safarigirl:
I think he's referring to a certain age group, not everyone.

Anyone that isn't up to 30 years old today, couldn't have really known what went on in the 90's World Cup or Atlanta '96. I think the most he can analyse would be from '98 World Cup.

See if we had picked interests from say age 4 we would have remembered vividly. Thing is most of us didn't pick interest in it cos growing up as kids our lives were about play. And you can see many here remembering the names of wrestlers cos that was what captured our imagination.

And football didn't have the global appeal it has today. So while Rashidi had welts on his back, parents today give birth to a child and one of the first things they buy is a ball. So naturally you can find an 8-10 year old child being more tactically aware than we were cos most of us, our interest picked up only in our mid - late teens.

So elyte89 it has nothing to do with intelligence but rather with consciousness or what the Germans call zeitgeist - the spirit of the times.

Krattoss shebi u dey see wetin dey hpn for SA currently abi? Abeg mind what u post online these days before u go drag person name put for wetin him know nothing about

This thread is bigger than you can Imagine oo

Mujtahida:

See if we had picked interests from say age 4 we would have remembered vividly. Thing is most of us didn't pick interest in it cos growing up as kids our lives were about play. And you can see many here remembering the names of wrestlers cos that was what captured our imagination.

And football didn't have the global appeal it has today. So while Rashidi had welts on his back, parents today give birth to a child and one of the first things they buy is a ball. So naturally you can find an 8-10 year old child being more tactically aware than we were cos most of us, our interest picked up only in our mid - late teens.

So elyte89 it has nothing to do with intelligence but rather with consciousness or what the Germans call zeitgeist - the spirit of the times.

I picked up interest in football very early.. 4-5 years old.

Mujtahida:

See if we had picked interests from say age 4 we would have remembered vividly. Thing is most of us didn't pick interest in it cos growing up as kids our lives were about play. And you can see many here remembering the names of wrestlers cos that was what captured our imagination.

And football didn't have the global appeal it has today. So while Rashidi had welts on his back, parents today give birth to a child and one of the first things they buy is a ball. So naturally you can find an 8-10 year old child being more tactically aware than we were cos most of us, our interest picked up only in our mid - late teens.

So elyte89 it has nothing to do with intelligence but rather with consciousness or what the Germans call zeitgeist - the spirit of the times.

I picked up interest in footbal and wrestling simultaneously at age 7..

deji bereuyther and chima okoroji have they debuted for their clubs? have heard a lot about deji but haven't seen him play before

ChrisKels:


That's why I didn't add him among the probables, it is also same reason that made me say when the time is right.


I'm only concerned with our left back position. I hope Deji Behruether and chima okoroji start playing for Frankfurt and Freiburg first team respectively next season. Deji's free kick ability no be here oo.

ChrisKels:


That's why I didn't add him among the probables, it is also same reason that made me say when the time is right.


I'm only concerned with our left back position. I hope Deji Behruether and chima okoroji start playing for Frankfurt and Freiburg first team respectively next season. Deji's free kick ability no be here oo.

Well, sometimes you don't need to wait for some of these FB to play before you clamour for them once you have seen dem played and you're sure they are very good enough or if you have followed their progress from their academy until dey make the bench of a top club.

Once you are sure den you can do like me here, who is ready to vouch for any player I know is good enough, regardless of opposition or resistance from here.

I don't know Deji and Chima but I know we need natural LB players urgently after the WC hence my indifference to their call.

Post Russia ;

Ikeme, Enobakhare and Dom Iorfa for the EPL.


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elyte89:




Just d same way I will rebuff anybody claims here irrespective of ur age DT u watched d foreign leagues most especially premiership,and u live in Nigeria keenly b4 d year 2000,Na fat lie,foreign league football wasn't popular in Nigeria den,due to obvious reasonNo internet,No dstv,except for d opulent ones in area who av (satellite dish) only av access, and it was very rare to c we only got to watch National teams competition such as world cup,nations cup,euro and d likes aired by NTA CHANNEL 10 AND 7 ...and once in a while around 97 and 98,NTA DO AIR D ROTHMANS German league in weekends once in a wyle,and also Not to forget DBN too DT shows replayed matches of some premiership team most especially Man u,seems d manager of DBN den was a MAN U fan.

