princeabdul:
he had the chance to reject the offer when it was given to him, how's that hard to comprehend?

princeabdul:
now I understand you're a man that's all about fugazi.

People said beautiful playing style is Siasia’s ID, and he's won nothing with it.

Stop getting fooled with style of play without result, it earns nothing.

charlesemeka85:
after his tactical plunder against Guinea 🇬🇳 cost the team qualification to afcon 2011 Abi 2012

That match pain me enter bone marrow. I think the team needed a draw while the Guineans were gunning for 3 points to qualify

Guinea scored immediately the game started and nsofor equalized late in the first half

2nd half instead of siasia to be more conservative and defensive he took out 1 Abi 2 midfielders and brought in attackers which left the middle porous and the Guineans capitalized on it and scored a late minute goal to qualify 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

TheGoodJoe:


I count winning the silver and bronze medals in the Olympics as results.

mank1234:


You're right. Just like Oliseh ran after seeing the hand writing on the wall. And today no one can accuse Oliseh of and Equaveon of any failure even though he had a hand.

charlesemeka85:
after his tactical plunder against Guinea 🇬🇳 cost the team qualification to afcon 2011 Abi 2012

That match pain me enter bone marrow. I think the team needed a draw while the Guineans were gunning for 3 points to qualify

Guinea scored immediately the game started and nsofor equalized late in the first half

2nd half instead of siasia to be more conservative and defensive he took out 1 Abi 2 midfielders and brought in attackers which left the middle porous and the Guineans capitalized on it and scored a late minute goal to qualify 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

princeabdul:
I think these are super eagles most beautiful jersey ever.

TheGoodJoe:


I count winning the silver and bronze medals in the Olympics as results.

Nigeriagood:
world cup 2018 one of the best in history,but this is fire too

princeabdul:
still not close to this.

Nigeriagood:
world cup 2018 cannot be surpassed for years to come,the world went crazy for it,it ran out of stock in just 4 minutes

princeabdul:

AndSunGorilla:
Elijah Adebayo starts for Luton against Spurs spotting #11. @Komekn, is Adebayo eligible for us and do you you think he could be a good addition at some point down the line.

komekn:
I've heard a lot about Alhassan at Royal Antwerp on this forum. He is really exceptional,etc and a complete Midfielder.

However, why thrn is 18 years old Arthur Vermeeren getting all the attention and wanted by several top clubs in Europe.

Why not Alhassa❓

TheSuperNerd:
Alhassan Yusuf's Current situation at Antwerp

Been observing and monitoring the lad since his return from injury and he is yet to start a game since his return to action on March 19.

The Midfield Sultan last started a league game for Antwerp in November 2022. Nov 13 to be precise. The game vs Onyedika's Club Brugge.

He picked up a foot injury afterwards and missed the next 3 months which included 2 months+ of action (with world cup held between November and December with major top divisions on break).


Since March 19, he has come off the bench 3 times for 3 league games and today again for the 4th game running since his return from injury, he starts from the bench.

The fine form of Belgian Midfield Wonderkid, Arthur Vermeeren (17 when he took up Yusuf's role when he got injured but is now 18 yrs old) hasn't helped at all. The kid has genuinely been good for Antwerp in Yusuf's absence so was always gonna be a tough decision for Van Bommel to make with Yusuf back from injury.
Arthur's Midfield partner, Mandela Keita has also been decent and in good form.

Another thing though is I think Yusuf and Arthur can play together since his last start actually saw him and Arthur paired up in Midfield vs Onyedika's Club Brugge last November, on the 13th.

It's something Van Bommel could explore with time but time will tell. Yusuf was arguably Antwerp's best player before his injury but with him back now, he has to compete for his Midfield role again with Belgium's leading teen Midfield wonder, Arthur Vermeeren and Mandela Keita.

In all, time will tell what Van Bommel settles for especially with the Jupiler Pro approaching the end of the regular season and entering the Championship round.

TheSuperNerd:
Lol... Alhassan Yusuf's current situation at his club was well explained below in this post I made on April 16. I was already well ahead of the agenda folks.

The truth is there is no way Mark Van Bommel will drop an "in-form young Belgian midfielder in the Belgian league" for a lad who just returned from injury towards the season's end.

Alhassan was clearly their best and most inform midfielder before his long term injury but in his absence, young gifted Arthur took his chance superbly.

Mujtahida:

This one is fairly recent na. Friendly match between naija and Netherlands as build up to France 98. Them thrash us. We also played friendly with Germany.

