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Bunch of he-goats, it's now they know the time is short eh? no friendlies since 2 months now.

Nigeria reject Bafana friendly

Posted: 2010-05-05 11:58

Nigeria officials say they have received an offer to play a pre-World Cup friendly with South Africa later this month, but say the timing is too short to accept.

NFF Secretary General Bolaji Ojo-Oba told Sporting Life that the request for a friendly on May 16 would be forwarded to Nigeria technical Adviser Lars Lagerback, but doubts it would make any difference.

"There is no way we can get the players to report for the game since they are busy with their clubs.

"Besides, FIFa rules stipulate that we send the request for the release of players at least 14 days from the date of the game.

"We only have 11 days from Wednesday and that is not feasible," Ojo-Oba said.

Nigerians are getting increasingly concerned about the lack of tune-up games for the Super Eagles ahead of the World Cup, with Colombia the only confirmed game on May 30, and Ojo-Oba did little to clear those concerns.

"We have had a few friendlies on the cards, but they are not feasible, either because of dates, or venues.

"When we get those that are feasible, we would play."

Time, however, is in short supply.


http://kickoffnigeria.com/news/15220/nigeria-reject-bafana-friendly.php

Isa Bio presents report on World Cup hotel fiasco
Bio presents report on hotel fiasco

Posted: 2010-05-05 11:39

Sports Minister Isa Bio will present his report to the Nigerian cabinet on the hotel fiasco which is about to cost Nigeria $125 000 of tax payers money.

The Minister spent the last week in South Africa inspecting the facilities at the Hampshire Hotel originally picked by the NFF for the Super Eagles.

The facility was rejected by the team and Technical Adviser Lars Lagerback picked the Protea Waterfont Hotel at Richards Bay instead.

On Wednesday, Bio will present his inspection report to the Federal Executive Council and Acting President Goodluck Jonathan, with sanctions to be recommended for those found to be complicit in the act.

The minister will address a press conference on Thursday.

Colin Udoh

NFF: Why we approved Hampshire Hotel

Posted: 2010-05-05 20:48

The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, on Wednesday gave detailed explanation of how it arrived at approving the now–dumped Hampshire Hotel, Ballito as the Super Eagles’ World Cup Team Base Camp.

General Secretary, Dr. Bolaji Ojo-Oba insisted that the decision was taken in the best interest, to satisfy the Head Coach and also based on experience at a previous tournament.

“It is unfortunate that the whole thing is now being made to look like the NFF had any motive other than the team’s best interest. We believed, and still believe, that the Head Coach is best–placed to determine the best possible site for his team to train or use as abode for a tournament, and in this case, at the time we were looking for a Team Base Camp in December 2009, that Head Coach was Shuaibu Amodu.

“Really, we gave him a mandate to look out for somewhere good enough for the team and which cost would not be exactly on the steep side, fully aware of our financial situation. He went in search of this place with Mr. Peterside Idah, a former Nigerian international player who is also a member of the team’s technical crew and who lives in South Africa. We expected them to be capable of choosing a place good enough, at considerable prize.

“In the end, they found this Hampshire Hotel, new structure, with a firm pledge by the hotel Management that they would be able to finish everything with two months left to the World Cup and also meet our other specifications. We sent other officials there and the hotel Management confirmed the same thing. And it was on this basis that we approached FIFA to approve the place for us since our Head Coach wanted the place.

“I had before now given the instance of the place where our team stayed at the 1994 World Cup in the United States, which was quite big and had enough room for distractions and troublemakers. Most of the players blamed the hotel’s distractions for the loss to Italy in the Round of 16.

“There were no shady deals, and we challenge anyone to fully investigate the matter. All we wanted, all the Head Coach wanted, was a quiet place that would suit the team. At the time we were looking for a place in December 2009, no one knew Shuaibu Amodu would not be the man to lead the team to the World Cup. Things only happened thereafter.

“Also at that time, the hype about security issues was not so pronounced. The Hampshire Hotel management promised to do the fence by April 28 but they failed, and now gave us a new date of May 6, which we rejected.

