AIG07:
good one. Chai. I missed those days when the house(thread) was small... It is now superbig(gathering over 1000views) in a day. Kudos to the founding papas. shoutout to our national team thread creators Sir. Joseph1013, Terzurum5, robosky02 Okpeyan... Your faith in the national teams are now yielding fruits.

Joebie:
Yes that's even true outside football

blueto:
Yes sir, thanks you

blueto:
Welcome back Thesupernerd, glad to see your breathtaking comments. I thankGod you also spotted the need for Iheanacho's SS/AM position. He is definitely better at it. Iheanacho in the CF role is like a leader who acquired leadership skills which was not initially inbuilt in him to some level . He doesn't have those innate personality qualities of an ideal CF. An example is how you said he wouldn't have scored that goal Ighalo scored. For him to have ran in a way that Mikel could easily find in with such pass and so on. I have watched him. Playing him in a CF position can be likened to taking a fish out of water and placing it on a field and expecting it to thrive on the field like it thrives on the water. But in this Rohr's favorite 4-3-3 formation, it will be okay to keep playing him as a CF , but that will be if there is no better striker. I'm glad someone still shares this opinion with me

As regards Onazi, before the game, I said mikel should ensure discipline between Onazi and Ndidi and I was elated by what I saw. I also like Onazi making those runs to deliver crosses. It reminded me of his cross to Ameobi that resulted to the second goal against Italy in a 2-2 friendly tie.

Above all, it was all the Lord's doing.

Joebie:
This ur moniker. U for just make am bluetooth lol

Danycrusoe:



if nairaland should v an audio option it would v been so good. English comentators makes football sweet to watch, the bein sports guys and BT sports commentators are good. Supersport comentators are more or less like Spanish and South American commentators too much noise lots of grammatical errors. Ait n Nta own worse

I'll go into commentary during the course of my broadcasting career, I used to help my younger bros with commentaries when they play Real football and sometimes ps2 they encourage me to go for it. funny memories of when I was still in sec skool

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how u take know I fit commentate?�

Mickael2:


Oga, you never said that, you never wanted Ndidi to play. Meanwhile one nice cross isn't everything though

forgiveness:


If that be the case then I will go with Ndidi for the DM role and I will play Onazi as the CMF but I doubt Ndidi maintaining discipline during the course of the game because he loves going gung-ho and foraging forward, it's in his blood.


If FIFA clears Aina I think he's the best man for the RB slot.

Kog45:
My Oga which formation did we used yesterdays,pls coz i have a point to prove to someone here,remember telling Michael2 that 4-3-3 w nail Cameroon but disagreed with me and i remember some thumb him up.

blueto:
Welcome back Thesupernerd, glad to see your breathtaking comments. I thankGod you also spotted the need for Iheanacho's SS/AM position. He is definitely better at it. Iheanacho in the CF role is like a leader who acquired leadership skills which was not initially inbuilt in him to some level . He doesn't have those innate personality qualities of an ideal CF. An example is how you said he wouldn't have scored that goal Ighalo scored. For him to have ran in a way that Mikel could easily find in with such pass and so on. I have watched him. Playing him in a CF position can be likened to taking a fish out of water and placing it on a field and expecting it to thrive on the field like it thrives on the water. But in this Rohr's favorite 4-3-3 formation, it will be okay to keep playing him as a CF , but that will be if there is no better striker. I'm glad someone still shares this opinion with me

As regards Onazi, before the game, I said mikel should ensure discipline between Onazi and Ndidi and I was elated by what I saw. I also like Onazi making those runs to deliver crosses. It reminded me of his cross to Ameobi that resulted to the second goal against Italy in a 2-2 friendly tie.

Above all, it was all the Lord's doing.

blueto:
Football is bigger than grammatical and contextual errors and infelicity bro. As long as they are able to induce the listeners to interpret their messages in a way that they intended it, then I am satisfied. That is the essence of communication

AIG07:
laughing... The ones we met(no be the 70s and 80s ooo) were something else.

