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tbaba1234:
Chai, i remember i used to listen to every sports show in the morning especially Larry Echiejile now izamoje... I remember Saturday morning with Paul Bassey.

Hilarious Hameed Adio commentary.

Yeah, u remember masters sports with Paul Bassey, Chris Eseka and co. 1993-1994 best football moments of my life.

enomakos:
hahaha ok i hear you bro

that incident end Godwin odiye romance with the green eagles,not long after he left for america

Yeah. That was his last game.

My mom was among those that cursed that guy that day.I didnt understand football much but i remember her saying "May it not be well with that player". I saw my parents and our neighbours so angry bt i didnt really understand the cause of their anger. I hated football like...

fuckpro:
you should be in your late 30's or 40s time really flies

You try.

TheSuperNerd:
*smiles* Sir Tbaba1234 started it... Sir Icon4s continues it...

Make I add small abeg....


John Utaka- Utaka the attacker

John Mikel Obi- The Catalyst, Obi Kerenrenke, etc

Obafemi Martins- The weapon of mass destruction (WMD) and Obagoal

Haruna Ilerika- Little Dynamite/master dribbler (I read so much about Ilerika.. Loolll)

Tony Igwe- Tony "parkins"

Peter Fregene- The Cat

Inua lawal Rigogo- The flying cat...


Na the little be this.... More still dey my passive memory.

You try.

Bundle of Skills- Christian Obodo
Ecuador- Kingsley Amuneke
Wowo-Ugochukwu Chukwunyere
Robo Cub-Rabiu Afolabi
Little Messi - Stanley Okoro
Mosquito-Ikechukwu Ibenegbu
Investment-Benjamin Chukwuka Onwuachi
Somebody used to bare Shagari as nickname. Forgotten who.


Larry Echiele of Brila sport promoted most of these names.

I recall things like *in larry's voice* "The Attacker called Utaka!", "Dodooomayanaaa!", "The pastor called Taribo West!". "The weapon of mass destruction, obagooaal!". Bimbo Adeola aslo spoke like Larry.

Hmmm Glory days of Nigerian football. When i would wait to listen to bournvita sports special on OGBC2, with Larry Echiejile, 7:45 - 8:00am, before going for lectures. Then he had not started brila radio.

martineinstein:
i no blame u.if no be europeans, bini for colonise entire east

Inferiority complex.

Ubenedictus:
THe last oba wasnt a christian nor were his fathers nor is d incumbent.

I live in Benin. I know what i am talking about.

IyanuFanoro:
are u yoruba?

E mi ke? Oti o.

Abi ki l' e feel?

martineinstein:
na really oyibo slave u be

Taa.. i pitty your mentality.

BlackAlbino6:
FIFA Force Porto To Send “Nigerian Robben” Samuel Chukwueze Back To Nigeria
Failed Arsenal target Samuel Chukwueze is back in Nigeria after spending time with Portuguese giants FC Porto, the team he will join when he clocks 18.


Chukwueze one of the stars of the last Nigeria U-17 team to the World Cup in Chile, where they emerged champions trained with the U-18s of the team before returning back to Nigeria.


His return we gathered was due to FIFA regulations on the transfer of minors, which means he can’t be kept by the team for now, as he is yet to be officially registered as their player.


Although a transfer fee has been agreed with his nursery team Diamond Academy for the recently turned 17 year old forward, but payments will be made after the transfer is made official.


However, Owngoalnigeria.com gathered that even when he clocks 18, arrangements are already well underway to loan him to a team in the low division before he makes the step up to the main team.

owngoalnigeria.com/2016/10/18/fifa-force-porto-to-send-nigerian-robben-samuel-chukwueze-back-to-nigeria/

No wahala, no be when he clocks 18?

Meanwhile, he could be available for the Korea tourney. It is highly talented teens like these that need more exposure.

BlackAlbino6:
I love this arrangement, wish the U20 boys are given such a chance

cc: TheGoodJoe

tbaba1234:
Nigerians are dry nowadays.. We used to have nicknames for all our players..

