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Nihilist:
Mehn that guy was not a mortal. Top 3 of all time after Ororo and Messi.

Top 3?

Not sure in my view.

He burnt out rather quickly and faded from view.

Plus; Zizou and El Fenomeno ahead of him for me as well.

Oasis007:
The Dude is a Twit. I hope his Replacement is sorted out in due Time.

The guy keeps finding his way into the SE setup and always seems to start games as wack as he is. As it stands dude is sure to play out opening game in Russia barring injury.

Surely me with my big stout belle I can do better than him. Abi?

Leyqute:
If Zambia beat Algeria tomorrow there'll be 3 points between us- 10, 7. If we play a draw against them in the next game we'll qualify through H2H ,even if we lose the last game against Algeria.

If Algeria beat them, we'll be 6 points clear and will still need at least a draw to make it.

Forgot that Nigerian football fans sabi permutation die

Carry go. Nothing do you sir

Leyqute:
A draw against Zambia next month and we're in the World Cup.

Not sure that is the case.
We have to wait and see if Zambia can beat Algeria tomorrow.

Roland17:
Despite a lackluster 2nd half, this is a very good result for the Eagles.

Agreed.
In view of the circumstances it's an excellent point given that it's against the African champs with a good pedigree.
Getting anything away from home in Africa is a bonus. Ask Egypt, Ivory Coast and South Africa over this weekend.

Oasis007:
He has been disappointing since time immemorial..... I really don't understand why he's still in the Team!

You sabi that dullard well.
His positioning has always been suspect.
He can't tackle or go forward.
Cameroon has To be very rubbish to not spot the apparent weakness and target it.

Is it that we can't find a better left back out of nearly 200 million people?

That goalkeeper and his melon head cost is maximum points though I'm sure a draw is a good result given that historically we tend to lose in that stadium in recent times.

Wonder why we gave up territorial dominance in the second half

naptu2:
You wrote That's not entirely true. What then is not true?

Of course I knew about the Morocco v Cameroon game but I left it out because that was not my focus. My focus was on the Nigeria v Cameroon match. The comment by the Moroccans that we were cheated was what I read in Complete Football at the time. Nowhere did I say that that was the only reason that they booed Cameroon, so what did I write that is "not entirely true"??

What is not entirely true is that the crowd were booing Cameroon as a result of the officiating.Regardless of where you got that info from.
Hence the back story.
If you change the narrative to suit your description then it is no longer credible. The focus is not the issue because you only intend to make your story sensational and appeal to emotions of those reading it but I'm calling you out on that.

You can avoid the semi final to make your story juicier but that isn't what happened. I'm here to stop you from spreading fables that sound nice but aren't true.


I'm tired of this unnecessary back and forth. If you want to choose which details to ignore it's up to you but those of us who recollect know that it is a stretch to say the booing arose from the officiating.

All these semantics aren't really necessary if you admit that you were aware of the semi final. The Moroccans were going to side Nigeria ab initio. And like I said, even though you refuse to accept it, the officiating only made the support for Nigeria more from the host fans.

Your source was a magazine you read. Yet you come here and try to dispute an opinion from someone who followed the competition.
Yit knew about the semi final yet you chose to take complete football's view instead of what you know. The same complete football that broke false news about Etim Esin failing a drug test in Lokeren in Belgium is who you are choosing to live and die by.

I'm not sure what this means to you. If you cannot take simple corrections or criticism then it's hard to accept that you are objective in the first place.

Jarus:
This was when Nations Cup was Nations cup, before exposure to European football dwindled Nigerians' interest in national team football.

Only eight teams made that nations cup.
So if you got there you knew you deserved Tobe there. There were no easy games in that tournament. The Kenya we beat gave a good account of themselves.

It was tougher in group a; Zaire Ivory Coast Algeria and Morrocco. 6 games played and only 2 wins in that group; Algeria beat Zaire and morroco beat Algeria 1-0 each
Ivory Coast and Algeria ended with3 points each with same goals scored and conceded. Algeria went through via coin toss.

