Humility017: Lollllz I was so surprised to see him make case for okpotu trying to cunny him into the world cup list.... even okputu himself knows he is heading nowhere to Russia...it will be nightmare if it happens...he will so scared if ask to enter the plane heading for Russia ...
Humility017: I understand you...but i think wit only two session practise on shooting drills will tell a lot on their play... all they need no is to put their shoots on the ground and not on the air...
that alone will help in their subsequent matches.... many a time this coaches are clueless on what to bring out in this players not really because the players are that bad... they have been no player that have never been worked on by their coaches...
I blame yusuf a little but more blame should go to the club coaches....
Shooting drills you said.... Will he also drill them on how to manage anxiety when gifted with opportunities?
Famocious: Guess Who Wants To Gate Crash Nigeria Team To Russia?
Sammy Ameobi has not given up hope of gate-crashing Nigeria’s World Cup squad. The Bolton Wanderers winger pledged allegiance to the Super Eagles in 2014 despite previously representing England at Under-21s level. Ameobi has been in good form since returning from a knee injury sustained in pre-season and has three goals from his 19 starts in the Championship. Having previously played for Nigeria’s Under-20s in two friendlies in 2011, the 25-year-old would love to make the step up to senior level, emulating his brother Shola, who played at the 2014 World Cup. Ameobi hopes with regular football he is now getting at the Macron Stadium he may yet impress the international selectors and make his World Cup dream a reality. “ I want to solely represent Nigeria ,” he said. “Hopefully that opportunity will come but it will only possibly happen if I play well on a weekly basis, which is what I am aiming to do here at Bolton Wanderers. “With it being a World Cup year who knows what could happen? “It would be great to be a part of that, but there’s a lot of hard work ahead for me if that’s even possible. “It isn’t easy breaking into the international team. Shola did it and I can only hope to follow in his footsteps!”
Wonders shall never end. Say one is looking for a native doctor doesn't mean that one should look for one with krow-krow in his ears. So because your brother was favored to be in the WC you too wan try am.
You want to solely represent Nigeria? Who can you even "solely" displace from the team?
Humility017: to be honest wit you sir... I think yusuf has not really done enough.... good shooting drills and practise will help okputu, Gabriel and old man rabiu alot...
these 3 players missed lot of chances
In the national team there is usually not enough time to drill players like you would have at club levels.
TheSuperNerd: Honestly, I am really trying to figure out HOW Okpotu should even be close to making the Russia 2018 squad... let me do the "maths"... I dey come...
I hope Salisu Yusuf has fixed the wasteful Eagles. I didn't expect it to take him this long to find a solution to his misfiring squad.
He needs to borrow a leaf from Rohr. The german tactician in a very short time into his appointment employed shooting drills in training to correct and bring desired change in the A team.
We saw the improvement in players like Mikel, S. Moses, Iwobi, etc in subsequent matches after the Tazania match where we created as many as 23 chances but could only convert 1.
This shooting accuracy has seen the team become more clinical in front of goal going on to score 4goals out of a total of 5shots on target against Argentinal-this kind of improvement makes one happy and at the same time left one wandering on Salisu's inability to translate such thing into the CHAN team having spend more time with the local boys...
Well, tomorow isn't far away. The team needs to take their chances and bury the game as early as possible.
Wishing the boys a successful passage to the final.
Se na now him go teach Okpotu how to control simple pass and beat his man on one-on-one situation ni?
Na una wey dey kuku expect heaven and Earth from these boys. I don talk my own since teytey.
TheSuperNerd: Hmmmm.... A Grand Elder here have given his word and I must oblige...
Oga Rabzy... You made me laugh so hard with your recap commentary from the late great king of radio commentary, Ernest Okonkwo. I never got to listen to him but I heard tales about him but right here you have brought me even closer to him.... For that I say thank you.
By the power vested in me by the Honorable Arch-Guardians of the halls of experience and History... Members of the senior citizens realm here (borrowing Safarigirl's words ) , I say a BIG WELCOME TO THE HOUSE, GRAND SIR RABZY.....
Your room is upstairs among the other elders led by the amiable Chief Icon4s, their chairman.... Looolll
Welcome , welcome and Welcome.... Ahhhhhh... Omo! See Guys wey dey make us feel like neonates... Loolll.. Safarigirl Honey, We gat to build up more of the ground floor oooo to welcome more youngies like us to come sit at the elders' feet....
Sir Elder RABZY.... You are welcome....
Elder rabzy, you are most welcome.
Safarigirl, please arrange for refreshment for our new member of the Elders' council.
