₦airaland Forum

@ Ibime
I'm glad we're on the same page. That match against Cotedevoire at Beijing 2008 was the most 'tactically aware' match Siasia ever played with the U-21's & U-23's. . . . .who would have thought Nsofor could have played a free role/10 behind Osaze and Obasi? With the benefit of hindsight, that was a masterstroke by Siasia and we won that match even before it began.

Looking at your starting 11, there's only 1 difference between your team and mine and that's at left midfield. I thought of choosing Obasi for that role but I came to the conclusion he has contributed nothing to the team going forward ever since the 1st match. He's lazy & quickly fizzles out, loses possession easily and doesn't backtrack enough to help out his 3. Taiwo on the other hand has speed (this is what u need to beat defenders sometimes not dribbling), strength & endurance, can shoot very well and he'll also be an additional marker & ball winner in midfield. Apart from these, Taiwo provides an option for set pieces. All these tipped the scales in favour of Taiwo for the left side of midfield. . . . . . .make Obasi siddon for bench small make em head correct. . . . . . .The guy dey vex me gan with em lazy & nonchalant attitude

Anyway, make we just hope we win no matter the starting 11 or formation Amodu adopts on Thursday.

Aaah. . . . . .just finished watching Episode 5 and ol' boy e no easy. That Vladimir guy na one kain bad tough customer. . . . . .see interrogation at gun point. . . . . . but Renee was equal to the task as she played him with reverse psychology. . . . . . .go ahead, do it, do it, I say do it, JUST DO IT. . . . . . . shedding a tear or two didn't hurt either. . . . .classic IMO. In short, there's never a dull, suspense lacking moment in 24. . . .24 is da sh!znit! Looking forward eagerly to next monday for Episode 6.

Aaah, Dr Kitaun my good friend don come again o. . . . .that your jazz story about the coincidence of rain falling simultaneously in Tunis and Lagos at extra-time during the match is true. . . . .but I don't think it had anything to do with the outcome of the match.

True! That match is my all time favourite Cup of Nations match. Na real thriller in Tunis.

Honeric, from now on. . . .I go dey address you as Inspector Hornyric V. . . .kai. . LWKMD!.

BTW, me sef be V o. . . .gaskia.

Owo jono. . . . . .money don burn. A Masters degree and this? Pathetic!

Make me sef go download and watch am sef. . . . . . . .lol

See ya!

Lynx, asha80 and co. . . . .I've modified my post with download links & added the Episode 5 link to the post.

NB:- Henceforth, I'll simply be modifying that post and adding the links there cos I want all the download links to be on one post instead of been scattered in different posts and on different pages of this thread.
Helps and is good for easy retrieval or don't you think?. . . . . . . .lol

I'll post to notify you all when I add the latest episode sha. Happy downloading & watching. . . . .adios.

@ Katsumoto
I repeat Amodu's gameplan was to play containment football, battle & fight hard in the midfield and steal victory. . . .the only hindrance to that game plan was a fat, slow & immobile Yakubu. Martins almost did this with the few minutes he played.

On team selection, Mikel, Etuhu, Kaita & Ayila. . .I beg to disagree. kaita was marking well, battling very hard, winning balls and passing well. It was Etuhu who was playing slightly ahead of him who did nothing, kept on losing possession and passing to the opponents, hence his removal. IMO, the 4-4-2 formation you advocate with Mikel and Ayila in midfield wouldn't have worked yesterday cos both players though skillful are poor markers & battlers, lack pace and are very lazy. This would have led to a collapse of the midfield. . . .and our eventual loss in regulation time. The problem with the team yesterday where Etuhu who was anonymous (He was brilliant againt Benin), Mikel who was playing more of passing instead of as a ball carrier, Obasi who is a lazy he-goat and a Yakubu who is a F.O.O.L. Echiejile btw played very well. . . . .it was Obasifool who kept on losing the ball and made it appear as if he wasn't supporting the attack. . .Anyway he's still far better & preferable to T.Taiwo anytime, anyday.

