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Let's wait and see how the game with Greece goes and then we can start to determine if Lagerback has had any impact. I think that the NFF should either sign him up for another 2 years to take us to the ANC or replace him with Siasia right after the WC.
We also need a national secondary school level tournament in Nigeria to serve the same purpose that college football does in the US.
We need to start tapping the infinite talent that we have available to us. I know I've seen some small kids balling under one of the Ikoyi bridges and pulling off moves that would make Messi gape.
One last thing. It is the resonsibility of the coach to motivate the team but he cant give the players that essential quality called "heart". We lacked it today and I only hope the boys can dig deep and find it in the next game.

Here is my analysis.

1. Lagarback's formation was flawed as it left the mid-field totally in control of the Argies.
2. Haruna played acceptably but we were under so much pressure he never got a chance to display his attacking ability.
3. The players were disciplined and without a doubt, they lacked that under Ahmodu. Still, their passes were inacurate and the absence of the mid-field meant that there was a yawning gap between the defence and the attack.
4. For the last few years, Nigeria has lacked a clinical finisher. Why would anyone expect that to change today.
5. Lagerback's changes were timely and changed the game. Still at the back of my mind, i wonder how the game would have gone if we had started with Osaze, Martins and Uche. We'll never know now.
6. The boys were overtly cautious, avoiding marking in a bid not to get caught. The coach needs to prod them exert more pressure even when they dont have posession.
7. The long balls dont work for Nigeria. Why in the world we keep trying them beats me.

Finally, we played against Argentina. I honestly thought that we'd lose by at least a 3 goal margin. The folks that are saying Enyeama saved us need to understand that it's exactly what he is meant to do. I salute him.

It's becoming more obvious that the problem with Nigeria is not just our leaders. The NFF submits 200 names to the SA embassy and some on this forum make statements like "no be our money we dey spend?". We, the average Nigerians are a large part of the problem as well. Do we think that the SA government disdains entry into their country the same way that Nigeria does? 36 state chairmen all want to go with the NFF as delegates and some on this forum dont see anything wrong with that. Freedom of expression is great but sometimes I wish individuals would think before posting here and exposing their ignorance.

chidichris:
oga,
u are fake, your list is fake and not current and your knowledge of football is fake.
if u are close to any soccer news, u will know that essien, ballack and benzema among others are all out of world cup.
if u really like nigerian footballers as u pretend, u can replace these 3 players with at least 3 nigerian players that is if u care.
if u ask me, i know who to fix where to make up my own list of 50.
please in making-up your list, make sure of who and who that will be in world cup.
finally, such great players as beckham, george weah , ronaldinho etc are all out of world cup as players so be careful who u will include.

Chidichris, the list was not drawn up by me. Did you not read my post or see the list? You can take your grouses to the soccernet website.

While I do not condone the killing of innocent civilians, I do not think that the aid workers can be classified as such. The entire aid effort reeks of propaganda.
Note the following;

1. The aid convoy had been warned not to breach the blocade and alternatives had been provided for delivering the convoy's aid.
2. The convoy was warned repeatedly before being boarded and before any violence ensued.

If the aim was to provide humanitarian aid to Gazans, why not utilize the established channels and avoid confrontation?

Again, I beleive Israel "might" have overreacted but until we know what kind of resistance the crew of the vessel put up, an informed decision cannot be made.

Finally, knives, slingshots and sticks may not constitute deadly force but they can kill a man just as dead as guns can.

Here is a list of ESPN's top 50 players at the 2010 World Cup. Not surprisingly, no Nigerian player features on the list.
For a while I have argued that Nigeria at this time does not have even 1 top tier player and this list seems to say just that.

