Icon4s:


Yeah I recall Rufai was in goal but the whole team was poor that day. And I think he made a couple of saves that people were welcoming him back.

As for Willy, he was far down in the pecking order. Even a goalie like Emmanuel Babayaro was ahead of him. Willy Opara, Willy Agbonivbare and David Ngodigha were in the bad books of Nigerians due to their poor outings at the under aged competitions. They were not trusted. We took underaged competitions then very seriously cos those were the only means to participate in the WC. Angus Ikechi, Emeka Amadi and Lemmy Isa that did well at their respective age grade competitions just fizzled out.

The whole problem started when Ike was ruled out due to injury.

chrisooblog:
yes shorunmu's injury came at the worst possible time but going back to Rufai was the easiest and laziest option. Rufai had been out of the team for about 3 years plus and his career was winding down.

Lazyerudite:

Mehn, Dosu was poor, really poor during the Olympics o. People need to watch the whole match and not highlights. Very poor positioning and ball handling. Lucky we had a good attack and luck was on our side

TheGoodJoe:


Contrary to the negative feedback, after Agu's poor performance in the first half when he replaced Onazi in the game against Zambia, he put up a tidy display in the second half. Something only Ogu and Hope Akpan has brought to the Super Eagles in recent years. I am not quick to write Agu off.

People try to hang onto a poor few minutes and deliberately decided to neglect Agu's good second half display.

That is like saying Nigeria was poor against Argentina in the friendly because of our display in the first half.

Agu had a poor fifteen minutes in the first half. The second half was refreshing.

Oasis007:
Nigerians are too quick to forget. The Flashes of Ogbeche in friendly Matches earned a Spot in the Final List for the 2002 World Cup.

The Flashes of Lukman Haruna during the WC Year also earned him a Call up for the 2010 World Cup.

The same Mistake was repeated in 2014 World Cup, hence when are we gonna Learn?!

Uzoho can't be trusted to man the Post for the Eagles in Russia, same as Maduka and Co. They ain't tested regularly in an elite Competition(s) yet.

Seem we are taking the Department for granted..... it's better we recall Enyeama than going to the Mundial with the Rookies.

If Ejide is invited, I believe he merits it coz Rohr has Scouts who are monitoring these Players.

Whoever is invited for the March Friendly Match is watched and proven his readiness to represent the GWG in my Opinion.

Oasis007:
Nigerians are too quick to forget. The Flashes of Ogbeche in friendly Matches earned a Spot in the Final List for the 2002 World Cup.

The Flashes of Lukman Haruna during the WC Year also earned him a Call up for the 2010 World Cup.

The same Mistake was repeated in 2014 World Cup, hence when are we gonna Learn?!

Uzoho can't be trusted to man the Post for the Eagles in Russia, same as Maduka and Co. They ain't tested regularly in an elite Competition(s) yet.

Seem we are taking the Department for granted..... it's better we recall Enyeama than going to the Mundial with the Rookies.

If Ejide is invited, I believe he merits it coz Rohr has Scouts who are monitoring these Players.

Whoever is invited for the March Friendly Match is watched and proven his readiness to represent the GWG in my Opinion.

Danielnino00:
Boxing day premier league games....



Watford vs Leicester
Ndidi starts, Success, Musa and Iheanacho missing

Chelsea vs Brighton
Moses starts

Icon4s:


My experience tells me that club performance can sometimes be a contrast from national team performance.

Humility017:

I think it is high time....musa and nancho leave that club to get playing time elsewhere....
the problem I have wit musa...is that he is not even ambitious...he don't even care if he stick to the bench....or even confirned to the under 23.....

I hate it when people are so comfortable.....
it is high time they make a move..

Mujtahida:

well i thought he is algerian. tbaba1234 should know.

Icon4s:


Your first paragraph highlights why I said goalkeeper selection is not as straight as outfield players selection. You may bring that 1st choice Ifeanyi Uba keeper to the Super Eagles and he flops big time.

Dosu Joseph was a third choice keeper for Plateau United when he represented Nigeria at the 1996 Olympics.

BTW Rohr has not ruled out Enyeama's return.

Icon4s:


The second error was after Mubi Oparaku did one useless bicycle kick at the edge of the 18yards box and some how the ball got to Baruwa who now passed the ball to an on Rushing Yugoslav player and that resulted in the 3rd goal. Mubi also lost his place to Eguavoen due to that school boy bicycle kick.
Bora said the World Cup is not for boys but for men after dropping Mubi for Eguavoen.

Icon4s:


Ordinary Golden Eaglets will be playing and the nation will sit still.

