₦airaland Forum

TheGoodJoe:
That is growing. Winning or drawing games on the negative play is deceiving yourself you are good. Three years down the line, you will see yourself saying this team is not capable of good play.

Give Siasia these boys and see them pull off things that will impress you. Siasia never had the chance to build a team.

There was a time Leicester City whipped City four when we were learning Guardiola's system. Now,
we are a menace to even top teams.

Una don spend 500mill pounds na why won't you be a menace no dey compare grapes and apples

5inchdick:
Can we play attacking football? Of course we can but it depends on opposition. Top teams will skin us if we dare it. If we think our wingers are fast, we should not get carried away. Top teams have defenders who'd neutralise them.

Absolutely agree

charlesemeka85:
good question. them want tiki taka when they lack world class cm midfielders who are confident on possession. with the crop of players we have currently the best tactics is total football ie massive defense massive attack

No midfielders that can control a game, no defender that is comfortable with the ball at his feet but let's us play attacking football.

5inchdick:
I agree with the bolded.
But who are these players in our "pool of players? We really hype our average players so much.

I swear, see our defenders play for teams battling/close to relegation, division two teams or permanently average teams and we want to play attacking football against one of the best teams in the world

TheGoodJoe:
That is why I am so angry with the induction of Yobo into the coaching crew. What technical expertise is he bringing to the table to assist Rohr in this aspect. In sane climes, no FA should leapfrog Amunike and Finidi that will bring an offensive dimension to the team to land on Yobo. Now they are prepping Yobo for the coaching job.

Bunch of jokers.

Amunike can't be a backup, Finidi can't be given the job because he criticized Rhor recently

komekn:

Bruv it's very very very difficult for a black coach to get a Managers job in England as well as in Europe.

The system is intrinsically racist and corrupted.

With all the black players you have in England and with thier European A licences they cannot get a job. Best you get is youth football.

Look at what happened to Darren Moore at West Bromwich and Chris Houghton at Newcastle. Blatant unrestrained racism.

This is the English life they never talk about in the news.

Europe is not by force

komekn:
I really don't know.

What are the requisites that make you deserving of the Eagles job.

However, l think he is knowledgeable, informed, conversant and capable as well as of unquestionable integrity.

I'm tired of our exinternationals lazying around and waiting for the next job Nigeria have to offer them, they should go and look for job if not in Europe there are clubs in some African countries who will take them even our own NPFL, we don't owe them anything they should go and look for job and have a good CV

5inchdick:
You seem to forget they both had to get players who'd do that, a luxury one can't afford in a national team like the Super Eagles. The kind of players we claim to have do not look like they'll concede less, take the Lesotho game for example.
As there are fans who prefer attacking football, there plenty of fans like me who'd prefer the results are gotten no matter what method. I'd prefer we won a top team while defending to losing ridiculously because I want to play attacking sexy football. National team is not Clubside.

Please I need to like this post 5million times. Cc TheGoodJoe

komekn:
Gary Neville like his brother Philip was a carpenter as a player and a carpenter as a coach.

But given undue favour and prominence in English football hierarchy which is essentially very racist.

komekn:
I agree but would have Finidi as head he us not tainted with past experience of the NFF.

Finidi brings a clear perspective with clean hands and zero politics only a desire to succeed and he is not hungry for money.

What has Finidi done to deserve the eagles job?

komekn:
Frank Lampard, Nuno Santos, Rafael Benitez, Slaven Bilić, Marcelo Bielso, Chris Houghton to name a few past and present.

These are all average coaches above according to you.

The championship is the stepping stone to the EPL, if you can somehow with consistency play on the deck top quality technical football overcome the physicality and dominate.

You will become a very high quality player wanted by the top clubs.

There are many players who have come from the less physically intense and taxing leagues and struggled.

I consider Etebo to be one of the best Midfielders in Nigeria and indeed expected him to be the next Ngolo Nkante. But he struggled in the Championship and was largely anonymous.

Meanwhile Ovie, Eze and Adarabioyo have been outstanding this season. As was Tega, Aina, Tomori in seasons past where are they now, top of the game.

I would absolutely say it's easier for young players to get opportunity in France, Holland and Belgium. That could be ascribed as better development but it's debatable.

Apart from French league one the other leagues are not necessarily better than the Championship.

After how many years in the lower leagues why has Bournemouth and Wolves lasted do long.

The fact is that the EPL is the most competitive league in the world.

Wolves have lasted cos they have money and for Bournemouth, let's just say there have always been worst teams. Clubs will prefer to buy players making waves in French/dutch top divisions than go for a championship player.

