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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Kakamorufu(m): 7:40am On Mar 25, 2017 |
komekn:his name is gbenga okunowo |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Mickael2(m): 7:43am On Mar 25, 2017 |
Icon4s: He is the best striker we have in our camp right now, not the best striker we have. I disagree |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by bigblangston: 7:51am On Mar 25, 2017 |
SharpJoe:Ajibade omolade, John Aranka, Endurance Idahor (my senior in Julius Berger fc), David Anumunu , Yaro yaroand also David Tyvkase et al. those were the guys I thought will break into the super eagles but sad to say, they weren't eagles material 1 Like |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by SharpJoe: 8:03am On Mar 25, 2017 |
bigblangston: I think it has to do with more of us mismanaging these players and without a growth plan for them. We need to do more like an earlier suggested friendly ties for our U17, U20 and U23 teams during international breaks. We have to keep engaging and growing the players. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by pyrex23(m): 8:11am On Mar 25, 2017 |
Humility017:he played beta after he was shifted 2 d wings |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by SharpJoe: 8:23am On Mar 25, 2017 |
Icon4s: Impressive. You were a sports writer at that time. No wonder you writing flows with ease. With respect to Haruna Babangida, in the game against Costa Rica, he played an attacking role. He was a winger who could play as a forward role. Well, I was a bit young and did not know too much on the attacking roles of our players. However, that was a nice attacking team. That Costa Rica game hurt, with Gen. Abdulsalami in the stadium. We were all over the Costa Ricans looking for a second goal when they scored us towards the end of the game. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by SharpJoe: 8:24am On Mar 25, 2017 |
Icon4s: Thanks for the clarification and top notch addition. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by bigblangston: 8:26am On Mar 25, 2017 |
SharpJoe:so on point... about the Nigeria 99 thingy... Thijits libregts, the worst coach to ever coached Nigeria took the reins after Tunde disu was sacked in the competition and yobo played as a defender. I can still see him in my subconscious playing in Lagos |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by goldfish80(m): 8:36am On Mar 25, 2017 |
SharpJoe: I watched live not in TV the Nigeria vs Mali quater finals in Enugu. I was still to gain access to the jam packed Nnamdi Azikiwe stadium when fans screamed Goal! Those of us outside started jubilanting,we thought Nigeria scored only to gain access into the stadium and saw a different thing in the score board. Ikedia was the only Nigerian player who came to the party. He was so good that one Hausa man sitting in front of me wrote on a white handkerchief "I love Ikedia" we all cheered. One player who who had a very bad game was Musa. We were all screaming to the bench "change Musa put Shittu". The Malians were just too good on the day. Diarra and Seydou Keita. We just couldn't handle Seydou Keita on the day. There was visible panick whenever Keita was in the ball. Lots of locals nicknamed him Ogbete because of a market in Enugu called Kenyatta,it was like a funny way they could connect to him. After the tournament, Ikenna Eneh bought a blue Mercedes-Benz flat boot. We stayed in the same neighborhood at the time. When he fought with his elder brother Ziko, he used to run to my house and hide. I followed Nigeria 99 bumper to bumper. Ikenna Eneh's mother used to come to our house to watch her son on TV. I repeat, Yobo did not smell the pitch as a right back in 99. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by SharpJoe: 8:37am On Mar 25, 2017 |
bigblangston: Thijs Libregts seemed to suffer from NFA interference and selecting squad for him that affected his performance. However, his game against Ireland in the second round was impressive. The Nigeria '99 team was performing poorly before Libregts took over the team. NTA aired clips of his first training session and the knowledge dropped by the coach was golden. His unleashing of Pius Ikedia to run at goal transformed Ikedia' s game and he made the team build up better. Sad it did not work out for he Dutch tactician but that game against the Irish was memorable. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by SharpJoe: 8:42am On Mar 25, 2017 |
goldfish80: The facts is very clear and people has confirmed he was not a striker. We never changed our central defensive pair with Rabiu Afolabi and the other tall, lanky Igbo Guy. Eneh always played at the left back role and Obinna Okpala replaced him once at the left back role. So if Yobo a Standard Liège defender played a cameo role in the WYC, what role did he play because he could not smell the forward role. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by goldfish80(m): 8:45am On Mar 25, 2017 |
