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Amedino99:
would have believed this story but when it got to the third paragraph i remembered a similar story of Ronaldo that matches this one. The next paragraph was just changing of names exact same story. The stories are too alike to be coincidence

Possible my man,James Obiorah was brought to Ilorin to join Kwara bomber by another player Taofeek Babatunde,the two players met in Eaglet camp of Japan 93 team,both were dropped but Taofeek saw something good in James Obiorah and both made Kwara bomber team of 1993 and James Obiorah later captained eaglet 95 joined Anderlecht but Taofeek could not make it as a footballer,played local league till he quit.... Another story,Dele Aiyenigba was Enyimba first choice before Vincent Enyeama joined but Dele willingly step aside for Enyeama in a friendly match and that particular match gave Enyeama break through for eagles invitation to 2002 WC and following week he kept against Kenya and made the team... Enyeama reciprocated when leaving his old club in Israel for another Israeli club by recommended Dele Aiyenigba without trial he was signed...some players have simiar story of CR7 and JayJay.... Check out how Celestine Babayaro made it and Emma Babayaro contributions but the same Emma couldn't make it.Honestly as humans we have a lot to say about growing up and our breakthrough career wise,some made it through the same scenario.

Fake post,just to trend.

eddie7:
*Austin Jay Jay Okocha's lesson!*.
*When he received one of his awards recently, Okocha dedicated it to a certain ... Victor Agbo
Then said: "Yes I am a great footballer and all my success is due to my friend Victor good heart" People looked at one another and said, "Who is this Mr. Agbo?"*

*Then Okocha went on: "We played together in a youth team. When Enugu Rangers recruiters came to observe us, they told us that the striker who scored the most goals will be recruited into the sports academy.*

*That day we won 3-0. I scored the first goal and then Victor scored the 2nd with the head. And then the 3rd goal was the one that impressed everyone. Victor started from the wing, then found himself face to face with the keeper, dribbled the goalkeeper and all he had to do was to push the ball into the empty goal post . In the meantime I was running to his side and instead of shooting into the empty goal post, Victor decided to pass the ball to me and I scored. This is how I found myself at the Enugu Rangers youth team. After the game I went to him, and asked him "why did you do that?" And he replied, "Because I know that you are better than I am and You will go far in life in this game, you needed that push* "

*Curious to know more, the journalists began to investigate and were able to meet this Victor Agbo to ask him if the story told by Okocha is true, and he confirmed it, adding that his career as a footballer ended after that match as it was the only opportunity to become professional but i was sure Okocha would go far and do better. So I remained unemployed fulfilled and happy.*

*However, journalists, observing his luxurious house and his fleet of cars parked in the garage asked Victor "but being unemployed how could you have such a house and cars and living so luxuriously? You seem rather comfortable physically " Victor's answer: "All that? .. is Okocha ".*

*Moral of this story:
Let us ask ourselves the following question: How many of us have ever done something like Okocha and Victor? On the contrary, many of us show the opposite of this story displaying selfishness and ingratitude.*

*Friends! Let's help one another to succeed, don't think blocking that intelligent, talented and good fellow can add to your ordained destiny. You can not go nor have beyond what God has destined for you. Helping another person to succeed can only make your life better and above all guarantee a blissful hereafter for you.*

*Victor might not have made it big like Okocha, and Okocha might still have made it in another way but Victor wouldn't have had access to such Luxury. You see life! Open your heart and broaden your thinking. Be an abundant mentality personality. God will always be there at your own point of need too.*

*And when we help a person to succeed, the latter must never forget those who contributed to his success. Whether they forget or not, God doesn't abandon His own.
*Above all, we should never forget that God is watching and He will judge us.*
*Life is all about Your CONTRIBUTION and never about your POSSESSION!*

Yes true story.. Jay Jay damn too nice.i had close contact with him through a friend known as Saka in football circle in Ilorin a very close ally of Okocha and i want to say financially my friend benefitted more from JayJay and till today they still maintain their relationship and through JayJay my good friend had more SE friends like Amokachie,Kanu and Tijani Babangida.I remeber JayJay footed my friend bills to watch him live in Paris.

