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f*** is this, Baba? I thought we bonded on the mutual difficulty of WCQ in our respective regions. Nah, Mike wanted to get a mouth after we only beat Tahiti 6-1, even though he comes from a place that scraps results against Antigua and Turks and Caicos. My support for your ventures have wavered greatly. How can you compare Africa and all its magnificence to playing a few games on vacation islands and drug thoroughfares that you finance and/or own?

The Americans need to calm down just a little bit. It is not in their national character to be humble though, however illegitimate their claims and inferior their product. You have to respect that cultural difference and let them talk their nonsense in peace.

That's shocking They were talking about that yesterday, his 3 international hattricks are against San Marino, New Zealand and Tahiti I like that it's a bunch of rubbish surrounded by goals in two consecutive European Cup finals. :lol:Torres will have had an amazingly successful, albeit strange career when he's finished (well he already is finished, but when he's done playing, anyway). Sorry in advance for cluttering the forum with this sort of conversation. See I think people lower expectations for the SE to make themselves feel better. We are a country with a population the size of Brazil, with players who may even be more athletic, and an entire populace totally focused on and in love with football. Everyone is impressed that we won the Cup of Nations. I am not. We are the greatest nation on the continent. Why should it surprise that we have beaten inferior nations like Cote D'Ivoire, Ethiopia, and Burkina Faso. Uruguay is nothing special and we lost because we were undisciplined, lacked in concentration, and had no quality in the forwards. There is work to be done. If the only players Keshi can get to follow his instructions are the likes of Gambo, Ogude, Babatunde, and Ujah, then that is a problem that needs to be addressed. To me it is not an amazing feat to win the ACN with Nigeria, we've been in the semifinals or further 6 times since 2000. In my lifetime we've only missed them one time in tournaments we went to/qualified for. It doesn't make Keshi the master of all things and our aspirations need to be higher.

Our current squad is much better than relegation. Especially with some of the newer players having time to adjust to the league, team, and culture. Our injury situation was diabolical in 2012-2013 and hit us in extremely key areas. An improvement in that luck and the situation will improve. None of the things you are talking about have happened yet and nothing is imminent other than paper talk and fear mongering on the forum. If we are holding everything ceteris paribus, I would expect a finish anywhere from 8th to 13th. Also, I genuinely don't believe Kinnear will have a great effect on our results unless the rumours are correct and he pushes Pardew out. The guy is an embarrassment to have represent the club, but even if he brings in only "English plodders", the extra bodies and depth will be useful. I am only worried if we tear the team apart.

Typical African performance in a big tourney. Great athleticism, some skill, but wasteful and naive tactically. Keshi is actually on a good track, but needs to find balance. We have three huge matches this year if we plan to play in Brazil and the tourney itself is a year away. Are 19-20 year olds barely getting minutes in Eastern Europe and Serie B going to be ready by then? In terms of known players...just depth. I couldn't name our best 11 other than that it includes Enyeama, Ambrose, Omeruo, Mikel, Moses, and Emenike, the rest is up for grabs. We could use experience in defence, the likes of Yobo, Taiwo. All of our reserves there play at home or poor leagues in Europe. Players like Nosa and Haruna in midfield are just more quality than what we have. Upfront and wide it can be anyone, the Uche brothers, Osaze, Obinna, Eneramo, even Oba or Shola for God sake. Just not Babatunde or Akpala. We actually have probably 20 players upfront that are superior.

Also, Kaka you must be blind. Uwa is atrocious. He's not actually good going forward, but is always caught up the pitch. I've watched wingers from Namibia and Tahiti take him drink garri within the last week. Taiwo cannot defend well, but at least compensates with crosses and shots.

I'm fine with the loss. It is exactly what the country needed and I hope it wakes up Keshi from his slumber. He needs to stop riding the momentum from the Nations Cup win. The guy is not God and his selections are horrendous. If you are going to banish all of the more experienced and pedigreed players, then simple injuries to Moses, Emenike, and Ideye (who are by NO MEANS Nigerias only options) leave you with rubbish like Babatunde and Akpala and a clearly tired Musa (who is also clearly a striker, not a winger) trying to grab an eqauliser against a top class side. Our attack was just clearly not good enough in either match. Kaka, are you surprised that none of the six extra Nigeria-based made an appearance when we needed to change the game? As always, it was just the same two, one of whom has been off form for months. Imagine the players we could have taken, especially in the attacking positions, with those six empty spots. On a positive note, Omeruo is an absolute baller with star potential. Ambrose is a very good right back. I am so proud of Mikel Obi too, he is the leader of this team and a maestro. It's too bad his lungs lack a bit because he can do everything we'd ask of a midfielder.

Ah alright. So no Uzbek or Oman then Doesn't look like it, especially with Uruguay looking likely for the S. American spot. It would have been fun to have a completely random country make it. Ethiopia and Congo-Brazzaville look set to qualify for the last playoff round. There is still hope.

