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safarigirl:
I swear.

It would have been a great injustice if they won the World Cup after such am easy route. Imagine Senegal had made it out of their group, they would probabky have gone as far as England did.

They had no actual threats on their part to the semis.

goldfish80:
Luka Modric is pure gold dust. It is laughable how people were comparing him to Mikel obi before the world cup.

Triniti:
For Africa to make an impact, they need to develop mental strength needed for the modern game, players that gases up after 70minutes in a match will never achieve anything in the World Cup

Certitude:
If the pass through another lucky route.

chrisooblog:
a couple yes philip osondu after the 1987 set. another player whose name i can't readily recall from the 2007 set it was Ade Ojiekere the sport journalist who wrote an exclusive on the guy blowing the whole lid on the matter.

MRI has definitely helped to reduce age cheating. is it 100% perfect? no even the proponents of the test have never claimed such but at least now we have a fair idea who the true youngsters are. anecdotal evidence of the likes of iheanacho, awoniyi, ndidi, uzoho, osimhen further strengthens my belief in the test.

like others have said until you post scientific evidence of 20 and above year olds passing the test then all you have is speculation, hearsay and personal opinion

edi287:
I've heard and read somewhere something about being able to beat it with Citrus or something? I know it seemed far fetched but the guy I heard it from was very convinced.

TheGoodJoe:

As a person with in depth knowledge of radiography, explain to us how a player of 27 years can game the MRI.

tbaba1234:
Whatever test was carried out for the 2009 team was unregulated making it subject to the things we do in Nigeria. Whatever test was done in Qatar was a private unregulated test not an Aspire academy test. They were not required to submit official results to any official body. This means that we can protect important players. Fortune Chukwudi was captain then, signifying his importance.

The likelihood of Fortune Chukwudi passing a valid MRI test at his age is very low.

There is a reason why we have not had scandals since 2009. The tests became mandatory.

tbaba1234:
It is deceptive because that was not a FIFA mandated test. It was done in house by Nigeria. It is definitely much easier for over-aged to be passed through in unregulated tests especially in a place like Nigeria.

In 2009, 1 or 2 players were tested after every match at random, this means that the bulk of the team never got tested by FIFA.

It was only in 2011, that it became a mandated regulated test conducted several times by CAF and FIFA.

It is highly unlikely that a 25 year old will pass a properly regulated MRI test.

komekn:
I really don't why some people are refusing to accept the clear cut stone cold truth. Is it misplaced pride.

Will everyone agree that's it's impossible for a 15 year old to remain the same after 6 months there will be changes and over 2/3 years considerable changes in face, body, height, etc generally speaking. However, once you get to 21 up until your 30's you will find far less dramatic change generally speaking.

Look at a 15 year old Omeruo in 2009 and see how he has changed, and that tells a story.

Chukwudi complaint at the time was, is he the only one, why is he alone being targeted.

goldfish80:
There's no deception here, I'm putting out what was reported and recall that 6 months to the 2009 U17 world cup, about 15 members of the supposed Nigerian team were laid off after failing they MRI test because FIFA introduced a routine check to try out players so to be on the safe side, it was better every player was tested because you don't know who will be picked at random just liked they do with dope test.
In subsequent tournaments, they stopped random check and made it mandatory to check every player.






http://www.thetidenewsonline.com/2009/11/07/eaglet%E2%80%99s-age-scandal-adokiye-sticks-to-gun/

cc Icon4s, TheGoodJoe

tbaba1234:
There are 5 Metacarpal bones in each hand that support the fingers. Apparently, he broke one of them. He will be able to play with a cast on his hand.

somehow:
Ebuehi will commit alot of fouls and even PK playing as a LWB. If we are wise, we bench him or use him as RWB.

He cant use a makeshift right legged player as Left back against a team like Argentina looking all out for goals.

I repeat we will chop goals if Ehuehi is used as LWB.

Dannyxy:
Kai Argentina have so beaten us, over and over again, that we, are so scared, of them, even when, they are so poor... Especially messi, he has been dealing with us since 2005, under 20, 2008 Olympics, 2010 world cup, 2014 world cup... Anndddd

Now we are here again, messi again, Argentina again.. Our, nemesis, we all are so scared, some people are even suggesting 10-0-0 formation, lolz.. But what have we being doing wrong over the years?, have we asked ourselves?... Is it that we are cursed?, or they are just so much better?..

And i came to the conclusion, that the problem is mentality, we always fidget and get scared when playing argentina, we need to start seeing ourselves as winners, the players need to enter the pitch, not thinking of maradona, bastituta or our present nemesis messi, but the should enter the pitch , thinking of winning , they must have the intention of winning, not just hoping to winning .. They should not wait for argentina to bring the game to us, like we always do, and then try to react later. We must be proactive, not reactive .. We can't be doing same thing and expect change...