No talk wetin you no know abeg. You are just making bland, general and false statements. I started watching premiership in 1996. That was the year Arsene Wenger came to Arsenal. I remember Marc Overmars, I remember Bergkamp, Teddy Sheringham, Paul Scholes, Ryan Giggs, Peter schiemechel, Dwight Yorke, Andy Cole, Lucas Radebe for Leeds, I remember in 98 Moustapha Hadji played for Coventry, I remember Paul Ince, I remember Robbie fowler, I remember when Owen came on the scene even before France 98, I remember Alan shearer of Newcastle, Amokachi at Everton, Andre Flo, Gullit coached Chelsea as player coach, gianluca Vialli same thing with Chelsea, I remember Ginola, I remember when Klinsmann came to Tottenham, I remember when Arsenal bought Davor Suker after France 98 where he was the highest goal scorer.I remember watching the highlights of Kanu three goals thriller against Chelsea. And the reason was simple:NTA network with Paul Ogazi, Aisha Falode and Emeka Onyadike used to show English premiership every Saturday. I said every Saturday and they were current, as in last week's match will be shown this week and highlights of all the other matches will be shown too. It was basketball before football. I had no interest in basketball but I still remember Jordan, Pippin, Hakeem and Shaquille O'neal and Rodman. On Monday me and my classmates Oche Ochete, Asor Adudu, Andrew Odeh and many others will sit down and talk about the matches. Heck NTA even used to show futball America on Wednesdays. The other leagues I knew by reading complete sports magazine. For example I knew when Taribo West was at Auxurre in ligue 1, I vividly remember not knowing he was Nigerian. Only at Atlanta 96 did I see him in our colors.I knew what Jay Jay did to Khan not because we watched it but we read it

Abeg talk wetin you know. Oya rebuff what I just wrote.

AbuMikey:


I have vivid memories of some events that happened when I was just above age 2, before age 3.

2 years? Nawa ooo

The oldest event I can remember clearly was when I was that kind 4 years. Arguably my worst day my mama put fresh pepper to my eyes because she believed that I was the one that stole the fish from the soup pot.

It is always in my memory because of some obvious reasons.

Mujtahida:

No talk wetin you no know abeg. You are just making bland, general and false statements. I started watching premiership in 1996. That was the year Arsene Wenger came to Arsenal. I remember Marc Overmars, I remember Bergkamp, Teddy Sheringham, Paul Scholes, Ryan Giggs, Peter schiemechel, Dwight Yorke, Andy Cole, Lucas Radebe for Leeds, I remember in 98 Moustapha Hadji played for Coventry, I remember Paul Ince, I remember Robbie fowler, I remember when Owen came on the scene even before France 98, I remember Alan shearer of Newcastle, Amokachi at Everton, Andre Flo, Gullit coached Chelsea as player coach, gianluca Vialli same thing with Chelsea, I remember Ginola, I remember when Klinsmann came to Tottenham, I remember when Arsenal bought Davor Suker after France 98. And the reason was simple:NTA network with Paul Ogazi, Aisha Falode and Emeka Onyadike used to show English premiership every Saturday. I said every Saturday and they were current, as in last week's match will be shown this week and highlights of all the other matches will be shown too. It was basketball before football. I had no interest in basketball but I still remember Jordan, Pippin, Hakeem and Shaquille O'neal and Rodman. On Monday me and my classmates Oche Ochete, Asor Adudu, Andrew Odeh and many others will sit down and talk about the matches. Heck NTA even used to show futball America on Wednesdays. The other leagues I knew by reading complete sports magazine.

Abeg talk wetin you know. Challenge bawo

Pale

forgiveness:


Well, sometimes you don't need to wait for some of these FB to play before you clamour for them once you have seen dem played and you're sure they are very good enough or if you have followed their progress from their academy until dey make the bench of a top club.

Once you are sure den you can do like me here, who is ready to vouch for any player I know is good enough, regardless of opposition or resistance from here.

I don't know Deji and Chima but I know we need natural LB players urgently after the WC hence my indifference to their call.

