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| Re: All The News About The Olympic Eagles (U-23) HERE! by Icon4s(m): 8:39am On Jan 13, 2016 |
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| Re: All The News About The Olympic Eagles (U-23) HERE! by Icon4s(m): 9:17am On Jan 13, 2016 |
jieta: Bros no mind me o. When I was growing up I too like football. Emmanuel Amuneke used to be my team mate in my secondary school team and our street. Although he was my senior by a couple of yrs, he still played with us for the Junior Team bc of his small statue  . I managed to break into the Ajegunle U13 Team. Taribo West too was in that team.Na my papa say make I face my book o. Na so I stop ball to face my sciences seriously. Mayb me too for been play for Super Eagles o. Obafemi Martins used to pick ball for us when we played at white sand pitch at Orile, in Lagos in the early 90s.  All the same I thank God. Today I am an Oil and Gas professional(thanks to Daddy) + Soccer analyst(my first Love). 5 Likes |
| Re: All The News About The Olympic Eagles (U-23) HERE! by confun: 9:33am On Jan 13, 2016 |
Icon4s:chai..I hail o, u be boss.... 5 Likes |
| Re: All The News About The Olympic Eagles (U-23) HERE! by confun: 9:33am On Jan 13, 2016 |
Icon4s:chai.. 4 Likes |
| Re: All The News About The Olympic Eagles (U-23) HERE! by Petrobros: 11:37am On Jan 13, 2016 |
safarigirl: U may find it boring but some of us find it interesting. The discussion is nt completely out of place. If u cannot contribute then learn from it. Oga Icon4s, u are too much. Some of those experiences cannot be found in google or youtube. 6 Likes |
| Re: All The News About The Olympic Eagles (U-23) HERE! by BascoVanVeli(m): 12:14pm On Jan 13, 2016 |
Another thing missing is that Nigeria does not produce world class wingers anymore. 1 Like |
| Re: All The News About The Olympic Eagles (U-23) HERE! by chrisooblog: 12:34pm On Jan 13, 2016 |
Lol old memories. Remember how the commentator screamed his name BARUWA! BARUWA!! BARUWAAA!!! Icon4s: 4 Likes |
| Re: All The News About The Olympic Eagles (U-23) HERE! by lexyman(m): 12:53pm On Jan 13, 2016 |
chrisooblog: Funny enough in those years Baruwa was the second best goalkeeper in Africa . I could remember clearly that Edward Ansah the goal keeper of Ghana . He was among the African 11 that played against Europe 11 . 3 Likes |
| Re: All The News About The Olympic Eagles (U-23) HERE! by Icon4s(m): 1:27pm On Jan 13, 2016 |
BascoVanVeli: I think Tijani Babangida and Finidi George were d last world class wingers we had. Subsequently we have been fielding CF to play from d wings. Even Ahmed Musa was a CF before being converted to a winger due to lack of quality wingers. Well, we have Victor Moses and the upcoming Simon Moses today. 4 Likes |
| Re: All The News About The Olympic Eagles (U-23) HERE! by safarigirl(f): 5:27pm On Jan 13, 2016 |
Petrobros:oga, wherever did I say I find it boring? I even went to Google the guy who died while playing in the 90's and came across the page Terzurum posted. If you want to learn more, you can as well use Google. like I said, it's okay to go down memory lane, but they were veering towards derailing the thread totally. You and the two people that liked your post, should learn to understand what thread derailing means rather than quote me to post whatever silly assumptions you came up with. The thread is for the U23 team, bit feel free to start one on Golden Age of Super Eagles and invite sir Icon4s to educate you if you want to learn more. |
| Re: All The News About The Olympic Eagles (U-23) HERE! by safarigirl(f): 5:34pm On Jan 13, 2016 |
Returning To The Purpose Of This Thread..... Kelechi's post-match interview after the Norwich game....can anyone count the amount of times he said "work hard"? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTDKnVWO6jI&itct=CAgQpDAYCSITCLWa28Wbp8oCFaQXfgodhf0PsjIGcmVsbWZ1SNimkcTts77stwE%3D&hl=en&client=mv-google&gl=NG 3 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: All The News About The Olympic Eagles (U-23) HERE! by BascoVanVeli(m): 6:30pm On Jan 13, 2016 |
