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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by ChrisKels: 12:40pm On Jun 13, 2018 |
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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by goldfish80(m): 12:44pm On Jun 13, 2018 |
asha80:They are a semi final team at the very best (being generous). In my opinion, they lack a talisman in the mould of Greizman, MESSI, Ronaldo, Bale or a prime Torres/Villa up front. And in midfield, this team is not as talented as the class of 2010 to offset the lack of world class quality in attack. 2 Likes |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by spencerJ(m): 12:44pm On Jun 13, 2018 |
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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by somehow: 12:49pm On Jun 13, 2018 |
TheSuperNerd: If we are using 3 man defense, Balogun should be in the middle (Not pacy), then flanked on both sides by Ekong and Omeruo. 5 Likes |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Martz101: 12:51pm On Jun 13, 2018 |
ChrisKels: This is a public forum, these details is not necessary 1 Like |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by lexyman(m): 12:51pm On Jun 13, 2018 |
TheSuperNerd: turn out to favour their rival |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Icon79(m): 12:59pm On Jun 13, 2018 |
Why you shouldn't root for these countries in the 2018 World Cup PORTUGAL: Cristiano Ronaldo might be brilliant, but his whining and diving makes him soccer’s equivalent of the third grader who’s always starting trouble on the playground and then tattling on other people. You can’t root for that. NIGERIA: Nigeria would actually be the ideal team to embrace, what with its fabulous nickname – The Super Eagles – and jersey that’s all the rage. Except the jersey is almost impossible to get, and you can’t claim fandom if you’re not able to look the part. Source: https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/columnist/nancy-armour/2018/06/12/world-cup-2018-favorites-dont-root/692334002/?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=usatoday-newstopstories O pari |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Martz101: 12:59pm On Jun 13, 2018 |
komekn: This shows you are confused, you are the one acting to know more than them, i never said Bundesliga was better than English premier leage. you said Bundesliga is 4th best league because of Bayern and the other teams could be compared to championship sides and i was naming players from the so called average team walking straight to Epl side line up. Baba try using more of your head and not your heart |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Mickael2(m): 12:59pm On Jun 13, 2018 |
safarigirl: no offence oh but if you train constantly for years even when you get to 70 you'd still be agile. Okocha is claiming that he is same age with his wife, that's funny in Nigeria |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Mujtahida: 1:02pm On Jun 13, 2018 |
MY THOUGHTS ON THE EVE OF THE WC since 2002 no country apart from european countries has won the WC(and more european countries have won the WC than any other country from other continents since the inception of the FIFA WC in 1930. while it can be argued that this is because europeans have proportionately more teams than other continents -could there be other causes?) could this be as a result of the fact that global football is tailored to suit the style, the nature and character of Europeans? take this issue of pressing that has almost become the alfa tactics employed by most teams for example. it is about choking and pressuring the opposition when they(the opposition) have the ball. now i think this is what happened: europeans eliminated the dribble(yes dribbling is almost dead) because i do not see how pressing can be effective when you have a team of good ball dribblers. can you press maradona, or okocha or any team with a good number of dribblers like Brazil 82 team? they will just dribble themselves out of the choke and pass the ball to a team mate who is free from the press. just a moment of sheer individual brilliance, a sweet turn, a flick and dance with the ball and the whole press will collapse.but you see what europeans have done: they eliminated the dribble, clamped down on individual displays and erected a temple to the god of passing, passing, passing and laid more emphasis on team game. europeans thrive on organization and efficiency: they hate anything disorganized which is how they regard anything free flowing(meanwhile africans want expressiveness and flair). check out classical european music, opera and the ballet dance. everything is timed and organized. the world of music was cold until africans and south americans(and it was still africans if you know your history)with the their toms toms, sense of natural rhythm and free flowing dance brought in the blues, jazz and pop culture was born. for the life of me i have tried to enjoy mozart, bach, handel and others but omo i still prefer the sound of the gong, ekwe, beaded gourd and talking drum. to the european ear african music is disorganized but as africans we know theres a method to that seeming "disorganization". our music is all about rhythm and improvisation. my point is we must break away from this european model of playing football: we cannot beat them when it comes to an organized approached to