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Ibime:
Super Eagles fail to qualify for ANC 2 tournaments in a row.

Nigerians have never failed to disappoint me as a people. It all boils down to maladministration and corruption in NFF.

Super Eagles yet to be paid bonuses yet Pinnick is flying his cronies to England for 'capacity building'

Aminu shuiabu was failing when I was in primary school. I don finish uni, born pikin, marry and Aminu is still there...still failing

The same old names KeshI, Siasia etc bringing their BS via the revolving door of nonsense.

I'm just annoyed that I actually allowed myself to believe that the likes of Ighalo, Iheanacho and co could be the catalyst for a revival

hensben:
how far baba. German lost to England 2 goals to 3. What's your take on the match?

And Neuer played...

See as Vardy just destroyed his reputation

We just want to burn this league down...

I'm sure we should be able to groove on Dayo's thread tonight

Vardy of life.

Dadehmola:
Ibime - I can see you are viewing...

What's your contribution, Abi na only table soccer you bin dey play throughout that period??

Or Biro

I knew a guy that had a champion pen back in the day

Never defetated

dmcdad:
And not to forget David Suazo. That guy R2 no be here ooooo. Especially for PES 2008.

Humberto Suazo!!!!!

That nigga was the Shitt!

Dadehmola:
Abi o

It became more realistic in PS2 when you still had to use the through pass to complete it ...meaning that one could abort the 1-2 if the player had strayed offside.

Ps2 sef get im own ojoro - zlatan ibrahimovic, Adriano, Rooney and all those "body-balanced" players for PES ... smh

Ibra na im worse pass - you fit see like 3 defenders dey escort am and dem no go still see ball collect for him leg!

PES5 was Adriano's game. Adriano Martins and Recoba was the Axis of evil then. With Vander Meyde and co supporting.

I spent many Sunday mornings with my guys straight after three club smoking weed and tanning PES

Good times

Dadehmola:
For some game houses, some ninjas dey wey no go put Carlos for wing and dem no dey use "1- 2", yet dem go dey flog everybody as e dey hot.

Person don use Saudi Arabia disgrace my Brazil before ( na when I dey learn sha)

The game mechanics were too easy to exploit back then. Most people played with finger permanently on the turbo button. You could literally waltz past players due to the limitations of the 8 direction turning axis.

Once they ran past you, it was difficult to change direction or double back. I remember beating some Konamis 6 or 7 to nil

Dadehmola:


Roberto carlos was the chief terrorist..

Shot-power ; 19
Speed ; 19
Acceleration :18

E no dey even play LB - na left winger for 4-3-3

The "one-two" for that game na die - if you no sabi defend am, you go dey chop 0-6 , 1-5 on a steady!

The game centres I dey go banned 1-2 cos it was just too easy. L1+X and the computer gives it you back easy.

Dadehmola:
Washere. ..

That Brazilian team na die!!

Holland had "Van Wijk" the afro-man. There was also this "Capitale" dude that played for Argentina

And that useless Nigerian team with names like "Amupoti", "Okochi" etc...

The commentator was always shouting................
Re-shoot!! Re-shoot!!! Yessssssss - Goaaaal !!! Goaaaaaal!!! Replay!!!

Brazilian team was ridiculous

433 Roberto Carlos, Rivaldo and Ronaldo up top. Dunga, EMerson, Ze Roberto in midfield, Cafe, Lucio, Junior Baiano, Aldair in defence. Taffarel in Pes1/2, Dida PES 3

dmcdad:
Anybody wey miss am need to go back and re-grow up.

My team Brazil; Gomez and Allejo.

I think Allejo was Ronaldo. I played ISS mostly on N64 though I do remember playing once or twice on SNES

Ibime:
You were 15 years old in 2002 and you don't know Ogbeche? You see what I said about ogbomosho weed delaying your development?

Ogbeche was Labour Prefect at FGC Okigwe in 1995. So imagine my surprise when he showed up at PSG in 2002 claiming to be 18 years old.

I just forgot his name.

I remember the guy well with his punk haircut.

I remember some of these names though...

Furo Iyemeni would be familiar to anyone who played PES 1/2/3 or their winning eleven counterparts for the particular way the commentator mentioned it

Jonathan Akpoborie, Mobi Okparaku, etc. Akpoborie especially seemed to always be mentioned on Larry Izamojes ray power show every morning...along with 'Zzzzamalek of Eegypt'

Abeg what was the name of that PSG striker that broke into the SE around the early noughties....he was short, very fast, but very useless in front of goal?

afrodoc2:
Overall career Ameobi was better than Sodje but playing for Nigeria? No doubt Ameobi was much worse,he was as useful as a NEPA pole on the pitch.

