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Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Icon4s(m): 5:37am On Nov 22, 2020
Icon4s:
NAIRALAND NIGERIAN FOOTBALL FANS (NNFF) AWARDS

NOMINATION OF AWARDS COMMITTEE MEMBERS


The Super Eagles have played all their matches for 2020, and to crown up all our analyses on Nigerian Players for the entire year, it is time for us to select players who have made more Impact than the others in various categories.

And, like it has always been, we need to nominate Monikers who will come up with the list of players in the various categories. Then, the entire house will do the voting.

NOTE: Being the Coordinator I am already part of the committee. No need to nominate Icon4s, so we need 6 more people who will join me.


All you need do is mention the Moniker you want to see in the awards Committee and CC: Icon4s and Bascovanveli. The Top 6 nominated monikers will join me in the Committee.

NOMINATION CLOSES 22ND NOVEMBER, 2020 @ 6PM (NIGERIAN TIME)

Let me open the floor:

I nominate Bascovanveli
Cc: Icon4s, Bascovanveli.
Only 12 1/2 hours left.
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Icon4s(m): 5:59am On Nov 21, 2020
Icon4s:
NAIRALAND NIGERIAN FOOTBALL FANS (NNFF) AWARDS

NOMINATION OF AWARDS COMMITTEE MEMBERS


The Super Eagles have played all their matches for 2020, and to crown up all our analyses on Nigerian Players for the entire year, it is time for us to select players who have made more Impact than the others in various categories.

And, like it has always been, we need to nominate Monikers who will come up with the list of players in the various categories. Then, the entire house will do the voting.

NOTE: Being the Coordinator I am already part of the committee. No need to nominate Icon4s, so we need 6 more people who will join me.


All you need do is mention the Moniker you want to see in the awards Committee and CC: Icon4s and Bascovanveli. The Top 6 nominated monikers will join me in the Committee.

NOMINATION CLOSES 22ND NOVEMBER, 2020 @ 6PM (NIGERIAN TIME)

Let me open the floor:

I nominate Bascovanveli
Cc: Icon4s, Bascovanveli.
Let the nominations continue.....
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Icon4s(m): 5:57am On Nov 21, 2020
Alfryd:
I go with jonhbullmyson
cc: Icon4s, Bascovanveli
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Icon4s(m): 5:33am On Nov 20, 2020
Icon4s:
NAIRALAND NIGERIAN FOOTBALL FANS (NNFF) AWARDS

NOMINATION OF AWARDS COMMITTEE MEMBERS


The Super Eagles have played all their matches for 2020, and to crown up all our analyses on Nigerian Players for the entire year, it is time for us to select players who have made more Impact than the others in various categories.

And, like it has always been, we need to nominate Monikers who will come up with the list of players in the various categories. Then, the entire house will do the voting.

NOTE: Being the Coordinator I am already part of the committee. No need to nominate Icon4s, so we need 6 more people who will join me.


All you need do is mention the Moniker you want to see in the awards Committee and CC: Icon4s and Bascovanveli. The Top 6 nominated monikers will join me in the Committee.

NOMINATION CLOSES 22ND NOVEMBER, 2020 @ 6PM (NIGERIAN TIME)

Let me open the floor:

I nominate Bascovanveli
Cc: Icon4s, Bascovanveli.
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Icon4s(m): 5:31am On Nov 20, 2020
Kog45:
Wole(Joseph)Odegbami the younger brother to Segunda Odegbami.Also Nduibusi Okosieme senior brother to Nkiru Okosieme of Falcon fame.

Wow Sylvanus Okpala the quick silver.Kai late Sam Okwaraji also made this team.

Chai, Austin Eguavoen,Chidi Nwanu,Emeka Ezugo,Samson Siasia and Rasheed Yekini made US 94 team.

Manfred Hoener coached this good team.
That was a killer Olympic squad. I still don't understand what when wrong in that tournament.
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Icon4s(m): 5:30am On Nov 20, 2020
Alfryd:
I nominate JOHNBULLMYSON & SUPERNERD
You cannot nominate two Monikers
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Icon4s(m): 4:49pm On Nov 19, 2020
TheGoodJoe:
Sydney 2000 Olympics squad remains my best. When you consider that we dropped the likes of Abubaka Musa (Played a lot like the young Mikel), Emmah Isah, Joseph Yobo, Emmanuel Aniele, Emmanuel Ebiede, Sunday Ibeji to mention few.

