jamel9:
Don't say that. Mourinho won the uefa cl with unknown players in porto. Even intermilan wasn't that great when he won it with them. Mourinho has proven he can win titles with relatively unknown players. As of pep, that we haven't seen.

Mickael2:


Xavi was average under Riijkard. Even Iniesta used to play more than him. He wasn't really average, just a little above it. But Pep turned him into a midfield maestro. Tell you knew about Xavi during Barca's 2006 UCL triumph?

Mickael2:


Case study, Alampasu performed better than Akpeyi in camp but who started the game against Algeria?

My point is not that Nosa is right or something, maybe he felt like he performed better than Nacho in camp and felt he deserved that spot, but it's not only form that dictates the players that will start a game. So if Nosa is complaining, he is only complaining because of his own feelings and inclination towards the idea that 'form should decide who starts every game', that means he isn't totally wrong

Mickael2:


When was the last did you watch a barca match this season to see how devoid of tactics it is? Just pass the ball to Neymar or Messi and sit down

maidaboi:
THANK GOD IS FRIDAY AND MY BIRTHDAY

Thank you Lord Jesus for adding another year onto my years today, i pray that this year will be a blessing to me and the super eagles

i will like to use this medium to beg for forgiveness from this forum members if there is anything, post, comments that i made that you feel that i am guilty or wrong please forgive me, as i forgive those who i think did me wrong.

This thread has even gone beyound football that sometimes we discussed about our personal problems, lets continue to live as brothers and sisters, i pray that this love and freindship will have no end and will grow day by day

I also want to use this medium to thank all wellwishers, only God that will repay all your wishes.

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Danycrusoe:


baba eshe gan sir, it'd good to elders like u in the group. Agba yin a dale sir. ee ko ni dagbaya.


for the older elders mention please come and take ur period to tell us a story o. Elders like enomakos, kog45, komekn, forgiveness, Goldfish80, Tbaba1234, TheGoodJoe

John Ogu © Getty Images

John Ogu (left) and Chad's Ezechiel N'Douassel © Shengolpixs

Icon79:
With Porto, it was a combination of luck and bad officiating. He won the championship with the help of the Old Trafford scandal.

And please don't mention that he doesn't have stars at Inter Milan. Let me list a few names for you from that squad for you:

Julio Cesar - world's #1 goalkeeper that period

Defenders: Ivan Cordoba, Javier Zanetti, Lucio, Maicon, Marco Materazzi, Walter Samuel, Cristian Chivu,

Midfielders: Dejan Stankovic, Thiago Motta, Wesley Sneijder, Esteban Cambiasso;

Strikers: Samuel Eto'o, Diego Milito, Goran Pandev, etc.

And don't forget that Barca was actually denied two penalties (one in Milan and one at Nou Camp). So we can properly conclude that he won that championship with the help of Nou Camp scandal.

O pari

Icon79:
The quotes below just got me lolling....because it's so true. That's why I started calling for Barca to fire Enrique ever before he announced his resignation.

As per Abidal, Pep started scapegoating him even before his health scare. Trust me, I know this because I have sources at Barca. He had to play Abidal because he was the only natural left back they had at that time.

Forget Iheanacho, just look at how he treated Yaya Toure at ManCity! Toure had been their best player (and the stand-in captain) over the past 5 years and the man came there to treat him like a nobody! In fact, everything I have heard about Pep tells me that he's a racist. You'll definitely have a hard time convincing me otherwise.

And by the way, I am a Barca fan, so I don't have anything personal against him either.

O pari

maidaboi:
THANK GOD IS FRIDAY AND MY BIRTHDAY

Thank you Lord Jesus for adding another year onto my years today, i pray that this year will be a blessing to me and the super eagles

i will like to use this medium to beg for forgiveness from this forum members if there is anything, post, comments that i made that you feel that i am guilty or wrong please forgive me, as i forgive those who i think did me wrong.

This thread has even gone beyound football that sometimes we discussed about our personal problems, lets continue to live as brothers and sisters, i pray that this love and freindship will have no end and will grow day by day

I also want to use this medium to thank all wellwishers, only God that will repay all your wishes.

THANK YOU ALL.....!!!