Career wise Ameobi was not even better than Sodje.

How can you build a career where more than half your appearances were off the bench?

Haba.

300+ games and he didn't start up to half.

14 seasons as a striker only 50 goals

Come on

That guy is a bigger failure than GEJ

raumdeuter:
You apparently didnt watch Sodje I mean Efe sodje the Bandana wearing one. I am sure any random person can play better even Female footballer.

Sodje has no sense in his. If you notice his playing career were often in lower division. He played for over 10 clubs and none of those clubs has ever played Premier league in the past 20yrs. Its like useless recognize woeful Sodje and his clubs are a match made in heaven. He is currently 43 and still playing for macclesfield town

Sodje would just get the ball wait a few seconds and baloon the ball. I would be like what were you thinking? Not even Furo iyemeni, Jero Shakpore, Chikelue Iloanusi, Isaac Semitoje have been that useless

Ameobi used to play for Newcastle I watched many of his matches and he was average. Sodje is a curse.

But Sodje was loved by Nigerians and actually played relatively well, though still sheet. Cos I remember how people used to say his jazz was inside that do-rag.

Ameobi had like 50 goals in like 14 seasons at St James Park. That's how absolutely useless that bag of Beans was, especially when you consider that those seasons encompass a period in the championship

I think his brother is currently maintaining the Ameobi legacy of being Tall, Useless and on the fringes of the Newcastle team.

I heard he wants to play for England. which is very good
His delusion should keep him from inflicting himself on us.

I cant stress it enough, Bag of Beans is thr most useless feckless cluelesss foreign born to ever pull on the shirt.

raumdeuter:
The father name sef na Dominic Iorfa he played for Nigeria. I remember him for being a speedy player who runs faster than the ball most times

Honestly I can stand Shola Ameobi at least he played for Newcastle, that useless bandana wearing Sodje is the worst thing that happened to football

The two sodje's can never be as bad as Bag of Beans.

It was when I watched Nigeria live vs Scotland at Craven Cottage that I understood first hand how useless Ameobi was.

The guy is as tall as a Nepa Pole but did not win a single header. He would hold up the ball and then throw away the pass.

The absolute worst thing for me was how the fool kept walking into offside positions. He wasn't running at all, but the Scottish defenders had him so far offside sometimes...you will be wondering if the fool no get eye. And obviously he's too slow to recover. I think he had one shot all game. Clear chance volleyed straight at the keeper

That guy is the worst foreign born to pull on the shirt without question

Ibime:
Look at the alternatives. Egwueke and co? Spits.

The 3 players I mentioned are quality and just a matter of time before they are playing in the Prem.

Nigerias best defenders (Oboabona and Omeruo) are no higher than Championship level. Omeruo could not break into Middlesbrough team last year.

Compare and contrast with Odubajo (Championship best 11), Dominic Iorfa (Championship best 11 and wanted by many Prem clubs) and Jordan Obita (wanted by Arsenal and Liverpool before his injury).

You can see that these players are better than our first team defenders and all young players who are heading for the Prem, not like Sodje and Abbey who spent the bulk of their careers in League1 and League2.

Also if you are old enough you will know Dominic Iorfa is not some foreigner because his father played for Super Eagles. He is as much Nigerian as Alex Iwobi whose uncle is JayJay Okocha.

Also Danny Shittu was Naijas best defender when he played for Eagles. Its all about what alternatives there are and Danny was better than the alternatives. While Joseph Yobo used to dance Azonto when anyone ran at him from 2008 onward, Shittu was the one keeping it solid.

Wow I didn't know Dominic Iorfa's dad played for SE...

But I know Dominic fairly well from TV and FM2016. I think he was born and raised in the UK. He is definitely not 'Nigerian' and if he was good enough he would probably be playing for England

I understand your point though...and your position is very sound. It's just annoying that these short1 players only remember us when they want to use idea to get international cap.

As I'm typing this, I'm just seeing Shola Bag of Beans Ameobi in my minds eye and I feel like puking

raumdeuter:
Ibime if we look am well the British trained defenders have been some of the worst in Eagles. Some of them cant even control the ball.

