₦airaland Forum

Autotech312:
They are tired of Saraki in Kwara state coupled with Offa bank robbery and a whole lot of issues. Akpabio's enemy is just the Governor I tell you conduct that election in a free and fair atmosphere Akpabio will defeat Ekpeyoung.

go sleep...and they told you they ain't tired of akpabio after decampin to pdp...
you were not dee stop dis ur sheppy partisanship if saraki can lose so also akpabio

Autotech312:
This is glaring there's no way ekpeyoung a featherweight can defeat Akpabio if not a conspiracy by the governor in connivance with Inec Akpabio is too strong in that zone for him too loose.

but a whole senate saraki president is feather weight...

backbone503:
Believe it or not, Akpabio was rigged out, and the conspiracy was across board. I know also that he knows his onions and justice shall be done.

but saraki lost abi...

Neddstark:
You mean that animal that wanted to be a herdsman on the field. Him and Yakubu messed up that World Cup outing

the guy wan misyarn...musa is the highest scoring Nigerian still playing...won trophies for club and country...kaita no reach am...na guys like tijani,amokachi fit measure up to his status as players from the north extraction...without recourse to tribalism..however,aiyebeni deserve respect Sir...

Maximize52:
That is just an example of the erosion of values in our society. The young man wouldn't have known Prof. Woke Soyinka and didn't know he was standing face to face with a living legend. However, how do you blame him? The educational system is so disjointed that it is possible he has never heard that name before. He may not even know what Nobel prize is and what it takes to be a Nobel laureate. Don't be surprised many graduates parading in this country will fall into that same category. So such despicable character despite all efforts to placate him does not surprise me. Most Nigerians are crude in their behaviour. And this stems from the wrong form of education and societal standards we have set for ourselves. Make the money, who will ask you how? After making it you can oppress and bully as many that come your way. That is the mentality of an average Nigerian. But the paradigm has to shift. If not we make no progress.

so because Soyinka is a Nobel winner means the guy has no right to his seat paid..is the young man not human...agreed wole is a legend but rules are rules and it's within the guy right to give his seat for wole...

focus7:
The young is definitely an Igbo who just wanted to vent his hate for the prof being a Yoruba

as if Achebe and other intellectual giants like chinwenzu,chimanmamda ain't inbos nonsense

Tmemzi:
You are very stupid for spewing this thrash. He should have requested.for his own window seat when purchasing his ticket!!!!!

why the thing pain u like this u insult person for making his own view nawa oooo

MinCeteris:
I am sure that young man is from that other part of the country where they don't respect elders.

so na una hypocrital respect be respect...
I don't bow to greet my mum but I still respect her...ur culture is yours respect other people own...
the young man paid for his seat and Soyinka didn't complain but tonye Cole who wanted to blackmail him is making useless noise

ambu2:
Whatever Tonye Cole did does not change the fact that the young man, who I am sure would worship' Davido if he met him, should have accorded our own Prof Wole Soyinka the deserved respect.Yes, it was his right to demand for his seat but relishing Wole Soyinka's intellectual presence and getting a selfie should have been his priority. Now, he missed all that because of his unnecessary stubbornness.

I am sure his Dad would take a long hard look at him at home and tell him," Son you messed up big time."

so in ur mind davido is not an icon.... Mikel,edochie,kanu,tuface, are icons in their rights but everyone deserves respect as human...
besides Soyinka no complain na tonye Cole buy market

IamCharles123:
Is it that you cannot read or what, I am talking of under 20 world cup not this very match.
You did not watch the match n you are calling me a liar, if u did u would know Mali scored. That match ended 4 3 with Italy winning, after the game the fans booed the Italian team. I didn't even watch nigeria match in the under 20 world cup, so I can't tell for that.
My point is that there is racism in football, but u white ass lickers will not agree.

you are foolish black man

Meeyankee:
And Obi Mikel couldn't do anything..very u useless player.. before nairaland gladiators and Spartacus go attacked me I know say the guy is very rich but he has no football name.

you are very foolish...
even Messi has no international trophy which Mikel has...
a man who played over a decade in the best league in the world...winning laurels as a key player yet you say im no sabi ball

einsteine:
Netherlands beat England 3-0 at the last Euros. Netherlands has a very good team. They are the current European champion.

let's wait and see Netherlands are emerging but the English can match them...the only team that is way better than everyone is the United States...
I would be surprised if they don't win

einsteine:
They are better than Norway and would probably win even though I want them to lose. I wish they were playing the US, Sweden or Netherlands

they would match these teams only the US are much better than them...
England won bronze at the last world cup...

