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Stubbornness: Wenger’s Albatross!

Friday, December 4th, 2009

In all my years of watching football, I have never seen a manger so respected, adored and infinitely excusable as Arsene Wenger. He enjoys unparalleled confidence from his board and majority of fans as well. It’s a standard and acceptable quote at the Emirates that ‘Arsene Knows’. Such is the influence of the man that [...]

Chestnut Out of Fire!

Saturday, November 28th, 2009

I have to apologize to you, my readers for going AWOL on this blog for the past two weeks. I guess I had too much to do and the euphoria of our eventual qualification surely got the better of me. But not to worry, now that we‘ve qualified, I will be doing a lot towards [...]

So Far, So Good!

Thursday, November 5th, 2009

The second round of the ongoing FIFA under 17 championship in Nigeria lived up to the patter set from the first group matches. Goals, lots of it, were scored yesterday even as two giants fell along the way. Germany (European champions) and Argentina were knocked out by Switzerland and Columbia respectively. Within those two matches, [...]

Our Turn to Shine!

Sunday, October 25th, 2009

The FIFA under 17 competition kicked off in Lagos and Abuja simultaneously yesterday with four matches played on the opening day. Unprecedented! The opening ceremony was a mixture of brilliance and the humourous; cultural dance steps were displayed to the scanty crowd at the national stadium in Abuja. You can’t blame the fans; our football [...]

Finally; We Are World Under 20 Champions!

Friday, October 16th, 2009

And so Ghana, our beloved West African neighbor and brothers are the FIFA Under 20 champions and I cannot but rejoice over what has eluded the whole of Africa for 32 years. The manner of the victory is also very interesting as again, like in the past, the referee did his best to do us [...]

This and That!

Sunday, September 20th, 2009

The unfortunate result obtained by our drawn match with the Tunisians has thrown up a lot of other issues that borders on the competence of coach Shuaibu to steer us to the world cup in South Africa ab initio. We have travelled this path before and a sense of déjà vu is palpable in the [...]

Unbelievable Foolishness!

Sunday, September 13th, 2009

When I did my post previewing the match between Nigeria and Tunisia last week, little did I know that what would eventually play out would leave sour taste in the mouths of millions of Nigerians. We were close to sitting atop our group until our defenders connived to gift the Tunisians a most unwarranted equalizer [...]

A Must Win!

Saturday, September 5th, 2009

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We can set a marker of our intention to be in South Africa next year or stay back to watch the event on television by whatever happens tomorrow in Abuja when we face the Carthage Eagles of Tunisia in an absolutely critical world cup qualifier. The Tunisians are top of the group with seven points [...]

It’s On Again!

Thursday, August 13th, 2009

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It starts again this weekend and particularly for the fans of the Premiership; adrenalin starts pumping all over again. Can we ever get enough of it? I mean football, European leagues specifically has taken a new dimension within the comity of lovers of the game. As a matter of fact, the less than three months [...]

Carthage Versus Super!

Thursday, June 18th, 2009

Saturday, June 20, 2009 is going to be a very important day for Nigeria in sporting terms! Our senior national team, the Super Eagles would lock ‘wings’ with their Tunisian counterparts known as the Carthage Eagles in a very vital South Africa 2010 world cup qualifier.
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As things stands currently, the Tunisians are leading the [...]

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