jihday:
thank you for this, we like the us vs them mentality, please let him mention one instance in recent memory.

Taliban:
Sir Kog45.

Thank you for all the good analysis. Please could you tell me a bit about Muda Lawal, one of the most capped Nigerian players. What made him special and who can we compare to him in the present super eagles team.
Do you know about John Chidozie too
Finally I believed you must have watched live one of the greatest Nigerian footballer, Teslim aka Thunder Balogun. Please tell me what it was like watching him play.
Thank you.

TheSuperNerd:
More Speculations, yes but may carry a little truth as regards the friendlies and invites....


Leon Balogun Fitness Issues Puts CHAN Eagles Star Stephen Eze In Super Eagles Frame





Lokomotiv Plovdiv of Bulgaria bound Nigerian defender Stephen Eze is in line for a call up to the squad of the Super Eagles for their upcoming friendly games in March.
Coach Gernot Rohr is worried over the fitness of star defender Leon Balogun, who has been limited to just seven games in the German Bundesliga this season due to injury and fitness issues.

Rohr was impressed with the performance of Eze, and he sees the defender who will move to Bulgaria in few weeks time as a replacement for Balogun in the heart of the Super Eagles defence.

However, Eze will be closely monitored in Bulgaria before a decision on his inclusion in the squad for the friendly games in March will be made official by Rohr, who has tracked his progress since watching him during the CHAN Qualifiers clash against Benin Republic.
Eze stands at almost same height as Balogun, and just like the Mainz 05 defender his abilities to read and intercept play during the games of the CHAN Championship, caught the attention of Rohr despite the 0-4 thrashing Nigeria suffered in the hands of Morocco in the final.



**Osas Mahawi


Source: http://owngoalnigeria.com/2018/02/08/leon-balogun-fitness-issues-puts-chan-eagles-star-stephen-eze-in-super-eagles-frame/

darkelf:


Stephen Eze for Leon balogun.

It's just like subbing subbing Dwayne Johnson for Adam Sandler in a wrestling bout.

These news outlets don start again

andrew444:


I don't know what your arguement is all about,but seyi ojo can't make super eagles team,they are better players than him

Mujtahida:

Truly when I wrote that he should prove his doubters wrong Super Eagles did not even cross my mind cos after the SA match I have not uttered peep like Osimhen should be invited to the SE. I was just thinking generally about the young man living up to his potentials. Cos for Lookman and other innit boys hope is being expressed notwithstanding the fact that they might not feature for the SE. SE was not in my thoughts at all

Mujtahida:

Don't you think Matuidi ought to have received a red card for his harsh tackle on Onazi?

Mujtahida:

Don't you think Matuidi ought to have received a red card for his harsh tackle on Onazi?

COOL10:
. What of the GK's jersey?

jihday:
I don't think so, even if he deserved it, it's not because was Onazi was African or something like that, it was just a ref error. we see things like that happen in league games

Kog45:
Kai,Teslim Balogun,i did not watched him playing but read and heard a lot about him.On record he was the first Nigerian to play professional football with Peterborough and QPR in England.He was a leading scorer of Nigeria team known as UK tourist team captain by Dan Ayiam.

It was after UK tourist team tour of England that he signed a professional contract,very good striker according to history with powerful shot and good pace.There was this old fable that his shot ripped through keeper's stomach and came out at the back,just to tell you how popular he was and rated.

John Chiedozie remain one of the early Nigerian to play in Europe, he had his first professional contract with Leyton Orients in 1977 and played for clubs such as Notty county,Derby county and had a massive transfer of £375k to Tottenham Hotspur second to Justin Fashanu who was signed £1M and the first black player to be signed with a million pounds in the world.

He had nine appearanced for super eagles and scored two goals but find it difficult to dislodged Segun Odegbami who was a great winger and later Benjamen Nzeakor,Uwem Ekarika and Wole Odegbami to contend with but very talented winger.

