Kog45:
Sir you are not getting the point,am not here to make case for Keshi or downgrade Rohr but calling Keshi a fraud is out of it.Pls he deserves little respect even if you don't like him.

i dont disrespect the dead but it hurts me when people paint keshi as the messiah of our football but was sacked unjustly. why is it that every keshi fan out there does nothing but pray for rohr to fail? for christ sake you and i never gave this team a chance when the world cup qualifiers was drawn, we found our beloved team against 3 afcon winners, an Algerian team that was ranked number 1 in Africa as of then, a Cameroonian team that just got crowned afcon champions few months before the draw and a never say die Zambian team who we never find it easy against. i started having believe on this when rohr and his boys got 3 points away to Zambia. the German was able assemble a team in no distant time and displayed an attacking style of football that made them scary before opposing teams. after the defeat to south africa the team came back stronger and walloped Cameroon in uyo by 4 goals to nil! went to cameroon on the return leg and almost got away with 3 points if not for ezenwa's recklessness. watching the team you will see a unit that understands each other coupled with harmony,love and respect for one another.it gladdens my heart to know that the nff have act fast by giving rohr a new contract just because he is on the right track notwithstanding the outcome olf the teams outing in Russia

Kog45:
Fanny Amu is busy with grassroots football development in Nugeria especially with Lagos State government and Amusa Adisa right from time was a university coach and still doing his things with various tertiary institutions.

Great men. These are the real heroes of Nigerian football.

Sir are we going to breeze past ghosts to the semi finals? Let’s be realistic to talk about who our likely opponents will be at the advanced stages. We can’t just set goals blindly as if we are a nation of stars.

Let’s remain hopeful that we can get to the SF or even win the cup, but at the same time let’s not lose sight of realism.

Kog45:
Joebie it seems guys are changing tone now,before we are all clamouring for solid performance at least quarter final but now it is a team for the future no matter the performance.

The only long term approach was to have a decent performance at Russia,playing in 2019 and 2021 afcon and qualified for 2020 WC,nothing more.

Icon4s:


Hahaha, you know why? That Serbia game was a reality check to many.

But if you have followed the game long enough you will know things can turn around if both teams square up again. Just as you rightly pointed out that our Victory against Argentina may just be a source of our downfall.

My own is no matter what happens in Russia we should keep this team and continue the building process.

Yes you are right and Joebie too,the team should be kept intact and good enough we still have a lot of greenhorns ready for eagles after WC,so the future is bright.

Kog45:
Yes you are right and Joebie too,the team should be kept intact and good enough we still have a lot of greenhorns ready for eagles after WC,so the future is bright.

Yeah sure.

charlesemeka85:


i dont disrespect the dead but it hurts me when people paint keshi as the messiah of our football but was sacked unjustly. why is it that every keshi fan out there does nothing but pray for rohr to fail? for christ sake you and i never gave this team a chance when the world cup qualifiers was drawn, we found our beloved team against 3 afcon winners, an Algerian team that was ranked number 1 in Africa as of then, a Cameroonian team that just got crowned afcon champions few months before the draw and a never say die Zambian team who we never find it easy against. i started having believe on this when rohr and his boys got 3 points away to Zambia. the German was able assemble a team in no distant time and displayed an attacking style of football that made them scary before opposing teams. after the defeat to south africa the team came back stronger and walloped Cameroon in uyo by 4 goals to nil! went to cameroon on the return leg and almost got away with 3 points if not for ezenwa's recklessness. watching the team you will see a unit that understands each other coupled with harmony,love and respect for one another.it gladdens my heart to know that the nff have act fast by giving rohr a new contract just because he is on the right track notwithstanding the outcome olf the teams outing in Russia

Oh Keshi messiah?well apart from coaching,Keshi remain the best to happened to Nigeria football.

Only icon4s,enomakos,goldfish80,certitude and very few will understand this statement.

MetalJigsaw:
We acknowledge him as our most potent and highly crucial forward does not mean he's bigger than the team. Well, seems your mind is locked up against the truth.

If fetching water would make the team better any player should be willing to do so. If Victor was to listen to wat u guys are saying he would never track back to help the defense. Like I said this is the world cup we are talking about. U guys keep talking potency but u forget we are the underdogs and we will not see too much of the ball.

Martz101:


not true sir, instead it limit you, his our best winger

How? We scored 4 goals against Argentina with that system so how does adding Victor Moses to that limit us?

