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Congratulations to the boys!

But, rubbish play.

If these are the same guys we're taking to the WYC, then we better get ready to get our asses whooped.

elyte89:
U and excuse ...so d oda team is playing on d air

As if our players re foreign pro...are dey not local players here,

You and making noise. What is the other team playing that is so great?

This Paul Aigbogun's team plays direct kind of Football. Nigerians are used to their teams stringing passes together which is reason behind complains of lack of team passes. The team obviously has a lot to improve upon. The bumpy pitch is also a set back

Well, any which way is a Way.

Congratulations Nigeria!

At least we have another tournament to look forward to.

So Chief Joebie do we have the permission to discuss players to include in this team now?

Odunayaw:
They've not even tried recycling the ball around for the pitch to ruin anything

They are just lofting balls up even when there is zero pressing. Wayward passes are plenty too

They already know the pitch is bad na. Teams will always play according to the pitch.No team is playing like Barca on that pitch

tbaba1234:
Look at Rangers and Ogunbote. There is a clear style of play. You can tell that it has been drilled into them.

only God knows how Aigbogun got this job at the expense of better coaches....
him and Ladan Bosso are the most lazy under 20 coaches I have ever seen.

BascoVanVeli:
You and making noise. What is the other team playing that is so great?

So u re using Niger republic as a yard stick to us


Smh for you

BascoVanVeli:
They already know the pitch is bad na. Teams will always play according to the pitch.No team is playing like Barca on that pitch

c'mon stop defending mediocrity...
you and I know that...the pitch is almost same with the ones obtainable in NPFL
so why the fuss..
the southies should be the ones crying because they've better pitches...

elyte89:
So u re using Niger republic as a yard stick to us


Smh for you

you're trying to talk to the wrong person...
Dude will defend everything even when it is crystal clear that those guys are overage average players....
a more hardworking coach like Manu would have done better in infusing quality players from football academies and club feeder teams.

Humility017:
only God knows how Aigbogun got this job at the expense of better coaches....
him and Ladan Bosso are the most lazy under 20 coaches I have ever seen.

My good friend Komekn and i knows the reason he was picked.

#BrotherEgunje

elyte89:
So u re using Niger republic as a yard stick to us


Smh for you

But you brought up Niger. Niger stopped us from going to U17 AFCON last time BTW.

Curtisaxel7:
My good friend Komekn and i knows the reason he was picked.

#BrotherEgunje

He is so annoying...
I don't like him one day...
patiently waiting for Manu to take up that Job...
He is someone who can always cut corners to make headway..

He don't mind the means all that matters to Him is the end...to Him the end justifies the means...and not the other way around.

the bulk of this team are filled with over age players..

junnyjake:
Congratulations to the boys!

But, rubbish play.

If these are the same guys we're taking to the WYC, then we better get ready to get our asses whooped.

The team is not that bad.

I am not trying to say the team doesn't need improvement but from my experience of the followership of the AYC and WYC the group stage of the AYC is typically tougher than the group stage of the WYC. Take that from me.

By and large I expect the coach to infuse more quality options in the Midfield and attack. That defense looks cool for me. The only player that is a suspect there is the RB, Samuel Zaruma.

I expect a great WYC outing.

Happy New Year to everyone!!! My first post of the year. Aigboguns team qualified, for me the purpose of the tournament was achieved. The bulk of these boys will not go the World Cup. So relax people.

Humility017:
c'mon stop defending mediocrity...
you and I know that...the pitch is almost came with the ones obtainable in NPFL
so why the fuss..
the southies should be the ones crying because they've better pitches...

Unlike you I actually watch the NPFL not just to come here and let people know I can talk.

Akwa was the best team to watch a couple seasons ago but when they went to the old stadium the match was very poor to watch.


Which team do you know to play good football on a bad pitch? Common sense tells you that you must play for the result.

BascoVanVeli:
But you brought up Niger. Niger stopped us from going to U17 AFCON last time BTW.

And we have just paid them back at the very next level

Humility017:
you're trying to talk to the wrong person...
Dude will defend everything even when it is crystal clear that those guys are overage average players....
a more hardworking coach like Manu would have done better in infusing quality players from football academies and club feeder teams.

