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Magnoliaa:
Boya, you should start modifying your posts on this account again.

Did I not tell you or not to stay in your lane?!

What is it with the obsession? God! What kind of a human are you??

This seems like bullying. Please stop it.

This also is a football thread. Be reminded.

Thank you.

TheGoodJoe:

I ask again, is it not Ekong given those passes in that clip? If he doesn't have the ability, a clip can not make him have it.

For instance, if players are not in advanced positions, he can't make the passes.

I haven't come across a football player who hasn't hit a pass like that before. I have done it several times myself and I'm not a pro. So what's your point? At my best I am great too?

TheGoodJoe:

I disagree with that idea. Is there any pass in that clip that is not real? A clip of a player is the best source to know how good a player can be when he is at his best.

Of course you are in the know that consistency is what differentiates the good from the dross and the great from the good.

For example anyone who has watched Ekong for more than a minute will be more than aware that he neither has the vision, ability or belief to consistently hit the cross field diagonal passes shown in those clips.

Anyone can compile a montage of any given player to make them look better than they actually are.

TheGoodJoe:

Look at this clip. You will know Ekong has technique.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tu7v0lBtcQ0

Don't get me started on edited montages of YouTube clips. They don't prove anything really. Would you sign a player based on that?

Englandboy:
ekong was a prime nd good defender back then even at udinese I just don't understand him lately ,he can't control ball on air

As an individual Ekong never had any outstanding attributes. No real pace, ariel ability, marking, passing....nothing he does is super but just maybe fair enough to get by. His partnership with Balogun sometimes makes him seem better than he actually is.

I like him as a person though, seems a genuine guy.

seankafor:
See wetin see finish dey cause

Fvck klopp

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-10240797/Liverpool-boss-Jurgen-Klopp-defends-calling-African-Cup-Nations-little-tournament.html

If you have decent grasp of the English Language you would be familiar with the word called 'irony'.


Journalist was going on about how there are no international breaks until march insinuating that Liverpool wont have to worry about losing players.

Klopp was responding to that by saying yes that's true BUT there is only the little tournament in Africa in January...the irony he was trying to communicate to the journalist was that he was missing out a Major Tournament.

How the journalist missed that irony as obvious as it was is beyond me. Klopp's best players are from Africa. He is not stupid.

No I am not a Liverpool fan, in fact I hope they get relegated one day, i'll be the happiest person on Earth! But the above is the truth.

Napoleon55:
Isaac not solomon okoronkwor

Sorry, I was thinking of Isaac and mistakingly typed Solomon the Siasia boy Okoronwo

jihday:
‘I’ve been following Nigerian football since 1950, blablabla’ oya come and prove it. What tournament is this ? Who was the opponent? How many players can you name?

Sydney 2000 Olympics!!!

Back row (left to right): Yakubu Aiyegbeni of Macabbi Haifa, Julius Aghahowa, Solomon Okoronkwo of Shakhtar Donetsk, Garba Lawal, Godwin Opara of PSG, Greg Etafia I think of Moroka Swallows in the South African PSL. What a goalkeeper he was!!

Front row (left to right): cant remember no. 6, Pius Ikedia of Ajax, Celestine Babayaro of Chelsea , Victor Agali of Schalke 04, Azubuike Oliseh – junior brother of the legendary ex captain

They were a decent team but in the end they flopped because under the weight of expectations and comparison with their immediate gold winning predecessors.

elyte89:
Y re ppu saying we re stuck with rohr till after world cup..I can bet my left balls if Nigeria fails to get to semis in d upcoming afcon,he will b sacked via TEXT MESSAGE

The thing with sacking him now is that doing so will completely disorganise the team and further compromise whatever tiny hope we may have to achieve something in spite of Rohr. No real football organisation will sack thier manager in the same season they go into 2 major tournaments except in the most exceptional of circumstances.

Rohr's selection on this occasion is irrefutable proof that he does indeed not know what he's doing.

The experience of the home game against CAR and how the absence of a coherent midfield meant his team were consigned to lumping it from defence to attack for Osimhen to chase is still fresh in the memory.

That he could re-assemble a squad of 24 naming just 4 midfielders with 2 of them just recovering from injury is not only naive but irresponsible and the strongest evidence of his incompetence.

Sadly we are stuck with him until after the world cup if we make it.

Ppogbae:
Awogoal!
Taiwoball!!

Interesting fact:

In 16 games played this season in all competitions, Awoniyi has remained on the pitch for more than 80mins on 3 occasions only.

He has still somehow contributed 12 goals and 2 assists in that time. Proper clutch player for Union Berlin.

I never rated this guy. Hope his form continues.

Hard work, common sense application, self belief and a bit of luck.

TheGoodJoe:

I did not hide my mouth when I talked. It is funny when white players from a particular team under the same coaches become tactical whizzes. With respect to Guardiola, Enrique and recently, Sergi. But the Nigerian man among them, you believe cannot have the mental capacity to be as good as them.

I disagree. Nigerians in all areas of life from Medicine, Scientific research, to computer and civil engineering, have shown high mental capabilities.

I repeat it clearly and will bold it.

AMUNIKE COULD BE UP THERE TACTICALLY WITH THE LIKES OF GUARDIOLA AND ENRIQUE. HOWEVER UNTIL HE IS TESTED AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL WE WILL NOT KNOW FOR A FACT IF HE IS OR NOT

I fixed it for you bro

Wait...

andrewbaba44:
Give me their names bro

We have Jaycee John who won about 46 caps for Bahrain national team and he is Igbo

Dem many sha ,I go use google later search them

The only one I know is of Edo descent.

chrisooblog:
When exactly was Westerhof employed because according to the interviewer in the Clemens interview that wayodude posted he started with the world cup qualifier against Angola.