Mickael2:


I didn't say he is not a racist, evidence might support that but that's not my business. Fergie was a racist too so he won't be the first. My point is that he took a team of youngsters and won a treble in his first season, not double, TREBLE. Before 2008 what was Messi's achievement before then? He had the talents no doubt, but he could have been another Robinho if not for Pep. If you trace Xavi's rise and that of Iniesta too, you'd see Pep training them during their La Masia days(Iniesta I am sure but maybe not totally with Xavi). Did you know Busquets before? But he is easily the best DMF in the world. Or maybe you knew Pedro, or Bojan? I could go on and on. He achieved something there, end of

TheSuperNerd:



Ogu predicts glorious Eagles future
by Calvin Emeka Onwuka



Very early into the bruising friendly match between Nigeria and Senegal in London, skipper Ogenyi Onazi was taken out by Mame Diouf in an aerial challenge. He was replaced by John Ogu of Hapoel Beer Sheva. Ogu proceeded to help Nigeria get a hold in the match which was threatening to be in total Senegalese control.


Any nerve before coming on, I asked him?

“I was 100% fit. I had played over 40 games for my club and it was not my debut so I was pretty relaxed. I had noticed they wanted to bully us so I was determined not to let that happen."

He spoke exclusively to supersport.com in London days after the friendly that marked a good return to the national team after a few years out. Ogu had played at the 2013 Fifa Confederations Cup but was part of those who missed out on the World Cup the next year. Something he puts down to the bad experience of playing for Academica of Portugal at the time.


“It started with a friendly in South Africa when the coach asked me to feign injury but I refused. We were African champions and I wanted to be part of the squad, playing for my country is too important for me,” Ogu says with a look that says he must have found it ludicrous the idea of not playing for Nigeria.

“When I returned to Portugal everything changed and he stopped playing me. I didn’t take much notice. I continued working on my game but he never played me. It was only after the team list came out for the World Cup that he (the coach tried to be nice to me) but it was too late."

Ogu looks relaxed now and he seems well and truly over his nightmare in Portugal. “Things happen for a reason I have always believed. Now I am in Israel and playing regularly, enjoying my football, winning league titles and back in the national team. I am very happy,” he told supersport.com.


Yes, Israel. What is it like playing in that league?

“Football is not so much about the league you play in. It is a team sport,” Ogu says earnestly. “It is a function of the quality of the players available to any team. The difference between this and the other top five leagues I can say is about the experience of the players in those top clubs in those top leagues.”


Really, how about money?

“Another factor affecting top players coming to Israel is fear or safety. Many players are worried about the situation in the country. The league is probably on the same level financially as Turkey but a lot of players probably feel safer going to Turkey,” he responded.


Watching clips of Israeli league and when Hapoel were in the Europa Cup the passion of the fans can be so clear. You enjoy the passion?

“Oh it is an incredibly passionate football country! The fans have always shown me love. They encourage me a lot. They appreciate what I do and always want me to do well. They make me very proud to play for the club and I enjoy winning with and for these fans.”


At Hapoel, Ogu is one of the first names on the team sheet. For the Super Eagles, despite his experience, he is not a guaranteed starter.

How does he deal with that?

“First, I am one of those who will always respect the decisions of the coach. It is a dream to be called up to represent Nigeria and so it is an honour to be in the squad. So when I come to the Super Eagles camp I do not feel I am coming to replace anyone I just feel I am coming to help my country win matches and qualify for tournaments,” he said.







Ogu, along with a handful of others, is a bridge between the team that last qualified Nigeria for a World Cup and this new set trying to make Russia 2018.

What does he make of these new players?

“It is a privilege to train with these players I have to tell you. Before joining up with them, I know how proud I am when I am watching the Premier League on TV and I am seeing (Alex) Iwobi, Kelechi (Iheanacho), (Wilfred) Ndidi or I am watching the Bundesliga and there is Leon Balogun at Mainz 05. It is great I tell you. The future of our national team is quite bright,” his face lighting up all the time as he spoke.



He enjoys talking about the Super Eagles as it brings excitement to his face.


So, the current technical crew, what do you make of them?

“They are incredibly professional and detailed. Before this match with Senegal, we watched videos and edited videos of the individual players. Mostly tailored to meet the individual players we would be playing against. Same thing happened before the match with Algeria. I trust them.”


With back to back titles, do you want to finish your career in Israel?

“One can never say never in football. I believe I am good enough to play in all the other leagues but I trust that whatever plans God has for my career will be fulfilled,” Ogu says with candour. “My main target now though is that Nigeria qualifies for the World Cup. Cameroon will have received a big boost with their Afcon win but we have to be determined and keep our heads and we will make it and make Nigerians happy.”
Many Nigerians will join Ogu in praying that he meets his main target. He too will be hoping that he is fit enough and playing regularly enough to make the squad.



