safarigirl:
Oh look, even more shameless talk

safarigirl:
I hope i'm not the only one who woke up to this shamelessness this morning

The nerve of that man! Releasing an idiotic speech about being proud of a team you washed your hands off of more or less. These are the kind of people Sango and Amadioha are supposed to be striking even in their graves!


The shamelessness of this release is a slap on the face of every right thinking Nigerian. The only people that should be celebrating the U23 are DELTA Airlines and the USA, in fact, we shpuld even link up the Nigerian U23 to the US Olympic Team and if they win a medal, it should be listed under Team USA's medals.

Both Dalung and the daft monkey that gave him the position of Sports Minister should go and die

safarigirl:
the blame is all encompassing. If you expect me to praise Buhari where a team is successful, then i will condemn him when they have issues.


He must collect any insults thrown at the incompetent fart HE appointed and hasn't had the sense to sack

joseph1013:
[b][size=14pt]Player Ratings.. Nigeria 5-4 Japan: Sadiq Umar Dazzles, Four Goals Man Etebo Man Of The Match[/size]



The Nigeria U-23s started their campaign at the Rio 2016 Olympics by edging a 9 goal thriller 5-4, to move to the top of their group despite arriving Rio, few minutes to the game.

Owngoalnigeria.com, brings to you ratings based on how the players fared, done by our expert in match analysis.

Emmanuel Daniel: Made some decent saves but conceded four times, although can be excused for at least two of the goals including the penalty, Still not a good thing for a goalkepper to pick the ball out of his net four times….5/10

Seth Muenfuh: A full back playing as a central defender and as expected looked lost in the role, came up strong in the second half but still lacked the discipline of a centre back….5.5/10

Shehu Abdullahi: Won more tackles than any defender in green for Nigeria but still wasn’t adventurous enough, was also caught out of position couple of times in the game with one of such occasion leading to a goal for the Japanese….5/10

Stanley Amuzie: Struggled to cope with the pace of the Japanese on the right, gave away the penalty from which Japan leveled scores to 1-1, a very poor showing from the highly rated left back….4/10

William Troost Ekong: Failed to control the backline despite been the only central defender in the defender, twice lost his man which lead to goals for the Japanese, shoulld have done better….5/10

John Obi Mikel: Captain of the team, came close to scoring with a left foot effort, kept it simple with neat touches, tired out before the end of the game, obviously struggled from jet lag, no thanks to their late arrival….5.5/10

Azubuike Okechukwu: Full of Energy and quick to turn defence into attack, put in a tireless shift all night long, unlucky not to be on the score sheet….6.5/10

Usman Mohammed: By his standard had an average showing, the former FC Taraba man didn’t do enough defensive job and was guilty of venturing far into the opponent box, which gave Japan enough space to exploit….5.5/10

Imoh Ezekiel: What a performance, strong, good on the ball and can also hit it very well when presented with a chance, his spilled effort was tapped in by Sadiq Umar for Nigeria’s first…..6.5/10

Ogenekaro Etebo: Four goals, which include a penalty says it all, truly a delight on the night, by far the best player on the pitch for both sides,should get a 10/10 but for greed sake, we keeping one for ourselves….9/10

Sadiq Umar: “New Kanu” , although he loves it when he is called “Jololo” , scored and created two goals, hold up play about the best Nigeria has seen in a player in a while, the AS Roma start is surely a star in the making….8/10

Substitutes:

Kingsley Madu: First substitute introduced for Usman Mohammed to help shore up the Nigeria backline with scores at 5-3, but was no where close when Japan got their fourth goal of the game….4/10

Ndifreke Udoh: Replaced Ezekiel but didn’t do enough to justify his inclusion, although he did some defending for the team….4/10

Sadiq Popoola: Came in for Mikel Obi and the petit midfielder who provokes comparism with French midfielder Mathieu Valuebuena, helped in keeping possession for Nigeria with some neat and deft touches….5/10

http://owngoalnigeria.com/2016/08/05/player-ratings-nigeria-5-4-japan-sadiq-umar-dazzles-four-goals-man-etebo-man-of-the-match/[/b]

goldfish80:
The minister will do well in dropping the name Solomon and just go by as Mr Damlong. He's obviously not a wise man. But I wonder if the Directors and permanent secretaries are doing their job in guiding the minister properly.
As we all know, ministerial appointments are purely political. The so called technocrats doing the heavy lifting should be the Director and permanent Secretary. Apparently a lot of people aren't doing jobs. Calls for the minister's resignation should be extended to other principal in the ministry.

