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muhsin:
Hey there!

dayokanu:
A bad National team career would describe it better

dayokanu:
Torres himself confessed that he is able to score so well because EL defenders and keepers are very senseless

dayokanu:
24 goals in 80 games for National Team.

No one here has been able to tell me any other regular striker for a top nation who has this kind of woeful record

bawomolo:
yes a man can ra-pe his wife

OLAADEGBU:
@ illusion2,

The only exercise some people get to do is "jumping to conclusions". Can you show me when and where I said that Obama is the Antichrist, can you differentiate between antichrists and the Antichrist, do you really know who antichrists are?

illusion2:
So the point I’m trying to make , which davidlyan put to you rather succinctly with his question is – IT DOESN’T MATTER !
The Bible admonishes us to look unto Jesus, don’t waste your time with all these conspiracy rubbish. . . they are most likely put together by people who have an agenda.

You can prove anything you want from the Bible:
People have justified slavery using the Bible
Justified polygamy using the Bible
Inferiority of women using the Bible
Superiority of the white race using the Bible
Women not putting on Jeans, not watching televisions and not eating bread with yeast !!!

So wake up and smell the roses and stop listening to Republican neo-cons who try to justify their point of view & mix-up the Bible with it.

This has happened many times before from my examples above !

Shalom !

Lagosboy:
Ify and illusion are you communicating using russian style secret codes?

Nigeria denied window to the world
Post categories: Football, World Cup

Piers Edwards | 22:21 UK time, Wednesday, 30 June 2010

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan must be a brave man. I've travelled to 80-odd countries and nowhere have I ever found such seething energy as in Nigeria - an electricity which translates into both rampant passion and expectation when applied to football.

While covering the 2000 Africa Cup of Nations, I'll never forget the outrage of Nigerian fans who - infuriated by the hosts' failure to beat group rivals Congo - smashed the team bus and were only prevented from accessing the dressing rooms by volleys of tear gas.

Many Nigerians believe football to be the only area which ever unites their vastly disparate land of over 300 tribes and 150 million inhabitants.

Now though, the sport has been taken away from them.


Nigeria v South Korea highlights (UK users only)

For the government's dissolution of the national team for two years means - should it ever come to pass - that the Super Eagles, now dubbed the Super Chickens, will miss the 2012 Nations Cup. Perhaps Libya 2013 as well.

Well known for taking an exceedingly dim view of governmental interference in a national federation's affairs, football's world governing body Fifa may also threaten a ban.

But one wonders whether such a suspension - from the government or Fifa (although a Normalisation Committee may well be looming) - is the best way of getting Nigeria's football house in admittedly much-needed order. For this year's World Cup preparations were certainly bumpy.

Shortly after January's Nations Cup, coach Shaibu Amodu was fired despite achieving his NFF targets of a) qualifying for South Africa and b) reaching the Nations Cup in Angola, where Nigeria took third.

Lars Lagerback was appointed in February but only after Glenn Hoddle said he'd rejected the post after being told his short-term deal worth US$1m would be announced as US$1.5m by the NFF - and financial accountability is forming part of the government's ongoing investigation.

Nigeria then warmed up by having more friendlies cancelled than played while their World Cup base camp was changed at the last minute - costing the NFF a US$125,000 Fifa fine. But still the squad ended up at sea level in South Africa, which seemed strange when their first two matches were at altitude.

Player selection also had the Nigerian media speculating about favouritism, with Lagerback forced to deny he had selected Kanu under NFF pressure, and though coming within a whisker of qualifying, undone by Sani Keita's moment of madness, was it any surprise Group B didn't go to plan?

Nigeria suffered a continental ban in the nineties after being barred from the 1998 Nations Cup by Caf for withdrawing from South Africa 1996 following criticism from Nelson Mandela over the ruling military's hanging of Ken Saro-Wiwa and other human rights activists.

That prevented one of Nigeria's, and Africa's, best ever sides from contesting the 2008 Nations Cup - just two years after the Okocha, Oliseh, Babangida, Kanu, Amuneke generation had proved truly golden when winning the 1996 Olympics.

Nigeria did reach the last 16 at France '98 - but the West Africans haven't won a World Cup game since and their 2002 and 2010 campaigns, either side of their failure to qualify for Germany, ended in the first round.