Icon4s: It is quite surprising that Musa doesn't do too good on the wings especially with his speed. Prince Aggrey is a guy i liked watching in our local league but he has been hampered by injuries lately. I don't know what to make of Isaac Success being used as a winger in Granada, meaning we all know he is a striker but he gives a really good impression of a winger so do we also play him on the wings? 2 Likes |
| Re: All The News About The Olympic Eagles (U-23) HERE! by Friedthunder(m): 6:32pm On Jan 13, 2016 |
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| Re: All The News About The Olympic Eagles (U-23) HERE! by TheGoodJoe(m): 8:34pm On Jan 13, 2016 |
My best Super Eagles number ten is Sone AluKo. His impressive performances in our last two qualifiers games under Coach Keshi was the best I have seen since Okocha. forgiveness: 1 Like |
| Re: All The News About The Olympic Eagles (U-23) HERE! by TheGoodJoe(m): 9:26pm On Jan 13, 2016 |
Ike Shorunmu would have been our Keeoer at the 1998 World Cup but his injury, I think in our Friendly match against Germany ruled him out. Icon4s: 1 Like |
| Re: All The News About The Olympic Eagles (U-23) HERE! by forgiveness: 10:56pm On Jan 13, 2016 |
TheGoodJoe: He was but now that he plays for a team in the Championship league, i don't think he will make the team. The guy should play in a top league first before been considered for the Super Eagles. 1 Like |
| Re: All The News About The Olympic Eagles (U-23) HERE! by Icon4s(m): 11:11pm On Jan 13, 2016 |
TheGoodJoe: Yeah. And Baruwa took over. 2 Likes |
| Re: All The News About The Olympic Eagles (U-23) HERE! by TheGoodJoe(m): 11:21pm On Jan 13, 2016 |
Oliseh: It doesn’t matter if you play at the moon, quality performance is all that matters. forgiveness: 1 Like |
| Re: All The News About The Olympic Eagles (U-23) HERE! by forgiveness: 11:49pm On Jan 13, 2016 |
TheGoodJoe:I don't trust Oliseh any more because he has not lived up to his words. Even the guy is not playing regularly for his team. 1 Like |
| Re: All The News About The Olympic Eagles (U-23) HERE! by forgiveness: 11:53pm On Jan 13, 2016 |
WILL NIGERIAN PLAYERS RULE AFRICA AGAIN? January 10, 2016 Seventeen years after Nwankwo Kanu was crowned CAF African Player of the Year, no other Nigerian footballer has ruled Africa again. Football stakeholders say the long wait may not be over yet, reports ’TANA AIYEJINA Gabonese striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was on Thursday crowned the new king of African football, when he ended the four-year reign of Ivory Coast midfielder Yaya Toure at an elaborate ceremony held in Abuja. The Borussia Dortmund star scored 143 points ahead of Toure, who scored 136 points to win a first CAF African Player of the Year Award for 2015. Ghanaian Andre Ayew recorded 112 points to place third. But it was a case of different tales for Aubameyang and Nigerians. While the 26-year-old was all smiles on the podium as the continent’s best player, Nigerians had to endure another torrid year, watching helplessly as the top player’s award eluded a player from their country. Indeed, the last time a Nigerian was named the African Player of the Year was in 1999, when Nwankwo Kanu won it for a second time. Super Eagles’ all-time highest goal scorer the late Rashidi Yekini was the first Nigerian to win the award in 1993. Emmanuel Amuneke grabbed it the following year before Kanu and Victor Ikpeba also came out tops in 1996 and 1997. It was an era that Nigerian players reigned supreme, winning the top prize five times between 1993 and 1999. But at the turn of the new millennium, the fortunes of Nigerian stars seemed to have dwindled, leaving no Nigerian footballer with the honour of being Africa’s best in the last 17 years. Aside the Player of the Year award, the country’s players/teams also failed to win awards that they normally dominated. For instance the Super Falcons, who performed woefully at last year’s Women’s World Cup in Canada, were beaten by Cameroon, who reached the knockout stages of the event to win the Women’s Team of the Year award. The Indomitable Lionesses’ Gaell Enganamouit was also named the Women’s Player of the Year, ahead of Falcons’ Ngozi Ebere while the U-17 World Cup winning Golden Eaglets and their coach Emmanuel Amuneke lost the Team of the Year and Coach of the Year to Ivory Coast and Herve Renard