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We just SMASHED Cuba. They could not handle our brilliance. Now all that is needed is to beat South Korea, and with no Yakubu in sight, that should be easy.

Nobody had gotten the better of Barcelona, who are a better side than Spain, either. Spain's weaknesses have always been pretty clear to see. I just think they'll run into a match during the knockout stages of the next WC where their strikers misfire and the other team wins the ball enough in the middle to sustain attack and gets behind the fullbacks when they win the ball.

I don't know whether it will happen in this tournament or the next, but someone is eventually going to absolutely punish Spain on the counter. Their fullbacks are really quite irresponsible, and Alba especially doesn't seem comfortable having to defend. In terms of their midfield the hard part is actually winning the ball because of their insane pressing. Once you have it there is almost always space in front of you. We didn't have the quality, but Spain, Germany, and Brazil definitely will.

What the hell is Mohammed Gambo doing in our colours? I'm sick of Keshi putting useless players in his team, so he can sell them to Europe. I can excuse Ideye, most of his were half chances, but Gambo simply had to score. The team brought has so little quality upfront. It is inexcusable we didn't take any of our chances. I can only pray this is the impetus for him to drop these "youngsters" and local players he has on reserve upfront and bring in some actual depth upfront and wide. You cannot just rely on Moses/Emenike and not find anyone else. I mean we scored 7 in three matches and should have had 25 . Still, we were alright. Musa burned Alba more than once, Obi was once again a giant. Uwa and Ambrose were both pretty decent. A word for Obobona and Egwueke as well. They play for Sunshine Stars and Warri Wolves, so this was a massive test. Both defended very well, though there was some naivety in their defending as you'd expect. Oboabona needs to go to Europe right now, because he has all the talent and tools but needs a deeper understanding of the game to fulfill it.

This has been a fantastic match thus far. I think Keshi wanted to team to approach Spain defensively like any other team would, but when Spain scored on their first attack we just abandoned that and started playing how we always play. They could have had 5 goals, but we also should have definitely had one and could have gotten two or three with better finishing. I wish we had Emenike and Moses today because the latter especially would really trouble their defence when we broke. Mikel Obi and Musa are balling though, it must be said. I'm impressed so far, when I expected to be depressed.

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.