uduokirika1:


Enyimba still have 5outstanding matches to play.

If they win all five then Rangers will be in big shit

And you know Enyimba is gaining momentum. Their win against Etoilu du Sahel has strengthened them...Nzogbu!

There is a storm coming.
Watch out!
Nzogbu!

frankstein109:
Everything about Nigeria is always substandard without giving much critical thought to aesthetics and organization. There should be no track in the field because it simply doesn't look good . why do all the stadiums have track ? Do you see any tracks in the European league you enjoy watching? having no track ensures a better view of the match. Only Olympic purpose stadiums have track .
Also ,everything does not have to be about size. A small but quality and organized stadium is much better than a large empty stadium.

You think stuff just happen overnight...Firstly, you need to be grateful people are coming out to watch. Nigeria was set back like 50 yrs by the leaders. We need to provide the most basic amenities before building a 100 billion stadium. And maintenance cost money too.

Nwanne,keep it coming...deme sor.
Although I love Enugu Rangers due to what my elderly relatives who followed the club in the '70s has said about the club...Hell,an Umuoji guy Ernest Ufele is one of the founders of the club alongside Emmanuel Okala and Joe Azinge and rest. And later Ikechukwu Ofoje another Umuoji guy captained the team.
However,I have no real experience with the club. Never watched them play or anything.Looks like they are doing really well this season,yet,the real fight hasn't even begun.

Looks like Enyimba is about to set off a momentum. Its not easy to go to Akwa Ibom and defeat one of the most dreaded team in the league. The Champions league test must have sparked off something in them...Nzogbu!

TRUE CHARACTER OF CHAMPIONS

It was obviously a well fought three points for the peoples elephant at the Godswill Akpabio stadium Uyo, against the ever resilient Akwa United.

The game was a high tempo one as both teams fought to the finish, but it was Enyimba who stood tall after 90 minutes, courtesy of Pyagbara's first half strike.

It was the peoples elephant's first away win of the season, and also a very applaudable one for that, given the kind of fight Morris Coreman's boys put up in anticipation of an equalizer. But the Aba blue boys held up to their points and wouldn't easily give out any to their host against all odds, but one shouldn't be surprised to see all the fielded Enyimba Fc players in today's match at the massage table apparently receiving an acupuncture or a stretch up, because in my own perspective, the only thing that separated today's match from second world war is simply the absence of guns, grenades, war captains, war ships, war planes, battalion squads, and probably the absence of Adolphous Hitler.

The result of today's game clearly buttresses the Enyimba's Captain remark (Chinedu Udoji) when Akwa United defeated them by 4-3 on penalties after 0-0 regulation time result in Abuja National stadium earlier this year to lift the Charity Cup.

This were his exact words when he was interviewed by NAN after the game;

"We created a lot of chances but we were not lucky to
convert those chances and you know that penalty is
anybody’s game.
In spite of the loss, we have resolved to defend the league title we won; Charity Cup is a tune up match for the new season, and I am happy with our performance.
It is not a do or die affair but I know that this coming
season will be a tough one and we must conquer" fumed Udoji.

He's not far from the truth anyways, they did not only bounced back against the same team that denied them some medals some months ago on a neutral ground, but they also took the fight straight into the corridors of the United boys and conquered them right before the prying eyes of their fans.

It's obviously gonna be a night to remember by the Aba blue boys, as they've made a very big statement about their title defence.

That's the true character of champions!!!

@Honeric,please,ban this scammer above me and delete his comments.

Its really exciting to see the turnaround of the Coal city Antelopes after decades of trophy less seasons. And the fans turn up is something to cheer about...Kudos to LMC. More turn up will bring out the best in our league.

uduokirika1:
All those Nairabet spammers chased us away

Kedu ije

Nna,udo di gbaa jara.
Ok,you can come back because Honeric has cleaned the place up.
I await your return,biko.

jeytee:



Lol,im actually a pro soccer player so I understand what you're saying,the support is poor but its gradually improving,I watch the matches of my home team warri wolves whenever I can...the truth is even if youre playing to an empty stadium you still have a duty and a job to perform...There are several standout players in the npfl too

Oh,bros tuale...lol
Just to clear things up the post was not particularly directed at you.
I have immense respect and adoration for our league and players because in spite of the peanuts they earn as salaries these guys keep fighting... May all your hard work never go in vain.

uduokirika1:


Crownprince102 comee see wetin kano Pillars wan turn Oluyole boiz to

Chaii

Guy,you guys should visit the NPFL thread more often. Creating match thread everywhere with two comments won't help.
However,big ups to the Masu Gida. What a demolition. Anybody who underrates the Pillars is up for a big shock,even Rangers with their current terrific form.

