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chrisooblog:
When exactly was Westerhof employed because according to the interviewer in the Clemens interview that wayodude posted he started with the world cup qualifier against Angola.

Clemens Westerhof first match on the bench for Nigeria was against Cameroon and it was our last match for 1990 WC qualifications.

Paul wonder boy Hamilton was the coach handling the team and he was in charge against Angola in Lagos were we lost Sam Okwaraji.I remember Stephen Keshi scored the only goal of that match that also paraded David Ngodigha who was in goal with Austin Eguavoen,Eboigbe,Uche Okafor,Osaro Obabaifo,Samson Siasia,Etim Esin,Ademola Adeshina,Sam Okwaraji,Humphery Edobor with Dahiru Sadi as a sub.

It was a very tense match.

Sam Okwaraji lost his life on the field of play.

AndSunGorilla:
Oga mi, there was a team in Maroc 88 and another set of players executed the doomed WCQ for Italia 90, most if not all those guys didn't play in Algiers 90. No one is saying Rohr should travel the length and breadth of 9ja. All we are saying is, 1) be ambitious, don't sound defeated before u suffer the actual defeat. 2) be willing to try new players especially for known problem areas in the team.
And to be fair we have seen that work out in recent times, see Uzoho, Okoye and Kingsley. Someone introduced an unknown division 2 Leon Balogun at some point.

Wa gbayi...maroc team should have won us Algiers 90 but failure to qualify for Italian 90 WC distracted the team cos Westerhoff was employed at the last match of our qualifications against Cameroon in Yaounde and most players loyal to coach Paul Halmiton were not happy at the development

andrewbaba44:
Leave that one and old Skool management

We should kuku go back to the 90s nah

Nigeria best football management started in 1985 to 2000....after that andrew na thiefs dey manage our football.

I followed Nigeria football with a passion in the 80s,90s and 2000s and I can tell you those at the helms of affairs did their best.

charlesemeka85:
oga football don evolve so 90s style of management no dey work in today’s football anymore

Who were our pros that refused to show up for the afcon that led westahof to introduce the players you mentioned to the national team?

Stephen Keshi,Etim Esin,Samson Siasia,Augustine Eguavoen,Humphrey Edebour refused to honour afcon 90.

I remember only Andrew Uwe,Ademola Adeshina and Yekini who was at that time based in Ivory Coast.

Philosopher1979:
"Westerhoff really tried, he brought Dan Amokachi, Uche Ukechukwu, Finidi George, alloy Agu, Ben Iroha into limelight after our then foreign based players failed to turn up for the afcon".

In the same vein bringing Akinkunmi Amoo, Samson Tijani, Kelechi Nwakali, Obina Nwobodo into the team
will solve our midfied issues within 45 minutes. Where was Amokachi when Westerhoof used him. He was still in Ranchers bees.
You dont wait for talent to explode in a major Euroean team before you use them.
He should just arrange a friendly and use them or even against these nonsense teams we are playing now.
Westerhofs model of using unkown talent before they are ripe works.
Rohr is simply getting it wrong.
African born talents cant get into European teams on time because they are not well advertised and they have
to be patient.
I remember George Finidi made an impression against Burundi within 45 minutes.
For example Chidera ejuke in the few matches he has played has allready made an impression.
Even Frank Onyeka is looking creditable.
Rohr just has to open his eyes and be a little free minded. He has to think outside the box

Finidi 45 minutes masterclass was against Burkina Faso after replacing Austin Eguavoen.He made three assists if I can remember.It was a match Yekini shown brilliantly,scoring hat trick.

Den go see a promising young man with Toyota muscle but dem one ride range,gwagon and follow money man but at the end na unhappiness go full their mind.

Ujiri born in UK

Hakeem Olajuwon born in Nigeria and grew up here.

Ujiri given back but Hakeem refused to do nothing.

Pls what a hell is Hakeem Olajuwon doing for growth of the game in Nigeria.

Ujiri God bless you.

Oluboh:
The battle may be between the two.
While Tinubu may get south west support, the northerners will chose Yahaya Bello. South east and south south may even go with Yahaya Bello especially if he has a running mate from the region
2023 looks very interesting already

Are you a Ebiraman?cos Yahaya Bello will only win Kogi State and it's going to even win it with electora malpractices

andrewbaba44:
Zaidu is not anywhere 50 percent better than Collins let alone 100 percent ,Na small thing zaidu take pass Collins ,make we no let Porto deceive us

Wa gbayi Andrew.

pussymonger1:
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Do you mean coke by coca cola?

My man I disagree.I take Coke o and I can say am addicted but it never affects my sex life.

seankafor:
obj try for this stadium

Akpabio try for Uyo stadium

12large1:
He is 100% better than Collins who wasn’t impressive against CAR. I will rather Aina at LB and awaziem at RB if Zaidu isn’t recalled

I don't rate the duo cos they are not better or even a march to what I have watched in eagles...Owolabi,Iroha,Babayaro,Taiwo,Echiejele.

12large1:
How can you remove Zaidu when he had such a great season last year at porto and just because he is presently lacking confidence and out of form doesn’t negate his potential. Even his last game for SE vs benin (he was impressive) as for Collins, balogun and ekong if you are shaky against CAR…..

Large I don't rate him o forget Porto.my opinion.

Wetin dey surprise me how could a very beautiful lady and end up marry another woman's husband when young chap guys are available.

Respect to naija guys cos dem no dey send all these yeye celebrities.