The same Manu that was disgraced out of the U20 World Cup with far better players? I do hope you know that the first eleven of this team will not even be close to what it was today when the proper tourney starts? Let me get your problem exactly, did we not win this match? I thought the general idea on this thread is that the result is all that matters just like Rohr? Why is he now getting the stick? So even Manu who failed woefully at the U20 is now better than him despite the fact that he is doing exactly what you people want, getting results. I tire for all you sha

BascoVanVeli:
Unlike you I actually watch the NPFL not just to come here and let people know I can talk.

Akwa was the best team to watch a couple seasons ago but when they went to the old stadium the match was very poor to watch.


Which team do you know to play good football on a bad pitch? Common sense tells you that you must play for the result.

Bro you are wasting time explaining to them what is clearly obvious. I doubt there is any NPFL pitch that is half as bad as this one. But just to malign Aigbogun they will dig up everything.

Abeg for all the well wishers of the U20 here, congrats we have made it to the World Cup proper. Now our focus should shift to the world cup proper and the players that should be called, I really don't care if they lose 4-0 and 5-0 in the next two matches.

Icon4s:
The team is not that bad.

I am not trying to say the team doesn't need improvement but from my experience of the followership of the AYC and WYC the group stage of the AYC is typically tougher than the group stage of the WYC. Take that from me.

By and large I expect the coach to infuse more quality options in the Midfield and attack. That defense looks cool for me. The only player that is a suspect there is the RB, Samuel Zaruma.

I expect a great WYC outing.

Primarily when you bring in players like Kingsley Michael and even Oshimen(who for me should be going to the U20 not Afcon except Odey is going) you will see that the overall play will improve. Nice work by Aigbogun if you ask me with the resources he has, feed the bear and watch him deliver

Icon4s:
And we have just paid them back at the very next level

The sweetest revenge...

Mickael2:
Bro you are wasting time explaining to them what is clearly obvious. I doubt there is any NPFL pitch that is half as bad as this one. But just to malign Aigbogun they will dig up everything.

Abeg for all the well wishers of the U20 here, congrats we have made it to the World Cup proper. Now our focus should shift to the world cup proper and the players that should be called, I really don't care if they lose 4-0 and 5-0 in the next two matches.

You know that is what some of us do here. We avoid basic reasoning just to feel like we have won an argument. Even in Europe they complain about pitches a million times better than the one in Niger but in the interest of playing to the gallery someone will now come and start talking nonsense.


Congrats to the boys for sticking it to their hatters and they were sure many

Mickael2:
Primarily when you bring in players like Kingsley Michael and even Oshimen(who for me should be going to the U20 not Afcon except Odey is going) you will see that the overall play will improve. Nice work by Aigbogun if you ask me with the resources he has, feed the bear and watch him deliver

Osimhen is already above the age limit. But Chukwueze and Orji Okonkwo are still eligible. Osimhen and Odey are within the U23.

We can cap tie Josh Maja and send him to the WYC just like we we did for Anichebe and Aluko at the 2008 Olympics and 2009 WYC respectively.

We need more attacking options in that team. Nazifi doesn't seem like a goal scoring machine to me. He is not in class of Success, Iheanacho and Awoniyi at this same level.

BascoVanVeli:
You know that is what some of us do here. We avoid basic reasoning just to feel like we have won an argument. Even in Europe they complain about pitches a million times better than the one in Niger but in the interest of playing to the gallery someone will now come and start talking nonsense.


Congrats to the boys for sticking it to their hatters and they were sure many

Exactly, remember that match between Man City and Tottenham, the Wembley pitch was way better than what I saw today yet Man City could hardly spring two passes together, in fact the goal was from a long ball chased down by Sterling

Icon4s:
Osimhen is already above the age limit. But Chukwueze and Orji Okonkwo are still eligible. Osimhen and Odey are within the U23.

We can cap tie Josh Maja and send him to the WYC just like we we did for Anichebe and Aluko at the 2008 Olympics and 2009 WYC respectively.

We need more attacking options in that team. Nazifi doesn't seem like a goal scoring machine to me. He is not in class of Success, Iheanacho and Awoniyi at this same level.

Should we not be looking to create a thread for these boys? Monitor the progress of players likely to play for them.

Mickael2:
Bro you are wasting time explaining to them what is clearly obvious. I doubt there is any NPFL pitch that is half as bad as this one. But just to malign Aigbogun they will dig up everything.