Given that this disappointing World Cup prompted the government's drastic move, one wonders whether they're prepared to sacrifice the 2014 campaign for the long-term future? Or this is simply a dramatic way of decapitating the current NFF board?

Meanwhile, the fans who've long bemoaned their federation's failures probably don't
know whether to laugh or cry.

"We are a rich nation but very poor, because we've made mistakes in many areas, but the one area where we've ever shown greatness is football," says Segun Odegbami, who won the 1980 Nations Cup, when explaining his compatriots' fervour.

"The players show our best side to the world and the whole nation unites behind them. Very simply, football is a reminder of our potential as a great country."

Not at the moment. Good luck Jonathan indeed.

DaLover:
When BBC did a piece on lagos tittled "welcome to lagos", people like this were up in arms against the article, insisting that it was not a true representation of lagos, and that BBC was trying to scare investors from lagos,
This same people will turn around and say "Who's going to fly into a war zone full of kidnappers & trigger happy policemen?" in reference to the entire niger delta.


This guy would prefer that the money would be used to buy MMA and develop it instead of an airport in Asaba,
Please don't get me wrong, I am not argueing in favour or against the airport in Asaba, I am only interested in the alternative you suggested that, Delta state govt should buy MMA in Lagos!!!!

shotster50:
illusion,

Your assumptions are waaaaaaaay off target. Asaba is nowhere near war zone you talk about. The airport actually makes sense if they can deliver on it. Do you know that Asaba is right next to Onitsha, which has one of the biggest Markets in Nigeria, Presently traders have no option than to import goods to Lagos and then convey them through the Benin Ore trap to the east.

This will be an absolute life saver for them if it goes through.

You should stop with these arm chair criticisms, it only makes you sound more and more ignorant.

bgees:
^ u no even serious.

dayokanu:
Its now so obvious that English players are clueless. How can a youthful German side pull down their pants so easily?

Also any ideas on why Torres is a complete dud outside Liverpool?. The guy is looking like a waste of human genes.

WHy is the most overrated Rooney, C Ororo, Lampard, Torres or Gerrard?

bgees:
Didier Deschamps next to be linked:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100626/wl_uk_afp/fblengprfraliverpooldeschamps

All I can say is any one of Rijkaard, Deschamps or Pellegrini would be a good choice.

Jarus:
today is not my birhtday. see, beef, i know u, you are seun, seun have collect bribe, hausaman bribe him, i know, i see from my maps, my 3 yaers old son know map, you dont know map.

look, i talk to god, when i am in unilorin to stody electricity engineering, i have a roomate that is a uncle to abiola, hausaman want to buy nairaland, in fat they piad seun 50 pounds.

Go school, u don't know anything, I see from the satellite that michele obama is igbo, infat, oyo state is 10 times bigger than river state

baef is illisterate, go school

bgees:
Everybody reasons that if Hodgson takes over, many of key players might move on and he won't be able to attract star players outside Britain. If he is eventually named as manager, I reckon he won't last and that will affect our stability. Have u seen the fixtures for next season, the 1st 3 matches are something else.

9ja4eva:
@Poster
WOW!This is very interesting.I guess majority of us have fallen victims before.


I am still suffering from the after effect of internet love.I met a girl on facebook too
a year ago and we got dating online though i have seen her pics and seen her on webcam i have never met her.She deleted her facebook account and had me delete mine that since we dating she wouldn't love facebook wahala which i gladly did.The first scam was she had to celebrate her birthday and needed to take her friends out so she needed help.I chop dt one and sent her 50,000 which she said she recieved but will appreciate it i can send her another as she borrowed money from her friend to add up to the one i sent her earlier.

I passed on that but then she came back again that she was so broke and will appreciate it if i can send her some money.I had my cousin in Nigeria send her 15,000 which she recieved and didnt even bother calling me back to say thank you not untill i called her.She said she didn't have credit, i had a friend in Nigeria send her 1500 MTN which she recieved and called me for 1minute.I was warned when these signs were coming but i didn't listen cos there was just something about her that didnt make me see the light.