The Squad.

1 GK Greg Etafia
2 DF Gbenga Okunowo
3 DF Celestine Babayaro
4 FW Johnson Sunday
5 DF Iyenemi Furo
6 DF Christopher Kanu
7 FW Victor Agali
8 FW Bright Igbinadolor
9 FW Yakubu Aiyegbeni
10 MF Azubike Oliseh
11 MF Garba Lawal*
12 MF Henry Onwuzuruike
13 FW Pius Ikedia
14 MF Blessing Kaku
15 DF Godwin Okpara*
16 DF Isaac Okoronkwo
17 FW Julius Aghahowa
18 GK Sam Okoye
Compare with this team:

1988 Olympics Nigeria squad list:


Goal Keepers:
David Ngodigha
Christian Obi

Defenders:
Jude Agada
Augustine Eguavoen
Chidi Nwanu
Sylvanus Okpala
Bright (10-10) Omokaro

Midfielders:
Adeola Adeshina
Emeka Ezugo
Osaro Obobaifo
Joseph Odegbami
Ndubuisi Okosieme
Samuel Okwaraji

Forwards:
Dominic Iorfa
Henry Nwosu
Mike Obiku
Samson Siasia
Rashida Yekini

I just compared them with the '88 squad not to even mention the 1996 and 2008 squads that went as far as the finals.
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Icon4s(m): 4:26pm On Nov 19, 2020
TheGoodJoe:
Sad Nigeria is where we are. Our football story summarizes Nigeria. A country filled with great potential but succumbed to nothing due to people putting their personal greed ahead of National success that will impact the whole country positively.

Let us not talk of the Coja team, coached by Musa Abdullahi. I actually missed those games but followed them on news. Those guys played some breathtaking, high tempo attacking football.
Yeah, I like that Coja team too. But that was when we were suffering from the Cameroon defeat syndrome and lost to them in the Semis.

My favorite from that team was Alfred Emujarie aka Omoefe. Na my AJ boy too. Very quick on the wings.
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Icon4s(m): 4:22pm On Nov 19, 2020
TheGoodJoe:
Sydney 2000 Olympics squad remains my best. When you consider that we dropped the likes of Abubaka Musa (Played a lot like the young Mikel), Emmah Isah, Joseph Yobo, Emmanuel Aniele, Emmanuel Ebiede, Sunday Ibeji to mention few.

The Squad.

1 GK Greg Etafia
2 DF Gbenga Okunowo
3 DF Celestine Babayaro
4 FW Johnson Sunday
5 DF Iyenemi Furo
6 DF Christopher Kanu
7 FW Victor Agali
8 FW Bright Igbinadolor
9 FW Yakubu Aiyegbeni
10 MF Azubike Oliseh
11 MF Garba Lawal*
12 MF Henry Onwuzuruike
13 FW Pius Ikedia
14 MF Blessing Kaku
15 DF Godwin Okpara*
16 DF Isaac Okoronkwo
17 FW Julius Aghahowa
18 GK Sam Okoye
How can you say this was your best Olympic squad? When they were not even as good as the 1988 and 2008 squads.
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Icon4s(m): 4:19pm On Nov 19, 2020
Icon4s:
NAIRALAND NIGERIAN FOOTBALL FANS (NNFF) AWARDS

NOMINATION OF AWARDS COMMITTEE MEMBERS


The Super Eagles have played all their matches for 2020, and to crown up all our analyses on Nigerian Players for the entire year, it is time for us to select players who have made more Impact than the others in various categories.

And, like it has always been, we need to nominate Monikers who will come up with the list of players in the various categories. Then, the entire house will do the voting.

NOTE: Being the Coordinator I am already part of the committee. No need to nominate Icon4s, so we need 6 more people who will join me.


All you need do is mention the Moniker you want to see in the awards Committee and CC: Icon4s and Bascovanveli. The Top 6 nominated monikers will join me in the Committee.

