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fabyom:
Waoo Oga Icon, you were part of Enyimba's back room staff back then! Why did you leave?

Was more like an adhoc staff. I got a regular job completely outside of football so I left.

Taliban:
The standout player in that ayc team was duke udi. A man worshipped in ibadan with 3Sc. So much potential but I think in discipline ended his career in switzerland, plus this was also the era of the okochas, amokachi, kanu etc.

Yeah Duke Udi!

ChrisKels:
Abeg make una discuss una matter. I no follow. In fact, I am sorry I chipped in.

Lol...I dash u. I no do again.

Got this from Kickoff SA.

Those guys are really scared of Nigeria. Lol

TheGoodJoe:
That does not change that Ebiede was a quality talent. Asking who Ebiede is shows he did not know him.

Finito.

Cc: ChrisKels

TheGoodJoe:
I do not know Argentine league in an out. Just a fan of Argentine players and playing style due to my love for skillful Tip tap football. A fan of River Plate, and follow their arch rivals Boca Juniors. Boca Juniors do not play the sleek football of River Plate.

Liked independiente because of Insua (He was in Nigeria 99). But not watched much lately.

A taste of River Plate: Imagine how young Lamela was wearing the #10 shirt of River Plate. Young man should have signed for Barcelona when he had the chance.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ux5qrDydlB8

I followed little of South American football thanks to Futball America that was aired on NTA in the 1990s.

Argentines have always had incredible skills. The thing is I don't just like Argentines due to what we have suffered in their hands for decades.

I always support any other team that plays against Argentina.

TheGoodJoe:
Obiorah came later to the Super Eagles to the best of my knowledge. Ebiede reigned before Obiorah in the Super Eagles context and I doubt Obiorah was in the picture before Carlsberg Cup. If Obiorah was ahead, he would have played ahead of Ebiede in the Carlsberg Cup.

Hope you know Obiorah was a stand out performer with the Eaglets team of 1995. He was viewed as a brighter prospect than Ebiede even though he was younger.

ChrisKels:
Who is Ebeide when there were Golden Ajeboh, Ademola Johnson, Akeem Ogunlade et al? Nawa oo

Cc: TheGoodJoe. Lol

Clementoke:
Oluwa...oooo
Keep Iwobi away from the jaws of Injury o

Iheanacho can play number 10.

ChrisKels:
If I had my way

Haha, coaching no be beans o.

TheGoodJoe:
How did I hype him? I said something like too bad he was in the era of Okocha and Oruma. Meaning the talents of these two players Eclipsed Ebiede's relevance. I wonder how that equates to hyping.

Even James Obiorah was ahead of Ebiede in that number 10 Pecking order.

TheGoodJoe:
Oga Boss Icon4s is the true encyclopedic historicianical man.

No, I give it to TheGoodJoe, a man that even knows the Argentine league in and out.

ChrisKels:
If I had my way, I would start both Chukwueze and Success. Success is a true no.9. He is cerebral, physical, passes well, shoots fine, selfless plus his positional sense(makes good runs, as and when due)

Kalu is a good player plus he is my boy, u all know it, but the Chukwueze I saw against Levante is a rare gem, besides, Kalu really hasn't covered himself wt glory. Chucks opens up play(opposition defense) with ease, plays with guile(highly unpredictable) and he exudes confidence. He does his thing like Sala with his cultured left foot by running at defenses, cutting inside to either release a shot or tee up a better placed mate, ala the back heel to Ekambi. I love his style

You cannot play two first time starters up front. Chukwueze cannot start if Success starts.

TheGoodJoe:
Not being exceptional is not a dismissal of talent. AYC 1995 was a poor outing for the whole team. Keep in mind, apart from the AYC, the young man was still on the corners of the Super Eagles as a #10 for a while, which is not a mean fit.

I can not remember but keep in mind he played the #10 role for the Carlsberg winning team which had promising talents. It takes a special talent to get in such a list.

Bros Emmanuel Ebiede was talented no doubt. But u are just hyping him. When even Wilson Oruma was playing second fiddle to Okocha. Ebiede was only considered at the 1998 Calsberg Cup. And that was all.

tbaba1234:
Isaac Success leads the line. There is no wahala there.

Sure.
Let's even give him his first start and better assess him. Sebi we only need 1 more point to qualify, if we don't book qualification against SA na Seychelles go suffer am

Truidstar:
Ebeide had serious potential, don't know what happened. Still remember Festus Okuonghae (poor man's Okocha) and Manga Mohammed (Okocha on Steroids). Talents were dripping between 1994-1997. We are getting back to that era gradually.

Manga Mohammed was more like Tijani Babangida.

What went wrong then for some of those talented players are still going wrong with some young talented prospects today. Not all young prospects progress well to Senior level.

TheGoodJoe:
The Ebiede I watched in Shell Camp was that breath taking. How do you think he earned the nickname waistbreaker? I did not understand it until I saw him in action. No lie.

Bros forget Shell Camp football. Ebiede was not exceptional at the AYC, where it mattered most for his career then. Another flop of that tournament was Olumide Harris who was the highest goal scorer in the Nigerian league then.

TheGoodJoe:
We are talking of insane brilliance on the ball. The likes of OwuBlow and Ohenhen did not have such brilliance. Ebiede was a treat for the eyes. Sad he was also in the same era of Okocha and Oruma.

Na lie.

Ebiebe that I saw at the 1995 AYC held at the Onikan stadium, Lagos was no where near this thing u are saying. He was no where near the class of Oruma and Kanu then talkless of Okocha.