Having said this, my proposed & preferred starting 11 against Ghana is as follows:-
Vincent Enyeama-1
Yusuf Mohammed-2
Elderson Echiejile-3
Yusuf Ayila-5
Danny Shittu-6
Sanni Kaita-4
Mikel Obi-10
Osaze Odemwingie-7
Taiye Taiwo-11
Obinna Nsofor-8.
Obafemi Martins-9

They should play a 4-4-2 formation with Nsofor playing a free role & constantly drifting into midfield and serving as ball carrier and support striker to Martins. Standing instructions to those playing as 7, 8, 9 & 11 should be shoot at sight of goal since all of them have good shots. 7 & 11 must also backtrack constantly and help out their wing backs.

N.B - nos indicate position of play on the pitch.

Wetin concern a teetotaller with Chelsea?. . .lol (see wordplay. .shey I no go take am wax record so. . . .LWKMD) Me too big to jump on the football club supportership bandwagon jare. . . . . . .I'm a passionate football fan and follower but I don't support any football club (but if u pay me $1M, I fit support your Chelsea sha although I go dey vex sey Mikel dey play well for him club but dey play nonsense for Super Eagles. . . .lol). I ONLY SUPPORT NIGERIAN TEAMS AND CLUBSIDES. . . .read wetin dey under my username. . . .Omo 9ja ni mi, Eko lo bi mi si. . .9ja ni mo ti bere ka A, B, C. I've got 9ja blood running thru my veins and I'm suffering from a condition known as hyper-patriotism.

On a serious note, na the Angola 2010 thread and the various 9ja football match threads get me for now. . . . .but I never forget my phone section base sha. . . .You know what they say nah. . . East, West, North or South. . . .No place like home. . .ajo o le da bi ile. . .lol.

N.B- The first club supporter to pay $1M into my A/c gets me to support his club for life. . .lol.

Ghana must go. . . . .and at the same time, Amodu must go? Bunch of pathetic clowns!

Kx, why do you like spewing rubbish? What difference would it have made if Amodu had stayed on the pitch for the penalty kicks?

I'll prefer him to work with Siasia instead. Keshi is over-rated IMO.

Aaah. . .e don tey wey I enter these zone. . .been busy educating and drumming sense into all those soccer illiterates in the sports board. I'll soon resume full duties here but in the meanwhile make una carry go. . . . .nothin' do una.

Razor, shey u no go give us free download of this your mixtape ni? Hurry up master the thing jare. . . . .lol.

Degee, Aieromon, Numaj, 4peace, dragnet, just2nice, honsule, Okikpoko (a veteran) and all those I no mention. . . . . . I see you all. . . . .una too much. . . . . keep the flag flying.

I post on Nairaland via mobile or pc.

Lol. . . .see me see Nairaland's self-appointed policeman. Guy go romance section and stop sniffing around Nairaland for my posts.

Sharrap dia jare. . . . .That your make-shift Ghanaian team can only defeat our Super Eagles in your dreams. I was afraid and a bit fearful over the Zambian match but I harbour no fear over the Ghana game. I'll even go as far as predicting a 2-0 victory for the Super Eagles.

Frankly, all of you who expected the Super Eagles to completely outplay the Zambians, run them ragged and win are suffering from severe & chronic amnesia. . . . .Rewind to Tunisia 94. . . .the same Zambian team( 2nd string & hurriedly assembled) completely outplayed the S.E(Our best team ever) & ran us ragged with Clemens Westerhof (A white man & world class coach?) in charge. . . .Funny thing is no one complained back then becos it was the final and we won.

Now lets fast-forward to Ghana 2008. . . .Egypt the eventual winners of that tournament only drew one match(1-1). . . and YES, it was against Zambia (in the group stages). . . . .IMO, that match was the best in the competition. . . . .fast-paced football, great end to end stuff, scintillating dribbles, timely tackles etc. In fact, Egypt was lucky to have drawn that match because they were completely outplayed by a Zambian team led by their present captain. . .
Katongo.

