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Martz101:
To start with I'm not Edo but rather igbo, from history we all know Benin kingdom was one of most influential kingdom in West Africa, and they went on to influence cities close to them

They influence onitsha area politically, culturally and also with the name, the kingship system is really influence by the benin, Obi attire is identical with the Benins.

Names like Osadebe, Odiah, osita, morka, ogude are all heavily influence by benin no wonder Nnamdi azikiwe claim he believe his ancestors are from Benin. this is not a history section but always open your mind and stop been defensive.

First of you should be grossly ashamed of yourself if indeed you are Igbo because you dont know a danm thing about Igbo history neither the one of the Bini people. I dont want to delve into who Bini influenced because it will turn to a mockery in this thread. Let me just say that the exaggeration of Bini Kingdom is not just shocking but pathetic and miserable.

Since you want to go there with me lets get it on...The influence Bini has on Onitsha is not up to 1% of Onicha culture...Other than the monarchy system Onicha probably borrowed from them and few titles like Iyasele, Osodi and very minor others what else? Onicha culture is 99% Omanbala influenced starting from ancient practices like masqurades, chants, title systems like Nze na Ozo, Nze na Ozo noble dance like ufie, egwu ota the Obi dances during Ofala, ancient shrines like Ogwugwu Omena the one Afam Ogbotobo sings about. Igba Odu /Ivory title an Omanbala cultural item. You are shamelessly ignorant and unintelligent ,my nigga. I hate talking to inferiors!

And what attire are you talking about ? Your Bini people just started wearing Nze na Ozo red hat introduced by Aguleri chiefs in the 18th century. You nobi only Igbo ,you be Eze Nri! Obi of Onicha never dressed anything like Oba of Bini, meanwhile your Oba and his chiefs copied cassocks introduced by the Portuguesse Rev. Farthers when they arrived during exploration. Dont let me tell you who is your true father, akali ogoli! Defensive for what? Your want me to shut up so you can insult my race.

Osita short for Ositadimma means it shall be well with you going forward. Olisadebe means may God preserve. Morka, Modu ,Mordi all has something in common ,muo a guiding spirit. Anioma people have a beautiful and strong culture and there are some names indigenous to them ,Ogude is one. Odiah is a typical Igbo name. Look, you cant just jump in here making unfounded claims with your neo-edonization and think you wont be kicked into gutter. Igbo man my left yansh! We see everything you are doing in your little closed facebook page. Bini wey no reach 20,000 in 17th century. Biafran war has dealt a disaster to the Igbo race! If not you will be cleaned out by little groups from Anioma!

Martz101:
Edo culture influence influence some part of Igbo land, like Anambra and enugu, names like Olisa,osifor, ovie and even more. so he could be Igbo

I dont want to turn this thread into Edo vs Igbo but Edo culture didnt influence Anambra/Omanbala and definitely not Enugu. What you have is Anioma people who moved to Anambra during the brutal agha iduu n'oba. How can you prove Olisaebuluwa is derived from Osanobua. Some of these words are shared among these ethnic groups. And dont make the mistake of thinking Ovie and Osifo are Igbo names because they are not. Those Anioma's that bear those names are Bini migrants. While you are on your Edonization project remember the Igbo language or it variant is spoken through out Anioma. Some of the claims Edo people make are very offensive and annoying. Let me stop here before I get angry

ChrisKels:
Chai komekn it's a shame how low you have brought yourself in this thread due to ur biasness and proclivity to clamor for substandard boys just because they are boroughs. Imagine no one takes u serious anymore, even Forgiveness is now rated better than you. Too bad. U really need to go back to the drawing board in order to redeem your image. My sincere advice.

That dude has never had real love for Super Eagles of Naija, it doesnt take a seer to see that. Yall need to ignore him.

By the way, good game against Poland. Una wehdone

good riddance to bad rubbish.

I told some guy here Gabriel is a top material,I know what the boy can do.