After all, what has been scared of Argentina and their big names given us over the Years?, yes we have been beating, beating over and over again.. So let's damn being timid

Time for mikel to take a sweet revenge from that messi

And who knows, if the reason we are always been grouped with Argentina, is nature telling us to grow some balls, grab the bull by the horn, and go into the field wanting and intending to win, not going into the match hoping and trying to manage the game like we always do..

Ask the 1996 Atlanta team, they had balls, and intent.. That's what we need!!!

somehow:
But iceland didnt outscore them nor did they even score against Croatia.

I dont think we can outscore them but its not impossible.

TheGoodJoe:
Simple. Pass to the guy with more space and time to score. Finito.

LieDetector:
I'm more worried about Argentina's attack against our defense. Can we contain them?

somehow:
You cant use Barcelona squad with that of Argentina. They are miles apart. Remove the attack from Argentina and you are left with shafts

TheGoodJoe:
Stop beating around the bush. Anderson had the pace and talent to skin the Goalkeeper but he chose to square the ball to Tevez who was in better position to score. Are you saying Anderson has not played football or you played more ball than him? Even the commentator in the clip said it clearly, SO UNSELFISH.

TheGoodJoe:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cU4f5mEy-NE

Watch from 00:28 you could see Anderson had a Chance to score but instead opted for the man in space. As I said before the team's glory beats an individual glory. Which is what I am pointing out. You are more interested in Musa's glory than the team's glory.

TheGoodJoe:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cU4f5mEy-NE

Watch from 00:28 you could see Anderson had a Chance to score but instead opted for the man in space. As I said before the team's glory beats an individual glory. Which is what I am pointing out. You are more interested in Musa's glory than the team's glory.

somehow:
3:5:2 can easily turn to 5:3:2 or 5:4:1 when defending if the right players start

somehow:
Should we be using 3:5:2 against Argentina come Tuesday knowing fully well they will have more attackers on the field of play than midfielders/defenders?

LieDetector:
how many times have we scored a goal from WB? Our team currently lacks creativity. We can only hope for a better result against Argentina. It's two days to the game but I must confess I already have my heart in my hand.

We should be discussing on how to contain Argentina's attack and be clinical in our finishing. No room for complacency.

I appreciate the boys not posting pictures yet as it makes me believe they're aware of the magnitude of the game ahead of us

jihday:
abeg, make we just beat Argentina and save ourself the stress

TheGoodJoe:
Please. The picture clearly shows this.

phreakabit:
OMGoodness! i done nearly piss for cloth!

Barcelona played 4-3-3

Iniesta, plays on the left side of the midfield as a CAM. Rakitic has NEVER played in that position, even when he was in Sevila.
What are you talking about?
Rakitic was bought to replace Xavi.
Sergi Roberto was actually suppose to replace iniesta as he is a natural CAM, but he is considered not good enough, and thus has to settle for the RB position in place of Semedo.

Mujtahida:
its disappointing that you are saying this. if the boy has a bad game let us say he had a bad game. if he was injured and not match fit let us say so. you know he was injured.you always claim to be a footballer yet look at what you are saying just to take cheap pot shots at the young boy.i like ebuehi but recently after the england friendly i became indifferent as to who starts between him and shehu. it was i and bengine who also said he plays football that defended ebuehi here when many came for his head after the serbia match telling them how long a groin injury takes to heal and he was proven right when ebuehi's club came out to say that they were afraid that he would not make the WC squad because he was just recovering from the groin injury he sustained two weeks before the match against serbia. yes, he underperformed but you cannot say that the injury is a nice excuse.

you are obviously denying the facts and deliberately suppressing the truth just to make your points and its not cool yet you claim to be a footballer or one who played the game beyond our normal backyard monkey post.not good bo, not good at all

phreakabit:
LMAO!!!!! You guys keep clowning yourselves.
Check my last post yes, not all formations have CAM. Check what i wrote!
But for your info I have been a Barca fan for well over 18 years, I am even a member of their forum and I can tell you Iniesta is a CAM
Coutinho was bought to play as a CM and displace the unskillful Rakitic, but he couldn't play the role, because he kept attacking, hence his switch to Iniesta's role... In the forum we all refer to Don Andres as a CAM..

phreakabit:
You are a clown.
Iniesta is an 8 in the 4-3-3 formation
You have a DM Busquets , A CM Xavi and CAM Iniesta stop reasoning like a domesticated baboon( I am sorry for insulting baboons with this comparison) and go get informed before coming to test your superior.

Mujtahida:
it is points like the bolded that a person of your calibre shouldnt be making na. haba, the boy was not fully fit. took him even right into the preparations for the WC to regain his fitness from the groin injury he suffered two weeks before the friendlies in march. our arguements should be based on valid points na. haba

tbaba1234:
You mean the game where Ebuehi was carrying an injury In all the other friendlies, he has offered far more than Shehu. Shehu was poor in most friendlies.