Segun Oluwaniyi Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 Nigeria advances to the second round! Love this tournament and it's bizarre 24 team system. Brings back memories of the '94 World Cup. England is awful at all non-European age grade tourneys. Not surprising they lose to countries who put overage players in. That's a tired cliche mate. Honestly, enough of you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stephen927 Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 Seen the Uruguay v Ghana game, and a couple of others. I haven't been paying too much attention to it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segun Oluwaniyi Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 Nigeria get Germany in the round of 16. Should be interesting to see how we do. Seen the Uruguay v Ghana game, and a couple of others. I haven't been paying too much attention to it. It doesn't seem like anyone is caring this much time around. I remember it being massive in 2005. why did they move it from the summer? Masterstroke from FIFA. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 Spain goes through as the top scorer and not having conceded a single goal yet. Let's see if they do like the grownups (and lose the first knockout game against Italy) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 Spain goes through as the top scorer and not having conceded a single goal yet. Let's see if they do like the grownups (and lose the first knockout game against Italy) My boys (out to Italy 1-3) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Heneage Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 VI do international teams have the final say on if a player is released? I was amazed to see Asenjo playing against Italy yesterday when At Madrid have such keeper problems. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 It's mandatory in Spain. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Heneage Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 Wow even though in this instance it has chronically hampered Atletico? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 Yeah, it has been quite stupid and they have quite the right to be angry at the federation. They even wanted their 3rd choice keeper! (who ended up starting for Atlético last week due to their problems). Thing is, FIFA shouldn't be having a million different youth cups, and all should be played outside the regular season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segun Oluwaniyi Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 Nigeria go out 3-2 to Germany. Absolutely unbelievable that we managed to lose after being 2-1 up against ten men. I've yet to see the match, but a few of my compatriots have told me that the performance was very encouraging, and that really is my main concern. edit: The keeping for the frist German goal is ridiculously awful As were the tactics at the end. I understand that we had a man advantage and were pushing for the winning goal, but the entire team was in the opposition's half, and Germany won the ball and went on a ludicrously simple one man counter attack to score the winner. I love what Samson Siasia has done a as a player and coach, but I have to question what was happening there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mowen Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 You'd have thought that the Nigerians would be fine with their wealth of extra experience. Has to go down as a shock. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 Nigerian age jokes, they never get old (see what I did there) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Heneage Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 Nigeria go out 3-2 to Germany. Absolutely unbelievable that we managed to lose after being 2-1 up against ten men. I've yet to see the match, but a few of my compatriots have told me that the performance was very encouraging, and that really is my main concern. edit: The keeping for the frist German goal is ridiculously awful As were the tactics at the end. I understand that we had a man advantage and were pushing for the winning goal, but the entire team was in the opposition's half, and Germany won the ball and went on a ludicrously simple one man counter attack to score the winner. I love what Samson Siasia has done a as a player and coach, but I have to question what was happening there. I caught first bit of the second half at 2-1 up and you were bossing them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 Nigeria go out 3-2 to Germany. Absolutely unbelievable that we managed to lose after being 2-1 up against ten men. I've yet to see the match, but a few of my compatriots have told me that the performance was very encouraging, and that really is my main concern. edit: The keeping for the frist German goal is ridiculously awful As were the tactics at the end. I understand that we had a man advantage and were pushing for the winning goal, but the entire team was in the opposition's half, and Germany won the ball and went on a ludicrously simple one man counter attack to score the winner. I love what Samson Siasia has done a as a player and coach, but I have to question what was happening there. That's one thing I've noticed babatunde. In general the standard of African goalkeepers seems to be pretty woeful. Is there any particular reason for this? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 I don't know, I have seen some outstanding African keepers playing in Spain. Songo'o, Wilfred, Kameni... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segun Oluwaniyi Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 Nigeria go out 3-2 to Germany. Absolutely unbelievable that we managed to lose after being 2-1 up against ten men. I've yet to see the match, but a few of my compatriots have told me that the performance was very encouraging, and that really is my main concern. edit: The keeping for the frist German goal is ridiculously awful As were the tactics at the end. I understand that we had a man advantage and were pushing for the winning goal, but the entire team was in the opposition's half, and Germany won the ball and went on a ludicrously simple one man counter attack to score the winner. I love what Samson Siasia has done a as a player and coach, but I have to question what was happening there. That's one thing I've noticed babatunde. In general the standard of African goalkeepers seems to be pretty woeful. Is there any particular reason for this? Being a good goalkeeper requires training. Nigeria has produced some great shotstoppers, but few complete keepers. The standard of coaching in Africa is poor. For some reason, it seems alot more difficult to catch up in terms of position, technique,etc. for keepers. Also, if you figure that the average African grows up in "street football" culture, than there is not a heavy desire or need for keepers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segun Oluwaniyi Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 I don't know, I have seen some outstanding African keepers playing in Spain. Kameni is the best right now I think, alomg with El-Hadary, but I think he too is more of a great shot stopper, than a complete keeper. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 That's probably a fair assessment. He's also a bit unconsistant, but generally a great showstopper. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnypd Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 Nigeria go out 3-2 to Germany. Absolutely unbelievable that we managed to lose after being 2-1 up against ten men. I've yet to see the match, but a few of my compatriots have told me that the performance was very encouraging, and that really is my main concern. edit: The keeping for the frist German goal is ridiculously awful As were the tactics at the end. I understand that we had a man advantage and were pushing for the winning goal, but the entire team was in the opposition's half, and Germany won the ball and went on a ludicrously simple one man counter attack to score the winner. I love what Samson Siasia has done a as a player and coach, but I have to question what was happening there. I caught first bit of the second half at 2-1 up and you were bossing them. yep was men against boys stuff out there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 2 or 3 Anglo-Germans about these days. Owen Hargreaves, Aaron Hunt, Lewis Holtby...any more? (and yes, I realise Hargreaves isn't actually German but you know what I mean) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stephen927 Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 I'm watching Brazil v Germany now, don't think its live like. I bet the Brazilian team have a fair few quality players on FM09. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stephen927 Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 That mistake and Bender and Zielers little exchange of words, so many jokes are flying through my head everytime Bender gets the ball. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeloEmre Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 Ghana vs. Hungary 15.30...Anyone here who has watched Ghana earlier in the World Cup? Their topscorer, Dominic Adiyiah, plays for Fredrikstad, my local team, and he's also a friend of mine. Hope he shows enough to impress some bigger clubs! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stephen927 Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 Ghana vs. Hungary 15.30...Anyone here who has watched Ghana earlier in the World Cup? Their topscorer, Dominic Adiyiah, plays for Fredrikstad, my local team, and he's also a friend of mine. Hope he shows enough to impress some bigger clubs! He's just been on Eurosport there, the tournaments top scorer they were saying with 6 goals. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
binnsy Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 feel a bit sorry for Tamas kadar, NUFC stopped him going saying we were too short on numbers and he was needed here but he must be gutted seeing as in one of the few games we have played while this tournament has been going on he doesn't get to play for us when Jose gets injured and they play a right back instead of him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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