1 Lionel Messi, Argentina
2 Cristiano Ronaldo, Portugal
3 Wayne Rooney, England
4 Kaka, Brazil
5 Xavi, Spain
6 Didier Drogba, Ivory Coast
7 Andres Iniesta, Spain
8 Fernando Torres, Spain
9 Steven Gerrard, England
10 Michael Essien, Ghana
11 David Villa, Spain
12 Franck Ribery, France
13 Samuel Eto'o, Cameroon
14 Luis Fabiano, Brazil
15 Iker Casillas, Spain
16 Cesc Fabregas, Spain
17 Gianluigi Buffon, Italy
18 Dani Alves, Brazil
19 Nemanja Vidic, Serbia
20 Wesley Sneijder, Netherlands
21 Maicon, Brazil
22 Frank Lampard, England
23 Andrea Pirlo, Italy
24 Carlos Tevez, Argentina
25 Robin van Persie, Netherlands
26 Gonzalo Higuain, Argentina
27 Diego Forlan, Uruguay
28 Thierry Henry, France
29 Sergio Aguero, Argentina
30 Michael Ballack, Germany
31 Julio Cesar, Brazil
32 Arjen Robben, Netherlands
33 Gerard Pique, Spain
34 Miroslav Klose, Germany
35 Lucio, Brazil
36 Javier Mascherano, Argentina
37 John Terry, England
38 David Silva, Spain
39 Carles Puyol, Spain
40 Nicolas Anelka, France
41 Ashley Cole, England
42 Patrice Evra, France
43 Marek Hamsik, Slovakia
44 Karim Benzema, France
45 Yoann Gourcuff, France
46 Daniele De Rossi, Italy
47 Philipp Lahm, Germany
48 Yaya Toure, Ivory Coast
49 Giorgio Chiellini, Italy
50 Landon Donovan, United States


http://soccernet.espn.go.com/world-cup/story/_/page/worldcup101-03012010/ce/us/top-50-players-2010-world-cup?cc=5901&ver=us

I'd like to know what the general feelings about this list are and also, is there any Nigerian player that should be on this list?

Unknown to Beyonce, while Jay was a pillar of salt he had the ability to see all her actions. Vivid images of Rev. King giving her a holy cleansing had been seared into his mind. He could still see Rev. King's spider-like fingers creeping over every curve and entering every crevice of Bee!
Na so Jay eye see red o!

Abekeade08!

Kunbee:
_SMF-BREAK_I am a guy_SMF-BREAK__SMF-BREAK__SMF-BREAK_Buzz off_SMF-BREAK_

Oh crap!

O crap!

Chasing you all over NL is dizzying Kunbee.

Kunbee, oya come now. . .

Chasing Kunbee's behind all over NL!

Kunbee o! Sure you're not home?

^^^Hi . . . Kunbee!

I'm missing Coco like a skipped heartbeat, but I aint gonna call!!!

Kunbee:
i touch my boooobs

I touch em too! 1 touch, 2 touch, 3 touch!!!

After carrying out a slew of independent investigations into the service outage experienced by Nairaland, I have come to the following conclusions.
1. The outage occurred as a result of a hardware failure. This validates Seun's claim.
2. The hardware failure was caused by a concerted attack on the Nairaland servers by the gross stupidity of several posts and this was further exacerbated by the now common foolishly tribalistic sentiments expressed by a vocal minority on this site.
3. In a bid to prevent the reoccurence of such an unfortunate event, Seun, you are advised to virtualize your environment and implement high availability and fault tolerance. This will yield the required results in an effective and cost efficient way.

Finally, if anyone took the time to read all that I've written, you are obviously jobless and need to find some work to keep you occupied!

^^^Kushe, you've hit the ball way out of the park with your analysis.
We might have had Dagrin with us today of Nigeria had some semblance of healthcare in place. Countless die everyday in this exact same way and nobody says a thing because they are not celebrities.
Let's hope that this sad incident will turn things around for good somehow.

Abekeade08:
^^^lol lame as hell ;DO

@Abekeade!

Hmm. . . babe, so I finally run into you here after you played a "runaway bride" on me. Do I have to tutor the guys in this thread in the exquisite art of effective chiking just to get you to come back?

Not fair!

Dapsee and Plat!

Ok, you both need to take a break. It appears that a misinterpreted first impression has now blossomed into a full scale war.

Now we've got Vire and Ahmedoo egging both parties on. Not good!

@Dapsee, Plat was only joking when she asked for a phone.
@Plat, guys are naturally egotistic. Dont keep going at it.