Nigeria vs Tunisia, 1978 WC Qualifying match He starts off slowly. “As the game peters out to the dying minutes of this rather engrossing match, a long ball is floated into the Eagles 18 yard box. It seems like an eternity for it to land……(then as the action intensifies, his voice becomes racy)……Godwin Odiye, under pressure from the advancing Tunisian attacker is there to deal with it. Without looking back, he expertly heads the ball backwards toward Okala…..(his voice is now loud). ………Okala is rushing out to retrieve the loose ball. (his voice becomes louder) ……….Oh noooo…..it’s an own goal. Nigeria has scored Nigeriaaaaaa. It was a misjudged header by Odiye, as Okala goes the wrong way and the ball the other way. The ball rolls effortlessly into an empty net. ……(he tones down his voice into a sombre one). A sad spectacle to watch……What a calamity! (His voice is now slow)…………. The Tunisians are joyous and celebrating victory. And the Nigerian camp is understandably subdued. Odiye bends down in shock as he watches the long towering figure of Emmanuel Okala walk slowly towards goal to retrieve the ball from the net. The stadium is agonisingly silent. You can hear a pin drop. The Green Eagles are rooted to the spot. They can’t believe their eyes. Even Father Tiko is motionless. It was as if someone had just died………to everyone listening, it is with sorrow in my heart that I return you to the studios. Bye-bye Nigeria!”.
Nigeria Vs Egypt “….and the ball is ballooned skywards out of the Eagles defence by Chairman Christian Chukwu, but Muda Lawal runs towards the ball and controls it superbly with the deft touch of his right boot as if it was glued to it. The midfield maestro strolls majestically with the ball. He then sprays the ball towards Chief Justice Adokie on the left of midfield, who darts to the left and cleverly cuts the ball back in one fast swift motion, losing his marker in the process……he crosses the ball and it reaches Mathematical Segun Odegbami. He exchanges a one two with Muda. Odegbami collects the ball back, sells a dummy and beats another player with a leg over……the crowd roar in delight….. he’s running to the right flank… He calculates one and two, maybe he will find Muda Lawal again at the perimeter circle, but he decides to kick a 50 meter cross close to the 18 yard box of the opponent. Blockbuster Aloysius Atuegbu intercepts the ball. He bamboozles his way past two players using his physical strength. He dribbles one, dribbles two and releases a cannon shot! It’s a goaaaallll!!! Oh no! The Egyptian goalkeeper, Ikrami Ahmed, tips the ball over the bar, just when the ball was flying into the top corner of the goal post! What an intercontinental ballistic missile…what a brilliant world class save by Ahmed. And what a great flowing move by the Green Eagles. Even Father Tiko is standing in admiration”.
rabzy: There were a lot of football terms we used growing up that we should be paying copyright dues to this man...e.g he balloon the ball and banana shot, intercontinental ballistic missile....that man deserves a national award.
Do you know how many kids/people went to find out what ICBM is when he mentioned that....that man educated the whole country...lololololol
Oww... man.... you are too much. You too sabi this man.
Kog45: Oh my God Earnest Okonkwo the man who label
Segun Odegbami Mathematical Christian Chukwu Chairman Adokiye Aimesemeaka. Chief Justice Felix Owolabi. Owo blow Sylvanus Okpalla silver spoon Muda Lawal Mercurial Humphrey Edebor sizzling Emma Okala. Old warhorse Rufai Dodo Mayama not the one but made it popular Yisa Sofoluwe Minister of defence Bright Omokaro Ten Ten Sunday Eboigbe Rock of Gibraltar Uche Okechukwu gentle giant
Hope you remember great commentators like Yinka Craiq,Akinloye Oyebanji,Mainasara Ello,Ahmed Adio,Fabio Olanipekun,Seyi Ogundiyile,Rotimi Bisiriyu but now we are having mediocre.
Omo, late Ernest Okonkwo. He had this ways of describing things. Like "banana shot" (coiling shot).And giving players nicknames.
mazimee: BREAKING: Iheanacho asks to leave Leicester City -
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Iheanacho inspired by Okocha and Kanu for FA Cup form Kelechi Iheanacho has asked to leave Leicester City on loan before the end of the January transfer window in a bid to get regular playing time, with Newcastle United interesting in landing the Nigerian. The 21-year old has only started two Premier League games for the Foxes since arriving for £25million from Manchester City in the summer, even though he has had more luck in the FA Cup, where he scored a brace at the weekend, making it nine goals in his last nine games in that competition.
Leicester boss Claude Puel is now ready to let the 21-year-old get some game time, and whilst there are clubs from around Europe clamouring for his signature, Newcastle are energing as a genuine contender for his signature, according to TeamTalk.
