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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by tbaba1234: 5:33pm On Jan 12, 2018
Reports from portugal suggest that Ebuehi's move to Benfica is imminent. He was left out of the ADO Den Haag starting line-up today.

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Danycrusoe(m): 5:34pm On Jan 12, 2018
terzurum5:
The last time I received a mail from you was on the 9th of Jan. I ve not seen any apart from that one. Thank you
OK recheck. I resent it again few minutes ago. thanks

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by tbaba1234: 5:35pm On Jan 12, 2018
BluntBoy:


Yes, Vanzekin is a much more reliable goalkeeper than Akpeyi and Ezenwa.

Vanzekin left football and went back to school
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Lazyerudite: 5:40pm On Jan 12, 2018
goldfish80:


Don't jump into conclusion when you don't understand things.
Look,Arsenal are are famous for playing possession football, teams who face Arsenal play with a lot of defensive mindset to disrupt their game.
Cameroun, Argentina, Algeria and Zambia left gaps (that is if you watched any of those games anyway)that no team in England will dajre give Arsenal. This results in Iwobi having more space to do damage for Nigeria than he is normally used to at Arsenal.
Mind you this is just my opinion on why Iwobi have better record for Nigeria than Arsenal.

How a supposedly sane, educated and rationale person will interpret my post as degrading Nigerian opponents beats me hollow.
Boss, I disagree on the point about spaces, the teams you mentioned especially Zambia did not really give us space. Also you must have noticed that these teams were defeated with counter attacks and we see them happen in EPL week in week out so it is not ll fact
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by BluntBoy(m): 5:40pm On Jan 12, 2018
tbaba1234:


Vanzekin left football and went back to school


Oh, OK. Thank you for the info. I used to see him train at a time in Benin City. He was very full of hopes then.
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Icon79(m): 5:49pm On Jan 12, 2018
Awesome! Let's keep praying until it's a done deal. Benfica would be a much better option for him than Norwich.


O pari

tbaba1234:
Reports from portugal suggest that Ebuehi's move to Benfica is imminent. He was left out of the ADO Den Haag starting line-up today.

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by nelszx: 5:51pm On Jan 12, 2018
tbaba1234:
Reports from portugal suggest that Ebuehi's move to Benfica is imminent. He was left out of the ADO Den Haag starting line-up today.

It'll be a right move for him should it go through.
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Icon79(m): 5:52pm On Jan 12, 2018
This tells you the kinda of crazy stuffs you'd read on this forum. So that mugus haven't even watched Vanzekin played anytime recently yet the mugu boldly declared that he's better than Ezenwa and Akpeyi?

Bizarre people shocked


O pari

tbaba1234:


Vanzekin left football and went back to school

Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheSuperNerd(m): 5:54pm On Jan 12, 2018
Icon79:
Awesome! Let's keep praying until it's a done deal. Benfica would be a much better option for him than Norwich.


O pari


There is one among us who strongly disagrees.... grin

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Isahalbash(m): 5:56pm On Jan 12, 2018
Magink:

I posted it and also the link, if you can scroll back to the previous pages you will see it.
And please I am not a nuisance thank you very much.

Guys sorry for the fake news, my fault for believing and falling for the story hook, line and sinker




I don't think it's that fake cos I saw it somewhere this morning.. Only time will tell.


modified



it's fake then, but who dey spread that kind story sefgrin

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Mujtahida: 5:56pm On Jan 12, 2018
kennysville:
Friends, Countrymen, Nairalanders,

For the Unbelievers.....

Its been a while Super Eagles fans beat their chest confidently and make a boast of their team. Lately everyone seems to want to play safe so as not to set themselves up for disappointment. I can understand that. But frankly, its a new era and its time we all get on the success train with this current team.

In case we havent noticed, this team possesses something that other previous world cup teams that Nigeria paraded in the past never had. They are young, focussed and goal driven. They also arent an assemblage of super stars like before but they are a TEAM and are committed. Their love for the National team is practically unrivalled in all the teams I have seen Nigeria parade. I juat kinda wonder why we never see that this is a major ingredient that has been fueling their performance. No bad blood, no beefs, no cabal, no Mafia. Even the ones that didnt get to play are having a good time in camp. I dont know how they achieved that but long may this continue.

This current team, branded average were placed in a group of Death with 2 former african champions and the current african champs. Lemme reiterate that being an african champion no matter who the opposition is, is not a mean feat. It was not like they waited for everyone to play finish and then the winner met them in the finals, no sir! It was done through sweat and blood and loss of limbs . Having put this into perspective, these big 4 were put in the same group. I practically cried blue murder, conpiracy of the highest order. But here we are, these boys got the job done with a game to spare.