He did say that, I was surprised too! I always thought his first game was against Cameroun away. I thought Paul Hamilton was the coach in the Angola game. I was 10 yrs old then so maybe I didnt know as much as I thought.

Part 1 of a 3 part series listening to he legendary Clemens Weterhoff speak about his work in Nigeria. nostalgia! For the young guns amongst us this is what we enjoyed back then.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByNSe4HKO8E

Does anyone here remember watching the the green eagles just before they became the super eagles? Watching the team growing in strength in that time around 1990 to 1994? Remember watching the final USA94 qualifier away to Algeria live on NTA? Remember the round of 16 game at the world cup against Italy?...right after the game it was a pears baby lotion advert hahaha my memory sha...

Anyway I just found a very interesting read from Onochie Anibeze of the Nigerian Vanguard newspaper I'll share here later. It is a lengthy but compelling read.

Watch this space.

Updated: Here it is guys...it's too long so I better to read direct from the vanguard website. Enjoy!!

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/06/class-94-onochie-anibeze-coaches-like-westerhof-come-lifetime/amp/

Senegal are a very frightening prospect. The road to Qatar will end for anyone who draws them. We better not drop out of the top 5.

Subzero047:
Nobody called them an African powerhouse, they are a top team full of capable players

See below....Just saying

Subzero047:
No be by trophy if you face them they are capable of beating you

They are capable but they haven't won anything forever...in any age grade! Never been to the World Cup either when even Togo have been...
I can agree that they are a decent outfit but they are not an African Power house.

Subzero047:
Mali is not a decent African team, Mali is a top African team

Oh really?

What have they EVER achieved...EVER since the beginning of time?

[/b]Leon

Balogun in particular had a really fantastic game. He was a man on a mission. A mission to right his wrong done in Lagos 3 days earlier. It was a performance worthy of Total redemption indeed.

Fearless getting forward, much quicker in his reactions, carried the ball forward imperiosily when needed and one of such forward drives won the freekick from which we created the chance that got us our second goal.

His decision to also linger in the box with us still in possession after a ball from a setpiece got initially repelled paid off. He finished brilliantly with the touch of an experienced forward.[b]

He stayed onside and finished like a striker! Goal out of nothing really. But it is now clear he has a mistake in him waiting to happen, particularly against the smaller teams.... remember that slip against Madagascar in the last AFCON

JohnBullMySon:
In the game I watched yesterday, creativity wasn't the main issue, but rather we were mostly unlucky in the box, thanks to a dogged and rugged defence. Saying creativity is the issue, is just looking for what to say. We did not play badly at all. But majority of you guys here only judge with goal and nothing else. CAR was just lucky. We can can still score them up to four goals with that same tactic. All it takes is a little more composure and seriousness in attack.

However, we must still think of new ways to destabilize a stubborn defence, especially when it is taking too long to score.

Perhaps this is meaning of creativity referred to earlier?

That game cost me 137 dollars in winnings.

12large1:
Everyone should stay calm. Today was just an anomaly. Osimehn, awoniyi failing to convert their half chances and the only chance that CAR gets, they score. In the long run, the entire defense will have to be replaced

Replaced with who?

What a performance!

We didn't have a meaningful shot at goal in 90mins at home in a competitive game against the team ranked 124th in the world and who haven't won a game in their last 15.

Well done Gernot.

E don happen! Gbam!!

ChrisKels:
What makes you the biggest brand? You think this is mid 90s to early 2000s?

Do some research.

Come back.

Answer your question.

You would have helped more people understand than I can alone.

Those who want to play for Nigeria will play for Nigeria. It will be impossible to stop them.

IF any player eligible for Nigeria is called up once and they say they need time to decide, that's fine. We leave it there. When they have finished thinking about it THEY should inform the NFF and they will be invited to join camp and fight for a shirt.

IF they decide not to join that's also fine, we move on swiftly.

Some will join us and some will not. What we must however do is give them the chance by inviting them ONCE.

The reason i say we need to invite them and make it public is to avoid lies coming out further down the road.

e.g Gabby Agbonlahor. Anyone who knows him knows he is 100% Brummie and I am sure the thought of playing for Nigeria over England would have made him laugh deep down. There was no chance of that happening in 1 million years! Now he has retired with a grand total of 3 England Caps to his name he always says he picked England because NFF didnt reach out to him. Lies!

e.g Fikayo Tomori. Eligible for Canada, England and Nigeria. He has already come out to say he wasn't contacted by the NFF. This is not true. He is still one England 1 cap since his debut in 2019 against Kosovo. We are watching....

We are the Super Eagles of Nigeria!! The country may be crap but the Super Eagles is without doubt the biggest brand in International Football on the African Continent. If you doubt me ask furcknig Nike!!

*drops the mic*

damagnificentusb:
Shut up!!!

Well said

IDENNAA:
Bros , the guy is an Italian and if he blows he will play for the country of his birth. Yes, Italians raised him and invested in his football growth. Why can't you guys develop your own system and players instead of being parasites. I hate people who want to reap where they didn't sow!

When it's all said and done, the player decides. He is italian born but he may also have stronger ties to Benin city, Nigeria than he does to his place of birth.

Hate is a strong word.