football. no wonder xavi said that they understand football as a space-time concept. this is nothing but the scientific european mind speaking. the black man has no such concept. (thats why he cannot operate by the 24 hour clock). africans understand football as a dance, as rhythm, as beat, as robustness and vigour. this is how we must play our football. we must play football according to our soul. we are africans and its not a matter of race- its a matter of an outlook on life which we can perfect and use to define our game. my brothers i would appreciate your thoughts on this issue cc Icobn4s asha80 bascovanveli goldfish80 tbaba1234 safarigirl servik kennysville oasis07 thesupernerd goodjoe joebie chriskels davep AIG mikael2 kog45 forgiveness soetanoluwa martz07 charlesemeka and every other esteemed poster on this great thread 10 Likes 1 Share |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheSuperNerd(m): 1:02pm On Jun 13, 2018 |
Balogun can stay in the middle but Ekong have also thrived there in a 3-man set up as seen from some of our games. Pace is not only needed for the sides, but also for the middle as can be seen in that England game when Ekong was face to face with a pacy Welbeck thru the centre. Rohr knows what he's doing by sometimes placing Ekong in the middle... But if Ogu starts as LCB then Balogun may shift to the middle and Ekong to the right or it can be vice versa (Ekong-middle, Balogun-Right). We saw parts of this in the Czech game. somehow: |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Nobody: 1:06pm On Jun 13, 2018 |
TheSuperNerd:that means an automatic easy qualifications for these teams.. That's unfair u know? That means the remaining north American slots will be few? |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by soetanoreoluwa(m): 1:06pm On Jun 13, 2018 |
TheSuperNerd: Just need to keep this kind of tempo we have at this moment to conquer the world come 2026. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by chrisooblog: 1:06pm On Jun 13, 2018 |
france was during the world cup not a pre world cup friendly. lol which scotland did we outplay? we were making gordon strachan the scottish coach then look like ancelloti. usa beat us neat nothing like we play well. mexico drab back and forth match. greece the same infact the greeks had clearer chances than us. now am i saying because we were poor in friendlies that guarantees a good world cup? no but history has taught me not to rely strictly on friendlies to judge how well we might do. wish the players all the best LET'S GO SUPER EAGLES Mickael2: 3 Likes |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheSuperNerd(m): 1:06pm On Jun 13, 2018 |
Yep, move confirmed since yesterday. And Stoke responded by signing Benik Afobe from Wolves for an initial loan with mandatory/permanent buy by January. Stoke may be kinda on to something... First Etebo, now Afobe... Time will tell... **shrugs** ChrisKels: 3 Likes |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Nobody: 1:06pm On Jun 13, 2018 |
ChrisKels: ....And you felt it was appropriate to mention the name above to validate your claims about the ages? How about saying that you heard from a reliable source? How could you be even sure of the claim from the young man? How could he prove their true ages. This thread is worse than Linda ikeji's blog. Why dont you guys focus on something else instead of gossiping about back and forth about players ages?. 5 Likes |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheGoodJoe(m): 1:06pm On Jun 13, 2018 |
andrew444: MRI is not one hundred percent but the Accuracy is undeniably very high. Finito. 2 Likes |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by soetanoreoluwa(m): 1:07pm On Jun 13, 2018 |
spencerJ: Yeah announced few minutes ago... |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheGoodJoe(m): 1:08pm On Jun 13, 2018 |
gbosaa: We have heard a lot of lies. At the end, FIFA adopted a scientific method to stop age cheating and I believe science over stories from them say people. 2 Likes |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by asha80(m): 1:08pm On Jun 13, 2018 |
hierro to take charge of spain 1 Like |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Nobody: 1:09pm On Jun 13, 2018 |
Mickael2: None of your business mister. One of the P squares can also make such claim and people like you will rush to the media to disagree and mock them. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheSuperNerd(m): 1:09pm On Jun 13, 2018 |
Nope... The world cup is being expanded to 48 teams in 2026. More slots for all continents then... We may even get to see St.Kitts and Nevitts or maybe barbados in the world cup for the first time... Looolll krattoss: |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Certitude(m): 1:11pm On Jun 13, 2018 |
I love Bryan Idowu. That guy plays with passion. I love the way he ran out of the pitch when taken off against Czech Republic. He is one of my favourites in the GWG. They rank like this Mikel Ebuehi Iheanacho Iwobi Uzoho Idowu Ndidi Aina Balogun Moses Ekong Ogu Shehu Musa Awaziem. The top eight na based on sentiment. I just wanna see them do well. The remaining na performance and cause they are in the team. I use to like Ezenwa but not anymore. The rest, I no send. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheSuperNerd(m): 1:17pm On Jun 13, 2018 |
