will be eradicated once and for all.

it is just a simple thing. get a president who has passion for football and u see everything will just change over night.
look back to what u call our glorious days, it is nothing but abacha's regime. the man abacha loves football more than anyother thing but after him, we have presidents who love crude oil more than anyother thing.
look at roman ibrahimovic - the chelsea owner is just in love with football and u see the passion in him while his club plays. look at the days of orji uzor kalu - the pillar of sports as the gov of abia state. he love soccer so much that he always travel with the team and have his place on the team's bench and we saw the output when eyimba of aba became the first nigerian clubside to win caf champions league and they won it twice in a strecth.
give me a leader whose hobbies include soccer and i will show u his achievements in that direction.
under obasanjo regime, we saw the activeness of nafdac, under yar adua, we saw the activeness of the judiciary so abacha made football the talk of the town and that is the case with every leader so we are watching jonathan maybe, he will make the chase of ibori his hobby.

yes in siasia or amodu it will

I pray oh. Its been ages Nigeria won any thing

JIY:

Will the glory days of Nigerian football ever return? Those were days of innocence. Pre-internet saturation days, and not everyone had access to cable or Satellite tv. One or two benevolent well-to-do persons in your neighborhood would have access to satellite. There we gathered on weekends to see our stars--Tijani Babangida, Finidi George, Sunday Oliseh, Daniel Amokachi, et al. We were so proud. We adopted as our own the club sides in which our players plied their careers.

Those days were days of innocence. We were not worldly-wise then as we are now. We knew we had potential. We suspected we were good, but we didn't think we were the giant of anything.

Then we became worldly-wise and our eyes opened. Suddenly, we were the giants of Africa, no longer Green Eagles, but Super Eagles.

Our players grew fat with pride and the whole nation got drunk with delusion. We are Nigeria, don't you know? Who is Ghana? Who is Cameroon? Who is Zambia? Zimbabwe? ho,ho, ho, ,
Angola? Who born monkey?! Even if we are half awake or playing with one leg hobbled, Angola cannot even dare, haba!

Fiam!
We did not qualify for the 2006 World Cup. Forget about that, we are still Nigeria, Super Eagles, giant of Africa. Angola did not really beat us, you see. We only allowed them. Even Jay-Jay alone, ehn! Jay-Jay alone, ah tey you!

2010.

Sani Lulu: "Lagerback, le' me tey you, Nigeria is di giant of Africa. You ge' me? Super Eagles! so derefore, we ca' no settu for anytin le' dan semifinal a' de wol cu', she u ge' me! dat is you bench-mark, shebi--em, da' mean, em--wat is de wor? neva min'. dat is our yar stick, semifinal at South Africa, aw rait? gut!"

Nigerian Fans: Yeh! Semifinal!

Nairaland forum: hey! wat do you tink shul be the lineup of di supa eagle! wat about de twin-strikin' DUO, of Yakubu and Obinna.

1st respondent: u de craze? your head no correct! u even went tu school at al at al? de best option 4 naija go be Osaze n Martins! olosi!

2nd respondent: chineke! wa do u mean? triple striking no quesion! Martins, Yakubu, Ogbuke. 4-3-3. a beg if you no sabi footbal make u no open ya mouth! nonsense!

President Goodluck Jonathan: As we are sending you off to South Africa, stop at nothing but victory. Bring back the cup and make us proud.

Super Eagles: We are the giants of Africa, we are the Super Eagles!

CNN: In another development, the president of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, has ban his nation's soccer team from all international competitions for two years. This follows the Super Eagles' disappointing run at FIFA World Cup, currently taking place in South Africa, where they finished at the bottom of their group. Viewers would recall that the USA won their group that included England.

The rest of the World: This people are crazy! Don't you know? Nigeria is one of the most corrupt countries in the World!

Nairaland forum: Kill Kaita! slaughter Yakubu! tank u mister president! If ah catch Largerback ehn! de wan kill nigerian football! Nonsense! Mendacious, pell-mell! u de use big-big words ehn! Uwaka, ubanka! wawa! Olosi! Olori buruku! e no go to skul! see im maut!

excellent write up.

This is why i love being a Nigerian

nice write up mahn

nice one

love the Sani Lulu part

come collect 10kobo for ur effort

There is a relationship between the super eagles performance and the general society at large which is very pathetic to say the least.

Yes it will only when all these mumu people leave office. I can't wait anyway!

look back to what u call our glorious days, it is nothing but abacha's regime. the man abacha loves football more than anyother thing but after him, we have presidents who love crude oil more than anyother thing.

chidichris, you're exactly right. Abacha may have got it wrong in just about everything, but it was in his time that Nigeria did well in football. As you said, he liked the game. But for his politics that stopped the Super Eagles from defending their title at the '96 edition of the Nations Cup or from participating at the '98 edition, Nigeria would have probably (if not certainly) won these two editions.

Obasanjo didn't seem to care. In fact, he was hostile towards the Super Eagles.

Perhaps Goodluck Jonathan cares. If he does, there may yet be hope for Nigerian football.

When it comes to Nigerian football, I am a blind patriot. I am used to Super Eagles fallen my hand. I am a dreamland guy who still linger (live) in the 1988-94 era. The pinnacle was 1994 and descent commenced after 2000 Nations cup (early signs evident during 1998 World cup). It is not too much to believe, therefore, I believe it will happen. And we don't need an array of star for that to be: Siasia has proven this. We only need a well regulated and structured environment. I only pray Jonathan is not paying lip-service. When will the glory days return? Anon, mate. Anon.

Ps. no foreign coach. Give the job to Siasia and give me 4-6 years to implement a road map.

The glory days of Nigerian footie will return if the current attempt to restructure the NFF is sustained.We just need to have a good team that will run our football and we'll winning tournaments again. There is nothing like having good leaders. When the NFF has a visionary as its President, all other things will fall into place. Nigeria already has the players that can hold their own against any team in the world. We only need to unearth these players wherever they are and hand them the shirts they deserve. Nigeria needs a blueprint that has to be religiously followed. I'm talking about a ten year plan for our football. I believe better days lie ahead for Nigerian Football. Cheers.


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Will The Glory Days Of Nigerian Football Ever Return?

Answer: yes it will

guy, this Ur write-up na wao!

Whats glory days


Cheating the junior level tournaments


When our over 30's find it hard to beat a legit Under 21 team then the future looks bleek

9Ce write up !!!
i hope that the glorious days come quick. Meanwhile our Olympic track & field events require overhauling too.

@topic

Wiv faith and serious prayin and fastin, da glory dayz myt just return 

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As CNN suggest, we await another development!