It remains to be seen if he will be allowed to leave, but he has been warned by the Nigeria coach Gernot Rohr he needs to move to play more regularly if he wants to make the squad to the World Cup.
tbaba1234: Friday Elaho, Elastic Elaho, he moves, passes the ball to Ekpo, Ekpo beat one, Ekpo passes to Yekini, And And....It is a..... Oh no!!! Over the bar..
You know how many people injured themselves kicking chairs and tables while listening to those commentaries. It was so electrifying.
lexyman: men thank God we re still alive to enjoy the sweet part of it . very Ugly commentary .copare to what we have now ..
;Dhe moves! he moves!! dribbles one , dribbles two! it is a.....!!! oh, no ! over the bar !!!!... (at this point , your almost peeing in your pant , will heavy heartbeat ) so many development and circulation of technology has helped the game of soccer and the love for it has grown far beyond .....
O boy, Nigerian commentators of then were a lot better than the Nigerian commentators of today. The only Nigerian commentators that are still trying today are those of Supersports. Go listen to the NTA commentators fes. You know what I am talking about.
fabyom: Great and amazing contributions from the elders. Today my son becomes 4weeks old and also today marks my 1st week stay in the united state. please elders help me wish my son happy week day. Thank you
Congratulations man. May he grow in the knowledge and Wisdom of our Lord.
Tension was in the air whenever this song was played on radio. Sometimes, when the Eagles were down at half time, radio Nigeria will leave the song on repeat. But if eventually the Eagles lost, you no hear the song again.
O boy you just brought back part of my childhood memories with that song.
And you are right about the song not being played after we lost.
I think it was released to celebrate our victory at the 1980 AFCON.
The song was played severely in the last game of our 1982 WC qualifiers against Algeria. But after Algeria knack us the akpako we no hear the song again.
goldfish80: There was this song by Nelly Uchendu played on radio usually before any crucial match in the 80's. The song goes something like... Every match Every match Eagles the great, Eagles of Nigeria. If they play football in Ghana, Eagles must win.......nothing like the eagles in Africa.
I cant recall the name of the song. I have always wanted to download it but I'm hitting dead ends. cc Kog45, Icon4s
O boy you try remember this song o.
...nothing like the Eagles nothing like the Eagles nothing like the Eagles of Nigeria 2X.
Up Eagles!!
Hahaha.
You can type "Nelly Uchendu" and it will bring out all her songs and maybe this one too.
Kog45: Yes our Scotland 89 team remain one of the best U17 till today better than Many Garba boys,i watched both and good enough i was at UAE live watching Manu boys or what would say about Chile 87 U 20 team,good team but messed up with indiscipline players like Etim Esin.
The Chile 87 team held so much promises. With a good number of quality players but also with a good number of inexperienced players from the previous China 85 crop. China 85 was an U16 tournament, Chile 87 was an U21 tourney. A good number of those boys were too young. Though the bigger boys in the team tried but that was not enough to spare them from the bashings from Brazil and Italy.(Having Brazil and Italy in your group at any level that time na die be that)
Those who have been long enough on this thread know I keep making reference to the mistakes we made with that team. Part of what affected the Manu U20 and what affected Amuneke's U20 as well. A lot of the players were too young and inexperienced to compete at that level. Some of them had to repeat the U21 in 1989 and then they played better and reaching the final. the Saudi 89 team was a combo of the China 85, Canada 87 and quality players from the local league. Perfectly matched. Mind you by 1987, the cadet WC became U17.
Taliban: I know you asked Kog 45 but let me too put small mouth. The 89 team had more quality. How can you explain coming back from 4-0 down in a match (the Daman Miracle) or playing two men short against eventual champions Portugal and only beaten by a goal. Then the tournament used to be only for 18 months but all 18 played the tournament and were simply awesome. The likes of Angus Ikeji, Emeka Amadi (GKs), Tunde Charity, Sam Elijah, Bawa Abdullahi, Nduka Ugbade, Mutiu Adepoju, Tony Emedolu, Peter Ogaba, Oladunni Oyekale, Dimeji Lawal, Chris Nwosu, Chris Ohenhen, Jimoh Balogun, Phillip Osondu etc I have tried.
Yeah that game. All our 4 goals were long range shots. Go check out that Mutiu Adepoju's pass to Nduka Ugbade for the equaliser. Highlights of that game is on YouTube. I also posted it here recently.
I wonder why Nigerian teams generally hardly score such goals again. Recall also Victor Igbinoba's goal against Germany in the China 85 final. A Classic! NTA were just showing it prio to 9 o'clock news everyday for about half a decade.
Taliban: I also remember that Maradona Like goal Chris Nwosu scored against Czechoslovakia in Saudi 89!!!!
