₦airaland Forum

Mad Cow: Please dont die o!! Mr. Peter Rufai..

We are still missing Joseph Dosu

afam4eva: Also, it seems Cameroon is no longer a force to be reckoned with in the African continent as it pertains to football.

afam4eva: It will be lovely to see Cape-Verde at the nations cup. I've never seen them play before.

Umunede: I want nigeria and ghana to b in d same group. Ghanaians always sing like music in my ear all d time dat de will always beat nigeria anytime anyday and I know for sure their team is over rated. Pls God, give us ghana pls. I need ghana. I will b d happiest person if we can get ghana

CFCfan: Yeah, there are 8 West African nations; making up half of the participating countries.

bin gbagbo: you alone

bin gbagbo: this afcon ps for Ghana.They deserve it absolutely, worked soooo hard since 2006.

2006=group stages

2008=third place

2010=second

2012=fourth

2013=winners


men to do the job:asmoah gyan, kwadwo asamoah, dede ayew, sulley muntari, christian atsu, michael essien, john paintsil etc

semid4lyfe: Fixed

Mad Cow: NIGERIA
GHANA
IVORY COAST
MALI


Any two out of this group shall surely meet at the finals...

psamuell2: The Confederation of African Football has revealed the seeding for the draw for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.

Ivory Coast are among the top seeds, despite the abandonment of their second-leg tie with Senegal and no news of an official result from Caf.

The Ivorians were 6-2 up on aggregate when Saturday's game in Dakar was called off because of crowd violence.

Tournament hosts South Africa are also among the top seeds, along with reigning champions Zambia and Ghana.

Cape Verde, who qualified for the first time in their history by pulling off a shock 3-2 aggregate victory over four-time champions Cameroon, are in the fourth pot.

Also among the lowest-ranked teams are 1962 champions Ethiopia, who have qualified for the first time since 1982.

The tournament takes place in South Africa between 19 January and 10 February 2013.

Teams in the same pot cannot be drawn against each other. The draw will be held on 24 October in Durban.

Seedings:

•Pot one: South Africa, Zambia, Ghana, Ivory Coast
•Pot two: Mali, Tunisia, Angola, Nigeria
•Pot three: Algeria, Burkina Faso, Morocco, Niger
•Pot four: Togo, Cape Verde, DR Congo, Ethiopia.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19950211

tailek: ... and these ones will also complain of not being employed.... Gosh!

dabrake: ah jarus, gbagaun fever follow catch you?

paris10: I AM A SELF-TAUGHT PROGRAMMER, not I am self-thought programmer. Please do check your spellings and grammer before posting. Today is a bashing day for typographical error!

afam4eva: Don't forget that uche has been missing in major competitions where he would have gotten a lot of goals. The Nations cup and world cup comes to mind. If he can feature in at least 90% of super eagles matches then i think it's a possibly, also considering the fact that the eagles have imbibed the culture of harvesting goals.

There's a difference between being a striker and being a forward. Rashidi Yekini was a forward because the only thing he knows is scoring goals like say tomorrow no dey. Uche on the other hand is a forward. He scores goals too but plays more like a mid-fielder. Note that a striker can only be as good as his midfielders, because if he doesn't get the ball the way he wants it, he can't score goals. So, Yekini's success can also be attributed to the midfielders and wingers during his time.

afam4eva: If you don't like my comment you could easily pass or kill yourself rather than abusing me. Whether he's 28 or not is not the issue. The isssue is that he will be around for at least 3 years.

fuke: [/color]

Yes, we can produce another Yekini. Talent, exposure and discipline is all the guy needs.Many Nigerians footballers have the talent but the other two ingredients are missing.

Sunny Oyakherua(Oyarekhua) was a police officer and a footballer.
A dedicated fighter like many of his peers. He was at his peak in
the early seventies and those under 35 are not likely to know him.

Muda Lawal, soccer artist was a midfielder even though he could
very well have been a striker.He played most times as a supplier to the strikers.
His role was similar ti Mikel even at that he managed to score goals as
he had more latitude than Mikel

Thompson Usien was in a world of his own. A prolific striker.
A coach ( i think Otto Gloria) had a problem choosing between him and Odegbami.
Both played a half time each and scored equal no of goals.

Like most things Nigeria, he just disappeared.

Those were dedicated great players'

Have you guys heard of Sam Garuba Okoye of the great Mighty Jets of Jos?
A soccer genius and maestro. He made soccer look as if my grandmother could play it.

fankasibe: There is dis female copper in my office, she's is very pretty and has a sexy body structure, but can't even pronounce words on a sign-post. If u give her 500 naira, u will av a nice sèx with her..... My boss talk sey she dey hard working.

rallymento: I am Highly Ashamed with those people that admitted these 'staunch village barrow pushers' into ESUT, I blame the Enugu state government for the poor standard of Education in that school. Is quite a pity!

justwise: @Op.

This is completely senseless way of treating people's personal details, why did you put up their full name and NYSC details?

Emychina: gbagaun.look at u,jst listen to urslf.i broken down in tearses.illiterate.

Mad Cow: Look at the stats, NIGERIA does not need another Okocha. What we need is a YEKINI.

If you want an Okocha, look no further than Ahmed Musa.

MacLovington: 6, Why don't we hear or read about this Oyakherua, who is Nigeria's all-time 5th highest goal scorer? Scored that many


Because everything in Naija is politics. Politics is a game of numbers. The Oyakherua guy sounds like a minority (few numbers to sing his praise). If very many people (often on tribal sentiment) praise somebody enough, the hype sticks. Same with vilification.