Yes, they dont have all the Neymars, Messis, Agueros, Griezmanns and the likes but they still standing. As little as a termite is, it possesses enough arsenal to remove the pants off a 10 ft giant anyday anytime. Invariably, its not by size. Juat because our players dont play in top leagues doesnt mean we are not good enough. Club football can never equate to national team soccer. And frankly this is how I prove it. Left to any sensible club coach, he wants to fortify his team with quality players, he has the backing of his club to go purchasing a player. Take for instance PSG went to buy Neymar at the ridiculous amount they spent to fortify their attack and they still went ahead to get Mbappe. If it were up to the coach, he will also get Ronaldo, Dyabala, Marcelo, Asensio, and the likes bust sadly, the reality is he cant do so. There are things that militate against that. He has to toe the line of certain rules. In other words he has to make use of whats on ground.

That said, the National team football doesnt have the luxury of choosing which player to buy from top teams. Keep in mind the peculiarity of Nigeria's situation that back to back Afcon misses havent helped us in our cause. It hasnt put any player o the map for all to see. We didnt have the opportunity to showcase what our chosen players can do for over 4years. Nigeria's soccer hit the rock bottom. An all time low since I knew us to be playing international football. Now we come out of the woods after getting a few things right from the basics and now it still feels like we are in dreamland

I am bold to say and yall can quote me anyday , anytime. NIGERIA is the only nation i the world that has raw talents that can be harnessed to build a team up to team K if we so desire. If you dont believe me, start scouting and you will see. If resources were not a problem and our scouting department is ready to do her job without nepostism or bias and will not give in to needless media hype of certain players ; if they ready to comb every nook and cranny of the country for talents, you will be shocked that we have many raw talents that need to be refined and polished. Story for another day....


My advice is let us not wait until the team now beats brazil before we start to believe in our team. It cant be worse than it has ever been. Reality is... it is what it is. This is the team we found and this is the team that did the job. Not some set of super stars that cant be corrected because they earn much more than a coach.

Believe and show some belief. Enough of teardowns of our players like they some piece of electronics.

Thank you all.
Dear Super Eagles, I see your weaknesses in the goalkeeping department- Uzoho has no experience, Ezenwa is a bouncing ball, Akpeyi is a pain in our chest. I know that Balogun is slow. I know that Ekong gives away the ball sometimes and that Omeruo is error prone, I know that Echiejile lacks attacking instincts and Shehu has not faced fine wingers in the ilk of Mbappe.I know also that Idowu, Ebuehi and Aina are greenhorns as far as international football is concerned

I know also that Ndidi is said to not have good passing ability. I know that Mikel Obi and John Ogu are slow. I know that Iwobi can disappoint sometimes. I know also that Simon Moses' final balls are sometimes ineffective. I know that Vicmo is said to be selfish and Ighalo is erratic in his performances for Nigeria. I know Iheanacho and Musa are struggling with getting game time at their respective clubs. In short I know you guys are an average team and perhaps - to sate the appetite of sceptics - even less than average. I looked for you guys in Man Utd, Real, Barcelona, PSG, Inter Milan, Juve, Bayern Munich I found none. Some of una dey chill for China, some - as one of our venerable sceptics likes to say - are in the backwater leagues of Turkey, Holland and Belgium. Some are on the bench saving it from cold with their asses.

I will not speak of your strength, no I will not. Your faults, your inadequacies, your deficiencies is what I want to look at with an uncompromising eye and I have seen plenty of it to to make me play safe with my hopes and expectations of you.

But I swear that notwithstanding your faults I can't fit stop believing in you guys. It's impossicant for me. I believe because you guys have given me reason to believe even though I know I might be disappointed, yes bitterly and utterly disappointed at the end, crushed to the heart if you fail to fly beyond the second round. I do hope you work on your lapses but whether, whether not I still believe. You have stirred up wildness in my heart and your faults cannot tame it.

So here's my heart, it beats for you. Here's my heart - if you like shatter it into a thousand pieces but what I cannot do is to stop believing in you.
See you in Russia.
From yours faithfully
mujtahid on behalf of all believers in this team.

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by ChrisKels: 5:56pm On Jan 12, 2018
There is something big on our news desk guys but I was asked to keep a sealed lip for now.
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by elyte89: 5:57pm On Jan 12, 2018
Icon79:
This tells you the kinda of crazy stuffs you'd read on this forum. So that mugus haven't even watched Vanzekin played anytime recently yet the mugu boldly declared that he's better than Ezenwa and Akpeyi?