Think of Abbey George, Danny Shittu, and the worst Nigerian footballer of all time Efe Sodje. God punish Onigbinde for allowing that useless maga wear Nigerian Jersey

The Nigerian trained can be very rash in tackle and lack ability to build play from back because of our local football training in Nigeria where its only wicked and mean people who play defence and their aim is to break legs

The criteria for being a defender in Nigeria from youth: You are big, You are dark, you are wicked, you have no skill to play other position, But you are so wicked they must always select you else you would beat everyone up. You can boot the ball very far away

I remember in secondary school one guy like that in defence he even had tribal marks and would tell you say he know say he cant make a career out of football because of tribal marks but he would ensure you dont have a football career as well. In every game he would break at least 2 legs you would see people crying and limping home. (Ahh Ibrahim... E no go better for you ooo). I just learnt to avoid him and stay in offside position where he would forget me. After I score from that offside position na to run away from the field because he would still come and beat you for scoring

I swear I just dey laugh like fool for train...especially cos na so me sef dey defend

lalaboi:
So what is the point og bringing up these names in 2016?
Efe Sodje and abbey George had short stints between 2000 and 2004. They had like 10-12 caps each.

Anichebe was born in Nigeria and has never really had a prolonged stay in the side due to injuries. Even Shittu was born in Nigeria and he's the only one on your list to have amassed enough number of games.

You are arguing purely for the sake of argument. I went back memory lane listing some of the foreign born/raised dross that have turned out in the green and white simply because they could never play for England.

My original post, when placed in it's proper context was a response to Ibime advocating callups for Dominic Iorfa, Jordan Obita and Moses Odubajo...who in my opinion are just more of the same type of foreign born/raised dross who can't make into the national teams of the countries they were born/raised in.

Sunday Mba? Really? Have you even being following up on this guy? wrongest decision to play for a league 2 french team and has not even progressed outside naija
Oboabona has been playing outside Nigeria for at least 2-3 years and is a regular who gets called up when he's not injured.
Egwueke, That one na defender?

Again you are missing the point. SE provided the springboard for these guys to launch their careers outside Nigeria and move to Europe. I think that we should be prioritising SE shirt to Nigerian league players where possible. Obviously foreign based talented players should be in the squad, but when it comes to picking from a pool of foreign shyt and Nigerian shyt, surely the Nigerian based shyt should get dibs, No?

lalaboi:
Have we not moved on from Ameobi and co's? Which of the current foreign based attackers does not deserve to be called up?
Forward line - Ighalo, Iheanacho, Iwobi, Victor Moses, Moses Simon. These forwards are in form bar Simon Moses who isn't get much games in Gent but his reputation is known.
How many of the local based players/strikers have you personally watched and ascertained that they are good enough and should start ahead of the above mentioned. Name 1. When was the last time you even watched an NPFL game? Do you follow it week in week out? I seriously doubt!

The fact that the local eagles already failed at a local tournament means that they cannot be trusted at all!

!

Completely different argument....

I'm not arguing against foreign based players....I'm arguing against foreign born players...and to be more particular, the foreign born players that are too shyt to turn out for their countries of birth, and are using Nigeria as an escape route to International Football. Hence my examples were Abbey George, Danny Shittu, Shola Ameobi or Victor Anichebe....and not Victor Moses or Ighalo

Iwobi's call up is more of securing his long term services for Nigeria. Or you think England would not call him up for an international had he not played for Nigeria before and we were trying to poach him?. Look what they did to Agbonlahor and co. . Iwobi whether you like it or not with his less than 10games so far this season is worth the call. How many games did Obafemi martins play for inter before getting called up for international duty and beasting on his debut?

I most definitely don't think Iwobi is worth the callup. He's getting a run in the team merely because he just signed a new contract and Arsene is keeping him on side. Surely you must recognise that Iwobi is just the latest Incarnation of Wenger's Babes...The guy is not even that good sef.

Until our local league is on the same level as those playe din south africa/egypt and co, our local based players will not be good enough

Players who are regularly playing in the NFPL should be picked over the Bench Warmers. Efe sodje was born in England, lived in England and was warming the bench at a League 2 side when he first turned out for the SE.Sam Sodje was playing league 1 football. Na these type we suppose dey call up at the expense of local talent?

I'd rather pick the likes of Sunday Mba, Oboabona and Egwueke, expose their talent to the world, and help them to get a better life via Internationals than pick a Shola Ameobi who rode the bench his entire career, plays like a bag of beans, and was still playing for Nigeria at the World Cup even after being sacked from his club.

Blood is thicker than water. And Family is EVERYTHING.

Respect to that senior bros. He did his duty

Johann Cruyff is dead. Rip.

The guy is described as one of the best that ever did it. Did any of you lot watch him play? Afrodoc2 Raumdeuter Ibime

lalaboi:
The guys you'd rather have fumbled during CHAN. The quality in Naija league is not what you seem it to be. No matter how average the supposed 'foreign based' players are, MAJORITY are still better than what we have back home because they have been exposed to experience outside the shores and different types of tactics.

I disagree bro.

Ameobi and those names I mentioned previously were just as crap, they only got into the SE via this same prejudice.