Kog45:
Oh Keshi messiah?well apart from coaching,Keshi remain the best to happened to Nigeria football.

Only icon4s,enomakos,goldfish80,certitude and very few will understand this statement.

Oh as a footballer Keshi was like a god in the Green Eagles. This he displayed both on and off the field.

Even with our small black and white TVs then it was not difficult to identify Keshi when he was on the ball. He was a defense Marshall particularly in the 80s.

He was almost as influencial as the coach on and off the field of play. Little wonder he was called "The Boss".

He was always destined to be a Successful coach.

I think he followed the footsteps of his predecessor Christian Chukwu who was nicked named "Chairman".

These were MEN that led the Eagles back then.

safarigirl:
So, I have been watching videos on YouTube about World Cup predictions

I am glad to say, 97% predictions are certain Nigeria will not qualify, 85% of them have us bottom of the group, 70% are sure we won't scrape more than a point in all three games

However, I did encounter a certain gutsy fellow who has us finishing Top of the group (I am glad to say, he isn't Nigerian )

An Egyptian pundit thinks Nigeria has the best African team going to Russia (funny enough, he thinks Egypt has the worst)....he is however realistic in his expectations of qualifying and ranks Egypt as the African team with the highest qualification chances, followed by Senegal and Tunisia (because they don't have any actual powerhouses in their groups), Nigeria is 4th because Argentina is the only solid threat while the others are here and there, Morocco is dead last because they have the misfortune of playing Spain and Portugal


All in all, the predictions are okay I guess, however, the guy who thinks Nigeria will top Group D had the best analysis, others barely analysed, but his was in-depth, down to the tactical strength of each team, how they like to play (he got the part where Nigeria uses pace and soaks in pressure) and their talismans.


Watching these videos are actually fun.

PS: Some dude listed the players in our World Cup Squad. He had the likes of Alampasu, Enyeama, Success, Aaron Samuel, Nwakaeme and Emenike on his list

Seems only we Nigerians really know about our current team and tactics.

Icon4s:


You are lying to yourself how? I am telling you the obvious and you are lying to yourself. You cannot tell me there are no strikers of Portuguese origin in the whole of the Portuguese first division.

So you have even changed from "no options" to "options were limited". The simple truth is Ronaldo and Nani could offer more than what any other strikers Portugal would have paraded could have offered and so they had to play as strikers. How is that one lying to yourself?

We need Moses more in the thick of attack and not as a Wing back. Why is that difficult to accept?

Guy, you go tire o
. Na only him dey reason that funny way lol

Icon4s:


Please keep your lying to yourself talk to your self. What kind of argument style is this one again?

You can place Victor Moses any where you want in your team. That is your opinion please.

Play Moses as WB??. When Rohr no dey craze

BascoVanVeli:


The same way Hazard didn't have to be a striker but he performed dreadfully in that position. This is the world cup you guys need to drop the sentiments. Victor Moses is not bigger than the super eagles.

what Hazard position are you talking about?

andrew444:


I always believe Nigeria will qualify for the World Cup,Algeria might be the threat there,Cameroun has never been a good team even as they are afcon winners,how can I be scared of a group that consist cameroun and Zambia? Hell NO Algeria maybe YES

Cameroun and Zambia that don't have better players

My thoughts too

Some nuggets for u lol


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMeDp0bE2nI

MetalJigsaw:
what Hazard position are you talking about?

Chelsea v Barca. Hazard was a false 9 and he sucked.

Kog45:
I will not deceive you i was scared.

Remember Nigeria failed to qualify for afcon successively,Cameroon reigning Africa champion, Zambia 2015 afcon winner and Algeria number one in Africa according to FIFA rating in the same group.

My man not easy to come out of that group,kudos to the boys and Rohr.

Not easy chief but trust me na only Algeria give me headache,and mind you Nigeria has always take the World Cup qualifying business serious

mank1234:


But Algeria finished bottom. Football is a team game. As talented as individual in a team may be, if they fail to play as a unit, failure is sure.

Remember Costa Rica and other teams in their group in last world cup.

Thank you bros,the highly rated Algeria came last who believe ?