To the game, the standout player, Etebo is a freak. His stats read: Warrior wolves: 64 appearances, 25 goals. Super Eagles: 6 appearances 1 goal. Nigerian U-23 team ie Dream Team: 17 appearances 11 goals. And I’m not sure that includes the 4 goals he scored yesterday against Japan.
These are silly numbers for a central midfielder. Even Pogba, Vidal and Co will struggle to get those numbers.

It's worth pointing out that the super eagles got eliminated for the Afcon by Egypt when he got injured and was replaced. We practically conceeded when he got replaced.

He's the definition of a diamond in the rough. What a player we have on our hands

TheGoodJoe:


Nice dig. Those are some awesome stats. We have another monster midfielder. I hope the others step up in the next game. We should not be careless. The Swedes will study our weaknesses when we attack.

I hope Usman comes to the party in the next game. I am expecting Mikel to put up a better show also. If these guys raise their games, then we are in for a treat.

Coach Siasia should do more defense drills.

I do not like Analysing Siasia's games because he has a totally different philosophy from my view. His all out attack system. He sticks to it and believes it. If not I would have preferred a disciplined defensive performance from our midfielders minus Etebor.

goldfish80:

Siasia's gong-ho style has cost us on many occasions.
The two Afcon qualifiers failure, especially the game against Egypt in Kaduna.

The only time Siasia has played sensible organised game in defence was the 0:1 loss to Ghana in Accra where we edged out the hosts and qualified for the Beijing Olympics via goal difference

Daninya11:
Strikers win you games but Defenders win you titles.

Siasia's philosophy will always remain his philosophy.

We outscored Japan. But it's high time Siasia gets the best 4 defenders for the rest of the tournament. Common, how can a Coach go for a tournament with just one CB in William troost - Ekong??.

Other teams will want to explore our weaknesses. It's high time Siasia do something about the defense line. Mikel and Azubiekwe should be made to sit deep to shield the defense.
Emmanuel Daniel was exposed by the defenders again and again making him look like a bad goal keeper.

Our Midfield and Attack is very potent. Kudos to all the players and the crew, despite all the odds against them they made Nigerians proud.

TheGoodJoe:
Dalung should not let such a thing repeat itself. There was chance to bail the Team Nigeria of the Olympics but I do not know what got into his head.

When the Finance Minister, Kemi Adeosun bailed States last month, Dalung should have applied to her for support.

Leaving the National teams stranded was bad. Pinnick, reduce your ego. Learn to deal with Dalung's pride.

tbaba1234:
Peter Ogaba died today, he was the youngest member of the Under 17 tournament in 1987 at 13 years old. He was also part of the team to Saudi 89. He died today after a brief illness.

Condolenses to the family.

See Ogba sliding in pic below

goldfish80:
The minister will do well in dropping the name Solomon and just go by as Mr Damlong. He's obviously not a wise man. But I wonder if the Directors and permanent secretaries are doing their job in guiding the minister properly.
As we all know, ministerial appointments are purely political. The so called technocrats doing the heavy lifting should be the Director and permanent Secretary. Apparently a lot of people aren't doing jobs. Calls for the minister's resignation should be extended to other principal in the ministry.