Now the Present. . . . .unlike most of you, I was opportuned to see a recording of the friendly match between Nigeria & Zambia in South Africa and that match was pretty similar to what we saw yesterday. . . .The Zambians were very fast, mobile, nimble on the ball, very good dribblers and completely dominated play in that friendly. Therefore, coming into this match, I was under no illusions we were going to dominate play and overrun the chipolopolos. . . . this was the reason I refrained from making a pre-match prediction (1st time for a Nigerian match in Angola 2010) cos to be truthfull, I was afraid & very fearfull we'd lose. Amodu knew this and chose to play more of containment football by playing a 4-5-1/4-3-3 formation and stealing victory if he could. . . . .in fact, I was rather surprised by the obvious respect we were getting from the Zambians in the 1st 30minutes and I said to my friend. . . . .'no be the same zambia wey wan kill us for that friendly be this?' Having said this, what I saw yesterday wasn't brilliant but it wasn't bad either. . . . .the midfielders (particularly Kaita) fought, battled, marked and contested every ball. For the 1st time in this competition, I saw a Mikel who was a bit attack-minded, was not too immobile, moved forward with the ball and took shots at goal when in position to, instead of passing or doing 'merry go round'. We chased everyball, defended resolutely and played with determination and grit. I saw more of close pressure marking and something akin to the 'do or die' spirit I have always advocated. We were certainly very determined not to concede a goal and lose in regulation time or 120 minutes. . . .those were the positives for me. Save for Yaku-fat. . . .Amodu started exactly the 1st 11 I would have started and he made the right substitions too though a bit belated.

Finally, make una stop to dey think sey una players better pass those of other countries becos dem dey play for Europe and as a result una suppose outplay & beat any country. Football no dey work like that. You all should be happy we won. . . . .For school, na person wey pass sabi book, no be person wey answer questions pass for class or appears to be the most intelligent. . . . . Zambia did the playing but we Won. . .EOD.

Make I stop here for now. . . . .e no easy to dey post with mobile.

Cotedevoire. . . . .perennial underachievers of African football. I recall they had a golden generation in '94 with players like Joel Tiehi, Michele Bassole, Alan Gouamane & co and were heavily tipped by pundits and bookmakers to lift the cup but they fell short even then. . . . . . .and now the same thing has happened to this set of golden boys at their peak. . . . . I pity them cos this competition was theirs for the taken but since they've blown it, they wont win it in the next 10yrs.

Adios Cotedevoire!

JefFOOLsky,
Bravo. . . .you're improving steadily. . . . .you're almost getting there. . . . . .e still remain small sha. . . .F.0.0.L!

May his gentle soul rest in piece and may God give the family the fortitude to bear the loss.

By their antecedents and previous posts, we shall know them. . . . . . . MrCrackles has never posted anything good or positive about Nigeria. . . . . .he disses everything Nigerian. . . . From Nollywood to our National teams to our music etc so I'm not surprised by his post. If you ask am make im analyze game now, hin no go fit. . . . .na only to curse and yab with 'funky' oyinbo lingo em sabi.

Omar22, take your self-hating backside out of here jare. . . . . .I know you. . . . .if you're not dissing Nollywood, you're busy making a deragatory comment about Nigeria, Amodu and the Super Eagles. . . . .why do you even bother sef. . . . .keep on hating yourself and worshipping the white-man, self-hating fool!

FBS, sorry jare. . . .just had to let off some steam. I'll comport myself in a way befitting my STATUS from now on. . . .lol

@ Rhymden
Your comment that we were better even under Berti Vogts is the silliest comment I've read in a long while. You must have an acute case of intellect myopia. . . .arindi oshi.

