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Icon4s:
Osime street where? I know one Osime street in Sari Iganmu, Lagos.

Mustack:
yes osime street sari iagnmu lagos....that were I grow upbas a child.....

Icon4s:
Hahaha. Funny bt I believe they will perform more than that. This Mali side is good jst dat it didnt jst happen for them last night. Imagine having 21 shots against Belgium's 2.

BTW I think the Weather in Niger contributed to their winnind d CAF U17.U know Mali and Niger are neighbours. The energy sapping, hot and dry semi-desert weather favoured them.

Icon4s:
Useless post.

safarigirl:
the fact that they had 21 shots and couldn't get one in is testament that they may not be as good as they looked at U17....


Anyway, the last African nation, SA, plays today. if those peeps don't qualify top of that shiiit group they got, then they'll be the true failures

Icon4s:
SA, I dnt believe those guys have what it takes. Forget dat dey were 2nd at CAF U17 we know from which side of Africa where d bunch of talents come from.
The only thing dey have is good organisation and there is a limit to where that can get u.Talent and individual abilities of the players takes a team to d next level.

West Africa (Nigeria and Ghana) have won this Cup a total of 6 times out of the 15 editions. Also countries like Guinea, Ivory Coast & Burkina Faso have played in the Semis at one time or the other.

If any team(s) are to perform well in this tourney it will most likely come from Nigeria, Mali or Guinea. Infact Nigeria are tournament favourites.

enomakos:
if that what you think
i can spot a good team after watching them for just 20min
i though the coach will scout for good players after the african championship but what did i see

Icon4s:
Yeah, Sari Iganmu my hood. I grew up around Adeleye street, near where Emmanuel Amuneke lived. I used to admire Osime street then as having d higest number of Storey buildings (upstairs) in Sari Iganmu.

Icon4s:
Well, I dnt know how well u follow youth football but I hope u are nt comparing how dey played with d way the likes of Arsenal, Manu, Mancity etc play.

We know they may nt b as smashing as d last set but how can u say even though they won 2-0 in their first game they will still crash out at the grp stage. U think Chile and Croatia are being represented by their senior national team?

A person like u would have also written off d last eaglets within d 1st 20mins of that grp game against Sweden after they went 2 goals down.

I can confidently tell u dat this Eaglets team is good enough to challenge for the title. Those dat know me in this sports section know dat I am mostly conservative when it comes to my expectations from our national teams bt there are certain age grade levels that we mostly get it right and this is one of them.
We have played in 7finals out of our 10 participations. No other country has dat 70% record.

NB: I never saw the 2015 Super Flying Eagles that won d CAF U20 as favourites bt I can tell u dat this our Golden Eaglets dat finished 4th in CAF U17 are "among" the favourites.

cc: safarigirl, TheSuperNerd, TheGoodjoe,
joseph1013, terzurum5

Icon4s:
Well, I dnt know how well u follow youth football but I hope u are nt comparing how dey played with d way the likes of Arsenal, Manu, Mancity etc play.

We know they may nt b as smashing as d last set but how can u say even though they won 2-0 in their first game they will still crash out at the grp stage. U think Chile and Croatia are being represented by their senior national team?

A person like u would have also written off d last eaglets within d 1st 20mins of that grp game against Sweden after they went 2 goals down.

I can confidently tell u dat this Eaglets team is good enough to challenge for the title. Those dat know me in this sports section know dat I am mostly conservative when it comes to my expectations from our national teams bt there are certain age grade levels that we mostly get it right and this is one of them.
We have played in 7finals out of our 10 participations. No other country has dat 70% record.

NB: I never saw the 2015 Super Flying Eagles that won d CAF U20 as favourites bt I can tell u dat this our Golden Eaglets dat finished 4th in CAF U17 are "among" the favourites.

cc: safarigirl, TheSuperNerd, TheGoodjoe,
joseph1013, terzurum5

terzurum5:
Did you watch the match between Chile vs Croatia before you made this conclusion at all?