Fernando Hierro.. Hmmm... That great Spanish captain who also played for and captained Real madrid... You sack a Madrid man and bring in another Madrid man... Me just looking at these people... Lol Let's see how it goes shaa... The surprises at this world cup are still many in their coming... Just never expected we would get one before Kickoff... asha80: 2 Likes |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheSuperNerd(m): 1:26pm On Jun 13, 2018 |
Russia 2018 General titbits Spain's sporting director has been officially named head coach for Spain going to the World cup in Russia and ahead of their first game against Portugal. Ah well.... Here is what some twitter savages are pointing out... #LetTheWorldCupBeginAlready "Jose Mourinho worked under and learned from Bobby Robson at Barcelona. Pep Guardiola worked with and learned from Johan Cruyff at Barcelona. Fernando Hierro worked with and learned from Sam Allardyce at Bolton Wanderers." 4 Likes
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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Mujtahida: 1:28pm On Jun 13, 2018 |
i hope SE are psyched up to brace the viking clap of the Icelanders. Iceland has a population of 334,252. it is on record that 60% of the country's population turned up as supporters during the last Euro(thats like almost the whole country). i hope we have nerves of steel to withstand the disruptive effect of this clapping cos this is what would happen at the WC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8H-a8HTQL8 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by darkelf: 1:38pm On Jun 13, 2018 |
Mujtahida: Wow. See culture What makes it the more amazing is that it was passed down from prehistoric times. Small nation with a big heart and rich history indeed |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by somehow: 1:44pm On Jun 13, 2018 |
TheSuperNerd: Yea but you know the sides are mostly for wingers or fast attackers and more movements happen there compared to the middle. Not that Balogun is completely slow but its bezt the slowest stay in the middle. 1 Like |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheSuperNerd(m): 1:46pm On Jun 13, 2018 |
Super Eagles camp/travel update As you know the team had their first official press conference in Russia earlier today... Meanwhile, this is on the itinerary of the team ahead of Saturday. @SammAudu: #SuperEagles fly out Thursday afternoon to Kaliningrad for opening #WorldCup Grp D match vs #CRO Flight duration 3 hours from Essentuki #NGA #SoarSuperEagles
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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by chrisooblog: 1:47pm On Jun 13, 2018 |
true that's why brazilians argentines were so successful in the early years of the world cup. yes the europeans taught them bitter lessons which brazil has adjusted to infact i see neymar and co winning the whole thing because they've managed to incorporate their samba, jogo bonito into european organization and made it purposeful, result oriented. that's the conundrum sub-saharan african teams have been unsuccessful in solving. for some reason players educated here are not imparted with the drive to win but rather show off dribble to get hails and ''accolades'' whereas the real accolade is winning the trophy. having said that i still feel a team from sub-saharan africa especially west africa will one day soon win the world cup cos our style of disorganization confounds them mascherano as much admitted that lol. north africans style is too similar europeans which is their style on acid. hopefully the foreign born players will continue to bring in elements of professionalism in their football upbringing back but here at home the nff should thinking of bringing young football brains across the land and not just restrict it to the old boys club of ex internationals Mujtahida: 3 Likes |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Joebie: 1:48pm On Jun 13, 2018 |
I agree with this, in all spheres of life for that matter. We need to know what works for us and be the best at it (I mean perfect it). That’s our true identity and that’s what would make us great. Every other thing na copy copy. We eould always be a copy — the fake, never the original. The second fiddle, and never the best Mujtahida: 1 Like |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by lexyman(m): 1:50pm On Jun 13, 2018 |
Mujtahida: in as much i loved your analytical description of the European football ... until Africans become successful in world football ... we will be a case study and they will put african football in the category it belongs . only world cup success can distinguish african with the way they play ... we re not disorganised in any way , and we have our frequency we operate at , they find it difficult to understand . And ones Africa get it right in world football ...our style will be too beautiful to condemn . I remember in USA 94 . Nigeria won the most entertaining team . where were the indomie generation who tagged us "disorganised" ? football this days has become a business and that is why you see they try to model it to a style and sometimes when you watch spain play , it is not far from watching a play station game .... We re not Robot , the only thing we need now is success and as soon as we attain that height ... our style also we will become a case study and i cant wait for them to name it "african rondo " 4 Likes 3 Shares |
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