TheSuperNerd:


Another subtle harping on the GK role... Kwantinue.... I am watching you Dad. Every throwback now will be about how awesome our Goalies were... I hope you drop that Denmark game too as throwback... We must "throw back everything" ooo...

That Denmark game is just an example of what will happen when your goal keeping department is weak.

Icon4s:


That Denmark game is just an example of what will happen when your goal keeping department is weak.

Na lie abeg... The same Rufai that was wonderful in that 94 Bulgaria clip... Is the same rufai that was in goal during France 98 against Denmark...

Same Peter Rufai.... So plsss drop the throwback... After all he too was even more experienced in 1998...

Taliban:


I really love your zeal and passion for the motherland!!!! You are truly emancipated from all forms of mental slavery.

Meanwhile you should come home quick o, leave that oyinbo land, I will recommend you for a chieftancy title in my village. Come and walk the talk 100%.

Viva Africa!!!

Taliban , its been long I saw this moniker. My brother I will definitely return but I need to put thing in other and my NZE NA OZO INITIATION IS GEARING UP...I must wear that red cap and give my wife the ivory title. If I die fighting for my fatherland I will die a happy man. What good is your death if you died peacefully while your house was on fire?

Pinnick has already posited the game will go on regardless because most of their players would be flying in from abroad and they would still take the necessary precautions anyway. That your message don fall for deaf ears be that.

Icon79:
My brother, help me ask them. Anyway, I have twitted my mind to them. Here's the message I sent them on twitter:

His Majesty‏ @TalmudicSage · 8m8 minutes ago

@PinnickAmaju Mister Chairman,I am surprised that @thenff still plans to go ahead with @NGSuperEagles friendly game against DR Congo, despite the outbreak of the deadly Ebola disease! What would it take for you all to cancel the game to avoid endangering the lives of our players?


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Martz101:


yess

Yea but Nkono was Cameroon number one in 1990 cos he kept most of their qualifying matches.

I remeber he was in goal against Nigeria in a make or mar last WC qualifier match prior to 1990 WC.

Kog45:
Chief you are still on this goalkeeper matter,better listen to Mujtahida,just too late to complain but one thing is glaring the Rohr technical led team did not handle the issue very well.

I understand your point.

And I agree that discusing it or not cannot change anything.

We don't have it we don't have it.

if we can make comparisons of the quality of our outfield players of the 90s with the current ones why can't we also make comparisons of our 90s goalies with the current goalies too. Or is it now a taboo to discuss the goal keeping department?

And I agree with you that Rohr didn't handle the issue well.

We are watching and waiting but know that no player is free from critism ones you have put on the national team jersey. If any player does well, we give him credit else we bring out the cane.

TheSuperNerd:


Na lie abeg... The same Rufai that was wonderful in that 94 Bulgaria clip... Is the same rufai that was in goal during France 98 against Denmark...

Same Peter Rufai.... So plsss drop the throwback... After all he top was even more experienced in 1998...

So you would have preferred Baruwa or Willy Opara to have kept goal in that WC? At least I posted the throw back Videos of the Yuguslavia and Holland games where Baruwa and Opara were disgraceful. Rufai was the best option. That was the plain truth.

France 98 is just a typical example of what will happen when your goalkeeping department has question marks

Kog45:
Yea but Nkono was Cameroon number one in 1990 cos he kept most of their qualifiers.

I remeber he was in goal against Nigeria in a make or mar last WC qualifier match prior to 1990 WC.

Hahaha, I am sure he has realized it was a wrong comparison.

Good! He was the best option and we still got banged 4-1 by Denmark.

And what question marks? You just said Rufai was the best option naa. Rufai had even been at the previous WC in 94... So yeah... Best option. And he got walloped big time. Case closed.

Icon4s:


So you would have preferred Baruwa or Willy Opara to have kept goal in that WC? At least I posted the throw back Videos of the Yuguslavia and Holland games where Baruwa and Opara were disgraceful. Rufai was the best option. That was the plain truth.

France 98 is just a typical example of what will happen when your goalkeeping department has question marks

Icon4s:


I understand your point.

And I agree that discusing it or not cannot change anything.

