₦airaland Forum

minfelix:
one thing i know is Ghana long win over super eagles has ended since last year friendly we beat them 2-1 without osimhen….they have been tormenting us since 2007 just the same way cameroon tormented us from the 1980’s to 2000…since then till date we began hammering them
Nig 3-0 Cameroon (LG cup)
Nig 2-1 Cam (2004 afcon)
Nig 3-0 Cam (2015 friendly)
Nig 4-0 Cam (2017 wcq)
Nig 3-2 Cam (2019 Afcon)
Nig 2-0 Cam (2024 Afcon)

that draw against Zim was a huge disappointment to me….i wish we can go to the world cup ajeh

I'm yet to recover from the defeat of the draw against Zimbabwe. The pain just blunt my spirit.

Bitterleaf, welcome back

zicky:
Abeg make we no go that area, I follow you wonder but the thing there be say our generation haf pass 😂

80's children. My musical taste was formed long ago. E don pass truly.

Napoleon55:
Burna Boy's can still sing something meaningful, and his voice is unique somehow,his live performances are commanding,and engaging to his fans.
What is baffling to me is someone like Wizkid,why he is so far rated that other older artistes like 2baba that came before him,all he sings is about sex and girls,not even about love.

My brother it beats me sha. Anyway they have put naija on the global map

Odunayaw:
I don't listen to contemporary music either not with the way my mum raised us

I think say na only me oo. I even find it a source of wonder that people enjoy wetin Burna boy dey sing.

Napoleon55:
Bergkamp is known for scoring crazy goals,sometimes you will even think it's a fluke.

The heavy loss against Denmark no let person enjoy that tournament again till final.

I enjoyed it oo. That semi final match between Brazil and Netherlands was epic.

chrisooblog:
Zidane was more of fluidity of movement almost like a ballerina but Bergkamp's touches would absolutely leave you stranded.

Now instead of such beauty, they are eating cold statistics.

chrisooblog:
Watch old clips of Brazil at the WC from 1958-1970 especially 1970 chai joy go nearly choke you from watching 'sexy penetrating passes' Even the misses were beauties to watch. I weep for Brazilian fans having to cope watching modern day scam artists.

Brazilian football represents what football should be. There were the best. Ironically that's why I never liked them as a team.

They forgot who they were and one can hardly recognize that distinct samba rhythm in their football. It's gone. I pray they find that spark. Machine football should not win.

chrisooblog:
Bergkamp the football brain on that man. Blessed with one of the best touches of all time.

Between him and Zidane I really can't tell who's got a better first touch. That goal against Argentina was all about his incredible first touch. I often say that if I'm a coach teaching young boys, dem go practice their first touch tire to the point they will hate me.

semid4lyfe:
If you mean the Tottenham coach you're right. That's the reason they have high scoring wins and losses.

That's how the brazilian teams of old played and blew off all their opponents with wide margins.

It took a defeat to a defensively solid Italy led by Paolo Rossi in Espana 82 for Brazil to drop their all-attack philosophy for a more pragmatic playing style.

That match against Italy - with Zico and Dr Socrates in full, free flow and the defeat is tagged the day football died.

I like beautiful football but I've never been a fan of Brazil. I like their players individually though.

Napoleon55:
Jay Jay
Kanu
R9
Ronaldinho
Zidan
Pirlo
Seedorf
Totti
Bergkamp
Baggio
Romario
Maradona
Kaka
Queresma
Peak Messi
Young Neymar jnr. and young Mikel

I love to watch these guys play,and some others I can't remember now,when football as an entertainment, craft and art.

Bergkamp's goal against Argentina. My goodness

GMBOFASIA:
Zidean 🤗 and Ronaldinho made me love football so much

Gone are the days were football was class and entertaining with big names different skill set and all I miss those era too

Ronaldinho was mesmerizing - quick, daring, exhilarating.

charlesemeka85:
Watching Zizou’s documentary on YouTube and the narrator brought up the point of the French maestro not having the best of Stats when compared to some midfielders in his era and now but finished it up with

“ you won’t know how good zidane was through stats until you watch him play live with your eyes”

The above statement gave me chills and one of the reasons why I don’t enjoy football anymore unlike years ago because of so much reliance on stats and robotic tactic 🤦‍♀️😔

I love old football. By the way Zidane ain't old football sef.

AndSunGorilla:
@TheGoodJoe, BBC has prepared a meal for you about your BFF, Pep. Your food don done, don't miss reading it o.

I'm interested

BankyGee:
When? 😂

I know he's a he right from time. It's mekabuchi that's a she. 😵‍💫

Ask TheSuperNerd

BankyGee:
Na him o 🤣😁

I thought him said he was a her?

Firebox123:
commentator of nairaland

Make nairaland kuku dey pay you

What sort of petty dig is this? Samueltemi337 is doing a good job giving us updates. Don't dampen her morale. Encourage her.