Great memories abi is it the Eagles team of 89 we should talk about, Fetuga, Keshinro, Bobo Edom, Godwin Opara (who Pele likened to Beckenbauer), Victor Ikpeba, Jide Oguntuwase, Andrew Aikhomogbe, Precious Monye, Patrick Mancha, John Zaki
Chris Nwosu!! I remember that goal and his celebration of continuously swimming his hand, running and celebrating the goal.
That Scotland 89 set to me were even better than the Canada 87 set. If not for that over-aged Saudi Keeper that stopped all our shots, we would have won that tournament.
Kog45: Bcc Lions of Shuaib Amodu with good players like Dominic Irofa,Moses Kpakor,Terfa Kpakor,John Okon Ene of U20 team to Chile 87 that comprised of Etim Esin,Adeolu Adekola,Ladi Babalola,Ikpowosa Omoregie,Willy Okpara,Victor Igbinoba,Nduka Ugbade who still represent us at Saudi 89 with the likes of Bawa Abdullahi, Nosa Osadolor,Sam Elijah,Tunde Charity,Angus Ikeji,Christian Obi,Chris Ohenhen,Mutiu Adepoju,Jimoh Balogun,Oladuni Oyekale
You recall that game: Cameroon vs Nigeria in 1989. It was a 1990 WC qualifying game. We needed just a draw from that game in the Lions' den to qualify for our first ever WC. And o, the tension had no rival. To make it worse, away games were hardly aired live so we had to listen to Ernest Okonwo's commentaries on Radio Nigeria.
My brother I couldn't sit down to listen to the commentaries. I almost climbed our center table several times when Nigeria was allegedly on the offensive.
We celebrated half time whistle shouting "ope o" half time! while heaving big sighs of relief because from the commentaries it seemed Cameroon were more on the offensive. You know how that game later ended na. We heard cases of people fainting when Cameroon finally took the lead late into the game.
Kog45: Dimeji was a class with skill and pace better than Ahmed Musa of today then who is Musa Yahaya.Dimeji couldn't make it with eagles in the 90s cos he messed up with Westerhoff,not really a discipline player but extremely good,honestly i will only rate Finidi George ahead of him not even Tijani Babangida.
Good!
I don't know if you had joined this forum when I opined that the Tunde Disu's Saudi '89 U20 boys had more quality than the Manu's 2015 New Zealand U20 boys.
Kog45: Perfect,1984 was a team with young players like Keshi Stephen,Peter Rufai,Patrick Okala,Ademola Adeshina,Sofoluwe,Humphery Edebor,Henry Nwosu with senior Musa Lawal,not easy in the final cos Cameroon were full of experience players like Roger mills,Emma Kunde,Thomas Nkono,Antoine Bell,these are Espana 82 WC players.
Oh Edward Ansah nearly play for Nigeria when he was with Leventis United but the presence of Rufai didn't help the situation but later opted for his home country.John Mastroudeus was not happy when he declared for Ghana,till today Ansah remain the best foreign kepper to keep in Nigeria league.
Algiers 90 was a tournament that launched Westerhoff cos after losing 5-1 in opening march against Algeria the team went to the final and losing to the same team 1 nil,most of our foreign based stayed away from Algiers 90 due to club engagement except Andrew Use,Ademola Adeshina and Rashidi Yekini.This tournament gave us Daniel Amokachie,Alloy Agu and Uche Okechukwu.
Henry Nwosu goal against Cameroon in the final of maroc 88 was a day light robbery and the Gabonese referee Jamel was just horrible in the final cos he later gave penalty to Cameroon after a tackle from Sunday Eboigbe against Roger Mills,Milla Roger scored the penalty.This was a tournament Keshi need to shuttled between Morocco and Belgium with private jet from Anderlecht.
Nigeria against Ghana was a semi final and as you said man no fit eat after that match cos i have Ghanians as neighbors then,not easy.It was a match that really exposed Alloy Agu and a match that really showed that Keshu was a great leader.I remember Siasia hit a bar on the tail end of the match but very good match though we lost.
O boy Keshi was a baller those days o.
His name will always remain among the elites list of Nigerian footballers. A defender with so much influence. The Big boss.
That Maroc 88 final pained me o. That of Algiers 90 we had already conceded defeat before that final.A team that beat us 5-1 at the group stage? Yekini was really instrumental to our road to the final.
I have that clip of our 5-1 defeat and 1-0 lose in the final.
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Icon4s(m): 4:40pm On Jan 30, 2018
let me do the "maths"... I dey come...
) , I say a BIG WELCOME TO THE HOUSE, GRAND SIR RABZY..... 