jeytee:
But NPL football is funny sha,they just believe in booting the ball upfield anyhow...no time for calculated passes and through balls...im just happy because the league is getting proper recognition now and were even fielding some foreign players which is a big plus

Why would they care to play good football when they have empty stadium to entertain. You show them no support nor encouragement while killing yourselves over Ase-na and Chee-si while your league suffers.
I was reading and argument between Etouile du Sahel fan and a Nigerian who was boasting about the superiority of Enyimba over ESS fc and the Tunisian guy quickly reminds the ignorant Nigerian that Enyimba is not a club to be proud of if he is using Arsenal logo for his DP....It was really embarrassing...Like a black women who is dorning a head full of blonde weave while praising the beauty of Afro hair....lmao. Nigerians are so wretched! ffucking inferior set of humans.

Sometimes I feel like God should wipe the whole Nigeria out and create new humans.

The Coal city Antelope are re-igniting the form and mesmerizing football which they were known for. I am very excited and really happy for them. Good football,stadium full to capacity....Good for development of our league.

By Sam Nnaji

It is hard to imagine what winning a league title was like three decades ago. Were medals dolled out to the winners? Was there a guard of honour? A parade down the streets throughout the city? Perhaps they partied all night and maybe they got a grand reception from the state's chief executive? Maybe. But evidently those glory days were characterized by battle chants and victory choruses, new fans were converted on a daily basis and the match venues of the league winners were packed full long before kickoff.

Between 1974 and 1984, Rangers International had won six league titles, five FA Cups, an African Cup Winners Cup (now Caf Confederation Cup) title in 1977 amidst regular appearances on the continent. Undoubtedly one of the two biggest teams in the country, they regularly supplied playing personnel for the national teams. The Enugu club had built for themselves a very strong side with a fine rich tradition. That was in the days when some of today's league heavyweights were still teething, trying to feed on the whatever crumbs the then big boys had leftover, some others had not even been formed.

Strangely, Rangers shockingly went limp in the years that followed and a steady decline set in. The giant was unable to reproduce the performances that characterized the fruitful years. The momentum moved to the likes of Iwuanyanwu Nationale (now Heartland), Julius Berger and more recently Enyimba and Kano Pillars and the only positive was that somehow they ensured that year after year, a Premier League status was ensured. The younger generation most of whom either never witnessed those conquests or were too young to understand were left to make do with tales and pictures whenever memories were brought to the fore.

But the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium, Enugu refreshed memories of what those glory days were like when it hosted over 20,000 fans in Rangers 2-1 win over Nasarawa United in the ground's first Friday night game. Friday night games have become very popular in the league in recent times but this most recent edition was unprecedented, a perfect setting in all ramifications. The blazing floodlights announced to fans within its reach that indeed Ogui Road was the 'happening place' that moment. The fans heeded the invitation and into the grounds they throng to thousands of others watching, eagerly awaiting kickoff. It seemed everyone in the city was there; fathers, mothers, children, old faces and young ones. The bright neon lights from the new electronic scoreboard adding to the lovely spectacle.

Beyond just a nice Friday evening gathering, this team had wooed Enugu fans with their breathtaking displays since the start of the season. Imama Amapakabo's boys play what probably is the most scintillating football in the championship. The deadly quartet of Bobby Clement, Godwin Aguda, Obinna Nwobodo and Chisom Egbuchulam (acronym CANE from their last names) have terrorized defences to calamitous effect so far this season; their movement off and on the ball, the flash of their attacks and their potency in front of goal when it required.

It was not surprising hence when that crowd held its breath in hope and anticipation when Chisom Egbuchulam set out with a trademark run in the third minute toward the Nasarawa goal. Expectedly so from a player who has six goals so far this term. They collectively heaved disappointingly when his strike flew over the target. Unlucky not to be on the scoresheet but his assist handed Rangers the opener. A blur of explosive bursts, he was at the heart of almost everything Rangers created on the night. Beyond a doubt, he looks to have come of age this season, symbolic of his team that had disappointed in the recent past but looks like it means business this time round.

Beyond just watching the action unfold on the pitch, the fans were having themselves a great time. One group situated around the halfway line and facing the VIP gallery were partying all through. Clad in various attires and with diverse musical instruments, they were playing their drums, lighting up flames, waving the club's flags while a few others jangled bells. The rest who 'unprepared' for the ensuing carnival quickly joined the party when the opportunity called for it. First was in the 23rd minute when Clement's firm header from Egbuchulam's corner-kick broke Nasarawa United's resistance. 'Holy, holy holy, holy Enugu Rangers is another champion!' echoed round the stadium, some were standing, others clinched fists in solidarity.