That Dutch team was brimming with talents all over. Bergkamp's goal against Argentina in the Q/final and Kluivert's header against Brazil in the semi final are some of the most delicious goals ever scored at a WC.

daveP:


Asin. I hope Kluivert Jr plays better than his dad sha. He gats.


People are divided over okocha performance in this friendly. Dunno why. I'll rather say Da Bull and Tijani were wack that day. They didn't play as a team in 1st half too.

TheSuperNerd:
Exactly. We don't have playmaking forwards either. We have a few playmaking wingers (e.g. Chukwueze) but we aren't utilising them right and also one of them is so piss poor in his decision making (e.g. Ejuke)

Thing is based on the profiles of the talents we have currently, it is imperative that we bring in the profiles that will do more to raise our quality of play and boost our chances of winning games more with the wickedly deep attack we have.

This is not about experimenting or checking any longer. I am not of the opinion that you call a player to "check" what he can bring. You should already know what he brings and cross check that to whether it is what will improve the team or do little to raise our game.

When I recommend a talent or player for the Super Eagles, it is because I have already analysed deeply and checked what he will bring to the team. So it is not an experiment. It is not to check anything. It is rather to slot him rightly and let him produce the goods he was brought for.

I say it again. Jpes doesn't know exactly the profiles of several of the talents of his disposal. This is why he keeps missing it in terms of where and how to utilise some of our finest.

Starboytwo:
Whenever I hear about Ogbuke, that flying nodding comes to mind..

One of my saddest day was comitting that 2nd penalty, at 1-1, we were already playing well.

Chinedu Ogbuke, fine baller.

Meliforme:


Piss poor may not be the right clause to describe Ejuke's decision making, you may rather use not as quick as it should be.

This is anchored in the fact that Ejuke is not yet the team player that he should be, If he sorts out his team play, his decision making will improve tremendously. Ejuke makes movements that can distort his team's attacking structure, this is not good, it shows a player bent on his own ideas (this is understandable if he has been given the free role, but he hasn't)

Ejuke has shown in many occasions that his decision making is not as piss poor. It is normal for Chidera Ejuke to top the assists chart at his his club whenever he has a good run at starting games.
I have never seen Ejuke pass the ball to a player in a tight space - this is good decision making, rather he is one who receives the ball in a tight space - wiggles himself out and gives the ball to an unmarked player, which will sometimes see him switching plays with long passing just to get to a free player.

AndSunGorilla:
Elijah Adebayo starts for Luton against Spurs spotting #11. @Komekn, is Adebayo eligible for us and do you you think he could be a good addition at some point down the line.

Meliforme:


Piss poor may not be the right clause to describe Ejuke's decision making, you may rather use not as quick as it should be.

This is anchored in the fact that Ejuke is not yet the team player that he should be, If he sorts out his team play, his decision making will improve tremendously. Ejuke makes movements that can distort his team's attacking structure, this is not good, it shows a player bent on his own ideas (this is understandable if he has been given the free role, but he hasn't)

Ejuke has shown in many occasions that his decision making is not as piss poor. It is normal for Chidera Ejuke to top the assists chart at his his club whenever he has a good run at starting games.
I have never seen Ejuke pass the ball to a player in a tight space - this is good decision making, rather he is one who receives the ball in a tight space - wiggles himself out and gives the ball to an unmarked player, which will sometimes see him switching plays with long passing just to get to a free player.

jihday:
Ejuke PR officer, every man with weytin dey do am

charlesemeka85:
Ejike’s agent 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

jihday:
Ejuke PR officer, every man with weytin dey do am

Meliforme:


Yeah, i am an agent of good things.

jihday:
you should check Mexico vs Italy 2002 World Cup, Bogheti’s (not sure about the spelling) header is too delicious
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mHNTnJDLfw?si=KmTh0NIjlwZYyZsF

Meliforme:


Piss poor may not be the right clause to describe Ejuke's decision making, you may rather use not as quick as it should be.

This is anchored in the fact that Ejuke is not yet the team player that he should be, If he sorts out his team play, his decision making will improve tremendously. Ejuke makes movements that can distort his team's attacking structure, this is not good, it shows a player bent on his own ideas (this is understandable if he has been given the free role, but he hasn't)

Ejuke has shown in many occasions that his decision making is not as piss poor. It is normal for Chidera Ejuke to top the assists chart at his his club whenever he has a good run at starting games.
I have never seen Ejuke pass the ball to a player in a tight space - this is good decision making, rather he is one who receives the ball in a tight space - wiggles himself out and gives the ball to an unmarked player, which will sometimes see him switching plays with long passing just to get to a free player.