We don't have it we don't have it.

if we can make comparisons of the quality of our outfield players of the 90s with the current ones why can't we also make comparisons of our 90s goalies with the current goalies too. Or is it now a taboo to discuss the goal keeping department?

And I agree with you that Rohr didn't handle the issue well.

We are watching and waiting but know that no player is free from critism ones you have put on the national team jersey. If any player does well, we give him credit else we bring out the cane.

Yes Chief you are right and personally i don't see it as criticism but concerns.

TheSuperNerd:
Good! He was the best option and we still got banged 4-1 by Denmark.

And what question marks? You just said Rufai was the best option naa. Rufai had even been at the previous WC in 94... So yeah... Best option. And he got walloped big time. Case closed.

There are no question marks about our goalkeeping position? OK. I hear.

Imagine the kind of tournament we would have had if Baruwa or Opara had been saddled with the responsibility. Rufai was the lesser evil.

Aiyenugba would have been a lesser evil than Uzoho.

I wish the young man well but I don't trust him well enough.



O pari( in icon79's voice)

Kog45:
Yes Chief you are right and personally i don't see it as criticism but concern

Thank you. And some don't want me to discuss it at all.

Everyone thinks Germany is going to win this World Cup, but I beg to differ.

Having looked at their team list, Germany is not the team they were four years ago though they are obviously still a great team. They probably have an equal chance to Belgium, who are possibly the most talented team but are perennial underachievers. France is in a similar boat, loads of talents but lacking big game winners in their team. My money's on Argentina and Leo Messi to finally break through, but Brazil and Spain have to be co-favorites based on everything we know at this point.

And you can bookmark this post


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Icon4s:
Throw back video:

Ike Vs Argentina 2002 WC.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2cGCpdjjf4

Oga icons, i think you should die this Goalkeeper issue

Because no matter how you look at it, with all the exploits of ike shorumu we still lost the match... We didn't even qualify from the group

Last last with Uzoho in post, we won't qualify from the group and heaven won't fall... All we can do now is to support those picked.

As a matter of fact, Uzoho performed very well in the last two friendlies. He is not a basket, he is better than Akpeyi and going forward we will have a long-term dependable keeper in our hands

I daresay that you put this present Uzoho in this video and he wouldn't have conceded more than two goals.

Give this matter a rest and i promise you that Uzoho will shine in Russia.... But if we lose out at any stage, it won't be due to uzoho's error - trust me on that

Pinnick is a fulltime mugu, OK. First of all, how many of their players would be flying in from overseas? And even if ALL their players would be flying in from overseas, what about the officials, supporters club, and other contingents that would come with them .... would they all be flying in from abroad as well?? Remember, it only takes ONE infected individual to infect others!

This is how these people put our country at risk. I bet you that some people would be making money from this game, that's why they'd insist that it goes ahead.


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Joebie:
Pinnick has already posited the game will go on regardless because most of their players would be flying in from abroad and they would still take the necessary precautions anyway. That your message don fall for deaf ears be that.

Icon79:
Honestly, Uruguay are not that good. They have never been that good. Ghana totally outplayed and technically defeated them in 2014 (if not for Luis Suarez's blatant cheating), even with Diego Forlan in the team. Hence, England were expected to beat Uruguay even with Suarez and Cavani, so I don't see that as a tough group at all.

I have never rated Uruguay. That's why I would expect Egypt to top that group A in Russia. That group is a walkover, IMHO.


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oga that Uruguay team had forlan, suarez and cavani, if that group was not tough, why didn't England make it out of the group.

if that group is not tough, show me another tough group in that worldcup

realpoacher:


Oga icons, i think you should die this Goalkeeper issue

Because no matter how you look at it, with all the exploits of ike shorumu we still lost the match... We didn't even qualify from the group

Last last with Uzoho in post, we won't qualify from the group and heaven won't fall... All we can do now is to support those picked.

As a matter of fact, Uzoho performed very well in the last two friendlies. He is not a basket, he is better than Akpeyi and going forward we will have a long-term dependable keeper in our hands

I daresay that you put this present Uzoho in this video and he wouldn't have conceded more than two goals.

