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Nothing wrong with Rohr building this team for Qatar. Inasmuch as we play good football. I believe the team will be better prepared for 2022. It's no defeatist mentality to be scientific in one's football analysis. Does Saudi Arabia have the reputation to qualify after loosing the first game. The answer is a simple NO. Does the two African sides that lost have that same ability to qualify for the knockout stage the answer is another resounding NO. take into consideration how these teams have fared in the past and make a simple hypothesis from that. It's a pattern continuing most especially for African sides. All I expect from Rohr's eagles today is simple play good football, if you win Fine. Good for us all, we keep doing the usual stuffs fans do. We keep getting hopeful and hopeful. For Christ sake it's the World Cup and we talking of an African team reaching a semis at least. We have not consistently had two African teams in the quarterfinals. It's such a big achievement when we talk of Senegal and Ghana reaching here. Come on its gonna be a systematic process. The two African sides are very good sides in the continent but they have failed. And I bet u, they wouldn't qualify to the knockout after loosing their first games. Based on past antecedents for all to verify.

The Egyptian no 11 plays like Junior Ajay. Funny feets

Hamed is limping out. He has been brilliant today. Controlling the midfield well. I hope it's not a serious injury for him though

Who is watching the Egyptian player called Hamed. That guy is so good dominating the midfield. His Interceptions has been brilliant , tackles great. However he plies his trade in Zamalek.

Mujtahida:
MY THOUGHTS ON THE EVE OF THE WC
since 2002 no country apart from european countries has won the WC(and more european countries have won the WC than any other country from other continents since the inception of the FIFA WC in 1930. while it can be argued that this is because europeans have proportionately more teams than other continents -could there be other causes?) could this be as a result of the fact that global football is tailored to suit the style, the nature and character of Europeans?
take this issue of pressing that has almost become the alfa tactics employed by most teams for example. it is about choking and pressuring the opposition when they(the opposition) have the ball. now i think this is what happened: europeans eliminated the dribble(yes dribbling is almost dead) because i do not see how pressing can be effective when you have a team of good ball dribblers. can you press maradona, or okocha or any team with a good number of dribblers like Brazil 82 team? they will just dribble themselves out of the choke and pass the ball to a team mate who is free from the press. just a moment of sheer individual brilliance, a sweet turn, a flick and dance with the ball and the whole press will collapse.but you see what europeans have done: they eliminated the dribble, clamped down on individual displays and erected a temple to the god of passing, passing, passing and laid more emphasis on team game.
europeans thrive on organization and efficiency: they hate anything disorganized which is how they regard anything free flowing(meanwhile africans want expressiveness and flair). check out classical european music, opera and the ballet dance. everything is timed and organized. the world of music was cold until africans and south americans(and it was still africans if you know your history)with the their toms toms, sense of natural rhythm and free flowing dance brought in the blues, jazz and pop culture was born. for the life of me i have tried to enjoy mozart, bach, handel and others but omo i still prefer the sound of the gong, ekwe, beaded gourd and talking drum. to the european ear african music is disorganized but as africans we know theres a method to that seeming "disorganization". our music is all about rhythm and improvisation.

my point is we must break away from this european model of playing football: we cannot beat them when it comes to an organized approached to football. no wonder xavi said that they understand football as a space-time concept. this is nothing but the scientific european mind speaking. the black man has no such concept. (thats why he cannot operate by the 24 hour clock). africans understand football as a dance, as rhythm, as beat, as robustness and vigour.
this is how we must play our football. we must play football according to our soul. we are africans and its not a matter of race- its a matter of an outlook on life which we can perfect and use to define our game.

my brothers i would appreciate your thoughts on this issue
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tbaba1234
safarigirl
servik
kennysville
oasis07
thesupernerd
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joebie
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forgiveness
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and every other esteemed poster on this great thread