Honestly bro, if ur last paragraph was anything to go by, then, I must say u don't keep tabs on the young players in the pipeline anymore. That's bad

Mujtahida:

No talk wetin you no know abeg. You are just making bland, general and false statements. I started watching premiership in 1996. That was the year Arsene Wenger came to Arsenal. I remember Marc Overmars, I remember Bergkamp, Teddy Sheringham, Paul Scholes, Ryan Giggs, Peter schiemechel, Dwight Yorke, Andy Cole, Lucas Radebe for Leeds, I remember in 98 Moustapha Hadji played for Coventry, I remember Paul Ince, I remember Robbie fowler, I remember when Owen came on the scene even before France 98, I remember Alan shearer of Newcastle, Amokachi at Everton, Andre Flo, Gullit coached Chelsea as player coach, gianluca Vialli same thing with Chelsea, I remember Ginola, I remember when Klinsmann came to Tottenham, I remember when Arsenal bought Davor Suker after France 98. And the reason was simple:NTA network with Paul Ogazi, Aisha Falode and Emeka Onyadike used to show English premiership every Saturday. I said every Saturday and they were current, as in last week's match will be shown this week and highlights of all the other matches will be shown too. It was basketball before football. I had no interest in basketball but I still remember Jordan, Pippin, Hakeem and Shaquille O'neal and Rodman. On Monday me and my classmates Oche Ochete, Asor Adudu, Andrew Odeh and many others will sit down and talk about the matches. Heck NTA even used to show futball America on Wednesdays. The other leagues I knew by reading complete sports magazine.

Abeg talk wetin you know. Challenge bawo

Eurosports Channel on Zenith Cable years.

ChrisKels:


Go online, type "what do the Dutch FA, team coaches and legends think of ebuehi and ehizibue?" This season ebuehi was rated the second best, if not the best RB in the Eredivisie while ehizibue came fourth abi fifth sef.

Yes ehizibue came to prominence before ebuehi and he is also a year or two older than ebuehi. But he ain't no better RB than ebuehi bro, maybe he is a better winger/wing back. I have seen both play in different matches and against each other, ebuehi always came out tops and unscathed.

Same age I think

charlesemeka85:
deji bereuyther and chima okoroji have they debuted for their clubs? have heard a lot about deji but haven't seen him play before

Good left foot, set pieces expert.

Mujtahida:

No talk wetin you no know abeg. You are just making bland, general and false statements. I started watching premiership in 1996. That was the year Arsene Wenger came to Arsenal. I remember Marc Overmars, I remember Bergkamp, Teddy Sheringham, Paul Scholes, Ryan Giggs, Peter schiemechel, Dwight Yorke, Andy Cole, Lucas Radebe for Leeds, I remember in 98 Moustapha Hadji played for Coventry, I remember Paul Ince, I remember Robbie fowler, I remember when Owen came on the scene even before France 98, I remember Alan shearer of Newcastle, Amokachi at Everton, Andre Flo, Gullit coached Chelsea as player coach, gianluca Vialli same thing with Chelsea, I remember Ginola, I remember when Klinsmann came to Tottenham, I remember when Arsenal bought Davor Suker after France 98. And the reason was simple:NTA network with Paul Ogazi, Aisha Falode and Emeka Onyadike used to show English premiership every Saturday. I said every Saturday and they were current, as in last week's match will be shown this week and highlights of all the other matches will be shown too. It was basketball before football. I had no interest in basketball but I still remember Jordan, Pippin, Hakeem and Shaquille O'neal and Rodman. On Monday me and my classmates Oche Ochete, Asor Adudu, Andrew Odeh and many others will sit down and talk about the matches. Heck NTA even used to show futball America on Wednesdays. The other leagues I knew by reading complete sports magazine.

Abeg talk wetin you know. Challenge bawo

Where do u get to watch d games week in week out?

charlesemeka85:
deji bereuyther and chima okoroji have they debuted for their clubs? have heard a lot about deji but haven't seen him play before

No, they haven't debuted but they occasionally made the match day squad for their respective clubs this past season. The omen looks good

elyte89:



Where do u get to watch d games week in week out?