Minus Kenya all the sides had excellent goalkeepers: Rufai (Nigeria), Bell (Cameroon) Shoubair (Egypt), Drid (Algeria), Zaki(Morocco), Guamene (Ivory Coast), Merikani (Zaire)

That nations cup has to be the greatest and toughest of all time

naptu2:
I said that the Moroccans felt that Nigeria was being cheated and booed Cameroon and supported Nigeria. You said that that's not entirely correct. Therefore you are saying that the Moroccans did not feel that Nigeria was being cheated, or did not support Nigeria or boo Cameroon. That's different from saying, "in addition to that the Moroccans were aggrieved because of the earlier match".

That is you concluding for me.

This is what I said:

hoopLA:
This part is not entirely true.

Cameroon had beaten the host country Morocco in the semi final. They had been too physical and the North Africans couldn't cope with the aggression displayed by their opponents. This made the fans unhappy with Cameroon especially since it seemed they were fouling the Moroccans to disrupt their fluid style of play, which eventually paid of as Cameroon frustrated the hosts till late in the game when they scored the winner.

Hence it was only natural the host fans supported Nigeria in the finals. They booed the Cameroon anthem when it was played from the start.

And while the refereeing appeared suspect, it only added to the animosity. We lost in part due to conservative tactics byManfred Hoener who kept attacking players on the bench for more workmanlike defensive players. After our first game we didn't score more than once in a game. I remember Cameroon actually dominated play in both games we faced them in the tournament. Same for Egypt and Algeria though we were down to 10 men for a while in that semi final

But well done all the same. These brought back memories

Read the emboldened again.

I don't know how you arrived at your conclusion because I laid a premise for the Moroccan crowd supporting Nigeria from the start. I mentioned the crowd booing their national anthem. Was there any officiating done before the anthem that we aren't aware of?I went a step further to say that the officiating heightened the animosity towards the Cameroon players.
It's all there for you to see.

Because you want to pick an argument with me you have to force feed me with conclusions drawn that have almost no bearing to the topic.

Knock yourself out sir but don't conjecture scenarios that you imagine in your head. No one is faulting your write up. I'm only trying to add some clarity to the scenario you painted.

naptu2:
What I mean is that you started your post with, "This part is not entirely true.", but you didn't show that it's not true (in fact you agreed with it). What you did was to provide additional information (which I appreciate).

Please read through my post and see what I said about the part i quoted.

You claimed the booing was as a result of the officiating.
I told you it stemmed from the semifinal encounter prior.
We both agreed the final had controversial officiating.

What's so hard?

naptu2:
And you ended up agreeing with me.

Well, I'll agree with you also. I've written on this site many times that I passionately hated Hoener, in part because of his team selection, but also because of his performance at Seoul '88.

I wasn't disputing anything with you bro.

Only giving my view on what I thought happened about the booing part. I havent disagreed with the post.
I only tried to give some insight into the booing part.

Hoener started Ndubuisi Okosieme and left Edobor on the bench. I remember Charles Ojugbana complaining about the team list before the game started and Fabio Olaonipekun mentioning it too during the game. A certain Folorunsho Okenla started that game.
Head scratching selection. Hoener was never a brave coach in terms of facing top African sides. He never did any research on those sides mainly because he spent very little time in Africa.

I remember Maroc 88 very well. I was in hospital for the duration of the tournament and saw all the games broadcast by NTA on a tv in the ward I was admitted to.

Nihilist:
lowkey, I'm not particularly seeing anything funny about these pics.

For the diss to enter, the pic has to be embarassing to some degree, and then the accompanying diss needs to be sharp and cutting- a proper display of acerbic wit.

All I'm reading is the same old post from last week about betting, while looking at a picture of a man in glasses.