Bizarre people shocked


O pari




Boss y call him mugu....u wan start another worldwar 111 grin
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Humility017(m): 5:58pm On Jan 12, 2018
BluntBoy:


What is your problem You didn't buy my data and not even Seun who owns this site can tell me what to do.

What is wrong with making a suggestion. If you have anything against Vanzekin, just put it up. If Rufai could make the France 98 squad out of retirement, why are you making my suggestion look so inappropriate?


Yes, Vanzekin is a much more reliable goalkeeper than Akpeyi and Ezenwa
.
sorry if my remarks offend you...
but tell me something...do you really mean the bolded?
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Humility017(m): 5:59pm On Jan 12, 2018
ChrisKels:
There is something big on our news desk guys but I was asked to keep a sealed lip for now.
bro...please you can whisper it to my ears...
promise to keep it secret

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by BascoVanVeli(m): 6:14pm On Jan 12, 2018
Mujtahida:

It was lighthearted banter. Sorry though cos I sense that you were peeved. Respect Sir

Thanks my brother. I am also sorry for dragging u into it because that is not something that should be done.
I would be a liar if I said I a nerve wasn't touched but that is because I feel we are a family and we should know better in some instances.
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by safarigirl(f): 6:16pm On Jan 12, 2018
ChrisKels:
There is something big on our news desk guys but I was asked to keep a sealed lip for now.
if you're not ready to serve the dish, stop allowing us smell it

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Icon79(m): 6:17pm On Jan 12, 2018
Let me guess, Komekn, right?

O pari

TheSuperNerd:


There is one among us who strongly disagrees.... grin
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Loogan(m): 6:18pm On Jan 12, 2018
A Ujah is one that can gate crash the Russia party. I don't understand the hate on the guy on this thread, he has scored goal in all the teams he's played for, has bundesliga experience, also a real good goal poacher, his style of play may not be fancy but trust me he his a defenders nightmare: strength, movement, composure and unpredictability. I'm really excited about his recent move to Mainz, also top it up with a goal in his debut. Definitely better than nwakeme, kayode nd co. Atleast he's done it at the highest level, besides there are not many 27 year old strikers can we boast of with that experience at the top level. If he scores just 8 goals, he's going to Russia. His addition would strengthen d attack.

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by BascoVanVeli(m): 6:19pm On Jan 12, 2018
BluntBoy:


Why now, Bro? cheesy

I didn't say he must be the first choice or even make the final list. But he can be called up for some of the friendlies lined up. Even Ejide should be called up.

grin I think the blunt part of ur name might have gave him that idea cool
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Mujtahida: 6:20pm On Jan 12, 2018
BascoVanVeli:


Thanks my brother. I am also sorry for dragging u into it because that is not something that should be done.
I would be a liar if I said I a nerve wasn't touched but that is because I feel we are a family and we should know better in some instances.
I understand Bro. We are getting better. Cheers

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Icon79(m): 6:20pm On Jan 12, 2018
Bros, I didn't mean to but some of the stuffs I read here tend to get me started. I just can't get how some folks can make a bold statement regarding what they have absolutely NO idea about - zero!


O pari

elyte89:




Boss y call him mugu....u wan start another worldwar 111 grin
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Humility017(m): 6:21pm On Jan 12, 2018
tbaba1234:

Vanzekin left football and went back to school
I think it has been long...my brother last watched football... may be over 4 years ago.... I understand the angle he is talking from...
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheSuperNerd(m): 6:23pm On Jan 12, 2018
BascoVanVeli:


Thanks my brother. I am also sorry for dragging u into it because that is not something that should be done.
I would be a liar if I said I a nerve wasn't touched but that is because I feel we are a family and we should know better in some instances.

Awwwwwwwwwwwn.... And we are a family... One big, sometimes annoying, sometimes sweet, and yes, most times funny family.... cheesy

#FamilyHugTime People... grin

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Mujtahida: 6:27pm On Jan 12, 2018
safarigirl:
is this not what I was suggesting last year when someone was telling us how footballers must get SSCE before they can be considered for the age grade teams.

I specifically remember suggesting that rather than that, if someone can take this education to the streets, tell the street footballers about how contracts work and why they shouldn't sign slave contracts or anything they do not have full knowledge of, it will be for the better. Club academies should be holding classes for these things, the NFF should look into organising such sessions for players in the age grade teams.

Prepare them for their future while they are young
Your suggestion is good but it would just give them elementary knowledge. Some can however work with even the elementary knowledge
What perhaps can also be done is for accounting and financial institutions to float exclusive packages for Nigerian footballers both home based and foreign based. Financial institutions apart from banks. I have seen too much of how banks despoil people financially to recommend them.