Haha.. we waited to watch Eurpean league summary show..

maidaboi:
To be honest my first full world cup was brazil 2014 i was 13 in 2010

No. 1 younger bro spotted

CaptainStephen:
woow, I was ten then, the only thing I remember was the final match which France won. Many senior men here oh

I dae tell you.

Feels good reading old stuffs from our elders

TheGoodJoe:


Wrong. By 1996, Multichoice, currently DSTV was in lots of homes beaming live games from most top leagues around the World including Europe and South America.

By 1997, cable satellite dishes was rampant in Port Harcourt. I do not know of other areas. Hot live games had people trooping in mass to different homes to catch their favorite teams and players.

I watched Atlanta 96 finals in my neighbors house on Multichoice. Watched the FA Cup final between Liverpool and Manchester United I think that same year on Multichoice live.

No mind am ooo. Mine wasn't cable television. It was on NTA. And like I said they were current even though it wasn't live matches.

ChrisKels:


Honestly bro, if ur last paragraph was anything to go by, then, I must say u don't keep tabs on the young players in the pipeline anymore. That's bad

Hahaha! Do you think it is easy to keep tabs on these players in the pipeline?

Before you can vouch for a player you must follow for at least two seasons or more to be sure of what you're vouching for.

Now, that takes a lot.

TheGoodJoe:


NTA studios did a wonderful job covering France 98, especially showing the games that were not televised live during the breaks in the afternoon.

That dancing black baby with pant was hilarious and brought a lot of laughs to people in the country. So hilarious and matched the celebration. John Fashanu was also in the studio. Do you remember Ronaldo colliding with Barthez was another dark night moment, giving Ronaldo collapsed that day before the game. Nice one.

I remember the collision between Ronaldo and bathez, that was the end of Ronaldo game.

Chrismario:


Same age I think

Yes they are of same age though ehizibue is slightly older with seven months. He was born in May while ebuehi was December, both 95.

Icon4s:


Football America that they normally show at 10-11pm on Wednesdays. Those were not live games.

I can't remember watching live premiership games on Saturdays back then. I think we only had review shows.

Yes but they were sufficient to keep one current.

wow that's good. the nff should mandate the u20 coach to draft this kids to his team if their age is still eligible. i know okoroji when he was a youth team player in bayern but dont know how far he has developed since joining augsburg. making the teams match day squad signifies he is highly thought of in the club

ChrisKels:


No, they haven't debuted but they occasionally made the match day squad for their respective clubs this past season. The omen looks good

Icon4s:


Football America that they normally show at 10-11pm on Wednesdays. Those were not live games.

I can't remember watching live premiership games on Saturdays back then. I think we only had review shows.

I loved those review shows.

The European and south American one. We knew so much about south american leagues. Boca Juniors, Sao paulo, indepediente, Colo colo,... etc

Then we had the bundesliga show.

Mujtahida:

See if we had picked interests from say age 4 we would have remembered vividly. Thing is most of us didn't pick interest in it cos growing up as kids our lives were about play. And you can see many here remembering the names of wrestlers cos that was what captured our imagination.

And football didn't have the global appeal it has today. So while Rashidi had welts on his back, parents today give birth to a child and one of the first things they buy is a ball. So naturally you can find an 8-10 year old child being more tactically aware than we were cos most of us, our interest picked up only in our mid - late teens.

So elyte89 it has nothing to do with intelligence but rather with consciousness or what the Germans call zeitgeist - the spirit of the times.

Bro,my simple point is u can't analyse d game den d way u re analysing it now or 10years back,boss icon4s and odas don get my point


And for asha80,picking interest den was largely on d pitch of play,children den would give deirself "nicknames" of popular footballer reigning den.I can remember vividly DT we do fight for d name rashidi yekini when we want to play 3aside and not an 8year old child or below sticking glue to a TV set b4 a match having d intention to watch live matches as we do now as adult,but kids of today, are more interested in watching live matches, I c dem very well in viewing centers arguing passionately prior to d match,emergence of viewing centers,internet in early 2000,made d sport more popular among kids now, meanwhile those who got to watch it den was thru default, maybe d family is watching d match or ur uncle or fada took u along to a place where dey re watching d match when NEPA took light at home.


