₦airaland Forum

BascoVanVeli:
Football is not played in the trophy room. U have to prove it everyday, I won't be fullish enough to come here and say Enyimba is not a big club but as for good football we all saw what they played today.

Tell this to Real Madrid and Manchester United.

BascoVanVeli:
No he didn't don't let poor commentary deceive u. He played mainly on the left wing but also moved to the right.

But Dimgba and Bashir started off as the wingers?

edi287:
Great news for us. Long may it continue...

Really great news.

HT Reading 0:1 Watford.

Isaac "The beast" Success is back with a bang!

BascoVanVeli:
Well at worst I play him as a SS but the wings are a no no for me. If u ask me Bashir and Oladapo are the weak links on the squad.

Mfon Udoh played SS today.

Isaac Success issa Gooooalllll

BascoVanVeli:
He should top 9 the joke is over. We know he scored 12 goals in the NPFL as a winger but he is one of the best strikers to ever play in the league. They should start Freedom and drop Bashir. That way Mfon can play more centrally.

But don't you think playing him as top 9 will reduce his overall involvement in play. From the position he is he creates plenty of scoring chances and also finds himself in scoring positions.

And yes Freedom Omofoma should be a starter. You saw the Penalty he earned when Djoliba came visiting Enyimba earlier on in the competition. He is a very sleek and tricky player. I don't know why the coach started Bashir today.

BascoVanVeli:
Too bad Akwa played you guys already away, now u will have to wait until next year to see good football
Oga better hope they give you automatic ticket for winning this cup because my boys are ready for the double in naija. If you like go back to your grazing ground my boys are ready.

Them they mention clubs, you dey call Akwa join.
It is clubs like Akwa United and MFM with their win at home at all cost syndrome and 97th mins penalties and will go and be crashing to clubs from Rwanda and Botswana that has made CAF to reduce our slots.

Una no near Enyimba for anything.

Wake me up when una win any continental title.

tbaba1234:
Isaac Success starts as number 9 for Watford.

EFL Cup. Make him try o.

We need him to hit form quickly.

ChrisKels:
Mfon Udoh is the bane of this Enyimba side. Anaemena has been good sha

That Mfon Udoh's free kick na die. On both occasions.

darkelf:
I hear you but my point is nobody likes been insulted. Some may not care but some do and we have to learn to accommodate both categories of people

Left for the one who needs the assistance to make a choice.

safarigirl:
but Enyimba is nobody's mate in the NPFL like Icon4s opined some days ago

Nwanne I bu onye ball.

You too sabi jare.

BascoVanVeli:
They fight but they come short. The same could have happened to Enyimba.

Naaa, but you saw the resilience and determination. Only Kano Pillars of 4-7 years ago had that kind of spirit.

By the way we are back to our hunting ground. Watch out for us when the league resumes.

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darkelf:
Egbon, I understand your reservations as well as the opinions of others.

But the guy might not be comfortable using his real moniker to solicit for financial help because people may start viewing him differently.

Probably, his opinions/his person may not be respected anymore and when tempers flare as they always do on this thread, someone may just decide to go below the belt and refer to his financial predicament. Trust me, it would most likely happen.

My 2 cents

And if that happens will it take a single strand of hair off his head?

You people are too emotionally attached to what people say here honestly.

ChrisKels:
Now that automatically makes him younger than his true age? U are such a funny Dude

Forget about this age matter first let's give the guy kudos jare.

do4luv14:
Who dey watch emyimba match? Abeg give us minute by minute blow pls. And if necessary for pidgin english

FT Enyimba 1:0 Cara.

Alalade 93'

BascoVanVeli:
Say what you want but Alalade has put Nigeria ithe U20 AFCON already and now he got Enyimba out of the group stage.

Mennnnn...... I felt the vibes when that goal went it.

Been long since I saw a Nigerian club side fight like this!

Nzogbu Nzogbu Enyimba Enyi, Nzogbu Enyimba Nzogbu Nzogbu Enyimba Enyi, Nzogbu Enyimba.

BascoVanVeli:
I would have been surprised if u had said anything else.