Radio commentary is never for the weak hearted. Person for don count fingers for 4 or 5goals and the commentator will be like Nigeria 1 Cameroon 0. Those days sha.

TheSuperNerd:
Cameroon Coach Surrenders, Admits Lions’ World Cup Dream Over
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By Kayode Ogundare (Pix: Ganiyu Salami) in Uyo:


Indomitable Lions of Cameroon are out of the race to Russia 2018 World Cup race after succumbing to a heavy 4-0 loss to Nigeria Friday evening, according to the manager of the team Hugo Broos.

Goals from Odion Ighalo, captain Mikel Obi and second half efforts by Victor Moses and substitute Kelechi Iheanacho condemned Cameroon to their heaviest defeat ever in the hands of the Super Eagles.




A downcast Broos, who had talked tough in the days preceding the game admitted that the African champions have no hope of making it to their eigtht World Cup final appearance.


“The second leg is not important again. We don’t have a chance of reaching the World Cup. Russia 2018 won’t happen for us,” he moaned.

The Belgian tactician also admitted that his side didn’t play well and their experience did not count at the end of the day.


He said: “If you have the experience but didn’t play well on the day then your experience does not count. We lost today to a better team.”

With the result, Nigeria now have nine points from three games while Cameroon are stuck on two. The two sides play against each other again on Monday at the Stade Ahmadu Ahidjo in Yaounde.


Source: https://www.completesportsnigeria.com/cameroon-coach-surrenders-admits-lions-world-cup-dream/

daveP:
Lol. Peak; its in you!! kindly become africa's Jim Beglin. versus any certificate you hold, its more tastier. I sensed 4rm afar. im also considering.

Samueldodo781:

The acct isn't functioning anymore, But I'm back now.

forgiveness:


I think it's not over yet because statistically speaking, Cameron can still qualify if they can win their games. So, I am not deceive by this coach sweet deceiving mouth.

We need to get a win or at least a draw in Yaounde and nail it with a win at home against Zambia. Shikena!

We don't need to start praying for others to have bad results though it would be good it those favor us.

Icon4s:


Mozez Praize did OK but the other local voice was that of Raphael Chukwu Ndukwe, an ex-international. I no know who send am go commentary box.

Gone are the days of good commentators. The likes of Legendary Ernest Okonkwo. Fabio Olanipeku too did OK. Hameed Adio was also OK. There was also Manasara ilo. Aisha Falode ran commentaries for the Great Super Falcons of the 1990s. All of the NTA and Radio Nigeria (Okonkwo).

You wan try radio commentaries those days? Person wey get high blood pressure no fit listen to radio commentaries. Ball go dey centre circle commentators go begin shout. And by the time the ball reach the 18yards box the shouting from the commentator will be such that everything in your house would be vibrating already. " A chance for Nigeria!!!! it is a....!!!! it is a....!!!! o no!!!!!!!!! over the bar!!!!!!!!...."

Then away games of WC qualifiers were never showed live. We only listened to live commentaries. The Cameroon Vs Nigeria game of 1990 WC qualifiers, That was the last game of the qualifiers. We needed just a draw to make it to the world cup. There were several reported cases of people fainting in their homes listening to the commentaries during that game. The tension was too much and then the radio commentators now worsened it.

Elders in the house I know you can recall those memories. Hahahaha

blueto:
It will be best to see Nigeria qualify for the world cup on Monday, so that other players like Dessers that have shown interests in Nigeria can be capped and including yet uncapped players like Ebuechi (or however it is spelt), thereby allowing the likes of Moses to focus on their clubs by inviting the new players in players in place of them for the remaining matches in the qualifying campaign. Then the NFF can intensity their approaches for the likes of Tammy and introduce them in the friendly matches that will serve as preparations for the world cup proper.

TheSuperNerd:
Sir Blueto.... thanks My good man. Good to see you too...

