bigblangston:

His scissors kick against the Spanish team in France 98, when he came in as a sub is still giving me an hypovolemic shock and his goal against Kenya in Afcon 92.

tbaba1234:
Does anyone remember Okiki Afolabi from Sunshine Stars who scored a lot of goals for the team. He scored about 13 goals in 17 games.

He left Sunshine Stars to Argentina midway through the season. That deal did not work out so well. Now, he is in Malaysia.

Whoever is managing Odey should make sure decisions are made for the player's best interest and progress. If he progresses, the agents will make more from him in the future.

otezu5:

The digs were not actually directed at Nacho, but at TheGoodJoe and Pep.

Icon4s:


Yes I remember that scissors kick against Spain. That would have made the game 4-2 but he missed it.

TheGoodJoe:


The commentator said that Yekini went for the spectacular and achieved the ordinary. That was a memorable move.

Icon79:
Well said. With the way things are going, I don't expect Pep to last at ManCity. I think he would get exposed as an average coach that he really is. He doesn't have Messi, Xavi and Iniesta to carry his water anymore. I have never rated Pep despite everything he won at Barca.

And I said the same thing about Luis Enrique last year, after he had won a triple, but people thought that I was talking nonsense.

O pari

TheGoodJoe:


When you make statements like this, I weak. If there is one thing Pep has shown, he is not an average coach. I keep hammering that football is not static but dynamic. What Pep is doing is not a one night thing. The English game is so rigid that some games, Arsenal pack the bus. That is how bad things are in England. It is all about win than improving performance.

With time, Pep's work will bear fruits. Overnight success was not the plan.

In the game against Manchester United, Manchester United had the lowest possession since 2004. The fans of United Celebrated a draw. You can not achieve that by being an average coach.

It is a total change of system. It is a long project.

Icon79:
Joe, do you know the problem I have with that line of argument? Pep's team isn't improving. In fact, his team is getting worse. If he's on a long term project as you said, at least, we gotta see some evidence of improvement after more than 8 months. But instead of improving, his team is actually retrogressing. So how do you explain that? He started off with a 10 unbeaten run. Since then he hasn't even had a 4 unbeaten run.

Gosh, even Jose Mourinho's team (who's also overrated, IMHO) has shown some significant improvements over the past 8 months. But we can't say the same about Pep. So how do you explain that

O pari

Icon79:
Joe, do you know the problem I have with that line of argument? Pep's team isn't improving. In fact, his team is getting worse. If he's on a long term project as you said, at least, we gotta see some evidence of improvement after more than 8 months. But instead of improving, his team is actually retrogressing. So how do you explain that? He started off with a 10 unbeaten run. Since then he hasn't even had a 4 unbeaten run.

Gosh, even Jose Mourinho's team (who's also overrated, IMHO) has shown some significant improvements over the past 8 months. But we can't say the same about Pep. So how do you explain that

O pari

TheGoodJoe:
Favorite moments of Yekini was his lob over a keeper (can not remember the team we played against in Tunisia 94), then the ball bounced up and he nodded it into the net.

TheGoodJoe:
Also his long range freekick (also can not remember the team) but the power in that shot was unbelievable.

Icon4s:
Rashidi Yekini:

5 yrs ago today you moved to the great beyond.

The gap you created in the national team is still there.

I thank God and I'll say I was privileged to be among those you brought joy upon their faces.

I wept for joy when you scored Nigeria's first goal in that '94 World Cup. No other player deserved to have that record but you.

The goals record you created is still yet to be broken even 2 decades after.

You were a man that put Nigeria first when national team duty called.

Your 100% commitment was also always noticed on the field of play.


pp

We miss you Rashidi (Yeking) Yekini.


Guys, Let's share our favorite moments of Rashidi Yekini.

Danycrusoe:


I was in the womb when he scored that goal, but then I grew up seeing a man on tv in a checkered green n white jersey grabbing the net nd shouting but surprisingly there was no one with him in the net, so I used to think he threw a big chance away.

not until when my dad explained how he scored Nigeria's first goal at WC that that was y he celebrated that way, I asked further what was he now saying in the post my dad said no one knows till now.

I asked again (I used to be and am still inquisitive) y was dere no one celebrating with him since it was our first WC goal n he told me that there was mafia n malice in the team especially against Yekini because he used to score lots of goals and he received most of the accolades n attention so others were jealous and didn't celebrate with him and that only Victor ikpeba went to meet him before he left the net.

he also said the failure of that team was caused by a certain mafia group in the team who saw themselves as big boys and the malice against Yekini which saw him usually isolated as he would be starved of passes. pls sir Icon4s is the above true or was it just rumours??

I also saw his pix when he played gateway united in the Npl in 2006 which happened to be his last clubside. I heard a lot about him but didn't see him play.