I like this strength, skills and composure of the Enyimba defenders.
My eyes have also been on Ukouwem Utin.
Mfon Udoh is our best attacking threat thus far.
I know the much needed goal will surely come this second half.

Em BascoVanVeli, you heard about the letter to the NPFL from CAF about the reduction in slot for continental representatives to one each for Champions league and Confed cup?

So what do you have to say about that?

BascoVanVeli:
Khama Biliat is the best player in south Africa but yet can't get a proper European team to look his way. The fact is that when you have top credentials European clubs try to pull you down because God forbid they play a proper price for an African player. Even El Kabbi that was so exquisite at CHAN had to go to China because no serious club came for him. I don't blame these guys who rather play for their worth in countries like Bangladesh instead of taking slave contracts in Europe.

The NPFL must change but that is for the good of players and fans but if people think turning the NPFL to the PSL will get our players into top clubs then they should think again.

On Khama Biliat, you see, the thing is Europeans do not really rate players from that part of the continent.

If players like Fashion Sakala, Enoch Mwepu and Emmanuel Banda were from Senegal, Mali, CIV, Ghana or Nigeria they would be playing somewhere in France, Spain or England by now.

West Africa is where the raw talent is bro. And the Europeans know this

chrisooblog:
did your eye not see where i said KC doesn't deserve his call up.

guy you are smarter than this was ajagun ever an outstanding player in any club he played for? please post his above average stats let everybody judge

the gassed out echejiele is still with monaco by the way plus with him we won afcon. please remind me what did we win with a fully gassed taiwo.

ogu pulled trees, ndidi pulled trees, iwobi was decent, etebo sef try

due process followed when players you like or fancy are called up.

rabiu doesn't deserve a call up same as nwakali how is that controversial ni tori Olorun?

O boy I shock for the kind players that guy they mention.

That one na to set our football in backward motion o.

And to think that he was getting likes and supporters for that post.

Na wa o.

BascoVanVeli:
I want to start this post by shouting good luck to the Peoples' Elephant in their crunch match.

Btw when they win and make it out of the group stage it would be Nigeria 1-0 South Africa.

Yes o. The People's Elephant are about to match them Carra Brazzaville down.

We will be having them for Supper!!!

komekn:
Thank you.

Unfortunately this problem is not just about football it's the Nigerian problem with Corruption at its ROOT.

Because, This is Nigeria.

In other words, you are agreeing that players like Taye Taiwo, Efe Ambrose, Rabiu Ibrahim, Ramon Azeez and Abdul Ajagun are not in this current team because of corrupt Coaching crew or NFF officials.

Men this is the height of insincerity.
What!!!

Mickael2:
But are they....are they really all we have? Is it that we do not have any player playing in their position in a top league? Or we just decide to hinder under the umbrella of 'they are too old' and then invite other below par players? A player like Taye Taiwo was still in an active league few seasons ago but he was never invited, he was the top scorer of Kemi back then yet he wasn't invited and people here said it's because he is in a lo league, so which league now is higher between Bundesliga 3(the boy in question I believe just got promoted to Bundelisga 2 this season) and the Finnish league? I put it to you that if Taiwo got the invite he so merited back then he would still be playing professional football, I mean we invite players from Chinese and Saudi leagues but we rejected Taiwo's invitation because he was in Finland, what's the excuse?! Or didn't he distinguish himself before going to that Finnish league? Case number 1.

Case number 2, is Ajagun a ball boy in Belgium? Why settle for a midfielder who got kicked out of a dutch league team(VVVenlo), failed to make a substantial impact in dutch division 2 and is now wasting away in Porto B? He is young, 20, wouldn't it make more sense to use more seasoned professionals? When did the national team turn to a rookies' joint? Or hasn't Ajagun done enough to merit an invite? Or at 29, is he older than almost half of our team?(Mikel,Balogun, Ighalo and the rest) or is it that we do not have any need for a midfielder? when we can barely create chances through the middle in games. or is it that he hasn't shown his stuff? Is it not if you get invited that you can show what you have?


