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Taliban:
His your optimism dey fear me o, hmm hope say una no go make us lose.

Chill bro. We have this match in the bag

Approximately 15 hrs left for the match between Nigeria Vs South-Africa

Go Super Eagles

edi287:
Etebo has been the best player.

yea. His consistency stands him out

Followed closely by Ndidi

Joebie:
Let me start my own. Etebo and Omeruo are the best SE players so far in this AFCON
@ TheSuperNerd
come and hold fight oh

Seconded

charlesemeka85:
allegations against amuneke in tanzania


Hi Guys,let me declare interest on this issue,Iam a Tanzanian and I want to clarify few issues on your bogus fellow countryman called Amunike.
It is true that we are not a powerful nation when it comes to soccer but we have decent players and It is true that the last time we made it to AFCOn was 39 years ago
On paper it looks as if Amunike is the messiah who helped Tanzania to qualify after 39 years(we all know Uganda did us a favor and allowed us to clobber them 3-0)
We noticed Amunike's flaws when we played Lesotho,his team selection was mediocre,he left out good players claiming they are Insubordinate,he hates players from the two big and popular clubs (Simba and Yanga)he ended up picking half baked players,we lost 1-0 to lesotho and had to wait until the last match for Ugandans who were already qualified to let us put three goals in the back of their nets.
Fast foward to June in cairo, Amunike was on it again .We were leading kenya 2-1 at half time and how he spent the 10 minutes in the dressing room is still puzzling the Tanzania's fans
**HE YELLED AT SENIOR PLAYERS calling them names claiming they play like women,one of them the center half Kelvin Yondan started crying the mood changed,we ended up loosing 3-2 to kenya,that was the only game we were atleast able to win because winning against senegal and Algeria was almost impossible but we lost because of the IGBO man EGO.
***HIS AGENT(an arab guy)was overheard and allegedly recorded before the game against Algeria that he wanted Tanzania to loose by a very big margin,we ended up loosing 3-0(PLEASE TELL ME IF THAT IS NOT MATCH FIXING)we all knew Algeria was going to win that match but his agent wanted us to loose by big margin...may be 10-0 may be 15-0 . who knows?

**** A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT CLAIMED TO BE TOLD BY NIGERIAN FA CHIEF THAT AMUNIKE IS NOT A GOOD COACH.
MP Juma nkamia a well renowned sport figure in Tanzania had a chitchat with a Nigerian FA chief in cairo and according to him the FA chief was suprised why Tanzania picked Amunike as a coach calling him a BROKER/MIDDLEMAN and insisted that the Tanzania football federation should have consulted him before hiring Amunike
****AMUNIKE LEFT TANZANIA AS VERY UNPOPULAR AMONG PLAYERS AND FANS,we will not miss him at all,we are still going after the FA bosses who hired him because his CV as a coach is bogus,more heads have to roll
Bye bye Amunike,bye felicia, do not come back.

The recording allegation needs to be thoroughly investigated.

Was the said agent talking to Amunike?

Was that statement made in banter with reference to healthy competition? or was it made to the coach as a request/order?

So many questions

Jarus:
Senegalese attacked Nigerians/Nigerian property in Senegal because of this game.

Aghahowa also became a household name in Senegal till today because of this game.

Yea, heard of this at the time

How passionate and asinine some fans can be

Starboytwo:
and what makes you think he hasnt shared them already.....what's his gain if he doesn't

Ok Good

Akpeyi sharing tactics with Rohr: Advantage No 1

Rohr starting Ezenwa who is quite unknown to the SA unlike Akpeyi: Double Advantage

You see what I mean now?

ubunja:
lmfao. Go read my old comments on my height.

I'm taller than your father and bf combined.

My chest

cromz:
Akpeyi as GK should be considered as a blessing. [b]Akpeyi is also very familiar with their style of play because he plays there. [/b]Why can't you think positively.