You need to see the thunderous jubilations when Nigeria beat Brazil in 1996. Never seen anything like it since then. An Olympic game match o. Not even the World Cup

Icon4s:


The second error was after Mubi Oparaku did one useless bicycle kick at the edge of the 18yards box and some how the ball got to Baruwa who now passed the ball to an on Rushing Yugoslav player and that resulted in the 3rd goal. Mubi also lost his place to Eguavoen due to that school boy bicycle kick.
Bora said the World Cup is not for boys but for men after dropping Mubi for Eguavoen.

Humility017:

I think it is high time....musa and nancho leave that club to get playing time elsewhere....
the problem I have wit musa...is that he is not even ambitious...he don't even care if he stick to the bench....or even confirned to the under 23.....

I hate it when people are so comfortable.....
it is high time they make a move..

Icon4s:


William Okpara you mean.

William never impressed in the national colours.
He was not even in the national team radar at that time. You remember his outing at the 1987 WYC?

The other keeper was Wilfred Agbonivbare. This one too, we know his nick name to be Agbonibasket those days. That guy na basket. May his soul RIP

Ike Shoromu was out injured and it was time for Abiodun Baruwa to show the stuff he was made of after missing out on the 1996 Olympics party due to age discrepancy. But he made some calamitous errors especially against Yugoslavia. And we got whipped 3-0 in Zagreb, Yugoslavia. We followed that game with a 5-1 thumping by the Netherlands.

The coaching crew led by Bora Milutinovic found no local league keeper capable for stepping into those gloves and rather preferred to recall Rufai.

AIG07:
That's it! Club football and National team Football are DIFFERENT.
This is what majority of folks here are finding hard to come to terms with.

Icon4s:


Your first paragraph highlights why I said goalkeeper selection is not as straight as outfield players selection. You may bring that 1st choice Ifeanyi Uba keeper to the Super Eagles and he flops big time.

Dosu Joseph was a third choice keeper for Plateau United when he represented Nigeria at the 1996 Olympics.

BTW Rohr has not ruled out Enyeama's return.

AIG07:
People still de this Uzoho matter.

Well, I've never seen a SANE coach put an untested rookie in goal at a major event like the World Cup and a CONSERVATIVE Rohr won't do a gamble of such Magnitude.

Lazyerudite:

Mehn, Dosu was poor, really poor during the Olympics o. People need to watch the whole match and not highlights. Very poor positioning and ball handling. Lucky we had a good attack and luck was on our side

terzurum5:

@bolded you de fear dem?

Kog45:
As at 2002 most fans want Ogbeche at WC so dropping Aiyegbeni was not an issue,remember Agali was the main man but refused Onigbinde invitation due to his solidarity with Sunday Olishe & co that were banished from the team.The same Yakubu Aiyegbeni had the worst outing for Nigeria ever in the WC at 2010.

forgiveness:





I will not lie. I was happy the was disbanded and banished at that time because mafians ran things in the team with maximum impunity.

However, since the the team was banished and the task was to raise and nurture a team with that will stand the test of time, it was expedient that the trouble shooter and useless mafias destructing the team and holding the NFF ransom(including Minister of Sport) be discarded and promising talents brought in.

Hence, the 2002 wc team was filled with new potential players which majority of Nigerians never raised an eyebrow against because the situation warranted at that point in time for CHANGE.


Did the move backfired? I don't think so because majority of those players that went to that team later formed the backbone of the team.

Onigbide did not throway all the players. He only left out those that caused problems and banned by the Minister, if not what or why were Garba Lawal, Okocha, Julius Aghahowa, Taribo, Mutiu, Babayaro, Sodje, Akwuegbu, Okoronkwo, Udeze, Shorunmu, Kanu in the team, if truly the whole team were banished?

Most of these players were already in team as far back as year 2000. They were never Onigbide boys. Facts

They were the ones that executed the first two matches in that WC but fumbled big time.

so, Onigbide acted on order from above. Abi, make em disobey him employee or throway the purpose on which basis he was employed?


Now, let us analyse the 3 matches we played. Which was our best match out of the 3? and who were the players that excecuted the match? Oya, make dem answer.


The match against Argentina was so bad because one player flopped big time. Who was the player? Oya, make dem talk.

Kog45:
Kanu was a flop against Argentina,Shorunmu a flop against Sweden,gave them the second goal on a platter of gold and England match was the best with introduction of Enyeama, Akwuegbu,Opabunmi and James Obiorah who controlled the midfield perfectly with Okocha.

Kog45:
Oga icon4s pls do not justify Ezenwa invitation, it was pure injustice for a second keeper in domestic league making national team and Dosu Joseph was never a bench warmer talkless of third keeper as at 93-96 in any club sides in Nigeria.