Icon4s: I don't recall saying our first game was against Paraguay. Of course our first game was against Costa Rica. I think it was on the game Ikenna Ene was red carded for deliberately handling the ball. Libregts was only in charge for one or two games. Disu prepared the team from day 1. If I can recall, Dudu Orumen was a strong voice who fostered Libregets to us. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by SharpJoe: 8:47am On Mar 25, 2017 |
goldfish80: Either way, nice trip down memory lane. I visited Enugu not long after that game against Mali and I even got information from some footballers that the young ball boy who delighted the crowd with a brilliant ball control on the touch line and return the ball with a bicycle kick was Chinedu Obasi. Also interesting thinking back on Ganiyu Shittu yesterday, I remembered how skillful he was and had a similar style to Abubakar Musa. It is a long time back. You could easily have missed the memory of Libregts. Two players you missed from the Malian side were Bagayoko and Mahammadu Dissa. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by goldfish80(m): 8:49am On Mar 25, 2017 |
SharpJoe:How come Fifa listed him as a striker? FIFA for all their incompetence and and corruption do not make such typos. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by SharpJoe: 8:52am On Mar 25, 2017 |
goldfish80: Just as Icon4s pointed out, I do not need FIFA website to tell me about Nigeria 99. Yobo in 1998 was already playing as a defender for Standard Liège. That FIFA site list is wrong and the Wikipedia site correct. Yobo was not a striker in the team and there was no way he would smell that role with players like Shittu, Melkam, Musa, Ikedia, Aghahowa, Hashimu Garba, Dombraye and Haruna Babangida in the squad. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by SharpJoe: 8:55am On Mar 25, 2017 |
goldfish80: Emmanuel Aniele would even make the forward line before Yobo and the coaching crew dropped him. So how can Yobo play as a striker/forward in that team. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by goldfish80(m): 9:07am On Mar 25, 2017 |
SharpJoe:Chinedu Obasi and Solomon Okoronkwo were ball boys in Nigeria 99 |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Icon4s(m): 9:08am On Mar 25, 2017 |
Mickael2: Abeg who is that our best striker? You know we are still shopping for more striking options. 1 Like |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by goldfish80(m): 9:13am On Mar 25, 2017 |
SharpJoe: I don't need FifA site to remind me about Nigeria 99. For argument sake, I cited FifA. Could be the technical bench tried experimenting playing Yobo further up the pitch since he pretty much started his career there and our attack refused to click with Eddy Dombraye, Aghahowa, Ikedia and Yaro Yaro playing like strangers. I saw Yobo with my korokoro eyes playing as a striker. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by bigblangston: 9:16am On Mar 25, 2017 |
SharpJoe:Really, so it was Chinedu Obasi Ogbuke that did that? I pulled that stunt immediately I went to school so as to be included in the principal cup. I remembered I lost consciousness when I tried that bicycle kick due to the fact that I landed on the back of my head. 3 Likes |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Icon4s(m): 9:23am On Mar 25, 2017 |
SharpJoe: Sports writing/reporting was my first career. I was still an undergraduate then though. Then we wrote more for the fun and fame. U know, ur friends reading ur column and hailing and respecting u. I wrote for Complete football. A one time monthly football magazine in the 90s I am into something else now. 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by SharpJoe: 9:33am On Mar 25, 2017 |
goldfish80: He did not. Icon4s explained to you that Yobo was converted to a defender when he left for Belgium. We would not drop Aniele to experiment with a defender as a striker. It is too illogical. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by SharpJoe: 9:34am On Mar 25, 2017 |
Icon4s: I knew complete football then and we always looked forward to their last edition before World Cups and World Youth Championships where they profiled players. Much respect. That is remarkable. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by SharpJoe: 9:36am On Mar 25, 2017 |
bigblangston: ![]() ![]() Sorry. Hope you applied Ice on your head after the fall. 1 Like |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by SharpJoe: 9:40am On Mar 25, 2017 |