COOL10:
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Ur own na faint. My own nah hot shiit dey catch me . That's when your formally steady biro will now be slipping off your sweaty palms

Lol! I can also identify with that hot shiit thing. That moment when you applied a wrong formula to do some calculations and the results from those calculations are used as inputs to other calculations like chains like that. Only for you to realize u used a wrong formula from the start. O boy, belle go fes worry you, next thing shiit go hold u and finally you no go see road again and all ur body go begin shake, next thing na serious sweat. Omo school no be beans o. Lol.

TheGoodJoe:
We did not get to enjoy his talent. So we missed.

Talent wey full everywhere that time. For players like Richard Owubokiri, and Chris Ohenhen not to break in it tells a lot about the competition then.

fabyom:
Good old days of Eyimba. I did not miss any of Eyimba's game. Unilorin SUB to the fullest then! Okonkwo and that Tyakase boy. Aiyenugba the penalty specialist

The followership was almost like that of the Super Eagles. I wonder how TheGoodJoe missed all that.

I was part of the Enyimba back room Crew then.

TheGoodJoe:
Ebiede is one we missed. What I saw him do took my breath away. Repeatedly, Uche and Taribo touched ground. I do not know why he did not have a big break. The closest was when he was at Heerenveen, Holland. I remember the joy in Port Harcourt when he signed for them. But, still did not excel.

One we missed or he missed his opportunity?

TheGoodJoe:
I got enough gists about the team but I did not watch any. I totally missed.

Eyah, try watch that game.

We were proud of Nigerian football that night. Emeka Okpala and Austin Ejide played for Etoile Du Sahel.

While for Enyimba Enyeama kept for most of the game and Ayenugba (the cat) was brought in for the penalty shoot outs.

That game should be on YouTube, try get it.

TheGoodJoe:
At all. I did not follow Enyimba one bit. Did not even watch a game of theirs.

You mean you didn't watch even those electrifying Champions league finals. Particularly that 2004 final that involved Enyeama, Ayenugba and Ejide, who were all SE goalies then. O boy u missed o. That game was like an AFCON Final.

TheGoodJoe:
Ebiede (the waist breaker) was because of Port Harcourt and the Sharks hay days I knew his name. If I tell you I never watched Ebiede play a full game for Sharks FC, you will not believe me. Even when my friends used to go to Sharks Stadium and come back raving about Ebiede, I did not watch.

I got to watch Ebiede in a Shell RA Super Eagles scrimmage game in Port Harcourt and I was hooked. You need to see skills and how he was skinning Taribo and Uche. Unfortunately, he did not even make the bench for the main game despite thrilling a lot of Nigerians in Port Harcourt with his mesmerizing skills. That was how I started following him and catching some clips of him.

Hmm... Ebiede. We in Lagos then were hearing his name especially those of us in the Amukoko/Orile/Ajegunle neighborhood. But, when the opportunity came for him with the 1995 Flying Eagles he didn't really perform as expected.

TheGoodJoe:
Ironically I hardly follow our local league. I think it is due to our poor pitches and result in poor plays. There was a brief time I liked Lobi Stars when they had some brilliant young talents including Greg Etafia the goalie, Sunday Ibeji (highly skillful midfielder) and Emma Issah who was a lethal left footed forward.

Followed Eagle Cement Fc (later named Dolphins) when they reached the challenge Cup finals. Then briefly 3SC when Baldwin Bazuaye was there. Apart from that, nothing.

Even now, I have no idea what is going on.

Bros this is like late 90s to very early 2000s u are talking about. But u no mention ur main man Emmanuel Ebiede.

Haha. So you still did not follow the People's Elephants of 2002/03 to mid 2000s? That team became almost as Popular as the SEs then o.

Curtisaxel7:
Sunday Mba is currently clubless. His last Turkish club Yeni Malatyaspor released him.

How art the mighty fallen.

Well,no regrets about Sunday Mba.

He peaked when we needed him to.

His local title is "Ogbu Efi one" or "Ogbu Enyi" which ever dialect u chose. That is "the slayer of the Elephant".

Age has definitely caught up with him but he remains a Hero. And good Rep for the local league.

Curtisaxel7:
Sunday Mba the one tournament wonder. The hero of 2013. Last I heard of him he was in Brescia in France second division......I think he is somewhere in the less desirable clubs in Turkey now. .

Lesson for NPFL players desperate to get into any club as long as it's oyibo land.

Not just him but the entire Keshi's home based boys then.

do4luv14:
guy nah ICON4s, oooo, before chief go sue you for defamation


the committee election is Inconclusive

Bros, this one no be Osun election o.

Alfryd, the election was concluded successfully as we have constituted a 7 man committee. I thought u were copied in the announcement.

Alfryd:
icob4s,when will the committee we elected Will start work,
can someone pls Tell me where is Sunday MBA&the UCHE BROTHERS

The committee will commence work immediately after the SA vs Nigeria AFCON qualifiers and the Nigeria Vs Uganda Friendly. We want to make sure to see every game before nominating players.

jieta:
baba icon4s, I'm always online is just that i don't comment often. i don't see anybody that is more engross to this page than me. but am always on silent mode.

Ow k good.

BascoVanVeli:
Gomez just became a regular tis season when he moved to CB from fullback.

U didn't know all this when u said Solanke was better than Nacho abi? That talk about how many of our players can claim a shirt is bogus. Iheanacho got a shirt in Man City and for the past 10 years Liverpool can't compare to the citizens so what is ur point? Samuel Chukwueze. Stephen Odey and Victor Osimhen would do so much better than Solanke. In fact let me not hear u compare that waste basket to any of my boys

O boy! Waste what?