“The Protea Hotel Waterfront was always on our cards, more so because we had booked the place as pre –World Cup training camp. It did not drop from the sky. We have booked the place earlier, and we always made it clear to Hampshire Hotel people that we would opt out if they failed to meet our specifications by deadline day.

“Whatever we did was in consideration of the best interest of the team. We always had a second option, which we have now fallen back on.”

http://kickoffnigeria.com/news/15228/nff-why-we-approved-hampshire-hotel.php

Nigeria replace Iceland with S/Arabia

Posted: 2010-05-06 07:48

Nigeria will now play Saudi Arabia in Austria on May 25 after Iceland pulled out citing concerns about the volcanic ash cloud from Eyjafjallajökull.

"We will now play Saudi Arabi in Austria on May 25, rather than Iceland in London on the same date," NFF Chief Media Officer Ademola Olajire told KickOffNigeria.com.

It is the most recent turn in Nigeria's chaotic preparations for the World Cup, which has seen friendlies cancelled almost as soon as they are announced, but Olajire insisted that this was for real.

"The contract has been signed and confirmed and the game will definitely go ahead," he said when pressed about the viability of this particular fixture.

This means Nigeria will play Saudi Arabia on May 25, Colombia on May 30 and North Korea on June 4, barring any further changes.

Technical Adviser Lars Lagerback is expected to name his final squad on June 1.

Taye Taiwo wins title with Marseille

Nigeria defender Taye Taiwo won the French Ligue 1 title with Olympic Marseille on Wednesday night with a 3-1 win over Elderson Echiejile's Rennes.

The victory, coupled with Auxerre's loss earlier in the day to Olympic Lyon, ensured that Marseille claimed their first title since 1992, when they had a certain Abedi Pele.

Argentina's Gabriel Heinze got Marseille the perfect start with a goal on 4 minutes, but the champions-in-waiting were soon pegged back by Jimmy Briand's goal on 38 minutes.

Mamadou Niang and Lucho Gonzalez scored within a minute of each other to confirm Marseille's first title in 18 years.

Taiwo came in as a 57th minute sub for goal scorer Heinze.


http://kickoffnigeria.com/news/15236/taiwo-wins-title-with-marseille.php

RSA:
The senior team has won African Cup of Nation once,finished second once and have qualified for the world cup twice not including 2010 as host(this will be our third appearence).We where once ranked 14th in the world,all this where achived in less than 14 years since isolation.
I know this might be small successes compare to Nigeria,but if you look at the time we've started playing international competition you'll realised that we have over achived a lot.
Although soccer is number one sport in the country but is not too far from other sports like Rugby,which we are world champions,Cricket where we are rated number one in the world,we are also a big hockey nation.

But to answer your question,lately we have been doing badly,and one of the reason is we've been developing the wrong types of players,development caoches where concentrating on short but very skilfull types of players,unlike in in the early 2000 where we had big strong tall players,like Masinga,Khumalo,Fish,Radebe,Battlet and we will have one or two skillfull short players like Moshoeu.
It is back to basic for us,and hopefully 2014 if we don't supprise lot of the teams this year will our year.
Barcelona is signaing an 18 years old sensation called Siyanda Xulu,remember that name.

excuse, excuse, excuse, abeg bone excuse jare, ain't you guys doing well in other sports like crickets and rugby? you don't have excuses to the successes you have enjoyed in these sports right? why do you now have excuse for football?

the only time SA won the nations cup was because some big nations like Nigeria withdrew from the competition, remember that we still had our best squad then and would have won that tournament if we didn't pull out to protest against the oppressors in SA, remember?


anyways, why you qualified for the 2 previous worldcup IMO was because of the kind of oppositions SA competed with, now that the format has changed, i would like to see how many more worldcup SA will go to.

since 1996, SA has been having a nose dive and it's getting worse, beware and work on these lapses.

RSA:
I really cannot belief how you guys encourages cheating,or is it a way of life in that part of the world? Shame!