But I fear. Our financial institutions have serious integrity issues.
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by BascoVanVeli(m): 6:30pm On Jan 12, 2018
tbaba1234:
Reports from portugal suggest that Ebuehi's move to Benfica is imminent. He was left out of the ADO Den Haag starting line-up today.

Great move because Benfica would see no problem in letting him go to bigger club if he has a good world cup.

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by EEGA: 6:34pm On Jan 12, 2018
Mujtahida:

Dear Super Eagles, I see your weaknesses in the goalkeeping department- Uzoho has no experience, Ezenwa is a bouncing ball, Akpeyi is a pain in our chest. I know that Balogun is slow. I know that Ekong gives away the ball sometimes and that Omeruo is error prone, I know that Echiejile lacks attacking instincts and Shehu has not faced fine wingers in the ilk of Mbappe.I know also that Idowu, Ebuehi and Aina are greenhorns as far as international football is concerned

I know also that Ndidi is said to not have good passing ability. I know that Mikel Obi and John Ogu are slow. I know that Iwobi can disappoint sometimes. I know also that Simon Moses' final balls are sometimes ineffective. I know that Vicmo is said to be selfish and Ighalo is erratic in his performances for Nigeria. I know Iheanacho and Musa are struggling with getting game time at their respective clubs. In short I know you guys are an average team and perhaps - to sate the appetite of sceptics - even less than average. I looked for you guys in Man Utd, Real, Barcelona, PSG, Inter Milan, Juve, Bayern Munich I found none. Some of una dey chill for China, some - as one of our venerable sceptics likes to say - are in the backwater leagues of Turkey, Holland and Belgium. Some are on the bench saving it from cold with their asses.

I will not speak of your strength, no I will not. Your faults, your inadequacies, your deficiencies is what I want to look at with an uncompromising eye and I have seen plenty of it to to make me play safe with my hopes and expectations of you.

But I swear that notwithstanding your faults I can't fit stop believing in you guys. It's impossicant for me. I believe because you guys have given me reason to believe even though I know I might be disappointed, yes bitterly and utterly disappointed at the end, crushed to the heart if you fail to fly beyond the second round. I do hope you work on your lapses but whether, whether not I still believe. You have stirred up wildness in my heart and your faults cannot tame it.

So here's my heart, it beats for you. Here's my heart - if you like shatter it into a thousand pieces but what I cannot do is to stop believing in you.
See you in Russia.
From yours faithfully
mujtahid on behalf of all believers in this team.
Nice write-up.
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Mujtahida: 6:37pm On Jan 12, 2018
komekn:


Actually England at no time ever chose Iwobi. Indeed he had already played for Nigeria before he had one senior game for Arsenal.

So your proposition is without substance.
His proposition has substance. The issue here is not that he chose Nigeria over Arsenal. Iwobi need not have played a senior match for Arsenal before the proposition that he chose Nigeria over England becomes tenable. Fact is that even while he was at the Airport on his way to his first competitive game for Nigeria Roy Hodgeson was still calling him. He ignored the call. He chose Nigeria over England.

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Mujtahida: 6:39pm On Jan 12, 2018
TheSuperNerd:
So also is yours. So England never came for Iwobi abi even after playing that one game for us against DR Congo and even another days later against Cameroun during Oliseh's reign ba??

At least for once, argue or discuss with the fear of God. Bikonu!

Maybe you are just blind to all the insults this young man is receiving. Could it be down to just football reasons alone? You should check and ask yourself certain questions Sir. haba!!!

Another hate article reads that Iwobi is the worst player in the history of Arsenal (words coming from die hard English fans) and you are here saying Liamm's words are without substance but are yours substantiated too? Na wa sef...

Thank you. I didn't know you had done a fine rebuttal to komekn's baseless riposte.
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by BascoVanVeli(m): 6:41pm On Jan 12, 2018
TheSuperNerd:


Awwwwwwwwwwwn.... And we are a family... One big, sometimes annoying, sometimes sweet, and yes, most times funny family.... cheesy

#FamilyHugTime People... grin

Seriously where do u keep getting these pictures from?
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by BluntBoy(m): 6:43pm On Jan 12, 2018
BascoVanVeli:

grin I think the blunt part of ur name might have gave him that idea cool
Bro, don't kill me with laughter.

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by BluntBoy(m): 6:44pm On Jan 12, 2018
Humility017:

sorry if my remarks offend you...
but tell me something...do you really mean the bolded?

I just heard that Vanzekin has returned to school. But honestly when he was playing football, he was way more reliable than Ezenwa and Akpeyi.

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