I'm not taking sides, but as far as I'm concerned, these disses are not landing, the punches are not connecting there is just nothing titillating or tickling my fancy. It doesn't seem to be just me either. Nobody is quoting punchlines. Nobody is laughing, and the likes are in short supply.

This could be a sign that maybe it's time to stop...

People like to laugh at hilarious jabs. Nobody really has time for personal vendettas.

Resident Teddy Atlas in the house.See analysis.

Between yourself and Don King, I don't know who hypes a fight better.

naptu2:
The Moroccan fans felt that Nigeria was being cheated and the ended up supporting Nigeria and booing Cameroon. Many Nigerians felt that the referee was biased against Nigeria because the new CAF president, Issa Hayatou, was Cameroonian.

This part is not entirely true.

Cameroon had beaten the host country Morocco in the semi final. They had been too physical and the North Africans couldn't cope with the aggression displayed by their opponents. This made the fans unhappy with Cameroon especially since it seemed they were fouling the Moroccans to disrupt their fluid style of play, which eventually paid of as Cameroon frustrated the hosts till late in the game when they scored the winner.

Hence it was only natural the host fans supported Nigeria in the finals. They booed the Cameroon anthem when it was played from the start.

And while the refereeing appeared suspect, it only added to the animosity. We lost in part due to conservative tactics byManfred Hoener who kept attacking players on the bench for more workmanlike defensive players. After our first game we didn't score more than once in a game. I remember Cameroon actually dominated play in both games we faced them in the tournament. Same for Egypt and Algeria though we were down to 10 men for a while in that semi final

But well done all the same. These brought back memories

Oasis007:



But he's needed here temporarily here nah..... this an an Emergency Operation and since Diggz is being hospitalized and Skimpledawg is kinda becoming lazy these Days, then Eph12 needs to come to their aid.

Oga skimpledawg join Oasis007 for list of people you go beat.

I thought I was the only one who noticed how lazy he has become.

Just spoke to eph12. He says he delivery van is full and can't take extra mails for now.

Oga skimpledawg, wear helmet and enter okada and deliver this mail.

All this threat is not good for your company image. The customer is always right,abi?

Skimpledawg:
My G, we beat people too for mis-yarning oo

You don turn government wey no fit take simple criticism?

Una no dey deliver again. Simple.

Come an beat me if e pain you.

Bring hensben/Godstraight along too

Skimpledawg:
Lemme dissect and analyse the mail and send to the recipient..

Eph12, your probationary period is over Come and work.


Cobhams express delivery

The one you trust

eph12 is currently busy. Don't overload him.
You need to sanction your mail runner for being absent from duty.
Ram meat don block im rectum

Oasis007:


Public Holiday ke?! Lol!

They must come to work and deliver this Mail o..... it's urgently needed for Delivery! Perhaps Eph12 can be hired to do the Needful!

eph zone of operation is in the other end.According to his employment letter issued by the Oga in charge he can't operate here. He can't be shuttling between the two ends. Workload will be too much

Diggz is meant to be on duty while skimpledawg is supposed to be his supervisor. Both are AWOL.
Very inefficient lot here I must say.

Skimpledawg:
Public holiday, No?


Diggz wife won't allow him outta the bed today o

Griffon my oga is on vacation with that Akwa-ibom Barbie

So who is on duty?

Seriously you people need to step up your game
You just dey run commentary but mail is piling up fresh to be delivered.

Oga skimpledawg, over to you

Oasis007:



Seems Diggz and other Cobham Staffs are on Strike?!

Maybe because it's a public holiday.

It's a shame cuz this mail is hot and sizzling, there might be a bomb or exploding device in it. . .

Griffon and his crew ran me out of the mail delivery business only for them to be slipping.Meanwhile their chief employee in this region is scouting for sallah meat instead of making sure mails get to their recipients.If I were his boss I would fire him for dereliction of duty but the parapo clique wey full hia no go see dat one.

Diggz come and work abeg.