You remind me of Costa Rica in the last World Cup coming top of a group which include giants like Uruguay Italy and England

bro you may not like keshi but you can't ignore that he left a positive mark in nigerian football.

he came in when the super eagles were the butt of jokes all over the soccer world especially from fellow african countries calling us super chickens. maybe you have forgotten how embarrassing that period was.

he also coached us to an unexpected AFCON victory winning in style beating favourites like the drogba led ivory coast. he also qualified us for the world cup and took us past the group stage into the second round equalling our best ever performance. all this he achieved in 2 years through grit and hard work building from the bottom with home based players. something it took the much heralded clemens westerhof 5 years to achieve.

the big boss had his faults like every normal human being which we all criticized him for but we can't because of those short comings say he wasn't our best ever manager.

as for rohr i like him he's also contributing to the success of the super eagles but until he matches or surpasses keshi's achievements then bro there is no basis for comparison.

like every sincere nigerian fan i wish rohr and the super eagles success during and after the world cup

charlesemeka85:


i dont disrespect the dead but it hurts me when people paint keshi as the messiah of our football but was sacked unjustly. why is it that every keshi fan out there does nothing but pray for rohr to fail? for christ sake you and i never gave this team a chance when the world cup qualifiers was drawn, we found our beloved team against 3 afcon winners, an Algerian team that was ranked number 1 in Africa as of then, a Cameroonian team that just got crowned afcon champions few months before the draw and a never say die Zambian team who we never find it easy against. i started having believe on this when rohr and his boys got 3 points away to Zambia. the German was able assemble a team in no distant time and displayed an attacking style of football that made them scary before opposing teams. after the defeat to south africa the team came back stronger and walloped Cameroon in uyo by 4 goals to nil! went to cameroon on the return leg and almost got away with 3 points if not for ezenwa's recklessness. watching the team you will see a unit that understands each other coupled with harmony,love and respect for one another.it gladdens my heart to know that the nff have act fast by giving rohr a new contract just because he is on the right track notwithstanding the outcome olf the teams outing in Russia

i'm happy we don't have the pressure of being favourites we can prepare in peace and stay humble. nobody gave us a prayer getting out of our world cup qualifying group so this should serve as good motivation for the players.

don't mind some of these analysts and their ignorance isn't it one i saw the other day that referred to salisu yusuf as the super eagles manager? just bone them we know the enlightened ones both foreign and local

safarigirl:
So, I have been watching videos on YouTube about World Cup predictions

I am glad to say, 97% predictions are certain Nigeria will not qualify, 85% of them have us bottom of the group, 70% are sure we won't scrape more than a point in all three games

However, I did encounter a certain gutsy fellow who has us finishing Top of the group (I am glad to say, he isn't Nigerian )

An Egyptian pundit thinks Nigeria has the best African team going to Russia (funny enough, he thinks Egypt has the worst)....he is however realistic in his expectations of qualifying and ranks Egypt as the African team with the highest qualification chances, followed by Senegal and Tunisia (because they don't have any actual powerhouses in their groups), Nigeria is 4th because Argentina is the only solid threat while the others are here and there, Morocco is dead last because they have the misfortune of playing Spain and Portugal


All in all, the predictions are okay I guess, however, the guy who thinks Nigeria will top Group D had the best analysis, others barely analysed, but his was in-depth, down to the tactical strength of each team, how they like to play (he got the part where Nigeria uses pace and soaks in pressure) and their talismans.


Watching these videos are actually fun.

PS: Some dude listed the players in our World Cup Squad. He had the likes of Alampasu, Enyeama, Success, Aaron Samuel, Nwakaeme and Emenike on his list

BascoVanVeli:


Chelsea v Barca. Hazard was a false 9 and he sucked.

The bad performance I'm sure was on his part and not the tactic. Doesn't he even flop at times when playing His favorite role.

safarigirl:
this whole stupidity that many of you like to exhibit on this thread is nauseating.

Every time someone speaks up for me it is because the person is in love, he is looking for how to get into my pants and all sorts of silly comments

If you cannot keep your disgusting chauvinism and misogynistic comments out of discussions, then it is better to not engage in the discussions

Certain people here are old enough to birth me and for you to disrespect them by saying they are in love, with who? If I were a guy would you make such a daft comment?


A lot of tines, we are asked to guard our statements here, but many of you seem to throw that away once you realise I'm female. Is this how you regard the women around you? How you reduce them to entertainment for men? Is that what you were taught?

You should retract this statement and refrain from dragging men of reputable character here to justify your repulsive ideologies

The rubbish has gone on long enough here. I will not allow you meatheads make such foolish statements any longer without setting you straight


PS: While the Siasia statement was erroneous, it did not take anything away from the point and that is why I ignored it. I don't even know why icon4s bothered answering anybody, not every statement must be addressed.