It's no fun seeing two people who are probably total strangers hurling insults across cyberspace.

Let's put an end to this. Truce, both of you?

^ ^ ^ There's an unwritten code among gentlemen. Here it is. When a more deserving chap takes the object of your desires away from you and leaves you helpless to prevent it, you at least let them enjoy the honeymoon phase.

You then take time out to recover, seek help with upping your game and "maybe"check in after a while to see if the babe even remembers that you exist.

Young man, the line above is the exact point that you are at right now. Get with the program!

@Abekeade,
Baby, when we get a chance to have a private conversation I'll explain exactly what the sentence that has this young man befuddled means. 

Abekeade08:
@ truman, As of today our 8 month affair has kicked off.

Ooooh babe, I am soooooo looking forward to getting to know you and "them"!

Abekeade, Plat is having all the fun and I'm bored "stiff". No fair!
When do we start our 8 month kicking it period? Or were you using me to make your bloke feel bad? Naughty you?!?

Abekeade08:
um truman how about we kick  it for 8 to 11 months too I am sure that after our affair I won't want to go back to bbk.

She said YES .  .  .  .YES!
Abekeade .  .  . 8 to 11 months might just turn out to be a lifetime. Be warned, I'm intensely addictive.
Since we're settled on kicking it, can we start to play ball right away?

Abekeade08:
@plat, haba this is the second time bk is doin this. First with one local ruki chick and now with you. I don tire for na2day cos his own cheating is about every 5 minutes. Bk is now saying he loves me 98 % of the time. Not good enough, if I can't get 110% then that means he gets to share my attentions too.

Abekeade, does this mean that I only get a fraction of your attention? I've been playing for all of it you know?
Not to worry though . . . gimme a little and eventually you'll wanna give it all.

Abekeade08:
I am confused now sha, cos ain't no telling if tru mantra will turn out the same way

Don't doubt dear. I'm solid like my name. Still, taking risks is kinda fun ain't it?

I know they say the devil you know is better than the angel you don't but I say, an angel is an angel .  .  .  simple.
No horns, no sharp teeth and no pointy tail.
What you get instead is a halo, fluffy feathers that'll do stuff you wouldnt believe and let's not forget that hard body to boot 

What's there to doubt?

Abekeade08:
It was the devil ehn na2day, seems like that same devil is about to push me into tru mantra arms to seek comfort

Normally, I'd never side with the devil, but on this one occassion all I can say is "dont stop pushing o!"
On the other hand, anything that can push you into my arms certainly is NOT the devil.

And just so you know, I do "comfort" really, really well!

platinumnk:
haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!


abeke - sorry I had stepped out!

right now ummmm tru mantra looks really good

Plat, you're a jewel!  

Abekeade08:
At least tru mantra ain't doing ish like that. You and na2day have dissapointed me and as far as I know, I am very single and ready to mingle right now

@Abekeade, yup . . . I ain't doing any ish of any sort.

And I soooooo love the way single-and-ready-to-mingle looks on you!

bk/babe97:
^^^^on some real ish, who the funk u think u r? Why u talkn to my gal. Negro, i dont care she hitting on u, u replying and thats a declaration of war!!! . NIcca, me and Abekeade are trying to work things out, can u just stay away and live your own live and let us live ours before I make a few calls to my rolling 60's boiz up in Inglewood. oNE word is good enough for he who is smart!!!! take heed!!!

Aaaargh! Now you've got me trembling in fear.
Lame threats are the forte of the weak minded. You've got boys in Inglewood? No wonder your mind functions a certain way.

@Abekeade, insecurity is so unattractive and this young man is giving us a graphic display. If he cant handle the digital heat on NL, how in the world will he hold up when I truly start to bring my game?

Abekeade08:
Damn tru mantra, you sure got some skills, but do you work out I am a workoutaholic and na2day's buff body and bright smile make me swoon.

You gotta have a hard body to go with your fine words.

Abekeade, you need hard and soft . . . hard and soft!
I work out as well so you bet I've got that hard body that you fancy. On the other hand, my word game is just right to soften things up when you want.

I know he's making you swoon right now, but I'll be the one to catch you when you fall o!