CapitalCee:
Once we win Zambia next month at uyo, we have qualified regardless of any result others get even if we lose tomorrow. If we draw tomorrow , we just need to take points off Zambia to qualify. If Zambia wins all their matches from now, they will have 13points, but if we draw Cameroon and they win Algeria, they will be at 7 points, the super eagles will be at 10points. When they come over to uyo next month, we just need a point to qualify, as we will be at 11 while they will be at 8. Head to head rule will knock them out courtesy of our 2-1 away in Zambia.

Lol bro you've already planned out the scenario.
I don't see Zambia getting a win in Algeria though.
It's very difficult to see that happening as bad as Algeria has been lately.
I just hope we don't lose tomorrow(or is it Tuesday?) because that could throw the group wide open.

Plus I read somewhere that key members are a card away from suspension. If that is true then we need to be a bit worried given what happened vs South Africa.

diggz:


hoopLA u pretend like you no see Ur guy goof abi? I still dey chop sallah meat ojare....my friend just come load me with some fresh meat

Lol this meat matter is serious. I hope you will still remember that you are on delivery duty. Make sallah meat no come make you forget.

I saw what my guy said but that tilapia keeps spurring enough rubbish to make the city dump look like a molehill. You still haven't isolated that carrier of the stupidity gene.

PietroRico:
dropping points there won't be the worst thing in the world.
I hope Algeria avenges their defeat to Zambia in the return leg at Algiers.

Agreed.
But with the euphoria of Friday's good win I think anything other than a win will be a disappointment to the largely unreasonable fan base of the Eagles.
You need to hear call in radio stations. All the fans are talking about how far we can go in Russia.
So it will be hard to digest a draw given that expectations are sky high at the moment.

For me I'm not carried away. The eagles are still deficient in a number of areas: goalkeeping, both full backs and probably the wings though it doesn't look like we go that route anymore (I.e wing play). The Cameroon side is piss poor and how they won the CAN is beyond me. But the eagles are a in a lot better shape than they've been in recent memory, the only surprise is how easy it's been thus far against sides that are ranked higher than we are.

I'm pretty sure Algeria makes Zambia drop points too. Zambia has a shocking record in North Africa but the Algerians have been mediocre too.

Either way we need to gets draw in Cameroon and beat Zambia here to be sure of qualification. The rest of the group appears to be cancelling each other out thus far.

Lana1:
Beware. Brakes are useless

Lol.
I have a sneaky feeling we might drop points tomorrow.
We have an abysmal record in Cameroon.

hensben:
Shvt up. Manure fans don't deserve objective reply. One of your comrade said Conte is ruining victor Moses's career after he scored against Cameroun. Isn't that ridiculous and sacrilegious. Forgetting that it was mou that almost ruin his career before Conte came to his rescue.

You truly are determined to make being stup1d a way of life.

Aside from your poor diction, does the above give you license to say that Chalobah was more important than Terry last season?

I know one good turn deserves another but does that apply to silly remarks, assuming it is true that someone said so?
I'm interested in what goes on in that indomie noodle mesh in your cranium that you claim is a brain. It should have been donated to science to study the pattern of stupid thought that dominates it.

I'm sure your mouth must smell in real life if the stupid comments that come from your dome are a function of your thoughts running through your mind.

Diggz sallah don finish. You suppose don chop meat finish.Please come and quarantine this walking parasite before it spreads and infects you people with its stupidity. At least it is in its host community so it's easier to contain it.

sinizia:
So, let me get this straight, we lost Shweinsteiger, Schneiderlin, Rooney, Depay, sent Pereira on loan, but only ours is addition while others is replacement?

So was Giroud sold when Lacazette was bought to replace him?

Was Monreal sold when Kola was bought?

So injury that affected our players from last season and will keep them out till December is what you call "short term"? All in the bid to twist the debate to favour you? Short term must've gotten a whole new definition.