Then we hear people saying our leaders are corrupt and they're pulling our country backward,the reality is people like you,ordinary people who sees nothing wrong in someone who is doing something that is wrong.
Nigeria's dignity is disappearing fast and you guys don't care.
There is no difference between cheating,corruption,murder and despoil.

I really hope Fifa ban Nigeria.

ok, we don hear you, are u trying to say FIFA aren't seeing what is going on? what proof do you have that these girls are more than 17 years? that's what i really want to know. if we discover the girls are more than their ages, then fifa can go ahead and ban Nigeria, but you must back up your claims with facts and evidence you hia?

Gabry:
When we do it on YIM, our quarell dont seem to end naaa  

ok, where make we do am? untop tree?

Gabry:
Bobo, my American Idol is up naaa. I wanna fight with you tommorow! Im not satisfied with this your answer and I think you are living in self denial

ok babe, i dey on yim dey wait you, hit me up so we can continue, i ain't self denying anything, it's just fact i work with  

Odunnu:
Nothn dey happn jor,your babe dey house as e be say gofment say make we mourn oga Umaru.
Seriously,guy commot dat pikshor b4 I get mscarriage.It doesnt do u any f. . . king gud

well, we dey mourn oo, me don chop sha, people wey dey mourn dey chop?
wetin do the pix? some people dey get orgaxm just looking at it, here u are wanted to have miscarriage, why now? is the pix that bad or too good? which of them are u referring to?

[quote author=Kenny_G link=topic=430228.msg6008612#msg6008612 date=1273140778] [/quote]i hope u know dem no dey sell eyes for market?

Gabry:
Honeric. I am not done with you with our quarell and I am not letting you run scotts free with it either Angry Our discussion will continue and Ill make u see that I am correct! Angry Angry Angry

wetin you mean? yes we are not through, where you dey? abeg come on so we can conclude our stuff abeg.

arkinses:
How i gets down
https://i793.photobucket.com/albums/yy219/akin_photo/1.jpg?t=1273129732

the food-seller said i was not going to finish the food

but i was determined to never give up

so i worked harder, just to come out victorious!!!

that's the determination of a man faced with 30 wraps of amala.

ElRazur:
Clearly NL ladies are rubbish. I wonder if anyone can prove me wrong. They aint just wifey material.


@P4m

Come back here.

**Checks her bag to make sure none of ElRazur's DvD collection is stolen**

**Demands credit cards**
**Rips them into two**


Now you may go.

sorry oo, u need alot of goodluck Jonathan in your blood

Odunnu:
Hey hon.your eyes dull wel wel.U sleep at all abi u don begin bazz?

that pix is about 3 years old, well, i no dey smoke nor drink ooo, not a trait for my household oo.

so which levels?

aisha2:
LMAO, thank God am not alone oh. I was Elizabeth, cant even remeber whose wife she was then, she kept changing the men, but men she was full of drama

i think she's Shawn Micheal's wife or girlfriend.

FBS:
You mean to say you do not know the history of your club?

oga, no ignore my questions, abeg answer me.

wonders shall never end, so plat, somebody pulled a wool over your exposed face? honeric01, shut up and stop joking,


now, plat, wetin happen? u need my detective help or it's too late?

aww, i wasn't missing, i am here now, wetin happen? your slippers cut or you miss road to market?

If God wants this country to keep existing, then he's going to continue keeping it together, if not, to each his own.

I get worried if i don't meet my target

uhm elrazure still looking for a wife, what a puty

RIP

C. Ronaldo, beware

Pweety4me:
[color=#550077]No o my oyinbo boyfriend dey there. . . . . .it be like say sleep no catch u. . .

Bye jo[/color]

i no fit sleep jare, alot in my brain this night

tanimz:

where u go since?

tanimz:

Pweety4me:
[color=#550077]Not like dat jo. . . as in u want follow me nao. . .oya i dey go sleep gudnite[/color].

ah ha, ok, i wan follow u, your bed big?

Pweety4me:
[color=#550077]Awww hehehe but y nao? ok i will go in a sec. . .o i see u want do bumper 2 bumper. . . [/color]

i wan do bumper 2 bumper as in? lol