NOMINATION CLOSES 22ND NOVEMBER, 2020 @ 6PM (NIGERIAN TIME)

Let me open the floor:

I nominate Bascovanveli
Cc: Icon4s, Bascovanveli.
Come on guys, let's do This.
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Icon4s(m): 12:07pm On Nov 19, 2020
Icon4s:
NAIRALAND NIGERIAN FOOTBALL FANS (NNFF) AWARDS

NOMINATION OF AWARDS COMMITTEE MEMBERS


The Super Eagles have played all their matches for 2020, and to crown up all our analyses on Nigerian Players for the entire year, it is time for us to select players who have made more Impact than the others in various categories.

And, like it has always been, we need to nominate Monikers who will come up with the list of players in the various categories. Then, the entire house will do the voting.

NOTE: Being the Coordinator I am already part of the committee. No need to nominate Icon4s, so we need 6 more people who will join me.


All you need do is mention the Moniker you want to see in the awards Committee and CC: Icon4s and Bascovanveli. The Top 6 nominated monikers will join me in the Committee.

NOMINATION CLOSES 22ND NOVEMBER, 2020 @ 6PM (NIGERIAN TIME)

Let me open the floor:

I nominate Bascovanveli
Cc: Icon4s, Bascovanveli.
Please let's do the needful. Thanks.
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Icon4s(m): 12:05pm On Nov 19, 2020
Parrot69:
grin grin. You people are really funny here. I nominate him too.
Please mention your nominee in your own separate post. And remember the CC. Thanks.
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Icon4s(m): 6:00am On Nov 19, 2020
NAIRALAND NIGERIAN FOOTBALL FANS (NNFF) AWARDS

NOMINATION OF AWARDS COMMITTEE MEMBERS


The Super Eagles have played all their matches for 2020, and to crown up all our analyses on Nigerian Players for the entire year, it is time for us to select players who have made more Impact than the others in various categories.

And, like it has always been, we need to nominate Monikers who will come up with the list of players in the various categories. Then, the entire house will do the voting.

NOTE: Being the Coordinator I am already part of the committee. No need to nominate Icon4s, so we need 6 more people who will join me.


All you need do is mention the Moniker you want to see in the awards Committee and CC: Icon4s and Bascovanveli. The Top 6 nominated monikers will join me in the Committee.

NOMINATION CLOSES 22ND NOVEMBER, 2020 @ 6PM (NIGERIAN TIME)

Let me open the floor:

I nominate Bascovanveli
Cc: Icon4s, Bascovanveli.
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Icon4s(m): 12:36pm On Nov 18, 2020
DrKlever:
They don't deserve any award sad
grin grin

I Understand how you feel Doc.
Quite very disappointing. However, this is just a process to assess the individual performances of the players.
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Icon4s(m): 5:54am On Nov 18, 2020
THE NAIRALAND NIGERIAN FOOTBALL FANS (NNFF) AWARDS


Now, we have seen all the games of our darling Super Eagles for 2020.

Even though we are not so particularly pleased, especially with the Sierra-Leone double header, it is time for us to evaluate the performances of individual players in the team.

NOMINATION OF MEMBERS OF AWARDS COMMITTEE STARTS 6:AM, 19TH NOVEMBER, 2020.

Please watch the space.
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Icon4s(m): 6:59pm On Nov 17, 2020
FT.

Hmm....
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Icon4s(m): 5:59pm On Nov 17, 2020
Its half time in Freetown.
0:0

The pitch is not helping matters at all. And the SE are not imposing enough. Our passing kind of game is not working here.
The pitch has suited the Sierra-Leonean kick and follow more.

If our boys can move their game up a gear we can win this one.
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Icon4s(m): 4:26pm On Nov 17, 2020
JohnBullMySon:
akpoguma is defensively better. He was good in the last game. Once we begin score, ebuehi go surely enter pitch. So calm down.
You don't go into a game like this anticipating a defensive change. That is completely a waste of substitute slot.

Any player you start in the defense, baring any injuries, should be ready to play for 90mins.
Leave the 3 substitute spots for substitutions in more impactful positions in attack and Midfield.
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Icon4s(m): 4:22pm On Nov 17, 2020
Line up

Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Icon4s(m): 10:55am On Nov 14, 2020
chuks404:
. Hmm. Nigeria beating those guys at their backyard. Very hard.
You might be surprised. Football can be funny sometimes.
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Icon4s(m): 9:47pm On Nov 13, 2020
Lest I forget,
Paul Onuachu no be striker at all.
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Icon4s(m): 9:39pm On Nov 13, 2020
I had to first recover from the shock before I could calm myself to compose any analysis.