Abeg for all the well wishers of the U20 here, congrats we have made it to the World Cup proper. Now our focus should shift to the world cup proper and the players that should be called, I really don't care if they lose 4-0 and 5-0 in the next two matches.

The thing is knowing our pedigree at this level a lot of people expect a lot from this team. In the last 10-15 years this team is not among the best we have produced and so expect fans to criticize their stlyle of play.

I posted a link today of how SA fans critized the negative tactics their coach deployed against Nigeria. And in the tournament this far.

Go to Ghanaweb and see how Ghanaian fans are virtually placing curses on their Coach, the entire team and their FA.

I personally know this team is not the best we can get at this level but I draw consolation from the fact that the team was built from the scratch after the disastrous outing of our last U17. I also find solace on the fact that we have a good number of U20 players in Europe who can add both qaulity and also reduce the average age of the team.

Don't worry about those criticising the team. They will soon come to love them.

Mickael2:
Should we not be looking to create a thread for these boys? Monitor the progress of players likely to play for them.

I miss TheSuperNerd. That is his area of specialization. We have an U20 thread though, created by him, but peeps hardly visit their. And so we feel more comfortable discussing the team here.

Icon4s:
The thing is knowing our pedigree at this level a lot of people expect a lot from this team. In the last 10-15 years this team is not among the best we have produced and so expect fans to criticize their stlyle of play.

I posted a link today of how SA fans critized the negative tactics their coach deployed against Nigeria. And in the tournament this far.

Go to Ghanaweb and see how Ghanaian fans are virtually placing curses on their Coach, the entire team and their FA.

I personally know this team is not the best we can get at this level but I draw consolation from the fact that the team was built from the scratch after the disastrous outing of our last U17. I also find solace on the fact that we have a good number of U20 players in Europe who can add both qaulity and also reduce the average age of the team.

Don't worry about those criticising the team. They will soon come to love them.

please repost the South Africa link again let me see

BascoVanVeli:
You know that is what some of us do here. We avoid basic reasoning just to feel like we have won an argument. Even in Europe they complain about pitches a million times better than the one in Niger but in the interest of playing to the gallery someone will now come and start talking nonsense.


Congrats to the boys for sticking it to their hatters and they were sure many

I particular like how Aigbogun managed the game. I mean he didn't set up the team to play for a draw. Even when we went ahead we were still playing as if it was still 0:0. And yet we never played a high back line.

Another good thing I like about the team is their physical fitness. Men, those boys are very fit. I also love their heights. They won most Air duels in all the 3 games played.

I am really loving that CB pairing. If they can give same kind of performances at the final stages and then again at the WYC, Aigbogun may have just unearthed 2 CB options that can add more competition to the SE CB position.

Rohr himself today has promised to invite any outstanding player (s) for the game against Seychelles. Those CBs are ahead of the others if u ask me.

That referee should be arrested for fraud. Just look at the fouls. The man stood there and watched Nazifi take an elbow to the mouth but shockingly blew against the lad.

Icon4s:
Read the reaction of South African fans to the 0-0 Draw they played against our Flying Eagles.

http://www.kickoff.com/news/92857/caf-u20-africa-cup-nations-match-report-

Cc: Groundnutoil

Icon4s:
Cc: Groundnutoil

thanks

Icon4s:
I particular like how Aigbogun managed the game. I mean he didn't set up the team to play for a draw. Even when we went ahead we were still playing as if it was still 0:0. And yet we never played a high back line.

Another good thing I like about the team is their physical fitness. Men, those boys are very fit. I also love their heights. They won most Air duels in all the 3 games played.

I am really loving that CB pairing. If they can give same kind of performances at the final stages and then again at the WYC, Aigbogun may have just unearthed 2 CB options that can add more competition to the SE CB position.

Rohr himself today has promised to invite any outstanding player (s) for the game against Seychelles. Those CBs are ahead of the others if u ask me.

Mehn those boys have been nothing short of brilliant in their matches. I like the keeper also, he seems to do all the little things right. Ibrahim Alhassan seems a real diamond in the rough and then there is Nasty Nazifi, that boy is a real baller. First time someone that small reminds me of the late great Rashidi Yekini.

Mickael2:
Exactly, remember that match between Man City and Tottenham, the Wembley pitch was way better than what I saw today yet Man City could hardly spring two passes together, in fact the goal was from a long ball chased down by Sterling

Even last season when west brom refused to water their grass Klopp was furious