Dad said all those small countries that are now fond of making mouth when they want to play Nigeria dx days would already v conceded defeat once they wrre drawn against the SE during yekini's time and in the 80s as well cuz they know for sure they won't n can't beat us and that our team was very strong n good.

sir icon4s please tell indomi generation like me n thesupernerd a short story about the Green eagles as they were known

TheGoodJoe:
Favorite moments of Yekini was his lob over a keeper (can not remember the team we played against in Tunisia 94), then the ball bounced up and he nodded it into the net.

Also his long range freekick (also can not remember the team) but the power in that shot was unbelievable.

TheGoodJoe:


Manchester United record lowest possession since 2003 with draw at Manchester City


Manchester United well and truly parked the bus in tonight’s 0-0 draw with Manchester City as they recorded just 31% possession at the Etihad Stadium.

http://metro.co.uk/2017/04/27/manchester-united-record-lowest-possession-since-2003-with-draw-at-manchester-city-6602358/

Icon79:
Omo, you live and die by your results...it doesn't matter how you procure them. If packing the bus gets you the result then so be it.
A few years ago, Mourinho's Inter Milan packed a tank against Barca at Nou Camp but still come out winning the match and eventually winning the UCL championship. So are we gonna put asterisks* to that championship win because they packed the bus? No, I don't think so.

Take it from me, Man Utd would do better than ManCity in next year's EPL. And that's all that matters.

O pari

Icon4s:


Your last paragraph got me laughing. But to that, not today. And I cannot tell that story alone. Elders like enomakos, kog45, komekn, forgiveness, Goldfish80, Tbaba1234, TheGoodJoe and others need to contribute their own sides bc many things been happen then o.

As to why Yekini celebrated alone:
Typically when a team goal is scored the scorer of the goal runs towards the other team mates that contributed to the scoring of that goal. That was a team goal that Yekini scored. The move started from Finidi who gave a pass to Amokachi who now put his leg at danger to slide the ball pass the Bulgarian goalie to Yekini who now just tapped the ball in almost effortlessly into an empty net. While the team members, who also expected Yekini to follow suit, ran towards Amokachi and Finidi, Yekini ran into the back of the net .To celebrate with who? I think it was Uche Okechukwu(not Ikpeba) who later went to bring him out of the net from where his leg was even entangled.

As for question of mafia. It existed.

People call them the mafia but they were just a gang of senior members of the team. Steven Keshi was their leader.

And yes we learned Yekini had issues with most of the rest of the team. "Learned" because they were rumours. Some said he took credit for all the teams achievements and that caused bad blood in the team. Very possible. But I don't think that was the reason we crashed to Italy in that epic 2nd Round game.

Issue of players not passing the ball to him also a rumour or insinuation. If it was true Amokachi would not have given him that pass from which he scored Nigeria's first WC goal. Just like the recent saying some time here that City players have refused passing the ball to Iheanacho.

Danycrusoe:


I was in the womb when he scored that goal, but then I grew up seeing a man on tv in a checkered green n white jersey grabbing the net nd shouting but surprisingly there was no one with him in the net, so I used to think he threw a big chance away.

not until when my dad explained how he scored Nigeria's first goal at WC that that was y he celebrated that way, I asked further what was he now saying in the post my dad said no one knows till now.

I asked again (I used to be and am still inquisitive) y was dere no one celebrating with him since it was our first WC goal n he told me that there was mafia n malice in the team especially against Yekini because he used to score lots of goals and he received most of the accolades n attention so others were jealous and didn't celebrate with him and that only Victor ikpeba went to meet him before he left the net.

he also said the failure of that team was caused by a certain mafia group in the team who saw themselves as big boys and the malice against Yekini which saw him usually isolated as he would be starved of passes. pls sir Icon4s is the above true or was it just rumours??

I also saw his pix when he played gateway united in the Npl in 2006 which happened to be his last clubside. I heard a lot about him but didn't see him play.

Dad said all those small countries that are now fond of making mouth when they want to play Nigeria dx days would already v conceded defeat once they wrre drawn against the SE during yekini's time and in the 80s as well cuz they know for sure they won't n can't beat us and that our team was very strong n good.

sir icon4s please tell indomi generation like me n thesupernerd a short story about the Green eagles as they were known

IDOL: Isaac Success used to enjoy watching Chelsea's Didier Drogba for the goals he scored

BascoVanVeli:


To make my self clear i feel what he did was childish and lacked character but I never believed in bad publicity. Just like at the olympics when we were hiding our faces in shame, delta airlines used that chance to snap a picture of our guys and put it up on their site. Nigerian football can be worth more than any other federation because we bring non stop drama. If they could make a show of our behind the scene wahala we will pass big brother by miles.