SuperNerd and Goldfish una well done ooo

Chukazu:
Nothing like Anambra or Imo

"Soso" means" only you "

"Naani" means "you alone "

The same general Ibo

Imo and Abia doest not use soso. And naani and soso mean the same thing . Dont teach people what you dont know

Malawian:
Unripe Plantain in my dialect is called "Unyere" I dont known anything like ogede.

unele in Idenmili ,Umuoji precisely.

maclatunji:
Awwww... It's gets better with time.

You still havent showed me where it was documented the Bini conquered ,dominated nor sujugated the Igbo nation. I dont want to drag your tribe into this because even your tribesmen ignored you here ,which shows Yoruba has intelligent people unlike an inferior like you. You think you have the balls to stand up to the Igbos ? Next time chose your fight because even Bini kingdom has nothing to show with all the hype....They couldnt conquer the Agbor who speak a dialect of Igbo as we speak. You are womanliness a.ss nigga!

You think you can jump in here and run your mouth without getting brutally checked like SOMEGIRL did to you...You should be her bbitch for owning your a.ss....

maclatunji:
Never said that, just told you historical facts. There were many Yorubas sold into slavery but the conditions were different.

You are an insecure basstard thats why you are bent on pulling people down to feel good about yourself.
You are still in the primitive stage of development. I will not argue about slavery because its a shame but I want you to prove Igbo has no civilization...Pull out the facts and educate us with abundance of your knowledge. Teach me Igbo history,punk. Internet tiger!

maclatunji:
I have always said it that there was no great Igbo civilization before colonization. It was the weaker communities that were being captured and sold into slavery. The implication of this is that the Benin Empire and its auxiliaries dominated the Igbo region during the 17th-18th century and in all likelihood a longer period before then.

Again , we want you the expert to prove this elusive domination we cant obviously see. How can a grown adult who has been on Nairaland for more than 10yrs spew this sort of ignorance. The joke will be on me if i dare educate you once more because you dont want to learn. So, tell us what is a civilization? Its funny because I know you are a yoruba ....lol

maclatunji:
You have not noticed? Too bad.

Yes, we didnt notice anything thats why we want you that is an expert in Igbo and Bini culture to educate us.

Mr yoruba is superior to Igbo.

Africans like you is the reason why the continent is so backward...You should be castrated because you are worthless to the African continent.

maclatunji:
Hehehehe.. Please tell me more about the British-Igbo war. #LWKMD

I want you to post the picture of Obi of Onicha and state how his regalia imitates that of Oba of Bini.

Secondly ,of all the Anioma towns I want you to tell me what language they speak .

Thirdly, I want you to articulate how the Bini kingdoms dominated the Igbo,in fact tell me the Igbo towns that were defeated by the Bini.

I will not go into mocking and deriding Yoruba people because that is trashy but I want you to prove these things you claim happened ,else you wont be more that an ignorant kaikai drinker at the bus stop.

EEGA:
Ogu is a good DM but lacks pace.We can't afford to have two slow mid-fielders in Mikel and Ogu because our strength lies in our quick counter-attacks.

What Ogu lack in pace he make up with his short,timely passes and positional intelligence. Unlike Onazi that is kind of erratic Ogu is very smart and conservative.

Truidstar:
Agu on his day is what you call a typical destroyer. With Joel Obi knocking on the door, I fear for Ogu rather than Agu.

Ogu is definitely going to world cup ,Agu is a maybe but Joel poses a big doubt with his recurring injury woes.

realpoacher:
Agu is as Slow as Ogu...... Disprove

Agu is not slow and his attacking instinct is greater than that of all the defensive midfielders we currently have except for Oghenekaro when they play him there. Agu is the youngest defensive MF we have with a lot of rooms to grow and the presence of top players in the team is not helping him.

goldfish80:
Lol... Please what's the time remaining? I am indisposed to watch the game.