Source: https://www.supersport.com/football/super-eagles/news/170505/Ogu_predicts_glorious_Eagles_future

Moses Simon © Getty Images

TheSuperNerd:
Lemme try... na from my head and memories of clips and face oooo....

Standing L-R: Rufai, Oliseh, Uche Gentle giant Okechukwu, Oliha (I am not sure abeg), Finidi, Big Boss Keshi

Squatting L-R: YeKING, Iroha, Da Bull Amokachi, Jay Jay, SiaOne....

Abeg... in 94, I was barely 2yrs old... I no watch am live... but lots of clips of that glorious generation was seen as I grew up...

Beautiful memories... chaaiiiii.... Chief Icon4s.. abi I try naa...

Lemme attempt 92... iffa get three or four... well... make we see first...

tbaba1234:
See Osimhen training ground goal.. Towards the end of the two minute video, He could be involved this weekend

http://www.vfl-wolfsburg.de/woelfetv/profis/vor-und-nachberichte/eintracht-frankfurt-gegen-vfl-wolfsburg/vorbericht-eintracht-frankfurt-gegen-vfl-wolfsburg.html

enomakos:
you did well

maidaboi:
THANK GOD IS FRIDAY AND MY BIRTHDAY

Thank you Lord Jesus for adding another year onto my years today, i pray that this year will be a blessing to me and the super eagles

i will like to use this medium to beg for forgiveness from this forum members if there is anything, post, comments that i made that you feel that i am guilty or wrong please forgive me, as i forgive those who i think did me wrong.

This thread has even gone beyound football that sometimes we discussed about our personal problems, lets continue to live as brothers and sisters, i pray that this love and freindship will have no end and will grow day by day

I also want to use this medium to thank all wellwishers, only God that will repay all your wishes.

THANK YOU ALL.....!!!

Icon4s:


OK let me start with this difficult one.
The pic no too clear plus some of them no face camera and I have not seen a good number of them in decades so their faces look hazy but let me try.

Back row, L-R: Aloy Agu, Ademola Adeshina, Uche Okechukwu, Rashidi Yekini, Isaac Semitoje, Andrew Uweh.

Front row, L-R: Unknown, Moses Kpakor, Daniel Amokachi, Friday Elahor, Unknown.

Unknown means I can't remember the face. Though I may know the name. U know say those days na small 12inch black and white TV we dey take watch ball for inside big sitting room. We no dey too see their faces clearly.

Abeg who go mark this my script?

Elder Enomakos, you are highly needed here.

Sorry this reply is coming late. Been busy all day.

Icon79:
Folks, there's only 4 formations in football. They are:

4-4-2
4-3-3
4-2-4
3-4-3

All the other silly stuffs called formations are just a variation of the aforementioned 4.

O pari

Icon79:
Actually, without him, Barca won a treble and a double under Luiz Enrique. Remember? So how do you explain that? Were they really winning because of Pep or in spite of him? Your guess is as good as mine.

In addition, Pep's first move as a Barca coach was to sale Eto'o to Inter Milan for Zlatan who wasn't even a Barcatypical player. How did that work out? It was the same Pep who kept hounding Eric Abidal that he wasn't good enough to play for Barca!

And I can go on and on....bottom line, the man is racist is jor!


O pari

BascoVanVeli:


Well all their money was coming from the ministry. I am sure that people will put down Dalung but he is doing the right thing. This is a chance to put the right people in the right positions. Almost all our federations are ran by people who know nothing about running the sport in question and this is what must change.

TheSuperNerd:
Chaaiiiii... Thank You Elder Sir Enomakos.... Now I have the endorsement of Two top elders in the house....

Mehn e no easy biko.... #IFeelGood

enomakos:
you did great bro,those two unknown players I know them but I can't remember their name

goldfish80:


One of my favourite Nigerian defender of all time was unfortunately not featured on both pictures posted.
I mean the late Uche Okafor. I still cannot belive Uche took his own life. A man in the threshold of something great as a pundit on Espn and a football coach in True United States. If not for the cold hands of death, he would have no doubt managed one of our national teams and contributed immensely to the growth of Nigerian football like Keshi, Siasia and Eguavone have done.
I still have memories meeting him on a flight so many years before his demise. Great guy.