That team is not bad. A team that qualified for FIFA U17 World Cup from the CAF U17 AYC, can not be termed a bad team. We met a stiff American side that made things very difficult for our boys.
I quit understand where your frustrations are coming from; the past set of U17, actually set a good standard and a void that would require world best team to fill. Am just of the opinion that, Coach Emmanuel Amunike did not do a goog scouting job of while selecting and assembling a good team. This present U17 is not a true reflection of the many talents that abound in this part of the World. I am very sure that, if one visits just 10 Secondary Schools, it should be enough to find atleast good wingers that will outshine what was on display yesterday. However, it is too early for me to come to the conclusion, that the team is bad. It is not. There is still room for improvement.
With what was on display yesterday, its very sad, but I must that, it will be very hard for any one not to believe that the Coaching crew were not biased or sentimental in their final selection. Money, I guess may have changed hands, iiiisssshhh.

enomakos:
i have been following this team for long since the benin republic tournament and i know what i am talking about
i am not comparing the team to those english team you mention (cos i am not a fan of english football)or the last set of manu garba eaglet
you call them fav let wait and see after their next match

Icon4s:
Well, I dnt know how well u follow youth football but I hope u are nt comparing how dey played with d way the likes of Arsenal, Manu, Mancity etc play.

We know they may nt b as smashing as d last set but how can u say even though they won 2-0 in their first game they will still crash out at the grp stage. U think Chile and Croatia are being represented by their senior national team?

A person like u would have also written off d last eaglets within d 1st 20mins of that grp game against Sweden after they went 2 goals down.

I can confidently tell u dat this Eaglets team is good enough to challenge for the title. Those dat know me in this sports section know dat I am mostly conservative when it comes to my expectations from our national teams bt there are certain age grade levels that we mostly get it right and this is one of them.
We have played in 7finals out of our 10 participations. No other country has dat 70% record.

NB: I never saw the 2015 Super Flying Eagles that won d CAF U20 as favourites bt I can tell u dat this our Golden Eaglets dat finished 4th in CAF U17 are "among" the favourites.

cc: safarigirl, TheSuperNerd, TheGoodjoe,
joseph1013, terzurum5

TheSuperNerd:
Niger Republic tournament u mean.........*smiles*

Sorry.... I gave the post enough time to be modified but it seems no one picked it up.......*smiles*

Icon4s:
He is right, Benin Republic. It shows he has been following the team.

There was an invitational tourney hosted in Benin Republic last yr and d Eaglets finished 3rd out of d 8 nations invited.

TheSuperNerd:
Niger Republic tournament u mean.........*smiles*

Sorry.... I gave the post enough time to be modified but it seems no one picked it up.......*smiles*

enomakos:
no bro i am not talking about the caf u-17 championship in niger
there was a 3 or 4 nation championship in benin republic that the eaglet took part in

safarigirl:
the scoreline determines a good team, not statistics.

safarigirl:
SA lose 2-1 to Costa Rica. Na only Nigeria come dey try for Africa again, 1-3rd na just wash

Meanwhile Russia winning the shiiit Korea 1-0 so far

@the supernerd, done

Icon4s:
Well, I dnt know how well u follow youth football but I hope u are nt comparing how dey played with d way the likes of Arsenal, Manu, Mancity etc play.

We know they may nt b as smashing as d last set but how can u say even though they won 2-0 in their first game they will still crash out at the grp stage. U think Chile and Croatia are being represented by their senior national team?

A person like u would have also written off d last eaglets within d 1st 20mins of that grp game against Sweden after they went 2 goals down.

I can confidently tell u dat this Eaglets team is good enough to challenge for the title. Those dat know me in this sports section know dat I am mostly conservative when it comes to my expectations from our national teams bt there are certain age grade levels that we mostly get it right and this is one of them.
We have played in 7finals out of our 10 participations. No other country has dat 70% record.

NB: I never saw the 2015 Super Flying Eagles that won d CAF U20 as favourites bt I can tell u dat this our Golden Eaglets dat finished 4th in CAF U17 are "among" the favourites.

cc: safarigirl, TheSuperNerd, TheGoodjoe,
joseph1013, terzurum5

terzurum5:
The U17 I saw when we played USA, is a team that really needs to improve on so many areas to go far in this competion. The Wingers were just lacking the bite to do the needful with the ball, the strikers lacked initiative in the final third.

It will be highly hazardous for us to just rely on Osihmen (hope I got the spelling correct this time around) and Nwakali to always do the magic. You see, any good opposition can spot them and what if he brings them under control? Am Sorry Sir, can't bet with the team. But I still wish them the best.