Oga , you better be disposed ooo. NO story.

tbaba1234:
We can select young locally based players for CHAN, it will serve a greater purpose. At least, you expose them and give them the chance to possibly win a contract abroad.

If a 19/20 year old goes to Sweden for instance, it could benefit the national team because if he improves, he could find himself in the top leagues.

and groom them when they can still learn not trying to change old men who are already set in their ways. Thats the advantage of rairing a young team.

Some people on this thread are here to promote and sell their image. To them , its about the predictions they got right and how others were wrong even when the obvious is staring them in the face. This CHAN team is a failure waiting to happen. Make Zambia first catch them !

Claude Puel..."Iheanacho showed great quality and good response"...I am paraphrasing. Claud is a French man and his English is not good.

TheSuperNerd:
Well that is if Puel gives him five more matches... That Puel makes me sick sometimes.

But like I said, I understand your passion to see him improve. I also have same passion for Nacho. I am just happy that he got his first touch issue sorted which led to a class act goal. At least, you shine teeth small for that one naa abi.... A prelude to many more like it

If Iheanacho can get that first reaction fixed it will only take a matter of time before be become world class because he will keep improving and he has tons of years on his side. Like I said about a week ago Iheanacho will get over that first touch

realpoacher:
I assure you bro, Iheanacho have never been struggling. He was never given the chance to prove himself. Dude have an insatiable hunger for goals and truthfully that is the reason why I love him.

It's just unfortunate that he isn't been utilize fully under the coaches he has found himself, walahi, if with the right coach who understand his abilities, he will be world class in no time.

I mean from the few cameos his had, his goal ratio far supercedes other strikers in the same condition as him.

Try not to confuse the ability to score goals and ability to make play work. Iheanachos potential as a goal score has never been in doubt but he must contribute to the play and make it worthwhile . This includes pressing, passes which starts with ball control(the area he struggles with) and finally goal scoring. He should be able to keep his ball decide play.

Mickael2:
but I lie?

No, you are just being a little skeptical but dont expect some of these guys to understand. We all agree Kelechi needs to improve and his performance today gave alot of people hope.

Anyways, you have some that think he needed no improvement but game time....The average Nigerian is sentimental...lol

TheSuperNerd:
Yes Sir GoodJoe. He is improving at quite a dangerous pace without playing time. His drills time is truly paying off and I mist give kudos for your staunch belief in the theory that states,

"Playing time is not everything and not the ultimate marker for a player's development and growth. The training pitch, the drills and the time spent in practice away from match day action also contributes big time to a player's massive development into topclass acts...."

Kelechi has so far proven your theory true and effective... With really stern efforts on his side no doubt.
I believe he will keep up The fire in training Sir GoodJoe.... I believe he will keep the fire burning bright.

A toast to drills..... #RaiseYourGlasses

Well, before we conclude he is improving lets see at least 5 more matches ...
Seriously , I want to see more of his first touch in a difficult position and see how he handles them...If he can do that then he has arrived.

TheSuperNerd:
Looollll... don't mind Mickael2. Na him way for Kelechi matter. I saw his attempted pessimism already when others were just trying to state their positive feedbacks on Nacho's performance so far. But it is all good. There is a good reason why Mickael2 na my worthy antagonist for Kelechi matter most times. His criticism are still welcome but I wish he can be more positive too. Lolll... omo Mickael2, I will get you some nachos from the midlands. A Popular snack food in leicester. #EatNachos


And then you sef... Sir Omanbala1... no be you dey insult Nacho upandan about him first touch?

Oya sebi you see that first goal... class first touch, class control and class goal. Omo Omanbala1... you go need soften your stance small make Kelechi keep improving u hia. You sef be more positive as you dey flog Kelechi and Iwobi. Kelechi's performance today ehn should shut una mouths for a while at least... Remember, Class is permanent, but in Kelechi's case, Class is TOOOOOOO permanent BIKONU.