After selling those aforementioned players, with injuries ravaging Shaw, Young, Rojo and Ibra, you have the temerity to say we added but others replaced. Nice analogy.

You get time.
Instead of that one to go and mourn the sad malady that Arsenal has become, the sheep in the city is here misinterpreting anything that has United attached to it.
As usual those that try to show how intelligent they are are the most vapid, vacuous and insane. This dude you are replying will never apply objectivity when Man United is the topic. So why waste time responding?
As simple as you have put things, it will find a way to twist it in its idiotic manner to suit its argument.
The hypocrite hasn't said anything about how it's manager lodged a £92 million bid for a player after jerking off on the United thread all season long about Pogba.

MaziOmenuko:
Please, ISO certifications is yet to give clearance for the 9002 series, which is reserved for high grade premium processes. Unless you are saying hesben is a high grade premium f00l which I doubt.

Read my lips and do the math.

LoRdCaT:
Forget about the irredeemable ninny bro.. Speaking about him has been proven to reduce one's IQ by 0.4% each time.


it's safe to say you are a fan of the series "Heroes"?

Lol
I'm strictly old school. . . I do the 90s thing:music, sport, movies, tv series, fashion... so I'm pretty sure I don't know the series in subject. . .

On another tip, the90s are the greatest decade ever known to man. . .

Chelseafan1:
Nah, u got it all wrong.

He did the digging up. He went on Facebook first.

Vanquay dropped his Facebook name right on this thread, I had to bring his picture too.

Ask around.

My bad then.

It's all good.

Respect.

But you need to dissociate ourself from that dude. On the real.

Chelseafan1:
Y'all take matters too serious here.

No one on this board is my friend outside nairaland, not on Facebook, WhatsApp or IG.

I see everyone on this Sports board as family, especially those we quote and reply one another.

What happens on nairaland stays here.

We should learn to take life less seriously here.

Wonders will never end.

This epiphany is coming from the dude who dug up someone's personal details in a bid to settle an online beef and labeled him unprintable names.

Practice what you preach bro. I'm not for online barbs but silly trolling deserves a sledgehammer. Your dude messed up and started throwing jabs.
Now you're acting like Pope Benedict and Mandela all rolled into one.

I was actually joking and making fun about you and your relationship with him but to me sir I think you're in no position to tell me about decorum, no disrespect your person.
Because the low blows you were dishing out to someone don't tally with the emboldened.

Again nothing personal. Just saying how I feel and I'm keeping it real

Chelseafan1:
Actually, to be honest with you, I was being playful with that post.
Hensben is my padi, fellow Hazard fan I can't yab my guy even if I do not agree with some of his posts.

We are all guilty of this.

Show me your friends, and. . . . . . .(you know the rest)
Hensbreast is an ISO 9002 certified fo0l. It defines stupidity and personifies idi0cy.
I heard its name is the SI unit for dullness.

You might wanna review your relationship with it.
Just saying.

Your eloquence is in sharp contrast to its nitwit and mor0nic tendencies.
Water and oil don't mix.

LoRdCaT:
I don't even find them relevant enough to pay them any attention.. Airmark is only useful at trolling Bayern fans and Hensben is totally useless. They are not worth it really.

When you hear "a mind is a terrible thing to waste" you think of the emboldened.

How he hasnt yet been used as a study cadaver for the science of stupidity is beyond me.

LoRdCaT:
And shekpe fans are controlled by each match day. You want me to dig out the "Conte is a dunce" posts you made when he first arrived?

It's shocking.
If you bring those out even those forming grave diggers will go silent.
But now it it convenient to use a previous post because all it does is deflect attention from the real topic, which is the fact that Chelsea should be considered title favorites.
They will be happy with the narrative the way it is afterall someone was trying to postulate that 159>492. When Chalobah becomes a critical member of Chelsea's title winning side because a half-witted simpleton says so and four other nitwits liked the argument, there isn't much more they can tell us.

Please ignore those posts.