John Chiedozie was one of the early Nigerians in English league cos at at that time we have Justin Fashanu Notwich and Nottingham Forest,John Fashanu Wimbledon and Asyon Villa,Remi Moses Manchester united,John Salako Crystal palace and Reuben Agboola Swansea.

He was a face of LIFEBUOYS SOAP in the 80s and was very popular on TV in one of LIFEBUOYS soap advertisement,conferred with order of Niger(OON)by ex President Olusegun Obasanjo.

Mudashiru Gbolahan Lawal named Mercurial by great sports commentator Ernest Okonkwo,he had his football career with Shooting Stars,Stationary stores,Abiola Babes and retired in his favorite Shooting Stars in 1991.

Muda Lawal had 86 caps and scored 12 goals as DM/CM for Eagles.He appeared in five Afcon namely 76,78,80,82 and 84.He was member of 1980 winning Afcon team captain by Christian Chuckwu.

Muda Lawal remain one of the best midfield player to come out of Africa especially Nigeria and till today it is an arguments who was better between him and Sunday Olishe but those who watched both always saying Muda Lawal was better but when we talked of modern day midfielder Olishe nick it.He was named Africa football ambassador by Nigeria government for his great contribution to the game and highly recognised by CAF.

Most of Nigerians midfielders in the 80s looked up to Lawal for inspiration.I remember Ademola Adeshina comprehensive interview on Nigeria football,he said Muda Lawal was the best midfielder to come out of Africa.He said when he got his first invitation to eagles through coach Father Tiko.He narrated how Father Tiko called him(Adeshina) and Muda Lawal to his room and said "look Muda i called this guy(Adeshina)to camp to learn from you not to displace you".As at that time most midfielders find it difficult to bench Muda cos he was a genius.

Muda Lawal die at the aged of 37 but was never benched in eagles colour through out his career than spanned 11 years.He remain one of the humblest Eagles player that listened to young Stephen Keshi 22 years at Afcon 84 when Onigbinde surprisedly named Keshi as captain.

On comparison with present Eagles,well am seeing Ndidi Wifred humble Muda Lawal and Sunday Olishe soon if he can maintain the tempo of his game and be disciplined but for now he has Muda Lawal's record to beat.

Icon4s:


Are you a representative of Nike? How do you know about that?

TheSuperNerd:
According to strong rumors emanating from the NFF and Journalists in Abuja....


@thenff name coaches for each of our national teams

U-17

Manu Garba - Head Coach

Jolomi Atune - First Assistant

Bunmi Haruna - Second Assistant

Ernest Salolomo - Goalkeeper Trainer



U-20

Abdul Maikaba - Head Coach

Fidelis Ilechukwu - First Assistant

Abubakar Bala - Second Assistant

Baruwa Olatunji - Goalkeeper Trainer



U-23
Salisu Yusuf - Head Coach

Kennedy Boboye - First Assistant

Imama Amapakabo - Second Assistant

Suleiman Shuaibu - Goalkeeper Trainer

maidaboi:
Okazaki injured out for 2 weeks

MetalJigsaw:
Salisu Yusuf again??

Kog45:
Kai,Teslim Balogun,i did not watched him playing but read and heard a lot about him.On record he was the first Nigerian to play professional football with Peterborough and QPR in England.He was a leading scorer of Nigeria team known as UK tourist team captain by Dan Ayiam.

It was after UK tourist team tour of England that he signed a professional contract,very good striker according to history with powerful shot and good pace.There was this old fable that his shot ripped through keeper's stomach and came out at the back,just to tell you how popular he was and rated.

John Chiedozie remain one of the early Nigerian to play in Europe, he had his first professional contract with Leyton Orients in 1977 and played for clubs such as Notty county,Derby county and had a massive transfer of £375k to Tottenham Hotspur second to Justin Fashanu who was signed £1M and the first black player to be signed with a million pounds in the world.

He had nine appearanced for super eagles and scored two goals but find it difficult to dislodged Segun Odegbami who was a great winger and later Benjamen Nzeakor,Uwem Ekarika and Wole Odegbami to contend with but very talented winger.