Like:
Mathematical Segun Odegbami
Chairman- Christian Chukwu
Yeking-Rasheed Yekini
10-10-Bright Omokaro
Dodo mayana-Peter Rufai
Cerezo-Augustine Eguavoen
Gentle Giant-Uche Okechukwu
Skippo or Big boss-Stephen Keshi
Elastic Elaho-Friday Elaho
Da Bull-Daniel Amokachi
Head master-Mutiu Adepoju
Prince of Monaco- Victor Ikpeba
J-J- Austine Okocha
Papilo-Nwankwo Kanu
Okada- Tijani Babangida
Dependable-Taribo West
Kpoi-A name for Amuneke from people of my sec. sch and neighbourhood
Agbonibasket- Wilfred Agbonivbare
Omo Alhaja-Abiodun Baruwa
Chindo-Garba Lawal
The Yak or Yakubul - Yakubu Aiyegbeni



I think a good number of those names were given to players by our indegenous FRCN and NTA commentators those days.

neocortex:
Another white man slave spotted.

Na you be white man slave.

tglobal:
Yes he did at AFCON 2000 : against Morocco and Senegal

Well, those were his later years but not under Westerhorf.

I remember he covered for Sunday Oliseh who was down with maleria. But that was not his primary role.

hmmm... The last Oba became a Christian and abolished so many fetish practises in Benin.

He brought Modernization, prosperity and development to Benin.

With what i have seen so far, I hope this Oba will not take Benin back to its dark ages.

TheSuperNerd:
Haba!!! Sir Enomakos na confirm elder naa.... No worry... Maybe I go drop list of the "elders and bosses" club of the sports section and the threads we are on.... Una dey boku no be small....

Me na as Sir Forgiveness term us... "Indomie generation"




But at the bolded.... (The main reason why I couldn't resist quoting this post):»

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That guy dey fall hand. Dey ask whether i watch Nigeria 99 & Ghana/Nigeria 2000. Some times i doubt his eldership sef.

vicechancellor:
abeg what's the title of that fela's song?

Me no know.

I no be Fela fan and i no like Fela's kind of music.
I only jst recall that line.

enomakos:
i hear that but i did't believe it,i did't believe a team mate could do that
but i do know many fans want to kill him that day

The camaras may not have picked it but those that know those who were in the stadium said those that were in the stadium saw Emma Okala chasing Odiye about with a bottle in his hand.

But bros u sabi Odiye and you remember that incident from way back 1981. Chai i hail o!

I don spot u now. Elder enomakos!

Some times some of us are alone on certain discussions.I know you have always been around here, but we need more contributions from u.

Forgiveness wey also be elder wey suppose they give us eye withness account go jst dey fall our hand dey search google.

Its jst like younger people of today in 30 years time searching google to give younger people info about the likes of Mikel, Iheanacho, Iwobi and co.

chrisooblog:
yeah he didn't play the DM position in the classic manner like a makalele, oliseh etc per se but i think his discipline and good positioning made westerhof field him in that role. adepoju was really talented. i consider him one of the most underrated and unheralded players that we ever produced. he was a good foil for oliseh. i remember the master class him and oliseh gave the south africans in the semi-finals of AFCON 2000.

i feel if he had played in the midfield alongside oliseh and jayjay against cameroon in AFCON 2000 and denmark in france 98 the outcomes of those games might have been different

Mutiu (head master) was one of my favorite young players then. He was one of our best players at Saudi '89 U21.

He stepped into the Super Eagles when the competition was really very high.

Though he was hardly in the starting 11 but was a kind of player that changes things when introduced.

Not true that he was never celebrated. Those that knew his worth celebrated him. Same goes for Samson Siasia, another lethal striker hu hardly made the starting 11 bc of Amokachi and Yekini's killer combo.

enomakos:
is it true emma okala chased odiye with bottle after that own goal?

You heard that too?

forgiveness:
Hehehehe! you started watching football on black and white TV in 84 but I started watching' LIVE MATCHES' at the National Stadium Lagos in 84/85.

You see am!

Like I said, I don't store football memories on my head but I am not not an ignoramus when it comes to soccer.

Google is useful to those who has first hand information.

I know u are not an ignoramus. U were the one trying to diacredit my write up when u dnt even have first hand knowledge of those things.

Google is very helpfull especially when u want to confirm facts/figures/statistics or recall some records. But many historical event are not covered by google.

For instance is it recorded in google that Emmanuel Okala broke a bottle and chased the Nigerian player that scored the own goal that cost us the Espana '82 WC ticket?

hmm.. How many of us remember the song: " In Nigeria, West Africa, there was something terrible. On the 19th of october when they killed our journalist". Who still remember the next line abeg.

