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raumdeuter:
Nedved scored the winning goal that got his team to the final. Without Nedveds goal Juve wouldnt get to the final

Terry got a red card that left his team down on aggregates and down on personel and made the already hard work harder.

Nedved helped Juve into the final, Terry did all he could to ensure they didnt get to the final

Terry played multiple Euro and World cup and he was one of the most disgraced defenders at the 2010 world cup when a group of German rookies led in defence by Boateng molested the daylight out of him and others

raumdeuter:
Nedved won the Balon D or. It can be argued Nedveds team lost the CL because he was suspended while the reverse can be argued for Terry that his team won the CL and Europa because he was suspended

John Terry in his prime never made those contribution to winning the CL or a world cup. His team actually wins once Terry is suspended. That shows how useless Terry is

The only CL Chelsea won, Terry did everything possible to sabotage it. He collected a red card with his team down at Nou Camp. He did everything in his power to ensure his team failed at the semi finals while Nedved did everything possible to make his team reach the final even scoring the winning goal of the semi final

Icon4s:
See, in national team action u dnt jst base your players' assessment on club performances in the last 1 or 2 months.

You and I have seen Ighalo on several occasions and we know what he is capable of. He has not scored in the EPL for some time doesn't mean if he is gifted with opportunities against Egypt he will nt convert them. Football is like that. You enjoy a period of continues banging of goals and then another period without goals. 14 EPL goals for a whole season already makes him a prolific striker.
Ighalo is by far our best center forward option.

National team duties are quite different from club duties. Experience counts for much especially in a big game.
That is why I am nt moved by the performances of the likes of Chidozie Awaziem, Ehizibue, and the rest. The technical committee I am sure have taken note of them for future call-ups.

A young defender starting 2 or 3 games for the senior team of a club in my opinion is not enough for me to press for an inclusion of that player in the senior national team for a game of the nature. At best I can for now press for his inclusion in the U23 and maybe in the games against Chad and Tanzania (if he continues playing). It is nt an issue of "bc Awaziem starts for Fc Porto he is now automatically better than Ambrose and Obaobona". You cannot rule-out the place of experience and co-ordination in the center back position.

I, jst like most coaches believe so much in experience at center back. We can play a debutant at Right or Left back positions bt not at center back bc it would be too risky more especially in a would be tension soaked game. We are all not so comfortable with Ambrose - Obaobona CB back pair bt believe me that is the best pair we can afford for now.

My hope is for us to build a new Center back pair from Rio Olympics and graduate them together into the Super Eagles. It could be Awaziem-Omeruo pair or which ever pair that makes the starting 11. Football is a Team sport and co-ordination in the area of defense matters. U saw how the Omeruo and Obaobona CB pair worked for as at the 2013 AFCON. Throwing in defenders at random has been our major problem and it will continue to hurt us if we continue in that trend

The young players will definitely get their turn but first we need to manage the situation we find in our hands now.

raumdeuter:
Boateng was not only nominated for awards, he won trophies while on the field

Trophies like CL and world cup.

Tell us which of these John Terrible won while on the pitch playing

jpphilips:
The more educated you get, the more divergent opinions you wield, the more educated people you have, the least chances of reaching a unanimous consensus.
Illiteracy is an advantage for the north for now, only if their Elites are honest enough to lead them right. In political processes, Consensus is the key and the North have it, what they need are vibrant and courageous people who can question the direction of the Political class.

raumdeuter:
Thats why Wes Morgan was nominated for which award in his entire career

Never mind none

While every award last season Boatank

Wes Morgan spent the first 10 yrs of his career in lower division

forgiveness:
Bros, e bi like say you no see the statistics well. Check it again, you will see he scored 12 goals last season. Abi 12 goals na yam? The lad has even scored more goals than Moses Simon this season. What else do you want from him? Mind you, he is a winger and not a Striker. Ok! Tell me if there is any player better than him.

Which coach? The new coach? You should have told us how Guardiola didn't wait to see the back of Ronaldinho. You should have told us how Mourinho didn't wait to see the back of Mata.

What he did his more important to me than inexperienced bench warmers. Atleast, he is doing something. He played 69 matches for Panathinaikos-fc and scored 10 goals as a midfielder.