Arabiandude:
Guardiola was playing attacking football at Barca and he was conceeding less than those playing DF.
Guardiola and Klop both plays AF at Man City and Liverpool and they both concede lesser goals compares to other English teams that plays DF.
Playing AF doesn't equates to conceding more if your tactics is good.

Play attacking football and keep the ball, your opponent won't even see the ball not to talk of scoring you

chei, comparing NT football with club football. Don't also forget that Liverpool (Rodgers) Arsenal (Wenger) once conceded 51 goals while playing attacking football, Norwich play attacking football and they've conceded 52 goals already. The key is play according to your strength no be by attacking football

sheyishemba:
exactly and also have Better man management
the only problem is his 4 -1-4-1 and 4-4-2 formation which might fail in Nigeria moreover too NFF has lined up hector cuper(Argentina coach ) for rohr replacement for what am seeing rohr staying is not visible
NFF is insisting on a better coach

Hector Cupper? Harry Redknapp? Better to stick with Rhor or go for Kadiri Ikhana

andrewbaba44:
I did not tell you i know any player wife age.

Only few people might understand what i said, some might pretend not to understand .

You are fully understood

Subzero047:
It won't go further than Balogun

This guyyyyy

Joebie:
Only one gotten what opportunity? Yes he flunked coaching in the Dutch top tier.

He's the only who has gotten an opportunity to coach a European club side

Blueelf:
I wouldn't say flunked. He was relieved of his duties shortly after gaining promotion. For reasons I can't fathom

His hotheaded nature undid him, had several confrontation and I guess the board have had enough. Promotion wasn't confirmed when he was relieved tho but they were in a very comfortable position

Joebie:
Oliseh handled a foreign club and sent them to promotion. Still waiting for a Nigerian coach to match that feat.

He's the only one who has gotten that opportunity, even that he flunked it as well

Oliseh's tenure as Super eagles coach will always amaze me, he criticized keshi the whole time only for him to get the job few months after and end up as one of the worst coaches we've had in the past few years, with that rubbish game against Tanzania as the highlight

Curtisaxel7:
To think Aigbogun, that idiot bastard son of a thousand fathers dropped this guy for the likes of 40 year old Maxwell Effiom.

Gawd!

But it's in that article you posted that he was injured

TheGoodJoe:
During our AFCON qualifier against Rwanda, Taiye didn’t play well in that game, continued Okpala. Keshi complained after the match but the players went back to their rooms and started plotting how to remove Keshi. They never knew that Keshi’s room was the next to Taiye’s room.

“Taiye was telling other players that Keshi was shouting on him on the pitch and that he will do to Keshi what he did to other coaches and ensure that Keshi was sacked.

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I don't like throwing my suspicions around but I am glad Sylvanus Okpala brought this out. My suspicion was always Mutiny was the reason why Keshi dropped and had problems with most of the star players of the team. No coach disposes of his best players without a genuine reason.

He (Taiwo) will do to Keshi what he did to other coaches

That to other coaches is what is important to note. That players decide to get coaches sacked if the coach does not respect them. When it should be the other way around.

I still keep a lot of my suspicions to myself because lots of people do not think in that direction.

Lol, Taiye sacked Lagerback, Siasia and Amodu

Blueelf:
Interesting read
https://africa.espn.com/football/nigeria-nga/story/4094830/super-eagles-daniel-akpeyi-says-mental-strength-key-defence-against-criticstrolls

I pity the guy sha

Nigerians love rationalizing bad behavior. Q: this coach is corrupt', why? A: 'why are you paying him 5mill? Pay him 50k dolls he won't be corrupt'. How many Nigerians earn 5mill naira monthly? Even a governor's salary isn't up to 5mill

Olulong:
He won the CAF Cup Winners cup and was nominated for the African Player of the year twice. And by the way when he played African players barely played in Europe. So it's very unfair to use that against him really. And also less qualifying slots were available to African countries at the world cup(I think about one or two). He's still one of Nigeria's greatest player and after so many years he's the second highest goal scorer for the national team. He might not be saying the right things but please Don't undermine his achievements

Also only players from francophone countries won player of the year during his time

andrewbaba44:
subzero say Dey tire me at times

Who can be more stylish than nemyar ?

