elyte89:



What he has done?...he only goes to d pitch to sing d national anthem and goes back to d dressing room immediately

Danielnino00:
Imama Amapakabo: Suffering and Smiling! For how long will this man stomach his
….. if these men start collecting bribe, Nigerians should blame the NFF
On Tuesday September 10 2019, former Nigerian international Imama Amapakabor led the Under 23 National team to a resounding 5nil victory against their Sudanese counterparts in Asaba, thus qualifying Nigeria for the CAF Under-23 Nations Cup taking place in Egypt. Amidst the funfare and the celebration that greeted this wonderful performance, lies the burden of living and working with no joy and struggling to survive in the midst of plenty. As Super Eagles assistant coach, he has no written contract, as head coach of the Under 23 National team, he has no contract and has not been paid since April this year.
Even at that, he has boldly resisted the sweet temptation of collecting bribe from agents and players who call daily begging for an opportunity to play for the National team.

These agents are offering millions of naira to get their wards wear the National team jersey but Imama has remained resolute in the face of tempting offers because he lives with the adage that “A good name is better than riches” As much as he desires to stay loyal to his conscience, as much as he battles with all the frustrations of working without pay, he strives to always give his best at all time. What this means is that we have a coach who gives so much to please his fatherland and gets so little for his dedication, commitment and undying passion to serve this country. Schools resume on Monday next week and this proud father who has just taken Nigeria one step closer to qualifying for the football event of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic games, is struggling to gather enough money to foot the expenses of his children who watch daddy celebrate victory on television but have learnt to live with the agony of too many unpleasant excuses from a very popular father. On Tuesday in Asaba, Nigerians present at the stadium, stood to applaud good football artistry displayed by a team that barely spent three weeks together.
For the first time in a long while, we saw a Nigerian starting eleven that has six home based players. We also had the rare privilege to celebrate three goals scored by two home based players and a new name was also added to our long list of emerging central defenders. He is Olisa Ndah, son of a former Nigerian international, Ndubuisi Ndah. For those who didnt watch the match, this is a list of the six home based players that took Sudan to the cleaners on Tuesday and they are all products of the Imama revolution. Goalkeeper Adamu Abubakar of Wikki tourist , Olisa Ndah a central defender with Remo stars, John Lazarus right full back with Lobi stars, Ebube Duru left full back, Ndifreke Effiong attacking midfielder with Akwa united (scored two of the goals against Sudan), Sunusi Ibrahim also scored one goal and he plays for Nassarawa United. It is also on record that for the first time in a long while, a Nigetian team managed to score five goals in a competitive match, no thanks to Imama, Boboye and Ilechukwu, three men who toiled day and night to achieve success despite their obvious difficulties.
Now the big question confronting all of you reading this piece is, will you crucify these men if they decide to collect bribe to make ends meet? Is it morally wrong for these men to throw decorium to the wind and start doing dirty things in camp?
If you ask me, I will say no because at this point, they need to keep going and in doing so, they must find a way to survive.


Credit : Adewale Ajayi

Earthquake1:


You can huff and puff without doing nothing

Aribo has equalled his goal record of many years in one match

elyte89:


Same way ndidi has scored 40goals for us..dts not a gud point jorr

ChrisKels:


Dont take this outta context. Skill could be collective in that sense, but power isn't, otherwise, what are the purported things inside power?

If u had said "ability", that would have been more debatable bkus it varies. But in the context u used that word "power", u meant physical strength sir, I am eager to kno the said things inside power sir

Earthquake1:


Ndidi has at least a defined characteristic, he shields the defence

What does Etebo do?