Abegi, come up with something else.

Agbo?

We all know Michael Olaitan already played in the Champions League two seasons ago before he suffered minor heart problem but nobody called into the national team. You see what i am talking about. Nevertheless, he came back after 10 months and played some few matches before he was loaned the next season. However, he played regularly for Fc Twente this season before he was loaned again to belgium were he still plays. Tell me who you wan take replace this boy.

forgiveness:
You said those players have not lived up to the or promise they showed 'YEARS BACK'. Do you mean ten years ago or three years ago. Naija.


Imoh-ezekiel scorer 16 goals three seasons ago, 15 goals two seasons, another 12 last season and 3 goals this season. Remember, he played recently in the Europa league. So, tell me if that is years back or recently and who do you think is more experienced than him?



Abdul Ajagun on the other hand played for Panathinaikos-fc(the best club in Greece) for three good years before he was loaned out at the middle of this season due to change of coach and tactics. He played regularly for them as an attacking midfielder (number 10) and helped them to win the Greece cup in 2013/2014 season and qualify for the Champions League 2 times(2013/2014 and 2014/2015 season) after they placed 2nd in the Greece League. Remember, he played in the UEFA Champions League this season. So, does it sound like 'Years Back'? With way his new club is going, they might qualify for the Champions League next year.


To continue.......

forgiveness:
Hmm! This is how my recent starting 11 will look like.

gk. Daniel
Lb. Kingsley Madu
Cb. Kenneth Omerue
Cb. Leon Balogun
Rb. Moses Odubanjo
Dm. Ndidi
Cm. Ogenyi-onazi
Am. Abdul Ajagun
Rw. Moses Simon
Lw. Ezekiel Imoh
Fw. Ighalo

These are the men.

Sub. Iheanacho, Success, Ehizibue, Iwobi, Ugbo, Etebor, Okechukwu, Alampasu, Olaitan

Pavore9:
I laugh at those who base their argument that the 14 year old willingly eloped with Yinusa. A minor has no will of her own.

