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Ibime:
Kanu usefulness to Super Eagles ended in 1996

And we still paid Kanu tax till 2011 while he messed up our structure

15 years of gratitude paid to him for Olympic exploits. Baba even refused to retire even while on wheelchair at Portsmouth. Our gratitude is exhausted and turned to hatred for the last 7 years of his Super Eagles career

Because of age-grade performance between 1993 and 1996 (just 3 yrs o) the guy used our gratitude to hold us to ransom for a whole 15 years.

Majestic gratitude.

timbros:
Afrodoc2 if you watch this Senegal finish, you still dey ask me why I dey support them ahead of SE.

There are levels to this. Nigeria play a quarter of wetin Senegal don do this first 30mins?

Morocco dey depend on counter

Because Senegal is pressuring them you support Senegal but all the years Barca, Madrid, Liverpool, Man City were playing better football you stuck to Chelsea.

Magnificent calculation.

larride:
So we shouldn't be expecting goals from Akor Adams and Lookman?

Very tough. Crucially tough.

Leyqute:
No be him mate be Lookman wey dey score and assist anyhow?

9 major tournaments, 0 goal.
Disgustingly shocking.

Ibime:
Was just coming here to type this

27 defcon this match beating Caicedo record of 24

He's on a free transfer this summer.

Whoever picks him up has got a steal

He is coming back home.

Very happy for Senegal.

Moroccan tears must be juicy and salty. I need to look for where they are lamenting to go and confirm.

timbros:
https://www.nairaland.com/8601072/morocco-takes-over-caf-african

This front page thread emphasise what I was saying the other day about Morocco and CAF.... Every award is Morocco. Every hosting right, Morocco.

Anybody thinking Senegal can win tonight is dreaming. CAF will do everything possible to hand Morocco the trophy.

The last time a host country lost AFCON final was 2000 AFCON that Nigeria lost to Cameroon in Lagos. Ever since then, any host country that makes final always win. The trend will continue tonight.

N.B: I am supporting Senegal to win, but all indications point to a "MOROCCAF" triumph.

You are supporting Senegal to beat Morocco, but you didn't support Nigeria to beat Morocco.

Your case will be settled on judgement day.

ovoP:
Also the centre backs where confused alot in his system. They didn't know when to step up or when to stay. The mid CB In a 3ATB system is suppose to step up and act as a 3rd midfielder. Which begged the question, why not just play an extra midfielder.

Maybe he can only coach that formation. Or he believes he can only coach that system. He obviously didn't trust himself to succeed with any other formation.

We sha should stop these disjointed appointments. Coach and player styles should be in sync.

Another week, another big fish. One week, one fish.

Dayo na favour i do you again o. Na favour o.

Spurs fans are crashing out over the haram football Thomas Frank is giving them. We have to be extra careful with our next manager. Many of these managers who seem to be overachieving in small clubs are suspect and are not built for the limelight.

MRTA7:
Either Berrada or Wilcox or both needs to be sacked at the end of the season.

Let us see what they do this summer. Christopher Vivell has a good reputation. I think the first thing is to remove Berrada from football matters. Let him deal only with the business side of things.

akwesenana:
Do you think he'd have been sacked if he didn't make that outburst after the Leeds game?
Personally I think it's not yet Uhuru as those guys up there look clueless.

My theory.

They were going to sack him at the end of the season or after the world cup when managers became available. That is why they decided not to get him more players for his 3-4-3 this January.

He went to meet Wilcox to get him more help to implement his formation and that one said no that he should work with what he has. Amorim read the writing on the wall and spazzed out. They quickly decided to sack him since they already knew he was going in the summer anyway and the compensation money was already in their budget.

You are still right though that it is not yet Uhuru. These guys seem to be fond of making decisions and changing their minds soon after.

MRTA7:
I think but not sure that they only checked the offside against Ake but they should have checked against Rodri as well who looked like he was further behind.