Infact, this is one of greatest shockers in Nigerian football. Never have we led by 3 or 4 goals and ended up not winning that game. Worst still a home game.

First of all, I know my first point might not be a popular opinion, but I think moving matches to unfamiliar Venues has a way of affecting the performances of teams. Nigeria should have a fortress, a slaughter ground like we had in the National Stadium in Surulere back then. The NFF should please do well enough to prepare the National Stadium in Abuja or Lagos for us to be playing all our home games so the boys can very much get used to playing there. National Teams typically play in their Capital.

Now to the game Proper:
The team started well. A Fairy tale first 35mins or so minutes. In my entire history of watching football for close to 40years, never has the Super Eagles led any team by 4:0 within 30mins.
Ok Sierra Leone pulled one back before half time and that was all they needed to have some believe.

At the point in the second half when it became 4:2, what the coach needed was to protect what he had. The problem in this team started with a lean midfield in the entire squad. See the number of Midfielders. He just packed up the team with defenders.
Etebor did creditably well but he is not a natural DM and so he didn't shield the back line well enough.
Ahmed Musa, even though didn't do much going forward, added steel to that middle. Iheanacho, his replacement, move more into forward positions and we became lean in the midfield at a time when we were supposed to go compact.

Akpoguma playing RB was another big error in this game. Even the least person here saw that coming. As a RB he offered absolutely nothing going forward, making Chukwueze a lone ranger in that part of the pitch.

Our centre backs need to be taken to Benin Ring road and flogged mercilessly.

Again, Rohr's tactical weakness has been exposed. He has not always been good with making substitutions. His game management has always be mediocre.

I have made this call before, I will make it again: We need a tactician in that Team.
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Icon4s(m): 7:03pm On Nov 13, 2020
Sebi na for Edo.
4+4 Ogbane.

Indeed "The miracle of Benin"
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Icon4s(m): 4:47pm On Nov 13, 2020
Danielnino00:
More like emergency makeshift RBs...
They were not "emergency" RBs because they played several games and even Awaziem played a full tournament as a RB grin
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Icon4s(m): 4:40pm On Nov 13, 2020
Smellymouth:
My bad. To an extent they are.
They are make-shift RBs.
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Icon4s(m): 4:37pm On Nov 13, 2020
Smellymouth:
There is Ebuehi,shehu and awaziem who are natural RB while akpoguma who is a CB is starting..

Is there something we don’t know or is Yobo giving Rohr colorado to drink?
Shehu and Awaziem are not natural RBs
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Icon4s(m): 4:36pm On Nov 13, 2020
Danielnino00:
That's why I like it.. grin .. U need to work extra hard...
we were lucky to get Ethiopia last time...
If we finish top of our group and meet a ultra defensive team like Uganda in the next round, it won't be funny grin ..imagine them beating us 1-0 in Kamapala grin
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Icon4s(m): 4:35pm On Nov 13, 2020
Edopesin:
Well I no know wetin you been dey reason with rohr sha but the wing players on the bench should be starting over an out of form Musa. Though I don't expect less of Musa in the game
Well..., his performance in camp earned him a starting place.
Sports › Re: Nigeria Vs Sierra Leone: AFCON Qualifiers (4 - 4) On 13th November 2020 by Icon4s(m): 4:33pm On Nov 13, 2020
emmasege:
Who still watches Nigeria's matches?

Buhari has killed the sense of patriotism in many people.
Chairman, park well make we see road.
We are not here to discuss Buhari please.
Real lovers of Nigerian football still watch Nigerian matches.
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Icon4s(m): 4:29pm On Nov 13, 2020
Edopesin:
Iheanacho on the wings wouldn't have raised eyebrows as Musa starting. We are playing Sierra Leone not Argentina, if you cannot trust Dennis or Ejuke to be at least decent against these guys why call them in the first place huh
Iheanacho will definitely play a role in this game, either as an SS or a CF. Denis and Ejuke will also play their substitute roles. You cannot say there was not need inviting them if they cannot start.

The only odd starter I see in that line up is Kelvin Akpoguma at RB.
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Icon4s(m): 4:25pm On Nov 13, 2020
maidaboi:
So NTAi will not air the match
Better.

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