It was not a select few singing, both old and young were as one, loud in their voices. Next was the circle after circle of Mexican waves that swept through and through the galleries in the second half. The joyous expression as each section roared and lifted their arms in unison as it went by meant they were having a time of their life. This was different, this was unique, this was fever pitch excitement, beyond what is common in these regions.

Friday night's experience epitomizes more than just the goings on at Rangers right now it symbolizes a rejuvenated league itself to a greater extent. Beautiful eye-catching football is back, more and more fans are joining the party, surely the glory days look on its way back.

For Rangers, what had been a whisper is getting louder by the day and although only the bravest of their fans can afford making the assertions at the moment with confidence, the rest of the Premier League pack are taking notice; Rangers look the real deal this season, a 32-year title wait could be over by October.

UNECboi:
talking about your igr which is still tge normal chest beating do you know that enugu is still above your state in terms of igr even with your boasting of having 100 developed cities in anambra........

Enugu was the capital of old eastern Nigeria,Biafra and later old Anambra,so,that mean all the structure has been put in place to generate and maximize their IGR potential. Unlik3 Anambra that was just founded two decades ago! If you are not a f.ool you should know it will take Anambra some serious planning and strategy to get up there.

But guess what we are not just trying to get up there but to surpass that and keep moving till we can generate enough tax to foot all our bills and even save for the rainy day.

Another...Enugu collected bail out funds in spite of all their gigantic IGR and guess who didn't need a bail out to survive....Yes,OMANBALA!

Keep the hate coming....Anambra is in a class of its own...And by the time all the investments that is trooping into Anambra kicks in and we start taxing them you will find a rope and hang your miserable life. Pathetic loser!

Abagworo:
Awka layed bare

So,what's your point exactly?
Let me know before I know how to reply you.
Yes,layed bare and looking very promising.

UNECboi:
the usual cheat beating....tufiakwa! agbani in enugu state is fast developing with even a good dual carriage road,nice buildings,government presence,market etc but you hardly see enugu peeps making mouth or even mentioning urban centres in enugu state when you guys sit in ur shops in onitsha to shout that enugu city is the only urban area in enugu state.......

You are a complete nut case!
You opened a thread to run my state down but we didn't let you and now I am a chest beater....You inferior human being with a dead brain.You make out precious time to open this disgusting thread and run my fatherland down and you expect to escape without bleeding?
ffuck your agbani or wherever it is that you think is doing better than us,all I know is that my state is doing very well and ever better than most.
Just recently our IGR grew by 30%. We are turning all nooks and crannies of Anambra around with infrastructures and creating wealth while you are here dying of hate. Pathetic loser of an inferior specie!

UNECboi:
Awka was,is and will still be the worst state capital in the east not abakiliki not umuahia. as an igbo boi I'm not being biased but saying the truth as it is.....

forget the propaganda being spread online that awka is now haven on earth(if I hear),the town is so damn chaotic,disorganised and dirty!

the money that was used on embarking on the useless project of constructing 3flyover on the enugu-onitsha expressway should have being used to just rehabilitate the awka axis only and the rest channelled to the only dualized road in the town(ziks avenue) like widening the road and constructing a good drainage system.

awka was brandished a 'dumpsite' by mr.ifeanyi ubah sometime ago and since then it still reamins the same.

una good evening

The three flyovers are being built to accommodate the growing population of Awka. Beside,the city has been re- planned and all the mistakes and negligence by past administrators and governors are been corrected. The city has been enlarged encompassing many towns and local governments,which will be called THE GREATER AWKA DISTRICT.
We are on the rise and no amount of hatred can stop us. The Awka you know is not the same changing Awka of today....The city is developing very fast with world class infrastructure. I am not here to quarrel with you but to promise you that where Anambra is headed no state in Nigeria can ever dream of it.
We are not trying to lavish all our budget funds on Awka because we also have Onitsha,Nnewi,Ekwulobia,Ihiala,Otuocha and more developing centers that equally needs infrastructure. I am proud and happy to say that all parts of Anambra are developing uniformly. Good roads,pipe born water,electricity,trade and commerce,security,good healthcare and every necessary infrastructure and social services are being put in place.

