₦airaland Forum

afam4eva:
England is one of the most overated teams in the world. At times i wonder why they're always among the top 10 teams on the FIFA list.

They are just like french team of recent times. great on paper but piss poor on the pitch

mikeansy:
You will never outclass Algeria if you play kick and run football

Because they also thrive in that.

Exactly. England cannot play together as a team. they lack the ability to keep possession and play opponents off the park

some people thought this was gonna be a walk in the park for England. hehe

What a games, spectacle from start to finish. I wish the world cup can produce more games of this quality. most of the matches have been extremely boring

RuuDie:
my word. . . . all the best shots from long range in this WC so far have all been played in this game. . . . american wonder & slovenia thunder don counter-balance jabulani magic oh!

You dey mind those sore losers

Best game of the competition so far. terrific atmosphere, passion, excitement and air of unpredictability.

sometimes it's the perceived mediocre games on paper that turns out great.

A-40:
Well there could only be one winner. It was a good run in the end but its much easier for a team to come down from a large deficit when they are at home. At least the Lakers made sure the title stayed in the West cos lately its been going to the East in the even years 04,06,08. Kobe a deserved finals MVP despite his game 7 blushes. Chei Vujacic,Farmar,Mbenga,Brown now have two rings while LeBron,Dirk e.t.c have none na wa ooh!!

Lebron cannot cop any ring with the mediocre cavilier side. he should consider moving to a better team

chiogo:
Look at the losers crawling out from nowhere.

Rondo, if only you had confidence enough to be shooting those 3's the whole time.
Meh, wasn't an impressive win. Now, a 39pts blow-out, that was something!! See y'all hoes next year.  

How market

Yeah budyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! back to back baby

Artest has been terrific tonite. his best game of the 7 series

Kobe is back, great timing

Let's all be fair and constructive here. Odems has been Nigeria's best and most dedicated player up until the world cup, that he's having a bad torny doesn't

render him a useless player

George_D:
and so the circus continues. next 4 years will be the same story:

local coach qualifies the national team, then last minute a foreign coach appears on the scene.
he picks players based on the local coach's established criteria, collects 6 months salary upfront,
goes to the world cup, loses all three matches and absconds from there.

when will we ever learn as a nation?  

Was the foreign coach responsible for the Kaita red card and yak/obasi's mediocrity in front of goal?

mikeansy:
Really?

you honestly believe mordern football is all about throwing 11 players into the field and hoping to win?

We lost due to stupid decision/indiscipline and inability to convert our chances esp the Obasi/Yak one. SIMPLES. this has nothing to do with the NFF

Obasi, yak and kaita must take major, if not full responsibility for this defeat

mikeansy:
tkb417

So in your view NFF has played no part in our failure at this world cup?

How have they played any part. Are Obasi, Kaita, Odiah and Yakubu NFF members? If Kaita hadn't been silly and Obasi/yak took the golden

chance to score and beat the greek. I wonder if the NFF would have been brought up in the post match debate

Boy o boy, that's all I can say for now

chamotex:
ahn ahn wetin happen?
Dem no go pass ni?
It's 11. something

Not even Usain bolt can manage that

Emperoh:
Pls house, who has the fastes goal in world cup history?

I am having an argument in the office with a superior and he insists it Diego Maradon on 11 secs
But i insist the record has been broken. . . .but couldn't quite remember in which of the tournaments!!

can someone help me out here?

It's Hakan Sukur of turkey vs korea in 2002. 3rd place match

Higuain bags an  hatrick. what a finish

Goal. higuain raps it up. what a superb run by messi

~Sauron~:
It's all about being clinical in front of goal. . . . .You cannot blame Lagerback for our striker's lack of composure in the penalty area.
Korea's one shot on target = GOAL!!!!  That is the DIFFERENCE.

Had Martins' shot sailed into the net, we woulda gotten a draw.
Had Kalu showed more composure with his volley, we woulda gotten a draw.

The fact remains Argentina have battered Korea for 45 mins(forget about the gift Dimechelis gave the Koreans).
It was completely against THE RUN OF PLAY.

True talk. martins has to start today and etuhu dropped for whoever the Bleep is available. cos atm, even my grandmother would do a better job in defensive

midfield

chamotex:
That's what you get from a DM converted to CB.
At this level, you CANNOT be making that kind of gaffe.

Rumour has it that Fergie is tabling a £15 million bid for the argentine defender as a replacement for vidic

What do you expect from a bayern munich player. they must have the worst defensive unit in europe.

~Sauron~:
This is the same Argentina team Sagamite n Medajl said we woulda beaten with Amodu Shuaib?
See the way they are rolling on the Koreans like Panzers on human skulls.

This was what Lagerback didn't want to see so he set his team out to contain the Argies and it worked. . . .
We should respect Maradona's team - they have more quality than any team in that group.

With FAGmodu, Nigeria woulda lost 0-5 in the opening game.

Are you gonna eat your words now that the koreans just scored against the weak argentine defence

If we had shown more urgency and aggressiveness, we coulda gotten a result against the argies

The keeper should be saving those esp at this level

Tevez is on drugs. he should be subjected to doping test

meanwhile higuain shows why he is the best striker in la liga

lucky bastards, i feel for the koreans

How I wish we had any decent left back at all. everyone is complaining about odiah when we have the most unintelligent player in the world playing left back

I didn't see taiwo make a single completed pass throughout the game. his decision making is [b]ridiculously [/b]poor.

the dilemma is, echiejile is another disaster waiting to happen.

^^^^^ I thought I was the only one that thinks Etuhu brings absolutely no value to the team

all I know is Martins has to start 2day

dayokanu:
When Mourinho does it, he is genius, When Guus Hindick Chelsea does it vs barca they were efficient, Now Switzerland does it and heaven wan fall

Dig out any post where I made all these assertions or implications.

RuuDie:
I never heard you say the same about Jose Mourinho & Inter when they packed the whole San-siro in front of their goal-mouth at the Nou camp earlier this year!

And who told you I didn't criticise inter and jose for the negative approach they employed. check my post on the inter-barca thread

everyone on sport section knows I do not support negative footie even when my team is involved. why should anyone?

dayokanu:
Shocking statements from a guy who supports Chelsea the headquarters of negative football.

What does your statement prove? nada. point to a single post where I have ever been in support of negative footie even when it involves my team

and besides chelsea played beautiful/attacking footie this season breaking many records. duh. your response is clearly an unclever and played out

way of ignoring the [b]fact [/b]that there's nothing special or remarkable about negative footie.