jotey:
JOSEPH YOBO: NIGERIA’S MOST
UNDERRATED PLAYER?
As the plans for the ex-Super Eagles skipper’s
testimonial are revealed, Goal look back over the
defender’s fine career
COMMENT By Dami Ugbane
Perhaps Joseph Yobo is the most underrated
player in the history of Nigerian football.
A player of the highest quality, Yobo
demonstrated immense composure, commitment,
leadership, discipline and professionalism at his
peak as he achieved the prestigious honour of
becoming the first male Nigerian footballer to
reach 100 international caps.
The Lagos govt is planning a testimonial
for fmr @NGSuperEagles captain Joseph
Yobo https:///CesJRj5e2H
pic.twitter.com/L8NnLBn4l9
— Lolade Adewuyi (@Jololade) February
10, 2016
He attained this milestone after 13 years of
service, scoring seven goals and playing his part
in some magnificent triumphs.
It is interesting to note that Yobo began his
international career at the U20 level as a striker!
During the World Youth Championship (WYC)
hosted in Nigeria, he sported the No. 14 jersey
playing in attack alongside the likes of Julius
Aghahowa, Pius Ikedia, and Eddy Dombraye.
Who could have foreseen, back then, all he
would achieve for the national side?
Yobo during the early years of his Nigeria career
He made his Super Eagles bow as a right back in
March 2001, against Zambia in Chingola in a
2002 Cup of Nations qualifier. He showed his
versatility at the World Cup later that year by
featuring in three different positions in each of
Nigeria's three group matches, impressing as
Nigeria dropped out of the competition at the first
hurdle.
From his early days in the national team, he
exhibited leadership traits and by his fourth year,
Yobo was consistently captaining the team
despite just being the second vice captain.
He eventually received the honour after the 2010
World Cup.
In his time with the Super Eagles, he never
conceded a penalty and was never sent off,
testament to his enduring composure under
pressure and his ability to negotiate different
types of attacking threats.
His most disappointing moment was the ill-fated
game against Angola in June 2004, when he was
widely criticised for some slack defending,
allowing Fabrice Akwa time and space to score
the lone goal of that encounter.
Nigeria at the 2002 World Cup, as Yobo
demonstrated his superb versatility
It was a rare blooper in a fairly immaculate
international career.
Yobo played eight consecutive seasons with
Everton; 2002-2010, a period that coincided with
the Toffees qualifying for both the Uefa
Champions League (although they fell during the
qualifiers) and the Uefa Cup.
The 2006-07 EPL season saw Yobo featuring in
all 38 games without missing a single minute of
league action. He was only the second player in
the history of Everton to achieve this milestone,
and his consistency made him a key figure
during some of David Moyes’s finest
It is baffling to note that whenever soccer fans or
pundits list their all-time Nigerian XI, Yobo's
name is consistently omitted.
How many Nigerian defenders played with such
regularity at the same high level as Yobo?
Perhaps only Celestine Babayaro can compete
with the centre-back, and how much would guys
like Godfrey Oboabona or Kenneth Omeruo love
to emulate the achievements of their former
skipper?
A key man during some heady days at Goodison
Park
This was a defender that was on the verge on
joining Arsenal in the summer of 2006 and who
featured at three World Cups, six Afcon
tournaments—leading Nigeria to her third Nations
Cup in 2013.
Here is Nigeria's record appearance holder at the
World Cup with 10 matches.
Joseph Yobo will make his 100th
appearance for #NGR. He is the first
Nigerian to reach the century mark.
Bravo! #WorldCup
— Lolade Adewuyi (@Jololade) June 25,
2014
Nor was Yobo one to shirk the responsibilities
that came with his lofty status; despite the
tempestuous demands of EPL competition, Mr.
Reliable never missed a match at a summer
tournament for Nigeria during his playing career
—excluding the Super Eagles’ no-show at the
World Cup in 2006!
Even in the latter stages of his career, when he
moved to Turkey, he missed just two summer
commitments, and it was telling that Stephen
Keshi turned back to Yobo to take his spot in the
heart of the defence for the national side’s foray
to Brazil in 2014.
Unfortunately, Nigerians failed to truly appreciate
his efforts and sacrifices, a clear case of 'see
finish'.
The Rivers State government must be
commended for deciding to honour a worthy
servant to the nation and a son of the soil.
Long live the centurion!

Icon4s:
Last year I was on one of our field locations and was watching one of our earlier qualifying matches. I think the Chad game. It was played in Kaduna. Though there was a TV in my office and personal room but I preferred watching in the general room with the other workers. Earlier before that game we watched a match involving I think Zambia or Uganda or so. We enjoyed the game as the stadium had a quality pitch. When It was time for the Nigeria game, everything changed. The stadium looked like below standard, the pitch was an embarrassment for a great country like Nigeria.
There was a Northerner by my side and he was also watching the game. (Without any ethnic sentiments) I asked why this Kaduna stadium of all places, National stadium Abuja is there, the Nest of Champions Uyo is there and the New Port Harcourt stadium all of which have natural grasses. Like-Play, like-play, this man saw it as an attack on the North o. If no be say I be him oga him for slap me sef. He even went as far as telling me we people from the South especially the SE don't always say anything good about the North.

I was like
For football matter again. I just concentrated on my match and ignored him.

What I am pointing out here is the choice of Kaduna is most likely to be politically generated. A certain section of the country also want a fair share of the games even though the weather and other conditions are nt favorable to our foreign players.

Icon4s:
This takes us back to the question: WHY KADUNA?

Oliseh wanted Port-Harcourt but that created a rift between him and the NFF board.
Port-Harcourt is a cooler city and most of our foreign based players can easily adjust.

The Egyptians are coming with 80% locally based players. Egypt is within the hot Arid region. I hope taking them to a hot city like Kaduna would not bring out the best in them.

You remember why we could not qualify for the 2006 world Cup? Nig 1-1 Angola; venue: Sani Abacha stadium Kano. The players after the game complained of immense hot and humid weather.
Most of the Angolan players were locally based. There is a current called "the benguela current" that blows along the coast of Angola. It is a cool current that is responsible for the Aridity(dry weather) being experienced in the most part of Angola. The NFA took the game to Kano that has arid weather conditions. Most of our players played in Europe under a different weather condition. Most of the Angolan players played in Angola that predominantly experiences that arid weather condition. And you know the result as the rest is history.
Nigeria finished on 20pts same with Angola. We even had a superior goals difference bt head to head counted against us. We lost 1-0 in Luanda and then that silly 1-1 draw in Kano.