Well I think we can take a cursory look at the success of African teams in the cadet championship. African teams have always shined at the under 17 championship. Struggled at the under 20s and made remarkable success at the Olympics. Nigeria being the most successful of them all. The question then is how have we attained this success, despite all odds and the unfavourable conditions that churns out these starlets. One thing is certain the hunger to succeed is higher at the cadet level. Maybe it has to do with the obscurities and economic hardships these young stars come out from, sadly when they are at the peak they just fizzle out in the long run. The Hunger to win at all cost was largely responsible for us dominating the cadet level. Take it a little higher and look at the under 20 sides with the most successful being the Ghanaian team of 2009 with the likes of players like Adiyah, these same hunger and intensity in which they played was raw and beautiful. Same goes to the Cameroonian side at the world Cup where Africa was announced to the World . Fast forward down to 94 and 96 Nigeria announced itself on the bigger scene. Winning the Olympics with its style of football. Quickly we saw Cameroon do the same at the next Olympics. We have gone along way. But with time and hunger, we would surely win the World Cup. African teams just need to keep pushing and playing. Brazil recently won the Olympics football gold. Something Nigeria did eighteen years earlier. So I for one don't think it's adopting the European style that has strangled our development, I think we are just not there in terms of hunger for it. This would literally translate on the field of play.

alexie4real:
page 4000th alex was here silently following good job guys

Back to my cave

Olorunyomi Alex??

Let's talk Qatar 2022. I thought Musa was fasting how is his buttocks getting bigger. And the Referee that ended the game at 89 minutes.

Why are we such a second half team like this

Am here thinking about Qatar World Cup

PenlsCaP:
Egbon u ain't making sense.. He has stayed long there and will automatically adopt their accent.
Irrespective of the age he went there.
I guess u havnt seen that oyiba man who's video went viral that now speaks pure naija accent..he wasn't born here neither did he come here at this under age..
Its a natural thing u can't just control.

Nope you could only pick an accent when you are 14 year in a new place. If you are older than that, it is not gonna be the natural accent. You'd just have to fake it as a survival mechanism

Some crisis amongst NFF officials. This has to do with 250,000 dollars they received from Rivers state governor. Money is said to have been missing

safarigirl:
what was your own point with saying Moses brags with the team if you were not looking for argument?

Some comments are highly unnecessary and that one was it. No need to drag the others down to elevate your Moses. Everybody brings something to the team, that is why it is called a TEAM

Some comment my dear are highly repulsive, Moses adds something, something which was evident against Poland, something which was evident against Ethiopia at AFCON 2013. That something could be done with a TEAM of course. No dispute about that. When the team is having an average game you don't just expect a Mikel to put a through pass and Issagoal. You need players who can simple stand up to it. No listen am not putting the team down. And not elevating a player above another player. What am simply saying is it is only when we can have a player with an equal potency to deliver like the arrogant Moses then will Moses be humbled.

safarigirl:
na only Moses you no see for here?

Did Mikel play? Have the players not done well with Mikel and no Moses? But na only Moses you dey hail.

I repeat, ABEGGI!

What's your point you just like Arguments. Simply say Moses and Mikel did not play. But I'd tell you there is more to believe in Moses going to the World Cup

forgiveness:
Abeg, who replaced Joel Obi? Is that not Agu?

Yes and he had a good game

safarigirl:
abeggi!

Oh I see, they are just as good as Victor Moses. Which individual on that pitch would create something there out of nothing. Not likely any of those players on that pitch at the moment

You just understand why Victor Moses brags with this team. The other players are no better than him. Simple

It's a goal

Penalty for Congo

Lokosa sabi this kain pitch well-well

Is it my eyes the guys look lean. So much intensive training

Safarigirl and Wizkid. Girl and kid.

elyte89:
All dis guys claiming to watch and comprehend what's going on in a match baffles me

I was in primary 4 when Brazil and France played in 98 world cup ,na small remain make we c ,I was 9month old when amokachi scored a beautiful goal against greece ,trying to clinch on d oldies

I no sabi as una dey understand dis games o,at Dt tender age...I bet most of u at DT age bracket watched replay and not d real match ,make una no dey whine us for here.