Watch out for Anambra,we will shut you up !

mejai:

u r not far from the truth. Awka doesn't fit to be a state capital ryt from d onset. a city with a laid out plan would have been beta. DAT zik's avenue road is a disgrace. a car can't make a full u-turn der. though u can't blame d govt. Awka (d houses along DAT road) Na person village o
they need a new state capital. let they map out a new site and make it a capital. biko, Awka is a shame to be capital. no insult pls. I just vent my views. moreover my villa Na next door to Awka.

Other than your village where else have you been? Awka is not a shame in anyway. The city is still developing and the mistake made by the early administrators are being corrected by Obiano. Awka is on the rise.

bender79:
Awka ils an unplanned city filled with illiterates...Besides why is okada still running on the major streets?

And you call somebody an illiterate?
You are such an eidiot.

Adaure4ever:
I love Anambra people esp their boys(they are mostly cute) BUT I Do NOT Like their ARROGANCE, BRAGGARDISM and SUPERIORITY COMPLEX.
They always see themselves as First class Igbos, an Ebonyi man is inferior to them in their eyes.
Igbo Race don't begin and end in Anambra, Recently 2015 IGR Report shows that Enugu state have the highest IGR in South East but you will never see an enugu man bragging about it.
And Yes, Enugu City is a more beautiful City than Awka and Enugu is 4times the size of Anambra.
Ebonyi and Abia are ahead of Anambra in Agriculture.
Let the Anambra man drop his arrogance and embrace humbleness.
Ndewo nu o.

And you wonder why Anambra man look down on you. Out of nowhere and unprovoked you jumped in here to insult and abuse the Anambra man. Comparing us to Enugu which is unreasonable. Talking about agriculture which you know nothing about. Your insecurity is so obvious.
Anambra is the fastest developing state after Ogun or so and you want to compare us to a one city state who's IGR is depreciating...lol.

Let me tell you something...All fingers are not equal!

This team has nor confidence nor fighting spirit....I am very disappointed!
This is very humiliating...Aigbogun is trash!

Enyimba na Aba...Give me Etor,Mfon and Chukwude period. Udoji need to be careful with his tackles because north African will do everything possible to win this game. Good luck the Aba millionaires.

holicalpha:
Yes They Are Black....Now kill yourself already!

No,they are not black!

Favolly:

Tbh, It's not a very easy decision for me. I've invested a lot in oils and supplements. I've done basically everything in the books but still, I'm not seeing much results. A part of my brain keeps telling me it can't get better than the way it is now even if I start over because my case is genetic or seemingly so. But another part of my brain is saying it may get better. I just don't want to risk starting over and then, getting back to this same point.
Transitioning has worked for people that I know, I don't know why my case is proving to be difficult.

I support and encouragement every black woman who wears her real hair and resist and reject the belief that has been planted into our woman that black women hair is ugly.

I don't see any reason why somebody should wear a stupid weave/weave ons and keep hiding the beautiful black afro hair almighty used to bless and crown our women. Why are our women ashamed of their real hair? Why did you black women make the white woman's hair the standard of hair? Don't you know God made you different for a reason? Afro hair is elegant,royal and majestic! It's stands tall and not drop.

Sister,wear your pride and grow your hair without complain...And be thankful because the hair God blessed you with is like no other!

Orkpekyandega:


You mean you knew @ the bolded.

Yea,I know David Tyakavse during his days with Enyimba fc. He was a regular at Enyimba and one of the most impressive attacker of the time. But why do you ask?

TheGoodJoe:


It is his choice. It is not stealing. Is that difficult to understand? Or, upon all the millions of Children Oyibo English men delivered, they are reliant on Nigerian blood to build their team.

Who doesn't know the black man is athletically gifted? Why did you think France keep capping all their black players? We have everything God can bless a nation with but we chose to be mismanaged and destroy. And now you want players you have no hand in their grooming.

forgiveness:
Sheyi Ojo starts for Liverpool today. This boy is very good at one on one.

I hope Siasia will not overlook this boy.

So,you lazy Nigerians want to steal another one from England abi? You must think the English are stupid.

UNECboi:
anambra is as old as enugu you fool.....go get some education...we had anambra state b4 we got tired of you arrogant lots.....have heard of anambra and enugu as d capital in d past?

Where are you going with this? A mind is a terrible thing to waste....Your insecurity,jealousy and hate is so obvious. I will be stupid to start comparing Anambra to Enugu. Each has their own struggles. Anambra has revenue leakages and we have been working to fix them.
Secondly,Anambra has a lot of new investments littered everywhere that the tax collection hasn't kick in. Anambra revenue is growing with everyday. Anambra is developing from all corners.