And excellent additional contributions. Well said. *claps*


@bolded.... that is a fact my friend. and I am sure you know why I said that. I Love Nacho but that goal had Raw power, and physicality written all over it combined with great technique. Ngadjui would have body checked Nacho out of the equation before Nacho even had the chance to control that ball but he couldn't try it with Lord Odion...

Ighalo simply nailed it...... Power, pace, strength and Technique all rolled into one. Nacho has technique and pace but power to out muscle Ngadjui? naaah... strength to shrug off his challenge? nope... not present too... This is why Nacho could never score the goal Ighalo scored. He got his own improvised style in approaching his game as a CF which comes with its own limitations.... as it is not his strongest position.

Nacho is still a viable back-up option in the CF role only under certain circumstances now... but his best bet for us remains in the AM/SS roles.

Well said Again Sir Blueto.... your fingers drop Gold comments this weekend.

Icon4s:


I understand that point. But you still need to consider that the team needs to build momentum towards Russia.

I agree that some up coming players be given a look-in but I don't agree that we let the more established players focus on their clubs.

Forget that SA game. It was just an anomaly. We know we lost due to the absence of key senior players. This team is improving with each game. Check from the Tanzania game to the Zambia game, Algeria game and this last game. We need not hault this momentum. Any new player added must do better than the previous player in that position.

New players would be tried but it will not be a free for all. Again I say we still invite our best for the remaining matches.

Also, we need to improve our FIFA cos I am sure you know top teams are seeded for the WC grouping. And the 2019 AFCON grouping would be done based on FIFA rankings.

signz:


Thank you very much for this thread.

This is unarguably the best thread in this forum.

Danycrusoe:


Baba, those ones u mention are part of those who make football delicious, I don't enjoy football without commentary.
u too go for it, and become Jon champion, maybe together one day we could commentate on a FIFA world cup final match between Nigeria and Brazil.��

TheSuperNerd:
Rohr: How I selected Cameroon Killer Squad
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By Kayode Ogundare (Pix: Ganiyu Yusuf) in Uyo



Technical Adviser of the Super Eagles Gernot Rohr said the players made his job of selecting the right team easier for him by their attitude to work since the first day of camping and it was no surprise to him that the Indomitable Lions were defeated in such a dominant manner.

Speaking at a post-match conference after the 4-0 victory on Friday, the German-born tactician said the team played with maturity and worked for each other all through the game.

“It was not difficult to pick the first 11. All the players in camp are good enough to play. They showed extensive intelligence and played with maturity. We beat a very good team but we also showed what we are capable of doing.”

Rohr also explained that his gameplan against Cameroon was simple and easy to interprete by the players.

He said: “Our goal was to play ground football and exploit Ighalo’s fitness and footwork. We also knew we had to defend with intelligence because Cameroon have big physical players. We worked on corner-kicks in training and actually scored one goal from a corner.”

The Super Eagles ran out comfortable 4-0 winners and are scheduled to play the reverse fixture in Yaounde on Monday.


Source: https://www.completesportsnigeria.com/rohr-selected-cameroon-killer-squad/

TheGoodJoe:


That corner kick goal by Mikel occurred to me like it was a routine practiced in the training pitch. Glad Rohr confirmed it and it worked.

Icon4s:


I understand that point. But you still need to consider that the team needs to build momentum towards Russia.

I agree that some up coming players be given a look-in but I don't agree that we let the more established players focus on their clubs.

Forget that SA game. It was just an anomaly. We know we lost due to the absence of key senior players. This team is improving with each game. Check from the Tanzania game to the Zambia game, Algeria game and this last game. We need not hault this momentum. Any new player added must do better than the previous player in that position.

New players would be tried but it will not be a free for all. Again I say we still invite our best for the remaining matches.

Also, we need to improve our FIFA cos I am sure you know top teams are seeded for the WC grouping. And the 2019 AFCON grouping would be done based on FIFA rankings.