Aw primary 4 piking of DT time comprehend each persons name, position, style of play as at den ,me I no believe o ,kids I.Q den where not as high as today's kid,a kid of 3years can operate i-pad conveniently .


I knew what was football during Atlanta 96,though I can't really comprehend d rules and regulation @ age 7

I didn't watch most games,because I was too naive to understand d rules,d game time wereearly part in d morning,games where played around 11pm,12am,1am,2am.d rules den for kids generally was to sleep after dinner,Max by 9pm,I dey bed
Only my my siblings who re older would go out in d middle of d night to watch games at a popular joint where dey own a generator set...generator set den was very expensive and not to popular among d masses

So abeg in a nutshell,if u re not up to age 13-15years during 94 world cup and 96 Atlanta tourney,stop analysing matches for us

I was 7 years old at the 98' World Cup. That was about my class as well. I was a precocious chap. Followed Nigeria match all through the World Cup. I stumbled upon Brazil playing one day in the group stage. Beautiful football I was attracted to. I immediately sat down that to enjoy a high scoring side, free flowing football that mesmerized my bubbling heart. I'd watch delima Ronaldo display his skills and run on to the Sandy field at oshodi to display my skills with my age groups. Sadly I was 7 no one around me at that point like an age mate to discuss this with. All I did was yearn to listen to adults talk football. At Korea Japan I was in kings college Lagos then. I'd leave the class room to the house masters window to peep and watch the beautiful game. At that point I was a master of the game amongst my colleagues. Wider football knowledge and was barely matched in football and sports by any colleague. My academics performance dwindled, my mum was so worried she needed take drastic actions, hence, she would beat me if I played football let alone watch football. I struggled with this as I just loved the game. This really killed my intense interest in the game.

Why she pose like she won piss

safarigirl:
I've had a lot of thinking time today and realised that I have erred a lot recently.

Without going into any unnecessary explanation, I would like to send an unreserved apology to andrew44 for my harsh words to him, I'm very sorry about the way everything escalated. Sorry for insulting your person, I allowed my ange get the best of me and I'm sorry.


I also want to apologise to sir komekn once again, for reading your intentions wrong. We don't always see eye to eye, so I may have read your posts with a biased eye. I sincerely apologise for that and j promise that it will never happen again.


I also want to apologise to this thread and its members for all the drama this week. I was responsible for derailing this thread and failing to respect the opinions of some members. So, I apologise to everyone.

As much as I can, I will refrain from getting into any confrontations on this thread henceforth.

Honestly am just seeing this. so much strength from you gal. so much strength and inasmuch as I love u for this I fear you also. you have shown that you could have another side we least expected. a side to love, a side to forget a side to move on. I doff my hat and envy u for this great heart of yours. I'd certainly almost never meet you in life, but I'd remember you for a long time for this.

kentebemoney:
Bro me na ur guy from super eagles thread. Pls tell us some war stories. Abeg bros

We all dey together for SE thread

are you sure our 3 DM style can perfectly gel or work well. am confused, there is no fluidity here.

Mujtahida:
Na London wey Nigerians plenty be this?

bros make immigration come catch them there abi.

klexycole:
One time, we are faulting uzoho for mistakes, asking for replacements... Another time, we are praising the same person for his good saves. How funny?

Seems we've forgotten that this is just a friendly match meant to ascertain the strength, weakness, and technicality of this team.

Whatever the outcome, the coach in his highest ability is capable of handling and correcting the mistakes. Pertaining to Uzoho, let him keep improving.

Game on, the land Green!

we are fickle minded bro. its just human nature

show some respect for boss NDIDI today he has definitely dominated Matic

this Uzoho sabi mark

would Uzoho get to where we would expect him to be in less than three months. how long would be bank on such luck

chai NEPA