IamCharles123:
In the under 20 world cup against Italy and Mali, the first Italian goal was offside, the referee check var and awarded the goal, an Italian player dive in the Mali box 18, the malians beg the referee to check var to see it was a dive, the referee refuse, that was how Italy went on to win that match. At the end of that match the fans booed the Italian team.
Racism do happens in football.

oga stop lying... they lost simple...
against Ukraine in under 20 if not for VAR we would have lost.VAR epp us get penalty and even second replay...
the Europeans play intelligent football...
why did cameroun not score another goal after the cancellation...
France vs Brazil...did VAR not lead to cancellation of their goal...yet de went on to win...

helinues:
Shut up Phil

It is high time Africa should boycott any thing relating to world cup.. Football, Rugby or whatever.

Let the Europeans be playing among themselves

also tell the players to stop playing in Europe and America or Asia

helinues:
Shut up Phil

It is high time Africa should boycott any thing relating to world cup.. Football, Rugby or whatever.

Let the Europeans be playing among themselves

maybe they should stop going to Europe to play too....
nonsense always playing victim

shevchenko:
You can't even speak English correctly What do you know ? Oponu

Mr English...did I ask u to correct me...my message is clear...

hardbody:
At the world stage in the world cup, 32 countries qualify, each is supposedly a potential winner but at least 4 are tipped to be possible contenders to the mundial cup. Would you call the rest minnows?

Did you watch the last world cup finals? Would you have imagined that the two countries will play in the finals, one of the contenders was not originally a very strong favourite from our group as Argentina and Nigeria were partially touted

A team that qualifies to play at the finals of any competition has thrown away the toga of being a minnow. Underate them at your own risk

Croatia had good players like modric,perisic,madzukic...they had won bronze in 1998...
why did Honduras or Costa Rica not go to win the world cup...
see Tanzania yesterday against Senegal it's obvious they came to make up numbers if they are lucky enough the make second round...

hardbody:
At the world stage in the world cup, 32 countries qualify, each is supposedly a potential winner but at least 4 are tipped to be possible contenders to the mundial cup. Would you call the rest minnows?

Did you watch the last world cup finals? Would you have imagined that the two countries will play in the finals, one of the contenders was not originally a very strong favourite from our group as Argentina and Nigeria were partially touted

A team that qualifies to play at the finals of any competition has thrown away the toga of being a minnow. Underate them at your own risk

Croatia has won bronze before...they have good players...
why did Honduras not go to win the world cup....
there are still minnows oga...yes we will have to respect others...
you saw Tanzania yesterday what did they play against Senegal...it already showed they are here to make numbers if they are lucky they make it to the second round...

anyone who thinks Cameroon was robbed is capita fool... why the victim cry every time... why didn't cameroun outscore England

hardbody:
Oga, i just noticed you are a malabite. I am one too, make we reason this matter

am a malabite Sir...agreed is Afro soccer but then there are still minnows

hardbody:
We are talking about african football not euro or world cup.

Please where are the minnows? None of them qualified for this competition, the likes of Seychelles for instance

you saw how Tanzania struggled with Senegal..
can Madagascar win Afcon??
minnows exist when the big boys slack and refused to play

BluntBoy:
Your stupidity is staggering.

We are talking about Mikel, you talking nonsense.

Perhaps, you need to go back and read news articles in 2005. Mikel was not just one of the best players in the 2005 u20 World Cup, but he was someone whom everyone knew had the potential to be one of the best midfielders in the world. His gift was obvious to some of the best coaches of that time.