Despite Neymar childish attitude dude is still the most loved player after cr7 and Neymar

Even Ronaldo is very stylish does that mean he isn't hardworking? Abi because iwobi na footballer make he dey wear training gear everywhere. I wonder how some people think

andrewbaba44:
Iwobi does not have the mindset of a professional footballer? can you imagine what you just said, you are now confirmed as a certified beer parlour analyst

Make iwobi no do style again make e no dress fine and wear diamond ? I wonder what people like you will say of neymar because that dude is the most stylist player at the moment

Iwobi doesnt train? Do you work as a coach at EVERTON to say all this ?

Ogbeni you are speaking in the nonsense

reading that dey irritate me sef, certified beer parlour analyst

Subzero047:
The thing is, Iwobi does not have the mindset of a professional footballer, he doesn't train, he has a poor cardio, he is more interested in being a celebrity than being a footballer

Carlo Ancelotti prefers a 4-4-2 formation and I'm struggling to see where he would fit in the new Everton side

What type of ignorant talk is this

barackodam:
The same Ibe someone was praising here very recently, for refusing to bow to pressure in wanting to play for Nigeria?


Wonders......

Where is the source of news?

barackodam:
D Amokachi
Assistant coach to Keshi at 2014 WC


"Brown(Ideye) for me was one player that I regret that we did not take to the World Cup in 2014,"

"Hundred percent I didn't know how he didn't make that list," he added. "I never saw it coming that he didn't make the list till when the list came out and we found out."
"We ended up going to the World Cup with players that even me I don't even know."


Okay,
Let's hear from Pinnick


Q: Was the team to the World Cup in Brazil not ambitous enough?


A: I do not have anything against Keshi. He has done so well for Nigeria. He remains the first Nigerian to win the Nations Cup as a player and a coach... Football has gone beyond having a coaching crew on the bench. The trend is now to have the technical backroom staff, peopled by expert coaches, who win matches from the bench... That is why nearly all the teams at the World Cup have the technical backroom staff. But Nigeria did not have that and that was because Keshi did not want it. He thought that they were going to take his job away and we all saw in Brazil that it could have been very different if we had such technical experts in the backroom, advising Keshi during match days or even before.

People had mindset before going to the World Cup. What was Keshi's plan at the World Cup? Was it to win the trophy? If his plans were to win the World Cup or develop our team for the future, we would have said said yes, we tried. If he wanted to win the World Cup, he would have gone with Obafemi Martins, Ikechukwu Uche and Ogbuke Obasi because they are all match winners. I watched Obasi in action for his Schalke during my trip to Germany and saw how he laid the assist that led to the first goal and scored a beautiful goal, which made me call Keshi to ask if he was watching the game and taking note of Obasi's contributions and he said yes. But I was shocked when these guys were not included in the team to Brazil for the World Cup. Obasi was hot this season.


Okay, I'm done.

All of you asking for their names to be named. Apparently, Keshi was totally and solely in charge of his squad(i'm not counting NFF o), to the extent that even his assistants don't know how he picks his players

Hmmmmm, in his defence tho one popular forumite here said na bouncer Keshi dey like, give him the option of Simy Nwankwo and Messi he said he'll likely go for Simy

tbaba1234:
"I think it is very tough if a coach is already an agent," Amokachi continued. "It is very, very difficult, and that is why I always say you cannot be a coach and be an agent at the same time.

"When the World Cup comes around, you always have a lot of new players showing up," he added. "Players who will decide that they are Nigerians and bring confusion into the team.

"When you find yourself in that situation, you try to advise, because you have agents that will be calling left, right and centre.

"If a coach is an agent, he will fall a victim too. Those are things that we really really need to avoid. There is no room to be trying new players."

-Amokachi on 2014 WC without calling names

does he need to name anybody again? The first paragraph says it all, and we all know who was the coach

"I think it is very tough if a coach is already an agent," Amokachi continued. "It is very, very difficult, and that is why I always say you cannot be a coach and be an agent at the same time". https://africa.espn.com/football/nigeria/story/3493688/daniel-amokachis-ideye-brown-lesson-must-be-heeded-by-gernot-rohr?platform=amp&device=featurephone&__twitter_impression=true

daveP:
You first me sef. This was what i wanted to come and show Bascovanveli





Nff cannot probe Nff
So na to dey look remain.


We don't need to think this is an attack on the integrity of NFF.


These allegations means the SE is a Merc Team!!!!


And with funny names here and there, i cant but agree....



Our kinda society don't have security for people that talk like this and that's why common sense plays out here. Before dem use higher power do person strong thing.


Infact, we've been mentioning only Keshi


Pls let's add the names of those involved in the WC logistics. They must all be a party to this. No exonerating abeg.

Keshi could have been a party to it but it goes far above him, I think it's like a syndicate.