Madam wetin I talk way come make your blood dey hot like dis even day spew abusive words, abeg I no come here to quarrel o

Keshi remains d best ever whether he took carpenters or not to world cup instead of players, in as much as d records are there,and as at today,no coach has surpass d records,rohr hasn't achieve 2/3rd of keshis' achievement.

MetalJigsaw:
Madam wetin I talk way come make your blood dey hot like dis even day spray abusive words, abeg I no come here to quarrel o

,guy u got served



Wc bottle make I give u,make u break am for safarigirl head ,

Haha!! That makes two of us, bro. There was quite a substantial amount of assumptions in your post as well. First you presumed that the current crop players are better the players that were available for Keshi, which to me isn't based on reality. As a matter of fact, I would argue otherwise:

Goalkeepers:
Vincent Enyeama is better than anybody we have right now. I am quite sure you can't argue that fact. (Advantage Keshi)

CBs:
Oboabona of 2014 is probably better than Balogun (But let's call these two a wash)
Omeruo of 2014 is probably better than Ekong (Let's call it a wash)

RBs:
I will rate Efe Ambrose of 2014 over Shehu Abdullahi any day (Adv. Keshi)

LBs:
Oshinawa is better than Echiejile (Adv. Keshi)

DMs/CMs:
John Obi Mikel is better than Wilfred Ndidi (Adv. Keshi)
Onazi of 2014 is better than Onazi of 2018 (Adv. Keshi)

AMs/Strikers:
VicMo of 2018 is better than VicMo of 2014 (advantage Rohr)
Ahmed Musa of 2014 is better than Moses Simon (Adv. Keshi)
Emmanuel Emenike is better than Jude Ighalo (Adv. Keshi)
Osaze Odemwingie is better than Kelechi Iheanacho (Adv. Keshi)

You don see am? The progress we're making with the current team is that we now have a team structure/shape. I mean, we now play under a system unlike during the time of Keshi. In fact, if you were to handover the current team to Keshi (RIP), we wouldn't have qualified in the first place.


O pari

Certitude:

The problem here is that you're are making assumptions. I don't think Rohr is better than Keshi except that Keshi's selection is suspect.

O pari

Joebie:
Some nuggets for u lol


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMeDp0bE2nI

Kog45:
Oh Keshi messiah?well apart from coaching,Keshi remain the best to happened to Nigeria football.

Only icon4s,enomakos,goldfish80,certitude and very few will understand this statement.

Keshi destroyed the National team.

BascoVanVeli:


How? We scored 4 goals against Argentina with that system so how does adding Victor Moses to that limit us?

baba victor moses playing right wing for Nigeria and allowing simon and musa playing ahead of him will be a mistake

Kog45:
We can only get better team in the future with good performance not woeful one at WC.

Thank you Sir, some folks here want to start making excuses for rohr already while maintaining that keshi was a bad coach.

Let me remind folks here that since we all agree that we now have better collection of players than in 2014, we have no excuse than to better our past records in Russia.

forgiveness:


Keshi destroyed the National team.

what an exaggeration! lol

elyte89:
Keshi remains d best ever whether he took carpenters or not to world cup instead of players, in as much as d records are there,and as at today,no coach has surpass d records,rohr hasn't achieve 2/3rd of keshis' achievement.

The stats speaks for itself. No contention yet

chrisooblog:
bro you may not like keshi but you can't ignore that he left a positive mark in nigerian football.

he came in when the super eagles were the butt of jokes all over the soccer world especially from fellow african countries calling us super chickens. maybe you have forgotten how embarrassing that period was.

he also coached us to an unexpected AFCON victory winning in style beating favourites like the drogba led ivory coast. he also qualified us for the world cup and took us past the group stage into the second round equalling our best ever performance. all this he achieved in 2 years through grit and hard work building from the bottom with home based players. something it took the much heralded clemens westerhof 5 years to achieve.

the big boss had his faults like every normal human being which we all criticized him for but we can't because of those short comings say he wasn't our best ever manager.

as for rohr i like him he's also contributing to the success of the super eagles but until he matches or surpasses keshi's achievements then bro there is no basis for comparison.

like every sincere nigerian fan i wish rohr and the super eagles success during and after the world cup

Just leave them alone my brother, make we no past first round for world cup, make person come tell me say rohr better pass keshi.

Folks have forgotten, that until rohr became Eagles coach, he hasn't achieved any major success with any African side.