I DON'T LIKE THE CHOICE OF KADUNA AS THE VENUE FOR THAT GAME.

peaceloveworld2:
@ Avetura:

1. Isaac (40yrs) married Rebecca (3yrs) in your so-called Holy Bible
2. Joseph (90yrs) married Virgin Mary (10yrs) in your so-called Holy Bible. Mary gave birth to Jesus at the age of 12yrs before going on to have Joseph (jr), James, Jude and Simon.

Aren't Isaac and Joseph both paedophiles and isn't the bible in support of child marriage. So if Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) was a paedophile (Astagfirullahi), Isaac and Joseph also were.

The article and the discussion is beyond your comprehension, far beyond your mental capacity. The likes of @ Chrisooblog understand the intent of the article and can hold useful discussions, not people like you.

Assignment for you: Please fetch the age at which Mary had the other four children and age gaps between them.





1. Isaac (40yrs) married Rebecca (3yrs) in your so-called Holy Bible
2. Joseph (90yrs) married Virgin Mary (10yrs) in your so-called Holy Bible. Mary gave birth to Jesus at the age of 12yrs before going on to have Joseph (jr), James, Jude and Simon.

Aren't Isaac and Joseph both paedophiles and isn't the bible in support of child marriage. So if Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) was a paedophile (Astagfirullahi), Isaac and Joseph also were.

The article and the discussion is beyond your comprehension, far beyond your mental capacity. The likes of @ Chrisooblog understand the intent of the article and can hold useful discussions, not people like you.

Assignment for you: Please fetch the age at which Mary had the other four children and age gaps between them.

peaceloveworld2:
Thank you once Chrisooblog.

Yes I am a Muslim and I am extremely proud of it.

Please visit the link below to read the text of the interview between Sheikh Ahmad and The PUNCH:
http://www.punchng.com/i-hold-yunusa-innocent-until-i-hear-from-him-sheikh-ahmad/

The questions from the PUNCH interviewers were extremely provocative but the Sheikh maintained uncommon calmness and unprecedented self-command.

From the leading questions asked by the bribe-hungry and hate-filled Punch journalists, they had already faith-tagged the alleged crime to Islam. Thankfully, they were disappointed as they went away from the interview with lorry-loads of lecture from the highly revered Sheikh Ahmad on what Islam stands for.

Their intent for the interview was to denigrate Islam but the Sheikh did not fall for it and instead, he successfully cleared all the lies that has been peddled from time immemorial by Pastors to hoodwink their church members. Example is the '77 virgins question', a very common lie used by the commercial-oriented pentecostal pastors of today to deceive their congregation and malign the image of Islam in their churches. Google is your friend. Quran is on the net. search for '77 virgins in the Quran' and tell me what you find.

When a thief is caught, let's assume he's a christian, does the press go to interview his pastor?

When the Ebonyi pastor raped his church member, did the press go to interview the head of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN)?

Has the CAN president or secretary general been interviewed by the press on the cases of baby factory in the predominantly Christian and Catholic Igboland (South East). If all of this did not happen, why should a Sheikh be interviewed on the case of Yunusa, a muslim a who was alleged to have had carnal knowledge with a minor and forcefully converted her to Islam? These are the issues. This is what is called crime faith-tagging. Is that the way to go? Should we start with that?

To further buttress the assertion that this was a preconceived agenda, has Martin Ayankola gone to investigate the cases of Muslim children being forcefully converted to Christians at the Edo IDP camps with the rhetoric, “accept Jesus or you will go to hell”.

On this case alone, The PUNCH has interviewed two prominent Muslim clerics (Sheikh Ahmad and Prof Akintola of MURIC) yet not a single pastor or Adeboye has been interviewed on the crime committed by the abductors of the three Lagos School girls.

The Ese-Yunusa saga is purely a criminal matter and should be treated as such. When you start interviewing Sheikhs and other Islamic scholars, what are you implying?