How time flies. Continue to rest our journalist.

*In Fella's voice*. "Who kill Dele Giwa? Na Baba. If u put Ngida na u sabi o".

forgiveness:
na only dat one na.

Ijabo na ijabo.

forgiveness:
I watched Nigeria 99 live at the National stadium in Lagos. I saw Xavi and some players live.

I watched all the matches of 2000 Ghana/Nigeria AFCON live at National stadium Lagos. I only missed the finals because of shitta touts who almost robbed me in front of Nigeria police after the semi finals.

But I can't remember one thing except for the attempted robbery incident.

So, does that makes me a novice?

Bros, you watch those matches live?

Nigeria 99? Ghana/ Nigeria 2000? By that time me don stop to dey watch ball sef.

I Watched Euro '84 and China '85 u dey talk of 1999/2000 competitions. For Maroc '88 I still have images of key matches and actions in my head. All those afro heads with soccer paints and small shirts.

Na white we like to dey wear most then.

Algiers 90, Senegal '92 i still remember wella. Even the colour of jessey we wore and the sides of the pitch we were at kickoff.

Samuel Okwaraji no get "dada" for Maroc '88. He made the dreads for Seoul Olympics '88.

U cant get those on google.

forgiveness:
my mistake.

You see your life outside?

forgiveness:
my mistake.

Were 1994 AFCON and '94 WC same competition?

And were they held in 1990?

chrisooblog:
ok i don see am. forgiveness nawa to you o! na USA 94 and AFCON 94 icon dey talk. for where algeria 90 come join enter?

Dnt mind him. Always in a haste to criticise without properly reading the details.

chrisooblog:
henry nwosu was really promising but faded away after 88 AFCON

90-92 it was a combination of oliha, ekpo and adepoju. adepoju could play CM but westerhof primarily used him as a DM

Yeah, age caught up with Nwosu after Maroc '88. One questions whether he was really 17 @ Nigeria '80.

Adepoju was more of an AMF, though he could play also as a CMF.
Just like today severally AMFs then could be drafted as CMFs.
But the main CMF under Westerhof before JJ Okocha was Thompson Oliha.

Did Adepoju ever play as a DMF?

wontiboje:
Ex-international Daniel Amokachi has alleged that Nigerian youth are levied up to a tune of Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira (N250,000) to be selected to represent their fatherland Nigeria at U-17 National team cadre.

Speaking at an event with the coalition of Civil Society Organisations, CSOs, operating under the aegis of National Support Groups for Good Governance, NASUGG, protesting in support of war against corruption in Abuja, as reported by Vanguard , the Bull as he is nicknamed pinpointed that corruption has eaten deep into sports in the country.

Read more https://pageone.ng/2016/10/19/amokachi-says-nigerians-pay-n250000-play-u-17/

Especially this 2016 Eaglets team.

Hmm, those days of PDS OSU.

chrisooblog:
i think he meant emmanuel okocha jayjay's older brother who played for nigeria at the 1990 AFCON in algeria

Pls read that paragraph forgiveness bolded again.

forgiveness:
Humm! @bolded is the answer to question 4.

Go back, fara ba le and read what u bolded again.

Infact read the whole paragraph again. And go back to ur google to check

forgiveness:
1, Henry Nwosu was not dynamic like Mikel Obi. He was was a attacking midfielder from the rw. He was not the one that controlled the midfield.

2, In 1992, there was Friday Ekpo(the number 10) and Mutui Adepoju of Real Madrid. In 1994, he was not the main man. There was Mutui Adepoju and Austin Okocha.

3, I am not good at storing football informations on my head hence the need to source for legitimate informations though I have ideas of what I am talking about.

1.Henry Nwosu was a CMF/AMF. I am sure u know players were nt as dynamic as they are today. Eg LB and RB hardly overlaped. And pls who controlled the midfield if not Nwosu.

2. Friday Ekpo was at Senegal '92 but a sub to Oliha. Thompson Oliha was the main CMF before Okocha took over. He even benched Okocha at the 1994 AFCON and '94 WC. Did i see you mention Okocha for 1992? Was Adepoju a CMF?

3. There are so many information u cant find on the net. Several. It is only when u withness those events that u can have such info.