12large1:
Unfortunately, the likes of balogun, Collins, ekong, shehu, are not good enough to take us to the next level. But, the sad part of this ordeal, is that they’re our best available (Club wise) and if our available best is panicking and shaky against a small team like CAR, I don’t know what will happen against Senegal and algeria. Sunday game was the only televised super eagles game that I have missed in a while and I didn’t regret it simply because of lack of interest. I don’t know if it’s lack of balanced team or incompetent coach or an incompetent FA.
Defense = Below average only Zaidu and awaziem has potential to become world class based on performances thus far

Midfield = Imbalanced

Attack = Above average to world class

Coach has to get the right selection, right formation, believe and attitude or else idk

Abeg large man comot Zaidu and I pray Awaziem move to a better club so that his talent will not waste.....

Check Fikayo,Tammy,Danjuma moving to another clubs and see the results but our own talented Iheanacho stay put in a average Leicester team always as a sub and feeling comfortable cos Nigeria national team is not that competitive.

The only solution in eagles is DM with arrival of Frank Onyeka and probably our attacks with Osimehn,Taiwo,Onuachu,Moffi....I don't rate Samuel Kalu and Simeon Moses seem going out of it....Ejuke and Chuckwueze cool to me.

Truly said the midfield is the real issue and I don't know how Rohr is going to solve this...not really impressed with Aribo recently in eagles color cos is coming should have been a relief with presence of Iwobi.

Goalkepping we have Uzoho who has WC experience but Rohr said Okoye is better meaning we don't have issue in that area.

Dora Akunyili,Ngozi Iweala,Chinmada Adichie,Joke Silva,Taiwo Ajai Lycett,Onyeka Onwenu,Prof Alele Williams,Folorunsho Alakija,Bola Shagaya all have value cos their parents see that value in them and they are all great today and those that are late are being recognized

Ini Edo and the likes are bad example to our girl child so she should stop complaining...

Possibly you have female feet....cos ladies always look at my feet anytime I wear sandals even guys admire it.

....and funny enough those useless teachers they bleep those girls...na jealousy make dem flogged dem...and for the boys they were beaten cos of the girls.

If you know you know o.

Optimistguy1969:
I get you,bro.
But his face just changed all of a sudden.
The Esama of Benin has maintained same face for over 20 years, he is 84 years old.

Esama wey dey rub powder.

DaddyRochie1642:
Sometimes I do compare Olu Jacobs and Pete Edochie, Olu Jacobs is good, I think Pete Edochie is more charismatic and should I say displays more confidence in his movie roles.

Okay hear me Olu Jacobs is better than Pete Edochie.

bye bye.

daveP:
i want to be sentimental a bit here. Ighalo scored some very important key decider goals for the SE.


I dunno how you'd rank an African 9 though, but knowing how disappointment trail qualifiers for big teams, i won't mind taking key goals over many unimportant goals. Don't get me wrong. Its the same way Mba gave us a key goal that gave us Afcon, that's my angle.



This sentimental feel get as e be sha.

Ighalo and Mba...Kai this thread ehn.

Abi make members kuku dey upload where dem dey work o.

We always forming Mr Right on this thread.

Walahi if we are all perfect in our different endeavor.Nigeria would have been a great country.

Even Osimehn said he respect Ighalo but Drogba na him legend o.

Simple Nigeria girls don't love but love money.period.

Beloved3:
Ejuke is making us forget we have a certain Henry Onyekuru

Haha against CAR

This Yahaya Bello would rot in jail.

Beloved3:
Rohr for once got that right. Starting Awaziem over Aina on the right.

The long ball assist came from Awaziem's cross, something Aina kept attempting on in the last game but ended up with wayward crosses.

Lessons learned - Aina is best started on the left and not the right.

You are right but Rohr preferred Collins and Sanusi but I will never bench Ebuehi or Aina even on the left side for the duo.

Joebie:
its 2 - 0

Osimehn is going to break YEKINI goal record.

This guy na machine o

drDoom3:
We will probably qualify due to individual talents like Osimhen and Ejuke.

What happens when we meet the good teams though? How do we survive when we can't even create chances against teams like CAR and Cape Verde?

The last game we created and took real goalscoring chances was the Sierra Leone game. Before that, maybe the Lesotho away game. I won't count the Lesotho home game because I consider those goals as three lucky goals. Same with the Liberia goals.

We are struggling to create chances, and this is not only a midfield problem. Looking past our midfield, you'll notice our players are playing without any football sense. Simple one-twos are a struggle for them to make. Through passes, neat crosses, positioning, even simply paying your teammates into space have been problems for our team. The performances are too poor. I feel like we just have a bunch of big name players without team cohesion.

My man which talent are we talking about.

Sierra Leone and CAR have opened our eyes and it is simple Rohr is not good enough.

I came to realize that 2018 qualifications was brilliant efforts of Moses Victor,Mikel Obi,Odion Ighalo and especially that march against Cameroon.

But the big question do we have changers like Mikel Obi,Victor Moses and Odion Ighalo in this present team though we have talented players.

Overthemoonman:
Saka and Tammy scored for England. I think, Fikayo has finally been captied now.
I pity for Tammy and Fikayo sha. Their chances of going to world cup is still very slim compared to Saka that has at least 60% chance of making it to world cup.

Bro leave those guys alone and let's face our own qualifications that is not even sure.

ChrisKels:
Tyson Fury no be anybody mate ooo, see as him take Wilder mop floor once again! Na this guy AJ wan fight? Lol this guy go just end AJ boxing career

...and make AJ mop floor too.

Honestly abi AJ fan o but beating Fury would be like CAR beating Nigeria o

World want to see Fury and AJ fight especially the UK people.

Wilder overrated boxer with no technique...I see him losing to AJ too if they squabble up.

12large1:
There has always been an 8 in the history of football. Dennis berghamp of arsenal is an epitome of that position

Even In Nigeria history....Samson Siasia is an epitome of NO 8 position not even Kanu Nwankwo.

andrewbaba44:
How many chances did they create for him that he wasted ?

I just don't know o...chances against CAR.