Give this matter a rest and i promise you that Uzoho will shine in Russia.... But if we lose out at any stage, it won't be due to uzoho's error - trust me on that

You see, I should die the matter.

Then we should stop discussing other departments of the team.
Have we not been raising concerns over certain players in other positions?

OMANBALA1:


I dont understand,sir. His name is Keanan Bennetts....Where is the Nigerian in that and yes name says alot about who you are. Ekong,Idowu,Ebuehi,Agboola, Ikeme all have Nigerian names...What da F is Bennett. I have never seen a european white person with African name.

you're funny...sometimes it will be good you think broad... everyone don't go in same direction...I have an ibo friend whose surname is George and that's her father's name she bear... according to her she has no ibo name as first/surname....

how about Nigerians from States like bayelsa who bears all English names... I have also seen a white man who named his son...Bode. according to him he named him after his Doctor....
so learn to always see things in different ways.... it may be that's the dude father's name and the fact that the german/Nigerian bear all English name does not make him less nigerian.....
the sun can be viewed from different spot....
not everyone cares about names being tribal/English....

Did Diego Forlan play in 2014? I don't think so but I stand corrected, if I am wrong. As regards to why England didn't make it out of the group stages, it's because they underachieved as always. And in addition, they had an ageing team at that World Cup.

And by the way, if Uruguay were that good, why did Colombia trashed them 2-0 in the round of 16? There's NO doubt in my mind that Nigeria, even with Keshi as the coach, would've beaten Colombia if they were our opponents.


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Martz101:


oga that Uruguay team had forlan, suarez and cavani, if that group was not tough, why didn't England make it out of the group.

if that group is not tough, show me another tough group in that worldcup

Icon4s:


There are no question marks about our goalkeeping position? OK. I hear.

Imagine the kind of tournament we would have had if Baruwa or Opara had been saddled with the responsibility. Rufai was the lesser evil.

Aiyenugba would have been a lesser evil than Uzoho.

I wish the young man well but I don't trust him well enough.



O pari( in icon79's voice)

@first bolded... Aiyenugba would have? . Thanks goodness we saw a good case of "would have" actually become "did happen" in the person of lesser evil and best option, Rufai play out in 98 and we got busted. Lol... Football cannot be run on assumptions most times.

@second and last bolded.... Berra Chief... Just what I was waiting for.

Icon4s:


You see, I should die the matter.

Then we should stop discussing other departments of the team.
Have we not been raising concerns over certain players in other positions?

To have your reservations is ok.... But to continually harp on about it means blowing it out of proportion


Try to understand me

If na Trump he go just say nobody goes to Congo, nobody comes in from there.
We can do without the friendly. No point

Icon79:
Pinnick is a fulltime mugu, OK. First of all, how many of their players would be flying in from overseas? And even if ALL their players would be flying in from overseas, what about the officials, supporters club, and other contingents that would come with them .... would they all be flying in from abroad as well?? Remember, it only takes ONE infected individual to infect others!

This is how these people put our country at risk. I bet you that some people would be making money from this game, that's why they'd insist that it goes ahead.


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TheSuperNerd:



@first bolded... Aiyenugba would have? . Thanks goodness we saw a good case of "would have" actually become "did happen" in the person of lesser evil and best option, Rufai play out in 98 and we got busted. Lol... Football cannot be run on assumptions most times.

@second and last bolded.... Berra Chief... Just what I was waiting for.

Haha, Baruwa and Opera would have been drowning in their own basket of goals in that '98 WC.

Rufai was the best choice.

This father and son drama sef. Abeg, mek una hapu okwu. Me too, I have my concerns regarding our goalkeeping dept and was hoping for a last minute invite for either Austin Ejide or Dele Aiyenugba but that ain't gonna happen, so we should let it go.

One thing I like about Uzoho despite all his short comings is his leadership skills. Unlike the clowns like Akpeyi and Ezenwa, I like the way Uzoho controls his backline. He reminds me of our high school goalkeeper, we called him Baby Mo Nso. Omg, this dude is a very quiet guy but he becomes a totally different person once he gets into the pitch. He would push you to play beyond your capabilities because you'd be scared to let him down by letting somebody score. As a matter of fact, even after I became the team captain, I still deferred to him ... I used to tell him that he's the captain on the "back end".