You have a point but as GK, there is little he can do from his knowledge of how they play unless he shares the tactics with the coach (Rohr)

nelszx:
The way those SA guys comment, it's like they have Akpeyi's manual

As in ehn, very scary

Throwback

For a player of his height, he was quite agile


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGKH-2H-9kM

nelszx:
Somehow for psyché sake I'd have done the same

Yea

Starboytwo:
I bet when Ezenwa is started and he fumbled, this thread will blow up again


And what's with the southi know Akpeyi blah blah.....well it's tomorrow na, or today self, we will see what they have learnt about Akpeyi soon enough...

Nobody says Ezenwa is error proof but just as a precaution, it seems wiser to start a more confident Ezenwa in goal than a Jittery Akpeyi who also plies his trade in the SA league.

Danielnino00:
It was after the afcon

Okay.

Thanks

TheGoodJoe:
Are you saying all national teams are conservative?

I confess that it would be nice to play attacking football

E.g. Brazil, Holland, Portugal (more balanced offensively and defensively), Mexico et al

However, we must also commend Rohr for stabilizing the defence a little bit. Although, I am no fan of his and wouldn't want him with the team for much longer, you have got to agree that our defence has gotten better under him

Danielnino00:
Me too oo.. Those South Africans (players, coaching crew and fans) know Akpeyi like the back of their hand... They know how jittery he is . even the fans of his club are happy he is our first choice....
They will try and put pressure on our defence so Akpeyi will commit mistakes...

Make we start Ezenwa abeg..

You are right.

Akpeyi is already a Jittery GK.

He is aware they know his weaknesses and he (Akpeyi) make take his nervousness to another level

Danielnino00:
Our first defeat against South Africa was in 2004 Mandela challenge.. Baxter was the coach

Was this before or after the AFCON 2004?


Because I know we defeated them in the group stages by 4 goals

Odunayaw:
Well, I don't run a daycare service.

I actually do

Care to enroll

Odunayaw:
if understanding that essay (or even doing your homework) was your strong point you wouldn't be going in a circles now

If comprehending was your strong point, you also won't be going in circles now

Okay, let me re-phrase.... I want numbers

Odunayaw:
Huh? Do not move into vain babblings now

Do not do so too

Odunayaw:
the Lad was even replying you

well...

I said stats and not an essay

Odunayaw:
of course, you want a medal and a certificate?

So do you

Odunayaw:
Charles did, missed it?

Show me then

Odunayaw:
before Afcon, it was the noise here that Guinea were the only one who could give us trouble in the group... it came to be they couldn't even play shyt

After the Madagascan defeat, from the bowels of vitriolic analysis, Cameroon would be the first real test. Again, the gods don't smell diapers

Now, its SA that's real test
y'all are professional goalpost shifters

NB
I don't have the luxury of digging your pre-afcon posts

Yea, everybody said so but not I

I never even gave the team a chance.

Odunayaw:
Better? Let's not trivialize that word.

Compare club form and stats

Odunayaw:
Infact en
Their incontinency is just hilarious

It becomes inconsistency if i had initially said guinea will be our Major test.

I never said that. Please kindly point out where I have ever said so

lexyman:
i think you have a point .... the banana banana boys ay know his weakness

Yes.

In fact, they have been boasting about it on facebook

It's a pity we don't have a reliable No 1 since Ikeme fell ill

Odunayaw:
They are star studded? Get off this congregational gbana y'all are taking

Only difference that exist is the "belief" in the [bench] of the present set

You are quite right about the second statement

But I still believe that we have better players now than we had in 2013 (comparing first team)

Clementoke:
I'm sure you wouldn't be saying that our first real test was against Madagascar had we won that game. Just the same way the Guinea game would have been our first real test if we had lost against them.
Naija, I hail!!

A test is a test when you go a goal down..No...2 goals down and you try to win or at least draw

Everybody's got a plan until they get punched in the mouth...Mike Tyson.

Odunayaw:
then you & others will come later and talk about average

Compared to the 2013 team, they are significantly better.

However, compared to other teams like Brazil, Croatia, Netherlands etc, they are average

I would prefer to start Ezenwa against South-Africa

Odunayaw:
2014 WC, no enterprising football, minnows in the group, 3 goals only -no complaint
2018 WC, no enterprising football, Juggernaut in the group , 3 goals only - complaint

cunning

We lost two matches in WC 2018. That is a Major difference