Case 3, still on our need for a midfielder, before KC gets a look in somebody like Rabiu Ibrahim should even get a look in. For those that do not know, Rabiu is a sure fixture for Slovan Bratislava, he has a position tied down even with a broken leg and the last time he played for Nigeria(I can't recall the game) he did very well yet he never got invited. Now Bratislava is one of the power houses in Slovakia and if I am correct they are in the Europa league or at least played the qualifiers is that not a bigger place than the LigaII in Portugal? Or is it that Rabiu is now an old man too? Or is that we don't like players from Slovakia? has he been invited enough to show his thing and he failed? How did he not at least merit an invite in that Atletico match and who is too he wouldn't have taken those academy boys on a ride? Let's be honest here, that match against Atletico makes no sense, any seasoned professional would have shone like a million stars in the game.


Case 4, Ramon Azeez. Is he now a Spanish player? OK let me not say much about him because he is more of a DMF than CMF and is not exactly in direct contest with KC or Jamiu or the other guy.

Case 5, Efe Ambrose. So a playing that struggled for game time in Cardiff last season is now better than one of the top players of a top 6 club in Scotland? I mean the talk is ridiculous.


All in a my point is we have better option, but it is either we are not looking hard enough or there are some backroom politics surrounding this list. I mean it makes no sense that guys are busy proving themselves everyday and yet they do not get invited. Onuachu tried so much but did he ever get an invite? Onyekuru is probably going to come to this match against Seychelles and sit on the bench, players that deserve the invitation are overlooked for other below par players.

With all these write up I was expecting to see a whole host of players you are going to mention.

Taye Taiwo? Rabiu Ibrahim? Ramon Azeez? Efe Ambrose? Chai.

The only player that may have a genuine case is Abdul Ajagun.

When I said that is all we've got you say na lie. See the kind players you come dey mention.

Na wa o.

newlife55:
Good evening Sir Icon7s Icon4s Thesupernerd and all the Bosses in this hallowed house. Please I have been an ardent member of this thread, following proceedings and contributing when necessary. I must commend all your efforts in creating a new vision for Nigeria football. I pray God will bless you in your different areas of endeavors. Please, I need assistance and that is why I had to open a new account cos I feel deeply ashamed to use my main moniker which most of you know. I am currently running my MSc and I have a little financial issue I need to sort out before September 12. Please I will appreciate any form of assistance from the house and I am willing to tender evidence to my claim if there's a reason to doubt me. Please I do not know how else to explain but if I get a token, it will go a long mile in solving a lot of issues. Thanks and God bless you all as you reach out.

Firstly, I may be wrong though but, you don't sound like a person we know here.

But then let me just assume you are one of us here. I will tell you that you will be amazed at the extent to which you will get positive responses if you use the moniker we know here.

We understand the peculiarities in our individual lives here. We know a lot of us here are students, some even unemployed or underemployed. So why will it be a thing of shame to you? Even if you use your real moniker this is a faceless forum and we may never ever meet in person. So what's the big deal?
And if you fear that people that know you will identify through your DP then remove it!

Tbaba1234 and komekn have told you the gospel truth.

We are like a family here. And as I said before you will be amazed at the positive responses you will get if we know which moniker you really are.

andrew444:
Fact

Yeah.

andrew444:
Smiles
Stop consoling your self okay
Fine food eat too much of Igbo without food no good

O boy which comedy you and petrobros dey act sef.
I don laff too much today already o.

andrew444:
I did not condem the invitation of a division 2 player

I only condem nwakali because I think ebere eze is better,and ebere eze is another division 2 player so don't get me wrong okay

Jamilu and semi ajayi I said nothing about them apart from nwakali who has done nothing in football or done nothing to be invited

I am saying ebere eze but the same ebere eze is a division 2 player so you see I got nothing against them

No wahala bro. No shaking.

We actually make do with what we have whether Chinese, Bundesliga 2, Portuguese 2 or Championship.

Na wetin we get we go use.

Chrismario:
You forced me to search.....
Morocco: Saiss = wolverhampton
Japan : Haraguchi = Fortuna Düsseldorf

Leave Andrew let him be saying his own.
As if we are at par with the football super powers.