@ Omololu
Hello. . . . .the scoreboard read Nigeria 5 : Zambia 4, so please tell me how I lost. As per calling me a pathetic loser, I'll say your whole family is a bunch of pathetic losers. . . . .and all of una go run down pretty soon. . . . . . .keep on hating so gbo. . .eti po to, elo po si wa. . . . . .bloody slowpoke!

@ Tatase
Normally, I don't debate serious 9ja football issues with ladies cos they know 'nada' about football. . . . . . .Yes, I said it. . . . . .call me a chauvinist, a sexist or whatever you like. . . . . . .but thats my opinion. . . . . .even those wey know small no sabi pass Man-u, Chelsea, Arsenal, Barca etc. However, I'll humour you with a reply cos you sound a lil' bit intelligent. . . . . .I gotta run now. . . .expect my reply later in the day. . . . .Bye for now.

I hereby bestow on the following players the following titles
*Danny Shittu - Chief Defense Field Marshall
*Sanni Kaita - Battler General of Midfield
Special mention must be made of Yusuf Mohammed for keeping us in the game with his goal line clearances and Vincent Enyeama for his penalty saving & scoring heroics.

In short, the whole team with the exception of Yak 'Fat-Ass & Slow' Aiyegbeni did well.
I hereby dedicate 10 thunderous Gbosas to the victorious Super Eagles. . . . .GBOSA, GBOSA, GBOSA, GBOSA, GBOSA, GBOSA, GBOSA, GBOSA, GBOSA and GBOOOOSAAAAAA. Well done boys. . . . E no easy. . . . You'all have made me very proud. . . UP AMODU!

Jeez! So many unpatriotic Nigerians on this forum. . . . . .seriously shey dem dey pay una? I just don't understand why a Nigerian would want Nigeria to lose. . . . . .there is a yoruba addage that says only a b.@s.ta@rd points at his fathers house with his left hand. . . . . .I mean the amount of negativity and bad-will most Nairalanders spew is enough to make the team lose. . . . . . . . .You'all who are unhappy we won and are making deragatory comments about the team & Amodu should go and kiss transformers and die. . . . . . .YES, I SAID IT. . . . . .you'all deserve to be tied to stakes and shot. . . . . . . .It wasn't a brilliant performance but it wasn't a bad one either. . . . . . . . .we defended resolutely and Kaita, Mikel and Etuhu battled very hard in midfield. . . . . . . .I'm glad, esctatic & happy we won. . . . .Omo 9ja ni mi, Eko lo bi mi si. . . . . .9ja ni mo ti bere ka A, B, C . . . . . .I've got 9ja blòod running through my veins and right now I'm the PROUDEST NIGERIAN ALIVE.

F.cuck all of you who think and opine that we didn't deserve to win. . . . .gbogbo yin le ma run down. . . . .Make I shak more bottles jare. . . . . .bunch of f.o.o.ls and imbeciles . . . . . .Aiyelala lo ma pa gbogbo yin

I expect our boys to play with intensity & urgency and to give the Zambian players a lot of close pressure marking.

Wetin Amodu see for this Aiyegbeni. . . .why not start with Martins who is faster, sharper and a better finisher. . . . .I tire for this Amodu sef. . .I just hope we win sha.

CAF had better get a top notch referee to officiate the match between Algeria and Egypt.

Algeria vs Egypt go be die. . . .there will be blood on that day.

I hope Mikel has seen the folly of back passing. . . . . .Kameni is a He-goat. . . . he deserves to be tied to a stake and shot. . . .Njitap should be buried alive. . .EOD

That Metheeb guy nearly stole victory for Egypt. . . . . .I hope the Super Eagles are watching & can see the way Cameroun is playing with determination. . . . .mo gbe. . . .Geremi don self destruct for Cameroun. . . . Ahmed Hassan has scored again. . . .replay show sey no be goal sha. . . .Kameni is a mad man. . . .dem suppose flog am after the match, . .Egypt 3 Cameroun 1