I also became her recharge card vendor.As i loaded her bb for her 5k every month for 5months.I was insulted on various occasions for this when the card didn't come early.She called me up one day, started insulting me that she has not seen this kind of relationship before, that most of her friends doing long distance have gifts from their guys over there but i have never sent her anything which makes her think i am fake.I got pissed off at that statement cos she has never sent me anything or even tried to use her card to call me and stay for long on phone like i do.She came again saying she was so sorry about what she said earlier that she was so broke that she needed some money.I fell for that and had my cousin send her 20,000 on a Wednesday.Called her on Sunday and asked her hope u financially stable now?She answered me saying "What do u expect I didn't want to ask you for more money so you wouldn't say rubbish".This statement pissed me off and i guess i started realizing from this point that she was a scam.

She came back days after saying she doesn't have a dime on her (as usual) and will need some money.So i played along this time around asking her how much, she said like 40,000 will do.I said sure i will send it to you which i never did cos i was pissed off at the fact that she was extravagant and more of a scam artiste.When she realized i wasn't forthcoming she started calling me saying i have changed and that i was so wicked and heartless.I just didn't say a word to her but decided i will stop picking her calls and leave her alone.The amazing thing about this girl is she never takes the bus, she does more of cabbing and when i asked her about it she challenged me saying if i was in Nigeria will i enter the smelling and choked up bus.I was dumbfounded.

Till today it affects me cos i just felt i wasted my time and resources on someone who was a joker.At times i think of it cos i really loved the girl but i guess doing away was the right thing.Please people beware of such people.They really exist and i don't know what they take but when they sting they do real bad.

Wat do u guys think?

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What's at stake[/b]North Korea proved against Brazil (in a 2-1 loss) that it won't be easily broken down, which will make things difficult for a Portugal side that settled for a 1-1 draw against Ivory Coast.

With their most difficult match (against Brazil) still to come, the Portuguese need three points here to stay on track for qualification. A loss for the North Koreans could eliminate them from contention.

[b]Suspension watch
Cristiano Ronaldo earned a yellow card in Portugal's previous match. If he receives another against North Korea, he will be suspended for his country's final game of the group stage.

No players for North Korea have been cautioned at this tournament.

Player to watch for: Portugal
Ricardo Carvalho — The Ivory Coast found out first-hand how hard life can be moving forward while facing this extremely tough and savvy centre back. The 32-year-old Chelsea mainstay has turned the last-ditch miracle tackle into an art form.

Player to watch for: North Korea
Hong Yong-Jo — Sitting right behind Jong Tae-Sae in attack, Hong Yong-Jo provides a great second attacking option for the North Koreans because he isn't afraid to test the opposing keeper from any range.

Key matchup
Cristiano Ronaldo vs. The Great Korean Defensive Wall — North Korea's defence by committee confounded Brazil for nearly an hour before Maicon's miracle strike. Can one of the best dribblers in the world find his way through? Qualification for Portugal may depend on it.

Portuguese perspective
"In an opening game, you take fewer risks. You don't throw everything into attack. The second game will be much more straightforward: we have to make things happen ,  we have to win to give ourselves a chance of progressing." — Coach Carlos Queiroz

North Korean perspective
"We could have got the three points [against Brazil] and the win and it will be very different to our next game against Portugal. We must beat Portugal to stay alive in the World Cup." — Forward Jong Tae-Se

World Cup head-to-head
Games played: 1 Portugal: 1 win, 0 losses, 0 draws

North Korea: 0 wins, 1 loss, 0 draws

Goals: Portugal 5, North Korea 3

Last match: These two have only played one match against each other, but what a match it turned out to be. In one of the most memorable World Cup encounters in history, North Korea, which had already rocked Italy 1-0 earlier in the 1966 tournament hosted by England, went shockingly up 3-0 over Portugal after 22 minutes in the quarter-finals. But the great Eusebio rescued his side, scoring four goals as Portugal rallied for a 5-3 triumph.

Hodgson is probably best known for guiding the Swiss national team to the last 16 of the 1994 World Cup and qualification for Euro 1996; Switzerland had not qualified for a major tournament since the 1960s. He has also coached many notable club sides, including Malmö FF, Inter Milan, Blackburn Rovers, and Udinese. He was appointed to his current role at Fulham in December 2007.

Hodgson has served several times as a member of UEFA's technical study group at the European Championships, and he was also a member of the FIFA technical study group at the 2006 World Cup.[2] Hodgson has also worked as a television pundit in several of the countries in which he has coached and speaks five languages.