Very suspect decision.

patrickmuf:
Amorim has shown he is a terrible manager with the poor job he did at Leverkusen...One think I noted yesterday was the fact that Bruno was not all over the place like was the case in Erik Bin Laden's era, he was posionally disciplined, and it help us contain City in the middle of the park...Pep had to sub Foden after the first half for Cherki who was also subdued.

No matter what happens going forward one can't take away the fact that it was a coaching masterclass. Let's pray for more of such for the rest of the season. They said Carrick and McKenna were the ones who did the coaching during Ole's tenure.

Talking about the City players, so many of them ghosted the game. Haaland and Foden had no impact. Semenyo did nothing all game (Pep has to move him to the left).

Another quiet ghost was Rodri who i suspect is terminally finished. That knee injury seems to have wrecked him. The only Ballon d'Or level player on that pitch was Ballon Dorgu.

But then you have to question the wisdom of the top guys who went for a strict 3-4-3 coach in the first place.

Fingers have been pointing at Berrada as the person who pushed for Amorim. Ashworth didn't want him because of the formation issue but that one wanted Southgate. Wilcox also didn't want Amorim because of the formation issue.

I think Amorim's sack is linked to Wilcox finally getting control over football matters above Berrada.

The formation is only part of the problem though. All our struggles pre-Amorim came in a back 4 formation. Wilcox and Vivell have to work hard at improving the squad and appointing a quality head coach.

patrickmuf:
No, we used to have a dysfunctional setup. How many times did Maguire and Martinez face the kind of pressure we used to face under Amorim's setup?

Of all the sins of Amorim his cardinal sin was playing his 3-4-3 which requires a 2-man midfield when NONE of our midfielders is suited to 2-man midfield. That was what made his set up dysfunctional and that was what led to our defence being under so much pressure.

Asking 2 men who can't do the job of 2 men to do the job of 3 men.

Unlimited22:
If you can find the full game CD (not highlight, full game) of our R16 match vs Denmark in 1998 you will see why.

Raumdeuter no dey forgive person. He has carried that grudge for nearly 30 years.


BTW Kanu provided multiple assists in major tournaments, especially later when he was coming on as a sub and playing like an AM or false 9 instead of a true striker


The goal Utaka scored vs Cameroon in 2004 springs to mind.

What about his 0 goal in 9 major tournaments and penalty miss?

Unlimited22:
😂😂😂😂😂😂

Same thing I did to Osaze in 2004 despite his having a stellar tournament 😂

It was actually Okocha that abandoned Cele on the left flank not Mutiu. LOL

My view is that if Kanu and Okocha had been more direct and stat oriented and less interested in flicks and drag backs that set of players would have achieved more.

larride:
Why Egbon Dayo come leave Papilo dey drag Okocha everyday?

Na Kanu suppose dey collect those dragging

Okocha has his own issues. Notably in 1998 when he monopolized the ball dribbling and shooting from impossible angles while Denmark was scoring goals. If you watch that match though, you will see that many of the Nigerian players did not come to play that day. The whole country (with the players) was overlooking Denmark and thinking of a QF match with Brazil. Okocha now decided to play superhero, and he made a bad situation worse.

Okocha was generally a defensive liability in midfield in an era where many teams played 2 robust midfielders. That AFCON 2000 final, Cameroon had a rugged midfielder like Marc Vivien Foe. They also had 2 scoring attackers in Mboma and Etoo. IMO the combination of a luxury midfielder in Okocha and a non-scoring star attacker in Kanu made that generation underachieve.

They have still not shown the VAR images of that Mount goal that was ruled offside.
PGMOL should fear God o.

larride:
Papilo?

Who is that? I am talking about 0 goal king.

Does this Papilo guy have 0 goals in 6 AFCONS and 3 World Cups?

Unlimited22:
I take God beg you, I'm not the one who has dayoKANU as a moniker 😂😂😂😂


6 afcon, 2 abi 3 World Cup, 0 goals 😭

It’s a phucking disgrace. GK stats. 😢😢😢

Unlimited22:
The heroics in Atlanta.