John Chiedozie was one of the early Nigerians in English league cos at at that time we have Justin Fashanu Notwich and Nottingham Forest,John Fashanu Wimbledon and Asyon Villa,Remi Moses Manchester united,John Salako Crystal palace and Reuben Agboola Swansea.

He was a face of LIFEBUOYS SOAP in the 80s and was very popular on TV in one of LIFEBUOYS soap advertisement,conferred with order of Niger(OON)by ex President Olusegun Obasanjo.

Mudashiru Gbolahan Lawal named Mercurial by great sports commentator Ernest Okonkwo,he had his football career with Shooting Stars,Stationary stores,Abiola Babes and retired in his favorite Shooting Stars in 1991.

Muda Lawal had 86 caps and scored 12 goals as DM/CM for Eagles.He appeared in five Afcon namely 76,78,80,82 and 84.He was member of 1980 winning Afcon team captain by Christian Chuckwu.

Muda Lawal remain one of the best midfield player to come out of Africa especially Nigeria and till today it is an arguments who was better between him and Sunday Olishe but those who watched both always saying Muda Lawal was better but when we talked of modern day midfielder Olishe nick it.He was named Africa football ambassador by Nigeria government for his great contribution to the game and highly recognised by CAF.

Most of Nigerians midfielders in the 80s looked up to Lawal for inspiration.I remember Ademola Adeshina comprehensive interview on Nigeria football,he said Muda Lawal was the best midfielder to come out of Africa.He said when he got his first invitation to eagles through coach Father Tiko.He narrated how Father Tiko called him(Adeshina) and Muda Lawal to his room and said "look Muda i called this guy(Adeshina)to camp to learn from you not to displace you".As at that time most midfielders find it difficult to bench Muda cos he was a genius.

Muda Lawal die at the aged of 37 but was never benched in eagles colour through out his career than spanned 11 years.He remain one of the humblest Eagles player that listened to young Stephen Keshi 22 years at Afcon 84 when Onigbinde surprisedly named Keshi as captain.

On comparison with present Eagles,well am seeing Ndidi Wifred humble Muda Lawal and Sunday Olishe soon if he can maintain the tempo of his game and be disciplined but for now he has Muda Lawal's record to beat.

TheSuperNerd:
NFF Boss Backing Osimhen, Nwakalis, Ndidi, Iheanacho & Ebuehi To Be Picked For 2022 World cup




Nigeria Football Federation President Amaju Pinnick is looking ahead to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
With the Super Eagles boasting one of the youngest squads amongst the 32 participating countries in Russia, Pinnick has predicted that the current squad will perform better in the next four years.
''It is not the number of merchandising, marketing or funds coming through sponsorship, it is the fact that we have a young team, we have a young team that can play two Nations Cup conveniently, we have a young team that can play two World Cups,'' said Pinnick to Channels Television
'' Look at Victor Osimhen, look at the Nwakalis, just look at those players, Tyronne, Brian lots of them, Kelechi and Ndidi. Look at the statistics, Nigeria is the youngest team going to this World Cup.

''I keep saying to my colleagues and we joke about it. That our team will be better prepared for the 2022 World Cup than this World Cup.

''I believe we are going to spring a surprise at this World Cup because there is one thing that counts for the Super Eagles right now, team spirit.''
According to Swiss-based independent study centre CIES Football Observatory, Super Eagles of Nigeria fielded the youngest team during the 2018 World Cup qualifiers, with an average age of 24.9 years.


**Ifeanyi Emmanuel

Source: http://www.allnigeriasoccer.com/read_news.php?=26529

Russia 2018 WC Countdown: 125 days 4hours to go

zicky:
see bad belle

Mujtahida:

Don't you think Matuidi ought to have received a red card for his harsh tackle on Onazi?

Mickael2:



can you pin-point an instance, any instance, of biased officiating against African teams?