respectively. No Nigerian was also in CAF’s XI. Only enterprising national U-23 team midfielder Oghenekaro Etebo (Most Promising Talent) and U-17 World Cup record goal scoer, Victor Osimhen (Youth Player of the Year) put smiles on the faces of football-crazy Nigerians at the event. Close followers of the game in the country say they are disturbed with the negative trend in the last 17 years and fear that it might continue with the way the game is run in Nigeria. “I can’t really see any Nigerian player winning the African Player of the Year in the next two years. We shouldn’t expect our exciting young players like Kelechi Iheanacho, Taiwo Awoniyi and Victor Osimhen to win it within this period,” 1997 CAF African Player of the Year winner, Victor Ikpeba, said. The former AS Monaco striker turned sports pundit said Nigerian players have to start playing for top clubs before they can be considered for the award. “If you look at the history of the awards since 1992, majority of the players who won it played for the best clubs in the top European leagues. But which of our present players is playing in the top clubs? Ahmed Musa is playing in Russia and it’s going to be difficult for a player in Eastern Europe to win it. “Our players have to play for the right clubs. If we have players in clubs like Manchester City and Manchester United, then they can stand a chance of winning it. “A player like Victor Moses is very good but he has his injuries worries. If Odion Ighalo moves to another club and he continues his goalscoring form, then he has the chance. If he plays in the Champions League or Europa Cup, it will boost his chances of winning it.” Ikpeba was in outstanding form while at Monaco and he won the 1996 Olympics football event with Nigeria’s U-23 side. He scored 13 league goals to help Monaco win the league title, and then finished as the second top scorer in the UEFA Cup in the 1996/97 season, which he said earned him the African Footballer of the Year award in 1997 and a Ballon d’Or nomination. He added, “I did well with the Olympic team in ’96 and I continued with that top performance in ’97. We won the Ligue One and I also played a major role as Monaco reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup, scoring goals. “I was one of the highest goal scorers in France and I was doing well. My performance all year was fantastic and I was nominated for the Ballon d’Or. For 18 months between 1996 and 1997, I can tell you categorically that I was the best at that time.” Football journalist Kayode Tijani lamented the poor state of Nigerian football, saying it has contributed to the poor output of the country’s footballers. “Our football has gone down and there is no way our players or clubs can win the top prizes at the CAF Awards. It will take some years to produce an African Player of the Year again. At the moment, which Nigerian player can you point to? It’s only Watford’s Ighalo but he has to be consistent for some time before he can be considered for the award,” Tijani said. “There is no competition anymore amongst our players. Under (Clemens) Westerhof, we had three players fighting for one spot but now, our best player, Mikel (Obi) sits on the Chelsea bench most times.” Tijani, reputed for his rich history of Nigerian football, said the footballers were no longer eager to give their best to the country, after seeing how their older colleagues were poorly treated by officials. He said, “Who is doing insurance for the players? It was only last year that late Sam Okwaraji, who died while playing for Nigeria, got a call from Amaju Pinnick. It was the first time a government official will call the family 26 years after Okwaraji died. “I went to Muda Lawal’s graveyard, it is a dump site. Aloysius Atuegbu died and nobody cares and the young players see how their older colleagues are treated. So, what they want now is their money, there’s no more pride in representing their country.” He added that inability of players to progress from age-grade levels to the senior national team may also mar the country’s chances of producing an African football king in the nearest future. “The mistakes we make start from the U-17 and U-20 levels. Instead of making talents discovered