Earthquake1:


Credit :Adewale Ajayi, so we are supposed to believe one man's rumor

I hope it's not an excuse to justify his failures

benji93:
The truth cannot be hidden for long. But i won't be surprised if he has not been paid. The second leg was a resounding victory. If Rohr can mobilize his boys to demolish their opponents in that fashion, perhaps we will tone down our criticism of the "savior coach"

TheSuperNerd:
Relax Basco. Etebo is a fine footballer. Great dribbler. Excellent Ball winner. Hard to take off the ball and unbeatable fighter. But Solace is not saying rocket science. I stated same thing but in more balanced terms even before that article dropped. Etebo does not know how to transit play effortlessly and of course is trumped by Ndidi when it comes to positional discipline for the DM role.

TheGoodJoe:


When it comes to power play, some are rely a lot on their strength and have a high chance of beating the opponent to the ball based on their size.

Others, read the ball earlier than the opponent, who might be stronger than them but win the fight.

Others, will go for quick fouls, which will go on detected and then win the balls.

Some combine a bit of these.

While Osimhen lost some, he used hard work and pace to cover up.

benji93:
The truth cannot be hidden for long. But i won't be surprised if he has not been paid. The second leg was a resounding victory. If Rohr can mobilize his boys to demolish their opponents in that fashion, perhaps we will tone down our criticism of the "savior coach"

benji93:
Honestly, what are you writing? Can't you differentiate between Power, vision and "craftiness" ? Which one be power play? This is neither a movie nor a series, bros.

chrisooblog:
there's a difference Joseph just move to Scotland and has been improving while zubby has been in and out of Turkey for years

benji93:
Honestly, what are you writing? Can't you differentiate between Power, vision and "craftiness" ? Which one be power play? This is neither a movie nor a series, bros.

tbaba1234:


Cameroon as African champions were beaten resoundingly in Uyo.

Danielnino00:
Imama Amapakabo: Suffering and Smiling! For how long will this man stomach his
….. if these men start collecting bribe, Nigerians should blame the NFF
On Tuesday September 10 2019, former Nigerian international Imama Amapakabor led the Under 23 National team to a resounding 5nil victory against their Sudanese counterparts in Asaba, thus qualifying Nigeria for the CAF Under-23 Nations Cup taking place in Egypt. Amidst the funfare and the celebration that greeted this wonderful performance, lies the burden of living and working with no joy and struggling to survive in the midst of plenty. As Super Eagles assistant coach, he has no written contract, as head coach of the Under 23 National team, he has no contract and has not been paid since April this year.
Even at that, he has boldly resisted the sweet temptation of collecting bribe from agents and players who call daily begging for an opportunity to play for the National team.

These agents are offering millions of naira to get their wards wear the National team jersey but Imama has remained resolute in the face of tempting offers because he lives with the adage that “A good name is better than riches” As much as he desires to stay loyal to his conscience, as much as he battles with all the frustrations of working without pay, he strives to always give his best at all time. What this means is that we have a coach who gives so much to please his fatherland and gets so little for his dedication, commitment and undying passion to serve this country. Schools resume on Monday next week and this proud father who has just taken Nigeria one step closer to qualifying for the football event of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic games, is struggling to gather enough money to foot the expenses of his children who watch daddy celebrate victory on television but have learnt to live with the agony of too many unpleasant excuses from a very popular father. On Tuesday in Asaba, Nigerians present at the stadium, stood to applaud good football artistry displayed by a team that barely spent three weeks together.
For the first time in a long while, we saw a Nigerian starting eleven that has six home based players. We also had the rare privilege to celebrate three goals scored by two home based players and a new name was also added to our long list of emerging central defenders. He is Olisa Ndah, son of a former Nigerian international, Ndubuisi Ndah. For those who didnt watch the match, this is a list of the six home based players that took Sudan to the cleaners on Tuesday and they are all products of the Imama revolution. Goalkeeper Adamu Abubakar of Wikki tourist , Olisa Ndah a central defender with Remo stars, John Lazarus right full back with Lobi stars, Ebube Duru left full back, Ndifreke Effiong attacking midfielder with Akwa united (scored two of the goals against Sudan), Sunusi Ibrahim also scored one goal and he plays for Nassarawa United. It is also on record that for the first time in a long while, a Nigetian team managed to score five goals in a competitive match, no thanks to Imama, Boboye and Ilechukwu, three men who toiled day and night to achieve success despite their obvious difficulties.
Now the big question confronting all of you reading this piece is, will you crucify these men if they decide to collect bribe to make ends meet? Is it morally wrong for these men to throw decorium to the wind and start doing dirty things in camp?
If you ask me, I will say no because at this point, they need to keep going and in doing so, they must find a way to survive.


