Segun Oluwaniyi

Where is that list from? I've seen the same one before, but the new reports were that Keshi would not name it until after the training that commences around midnight and that the players left behind had not yet been informed. It could have leaked I suppose.

This is really worrying. We bought four players of fairly high quality in the January 2013 window, and have managed to misuse three of them badly and will probably sell the other. It is unacceptable management at some point. I think Yanga-Mbiwa has a good attitude, but it is probably obvious to everyone involved that he has no interest in staying here as third choice and fullback cover.

Squad announcement at 11:00 naija time, so t-minus 1 hour, 47 minutes.

This Shola thing is a bit surreal, tbh. Do you know that my girl and her entire family have been mocking me over this for the past few months? What a shame. I have to be honest, though, once they run out on the green grass in the colours, I won't care who is there so much. Last time I supported the likes Shittu, Yakubu, and Etuhu without any feelings of self-hatred, so this will be fine.

According to KOC, Keshi's actual words were, “Yes, I have an idea of those who will go with us to Brazil but we will still wait till the last minute before we announce the list,”. So I have absolutely no clue, tbh.

That was Yekini bro. Rashidi Yekini. RIP. Keshi is taking his time with the names, now. He must know this entire place lays in wait.

Ghana, Nigeria, and Cote D'Ivoire are more highly regarded. Cameroon have failed to qualify for two consecutive Cup of Nations, though they obviously have talent. They have been suspect at the back and are aging upfront. They should at least battle in that group, though. Surely Ivory Coast must be the only team with a slight chance of quarter-finals? :shrug: Ivory Coast should be favoured to finish second in their group. I believe both Ghana and Nigeria have a good chance to make the second round as well and anything is possible from this point. Ghana 2010 team was nothing special, but nearly made the semis. Cameroon and Algeria will finish last in their groups, imo. This is all just conjecture and prediction, the likes of which we have heard for nearly a year now. It is not long until the final reckoning. Fwiw, I don't think Ivory Coast are an exceptional side when compared to the rest of the Africans, even though the names stand out.

Ghana, Nigeria, and Cote D'Ivoire are more highly regarded. Cameroon have failed to qualify for two consecutive Cup of Nations, though they obviously have talent. They have been suspect at the back and are aging upfront. They should at least battle in that group, though.

Two players that impress players of video games, but underwhelm those who have seen them play. CIV's entire defensive mentality as a team has been really poor whenever I see them play in the last few years. They have a group they should get out of this time, though, It would be nice for this generation to put together one tournament run to be proud of, because they haven't to this point, a few disappointing ACN silvers aside.

Great goal by Choupo. Very entertaining twenty minutes I've seen here.

I wonder how many World Cups it will take for our African teams to stop playing suicidally high lines.

Uruguay will only receive one or three points out of that group, imo. England and Italy will walk through.

It is no wonder all of these pre WC matches are ALWAYS complete rubbish. I cannot think of a worse time to catch an injury.

I own that shirt and wear it to the gym all of the time, blue side up always. I definitely think it was 2002, though.

Messi Even the describing text is explaining how s**** he's been at the WC. Messi was the best player in the group stages at the last World Cup. He was a substitute in 2006.

It is is a bit disheartening that an un-fancied team has a decent season (six points above Stoke. Thirteen away from Europe) and proceeds to lose it's manager and most of its star players not even a month after the season ends. Then again, we kept almost all of our players and the manager after an even better season and proceeded to fall into the depths. Good luck to them in recovery.

Scotland should have scored about 7 times, though.

That goal didn't count. Ejide threw the ball into his net because he is a basket and fat. Maybe it is a rigged game, but it wouldn't need to be. Under Keshi we have a starting XI that has developed into a competitive and close knit bunch since ACN and collection of hey-yous that look like they haven't ever met after that. Did you watch the Confed Cup. It was the same. This is just the way of things. The defense has just been terrible. Odunlami and Egwuekwe look clueless and Yobo looks like a grandfather.

OG Egwuekwe.... Odunlami :lol: I hope he enjoys the free trips to London and the United States. Anya has made him his wife every time they come into contact. The players playing in the Nigerian league just don't look ready for this at all.

Will Shola make the final 23? I really think he is in Keshi's plans, and there have been nothing today to really push him out, imo. I'd be mildly surprised if he was not. Who do you mean? Ejike? Babatunde? I think Ejike has some promise, but as a general rule all of these attacking players are in poverty in terms of football talent. This Anya is decent, btw. Maybe he just has extra motivation for obvious reasons.

All of these boys are playing for a place and so far it looks as though 9-10 of them need to be cut and replaced by superior players that have not been given a chance. The reverses on this team are a shambles, but they are "Keshi's boys" so everything is fine. Na wa for my country if there are any injuries. Because Nigerians are in London and the venue is attainable. We have played there and the home of Watford and Charlton several times.

http://i875.photobucket.com/albums/ab319/naijaman/SuperEagles-88.jpg The thing is in two weeks and the guy is still there. The world can be so cruel. You want to hate this man, but he is a survivor. He has skated around in the upper echelons of football without showing that much promise or producing much for a decade and a half. In a month and a half, he will be searching for a new club with a startling number of Premier League appearances and a World Cup Bronze/Gold medal to accompany it.

Swindon is hundreds of mils away from Newcastle. Why would he travel such a long distance with the express intent of breaking his bail conditions in a city where he is easily noticed? Why not go to London, which is much closer and has many more women willing to entertain the advances of an irrelevant footballer?

Eden Hazard is athletically in a much high stratum than Hatem Ben Arfa ever has been or will be. I actually would say that our own player is a better technical dribbler, but that is all. Hazard can beat other players just by changing speeds. It is incredible the number of times he leaves a defender rubbished just by accelerating into a different gear. This is something people under estimate about him, (and Messi, tbh) his lower body strength and explosiveness is just ideal for his position.

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