tabaralph:
Immediately SHINA peller the son of late professor peller that owns Quilox left apc few months back I know something like this will happened

Shina Abiola of Quilox has been having issues with Lagos government even when he was in APC due to noise and traffic issues,so not political motuvated.If 2baba Rumour club can adhere to Lagos government directives then who is Shina Peller.

ogub:
I don't and will never hate tinubu or anyone, but what I don't seems to understand is how can someone be wishing tinubu becomes Nigerian president after all we've gone and still going through in this administration where what we have is presidency and not a president because he has no grip of himself mentally and physically, if not for selfishness, tribalism and a choice to be foolish the people supporting tinubu wouldn't have been doing it, but God will disappoints and discredit all of you who want Nigeria to remain a laughing stock among other nations.

Okay name your Nigeria president.

MESSI iS THE BEST PLAYER.He can now share the stage with Pele and Maradona in football history,am seeing Mbappe joining the trio soon. Well done Argentina and kudos to France... What a final.

nkemoma:
Afonjarians and Violence.. After smoking all kinda drugs...

Pls which violence pass unknown gun men killing their citizens

heykims:
They should prosecute the cousin accordingly na, nothing concerns Yahaya Bello.
Some fools will start denigrating Yahaya for what the cousin did now as if they ain't separate adults.

Do not worry Oga,this is just the beginning.Yahaya Bello go hear it from EFCC soon... Nephew stole Kogi monies but we should separate Yahaya from it.

benji93:
Pele carry which team? Dem no born any of us that time, but you can certainly check the records. . The Brazilian team was star-studded in all three world cups. Pele was certainly impressive in the knockout stages of the 1958 world cup, especially because he was a teenager.(Me I think he was using football age then. ). But he wasn't the lone star. That squad had the likes of Garrincha, Didi, Zagallio e.t.c. The star-studdedness of that team became obvious in 1962, cos they cruised through without him(He was injured during the group stages). In the third championship, he was far from the best player on that team. There was Jairzinho. It's the reason I understand why many rate Maradona above him even though he won just one. He was the runaway best player on his team. Incredible. I wouldn't undermine Pele's achievements but the three world cup trophy argument is kind of overrated. Besides the world cup was the stand-alone cross-continental competition then. It covered the most relevant continents as far as the talent pool was concerned. The European championship was kind of one-sided. I would like to think the cross-continental transfer of players wasn't a thing then. The best South American players were playing in South America. So it was much easier winning a world cup then. The champions league and some very successful leagues have changed that.

Yes you are right,dem no born us during Pele era but those who watched him like my Dad said Pele remain the best in history of football.Maradona should have been the best but he was a fraud with drugs.One thing is certain if Messi wins WC then he stand a chance to be compared with Pele and Maradona in history of football.

AndSunGorilla:
But even John hasn't coached since like 2016. He had a stint at Crystal Palacd U16 then one season as senior team coach and nothing since then.

Yes but the best amongst listed names by Kokmne.

Danielnino00:
Prime Ahmed Musa was so fast that at times,he ran faster than the ball he's chasing... But poor end product ..

Oga Dan,are you sure,poor end product with four world cup goals.My super eagles winger picked are Segun Odegbami,Finidi George and Ahmed Musa.

AndSunGorilla:
Thank you, while these guys may have the coaching badges, I did a google search on their coaching careers and there's nothing impressive there at all. Efan is excelling in media no doubt but no coaching job yet. Now I agree absolutely that these guys were all good players in their days except for Akinbiyi who I don't know much about.

Yes Efan Ekoku is more of a media man,my good friend Seyi Olofinjana is into sport administration but John Salako into coaching.Yes Ade Akinbiyii is a coach but i can't really say much about him.I think i will pick John Salako.

Mujtahida:
Oga Kog45 we no see you for this world cup festival ooo.

