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Romance / Re: Chrisland: Cowgirl Trends Number 1 As Other parent reveals the truth from Teache by caprikon: 6:47pm On Apr 19, 2022 |
Immorality is really high but these things aren't necessarily new. I know some kids when I was about that age who were already sexually active....using all those children games to perpetuate their acts. Parenting is a very difficult job. I takes a lot to stay away from vices at a young age....Porn is everywhere these days...in major cities, you see Porn DVDs boldly displayed for all to see in open areas..the internet is another window.....that's the world we live in now. |
Politics / Re: 2face Is Asking Why An Idoma Man Can't Be Governor In Benue, What About Igede? by caprikon: 12:11pm On Apr 19, 2022 |
I think Benue State had a faulty foundation from the onset. The Idoma and Igala who share closer cultural ties and even language along their border towns should have been put together in one State when Kogi was created. The Igedes in Benue should have been reunited with the ones in Cross River State. Benue is meant to be a homogeneous Tiv State. Benue is a State where the ethnic groups have mutual disdain ..one for another. I don't see an Idoma Governor or Igede Senator anytime soon in the State. 2 Likes |
Sports / Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by caprikon: 6:37pm On Apr 16, 2022 |
Subzero47: No loss at all. The administrators should do the real work of building structures to groom talents at home. Dual Nationals opting for us is more like a bonus. |
Sports / Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by caprikon: 7:19pm On Apr 14, 2022 |
I really hope Rohr gets hired by Mali. Let's see him work his magic elsewhere. Remember Bonfrere Joe won Gold with us at Atlanta 96 and took the SE to the AFCON Final in 2000 but was fired when things went bad in 2001. That's the nature of the job...let's stop whining about Rohr. |
Sports / Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by caprikon: 2:24pm On Apr 14, 2022 |
Kog45: Sometimes I wonder if it same individual (Rohr) we are referring to. The team was already a ticking time bomb under Rohr, just waiting for the right moment to capitulate. |
Sports / Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by caprikon: 1:01pm On Apr 14, 2022 |
zuchyblink: So Rohr should have been left at the helms permanently even when the team was regressing? Hiring and firing is part of coaching..even some of the very best coaches get fired every now and then...it doesn't take away the quality of the manager. There are too many examples. Rohr would definitely get jobs on the continent. Maybe one would also ask why Burkina Faso had to fire Rohr at some point. 4 Likes |
Sports / Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by caprikon: 3:13pm On Apr 13, 2022 |
andrewbaba44: Our midfielders are more brawny than brainy. We have none on Parejo's level presently. |
Sports / Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by caprikon: 11:37am On Apr 13, 2022 |
Kog45: Excellent points Sir. Mikel appeared on the scene at the twilight of Okocha's career just like the Ikeme and Enyeama situation. Even if Pep or Klopp opt to coach the SE today, there will be very limited improvements. We don't have the right distribution of talented players at the moment. The CAM or CM role is still void. Goalkeepers are struggling. There should be extensive and transparent scouting for the next U-17s and U-20s unlike what we saw the last time. The next Okocha or Mikel will most likely be homegrown. 5 Likes 1 Share |
Sports / Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by caprikon: 3:51pm On Apr 12, 2022 |
Whilst it is important the NFF gets it right in their pursuit of a new SE coach, the cadet level is where the main issue lies. Our national teams have benefitted immensely from products of privately managed football academies with very little intervention from the Sports Ministry or the NFF. The NFF should look in the direction of establishing an equivalent of the French Clairefountaine for elite talent amongst teenage footballers to ensure our best youngsters get elite level coaching very early. A good number of our players still show deficiencies that could have been polished by better coaching at youth level. This rubs off on the SE in the long run. 2 Likes |
Sports / Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by caprikon: 3:36pm On Apr 07, 2022 |
Subzero47: Though from a distance, Nwakali's allegations appear to have some substance. Spanish clubs especially in lower tiers typical have financial issues so it isn't surprising to hear about such underhand tactics. I doubt if Huesca will go to court. |
Sports / Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by caprikon: 2:12pm On Apr 07, 2022 |
Huesca has debunked the allegations in Nwakali's statement questioning the "veracity" of his claims . The club is also hinting on pursuing litigation. Would have preferred to hear their side of the story. 2 Likes |
Sports / Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by caprikon: 1:42pm On Apr 07, 2022 |
TFLASHOGEE: Osimhen has a brash way of responding to issues which he needs to work on. It is better some of these legends advise the players privately in some cases rather than on camera. |