That game vs Brazil, it gave us eternal bragging rights despite not even being on FIFA's calendar.

So age-grade heroics gave him the right to go scoreless in SENIOR competition for Nigeria.
😢😢😢

Unlimited22:
Lmao
0 assist king but in a game in this same tournament he delivered a hat trick of assists (Tunisia) 😂😂😂😂


BTW the reason my pops still dey vex for Ikpeba na because say him feel say that ball cross line, but Ikpeba's reaction gave the ref the impetus he needed


Issa Hayatou hand dey for that decision too 😂

Yes I know that’s why fans scapegoated Ikpeba but it was an instinctive reaction borne of his deep knowledge of Nigerians’ vindictiveness and unforgiving nature. Posterity has proved him right.

Goal line technology would have exonerated Ikpeba. 😢

Even AI couldn’t have saved 0 goal king.

Unlimited22:
Lmao
0 assist king but in a game in this same tournament he delivered a hat trick of assists (Tunisia) 😂😂😂😂

Lol I already edited.

He actually assisted Ndukwe’s goal. He slipped him through.

Let’s call him 0 goal king. No vex.
How come your father has forgiven him since he definitely missed his own penalty. He was the one that actually gave Ikpeba tension by missing first.

Unlimited22:
My papa still never forgive Victor Ikpeba

This is why Osimhen and his people dodged the SF penalty shootout. There is a possibility Ikpeba’s penalty crossed the line but someone else that day definitely missed his. He shall remain nameless but let’s call him the 0 goal king.

The 1st mistake was made in the lineup when Bonfrere Jo opted to play Mutiu on the left in front of Cele. Mutiu kept drifting infield leaving Cele to deal with Lauren (then known as Etame Mayer) and Geremi alone. Apart from soldiers nobody as suffered for Nigeria like Cele did that day.

The 2nd mistake was playing Chukwu Ndukwe ahead of Aghahowa or even Ikpeba. He was so stinky he was taken off at halftime even though he scored a goal.

The game swallowed many players that day including our 0 goal 0 assist king. Okocha was one of the few to keep his energy and technique and scored a left footed volley to level things at halftime.
When penalties came Okocha scored his while our 0 goal king aka king of dragback but not score, missed his.

P.S It was actually Okocha that was played on the left ahead of Cele that abandoned him not Mutiu. LOL
I tried my best.

Ibime:
Nigeria has reached 16 semifinals

By law of probability, assuming all semifinalists are equal, we should have reached 8 finals which we have, thus we win our semis 50% of the time.

Where we are underperforming is in finals where we have reached 8 and only won 3 instead of 4 if we performed to averages. You can blame Cameroon for most of our defeats, especially Roger Milla.

We have only won finals as host and against Zambia and Burkinafaso lending credence to the chokers tag

We have lost finals to Cameroon (3x), Algeria (1x) and Ivory Coast (1x)

1984 Cameroon were better than us courtesy Milla but mainly Dr Theophilus Abega.

1988 we were robbed as Henry Nwosu’s good goal was ruled offside. That was the tournament Issa Hayatou was elected CAF president so they were probably giving him a welcome gift with that final officiating,

2000 was the year we truly choked in Lagos. I was there live.

patrickmuf:
Doc, you really believed what I said? 😂

LOL. Happiness fit make you too confident.

Chai. Chelsea don score.

patrickmuf:
Even if Chelsea win 10 vs 0, e no concern me...They will remain behind us...

Na marathon. Every point they lose will count at the end of the season. I would rather have them 4 points behind than 1 point behind.

patrickmuf:
Baba we just beat our city rivals, allow people to celebrate na!

Suffer no dey tire you?

You can't blame him. Too many false dawns. If you take it to heart, it fit give you PTSD.

At this point it is better to take it game by game. If we win, i celebrate and if we lose i switch to Netflix and watch a nice series. lol.

CapitalCee:
I am watching the Chelsea/Brentford match with a relaxed mind 😀😀😀

Very relaxed mind. Lol.

A draw won't be bad but if Brentford win that is even better.