at those levels play for the senior team, officials will say they are too young. But Michael Owen was less than 18 when he dazzled the world at France ’98,” Tijani added. “Here, we have kept the likes of Success Isaac and Kelechi Iheanacho from the Super Eagles. If Victor Osimhen was not given a chance in the U-23 team, how would we have known that he could perform very well at that level. “We also heard stories about Amuneke not having certain players from a tribe in his team. How can we produce players who will become Africa’s best if our best players are not given opportunities because of tribal sentiments?” Ex-international Etim Esin argued that until youngsters are given a chance to showcase their potential, Nigeria would find it hard to produce the finest players in Africa once more. “Most of the players we have these days tire out after a few games for the national team. In my time, I played for Nigeria at 18; Henry Nwosu was 18 and still in school when he played for the Green Eagles. So we must start using young players and not old men in the senior team. “We are not grooming talents. Look at Andre Ayew, we saw his progression from Ghana’s U-20 team to where he is today. If he wins the award in future, I won’t be surprised because he started early. But we don’t give opportunities to young players in Nigeria,” Etim said. The former Blegium-based player added that the organisation of the award was very poor, saying ex-footballers, who should have played major roles at the event in Abuja, were overlooked by the organisers. “Is CAF telling us that past winners like Kanu and Ikpeba and a great player like Okocha don’t deserve to climb the podium and present the awards to the winners? Nothing was done to showcase Nigeria’s ex-internationals, it was only the entertainment stars that enjoyed the show,” Etim added. Tijani also faulted the organisation of the 2015 Glo-CAF Awards. He said, “Can you imagine a Nigerian company sponsoring such a big event and no Nigerian presenter is involved. When it comes to the CAF awards, we have to be frank, especially in the last four editions, there are a lot of anomalies. “When you look at other awards, you see consistency. Here CAF boss Issa Hayatou spoke in French and the Nigerian audience didn’t understand him. At the Ballon d’Or for instance, your earpiece will translate the language.” With the likes of Aubameyang, Toure, Sadio Mane, Aymen Abdennour (Valencia), Nicolas Nkoulo (Marseille), Clinton Njie (Lyon) and several others doing very well week-in-week-out in Europe, it remains to be seen how Nigerian players would beat them to Africa’s best player award in the nearest future. http://www.punchng.com/will-nigerian-players-rule-africa-again/ 1 Like |
| Re: All The News About The Olympic Eagles (U-23) HERE! by Petrobros: 8:30am On Jan 14, 2016 |
safarigirl: So who are you on this thread. The mode? Please allow people to discuss freely what they want to discuss. As long as the discussion is still on Nigerian football all well and good. You may feel left out because it is not abt Iheanacho and Mikel. As I said if you feel you cannot contribute learn from it. 5 Likes |
| Re: All The News About The Olympic Eagles (U-23) HERE! by Icon4s(m): 8:48am On Jan 14, 2016 |
Petrobros: Peace pls. 3 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: All The News About The Olympic Eagles (U-23) HERE! by safarigirl(f): 12:07pm On Jan 14, 2016 |
Petrobros:it is not 'mode' it is mod. Why don't you learn how to spell before spewing trash up and down. Icon4s leave the fool that I wasn't talking to. I posted something and this castrated he-goat quoted me to form learner. oloiburuku oshi. If you disagreed, you should have ignored like anyone with half a brain, but you jump to quote so that we'll know you exist on the thread. We Don see you finish. Learner. I coke here to read news on the U23 team, which is what this thread was created for. Any news thaybia not about the Olympic team should not be here and if you're too retarded to get that, feel free to use the likes you get to buy a brain. 1 Like |
| Re: All The News About The Olympic Eagles (U-23) HERE! by Petrobros: 12:45pm On Jan 14, 2016 |