Kog45:
Kai,Teslim Balogun,i did not watched him playing but read and heard a lot about him.On record he was the first Nigerian to play professional football with Peterborough and QPR in England.He was a leading scorer of Nigeria team known as UK tourist team captain by Dan Ayiam.

It was after UK tourist team tour of England that he signed a professional contract,very good striker according to history with powerful shot and good pace.There was this old fable that his shot ripped through keeper's stomach and came out at the back,just to tell you how popular he was and rated.

John Chiedozie remain one of the early Nigerian to play in Europe, he had his first professional contract with Leyton Orients in 1977 and played for clubs such as Notty county,Derby county and had a massive transfer of £375k to Tottenham Hotspur second to Justin Fashanu who was signed £1M and the first black player to be signed with a million pounds in the world.

He had nine appearanced for super eagles and scored two goals but find it difficult to dislodged Segun Odegbami who was a great winger and later Benjamen Nzeakor,Uwem Ekarika and Wole Odegbami to contend with but very talented winger.

John Chiedozie was one of the early Nigerians in English league cos at at that time we have Justin Fashanu Notwich and Nottingham Forest,John Fashanu Wimbledon and Asyon Villa,Remi Moses Manchester united,John Salako Crystal palace and Reuben Agboola Swansea.

He was a face of LIFEBUOYS SOAP in the 80s and was very popular on TV in one of LIFEBUOYS soap advertisement,conferred with order of Niger(OON)by ex President Olusegun Obasanjo.

Mudashiru Gbolahan Lawal named Mercurial by great sports commentator Ernest Okonkwo,he had his football career with Shooting Stars,Stationary stores,Abiola Babes and retired in his favorite Shooting Stars in 1991.

Muda Lawal had 86 caps and scored 12 goals as DM/CM for Eagles.He appeared in five Afcon namely 76,78,80,82 and 84.He was member of 1980 winning Afcon team captain by Christian Chuckwu.

Muda Lawal remain one of the best midfield player to come out of Africa especially Nigeria and till today it is an arguments who was better between him and Sunday Olishe but those who watched both always saying Muda Lawal was better but when we talked of modern day midfielder Olishe nick it.He was named Africa football ambassador by Nigeria government for his great contribution to the game and highly recognised by CAF.

Most of Nigerians midfielders in the 80s looked up to Lawal for inspiration.I remember Ademola Adeshina comprehensive interview on Nigeria football,he said Muda Lawal was the best midfielder to come out of Africa.He said when he got his first invitation to eagles through coach Father Tiko.He narrated how Father Tiko called him(Adeshina) and Muda Lawal to his room and said "look Muda i called this guy(Adeshina)to camp to learn from you not to displace you".As at that time most midfielders find it difficult to bench Muda cos he was a genius.

Muda Lawal die at the aged of 37 but was never benched in eagles colour through out his career than spanned 11 years.He remain one of the humblest Eagles player that listened to young Stephen Keshi 22 years at Afcon 84 when Onigbinde surprisedly named Keshi as captain.

On comparison with present Eagles,well am seeing Ndidi Wifred humble Muda Lawal and Sunday Olishe soon if he can maintain the tempo of his game and be disciplined but for now he has Muda Lawal's record to beat.

Mickael2:



no he didn't. It was a poor tackle no doubt, but it was a stamp on the ankle, it was a yellow card offence everyday of the week.

The only debateable instance in that match was a penalty Osaze should have been awarded when he was grappled by Evra but such things happen constantly so nothing there.


I mean Dzeko hada perfectly legitimate goal ruled out against us, is that bias against European teams?

COOL10:
. What of the GK's jersey?

Mickael2:



no he didn't. It was a poor tackle no doubt, but it was a stamp on the ankle, it was a yellow card offence everyday of the week.

The only debateable instance in that match was a penalty Osaze should have been awarded when he was grappled by Evra but such things happen constantly so nothing there.


I mean Dzeko hada perfectly legitimate goal ruled out against us, is that bias against European teams?