To the game, the standout player, Etebo is a freak. His stats read: Warrior wolves: 64 appearances, 25 goals. Super Eagles: 6 appearances 1 goal. Nigerian U-23 team ie Dream Team: 17 appearances 11 goals. And I’m not sure that includes the 4 goals he scored yesterday against Japan.
These are silly numbers for a central midfielder. Even Pogba, Vidal and Co will struggle to get those numbers.

It's worth pointing out that the super eagles got eliminated for the Afcon by Egypt when he got injured and was replaced. We practically conceeded when he got replaced.

He's the definition of a diamond in the rough. What a player we have on our hands

tbaba1234:
Peter Ogaba died today, he was the youngest member of the Under 17 tournament in 1987 at 13 years old. He was also part of the team to Saudi 89. He died today after a brief illness.

Condolenses to the family.

See Ogba sliding in pic below

tbaba1234:
Siasia should move Mikel to CB and play madu ahead of Amuzie.

tbaba1234:


Mikel has been a leader throughout the difficult time. They needed a mature mind to help them through the difficult time.

adrainuche:


A leader yes, matured yes but he shouldn't be starting the game... mikel should be used when nigeria are winning the game to calm the tempo spread passes and then intercept ... I don't hate mikel am just saying the truth ...

Icon4s:


Mikel may likely not cope as a CB because of his lack of pace and slower reflexes due to his age.

Football at this age grade level is played with plenty of pace. I would say Mikel should fall back to CMF position were he can also support Azubuike in the DMF role when the need arises. Aminu Usman who is a more pacey player and has good eyes for goals should be drafted to the AM position. He can also fall deep into the midfield often to initiate attacks with his pace. Etebo, Ezekiel and Sadiq need players who can throw the passes at them more quickly. Usman Muhammed can start from the bench.

Oh how I wish Iwobi, Iheanacho and Omeruo made this trip.

safarigirl:
I hope i'm not the only one who woke up to this shamelessness this morning

The nerve of that man! Releasing an idiotic speech about being proud of a team you washed your hands off of more or less. These are the kind of people Sango and Amadioha are supposed to be striking even in their graves!


The shamelessness of this release is a slap on the face of every right thinking Nigerian. The only people that should be celebrating the U23 are DELTA Airlines and the USA, in fact, we shpuld even link up the Nigerian U23 to the US Olympic Team and if they win a medal, it should be listed under Team USA's medals.

Both Dalung and the daft monkey that gave him the position of Sports Minister should go and die

blueto:


Same way he appointed a lawyer as minister of power. I thought competence is about assigning a task to people that are trained and specialized in such field.

Cronyism at its peak under Buhari. appointing political professionals to administrate key and delicate sectors at the opportunity cost of seasoned technocrats.

blueto:


Same way he appointed a lawyer as minister of power. I thought competence is about assigning a task to people that are trained and specialized in such field.

Cronyism at its peak under Buhari. appointing political professionals to administrate key and delicate sectors at the opportunity cost of seasoned technocrats.

tbaba1234:


What you need as a minister is a good manager not neccessarily an expert in the field. Fashola is a good manager and will produce results.

Where you need the technocrats are the agencies who do the real work.

Icon4s:


U know, one thing that strikes me is his shooting accuracy.

U forgot to also mention that he was highest goals scorer at the CAF U23 which earned him enough points to win the most promising young player award.

He has good eyes for goals just like Iheanacho. At a point in time on this forum there was an argument about who was better between him and Iheanacho. I am thinking that guy should be converted to a supporting striker. He and Iheanacho combination would become "shot the goal post at sight". Iheanacho as a CF and Etebo as SS. God help us to qualify for Russia 2018.

Icon4s:


U know, one thing that strikes me is his shooting accuracy.

U forgot to also mention that he was highest goals scorer at the CAF U23 which earned him enough points to win the most promising young player award.

He has good eyes for goals just like Iheanacho. At a point in time on this forum there was an argument about who was better between him and Iheanacho. I am thinking that guy should be converted to a supporting striker. He and Iheanacho combination would become "shot the goal post at sight". Iheanacho as a CF and Etebo as SS. God help us to qualify for Russia 2018.