PurpleHouse: My thoughts too. Brazilian will bring another dimension to our game. Not just any average coach sha, a real expert who may have coache Boca Junior or the Brazilian team.
Well, they are looking for someone they can owe. What a prerequisite.
M7even: As at the time he became the nff President, Nigerian football was less attractive to sponsorship. It was even a huge risk for Nike when they offered NFF that money at that time. Whatever happened next is business, good business for Nike. There is very much room for renegotiation should Nigeria qualify for the world cup again.
I know the pre story of the Nff past. But it shows how blind they all never know the brand is going to turn out and in a WC year for that matter. That's why i laugh at that business acumen. Its shortsided.
On the Contrary, Mr Uchemba. And thus further proves you didn't extract this from the Bible but by logic as many do today.
A pity that you fail to realize that this alone in fact puts both John the Baptist, Jesus Christ, Peter and Stephen, Paul, to mention a few as false, which is unimaginable.
Well, only those not versed will nod and agree with you. Condemning Sin while preaching doesn't mean its source isn't love.
One journo somewhere, writing the bewitching article that will paint Peseiro to look like one Joachim Loew or Pep Guardiola soon. Assuming that news is true.
humility33: Pinnick is just a politician that barely understand and knows football
He does not even know how to look out for a coach with his assistants and technical team instead he went to Mouriho to recommend one of his country men for the super eagles. He didnt even meet renowed football consultants or interview array of interested foreign coaches
No wonder Nike use am as pawn in a deal he was thinking he had the upper hand. Dem use $3.5m to darken his glasses and swiped away $300m under 24hrs.
Kwara are beautiful to watch when attacking. I give it to them. They've maintained this pattern for some time and that's commendable. Sleek Dennis vs Chelsea type of goal for Steven Jude there. Between the legs.
Na this kind team $2m go turn them to continental powerhouse.
PurpleHouse: If this is our new coach, this Jose Peseiro, I'm actually not convinced or impressed. Too many clubs on a short spell doesn't speak well as a manager. It means many sackings. And im worried.
We need a German/Dutch/Brazilian coach that can make us utikize our attacking strenght.
I'd have preferred a Brazilian for a tweak. European offer us nothing to fall back on since we've been relying on them for a while.
Once again, if true, our NFF crew reason like LGA football club owners.
mkrest: I just watched the highlight btw Akwa utd and pillars, what got me wowed was akwa's last goal, the league just needs a stern hand, good money and some exposure
Actually, the individual teams need to step up especially on marketability. Community Sensitization and websites, jersey sales Nationwide, club philosophy, academy prospects, accountability, finances. All we see are just the talents for now. Admin is near extinct.
Then the Refs should look beyond the peanuts. They need imagine themselves as at Least Linesmen at Afcon, WC and work towards it. Else, same old.
Mfm doing like they aren't at the echelon of local league football in the country. No defensive structure. While Remo barely looked like they came with any formation.
minfelix: If other african Giants like Nigeria, Cameroon, Ghana, CiV, Senegal no sit up, Algeria is ready to do Egypt thing from 2006-2010
I doubt Algeria will attain that level of Indomitability. E fit be Mali wey go stun them. E dey happen. If we beat them that night before that silly freekick Mahrez scored, im sure most of us won't look at them the way we are looking at them now. But they can win it one or two before 2028
Kog45: Sir,Algeria is the Afcon defending champion and went to Arab cup and won it....irrespective of the opponents in Arab cup,it is something good for the team....here we are not talking about North African teams but Algeria as a team.
Algeria is a team to beat in Afcon,so no need to downplay the team.
You're reiterating my initial comment na. Confidence booster is what i found funny. I didn't downplay their timbre and calibration na.
iamoyindamola: Lies Elneny this elneny that Sambi is a better passer than xhaka even in tight position, no credit for xhaka, martinelli made it look easy cos of timing his run and positioning Lacazette did a difficult one with a well weighted pass against westham
Abegi
Sambi or Elneny won't do just what Xhaka did yesterday. That pass!! Lets not make it look like twas all Nelli. Odegaard too did a pass but mistimed it. Another time it was hit well but Nelli didn't time his run. Laca own was similar. So credit to Xhaka all the way.
Kog45: Sir,it is a plus for Algeria,no matter the level of oppositions,it is confidence booster for coming Afcon....mind you Egypt and Tunisia participated.
Confidence Booster??