U dare not go out as a kid at night to watch matches den as a kid.but come area now,even if d match 11pm,kids of ages 8-10 will come and watch ball

Humility017:
the first world cup I ever watched in full was the korea/Japan world cup...
in that tournament after the exit of nigeria....Italy became myfavorite team..
I watched how Del Pedro...equalised for Italy against Mexico...he came up from the bench... In that tournament...my excitement was to watch the likes of del Pedro play being the highest paid world player then and figo was the world best....
the Nigeria goal...against Sweden caused jubilation in school then...I was still in primary school then... everyone shouted and was so excited only for my class teacher to report to us we lost the match afterwards.....I was sad all through that day.

prior the Nigeria match against England...I severally asked my senior cousins and many other senior football lovers...on the possibility of nigeria still making the round of 16.... my cousin told me even should we beat the English team 100 nil we won't qualify... I was so sad....all through.
I had to start root for Italy... the Koreans were the cheats of that tournament.... only God knows how they made it to the semi-finals.... they defeated the Italians with the golden goal rule....
and beat the Spaniards in penalties...with goals from Spain disallowed during the hour mark for off sides....

Senegal almost made the quarter final..by beating turkey if not for selflessness ib the part of the players.... they played Turkey to a stand still that day...even had goals disallowed.... prior to Turkish last minute goal.... that tourney was Turkey first world cup...and only world cup they have qualified for....

I still remember ronaldiho goal against England...which topped the head of English goalkeeper seaman... former arsenal and man city goal keeper....

I remember the spree of goals Uruguay and Senegal game which ended 3 all draw... Senegal was a beast team in that tourney....

I remember the whopping of Saudi Arabia by the German team 8 nil first time I got to know of players like klose and ballack...
afterwards cameroon manage win the Saudi's by 1 nil courtesy of Samuel eto goal....
that tourney was one I will never forget... the majestic stadiums and buildings in the cities of Japan and south Korea were second to none....

I rememeber the fastest goal was scored by the Turkish captain 11 seconds against south Korea I have forgotten his name...though i still remember Hassan sas.
I still remember
that world cup signed my interest in football...

Almost my experience too but at elyte89 said, how were you able to comprehend those match. I could only remember that we lost to Argentina, Sweden and drew England. The Sweden loss, I heard goal shout while in school and somehow we knew Aghahowa was the scorer. The match against England was boring to me cause there wasn't any goal. Whoever prosecuted those were inconsequential to me then cause I don't know.
I could remember how my younger brother felt Senegal were being cheated but I never cared. I wanted the turks to win cause of their goal keeper. I could remember that fast goal too. All I heard was "what! 11 seconds?" I only knew it was quick. Then Germany winning Saudi Arabia 8-0. I began to love the Germans from that day. That feeling was so sweet that I was sad to learn that it's usually once in four years.

Icon4s:


There is no way you would have remembered a game you watched at the age of 3.

Oga don't say. I was three years old when I watched Nagi the snake girl. I was among the first set of kids that started Pre nursery at airforce Base in Makurdi. Our school was close to corporal mess. I can remember mama Eneh Ameh our nanny(always had affection for her and it was mutual) I remember my classmates: Emma elijah, Wole Agoyi, Christopher. In the morning we'd watch movies and musical videos on the black and white TV that type na with boxlike cabinet. That was where I first watched Billy Ocean.

Kpanpangolo kpangolo was our every morning warm up song. I was three years old. Did that for a year before I started nursery one at four years old. I say I can still remember alot.

Joebie:
oga u dey do like say u no fit play ball. As u dey carry ball u no dey check ur back? As ur opponent near u, u go slot ball na

That one dey sha... U dey take Gulder?

Martz101:


totally wrong, you can be 8 and comprehend matches

He is very wrong

Icon4s:


There is no way you would have remembered a game you watched at the age of 3.

I remember things that happened when i was 3. I used to shock my mum when i tell her things that happened when i was really young. But it is not the same for everyone, i have a particularly long memory. I remember snippets of 2-3 years.