I will never run Kelechi down because I really love the guy, NO HOMO same with Iwobi. He is very cool and quite jovial. However, it was obvious he was struggling to impose himself on games and he needed a wake up call, and boy did he get it..lol. I want to see him grow in confidence and score a freaking hattrick against MAN CITY. Yes, I want a pure undiluted revenge against MAN CITY.

But Michael2 is on another level...lol. Nigga does not miss a lick...lol

Michael2 has no chill at all...lol

Kayode, I just feel for the guy ,he has been so unlucky. Wish you the best in your pursuit .

Technically deficient Salisu talking as if Faleye made up the entire team. Why dont you analyze your team and tell us what they did wrong. Faleye is not gonna do it alone,even he was poor on many occasion.

kentebemoney:
Well that's left to be seen, but if na me b d coach, na attack all the way.

One of their down side is bad away results.

goldfish80:
I was expecting this reaction from people here. Always waiting on the sidelines to knife home based players.
I can only see a hand full of unbiased analysis from a few egg heads here.

Truth is that the team generally didn't have a poor game. They out played the Rwandans hands down.
24 shots average with 3 shots hitting the wood work is a lot. As a matter of fact, it will be be difficult to find a team who will shoot 23 times on goal cumulatively all tournament. I will be worried if the team struggled to create chances but that wasn't the case.

By the way, did anyone notice the long throws by the left back? Every throwing appeared to be a free kick. You could get the vibe the Rwandans were nervous whenever there was a throw in awarded against them. Hopefully the long throw tactics pays off sometime as the tournament went on.

I am quite optimistic about our chances in this tournament. If the team can get it right in front of goal, an unlucky team could be in for a real spanking.

Out played them by ball possession and remember Rwanda is not a strong football playing nation compare to over 160 million football crazy Nigeria. It was a poor display for Super Eagle when you compare the pedigree of their opponent. Another blunder, if you cant get it together with Rwanda how do you plan to cope when you meet teams like Zambia. You are not playing spade.

. Ifeanyi Ifeanyi, Rabiu Ali Combo Not WORKING

Midfield duo, Ifeanyi Ifeanyi and Rabiu Ali, struggled to assert their authority in the game. Ifeanyi was replaced by Augustine Oladapo, while coach Salisu Yusuf kept faith with Ali and left him on the pitch for the entire duration of the game.
The Home Eagles best game in the Nigeria Professional Football League invitational tournament was against Enyimba when Salisu paired the duo of Oladapo and Sunshine Stars’ Dayo Ojo in midfield.

It was also evident that the team missed the industry of Afeez Aremu who was ineligible to play for the team after moving abroad and whether or no the coach will be bold enough to ring changes particularly in the midfield in the next game against Libya remains an issue of conjecture.


First off, Rabiu Ali is not a CREATIVE midfielder. Skillful ? Yes, but he is not a PLAYMAKER and can play in tight spaces. His strength is his speech just like Musa, nothing more. Sometimes he scores a breathtaking goal and I have condemned the guys inclusion because I know he has nothing new to offer to this team. His presence there is just a favor from a former boss. Ifeanyi still has his deft touches but he had a poor game

I was able to watch the match between Nigeria and Rwanda and to be honest there is nothing worth writing about. It was very amateurish and boring. Somebody said Nigeria was playing a compact midfield and I almost died. Maybe its the issue of blending well and understanding each other but their individual quality is in question. From Okpotu,Rabiu, Ogbuh ,Osas etc were lackluster. For Gods sake most of these guys are in their late 30s. They have nothing more to learn,bad habits are hard to break.
What you witnessed yesterday was a typical Nigerian league with a little more passing of the ball and calmness. Tells you were we are with our local league.

SALISU has always been a poor coach. Except one league trophy with Kano Pillars what else does he have to offer? A big fat NOTHING. We have better coaches.