Sports / Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by caprikon: 11:18am On Apr 07, 2022 |
TFLASHOGEE: Players are usually advised to take fewer touches during derby games cos the marking is extremely tight. Osimhen was marked closely in both legs. The bicycle kicks weren't out of place. These pundits should profer solutions for the future and stop the blame game. 1 Like |
Sports / Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by caprikon: 9:06pm On Apr 06, 2022 |
A consistent Iwobi is a huge asset but his form is difficult to predict. Good to see him back on track after a poor AFCON. |
Sports / Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by caprikon: 11:11am On Apr 06, 2022 |
daveP: I think he believes he's own hype. Keshi and Amodu are in a class of their own when it comes to local coaches. Let him take up a job in a different country, instead of waiting to pounce on vacancies in Nigeria. Amuneke and Oliseh have worked outside Nigeria with some measure of success. He should do same. 1 Like |
Sports / Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by caprikon: 3:43pm On Apr 04, 2022 |
It's interesting to see how Eguavoen went from looking like the missing part of the SE puzzle to being a major part of the problem itself. Eguavoen takes some of the blame as the coach but let us also remember how a lot us, asked for him to continue post AFCON. If Peseiro was hired and came short against Ghana, the NFF would have been roasted by fans. We need to admit that this crop of players aren't as special as we think. This is not a golden generation, just regular naija footballers. That's how we kept naming every Olympic team after Atlanta 96.. "Dream Team" ..even when na dreamers full the team in some cases. It is pointless clamouring for certain names when we find it easy throwing them under the bus when things go sour. The NFF should do a thorough job in choosing the next coach...a coach that is a fit for the current set of players we have not necessarily the fantasy of fans and pundits. 1 Like |
Sports / Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by caprikon: 9:04am On Apr 03, 2022 |
Okocha ------ Mikel --------- All the midfielders touted to follow in that path upon Mikel's retirement are levels below the standard. We need to take our cadet teams seriously, from the U-13s to U-20s.Our cadet teams have been badly managed during the tenure of the present NFF board..... they prefer the shortcut of begging Anglo-Nigerian players to switch. Our cadet teams would produce the heir to Mikel....it will be extremely hard convincing a foreign born player with that level of talent to play for us. I hope the NFF have learned their lesson. 1 Like |
Sports / Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by caprikon: 9:10pm On Apr 02, 2022 |
Eguavoen's missteps has inadvertently blocked the door to local coaches in the SE for a very long while. It is better some of these talented local coaches take up jobs overseas to further build their expertise and profiles so that it becomes easier to get the job in the future. Even the Sports Minister would find it hard to insist on hiring a local coach given the recent happenings. I sincerely hope we get it right this time around. 4 Likes 1 Share |
Sports / Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by caprikon: 6:40am On Apr 02, 2022 |
daveP: The most important thing is whether the cockiness matches the actual ability. The examples you gave buttress that point. Fury is a generational talent and yeah, he is cocky... can we say the same about Samuel Peter? 1 Like |
Sports / Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by caprikon: 11:46pm On Apr 01, 2022 |
Mujtahida: There are many factors that contribute to a team's success. It's simplistic or naive to say humility alone guarantees success. The context of my statement was a response to someone who mentioned that a coach like Quiroz is too defensive for the attacking talents we parade. We presently have decent players but not in the right balance. Too many forwards...a very lean midfield...fairly Okay defence.... an ongoing goalkeeping crisis. A pragmatic coach might just be what we need now. The proponents of Jogo Bonito have adopted a more pragmatic approach in recent times which I think in part is due to the lack of players in the class of their golden generations. During the 90s, we produced four different winners of the APOTY award. Only one Nigerian has come close to winning the award in the last 18 years. Perhaps this is only indicative. Nigeria of the 90s was dominant and set a benchmark in terms of results and performances which I think might be difficult to replicate with our current set of players. My opinion. 5 Likes 1 Share |
Sports / Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by caprikon: 7:45pm On Apr 01, 2022 |
Mujtahida: The bolded was referencing the mood before the return leg. I watched the pre-match press conference before the match in Abuja. Eguavoen was with Simon Moses. You could see the arrogance in the response from them, especially Simon Moses....in contrast, Otto Addo mentioned the probable effect of the away goal and reiterated that Nigeria wasn't levels above Ghana as insinuated by many. The draw in Kumasi dampened the expectations of the Ghanaians before the return leg in Abuja. |