Credit : Adewale Ajayi

benji93:
Man, don't give me that- "Cameroon as african champions" They were horrible in that qualifying tournament. Algebra, sorry Algeria was horrible as well. But honestly, i was still crawling when that happened. Perhaps i should have used the phrase "maybe, if the "savior coach" annhilates his opponents often, we won't be criticising him that much"

elyte89:



I av told u na ...he only goes to d pitch to sing d national anthem and goes back to d dressing room


Two players went to d same competition(etebo and ndidi;similar position)..and he played better and u re still asking what he does on d pitch.its normal for one not to like a player style,but @ both players objectively etebo played better in both tourneys... Infact etebo broke a record @ d world cup with d most dribble in a game

Ndidi has never impressed me in gwg aside d Guinean second match in afcon

TheGoodJoe:
Wilfred Bony the first touch master. Used to like this homie.

A joy to watch.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YKLc3XICg8

TheGoodJoe:


A ball is in the air and you need to fight for it. It requires power play to get the ball. To get the ball requires standing strong, some tug shirts, some fouls etc.

BascoVanVeli:



I blame Etebo for going to that useless stoke city because this is just a case of favoritism. I can't remember a single occasion he was caught out of position. In fact he played the way Ndidi should be playing. He allowed Aribo go forward and attack. I repeat that no player in that match was as good as Etebo yesterday.

benji93:
The truth cannot be hidden for long. But i won't be surprised if he has not been paid. The second leg was a resounding victory. If Rohr can mobilize his boys to demolish their opponents in that fashion, perhaps we will tone down our criticism of the "savior coach"

benji93:
This is not a good example bros- meanwhile please read the post i commented on, you mentioned three different things which belong to three different categories. The first requires power but the second and third, nada. It doesn't matter-even if you stand strong, i will always get the better of you in the air if i am taller than you, unless i am terrible at my job.

tbaba1234:


And Sudan under 23 are world beaters You asked for a demolition and i gave you one.

Rohr qualified for the WC from a group with 3 former African champions.

benji93:
Take it easy man, did you just write three former African champions, when was the last time Zambia won the nations cup? When was the last time Algeria won the nations cup? I hope you are not counting the recent one they won, cos that would be an unreasonable argument to say the least. I am giving you one reason why that is- Those algerians were at our mercy in the qualifiers, they needed CAF to award them a win against us, due to ineligibility. They even finished at the bottom self- They were terrible as i said. Fastforward to 2019, those guys trampled on us on their way to the trophy. That's the difference there- They repented from their incredibly horrible outing at the qualifiers, and posted a perfect record at the Nations cup.

Earthquake1:


Imama won against Sudan, Rohr drew against Ukraine

Big difference

benji93:
Honestly, although i maintain my stand that the "saviour coach" is mostly clueless . I am not holding the ukrainian match against him. He was experimenting, and some of the specimens in the experiment just didn't fit in. I am refusing to comment on the "saviour coach" cos i am on the fence with respect to the opinion that the deterioration of our play against Ukriane was his fault. We will see if he has repented from his cluelessness under pressure when he decides on a more or less constant crop of players.

tbaba1234:


Zambia win the nation cup in 2012, Cameroon was the reigning champions. Algeria was the best African side at the 2016 WC. That group was easily the toughest but we came out pretty comfortably.

Give respect when it is due. It will give your criticism more objectivity.

MetalJigsaw:
Chukwueze on the bench?.. what is so special about this Lookman?