Philosopher1979:
The skills of kanu and okocha has to be studied by scientists and football experts. They also have to be taught in football academies and reconceotualized for the modern game

Absolutely. An artist per excellence

Kanu had one simple skill I'd call the lazy roll. Watch this video and you'd see it. He did it against Brazil in the Olympics, did it by beating the goalie at the touch line to score that wicked third goal against Chelsea

Nwankwo Kanu vs NAC Breda, 1993/1994. pic.twitter.com/Vv7LRoI3EF

— 90s Football (@90sfootball) April 24, 2025

CaptainStephen:
We can't achieve much success if the whole unit isn't developing. Sports is all round, medical, structure, branding etc and most importantly psychological.

It has been obvious this key aspect of sports has been left out of our current national teams set up.

The current generation of National teams don't understand and believe what it takes to wear any national team shirt. They don't, it's starts from the first day you get an invitation.

I remember during my NDA days in Mogadishu battalion, Moga as they call us then never loose, we train twice as others and it is drummed into your body, mind and soul from day one when you get into the academy talk more about seeing your posting to Mogadishu battalion.

This was all we needed to fuel our body and determination and I doubt current national teams are structured this way.

Black man lacks the ability for long term planning. Chop chop, that's what he's good at.

TheGoodJoe:
If there is any match of Nigeria I want to watch again, it is Nigeria vs Ireland in Nigeria 99. That was my best display of Pius Ikedia.

I remember this match. We won by 1-0 abi?

TheGoodJoe:
Kanu would have been perfect for today's modern game. He is what I categorize the deep lying striker. I always wondered what happened that Nigeria produced so many bright tactical players like Siasia, Oliseh, Kanu, Celestine Babayaro, Finidi George.

I remember reading that Segun Odegbami used Oliseh's highlight clip on his Super Eagles debut for years to carry out tactical training for players.

I wonder why it all disappeared.

And this players had their formative years playing on the streets. Oliseh was too good.

elyte89:
He summarised Nigerian football administrative problem in less Dan 5minutes but unfortunately we re not known for long term solutions,na quick fix we b

Sharp sharp. I don't see us getting it right anytime soon. It's the players that often suffer when we lose and the fans pile on them

Goke7:
We the fans and the media are not also interested in long term planning with our win at all cost mentality, no matter what we achieve we must find excuses to demonise coaches and players hence we keep chopping off coaches and players, listen to the video you posted na the dude complain about the way we mount pressure for players to be invited once we think they are good in Europe. How much do we care for the long term? We also retire some of our good legs too early which causes imbalance in the team. It’s a whole lot to consider here

He touched on several key issues. I just keep wondering whether those at the helm don't see these things

Goke7:
Until we are humble enough to appreciate what is working and build on it nothing will change as you can’t build nothing on nothing. There are one or two positives from even this current coach that I never supported initially but we can start from there. But if we throw him out again we will continue to go backwards. Chelle is an attacking minded coach, why don’t we just start building right away!

This is not about Chelle oo per se. It's about our football administration.
My issue is that we lack the ability to plan and implement long term. See Morocco is now positioning itself to be a football powerhouse in Africa. It's not on the pitch. It's about policy. We don't have any.

Super Eagles has no football identity. And that’s why we keep failing pic.twitter.com/lcJ4GjRJnk

— The Big Bird🦅⚽️ (@c_mobike) April 12, 2025

Ordinary Nigerian without expert training understands the deep issues plaguing Nigerian football but coach after coach we continue to struggle.

Rip to Christian Chukwu. His time is done. He's done his beat. Adieu Sire.

elyte89:
Smh 🤦…I better pass cerezo

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
True true

Tchinaidi:
Just finished watching our afcon qualifiers against Libya a d I can tell you for free that Cerezo is by far a better coach than chelle.He understands the boys better and play them in their areas of strength.The super eagle teams plays the kind of football we are known under Cerezo.A lot of people will beg to differ because of our loss to rwanda.Our full squad weren't on display because we had already qualified.Cerezo was trying to experiment with the game.I bet you with cerezo as team coach we would have beaten zim with a better style of play.Chelle am afraid does not understand our style of play and may not get it right for along time to come.

For playing Aina on the right, I don comot hand for Chelle back. I'm back to canvassing for my client elyte89 baba

BankyGee:
The Law no worry, them go sit up. Na our only club be that. Wetin people like sir Charles wey dey support Man Yoo and Super Eagles wan do?

Let's always give thanks 🙏🏾😮‍💨😮‍💨

Woto woto from both sides for him oo 🤣🤣🤣

BankyGee:
We can't stay angry at them forever. I was very disappointed too that I almost cried ajeh. But we sha move. They'll come good. Ema binu 🙏🏾

E really pain me. You know some of us, the Super Eagles is our only club, we have outgrown the hassle of club football which no longer has any ginger for us. Only the SE is able to give us that thrill that personal sense of involvement. So abeg make them sit up

Kog45:
Hmmm,Iwobinho and others against Rwanda and Zimbabwe 😄pls BankyGee me don tire for our players ratings,Kai Rwanda,Benin,Lesotho are ahead of Nigeria in WC group.

There is no joy in all these good ratings to Nigeria fans

My reaction is mtcheew. I like Iwobi but I'm angry with all our players except Osimhen.