Sports / Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by caprikon: 12:29pm On Apr 01, 2022 |
jihday: I know he won't come cheap. A consurtium of business men usually pay the Pharoahs Coach..that arrangement had been there for a while..can't say if that is still the case. If we want a moderate budget , ..we can't get a first grade coach. There is still a lot of room for private sector investment in our sports generally but we need the right organization and transparency to make it work. True his style is boring but I must admit we need some humility now. We have decent players (don't like using the word "average" but then we would have to accept the need to sacrifice beauty for efficiency. Even the mighty Brazil isn't as exciting to watch as they were during their golden era. 3 Likes |
Sports / Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by caprikon: 8:15am On Apr 01, 2022 |
gustav25: My good friend Gustav....enjoy...this is your time. |
Sports / Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by caprikon: 8:12am On Apr 01, 2022 |
andrewbaba44: I think what we need right now is a coach that can get us results irrespective of the style of play..his teams are usually gritty with good organization..Iran were a very tough nut to crack then. not like we some star studed team...wing play , wing play see where the thing end us. |
Sports / Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by caprikon: 1:21am On Apr 01, 2022 |
I really admire the job done by Carlos Quiroz with the Iranian team and the Pharoahs. A good candidate for the SE job. 5 Likes |
Sports / Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by caprikon: 1:17am On Apr 01, 2022 |
andrewbaba44: LMAO Very true..Gustav is most likely a frustrated Nigerian living under a bridge in Lagos. |
Sports / Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by caprikon: 2:57pm On Mar 31, 2022 |
gustav25: Hahaha. Severe pains indeed. Football is just a game o. Gustav the troll ... keep up the good work. |
Sports / Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by caprikon: 11:32am On Mar 31, 2022 |
Windscribe: No need rubbing it in.� I think this failure ranks as one of the most painful since our loss to Italy at US 94. So close...yet so far. We were clear favorites against what looked like a shitty Ghana team but still managed to bungle it. There should be an inquest if those at the helm have an iota of responsibility. England missing out of the Euros in 2008 ultimately benefitted them with critical adjustments. They went on to dominate age grade FIFA tourneys and even performed excellently at the last world cup. Their young players presently are a lot more technical than is usually expected. This is Nigeria, after a while, we would carry on like nothing happened then sooner or later.. we could find ourselves in the same situation again...sighs.� 1 Like |
Sports / Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by caprikon: 7:17pm On Mar 30, 2022 |
typicalgamer: I never came down heavily on the goal keepers at any point in time. If you want to hold players responsible for this tie.... Simon Moses should be first on the list and he is hardly mentioned here. He missed the clearest chance of the entire tie that would have given us a precious away goal. Naming and shaming players would do us no good but it is understandable since fans frustrated at the moment. |
Sports / Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by caprikon: 7:10pm On Mar 30, 2022 |
typicalgamer: Read the last paragraph carefully |
Sports / Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by caprikon: 3:30pm On Mar 30, 2022 |
It's sickening that Osimhen is getting so much stick after the game. He is still a work-in-progress but it is difficult to question his commitment and application on the pitch. He is in fact, one of the reasons I felt bad about the loss. I still maintain my previous stance. The tie was about bragging rights between NGA and Ghana, nothing more. This tie has produced one of Africa's weakest reps in Qatar. Our bredas should be proud if their team manages to get a point before heading home....not like NGA would have fared any better though. 2 Likes |
Sports / Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by caprikon: 8:23am On Mar 30, 2022 |
Can't wait for Pinnick to leave too. He has done a lot in terms of branding but has made gaffes in key areas. His decisions put us in this mess. Age grade teams are now a mess with mediocre coaches. Can't trust him to hire a first grade coach like our African counterparts. He will probably travel to Manchester for a chat with Guardiola this time around to recommend a coach. If the motives aren't sinister, why would employers travel to scout for employees when they can simply advertise and screen applications in a straightforward manner? Appointment of new coaches should be handled by the new board. The NFF's biggest regret is the FIFA windfall for qualification that they would have received to misappropriate. 2 Likes |
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