You mean Iwobi that has probably played less than 10 games this season and only started 1 league game in his whole life deserves a call up?

If we're going to play crap players, at least let us play local crap and at least give them a chance to showcase what little talent they have

Justwise disguy why did you hide my post?

I think that Life Abroad is better because Nigerians just have no chill.

The last time I was in Nigeria two things happened to remind me of why I'm happy to live away from that country of opportunists

1. We just arrived at MMIA and we're queuing up to at the immigration/customs desk. One elderly woman went to cut in at the front of the queue ahead of a young guy man who obviously resisted. She started abusing him and asking if he couldn't see she was an elder, and that if she cut in, doesn't he have respect? Etc. I could see that she was holding a British Passport and I'm sure she knew that she couldn't try that BS in the country she just came from- Yet here she was, Iya Arugbo turned Gangster Mama...and she hadn't even officially checked in to the country yet!

No Chill.

2. I went to my local bank branch to aclimate my dormant account and apply for an ATM card. Whilst at the customer service desk, everybody refused to Queue and literally just surrounded the desk. Anybody who knows the former oceanic bank at Fagba railway would understand what I mean.
Anyway I stood there patiently, waiting for a gap in the human wall to open up so that I could at least be served, when the customer service advisor announced that the computer had stopped working and we would all have to wait for the IT technician to come from another branch to fix.
Being from an IT background myself, I offered to, and was able to identify the problem and actually got the issue fixed. Before I could even benefit from the fruit of my own labour, I was promptly chanced by an opportunistic woman who had clearly seen me fixing the damn machine. Other customers abused the woman, but she refused to back down. It was only when the customer advisor refused to serve her until she joined the back of the queue that she piped low.

No chill.

That's why I love living 'in abroad'

I really no get power for gragra

EDIT: the post was initially hidden by a mod for no reason at all. I had to post two queries asking why it was hidden. This post was then unhidden, whilst my queries were.. no explanation was given, no apology tendered.

Absolutely no chill at all.

Ibime:
See as Super Eagles squad full of local players. Shebi NFF rogues dey use them collect.

Sone Aluko should be in the squad.

Furthermore, we should be begging the likes of Dominic Iorfa, Jordan Obita and Moses Odubajo to play for us. That defence needs help.

I'd rather local players than foreign trash.

I was just saying to my guys how Super Eagles never get the quality foreign players.

Players like Alli, Ross Barkley, Ikechi Anya or even Femi Ibe.

Instead with get the turds of the foreign born battalion - The Aptly named Danny SHITtu, Abbey George and the entire Sodje dynasty. AMEOBI. Even Carl Ikeme that can't see regular shirt at Wolverhampton is our undisputed number 1.

I'd rather NPL players who are full Naija Jare..rather than the crap ones who knew they could never make England using us as a last chance for caps.

Sinizia I am also interested in purchasing some hype for myself and my family.

It is my earnest desire to be percieved as having a flat sculpted stomach, instead of continuing to be seen as someone who swallowed a calabash

Brigadier7:
lawless human being like you!! Keep up that attitude you hear?? If your senior @ work rubbish you or you boss rubbish you, you call soldiers for them you hear

You've clearly never worked in a civilised workplace before...

I dont know if you can see 'reading of the game' on TV though.

Reading of the game happens off the ball. Camera follows the ball and doesn't show defensive actions of rhe ball relatively often

I think that saying ferdinand was a fantastic reader of the game if you havrnt watched him live is a scam...

chic2pimp:
No spoil his name Abeg . We warri boyz no dey carry last. Nah OgheneMaro.

Dude has been sensational. My Player of the tournament tbh. To be the fair to the Lad though, He has been outstanding for over a year now and if not for Lancaster's seemingly inherent stupidity, He ought to have made the cut last summer/Autumn. Also George Kruis was phenomenal. If they keep improving at this rate, they'll be the world's best Lock Pairing in no time.

Les Blues are easily the most unpredictable team in world rugby. One moment they are great,the next they are abysmal. I just don't know what's wrong with that team. Last saturday's performance was far and away their best performance in a six nation's game in 2-3 years. They simply run into a very determined and spirited team.

Nah Eddie Jones is the Xfactor. He is easily one of the greatest coaches Rugby union has ever seen. You seem to have forgotten how He transformed the wallabies in 2002/3. Not to mention the great work He did with Japan. For me He takes all the credit.

I didn't know that it was OgheneMaro of...I used to know one oniMaro in secondary school and just assumed that any Maro was an OniMaro.

I dont think England has improved the way he hyped it. Jones came in talking about playing a style of rugby that nobody had seen before.

You guys keep believing tbe hype. I just dey wait for summer tour. Australia go beat una blue black.