Yes o,man busy ni o but just got my vacation leave for Xmas.Morocco for life.I think time to learn from North Africa teams and stop employing mediocre as a coach.

Una don start una wahala abi... continue insulting una papa and mama in a faceless forum.I'm beginning to suspect some una here o. Are you guys on monthly stipends of some players and coaches.Imagine downgrading someone parent just to drive a point.Haba.

daveP:
That wasn't me calling him that. Prior to that discussion, I've never really seen cause to scrutinize him deeply. I did. Not a fan of urecency bias either, but hype dey. Real hype.

Yeah i got your point my man but Rufai @Maroc 88 still remain one of the best by any Nigeria Keeper.

Sir,it is not hype if you indeed watched Rufai in the 80s.Sincerely Rufai in the 90s has lost some of his brilliance but not withstanding he did well and that legendary status was well deserved.

TheSuperNerd:
Amunike was part of 2 different generation of U17 teams that brought Glory to the country and also went on to produce players for the Senior national team, forming the core of the current team.

Spain just appointed a coach who worked with most Spanish lads at U19, U21 levels and he is also schooled in his own philosophy of the game. But more than anything, they obviously gave the job to a man who knows the lads.

We have similar scenario in Amunike, yet some Beer Parlour owner analyst (make I borrow Blueelf's words) is telling me Amunike lost to Sudan as if one loss in 50 games dampens the man's technical nous from the sidelines.

Played close to 50games, winning over 40 and losing just once thanks to your Bloody NFF and that is what erases his quality.

Just look at the rubbish take. No substance at all. Mtchewww.

Imagine Nigeria at this stage still having foreign mediocre as coach.

daveP:
I recall an old secondary school mate called him "glorified Agbim" and i watched clips mehn and i was like he no fit make top 5 best SE goalies by his own individual performance then. Some goals were stupidly conceded. He had some good days. But the hype....

Oya Oga Dave,name 5 top SE goalies....Haba Peter Rufai glorified Agbim..Rufai only cross was France 98 poor performance and this made me to rate Enyeama more than him.

Samueltemi337:
Who calls him legend?

If Peter Rufai is not a legend then who.... I will pick Enyeama,Rufai and Emma Okala as legends.

Blueelf:
Unpopular opinion

Peter Rufai is an overrated Legend

I can hardly see the hype he gets as a GK.

Oga Blueelf,Nigerians who watched Ivory Coast afcon 84 and Maroc 88 will always rate Rufai.

Peter Rufai of Afcon and US 94 was average compared to Rufai of 80s.Rufai came out when Africa produced the best GKs like Badou Zaki,Thomas Nkono,Antoinne Bell,Shoubeir and Jaques Songo,though i rate Enyeama better but Rufai was a class and i will never forget his heroic performance against Egypt during penalties shoot out @afcon84.

Wetin she expect,married person wey dey bear Shina Rambo a name for notorious thief.

peepydelano:
That’s why I laugh at dumbos who think those evil doers(Boko haram) has anything to do with Islam. Do we also associate IPOB terrorists to Christianity as most of them do attend churches? The answer is No, let’s learn to condemn evil and not allow religious sentiments beclouds our judgement.

Pls why are we always trying to justify what is not justifiable.Does Ipob preach Christianity or said they are fighting for expansion of xtianity like Boko Haram who believed they are fighting for Islam.... The two sects should be condemned in totality.

fabyom:
Nigeria doesn't glorify mediocrity. Cup or nothing. No African team can still be compared to our 1994 and 1998 teams. The team that eliminated us either gets to the finals or win the cup.

Cameroon Italian 90 team remain the best,beating Argentina the defending Champion though Senegal made simiar feat in 2002 WC against France and mind you i also rate Cameroon Espana 82 team cos they didn't lose a single match.

Mujtahida:
It is easy to get because affidavits are not only used for age declarations. Thing is that it was not envisaged that people would lie about their ages.
Baba that guy old pass 20. I know the suffering in Nigeria fries people's appearance but this guy is older than 20.