Big Error if any of the North African teams see it that way. I hope they rep well in Cameroun though.
nelszx: Guys Algeria football is at another pedestal. Those guys can play ghen ghen football. They press you from start to finish with very high intensity.
One or two weaknesses defensively but they are really formidable. I really wish our team can play that high pressing football with not having heart attack when we are on the defensive.
They'll give big teams a run for their money if they qualify for next year world cup.
They'll reach WC now and flop. But i do hope reverse is the case. Just like Senegal at 2018...
I sensed he wanted an Assist so bad it led to his overthinking decisions.
He may personally feel at rivalry with ESR. Why, cos when ESR scored last match, he was the only one that didn't celebrate from the bench. Too too obvious. This may make him overthinking in the final third. I hope he rewatches the clip to see how he messed up.
drDoom3: We should be happy we have someone carrying our indigenous language and culture to the world.
Instead, we keep bashing the guy because he refuses to conform to the traditions of foreigners.
Funny thing is, if Messi or Aguero post in Spanish or Ronaldo in Portuguese we will all be impressed at how they are repping where they are from (some people will even go as far as learning spanish to reply or using google translate), but when our own decides to post in pidgin which is our own language we keep bashing him everyday. Colonial mentality.
Its not a language problem. Its an understanding problem. Many of them learn pidgin. I'm sure you're very much aware of this. But while the angle he's tweeting from is understood easily being Nigerians, the italian fans that genuinely love him can't just grab what he's passing. Nothing about colonial mentality here. I'm not here to say he begins to tweet like Alan Shearer or Beckham. No.
charlesemeka85: The nff should make any of uyo or abj stadium to be the official pitch for the team. That will help the teams game play a whole lot
Super eagles is known for its wing and expansive style of football like the Dutch which is one of the reasons the team tend to strongly in smaller pitch when playing against a defensive minded side
politicking na veil. Dem no dey ever reason this straight once kudi is waved in their front. Small yansh go shake. A pity
Philosopher1979: YORI YORI FOOTBALL, THE NEW CONCEpT OF FOOTBALL FROM NIGERIA THAT WILL CONQUER THE WORLD
Yori Yori football is rooted in Nigerias history and culture as a footballing nation. Tikitaka has conquered the world We have seen the Brazilian Samba and the Gegen press. NOW IS THE TIME FOR YORI YORI FOOTBALL It is a combination of African or NIgerian, Brazilian and Dutch football. It has been played down the decades by various Nigerian teams and now in modern times it finds it fullest expression. Examples of this unique brand of football are: The 2015 u17 world cup winning team The 2014 u17 world cup winning team The Olympic team of atlanta 96 The afcon winning teams of 1980 and 1994. The brand of football is unique and not team from Europe or South America can understand it. Amunike played it with the u17 team and fifa could not understand Nwakalis role. I BELIEVE THAT STARTING FROM NEXT YEAR THIS STYLE OF FOOTBALL WILL START CONQUERING THE WORLD THE WORLD SHOULD GET READY JUST AS SAMBA pRODUCED pELE AND TIKI TAKA pRODUCED MESSI, YORI YORI WILL pRODUCE A NEW AFRICAN WORLD pLAYER OF THE YEAR FROM NIGERIA. WE WILL BE UNCONQUORABLE WITH THIS BRAND OF FOOTBALL. You see it is when we Africans embrace our uniqueness that we can actually conquer the world. Adaptation and not immitation is the key to Africas progress and in Yori Yori football our unique style of play adapted to modern football will conquer any team
I love the sound of the name. But it is a philosophy with a track across journalism world? Just asking? It would ve sweet if it can start from there. But even sweet if that pattern is noticeable from the NPFL with neccesary hype from one to six club managers doing it and then its success on continental caf level. Else, na noise o. I wish Intentionality on this was rife.
TheLoneCitizen: Yes I agree that Ramsdale being vocal is his biggest call to fame and I'm not saying he isn't good I'm just saying he's overhyped. The best GK In the world, Donnarumma, is the most quiet I have seen. Then there's also Oblak.
No need for too much talk, just read this article written after his heroics against Leicester before he started conceding like...
As a Coach or fan, i don't think it's ideal to want to reason quietness or loud is what makes a keeper classy or etc. He's not even top loudest gks in the epl. So I don't mind if he talks like Mou or screams like Mweene or El Hadary. I won't use that to decide hype or performance.
They can't have same personalities. So, he's not overhyped. But he does have the 2nd most camera focus on gk in the epl after Ederson due to how they react after a goal os scored. Its the EPL!!