Even if Mike Ashley were put up to a fit and proper persons test, he would pass with ease. I don't think you can even really accuse him of being a terrible owner in an objective sense. The results on the pitch have been much the same to the team he took over and the financial situation hasn't greatly deteriorated. I would say that there needs to be more checks and investigation into people wanting to own football clubs, but nothing is going to stop owners who are simply hated by the club's supporters, make poor decisions, or have no desire to compete.

3. Not worried in the slightest.

Some thing happens to Naija and people who haven't posted for five damn years come to throw insult. What has England, US, Sweden, Norway, and Canada won? African Champions. Shut your mouth, only VI can talk.

Are people impressed with Tahiti, now? We should have scored fifteen times. Sierra Leone beat us last decade, ffs. Spare me the underdog story.

Yes, and they are consistently offside. WHY is this?! Why are the players not trying, the government finally agreed to pay them. They are obligated to try.

This is a disgrace.

I keep thinking that nothing will ever be announced and Kinnear will just never be seen at the club again. He's already ruined a lot by running his mouth, so hopefully that is the case here as well.

Please don't joke about this, I'm really nervous about the possible humiliation of losing or drawing with them as it is. Never mind them just scoring a goal. Abeg, http://s2.glbimg.com/Lshyn_O-R-SejNdySvsqE1Kj88g=/620x390/s.glbimg.com/es/ge/f/original/2013/06/16/dsc07897.jpg I've changed my course, everything will be fine. They arrived last night.

I can't actually see him managing the team. The last time he tried, the guy almost went and fucking died. If I guessed, it's just a way for Ashley to get more of his people at the club. It would be better if some of his people were less useless.

I just don't understand this. There's no reaction from me either way, tbh. I just cannot understand why this is happening. Why?

They must really rate the child if we are willing to go into a compensation battle over his registration.

'But exceptionnel de Vahirua contre Le Mans' on Youtube Lets hope for a repeat of this. Decent goals in Ligue 2 are not going to impress me. I'm more concerned that we have still yet to arrive in the country. Naija always live on the edge of disaster.

Couldn't disagree more. A good keeper is immensely valuable. Especially if you haven't got a great defence (and virtually no one in the league does, at the minute). I just think the difference between good and great isn't as vast as with the other positions. Most of the keepers from the lower tier Premiership teams could play for Chelsea and the Manchester clubs without looking out of place, and I don't think it is the same at any other position. Most keepers make the saves they need to, make the occasional error, and pull off the odd wonder save and most of them are pretty similar. I don't think it differs that much from keeper to keeper.

You should thank us for making your country look competent. The Kinnear to your Pardew. Yeah, man. We're coming at some point. According to Colin Udoh and other jounalists, half the players missed their flights out of Namibia, but I'm sure the boys will be there before the Tahiti game. Well, probably. Boycott is over anyway.

It would be good if he started showing it on the pitch regularly if he is indeed massively underrated and a much better player as you suggest. He's played 30+ games in the last few seasons in one of the best teams going and he helped his nation win the ACoN. That's proof enough for me. He does the simple things well IMO, doesn't go round scoring screamers and getting the headlines but he's a solid 7/10 player most games. Well, if it is true that Chelsea are willing to sell him at a loss they must not be overly impressed by him. What you are saying to me sounds not much better than your bog average Premiership player, hence my statement he is not much better than Tiote imho. In such a good team, most Premiership midfielders would be able to do the simple things well and be a solid 7/10 most games. There's no indication they want to sell. Gala contacted Shittu (agent), not Chelsea, and offered huge wages. He's appeared for them hundred's of times for about twenty managers and literally almost always been in the first team. As a player, he does all of the things that Cheick is meant to do without making angry faces and getting copious amounts of yellow cards. Strong on the ball without during pirouettes on the 18 yard line, good passer who makes few errors, cuts off the angles, and wins headers. Play with more responsibility and further forward for Nigeria in a Yaya Toure type role and plays extremely well there as well in a slower tempo of football. Extremely consistent and useful player. A 6 foot 3 number 10 who can't (never could) shoot or run at pace? Nah, he's a good passer and skillful when he's allowed to be, but needs to play further back. He's been brilliant for his country since Keshi dropped that number 10 rubbish and just let him run the midfield.

Oceania is not part of Asia, and I'm sure there is plenty of money to be made running their own federation and participating in their own tournament/WCQ instead of repeatedly being destroyed and knocked out of the first round of everything in Asia.

Keepers are overrated in terms of importance, imo. There are only 10-15 in the world I'd pay 10 million pound for. Even the best ones, how many wonder saves do they make that another sound reasonable keeper wouldn't have a chance with. I'd wager less than once a match on average.