The Anambra economic team boast of world class experts led by Akpokuedike,Nwabunwanne Enweze,Cyril Ekwunife,Onejeme and Mark Okoye. The team is so solid,aggressive,creative and very talented. Watch out for Omanbala nnem! Watch out for Omanbala. We have a very focused,determined and resilient government.....We have the best team in Nigeria.

As for revenue,I am not a minute worried....wait till all the investments kick in. I am more overjoyed with the economic team we have in place than the current result because I know with time they will take us to the promise land....So jubilate while you can.

tglobal:
Is it a coincidence that the AFCON hosts of the three most recent editions we have missed out on have been the same? Equatorial Guinea and Gabon (2012), Equatorial Guinea (2015), Gabon (2017). Jinx?

No,you guys need to put your house in order,period!

TheSuperNerd:
Chaaiiii... When Enyimba removed the word "elusive" from the CAF champions league title for Nigerian club football.

I was only 11 and 12+ yrs old in 2003 and 2004 respectively but I watched every game Enyimba played on their way to conquering Africa.

You've mentioned most of Enyimba's Glory men but lemme add Dele "the cat" Aiyenugba, Vincent Enyeama, and Michael Ochei.... chaiii.. that squad eh!

CHAN for hear am if it came much earlier. #smiles

And in 2003 and 2004, I don't think The Arugo Monkey kept goal for Enyimba.... it was mainly Enyeama and Aiyenugba.

Chijioke Ejiogu certainly was not a part of Enyimba's all- conquering adventure. He joined Enyimba only afterwards in 2008. He was at Julius Berger in 2003 but joined Dolphins from late 2003/early 2004 (I think?).


Meanwhile, Nigeria as a nation is certainly on life support but we must still believe and focus on the positives around us.

The LMC led by Shehu Dikko is doing a really good job, I must confess. With time, at least some things will get better.

#IStillBelieve

Nnaa eh,I am so sorry about that. What was I even thinking; Indeed it was Vincent Enyeama and later Dele Ayenugba that manned the post and yes the diminutive Michael Ochei was ever present and explosive. And there was this very guy Damian Udeh bought from Gabros in '04. A very gifted and beautiful ball playing baller! He later went to Tunisia and that was the last time I heard of him.I swear our local league has ruined many talented players.
And yes Arugo Monkey wasn't even a member of that golden generation...And this reminds me of a guy called Josiah Maduabuchi of recent Enyimba squad. He used to captain the club but I don't hear about him anymore.A very skillfully talented artist on the feet.
If we can get it together in the home front our boys wouldn't even have to go overseas and we won't have to depend on these foreign pros just to build a team that can conquer the world of soccer.

TheGoodJoe:


Nice lesson there. I did not watch of Enyimba but there was a crazy devotion to the team. There was a time they used UJ Esuene Stadium Calabar during one of their Champions League run. Back then I was in Calabar and the hotel they stayed in, Marian Hotel was on the street I lived.

There were crowd gathered outside the hotel when those guys came around and people trooped to watch them play.

That was a golden opportunity for our club football but we missed it.

If there was CHAN then, I believe we would have won it with those guys.

Our local teams need support and we have to do something about a lot of the pitches.

If you want to see how good Mfon Udoh is, catch a game when he is on a good pitch. On bad pitches where you see the long ball football, you won't enjoy much of him. But on good pitches, he looks fantastic.

Definitely my best player in the NPFL, although I do not watch much but catch a few games.

We dey here dey talk about league when Nigerians can't even buy fuel. The bad state of our league is a testament to how terrible the Nigerian economy is. People blame our boys who do age cheating forgetting the suffering some of these boys go through just even feature in amateur league. Most times they don't even get paid but they keep playing on empty stomach....When I see the condition of our league players my heart bleeds. They look so hungry and disheveled. Those boys go through hell just to make ends meet.

And the pitches,don't get me started. By the way I have a question. Does it cost so much to maintain grass? Like picking weeds,regrassing,watering and cutting and patching holes. Is it so expensive? We can't even boast of a decent turf! Is Nigeria cursed?? We want people to leave Arsenal and Chelsea and come see local matches but we need to create a safe environment and encourage these clubs to play good football nobi all these karate wey dem dey play. Nobody wanna see that rubbish.

As per devotion , Enyimba still dey learn. Try Rangers,Masun gida and Oluyole warriors. The Antelopes always play the samba. Bros,don't mind me....I love our local league,clubs and our boys but man don't tear.