I saw some of those qualities in Uzoho, so we might be just fine. He definitely lacks the experience to play at this level but he can make that up by composure and "fakery"


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TheSuperNerd:



@first bolded... Aiyenugba would have? . Thanks goodness we saw a good case of "would have" actually become "did happen" in the person of lesser evil and best option, Rufai play out in 98 and we got busted. Lol... Football cannot be run on assumptions most times.

@second and last bolded.... Berra Chief... Just what I was waiting for.

Wait o. That match no be 5-1 e end. Abi memory don fail me.

TheSuperNerd:
Good! He was the best option and we still got banged 4-1 by Denmark.

And what question marks? You just said Rufai was the best option naa. Rufai had even been at the previous WC in 94... So yeah... Best option. And he got walloped big time. Case closed.

Icon4s:


Haha, Baruwa and Opera would have been drowning in their own basket of goals in that '98 WC.

Rufai was the best choice.

But their "would have" never materialised. It never happened. Rufai was the best and look at what happened to the best? Smh... Like I said, football is not run on assumptions in most cases.


His "would have" failed us.

Icon79:
Did Diego Forlan play in 2014? I don't think so but I stand corrected, if I am wrong. As regards to why England didn't make it out of the group stages, it's because they underachieved as always. And in addition, they had an ageing team at that World Cup.

And by the way, if Uruguay were that good, why did Colombia trashed them 2-0 in the round of 16? There's NO doubt in my mind that Nigeria, even with Keshi as the coach, would've beaten Colombia if they were our opponents.


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Sorry to badge in on your discussion...

You are defending the indefensible..... To be the best, you have to beat the best... If as you say that England are always rigged into an easy group in the world cup then I will say explicitly that THEY ARE THRASH!!

How can you be rigged into easy groups for donkey years yet you can't win or even qualify from your group

Perennial underachievers

OMANBALA1:



When you marry an orobo you can be very busy because that woman on its own is alot of work....

To be more serious, with Mikel, Ighalo , Iwobi and Iheanacho we dont need Victor Moses with his excessive ball holding

hahaha... You get the message.

On the bolded, you want us to start singing "who clipped the wings of Eagles..." in Austin Milado's voice. Moses is as relevant to SEs as a name is to ones identity.

realpoacher:


To have your reservations is ok.... But to continually harp on about it means blowing it out of proportion


Try to understand me

Like people have continued to harp on about Echiejile, Like people have continued to harp on about Iheanacho, like people have continued to harp on about Onazi and so on.

Put a rookie as our CF I don't mind. But putting a rookie as our goalkeeper, I am not comfortable with.

The Goalkeeping position is the most important single position in the entire team. So I need to be concerned bro.

But if you don't have issues with that and do not feel like discussing it, no problem.

Na 4-1 oooo.... The 5-1 you recall must be the Netherlands friendly before the mundial. I know Yugoslavia best us 3-0 too. Hope I am not mixing this up too... Lol

Joebie:
Wait o. That match no be 5-1 e end. Abi memory don fail me.

TheSuperNerd:



But their "would have" never materialised. It never happened. Rufai was the best and look at what happened to the best? Smh... Like I said, football is not run on assumptions in most cases.


His "would have" failed us.

Haha, you want to use Ingris to interpret football.

OK o

Of course, they are trash. That's not even an argument. I have never rated England, even during the time of Leo Ferdinand, John Terry, David Beckham etc. Most of their star players are overrated.

Having said that, getting an easy group can only help qualify for the round of 16 and nothing more. And if my memory serves me right, the only time England had failed to qualify for the round of 16 was in 2014, so it has been working.


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realpoacher:


Sorry to badge in on your discussion...

You are defending the indefensible..... To be the best, you have to beat the best... If as you say that England are always rigged into an easy group in the world cup then I will say explicitly that THEY ARE THRASH!!

How can you be rigged into easy groups for donkey years yet you can't win or even qualify from your group

Perennial underachievers