goldfish80: Yaro Yaro did not play Nigeria 1999. The one in Nigeria 99 was Hashimu Garba while Yaro Yaro played Carlsberg Cup and his name was Ahmed Garba. People mixed that a lot. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Icon4s(m): 10:04am On Mar 25, 2017 |
SharpJoe: Yo men. U probably read a couple of my columns. You jst took me back memory lane. I was a free lancer then. Would submit our monthly write up(s). The Editor only selected the ones he deemed fit. If ur story makes it. U get paid. Else try next time. We jst dey use am then dey support ourselves for school small-small. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by forgiveness: 10:04am On Mar 25, 2017 |
TheSuperNerd: Did you see the match? I watched the first half though not really clear but I can tell you those who fumbled. Leon Balogun was obviously the culprit at the beginning of the match though he he picked up latter in the game. Ekong was also making horrible mistakes with lack of precision in his tackles though he also improved latter in the game. Omeruo and Elderson added nothing to the attacks, they were just defending well. We need wing backs that can defend well and are adventurous to join the attacks. Some where too blind to see that Onazi controlled the midfield but was surrounded by players given away the ball easily. Some people even claimed the Senegalese overran the Midfield when Onazi was involved for 20 minutes. That was a fat lie na. ![]() It was obvious the Senegalese had a game plan to score earlier and embark on counter attack. They wanted to avoid us scoring first because they knew we will kill them on the counter. I couldn't see the attackers game because the angle of the recording was from our defense though I saw somebody dribbling and showing skills on the right flank. I suspected the person to be Iheanacho. However, from the official analyses of the ratings, I think Iwobi and Simon did very but Iheanacho fumbled with the ball. They should have gotten 2-4 assists if Iheanacho had buried the ball into the net but he fumbled big time and made it look as if Iwobi, Simon and Ahmed didn't do their duties well. They did but Iheanacho was the culprit who wasted numerous chances.... People had already started criticizing Kayode for missing a goal but turned blind eyes to Iheanacho who fumbled with most chances but are satisfied because he caused the penalty and went ahead to score. Who set Iheanacho the chance to go one on one with the keeper? From that report Iheanacho couldn't had done anything without Kayode winning the ball from the midfield and setting Iheanacho free. ![]() It was not even Success that gave the pass though Success was largely influential in the game. I was not scrutinizing your report na but I made that fake statement based on some evil and bring em down report from..... ![]() I know say you no dey sell market na. ![]() I just dey great na. ![]() 1 Like |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Icon4s(m): 10:13am On Mar 25, 2017 |
SharpJoe: At Nigeria '99 Yobo was a defender. I cant recall exactly Whether RB or CB. The thing is Yobo moved forward a lot especially when there was a set piece to be taken. Yobo i think is about one of our defenders that scored the most goals. I think there were times in that tourney when Yobo, bc of his striker abilities, would drift forward to support the strikers. As i said earlier especially during set piece taking. So goldfish80 may have thought on such occasions that Yobo was a striker. 1 Like |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by SharpJoe: 10:15am On Mar 25, 2017 |
Big thanks to Haruna Babangida for uploading this nice clip of his goals and assists. It shows how brilliant he was and it is still shocking one of our youngsters exported at such a young age did not make an impact in the Super Eagles. cc: Icon4s, Kog45, TheSuperNerd, safarigirl, Joseph1013, lakesidepapa, goldfish80, Xzbit91, terzurum5, Bascovanvelli, lexyman, Humility017, ChrisKels, bigblangston, komekn. Haruna Babangida Goals, assists and skills in Barcelona B. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kg4t-wEKAdo Can someone tell Haruna to retitle the video. 2 Likes |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by SharpJoe: 10:16am On Mar 25, 2017 |
Icon4s: That explains it. Thanks again. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Mickael2(m): 10:17am On Mar 25, 2017 |
Icon4s: On current form, Adi is better than him. On current form, Onyekuru is better than him(though he plays mostly from the wings but still) |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Kakamorufu(m): 10:20am On Mar 25, 2017 |
SharpJoe:i remember the game. Sam okoye tripped their striker in the box and they scored the resulting penalty 1 Like |
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