And he had started well on the pitch with Chelsea, but partying and constant absence in training destroyed him.

you a stupid fool...idiot...is there any player that doesn't party... idiot..same way ihenacho was touted to be the next big thing where is he now...cos he was converted to a top attacker...
only fools think Mikel has not done well good night

damiBJ:
God bless u for DAT statement....u HV said my mind.

you have no sense...you think everything is about Buhari... the man offered an opinion and explain it well...administrating Nigeria from the centre is not working well...
olisa is a big lawyer last I checked...look at issue and stop asking why now...is this the ist time people talk on restructuring Nigeria

hardbody:
Guinea struggled hard to not lose. The same way famed Egypt struggled to run away with a slim lead. Burundi qualified on merits and drew Mali home and away.

I don't need to say more.

these big teams are not playing intelligent football simple...a Europe's team will thrashed the burundi of this world... if rohr started ighalo and musa play Mikel deep...it would have been different....incase you want to know we still have minnows in African football...

tuniski:
Yes, if at inauguration properly served, only 5 elected members showed up, the five elect the leadership.

Don't be emotional. The quorum only comes to play after inauguration. Inauguration is not a function of quorum but a compulsory process. If however, legislators are absent Like it happened in senate in 2015, those present will be inaugurated and elect the leadership. QED

man no talk thrash here the law says one third to form quorum...even after assembly has been formed... if there is no at least one third sitting cant take place Sir...be educated

Nnaabros:
Africans!

You can't even purchase motorbikes for your aids if they must follow you everywhere, like they do in the civilized world?

It's lack of employment that caused this. We know those guys aren't enjoying that job.

kudos for this comment...

Skseries:
so is that Paul's fault or the coach, last I remember the coach makes tactical decision.

tactical decisions of not knowing that Mikel is good more as DM or not knowing that ighalo is ur best no 9 now...

BluntBoy:
Don't be stupid.

Messi and Mikel were the two best players in that competition and coming off that competition, the world was expecting much from Mikel. We all remember the struggles of Manchester United and Chelsea over him, including court injunctions. Go and read about what Mourinho said about Mikel when Chelsea eventually won the rights to him. Even Messi did not get so much buzz.

As for legends, Mikel does not come close to the first 10 even among the midfielders that we have had.

you are Just foolishly emotional...age grade football is different from top tier football...nwakali was best in 2015 Under 17 today chukwueze who was third is in national team ahead of him....
Mikel has paid his dues and lived to expectations...
if you think he is not in the top ten great players of all times for Nigeria..na for ur pocket..the fact and statistics are out there...
using Messi to judge him is crass stupidity...afta all Mikel has an international trophy and Messi don't have one..
Aguero was best 2007 under 20 has he won ballon dor??
Neymar,casemiro,allison were no where in 2009 under 17 today de are pillars for club and country...that Mikel played well in Age grade and has done well over a decade for club and country shows he is good

Reference:
That is history. Sports is about present form. Present form wins trophies except we are in Egypt for exhibition. And on the balance yesterday he wasn't fit for the first team. If he played on, the match will have been drawn at best and calculators will be out.

he was played off position oga..mikel is Neva an AM now...if we must play Mikel he should play as DM simple sit deep dictate play let iwobi play d creative role... simple

BluntBoy:
Taxpayers' money go into preparing these guys for the AFCON. They are not doing it for free. They should be criticized when they do a bad job. If you pay a mechanic to check your car, and he does a below par job, won't you complain?

As for your question, not everyone is a footballer. The fact that someone is not a footballer does not mean he can't criticize a footballer. I don't have to be a doctor to criticize a doctor who has failed to do the job he is paid handsomely to do.

I am not trying to judge Mikel's level of competency as I do believe that he is very talented but was destroyed by a lack of seriousness and ambition. This was a guy who was sought after by major clubs after the 2005 u20 world cup. He went to Chelsea and led a reckless life while Messi was busy building his own career. Today, we can see where Messi and Mikel stand as far as reputation is concerned.

In my opinion, Mikel should not even be in this team, not because of age or a lack of talent, but because of his obvious lack of commitment. Ahmed Musa should be captain.

go and remove the captain give musa...
can u mention Messi teammate at under 20 Argentina still playing for national team...
where is taiwo...
some of una no get sense comparing Mikel to Messi...
Mikel ranks among top ten best players of all times for Nigeria...and is a African legend

Kingsley1000:
i bet u , na two of them go quality
Nigeria and burundi are going down

u no well