Yes

Mujtahida:
Cannot be less than 30 years old.

Sir, not easy to know the real age of any player born in Nigeria,only those who grew up with a player can tell us the truth.Do we need to blame them when most birth certificates are court affidavits proof... the Law you know much about this and i want to ask why is court affidavit easy to get in Nigeria.

ibtommy:
He needs it. Ese Walters's accusations seemed too real to debunk. People who knew him back them in Ilorin knew him to be a chronic womanizer. He needs to clear the air. He was only harping on "GRACE". How shall we live in sin that GRACE may abound?

Biodun damn handsome and ladies in Ilorin then especially in GRA area love to have Biodun,seeing him as a pastor later i know he would be surrounded in scandals.We are all humans and i wish him quick recovery.

I wish Biodun well.A nice guy and my close buddy in primary,secondary and university days.

Danielnino00:
11 likes and 16 shares......
I guess this concludes it.. Majority of the thread members don't want the award to take place..

On this note, I won't be organizing the award this year. However,if any moniker so wishes, he/she can go ahead and do it. I just really felt we should carry on with the tradition annually until it becomes a well recognized award.


Anyway, thank you all for giving me the privilege to organize it last year. Gracias!


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Oga abeg just forget this year award and good we didn't make it to World Cup,playing Portugal a world cup bound team playing safe and walloped us 4 nil.I can say it anywhere that Super Eagles would have lost to the same Costa Rica the home based lost to... nonsense team with overrated players. I read what Wesley Schneider said about Calvin Bassey and it was exactly what Chriskel said about him,having defenders that cannot build up games from the back is no no in this modern era.

maidaboi:
I for Example will not enjoy it because since I started watching the world cup this is the first time that Nigeria will not be there

Oga Mai,pls try and enjoy the world cup o.Some of us in the 80s watched with happiness despite Nigeria never made it to Espana 82,Mexico 86 and Italian 90,infact Mexico 86 remain my best World Cup despite Nigeria missing out

First question,why is Kogi shouting Tinubu than the Lagosians as if Kogi votes is that important... Reason,Yahaya Bello after 2023 should be in jail but doing all he could do to have soft landing believing Tinubu is winning and the trade is simple,Faleke the Tinubu boy from Kogi State but representing Lagos in NASS is going for Kogi governor seat....all these charades is just for Yahaya to cover his atrocities and i pity Kogites especially the youths.

Daninya33:

Let's say, you as head coach of the S.E was playing at the finals with our boys and the game was headed towards P.K. At your disposal, you have Dele Aiyenugba,Dele Ajiboye and Vincent Enyeama on the bench. Who will go for?. Who do you think is a better P.K shot stopper amongst the trio?.

I was just imagining that one day we have a game heading towards P.K and we all know it seems the trio of Uzohu, Okoye And Adeleye are now what we have to make do with. Who amongst them can get the job done.

If I were a coach,I must ensure I have a goalkeeper who is a specialist in saving penalty kicks. They must come handy in some decisive game.

Dele Aiyenigba and Dele Ajiboye are real penalties stopper right from grassroots while Enyeama learnt it from his buddy Aiyenigba in Enyimba.....hmmm Okoye and Uzoho i don't know o,even long distance shots dey enter net.

AndSunGorilla:
Sometimes changing goalies work and we have also seen where it has failed, Chelsea and Arizabalaga, Nigeria female U17, worked in quarterfinals, failed in semi finals, first goalie left in for finals and she was the hero. So far me o, I won't change a goalie just cos of penalties. Truth is penalties are largely a game of chance.

I remember Enyimba do sub in Dele Aiyenigba for Enyeama when games are going to be decided by penalties.... Yes game of chance but i can tell you Dele then was assured when it comes to penalties,at least saving two penalties guaranteed.

AndSunGorilla:
@GoodJoe, did you watch the City game today? If you did, I would like to read your analysis of Onyeka's performance.

Yes,really surprised no much talk on Onyeka performance against Man city here,may be due to Osimhen performance.What a game from Onyeka.