Why will the press faith-tag Dasuki's case when it is common knowledge that Nigerian politicians except Buhari are all thieves? That is akin to setting your own roof on fire. Is it Badeh (Xtian), Dasuki (Muslim), Metuh (Xtian), Haliru (Muslim), Akpobolo NIMASA (Xtian) that you want to faith-tag. How many will you do? When a crime is common to both religions, attempting to faith-tag it is a fruitless exercise.

On a final note, why is such not happening among Yoruba Muslims or in Dubai or Saudi. If at all, the mouthpiece of extremist christinaity, The PUNCH wanted to tag, they should have gone to interview the Emir or Sultan of Sokoto because it is in the North that you have such cases and more importantly, the cases of VVF. Have you ever heard of child marriage or VVF in Yoruba land or among Yoruba muslims, in Dubai, Saudi and the like? This shows that it is purely a cultural affair, not religious.

Beyond this, it is an opportunity for the Muslims to put their house in order and push for the 18-year old minimum marriage age legislation as contained in the article in order to prevent the proliferation of Yerimas and Yunusas while the Northern governors invest more in education and enlightenment of their population.

Thank you once again Chrisooblog.

peaceloveworld2:
@ Chrisoblog

If the allegations against Yunusa are true, he must be prosecuted. That was clearly stated in the Pleass.

What we are saying or the purpose of teh article is that the generalization is by the Christian-dominated media is wrong. That is the issue here!. Why are is the baby factory phenomenon in Igboland not given a christian colouration? Why is the gay paeophila in the Vatican not given a Christian colouration|? Why was Reverend King and the Ebonyi pastor cases not given a religious colouration?

This is purely a criminal case and should be isolated as such and not used to malign the image of Islam. That is the issue here.

In the law court, the accused will take his plea and argue his case. For all we know these are all allegations. As I said earlier, if he is found guilty, he should be severely dealt with by the court. But for the gutter journalists at The PUNCH to portray the news with anti-Islamic intent is disgraceful. Put yourself in Yunusa's shoes, an allegation must still be substantiated with sufficient evidence. Why is Olisa Metuh, Badeh and Dasuki in court. Were we to follow your reasoning, then the are already guilty as charged. Please no double standard.

This is a democratic dispensation

peaceloveworld2:
MODs please move this to front page. Justice delayed is justice denied. We must get to the root of the Ese saga.

We are calling for justice and not one-sided biased reportage.

Thank you.

Icon4s:
Yeah na so o. Die hard things . I never miss our national team matches even till date. Whether we play well or nt i jst keep watching. It was one of those our end of semester breaks so i really had time for that France '98 including d pre-world cup friendlies.
And u remember that 3-0 thrashing by Yugoslavia too. Abiodun Baruwa was a calamity. I think he went into d records as d worst ever Eagles goalie.

AirborneLacer:
Gary Lineker made few interesting points hours ago.

“It's the Spanish who do well because they've got a form of playing that's particularly exhausting and they keep the ball,” said Lineker.

"We completely kill ourselves in the Christmas period with the madness of our fixtures. Boxing Day, New Year’s Day, OK. Do that but why the middle Saturday as well? Get rid of that one and replays in Cup competitions. You've go to remember as well that our football is more frantic so we don't really help ourselves.

"You come to February and all the other major countries have had a little bit of a break and we've been going bang, bang, bang. You could see it with Chelsea, they are a better team than Paris St Germain but they looked shattered. We can compete but, and, it's the same with international football, we don't help ourselves.”

Ibime:
Why do Nigerians like long stories when asked a simple question?

Admittedly you passed through the walls of a university so you should have some powers of estimation and deduction

If it was 10 years ago and he and his mates looked about 14, you should be able to estimate that he is between 23 and 25.

The same Nigerians screaming for change will be the same ones who refuse to change themselves. This answer you gave me typifies the deep seated corruption in the average citizen.

If in 10 years when Iheanacho is supposed to be 28, he is unable to run and underperforming for Super Eagles whilst blocking the chances of a genuine youngster, na una go first dey shout Super Chickens.

20 year old Raheem Sterling just hailed 18 year old Kelechi on twitter by calling him "Uncle Kelechi". Are you telling me Raheem wey no go school can estimate his true age, but you can't?