safarigirl: See Olanna, I dnt need to exchange words with you because I dnt insult ladies. What is wrong with using "mode" for the shortened form of [b]mode[/b]rator? And what language or dialect is this your word "thaybia". And you "coke" here to read news. You better correct yourself before correcting others. Since the Olympic team is not in camp and there is no Olympic tournament on-going, the best thing is to leave the thread until the Olympics? Those things you are posting about Iheanacho are even Mancity news and not Olympic team news. You are such a trouble maker that cannot make comments without insulting people. I may not have been one of the page movers here but I have been following this thread including the one of U17, U20 and Super Eagles. There is hardly any1 u have not quarreled with. This ur attitude as a Lady will not do you any good my sister. 3 Likes |
| Re: All The News About The Olympic Eagles (U-23) HERE! by safarigirl(f): 12:58pm On Jan 14, 2016 |
Petrobros:I say what I have to say, what you think it it is not my problem. I did not insult anyone in my original post, that certain people choose to aggravate me only to hide under the excuse that "you quarrel with everyone" is a reflection of your own kind of person. You did not have to quote me, I did not quote anyone. You did not have to insinuate that I am dull because I am sure I am far smarter than even you, but you did. And then you say this? Funny how someone will jump on your post and expect you to reply with "I'm sorry' simply because you don't have a dick between your legs. Every regular here from Icon4s to thegoodjoe and thesupernerd has quarreled on each thread we've been on, but you ignore them. Anyway, i don see you finish. You should stay away from someone you have pegged 'quarrelsome' not aggravate the person. Have a nice day 2 Likes |
| Re: All The News About The Olympic Eagles (U-23) HERE! by safarigirl(f): 12:59pm On Jan 14, 2016 |
To avoid quarreling with nonentities, I'll leave this thread until July. Y'all can continue with your memorial gist |
| Re: All The News About The Olympic Eagles (U-23) HERE! by Icon4s(m): 1:00pm On Jan 14, 2016 |
Hey! Safarigirl and Petrobros, the two of you are derailing this thread. We are here to discuss the U23 Team and not to quarrel. Please guys let peace reign. 1 Like |
| Re: All The News About The Olympic Eagles (U-23) HERE! by Icon4s(m): 1:04pm On Jan 14, 2016 |
safarigirl: Aww! 1 Like |
| Re: All The News About The Olympic Eagles (U-23) HERE! by jieta: 1:44pm On Jan 14, 2016 |
Icon4s:@safarigirl shame on u, I thought u are bold enough to face pressure I never knew that u are this soft and lazy. u will die of ur knowledge if u don't come here to update. back to the topic safarigirl and petrobros both of u should settle ur selves. bt is just impossible to ignore icon4 so I don't blame petrobros and safari u are too quick to use negative words. 3 Likes |
| Re: All The News About The Olympic Eagles (U-23) HERE! by lexyman(m): 2:16pm On Jan 14, 2016 |
I know how boring it can be when a little child in the midst of elders , and all the child could hear is about the story of the past events . There is nothing bad going back to the memory Lane . Even before any football competition some sports stations takes us back to some great football moment,. Even the fast approaching chan ....that has no specific history , dstv still shows the chan 2014 to welcome chan 2016. When will learn to relate with one another it will do us some good ....no one is more important than the other on this forum , this is just a faceless forum for all .... Kudus to the great guys in the house that has made this place lively from time to time .funny enough so many people will leave this forum and some will join .but the forum will not leave for us . One love house !!! 3 Likes |
| Re: All The News About The Olympic Eagles (U-23) HERE! by Icon4s(m): 3:55pm On Jan 14, 2016 |
jieta: Bros no need for this naa.. 1 Like |
| Re: All The News About The Olympic Eagles (U-23) HERE! by Icon4s(m): 4:13pm On Jan 14, 2016 |
lexyman: Abeg make una leave my sister o. U guys know safarigirl is the first lady of this honourable house. Make we no further deplete our already lean kitchen cabinet o. 1 Like |
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